There was no shortage of silver in the Ming Dynasty, but the money was concentrated in the hands of a few people and did not flow in the market.

Just like the eight profiteers, they have huge wealth in their hands, but most of it is buried in the cellar.

The same is true for many officials and gentry, such as Jiading Bo Zhou Kui, Wu Qing Hou Li Guorui, etc.

They also buried a large amount of silver underground, making it impossible to circulate.

There is only so much money in total, which creates an extreme shortage of money in the world.

Unprofitable merchants deliberately hoard money to create a shortage of money in the world, and they can take advantage of this opportunity to use usury to harvest more wool.

Zhu Cixiang is preparing to establish a royal group. In the future, he will take the huge wealth of the Ming Dynasty into his own hands.

Of course, he will not harvest wool like profiteers. The royal group will benefit the people and mainly make money from overseas.

The Royal Group was not only to fight against profiteer capitalists, but also to replace the capitalists who poached Ming Dynasty in the future.

In the end, the court and some emerging capitalists cooperated for a win-win situation.

And take the economic initiative, both parties form a new community of interests, and capital must serve politics.

With the support of these new capitalists, Zhu Cihong's rule will be more stable.

Only then can the Ming Dynasty better carry forward the past and open up the future, integrate into the world's development trends, and even colonize the world to divide the cake.

The news that the eight major Shanxi merchants had been eradicated by force caused an uproar, shocking the whole country, and causing accusations from the outside world.

The crown prince had just killed hundreds of officials and nobles from nine families, and then he attacked merchants.

To act so boldly is clearly to dig into the roots of the gentry in the world!

First, all prefectures and counties in Shanxi Province submitted memorials one after another, and then came the fierce response from the officials and nobles of the capital.

Memorials from various places flew like snowflakes onto the Dragon Table in the Forbidden City.

Among them, King Zhu Shenxuan of the Jin Dynasty wrote several memorials and cried out, saying how domineering and rude the National Guard Army was.

Not only did he kill the eunuchs in charge of his palace, but he also scolded him in person. He really didn't look like royalty!

The interests involved in the eight major Shanxi merchants were too huge. After their collapse, too many people lost their wealth.

As the saying goes, destroying a person's wealth is like killing his parents. Some officials continued to put pressure on the court.

Even the nobles and officials from the south of the Yangtze River complained one after another, saying that the National Guard Army killed the Shanxi gentry in large numbers.

The crown prince's move was shaking the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. Some people even proposed to abolish the crown prince and establish the third prince Zhu Cijiong as the crown prince.

Zhu Cixiang just watched their frenzied performance quietly. By the time Jin Yiwei collected the information, their death would come.

As for the Jiangnan gentry, civil servants and nobles, Zhu Cixiang let them dance around for a few days until they could no longer cry.

He just likes to see these people hate him but can't get rid of him, it's so damn good!

All forces are waiting for the emperor's attitude, hoping that the emperor will come forward to control the crown prince.

After Chongzhen heard the news, he was also very shocked. He was shocked that Zhu Cihong dared to attack the eight major Shanxi merchants so blatantly.

But he soon figured out that doing this seemed to be beneficial to the court.

At least the money for disaster relief in the Ming Dynasty and the pay for the Liaodong army seemed to be available.

In the past, the imperial court needed a lot of money to use troops to suppress bandits in Shaanxi, and it also cost money to appease the people of Shaanxi.

The household department could not get out even a single copper from the money. Liaodong and the bandits had already drained the treasury dry.

Chongzhen not only sold many of the rare treasures in the palace, but to no avail.

Since the crown prince took charge of the country, he has resorted to abnormal means to amass money. Chongzhen found that the court seemed to have no shortage of money.

Although he was very dissatisfied with the prince's behavior at first, he gradually felt that this method seemed very good, but he just couldn't do it.

This time, Chongzhen estimated that the prince would get several million taels of silver from the Shanxi merchants' homes, and he began to secretly praise the prince in his heart.

For the current Chongzhen, as long as he saves the Ming Dynasty and revives the Ming Dynasty, he doesn't care what the prince does.

Besides, the prince's wings are already very strong, and he has the National Protector Army and Imperial Guards in his hands. It's easy to overthrow me and ascend to the throne.

Chongzhen didn't want to force the prince to do this. He didn't want to be like Li Yuan. The prince was at least more filial than Li Shimin.

Emperor Chongzhen just selectively read a few memorials, and then asked the eunuchs to send all the memorials to the Xinwang Mansion to the prince.

He didn't say a word to this, but continued fishing in Taiye Pond.

Now when Emperor Chongzhen is fishing, an observation group gradually forms behind him.

Not only Empress Zhou and Concubine Yuan Guifei and Concubine Tian Guifei came here to watch, but Empress Yi'an Zhang Yan also frequently visited.

Whenever a big fish is caught, the harem viewing group will applaud and encourage.

Especially the praise from Queen Yi'an Zhang Yan gave Emperor Chongzhen a sense of accomplishment.

Now he finally understood why his eldest brother, Emperor Tianqi, had a special liking for carpentry.

Queen Yi'an, Queen Zhou and others supported Emperor Chongzhen, of course there were very important reasons.

Their purpose is to let the crown prince vigorously regulate the government, kill corrupt officials, and restore a bright future to the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.

For these beauties, if Emperor Chongzhen does not go to court, the crown prince can do whatever he wants.

In fact, they all misunderstood Chongzhen. After the trip to Henan, Chongzhen was no longer the same Chongzhen as before.

He hated the corruption and deception of the civil servants, and even more hated the powerful men who were co-sisters of the Ming Dynasty for their selfishness and disregard for the safety of the court and the lives of the people.

In addition, the troops in various towns did not work hard, and the self-respect of raising the bandits drained the Ming Dynasty's treasury.

But there was nothing he could do about it. Only the crown prince had the ability and means to deal with these people.

In order to have the honor to meet his ancestors a hundred years later, he decided to retreat behind the scenes and not interfere in any way with the prince's governance.

Not to mention, Chongzhen, who used to be extremely tired, calmed down and had fun. He suddenly felt that this was the greatest joy in his life.

Zhu Cihong knew that the outside world had a bad opinion of him. After the confiscation of his family and the extermination of the eight major Shanxi merchants, public opinion that was unfavorable to him would definitely be overwhelming.

So a decree was sent to the Ministry of Rites, asking them to establish a royal daily newspaper as soon as possible and find some pens for literati who were loyal to the crown prince to write articles.

It mainly introduces the new policies and systems of the Ming Dynasty and the evidence of killing corrupt officials and Shanxi merchants.

He believed that the people in the capital and the capital region would definitely not listen to those rumors after seeing the greed of corrupt officials and the shameless treason of the eight Shanxi merchants.

For the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the people, Zhu Cihong didn't care about the rumors attacking him, but who wouldn't want to have a good reputation!

With the Royal Daily, Zhu Cixiang would publish the taxes and various policies of the Ming Dynasty on the people.

After reading the daily newspapers, the people will have a clear understanding of the court's policies. If there are officials who are corrupt and charge illegally, they can report it to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

During the Ming Dynasty, the literacy rate of the people was very low. In order to allow the people to understand the contents of the daily newspapers.

Zhu Cihong also decided to set up a newspaper reading office in various places in the capital. Every day, there would be dedicated people reading newspapers to the people. They could be talented people and educated people from all over the country.

On the same day, Zhu Cihong sent an order to appoint Hu Dawei as the commander-in-chief of Zhangjiakou, and led 3,000 men to station in Zhangjiakou.

The commander-in-chief of Xuanfu is Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Datong is Yan Xiongying, the one guarding Zhangjiakou is Hu Dawei, and the commander-in-chief of Shanxi is as fierce as a tiger.

Since then, all the generals on the front line of Xuanda have been Zhu Cihong's trusted generals.

At the same time that Hu Dawei received the order, Lu Xiangsheng also received the order.

He immediately convened a military meeting, attended by Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei, Fierce as a Tiger, Yan Xiongying, Zhou Yuji, Zhang Shize, Huang Degong and others.

Seeing that everyone was about to arrive, Lu Xiangsheng stood up and said:

"The Crown Prince orders!"
Chapter completed!