This time, Zhu Cihong made great profits by purging Jiangnan gentry, wealthy businessmen, nobles, generals of the guard, and wealthy families.

Even Zhu Cihong himself doesn't know how much gold, silver and silk were confiscated.

It took as long as ten days to transport gold and silver treasures from Suzhou, Wuxi, Luzhou, Yangzhou, Hangzhou and other places to Nanjing via horse-drawn carriages and waterways.

The local gentry, wealthy businessmen and nobles in Nanjing were searched for their homes, and the National Protector Army and Imperial Guards also took three days to transport them in carriages.

It can be said that the total value of the purges of the southern gentry, wealthy merchants, and nobles was definitely no less than the eight Shanxi merchant properties confiscated by Zhu Cihong.

Afterwards, statistics showed that a total of more than 70 million taels of silver and more than one million taels of gold were obtained. Together with other wealth and food, the total value exceeded 100 million taels of silver.

Zhu Cixiang still hasn't figured out why Emperor Chongzhen was so short of money. Even the demise of the Ming Dynasty had something to do with the lack of money.

Since Zhu Cihong took charge of the country, the total value of gold, silver and silk confiscated in the north and south has been close to 200 million taels of silver.

Even if the Ming Dynasty did not pay taxes for five years, the national treasury would not be empty.

When Chongzhen was in power, his biggest fear was that various departments would ask for money from the court, but now Zhu Cixiang was most in need of money.

If Emperor Chongzhen knew the total amount of gold, silver, and silk that Zhu Cixiang obtained this time.

He definitely wants to buy a piece of tofu and kill him. They are also the Ming emperors, but their ability to make money is very different...

A large amount of gold and silver is stored in the Nanjing Household Department. It is necessary to find a reliable person to manage the Nanjing Household Department.

Zhu Cixiang considered it again and again, and finally decided to let Yan Yingyuan temporarily stay in Nanjing as the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and also appointed him as the Governor of Nanjing Jingying.

During Yan Yingyuan's tenure, he not only had to manage the huge amount of gold and silver in the household department, but also reorganized the Nanjing capital camp.

Zhu Cixiang has changed the Beijing Camp into an independent battalion of the National Defense Army, with a full strength of 50,000 personnel.

He is not short of money now and can support 50,000 young independent battalion soldiers without any effort.

Yan Yingyuan's appointment as Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing is only temporary. In the future, Zhu Cixiang will abolish Southern Zhili and change it to Jiangsu Province.

At that time, the six ministries in Nanjing will also be banned, and a large number of idle officials will be laid off.

As a time traveler, Zhu Cixiang knew very well that holding a large amount of gold and silver in his hands was not conducive to the economic development of the Ming Dynasty, and this gold and silver must be made flowing.

So the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty was officially established in Nanjing.

Zhu Cixiang personally served as the president of the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty, Shen Wanwan held the title of vice president, and Yan Yingyuan held the title of vice president.

Because Zhu Cixiang is not doing anything, three executive vice presidents are needed. It is difficult to find a suitable candidate for the other vice president, so it is temporarily vacant.

Zhu Cixiang planned to let the old minister Cheng Guoxiang, who had already become a scholar, work hard for another two years. In Zhu Cixiang's heart, Cheng Guoxiang was the best candidate for being honest and hard-working.

The Royal Bank is mainly responsible for lending and depositing money, and it aims to spread throughout the major cities of the Ming Dynasty within three years.

Zhu Cixiang planned to use two years to launch a new type of currency and gradually abandon the use of silver as the main currency.

In order to prevent officers from deducting military pay and emptying their pay in the future, Zhu Cixiang planned to have the soldiers directly take charge of the military pay in the bank when the bank matured...

This time, a large number of shops were also confiscated during the quelling the riots. According to statistics, the number reached more than 50,000. Zhu Cixiang decided to merge them all into the Royal Group.

In the future, the Royal Group will establish various branches, each of which will deal in different products. This will not lead to horizontal competition within the group.

This time, the quelling of the rebellion also resulted in the acquisition of a large number of residences of nobles and officials, as well as residences and land of wealthy businessmen, including many landowners and gentry.

Zhu Cixi decided to keep the mansions of nobles and officials for the time being, while all other mansions were auctioned off at low prices. The money gained went to the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs, and of course the land had to be distributed to the people.

Now due to the large amount of gold and silver injected into the Nanjing Ministry of Household Treasury, it is equal to Zhu Cihong's personal assets. Without his permission, no one can use it at will.

For any transfer of more than one hundred thousand taels of silver, Yan Yingyuan must apply to Emperor Shenwu, otherwise he must not transfer it privately, except for special circumstances, and he must report it in detail afterwards.

Since building roads in the south required a huge amount of silver, Zhu Cihong gave Yan Yingyuan 10 million taels of silver, which he had the right to allocate at any time.

Yan Yingyuan would definitely obey Emperor Shenwu's decision without hesitation.

Although he lost his position as the leader of the Dragon Camp of the Shenwu Army, he knew that he would still have a chance to succeed in the future, because he was about to form an independent battalion of 50,000 National Protector Army...

Fujian Zhengjia

Zheng Sen has been back for a while, but he has not spoken to his father Zheng Zhilong to persuade him. Instead, he has been inspecting the Zheng family navy in the name of vacation.

Zheng Sen wanted to have a thorough understanding of the scale and profitability of the Zheng family navy, as well as the personnel composition. It mainly depends on who can be used and who cannot be used.

Now the Zheng family has a navy of more than 50,000 people, more than 1,800 large and small merchant ships, more than 600 warships, and 3,000 Ufan soldiers.

Wufan soldiers are actually black soldiers. They fight bravely and dare to do anything as long as they are paid.

Most of the young sailors in the Zheng Family Navy will be merged into the Ming Navy in the future.

Zheng Sen will never use people with corrupt moral character who only care about money.

Many people were pirates in the past and are still collecting tolls at sea.

They have become accustomed to idleness. Once they are integrated into the Ming fleet, Zheng Sen is worried that it will be difficult to discipline them.

After getting to know each other for a period of time, Zheng Sen already knew what he was doing.

He found that the biggest difficulty in merging the Zheng family navy into the Ming Dynasty was his second uncle Zheng Zhibao.

After Zheng Sen was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Ming Dynasty Navy, Zheng Hongkui was already a general of the imperial court, and they seemed to have lost the possibility of taking over the Zheng Family Navy.

As a result, Zheng Zhibao believes that he has become the only successor to his eldest brother Zheng Zhilong.

Once Zheng Zhilong retires, he will take over the huge Zheng family navy, and will make tens of thousands of dollars every day.

However, Zheng Chenggong didn't pay much attention to this. If Zheng Zhibao was determined to fight against the imperial court, he would have to get rid of him.

Based on his understanding of Emperor Shenwu, once his father Zheng Zhilong refused to merge, Emperor Shenwu would definitely take action against the Zheng family.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zheng Sen will never let the entire Zheng family fall into disaster because of a second uncle.

Even though the Zheng Family Navy had defeated both Portugal and the Netherlands, Zheng Sen knew very well that as long as the Ming Dynasty was given one year to develop, with the capabilities of Emperor Shenwu and the Ming Royal Academy of Sciences, the entire Zheng Family Navy could be easily destroyed in one year.

Once that happens, the Zheng family will not get any benefits, and there is even a possibility that the whole family will be slaughtered, just like Wei Guogong Xu Hongji...

After dinner that day, Zheng Sen dismissed his servants and decided to have a showdown with his father.

Seeing his son asking his servants to leave, Zheng Zhilong immediately guessed that Zheng Sen should return to Quanzhou with a mission this time, rather than coming for vacation.

Although he had already guessed something in his mind, Zheng Zhilong would not take the initiative to ask, but would wait for Zheng Sen to explain his purpose.

Zheng Sen looked at his father, and then took out the imperial edict of Emperor Shenwu:

"Dongfan Bo Zheng Zhilong, accept the order!"

Zheng Zhilong thought his son was going to say something, but he suddenly took out the imperial edict and caught Lao Zheng off guard. He hurriedly knelt down to receive the edict:

"Your Majesty Zheng Zhilong, accept the order!"

"The Emperor of Heaven has sent an edict saying: Uncle Dongfan has been guarding our Ming Dynasty's vast sea territory for several years. His hard work has made great achievements. He has been granted the title of Marquis of Dongfan, and Zheng Zhibao has been granted the title of Viscount, and..."

This imperial edict did not say anything, it was all about conferring official positions. Even Zheng Zhibao was conferred the title of Viscount. For other officials, Zheng Zhilong had the right to confer official positions below Lieutenant General based on his abilities.

Zheng Zhilong was immediately confused. He didn't know what Emperor Shenwu wanted to do with this move.

Seeing his father kneeling there in a daze, Zheng Sen hurriedly reminded:

"Father, you still don't thank me!"

Only then did Zheng Zhilong react and quickly thanked him:

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. Long live my emperor!"

After leveling up, Zheng Zhilong asked hurriedly:

"Why are they all sealed? There must be other things, right?"

Zheng Sen nodded, helped his father sit down, and then said:

"Of course there are other things, I just need the child to dictate..."

Before Zheng Sen finished speaking, Zheng Zhilong asked hurriedly:

"Come on, what does the little emperor want from my Zheng family? Do you want us to fight with the Dutch to take back Dongfang? This is not easy to handle. The Dutch are at their peak..."

Zheng Sen shook his head and did not answer his father's question directly. Instead, he asked:

"Emperor Shenwu went on a killing spree in the south of the Yangtze River because of land reform and the collection of commercial taxes. Even the Duke of Wei and other dignitaries were almost wiped out. Did father get the news?"

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, his face turned pale. Could it be that Emperor Shenwu wanted to impose a business tax on the Zheng family. The Zheng family, with an annual income of nearly ten million taels of silver, would have to pay more than one million taels of silver a year.

For Zheng Zhilong, more than one million taels of silver is not a lot, but he has always collected taxes from others. He has never paid a penny in taxes. He is really not used to it...

But once Emperor Shenwu wanted to collect taxes, Zheng Zhilong really didn't dare to refuse.

When he was young and aggressive, he was not afraid of anything. After joining the Ming Dynasty, he relied on the Ming Dynasty as his backer. He has lived a very comfortable life in these years, and as he is getting older, he has more worries.

Of course he doesn't want to go against the imperial court now, otherwise historically he would not have surrendered and became a slave, and ended up with his wife and children scattered and his head in a different place!

Zheng Sen personally made a cup of tea for his father, placed it gently on the coffee table in front of Zheng Zhilong, and then whispered:

"Father, Emperor Shenwu will of course not allow the Zheng family to collect tolls again if he switches the business tax collection. Since the Zheng family is also a subject of the Ming Dynasty, they must abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

Although Emperor Shenwu is young, he is a prosperous king. Everything he does is for the people of the world. Anyone who dares to hinder the revival of the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed by Emperor Shenwu without hesitation.

Therefore, the Eight Banners of Jiannu, which were invincible and claimed to be invincible, were destroyed by him within half a year, and he even went all the way to the north to destroy Gu La and unify Mongolia.

If the Zheng family dares to go against Emperor Shenwu, they will end up drifting on the sea. Dongfan and Quanzhou, which my father worked so hard to manage, will no longer exist. How will tens of thousands of soldiers survive?"

Zheng Sen is trying to shake things up. He first gives his father, Zheng Zhilong, a blow to find out what his father really thinks.
To be continued...