Zhu Qiyu glanced at several seven ministers and saw that everyone did not object, so he opened his mind to Wang Wen:

"This matter is left to Mr. Wang, and the three courts are instructed to hear it and to give Sucheng a fairness."

Wang Wen stood up to receive the order.

After discussing the assassination case, Zhu Qiyu took out Wang Zhi's memorial. Zhu Qiyu was not interested in this memorial. If it weren't for Su Cheng's name, Zhu Qiyu might not have any interest in the court discussion.

"This case was proposed by Mr. Wang Zhi, but it is worth mobilizing so many maritime merchants?"

First, he sent high-ranking officials from the Censorate Department of a province, and then sent secretly the censors of the Taoist Censors. Finally, he asked Jinyiwei and the Dongchang Manzi to secretly assist him to deal with a few maritime merchants. Zhu Qiyu felt that the noise was too big.

A few businessmen are not worth it at all.

Su Cheng stood up and talked about the abilities of these merchants:

"The Zheng family is a big family. The entire Foshan is the Zheng family's industry, restaurants, tiles, tram and land. Most of them are occupied by the Zheng family. Even the local officials in Foshan, except for the Zheng family, are basically bribed."

"In the 12th year of Zhengtong, the Zheng family's large ships in the ocean of India suffered storms and lost four ships, killing nearly 10,000 sailors. In order not to provide pensions, Zheng Ze, the chief of the Zheng family, killed more than 2,000 sailors who came to ask for pensions."

"In the 13th year of Zhengtong, one merchant ship that the Zheng family sailed for Dashi came back, and all the other nine ships hit the reef. According to the return sailors, in order to save food and fresh water, Zheng Ze killed or sold more than 8,000 sailors, and threw them all at Dashi."

Zhu Qiyu looked at Wang Wen after hearing this:

"Hasn't the sir's Censorate discovered this?"

Wang Wen's old face turned red:

"Your Majesty, the Zuodu Censor had reported to the heavens at that time, but the Supreme Emperor did not listen to the advice, so the matter was put on hold."

Zhu Qiyu slapped the table, obviously very angry. He reached out and pressed his hand and said his own opinion:

"This Zheng Ze is not a loss to die hundreds of times. He actually killed so many people from the Ming Dynasty. I want to cut him alive."

Wang Zhi advised:

"Your Majesty think twice, and it will be tried by the Youshi Department. With the conclusive evidence, you will naturally kill if you should."

Yu Qian also reminded him:

"Duke Zhongguo once said that these families must have bribed all local officials and clerks. This time, we must mobilize elite teams to prevent these people from taking action against the imperial envoy."

Zhu Qiyu nodded:

"Such atrocities are so bold that they dare to kill people. What else do they dare not do? Mr. Yu said it well, so he instructed the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang to dispatch elite teams to go south to Lingnan and Chaoshan to deal with such maritime merchant families."

Su Cheng took advantage of the situation and made his own proposal:

"Your Majesty, these maritime merchants have made huge profits in operation and their income is huge in a year. If they are allowed to accumulate silver, they can be rich enough to rival a country in just a few generations. With this silver, they can accumulate private soldiers and trade military weapons. It takes less than a long time to do so, just like a country, and it is very harmful."

"I propose to establish a special department and college to collect taxes from such merchants. The higher the income, the greater the tax. As long as it can be under the control of our Ming Dynasty, the better the maritime merchants develop, the more financial resources the Ming Dynasty will have."

Shen Yi immediately stood up to support:

"The Duke of the State has a very good plan. My Ministry of Revenue wants money and people to pay, so we must cooperate with all our strength."

The seven masters looked at Chen Yi with disgust. This grandson was so jealous of money. When Su Cheng said that the sea merchants earned millions of taels of silver a year, he looked straight, and now he was even more crazy.

Minister of Rites Hu Yi spoke:

"The state and the dynasty do not compete with the people for profit. Will such tax collection arouse a great response between the officials and the people? If the reaction is too big, the state and the dynasty will be unstable."

Zhu Qiyu ignored Hu Yi. The old man was the father-in-law of Duke Cheng Guo, Zhu Yi. Zhu Yi only assassinated Su Cheng yesterday. Zhu Qiyu suspected that the old man had also participated in the assassination of Su Cheng.

"This matter is done. The Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War, and the joint department of the Ministry of Personnel will formulate a charter to ensure that it is safe and collect all the evidence of the crimes of the Zheng and Lin families of the sea merchants. Kill what should be killed and arrest what should be caught. Don't let a bad person go, and don't wrongly a good person."

Zhu Qiyu made the final decision.

After the dynasty, Su Cheng and Yu Qian walked at the end. The two discussed about the new yamen for a while, and finally mentioned yesterday's assassination.

Yu Qian was quite dissatisfied:

"Zhang Zhu Yi, I really don't know what they want to do, but they actually colluded with the enemy thieves. The court's political struggle is inevitable. Since it has failed, there is still the face to attack the important officials of the court, and it is colluded with the enemy thieves and will not be the son of the man."

Su Cheng mentioned the matter of the commander and deputy commander of the Five Cities:

"Both two died under my knife. Many of the existing thousands of households were bought and needed to be transferred to new soldiers and generals. What are the good ways for Lord Yu?"

Yu Qian glanced at Su Cheng and snorted:

"Your Majesty's self-determination means that the Beijing camp and the Five Cities Military Command are under your jurisdiction. If you transfer personnel, you can write a document, and the Ministry of War will not approve it."

Su Cheng waved his hand to stop Yu Qian's complaints:

"It is precisely because I am under my jurisdiction that I must be cautious in transferring personnel. This person cannot be at least a general who can be at my mercy like Zhang Shitou Hutong. Otherwise, the defense of the capital will become my Sucheng's one-man show, and the notebooks that impeached me by Sucheng must not be placed in the Censorate."

Yu Qian raised his eyebrows when he heard this:

"Since that's the case, then you can write a document and the Ministry of War will approve it as appropriate."

The two of them walked while talking. When they arrived at the palace gate, they met Xing'an with a smile on his face.

Yu Qian glanced at Xing'an and left with great strides.

Xing'an looked at Yu Qian's back:

"Shu Yu still hates us so much."

Su Cheng explained:

"Mr. Yu is a way to protect himself, so don't be surprised by his father-in-law."

Xing'an said with a smile:

"I made my grandfather laugh, but I seemed stingy."

"Mr. Master, Your Majesty's order to go to the Duke's Mansion tonight and discuss important matters with him."

Su Cheng frowned slightly, saying that the important thing was nothing more than the establishment of the crown prince and the deposed emperor. This Majesty's thoughts were too shallow.

Farewell to Xing'an, Su Cheng left the palace, turned over his horse, and headed to the five cities with the stone.

All the commanders and deputy commanders were killed, and the remaining thousands of households and hundreds of households were also arrested. Now the soldiers and horses have no leader and need effective generals to suppress them.

"I want Liu Jian to be the commander. What do you think of Shi Tou?"

The big stone head is like a rattle:

"No, this person is very thoughtful. Although he is fighting with us, he is really not a member of us. If he wants him to be a commander, that is to make us feel uncomfortable."

Su Cheng smiled, this was not the right one.

"Just Liu Jian, there is a nephew in the hutong who is not named Hu Cong. He is now the Nangong Guards Baihu. Taking this opportunity to improve his mission, the five cities have lacked many commanders of the thousand households."

Shi Tou smiled:

"It's good that this is the case. Although Liu Jian is not in line with us, Hu Cong serves as the deputy commander and secretly supervises it, which is just right."

Su Cheng looked at the stone:

"It's good to be a thousand households, how can you be a deputy commander?"

Shi Tou looked for granted:

"The Five City Military and Masjid is not a good yamen. He was born in a hundred guards and was promoted to a thousand households. After leaving the guard team, he should have been a thousand households when he arrived in a five city Military and Masjid, so he had to be the deputy commander in order to be promoted."
Chapter completed!