Chapter 39 Kill King Aoyong
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Chapter 39 Kill King Aoyong
Zhu Cilang's words made Wang Aoyong's face change drastically, but he still tried to argue:
"Your Highness, I don't understand what you mean by these words? I hope Your Highness will not insult me recklessly!"
Facing Zhu Cilang's imposing speech, Wang Aoyong directly referred to himself as "this palace" and no longer called himself a subject, clearly not taking the illustrious Ming Crown Prince seriously.
This kind of thing was normal during the late Ming Dynasty. Don't forget, Zhu Cilang's father, Emperor Chongzhen, was often criticized by the censorious scholars in court. Chongzhen wanted to be like Emperor Li Shimin but unfortunately, he lacked a Wei Zheng.
However, this time Wang Aoyong made a mistake and misjudged Zhu Cilang. He is no longer the humble Crown Prince, but a time traveler who will not show any mercy to Wang Aoyong, the treacherous minister.
Zhu Cilang shouted loudly:
"Someone come and bring Wang Aoyong to justice."
"Understood!"
Li Ruolian waved his hand, and immediately two Jin Yiwei approached and pressed Wang Aoyong to the ground, forcefully knocking off his official hat embroidered with the spring knife, along with his neck.
Wang Aoyong did not panic, he believed that Zhu Cilang did not dare to kill him:
"Your Highness, I am an upright official of the court. Even if I made a mistake, it should be the emperor who personally handles it, let alone the fact that I am innocent..."
Zhu Cilang snorted coldly:
"You're innocent? Someone, tell him whether he's guilty!"
Before Zhu Cilang finished speaking, Gao Wencai immediately appeared and bowed to Zhu Cilang:
"Your Highness, before Wang Aoyong transported the grain, he secretly transferred a batch of grain to the Fan family grain shop. In addition, some silver was also sent back to the mansion..."
Prior to this, Gao Wencai had already informed Zhu Cilang about the act of embezzling disaster relief funds and supplies by Wang Aoyong, otherwise Zhu Cilang would not have had any evidence to punish Wang Aoyong.
Gao Wencai's testimony instantly left Wang Aoyong speechless, but he would never easily admit his guilt:
"Your Highness, this person is slandering me! If Your Highness does not believe me, please hand me over to the Ministry of Justice for interrogation!"
With the private friendship between Wang Aoyong and Prime Minister Wen Tiren, as long as Zhu Cilang hands him over to the Ministry of Justice, Wang Aoyong believes that he will soon be able to free himself, and at worst, he can return home to farm.
However, Zhu Cilang made him completely despair:
"Please bring the Shangfang sword and execute Wang Aoyong!"
Zhu Cilang knew the darkness of the officialdom in the late Ming Dynasty. How could he hand Wang Aoyong over to the Ministry of Punishment? With the Shangfang sword in hand, there is no better time to eliminate evil for the people.
"Zhu Cilang, you have no right to kill me. I am an appointed official of the court..."
"Click..."
Before Wang Aoyong's words fell, Li Ruolian drew the Imperial Sword and separated his head from his body.
Li Ruolian wiped the blood off the Imperial Sword on Wang Aoyong's corpse and handed the sword back to Zhu Cilang.
Zhu Cilang took over the Shangfang precious sword and passed on the order:
"Li Ruolian, you lead fifty Jingyi guards and two hundred Donggong palace guards to quickly set off and search the Wang Aoyong family. The male members of the family for three generations should all be brought here to the construction site as laborers, while the women should be sent to the Jiaofang Office as slaves."
"Understood!"
Li Ruolian immediately accepted the command and left. Zhu Cilang turned his gaze to Gao Wencai:
"Who runs the Fan Family Grain Shop?"
Gao Wencai had served in the Jinyiwei for many years, although Emperor Chongzhen would not use the Jinyiwei as a weapon. As a qualified hound for the emperor, Gao Wencai was still familiar with some situations in the capital city.
When he saw the Crown Prince, Gao Wenci immediately bowed and said,
"Report to Your Highness, the Fan Family Grain Company is owned by Fan Yongdou, the leader among the eight major Jin merchants. This person has connections everywhere, and the waters here are very deep. Your Highness must proceed with caution."
Hearing that Fan Jia Grain Store was opened by Fan Yongdou, Zhu Cilang not only did not worry, but instead became excited:
"Haha... What a bunch of bullshit about the Eight Great Shanxi Merchants, they are clearly the Eight Great unscrupulous businessmen. The refugees finally have something to eat."
高文采愣了一下，不过很快皇太子的意思，他在朱慈烺耳边低声说道：
“殿下，此人能力超强，朝堂上很多官员都与他有关系，您现在还动不得他，不如等实力强大之后在动手不迟。”
Zhu Cilang is not foolish. He is currently unlikely to take any action against Fan Yongdou. However, the Fan Family Grain Store is just a drop in the bucket for Fan Yongdou. Zhu Cilang speculates that Fan Yongdou will not go against the Crown Prince for the sake of a grain store.
So, we must take over the grain shop opened by the Fan family in the capital. If we can get a large amount of money and grain from the Fan family's grain shop, Zhu Cilang will also have to thank Wang Aoyong, that corrupt official, for his divine assistance.
Zhu Cilang immediately issued the order:
"Gao Wenci and Fang An, lead fifty Jin Yi Wei and twenty Dongming Factory personnel, as well as three hundred members of the Donggong Guards, to immediately search and confiscate the Fan family's grain business. Those who resist shall be executed without mercy."
"Understood!"
High Wencai and Fang An immediately took the order and left.
This operation by Zhu Cilang secretly won the admiration of many people present, including Huang Degong and others.
In their eyes, the Crown Prince was no longer an eight-year-old child, but a decisive and resolute heir of Great Ming.
Admired and respected, but they know that the Crown Prince's recent behavior seems a bit reckless.
Killing a high-ranking official of the court will definitely face furious backlash from the official-business interest groups, and whether Emperor Chongzhen can withstand the pressure is still unknown.
范家粮行确实是八大晋商之首范永斗的商号，明末排名前16位的大财团都在山西。
According to historical records, the combined wealth of the wealthy households in several counties in Shanxi exceeded 10 million taels of silver, and saying that they were wealthy enough to rival a country is an understatement.
The downfall of the Ming Dynasty can ultimately be attributed to political negligence and lenience towards scholars, as well as excessive severity towards the common people.
Unable to endure oppressive governance, the peasants joined Li Zicheng's uprising and brought an end to the Ming Dynasty. Meanwhile, merchants and businessmen took advantage of the rising scholars, pursuing their own interests without concern for the nation, only focused on their personal gains.
Fan Jiandou, a person from the Ming dynasty, is of Han descent, but during the national war, he does not seek any benefit for the country, but values the trust of the Qing people.
He does not prioritize the survival of the Han people, only cares about the interests of his own family, and forgets the greater righteousness for petty gains.
Without the benefit of iron tools, how could the Qing people rise so rapidly? It is truly a case of giving a weapon to the enemy. The massacre of Jiading and the ten-day massacre in Yangzhou were both initiated by these Hanjian merchants. This hatred will be hard to extinguish for generations to come.
The Eight Great Shanxi Merchants were true traitors to the Ming Dynasty. If it wasn't for their strong support and provision of intelligence to the Mongols of the East Capture, the survival of the Mongols would have been a great problem and it would have been even more impossible for them to dominate the Central Plains.
They not only limited their harm to supplying grain, grass, iron tools and other military supplies to the East Luo but also the Great Ming Dynasty.
They also used their funds to vigorously cultivate their clan's offspring to become officials, resulting in numerous clan officials after many years of cultivation.
Even some of them cultivated their people to control the Ming army, like Wang Pu, the general of Shanxi, who possessed their influence in the military.
In addition, most of the officials in the Ming court had some relationship with them, which was bought with money.
In the southern region, there are also many allies, such as the Jiangsu-Zhejiang financial consortium and the Guangdong financial consortium. They compete with each other while supporting each other.
In the northern region, there is a shortage of grain, salt, iron materials, tea, and other commodities. Jin merchants need to purchase them from the southern region.
This way, the interests of various southern consortiums are closely connected to their own interests.
After the downfall of the Ming dynasty, the Eastern Robbers regime, in gratitude for the help of the eight treacherous businessmen, bestowed the title of "Eight Great Imperial Merchants" upon them.
(End of this chapter)
Zhu Cilang's words made Wang Aoyong's face change drastically, but he still tried to argue:
"Your Highness, I don't understand what you mean by these words? I hope Your Highness will not insult me recklessly!"
Facing Zhu Cilang's imposing speech, Wang Aoyong directly referred to himself as "this palace" and no longer called himself a subject, clearly not taking the illustrious Ming Crown Prince seriously.
This kind of thing was normal during the late Ming Dynasty. Don't forget, Zhu Cilang's father, Emperor Chongzhen, was often criticized by the censorious scholars in court. Chongzhen wanted to be like Emperor Li Shimin but unfortunately, he lacked a Wei Zheng.
However, this time Wang Aoyong made a mistake and misjudged Zhu Cilang. He is no longer the humble Crown Prince, but a time traveler who will not show any mercy to Wang Aoyong, the treacherous minister.
Zhu Cilang shouted loudly:
"Someone come and bring Wang Aoyong to justice."
"Understood!"
Li Ruolian waved his hand, and immediately two Jin Yiwei approached and pressed Wang Aoyong to the ground, forcefully knocking off his official hat embroidered with the spring knife, along with his neck.
Wang Aoyong did not panic, he believed that Zhu Cilang did not dare to kill him:
"Your Highness, I am an upright official of the court. Even if I made a mistake, it should be the emperor who personally handles it, let alone the fact that I am innocent..."
Zhu Cilang snorted coldly:
"You're innocent? Someone, tell him whether he's guilty!"
Before Zhu Cilang finished speaking, Gao Wencai immediately appeared and bowed to Zhu Cilang:
"Your Highness, before Wang Aoyong transported the grain, he secretly transferred a batch of grain to the Fan family grain shop. In addition, some silver was also sent back to the mansion..."
Prior to this, Gao Wencai had already informed Zhu Cilang about the act of embezzling disaster relief funds and supplies by Wang Aoyong, otherwise Zhu Cilang would not have had any evidence to punish Wang Aoyong.
Gao Wencai's testimony instantly left Wang Aoyong speechless, but he would never easily admit his guilt:
"Your Highness, this person is slandering me! If Your Highness does not believe me, please hand me over to the Ministry of Justice for interrogation!"
With the private friendship between Wang Aoyong and Prime Minister Wen Tiren, as long as Zhu Cilang hands him over to the Ministry of Justice, Wang Aoyong believes that he will soon be able to free himself, and at worst, he can return home to farm.
However, Zhu Cilang made him completely despair:
"Please bring the Shangfang sword and execute Wang Aoyong!"
Zhu Cilang knew the darkness of the officialdom in the late Ming Dynasty. How could he hand Wang Aoyong over to the Ministry of Punishment? With the Shangfang sword in hand, there is no better time to eliminate evil for the people.
"Zhu Cilang, you have no right to kill me. I am an appointed official of the court..."
"Click..."
Before Wang Aoyong's words fell, Li Ruolian drew the Imperial Sword and separated his head from his body.
Li Ruolian wiped the blood off the Imperial Sword on Wang Aoyong's corpse and handed the sword back to Zhu Cilang.
Zhu Cilang took over the Shangfang precious sword and passed on the order:
"Li Ruolian, you lead fifty Jingyi guards and two hundred Donggong palace guards to quickly set off and search the Wang Aoyong family. The male members of the family for three generations should all be brought here to the construction site as laborers, while the women should be sent to the Jiaofang Office as slaves."
"Understood!"
Li Ruolian immediately accepted the command and left. Zhu Cilang turned his gaze to Gao Wencai:
"Who runs the Fan Family Grain Shop?"
Gao Wencai had served in the Jinyiwei for many years, although Emperor Chongzhen would not use the Jinyiwei as a weapon. As a qualified hound for the emperor, Gao Wencai was still familiar with some situations in the capital city.
When he saw the Crown Prince, Gao Wenci immediately bowed and said,
"Report to Your Highness, the Fan Family Grain Company is owned by Fan Yongdou, the leader among the eight major Jin merchants. This person has connections everywhere, and the waters here are very deep. Your Highness must proceed with caution."
Hearing that Fan Jia Grain Store was opened by Fan Yongdou, Zhu Cilang not only did not worry, but instead became excited:
"Haha... What a bunch of bullshit about the Eight Great Shanxi Merchants, they are clearly the Eight Great unscrupulous businessmen. The refugees finally have something to eat."
高文采愣了一下，不过很快皇太子的意思，他在朱慈烺耳边低声说道：
“殿下，此人能力超强，朝堂上很多官员都与他有关系，您现在还动不得他，不如等实力强大之后在动手不迟。”
Zhu Cilang is not foolish. He is currently unlikely to take any action against Fan Yongdou. However, the Fan Family Grain Store is just a drop in the bucket for Fan Yongdou. Zhu Cilang speculates that Fan Yongdou will not go against the Crown Prince for the sake of a grain store.
So, we must take over the grain shop opened by the Fan family in the capital. If we can get a large amount of money and grain from the Fan family's grain shop, Zhu Cilang will also have to thank Wang Aoyong, that corrupt official, for his divine assistance.
Zhu Cilang immediately issued the order:
"Gao Wenci and Fang An, lead fifty Jin Yi Wei and twenty Dongming Factory personnel, as well as three hundred members of the Donggong Guards, to immediately search and confiscate the Fan family's grain business. Those who resist shall be executed without mercy."
"Understood!"
High Wencai and Fang An immediately took the order and left.
This operation by Zhu Cilang secretly won the admiration of many people present, including Huang Degong and others.
In their eyes, the Crown Prince was no longer an eight-year-old child, but a decisive and resolute heir of Great Ming.
Admired and respected, but they know that the Crown Prince's recent behavior seems a bit reckless.
Killing a high-ranking official of the court will definitely face furious backlash from the official-business interest groups, and whether Emperor Chongzhen can withstand the pressure is still unknown.
范家粮行确实是八大晋商之首范永斗的商号，明末排名前16位的大财团都在山西。
According to historical records, the combined wealth of the wealthy households in several counties in Shanxi exceeded 10 million taels of silver, and saying that they were wealthy enough to rival a country is an understatement.
The downfall of the Ming Dynasty can ultimately be attributed to political negligence and lenience towards scholars, as well as excessive severity towards the common people.
Unable to endure oppressive governance, the peasants joined Li Zicheng's uprising and brought an end to the Ming Dynasty. Meanwhile, merchants and businessmen took advantage of the rising scholars, pursuing their own interests without concern for the nation, only focused on their personal gains.
Fan Jiandou, a person from the Ming dynasty, is of Han descent, but during the national war, he does not seek any benefit for the country, but values the trust of the Qing people.
He does not prioritize the survival of the Han people, only cares about the interests of his own family, and forgets the greater righteousness for petty gains.
Without the benefit of iron tools, how could the Qing people rise so rapidly? It is truly a case of giving a weapon to the enemy. The massacre of Jiading and the ten-day massacre in Yangzhou were both initiated by these Hanjian merchants. This hatred will be hard to extinguish for generations to come.
The Eight Great Shanxi Merchants were true traitors to the Ming Dynasty. If it wasn't for their strong support and provision of intelligence to the Mongols of the East Capture, the survival of the Mongols would have been a great problem and it would have been even more impossible for them to dominate the Central Plains.
They not only limited their harm to supplying grain, grass, iron tools and other military supplies to the East Luo but also the Great Ming Dynasty.
They also used their funds to vigorously cultivate their clan's offspring to become officials, resulting in numerous clan officials after many years of cultivation.
Even some of them cultivated their people to control the Ming army, like Wang Pu, the general of Shanxi, who possessed their influence in the military.
In addition, most of the officials in the Ming court had some relationship with them, which was bought with money.
In the southern region, there are also many allies, such as the Jiangsu-Zhejiang financial consortium and the Guangdong financial consortium. They compete with each other while supporting each other.
In the northern region, there is a shortage of grain, salt, iron materials, tea, and other commodities. Jin merchants need to purchase them from the southern region.
This way, the interests of various southern consortiums are closely connected to their own interests.
After the downfall of the Ming dynasty, the Eastern Robbers regime, in gratitude for the help of the eight treacherous businessmen, bestowed the title of "Eight Great Imperial Merchants" upon them.
(End of this chapter)