293 People can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes
Soon, Chen Er turned around and reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, these armors are average and barely available! Compared with what Jianlu wore, it is much worse."
When Wu Wei heard this, his expression relaxed, and his face suddenly looked much better.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "You go to the warehouse and verify it again. I don't just have fifty pairs of armor."
"Abide by the order!" Chen Er agreed, then turned around and walked through the courtyard, strode into the warehouse gate guarded by the Han general.
When Wu Weiting saw this, his face became unnatural again. He quickly stepped out of the line and told Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the warehouse is very big. I will go in and point the seat to Chen Baihu."
"No need!" Emperor Chongzhen said coldly, "I said that I want excellent armor, but what you put out is not as good as Jianlu. It would be impossible to say that this barely available armor is the most exquisite armor in my Ming Dynasty, right?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Weiting could no longer stand and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty clearly understands that these armors are indeed the most exquisite armor in the warehouse."
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he curled his lips slightly and sneered. Humph, please admit it yourself!
"Your Majesty, I am just in charge of the armed weapons warehouse. The quality of these armor depends on the military battle situation and military weapons bureau!" Wu Tingwei continued to speak with a grievance.
However, when he saw Emperor Chongzhen's face was very cold and his eyes were even more dissatisfied, his face pretending to be aggrieved slowly disappeared, and he could no longer raise his head. He said a lot less and said: "I am lazy and ask my subordinates to do it for him when handing over military weapons. There is no strict control, so that the military weapons in the warehouse are not of high quality..."
"Enough!" Emperor Chongzhen suddenly shouted coldly, his heart full of disappointment. The dead eunuch was still lucky and shirking responsibility again and again. He really thought he was the Chongzhen Emperor before, and was he so stupid for his youth?
This cold shout made Wu Weiting so scared that he knelt on the ground and did not dare to tell the difference. The courtyard suddenly became quiet.
After waiting for a while, Chen Er came out of the warehouse, looked shocked, and walked to the imperial front and reported: "Your Majesty, although there are many armor and weapons in the warehouse, they are mostly shoddy. They may be worn normally, but once a war starts, those armor and weapons will probably be misleading!"
Speaking of this, after a moment of pause, he turned around and pointed to the armor behind his lower body and said, "These are the best in the warehouse. Such quality armors will probably not exceed one hundred in the warehouse."
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand at Chen Er, letting him stand aside, and then stared at Wu Weiting, who was kneeling in front of him. Seeing that his body was shaking slightly, he said coldly: "When military weapons are in the warehouse, it is the time for you to receive bribes? Even if your subordinates collect them, wouldn't they still not offer you a confession? I can guess such things with my toes!"
Wu Weiting's body shook even harder. He didn't dare to reply and just lay there.
"Come on, take it to the Embroidered Guard and verify the specific situation and report it to me!" Emperor Chongzhen gave an order, and the Embroidered Guard's captain rushed over like a wolf and tiger, dragging Wu Weiting, who was like a pool of mud, and left.
The late Ming Dynasty was a mess, and now we have to start cleaning up one by one! Emperor Chongzhen thought to himself, so he issued an order to send an eunuch in charge of the military command and an ambassador of the Ministry of Works' Military Weapons Bureau to meet.
However, he was a little confused about whether to investigate the military weapons to the end. As he said just now, just by thinking about it, you can know that the corruption of military weapons will definitely not be just the eunuch in charge of the military weapons and the ambassador of the Military Intelligence Bureau to commit such a major corruption case.
There is a great possibility that their bosses, the commanders of each army, and the people in charge of the Ministry of War, all the lines were involved, otherwise, if any link was strictly strict, it would not be like this.
What about military weapons? What about other things? Emperor Chongzhen's thinking dissipated and suddenly felt a little powerless. If you want to revive the Ming Dynasty, there are still many things to change!
In later generations, he had watched several movies that reflected the 1970s in Hong Kong. At that time, all the people in Hong Kong were corrupt, just like the late Ming Dynasty. In the end, the Independent Commission Against Corruption was established. After arresting a group of people, he announced that other corruption would be spared, so that the situation would gradually improve.
Speaking of which, in an environment where everyone is greedy, it is impossible for someone to not be greedy. This is what is called "people in the world and cannot help themselves."
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen sighed in his heart, and then ordered: "When they arrived, let them take a good look at the warehouse by themselves, so there is no need to see me."
After saying that, he thought about it and added: "Pick up Wu Weiting back and throw it in the warehouse, so that he can take a closer look."
After all the explanations were made, Emperor Chongzhen took the lead back. If he didn't think about the issue of corruption carefully, other efforts would be in vain.
As soon as I returned, I received good news. The results of the Ming Construction Bank shares auction in Yingtianfu were sent back. The 20% share amount was actually a little more than the 29% share auctioned by the capital, with a total of about 40 million taels of silver.
From this we can see that the wealth in Jiangnan is far from comparable to that in the capital. The people over there are also far from comparing this bank.
When opening a bank, the more money the better. Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed after receiving the report, and immediately issued an official order. The Ming Construction Bank opened a branch in the capitals of the two capitals and 13 provinces, and laid the first financial network for the entire Ming Dynasty. It also opened the Yingtianfu Branch of the Ming Central Bank in Yingtianfu. As for other provincial capitals, it was slowed down first, because there were no financial professionals available. After returning to the training, it would open the branches of the Ming Central Bank in each provincial capital.
So the capital became even more lively. Everyone heard that the bank of the Ming Construction Bank was to be handed over from the warehouse of the Ministry of Revenue, and after counting it, handing it over to the Ming Central Bank for the Ming Dynasty banknotes, they all heard the news, not trying to rob, but to feast their eyes. In this life, I guess the most silver I have seen this time.
Some people in the capital who couldn't understand muttered while looking: "What is the court doing? Isn't it enough to just give the Ming Dynasty banknotes? Isn't it enough to do this?"
"Yes, move here, move here, this time, I guess a lot of people will have to be busy for two or three days!"
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After hearing what they said, those who understand are very superior, and explained to these people: "You don't understand this. If the court doesn't follow this process, aren't you worried that the bank's bank will be drifted by the Ministry of Revenue? If you don't take it out so brightly, it will be lit in exchange for equal amounts of Ming Dynasty banknotes. Wouldn't you worry about whether the Ming Dynasty banknotes will be issued more? If you turn around and exchange it for banknotes in exchange for silver in the two sessions? If the court does this, will everyone have confidence in the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty..."
Chapter completed!