The businessmen present suddenly had their eyes lit up.
The thing that is most easily aroused in people is ambition.
The Jiangyou business community is short of money, but the acquaintances Li Banghua mentioned are not short of money.
Their ambitions began to stir.
"Would you please tell us the other party's identity?"
"The other party's name cannot be mentioned. Those of you who are willing to go please leave your name on this piece of paper and someone will contact you in a few days."
"I am willing to go."
"I'd like to go, too."
"And me."
The businessmen immediately came close to the paper, picked up the pen and wrote their names on it.
Li Banghua warned loudly: "This trip to Fujian may lead to a war without gunpowder smoke. If you don't have ambitions, don't go."
The businessmen hesitated for a while and wrote down their names carefully on the paper.
When the news reached Beijing, Chongzhen felt he had a 90% chance of winning.
Fujianese are indeed good at business, and since Yuegang in Zhangzhou is the only customs house, there are many big businessmen in the area.
Chongzhen wanted to cripple and overthrow these big merchants, and take the opportunity to bribe the officials who supported the Fujian merchants.
Next, he would take action against Zheng Zhilong.
However, before taking action against Zheng Zhilong, he still had one important thing to do.
On the tenth day of the second month of the twenty-first year of Chongzhen, Chongzhen summoned all members of the cabinet to the Qianqing Palace.
The Minister of Works and Chief Minister of the Cabinet Fan Jingwen, the Minister of Revenue and Second Minister of the Cabinet Fang Yuegong, the Minister of War Wang Jiayan, the Minister of Personnel Qiu Yu, and the Minister of Rites Huang Jin who had just been transferred from Nanjing.
Chongzhen sat on the dragon throne with a majestic look on his face. "The Ministry of Revenue estimated last year that the national treasury would have an income of 17 million taels and an expenditure of 25 million taels this year, with a deficit of 8 million taels!"
"The Ming Dynasty is now living off its food supply. When the food supply is gone, there will be no more food to eat."
"Do you have any good ideas?"
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