I want to ruin the country

The result was that they earned 15 million in registration fees alone!

This once again shocked the Minister of Revenue Ruijin. There really is no shortage of rich people in the world!

The next day, the thirty people were brought to the palace, where the last auction was held.

The emperor’s personal presence at the scene was like a shot of stimulant to the wealthy people participating in the auction. It was a rare opportunity to show up in front of the emperor!

Since everyone had this mentality, the auction became intense from the start.

The most annoying thing was that whenever the auction reached a critical moment, the emperor would always look at the auctioneers on both sides with the most kind and caring eyes.

The look in his eyes was full of encouragement, as if to say,

"You can do it, I'm counting on you!"

With the emperor's provocation, these wealthy men couldn't stop themselves. They stretched their necks and shouted until their voices were hoarse as they bid higher.

This is also a miracle in the world. If he hadn't participated in the auction, he would have acted like a madman and shouted in front of the emperor, and even a hundred heads would not be enough to chop off!

After a morning of fierce competition, another thirty treasures were sold, with a total of 100 million taels of silver being raised.

The ministers present were all delighted, even the mature and prudent Lin Zexu was secretly amazed, one hundred million taels of silver just went into the emperor's pocket!

How much can be done with this money? How many lives can be saved? The emperor is simply a god!

He also thought that if Emperor Chongzhen had been willing to do this, the Ming Dynasty might not have been destroyed!

Yining did not break his promise and asked the Imperial Household Department to engrave the names of the top five spenders on red-lettered iron certificates on the spot and immediately issued them to them.

These people were even happier. From now on, there would be no swords to kill me on the land of the Daqing Dynasty, and I could walk around freely!

Not only that, the five of them enjoyed a full banquet with the emperor.

Just based on this meal, these people can brag about it for the rest of their lives!

At this auction, Yining earned a total of more than 430 million taels of silver.

Wen Qing was so happy that he almost fainted. He not only had no objection to the emperor holding an auction, but also fully supported it.

If Yining said to open it again in two days, he would definitely say that he thought so too.

With so much money coming into the palace, a lot of antiques and collectibles were also sold out, and the maintenance costs alone saved were quite a lot.

Yining had some new ideas in his mind. Now that he had plenty of money, he could put these ideas into practice.

He organized an imperial conference, which was attended by Lin Zexu, Du Shoutian, Zaiyuan, Duanhua, monk Linqin, Wenqing, Ruijin, Peng Yunzhang, Su Shun, and Du Han.

These ten people can be said to be the right-hand men of Yining Dao now.

Yining has prepared five topics for today's meeting.

1. Suppressing Bandits

2. Establishment of the Ministry of State Security

3. Establish the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Resources.

4. Establish finance bureaus and banks in all prefectures and counties.

5. Summer harvest, summer planting, and summer management.

The first topic is to suppress bandits.

The Daqing Kingdom is now plagued by serious banditry.

Except for the areas around the capital where there are fewer bandits, other places are plagued by bandits.

There are hundreds of bandit gangs of varying sizes in the Taihang Mountains and Luliang Mountains in Hebei and Shanxi.

There are dozens of groups in the Yimeng Mountains of Shandong and Henan combined.

There were relatively few bandits in northern Jiangsu, but there were also many bandits in Zhejiang and Fujian south of the Yangtze River.

However, there are not many large-scale ones. Most of them have dozens of people, and those with one or two hundred people are considered relatively large.

The situation in Jiangxi is similar to that in Zhejiang and Fujian.

The areas with the most serious bandit problems are Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and western Hunan. There are mountains and jungles everywhere, which are suitable for bandits to gather and hide. It is not an exaggeration to say that there are bandits in every mountain.

Hubei and Anhui also suffer from serious bandit problems. The people in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia area have been tough since ancient times, and are home to many swordsman bandits.

Tibet and Xinjiang are even more unstable. Some of them are bandits, and some are trying to fight for the throne with the emperor.

Inner Mongolia and Liaodong areas were also full of bandits and gangs.

The bandits killed and robbed people, causing the common people to panic and live in fear every day.

The entire Daqing land was like a pot of boiling water, bubbling everywhere.

Therefore, Yining made up his mind to wipe out the banditry and restore peace and prosperity to the people.

After Yining brought up the issue of suppressing bandits, everyone lowered their heads and remained silent.

They were well aware of the current situation, and some of them had petitioned the imperial court more than once to suppress the bandits.

However, due to various reasons, Emperor Daoguang did not take any action.

The main reason was the financial tension, the Ministry of Revenue was empty and stretched to the limit.

Moreover, suppressing bandits is an extremely difficult task, and it cannot be solved simply by having money, otherwise Emperor Daoguang would not have been so timid.

Now that the emperor has raised the issue, we cannot remain silent. Moreover, the bandit problem has become so widespread that if we do not suppress it, the consequences will be disastrous.

Wasn’t it that a few bandit-like forces forced Emperor Chongzhen to death in the late Ming Dynasty?

If Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others had not caused trouble, the Manchus with only tens of thousands of troops would not have been able to enter the pass.

Lin Zexu first said,

"Until the bandit problem is eradicated, there will never be peace. I agree with the suppression of the bandits!"

Of course Du Shoutian also agreed!

Yining looked at Senglinqin, because he was the regent, the commander-in-chief of the Eight Banners, the Minister of War, and the only military general in this group of people.

"Master Monk, what are your thoughts on completely eradicating the bandit problem?"

Nowadays, when monks see Yining, they always can't raise their heads and feel uneasy.

He felt that the emperor had creepy hairs on his body and his eyes seemed like knives could shoot out at any time, which was chilling!

"Your Majesty, during the time of the previous emperor, I submitted petitions several times to urge the elimination of banditry.

Now that the emperor has made up his mind to suppress the bandits, I am willing to lead the troops into battle, to charge into the front, to die on the battlefield, and to sacrifice my life!"

Yining knew that what he said was from the heart, and then asked,

"Master Monk, how has the reorganization of your Eight Banners soldiers been going during this period?"

The monks in the forest said,

"Your Majesty, the reorganization of the Manchu and Han Eight Banners has been basically completed. The old, weak, sick and disabled have all been cleared out, and the vacancies have been filled."

Yining stared at him, making Senglinqin feel creepy. After a while, Yining asked again,

"How did you rectify the atmosphere? How did you boost morale?"

Senglinqin didn't expect the emperor to ask these questions, and he didn't know how to answer.

Yining knew at a glance that he was treating the symptoms without addressing the root cause.

His face was as gloomy as water, and he said,

"You've cleared out the old, weak, sick, and disabled and replenished the troops, and it seems you've done a good job.

But have you ever thought about how these things came about and why they have reached this point?"

"Uh, this..."

Yining said again,

"You've been leading troops for so many years, don't you know how to solve the problem thoroughly?

If you just passively patch up the gaps, the team will soon have these problems again, and your current work will be in vain!"

There is no reason why the monks and relatives don't understand. The emperor is looking for someone to sacrifice himself. It seems that if he doesn't take it seriously, he won't be able to get away with it!