Chapter 168: Maximizing Benefits
Wei Xizhuang went upstairs step by step, looked at the stairs with his eyes, was careful step by step, gritted his teeth step by step, and said: "I've seen it, nine thousand years old is furious, whoever dares to provoke me now, I will kill whoever I want!" ”
Zhou Zheng looked at his hideous look, knowing that it was not only painful, but also hated it even more, so he helped him into the room and said, "The doctor will come soon, there are more than a dozen minions on Meng Hezhou's side, then Yang Qishao will soon know that you have arrived in Beijing, and you may run away first." ”
Wei Xizhuang cautiously lay on the bed, then took a long breath, turned his head, and looked at Zhou Zhengdao: "Although I am nothing in the Wei family, it is enough to scare people when I put it out, and I haven't done nothing in the past two years, and it is still easy for Beizhen Fusi to transfer dozens of people, and I can't run away!" ”
Wei Xizhuang is now a dignified revenge, and with Wei Zhongxian behind his back, he can have no scruples, and the golden knife is coming!
Zhou Zheng thought about the changes this year and said: "We must be in a sense of proportion, and we must not get involved in ......"
Without waiting for Zhou Zheng to finish speaking, Wei Xizhuang put his chin on his hands, looked at the sheets in front of him, sneered, and said: "I won't listen to you this time, I just want to see how powerful these self-fattening dogs who smoke the imperial court salt class can have, I want to fish them all from Huai'an Mansion, and then pinch them all to death!" ”
Zhou Zheng knew that Wei Xizhuang was provoked, and now he didn't have any reason, thought for a moment, and said: "You can stir and stir up, maybe the imperial court can have more than ten or two hundred thousand taxes every year." ”
The salt class has been corroded completely, and it is a big trouble, even if the adults in the court are acting for the sake of face, they have to make some appearances about the salt class, and it is expected to squeeze out some and send it to the treasury.
Of course, the front foot may be fed in, and the back foot is gone, but it has changed!
In addition, Wei Xizhuang is now in an 'invincible state', and with his grievances, the entire eunuch party has to make way for him, and those salt merchants can't do anything with him in the capital.
Since Wei Xizhuang is safe, he wants to act wantonly, and Zhou Zheng will be up to him.
Wei Xizhuang's eyes were red now, he didn't know whether he hated or stayed up late, and turned his head to Zhou Zheng and said in a deep voice: "Old Zhou, I know that you took the risk to keep me a dozen little minions, and I was almost arrested in the East Factory, this love, my old Wei wrote it down!" ”
Zhou Zheng smiled and said, "I'm for you, these people found me first." ”
Wei Xizhuang laughed, turned back, and said: "Meng Hezhou told me, don't worry, as long as I am here, no one will want to touch you, and I will ensure that you are promoted and rich!" ”
Zhou Zheng didn't care about this, he had a headache now.
Wei Xizhuang rescued him on the street just now, and he will not be able to take off his 'eunuch' hat in the future. Now not only do you have to find a way to save Wei Xizhuang, but you also have to save yourself!
Chongzhen is such a cautious person, he is on his blacklist, and he will never want to turn over for the rest of his life!
The doctor came soon, took out scissors and cut Wei Xizhuang's pants, all he saw was blurred flesh and blood, and Wei Xizhuang bit the pillow in pain, and broke out in a cold sweat.
Zhou Zheng walked outside the door, thought for a moment, and said to Liu Liuzhe: "You let people tell Hu Qingzheng that if there is any more trouble, they will all be arrested, and as many as they will be arrested!" Give Tian Yushi another message to his family, and we will get together again in the evening. Also, you let Cheng Economy find a middleman, find an officialdom and tooth businessman to buy some evidence of Yang Qishao and others' violations and crimes, and finally send it to the mansion before today. ”
Since Wei Xizhuang wants to do something, of course Zhou Zheng has to cooperate.
Liu Liuzhen responded and found someone to pass the word.
After a while, the doctor came out and said to Zhou Zheng: "Childe, your friend's injury is fine, but you need to take care of your injury, don't move, it's best to lie down for a month." ”
Zhou Zheng responded with a smile, gave the money, and turned around and entered the room.
Wei Xizhuang carried him on his back and was struggling to stand up, Zhou Zheng held him down and said, "Don't worry, even if you want to take revenge, you must have a plan first." ”
Wei Xizhuang was pressed by Zhou Zheng, so he had to lie on the bed, his buttocks were cold, not as painful as just now, and his speech was a little normal, and he still said angrily: "If you want any plan, I will arrest people, torture people, and raid the house!" ”
This is probably Wei Xizhuang's old business, maybe that's all.
Zhou Zheng sat next to him and asked, "Whose house is being raided?" ”
Wei Xizhuang was stunned, then Yang Qishao is from Shanxi, and now lives in Yangzhou, how to copy? Wei Zhongxian's hand can reach to Yangzhou, but Wei Xizhuang can't do it.
Wei Xizhuang thought about it, but turned his head to look at Zhou Zheng, and said dissatisfiedly: "Then what do you say?" ”
Zhou Zheng had already thought about it just now, so he looked at him and said, "Let's do things first, you let people find out what Yang Qishao did in the capital?" Robbery, murder, kidnapping, extortion, bribery, even if it is against customs, you can be arrested, as long as you get the handle, you can knead it, the size does not matter. ”
Wei Xizhuang suddenly understood, and snorted: "I know, block other people's mouths first!" Okay, I'll let people check, these dogs don't know how many things they have committed, and they will check one by one. ”
Zhou Zhengdao: "You just do it, I'll find someone to spend some money and buy some from officialdom tooth dealers, which is convenient and trouble-free." ”
Wei Xizhuang's eyes lit up, and he said eagerly: "Then don't go soon, I'm going to use it soon." ”
Zhou Zhengdao: "I've already asked people to do it." What about you, keep an eye on Yang Qishao first, don't let him run away, otherwise we will not only lose the initiative, but there will be endless troubles in the future. ”
Wei Xizhuang's face turned ruthless, and said: "Don't worry, I have already asked Meng Hezhou to do this, dare to be so arrogant in the capital, I want them to see how many eyes Ma Wang Ye has!" ”
Zhou Zheng hummed, pondered for a moment, and said, "Don't underestimate Wu Chunfu, you have been very valued by your grandfather recently." ”
Wei Xizhuang turned his head, lay on the pillow, and said, "I know this, don't worry, he doesn't dare to provoke me now, otherwise I can kill him!" ”
Wu Chunfu has just emerged, but now he can actually call the people of the East Factory, which is not to be underestimated.
Wei Xizhuang is a person who is thick and fine, Zhou Zheng clicked a sentence and didn't say more, and said: "Tian Ergeng, is there any trouble?" ”
Tian Ergeng has always been the shadow that runs through Zhou Zheng's heart, and he is a greater threat than Wu Chunfu!
Wei Xizhuang lay on the bed, changed into a comfortable position, and said, "It's okay, he went to Shanxi, and he won't be able to come back for a while, so it won't get in our way." ”
Zhou Zheng's expression moved slightly, and he said in his heart, no wonder Tian Ergeng didn't come to him for so long, it turned out that he went to Shanxi.
Zhou Zheng sat on the edge of Wei Xizhuang and instructed: "You take your time in this matter first, and I'll go back and figure out how to do it." ”
He wants to maximize profits, both in business and in officialdom!
Wei Xizhuang was so anxious that he urged: "You hurry up, I estimate that Yang Qishao is already ready to run away, I must leave him in the capital!" ”
Yang Qishao also has a lot of power in the capital, if he escapes secretly, Wei Xizhuang may not be able to catch him in the first place, so he must act as soon as possible!
Zhou Zheng hummed, stood up, and said, "You take care of your injuries and find some people to come over, those people will really jump over the wall in a hurry." ”
Wei Xizhuang's face was ruthless, his eyes were red and he looked ahead, and sneered: "In Huai'an Mansion, I am afraid of them, and in the capital, their life or death depends on my mind!" ”
Zhou Zheng knew that Wei Xizhuang had already made arrangements, and without saying more, he could go back.
Wei Xizhuang looked at Zhou Zheng as he was about to leave, struggled and said, "You let them get me something to eat, I haven't eaten all the way, I'm about to starve to death." ”
Zhou Zheng estimated that He Qishou was still behind and would only arrive in Beijing tomorrow, so he said: "Okay, I'll let them do it, by the way, you're married, right?" ”
Wei Xizhuang tilted his head back and said, "That mother-in-law took the child back to my father-in-law." ”
Zhou Zheng sighed, didn't ask much, went downstairs and asked the inn to cook food for Wei Xizhuang, and waited for Wei Xizhuang's people to come, and then left with people.
Back at Zhou's mansion, Zhou Qingli had just sent away a group of people, and when she saw Zhou Zheng entering the mansion, her brows wrinkled unconsciously.
Zhou Zheng is involved with the eunuch party, and the reputation of the Zhou family will inevitably be affected, and some people have already come to speak.
When Zhou Fang saw Zhou Zheng coming back, he snorted even more, turned around and entered the room directly, and the door closed heavily.
Zhou Qingli couldn't see any expression on her dark face, and stood inside the gate and said, "You know the severity, right?" ”
Zhou Zheng knew that eunuchs were the most despised in this era, even if they were nine thousand years old, they were still disdained and degraded by scholars.
The unscrupulous persecution of Qingliu and Zhengren by the eunuchs aroused widespread anger, and the rebellion between Qingliu and Shilin never stopped.
Zhou Zheng knew the severity, and he knew the great liquidation after Chongzhen came to power.
"Well, I know it." Zhou Zheng's eyes were firm, and he replied to Zhou Qingli in a calm tone.
Seeing this, Zhou Qingli nodded, didn't say much, and turned his head back.
Zhou Zheng shook his head secretly in his heart and followed behind Zhou Qingli.
The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is a big dye vat, and it's not like you can't be alone if you don't want to contact anyone or have a grudge with someone.
Zhou Zheng made an appointment with Tian Zhenshu in the evening and drank tea in a small teahouse not far from Zhou's mansion.
"Do you want me to write a book about the disadvantages of the salt administration?" Tian Zhenshu listened to Zhou Zheng's words and said with some surprise.
The matter of salt politics has been repeated in the Ming Dynasty for decades, and it has long been said that it is so bad that no one is willing to say it anymore.
Zhou Zhengdao: "My idea is to manage the salt administration at two ends, one is the salt farm, and the salt that goes out should be marked, and the number of entries and exits should be strictly controlled. At the other end of the spectrum are the salt merchants, who have to issue permits, and all those who do not have permission will be seized and severely fined. ”
Tian Zhenshu could probably understand Zhou Zheng's thoughts, but shook his head and said: "This matter is not so easy, the salt farm belongs to the military households, if they are moved, it will affect hundreds of thousands of people." Salt merchants have long been rampant in the world, the imperial court, the local government is powerless to manage, if it is forced, under the rebound, no one can stop it. ”
The Ming court was seriously coerced by public opinion, and if the salt merchants rebounded, no one could really resist.
Zhou Zheng's expression did not move, and said: "I don't really want to do anything to Yan Zheng, I just want to open an opening and knock on it." ”
Tian Zhenshu met this time, and Zhou Zheng wanted to take this opportunity to foreshadow.
"Okay, I'll write a transcript when I go back, and send it to the General Political Envoy Department early tomorrow morning." Tian Zhenshu didn't ask what Zhou Zheng was going to do, and responded directly.
Zhou Zheng picked up the teacup and said, "Thank you." ”
Tian Zhenshu picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said: "Don't mention this, I heard that Jiangxi has been troubled recently, bandits are everywhere, the local people are timid, and they may also collude with bandits, the imperial court intends to send a patrol to rectify according to the imperial history, do you want to take the opportunity to go out of Beijing to avoid it?" ”
Zhou Zheng was stunned, thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "Not to mention that the Metropolitan Procuratorate will not send me, I have too many things on hand, and I can't leave for a while." ”
Patrolling the imperial history is also a dangerous chore, and the robbers are not killed by one or two, and there are even more who are condemned by the imperial court.
Tian Zhenshu saw that Zhou Zheng refused to say more, and said: "That's too, you are careful in the capital, Huang Weihuai's side, you had better go." ”