Three days later, the imperial decree was promulgated to designate the 80-mile radius of the Tongzhou Canal Wharf as a special zone, appointing Wang Qiang as the special minister of the special zone, planning the affairs of the special zone and the trade market, and receiving the title of waiter of the household department. In just a few days, Wang Qiang has changed from a death row prisoner to be beheaded into a powerful and powerful three-rank master, the emperor's new favorite! For a while, it became famous, and the government and the opposition were sideways!

Wang Qiang escaped death this time, and was reused by grace, and felt that the emperor treated him well, and he had the intention of repaying his kindness, so as soon as the court decreed, he immediately made an appointment with Tian Jingming monk Dayong to plan the establishment of the special zone. Tian Jingming and Shang Dayong have not been in contact with Wang Qiang for a long time, but they have experienced life and death together, and they naturally work together, Tian Jingming is familiar with the old officials, calm and experienced, Shang Dayong is upright and resolute, and he is resolute and resolute, Wang Qiang is clever and well-behaved, and his thinking is flexible. The three of them traveled around the six yamen during the day to select people and raise salaries, and also went to Tongzhou several times to investigate the scene, and gathered in one place at night to discuss various articles of association while drinking. Wang Qiang is the emperor's favorite minister, the new official is in the limelight, the officials at all levels of the six ministries and nine secretaries dare not offend, naturally full support, all preparations are progressing smoothly, only the issuance of bonds has not made much progress. Although the imperial court has a clear purpose, Wang Qiang and the prospect of the Tongzhou Special Economic Zone is extremely brilliant, but the impression of the court's depression and corruption has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, in other words, the government's credit is almost zero, and no one is willing to use their own money to fill the hole in the imperial court's finances, so after a month, Wang Qiang and they only raised less than 300,000 taels of silver, which is still the courtiers who are good friends with Wang Qiang on weekdays to see that he made up 3,000 or 5,000 in his face, and he should give Wang Qiang a gift, and he has no intention of coming back at all. However, Wang Qiang had the secret of Jiang Yuquan's treasure in his heart, so he was not discouraged.

On this day, Emperor Chongzhen sent a decree for Wang Qiang to go to the south study to meet him.

Wang Qiang went to the south study to sign up for an audience, but after entering, he found that there was only Chongzhen inside, and even the eunuch who was waiting was sent out, Wang Qiang saluted Chongzhen, Chongzhen looked down at the fold, and said casually: "Wang Qiang, today you and I are the two of you and the minister, you don't have to talk about so many rules, sit down." ”

"Emperor Xie!" Wang Qiang moved a brocade pier by himself and sat down next to the imperial case.

Chongzhen approved a few words on the fold, closed the fold and put it aside, then looked up at Wang Qiang, and then said with a smile: "I have seen the excerpt of your planning for the Special Economic Zone, and it is rare to achieve this point in only a month. ”

Wang Qiang replied solemnly: "Your Majesty, the slave maid is the person who is used by your side, others don't know, but the slave and maid know that if you want to talk about hard work, the emperor is the hardest, and the slave and maid are nothing compared to the emperor." The slave maid was originally a little eunuch who didn't have fart skills, but she was graced and trained by the emperor to get to this point today, that is our ancestor burned high incense for eight lifetimes, if the slave maid didn't do her best to do errands for the emperor, then I am still fucking human! ”

Wang Qiang's words were vulgar, but out of sincerity, Chongzhen felt perfunctory in his heart when he heard it, and said softly: "You know that it is good to have this heart, but the government affairs of the court are not like child's play, such as the supply of food and salary on the front line, and there must be no mistakes." If you are by my side, I can take care of any mistakes for you, but when you go outside, you must be diligent and cautious, pay attention everywhere, and no longer be willful. If there is anything that cannot be solved, tell me that I will solve it for you, but fortunately, Tongzhou is very close, and you can come back to see me at any time. ”

"Hey, don't worry."

Chongzhen said again: "You have no experience in government affairs, and you still lack experience, I was originally worried that you would not be able to support this stall." Tian Jingming and Shang Dayong, I have seen it for a few days, they are all capable members, and they also get along with you, with this article and a martial arts to assist you, I am very at ease, that Tian is shrewd and honest and steady, and you should listen to his opinions more in case of trouble, and you should not be too self-dedicated. ”

"Also, you are now a member of the three grades of the imperial court, and you don't have to call yourself a slave in the future; I have time to read more books and practice writing, so that you don't have to let others write and read excerpts for you, I know that you haven't read a book, but you write poorly, as long as you can understand it, I won't blame you. ”

"Hmm."

"There is another one, you are from the market, your language is vulgar, and you will have to change it in the future, a third-grade member of the imperial court, you can use obscenity at every turn, which will humiliate the face of the court."

Chongzhen spoke gently, just like a brother instructing an ignorant little brother, Wang Qiang was also moved when he heard it, and nodded again and again.

"Okay, I think you're about to go to work soon, and I'm looking for you to ask you a few words. Is there any difficulty in going to Tongzhou? Chongzhen asked.

"Back to the emperor, the preparations for the special zone are basically complete, but the issuance of treasury bonds has not gone very smoothly, and now only more than 300,000 taels have been raised, but the emperor, rest assured, Weichen plans to go to Jiangnan again, and he has his own way to raise silver." Wang Qiang said.

Chongzhen smiled: "That's not necessarily, there may be fewer rich people in the capital than in Jiangnan, it's just that these people can't trust the imperial court." I have sent a decree to the Taifu Temple, and allocate 50,000 taels of silver from the inner money to you, everything is difficult at the beginning, and it will always get better slowly. ”

"The emperor must not, this money is the living expenses of you and the queen mother and the harem ladies, no matter how difficult it is for Weichen to use your and the queen mother's private money, in fact, Weichen and Weichen received a lot of bribes along the way to Jiangnan last time, you said, don't let this money be in vain, Weichen also planned to take it out for the purpose of opening a special zone, and Weichen is not short of money." Out of gratitude to Chongzhen, Wang Qiang almost told Jiang Yuquan's treasure just now, and he was afraid that Chongzhen's questioning would harm Jiang Yuquan's life, so he changed his words again.

"Well, you are loyal to me, you are not greedy for money, I know it in my heart, it is precisely because of this that I let go of such a heavy mess to you, and I don't feel at ease when I hand it over to that old man. You're still young, I'm still young, let's do something great, let them see! ”

Chongzhen said impassionedly, Wang Qiang was also infected, knelt down and said: "Weichen must keep in mind the emperor's teachings, even if you don't want to risk your life, you must also run this special zone well and win glory for the emperor." ”

"Well, that's it, go ahead!" Chongzhen waved his hand and said.

"Retire!" Wang forcibly bowed and withdrew from the south study.