He suddenly thought that Sima Miao might have offended the woman in the palace again!

Although he is in the East Palace, he seems to be on the outside.

But he had come to see the center of the storm. Originally, he couldn't see it clearly, but the amiable and kind grandmother of the Queen Mother was said by Queen Jia to "collude with foreign thieves and endanger the court", not only abolished her position as the queen mother, but also killed her mother and Yang Jun's wife, Queen Pang Zi.

Sima Shu figured it out.

Because he didn't believe that the Queen Mother would collude with her uncle and rebel.

Why did the Yang family do this? Uncle Yang Guo is in charge of the outer dynasty and the seal of the Tai* Middle Palace, and the whole world is actually in the hands of their father and daughter. Could it be that Yang Jun wants to rebel himself?

Moreover, what is the holiday between the Queen Mother and Queen Jia? Let her be so ruthless!

If he is not mistaken, when the emperor was alive, he had several thoughts of abolishing the crown princess of the Jia family. It was the Queen Mother who defended her everywhere that made the emperor dispel his thoughts.

After that, the Queen Mother admonished her many times. At that time, Jia was obedient. But I never thought that she was not grateful at all, but became more fierce!

Then there was the incident that happened on the second day of March, when Sima Xuan, the king of Dong'an, wrote a letter requesting that Guo Zhang, who had broken the law, be punished. But just a few days later, he was removed from his official position, and now he has been exiled thousands of miles away!

And Guo Zhang, who is Empress Jia's uncle, is her cronies.

Sima Shu was suddenly shocked. He found that Queen Jia was practicing the saying: Those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me die.

If the queen mother is not removed, she is not the master of the harem, she is still the crown princess who needs to bow down and be small.

If someone is against her, she must drive him away! Sima Miao is the best example!

Sima Shu was worried, if this continued, the entire court would be controlled by a descendant who was more dangerous than the Yang clan!

Sima Shu hadn't had time to think of any way to deal with it. There was a rush of footsteps outside the hall.

Sima Shu frowned and said, "Zhang Ji, what's the matter?" ”

Zhang Ji, the yellow gate who whispered to him before, hurriedly rushed into the hall, he knelt on the ground, and said tremblingly: "Your Highness, help!" ”

Before Sima Shu could reprimand or question, a row of soldiers broke into the hall with halberds.

He was suddenly shocked, could it be ......

Sima Wei, who was following the soldiers, Shi Shiran walked in, and just saw the appearance of his nephew standing upright, he couldn't help but sneer, could it be that the father and son are the same picture?

Sima Shu was awakened by this sneer, and he took a deep breath, "King Huainan, you see the vice monarch, is this the case?" ”

Sima Wei reluctantly saluted, "Your Highness, the widow is here by order. The villains in the East Palace are troublesome, and His Majesty is worried that these people will endanger the crown prince. Therefore, Your Majesty specially ordered the widow to come and clear the evil for the crown prince! ”

Sima Shu said: "I don't know who is evil? ”

"This is the man. This person befriended outlaws outside the palace and betrayed the news in the palace. Sima Wei pointed at Zhang Ji and said, "Take him down!" ”

Zhang Ji kowtowed violently on the side and said, "Your Highness, you have been wronged!" Treat unjustly! ”

Sima Wei waved his hand, and the soldiers dragged Zhang Ji out of the hall, "Prince, you still have to treat these servants with grace and power, and blindly being tolerant will only abolish them." This batch can no longer serve the prince. The queen mother specially selected a group of loyal and honest characters for the prince. ”

Sima Shu looked at him and said softly: "Okay, there is Uncle Lao Huang!" ”

Hearing this, Sima Wei smiled from ear to ear, he showed half of his teeth, but he "tried" to close it, so as not to be rude. Wanting to merge and open, it looks extremely funny.

Sima Wei left.

Looking at the blood stains, Sima Shu fell silent again.

……

Zheng Sheng didn't get to see Sima Xin's "Taixue" strategy. He couldn't care about Zheng Sheng's affairs again.

Concubine Zang was seriously ill, and Sima Xin was sick again.

Zheng Sheng had no choice but to put this matter aside for the time being.

I haven't waited for the news brought back by Longjing. The bald He Li, and the twenty or thirty young Liangzhou horses he brought with him, arrived at the territory.

He Heli came earlier than he expected. However, the horses did arrive in time, but the problem was that he couldn't afford to pay for them.

After E Heli and Tulan and others drank and had a party to "hi", Zheng Sheng was worried about money.

Wang Zhong showed him the account book, "Since the beginning of this year, the construction of canals, the construction of academies, the relocation of the people of the territory, the repair of the workshop of the seventeen-mile hill, and the recent library and bookstore have all been expenditures. Shizi, we really have no money! ”

"Everything is difficult at the beginning, and after this autumn, we won't have money." Zheng Sheng said.

"Shizi, this autumn, we don't have money to buy grain. Besides, the purchase of grain is also an expense, not an income! Shizi, you really can't spend any more money! The king advised.

"Isn't there a household ration?" Zheng Sheng asked. He remembered that each household had to levy 30 percent of the grain of 50 acres of land. That's a lot of money.

"It is unknown whether the household grain will be able to offset the taxes to be paid to the royal government." Wang Zhong said, "Although the 30 percent of the grain for each household of 50 acres of land is almost 20 stones, the grain paid by each household must also have more than 10 stones, in addition to the silk silk and other things that each household needs to pay for preparation. ”

Zheng Sheng was puzzled: "Isn't it?" An acre of land yields only one stone of grain? I remember that one acre of land can produce more than two stones of grain! ”

Wang Zhong carefully explained: "The one that yields two or three stones per mu is the best cooked land that has been cultivated for a long time. And most of our fields are newly cultivated, and the yield of rice and wheat planted in the first year is really hard to say! ”

Zheng Sheng was stunned, he blinked vigorously, and suddenly figured it out, this seemed to be true. He's about to "go bankrupt"?

"What about the auction? The auction is already being prepared, right? Zheng Sheng thought of a panacea. The auction, which was originally planned to be held in the spring, was postponed to the summer by Sima Dingyun because of Yang Jun's rebellion.

But Wang Zhong continued to shake his head and said, "Still no. Since March this year, there have been frequent turmoil in Luoyang City, and the news from Steward Sima and Yunchi has said that Luoyang City has a lot of complaints about the imperial court and the Empress Dowager Jia, saying that Empress Jia is tyrannical. And the king of Dong'an was exiled to Pingzhou because of his plot. In Luoyang City, I am afraid that there will be turmoil. So, the summer auction, they already plan to postpone it. ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Zheng Sheng's mouth, every time he heard about Sima Xuan's exile, he always felt very relieved, for him, this was not a bad thing, "I know it's not good in Luoyang." What about other places? For example, Xiangyang. ”

Wang Zhong persuaded: "Shizi, although the white glass thing is good, it is just a rare plaything for people to enjoy. You also said that there should be no more auctions, and that 'rare things are expensive'. After half a year, the auction was held again in Xiangyang. Its value will surely drop dramatically. ”

The kings departed.

Zheng Sheng sighed, he had calculated that only fifty acres of thirty percent of grain would be collected, which was only higher than the imperial court tax of thirty taxes and one tax.

In doing so, he wanted to encourage them to cultivate more fields. Moreover, if the conditions for land reclamation are set lower, it will naturally be easier to attract people.

Now the consequences are serious, he seems to have been influenced by later generations, and he also thinks things too simple and idealistic.

Farming is in an embarrassment, and his business empire, in fact, is just getting on the right track, and it is still very weak and cannot withstand his lavish spending.

So open source or throttle. He can't throttle, so he can only continue to think of ways on open source.

But in fact, Zheng Sheng does not have very good business acumen. Zheng Zizhi and Zuixiangju were made by Zheng Wen after discovering the business opportunities; Selling fireworks, he's for *. auction, he is trying to make a lot of money from the hands of the powerful.

Zheng Sheng thought carefully about whether it was better to quickly scatter a large amount of glass and get this one, or to run the auction for a long time.

In fact, he had already made a choice, just when he and Sima Dingyun planned to build a special auction hall in Luoyang.

Moreover, the money he made from an auction was really something he didn't expect. It's a shame to throw away this cornucopia!

But how do you continue to make money at auction?

Zheng Sheng suddenly thought: Since you can't sell glass jewelry, let's auction other things!

He remembered the fireworks, which he had intended to use as a giveaway to make friends with. But I never thought that it would be sold for a lot of money!

But what to sell? Gold, silver and jade? Emerald agate? Or diamonds?

The previous things are also available now, and he can exchange them for some delicate things. However, it seems that the auction does not pay much for a high price. But diamonds were not available in the Western Jin Dynasty, and it seems to be only produced in ......

Zheng Sheng suddenly suddenly realized, he was really dizzy, what kind of glass are you selling luxury goods! Isn't the most precious of luxury goods diamonds?

Will he be able to exchange for diamonds, though?

The exchange ratio of exchanging sand for glass is as high as 10,000 times.

So, what about diamonds?

Diamond is a kind of carbon element, right? He scratched his head and thought about how to exchange carbonaceous items for diamonds...... With charcoal?

The exchange ratio will be even higher!

However, diamonds weigh in carats and are of very small mass. He can exchange it for 300 kilograms of charcoal, he should be able to exchange it, right?

But there are diamonds, and it's not enough. Even if a diamond could be sold for more money than glass, he did not dare to exchange it too much, lest it depreciate.

Zheng Sheng decided to treat glass, gold, silver and jade as regular auction items, and diamonds as the finale.

And, now that he's out of the auction house, why should he keep selling his stuff? Zheng Yunchi's letter said that there had been pirated auctions in Luoyang.

Their auctions are only held once every six months or a year, and the auction hall that cost millions of dollars to build is not gathering dust every day, and it needs to be put to good use!

The frequency of auctions in Shunyang should be increased, preferably, once every other month!

In this way, those more and more "fake" auctions will definitely not be able to replace the existence of Shunyang in people's hearts.

Zheng Sheng thinks that there will be a small auction once a month and a large auction every six months.

Needless to say, small auctions can even not put their own things on it, but only auction things sent by others, charging a certain "commission".

This seems to be the way a normal auction is run!

Zheng Sheng wrote a letter and called Sima Dingyun and the others back to discuss these matters with him.