Chapter 101: Shocking

After the eunuch left, the old emperor stood up, paced around a few times, and suddenly said, "Changfu, are you saying that King Yan is sick this time is true or false?" ”

only heard a "plop" sound, Changfu knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't know." ”

Seeing Changfu trembling like sifting chaff, the old emperor's face sank like water, and suddenly said, "Where is Yun Wei now?" ”

"Yes, it should be in the Zhan Mansion, His Royal Highness usually deals with the twists and turns in the morning, and reads and discusses matters in the Zhan Mansion in the afternoon."

"Deliberations? Hehe, you go to Zhan Shifu and call him, saying that I am waiting for him here. ”

Changfu listened to the old emperor's calm voice, but he felt creepy in his heart, and kowtowed: "The little decree, just the emperor's side?" ”

"Get out, I don't need you to take care of me here, get out."

Listening to the thunderous sound of the old emperor, Changfu agreed and ran out with a roll. For a while, the old emperor was left alone in the main hall.

At this time, Zhu Yunwen was discussing things with Zhuo Jing, Tan Bo, Zhao Yufei, and Bai Wangru. Although it has only been more than two months, the power of new spinning machines and looms has been revealed, and the shipments of raw silk and silk cloth on the market in Beijing have increased greatly, and prices have begun to decline. These can already be seen through Bai Wangru's investigation and analysis, and Bai Wangru's "Minsheng Xunbao" has begun to be published, which not only contains price information, but also contains analysis and prediction of business conditions in various places, and gradually attracts some businessmen to buy. Bai Fangrui's "women's garment workshop" has begun to recruit workers, but there is little progress, and there are not many female workers. Zhu Yunwen has no good way to solve these problems, so he can only let Bai Wangru pay attention to them at any time, give feedback in time, and report the problems in time, Tan Bo must fully cooperate with Bai Fangrui's "women's garment workshop", Zhu Yunwen also ordered local officials to pay close attention to some problems caused by the emergence of the new loom, and asked to report and solve them in time.

After that, Zhao Yufei reported the situation of the bank, and after a period of wait-and-see, the wealthy merchants in Beijing generally accepted the transaction with silver bills, because the Bank of Communications guaranteed that the silver bills could be exchanged for silver at any time. At present, the Bank of Communications' bank bills are gradually spreading in Beijing, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Suzhou, Changzhou, Hangzhou, Liaodong Jinzhouwei and other places, and the best use of bank bills is in Jingshi and Suzhou. At present, the main profit of the bank comes from the exchange of silver bills and silver bills, and there is no charge for exchanging silver bills for silver bills, but it costs one percent to exchange silver bills for silver bills, and the smallest amount of silver bills is five taels at present, so the current customers of the bank are big businessmen, and ordinary people have no access to silver bills. But Zhao Yufei feels that there are some problems, because now many businessmen are becoming more and more accustomed to silver tickets, and the business of exchanging silver tickets for silver taels has begun to decrease.

Zhu Yunwen smiled and said: "Don't worry, when the merchant gets used to using silver tickets, then he will charge for exchanging silver taels for silver tickets." In addition, you can carry out deposit and loan business, Yufei, Lone's goal is not how much money to make, as long as the revenue is balanced. What I care about is how many silver tickets are issued. ”

"The little one understands, but Your Highness, how much interest will you receive for lending?"

Zhu Yunwen thought for a while and said, "This lonely person is not clear, how much profit is it at present?" ”

Zhao Yufei lowered his head and calculated, and said: "If it is a pawnshop loan, the low annual interest rate is one point, but it is generally more than two points; If the grain is lent, it is generally at least three points, or even double the interest; If it is an ordinary silver loan, it is generally about two cents. ”

Zhu Yunwen said with a smile: "It seems that you are an expert, you can decide this matter, Lone's goal is to absorb more deposits, issue more loans and be safe, and pay attention to the balance of payments, so you can do it according to this goal." ”

"Your Highness Xie, when the small design is ready, it will be reported to Your Highness for review, and Your Highness will do it after approving the small one."

"Well, okay, thank you for your hard work."

When the discussion was almost over, Zhu Yunwen turned his head and asked Tan Bo, "How much silver does Zhan Shifu have at present?" ”

Tan Bo opened his mouth and came: "As of yesterday, it was 553,527 taels." ”

At this time, Liu Zhen knocked on the door outside: "Your Highness, the chief manager has an urgent matter to see." ”

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly let Changfu in, Changfu was out of breath when he came in, and said: "Your Highness, Your Highness, something happened, the emperor announced your past." ”

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly took a glass of water and handed it to Changfu: "Chief Manager, what's wrong?" In such a hurry? Drink saliva first. ”

Changfu waved his hand, approached Zhu Yunwen's ear, and said softly: "King Yan was possessed by his ancestors when he worshiped the ancestral tomb, and he is currently ill, and the emperor has sent a doctor." ”

"Ahh As if being splashed with a basin of cold water, Zhu Yunwen's excitement and comfort disappeared all of a sudden, and even shook his body, and he subconsciously said, "How is Uncle Yan now?" Does it matter? ”

Changfu didn't expect Zhu Yunwen to ask, so he paused and said: "The specific situation is not clear, and you will know when Your Highness sees the emperor, and the emperor is still waiting for you in the Qianqing Palace." ”

Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but feel a little panicked in his heart, and keenly felt that something big was going to happen, but he couldn't think of how to deal with it for a while, so he couldn't help but be a little flustered, and hurriedly asked Liu Zhen to help change clothes.

At this time, Zhuo Jing suddenly came over and saluted Zhu Yunwen: "Your Highness, the Ming Dynasty rules the world with filial piety, and the emperor summons you, don't lose your sense of proportion, and you should understand the emperor's worries, this is the way of His Royal Highness to serve the king." ”

Zhuo Jing's calm and steady voice reminded Zhu Yunwen at once, and he paused for a moment and said, "Xie Zhuoqing!" ”

"I don't dare."

On the way to the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yunwen thought about it and remembered Zhu Di's feat of pretending to be crazy and delaying time in later generations, could it be fake this time? But ancestor possession and madness are two concepts, madness can be tempted by eating dung, but ancestor possession is sometimes abnormal, sometimes normal, there is no way to tempt at all! And his current situation is somewhat similar to the ghost's upper body, but so far, no one has found out, what should I do? By the way, what does Zhuo Jing mean by that? "Experience the emperor's worries", Zhu Yunwen suddenly realized that the emperor's grandfather should be most worried about his son's illness now, and he must follow him, and he must not disobey at all, otherwise the emperor's grandfather will deal with himself in anger.

After thinking about his own response, Zhu Yunwen sped up, made a sad look on his face, and when he ran to the Qianqing Palace, he was also sweating profusely. After entering the door, he knelt down: "Grandpa Huang, Yun Wei has asked you to say goodbye, how is Uncle Yan's condition?" ”

The old emperor looked at his grandson kneeling at his feet, and had mixed feelings, his grandson really impressed him, and he was worried that he would not be able to control the ministers, but now it seems that his worries are superfluous.

I summoned a few princes into Beijing, the original intention was to make the princes loyal to Yun Wei and eliminate misunderstandings, so that in the future, Yun Wei and these princes would not have trust and start to act because of misjudgment, which would be troublesome.

During the time that Changfu was out, the old emperor kept thinking about whether what his son said was true or false. If it is fake, then Zhu Di is too bold to dare to use the name of his ancestors to disturb the rest of his ancestors, and it is not a pity for such a son to die; But what if it's true? He is nearly seventy years old, and he doesn't sleep well, especially after Yun Wei wants to build the Zhigu Acropolis, he often dreams, and once dreamed that King Yan was standing in front of him covered in blood, and knelt down on his knees: "Father save me, save me!" "I wanted to save myself, but I couldn't reach out, I wanted to shout, but I couldn't make a sound, and then I woke up; Another time, Queen Ma appeared in her dream and asked if she had made proper arrangements for her son, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded yes, but Queen Ma shook her head, turned around and left, chasing by herself, but couldn't catch up......

And this time, Zhu Di's illness has been endorsed by many sons, which makes him even more inclined to the fact that things are true, and it is difficult for him to believe that his son will unite to deceive himself......