Looking at the stocks in his hand that were as cheap as waste paper, Qian Rong, who was sitting on the stone railing, was in a state of mind that was colder than ice at the moment, thinking that he had exhausted his family wealth, and finally came to Liangguang to earn a sum of money by selling medicinal materials to the sea, but he never expected to lose all his money in the stock market.

Because his worth suddenly rose to one million silver dollars and now he was destitute, he didn't know how to face his people, so he chose to commit suicide by jumping into the river.

Thump!

Qian Rong is ready to say goodbye to this world.

"Another one who is looking for death, scoop him up!"

Yang Feng, who was standing on a civilian soft sailboat, happened to see this Qian Rong, and hurriedly ordered someone to fish it up.

When Qian Rong woke up, he saw that he was already in a luxuriously decorated cabin, and a middle-aged man who looked very spacious was stretching out a fat hand to the little goldfish in the glass tank, and after touching it for a while, he asked, "How much did you lose?" ”

Qian Rong knew that this person was asking himself, so he subconsciously replied: "More than 1.2 million, the commercial bank has closed down, more than 100 people have no income, and they still owe more than 200,000 bank debts." ”

After speaking, Qian Rong couldn't help sobbing again, there is a way that men don't flick their tears, they have worked hard for 30 years, taking advantage of the empire's open sea ban and low-interest loans to the people, so that he jumped from a pharmacy to a wealthy businessman in Liaodong during the Zhengde years, feeding hundreds of families, and also donated to three social studies in his hometown, subsidizing more than ten poor students, and even taking the former county lord to give him three points;

But now that everything has turned into nothingness, he doesn't know how to face the hundreds of families who live on his own, and he regrets very much that he shouldn't have listened to the advice of the old man and used all the profits of the medicine store to invest in stocks.

"Even if you lose so much, you don't need to look for death, Fan can help you pay off your bank debts, and I can also accept your business bank for you, but you have to sell yourself to me!" Fan Yonghe said.

"Sold to you? But I am a person with a household registration in the Ming Dynasty, a Han Chinese, and the outline of the constitution of this dynasty stipulates that it is not allowed to buy and sell its own citizens as slaves! Nor can their citizens be sold into slavery! "Qian Rongping is also related to politics, and he is also relatively clear about the content of the constitutional outline.

"You don't have to worry about this, anyway, if you sell yourself, the court will only punish the buyer's crime, and your seller will only be fined at most", Fan Yonghe said and said: "Anyway, you yourself are already a cheap life, and you can't want to implicate your children and grandchildren in your debts." ”

Qian Rong was still a little hesitant.

Seeing this, Fan Yonghe continued to laugh and said: "If you don't want to, then you can only chop you into meat, make canned food, and sell it to the Japanese people!" ”

Qian Rong was also a little scared when he heard this, especially after seeing Fan Yonghe's cruel smile, he had to nod: "Okay, I'll sell myself!" ”

"Give him a contract! Let him sign! Brand him, take him out to sea three days later, and sell it to the big Buddha Lang machine man (Spain) who came to pick up the goods with other Han people! Cantonese people have always been flexible, good at business, and they have heard that I have the most new business in the Ming Dynasty, and they are definitely willing to pay a high price to buy it! In addition, they continue to buy people in the name of recruitment, and these people can make a lot of money by selling them to the West. ”

Fan Yonghe took out his binoculars and looked at the sail-lined Guangzhou City, and when he saw the "Xia" flag, he couldn't help but smile coldly and asked: "Tell the people who stayed in Guangzhou Mansion to let them cooperate with Xia Butang, don't let people think that we Jin merchants really don't know how to sympathize with the people!" ”

"Don't worry, master, I've already ordered me to go down!" Yang Feng replied.

"It's time for soup kitchen! Soup kitchen! Fan Da of Shanxi Commercial Bank has a new 3,000 stone of new grain, and those who have no money to buy grain can come to receive porridge! ”

"It's hired! It's hiring! Yonghe Commercial Bank recruits Nanyang miners, three yuan of silver per month! ”

At this time in Guangzhou City, as soon as Xia Yan came ashore, he saw that the only few commercial houses were still recruiting workers and giving porridge, and he couldn't help but stand still for a while: "Send someone to ask the Jinyi Wei here, what is the origin of these commercial houses?" ”

……

Capital.

Royal West Garden.

"Your Majesty's young enthronement, in addition to the traitors in the government and the opposition, the great cause, the exemption from conscription, the reduction of the people's endowment, and the martial arts of the northern sweeping of the Tartars, its eloquence is far away to chase Yao, Shun, Tang, Wen, and Wu in ancient times!"

Kang Hai, the first assistant of the cabinet, took a book of recitals jointly played by hundreds of non-governmental officials and Confucian scholars, and read it.

At this time, Zhang Xuan, the deputy assistant of the cabinet who was listening on the side, couldn't help but smile secretly, thinking that these folk officials and gentry also knew to flatter His Majesty at the beginning, but when he saw Emperor Zhu Houzhao's frowning brows, he also guessed that His Majesty was obviously not interested in this kind of sycophancy.

"The ministers are fortunate to have this Ming Jun came to the world, although he has been recuperating in the mountains, but he does not dare to worry about the heart of the king, although he should not ask about the government, but the rise and fall of the world does not dare to ignore and let it erode, since Zhengde, the imperial court has prospered with industry and commerce, opened the sea and forbidden, officials and businessmen are embarrassed, and the people tend to forget their righteousness, and they are ashamed of farming, the wealthy and the poor compete with each other, the price of grain soars, theft often occurs, the law is strict with the gentry and not the common people, the common people are unscrupulous and the rich businessmen rely on the rich to interfere in politics!"

When Kang Hai read this, Zhu Houzhao was still quite moved, he had to admit that these are all undesirable phenomena that exist in the Ming Dynasty now, with the development of capitalism, the pursuit of luxury, leisure and bad work, and the collapse of etiquette are inevitable things.

In particular, the soaring price of grain has undermined agricultural civilization, but Zhu Houzhao is also trying his best to curb this phenomenon, and all major cities and departments have strictly prohibited grain exports, and in order to increase agricultural income and protect cultivated land, they have constantly reduced taxes, and as for the collusion between officials and businessmen, they have also repeatedly strengthened the construction of the law, but now these retired officials are still squirting at their own government and government, and Zhu Houzhao does not know what the purpose of these people is, so he has to endure his temperament and continue to listen.

"Since the advent of steam spinning machines and looms, people's livelihood has become more difficult, the homespun cloth produced by the people cannot be sold because of its roughness and shortness, women are lazy and have nothing to do, men are forced to abandon filial piety and go to the city to make a living, and they are tired of bricks and cement projects all day long.

Zhu Houzhao was silent, and when the content of these officials and gentry jointly played was read here, it can be said that he pointed out the negative phenomena since the implementation of the new policy.

Zhang Xuan, the second assistant of the cabinet, couldn't help but bow his head, he also had to admit that these are indeed the facts, since the opening of the sea, everyone in the south of the Yangtze River planted cotton and mulberry, and the Haoqiang family forced tenant farmers to change rice to mulberry, coupled with a major drought last year and some local officials could not provide disaster relief, so that there was a tragic situation of famine, there was a woman Liu Shi who ate a four-year-old child, a hundred households Yao Chen and Wang Tang sold their mothers with their sons, Cao Hong killed his brother with his brother, and Wang Ming killed his father with his son, and there was no return to humanity. The earthquake fog plugs, the stench smells for thousands of miles, and the rebels are everywhere...... Wait a minute.

But the cabinet has already asked the left servant of the household department to send 30,000 stones of grain and 200,000 stones of sweet potatoes to him, which will not destroy the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, but now, when these officials and gentry put it forward, they really made him have to admit that these contents are indeed the most violent blow to the new deal!

Zhang Xuan found that His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Houzhao was already a little ashamed, and he also knew that the words jointly said by the officials and gentry also made the emperor who was determined to reform begin to doubt the new policy he had painstakingly managed.

Zhu Houzhao did admit that these officials and gentry sprayed hard enough, and they were indeed to the point, and he was now about to wonder whether he should make a guilty edict, and even began to wonder if he was really the second Wang Mang, and if he continued like this, it would only mess up the world.

But at this time, Zhu Houzhao only listened to Kang Hai continue to read: "The ministers all know that Your Majesty has a new way to innovate and eliminate disadvantages, and has the will of the first emperor, and wants to favor the world Li Shu, but the disadvantages of the new policy are not Your Majesty's fault, but a good fortune to take advantage of Your Majesty's young heart, and bewitch Your Majesty to abandon agriculture and business, there are Zhang Xuan inside, Wang Shouren, Xia Yan and other generations, nepotism, mercenary, no morality to the outside world, deceive neighbors and kill officials and gentry without declaring benevolence and righteousness, and mislead the world with deviant thoughts!

For example, Zhang Xuan, during the period when he was in charge of the ministry, the election of officials did not pay attention to morality, so that corruption was rampant!

For example, Xia Yan killed the gentry and the nobles of the vassal neighbors, and almost wanted to be the king of the sea, but the wealth of the two Guang people was scattered and the stock market collapsed because of his incompetence;

For example, Wang Shouren commanded hundreds of thousands of troops and forbade merchants to retreat, but allowed the market to open as usual, so that the Tartars pretended to be caravans and almost broke through the level and went down to Xuanfu! Their sins must not go unpunished! Your Majesty has been in the deep palace for a long time, and it is inevitable that you will be deceived by villains......"

Zhu Houzhao heard this and gradually realized that something was wrong, thinking that since he was talking about the gains and losses of his own government, how could he become an impeachment person, the purpose of these officials and gentry is not pure, in the final analysis, they will not really care about the life or death of the common people, but they will just use it as an excuse to attack those who are dissatisfied with themselves.

Meng Chun, who had been silent, saw the impatient look on Zhu Houzhao's face, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, and said in his heart: "It's a failure, it's a failure!" Sun Sui and others are sparse for the people, why impeach their people, I don't know that the new policy can have today, it is all led by His Majesty, if it is really a problem with the times, His Majesty may be able to change it, and even think that Zhang Xuan, Xia Yan, etc. are difficult to reuse, but now that it is mentioned, it is equivalent to showing that Zhang Xuan, Xia Yan and others are making decisions for the people, but they are attacked by Zhihao! ”

Meng Chun knew that he couldn't stand up at this time, so he let Kang Hai finish reading it.

Zhu Houzhao also finished listening to the content of the recital at this time, only asked Kang Hai to hand the recital to himself, and immediately walked to the candlestick, put the recital jointly played by hundreds of Zhishi officials and lit it by the candle, and the flames gradually devoured the recital, and the recital written by hundreds of Zhishi officials gradually turned into ashes.

"I don't want my ministers to take advantage of the shortcomings of the New Deal to attack each other! Xia Yan, Wang Shouren, Zhang Xuan, etc. are recommended by the court, and I am elected, whether they are traitors or loyal, and their descendants have commented that I am the same, but if I want to use the corpses of the common people to rejuvenate the court and the party struggle, it is the real misguided country and the people! ”

Zhu Houzhao threw the burning recital into the basin.

And Meng Chun, the secretary of the ministry, couldn't help but widen his eyes, he knew that the civil gentry had obviously mistaken His Majesty's dragon vein, but he didn't expect His Majesty to directly burn the notebook.

Kang Hai didn't expect it, and only asked: "What Your Majesty said is, but this, this script, after all, there are hundreds." ”

Zhu Houzhao interrupted him: "Since he is an official of Zhishi, he has no right to participate in politics!" Why don't you burn it, can he really represent my Ming Constitution? ”

Kang Hai listened to this and said yes.

Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and secretly admired His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Houzhao for being able to distinguish between the benefits and the disadvantages, knowing that this was not as simple as discussing current affairs, and burning the notebook was undoubtedly a resounding slap in the face to some important ministers in the court who had different intentions, so that they could understand that His Majesty was not so easy to fool.

Although Meng Chun was disappointed in his heart, he did not admit that he dared to despise His Majesty, and for now, he could only sigh that counting on those official gentry who had made a fortune by taking advantage of some loopholes in the New Deal to help him maintain Confucian orthodoxy was no different from counting on thieves not to steal beautiful jade.

……

He knows better than anyone that this phenomenon in stock prices is due to his lack of understanding of finance, after all, he is just a science and engineering college student in his later life, not a stock god like Buffett, only a stock god like Buffett, and he only knows a little about modern things such as stocks and securities.

And now, some people with ulterior motives have exploited the loopholes of some of the rules they have formulated, Zhu Houzhao also feels that this is an inevitable phenomenon, Xia Yan is a civil official, it is impossible to notice these shortcomings in advance, but it is also impossible to have a more suitable person to replace Xia Yan to deal with the stock market crash in Guangzhou.

However, Zhu Houzhao still sent Xu Jing to let Xu Jing take a huge asset of 50 million silver dollars to rescue the market to stabilize the Daming financial market, and at the same time, let Xu Jing provide some help to Xia Yan, after all, in terms of business and money speculation, as the father of Daming's bank, Xu Jing is much more experienced than Xia Yan, and he knows better about those chaebols who eat people behind their backs and don't spit out bones.

Zhu Houzhao is the emperor, and he can't go to Liangguang in person, even if he goes in person, he needs the help of Xu Jing and others, not to mention, he still has a war in the north to deal with.

Duoyan Weihua did not hesitate to collude with the Tumut Department and the Horqin Department to attack because he refused to increase the tribute, this is undoubtedly a provocation to himself, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he can't help but severely punish these Tartars!

Xu Jing, who is already fifty years old, would not have thought that he only lived for more than thirty years in his original history, but in this life, because he was reused by the emperor, and he was full of spirit, even if he was already in the age of knowing his fate, he was still walking like flying, full of green silk, and only his belly was getting bigger and bigger, no different from a woman who was pregnant in October.

"Nao! How do you plan to help Xia Butang deal with the affairs of Liangguang? Friend Tang Bohu rushed to the dock at this time and asked Xu Jing.

"Naturally, those black-hearted merchants will lose their money! Don't forget, Your Majesty has given me the right to transfer the Jinyi Guard, and I still have the title of Commander of the Jinyi Guard, and when the time comes, I will not be able to fight them, and I will not need to be impeached by the Imperial History, and I will directly kill myself in the Pearl River! ”

Xu Jing arched his hand as he spoke: "Farewell!" ”

"Wait, just let them lose their money, you don't plan to bring them to justice?" Tang Bohu asked.

"That is Xia Butang's authority, however, I will advise Xia Butang not to do this, because they just exploited the loopholes of the new deal, but they did not violate my Ming law, you and I are people who have followed Your Majesty for many years, so naturally we should understand that the dignity of the law cannot be desecrated!"

Xu Jing said and said: "Moreover, this time there is such a thing in Liangguang, the fundamental reason is not them but us, we who are plotters for His Majesty, did not realize these loopholes, and there was a lack of rules in making them, so they took advantage of the loopholes, and now, what the foolish brother thinks is to try to make up for these loopholes, reformulate the rules, and it is best to let these profiteers also participate, if they want to not be exploited in the future, they must also make the rules more perfect!" ”

"What, you want to change the rules, and you want those profiteers to participate, do you know what they did, forcing my Ming people to commit suicide, and even being sold into slavery! They deserve to be severely punished, and besides, the rules are confirmed by His Majesty, how can they be changed at will! Tang Bohu said.

"Your Majesty is also a human being, and it is inevitable that there will be negligence!" Xu Jing replied.

"No, Your Majesty is a god, Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and you have obtained Su Hui, otherwise you wouldn't know so much, even if the poems are above you and me, how can you question Your Majesty!" Tang Bohu was a little annoyed.

"Bohu, Your Majesty himself said that he is not a god, and I don't want to argue with you, I believe Your Majesty will support me!"

Xu Jing continued.

"Your Majesty, even if he is a human being, he is not an ordinary person!" Tang Bohu shouted loudly, what he couldn't accept now was not that Xu Jing wanted to change the rules of the stock market, but that Xu Jing actually had a conflict with himself in his evaluation of His Majesty.

Of course, he himself now has to start thinking about how His Majesty the Emperor, who has served for almost twenty years, evaluates whether it is God or what he himself says is man, and what is the difference between God and man.

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Zhu Houzhao is not like Tang Bohu, a literary and artistic young man who has nothing to do, and is entangled in some meaningless things every day, and now he has begun to drive north, last night he chatted with Yang Yiqing, Gui Cao and other courtiers who are familiar with border affairs, which made him deeply aware that he must take the opportunity of this large-scale attack to systematically handle the affairs of the entire north.

At present, the commodity economy of the south is developing faster and faster, and there are more and more drawbacks, and even have begun to gradually affect the north, and a large number of dry fields have begun to appear in the north to be used by farmers to grow cotton, and coupled with the colder climate, the empire's ability to control the north will be greatly affected, and there will even be the empire in order to stabilize the southern economy and have to give up the strategy of opening up the northern territory through the north.

To this end, Zhu Houzhao must find a new way out for the Ming Dynasty to advance together in the north and south.

And war may be an opportunity.

"Your Majesty, the Guards Fengcheng Marquis Li Min's department has been out of Jizhou, the chief military officer Zhao Zhen has been out of Yulin, the chief military officer Lu Gang's department has arrived in Daning, and the commander-in-chief Wang Shouren has also mobilized Datong, Jiliao, Taiyuan and other border armies to reinforce Xinghe, basically the entire Xuanfu around the formation of two roads, one is the commander-in-chief Wang Shouren is now mobilized around the border army, here before the military life, although Huadang is fierce, but the front army to repel Huadang is not a big problem;

But what we are worried about now is that once Huadang is repulsed, it will take the opportunity to plunder the border towns, so that our border troops will be exhausted to deal with it, so the guards currently mobilized can be the rear army, and march to the old nest of Duoyanwei with the arc of Daning, Changyang, and Guangning, first destroy Duoyanwei, and then sweep Horqin in the north;

As for the Tumut Ministry, the minister thought that the Yong Xie Bu Ministry, the Ordos Ministry, and the female Zhidu Governor Su Heite and others could encircle and suppress the Tumut Department to the east!

Since they claim to be subordinate to my Daming, they have to contribute to my Daming, so that they can kill each other, and I Daming can also borrow a knife to kill, and if they are not willing to be ordered to suppress, then I Daming will also have an excuse to destroy them in the future! ”

Yang Yiqing pushed the wheelbarrow to Zhu Houzhao, pointed to the sand table and said.

Zhu Houzhao nodded: "Do as you say, immediately send an edict to the Yongxieb Department, the Ordos Department, and the Suheite Department, and let them immediately wave their troops into the Tumut Department!" ”

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but look at a cement road leading to Xuanfu outside the window, and couldn't help but ask Yang Yiqing: "Yang Qing, have you ever complained about me, and I have destroyed your legs for the law." ”

Yang Yiqing couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this: "Thunder and rain and dew, all for the grace of the king, Your Majesty does not abolish the law because of personal feelings, it is the act of the Ming Jun, the minister has never complained, taking bribes is the crime of the minister, it should have been suffered, Your Majesty is not because of the minister's crippled body, personal morality, and more criminal things, and still use the minister to the military plane, the minister is grateful and does not dare to have a grudge." ”

"It's naturally good that you can think like this, you say, if this cement road connects Liaodong, Jizhou, Xuanfu and even Kaiping, Yingchang, and Helin, builds high walls, pulls iron nets, immigrants build cities, and then conquers all parts of these Tartars, can it eliminate the threat of the northern Tartars!" Zhu Houzhao asked.

"Your Majesty's policy is really a good policy, but it takes a long time, the minister thinks that Your Majesty should give these Tartars a heavy blow now, and it is best to use a butcher's knife to let them understand who is the real male lord on the grassland, otherwise these Tartars will still not obey the rule of my Ming Dynasty, the Tartars have always respected the strong, if Your Majesty slaughters first and then governs them, and the various departments are disrupted and subordinate, they can be the common masters of the world!"

Yang Yiqing suggested based on his years of experience in border towns.

Zhu Houzhao nodded: "What you said is that the siege of Kaiping this time also made me realize this, although the Tartars are all over the north and are difficult to eliminate, but sometimes to make them obey my Daming, you have to use strong means!" ”

When Zhu Houzhao was talking, Guo Rong of Jinyi Wei ran over: "Your Majesty, from the report of the chief Wang Shouren, the leader of the Dorot Department commanded Tongzhi Jiabao to betray Duoyanwei, belong to the Ming Dynasty, and ask to see Your Majesty!" ”

After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao hurriedly took the song and looked at it, and immediately gave it to Yang Yiqing, and couldn't help laughing: "I see that after the little prince was killed, the Mongolian tribes are really more scattered than before, and it is very difficult for this flower to be a descendant of Genghis Khan's generals and want to be the lord of Mongolia!" ”

After Yang Yiqing saw it, he couldn't help asking, "Your Majesty wants to see this Jiabao?" ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded: "Not only do I want to see him, but I also want to change the land and return to the stream there, build a palace, and plan to change the area under the jurisdiction of the Dorote Department to Yingchang Mansion, and be promoted to Kanzhou Bo, and give Kanzhou County (now Canberra, Australia) in the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"This is obviously an official who has been promoted, but what is the difference between it and exile, Your Majesty is really ruthless!" After Yang Yiqing heard Zhu Houzhao's order, he couldn't help but slander in his heart.