Thinking of rewarding Zhang Chu, Emperor Chongzhen had to think of his ministers, the emperor felt a burst of unhappiness in his heart, he didn't understand why he raised such a group of courtiers who were against him every day, sometimes he really envied his brother Emperor Tianqi had a Wei Zhongxian, who could arrest those disobedient ministers with one sentence and make them worse than dead. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Emperor Chongzhen quickly dispelled his bad thoughts, and the greatest merit of Emperor Chongzhen, who could be praised by the ministers, was to eliminate the eunuchs led by Wei Zhongxian, but he could not go back to the old way.

However, eunuchs are also capable of doing things, and the little eunuch Wang Chengen has always been very effective in handling things, and it has been so long since he was sent out to Zhang Chu to be a supervisor, and the two have cooperated very well, and there has never been a case of the two attacking each other. Zhang Chu, an anti-thief who was under the control of the emperor, honestly served the court, and this time he also persuaded Zhang Chu to count the Dongjiang victory as part of the recovery of Lushun, and did not ask the court for additional money, but only hoped to give the soldiers of Dongjiang a little reward, which saved the court a lot of money at once. It seems that Wang Chengen should really promote him after returning to the palace.

There was a long debate about how to reward Zhang Chu in the court, the reward was proposed by the emperor, and Zhang Chu did not belong to any party in the court, so the ministers naturally found a good opportunity to oppose the emperor, and put on the appearance of a minister, saying that the military generals could not give too high a position, otherwise it would encourage his arrogance, Zhang Chu was born as a thief, and being too big an official would hurt him, so let him have a good experience below.

Emperor Chongzhen had long known that there would be such a result, so Zhang Chu achieved a great victory that had not been seen in the Ming Dynasty for many years, and the emperor only added him the false title of prince Taibao, and it was over with a few words of encouragement.

However, Zhang Chu's reputation in Beijing has been greatly boosted, and many people are talking about Zhang Chu's name, not only because of Zhang Chu's military exploits, but also because Zhang Chu has also brought good things and wealth to everyone.

Even Wen Tiren, the head of the court, talked about Zhang Chu in his spare time, and the topic was caused by an old ginseng.

When the head of the court, Wen Tiren, sat in his hall and leisurely sipped tea, this was his rare relaxation time, and the butler was waiting carefully.

Wen Tiren picked up a brocade box on the coffee table and looked at a ginseng inside. Wen Tiren sat in this position, and now there are not many things that can be taken into account for him.

This ginseng is rare and precious in terms of size and shape, which attracted Wen Tiren to take a few more looks.

The housekeeper next to him saw Wen Tiren's expression and knew that he was interested in this ginseng, so he took the opportunity to say: "This is sent by Yang Yushi, who begged you to do something, and I accepted it because I saw that it was in good condition." ”

"This ginseng is good, in the past few years, it has been at war with Houjin, and the trade route to Guanwai has been cut off, and this kind of old ginseng is difficult to see." Wen Tiren put down the ginseng and said.

"This is also thanks to the general soldier named Zhang Chu who won a great victory in the Dongjiang River and defeated the Houjin people, and this ginseng was collected from the Han people in Dongjiang. Now there is a business in the city called the Baoan Trading Company, which specializes in dealing in rare treasures from the northeast outside the Kansai, and there are really a lot of good things such as ginseng and animal skins. The housekeeper saw that Wen Tiren was in a good mood, so he talked about the new things in the Jingshi.

"These businessmen are really money fans, and they dare to do business in such a dangerous place in Liaodong, and they will collect things as soon as Zhang Chu wins the battle, and they are indeed not small." Wen Tiren also rarely chatted with the housekeeper.

"This security trading company is not so simple, there are rumors that the person who opened this trading house has a connection with the original Dongjiang general Chen Jisheng and others, Zhang Chu went to Dongjiang to defeat the Houjin people, and actually mastered the army of Dongjiang, as compensation Zhang Chu allowed them to bring special products from the northeast back to Beijing to sell." There have been a lot of rumors about this comptoir these days.

"These generals can't fight, but they are quite good at doing business." Wen Tiren has a feeling of hating iron and steel, although the imperial court prohibits officials from doing business, but in fact, all ministers are inextricably linked with merchants, and collusion between officials and businessmen has been the norm in the Ming Dynasty. In particular, there are many military attachés who are personally engaged in business.

"Chen Jisheng really has two times in business, he has a lot of Northeast treasures and Jiangnan specialties in his business house in Beijing, and I don't know where he came in Jiangnan goods, some connoisseurs say that these goods alone are worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Moreover, he also opened a security bank with Wang Jijie, a big businessman in Shanxi, next to the commercial house, and exchanged silver for two silver bills, which are said to be exchanged for silver in Shanxi, Shandong and Nanjing. After that, it is much more convenient for us to send silver to our hometown, and we can deposit the silver in the money village here in Beijing, and send someone to Nanjing with a few pieces of paper to take out the silver, in which they only charge a small fee, which is much cheaper than hiring bodyguards, and it is safe. "Before this, the housekeeper was still worried about how to get the money that Lord Shoufu got in Beijing back to his hometown in Zhejiang to buy a house and land, but he didn't expect it to be solved all at once now.

"They won't end up recognizing the silver ticket and running away with the money, right?" Wen Tiren was a little worried about the safety of his silver.

"No, there are many people who are using the silver ticket of this bank, and they all say that this silver ticket is very safe, and the money bank does not recognize the person, and there is no delay in the payment of the silver when they see the bank. And Wang Jijie is almost the largest merchant in Shanxi, he can't care less about his reputation, he has a commercial house in Beijing and Shanxi, and he can't run away from that commercial house. In order to ensure the safety of his own silver, the housekeeper specially sent someone to inquire about the background of this Chen Jijie.

"The money has been made by these merchants, and even the emperor is worried about the silver." Wen Tiren thought that the emperor probably didn't have as much silver as these merchants.

"The merchants of this security trading firm have a conscience, and they say that they want everyone to make a fortune with them, and they have issued stocks, and as long as they buy their shares, they will share the profits of the trading house with them at the end of the year. I heard that a thousand taels of silver will make a profit of hundreds of taels. It's much better than usury. "Most of the silver of the officials of the capital division is buried in the kiln, except for some of their own business. As he spoke, the housekeeper took out a few pieces of colorful paper and put them on the coffee table in front of Wen Tiren, and then continued: "You see this is the stock of that firm, it was sent to you by Yang Yushi to show you a novelty, it is said that it is worth 10,000 taels of silver now, and the price will rise." “

Wen Tiren picked up the stock and looked at it, and found that the printing was indeed very exquisite, but it was not as realistic as holding the silver in his hand, so he said: "What's the use of high yields, when you need money, this piece of paper won't work." “

"This stock can be bought and sold at any time in the security bank, and if you want to sell it there for silver, it may be sold at a high price." The housekeeper manages the Wen family's property and is still very concerned about things that can make money.

"Oh, that's it, this Yang Yushi is quite attentive. You told him that I knew what he was asking for, and that I would speak for him in front of the emperor. Wen Tiren was very satisfied with Yang Yushi's change of method to send him money. He suddenly thought of another question and asked the housekeeper: "This Wang Jijie has made such a big deal, does he have any backers above the court?" “

"This Wang Jijie has only recently developed, and I haven't heard that he has any contact with any minister in the court. It's just that recently he got closer to Xie Lian, the governor of Denglai, and Zhang Chu, the general soldier of Dengzhou, in Shandong. "In the Ming Dynasty, this kind of collusion between officials and businessmen is common, and some businessmen basically manage property for some high-ranking officials.

Wen Tiren was relieved to hear that Xie Lian and Zhang Chu were the two people, he didn't want his opponent to have a big businessman as a backup. Xie Lian was not implicated with anyone else, and that Zhang Chu was born as an anti-thief and would not pose a threat to himself.

"Zhang Chu, Zhang Chu." Wen Tiren thought of this name again, and felt that this person seemed to be somewhat useful, now that the world is in turmoil, and the status of military generals has improved, it is best to pull some generals with troops into their camp. Although this Zhang Chu is only a general soldier now, he has a very capable army, and if he is pulled into his camp, it will be more or less a help, so he said to the housekeeper: "You send someone to send a message to that Zhang Chu, just say that I admire him very much, and it is really interesting to see him." ”

"Yes, I'll do it right away." The housekeeper hurriedly ran out to make arrangements, this kind of thing is rare for the first assistant of the court to take the initiative to show favor to a general. (To be continued.) )