I have to say that when the country was in crisis, Zhang Jingyi actually wanted a place at this time, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse was a little unhappy.

But when he heard that Zhang Jingyi actually wanted the land of Henan, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was slightly stunned, he seemed to understand that Zhang Jingyi's mind was not simple.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse still couldn't help but say: "Henan has become a pot of porridge now, what do you want to do there?" ”

Zhang Jing said: "The land of Henan has always been fertile, and the ministers ...... Greedy ......"

The reason is far-fetched.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was greatly moved: "A few days ago, all the ministers wanted the land of Henan, but now, everyone avoids Henan and Shanxi like snakes and scorpions, but Zhang Qing is willing to rest with the country." Three years ago, the king of Fengqiu County was the heir, and the country was excepted, there was a lot of Wangzhuang land, and now it has entered the inner house, give you 3,000 hectares of land, you don't have to clear the zhang, you look at it, you and Wei Banban discussed. ”

Three thousand hectares of land is by no means a small amount.

Ordinary marquis often give 300 to 800 hectares.

These 3,000 hectares of land is 30,000 acres, although they are not necessarily paddy fields, but after including mountains, forests and lakes, they are definitely worth a lot, of course...... Anything is good, it is the land of Henan now, but it belongs to you in name.

Of course, the Emperor of the Apocalypse would obviously not be stupid enough to put the Zhang family's land in a dangerous situation.

This Lingqiu is not far from Zhengzhou and other places, but it belongs to the north bank of the Yellow River, close to Beizhili, from the capital to Lingqiu, a horse and a flat river, are endless plains, and on the north bank of the Yellow River, for the time being, it is still safe.

He expected that the traitors would not dare to cross the river easily, on the one hand, they had not yet become a climate; On the other hand, the army of the imperial court is naturally strictly guarded, and it is categorically not allowed to enter the core area of the rule.

Zhang Jingyi said sincerely: "Thank you." ”

Wei Zhongxian was a little surprised on the side, didn't this Zhang Jingyi point to this point to plant sweet potatoes?

He shook his head in his heart, now that so many people have risen up, where is the problem of food?

Although there was a catastrophe this year, the disaster was only on the surface, and the imperial court thought of a way to stabilize the price of grain and deliver grain. But no matter what, the grain in the granaries of the officials and the righteous people had been piled up, until the people were forced to revolt and flames were everywhere, and when the rogues slaughtered their mansions, their food was abundant.

Drought and waterlogging are the essence of the problem, and it is no wonder that His Majesty wants to scold him, and the so-called 'righteous people' are the worst things.

But if the 'righteous people' had taken out a little food on weekdays, they would not have reached this point.

Tian Ergeng was already a little wary of Zhang Jingyi, but what he thought in his heart was that this Zhang Jingyi was afraid of taking advantage of this to make a good impression on His Majesty.

Zhang Jingyi said at this time: "Since the minister has land in Henan, is the minister also a righteous citizen?" ”

The expression of the Emperor of the Apocalypse suddenly became a little serious, and said: "Don't be a righteous citizen, a righteous person is not a good word, I hate these people deeply, but right now, I am helpless!" I feel that I have been coerced by these so-called righteous people, and have become the murderers of the people in their hands. ”

Zhang Jing said: "In order to protect his own land, can the minister recruit villagers there, build fortresses, and hoard grain?" ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse nodded: "Yes." ”

Zhang Jing said: "Then the minister will rest assured." ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse didn't know what kind of medicine Zhang Jing was selling in a gourd, but now the situation has obviously deteriorated, and the court is overstretched everywhere, but there are difficulties everywhere.

The rogue is wandering around, fighting hundreds of thousands of miles, and the court is chasing and intercepting it, but in the process of the rogue fighting, it is bound to grow stronger and stronger.

On the Liaodong side, the situation cannot be ignored, and if you are not careful, there may be huge risks.

Now the main thing is money and food, and without money and food, nothing can be done.

But the main source of tax in the hands of the Emperor of the Apocalypse is the mining tax of the factory guard, but the collection of this mining tax is extremely difficult!

Not to mention the problem of the eunuchs who are greedy for ink, after all, no matter how greedy they are, there will still be silver sent to the inner treasury after all.

The terrible thing is that both the officials and these righteous people often hate the mining tax, believing that it is a competition for profit with the people.

Local attacks on the town guard eunuchs and brocade guards have occurred from time to time, and all kinds of music are full of hatred for the town guard eunuchs, and this tax is levied...... It can be described as difficult.

If it weren't for Wei Zhongxian to be this wicked person, he wouldn't want to fall into the pocket of the Emperor of the Apocalypse even if he didn't want to fall into the pocket of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

As for the nonsense of competing with the people, the Emperor of the Apocalypse doesn't believe it, and the people who can open mines, they are also the people?

This mine involves a large amount of land, hired labor, and transportation, and it is necessary to deal with the upper and lower levels of the government, ordinary businessmen, and they are not even qualified to open mines, let alone ordinary people.

But this is how he mastered the mining industry, the rich party, and the people with deep roots just became the resistance of the town guards and eunuchs to collect taxes!

There are huge profits here, but there are huge profits, and people don't want to get a piece of your pie, and there are countless people who contact and incite ordinary people to provoke and make trouble.

At this time, the Emperor of the Apocalypse took a deep breath and said, "Qing should be careful, it may not be safe to seal the hill. ”

Zhang Jingyi understood that the apocalypse cared about him sincerely, and nodded yes.

Wait for the Emperor of the Apocalypse to let Zhang Jing wait for him to retreat.

In his expression, he was quite dignified.

Wei Zhongxian went to serve the porridge again, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse drank a few sips, feeling melancholy: "Wei Companion, to this day, I am quite uneasy, is the number of Ming Qi about to be exhausted?" ”

"Your Majesty......" Wei Zhongxian shook his head and said: "What are these words, our Ming Dynasty's national glory must have ten thousand years." ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse sighed: "The inner treasury is already empty, and it is not an exaggeration to say that I am destitute. A few days ago, I thought about punishing some people who refused to pay the mining tax obediently, so as to fill the emptiness of the internal funds, but now it seems that ...... But it's hard. ”

Wei Zhongxian understood the thoughts of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, in view of the fact that the tax resistance happened from time to time, but the Emperor of the Apocalypse was not easy to provoke, so he was in a hurry, so he directly broke the house, confiscated the money and grain, and made up for the shortcomings.

Of course, these dirty jobs are all done by Wei Zhongxian, and Wei Zhongxian is not afraid of leaving a stench for thousands of years in this regard.

Can ...... now The Emperor of the Apocalypse was obviously embarrassed, and he couldn't act at will at this time.

Now although the Emperor of the Apocalypse hates those gentry and righteous people, but at this time, if a few mine owners are copied, it will inevitably trigger their backlash.

At that time, the Emperor of the Apocalypse had to face not only the Jiannu and the mutiners, but also the 'righteous people' who would also stand on his opposite side.

"But now that all provinces are urging money and food, what should I do?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse frowned, lowered his head and continued to drink porridge.

Only then did he realize that he who drank porridge in order to flaunt his frugality might ...... If you really have to drink porridge, you can only drink porridge.

Wei Zhongxian said: "Slave maid...... Find a way, or else, check the town guards and eunuchs everywhere to see if they have any corrupt behavior, if there is a real one, then check a few, it is important to enrich the internal funds at the moment. ”

After hearing this, the Emperor of the Apocalypse snorted a voice from his nose: "Hmm." ”

Wei Zhongxian is also worried about the country when the country is in trouble, the candidates for the eunuchs are personally selected by him, and they are all his own people, now those mine owners can't move, and you need to be surrounded by righteous people, think about it, the money of the hundred officials and gentry, you don't want them to take it out, and when it comes to this, you can only swing a knife at these godsons and godsons.

Find a few that usually look ugly, and you can always find a way to copy out hundreds of thousands of taels.

It's just that if this thing is done, it is inevitable that they will do their best to catch fish, after all, the other town guards and eunuchs have seen it, who will dare to work hard in the future?

The Emperor of the Apocalypse obviously understood this joint, but he still hummed, let's solve the urgent need at the moment.

After eating the porridge, the Emperor of the Apocalypse remembered something: "Take those stocks and ......"

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly went to get a box.

The box opened, and inside was a stack of stocks.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse took out one and sighed: "If this stock can be exchanged for 150,000 taels of silver, it can solve the current urgent situation...... Why don't you ask those Francis and see if they want them? I can sell them cheaply, thirty thousand taels of silver, and I will sell them all together. ”

Wei Zhongxian showed a difficult expression: "Your Majesty, as far as the slave maid knows, those people ...... I sold a batch of stocks to Brother Zhang, and after the sale, I was very happy, and the slave maid sat in the Honglu Temple and said that after selling, they bought a lot of water and wine, and the wine was full of excitement all night, it can be seen that they are also in a hurry to get rid of it, but ...... Why didn't Your Majesty sell it to Brother Zhang? He's collecting it anyway. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse smiled bitterly: "I can't say it, I sell it to him, my conscience is disturbed, but it seems that I want to take advantage of him." He has already made a lot of contributions, and I can't bear this bit of silver? Although it is difficult now, it is inevitable that the hearts of loyal ministers will be chilled by doing so. Yue Wumu's lesson is a lesson from the past. ”

Wei Zhongxian really can't understand the brain circuit of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, then again, Your Majesty, you were cheated by that Zhang Jing, Your Majesty has nothing to feel guilty about, if it is us, we will directly copy the Zhang family, and all the money will come!

That Zhang Jingyi, rich!

The Emperor of the Apocalypse immediately remained silent, and instead took out a small book.

In the book, there are many words written densely.

It probably says stocks, dividends, company earnings, and so on.

Wei Zhongxian shook his head, knowing that His Majesty was about to start studying again.

After all...... This is 150,000 taels of silver, although the shares of the East India Company are like waste paper, but the Emperor of the Apocalypse still holds illusions, blindly pondering this mode and means of making profits, he gathers a lot of information, like a jigsaw puzzle, little by little to study the structure and model of the entire East India Company.

Sometimes, I catch a few important words in front of a lot of notes, and I will write them down in a book so that I can check them at any time.