The news was sent from the capital.

From a telegram from the Wa Kingdom.

It is said that the Han merchants who stayed in Edo had a conflict with the local natives, and because the local government protected them, the Han merchants were dissatisfied.

So one night, the Han merchants who had suffered a lot shook people, and more than a dozen ships suddenly appeared on the sea of Edo, and some people moved their artillery, and the guns were loud that night, and after a night of trouble, the Han merchants sailed away.

This cost Edo a great deal of money, with more than 100 dead and wounded, and the Han merchants losing a ship.

After the incident, the Japanese envoy immediately went to the court to file a complaint.

In fact, most of the Ming Dynasty's farmers and industrialists are mild, and they are almost not too troublesome.

But only the Han merchants who went to the sea were completely different.

After all, there is no royal law on the sea, and those who dare to go to the sea to do business are all people who hold their heads and pin them to their belts.

Since they were allowed to go to the sea to operate, the first thing many maritime merchants did was to gather the displaced people who were originally scattered overseas, in fact, they were refugees, and in essence, they were both citizens and pirates.

Just such a group of people who are both interested and cowardly, what good can it do to provoke them?

Not only that, these maritime merchants had a large amount of silver through sea trade, and they were willing to recruit more young and strong people if they had silver, and the maritime trade was the safest, so they customized stronger ships and purchased a large number of firearms from Liaodong for emergencies.

Therefore, the strength of these Han merchants is extremely impressive, for the Ming Dynasty, they are honest merchants after landing, but for the Wa Kingdom, these people get off the sea, but they are all heavily armed bandits.

If you want to do business with him, he will do business with you, and if you don't want to do business with him, he can rob him.

Now the Japanese people came to complain, and they really had to do it, you must know that a hundred years ago, it was the Japanese people who ransacked the Ming Dynasty together with the maritime merchants, who knew that now it has fallen one by one.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse obviously didn't know much about overseas affairs, and the hundreds of officials in the court couldn't put forward any opinions, so he simply sent an order to Lushun and let Zhang Jingyi come to get an idea.

Zhang Jing thought about it for a while, and played according to the order, but only asked the Emperor of the Apocalypse to watch from the wall first.

This kind of dispute will not only exist now, but will also exist in the future.

Therefore, if Daming is in a hurry to come out to administer justice, it may not be able to convince both parties.

Only when things get out of hand, and everybody is in a hurry, then everything can be solved.

In fact, by now, Zhang Jingyi has clearly felt that when the new policy began to be implemented, almost the entire Liaodong, or the entire Ming Dynasty, was actually like a wild horse, slowly beginning to get out of his control.

From the very beginning, the experience he brought from later generations may not be at odds with this era.

But now, he is more and more aware that these ancestors, once they have tasted the sweetness of the New Deal, have become extremely radical.

The rapid flow of gold and silver has made this farmer and industrialist begin to become agitated.

On the land journey all the way to the west, there was no need for anyone to spur or motivate them, and the crazy exile army and the Eight Banners, driven by interests and the advantage of weapons, almost went all the way to the west.

The maritime merchants went to sea frantically to extract every copper plate in the sea.

Countless people also saw the opportunity, so many people went to the sea.

The income of the workshop has also begun to affect people's hearts, and now it has become the current trend to run a workshop.

Many people have begun to become unsettled, and there are many people who serve in the army, work, and go to the sea.

Even the imperial court and the government had to make corresponding changes under the change of this economic base.

And Zhang Jingyi, at first, may have been the one who drove this trend, but now, it is more like being coerced by this huge trend.

In the past, what he pursued may have been the implementation of the New Deal.

But now he found that the government and the people had turned into radical New Politicians, so much so that he became a conservative instead.

So much so that Zhang Jingyi had to be uneasy, for fear that the step would be too big and it would be easy to get involved.

But now, the situation is beyond Zhang Jingyi's control.

Just like the discussion in the market today, in addition to what shops have appeared recently, or what novelties have appeared, or who has become rich overnight, under this kind of restlessness, Zhang Jing once passed this cold winter in Liaodong.

In the spring of the following year, Zhang Jing invited him to Beijing to participate in the Hajj, and soon there was an echo from the imperial court, so Zhang Jing packed up and began his journey to Beijing.

At this time, the railway from Lushun to the capital had been completed, and the speed of construction was amazing, and the railway company broke many of its own engineering records.

Of course, the fundamental reason is that from the capital to Liaodong is almost a large plain, as long as you go through the Shanhaiguan customs, it is almost a smooth road.

Zhang Jingyi took the railway and arrived in the capital five days later.

And waiting for him in the station was Wei Zhongxian.

Today's Wei Zhongxian, who is already old, has more spots and gray hair between his temples, and his spirit is not as good as before, he was nine thousand years old, but now he is a little more cautious, he and Zhang Jing saw each other, and said: "Your Majesty has been looking forward to Brother Zhang...... Your Highness, looking forward to Your Highness, this time Your Highness entered Beijing, Your Majesty has not slept well for many days. ”

Zhang Jing smiled and said, "I didn't sleep well either." ”

"Is it also because you miss Your Majesty?"

Zhang Jingyi said with some shame: "The steam locomotive is very noisy. ”

This is indeed the truth, the steam locomotive of this era is actually a big boiler piled on the iron lump, a good experience does not exist, people in it, can turn people's internal organs upside down.

Nature...... This kind of experience is extremely uncomfortable for Zhang Jingyi, but for people in this era, it is an extraordinary progress.

Wei Zhongxian looked a little embarrassed by Zhang Jingyi's words, and he coughed and said, "Your Highness is really a real person!" Then the conversation changed and said: "I heard that the Liaodong side is now better than Jiangnan." ”

It's a tactical way to divert the subject, so as not to embarrass each other.

Zhang Jingyi sighed at this time and said: "The climate is not good, and the others are okay." ”

Wei Zhongxian felt that it was almost over, so he smiled and said, "Your Majesty is only afraid that you will be in a hurry, Your Highness should enter the palace quickly,"

At this time, the station was full of guards, almost three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and when Zhang Jing got out of the platform, there was already a team of carriages and horses ready here.

Now the manpower is tight, this manpower is nervous, the people want to hire a sedan chair man is as difficult as ascending to the sky, after all, in the past to give a bite of food, there are people scrambling to carry the sedan chair for you, but now everywhere is recruiting workers, for those sturdy men, whether it is in the army or working or going to the sea, there are many ways to choose, at this time, if you still like in the past to do the sedan chair man, there is no future at all, and also look at people's eyes, so the asking price of the sedan chair is getting higher and higher, and even sometimes it is high and may not be able to find someone.

In this way, the entire Guannai and Liaodong, in fact, have begun to slowly replace manpower with animal power, under this trend, replacing manpower has even become a fashion synonym, the Emperor of the Apocalypse can not avoid vulgarity, so he deliberately issued an edict, canceled the chariot, and replaced the carriage.

Zhang Jing got into the carriage, but found that although the capital has only been seen for more than a year, it has also changed its new appearance, although it is not as earth-shaking as Lushun, but it is also visible to the naked eye, all the way to look at the various scenery, sighing all the way in my heart, the carriage and horses have entered the palace from the noon gate, Zhang Jing consciously wanted to get off, but the carriage and horses did not stop, until they reached the warm pavilion, and then stopped steadily.

After Zhang Jing got out of the carriage, he looked around, but saw that there were a lot of carriages and horses parked near the three major halls and the cabinet in the distance.

He was surprised for a moment, so he couldn't help but ask Wei Zhongxian: "Brother Wei, are there still cars and horses in and out of the Forbidden City?" ”

Wei Zhongxian's face changed slightly, and he looked distressed, but he was hesitant, as if there was something unspeakable.

Zhang Jingyi couldn't help but want to laugh at this time, you must know that this nine-thousand-year-old master, but he dares to do anything, even he can't talk about it, I'm afraid there must be a big mystery behind this.

He immediately entered the warm pavilion, and before he could enter, it was obvious that the little eunuch had already reported it first, and the voice of the Emperor of the Apocalypse came from inside: "Please come in." ”

As soon as Zhang Jing entered, he saw that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was dressed in civilian clothes, and at this time he was slightly anxious and looking forward to it in the pavilion. ”

Looking at the Emperor of the Apocalypse in high spirits, Zhang Jingyi showed a sincere smile and replied, "Your Majesty, after the edict was obtained, he rushed here wearing stars and moons. ”

"Isn't it the stars and the moon?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse said: "This train doesn't stop, so can't it be that you can't find a place to stay at night?" ”

"This ......," Zhang Jing was speechless for a while.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse raised his eyebrows, but said, "How do you feel when you return to Beijing this time?" ”

Zhang Jing said: "The biggest change is in the market, but there are also many changes in the palace, and the ministers see that there are many carriages in and out of the palace. ”

"So many ministers have to enter the palace to do business, some have to go to the cabinet, some have to go to the Hajj, and there are still those who have to be edicted, as well as the servants of each palace, if they go in and out on foot, it is too delayed, I think about it, now we have to pay attention to efficiency, so I allowed people to come in."

"Your Majesty." Zhang Jingyi sighed.

At this time, I heard the Emperor of the Apocalypse a little proudly said: "Besides, this carriage and horse enter the palace, and it must be parked. This is the Forbidden City, and the parking fee can't be low, you see, the officials receive my salary, and I collect their car and horse parking fees, which can be regarded as not indebted. ”

Zhang Jingyi: "......"

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