"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

Zhang Gui and Bi Ziyan hurriedly turned around and bowed.

As soon as the apocalypse stepped in, he asked, "How many people will buy it?" ”

Zhang Gui looked at Bi Ziyan.

Bi Ziyan said: "At present, Uncle Guo has bought three million taels of shares, and wants to add another two million taels. ”

After hearing this, Tianqi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and asked in surprise: "Could it be that the courtiers of Chengcheng are very honest?" Can't get the money to invest? ”

Zhang Gui heard what Tianqi said, understood it, and said in his belly: "These old foxes really know how to pretend!" ”

At this time, Wei Zhongxian, who came with the Apocalypse Dynasty, ordered: "Take out the prepared imperial note and red pen, add 20 million taels to it, and then give it to Bi Aiqing." ”

"Emperor?"

Wei Zhongxian was shocked when he heard this, he didn't expect that his emperor would directly allocate 20 million taels from the interior to buy the shares of Maoshan Iron Mine.

"It's not spending your money, what are you distressed about, hurry up and fill it out to Bi Aiqing!"

Apocalypse shouted.

Wei Zhongxian had to quickly fill in the imperial note with a red pen, and this imperial note naturally became an edict, which was handed to Bi Ziyan by Wei Zhongxian.

Bi Ziyan hurriedly took it.

With this edict, it means that Bi Ziyan can directly rely on this to go to the treasury to take out 20 million silver.

Bi Ziyan was naturally overjoyed, and said: "Since Your Majesty is willing to take out so much internal money for the society, it is not good for the minister not to recognize some shares for the country, and the minister is willing to take out 100,000 taels." ”

As he spoke, Bi Ziyan really took out a silver exchange ticket from his sleeve, handed it to his subordinates, and asked him to enter the book.

Seeing this, Tianqi sneered: "Sure enough, I'm waiting for me to take out the silver first." What are you afraid of! Will I be the kind of person who thinks whoever is rich is a corrupt official? Uncle Zhang Guo understands me, so he won't have these uneasy thoughts. ”

Bi Ziyan hurriedly surrendered his hand: "Your Majesty forgives your sins!" ”

Tianqi looked at Wei Zhongxian: "What about you, I'm afraid that I will misunderstand you?" ”

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly took out a stack of tickets from his sleeve and said with a smile: "The emperor has wronged the slave!" How could the slave and maid, the slave and maid had already prepared to buy it with a million taels of silver. ”

After hearing this, Tianqi nodded, and said to Zhang Gui: "Come with me to Xiyuan and continue to talk about the principle of the steam engine." Here I will hand it over to Bi Aiqing, I first sent 20 million taels to the household, which should be able to calm the hearts of many people. ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Gui responded.

Sure enough, not an hour after Tianqi and Zhang Gui, Wei Zhongxian and others left, Chen Zizhuang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came on the broken jade.

Seeing this, Bi Ziyan hurriedly instructed his subordinates to make a cup of hot tea, while he personally greeted him to the edge of the threshold, and asked with a smile: "Can you rest assured now?" ”

Onigiri reads a book

Chen Zizhuang nodded.

Tianqi himself took out 20 million taels to buy it, so that Chen Zizhuang believed that the emperor was not cheating, but deliberately waited for the ministers' money to be exposed, so that he could find a way to embezzle it in the future.

And this also let Chen Zizhuang know that His Majesty the Emperor and his uncle Zhang Gui really want to drive everyone to work together to share the financial pressure of the imperial court to develop the Maoshan iron mine.

"I'm here to buy 200,000 taels, I don't know which ministers besides me have come to Dasi Nong to pay for silver and subscribe for shares?"

Chen Zizhuang replied at this time, and asked Bi Ziyan about the sale of Maoshan iron ore stocks.

Bi Ziyan sighed and said, "In addition to Your Majesty and Uncle Guo, there is also Grandpa Wei, it is you and me." ”

"How many?"

Chen Zizhuang asked with a little disappointment.

Bi Ziyan said: "More than 26 million taels." ”

Chen Zizhuang said: "That's not enough!" ”

"That's it, even if His Majesty also took out 20 million taels of internal money, making people believe that the Son of Heaven is also willing to contribute to the Ming Dynasty, but there are still not many people who choose to believe that the mineral profits that Uncle Zhang Guo said are really enough to make huge profits. And I am worried that the silver will be spent by the court, so I will not come back, but it will be like donating silver to the court. ”

"Of course, there may be some people who don't want the imperial court to succeed in mining!"

Bi Ziyan said.

After hearing this, Chen Zizhuang chatted with Bi Ziyan for a few more words, and soon after, he returned home.

As soon as he returned home, Chen Zizhuang hurriedly asked people to take off the imperial scarlet coat for him, put on a cloth jacket, and looked at an ancient painting on the wall in front of the window in a daze.

Chen Zizhuang's wife, Liu, came over and asked, "What do you want to eat?" ”

"It's better to have a bowl of white porridge, not meat dishes."

Chen Zizhuang said.

Liu Shi asked in surprise: "The master doesn't eat roast venison?" Even if he took out 200,000 taels, the family was not out of money. ”

Chen Zizhuang smiled and said, "I won't eat it." By the way, let people take this ancient painting as well. Now it seems that not many people will support His Majesty and Uncle Zhang Guo to buy the stocks of Maoshan Iron Mine, not to mention that what Uncle Guo said may not be true, maybe he will lose money in the future. The point is that for many people, I am afraid that they hope that the resumption of Xianzhou and the opening of the Maoshan iron mine will become a matter of labor and money. ”

Saying that, Chen Zizhuang said again: "The matter of recovering Xianzhou was brought up by the master." In addition, whether the iron ore in Maoshan can be mined and solve the urgent needs of the Industrial Division is related to the great cause of the reform of the entire Apocalypse Dynasty! Therefore, now it seems that it is impossible to expect those who oppose the New Deal to give out the money, only those of us who support the New Deal can do it, even if we really want to lose money, we must support the imperial court to mine enough iron ore. ”

Liu said: "But this painting has always been the master's favorite." ”

Chen Zizhuang smiled slightly: "Even if I am bankrupt, I can't sit back and watch the failure of the new deal, and the millions of people in the Industrial Department can only starve to death or be slaughtered from now on, which is against the way of heaven!" ”

Then, Chen Zizhuang asked again: "Have you sold all the fields at home?" ”

Liu nodded: "The silver has been sent back to Beijing." ”

"I've been preparing for this day for a long time. If there were not many people who supported the new policy, I would have taken out all my family assets to fund the imperial court. ”

Chen Zizhuang turned around and held Liu's hands as he spoke, and suddenly took her into his arms: "It's just that I want you to be a woman without rice." ”

Liu Shi smiled: "Marrying a chicken and marrying a dog is like a dog, what else can the concubine say." ”

It was another night of heavy snowfall, and it didn't stop until dawn the next day, Chen Zizhuang held a box of silver exchange tickets, looked at the vermilion palace wall, and stepped on the broken jade.

Because the eunuch came to preach last night, today is a big start, that is, to ask hundreds of officials to discuss politics in the morning.

Therefore, when he arrived at the court, Chen Zizhuang saw that many ministers such as Wu Zongda and Kong Zhenyun, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Qian Shisheng, were waiting for the court.

But Chen Zizhuang saw that many ministers in the court room were wearing patched clothes.

Wu Zongda, a university scholar, was the most obvious, and a large patch appeared on the undershirt in the round-necked official robe on his chest in a daze, and the key was that this large patch was still patched up by several pieces of cloth of different colors.

At this time, the eunuch who was serving tea in the court room also said to Wu Zongda with a smile: "The elder of the pavilion is really poor, this is this poverty has also passed, why is the court still wearing such clothes?" ”

Wu Zongda shrunk his neck and said with a smile: "Father-in-law, you don't know, this is already the best clothes for a servant now!" Knowing that His Majesty called Daqi today to raise money to buy stocks, how could the servant not respond? It's all about the family! Now I have scraped together enough five hundred taels of silver to buy stocks. ”

Kong Zhenyun, who was on the side, took out half a hard cake at this time, and while nibbling on the cake with tea, he also deliberately exposed the patches in the sleeves of his official robe and said: "Everyone in the world has known that Wu Ge is honest, but now I didn't expect to be so honest. The servant is the same, in response to His Majesty's purchase of stocks, he took care of all his belongings, barely scraped together two hundred taels, and now he can't even afford to buy the buns in the fangmen, so he can only eat such half a piece of bread. ”

"Where's half of it?"

Wu Zongda asked.

Kong Zhenyun replied: "Leave it to my wife and children." ”

After hearing this, Qian Shisheng, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, came over first and said: "The elder of the pavilion is really a clean breeze with two sleeves, he is honest for the official, and the official admires him!" ”

Kong Zhenyun smiled: "Qian Shilang has a good reputation. ”

Then, Qian Shisheng noticed that Chen Zizhuang was holding a big box, so he asked, "What is this box filled by Uncle Zong?" ”

"Silver ticket. Prepare to buy stocks later. ”

Chen Zizhuang said.

Wu Zongda asked: "I heard that Uncle Dazong went to the household department yesterday to subscribe for 200,000 taels of silver stocks, I don't know how much I want to buy today?" ”

Chen Zizhuang said: "It's okay to tell the elder and the princes, I also sold all the family property and prepared to buy stocks, totaling 1.18 million taels!" ”