Zhang Anshi turned his head and looked at Deng Jian with a smile.

He likes Deng Jian, because Deng Jian is a rare and honest eunuch.

Zhang Anshi said: "Speaking out may scare you to death, anyway...... This is all the income from selling books and buying newspapers these days, which is an astronomical amount, and Your Majesty will get fifty percent ......"

Deng Jian became more and more dizzy, he had never seen so much money in his life.

Because the box is more expensive, it is actually expensive, so Zhang Anshi directly asked people to use bamboo baskets to pack it.

This bamboo basket can only hold 3,000 taels of silver, and in the Ming Dynasty, one catty and sixteen taels were close to 200 catties of silver.

And now...... The bamboo baskets sent to the palace alone require five hundred.

A horse-drawn carriage can only carry five bamboo baskets, that is, ...... Zhang Anshi needed a hundred carriages.

Moreover, ordinary carriages can't pull such heavy objects, and the carriages selected are carefully selected by Zhu Jin from all over the car dealers.

Deng Jian felt incredible.

The more he looked, the more frightened he felt, and his eyes were straight.

Zhang Anshi patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "This time, you will escort with me, and when the time comes...... Go to your majesty and brush your face, your majesty is happy, look at you, hey, why every time there is something good, there is a good person, and I have a good impression of you. ”

"Ah......" As soon as Deng Jian heard it, he came to his senses, this is the truth, as a eunuch, he knows best the benefits of being able to brush his face in front of the emperor every once in a while, especially when there is a happy event.

So he looked at Zhang Anshi gratefully, and said busily: "Thank you Cheng Enbo." ”

Zhang Anshi said casually: "Don't be so polite, we are a family, don't talk about two families as a family." ”

Deng Jian was moved again.

He is on duty in the East Palace, has been serving the prince and the crown princess, and sometimes has to come to Zhang's house to run errands, speaking of which, he and Zhang Anshi can also be regarded as getting along day and night, but he is just a eunuch after all, and he is inevitably moved by Zhang Anshi as a family.

"Yes, yes......"

"What's the matter, is there sand in Gonggong Deng's eyes?"

Deng Jian wiped his eyes, and the chick pecked the rice and nodded: "Yes, yes, why do you get into the sand, let's ...... Let's ......"

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, "Okay, let's get ready to go." ”

Deng Jian was so energetic, and he had already begun to imagine in his heart that when he reported these situations to Zhang Anshi in front of the emperor, Zhu Dilong's face was happy.

Cheng Enbo has grown up, and he knows that it hurts people.

Thinking back to the beginning, when Cheng Enbo had no heart and no lungs, Deng Jian was full of emotion, we didn't hurt him in vain, he was a person with a conscience.

Under the leadership of Zhang Anshi, the mighty convoy soon entered the city from Dong'anmen, and for a while, many people in the city came to watch.

Zhu Yong, Zhang Xuan, and Qiu Song were escorted behind, guarding with the soldiers who came from the house.

Dozens of people hired by Zhang Anshi each stared at a car and walked with the driver.

Zhang Anshi and Deng Jian opened the way ahead.

There were more and more people watching all the way, and everyone was talking.

"What's in that carriage?"

"I heard it was silver......

"How is that possible! Hehe, where is there such silver! ”

"Don't you know? This black-hearted thief...... He looted countless goods. ”

"Ahhh............hhh This damn ......"

The crowd looked at the scholar with no sympathy.

Because other readers, according to their understanding, their own families spend a lot, everyone is wronged, sympathize with you, who will sympathize with me?

As for the other ordinary people, they didn't react, to be honest, let alone more than two thousand taels of silver, even if it was two hundred taels of silver, it was already an astronomical amount for them.

Just to buy a book?

Whoever it is, I'm afraid I can't empathize.

This mighty convoy directly swaggered through the market.

That Jinyi Guard, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and Ying Tianfu, even if it was a pig, obviously sensed that the atmosphere was not quite right.

So, every once in a while, someone came to stop him and asked, "Who is in front and where are you going?" ”

Zhang Anzi said calmly: "Zhang Anshi of the East Palace, enter the palace!" ”

The other party hesitated slightly, there had never been such a situation before!

So he said: "I'm afraid that I still need to humbly repay ......"

"Report a bird." Zhang Anshi is now confident, and said unceremoniously: "Enter your mother, are you blind, and don't look at what I'm going to do?" Is it your turn to do this good news? Get out of the way. ”

This kind of thing is like this, if you discuss with them, they may have many reasons to come and do Tai Chi with you.

But if you scold his mother directly, he may be obedient, without saying a word, immediately give way, and have to bow and apologize.

So the road went relatively smoothly to the noon gate.

Horse-drawn carriages were crowded at the palace gate.

Where have the eunuchs at the palace gate seen such a posture.

They don't know that Zhang Anshi is confident at this time, I am sending silver to His Majesty, what's the matter, I can't break the rules, so go and ask Brother Zhu, is the silver important, or the rules are important?

In fact, there is another level of thinking about swaggering through the market like this, I Zhang Anshi can't be a bad guy alone, now people outside are scolding me for being so powerful, I also want to save face, anyway, whoever makes money, everyone goes out and turns left to find whom.

At this time, a eunuch asked, "Cheng Enbo, what are you ......?"

Zhang Anshi said angrily: "Go and report, the minister Zhang Anshi is fortunate not to be dishonored, earned some silver, and sent silver to His Majesty." ”

The eunuch was excited, looked at Zhang Anshi strangely, looked at the convoy outside, trembled, and then said: "Cheng Enbo will stay away, and the slave will go to tell you." ”

After that, he flew into the depths of the palace.

In the temple.

At this time, Zhu Di's patience has obviously reached the limit.

Xia Yuanji was still chattering and settling accounts for him.

"The catastrophe in Songjiang and Suzhou, the imperial court spent 113,000 taels and 250,000 stone of grain. At the beginning of spring, the Joseon Kingdom sent 937 beautiful women to the Hajj, and His Majesty gave 29,000 taels of silver and 3,500 horses of silk......"

He has an excellent memory and speaks like a treasure.

In front of Zhu Di, he told all the expenses of the treasury.

Zhu Di said impatiently: "Okay, that's enough!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister said this to tell Your Majesty that the state affairs are difficult, and if you don't recuperate now, then the country will have no food to levy and no silver to use. The people are suffering, is your majesty also in vain? ”

Natsuhara Yoshishi is different from other ministers.

The other ministers held high the banner of so-called morality.

In Zhu Di's eyes, morality is like a bird.

Into his moral mother.

But Xia Yuanji is reasonable, and it is based on the actual situation.

Zhu Di is not a confused person, but only sneers, but it is difficult to refute.

"I can allocate some of my inner money."

"Isn't the inner silver the people's fat and the people's ointment?" Xia Yuanji said awe-inspiringly.

Xia Yuanji paused, and then said: "If Your Majesty can rely on internal funds to support the needs of the West, the minister has nothing to say, but the treasury is empty and can't withstand any more tossing." ”

The officials couldn't help but admire in their hearts, this Xia Gong is really tough!

Xie Jin frowned secretly, in fact, Xie Jin wanted to be like Xia Yuanji, so that Zhu Di had nothing to say.

What a great fame this is, and if such things are spread, I am afraid that he will surely be famous all over the world and glorious forever.

Pity...... After all, he still didn't have the courage.

Therefore, he was a little jealous of Xia Yuanji, he didn't like people who were in the limelight, especially those who were in the limelight in front of him.

As a result, Xie Jin was in a very contradictory psychology.

However, Zhu Di said at this time: "In the past two years, the imperial court has supervised the construction of a large number of sea ships in Quanzhou, Ningbo and other places. ”

"It's better than wasting it than constantly depleting my Ming national strength, and the minister would rather destroy the ship than see the lives ruined, Your Majesty...... The people are too poor, and Your Majesty should cherish the people. ”

Zhu Di was furious: "In this way, I have become a faint monarch who does not cherish the people's power? ”

"Your Majesty is the Holy Lord, but the minister is just doing the duty of a courtier, even if it is Tang Taizong, there is still a time to accept advice."

Zhu Di: "......"

Zhu Di looked sideways at Zhu Gaochi and said: "You are the crown prince, the courtiers contradict your father like this, don't you make a sound?" ”

As a son, you must have filial piety, and it is time to go into battle as a father and son.

Zhu Gaochi was speechless, father, but the sons are on their side.

Of course, Zhu Gaochi couldn't stand on Xia Yuanji's side, although in history, Zhu Di had repeatedly mentioned in front of him that he couldn't fight and couldn't go to the West, which caused Zhu Di's dissatisfaction and put Xia Yuanji in prison, and when Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to release Xia Yuanji, and then promote him and entrust him with important tasks.

Zhu Gaochi was hesitant at this time.

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochi like this, and couldn't help but be disappointed.

At this moment, a eunuch hurriedly came in and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty......"

The eunuch was in a panic, which suddenly made Zhu Di, who had nowhere to spread fire, suddenly angry.

So he shouted and asked: "Bold, I discuss national affairs with hundreds of officials, and you dare to be so unruly!" ”

The eunuch was so frightened that his body was like a sifting chaff, and his soul was not possessed, but he still tried to say: "Outside the noon gate...... Outside...... Something went wrong. ”

Zhu Di frowned.

"Say!"

The eunuch said: "Cheng Enbo Zhang Anshi came with many chariots and horses, saying that he was here to send silver to His Majesty. ”

Zhu Di: "......"

Baiguan, you look at me, I look at you, with a blank face.

Zhu Di raised his eyebrows and said, "What silver?" ”

"This ...... Didn't say. The eunuch said: "The slave maid felt that the matter was urgent, so she hurried to report it." ”

Zhu Di took a deep breath and said, "This guy ...... What is he messing around? ”

This is a certainty.

Immediately, Zhu Di took a deep look at the crown prince Zhu Gaochi, and said, "Announce him in." ”

Zhang Anshi had already prepared, and led Deng Jian in, and in front of everyone's eyes, Zhang Anshi entered the hall and saluted: "Minister Zhang Anshi, I have seen Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Di is obviously in a bad mood today, and he wants to get angry at this time.

This Zhang Anshi hit the muzzle of the gun, but when he saw Zhang Anshi's well-behaved salute, Zhu Di's face softened again: "You don't want to give me the Qixia ferry in the town, what are you messing around in the palace?" ”

Zhang Anshi said aggrievedly: "The minister is in town, Qixia Ferry is now ......"

Zhu Di was in a bad mood, so he was impatient, so he interrupted directly: "Pick up the important ones." ”

Zhang Anshi said very directly: "The minister has no choice, the minister is at the ferry, he has saved too much silver, he can't sleep, he doesn't think about tea, he doesn't want to eat, he is afraid of being robbed, the so-called wealth is moving, outside this palace, he is all bad people." ”

"So?"

"So the minister thought about it, this silver should be sent to the palace, and there is not much silver, Your Majesty smiled."

When Zhu Di heard the silver, he still cheered up.

The internal debt is still full these days, of course, it is far from the point where Zhu Di is satisfied.

He's got too much to do.

"Oh?" The more this time, the more Zhu Di understated, looking like I was not interested in money: "It's really not safe outside the palace, there are guards and garrisons in my palace, but I'm not afraid of small people, you have such thoughts, I can also be considerate, I forgive you this time, don't be so ridiculous in the future, no one can be a sage." ”

Zhang Anshi drooped his head and said, "Thank you Your Majesty for your understanding, minister...... What the...... No, the minister is grateful. ”

All the officials continued to look at Zhang Anshi with strange eyes.

Let's be honest...... Zhang Anshi's tone is very frivolous at first glance, it is almost carved out of the same mold as Zhu Di, not like a good bird.

Zhu Di coughed: "This ...... This one...... How much silver do you have to send into the palace? ”

"Your Majesty." Zhang Anshi paused, and then said a number: "One and a half million taels." ”

Zhu Di: "......"

The officials were in an uproar.

One and a half million taels, what is this concept?

It is almost equivalent to half a year's tax and silver income of the imperial court.

This is definitely an astronomical amount.

There are two kinds of taxes in the Ming Dynasty, silver tax and tax in kind, and tax silver has always been difficult to collect, which is why, at the beginning of the Hongwu period, began to print treasure money.

Of course, Hong Wu is very cool, after all, a piece of paper is money, where is there such a good thing in the world?

When Jianwen became the emperor, he was even more black-hearted, after all, if he wanted to cut the feudal domain and fight, he would desperately seal it.

As a result, in Zhu Di's hands, this time the game was over.

They were happy, and all the consequences were carried by Zhu Di.

At this time, when he heard the number read out by Zhang Anshi, Zhu Di's eyes immediately lit up: "One and a half million taels? ”

"Yes, it's really one and a half million taels!" Zhang Anshi replied honestly without a little weakness.

As soon as the words fell, someone suddenly said: "Cheng Enbo, I have a word." ”

Zhang Anshi looked at that person, and this person was Xia Yuanji, who was talking eloquently in this hall.

Xia Yuanji is a rare economic talent in the court, so when he wants to question it, the hundred officials seem to have taken a reassurance.

This time, there is a lot of excitement to watch.

Of course, Zhang Anshi didn't recognize Xia Yuanji, but said, "I'll listen." ”

Xia Yuanji frowned and said: "One and a half million taels, which is an astronomical amount, such a huge amount of money, where does this silver come from?" ”

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "Actually, it's not just one and a half million taels, but there are more than one million taels in my firm." ”

Natsuhara Yoshi: "......"

Doing business, whether the partnership understands or not, I can't Zhang Anshi send his family to the palace, and the one and a half million taels sent today are what the palace deserves.

Xia Yuanji's body trembled, to be honest, he dealt with numbers all day long, as the left waiter of the household department, he was heartbroken for the income and expenditure of tens of thousands of taels of silver, and when he heard this, his face became more and more solemn, so he asked again with a calm face: "Where did all this silver come from??" ”

It's certainly not clean money.

"It's mainly from the sale of books." Zhang Anshi replied.

When Zhu Di heard this, he was even more surprised......

Fuck, he made so much money selling books?

You know, when the first version was first published...... It's only an income of two or three hundred thousand taels! Of course, this is also a huge amount, Zhu Di counted the money very happily!

Therefore, when Zhang Anshi proposed the second edition of the book sales plan, Zhu Di of course tried his best to support it.

But Zhu Di definitely didn't expect it...... Selling books can be sold at such a price.

Crazy, just crazy!

Just when Zhu Di was dumbfounded and shocked, the officials were suffocated one by one.

Xia Yuanji frowned again and said, "It turns out that Cheng Enbo ...... Are you still in business? Ming relatives, not to mention competing for profits with the people, Shinong industry and commerce are all relatives, how can they do this? ”

There was a natural disdain for the merchants!

This kind of condescending attitude, even for a minister like Xia Yuanji who is willing to put down his body and deal with money and food every day in the household department, he can't help but show contempt in his bones.

When Zhang Anshi heard the disdain in his words, he immediately became angry, and immediately defended: "What is this, is selling books a business?" The business of a scholar is also called buying and selling? If Confucius knew that there are still people in the world who write books and promote Confucianism, he must be very gratified. ”

Xia Yuanji's face suddenly couldn't hold back.

Zhang Anshi continued: "Knowledge and culture, Confucian classics, can they be despised and despised ? Hey, talking to you is like playing the harp to a cow. It's a shame that I thought that the ministers of the court were all elegant people, but they were also so worldly! It's really rare to find a confidant in life, and it's the hardest to find a bosom friend through the ages. ”

Xia Yuanji's face sank, and it was very ugly.

He didn't like Zhang Anshi's frivolous appearance.

As a matter of fact...... Everybody doesn't like it.

However, Zhu Gaochi was afraid that Zhang Anshi was messing around, and kept glancing at Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi felt justified, he many times, he couldn't understand the thoughts of these scholars, obviously these people have land, silver, slaves, and good conditions to study, and they will have fame and official work in the future!

It is clear that they have seized countless benefits in the world, but these people are extremely disdainful of talking about money. What's the difference between this and some tycoons saying I don't like money, I'd rather have no money?

Xia Yuanji couldn't be silent like this, he took a deep breath, and said: "Then dare to ask Cheng Enbo, even if you say that selling books is not a business, the old man will believe it, but you ...... Why do you earn so much silver? ”

Zhang Anshi grinned, when asked about this, he was very energetic, and immediately said: "You may not know much about this cultural matter, I have a book for three taels of silver......

"Three taels of silver......" Xia Yuanji's face turned black directly.

In fact, he had already heard the rumors outside, and the reason why he deliberately asked this was to draw out Zhang Anshi's words, and it was at this time......

He finally saw that "most of the books in the outside world cost two or three hundred yuan a piece, which is already frighteningly expensive, but the price of Cheng Enbo's books is a hundred times that of ordinary books, Cheng Enbo...... You've done a great job. ”

Among the hundreds of officials, there are also many wronged leaders.

In other words, in fact, everyone is wronged.

As soon as I said this, it was really blood and tears.

Many people empathize, and some people bow their heads and feel ashamed of what they have done.

I saw Zhang Anshi said very calmly: "Is there anything wrong with this?" ”

Xia Yuanji stiffened his face and said: "The profit has reached such a point, doesn't Cheng Enbo himself think there is a problem?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "But...... I felt like I was doing a good deed. ”

“……”

Even Zhu Di has begun to feel shameless about this, you Zhang Anshi will make money if you make money, don't set up an archway, this archway has a bird.

And Zhu Di was faintly worried, because Zhang Anshi seemed to have begun to enter the trap of Xia Yuanji's words step by step, these guys who were born as scholars are all good at dialectics, you Zhang Anshi have a few catties and taels, and you will also go to the class to get an axe.

It's better to be like me, go directly to his mother, and then spread his hands, and the dead pig is not afraid of boiling water and pulling it down.

Zhang Anshi said at this time: "I don't know if Xia Gong knows that in many places, what price does such a book sell for?" ”

Natsuhara Yoshi: "......"

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "Maybe Xia Gong doesn't know yet, but I believe that there must be people in this palace who know, if everyone pretends not to know, then it doesn't matter, you can let people go out to inquire." ”

Xia Yuanji said: "What does Cheng Enbo mean by this? ”

Zhang Anshi said: "It's not interesting, I just want to tell Xia Gong that this book is three taels of silver in the capital, and when it reaches the provincial capital, it becomes a hundred taels of silver, and if you go to the state and county below, there are five hundred taels, one thousand taels or even two thousand or three thousand taels." These are all well-documented things, if Xia Gong doesn't believe it, you can immediately let someone investigate, I said the wrong thing, today in front of His Majesty, you can immediately cut off my head. ”

Xia Yuanji was moved.

Some of the officials have heard of it slightly, and some people have not heard of it smoothly and have never heard of it, but at this time they only feel dumbfounded.

Zhu Di was also frightened, it is so expensive, why is it so expensive, just a few thousand taels of silver to buy a book, isn't it a joke?

Zhang Anshi immediately said with a smile: "You see, I sold it for three taels of silver, but others took this book and sold it for hundreds or thousands of taels when they went out and sold it, and said that I wasn't doing good deeds?" I can obviously earn this silver, but I have a good heart, I can't see that people who read books don't have books, and I sell them at such a low price, but I give the little people a chance. ”

Zhang Anshi is getting more and more energetic: "Now, Xia Gong is still scolding me for profit, I am greatly wronged, I am more wronged than Dou E, I am too difficult......"

“……”

Let's be honest...... You said that Zhang Anshi didn't pay attention to it, he really said something vibrant, and there is really no place to refute it.

You want to say that he is reasonable, and you always feel as if there is something wrong, but what is the problem? This involves another level of knowledge, which is obviously not something that people of this era can understand in a short period of time.

Zhang Anshi said: "I sell three taels of silver, I am already a profiteer, I am already making a profit, then I admit it, I have nothing to say, but those who sell a hundred taels and sell a thousand taels ...... What is it, then aren't they all sins and deserve death? Since Xia Gong is so disgusted with profit-making, he simply arrested them all, whether it was to exterminate the three clans or cut off his head, I Zhang Anshi absolutely supported it, and I Zhang Anshi was also a scholar, writing books and sayings, dedicated to the welfare of the majority of students, and most disused to such profiteers, and killed them all. ”

"And those who spend a hundred taels of silver or a thousand taels of silver to buy books, in my opinion, these people must also have other plans, they must be in partnership with profiteers, and in my opinion, they will also be punished together, so that no one will make profits in this world, and the world will be peaceful."

Hundreds of officials are in turmoil.

Fools know that these people who buy books at high prices and sell books at high prices are related to their relatives, and if they really want to be guilty, everyone should not think about running, one is counted as one, and it is not unjust to wipe out all the officials.

Natsuhara Yoshi: "......"

Zhang Anshi said: "Why don't you talk to Xia Gong, is it possible that Xia Gong and profiteers are in a group, Xia Gong, Shinong Industry and Commerce, Emperor Taizu Gao is the most disgusted with profiteers, all dynasties, profiteers are countless, Xia Gong is a minister of the court, upright, do you still tolerate these profiteers?" Xia Gong, we are different from them, we are all scholars, clean and innocent. ”

Xia Yuanji only felt that Zhang Anshi was full of crooked reasoning, but this guy was pressing step by step, and he actually taught him to be a little difficult to parry.

His face sank slightly, of course he knew that he couldn't continue according to this guy's words, and if he continued, everyone in the world would be killed.

So, Xia Yuanji took a deep breath: "The imperial examination was originally to examine the knowledge of scholars and to promote talents for the imperial court, but now it has become a means of opportunism and grabbing the wealth of the people. ”

He ignored Zhang Anshi anymore, and then said to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this is very inappropriate. ”

Zhang Anshi said at this time: "Your Majesty, the minister is a little strange, the people the minister has seen, one by one they can't even eat enough, and their clothes are not warm, why do they still have hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to buy books, which robs the people's goods...... The minister couldn't understand it even more. ”

“……”

Zhang Anshi sighed: "The people of my Ming Dynasty have become so rich that they can take out a hundred taels of silver or a thousand taels of silver without blinking, then I can't help but have a question, since the people have become rich to such a point, why is the income of the treasury so meager, and I, Zhang Anshi, only earn a few million taels of silver from selling books, but Xia Gong is so hostile to me?" It stands to reason that the people are all in their pockets, and the money that I, Zhang Anshi, earned, should be nothing. ”

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