The emperor issued a holy decree to promote Wang Ji to the cabinet, and then deliberately kept a low profile, and he didn't see anyone for a long time.

In fact, the outer court was in a hurry to find a way out, so they lined up to find Wang Wei, but it seemed that there were fewer people handing slips to enter the palace.

Others don't know it, they just think that the new words 'company' and 'shareholding' were all coined by Mei Ji's boss. Originally, Mei Kejia had been in contact with Westerners overseas for several years, and maybe he heard about it from those places.

These new words were combined with the traditional 'Wanjin Account' of Shaanxi merchants, and a new ledger was specially formulated for Mei Ji, which was renamed the Daming Nanyang Company.

On the ledger, it is divided into many pieces from the perspective of shares.

One acre of good fertile land in Beizhili is priced at 25 taels and one acre. But that was before, and now the field has become a knife hanging over the head, and once the handle is caught, it may be ruined.

So now the price is naturally falling again and again, and it has reached the point where there is one price in the morning and another price in the afternoon.

It's not that Zhu Houzhao wants to cut their leeks, but he really wants to be more efficient, how can he be efficient? The price of what you have to sell and the price of what you have to buy go up, these two things that ordinary people can't bear, unless you have strong judgment and determination, you will always be fooled.

Mei Kejia also boasted everywhere that in the third year of Zhengde, Haimao could let all the company's 'shareholders' share 10 million taels of silver.

Yes, shareholders.

It's all new words that I haven't heard before.

Of course, it doesn't matter, the key is how to get the money.

On March 22, the second year of Zhengde, the first order was traded, with a single volume of 2,000 acres of land and a price of 30,000 taels of silver, in exchange for a proportion of 3/1000 dry shares.

The one who did this 'business' was Cui Yuan, the captain of the horses, that is, Zhu Houzhao's uncle.

Princess Yongkang and Cui Yuan are both people with good reputations, and according to the 'conventional practice' at this time, occupying 2,000 acres of land with their status is considered small.

But from the perspective of ordinary people, 2,000 acres of land is a lot of wealth.

Therefore, while presiding over this work, Wang Wei felt that the emperor's memory was really wonderful.

Also on March 22, the second transaction of Zhengde was Min Xiaoren, a Qing official of the Ministry of Rites, who was a native of Zhuo County, and his hometown had more than 8,000 acres of land, which was very problematic.

Wang Wei directly lowered the price when he entered the account, erased the fraction, and only made a price of 80,000 taels of silver, in exchange for 8/1000 of the dry shares.

Min Xiaoren was a short and fat man, and he didn't dare to say much about this result, so he went home after suffering a loss.

With so many good fields, he was really distressed to sell them for less than ten taels of silver.

But what's the solution?

Jinyiwei and Dongchang have already begun to arrest people in Wanping County.

Shenwuwei also asked Zhu Houzhao to carry him out, and this team of more than 1,700 people in total has been practicing near the Beijing Division in the past few days. Jingshi also walked around a few times inside and outside, don't talk about the good guys, the bad guys all shrank their heads at this time.

Probably because the price of land has fallen sharply,

By March 23, the British duke, the head of the lords, finally couldn't hold it back, but as soon as he made a move, he couldn't help it, and took out more than 110,000 acres of land deeds!

Therefore, he can't just look for Wang Wei in this matter.

Gotta go to see the Emperor.

Zhu Houzhao still met him for the sake of this matter and for the sake of the people. But the disappointment in my heart for the British Duke was written on his face.

"There are no less than hundreds of powerful families like the British Duke in Beijing, and although the land occupied is not as good as that of the British Duke, it is a lot, and the tax on these fields is not paid, on the contrary, the common people have no cultivated fields, but the taxes of the imperial court are pressed on them, and the throne of me is really sitting on the fire.

If you want to pass on a few more generations, you should also thank me, otherwise the people who have no land in the world will kill the officials and rebel, and I will not be able to keep the country, and I am afraid that the title of you, the prince of the country, will also be given to those who have made the achievements of founding the country in the next dynasty. ”

Especially thinking that he actually said that he would donate 100 acres of land, Zhu Houzhao had completely denied this person.

"Wechen, I'm ashamed. I have no shame to take charge of the military governor's mansion anymore, and ask Your Majesty to remove him from his position. ”

The old man stumbled on the ground. But Zhu Houzhao no longer believes that these people can really repent.

"How many children and grandchildren do you have?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has three sons and five grandchildren."

"Pick two people and go to sea with the caravan on the ship of the Nanyang Company."

The British Duke instantly lost color, "Your Majesty! Please stop being angry. Overseas Barbarian ......"

"British duke, I have become magnanimous." Zhu Houzhao looked slightly impatient.

Of course, there is a danger to life when going to sea, so what should I do? It is an established policy for the interests of lords and clan relatives to be transferred overseas.

And he doesn't have the idea that ordinary people's children can die, and the children of Grandpa Guo can't die.

The British duke did not dare to say more,

The Emperor had completely dismissed him.

The reason why I didn't kill him was just because killing him hindered the overall situation and caused more losses.

And in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army, he will not have this opportunity again in the future.

On March 26 of the second year of Zhengde, another major event occurred in Beijing.

Dongchang did not go through the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, and directly slammed the door and arrested the Shaoqing Guan Ting of Taichang Temple.

When asked, he only said that he had an affair with Zhuang Tian's case.

Now the arrest of Zhuang Tian is a concession of the imperial power.

On that day, there were more nobles and officials at all levels who came to Mei Kejia with the land deed. This 10,000 gold account is page by page, and it will be three palms thick in a few days.

In fact, there are many words in the world that are also frightening, what is the chaos in the world, what is the chaos? The emperor surrounded three and lacked one in one move, and not all of them were driven into this corner.

Some people are timid, and they didn't think about rebelling for this at all, and the rest of the people couldn't gather strength when the people's hearts were unstable, so there was nothing to do, and the imperial court was already mobilizing the people of the academy and the Guozijian to support the states and counties to assist in dividing the fields, and in the city and the countryside, there were people from Jinyiwei and Dongchang who came and went.

For the first time, the common people are still helping the government to do things, what kind of officials are killed at this juncture, and what kind of rebellion is made? Who doesn't wait to divide the field, and follows you to do that unreliable thing with your head.

Despite this, Zhu Houzhao also devoted more attention to military affairs, and announced the 24 guards in the Shangzhi Guards into the palace in three batches.

There are also people who occupy the fields here. Anyway, being an official this year has become a custom.

Zhu Houzhao also did not discriminate, those courtiers in the outer court and the group of wine-sacked and rice-bag-like ministers could exchange their fields for dry shares, and of course his direct personal guard commanders could of course be even more so!

Not only that, but the price of the field has not dropped, just at the unit price of thirty-two taels.

He, the emperor, can't just praise and not give money.

The commander is downward, and the generals and officers of the upper and lower guards are all like this.

It's not the same as the Cabinet.

In this way, the palace is a very happy scene.

The emperor took these young commanders to shoot arrows and perform martial arts in the palace, gave them imperial meals, sat down with them to talk, and told some stories about Huo Qu's illness and Ma Hanhai to express their ambitions and stimulate their ambitions.

emperor

In the hearts of many people, it is still an amazing and untouchable existence.

It is a promising thing to be able to gain the trust of the emperor and follow the emperor to do it.

With these actions, this palace and imperial city are iron buckets.

To put it mildly, if another emperor comes up, whether these people can be so valued by the new emperor is another matter.

On the 27th, Jin Gui's recital came up.

Do those squires in Wanping County kill or not?

There is almost no doubt about this, that is, the cabinet votes to agree to kill, and if it is not killed, this time the matter will not be done.

……

"Jizhi, how's it going?"

Li Dongyang walked over tremblingly.

Wang Wei put the brush on the pen stand, got up to greet him, and said: "I remember a lot, there are more than 800,000 acres of land, and it is impossible to complete it before this year's spring ploughing." ”

"Anyway, it's working."

"Yes. Although in fact there may be more than 2 million acres of land that cannot be divided, not all fields have problems. ”

Li Dongyang groaned, he recently had two more age spots, and he looked even older, "We must divide it, if we can't catch up with spring ploughing, we must catch up with autumn planting, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and the most difficult thing Your Majesty has already done." ”

"The students of the academy and the Guozijian have already been mobilized, I just asked Shuhou (Liang Chuzi) yesterday, there have been many jinshi waiting in line for the official in the official department over the years, and there are dozens of jinshi who have not yet been awarded at the end of the first year of Zhengde, which is about 250 people in total. In addition to the 600 people from the academy and the Guozijian, I am going to send them all down. ”

These people are literate, and it is not difficult for them to register and make records, explain the policies of the imperial court, and grasp the key points of dividing the fields.

"This is for Your Majesty, right?"

"I'll go hand over the slip in a moment."

If these more than 800 people can, then the average person should divide 1,000 mu of land, and 3 mu per person, this will give 333 people land, if 10 people a day, it will take more than a month.

This is not counting the travel time between one piece of land and another, and the more than 800,000 mu is not the final data, which still has to rise. In addition, only one jinshi can not divide the field, and it must be equipped with various auxiliary personnel.

There will also be various unexpected events in the process, such as rain, etc., and the organization level is still very low in these years......

Overall, you can't do it in four or five months.

Therefore, we have to apply for special silver and grain to distribute money to these more than 800 people.

When Wang Wei arrived at the Qianqing Palace, it happened that Han Ziren, the deputy envoy of the Jinyi Guard, was also there.

The emperor held a book in his hand, but he did not shy away from it, and said: "Zhu Hui, the prince of the country, refused to hand over the field, and the Jinyi Wei internal guard found out that he occupied more than 80,000 acres of land inside and outside the Beijing Division. ”

"Bao Guogong?"

Wang Wei has also seen it a few times, but he is not impressed, and this person's participation in court politics is also very shallow.

After that, he looked at the deputy envoy of the Jinyi Guard standing next to him, and he seemed to understand something, "Your Majesty, do you need the minister to look for him again?" ”

With a snap, Zhu Houzhao threw the song on the imperial case, "No need, Mr. is already a cabinet minister, and he has a lot of opportunities, so he doesn't have to spend time persuading such a person." ”

Baoguo Gong has no foundation above the court, and as a powerful emperor with confidants in the military generals and the frontier of Beijing, it is more than enough to deal with him.

(End of chapter)