The prince returned north and several edicts from the garrison hall were issued.

It was very clear to show a signal to the "nobles" in Jiangnan.

The new law is coming to a halt.

Even though the wharf was still widening, the merchant ships also had sailors' wharves available, and even Jiajing did not re-mention the ban on the sea.

But as long as the new law is stopped, it means that silver has regained the ability to "only rise but not fall", which in turn has given birth to a resurgence of silver prices.

In Lu Bing's and McFu's predictions, the rise in silver prices should be a relatively slow process, at least not in one step, and the reason for this conclusion is that they ignore an important factor.

- Leverage.

The charm of leverage lies in the fact that it greatly accelerates the circulation of money, so that one tael of silver can play the role of two taels, three taels, or even ten taels of silver.

But if you rise with this, you will perish with it.

Once the capital chain is broken, the destructive power of every two pieces of silver will also be multiplied.

In short, the signal that the new law was stopped has just been dispersed, and the "nobles" have just forcibly withdrawn the first funds, and the bubble that was originally blown up in Jiangnan is about to bloom for the first time.

——

Late at night on the outskirts of Jinling.

Two fast horses galloped down the street, and immediately sat two young men in squirting clothes, and behind them were a team of horses.

"I am from the Sun family in the south of the city, I beg the villagers to go home and inform my father on my behalf, come to Zhoujiazhuang to save me quickly, the grace of saving my life, Sun is unforgettable!"

The two young men on the horse shouted loudly, and many houses in the village not far away were turning on the lights, but none of them came out to check.

The team behind him slammed out a pitch-black guy.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" Three loud bangs exploded behind the two of them.

The two young men on the horses burst into tears of fright as soon as they boarded.

"Big brothers, don't force it anymore, let me wait and slow down!"

"I don't want to force you! But Lao Tzu wants Lao Tzu's money! Money! Money! If you don't give it to Lao Tzu, tomorrow Lao Tzu's creditors will have to chase me like this! ”

"TMD, are you stopping?!"

With that, the big man chasing after him had already drawn out a feather arrow, and then stretched his bowstring towards the two of them.

Just as the pursuers were about to release their arrows, the two young men collided head-on with a carriage coming out of the direction of Jinling.

"Boom!" After a loud bang, the only thing left in front of the pursuers was a mess of people on their backs.

"Big brother, people are out of breath."

Looking at the two corpses in front of him, the big man's face sank, and he roared: "Drag the corpse and go back to his father to ask for money." ”

The weaving yards and porcelain kilns that have blossomed everywhere have created a huge demand for loans.

They need a huge cash flow to stay afloat.

And at this time, some bold young people started the idea of this deal.

They first borrowed the surplus money of their fellow villagers, and then through their hands, lent them to the nearby weaving yards and porcelain kilns, from which they grabbed the interest rate difference, and there were even many sons of poor families, so they jumped up and became the children of the people who were mixed in Jinling City all the year round.

They had money overnight that they couldn't spend for three lifetimes.

Xiangche is a good horse, a beautiful concubine's mansion.

The vibrant Jiangnan has become more and more prosperous because of them, and many of them even spent a lot of money on the banks of the Qinhuai River for Bo Geji, so much so that they forgot how much they could buy in Daming with a hundred taels of silver.

It's just that it's time to wake up after this big dream.

The tide is receding, and the number of homicide cases piled up in Yingtianfu has increased several times overnight, and on the other side, in the villages on the outskirts of the city, the guards and officials of the brigade are forcing the squires of each village to plant wheat again.

Only when the prince who returned north passed by the streets of Jinling, Jinling regained some tranquility, but the cries of people in the streets and alleys still reached Zhu Zaili's ears.

"Changhe Weaving Field...... Lu Dudu, Jiangnan is so sloppy, isn't my father really afraid of losing the hearts of the people because of this? ”

Lu Bing shook his head in the direction of the outside of the city and said, "Your Highness's words are fallacious, the gentry in Jiangnan have never been so loyal as they are today. ”

When they left the city, countless gentlemen spontaneously came to Yanziji and knelt to see Zhu Zaili's car back north.

Rao is their deafening voice of long live the mountain, but Zhu Zaili can still see the red firecracker skins scattered on the riverside and the joy on their faces.

You can't pretend to be.

The more turbulent it is, the more people will miss the days when chickens and dogs heard each other, and people did not get along with each other until they were old and dead.

And all this turmoil was blamed on the new law by these people, and the monarch's father stopped the new law, that is, to put things right, which should be gratifying.

It's just that the merchants in Jiangnan are not sitting still, like a drowning person who will always struggle with all his might.

Even if struggling makes their situation more disadvantaged, it's instinct.

When the prince returned to the north, the nobles and even his own gentry took away the silver, and the price of silver became worse day by day, but Jiangnan once again ushered in a short period of peace.

The price of calm comes more frenzied borrowing.

Only this time, these "young gentlemen" set their sights on the poor relatives and neighbors who only had three or four dollars of silver.

If you are timid and afraid of things, then you will be promised heavy profits, and if you have more benefits, then you will be bolder.

As long as the small amount is accumulated, even if it will be blown up sooner or later, it will not be blown up in the hands now, and even a lot of silver will be deliberately wasted to maintain the appearance of these "young gentlemen", and reassure the hearts of creditors, so that they can fight for some respite.

——

On the canal, there is an endless stream of merchant ships, which is obviously much more prosperous than when Zhu Zaili went south in the past.

Lu Bing swaggered at the bow of the ship, looking at the fleet thoughtfully.

"Before the change of the law, the scholar tried his best to stop it, after the change of the law, Yan and Xu took the lead in changing rice to cotton, gentlemen, is this new law a malpractice, or my father and son are only sparse and thin, and they can't control the ministers, so there is today."

In the cabin, there were only six people including Ning Jue and Zhu Zaili, and Zhu Zaili's face was full of disappointment.

He could guess what his father had in mind, and if it weren't for the fact that there was really no way out, he wouldn't have deposed the new law so hastily.

Knowing that the Yan family and the Xu family were making profits through the new law, they changed it back and forth, but in the end, they wanted to hand over the authority to Yan Song and Xu Jie, not to mention Jiajing, even Zhu Zaili didn't want to agree.

Zhang Juzheng opened his mouth and said with relief: "Why should Your Highness be arrogant, when Emperor Taizu Gao was there, there were villains who slandered me, so why worry about it." ”

"But when Emperor Taizu Gao was there, he followed the law, and the major affairs of the family and the country were decided in a word, and when he arrived in this dynasty, the monarchy fell." Zhu Zaili said disappointedly.

Ning Jue smiled when he heard this: "Emperor Taizu Gao is what he says? If it is really a word and the law is followed, where did the four major cases of Hongwu come from. ”

"Don't say it's Taizu, which emperor has really followed his words throughout the ages?"

"The first emperor swept Liuhe, and the world was unified, but if the first emperor could really decide everything, why did he destroy Chu and destroy half of Qin Xiang into the king of Chu, so that the first queen did not even leave her name and surname in the history books."

"The princes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the marquis of Qi Xun outside the Qin and Han dynasties, the family lords of the Sui and Tang dynasties in the north and south, and the two Song dynasties ruled the world with scholars, and then to this dynasty.

"Your Royal Highness, the authority in the hands of the crown prince, I am afraid that it is more than the two Han Dynasty and the Son of Heaven during the Northern and Southern Dynasties."

"It's not the power of the independent dynasty, but the Son of Heaven of all dynasties, but in most cases, the Son of Heaven wins."

Zhu Zaili frowned thoughtfully, but Zhang Juzheng got up and opened the window in front of him.

"Your Highness, the new law is not dead."

Zhu Zaili was stunned when he heard this.

"Sir, where did you start with this?"

As soon as the words fell, Ning Jue actually saw a trace of fanaticism flash on Zhang Juzheng's face.

"The merchants will not give up, and the people who have already entered the city will not give up."

"What if they don't give up?" Zhu Zaili looked at Zhang Juzheng.

"The old technique is repeated, and the upward request is not available to the official, then it will be asked down to the people, either eating the people and fattening themselves, or coercing the people to respect themselves, the new law is temporary, but Jiangnan has not made too much trouble, does His Highness think it is normal? In less than half a year, Jiangnan will inevitably be in chaos, and those who can stop this chaos are the only ones who can stop it! Zhang Juzheng has a clear appearance.

"The people of Jiangnan are going to suffer another catastrophe." Zhu Zaili said in a low voice.

"My Ming Dynasty has accumulated disadvantages for a long time, and it can be cured if it is not a fierce medicine."

"Can it be cured?" Ning Jue suddenly spoke.

Zhang Juzheng looked at Ning Jue in amazement: "Why did Brother Ning say this?" This Jiangnan is my great wealth and wealth, Jiangnan is in chaos, how can the monarch's father ignore it? ”

"Jiangnan is a place where the wealth of the Ming Dynasty is heavy, but the Ming Dynasty only has a corner of the Jiangnan? If Jiangnan is really as important to the Ming Dynasty as Uncle said, the Son of Heaven will not be able to stop the new law in Jiangnan, in fact, it is the gentry of the other more than ten provinces in the Ming Dynasty who gave the Son of Heaven the confidence to stop the new law and restrict Jiangnan's confidence. ”

"You can stop today, and you can still force it tomorrow."

Zhang Juzheng froze by the window and stared at the merchant ships on the canal, gritted his teeth and whispered: "Brother Yi Ning has seen, is my trip to Jiangnan really in vain?" ”

"Naturally, it will not be in vain, the merchants of Jiangnan, or Daming, have already tasted the sweetness of the new law, and they will not give up as the uncle expected, but as long as the court no longer bans the sea, this little seedling will continue to hibernate."

"How long has it been dormant?"

"When the country is ruined, the world is in chaos, and the gentry who have been dormant in the world can no longer give the Son of Heaven the confidence to stop them, in the end, they will still suffer the people for another hundred and ten years." Speaking of this, Ning Jue's face already showed a bit of anger: "Just because he is reluctant to let the two broken silver inside!" ”

"Brother Ning, you ...... What do you mean by that? That's the Son of Heaven. Zhang Juzheng, who sensed that something was wrong with Ning Jue, spoke.

"Can the Son of Heaven live and die regardless of the common people?"

Zhang Juzheng looked at Zhu Zaili with a frightened expression.

"Your Highness, you can't let Brother Ning talk nonsense......"

Before Zhang Juzheng finished speaking, Zhu Zaili spoke: "Mr. Zhang, I think that what Master Ning said makes sense. ”

"Even if it is the Son of Heaven, he can't care about the life and death of the people, and he can't let his father go down again!"

Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong couldn't help but feel cold in their hearts when they heard this.

How did you let these two get together!

"Then how are Your Highness and Brother Ning going to act?" Zhang Juzheng looked at the two with a wry smile.

Zhu Zaili and Ning Jue also spoke at the same time.

"Death."

"him."

There was a deathly silence in the cabin.

(End of chapter)