Chapter 60: The Lower Three Abuses
Zhu Qizhen's hand is too hateful, but it also has a miraculous effect.
Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the two richest provinces in the Ming Dynasty, and they are also the two hottest places for maritime trade, especially the silk industry with the greatest interest in trade.
The large silk households of the two provinces together can afford half of the Ming Dynasty.
There are many officials in the DPRK who live in the two provinces, not to mention those rich gentry, but the Beijing officials alone can't bear it.
When a merchant ship stopped at the harbor for a day, it lost more silver than their monthly salary.
In this case, they were not ordinarily uncomfortable, but they finally held on, and let Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces also hold on.
The reason is very simple, although merchant ships are not allowed to go to sea, the workshops are still producing, and they can survive in the short term.
At this time, Li Qing also offered a strategy: let Dongchang and Jinyiwei come forward and cooperate with the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau to purchase the silk of large silk households.
Of course, it is closed at the market price of Daming.
This practice of almost empty gloves of the white wolf makes some people jump in anger.
A piece of silk in the Ming Dynasty is only four taels of silver, and most of the sales overseas are around 20 taels, and this one is bought and sold, and the court can earn about 16 taels of silk for a horse.
As soon as Zhu Qizhen settles the accounts, isn't this picking up money?
A strict order was immediately issued: within three months, 700,000 horses of silk must be collected!
Set a small goal first and grab the ...... Earn him 10 million.
If he doesn't know the price of firewood and rice, what he doesn't know is that these 700,000 horses of silk can be called a raid.
But Zhu Qizhen doesn't care, Dongchang and Jinyiwei don't care, they are ordered to do errands, so they don't care about the lives of those big families.
As a result, the strength of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and the Japanese was unprecedentedly strong, and they were cleared out in only one month.
Zhu Qizhen had some regrets, he couldn't afford to lose his words, so he could only withdraw the imperial order to confiscate the silk of the big households.
However, during this time, he also collected 200,000 horses of silk and made a net profit of 3 million taels of silver.
It is nearly 700,000 taels more than the silver mined by Xuande in one day.
In this way, Zhu Qizhen finally understood why Li Qing only focused on maritime trade, but did not care much about silver mines.
Indeed, compared with doing business, the little money in the silver mine can really only be regarded as a small amount of money.
tasted such a big sweetness all of a sudden, where would Zhu Qizhen miss it, and he had to find another way to grab it again... The acquisition of silk was stopped by Li Qing.
"Your Majesty, things are far from as simple as they seem." Li Qing persuaded, "It's time to stop, their willingness to be soft is mainly due to weakness, after all, most of the Japanese are fake, and besides, they are afraid that the emperor will really use soldiers;
Now that it has reached the hot time, I am afraid that it will ...... if I forcibly buy it Renewed trouble. โ
"It's really profitable." Zhu Qizhen was a little reluctant.
Li Qing laughed: "In the future, the imperial court will fully reopen maritime trade, and there will be more time to make money, so there is no need to care about this, there must be a degree of doing things, right?" โ
"Alas! As the king of a country, I still have to follow the rules, which is really humiliating. Zhu Qi was bitter.
Li Qing was relieved: "It is not only the emperor who follows the rules, the emperors of all dynasties are the same, as the saying goes, there are no rules, there is no circle, if no one obeys the rules, then the emperor will suffer the most." โรณฮ ั.oั๏ผง
Zhu Qizhen nodded lightly and said with a smile: "Mr. can always make me sober up in time at a critical juncture." โ
"Your Majesty is polite." Li Qing politely reminded him: "But the emperor, this time the advantage is not for nothing, you may have to pay something." โ
Zhu Qizhen raised his eyebrows: "What do you say?" โ
"I don't know the specifics, this is three million taels of silver, and they won't eat it in vain if they lose so much." Li Qingdao said, "The battle in the temple is like a game between two masters, the strength of the two sides is almost the same, if you eat his car, he can also eat you a horse." โ
Zhu Qizhen said disdainfully: "Then I want to see how they eat my horses." โ
He didn't care, even such a thing as turmoil was suppressed, he didn't believe that Jiangsu and Zhejiang could still make waves.
But soon, he saw how powerful his opponent was.
In mid-July, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces came with secret reports from Dongchang Fanzi and Jinyiwei.
"There are not a few people who slander the Holy Lord,
Some people say: The emperor was not born to the queen mother, but to the palace maid;
Some people say: The emperor is not the blood of the first emperor, he was brought in from outside the palace;
It has been said that orthodoxy is not orthodoxy; It is the weakness of the heart that determines the name of this era;
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Rumors spread in the two provinces, and the root cause could not be investigated. ใ
After reading the secret report, Zhu Qizhen was so angry that he scolded his mother.
This method is too dirty, not ordinary dirty, but he has no idea where to start.
Strict investigation, it seems to be a weak heart, not to check, and it seems to be a default, and you can't find out the reason for it, but this is the most important thing for the king of a country.
How to prove that my dad is my dad and I'm my dad is a question.
Even if Zhu Qizhen can prove that there are so many people, where can he prove it.
Zhu Qizhen was disgusted, he didn't expect that such a trivial method would also be used by others.
Under the spread of well-intentioned people, the news soon spread to the two provinces, and even to the Beijing Division, almost to the point that the world knew about it.
Zhu Qizhen couldn't argue, so he could only issue an edict to clarify first, and then severely punish the rumor-mongers.
It was only now that he understood that what Li Qing said was true.
Under the operation of Zhu Qizhen, it did work, the people like to eat melons, but no one wants to invite disasters, and gradually, no one will pass it on.
However, Zhu Qizhen is still depressed, this time it is so big, how will the future generations say it after the trouble is so big.
This is a major matter in the legal system, how can he not care.
"Don't be caught by me, or I will have to lose him 3,000 knives." Zhu Qizhen was incompetent and furious.
Spread rumors with one mouth, refute rumors and broke his legs, and with such a thing, he can be regarded as a blood mold.
End of July.
Wang Zhen rushed back first.
"The emperor is overjoyed, blessed. The riots in Jian basically subsided, and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the army was able to divide the army. Wang Zhen said with a flattering face.
"Why don't you come back with the army?" Zhu Qizhen asked.
Wang Zhen's face froze, he naturally wouldn't say that Zhang Fu was annoying him and drove him back, but just said: "Slave maid, don't you want the emperor to get this good news as soon as possible." โ
"I knew the good news a few days ago." Zhu Qizhen looked at Wang Zhen with a smile, "Well, it's a lot darker, but it's not as weak as before, it seems that you have suffered a lot this time." โ
Wang Zhen hurriedly said: "Being able to endure hardships for the emperor is a blessing for slaves and maids." โ
"Don't worry, yours will be rewarded." Zhu Qizhen said with a smile, and then added: "After a thousand autumns, there will be a place for you Wang Zhen in the history books of the first dynasty." โ
"Emperor Xie, Emperor Xie Longen." Wang Zhen kowtowed again and again, his face flushed with excitement.
For him, the latter sentence is much more important than the previous reward.
The eunuch also seeks fame, and even has an obsession with fame in history that is stronger than that of Wenchen.
They have no descendants, but if they are in the annals of glorious history, it will be the greatest consolation.
Wang Zhen was happy, and as soon as he returned to the celebrant supervisor, he called the opposite food, and the two of them celebrated.
Three days later,
Mu Sheng, the prince of Qianguo, came to report.
Luchuan Xuanwei made Siji rebel, led the army to invade Mengding and Wandian under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, and wantonly killed and plundered; Burma and Siam are ready to move, and the war has spread to the clouds. South signs.
Mu Sheng asked for reinforcements of 200,000 troops, repeatedly indicating that 100,000 was urgent.
This time, the mess is a little bigger.
Zhu Qizhen was a little panicked, the Beijing army hasn't come back yet, even if it comes back, it will take time to rest, the border army can't move recklessly, the guards ... I can't tune it out for a while.
There is also a choice for the manager...... It's all a problem.
He urgently summoned Li Qing and Yu Qian into the palace to discuss major matters.
Yu Qian directly asked for battle: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to go to Luchuan to quell the rebellion." โ
Zhu Qizhen was embarrassed to refuse, but he didn't want to agree, first, Yu Qian was a civil official, and second, Yu Qian's power was big enough, although he was just a squire, but his real power far exceeded that of Shangshu.
There is also a scholar Wang Zhi who is the only one who is the head of the horse, and if he is asked to lead the troops, there will be a risk of getting out of control.
Li Qing suggested: "Your Majesty, the top priority is to transfer the guards first, and at the same time, the nine sides should also transfer manpower, not much, five thousand people in one place." โ
"Where's the manager?"
Li Qing thought for a while and said, "The British public recommended Yang Hong, and the minister also thought he was a suitable candidate. โ
Zhu Qizhen shook his head and directly rejected it.
There is no other reason, Yang Hong is also Yu Qian's person.
"Your Majesty, the slave maid has a candidate to recommend." Wang Zhen on the side whispered.
Li Qing frowned, Yu Qian was also angry, not because he was angry that the emperor didn't use Yang Hong, but because he was angry that a eunuch dared to meddle in military affairs.
Zhu Qizhen looked at Wang Zhen with interest: "Who is it?" โ
"The book of the military department, Wang Ji!"