Chapter 519: Emperor Escape·Orthogonal Killing Technique
A butcher was carrying a load of meat home, which was enough for the whole village for three days. He was humming a little tune and walking when he suddenly saw something behind him. There are two wolves.
The two wolves obviously smelled the smell of meat and fell in love with the meat on the load. Their eyes looked fierce. The butcher was very scared. Both of them looked extremely ferocious.
The butcher kept walking, and the two wolves followed him very far.
When the butcher was scared, he suddenly had an idea and looked at the load. There were a few bones with no meat on it. He was going back to make bone soup, so he threw the remaining bones out. One wolf started to lower its head and gnaw the bones, but there was another wolf still following the butcher. The butcher had no choice but to throw away the remaining bones, but the wolf just now caught up again.
The butcher complained endlessly, but after a while, all the remaining bones had been thrown away. The two wolves walked forward together, chasing the butcher, waiting for an opportunity.
The butcher knew that the two wolves wanted the meat on the load, which was the meat for the whole village for three days. The butcher had no choice but to show his butcher knife and show off his power, hoping to scare away the two wolves. The two wolves were naturally afraid of the butcher's knife, but as long as the butcher moved, the two wolves would still follow him.
Walking to a wheat field, the butcher put down his burden and confronted the wolves with a knife. The two sides stared at each other for a long time. The two wolves suddenly began to attack, but the butcher's knife was in his hand. He slaughtered countless livestock, and when he was dodging, he stabbed a wolf with the flash of the sword, and then slit the wolf's throat with the knife. Seeing that the wolf would not survive, the butcher chased the other wolf.
As a result, the wolf was hiding in the wheat pile, with his butt exposed and shivering. The butcher drew his knife and killed the other wolf.
Back in front of the burden, the butcher found that there was another wolf coveting the meat on the burden. He was planning to steal the meat while the butcher was away. The red-eyed butcher didn't like the wolf at all and killed it.
After returning to the village, the butcher did not waste the meat of the three wolves. As the saying goes, if the dog meat rolls three times, the gods will not be able to stand still. There is no difference between dogs and wolves, and the taste is extremely delicious.
Wang Qian is the butcher in this story, and the ticket for Yanxinglou Trading House Suiyuanchidao is the knife. The long-term profit of Suiyuanchidao is the meat on the meat load. Said that this is the hope of the whole village. The entire Ming Dynasty relies on mineral development to stimulate the scale, systematization and standardized production of the industry. The three wolves are three private trade fairs with extremely high thresholds, that is, the bookmakers.
The two sides started an invisible fight around Suiyuan Chi Road at Yanxinglou Trading House. This fight started seven days ago.
Wang Qian first saw a few funds flowing in from different directions. Wang Qian didn’t pay attention. People came and went in the trading house every day. There were too many people and too much money flowing here, but soon Wang Qian It is very unusual to notice that these funds are all heading towards Suiyuan Chidao.
The emperor was out on tour. Wang Qian had no intention of doing anything too extreme. He even threw a few leftover bones. Wang Qian sold some Suiyuan Chidao tickets in his hand to stabilize the price. As long as they They did not go too far, and Wang Qian would not do anything to them. The emperor was out on patrol, putting stability first, and wanted to eat meat. The Suiyuan Chi Road had not been repaired, and the meat had not yet reached the village.
Things changed. The day before Zhu Yijun’s tour, after the Ming Emperor confirmed his trip, Suiyuan Chidao’s tickets began to fluctuate on a large scale. These funds began to buy Suiyuan Chidao in large quantities. The price of tickets has begun to soar, and the sickle for cutting leeks has begun to be waved!
Suiyuan Chidao Ticket is easy to make a game because of the small amount. I subscribed for three tranches in total and only had 3 million silver. The small amount and small transaction volume means the moat is shallow, and the expected income is unclear. This It's because of lack of confidence. The prospect of Chidao's branch drawing is still unclear, and the policy fluctuates greatly. The policy of Ming Wulong Chidao's drawing branch is also constantly being adjusted, which means that it fluctuates greatly.
The scale of ship tickets is extremely large. Even His Majesty the Emperor has to do his best to interfere with the price of ship tickets. Moreover, the price of ship tickets is actually affected by the profits of maritime trade. The merchants of the five major ocean-going trading houses We also have officers in Beijing keeping an eye on it. As long as the profits from sea trade are still huge, it will be very difficult to make a fuss about ship tickets.
The trading volume of Suiyuan Mining is almost zero, because the income from mining is very stable. There are many in Womagang, Shengzhou, and Alkali Lake. They are the kind of good things that are not circulated. Holders Almost Shanxi merchants, Chuchuan merchants, and Zhejiang merchants are all merchants who take shelter in the three major halls, and they also want stable and long-term dividends.
The day before Zhu Yijun left, that is, on the 13th, large sums of money began to rapidly increase Suiyuan Mining. Wang Qian found the money eunuch on the 14th, which was the day the emperor left. Cui Min and Wang Qian had to find a knife. He had too few tickets for Suiyuan Chidao in his hand.
The fierce fight began. Internal funds, national funds, and Suiyuan Chidao tickets in the hands of Shanxi merchants were all concentrated in Wang Qian's hands. At first, Wang Qian followed several bankers to raise prices, but Wang Qian suddenly sold a large amount of money. Suiyuan Chidao's ticket sales were so large that they directly triggered panic and stampede. The price rose to eight silver dollars per ticket and plummeted to five silver dollars per ticket in just an instant.
These bookmakers were dizzy after being hit by the selling. For a whole hour, Suiyuan Chidao's tickets went down all the way.
A rumor spread among the whispers at Yanxinglou Trading House that there was a problem with the construction of Suiyuan Chi Road, and that the Ming Emperor's internal funds were about to escape!
This rumor is very reasonable, because the Ming Emperor did run away to Tianjin to watch the ships. At this time, whatever happened to the Capital Trading House was not the emperor's original intention. This rumor is so reasonable. caused greater panic.
Panic, panic, panic!
The stampede began, and the bookmakers thought they were being plotted. Whether it was calculated by the emperor or by their peers, the plummeting price made the already weak trust between the bookmakers immediately turn into each other's. Hatred.
Wang Qian knows these bankers too well. Each of these bankers is calculating each other and calculating their own gains and losses. Moreover, in a speculative mentality, emotions will be affected by the rise and fall of prices. , infinite magnification!
At this moment, everyone is a group of gamblers. No matter how many under-the-table agreements have been reached, under this terrible panic, after trust has completely turned into hatred, it is absolutely impossible to form a joint force.
In the gap between the evil of human nature, there are too many intrigues and intrigues, and it is full of uncertainty. Only His Majesty’s certainty is Wang Qian’s greatest reliance.
In the afternoon, when Suiyuan Chidao's tickets plummeted to three silver prices per ticket, Wang Qian was convinced that the dealers had lost everything and started buying at low prices, and then a new story emerged.
The improvement and miniaturization process of the sixteen-horsepower iron horse, the ticket price of Suiyuan Chidao is highly related to the development of steam engines. With the emergence of good news about the sixteen-horsepower iron horse and the injection of large sums of funds, the ticket price of Suiyuan Chidao has finally Restored to five silvers per card.
Zhu Yijun felt that Wang Qian’s story was well told, so everyone paid for the story, but Wang Qian felt that it was the research and development of the Royal Academy of Gewu that led to this story. He, Wang Qian, a storyteller, Just tell a story again, without facts, without the small-scale mass production and miniaturization of the 16-horsepower iron horse, what can Wang Qian talk about?
The biggest certainty in this trading business is the improvement of productivity.
The banker pulled up Suiyuan Chidao, preparing to wave the sickle to cut a big wave, but ended up buying at a high position and selling at a low position, and was severely harvested by Wang Qian.
Up to this point, we have only succeeded in protecting the market, but have not killed those wolves who coveted the meat.
On the 13th, Wang Qian not only found Cui Min, the eunuch who was responsible for the money, but also found the source of these funds, and secretly ambushed these bankers.
There are many money banks in the capital. If you want to manipulate the bills, you need a lot of money. Wang Qian found a few money banks and gave these bankers a severe leverage.
The bankers have actually been looking for banks with low interest rates, but the interest rates of the banks are very high. The interest rates of the banks that Wang Qian found are very low, but they require collateral, and the collateral must be Mortgage it in a bank at a 50% discount.
Since you want low interest rates, you have to pay something.
This is Wang Qian's directional blasting. There is no doubt that the sudden appearance of low-interest money is a trap specially laid by Wang Qian.
If the bookmakers had a little respect, didn't cause trouble when the emperor was on tour, or weren't so greedy, and had a little bit of food when Wang Qian was seeking stability, or didn't borrow the money, they wouldn't have died so ugly.
But the dealers' behavior was too ugly, so Wang Qian targeted these dealers.
This time someone jumped into the Yongding River and lost everything overnight. Even the ancestral property was mortgaged to the bank for borrowing money. The bankers, who are usually aloof, borrowed money from everywhere to redeem the ancestral property, but failed. No one lent them.
"Wang Qian said in the memorial that if the time they chose was not now, Wang Qian would not kill them all." Zhu Yijun took Wang Qian's memorial and said with emotion.
Wang Qian's belief in authority is exactly the same as Wang Chonggu's belief in authority. Wang Qian does not want anything to happen. This time His Majesty went out for two days. It was a rare way to go out to relax. Due to the temporary schedule, he added One day, King Zhu Yiliu of Lu said that the emperor was like a donkey in the mill. Wang Qian saw his majesty's diligence. His majesty finally went out to relax. If he insists on causing trouble and causing trouble to his majesty at this time, then it is not to blame Wang Qian for being ruthless. .
"Your Majesty, I don't understand what they want to do." Feng Bao asked with some confusion: "If it is for profit, buy low and sell high, if it is for tickets, low When the price rises, you should buy in large quantities.”
“I don’t understand the purpose of the dealers. Since I don’t have the determination to speculate, why should I enter the market?”
"Concentration?" Zhu Yijun smiled. It was really clear to all observers. He could stand and talk without pain in his back.
Feng Bao was confused by the dealers. Feng Bao understood the whole process, but he still could not fully understand the dealers' behavior.
Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "The original plan of the bookmakers was to buy at a low price, sell at a high price, harvest at a smashing price, and then buy at a low price. Several private trading meetings must have signed an agreement under the table. After completing this move, this small-scale Suiyuan Chidao will be fully controlled. In fact, the bookmakers, like Wang Qian, are optimistic about Suiyuan Chidao in the long term.”
"In the whole process, as long as one person cannot hold up the selling, that is the moment the agreement under the table fails, and the trust between the bookmakers is broken. If this trust is not broken, in fact, the bookmakers are completely capable of fighting. . ”
“During the stampede, they bought a large amount to stabilize the price, and their goal was achieved. They bought low and sold high. During the stampede, it was a pity that there was no rationality and determination at that time. They chose to sell at that time. , will cause a chain of selling, which will completely slip into the scene they least want to see. "
During the whole process, Wang Qian took advantage of human nature, and he was too aware of the panic of the bookmakers. When does trust break down?
Feng Bao said with emotion: "Master said that people cannot stand without faith, things cannot be accomplished without faith, careers cannot prosper without faith, and countries will decline without faith. If so."
< br>"In fact, absolute trust does not exist in the trading house." Zhu Yijun leaned back in his chair. He trusted Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang with absolute trust, and this trust was based on the goal of Ming Dynasty becoming great again. Just like Qin Xiaogong trusted Shang Yang in the past, only by traveling on the great road can there be absolute trust.
In the chasm between human nature and evil, trust is still too extravagant.
“How much did you earn this time?” Feng Bao asked curiously.
“This is the number.” Zhu Yijun stretched out four fingers and said.
Feng Bao said tentatively: "Four hundred thousand silver?" When it was time to cooperate with the performance, Feng Bao would not turn a blind eye. Is earning four hundred thousand silver worth Wang Qian's personal action?
"Four million silver." Zhu Yijun clapped the memorandum in his hand and said, "These are three private trade fairs. The decades of accumulation of more than seventy powerful right-wingers, rural sages and gentry have all been destroyed in one day."
The trading house ransacked homes faster than the Tiqi people. In less than five days, all the accumulated silver was harvested by Wang Qian.
"The wealthy and powerful rural gentry are also quite poor. Such a family only has four million silver." Feng Bao said happily after hearing this.
In fact, there were some backstabbings here. It was at this private trade fair that Wang Qian followed the same pace and brutally harvested a wave of similar people. I don’t know if these backstabbing people were aware of what was going on. The change was caused by Wang Qian's intervention.
"Wang Qian sent six volumes and one account to the Ministry of Accounts for audit. This time he did it with the help of money and receipts from internal funds, so the profit was 50% of the national funds, but Wang Qian Bring back the remaining bones that were thrown away before." Zhu Yijun talked about the division of accounts.
Did Wang Qian really not earn anything? Of course not, Wang Qian made a lot of money!
First of all, he earned the Holy Family. When His Majesty left Beijing, he maintained financial stability and guarded the market position of Suiyuan Chidao. This thing is priceless;
Secondly After Wang Qian finished telling the story of the iron horse, his argument that the steam engine's horsepower and output would double in one and a half to two years was supported by reality.
There is also generous reward. The money with low interest rate is a targeted explosion of the bank led by Wang Qian. Even though Wang Qian is really very honest, as honest as Hai Rui, he has no right to seek help from others. Rent, the 50% discount on the mortgage interest all goes to the bank. Are these banks so ignorant? The Wang family has business, and they just need to make it convenient for each other at certain times. The accounts should be divided accordingly, and Wang Qian will not be short of money.
Qianzhuang is still counting on Mr. Wang to do a few more directional blasts. If the emperor eats meat and they drink soup, it will mean they have been busy for several years.
Zhu Yijun said with lingering fear: "So this trading house, don't touch the middle-class family, it is the best. No wonder sir, you want to raise the threshold, because there are no rules in this place, it's all about the big fish eating the small fish, the small fish Eat shrimps, and shrimps can only be eaten.”
Through Wang Qian’s manipulation, Zhu Yijun discovered that the cruelty of the trading house, the absolute freedom of disorder and cannibalism, were vividly reflected here.
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was still reluctant to part with Youlonghao, but no matter how much he liked it, it was time to return to Beijing. He said he would play for two days, and it was already on the third day. Zhu Yijun turned around and got on the jade chariot. , heading towards the capital, this time there was no falling into the water, no fire chasing him, everything was smooth and smooth.
Zhu Yijun thought that he would be involved in a rollover accident this time. Even the roll cage was installed. If nothing happened, would he be worthy of the eunuchs taking precautions in the bud? But nothing happened.
When the emperor was still young, Zhang Juzheng told His Majesty that the only people who could threaten the safety of the Ming Emperor were the courtiers and assistant ministers. Others were not qualified and did not have that much energy. Hai Rui felt that the Ming courtiers were very strange. But there are no bad guys. They are all honest ministers. At least they can perform their duties loyally as long as the wind direction does not change.
Zhu Yijun did not relax at all because of this calm situation. Night attacks always occur at dawn, the moment when the light of dawn is just seen. At this time, people are most likely to relax because of the long darkness.
The calm on the surface means that crises are always brewing under the water.
Not to mention the strange reason why Wu Zong died without an heir, let’s just say that Emperor Jiajing was chasing after his butt and burning it. He simply had a palace maid assassinate him, and only one of his eight sons was left. As long as he wanted to do something The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty had to continue to do it consistently. If he relaxed even a little bit, he would die miserably.
Zhu Yijun returned to the capital and began to process the memorials. The memorials that had been accumulated for three days were piled up in front of the emperor. Zhu Yijun looked at the small mountain of memorials and said to Feng Bao incredulously: "On weekdays, Am I always so diligent? Do I have to review so many memorials? "
"There are more than this on weekdays. Wenyuan Pavilion will go with your Majesty to the Tianjin Wei, and there will be a floating ticket later. The memorial was sent." Feng Bao bowed his head and said.
"As expected of me." Zhu Yijun sat in front of the imperial case, picked up the ink pen and began to review the memorials. Because there were many memorials, Zhu Yijun would usually scold the memorials of a hundred words. After reading them, he crossed them all.
In fact, there is no need to read some memorials at all, because the Secretary of General Affairs first organized the memorials into categories, and the ministers summarized them. In Zhu Yijun's hands, he can completely become a ruthless stamping machine. He doesn't even need to look at it, just stamp it directly.
But the diligent Zhu Yijun still read all the memorials one by one, and then recorded the contents on the memo, and finally the in-service official's book screen was fully reflected.
The Official Book Screen was a gift given to the emperor by Zhang Juzheng, which is a visual office. After handling government affairs every day, Zhu Yijun would draw a stroke on the signs of some official officials who always talked nonsense and nonsense. When he finished writing a straight character, Hai Rui's anti-corruption and civil servant examinations would often eliminate him.
On the entire Zhiguan Book Screen, almost no one can escape the Emperor Escape·Zhengzi Killing Technique. The tallest person can only carry the second Zhengzi. This represents the error correction mechanism of the Ming Dynasty. Stable operation.
Whether the huge political machine of the Ming Dynasty officialdom is running stably and smoothly, whether it is internally metabolized, and whether error correction is perfect, will all be very intuitively reflected on this official screen.
“What a good thing.” Zhu Yijun took the memo, wrote a few strokes, and sighed sincerely. With Zhang Juzheng’s assistance, wouldn’t it be enough for the Ming Emperor to have the skills? !
Feng Bao looked around and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, in fact, the six yamen, the governors of various places, and the municipal shipping department all have such a book screen in their hands."
"Oh? Was it promoted by sir?" Zhu Yijun asked curiously.
Feng Bao shook his head and said: "That's not true. Sir, I gave it to Your Majesty. After the ministers knew how useful it was, they first used it in the Sixth Department, and then it was slowly popularized."
"Sir, all these means have been wiped out by them!" Zhu Yijun said with a smile.
The mother of Yu Qiyuan, the magistrate of Gaoyang County, died of illness. Yu Qiyuan petitioned Ding You for his life. The officials had already approved it, but Zhu Yijun decided to seize her love. Yu Qiyuan was in a critical period of promotion. He had just helped Baoding Governor Xin Zixiu to clear out redundant personnel. At this time, Ding You will still be the magistrate of the county again, and whether Xin Zixiu still appreciates his love is a matter of two minds.
The favors in Ming Dynasty official circles have a shelf life, just like the emperor's holy family. It does not mean that you can always rely on your qualifications and holy family to do whatever you want because you have made meritorious services in the past. The holy family will follow. It weakens with the passage of time and needs constant reinforcement.
Zhu Yijun gave Yu Qiyuan a three-month holiday and asked him to return to his hometown to take care of his family affairs. It was an official delivery post.
Ling Yunyi, the governor of Shandong and Henan, completed the census of Henan and Kaifeng. The situation is basically the same as that of Shandong, Songjiang, Shuntian, and Nanya. 80% of the farmers are in extreme poverty and 98% of the farmers are in poverty. Bankruptcy and imminent bankruptcy, and Henan's mergers and acquisitions are particularly serious due to vassal issues.
The same situation occurred in Shanxi and Shaanxi. Judging from the yellow records of Wen Jingtang, the situation was worse than Zhu Yijun imagined.
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but think of a person, King Chuang Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng was beaten by Sun Chuanting to the point where only seventeen of his cavalry were left to flee. After Sun Chuanting left, the peasant rebel army under Li Zicheng soon returned to a million-strong force. Li Zicheng lost to Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting lost to Hong Chengchou, but every time he raised the banner, countless people defected. When they broke through Kaifeng to release grain, millions of people in Henan went to eat.
The civil unrest in Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi in the late Ming Dynasty could not be completely suppressed, nor could they be pacified, because production had been completely destroyed.
Ling Yunyi and Shi Maohua reported that all water conservancy projects in Henan and Shaanxi are basically in disrepair. The problem of drought is not only the celestial phenomenon, but also the lack of water conservancy projects.
After Li Bing and his son built the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, they have been tinkering with it for thousands of years. All dynasties have repaired it so that it can continue to be used. If the water conservancy facilities can last for 20 years without repairs, it is a conscientious project.
The engineer regiment and battalion in Henan has grown to the size of 30,000 people, and while these people are building official factories, they are also dredging local water conservancy in Henan. Shi Maohua also asked for orders to form an engineer regiment and battalion. The problems in Shaanxi and Henan is highly similar.
Zhu Yijun Zhu approved two memorials, agreed with Shi Maohua’s idea of forming an engineering regiment, and gave the two governors a reply: The weather, the earth’s veins, and the physical properties are suitable. The earth’s power is limited, but the manpower is enough to defeat the sky!
This is what Ma Yilong said when Xu Zhenming taught Zhu Yijun agriculture.
The Duke of Guizhou, Mu Changzuo, the Governor of Yunnan, Liu Shizeng, the General of the Sichuan Army, Liu Wei, the Yunnan Governor, Wang Xiyuan, and others reported some progress on the southwest front. The battle situation was completely stable, and the enemy carried out more than a dozen attacks. His attempt failed to form an effective attack, and instead he was beaten up by Liu Wei.
At this time, the Toungoo chieftains headed by Mang Yingli began to fight among themselves. They were unable to advance, and were beaten by counterattacks. When they were defeated, their morale was severely hit. The worse this morale became, the worse they faced the Ming Dynasty. The more frequent the counterattacks, the harder it becomes. Liu Wei took a big knife and slashed the chieftains in Dongyu to the point where they fell on their backs and doubted their lives.
The Duke of Guizhou, Mu Changzuo, reported that two chieftains were willing to surrender, but the Duke of Guizhou chose to refuse. He refused very resolutely. Mu Changzuo had lost trust and patience in Shengmiao. After the previous defeat, , let Mu Changzuo reflect on the fact that he was so good to Tusi and Shengmiao in the past that they lost their respect. This kind of confrontation between countries, and the behavior of daring to lead the enemy, made Mu Changzuo unforgivable.
The Longchuan chieftain Yue Feng and his son Yue Mingwu almost reached Dali, and Mu Changzuo couldn't get rid of this knot in his heart.
Zhu Yijun did not give specific instructions on the front line. He did not know Yunnan as well as the local officials, and it would take several months for letters to arrive. Any instructions would be cold after being passed on. , in terms of communication distance, Yunnan is further away than Java and Old Port Xuanweisi.
For the Southwest War, Zhu Yijun approved that when you are about to be short of money and food, speak in advance. Compared with the Ming Dynasty's expedition to Luchuan and Taungu, it is a very cost-effective deal to only pay for food.
Zhu Yijun dealt with the memorial until late at night, then stretched himself. The memorial did not stay in the palace overnight, and the Ming Emperor was as diligent as ever.
"Your Majesty, urgent report from Nanyang!" A small yellow doorman rushed in and handed a copy of the Tang newspaper to Feng Bao. Feng Bao put the Tang newspaper away and turned on the lime blowtorch.
Zhu Yijun opened the Tongbao, and it came from Zhang Yuanxun, Yingyanghou, the governor of the old port governor's palace. Zhang Yuanxun launched a surprise attack on Toungoo, but failed because Zhang Yuanxun discovered that the governor's palace of Goa and Toungoo Mang Yingli got mixed up.
On the contrary, the Mughal King Akbar made the right choice and attacked the Governor's Palace of Goa together with the Ming Dynasty. The envoy Akbar sent to Malacca City said that the Mughal Kingdom was hostile to the red-haired people. Fan hated it so much that he would help anyone who attacked the Governor's Palace of Goa.
Zhang Yuanxun missed a single hit, and after returning to rest, he planned to take a short rest before making another plot.
(End of this chapter)