Chapter 175 King Yan regrets it!
The next day.
Zheng Yuanqing walked out of Prince Yan's mansion.
He stood still and looked back at the palace, with a strange look in his eyes.
Xia Zhibai did not come to this meeting with King Yan.
King Yan didn't invite him either.
Zheng Yuanqing felt something strange.
There are many missing officials in Peiping now, and he came here this time to plan the iron mine for Xia Zhibai. Under normal circumstances, Xia Zhibai should also be present when he asks to see King Yan. After all, this is It is in the fiefdom of King Yan.
It's just not true.
And
When meeting with King Yan, King Yan and his subordinates were deliberately restrained and did not think much about Xia Zhibai. They seemed to have had some unpleasantness with each other, but they were only slightly unhappy and did not feel resentful. degree.
Before leaving, King Yan also revealed something.
Beiping has gone through two major turmoils and has lost many officials. Regarding the Zunhua Iron and Steel Industry, Peiping is powerless and cannot provide much help, but it will not rashly intervene to stop it. At the same time, it also wants Zheng Yuanqing to understand. , due to the reorganization of military discipline, the army may not be able to fulfill its commitment to Xia Zhibai in the short term. Xia Zhibai may have to take responsibility for the employment of Zunhua Iron and Steel employees during this period of time.
Hearing this, Zheng Yuanqing understood.
Where did Xia Zhibai’s original confidence come from.
Then he made an agreement with King Yan.
It’s just that now King Yan has obviously gone back on his promise and broken the contract.
But Zhu Di is the King of Yan. Even if he really regrets it, what can Xia Zhibai do?
Zheng Yuanqing stroked his beard, turned his head, showed a faint smile, and said: "This Xia Zhibai really doesn't stop wherever he goes, and can anger a lot of people wherever he goes, but this person still... He really has a special ability. Even if he offends others, he will not be criticized too much, which is quite novel.” Bai is indeed talented and dares to think and act.”
"How important has salt and iron been since ancient times?"
"How many people dare to touch it?"
"Those who dared to make plans for salt and iron in the past dynasties have basically been None of them ended up well, but this Xia Zhibai relied on this "newborn calf is not afraid of tigers" recklessness, and actually made him do something. Now, many people in the court are asking for help. Make some changes in the salt administration."
"But those in the Salt Transportation Department still want to take back the salt industry."
"Now the officials of the imperial court are gradually filling in. The Kyoto Salt Industry founded by Xia Zhibai was originally founded with some tricks, but now it has to face reality.”
Zheng Yuanqing glanced at Mei Jiu and said in a deep voice: "You are an official of the Department of General Affairs, managing the clerks and workers under the department, but you must understand that Xia Zhibai's status in the current imperial court is very subtle and strange. It is normal. As the number one scholar in the dynasty, he should be regarded as a fifth-rank official. Now he has demoted himself to become a businessman and is called a business official, but he has no rank."
"But how many people really dare to do so. Are you looking down on them?”
“Hua Lun, Lian Zining and others from the Hanlin Academy have gained some limelight during this turmoil, and are now being appointed to other positions, and these Jinshi, like Xia Zhi, Bai has a close relationship, although there have been rumors that Xia Zhibai’s relationship with this year’s Jinshi is not very harmonious.”
“But no matter what, Hua Lun, Lian Zining and other Jinshi can be eliminated so quickly. Entrusted with the important task, Xia Zhibai has indeed contributed.”
“This person is just not paying much attention to his official career. However, he will change his mind at some point and start to use his talents in his official career. Your Majesty. With His Highness's preferential treatment of this person, I am afraid that the speed of promotion may not make him the 'Yang Xian' he was back then."
Mei Jiu nodded.
This is recognized by many people in the DPRK and China.
Xia Zhibai is talented.
And he is willing to think and work, and is not afraid of power. This is the envy of many officials. It’s just that Xia Zhibai’s approach is not recognized by many people, because some of the things he has done, to a certain extent From a practical point of view, it is an attempt to sideline and usurp the rights of other government agencies.
The one who is most dissatisfied with Xia Zhibai now is the Salt Transportation Department, followed by the Yu Heng Department and the Tuntian Department of the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Personnel.
Xia Zhibai wanted to change the current way of employing people more than once.
This made many officials unhappy.
It was just that there was too much turmoil in the court some time ago, and not many people dared to oppose it at that time. But now that the court is gradually becoming more stable, more and more officials are expressing their dissatisfaction, and more and more people are expressing their dissatisfaction in private. Complain and make small moves.
As the chief officer of the Yu Heng Division, Zheng Yuanqing did not want to get involved, so he excused himself and left.
Mei Jiu thought for a moment and asked curiously: "Yuanwailang, should we tell Xia Zhibai in advance the news that King Yan has told? Judging from the situation just met, I'm afraid that King Yan I didn’t tell Xia Zhibai the news. I waited two days to start the construction, but I was afraid that there would be a shortage of manpower.”
Zheng Yuanqing stroked his beard, shook his head and said, "No need."
"This is the fiefdom of King Yan."
"If King Yan wants to tell Xia Zhibai, I'm afraid that He had told him a long time ago, so there was no need to bother. Moreover, King Yan did not say that he would not send anyone to help. He only said that for a short period of time, the army sergeants could not move away. When they could, they would naturally send people over. "
"This is what Xia Zhibai wants to solve."
"It has nothing to do with us."
Zheng Yuanqing did not want to get involved in the trouble between Xia Zhibai and King Yan.
And he felt that King Yan was not happy with Xia Zhibai, but he was just not happy and his actions were restrained.
This actually frightened him. King Yan had always been a generous person. At a young age, he came to see His Majesty alone and wanted to fight with the army. He really did it at the age of fifteen. On the battlefield, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he often talked back to His Royal Highness.
It is really unexpected that such a hot-tempered person would be so polite to Xia Zhibai.
Zheng Yuanqing knows.
During the time Xia Zhibai came to Peiping, other things must have happened, but he was not here for a short time and did not have time to find out clearly.
But he didn’t want to know too much.
Whether it is King Yan or Xia Zhibai, they are both hot potatoes. If you get too close to either side, you may get into trouble for yourself. The best way is to keep a respectful distance, do not take the initiative or refuse, and be down-to-earth. Do your duty well, pretend you haven't seen or heard anything else, and don't ask much about it.
Mei Jiu nodded.
He naturally understood what Zheng Yuanqing was thinking.
The specific situation had been worked out on the way here.
After arriving in Peiping, I briefly said hello to King Yan and Xia Zhibai, and then stayed at the construction site of Zunhua Iron and Steel. After Zunhua Iron and Steel was almost completed, I went directly back to the capital. I will never stay in Peiping for too long.
Yanwang Mansion.
Zhu Di was sitting on a chair. He fiddled with the iron wrench between his fingers and looked at Yao Guangxiao aside: "Dao Yan, do you think this king is a bit unkind in doing this? It was clear before. I promised well, but now I suddenly regretted it."
Yao Guangxiao smiled and said: "Your Highness is overly concerned."
"Xia Zhibai has caused so many things in Peiping. Your Highness can continue to tolerate him, which is a great deal for Xia Zhibai. Besides, Xia Zhibai has been in Peiping for so long, he can't always have His Highness's ideas, right? Mr. You have to think of a solution yourself, otherwise you will be wasting your reputation."
Zhu Di smiled and nodded: "Yes."
"As a top scholar, he should be able to solve this matter by himself. ”
Soon.
Zhu Di looked at Zhang Yu and asked, "Have all the confiscated fields been returned? Have all the homeless and beggars in the city been resettled?"
Zhang Yu cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Your Highness, everything has been done according to His Highness's instructions." "The fields that were occupied by military attachés and officials in the past have now been returned to the people of Peking. They are full of praise, saying that His Highness is an unparalleled holy king who cares about the people, and the homeless and beggars have now been given land and have settled down."
"It's only a few years ago. In just one day, the city's appearance has been greatly improved."
"The people in the city are full of praise for His Highness."
"This is all due to His Highness."
Zhu Di nodded with a smile.
He actually noticed that when he went out in the past few days, he could hear compliments from the people from time to time. He rarely had this experience in the past, and it felt so comfortable to be suddenly praised by the people.
Zhu Di laughed for a while, stopped laughing, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, it's time to have fun, and it's time to start planning the business. The imperial court has already issued a memorial, and I am the secretary of Peking. The political officer has been appointed and will take office in a few days. It is said that this person is a Jinshi in the first imperial examination. He has been serving in Shandong in the past. This time, he was promoted continuously because of the Guo Huan case. "
“I don’t know much about this person’s specific situation.”
“You guys need to pay attention too.”
Zhang Yu, Zhu Liang and others nodded quickly.
They dare not take this kind of thing lightly. As officials of Prince Yan's Mansion, they share weal and woe with Prince Yan. If the other party is unkind, they may not be very comfortable in Peiping in the future.
Yao Guang Xiao said: "Don't worry too much."
"Now that His Highness has reorganized military discipline and killed a large number of corrupt officials, the whole atmosphere in Peiping has been completely renewed. Even if the other party What can he do if he comes with a purpose in Peiping, a place where people are well-connected with politics? His Highness is now popular. "
"And Yantie originally belonged to the local chief minister."
"But with Xia Zhibai's intervention, the Chief Secretary's control over Salt and Iron was greatly lost. This time, a large number of merchants were killed during Peiping's rectification. Now His Highness has found a replacement for Peiping, and Peiping has now settled down. , even if the officials of the Chief Secretary of Peking want to regain these powers, they may not dare to be too aggressive."
"After all."
"Beiping will not accept repeated turmoil. "
Zhu Di smiled proudly.
This is indeed one of the benefits of this rectification of Peiping.
Through this thunderous attack, many of the powers originally controlled by the Chief Secretary of Peiping, as well as the government offices previously controlled by the Chief Secretary, were completely eliminated.
Now that all the places have deployed his own manpower, even if the officials from the Chief Secretary of Peking come, they are just a polished commander. There is nothing they can do in a short time, and he wants to clean up the people he arranged. How could he agree so easily?
What he wanted.
Just let the new Chief Secretary of Peking vent his grievances on Xia Zhibai.
After all, Xia Zhibai directly robbed the salt and iron.
This is what benefits the local area the most.
When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured, but he is sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight.
He also didn’t quite believe that the newly arrived Chief Secretary of Peking dared to compete with him directly instead of going to trouble Xia Zhibai. One was a vassal king and the other was a merchant official with no rank. Which one was better? Which one is more serious? He doesn't believe that the new Chief Secretary of Peking can't tell the difference.
I didn’t have a choice before.
Beiping is now a 'three pillars'.
Although Xia Zhibai's 'one foot' is very weak and even seems to be lacking in confidence.
But it is indeed ‘one foot’.
With Xia Zhibai on the side, Zhu Di will have more choices and it will be easier to profit from it.
And Xia Zhibai has great ambitions.
From what Xia Zhibai said before, his target is the entire north. He will probably deprive local governments of more economic powers. The chief secretaries everywhere will hate Xia Zhibai with all their teeth. Itchy, none of this has anything to do with him. He is the vassal king and is in charge of the local military and has little to do with the local economy.
He will be able to stay out of it in the future.
The next day.
Xia Zhibai learned the news.
This was not informed by Zhu Di on his own initiative, but he sent someone to inquire.
When he heard the reply from Prince Yan's Mansion, Xia Zhibai's heart sank. He knew that Zhu Di had no good intentions and deliberately wanted to laugh at him. Now the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court has sent people to come. After a day or two, After on-the-spot investigation and the drawings that I submitted on my own initiative, construction is basically about to start. But since we have decided to start construction, we naturally need to hire people.
But now the office of the Chief Secretary in Peking is almost vacant.
No one dares to enlist in ‘forced service’.
The military household that was originally promised has been let go by Zhu Di, and it will be difficult to use it in a short time. Even if he brings Hei Wa and others together, there will only be less than twenty people. People think about this It was unknown how long it would take to complete the first phase of the project. Even if Zheng Yuanqing nodded and let the craftsmen and engineers who followed him work together, there were still not enough manpower.
Xia Zhibai shook his head.
He looked quite speechless: "King Yan, you are really a bit petty. This time, you have taken advantage of everything, and you are still worrying about these things."
Fang Mo said nervously: "Sir, what should we do now?"
"Construction will start tomorrow."
"If there are not enough manpower, Zunhua Tieye will not know when If it can be completed, there will be too many delays, not only the salt plants in Shouzhou and Chuzhou, but also the construction of other northern salt plants."
"We can't afford it. ”
Fang Mo’s face was full of worry.
He knew the situation in the salt factory.
There are many places that need money now. The only ones that can see money back now are salt factories. If we don’t build salt factories in various places earlier and collect money and food early, whether it is coal mines, textiles, or Xia Zhibai The postal service you want to promote basically cannot operate.
Xia Zhibai smiled.
He patted Fang Mo on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "There's no need to be so hasty."
"What King Yan did was a bit inappropriate, but it was indeed a reasonable explanation. It's just that King Yan He is too arrogant. He has never understood the truth. The eyes of the people are sharp, and the people know better than anyone who treats them well. "
"I never fight an unprepared battle."
"It won't happen this time either."
"It's really not possible."
"We carry the tools ourselves. "
"People can't be overwhelmed by difficulties, right?" Xia Zhibai looked very optimistic.
He called Hei Wa over and whispered a few words. Hei Wa was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly and ran outside excitedly.
Tomorrow’s third update, you can actually tell that my condition is still very bad and my brain is groggy.
(End of this chapter)