Daming primary school students

Chapter 557 Chain Reaction
The "predictions" Qin Dewei said to Emperor Jiajing are not predictions, and many of them are facts that happened in another time and space history.

When the method of opening China was implemented in the early Ming Dynasty, many salt merchants were from Shanxi and Shaanxi. These people were farming in border towns in exchange for salt in Huaihe and Huaihe, and completed the transfer of wealth between the north and the south.

After the Kaizhong law was abolished, people from the south gained more and more shares in the Lianghuai salt industry.

After that, Huizhou merchants with strong capital gradually became the main body of Lianghuai salt merchants and gathered in Yangzhou, forming the historical symbol of "Yangzhou salt merchants", which lasted until the Qing Dynasty.

In the current 16 years of Jiajing, the momentum mentioned above is still in the process of development.

And what Qin Dewei wants to do is to reverse this momentum and let the wealth of the salt industry continue to subsidize the northern border towns and turn them into supplies for border towns.

After a heated debate, Qin Dewei clearly gained the upper hand.

There was the "holy will" of Emperor Taizu Gao in the past, and the "deterrence" of the number of days in the future. Who can refute it?

However, there are still some objective people who still have doubts about the technical issues: "The folding method can enable Taicang to collect hundreds of thousands of silver taels a year. If it is changed back to the Chinese method, it will definitely be too late to grow grain this year.

Therefore, it will take at least two years to take effect, and the previous salt imports have to be disposed of. During this period, the treasury and bank expenditures cannot be stopped. What should I do? "

Qin Dewei said unceremoniously: "Kill Zhang Yanling! Copy the Zhang family again! It is estimated that a few 100,000 taels will not be a problem, and it will be able to make up for the shortfall in the past two years."

Everyone: "."

In a daze, there was an illusion that Qin Dewei was more active in copying the Zhang family than the emperor, and whenever there was a need for money, he would quarrel and copy the Zhang family.

The emperor was afraid of being said to be greedy for the wealth of the Zhang family, so he never copied the Zhang family, but kept Zhang Yanling in custody.

Of course, everyone now knows that the main purpose of the emperor's running of the Zhang family is indeed political, in order to blackmail the Queen Mother Zhang.

As for the wealth of the Zhang family, the richest man in the capital.
Emperor Jiajing also looked at Qin Dewei in astonishment. Among all the ministers, he felt that Qin Dewei was the most active towards the Zhang family. Was it to please himself?
Qin Dewei is very calm, with a selfless heart!

Now that the Zhang family has been copied, it can still be used in state affairs. If it is a few years later, I am afraid that it will all be used to cultivate immortals.

However, any major policy shift or adjustment cannot be accomplished overnight, and decisions cannot be made in a snap.

So after the heated debate in the Wenhua Hall, Emperor Jiajing didn't make a statement on the spot, and they dispersed around noon.

Everyone walked out of the palace in twos and threes, Zhang Xueshi and Qin Xueshi still walked together, talking while walking.

Zhang Xueshi felt very relieved, and sighed: "It's really not easy, you finally know how to do something serious."

Everyone carried the bridal sedan chair, and Qin Dewei responded with dignity, "It's all taught by the teacher."

At any rate, Mr. Zhang has already been given the title of the right servant of the Ministry of Rites. He is no longer an imperial scholar, and must be given the respect he deserves.

Of course, the teacher can always pick out problems with the students, Zhang Xueshi then criticized: "The fly in the ointment is, why do you have to compete with Cai Ang?

The bet you mentioned is extremely naive and unnecessary!How can it be such a joke in the court? "

What Teacher Zhang said is what Qin Dewei told the emperor just now, please find out if Cai Ang has any relatives and servants who run the salt industry in Lianghuai.

If there is, punish Cai Ang, if not, punish Qin Dewei.

Zhang Xueshi is not worried about Cai Ang, his opponent, but worried about Qin Dewei playing with fire and setting himself on fire:
"You can be sure that Cai Ang must be involved with the salt merchant? If nothing can be found out, and His Majesty becomes serious again, wouldn't you suffer instead?"

Qin Dewei said with a smile: "Teacher, tell me first, will His Majesty go to secretly investigate Cai Ang?"

Zhang Xueshi said without hesitation: "It will definitely!"

Based on Emperor Jiajing's suspicious character, Qin Dewei will definitely investigate this mysterious topic when he brings it up.

It's just that the method may not be made public, and it's just a secret investigation.

Qin Dewei said indifferently: "That's all. As long as His Majesty is willing to investigate, the result is actually not important."

Zhang Xueshi couldn't understand again.

Scholar Qin had no choice but to briefly explain: "As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning. In doing anything, the first step is often the most difficult to take.

As long as His Majesty has the thought to check whether there is any problem with Cai Ang, it is equivalent to taking the first step without knowing it!With the first step, there is a chain reaction! "

Zhang Xueshi sneered, "But His Majesty will check you too!"

Qin Dewei froze for a moment, it was indeed very possible.

Then he patted his chest and said: "Student, when I was in Nanjing, I punched Western merchants and kicked Huizhou merchants, so in terms of business relations, I really have a clear conscience!"

So Zhang Xueshi continued to sneer: "You are an official and open a bank yourself, what business connections do you need? In case His Majesty thinks that your bank is good."

Qin Dewei replied very consciously: "Then I will hand over the bank to the state!"

Zhang Xueshi: "."

Seeing that Xueshi Zhang still couldn't understand, Qin Dewei took the initiative to explain, "Actually, I'm not interested in money. Wealth is just a number."

Teacher Zhang's eyes suddenly turned sharp: "So you want to open a bank branch in Yangzhou or Huai'an? I'm afraid there will be a lot of bank transactions between Lianghuai and Northwest in the future?"

Qin Dewei said calmly: "Hahahaha, if it is to promote the economic development of Ming Dynasty, it is not unreasonable to do so.

However, it is very difficult, and it needs to be combined with Kaibian City, so let’s take a look later. "

Kaibian City?Trading with the 200 years feud with the Tartars?Teacher Zhang was speechless in astonishment, this unworthy disciple was always so floating that people couldn't figure it out.

Emperor Jiajing returned to the Qianqing Palace at night, and the eunuch Qin, the emperor of the imperial horse and the admiral of the East Factory, came to greet him.

Thinking of what happened in the Wenhua Palace during the day, Emperor Jiajing casually ordered: "Go and investigate secretly. Among the relatives of Cai Ang, the lecturer, there are salt merchants from Lianghuai."

This is what the East Factory should do. Eunuch Qin quickly agreed, but he didn't understand the background of the investigation.

Of course, the eunuch Qin would not be so stupid as to ask the emperor directly. After retiring, he asked some people to inquire, and then he knew the debate in the Wenhua Palace.

Then the Qin eunuch summoned Lu Bing, the commander of Jinyiwei, and asked, "If you want to investigate the relationship between officials in Beijing and Huaiyan, what should you do?"

As the governor of Dongchang, how to figure out the emperor's heart is a science.

Sometimes you do too much, which is called "making a good idea"; sometimes you do too much, which is called "wanting to be ahead of the leader".

The eunuch Qin believed that although the emperor had only ordered to "investigate Cai Ang", after combining the debates in the Wenhua Palace, a conclusion could be made that what the emperor was really interested in was the relationship between the officials from the Huai salt producing area and the Huai salt.

Therefore, there is no problem in investigating more people, just how should so many officials be investigated.

Lu Bing is also a clever person, and he immediately had an idea: "Make a list of the officials of the Beijing, Zhongjiang, and North prefectures, and then send people to each house to spy.

But those with shabby and small mansions must be people without money, so don't worry about it for the time being.

Then focus on the officials in the middle and upper levels of the mansion, and make further careful inspections according to the degree of luxury. "

This is a good idea, so Eunuch Qin Da Yue asked Lu Bing to follow suit.

Afterwards, Lu Bing personally took people to the Ministry of Officials, and under the name of Jinyiwei, inspected the records, copied a list, and then reported the list to the eunuch Qin.

Eunuch Qin flipped through the list, and saw a person on the first page: Zeng Mi, Jiangdu County, Yangzhou Prefecture.

That's a really impressive name.

　In any case, two more chapters will be written tonight! !
　　
　
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