I'm really not doing business

Chapter 514: One person in the elegant seat of Jiejie Courtyard

Building a big house means building a big house, which is a characteristic culture of Fujian people. However, after a Fujianese becomes successful, he will build a big house in his hometown to show his achievements. It is a typical example of returning to his hometown with honor. This kind of Culture has become a common custom in the Ming Dynasty, and even large houses of various styles can be found in Fujian.

Making a lot of money, building a big house, marrying someone, making a lot of money, building a big house, and marrying a beautiful wife are the three major goals in life.

"The big house built by Chen Jingbang is a big house with three overlapping seven-bay main house, seven front and back, and one hundred and twenty-room guard houses on the left and right. It is not so much a big house as a village, because the whole house is full of people. There are seventy-two households with more than 300 people. Even so, it seems a bit empty. The main house alone has 40 acres of land. Counting the protection on the left and right, plus the pavilions and pavilions, the entire house is nearly 800 acres. Land." Seeing the disbelief on the ministers' faces, Liu Hanru had no choice but to describe Chen Jingbang's mansion.

"Eight hundred acres?" Wang Chonggu almost jumped up from his stool. The Ming Dynasty Palace only had 1080 acres of land. He, a small right minister of the Ministry of Ceremonies, actually built an -acre house with a garden!

It is simply the opposite of Tiangang!

Liu Hanru actually sympathized with Wang Chonggu. When Wang Chonggu was still a sycophant, he saved two million taels of silver and was reluctant to spend it. In the end, he filled the holes in the Xuanda Great Wall. Later, he entered Beijing and became rich again. Because he lived in the Imperial Palace, There is no chance to go back to the city, not even a chance to enjoy it. Most of the eighty acres of the Quanjin Guild Hall are for public use, which is leased to Shanxi officials and scholars to relieve their lives.

What can you do if you have money? Even if you have money, you won't enjoy life. Look at Chen Jingbang, and look at you Wang Chonggu. The difference is huge.

Zhu Yijun was dumbfounded when he heard in the back hall. The palace did have 1080 acres of land, but he didn't live in the palace but lived in Tonghe Palace. Tonghe Palace was less than acres in total. As the emperor, there were so many people around him, so he only lived on acres. Zhu Yijun felt very spacious.

Of course, if all the royal buildings including the Royal Gewüyuan, Prince Lu's Mansion, Prince De's Mansion, Martial Arts School, Tiqi Residence, Great Pagoda, etc. are included, there would be nearly 800 acres of land.

But these places are not for private use by Emperor Zhu Yijun. The backyard of Tonghe Palace is private for him. Even the imperial study in front of Longchi is an office space.

"Eight hundred acres, why don't you call him and ask if his house is eight hundred acres of land?" Liu Hanru confessed, and there was no psychological burden. He just poured out the beans and told how he got involved with Chen Jingbang. The line is made clear bit by bit.

It was in Zhejiang, and when Liu Hanru was still the inspector of Zhejiang, Ren and Xia acted as hosts and introduced Chen Qingcong, Chen Jingbang's adopted son, to Liu Hanru.

At that cocktail party, Liu Hanru fell into a beauty trap. The focus of the beauty trap was on the trick, not the beauty. What turned Liu Hanru from an official in the Ming Dynasty into a huge corruption beetle was not a poem or a word, but a poem. That kind of natural understanding.

Liu Hanru is one of fifty-nine people in the top three. The first one is a Jinshi and is directly promoted to an official in the Hanlin Academy without being selected by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The second one is a Jinshi who can pass the Hanlin Academy and sit in the capital. But the third one is a Jinshi. You can only guard one side by taking the road of local promotion and transfer. You will stay in the local area all your life and never return to the capital.

The ranking of one's fame determines the upper limit of future achievements.

It is worth noting that Hu Zongxian was also born in the top three, so he could only rely on Yan Song and Yan Shifan's father and son to be promoted.

Liu Hanru is the unfortunate top three, what's the use of being more capable? The upper limit is there, and the beauty of the beauty trap just happens to understand Liu Hanru's talent but not appreciate it. This time, the more they talk, the more they talk, the more they fall in love with each other, and the more they fall in love.

This was obviously a deliberate design. This beauty probably knew more about Liu Hanru than he did himself, but she knew it was a trick and was unwilling to wake up.

Even after the implementation of the imperial examination law during the Wanli period, promotion in the officialdom has become fairer, but family background is still there. It is natural not to mention the first-class Jinshi, the lowest is a bachelor, and the second-class position is also from the capital. The official position of an official is that a Beijing official is also in charge of local affairs. For example, Wang Xiyuan in Yunnan was the censor of Qiandu who patrolled Yunnan and was in charge of money affairs and furnace casting in Yunnan.

Liu Hanru changed, became a corrupt official, and became a worm of the Ming Dynasty. He began to protect the private market, how to make money from the private market, how to exchange the money for various extravagant things and transport them to Putian to add bricks and tiles to Chen Jingbang's big house. .

"Those golden nanmu trees, tsk tsk, I didn't know there were such big ones in the Ming Dynasty. When the palace was built, His Majesty said that there was a shortage of golden nanmu trees, so they didn't need wooden pillars and used concrete pillars instead, which would also save money. The waste of people and money is transferred from Nanya." Liu Hanru said about the golden nanmu pillars in the Chen family's house, a total of seven.

"Rebellion! I will dismantle it tomorrow and transport it to the capital!" The more Wang Chonggu heard, the more angry he became, especially when it came to the construction of the palace. His Majesty thought it was a waste of money and was afraid of fire, so he simply used reinforced concrete pillars. That thing has a skin attached to it, which looks quite grand, but not noble enough.

"Liu Hanru, have you ever thought about it?" Wang Chonggu looked at Liu Hanru and suddenly said, "The imperial court has already noticed your talents?"

"Ah?" Liu Hanru was a little confused for a moment, looking at Wang Chonggu with eyes full of confusion.

What's the point?
Wang Chonggu looked at Liu Hanru and said: "In May of the seventh year of Wanli, you were transferred to Fujian. It was Pang Shangpeng, the governor of Fujian, who asked you by name. Shu Yinglong instead added to the post. In the Ming Dynasty, few chief envoys and inspectors were transferred at the same time. Wanli In the past seven years, Pang Shangpeng has been begging for his bones to become an official. You were the one recommended. At that time, the court was well prepared. If Pang Shangpeng was in poor health and unable to take charge of Fujian affairs, you would be the governor. This is an extra promotion. Governor of Fujian."

"Chen Jingbang lied to you. You can be the governor of Fujian without his promise to recommend you."

After Wang Chonggu finished speaking, Zhao Mengyou flipped through the case file and pulled out a page. It was an official document prepared by the Ministry of Personnel. It did not require a seal. If Pang Shangpeng's illness was not cured, the position of governor of Fujian would belong to him, Liu Hanru. On this page of the official document, there was Zhang Juzheng's floating ticket has His Majesty's Zhu Zhu: "Han Confucianism, Han Confucianism, I hope this person lives up to his name."

Liu Hanru stared blankly at the vermilion ink. As he looked at it, he started to laugh. He smiled and started to cry. His body softened and he sat on the ground. His eyes were blank, as if he had lost his mind and gone crazy. She sat there, two lines of turbid tears rolling down her face, her body twitching, but there was no sound.

When you cry very sadly, you can't cry without making a sound.

One wrong step, one wrong step after another. How many things did Liu Hanru do for Chen Jingbang's promise?
In the end, it was all in vain.

Zhao Mengyou looked at Liu Hanru and didn't say much. He continued the interrogation. If Liu Hanru had not bitten Chen Jingbang, Chen Jingbang would have been convicted and imprisoned. When handling the case, evidence was required, and Liu Hanru was the breakthrough. This is why Liu Hanru had to open a breakthrough. The reason is that this is the fastest and most direct way.

Liu Hanru soon confessed the evidence. The money sent to Chen Jingbang was not delivered directly to Chen Jingbang in one step, but to Chen Jingbang's adopted son Chen Qingcong. However, this adopted son was not the real adopted son. He and Chen Jingbang were biological father and son. , because the mother was an outsider, she could only enter the family as an adopted son.

"Actually, Chen Jingbang is completely incapable of recommending you. In other words, the court officials of the Ming Dynasty are not qualified to recommend you. He can recommend you, but the governor, governor, and officials in the capital are all appointed by His Majesty after the court deliberation." Wang Chonggu was in the third hall. At the end of the joint trial, Liu Hanru was told that the appointment and removal of governors in the Ming Dynasty could not be done by recommendation.

That was before, not now.

In fact, the contents of the court discussions are rarely announced to the outside world. Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, they were recommended by the leader of the imperial division. The promotion of Wang Yi'e, the governor of Shandong, was the result of his majesty's strong opposition to all opinions. The governor of Liaodong, Yu Zhao, was promoted. It is the result of the court officials' recommendation.

How can governors, imperial envoys, and frontier officials be so simple? Can it be finalized by the right minister of the Ministry of Etiquette?
Liu Hanru was not in the Jingtang and did not understand the twists and turns inside, so he felt that he could be promoted only if he was recommended by the senior officials of the Jingtang.

Ever since the case of Sandu'ao Private Market in Fujian broke out, Chen Jingbang and Chen Qingcong had not dared to make any move, because the slightest movement would attract Tiqi's attention. When Chen Qingcong was arrested, it was at his home in the capital. Chen Jingbang They were arrested together and taken to Fusi Yamen in Daming North Town.

Chen Jingbang was neither Zhang Dang nor Chu Dang. He was a Jinshi in the 44th year of Jiajing's reign, and was awarded the title of Editor of the Hanlin Academy. He was also one of the bachelors who taught banquets when Emperor Ming was young. Later, after Zhang Juzheng monopolized the lectures, Chen Jingbang has been in the capital hall. He has never held any foreign posts, and gradually rose to the position of right minister of the Ministry of Rites.

Zhu Yijun did not leave Beizhen Fusi. It was not until Zhao Mengyou brought Chen Jingbang back that Zhu Yijun summoned him.

"Why?" Zhu Yijun looked at Chen Jingbang and asked with some confusion: "Is it so important to find big money, build a big house, and marry Shui?"

"Even if you are greedy, how can you communicate with the Japanese? How can you condone the pirates? How can you sell cigarettes? You have been in the capital for a long time, don't you know my temper?"

Zhu Yijun was very puzzled by this matter. If it was Wu Qingbo Li Wei, the emperor's grandfather, who had done this, he would not be lenient as an emperor, and it would be useless for Empress Dowager Li to plead for mercy.

But this Chen Jingbang is really disappointing.

The private market did not reach the level of a private market during the Jiajing period, when the Japanese invasion was raging, and when the Qingliu led by Yan Dang and Xu Jie were at odds.

The most violent incident between Yan Dang and Qingliu during the war against Japan was when Hu Zongxian falsely accused Zhang Jing, the Minister of War in Nanjing, and Li Tianchong, the governor of Zhejiang. Both Zhang Jing and Li Tianchong, the governor of Zhejiang, were beheaded in public, and Hu Zongxian became the Governor of Zhejiang, in charge of the overall anti-Japanese war.

They are all famous anti-Japanese generals, and they are all fighting against the Japanese, but the court is fighting, and the Yan Dang and Qingliu below can only fight. This is the tragedy under the control of the party. Zhang Jing, Li Tianchong, and Hu Zongxian died, who loses? Win, it's all a mess for Ming Dynasty to lose.

But neither Yan Dang nor Qingliu had set up a private market after the Shuangyu Private Market was wiped out by Zhu Wan, the governor of Zhejiang Province. What kind of business was in this private market? Selling people from the Ming Dynasty and selling all kinds of prohibited items.

This money cannot be touched. Both Yandang and Qingliu know very well that no matter how they fight, Tong Japanese cannot be touched.

"I deserve death for my crime. I didn't expect that Liu Hanru would cause such a big fight." At this point, Chen Jingbang had nothing to say. He was not the first or the last person to do this.

Who was taking the money in the Shuangyu private market?
Chen Jingbang had no idea that Liu Hanru was so capable and managed the private market to such a scale, with more than 300 ships entering and exiting every day!
Zhu Yijun flicked his sleeves. What he hated most was the word "sin that deserves death." It seemed that any crime could be punished by death.

The navy of the Ming Dynasty spent more than two months on the sea, just to exterminate the pirates. The Ming Dynasty went to the point of exhaustion in order to quell the Japanese. Just this sentence of "death is worthy of death" is like a universal formula. Has it been revealed?

"I have abolished the lowly slave status, otherwise your children and grandchildren will have to taste the taste of slavery for generations. But it doesn't matter. I will exile all your family members to Ceylon. I don't like the private market or the sea. "Kou? Don't you like to make big money, buy a big house, and marry Shui?" Zhu Yijun's smile was a little scary.

If it's Java, it's within the Strait of Malacca, which is a safe place. But if you're exiled to Ceylon, you're just like a ship thrown wherever you go. You don't care about anything. Whether you live or die, it all depends on whether God rewards you. The meal was eaten.

Zhu Yijun originally wanted to throw him to Manbasa, which is South Africa, but considering that the journey was too far, it would be bad if the navy soldiers in charge of the exile got stuck on the road. It would be better to throw him to Ceylon.

"If you prosper like this, you will die like this!" Zhu Yijun's voice had no emotion at all. He hated Japanese pirates. As long as the civil and military personnel who killed Japanese pirates were considered individuals by Zhu Yijun, they could all look at them with special regard. Wang Yi'e and Wang Chonggu were both So true.

Zhu Yijun changed the topic and asked: "Do you have anything else to say? Besides you taking the money, who else took the money? You know the results of random biting."

He suddenly gave Chen Jingbang a chance to make up for his mistakes.

"Wang Chonggu, Wang Chonggu and his son Wang Qian also took money!" Chen Jingbang shouted as if he had grasped a life-saving straw.

"You have to speak with evidence. Do you have evidence?" Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Chonggu when Chen Jingbang spoke. Wang Chonggu still looked calm and composed, looking at Chen Jingbang with a somewhat mocking expression. What does his family lack in you?

Then his face became more and more solemn, and he became sluggish. This was His Majesty's question, which was almost the same as pronouncing a sentence. In front of the emperor, Chen Jingbang was so indiscriminately biting and falsely accusing him. It was impossible for Chen Jingbang to not understand the consequences. The seriousness!
The only possibility is Wang Qian!

This traitor!

Wang Chonggu instantly felt like he had fallen into an ice cave, and he was a little numb. This life, after all, he could not end well. His Majesty gave him two opportunities, but he failed to grasp them. He was so confident that he went to the stage of a three-court trial. In the end, I still folded in!
"I gave Wang Qian 50,000 taels of silver, and he took it and wrote me a receipt!" Chen Jingbang said quickly: "There is no lie at all. Please tell me clearly!"

Zhu Yijun suddenly became furious, and he said coldly to Zhao Mengyou: "Go and call Wang Qian!"

Wang Chonggu slumped on his chair. In the flash of lightning, Wang Chonggu had already thought out his last words.

"Your Majesty, I have some family assets. After drawing this money, I still have 345 million silver. I will use %, which is million silver, to invest in Kaihai Investment. Counting the previous investment, all dividends All of it will be used as a reward for technological progress, and I also ask your Majesty to fulfill the old minister’s last long-cherished wish." Wang Chonggu stood up tremblingly.

Take 80% of the money and donate it to His Majesty, so that Your Majesty can reward the inventors of technological progress with dividends every year. This is the last afterglow that he has planned long ago to light up the path forward of the Labor Party.

Wang Chonggu even planned his property after his death, but the result was an unhappy death.

Most of the things in this world are unprofitable. If you can receive the generous bonus of his Chonggu Award and gain fame, the great craftsmen will continue to promote technological progress.

But, no matter what, all the beautiful ideas and plans came to nothing because of Nizi.

"See your Majesty, long live your Majesty." Wang Qian still had a playful smile on his face. Looking at his father's ashen face, he said in surprise: "Dad, what's wrong with you? Do you want to call the chief medical officer?"

"Wang Qian, did you accept 50,000 taels of silver from Chen Jingbang?" Zhu Yijun still felt that something was fishy and asked calmly.

"Yes, just last month." Wang Qian nodded and said with a strange look on his face: "What's wrong?"

"What's wrong? You're still asking what's wrong?!" Wang Chonggu's eyes widened and he felt that he had already stepped through the gate of Xiangyuan. The thing he regretted most in his life was probably giving birth to such a son.

Zhu Yijun asked again: "What's the name?"

Seeing this posture, Wang Qian knew that there was a big problem and that the product was wrong. He quickly said: "He said he wanted to buy a ticket for Suiyuan Chidao. I sold it to him for 8 silver each, but this is not the ticket. Is the price raised enough? I made a contract, and I wrote a receipt for him. Within three months, if the price rises, I will sell it to him. If it doesn’t rise, the silver will be returned in full, and I will pay him another yuan. Two pieces of silver, this is a gambling contract."

"What about other than that?" Zhu Yijun continued to ask.

Wang Qian carefully recalled it and said, "No more."

"Gone?" Wang Chonggu said in a daze as if he came to life immediately: "Really gone?"

"No, the contract is kept at Yanxinglou Trading House. This is official business." Wang Qian said with a puzzled look on his face: "Did something happen?"

"It's okay, go ahead and scare your father." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and told Wang Qian to go back to work. He has nothing to do here.

"I excuse myself." Seeing his father's face turn rosy, Wang Qian knew that the matter had not affected their family. Wang Qian looked at Chen Jingbang who was kneeling on the ground in shackles, shook his head, and walked around. He left and inquired about what happened. He had a clear conscience and was not afraid of questioning.

Zhu Yijun looked at Chen Jingbang, who was kneeling on the ground, bowing his head.

"When the trial is over, we will send you directly to the Jiefuan Hospital and be detained." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and was no longer interested in talking to Chen Jingbang. He had already started biting randomly, which proved that there was really no one behind him. If he still drags others into trouble when he is about to die, he really deserves to go to hell.

Since he dared to shake the emperor, we can't blame Zhu Yijun for being cruel and ruthless.

Zhu Yijun actually suspected that Wu Qingbo and Li Wei had business here. Li Wei was not very honest before. Now it seems that Zhu Yijun did blame Wu Qingbo wrongly. Of course, it's also possible that Uncle Wu Qing didn't have the means.

Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Chonggu and said cheerfully: "Wang Cifu, I think this technology progress award is very good. How about this, five million silver principal, half of it for Wang Cifu and half for me, and we will use the dividends as a bonus. The selection will be made by the Doctors of the Five Classics of the Royal Academy of Gewu. If there is no selection, investment will be made as the principal. How about the name of this award: Daming Technology Progress Award? "

"Your Majesty, I can offer you 345 million silver for the Chonggu Technological Progress Award." Wang Chonggu looked out the window, his eyes evasive. His Majesty is really too greedy. He even wants to take away the old man's inheritance! This is the way he has thought about for a long time to gain fame for himself!
Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said, "Wang Cifu, how about we engrave on this medal the words Wang Chonggu and give it to the learned and accomplished people?"

"Huh?" Wang Chonggu's interest greatly increased. He nodded repeatedly and said, "This is good, this is good."

Storytelling is about the more you try to hide, the more obvious it becomes. When others see that it was presented by Wang Chonggu, they will ask, who is this Wang Chonggu, and why is it engraved on the Guochao medal that it was presented by him? This will arouse curiosity and make them understand the story behind it, which is a great value.

Wang Chonggu is a businessman and knows the method very well.

"Then it's settled? The medal is based on the first-class meritorious service of Hou Yu Zhao's set of fifth-class merit medals." Zhu Yijun explained the rules of awarding the awards with a smile. Since scholarship is divided into subjects, it is natural to set up awards according to subjects. Just send it, if not, don’t send it.

"I thank your Majesty for your kindness." Wang Chonggu thanked him again. His Majesty also spared no effort to protect his posthumous reputation.

When Wang Chonggu left, he even looked very happy in his steps. The day when the treacherous son did not send his biological father to the grave was naturally something to be thankful for.

Zhu Yijun returned to Tonghe Palace and first went to see Concubine Liu and Concubine Li. When they saw it, their eyes were a little swollen from crying. They knew that the emperor was coming and wanted to cover up, but they were worried that the rouge and gouache would be bad for the child. Eagerness is written all over it.

Zhu Yijun was able to comfort the two of them. It was a very typical prenatal anxiety. Wang Yaozhuo also had this symptom before, worrying about gains and losses, and suffering from insomnia.

"It's not easy for me to maintain peace in this harem." Zhu Yijun wiped the sweat from his forehead when he came out of Concubine Liu and Concubine Li's calyx building. He was not very good at coaxing women, and the trick he was best at was not very convenient. , so this time, I took the two jade duck eggs from last time, the pair of jade gourds with carved chilong patterns, and gave them to the two concubines, which was considered to be coaxing.

The sweet-scented osmanthus in the imperial garden was in full bloom, and Zhu Yijun rambled to Wang Yaozhuo about the events of the previous dynasty.

"Chen Jingbang usually looks like a human being, but we didn't expect him to be this kind of person. We also misjudged him and thought he could help the country." Zhu Yijun leaned on the back of his chair and said with emotion: "Knowing people but not their hearts, I sent him to the Jiecuyuan. Chen Jingbang's family was exiled to Ceylon."

"It's a pity for Liu Hanru. He is indeed very talented, but he also ends up being beheaded in public. This time, the heads are rolling again, and I have set up a big prison."

Wang Yaozhuo looked at the sweet-scented osmanthus in the yard and said: "I don't understand what happened in the previous dynasty. Your Majesty decided to build a big prison when he thought it was necessary. I just thought a child was born."

When Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Taizong Wen established the Great Prison, it was Empress Ma and Empress Xu who persuaded them. Encouraging benevolence is also one of the responsibilities of Empress Ming.

But I heard your majesty say that any one of these things, including dealing with Japanese invaders, opium-smoking, selling Dingkou of the Ming Dynasty, and allowing pirates to plunder the coast of the Ming Dynasty, should be put in the Jiecuyuan. Sometimes, this prison should be rehabilitated. .

Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "On the contrary, Wang Cifu was so frightened that he trembled. He thought that the traitor had caused trouble outside again. Oh, that expression was pale and khaki. His hands began to shake, and he even started to confess his last words."

"The sons of Wang Cifu's family are indeed not easy to worry about." Wang Yaozhuo often heard his husband mention the affairs of the previous dynasty, but he knew Wang Qian's fatherly kindness and sonship filial piety very well. After all, he was one of the two great joys in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yijun sat up straight and said: "Zhi'er is already very good. He can speak fluently and clearly now. How old is he? Isn't it too early for you to let him learn arithmetic?"

It is probably the long-cherished wish of every parent to hope that their children will become successful, but at this age, being able to speak clearly is already very impressive.

"He is already two years old. He just recognizes and counts, and is not allowed to do anything else." Wang Yaozhuo refused to give in at all. She said with certainty: "You still have to learn."

"One year and eight months old." Zhu Yijun corrected Wang Yaozhuo's words, exhaled and said: "There are still four months left before he is two years old. The child is not afraid of me, but now he is afraid of you. Every time he sees me, Just hide behind me and count again if you make a mistake. If you are cold-faced, the child will be afraid. "

"I know, I know." Wang Yaozhuo looked at Zhu Changzhi who was digging the soil, opened his mouth, but did not say it in the end. This is the eldest son. According to the inheritance law of the Ming Dynasty, he is the absolute crown prince. If he is not outstanding, he will be the crown prince. is wrong.

Being born into an emperor's family is not that simple.

"You still said that I was perfunctory, but you are also perfunctory with me. I do whatever I do at any age, and I haven't learned yet, so I don't need to control it so strictly." Zhu Yijun saw Wang Yaozhuo's look and knew that Wang Yaozhuo didn't listen.

Zhu Yijun took a quick look, stood up immediately, picked up Zhu Changzhi, threw the soil in his hand aside, and pretended to scold him: "Don't eat soil!"

No one saw it, so Zhu Changzhi stuffed the excavated soil into his mouth, intending to taste what it tasted like.

"Daddy, you have a big face, give dad a big face!" Zhu Changzhi stretched out his dirty hands and wiped Zhu Yijun's face. He smiled while wiping it. Zhu Yijun hugged him and couldn't hide away, so he could only let him graffiti. .

Wang Yaozhuo was just watching, laughing and enjoying himself.

(End of this chapter)