Rule over Ming Dynasty

Inadvertently, some subtle changes are taking place in this era.

The national debt failed to cause waves among the civil servant group and Wu Xun group, but it actually caused a storm among the people in the capital, and the subscription scene was even more spectacular than yesterday.

There was a long queue in front of the Royal Bank, and the queue stretched from the door to the street.

Shopkeeper Sun next door showed an incredible expression when he saw this scene.

Although he knew that many people had some savings at home, he never expected that relying on a low-level group like Liu Ying would create such a big wave.

After hearing the news, people continued to come from behind, and people from the front kept leaving with national debts. The faces of the people who got the national debts were filled with bright smiles.

In fact, not only the Royal Bank in the north of the city, but other banks in Beijing were also sought after, and countless people waved their own banknotes to subscribe for national debt.

The people are simple!

People are naive!

The people are even more loyal to the emperor!
In fact, this scene is just a slap in the face of those hypocrites who are loyal and patriotic. When they are sitting on mountains of gold and silver, they always think about how to protect their wealth.

On the other hand, although most of the people in the capital had never read books, they did not question the emperor's credibility at all, and even spent all their belongings to subscribe for national debt.

A reporter asked a farmer: "If you have a hundred acres of land, would you be willing to donate it to the country?" The farmer replied: "I am willing." The reporter then asked: "If you have a cow, would you be willing to donate it to the country? ?" The farmer replied: "I don't want to." The reporter asked doubtfully: "Why are you willing to donate a hundred acres of land, but not a cow?" The farmer replied: "Because I really have a cow!"

Quoting this joke that was used to discredit farmers in later generations is actually equally applicable to the current gentry class. The richer they are, the harder they work to defend their own interests.

"The traitorous officials should not dare to make trouble with the national debt!"

"Speaking of which, this year's West Market hasn't killed the most traitorous official yet!"

"The first month has not passed yet, so it is too early for you to say this!"

"I'm afraid we won't have to cut it this year. The day before yesterday, Mr. Li Shangshu's family lined up neatly at the Lantern Festival!"

"Now everyone from the princes, generals and ministers to the yamen and subordinates have become well-behaved. The court of this dynasty is not much worse than that of Taizu!"

……

The eyes of the common people are sharp. They are not like those powerful officials who stare closely at the emperor. Their eyes fall on the court, but they know that this is the era of wise kings.

Because in the past few years, the emperor beheaded ministers like melons and vegetables, so now all the civil and military ministers of the dynasty have restrained themselves. Therefore, everyone understands that even if the emperor wants to behead, he must have a reason.

As for who dares to hinder the emperor from doing things, and who dares to suggest that the emperor defaults on the contract and refuses to pay, they believe that such treacherous ministers should never appear again in the court. After all, the current emperor loves and protects them.

“It’s better to keep your money at home than to buy national bonds!”

"You get one cent of interest a year. Where can you find such a good thing?"

"But it's not just that. I might actually want to exchange it for gold next year!"

……

The enthusiasm of this Treasury bond subscription wave has not diminished, but has become more and more intense. The queue in the afternoon has already reached the street next door.

Judging from the feedback from public opinion in the capital, unlike the suspicious dignitaries in the capital, the people in the capital now have a strong degree of trust in Emperor Hongzhi.

Although some people are worried about breach of contract, they are only a very small number of people. Most of the people unconditionally believe in the emperor who has brought them a good life.

In the next few days, people together with people in the suburbs flocked to the Royal Bank to buy treasury bonds, causing the people to become the main force in buying treasury bonds.

The nearly 20 remaining treasury bonds that originally seemed to be out of reach suddenly seemed to collapse after these two emergencies.

Nowadays, many people no longer consider that all the national debt can be sold, but have begun to calculate how many days are left before the national debt will be sold out.

"The shipyard is going to speed up the progress!"

"Guangdong's food supply must meet Luzon's needs!"

"The equipment for building bridges and roads will be shipped to Tianjin immediately, and the production of mining tools must also be stepped up!"

……

Due to the booming sales of government bonds, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War are very busy after the Lantern Festival holiday. The first priority this year is to promote gold mining in Luzon.

In fact, Zhang Sui, the governor of Luzon, and Chen Zheng, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and governor of Guangdong, have been silently advancing. The most important thing at the moment is to build a powerful fleet, ensure the transportation of various materials to Luzon, and send more personnel to Luzon to build bridges. Build roads.

After all, they have to mine gold overseas, so all kinds of daily necessities have to be transported to Luzon City by sea, which invisibly increases the cost of this gold mining.

Metropolitan Procuratorate, in prison.

This damp dungeon is incompatible with the prosperous capital city, as if it is in another time and space, with dirt, mess, and smell filling every corner here.

He Qiaoxin, who was wearing a white prison uniform, was lying against the wall with smelly water flowing next to him. However, he no longer cared about the environment and stared blankly at the circular railing in front of him.

From being high-spirited when I came in, to being depressed now, in just ten days, my whole person has lost a lot of weight.

But, he really didn't want to die.

The situation outside was originally very good. Countless passionate scholars complained for themselves and even besieged the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate together. But it seemed that no one cared about them overnight.

He didn't understand why things turned out like this, but he was really unwilling to do so.

"Dad, those big scholars are hiding behind closed doors to their children!" He Tu came to visit in the prison, shaking his head with a look of sadness on his face.

He Qiaoxin's eyes flashed with resentment, and he gritted his teeth and said, "That's not what those ungrateful guys said before!"

Although he sided with Wan An in preventing the national debt, he was not completely reckless at the time.It was precisely because those people fanned the flames that he chose to take action.

It's just that the emperor used redundancy in the name of financial constraints this time, and that damn Wang Hua stepped up to control his students. As a result, these people didn't care about their own life or death.He will never sit still and wait for death. Even if he loses his official position as Minister of Punishment, he will leave here.

"Dad, it's useless to complain now. You should think about how to save yourself, right?" He Tu felt the coldness of people during this period and reminded him seriously.

He Qiaoxin touched his itchy nostrils with his dirty hands and said proudly: "That old guy Qiu Jun was responsible for bewitching me at the beginning. Tell him that I want to see him!"

"Dad, everyone is avoiding you now. Can his dignified left minister from the Ministry of Etiquette come?" He Tu couldn't help but wonder, thinking of the obstacles he had encountered these days.

He Qiaoxin found that his hands were stained with feces, and he endured his anger and wiped the dirt from his nose with his dirty sleeves: "If he finds other reasons to shirk, tell him: rabbits will bite when they are anxious! "

When he said this, he found that his clothes were also stained with feces, but his eyes looked even colder at this moment.But no matter what the consequences, he must leave here, absolutely must leave this hellish cell.

Since Xu Qiong, the Minister of Rites, has entered the cabinet to pay homage to the Prime Minister, the position of the Minister of Rites is now vacant, and Qiu Jun, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, is undoubtedly one of the candidates.

Now everyone knows that Zhu Youtang wanted to cut He Qiaoxin into pieces because of Wan An's death, so Qiu Jun is unlikely to come at this time.

It's just that Qiu Jun finally came. It's not that he didn't know the consequences of this move, but he was worried that He Qiaoxin would really bite: "He Qiaoxin, haven't you seen the situation clearly yet?"

It turned out that they once again despised the aloof emperor.

For the sake of the person in front of them, they could be said to have lost all their elite this time.The emperor used financial difficulties as an excuse to successfully purge the entire Six Ministries, causing all the people they had tolerated until now to be wiped out.

He Qiaoxin's obstruction of the issuance of national bonds became the biggest joke this year, but no one expected that the people in the capital would subscribe so crazy.

Before he came in, news came from the Ministry of Accounts that the 300 million taels of national debt had officially been exhausted.

Now, the Ministry of Rites has received an order from the cabinet, requiring them to choose an auspicious day for mining in the middle of the year. Mining in Luzon is likely to be fully started in the middle of the year.

The results of it?
Even after they were completely defeated, the damned person in front of him actually threatened him, asking him to give up the opportunity to become the Minister of Rites and come here to meet him.

Qiu Jun secretly resented that the stupid guy in front of him still couldn't see the situation clearly and still dragged him into the water.

He Qiaoxin did not think that he had done anything wrong. He looked very disdainful and said: "What situation? Such an arbitrary tyrant, do you think there will be good results in the future?"

This……

He Tu came here with Qiu Jun, but now that he heard his father say such disrespectful words, he couldn't help but look to the left and right in fear. Fortunately, the prison boss had been sent away by him with money.

"I have made my own decision, but you can't make trouble anymore!" Qiu Jun naturally didn't want to listen to a prisoner's lecture. As for their actions, it was even more impossible to reveal them to the dying man in front of them. They seemed serious and authentic.

Although the decision-making power now lies with the Supreme Council, the 18 people in the Supreme Council are basically imperialists, so the emperor has the final say in matters.

Now that the emperor has made up his mind to "revenge" Wan'an, He Qiaoxin's choice to resist now will only lead to a worse death. It is better to just accept the emperor's punch.

The reason why he came here this time was to let He Qiaoxin understand the situation and try to minimize his own losses, and he was also willing to take care of his descendants in the future.

He Qiaoxin knew that his situation was bad, but he had no intention of compromising: "Since I became an official, I have never come here to get a penny. Now my family has less than ten thousand taels of silver. Which minister can compare with me?"

"It's true that your family doesn't have much money, but your younger brother is a wealthy man in the capital. Your family owns thousands of acres of farmland and dozens of shops. Don't think the emperor doesn't know about this!" Qiu Jun knew that everyone was comparing him to others. Whoever hides something deeply should be exposed directly.

He Tu, who was next to him, heard that his family background was revealed, and his face couldn't help but feel hot when he thought that the real financial situation would only be more.

After all, He Qiaoxin had been in the officialdom for decades. He threatened without any shame on his face: "What can he do if he knows? This is the property passed down by my Liu family ancestors. I have never received a penny. You continue." Encourage those great scholars to build momentum for me, otherwise don’t blame me for saying something I shouldn’t have said to Wang Behead!”

"Since you insist on this, let's do it this way, but we can no longer guarantee that we will get you out!" Qiu Jun knew that talking more would be useless, so he agreed happily.

Wang Yue is an insufferable master. Now that the Metropolitan Procuratorate has a group of elite soldiers and generals, they cannot be targeted by him.If He Qiaoxin really said something he shouldn't have said, things would be really troublesome.

Now we can only comfort He Qiaoxin and let He Qiaoxin shut his mouth first, and then find a way to deal with it.

He Qiaoxin got the result he wanted, and naturally nodded happily to express his understanding. Looking at Qiu Jun who left with a gloomy face, he knew that his decision was a formal break with that gang.

It's just that he always believed that he had never taken any silver coins, and the majestic emperor could not cure his sins. Now he just wants to escape unscathed.

It was late in the day, and the ice and snow in the capital had slowly melted.

Wangfu Street is a gathering place where the royal relatives and relatives live. For example, Prince Xing Zhu Youqi, who moved out from the palace last year, lives here in Prince Xing’s Mansion.

Since the news that Concubine Shao wants to marry Prince Xing Zhu Youqi has spread, Prince Xing's mansion is very lively now, and many people want to get married to Prince Xing.

Not to mention the high status of the princess, the emperor has not given birth yet. If anything happens to the emperor, the throne will fall on Prince Xing's head.

Qiu Jun was riding in a sedan chair just in time for Prince Xing's Mansion. He also noticed the excitement in front of Prince Xing's Mansion. He even saw people from the British Prince's Mansion quite unexpectedly, and the corners of his mouth could not help but raise slightly.

Although Tianzi has won the hearts of the people today, he has lost the loyalty of many powerful people. Now more and more people are moving closer to Prince Xing's Mansion.

The sedan turned into an alley and then arrived at a house in the innermost part.

Qiu Jun put on a rather standard black robe, half-hiding his face with the robe, and followed a guard to the room with a bead curtain hanging down.

Sandalwood was burning in the room, filling the air with a fresh fragrance.

This was not the first time Qiu Jun came here. When he told the conversation with He Qiaoxin in prison, he asked seriously: "Second robe leader, He Qiaoxin is definitely a big hidden danger. I'm afraid we can't stay here anymore." Got it!"

"Killing in prison is too obvious, and it's really not worth it for this kind of person. Let's continue to hide it!" A man's voice came from inside, but he refused directly.

Qiu Jun's eyes flashed with disappointment, and he asked seriously: "Do you agree to his request?"

"Since He Qiaoxin wants to fight the emperor to the death, then let's help him. Anyway, we won't suffer much loss!" The man inside picked up the tea cup and made an immediate decision.

Qiu Jun saw that the matter had been decided. Although he was still worried about the hidden danger of He Qiaoxin, he still said: "That's great!"

Since the matter had been decided, he did not hang around here and did not want to have too deep involvement with it.In fact, he and the other party have more of a cooperative relationship, and this time he is acting as a microphone.

But vaguely, he felt that the reason why this group of people chose to give in was not because they were afraid of He Qiaoxin's compromise, but because they had already found a way to solve the core problem. (End of chapter)