Immediately, the eunuch said: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, Qixia... said... This time, the Right Governor's Mansion delayed the delivery of money and food, which delayed so much time and even hindered the national economy and people's livelihood.
The mistake is absolutely undeserved. This must be the result of the officials in the right governor's house neglecting practical matters and becoming slacker day by day. Duke Wei was furious because of this... said... said..."
Zhu Di: "..."
Under Zhu Di's glare, the eunuch continued tremblingly: "It was said... it was said that severe punishment must be given, so all the officials in the right governor's house... were fined one month's salary, and everyone was to be punished.
With a guilty body, I can never tolerate it while facing the wall and thinking about my faults."
After the eunuch said this, he quickly lowered his head and did not dare to express his anger.
Good guy...
Yang Rong and others took a deep breath.
Xia Yuanji immediately said: "Your Majesty, I have never questioned Duke Wei..."
At this time, how can we not clear up the relationship?
Think about it, for such a huge achievement, Zhang Anshi took the officials to plead guilty and even punished him.
What are the other officials in the world?
Wouldn’t they all turn into maggots?
Xia Yuanji immediately thought of removing the household parts.
Zhang Anshi's apology was of his own free will and had nothing to do with the Ministry of Husbandry. The Ministry of Husbandry never reprimanded Qixia from the beginning to the end.
Zhu Di's face was stiff and he was speechless for a moment.
This face became more and more weird.
Originally he was in high spirits, but now... he couldn't help but make Zhu Di think deeply.
Looking at the world, I am afraid that the only people who are really willing to share the worries of the imperial court and work together from top to bottom are the officials in the Right Governor's Mansion.
Their political achievements were real, but these people asked for self-punishment just because they were delayed in submitting money and food.
What about other officials?
The money and food paid up are not as good as one-tenth of the right governor's mansion, or even one hundred and ten, or even one tenth of the people?
Those guys actually feel at ease, scolding this one today, scolding that tomorrow, each and every one of them, they are all loyal, what can we learn from the future.
Compared with people like Zhang Anshi, these people... are not only incompetent, they are simply worse than animals!
Things in this world are always subject to comparison.
When there is no one in the dynasty who has made great achievements, then those who make no mistakes are capable ministers.
But if there is a pervert like Zhang Anshi, even a person with small achievements will appear incompetent.
So Zhu Di got more and more angry when he thought about it, but he said: "Ask that Zhang An Shilai, this guy... the officials in the right governor's mansion are working so hard, he dares to kill the donkey and turn his head to punish them? If the right governor
If everyone in the government wants to punish him, then all the ministers in the world can be killed!"
As soon as this statement came out.
Xia Yuanji shuddered suddenly.
The faces of Yang Rong and others became solemn, and at this moment, Zhang Anshi finally arrived panting.
Zhang Anshi walked in quickly, straightened his clothes, and then saluted Zhu Di: "Your Majesty..."
Zhu Di waved his hand impatiently and said: "You are so good, what are you going to do to punish your subordinates?"
"Your Majesty, I have my own reasons." Zhang Anshi said with an aggrieved look on his face: "They are really disappointed. The fine summer tax actually delayed them for a full month! If it hadn't been for the urging of the Ministry of Household Affairs, it would have been
I'm afraid that I will continue to be lazy! I don't want to defend myself or give reasons. If I make a mistake, I am wrong. If I make a mistake, I have to plead guilty and punish myself. Otherwise, the court's discipline will be gone!
"
"I... I am really ashamed of myself. I am guilty of ten thousand deaths. Over the years, Your Majesty has used my loyal and filial seedlings to favor my subordinates alone. I have not only given him lordships, but also favored generals with axes and axes, and also commanded the governorship of a large state thousands of miles away.
Such an honor has never been seen in ancient times. I have made such a big mistake. I am already terrified, thinking about it..."
Seeing that Zhang Anshi wanted to continue talking, Zhu Di twitched the corner of his mouth, waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, don't drag me with my words. Who taught you these nonsense? Is it that Gao Xiang?"
?”
Zhang Anshi was suddenly discouraged and said angrily: "It's Bachelor Yang."
"That Yang Pu?" Zhu Di asked.
Zhang Anshi coughed and then said again: "Actually, this is what I meant, but I asked Xueshie Yang to polish it up."
Zhu Di's eyes widened and he gritted his teeth and said: "Would I not know whether it is a merit or a fault? What do you mean by making such a fuss out of a molehill?"
"This..." Zhang Anshi said with shame: "After all, some things have not been done well. Although everyone is flawed, don't I and everyone in the right governor's house always have to examine themselves three times before they can live up to your majesty's kindness?"
Zhu Di couldn't tell what this guy meant for a while.
However, Zhu Di couldn't care about this for the time being, but pointed at the memorial on the document: "How can the silver tax be so high this year?"
Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, because of the development of industry and commerce."
"Is that why?" Zhu Di raised his eyebrows and said, "What about last year? Why did last year..."
Zhang Anshi said: "Because it is growing extremely fast. Does your Majesty still remember...the railway construction started last year?"
Zhu Di sat down, calmed down, and now became patient, saying: "You continue to talk."
So Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty only saw that I borrowed money from everywhere, begged grandpa and grandma for money, spent millions of silver, and even made a railway plan that cost tens of millions of taels of silver. Wasn't it that Your Majesty felt very distressed at the beginning?
?"
Embarrassment flashed across Zhu Di's face for a moment, and he coughed and said: "Don't always ask back questions, just talk about it when you have something to say."
"Your Majesty, after the New Deal, the logic under the right governor's office has changed. In the past, it was based on agriculture, so all wasteful behavior is shameful, because extravagance and waste will not only bring no benefit to the world, but will bring
Huge disadvantage."
"But now, things are very different. Your Majesty, I invested millions of taels of silver to build the railway last year, and have made an investment plan of tens of millions of taels of silver in the next few years. But how to build this railway?"
Zhang Anshi immediately realized that he had asked another rhetorical question, so he hurriedly answered the question and answered: "To build a railway, we need a lot of minerals, a lot of workshops to smelt steel, a lot of manpower to recruit, and a lot of sleepers.
A large amount of labor also requires food, clothing, housing and transportation. As a result, has Your Majesty ever thought about what these merchants will do if there is such a sudden demand in the market?"
"Of course I want to take advantage of the opportunity to get a share of the pie! But how to get a share of the pie? Miners will be eager to immediately contract more coal mines and iron ores, vigorously mine minerals, and continuously supply them to steel workshops. Steel workshops are eager to expand production immediately, and
Build many new workshops to cope with the subsequent large-scale procurement of steel."
"In addition, the same is true for logging workshops. Railways require a lot of machinery, so workshops that produce machinery will inevitably do their best to recruit more manpower and expand production. But...are these enough? No,
This is far from the case.”
After a pause, Zhang Anshi continued: "I learned that because a large amount of labor was requisitioned and the market conditions were extremely good, the price of labor increased by 30 to 40% in just one year. This means that,
There is a lot of labor and craftsmanship, and there is still money on hand."
"Therefore, they need to support their families and need food, clothing, housing and transportation. Not to mention other things, the scale of ready-made clothing has increased sevenfold under the rule of the Right Dudufu. Because people have made money and there is a need for new clothes, people in the past have
, maybe you only need one new set of clothes every few years, but now, you need to buy two sets of clothes throughout the year.”
"Where do ready-made clothes come from, they naturally require a large amount of fabric. Therefore, since last year, there have been an increase of 13 textile workshops. What textile workshops need is spinning and dyes. These spinning workshops and dyeing workshops are very large.
Dozens of new workshops have been added.”
"What I said is actually just the tip of the iceberg. In fact, in addition to the above, all kinds of catering, carriages and even dental shops, almost all industries are prosperous. According to statistics here, almost all industries are prosperous.
, this year, we have taken advantage of this spring breeze of railway growth. Compared with last year, the Dudu Mansion has added so many workshops and shops, not to mention a large number of workshops.
With the scale expanded, can the business tax be lowered?"
"So, although the investment from my side is millions of taels of silver, in fact, the private investment in industry and commerce that has been spawned is tens of millions of taels of silver. In one year, the amount of money spawned by various industries has
The profit is incredible, which is why business taxes have increased significantly."
Zhang Anshi said so much in one breath and explained it clearly enough.
Zhu Di suddenly realized.
At this moment, he suddenly began to make calculations in his mind.
When a large amount of money is invested, all industries prosper. Not only do so many people earn money, but the government's tax revenue increases greatly, and the railway is definitely useful. With this railway, the transportation capacity is greatly increased, not to mention the benefits to industry and commerce.
For the imperial court, both military and political orders were more accessible.
If you add in the fact that the trading company made a huge profit from the land at the station, the millions of taels invested every year would simply make the court, the trading company, and even the military and civilians go bankrupt overnight.
rich.
Zhu Di couldn't help but said to himself: Why didn't I figure out this logic at the beginning?
Zhu Di was dumbfounded for a moment, then said: "I...I generally understand, do you understand? In the Xia Qing family, you are the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, do you understand?"
Xia Yuanji seemed to understand: "I seem to understand."
Zhu Di said: "What do you understand?"
"Ah...this..." Xia Yuanji hesitated for a long time and suddenly said: "Building railways can make money."
This answer, although concise, is generally correct.
At least it seemed like he really understood something.
"Your Majesty." Zhang Anshi said: "The reason why I have been delayed for so long, in fact, you can't blame others. If you want to blame, I can only blame you. Last year's workshops and merchants, this year, there are enough
It has increased several times, and the scale of production of some merchants has increased by ten times. Kechen did not expect such an expansion before."
Zhang Anshi showed a look of self-blame and continued: "Over the past year or so, the number of tax collectors in the Right Dudu Mansion has not been increased in advance, so that when the problem comes, we have to improvise. With the same manpower, the workload has increased several times.
This has caused delays in national affairs. This is my fault. Please, Your Majesty, punish me immediately."
Zhu Di lowered his head and looked at the mountain of confessions on the documents. While dumbfounded, he said: "If I punish you, and you punish your subordinates, then wouldn't everyone in the world be able to kill them?"
Zhang Anshi said: "One code equals another code. They are them. The Right Governor's Mansion is the Right Governor's Mansion. How can Your Majesty deal with the ministers and the people in the Right Governor's Mansion, and those...those...stinky fish rot, no, those ministers
How does it compare?"
Is it a curse or a curse?
Yang Rong and others were all speechless.
Hu Guang gently tugged on Yang Rong's sleeve and squirmed in his mouth, as if to say: "He has such a loud voice!"
Yang Rong responded with a calm look. Based on Hu Guang's understanding of Yang Rong, he could probably guess what Yang Rong wanted to say: "The ministers Zhang Anshi mentioned may not be talking about me, Yang Rong, but you, Hu Guang."
.”
At this time, Zhu Di said: "This is different. If I am punished for such a great achievement, I will be a fool! From this point of view, this railway... is really beneficial without any harm... Wait, I heard,
You also fined the officials’ salaries?”
Zhang Anshili said confidently: "Of course we will be punished. Not only them, but the ministers will also be punished."
Zhu Di said angrily: "If you punish them, you'd better give them money honestly. If anyone comes, tell me my will, the palace will also allocate a sum of money and food, and reward everyone in the right governor's house, thirty taels per person, and one person will be rewarded."
Can not be less."
Yi Shiha on the side said hurriedly: "I obey the order."
Zhu Di looked angrily, and then said: "This is a reward from me. If other people are as dedicated as the people in the You Dudu Mansion, I will not hesitate to reward them. In the future, if someone takes advantage of the officials of the You Dudu Mansion, I will not take it lightly."
Rao."
After Zhu Di finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Anshi and said: "Zhang Qing's family, I want to see where the railway planned for this year is."
Zhang Anshi said: "This...I'm afraid I need Bachelor Yang Pu to bring the planning map."
Zhu Di immediately said bluntly: "Here comes, summon Yang Pu to see him, and go quickly."
…………
In the palace, the monarchs and ministers are already busy, and the Forbidden City seems to be in a state of excitement.
In the Zuo Dudu Mansion, someone hurriedly entered the duty room of Shu King Zhu Chun.
Zhu Chun was sitting upright at this time. He seemed to be thinking about something, squinting his eyes slightly, holding the pen in his hand, and tapping an official document on the slip.
This official document involves the situation in Suzhou.
Suzhou is one of the richest cities in the world. As a land of plenty and the essence of Suzhou and Hangzhou, the obstacles brought by encouraging industry and commerce are also heavy.
This time he went to Suzhou to understand the local situation.
From the perspective of King Zhu Chun of Shu, the situation in Yingtian Mansion was relatively easy to deal with, but after all, Suzhou was not at the feet of the emperor. Although he was a prince, he actually felt a bit like a powerful dragon but not a local coward.
Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, naturally understood the thoughts of these people. If he continued to implement it, then these people who were originally disdainful of his politeness and knelt down crying and begging for mercy might turn around and tear them apart once they become desperate.
And once it causes trouble, it may fall into an uncontrollable situation, which is definitely not a blessing for the people.
Although the King of Shu had never experienced troubled times, when he first entered Shu and worked with Lan Yu to quell the local barbarian rebellion, he was well aware of the harm that would be done to the people once someone caused rebellion.
Zhu Chun continued to squint his eyes, and now he sat down without saying a word. He looked indifferent and pondered for a long time, until the sound of footsteps interrupted his thinking.
Zhu Chun raised his head and said, "What's the matter?"
"Your Highness, there is news from the Ministry of Household Affairs." The person who came was the newly appointed Yin Zhouji of Yingtian Mansion.
Zhou Ji can be said to be the person Zhu Chun single-handedly promoted after taking office.
This person was originally a mere county magistrate, but was later sent by Zhu Chun to study in the Yoududu Mansion. Later, he was valued by Zhu Chun and promoted along the way.
Zhu Chun just said calmly: "Oh?"
"It's about the money and food situation in the Right Governor's Mansion... I asked someone to make a copy of it and asked His Highness to read it." Zhou Ji said, took a form and sent it to Zhu Chun.
Zhu Chun smiled and said: "The right governor's office has money and food. I have been waiting for it for a long time."
He took the form with a smile, looked down, and then, Zhu Chun, who had always been steady, suddenly stiffened.
He stared at the number above, with a look of disbelief on his face, and his voice raised slightly unconsciously: "Is there any copying error?"
"There is absolutely no mistake!" Zhou Ji said firmly: "When the official first looked at the number, he also felt that there was something wrong, so he sent someone to go to the Ministry of Revenue to review it. The Ministry of Revenue was actually very surprised.
"
Zhu Chun took a breath of cold air: "It's terrible, it's terrible... It's so terrifying!"
Zhou Ji cheered up and said, "Yes, when I saw this number, I was so shocked that I couldn't speak. I was so impressed with the Governor's office."
Zhu Chun narrowed his eyes slightly, slapped the form on the document, and then said: "It seems...this matter...is considered the right thing to do. Zuo Dudu's Mansion also wants to build the railway! No, Zuo Dudu's Mansion also wants to build the railway!"
The top priority is to immediately resolve the current serious problems so that the new policy can be implemented smoothly..."
This time, Zhu Chun seemed to be a different person.
Zhou Ji raised his head and suddenly felt that Zhu Chun seemed to be a different person.
Zhu Chun clasped his hands behind his back, stood up, took only two steps, and then said: "All the Shu King's guards and subordinates will go to Suzhou to mobilize. Of course, the Ministry of War must be notified in advance for this matter. In addition... there are some people..."
At this point, Zhu Chun stopped and said decisively: "We must take it down immediately. We cannot wait for these people to continue planning. To take precautions, it is better to pull out the thorns on this thorn first!"
Zhou Ji suddenly realized something, his face became a little solemn, and he just said: "Yes."
Zhu Chun then continued: "The prefect of Suzhou... will be replaced immediately. In addition to Tongzhi, Zhaomo, and other local officials, they will all be replaced. I will personally take over the post of prefect. Someone comes... to get the book.