Heaven's Martial Fate

Chapter 974 Blockbuster
This year, the entire hinterland of Dagan was under the attack of natural disasters, and the life of both the imperial court and the people at the bottom was quite difficult.

All kinds of messy things happened one after another, Jinjin and Chaotang discovered that all kinds of monsters and ghosts were hidden under the surface of the water.

Inside, there are also the aftermath of the power struggle between the present and the emperor, as well as the delicate state between the cabinet and the present.

It is only ordinary people who are unlucky, and the sudden natural disaster is a great opportunity for local tycoons, aristocratic families and dignitaries to expand their interests.

Even Huangzhuang everywhere is quietly expanding at this time!
In other words, the most rapid expansion naturally belongs to the founding Xungui Group.

They have opened up overseas trade channels, and the income is so rich that even today they are a little jealous when they hear it, so they hurriedly sent the Ministry of Internal Affairs to join in.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs does not need to set up sea-going ships, it just needs to supply all kinds of special products needed for overseas trade.

Silk, tea, porcelain, etc., all provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs are high-quality products.

In addition, Jia Rong also added various Confucian classics, as well as miscellaneous books that are quite famous in Dagan, including those written by his trumpet.

Unexpectedly, the Confucian classics and miscellaneous books added later are still selling very well in Korea, attracting the pursuit of many rich and powerful people.

When the news was sent back, some so-called old Confucian scholars heard it somehow.

These guys are as excited as a cat whose tail has been trampled on, insisting that the Ministry of Internal Affairs should not act like this.

According to them, the reason why the Dagan and Central Plains dynasties were strong was because of the dominance of Confucianism.

For a while, this matter was still in the capital for a long time, and even shocked the present.

"Since Jia Rong took the initiative to add it, let him explain it!"

Today's technology of throwing pots is getting more and more proficient, directly pushing the matter to Jia Rong, the instigator, and asking him to deal with those Confucian scholars who fried their hair.

"Since those Confucian scholars said that, then send them to Korea and see if they will be reused there!"

In front of Dai Quan in the Daming Palace, Jia Rong said disapprovingly: "If they feel that they are not famous enough, can the court give some false names, such as the doctor of Guozijian?"

"Eunuch Dai, do you think the saying that half of the Analects governs the world is reliable?"

Dai Quan couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard this, Nima's words were obviously putting gold on Confucianism's face.

Although he is a eunuch, he has been with the present for a long time, and he has a certain understanding of some things and governing the country.

In terms of the sensitivity of certain matters alone, he is even stronger than those big officials in the frontier.

What is "half of the Analects governing the world", whoever believes in it is a fool.

Although all the princes in the court were basically recruited by the imperial examination, none of them governed the world as officials according to the Confucian classics.

If anyone did that, I'm afraid that even the Imperial College wouldn't be able to stay there.

However, since Jia Rong gave a solution, he didn't bother to say anything, so he directly replied to the present.

Today, I'm afraid I didn't want to have fun, but I even brought up the matter seriously in the court, which caused an uproar among the courtiers for a while.

Isn't this just a scam?
The point is, such a joke today is very much meant to make fun of Confucianism.

But who knew that such a joking proposal in the end would actually come to fruition, and I don't know what he is thinking now.

The cabinet bosses can't figure it out, and they don't want to get into trouble with the present on such an insignificant matter.

As a result, those Confucian scholars who were jumping happily were dumbfounded. After the imperial court's order was officially issued, they couldn't go if they wanted to.

Just kidding, unless they and their descendants don't want to be in the officialdom anymore, they have to agree honestly, at least they have to go to Korea.

Goryeo was also very confused. After the group of Confucian scholars arrived in Goryeo, the local government didn't know how to deal with it, so they quickly reported it to the king.

Then, those Confucian scholars were really invited away by the King of Koryo, and I don’t know if they will be reused, but it is certain that they will not return in a short time.

This incident was just a small episode, and it did not affect the rapid development of overseas trade in Jinmen Port.

Even the common people in the capital only regard this matter as a topic of conversation after dinner.

But soon, the focus of discussion among the people in the capital changed its direction and goal.

No one expected that the famous "Mountains Overwhelming" actually published a new book at this time, and quickly spread it in major restaurants and tea shops.

Not to mention the ordinary people, but even today and a group of dignitaries in the court, they all cast part of their attention on it.

Ordinary people don't know the details of "Avalanche", so how could they not know that it is the vest of Jia Rong, the head of the Ning Mansion.

The reason why he has received attention is that besides the wonderful and attractive stories of his novels, every time this guy writes a novel, he has a strong purpose.

When I wrote "Chen Shimei's Biography", it dealt a severe blow to a wave of Shihlin, and even weakened Shihlin's control over the imperial examination for a time, which was a pretty good start.

The second "Cornucopia" is the best publicity to cooperate with the founding Xungui Group and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to develop coal mines in Jin Province.

Originally, the founding Xungui Group's massive suppression of the local forces in Jin Province and the robbing of coal resources would definitely cause fierce struggles and uproar.

If it is not done well, it will also cause fierce fluctuations among the people in Jin Province.

But these adverse reactions are all because of the effective publicity of "Cornucopia", not to mention disappearing invisible, but also minimizing future troubles.

Even the folks in Jin Province welcome the development of coal mines, especially the development of large and medium-sized coal mines, and think that it is beneficial to them. This is all thanks to a novel.

The third novel "Kaifeng Mansion" almost wiped out all the ghosts and goblins in the capital, as well as the little ones.

In particular, the Huazi gang was hit so hard that they couldn't gain a foothold in the capital.

It was later discovered that Jia's family's ethnology had expanded in scale, but there were many small radish heads in it. This was the result of planning for a rainy day.

In addition, it was learned from some arrested patting gangs that although they dared not attack the children of powerful and official families, they were not polite when dealing with their clansmen.

To put it bluntly, most of the nobles and officials in the capital had the experience of losing their children, and they were terrified when they thought about it.

The clean-up operation in the capital also provided a considerable amount of free labor for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and many coal mines in Jin Province.

If it weren't for the court's laws and regulations, I'm afraid there will be a lot of chaos in the government everywhere.

The fourth novel, "The Grand Canal", directly calls such a big force as the Cao Gang, which has become a loose organization in the nature of an alliance, and the threat to the court and the local area has been minimized.

Of course, by the way, this will severely rectify the water transport yamen, and I don't know how many officials who rely on water transport for food are unlucky.

These are the four novels written by Jia Rong's waistcoat 'Overwhelming Mountains', each of which has great influence.

Although the influence on the court is average, if you don't pay attention, you will be easily affected and hurt, and you will be wronged.

In particular, this guy's latest novel is actually called "Overseas Founding of a Country"!
Such an amazing name alone is enough to attract the attention of outsiders.

Some guys with keen minds even thought of Cloud Nine, as if they were excited by the door to a new world.

In fact, in the novels of overseas founding of the country, Li Jun, the mixed river dragon passed down after Liangshan, finally became the king of Siam, but everyone can see that this is very unreliable.

There is also a legend that another of the Three Heroes, who was as famous as Li Jing and Hong Funu in the early Tang Dynasty, also established a country overseas, which is even more mysterious.

I don't know what is the situation of Jia Rong's vest "overwhelming" and writing "overseas founding of the country"?
In addition, many people were also secretly surprised by this fellow's boldness.

If it weren't for the good manners of today, if he didn't pay too much attention to such things, Jia Rong might have already gone to eat free prison meals at this time.

But no matter what, the release of the new novel of 'Mountains Overwhelming' is still worth looking forward to, at least that's what many ordinary listeners think.

Obviously, the novel of "Mountains Overwhelming" did not disappoint the audience.

At the beginning of the novel, it is borrowed from the period of the small court of Nanming who lived in Gou'an in the south when Dagan was not established, and the pig's feet were born in the southern coast at that time.

Zhujiao's parents relied on fishing for a living, but they were oppressed by the local tyrants in the coastal areas, that is, the later big clans.

During the period, it focused on describing the arrogance and domineering of the coastal clans, as well as their extremely extravagant life.

Compared with the so-called Yangzhou salt merchants, it is even worse.

Fortunately, the imperial examinations of the small imperial court of the Nanming Dynasty still gave the people at the bottom a gap and opportunity to climb up.

Even if they are severely exploited, the living conditions of the pig's feet are not bad because of the high level of boating and fishing.

Pig's feet grew up by the sea since he was a child, and he also learned very powerful boat handling and fishing skills, and also learned the simple military martial arts that are widely spread.

Because he was clever since he was a child, and he knew that he was not stupid at a glance, his parents gritted their teeth and took out the little savings at home to support the pig's feet to go to school.

Pig's feet did not live up to their parents' expectations, and soon showed a considerable talent for reading, and because of family reasons, they were willing to work hard and study hard.

But at the age of thirteen or fourteen, he was admitted to Tongsheng, and became a well-known child prodigy in the village for a while, and was unanimously praised and favored by the villagers.

At this time, the local tyrants running rampant in the countryside also extended olive branches.

They are willing to support the pig's feet to study and progress, and at the same time, they will also arrange a secure position for the pig's feet, so that they don't need to go to sea to take risks to fish in the future.

Of course, their efforts must be rewarded. After the pig's feet are successfully admitted to Jinshi and become an official, they must give their family some appropriate convenience.

This kind of thing is not uncommon. Local wealthy families and aristocratic families rely on such means to infiltrate the court and have a strong influence.

Although Zhu Kou was a little upset, but seeing that the faces of his middle-aged parents were full of weather marks, he could only recognize the reality and nod in agreement.

There are not many twists and turns in the novel when it comes to this grain, but when it describes how the local wealthy families oppress the common people, and how extravagant they are, it makes the audience feel quite turbulent.

The rest of the plot is relatively normal for the current Dagan common people.

Child prodigy, many people have heard of it, and even seen it.

I have to admit that some people have a bright mind since they were young, and they are born with the seeds of reading, and envy is not enviable.

I don't feel dissatisfied even with the pig's feet taking refuge in the local tycoons. This is quite a normal thing.

The following part of the plot is even more flat and without waves.

With the support of the local wealthy family, the pig's feet don't have to worry about the cost of studying. The family's income has increased steadily, and their lives are quite nourishing and comfortable.

Of course, during the period, there were many descriptions of the living conditions of the coastal people at that time.

Because of the developed overseas trade, in fact, the living standards of the coastal people at that time were not bad, of course, they could barely eat enough.

But that's it, it's already quite rare.

After all, the small imperial court of the Southern Ming Dynasty controlled a limited area, and the areas and people it needed to be responsible for were also limited. In terms of the level of overseas trade at that time, it was not at all inferior to that of the Southern Song Dynasty.

The biggest benefits and benefits are divided up by the upper class, and naturally some insignificant oil and water sink into the hands of the people at the bottom, and life can still go on.

Of course, the imperial court in the Southern Ming Dynasty did not say that there was a miasma, but there were all kinds of chaos in the whole place, and the control over the place was generally very strong.

Aristocratic families, local tyrants and gentry groups are the local masters.

In some places, the tyrants still have some scruples about their reputation. The oppression of the people at the bottom is not very strong, so they naturally gained a good reputation.

But some places are powerful, they are really worse than bandits, they beat the bottom people to their bones, and almost force the bottom people to die.

In addition, there are some simple descriptions of overseas trade.

Given the social status of the pig's feet at the time, the information that can be known is also limited.

But even so, he also heard a lot of news about overseas trade, which aroused the hearts of the audience.

I don't know where those red hairs and green hairs in the outer sea got so much silver, and they traded silk tea and porcelain with the coastal tycoons, and they sent them boatloads of silver, as if they didn't know that silver was precious at all.

A boatload of money?

According to the load analysis of sea-going ships, a ship of silver would cost at least tens of millions of taels. Is overseas trade so profitable?
Don't say that ordinary audiences are ecstatic, even today's wealthy audiences are also quite surprised by their agitation.

If what is said in the novel is true, then wouldn't the big clans along the southeast coast be rich and invincible?
Anyway, the cabinet bosses are skeptical about such things, but today they dispatched their spies immediately, not one or two, or even a systematic existence, all sent to the southeast coast to investigate.

In view of the fact that the content of the novels written by 'Mountains Overwhelming Seas' is relatively reliable, and now I have experience, I have to take the initiative to investigate...

(End of this chapter)