Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1542 The Ownership of Mingfeng Bank One
The news from Xudu was being sent directly back to Yudu at a speed of thousands of miles.

After the winter, Yudu did not become cold and quiet. Instead, the people yearned for the beautiful snow scene even more, and played in the snow scene.

However, as the time for the imperial examination became more and more tense, nowadays it is rare to see those high-spirited scholars cooking wine with green plums in groups of three or four.

No matter if it was a tea house or a restaurant, there seemed to be a lot less of these personable figures.

And the topic of imperial examinations is getting bigger and bigger, and it has become a topic of conversation for the people of Yudu after dinner. In this era when they can’t even eat enough, let alone entertainment, gossip has become all their spiritual pursuits. .

They will also talk a lot, talk about the scholars they know, whether they will take part in the imperial examination this time, and whether they will become famous in one fell swoop...

The imperial examinations of the NPC Ming Dynasty have become even more exciting.

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Daming Palace, on the ninth floor.

Mu Jing is practicing calligraphy, and this state has been maintained for several days, mainly because old man Cai criticized his calligraphy in public again.

Looking around the world, only old man Cai is the one who relies on the old to sell the old, but he has nothing to do with him.

So I can only make up my mind.

You have to practice your handwriting well, especially when it comes to signatures, at least not too bad. After all, I am an emperor, much more valuable than those so-called celebrities, and many signatures can last forever.

It's okay to be ugly in this era, but if it becomes ugly in history, he will cry.

The main reason is that I feel pity for Old Man Cai's original Feibai font. This kind of font is beautiful and difficult to write, especially for Song Shan whose calligraphy is still at a very poor stage.

But I have to say that on the road of art, old man Cai is versatile. He is a master of both piano and calligraphy. .

So even if Mu Jing was a little upset, he didn't dare to shout at old man Cai in this regard, so he could only study patiently. After such hard work, the goal is also very simple. As long as you sign your name, you can look better. As for the future It is basically impossible to achieve the idea of ​​a word falling on his face after he has learned something.

"His Majesty!"

Yue Shu came in a hurry and interrupted Mu Jing's way of practicing calligraphy. He sighed: "This is God's will, I must not work hard!"

He just gave up today's practice, walked over from behind the small desk, wiped his hands before sitting down, and looked at Yue Shu: "So anxious, what's the matter?"

"Sun Ce has entered Xudu!"

Yue Shu never talks nonsense. Ever since his identity was revealed, he no longer wants to play tricks in front of Mu Jing, and has been working conscientiously in Jingwu Division these years.

"It's expected!" Mu Jing froze for a moment, then relaxed again, smiled, and said, "Sun Bofu is courageous, I'm not surprised that he dared to take this step first !"

Everyone can understand the current situation in the world, but understanding does not mean that they are willing to do it. Alliances are not so easy to form alliances. Deepening alliances will inevitably touch the power of all parties. Simple alliances are equal to fighting each other. too much meaning.

As for Sun Ce, he took a step that no one dared to take. He dared to enter Xudu, which meant that life and death were ignored.

It just happened that he took this step and won an opportunity to unite the princes of the Han Dynasty under the imperial court. Even if they can't go back to the situation of dominating the world in the past, as long as they have the opportunity to unify the deployment of troops and form close cooperation However, the Han Dynasty, which still controls more than half of the world, is still very powerful.

Although the Ming army is strong, it is far behind in terms of military strength, population, and geography. You can fight two with one, but it will be very difficult to fight three or four at a time.

"The marriage between the Sun family and the Cao family is imperative!" Yue Shu continued, "Once the marriage is successful, I am afraid that the troops from Jiangdong and the Central Plains will merge. Didn't we make preparations early?"

"What are you preparing for?"

Mu Jing raised his head, looked at Yue Shu who was about to move, and asked with a smile.

"To disrupt the peace talks between them, it is best to spare no effort to kill Sun Ce in Xudu. As long as Sun Ce dies, Jiangdong and the Central Plains will never be able to unite!"

Yue Shu said.

"Naive!" Mu Jing shook his head. Although Yue Shu was talented, he still lacked a bit of experience in the political situation. Before, Mu Jing wanted to transfer him from the Jing Wu Division, but now it seems that he is more suitable for the scene. Wu Si, after stepping out, he didn't do much.

"Xu Du is so tight that even a mosquito can't fly in now. We don't have any chance at all. Wishful thinking is just to let people die in vain. It doesn't make much sense!" Mu Jing calmly analyzed, don't let him not say more , but Yue Shu is a person he is more optimistic about. It is still necessary to tap him and let him grow up. He continued: "Let's not talk about whether we can kill Sun Ce in Xudu. Even if we can, it is useless , the alliance is the trend of the times. Nowadays, the big Han world is more concerned about the Ming threat theory. My Ming is their enemy. In order to destroy the enemy, they will definitely unite. Even if Sun Ce is dead, Jiangdong still has Sun Quan, and Sun Zhongmou is also a cold and ruthless person. Hot man, for the sake of Jiangdong, even if he knew that Sun Ce died in Xudu, he would still stand on the side of the Han court, so this is meaningless!"

Yue Shu broke out in a cold sweat when he heard the words. What he saw was still too one-sided. If he paid such a huge price, even if he succeeded, it would be meaningless in the end. The people from Jing Wusi really died in vain. What face will he have when he faces Jing Wusi's people?

"Don't worry about Xu Du's affairs. Let them talk about what they talk about. We have lost a lot of spies in it before. Now there is no need to continue to lose power on it. All the secret agents in Xu Du are still the same. Silence, Jingwu Division's strength in the north is concentrated in Hebei, and concentrated on the upcoming Guandu war!"

Mu Jing thought for a while and said: "Once there is a fight in Hebei, there will be chaos, and there will be opportunities in the chaos. Jing Wusi must make good use of these opportunities and install some confidantes in the north. I want all the counties in the north to have news. Gathering is back!"

"Yes!"

Yue Shu hastily bowed his hands and accepted the order.

"Tan Zong was a bit prominent before, and he made a fuss in Xudu, and then ran to Jiangdong to make a fuss, so he was watched closely by others. They were targeting him according to his temper and character, otherwise he wouldn't be counted as such. Sure, so he will sink for a while during this time, you should keep an eye on Jing Wusi's affairs!"

Mu Jing stood up, patted Yue Shu on the shoulder, and said: "Jing Wusi is the eye and ear of Daming to observe the world's movements for Da Ming. If we want to not be blind or deaf, we have to see if Jing Wu Si is enough. Li, the matter of the Yudu Gunpowder Workshop cannot happen a second time!"

"promise!"

Yue Shu nodded heavily.

Jingwusi's dereliction of duty in the gunpowder workshop was a shame, and it was the grief and indignation of all Jingwusi people. For this incident, the entire Jingwusi almost exploded.

But in the end, no one was caught.

Losing people is a fact now.

It is also true that the gunpowder workshop was blown up.

In this regard, Jing Wusi has always wanted to regain his position, but the recent situation has forced Jing Wusi to sink. He proposed to assassinate Sun Ce before, and he also wanted to regain some face.

However, since Mu Jing gave him a warning, he still calmed down, and first stabilized Jing Wusi's affairs, not thinking about revenge for the time being.

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In the afternoon, figures on the ninth floor came in and out.

Now on the ninth floor, there are at least hundreds of civil servants working, and these civil servants all serve the emperor alone.

There are so many memorials sent up every day.

It needs to be classified, archived, marked, and sent to various departments... These are trivial matters, but these trivial matters are related to the peace of the Ming Dynasty. Playing the book, I dare not have the slightest problem.

Mu Jing has also been reviewing the playbooks these days, and some playbooks were submitted from the local government.

Under the new policy, there will inevitably be some irreconcilable contradictions with the old system, which will naturally lead to some local turmoil, which is already inevitable.

And he single-handedly promoted the New Deal, from taxation, agriculture, economy, culture, law... He was naturally responsible for the reforms in all aspects.

So you have to work harder.

Of course, this is already a very lazy mode, because most of the playbooks will only enter the ninth floor after being reviewed by the eighth floor.

Those that can be dealt with have already been dealt with by the ministers participating in politics on the eighth floor.

Those that cannot be handled will appear on the ninth floor.

"Your Majesty, this book has just been delivered from the Zhengshitang. It is the melody of Mr. Liu in the Zhengshitang. I think it may be more important, so I sent it directly!"

Huo Yu is also the head of the civil servants in the nine-story building, and the first assistant to Mu Jing. He has always been devoted to his duties, and Mu Jing is absolutely at ease with him.

Mu Jing raised his head, looked at Huo Yu, brought the memorandum over, glanced at it, and his eyes changed slightly: "Good guy, I haven't killed the killer yet, they are about to teach me a lesson!"

"It's not too much to ask for the memorial. Now Mingfeng Bank is a giant, but it's outside the imperial court. No matter how you say it, it can't be justified!"

Huo Yu said softly: "Therefore, there is nothing Liu can do to participate in politics. If he doesn't play this book, many people will have opinions on him!"

"I know!"

Mu Jing sighed, and said, "Go pass on Hu Zhao!"

"promise!"

Huo Yu bowed his hands and backed away.

Hu Zhao didn't have an inspection task today, and had been working in the office wing, so he came very quickly when he heard Mujing's summons.

He will never lose his etiquette at any time: "Chen, Hu Zhao, I pay my respects to Your Majesty, Your Majesty Wan..."

"Come on, there's no one else. You don't need so many etiquettes. Being worshiped all day long makes you feel as if you will hang up your portrait in advance!" Mu Jing rudely interrupted Hu Zhao's etiquette.

Hu Zhao smiled wryly, he no longer expected Mu Jing to go far on the road of rites, this person was born to be the same as the enemy of rites.

"The Zhengshitang sent it up, don't say you haven't read it!" Mu Jing threw the memorial to him.

"The minister participated in the discussion!"

Hu Zhao looked at the familiar memorial, smiled, and said: "The Zhengshitang believes that Ming Feng should be under the management of the Zhengshitang. There is nothing wrong with that. Mingfeng now has the power to influence the entire Ming court. As the prime minister, I , taking into account the overall situation of Ming Dynasty, this issue has to be considered, and I think Mingfeng must first restructure!"

"I've been talking about new policies and new policies all day long, and I've been reforming them all the time. I didn't expect that I would give you a chance to change my system!"

Mu Jing sighed, this method of borrowing strength is really not simple: "It seems that I may not have a good life this year!"

They chose to start the war from Mingfeng, it was impossible for Mu Jing to let them take Mingfeng away so smoothly.

Mingfeng Bank, now the No. [-] Bank of Ming Dynasty, is a super behemoth, each county has a branch, and has the power to issue new currency and control the distribution channels of Daming Tongbao.

Really, every movement can hurt the imperial court.

This is also something that many people did not expect.

When they got to the point where Mingfeng Bank had begun to lose control, they already regretted it. Over the years, it was not that no one had thought of taking Mingfeng down, or even thought of supporting another bank to fight against Mingfeng, but these The means are not good.

Mujing is the biggest supporter of Mingfeng Bank, but Mujing not only represents the emperor, he is also the head of the Mu clan. No one is absolutely sure whether Mingfeng belongs to the court or the Mu clan.

In addition, the current empress Cai Yan is at the helm of Mingfeng Bank. In the past, some people would think that little Cai Yan was just a girl, but now, who would dare to say that.

Cai Yan is a son of a famous family, with profound knowledge, and it was taught by Mu Jing himself. No matter in terms of political wisdom or business methods, he is super powerful.

And the mind is treacherous, very difficult to deal with.

Once, Liu Jin couldn't bear the joy of Mingfeng Bank. He was ready to take Mingfeng under the political affairs hall, and in order to avoid Mujing's involvement, he directly used commercial methods. First, he instigated some companies and used the court Endorse them and let them take action, hoping to create the illusion of Mingfeng's downfall. As long as there is a chance, the Zhengshitang will get involved, directly take control, and take it back easily, but Cai Yan counterattacks, directly It knocked down several dogleg firms he used to use.

After that, Liu Jin had to deal with it carefully.

These years, he has been planning Mingfeng, but he dare not act rashly, because he is afraid that if he moves, it will cause too much damage. The position will be shaken.

Today's business is not the same as in the Han Dynasty in the past. The lowly can't be lowly and let people scold them. The capital that Mu Jing is used to has already had the initial power to backlash.

So not only Liu Jin, but even the entire court, they must be careful when dealing with Ming Feng.

"Your Majesty, this matter will be settled sooner or later!" Hu Zhao said softly, "It's best before the Chinese New Year!"

"Right!"

Mu Jing nodded, now it is November, and it will soon enter the twelfth lunar month. It will not be long before the Chinese New Year. The matter of Mingfeng Bank cannot be delayed. If it is delayed, it may not be Liu Jin who suffers, but Mingfeng. .

However, he did not approve of Zhengshitang taking down Mingfeng Bank.

Not vindictive.

Rather it is inappropriate.

(End of this chapter)