Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 733 Cut off the wings
"Pack up your things."

Zhang Guojun returned to his luxurious mansion with an area of ​​more than [-] mu outside the city, and when he entered the door, he called the butler to give instructions.

"Master Hou, are you going to Beijing?"

Zhang Guojun sighed, "Beijing? I can't even stay in Tokyo anymore, so I still have the right to go to Beijing? To Yunnan." The former uncle of the country looked angry and helpless.

"What are you going to do in Yunnan?"

"Let you arrange to pack things. What do you care so much about? Are you Lord Hou or am I Lord Hou?" Zhang Guojun was furious, scolding the old butler to the ground.

A group of people from the Zhang family came here after hearing the news. They wanted to congratulate Zhang Guojun on his title of Marquis, but unexpectedly, his uncle asked him, "What happened again? Why are you going to Yunnan?"

Zhang Guojun took a few sips of wine from his glass and breathed out, "The emperor gave me a few copper mines in Yunnan and asked me to run them."

"That's a good thing."

In the past few years, the Zhang family has not only operated a money bank pawnshop, but also opened copper and iron mines. Copper mines are a very profitable business. Although the investment is relatively large, the Zhang family is not short of capital.

Even if according to the rules gold and silver mines have to pay [-]% of the mining tax, copper and iron have to pay [-]% of the mining tax, and at least [-]% of the unified purchase has to be made, but the remaining [-]% of the ore is still very profitable, not to mention the [-]% of the unified purchase. It is also bought by the imperial court, but it is cheaper than going directly to the market.

Nowadays, the imperial court needs a lot of copper for minting coins, especially after Japan began to reduce the export volume of silver and copper last year, it imported nearly [-] million catties of copper from Japan the year before last, reaching a historical record, but now it may be less than one million a year, a huge The gap has caused the current copper price on the market to rise sharply and double.

In this case, if you can get the mining contract right of the Yunnan Large Copper Mine, that is to pick up money.

It seems that it is the emperor's compensation to their Zhang family.

"What a fart!"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Guojun yelled, "The emperor is ruthless!"

He directly said this dangerous sentence in front of everyone in the Zhang family's children, and Zhang Guojun, who has always been extravagant and joyful but has no backbone, can say this. out.

"What's the matter?"

Everyone was taken aback.

Zhang Guojun drank a few more sips of wine, and told the story, it turned out that the emperor had indeed given the Zhang family several large copper veins in Yunnan to mine for the Zhang family, but things were not that simple.

Before the factory guards got a lot of evidence of Zhang’s violations of laws and regulations, including their violations when they ran the money pawnshop, their occupation of fields, over-purchase of land, etc., and some other disputes, etc. The problem is not serious. Big or small.

Zhang Guojun thought that after agreeing to the emperor's abolition, he sent his daughter to the East Palace as a concubine, and the emperor also made him a marquis, so the matter is over.

But who knows that's not the case, now the emperor is still looking for him to settle the score.

Or you can't ask Qiuhou to settle accounts. The emperor didn't say before that this matter should not be investigated.Now the emperor has designated several copper mines in Yunnan for him to mine.

The Zhang family invested all the money, but the royal family got [-]% of the mine’s income, the household department [-]%, and Yunnan province [-]%.

What's more, the emperor also said that these mines are very rich, so the Zhang family's mining rights are not given for nothing. All the fields of the Zhang family that exceed the amount of land are taken away by the court. In addition, the Zhang family's management The pawn and bank property were all taken away by the court.

This means that the Zhang family’s family wealth, except for some gold and silver floating wealth, the rest of the land and house industries, etc. are only exchanged for a few mining rights of Yunnan copper mines, and the income from mining is after paying [-]% ​​of the copper class and [-]% of the unified purchase. , the remaining [-]% of the income will be divided among the four families of the royal family, the imperial court, and Yunnan Province in the end, and the Zhang family can only get [-]%.

[-]% of [-]%, less than [-]% in the end, [-]%.

The most ruthless thing is that the emperor also asked the entire Zhang family in Ningbo to move to Yunnan.

No move.

This is actually exile.

The family was exiled.

After hearing the result, all the young and old members of the Zhang family in the room were stunned, and an elderly uncle didn't even come up and passed out.

After a panic, everyone felt as if they were mourning.

"Didn't Your Majesty already let Yuzhen enter the East Palace as the crown prince's concubine, and also conferred the title of Marquis of Ningbo, why are you suddenly going to exile the Zhang family?"

Confused, puzzled.

"The emperor is ruthless." Zhang Guojun had no choice but to answer bitterly.

As for the Zhang family occupying the land, using power for personal gain, and even his uncle Zhang Guojun used to be a power broker, he didn't think there was anything wrong with that.
The emperor obviously suppressed the Zhang family on purpose. In order to support Hongjia as the crown prince, he was afraid that the nine princes would fight for the succession in the future, so he abolished Queen Zhang and suppressed the queen's family.

It may not be cost-effective to exchange the whole family's industry for a few copper veins in Yunnan, no matter how rich the reserves are, and even if it is cost-effective, why move the Zhang family to Yunnan.

And let them settle in Yunnan in the future.

Everyone is very angry.

Uncle Zhang Guojun, who woke up, sighed, "The emperor can take it directly, but he is still so polite to our Zhang family, and he made a prince and concubine, and returned several large copper mines. What a blessing.

He doesn't need to be so troublesome at all. Wouldn't it be more worry-free to give the queen three feet of white silk, and then say that our Zhang family has rebelled, and they will be executed all over the house? "

Everyone was silent.

Resentment, unwillingness, but powerlessness.

Everyone understood what the clan elder said, and this is not the worst outcome. If the Zhang family doesn't cooperate, then what he said just now is possible.

After all, the emperor can be so ruthless to the Zhang family now, no matter how ruthless it is, what is impossible?

After a long silence.

The clan elder slowly asked Zhang Guojun, "Have you known about those mines?"

"I heard that it is a large mine. If it is well developed, a mine can produce millions of catties of copper a year. The imperial court has explored many large copper mines in Yunnan. The large mines are concentrated in northern Yunnan, Dongchuan, and Zhaotong. If all of them are mined , the maximum annual production capacity reaches 10 million jins of copper.

However, it is inconvenient to export copper from Yunnan. The imperial court is now saying that it will directly set up a coin foundry there, smelt, cast coins, and make utensils directly in the mining area, and then some of them will be circulated locally and shipped out. "

The clan elder pondered for a long time.

"Move!"

Many tribesmen disagree, the Central Plains is a beautiful world, and who wants to hand over all their properties to the wild land of Yunnan, and go into the mountains to mine copper mines?

The elder of the clan is old, but he is very sober. He was also one of the decision-makers when the Zhang family took the initiative to marry their daughter to King Lu as their concubine.Later, he also made the decision to send money to someone to fund the emperor's army.

Now the Zhang family is in a disadvantageous position in the establishment of the reserve, and there is no cost in the struggle. It has always been related to the establishment of the reserve after the abolition.

Now the emperor's attitude is very obvious. Giving Zhang Guojun's marquis and taking Zhang Guojun's daughter as the prince concubine is just to appease, but the emperor no longer trusts the Zhang family. Now moving them to Yunnan is to eliminate future troubles and let the Zhang family Completely stay away from the imperial court and become a mine owner in Yunnan, which is the actual exile.

The Zhang family has only two options now, obey, and they can still be preserved in Yunnan, and stay away from the court.Or if they refuse to follow the order, the result may be that the family is really ruined.

Facing such a powerful emperor, the clan elders knew very well that the Zhang family had no strength left to resist.

Although the Zhang family is the queen's natal family, Zhang Guojun did not live up to it. The commander of Jin Yiwei only served for a few months before he disappeared. After that, he has no official position at all. The Zhang family has become rich in the past few years, but it is not expensive and has no power.

In other words, Zhang Guojun's uncle Mao Youlun is a general soldier, but what's the use of such power.

"Move, go to Yunnan to be a mine owner, it may not be all bad things."

Staying in the Central Plains, the world is unpredictable, and who can guarantee that if you get caught up in this vortex, you won't be crushed in the end.

Since you have no ability, then obey.

Zhang Guojun's eyes were red, but in the end he could only drink heavily, unable to fart.

"The emperor is ruthless."

What else can I do besides muttering a few words.

Zhu Yihai is not completely ruthless, at least he gave the Zhang family a few large mines with an annual output of one million catties of copper. The fields and banks were confiscated, but the gold and silver would not be confiscated. They could take them to Yunnan, where they could open mines, open banks, or even buy land and set up manors.

Away from the center of power, but it is not possible to be a powerful in Yunnan.

This can also be regarded as the emperor's thanks to the Zhang family for their support when he first arrived in Taizhou, and for the help at the beginning of the army. Otherwise, the emperor really wanted to settle accounts for the things the Zhang family had done in the past few years, and the end would not be so good, such as Zhang Guojun and others , that must cut a few.

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Shaoxing Marquis Mansion.

Mao Youlun had just returned from meeting Sheng. The emperor asked him to turn into a civil servant and go to Gansu to serve as the chief secretary to participate in politics. The emperor also gave the Mao family a large piece of land and pasture there, meaning that the Zhang family moved to Hexi to settle down. The reason was that Longyou Xinfu is still in turmoil, especially the Hui people are very unstable now, so the emperor wants to move the Han people there vigorously.

Mao Youlun is capable of both civil and military skills, and he was transferred from a military position to a civilian position. He can handle the complicated situation there well. By moving the clansmen there, he also took the lead in emigrating and strengthened his control over Hexi.

Go now and give the Mao family some good treatment, more fields, pastures, and even mines.

Mao Youlun had no objection when he was transferred to a civil position and went to Hexi to become an official. The court arranged and obeyed the dispatch, but it was a bit embarrassing to move all the clansmen there.

But the emperor seemed to inadvertently mentioned the crimes committed by Zhang Guogong and the members of the Zhang clan, as well as the fact that the emperor let the Zhang family move to Yunnan for mining, Mao Youlun's hairs stood on end all at once, and he was really goosebumps at that time.

The factory guard also went to Mao Youlun last time and brought two boxes of things.

Mao Youlun knew the meaning of the emperor's words very well, don't toast and eat fine wine.

He had no choice but to thank Voldy for accepting it.

After he came back, it was February in the cold spring, but his clothes were drenched with sweat. He finally understood what it means to be with a king like a tiger.

Sitting there in a daze for a long time, he understood that it was the emperor who did not leave any trouble behind.

The Zhang Mao family of Empress Zhang's natal family moved to Yunnan and Gansu. One became a mine boss and the other became a civil servant. There was no threat at all.

He thought of the Han Dynasty, which always liked to move powerful people from all over the world to Guanzhong to guard the mausoleum.

Now the emperor uses the method of relocating border areas to deal with the Zhang and Mao families. In fact, it is the same as the mausoleum system in the Han Dynasty.

Zhang Mao's two descendants are far away from the Central Plains, so there is no need to worry.

Mao Youlun sighed, the emperor's actions are always like this, straightforward and decisive, without sloppiness, and without leaving any future troubles. After such a set of actions, the Ninth Prince, who is only over one year old, has no capital to fight for the reserve, and will never do it again. Who would support the Ninth Prince again.

But Mao Youlun couldn't hate him, and the emperor also compensated him with a world title of Marquis, and a granddaughter who entered the East Palace as the prince's concubine, and Longyou gave him the land and the pasture to mine, as long as the Mao family kept their position and waited until After the crown prince ascends the throne, the Mao family can still come back.

"Pack up your things and prepare to move!"

(End of this chapter)