Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 776 Water transportation has been rotten for 200 years, it's time to clean it up

"Heh, I caused trouble by myself, and finally made a profit so that the court can finish it."

"It doesn't matter whether I have the ability or not."

Lu Xiangsheng snorted coldly, with a worried expression on his face.

Not only Lu Xiangsheng, but also Qian Qianyi's expression was not very good-looking.

Everyone is not an idiot, nor is it a noob in the officialdom. They are all people who have entered the officialdom through the imperial examination and have come here for more than ten years. There is something wrong with this thing.

Otherwise, why didn't something happen at other times, but now this time has attracted so many rumors, and even smashed the stock.

"A while ago, when the censor went to the other side of the river, he really didn't find anything?" Lu Xiangsheng asked suddenly.

Zhang Ruitu looked indifferent, took a sip of tea first, and then said: "The Yushi Yamen will send people to investigate again. There are so many things related to Chidao all of a sudden, and Hedao cannot escape."

Zhang Haogu nodded: "That's right. There must be something wrong with the river. Let's take a closer look. The river itself is independent of the local yamen, but it's entrenched and connected with each other. After more than 200 years, it has long since rotted. Although It has been rectified, but the symptoms are not cured, and this river must be thoroughly rectified."

"Let's see what else they can do. To fight against the imperial court depends on their capital."

The cabinet is having a meeting here, and in the water transport office in the far south, several people are also having a meeting, but compared to the cabinet, the atmosphere in the water transport office is even weirder.

"I have already said, don't provoke the court, don't provoke the court, why do you just refuse to listen, and want to go to the stock market to make trouble! Now, the stock market is turbulent, and you don't even think about it, the people in the cabinet will not be able to guess Did we do it?" One asked angrily.

The other one, who was wearing a five-rank official mansion, looked impatient: "You think the cabinet won't investigate us if we don't do it? What are you dreaming about, my lord Li!"

"I don't even look at what the various river transport offices are like now. The imperial court is now opening up sea trade, and the sea transport is developed. The north-south roads have also begun to be paved. Soon the water transport will be useless! Those of us who are in the water transport system, who will be able to do it in the end? How about a good fall?"

"Is it better for him to transport the governor's mansion, or for us to manage the yamen? After so many years, the accounts of the water transport have already been so bad that no one can make up for this thing."

"The current situation is very obvious. The imperial court intends to replace the water transport by sea. There is also a plan to connect the north and the south. At that time, there will be a road on the road, and there will be sea transport on the sea. What about our water transport and the Yamen? We are useless , will the imperial court support so many idlers?"

"Master Li, think about it carefully, if the signboard of our Water Transport Yamen is removed, and the court settles it in one round, who of us will be able to escape?"

Don't they know how many dirty things there are in the water transport yamen? This swollen monster entrenched on Daming's body now has its tentacles deeply inserted into the north and south of Daming, absorbing the blood of Daming to grow.

If it were other emperors, they might have considered many issues related to the water transport government, such as so many interest groups, the food and clothing of the millions of water workers, and the life along the banks of the river, how the houses that rely on water transport should survive, etc. .

But at present, the Emperor Tianqi is not the kind of person who has no means or courage. If he really wants to attack the Water Transport Yamen, the Water Transport Yamen will be very difficult to resist. The yamen was ruthless, and finally threw a few scapegoats to the court to appease the court, and the water transport yamen was saved up and down.

The interests of the top and bottom of the Water Transport Yamen are integrated, and it is very clear who to help in this kind of matter. It is not just a few people from the Hedao Yamen who can create such a big battle.

Another person spoke to comfort the two sides: "Okay, Mr. Wang, you should calm down. It is normal for Mr. Li to be a little worried, but Mr. Li, you are wrong. You really think that this matter is due to the failure of our fourth rank Anyone who arrives can get it out?"

Master Li suddenly raised his head: "Yes, yes, how can we, a small in charge of the yamen, make such a big commotion, and the governor's yamen is also making trouble?"

Mr. Wang snorted coldly: "That's not a fun thing! The cabinet is not a fun thing, it wants to ban us all. The governor's office is not a fun thing either, hiding behind and unwilling to confront the imperial court head-on, let us be If you want the court to calm down in the end, you won’t be able to reach him, the governor, and it’s not like we little devils are going to die."

"Lord Fan, Lord Li, you should know what's going on at the governor's office. They won't make a move until the critical moment. Let's see, let's jump up and down under the encouragement of the governor's office. When the time comes The governor's office won't keep us"

The river official known as Mr. Fan chuckled: "If the imperial court really sends someone, the governor will be the first to look for him. I really think that the imperial court can let him go by hiding behind? How can there be any reason to ignore the big ghost and catch the little ghost?" , four or five little devils can be worth the court's face?"

"Right now, there are constant rumors spreading from the yamen in charge, clamoring to make the waterworkers make trouble. Now that the waterworkers have been agitated a lot, the governor's yamen will definitely take action next."

As these people said, the water transport workers are really worried now. Recently, the news that the imperial court wants to ban the water transport has become more and more evil. The waterworkers were terrified. The water transportation was gone, so what did they rely on for food?
What's more, the water transportation is not just the north-south line of the canal. The water network in the south is the guarantee of the development of the river transportation. After more than 200 years here, too many people rely on the river transportation and water transportation in the south. The news that the imperial court wants to ban the water transportation When the news came out, these people panicked instantly. After all, the news was spread by people with noses and eyes. The imperial court has sea transportation and roads. Water transportation costs so much money every year. What is the meaning of existence?

For a while, many people wrote to the court one after another, asking the court not to abolish the water transport.

In the capital, in the cabinet, Zhang Haogu sat at his desk, looking at the newspapers collected from below.

"Water transport involves more than just the two sides of the river. The abolition of water transport will definitely bring disaster to the country."

"Water transportation is a national policy, and the capital's money and food depend entirely on water transportation. If water transportation is abolished rashly, Zhili will be in chaos."

"Water transportation involves food and clothing for millions of waterworkers along the river, which should not be underestimated."

Newspapers listed the importance of water transport, the significance of water transport to the Ming Dynasty, and how terrible all aspects of water transport were, so that people would know what terrible consequences would be if water transport was abolished.

Each of these newspapers was more serious than the other, as if the water transport was gone, and the Ming Dynasty was about to collapse, which really opened Zhang Haogu's eyes.

"Yuanfu, what are you looking at?" Gu Yanwu looked curiously at Zhang Haogu laughing while holding the newspaper.

Zhang Haogu looked at Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi, and handed over the newspapers with a smile: "You guys also have a look."

Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi took these newspapers and looked at them, each of them looked strange.

Zhang Haogu took a sip of tea with a smile, and said leisurely: "Now you understand why I'm laughing? These people, they jumped out in such a hurry, as if they were afraid that the court would not see them. If my prediction is not bad, this In the court meeting in a few days, there will definitely be a lot of quarrels about water transportation. And those notes, I guess they are on the way by now."

"The court hasn't said anything yet, they're just guessing here. It's because they have so many ghosts in their hearts that they can't help being so messy."

Huang Zongxi asked: "Yuanfu, should we send some capable people to investigate?"

Zhang Haogu shook his head: "Send a few people there in what capacity? If the account of the water transport is really easy to check, it will not be able to absorb the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years. The root of this water transport was rotten at the beginning, and now it is getting worse. It’s rotten, it can’t be cleaned up, and in many cases it’s not that they don’t want to change it, it’s that they can’t change it. They can’t be blamed for this mess, and they can’t afford it.”

"So if you want to check the accounts and check things, they will either be sent back in a daze, or they will be broken up inexplicably. The water transportation is a mess now, and it will be troublesome for anyone to sort it out. So don't send someone to send it to death."

Gu Yanwu said: "Yuanfu, since the roots of the water transport are rotten, it needs to be cleaned up. If you don't clean it up and down, the water transport will still be rotten, and it will become more and more unscrupulous."

Zhang Haogu smiled and said: "You said lightly, it is so easy to clean up and down the water transport? This is to kill people, and not one or two will die. If the water transport is cut down, there must be injustice Yes, but if they cut one after another, it would be impossible to clean it up."

Gu Yanwu asked: "Then Yuanfu, are we just watching the Water Transport Yamen take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble? Watching them encourage the Water Workers to mess around?"

"How is it possible?" Zhang Haogu took a sip of tea, picked up the teapot on the side to pour tea for himself, and watched the thorough tea soup in the teapot fall into the cup from the mouth of the teapot, Zhang Haogu said calmly, "They are now If something happens, if the court doesn't care about it, then they will think that they have grasped the lifeline of the court. They can threaten the court once today, and they can threaten the court countless times in the future. Not only the water transport yamen, if this blackmail the court succeeds, then the local yamen Who would be in awe of the majesty of the court?"

"I'm just waiting now to see what else the Water Transport Yamen can do. By the way, I'll see how many repentant people are there, and how many people don't want to get involved."

"The water transport needs to be changed, but the water transport cannot be abolished. This canal is very useful. How can it be abolished as soon as it is said? Let's see, there are many people who will jump out from behind."

Zhang Haogu sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, and several bigwigs in the cabinet were calm, so the next thing to panic was the Water Transport Yamen.

In the face of the panic and parade of the local water workers, the local yamen tried to appease them, so as not to cause any trouble to the water workers. At the same time, these local yamen were extremely disgusted with the actions of the river yamen!
Damn it, if you want to fight with the imperial court, you should fight it yourself. Now it’s good, you don’t count yourself as a mess, and you get us into trouble, what’s the point?
Which of these local yamen on both sides of the canal has nothing to do with the river yamen. Originally, hello everyone, hello everyone, but now it’s all over. Did it work out?

What kind of saint is that emperor sitting in the palace really?
That is the inner sage and the outer king, who can kill people.

What's more, who is the chief assistant of Ming Dynasty now, that is Zhang Haogu, step by step to today, cleaning up the interior, and going to war with the outside world, when did he ever soften his hands, these two people are easy to provoke?

The local government has never hated the river government as much as it does now. The river government wants to force the local government to be tied to the chariot. How can the local government agree?
Looking at the recent news about the two sides of the canal, Zhang Haogu also laughed: "Oh, it's not a big deal, I made a fuss first, really"

The Hedao Yamen in the south cried out, but the local Yamen had to put an end to the mess caused by the Hedao Yamen.

The stock market is turbulent, and Chidao's stock plunge affects not only itself, but also a series of stocks related to Chidao, such as coal, steel and other industries, have fallen along with it!

At present, the stocks of these heavy industries have fallen sharply, causing small retail investors to panic and sell their stocks. The Daming stock market, which had been rising all the way, has now become something that everyone can't avoid.

Daming's stock market was originally puffy, whether it was roads, coal, steel, shipping, raw silk, silk, satin, tea, etc., all of them were puffy. Their current glory is based on the foundation of the industrial revolution of the Ming Dynasty and the industrial revolution of the Ming Dynasty. In terms of great development and maritime trade, and the birth of the Ming stock market is too short, the situation is hot from the very beginning.

This great situation of blooming flowers and burning oil caused all kinds of stocks to skyrocket and skyrocket as soon as they were listed, as if something would be a golden pastry as soon as it was listed, attracting people's eyes.

This has also led to the fact that the stocks of all walks of life are actually inflated. These stocks are not worthless, but it is impossible to be so valuable as soon as they come up.

Just like now, those people used to be willing to spend one tael, five taels, or even ten taels of silver to buy a few stocks. They were naturally happy when they rose, but once they fell, these people would rush to sell, fearing that they would lose money.

But when the stock market falls, they will naturally want to lower the price, which will eventually cause consumption, but isn't that what the stock market is like?
The stock market was in turmoil, and a series of heavy industries plummeted, affecting too many large chambers of commerce and large groups.

For example, the stock of Zhou Kui and Zhang Guoji's Daming Zhili Iron and Steel Company has fallen sharply. Zhou Kui and Zhang Guoji are anxious about seeing the stock fall.

It's strange to say that their Zhili Iron and Steel Company originally had a bottom of 70 taels of silver, but later gained nearly 200 million through listing, and then began to expand, and the stock also rose against the wind.

But this stock is fake. The ups and downs of this thing have little effect on the actual worth of the two of them. They are engaged in business, but Zhou Kui and Zhang Guoji still feel that they have lost money. They feel that their huge worth has shrunk. up.

It's not just Zhou Kui and Zhang Guoji, those nobles are also very distressed when they see the stock price drop. They have spent a lot of money to buy stocks, and they are counting on the stocks to support their families. How can they fall? , how many years has it been?
Xungui held a lot of stocks in their hands. Seeing that the stock market is falling now, they want to sell, but they are reluctant. After all, the prices of these stocks were so high before, and if they can rise back; It's frightening, if you don't make an urgent move and continue to fall in the future, won't you be trapped?
It's not about making a move, and it's not about not making a move. The more you hold in your hands, the more entangled you are, and the less you dare to bet lightly.

These dignitaries with big families are like this. They want to do things, but they dare not do them. They have no courage and courage. , Xungui was locked up by the civil servants, and these people are quite rootless.

But they are not stupid. Knowing that they can't solve the problem now, they go to someone who can solve the problem.

Can anyone solve the problem?

The cabinet is old!

The industrial development plan they set, the development of heavy industry, and the emergence of the stock market are all promoted by the cabinet. Now that there is a problem with the stock market, they are looking for the youngest member of the cabinet.

But let's go directly to Zhang Haogu, these nobles are still afraid, so they simply go to Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiangsheng is in charge of the household department. There are so many yamen in the household department, and the stock market is also listed under the household department. This makes sense to Lu Xiangsheng.

As a result, a large number of nobles suddenly appeared in the yamen of the household department. When these nobles saw Lu Xiangsheng, they surrounded them, crying sadly, hoping that Lu Xiangsheng would come up with an idea and come up with a way to save the stock market.

"Lu Xiang, you are an old cabinet minister. Now that the stock market has fallen so sharply, our wealth has been locked up. If this continues, we will really go bankrupt and go to Qianmen Street to beg for food."

"Yeah, Mr. Lu Ge, you have to make up your mind. The current stock market is in turmoil. Originally, it was just a rush, but now it's good. Coal and steel are also falling. It's fine if coal and steel are falling, but cloth and silk are also falling. What is this called? thing!"

"Who says it's not? All stocks are falling. This stock market is about to go bankrupt. The imperial court has to save it. Can't we just ignore it?"

"Lu Xiang, do you think that the Ministry of Household Affairs has contributed money to save the market and collect those stocks, so that we can get out of the trap."

These people talked in a hurry, making Lu Xiangsheng very noisy.

But Lu Xiangsheng was still very helpless, facing these dignitaries, he could only persuade them to calm down and trust the court, but these dignitaries were stubborn and asked Lu Xiangsheng to come up with a solution.

"What's the matter? I heard chirping calls early in the morning. Is it possible that Daming's sky is about to collapse?"

Before the words were finished, Zhang Haogu, who was wearing a purple robe, walked in straight away, looking at these dignitaries with a pair of eyes, which frightened them.

"Yuanfu, why are you here?" A nobleman mustered up his courage and smiled.

Zhang Haogu laughed and sat down on his own: "Of course I'm here for you."

"You don't have to worry about the stock market. The stock market is a national policy, and it won't collapse in a few years. Some turbulence is expected now. To put it bluntly, it's nothing more than someone taking the opportunity to make trouble."

"Everyone, if I were you, I would have as much stock as I want. If I don't take advantage of the low price now, it will not be easy to buy later."

(End of this chapter)