Daming: My brother-in-law is Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 298 Big Money!The streets are full of silver, envious of ministers and ministers!
After hearing this, Wu Zongda and Qian Shisheng smiled knowingly: "Uncle Da Zong will indeed make money!"

Qian Shisheng even sarcastically said: "Whoever is corrupt and who is incorruptible is clearly exposed!"

"This cake is really hard!"

Kong Zhenyun looked at Chen Zizhuang and said, "Uncle Da Zong probably hasn't eaten it."

After speaking, Kong Zhenyun said again: "The common people often eat this cake."

Then, Kong Zhenyun revealed his patched sleeves and wiped the corners of his eyes: "Today we will know the difficulties of the people!"

"Mr. Kong Ge is honest and caring for the people!"

Qian Shisheng said something at this time and snorted at Chen Zizhuang.

Not long after, it was time to go out of the court room and go up to court.

As soon as he arrived at the main hall, the civil and military personnel lined up, Tianqi talked about the sale of Maoshan Iron Mine stocks, and encouraged all civil and military officials to actively buy stocks, and Shengkou personally said that this is a good thing for the subjects of the world to share benefits.

Because after listening to Bi Ziyan's report last night, Tianqi learned that, except for a few ministers on duty who supported the reform and reform, there were not many people who came to buy stocks, so he decided to hold a morning court for the first time today. , and said:

"Although a gentleman is ashamed of talking about profit, this is also an act of serving the country that benefits the society and the people's livelihood. It can be said that both righteousness and profit can be obtained. You should actively subscribe for it."

At this time, Wu Zongda came out to hold the elephant wat first, raised his head, exposed a large patch on his chest and neck, and said: "Your Majesty's words are true. Although I have always been poor, I want to serve the country. I have already pawned all the family assets and collected 500 taels, and I am willing to subscribe for some stocks!"

Kong Zhenyun also came out at this time. After waving the patched inner sleeves, he said: "Your Majesty, I have already pawned all the family assets, and I have collected 200 taels. I would like to subscribe for some stocks."

Snapped!
As he spoke, Kong Zhenyun deliberately dropped half of the hard cake in his sleeve on the gold brick when he retracted his arms and came back.

After Tianqi saw it, he asked, "What fell?"

Kong Zhenyun pretended to be flustered and prostrated himself on the ground, saying: "Forgive me, Your Majesty, this is my breakfast."

"breakfast?"

Apocalypse asked.

Kong Zhenyun nodded: "It's the unfinished breakfast, because I wanted to save it for dinner after the court, but I accidentally dropped it."

Tian Qi nodded and said: "As a dignified scholar, you are honest and frugal! Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Tianqi asked at this time: "Who else wants to buy shares in Maoshan Iron Mine?"

Qian Shisheng also stood up, exposed a part of his patched clothes, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister's family is poor, and the money he earns is often used to help the poor in the clan, so he has long been unable to make ends meet. Now he only borrows 20 taels of silver. , would like to subscribe for some shares.”

Obviously, Qian Shisheng was more ruthless, directly saying that he was in debt to pay for the court.

Then, another official came out of the shift and said: "The minister is also poor, and he can only borrow 30 taels."

"The minister's family has a large population, and there are only 50 taels left. I would like to use all of them to subscribe for stocks."

"The minister is 20 taels."

"Chen Sanliang!"

……

Tian Qi looked inside, many ministers were wearing patched clothes, and half a pancake and a cold bun fell out of their sleeves, so they couldn't help but sullen.

He can accept rejection from others, but he really can't accept teasing or even humiliating him.

Tian Qi also asked directly at this time: "Who else is so poor that he wears patch clothes to go to court! Stand up!"

For a while, many courtiers stood up.

Tian Qi laughed angrily after seeing it: "It's very good. It seems that there are really many upright officials in my court! It's no wonder that each of them can only get a few hundred taels of silver, and even one You can get three taels!"

"His Majesty!"

At this time, Chen Zizhuang came out with a box in his arms: "I want to buy another 1108 million taels of stock!"

Yuan Keli also stood up at this time and said: "I am willing to buy another 96 taels of stock."

Han Yu said: "The minister will add another 75 taels!"

Then, Lu Xiangsheng: "I will add another 56 taels!"

Bi Ziyan: "I add another 19 taels!"

……

For a while, only the ministers who really supported the reform and cared about whether the Maoshan Iron Mine could be mined stood up, and they all took out a minimum of 10 taels of silver when they had already bought stocks. to buy stocks.

Tian Qi felt much better now, and asked, "Why do you take out so much?"

Chen Zizhuang said: "Your Majesty, I also sold my property by pawning."

"The ministers are about the same."

Yuan Keli also replied at this time.

Tian Qi nodded and smiled gratifiedly.

Wu Zongda and others could not help but blacken their faces.

They pretended to be clean and honest at this time, naturally they didn't want to pay too much money to buy the shares of Maoshan Iron Mine, so as to give the emperor a chance to make money, and at the same time they didn't want to really reveal their wealth and let the outside world know.

What's more, the values ​​​​of this era advocate cleanliness.

Therefore, Wu Zongda and others deliberately showed their poverty and frugality.

But they didn't expect that these officials who supported the reform would go on for the New Deal, and they didn't even pretend to be poor on the surface, and they actually took out their real wealth to buy stocks.

This made them feel that all of a sudden they looked particularly ugly in front of the emperor.

The actions of Chen Zizhuang and others did arouse official anger.

You know, in history, on the eve of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, when Chongzhen had to collect 100 million taels of military expenses and asked hundreds of officials to donate, all the officials pretended to be poor, even the emperor's relatives pretended to be poor.

But now, because some officials did not conceal their property status out of their own political interests, it suddenly made people like Wu Zongda look particularly embarrassed.

After all, unless they can prove that people like Chen Zizhuang are corrupt officials, there is no way to explain why they are so poor.

As a result, after the dynasty was dispersed, Wu Zongda, Kong Zhenyun and others were still indignant.

"Chen Jisheng, these people, for the sake of the New Deal, they really don't even have to give up their family business! They took out so much money! What do they mean by doing this? Is it to make His Majesty feel that they are more loyal?"

Wu Zongda therefore muttered to Kong Zhenyun and Qian Shisheng after he came down to court.

"That's what they meant!"

Kong Zhenyun replied at this time, and said, "Why don't we buy more."

"No! How can there be so many iron mines in Maoshan Iron Mine? Even if there are, they will benefit the subjects of the world? No one would believe it! Who is willing to tell others about something that is really beneficial?"

Qian Shisheng rejected Kong Zhenyun's proposal at this time, and said: "The following officials see that they are doing this only to seize the gold and silver from the people of the world."

Kong Zhenyun nodded: "Yes!"

As a result, Kong Zhenyun gave up the idea of ​​buying more Maoshan iron ore stocks, and just handed half a piece of cake to his wife after returning to the house: "Take it well, I have to take it with me when I go to the cabinet tomorrow."

"Yes!"

As Kong Zhenyun spoke, he walked towards the table full of delicacies that had been prepared in front of him, but as soon as he approached, he shouted: "Withdraw! Make a new table! This bear's paw is wrong! How can I let the old man use chopsticks!"

"Yes!"

……

"Uncle Guo, because not many people buy the shares of Maoshan Iron Mine, and in order not to affect the mining of iron ore, and thus affect the New Deal! I really pawned all my family property and sold my ancestral land! You can't lie to me, It suddenly said that the value of the iron ore mined by Musan Iron Mine is not worth so much money.”

Chen Zizhuang suddenly said to Zhang Gui with a wry smile after his downfall.

Yuan Keli also said: "That's right! Actually, I didn't plan to make money from this. After all, there is no such a big iron mine in this world. It's just that I have to pay a large sum of money for the court and the New Deal to continue. Now seeing that not many other courtiers bought it, I had to take out all the silver deposits at home, and all the dividends given by the Industrial Division over the years."

Wei Zhongxian also said: "Our family is the same. Now I hope that the Maoshan Iron Mine you mentioned, Uncle Guo, is really worth so much money. Otherwise, our family can only copy a few more houses."

Zhang Guidao: "Don't worry, even if you have to lose at that time, it will be His Majesty and the country who will lose the most, what are you afraid of!"

Chen Zizhuang nodded and said nothing.

After returning home, Chen Zizhuang first said to Mrs. Liu: "Is there any porridge, I'm hungry."

Liu Shi said: "I'll let Yun Xiang pass it on!"

Not long after, a bowl of porridge appeared in front of Chen Zizhuang. When Chen Zizhuang saw the porridge, he couldn't eat it, but he was very hungry, so he had to force himself to swallow it.

Next, Chen Zizhuang's family ate porridge almost every day.

Bi Ziyan, on the other hand, started larger-scale mining activities after receiving the silver payment from the first batch of stock issuance.

By the first month of the tenth year of the Apocalypse, the first batch of iron ore had been mined, and the delivery was made with the Industrial Division, and the household department received the first money from the revenue belonging to the Maoshan Iron Mine.

"It's delicious!"

"This is the smell of venison!"

"Isn't this poor Kong Ge only able to eat half a cake for breakfast? How can there be such a strong smell of venison?"

Chen Zizhuang's younger brother, Chen Zisheng, sat on the threshold with a bowl of porridge and said to his brother Chen Zizhuang.

Chen Zizhuang said: "This should be more than one deer seed! It should be stewed with dozens of deer to have such a strong flavor!"

"Brother!"

At this time, Chen Zisheng yelled, pointed at the deer heads piled up by the waterway in front of the door, and glanced at the Confucian servant who had turned the deer head down, and said, "They don't even eat the meat of the deer head!"

"It's not easy to eat! Brother Wei didn't eat it before, but now he really wants it!"

Chen Zizhuang swallowed his saliva and said.

Chen Zisheng nodded: "My brother wants to too!"

At this time, the slave of the Kong family chuckled and looked at Brother Chen Zizhuang with contempt.

But at this time, suddenly a large group of officials from the household department came carrying many large boxes, and the snow creaked under their feet.

Bi Zisu, who was in charge of the Maoshan Iron Mine under the title of Wailang, a member of the household department, stepped out of the sedan chair, cupped his hands to Chen Zizhuang, and said, "Uncle Dazong! This official is here to deliver dividends by order of the household department."

As he spoke, Bi Zisu waved his hand and said, "Bring over Uncle Da Zong's money!"

It didn't take long for soldiers to bring Chen Zizhuang's money box by box and put it in front of Chen Zizhuang. It filled the whole street and there was no end in sight.

"Open!"

When Bi Zisu gave an order, the soldiers of the household department opened all the boxes.

Then, Chen Zizhuang and Chen Zisheng came here because they saw boxes full of silver that were shining brightly against the red lanterns in each house.

The big silver ingots connected together are like a silver dragon lying in front of your eyes!
After speaking, Bi Zisu turned to the servants of the Confucian Mansion and said, "Please come out, Mr. Kong Ge, and the dividends of the Confucian Mansion will also be distributed."

"Hey!"

The servant of the Confucian family hurriedly agreed, thinking that his family would get a lot of money, so he carried Kong Zhenyun out with his shoulders not long after.

Wu Zongda and Qian Shisheng, who came to the Confucian Mansion for a banquet, also followed.

When Kong Zhenyun came out and saw the big boxes of silver ingots all over the street, he just spent the silver: "So much? Is it a dividend for servants?"

"You misunderstood, it belongs to Uncle Da Zong."

After speaking, Bi Zisu ordered someone to carry a small box, and after ordering someone to open it, he said: "This is the dividend of your mansion in Maoshan Iron Mine!"

(End of this chapter)