The struggle of the reborn prince

The three years of Daguan have passed, the new year is coming, the empress has a new funeral, everything in the Zhao Mansion is simple during the Spring Festival, and there is no festooning and shopping like in previous years.But the salaries, bonuses, and benefits of the servants in the mansion are much richer than last year, but they are all a little worried. The prince has been seriously ill since he came back from the capital. The lord is gone, but I heard some news from the inner courtyard occasionally, saying that the lord's illness fluctuates from good to bad, and he seldom goes out.

During the Spring Festival in the fourth year of Daguan, everyone finally saw the prince, but it was only two times. One time was when the ancestors were worshipped. When people saw the prince's pale face and thin body, they realized that the rumors were true and that the prince's health was indeed not good; It was the time when the imperial envoys of the central government delivered the decree, and the people in the mansion knew why the prince's body became like this, and knew what happened to the prince when he came to Beijing, but it was not without good news. Although the prince was fined for one year for violating the order, he was sealed Huang Jingchen was promoted to the Minister of Internal Affairs, and was added to the Xuanqing Palace; Jian Xi, who followed the prince to Beijing, was promoted to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the guards Pan Long and Xue Bao were awarded the eighth rank Jinwu School Captain, and the rest, etc. In order to enter the righteous school lieutenant from the eighth rank, they all got the official status.

Zhao Tun's health is not good, but his mind is not idle. Although he invested a lot last year, the government still had a surplus of nearly 50 guan, of which the winery brought him a net income of 30 guan; It doesn't make much money, but it has been fully spread out and is operating normally. The greenhouse vegetables have expanded the planting area this year and earned more than [-] yuan. Compared with the tens of thousands of yuan, the land rent is a small amount.

As for how much money the glass workshop earned, he didn't say, and no one dared to ask. Anyway, everyone saw that Mr. Huang had a lot of money, so he went to visit relatives and friends when he had nothing to do. He wants to play a part.Those old friends in the palace used to say that Tong Guan was generous and generous, but now they have changed their words, and they all say that Huang Duzhi has money and doesn't pick it up. No one has ever been disappointed, and a little tip is five or two silver ingots Anyway, he won't come back if he doesn't spend [-] to [-] yuan for a trip back to Beijing!

Just after the Spring Festival this year, he assigned tasks for this year to several managers, mainly to expand the workshop again, add an iron smelting factory, a textile factory, and build several waterwheels, striving to turn pure manual work into semi-mechanized , improve work efficiency, and reach an annual output of [-] sets of agricultural machinery, [-] catties of refined steel, and [-] pieces of cloth weaving; vigorously develop animal husbandry, and reach the level of over [-] pigs, chickens and ducks by the end of the year; strengthen the construction of Baojia and use the slack Train Zhuang Ding; train and recruit business talents, and prepare for the establishment of your own shop...

There was a lot of excitement on Zhao Tun's side, and the court hall was also very lively.In the fourth year of Daguan, there was a long drought and no rain in the capital area, and a comet appeared. The ministers took the opportunity to impeach Cai Jing again.In May, the censor Zhang Kegong played dozens of consecutive performances, saying that Cai Jing had served in the government for eight years.Shi Gongbi, the Prime Minister of Yushi, also impeached Cai Jing for his crimes.Shi Yushi Mao Zhu impeached Cai Jing, saying that his crimes were profound. Although he was dismissed from office, he was still favored by his parents and loved him. to ward off disasters.

Due to public opinion, star changes, natural disasters and other reasons, Zhao Ji had no choice but to order Cai Jing to be expelled from Beijing, live in Hangzhou, and Zhang Shangying was appointed as the left minister. The capital has experienced drought and rain for a long time.The emperor was overjoyed and personally wrote the two "Shang Lin" Daewoo, bestowed on Zhang Shangying, and changed the next year's title to Zhenghe.

After Zhang Shangying came to power, he was determined to be loyal to the emperor, to leave his name in history, to be a virtuous prime minister, and to write a poem to express his feelings: the moral government tunes Yuan to Taoism, and the imperial edict Xu Shi resigns from the crown.The loyal heart hangs like Wei, and the history of Qingzhao shines on Yuyuan.In the evening, friends are virtuous and the sun is warm, and old people are worried about the world and Guju is cold.Daping still keeps his own tortoise mirror, and he admires and admires it when he is behind.

He knew that the people of the world hated Cai Jing, so he resolutely corrected his wrong line when he was in power, changing ten coins to three, making it unprofitable for those who made big money privately; The official purchase of official transportation is still implemented; the transfer of general warehouse system is restored to make water transportation funds more abundant; the methods of purchasing, converting, and transferring are stipulated to reduce the taxes of the people.He also advised the emperor to follow the example of Taizong and Shenzong, not to overhaul the palace, to refrain from extravagance, and to set an example of thrift in person.

It has been more than 40 years since the struggle between the old and new parties and the internal struggle within the new party.Officials feel that the future is unpredictable in the political whirlpool, and they have learned to adapt to the situation and adapt to the wind.They know that He Zhizhong and Zheng Juzhong are the emperor's cronies, so they have nothing to fear. Zhang Shangying has no political backing, no party members, and no deep knowledge of power tactics. Who is willing to work for him? In addition, Cai Jing has worked hard for many years. The officials were all worried that Lao Cai would make a comeback, so they didn't want to do everything wrong, which made Lao Zhang's reform not go smoothly.

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Time flies, one year passed quickly, and Zhao Tun's career has improved to a higher level. He used Lao Zhang's good policies to develop with all his strength, completed the goal set at the beginning of the year as scheduled, and built a restaurant and inn by the dock.Now this small pier has become a big pier.Although the wharf is not full of merchants, it is still a place where boats come and go. The silk, agricultural machinery, livestock, and shochu of the Zhao Mansion have attracted a large number of merchants, and the 'cheap' tax has attracted many merchants to trade here. A trading market with a wholesale nature has been formed. Zhao Tun has decided to start a real estate project immediately, build shops and warehouses, and meet the urgent needs of the majority of merchants.

Seeing that it has entered May and the weather is getting hotter, Zhao Tun's body has already recovered, but he still rarely goes out. Every day he is bored in the house reading a book, or hiding in the martial arts field behind to practice martial arts. Not only has he grown a lot taller now , and as strong as a calf, even a crossbow can be easily pulled away.

"My lord, give birth to me for a while, I'm dizzy!" Huang Jingchen watched Zhao Tun jump up and down on a trampoline made of beef tendon, sometimes somersaulting and kicking, shaking his head and shouting.

"Hey, Uncle Huang, are you weak and your blood sugar is low? Tomorrow I'll ask Imperial Doctor Wang to get you some ginseng tonic!" Zhao Tun jumped twice on the trampoline, then suddenly flipped somersaults and landed on the ground. Huang Jingchen said in front of his eyes.

"My lord, I'm old and my eyes are blurry. What is low blood sugar?" Huang Jingchen said with a silk handkerchief to wipe the sweat off Zhao Tun's face.

"I can't explain this to you. I see that your face is flushed. Did you eat too well after returning to Beijing? Your blood pressure is high!" Zhao Tang said after drinking a large cup of cold tea.

"What and what, my lord, I can no longer understand what you are saying!" Huang Jingchen shook his head helplessly and said.

"Uncle Huang, there is a chance to make a fortune. Do you want to do it? Let's split it into [-]-[-]. How about I pay for it and you contribute?" Zhao Tang stopped talking to Huang Jingchen, sat down and fanned himself to catch the cold.

"I have to ask what kind of business it is first, or you can make me money again. I sold a set of cups when I returned to Beijing this time, and I earned less than [-] guan, but you sold it to me for [-] guan. It's gone!" Huang Jingchen is not a layman now when it comes to buying and selling.

"Tsk tsk, Uncle Huang, you can't see the [-] guan now. Thinking back to when I gave you [-] guan, you would be so happy, thank you!" Zhao Tang said with pouted lips.

"Tch, I didn't know you could earn so much money at the time. Last year, a few workshops in Guangfu earned nearly a million coins, plus the dividends from the wine workshop, and that smelly feed factory. You resold it. The chickens, ducks, pigs, and geese of the tenants did not lose money, so I took a little bit from you!" Huang Jingchen said, pointing at the orchid.

"Uncle Huang, you are content. You know that your monthly salary is only [-] guan when you get promoted. I will give you no less than [-] guan of public expenses a year. It is not enough. Do you want to do this business? If not, I will find someone else." Let's go!" Zhao Tun said disdainfully, now the two of them are not like a master and servant, but like a pair of friends.

"Okay, I'll do it, but you can't trick me and let me run errands for nothing!" Huang Jingchen blushed when the prince said it. Although he knew it all, it was only in reputation and had no real power. Now it all depends on the prince. The patron maintains the relationship in Beijing.

"Okay, it's definitely a big deal, you can get a hundred thousand if you don't say anything!" Zhao Tuo leaned into Huang Jingchen's ear and said, "Lao Zhang is about to step down, let's take this opportunity to make a fortune!"

"My lord, how do you know that Zhang Tianjue is going to step down?" Huang Jingchen was shocked, he hadn't heard of it when he just came back from Beijing.

"How do I know you don't understand?" Zhao Tuo said with a blank look at him.

"That's right!" Huang Jingchen immediately realized that the lord had been instructed by the immortal master and could know what happened next, "Although Zhang Tianjue's achievements in power were mediocre, he wouldn't step down so soon?" He still didn't quite understand.

"Uncle Huang, what do you think of Lao Zhang?" Zhao Tong asked back.

Huang Jingchen pondered for a while and said: "Zhang Shangying is a man with more than ambition, lack of city government, great ambition and few talents, despises his colleagues, and has the posture of giving me no one. , Just like the prince often said 'he is a cannon', before the new decree is promulgated, he often confesses everything to his colleagues, leaving enough time for opponents to obstruct and destroy, which makes his work very passive."

"Well..." Huang Jingchen used to do some nasty things, of course he knew some secrets, he hesitated and said, "The other one can't be a human being, and the relationship with his colleagues is very tense. They are all mediocre, but they are all the emperor's cronies, especially He Zhizhong, the left minister, and Zheng Juzhong, the Privy Council envoy, who have done nothing to govern the country, but they are masters in the crime of jealousy and envy. They wanted to get rid of Cai Jingping to divide the left and right ministers , Now that Zhang Shangying took advantage of it, he was suffocating. As soon as Zhang Tianjue came to power, he advocated restoring the money salt law of Xining and Yuanfeng, which caused huge losses to the salt banknote business of Zhengjiajiaoyinpu and Hejia. Will not let him go."

"Uncle Huang is right. In fact, his main mistake is that he doesn't know how to make money!" Zhao Tun said, twitching his fingers.

"Could it be that the prince wants to help Zhang Tianjue make money to keep his position?" Huang Jingchen cheered up and said, this business is going to be big.

"Hey, Lao Zhang is a gentleman, how could he get along with us and try to collect money everywhere, besides, it is a serious crime for the prince to collude with ministers, I haven't lived enough, we can't help him!" Zhao Tong shook his head and said.