It has to be said that when the country is in danger, Emperor Tianqi was a little unhappy when Zhang Jingyi wanted to land at this time.

But when Emperor Tianqi was slightly stunned when he heard that Zhang Jingyi wanted to be in Henan. He seemed to understand that Zhang Jingyi's mind was not simple anymore.

Emperor Tianqi still couldn't help but say, "Henan is now in chaos. What do you want to do in the land there?"

Zhang Jingyi said: "Henan's land has always been fertile, and I am... greedy..."

The reason is far-fetched.

Emperor Tianqi was greatly moved: "A few days ago, all the ministers wanted land in Henan. Now, everyone avoided Henan. The land in Shanxi is like snakes and scorpions, but Zhang Qing was willing to rest with the country. Three years ago, the prince of Fengqiu had his descendants and the country was eliminated. There were a lot of land in Wangzhuang there, but now it has entered the treasury. I will give you three thousand hectares of land. You don't have to clear the rice ball. You can just think about it. You will discuss it with your partner Wei."

Three thousand hectares of land are by no means a small number.

Ordinary marquis often give three to eight hundred hectares.

These three thousand hectares of land are 30,000 acres. Although they may not be paddy fields, they are definitely valuable after covering mountains, forests and lakes. Of course... everything is good, but the current land in Henan is only nominally owned by you.

Of course, Emperor Tianqi obviously would not be stupid enough to put the Zhang family's land in a dangerous situation.

This Lingqiu is not far from Zhengzhou and other places, but belongs to the north bank of the Yellow River, close to Northern Zhili. From the capital to Lingqiu, it is a flat mountain. It is all endless plains and is on the north bank of the Yellow River. For the time being, it is still safe.

He expected that the rebels would definitely not dare to cross the river easily. On the one hand, they had not yet become a climate; on the other hand, the imperial army naturally guarded the enemy and would definitely not allow them to enter the core area of ​​rule.

Zhang Jingyi said sincerely: "I thank you."

Wei Zhongxian was a little surprised. Could this Zhang Jingyi point to this place to grow sweet potatoes?

He shook his head in his heart. Now that so many people are rising up, what is the problem of food?

Although there was a major disaster this year, the disaster was only openly. The court thought of ways to calm the price of grain and transport food. But what about it? The grain in the official warehouse and the righteous people's granaries had accumulated like mountains until the civil unrest was forced to rebel and wars were everywhere. When the bandits rushed to their mansions, their food was abundant.

The drought is dying from drought, and the flood is dying from flood, this is the essence of the problem. No wonder Your Majesty wants to scold him, the bad things are the so-called "righteous people".

Anyone who "righteous people" who take out some food on weekdays will not be as good as they are today.

Tian Ergeng was a little wary of Zhang Jingyi, but what he thought was that Zhang Jingyi was afraid of using this to flatter him and gave His Majesty a good impression. This person was so powerful that he showed responsibility in a few words.

Zhang Jingyi said at this time: "Since I have land in the Henan Provincial Administration Commission, can I be regarded as a righteous citizen?"

Emperor Tianqi's expression suddenly became a little serious and said, "Don't be a righteous person. The righteous person is not a good word. I hate these people deeply, but now I am helpless! I feel that I am surrounded by these so-called righteous people and become the murderer who kills the people in their hands."

Zhang Jingyi said: "In order to protect his own land, can I recruit rural heroes there, build forts, and stockpile grain?"

Emperor Aoki nodded: "Yes."

Zhang Jing said: "Then I will feel relieved."

Emperor Tianqi didn't know what Zhang Jing sold in his gourd. The situation has obviously deteriorated. The court is now struggling everywhere, but there are difficulties in every place.

The bandits wandered around and fought hundreds or thousands of miles, and the court surrounded and blocked them, but the bandits were bound to grow stronger and stronger during the process of the fight.

In Liaodong, the situation cannot be ignored. If you are not careful, you may have huge risks.

Now it is mainly money and food. Without money and food, nothing can be done.

But the main tax source in Emperor Tianqi was the factory and guards' mine tax, but the collection of this mine tax was particularly difficult!

Not to mention the problem of greed among the eunuchs in the custody, after all, no matter how much greedy, there will be money sent to the treasury.

What is terrible is that both officials and these righteous people often hate mining taxes and believe that this is a competition for profit with the people.

The local attack on the eunuchs in the garrisons, and the Jinyiwei happened from time to time. Various memorials were filled with hatred for the eunuchs in the garrisons. The tax was levied... which was full of difficulties.

If Wei Zhongxian hadn't been this evil man, he would have been afraid that a penny would not have fallen into the pocket of Emperor Tianqi.

As for the nonsense of competing for profit with the people, Emperor Tianqi did not believe it. People who can mine are also civilians?

This mine involves a large amount of land, hiring workers, transportation, and even more, it is necessary to manage government officials and ordinary merchants, and they do not even have the qualifications to start mines, let alone ordinary people.

But this is how I mastered mining. People with rich people and deep foundations became the obstacle to the eunuchs who were in charge of tax collection!

There are huge profits here, but there are huge profits, and people are unwilling to share your share. There are countless people who contact and incite ordinary people to provoke trouble.

At this time, Emperor Tianqi took a deep breath and said, "You must be careful, Fengqiu may not be safe."

Zhang Jingyi naturally understood that Tianqi was sincerely concerned about him and nodded.

Wait until Emperor Tianqi asked Zhang Jing to retreat alone.

There was a bit of solemnity in his expression.

Wei Zhongxian went to serve the porridge again. Emperor Tianqi took a few sips and felt sad: "Parent Wei, today, I am quite uneasy. Is the Ming Dynasty going to be exhausted?"

"Your Majesty..." Wei Zhongxian shook his head and said, "What is this? Our Ming Dynasty's reign will last for tens of thousands of years."

Emperor Tianqi sighed: "The treasury is empty, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is impoverished. A few days ago, I had thought about it and wanted to punish some people who refused to pay the mining tax obediently to fill the emptiness of the treasury, but now it seems...it's difficult."

Wei Zhongxian understood Emperor Tianqi's thoughts. Given that tax resistance happens from time to time, Emperor Tianqi is not easy to mess with. If he gets angry, he will directly break his family and search out money and grain to make up for the shortcomings.

Of course, Wei Zhongxian did all these dirty work, and Wei Zhongxian was not afraid of being infatuated for thousands of years in this regard.

But now... Emperor Aoki is obviously in a dilemma, so he can't move at will.

Civil rebellion is happening everywhere, and wars are everywhere. Now the court is disinterested. Although Emperor Tianqi hates the gentry and righteous people, if he confiscates several mine owners at this time, it will inevitably trigger their rebound.

At that time, Emperor Tianqi had to face not only the Jiannu people and the rebels, but also the "righteous people" had to stand opposite him.

"But now all provinces are urging money and food, what should I do?" Emperor Tianqi frowned and lowered his head to continue drinking porridge.

Only then did he realize that he who drank porridge in order to show frugality might have to drink porridge in the future... he really had to drink porridge.

Wei Zhongxian said: "I... find a way, or check the eunuchs in various places to see if they have any corruption. If they really do, then check a few. It is important to enrich the treasury now."

After hearing this, Emperor Tianqi hummed from his nose: "Yes."

Wei Zhongxian was also a matter of sharing the worries of the country during the national crisis. He chose the candidates for the eunuchs himself, all of which were his own people. Now those mine owners cannot act, and you need to win over the righteous people. After thinking about it, you should not let them take out the money of the officials and gentry. At this point, you can only wave your knife to these godsons and godsons.

If you find a few people who usually look ugly, you can always find a way to copy out more than 100,000 taels.

However, if this matter is done, it is inevitable that it will be exhausted. After all, if other eunuchs in custody see each other, who will dare to work hard in the future?

Emperor Tianqi obviously understood the joint, but he still nodded, let's solve the current urgent problem first.

After eating the porridge, Emperor Tianqi remembered something: "Get those stocks..."

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly went to get a box.

When the box opens, there are piles of stocks inside.

Emperor Tianqi took out one and sighed: "If this stock can be exchanged for 150,000 taels of silver, it can solve the current top priority... Otherwise, you go and ask the Folang Ji people to see if they want it? I can sell them at a cheap price, 30,000 taels of silver, and I will sell them together."

Wei Zhongxian showed a sense of distress: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, those people... sold another batch of stocks to Brother Zhang. After selling them, they were very happy. I was in the interview at the Honglu Temple. After selling them, they bought a lot of water and wine and talked about it all night. It was obvious that they were also in a hurry to take it off, but... Why don't Your Majesty sell it to Brother Zhang? Anyway, he is collecting it."

Emperor Tianqi smiled bitterly: "I can't say it, I'm selling it to him. I feel uneasy, but I want to take advantage of him. He has made a lot of contributions. I can't bear to give up this little money? Although it's difficult now, doing this will inevitably make the hearts of loyal ministers. Yue Wumu's lesson is a lesson from the past."

Wei Zhongxian really couldn't understand the brain circuit of Emperor Tianqi. Having said that, Your Majesty, you were cheated by Zhang Jing. What's the guilt of Your Majesty? If it were us, we would just raid the Zhang family and all the money would come!

That Zhang Jingyi is rich!

Emperor Tianqi then stopped talking, but took out a small book.

There are many words written in the book.

It basically says words like stocks, dividends, company profits, etc.

Wei Zhongxian shook his head, knowing that His Majesty is about to start researching again.

After all... this is 150,000 taels of silver. Although the stock of the East India Company is like waste paper, Emperor Apocalypse is still illusioned and thinking about this profit model and means. He gathers a lot of information, just like a puzzle game, and studies the architecture and model of the entire East India Company bit by bit.
Chapter completed!