Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty-Three: Getting Rich
Huang Liji seemed a little embarrassed. In fact, he didn't want to report the matter of believing in the king, but he could not refuse to report it because he believed that the king made a memorial.
Speaking of which, this is quite embarrassing.
As for the thief Gao Yingxiang, this man named himself the King of Breaking, led hundreds of thousands of bandits to sweep through Guanzhong, and led many subordinates to roam all over the place and kill the official army everywhere.
The Henan Provincial Administration and the General Office is now a severely affected area. Now King Xin of Guide Mansion has won a great victory directly, which is a happy event.
When Emperor Tianqi heard this, he couldn't help but feel incredible and subconsciously said, "My brother is so powerful? I have asked him to be virtuous and be able to control the military and political affairs of the vassal states. Unexpectedly, he has achieved great success?"
Huang Liji said: "This is the memorial, and the King of Zhou from Kaifeng also wrote a letter to talk about this matter. The county magistrates of Henan provinces and counties also mentioned it. I think there will be no false."
Emperor Tianqi said lightly: "You can calm Henan (Henan) in six months. If you really have this skill, you are an indispensable talent. A censor can manage the army by launching a horse. Could it be that another Wang Yangming of our dynasty has emerged?"
Huang Liji said, "I heard... this person is best at fighting the heart. Whenever he preaches to the soldiers, the soldiers often cry when they hear his words, and they say they want to repay the emperor's kindness. Before the thief army arrives, they first post a notice to tell the thief's righteousness. When the thief hears it, they often feel ashamed... I don't understand the marching and fighting, but I just hear it very well."
Emperor Tianqi couldn't help feeling mysterious and said in surprise: "Can you fight with just one mouth?"
Then, Emperor Aoki's face was pulled down because he found that the ministers were all embarrassed.
Emperor Tianqi immediately became ashamed and angry: "What, do you think I am jealous of my brothers? Since I ordered the king to keep the king to be loyal, I naturally have a open and selfless heart. But I am quite proficient in military affairs and feel it is incredible. Well, I won't say these things, so as not to think about you again. This is the matter of the king, and I will not ask about it."
In fact, King Xin was a vassal. Although what this brother did made Emperor Tianqi furious, after a long time, Emperor Tianqi missed him very much.
After all, he is still a brother. He is a person who is prone to soft-heartedness. At this time, he was worried that King Xin would not live well in the vassal state, and he was worried that the bandits would enter Guide.
Now that I heard the good news, I felt relieved.
Huang Liji coughed awkwardly and said, "There is another thing, that is, there is a magistrate in Jiangnan where the eunuchs exploited merchants, saying that they wanted to pay the commercial tax, but the merchant was disturbed by it and had a dispute with the eunuchs in the custody. So the eunuchs led the market to invade the door and trampled on the door. For a moment, public opinion was raging, and the people in the local area were furious. In Songjiang Prefecture, someone tied up the cavalry of the Jinyiwei and the minions of the eunuchs, and threw them into the river, drowned six people. This was the report of the prefect of Songjiang..."
After saying that, Huang Liji took out a memorial and sent it to Emperor Tianqi.
After seeing this, Emperor Tianqi suddenly became furious: "The eunuchs guarding are my imperial envoys. How dare they do this? This is no longer an ordinary people, it is clearly a rioter. Why don't you suppress them immediately?"
"Your Majesty." Huang Liji smiled bitterly, "I am afraid of a bigger mess, so the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue still recommends to appease the main thing. This matter is very serious in Jiangnan. Many merchants say that their business is not profitable, and they cannot earn much money throughout the year. The eunuchs in the custodial world are very exploited, which is really unbearable. The sadness of doing business is not worthy of being told by outsiders."
Emperor Tianqi was so angry that he said, "So what do you think?"
"I have read the memorials about various places, and most of them... are still biased towards the people..."
Emperor Tianqi said seriously: "How could it be the people who dare to throw the Tiqi and the eunuchs into the river and drowned?"
"Your Majesty..." Huang Liji said: "I don't know much about the situation in Jiangnan, I am from Zhili, Northern..."
Huang Liji paused and then said, "But no matter who these people are, this matter is now, in order to prevent the civil unrest, it is better to deal with it carefully! Otherwise, Guanzhong has already had bandits, and Jiangnan has become disagreeable with the court again. Merchants are exploiting more and more severely due to heavy taxes, which is probably a risk."
Emperor Tianqi said: "There are no more commercial taxes I collect? Merchants can't afford this tax?"
"This..." Huang Liji was speechless for a moment.
To be honest, Beizhili has no tradition of doing business, and I really don’t know what this thing is. It’s not that Huang Liji is completely ignorant of it, but after all... he has no contact with doing business, he has only heard some rumors and reports from various places. With this, he dare not say anything.
Emperor Tianqi said angrily: "I will ask Wei's partner to investigate this matter thoroughly and then deal with it as appropriate."
As he was speaking, Emperor Tianqi became impatient: "If nothing happens, please take your leave."
While he said, he muttered, "You can't even pay taxes when doing business, so why do you still have business? It's really so difficult?"
After all the ministers were exposed, the upset Emperor Tianqi couldn't help but ask Wei Zhongxian: "Why is there no news about Chenggong's Mansion?"
"this……"
Wei Zhongxian also felt very embarrassed. He has been asked by His Majesty for many times today.
Emperor Tianqi was a little anxious: "He Deng Jian was not doing well, so I want to go and count it in person!"
As he said that, he held his hands behind his back with anger. Today's discussion made Emperor Tianqi unhappy and was angry.
At this time, Emperor Tianqi could not wait and left the hall: "Come on the chariot, I want to capture Zhang Qing and Deng Jian, one of them, to see how they are lazy."
So Emperor Tianqi rushed outside the Duke Cheng's mansion in a hurry.
At this time, the streets here were blocked. Wei Zhongxian whispered a few words to the captains before letting go.
When Emperor Tianqi's sedan chair entered the Duke's mansion, he saw three steps and five steps, and Wei Zhongxian whispered from the side: "Your Majesty, Brother Zhang is inside, it seems that he is not lazy."
Emperor Tianqi nodded and hurried to the back garden. He was about to enter a moon cave, but saw someone coming out in a hurry, with Zhang Jingyi as the leader and Deng Jian following along.
Zhang Jing quickly saluted and said, "I have seen Your Majesty. Your Majesty is here, why don't you say hello so that I can greet you?"
Emperor Tianqi said impatiently: "Why is the house search of Qianhu District in Xinxian so procrastinated? Teach me how much money I have spent, and it took so much time, only a million..."
Chapter completed!