Chapter six hundred and thirty seventh: benevolent government
Zhang Jingyi and Zhu Huiyu did not hide it, and generally talked about the difficulties they encountered.
Then he said: "Everyone in the world regards me as a traitor, shouting and killing me. The new policy is about to be implemented, and there are many obstacles. If you don't find a way, even if you force it, it will only increase the world's variables. Reform has been difficult, but it is even more difficult. Do you know what it is?"
Zhu Huiyu looked at Zhang Jingyi, but did not interrupt Zhang Jingyi.
Zhang Jingyi immediately said: "What is even more difficult is how to keep the fruits of reform. You must know that people will always be born, old, sick and die. Sooner or later, these athletes from the Donglin Army will wither one by one. Your Majesty is healthy now, but he may not be able to live long life..."
When Zhu Huixiu heard this, he not only did not get angry because Zhang Jing dared to say that his elder brother might not live long, but instead held his cheek and smiled calmly.
It’s not that she, a girl, has no conscience. In fact, she just knows that what Zhang Jingyi said cannot be said to outsiders. It is a ruthless thing to say. After all, who dares to say to outsiders that the emperor has the possibility of early death?
Only your own family can speak freely.
You should know that more than a month ago, the two were just strangers, and they had no connection with each other, and they had never even met each other.
But now... the husband in front of me can entrust his wealth and life to me.
Zhang Jingyi continued: "But with such huge resistance, who can ensure that no one will distort the new policy or even overturn the new policy in the future? If you want to defend the fruit, someone needs to defend it. These people not only rely on the military personnel of the Donglin Military Academy, nor can they rely on the Zhang family alone, but should rely on thousands of people. Only many people have gained benefits from the new policy and tasted the sweetness. The vast majority of people in the world can never go back to the days before the new policy, so... this new policy is truly successful."
Speaking of this, he felt a little touched and continued: "By killing, people can surrender for a while, but only by willingly defending the new policy, or even willing to die, can this new policy be like a surging river and unstoppable. But the question now is how to follow us along the way to the dark, no, I mean, how to convince people."
Zhu Huiyu listened carefully and said unconsciously: "So does your husband have any solutions?"
"I can't say it." Zhang Jingyi said: "So you still have to give it a try."
Zhu Huixiu nodded: "I don't understand what's outside. But since my husband has an idea, I will do it with all my heart. What I can do at home is limited, but I just try my best not to teach the family's affairs to trouble my husband. If there is anyone in the palace who needs mediation, I can do it too."
Zhang Jing smiled, with a hint of tenderness in his eyes that he didn't even know. At this time, there was an indescribable warmth and warmth growing in Zhang Jing's heart!
So the couple talked for a while and then slept!
These days, the performance has begun to be announced again. On this day, the latest daily net profit has reached 12,000 taels.
Immediately, several investment directions began to be added. The two railways have been confirmed to start construction and have initially entered exploration. The mail business will start to be promoted. The railway company will set up a post office, arrange more stations, and issue stamps.
Even passenger transport business has begun to be put on the agenda.
For example, in Tianjin Wei, from the front line to Beijing, a bus will be trialed every day.
The price is still high, one or two silver patterns.
In addition, there is also good news from the steam locomotive workshop. Because the cost has been reduced, and the training of a large number of skilled craftsmen has greatly increased.
Zhang Jingyi also released a great advantage, namely, various sites began to pilot commercial operations. For this reason, Zhang Jingyi also specially proposed a list, providing an idea, namely, to arrange commercial areas near the station.
After all, with a station, there will be a large number of people entering and leaving. With people, a market may be formed. Not only that, the station's cargo warehouses will also begin to operate.
These good news one by one, one after another, as if it was not stopped.
At first, everyone thought that the railway company was just a simple shipping cargo. Now, after looking at it, I immediately realized that this is indeed a great business opportunity, and several new projects are promising in the future.
People in this era are not fools. Zhang Jingyi doesn’t need to explain whether these transactions can make money. If you make money, you can understand it immediately. If you make money, you will definitely make money. Now you have a question of whether you make more or less.
It is very likely... that you will make a big profit. The profit from freight alone can reach the point where you can recover railway costs in a few years. How considerable will the dividends in eleven months be.
Those who bought stocks in the primary or secondary markets before are now very happy.
Even those who bought it at a high price are extremely happy at this time.
Now everyone just regrets that they didn’t have the courage to buy more.
So... the acquisition of stocks has almost become the most lively thing in the capital.
The descendants eat for three generations, no, eat for eighteen generations...
This is what everyone thinks. If you don’t buy it, you always feel sorry for your descendants.
So much so that this stock imagination began to slowly move closer to the imagination of the land, and this thing was passed down through the family line.
Once it involves future generations, for the ancients, they would have to buy some even if they eat braised vegetables. Otherwise, the descendants would have to lose at the starting line.
This is like when others bought land, but you didn’t buy land. As a result, their children and grandchildren became gentry and your son became hungry.
Not to mention, the income from purchasing land is far less than the slightest amount of buying this stock.
For a moment, whenever someone wants to sell stocks, they almost always grab them.
Prices skyrocketed.
The stocks I bought from one tael of silver went from two taels of silver to three taels, and then five taels, and even after half a month, they arrived at seven taels.
But even at such a price, there are still people chasing high prices crazy.
After all, there are too few stocks circulating on the market now.
The shares of the Royal and Zhang family are not sold at all. There are many major shareholders who are now holding their pockets, not selling a single stock, and even buying them everywhere. They finally bought them, so they naturally won't sell them even if they die.
Even if there are people who sell this stock now, it has become a prodigal act. If you don’t have a crazy premium, you don’t want to buy it.
Suddenly... the enthusiasm began to rise.
Zhang Jingyi still followed the steps, watching the rise and fall coldly, and was indifferent.
The Zhang family bought 30 million shares. If it were based on the current market value, theoretically, at least 200 million taels of silver can be sold.
Of course this is astronomical, but Zhang Jingyi is not stupid. If a major shareholder like him sells desperately, it will cause market panic and the stock price will plummet, so the market value will always be just market value.
Besides, he actually doesn't care about the rise and fall, because he and His Majesty themselves are the biggest dealers. When he bought a stock of one tael of silver, he had already made a big profit, and now he has never thought about the possibility of cashing out.
The high returns of this railway can last at least for more than a century. What should I sell myself? Isn’t it good to pay dividends while lying down?
But at this time, a terrible news was sent to the capital.
The prefect of Changsha Prefecture, along with some gentry and local military officers, suddenly attacked and killed Li Wenyi, the governor of Hunan stationed in Changsha Prefecture and other officials. Then... attacked Zhu Changfei, the prince of Changsha, killed the family of Zhu Changfei, the prince of Changsha, and robbed money and grain, and then threw it into Li Zicheng.
So suddenly, the capital was shocked again.
There were indeed some county magistrates who had to surrender under the threat of Li Zicheng.
But the situation is obviously different now. Not only does it take the initiative to surrender, but it is a major city like Changsha, which is already a very bad incident.
The reason why the prefect chose to surrender was because the prefect was from Nanzhili. One of his cousins was involved in a rebellion case, confiscated his property, and might even implicate him.
Under the pressure of a huge sense of crisis, he simply did not stop and thought that Jiangnan had already lost his life, so he simply surrendered with the gentry who had long been dissatisfied.
In the eyes of the court, the consequences of the gentry's disinterest and virtue have finally begun to appear.
So the capital was filled with panic for a moment.
On that day, Emperor Tianqi summoned all officials to meet.
After reading the report, Emperor Tianqi directly smoked from his seven orifices, and even prepared to take the imperial guards to personally lead the army.
However, for all officials, this is not a matter of being the emperor personally.
At this time, the first person to speak was Yang Wenrang, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites.
Yang Wenrang smiled bitterly and said, "This prefect knows a little bit. When it comes to this, I am still his local examiner. This person is a steady person on weekdays. He is still fair in Changsha Prefecture. He has a great future. But today he has made this bad plan. I think... Of course, the rebel traitor should die, but if he doesn't know why he rebelled, I am afraid that what happened today will happen."
"Changsha Prefecture is an important town and the place where the Hunan governor is in charge of the ruling government. Now that Changsha has fallen, Hunan Province will be without thieves, which is really regrettable. The court must take this as a lesson for the past. Otherwise... how many such people will be there in the world?"
Emperor Aoki was in a bad mood. He was frowned and said bluntly: "What do you want to say?"
"The new policy must be suspended." Yang Wenrang continued with heartache: "The new policy is good, Your Majesty is merciful to all the people in the world, and his heart is also good. I definitely dare not criticize Your Majesty's major policies in a vain. But... I think that if you do major policies, you should not act too quickly. Governing a big country is like cooking a small freshman. Otherwise, good things will turn into bad things."
Emperor Tianqi was still unmoved. He just turned his eyes and glanced at the ministers, and said coldly: "Is that so? All the ministers meant?"
His eyes were wandering around the ministers, as if he wanted to find their intentions.
Chapter completed!