The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Chapter 83 Big Deal

The three years of Daguan have gone by. The New Year is coming, the Queen is newly mourned, and the Zhao family is keeping things simple during the Spring Festival. There is no lanterns, decorations, or large-scale purchases like in previous years. However, the wages, bonuses, and benefits of the servants in the palace are much richer than last year.

, but they were all slightly worried. The prince fell seriously ill after returning from the capital. They had not seen the cheerful young prince for a long time. They only occasionally heard some news from the inner courtyard about the prince's illness.

Good times and bad, I rarely go out anymore.

During the Spring Festival of the fourth year of Daguan, everyone finally saw the prince, but only twice. One time was when worshiping ancestors. When people saw that the prince was pale and thin, they realized that the rumors were true and the prince was indeed in poor health; the other time

It was when the imperial envoy from Beijing delivered the decree that the people in the palace knew why the prince's body was like this and what happened to the prince when he came to Beijing. However, there was good news. Although the prince was fined for one year for disobeying the decree, he was granted a new title.

Dingguojun Jiedu envoy; Huang Jingchen was promoted to the provincial governor, and was added as the Xuanqing palace envoy; Jian Xi, who followed the prince to the capital, was promoted to the head of the provincial palace, guarding Pan Long, Xue Bao was awarded the eighth rank of martial arts school captain, and the rest were

In order to advance from the eighth rank to the righteous school captain, they all obtained official status.

Zhao Tong's health was not good, but his mind was not idle. Even after a large amount of investment last year, the mansion still had a surplus of nearly 500,000 guan, of which the wine shop brought him a net income of 300,000 guan;

Although the workshop did not make much money, it was fully operational and operating normally. The greenhouse vegetable planting area expanded this year and the income was more than 100,000 guan. In comparison, the land rent of tens of thousands guan was a small amount.

As for how much money he made in the glass workshop, he didn't say, and others didn't dare 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 married the minister's house, gave birth to children, and died of his wife.

He wanted to join in. Those old friends in the palace used to say that Tong Guan was generous and generous, but now they changed their tune. They all said that Huang Douzhi didn't dig into it even if he had money. No one was disappointed when he opened his mouth, so he just gave a tip.

It's also a five-liang silver ingot. Anyway, he won't come back unless he spends 20,000 to 30,000 yuan on 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 plant, a textile factory, and build several waterwheels, striving to turn purely manual work into semi-mechanized work.

, improve work efficiency, reaching an annual output of 5,000 agricultural machinery, smelting 20,000 kilograms of refined steel, and weaving 10,000 pieces of cloth; vigorously develop livestock breeding, reaching the level of over 10,000 pigs, chickens and ducks by the end of the year; strengthen the construction of Baojia, and take advantage of the slack agricultural work

Train villagers; train and recruit business talents to prepare for building your own shop.

There was a lot of excitement on Zhao's side, and the court was also very lively. In the fourth year of Daguan, there was a long drought in the capital area, and a comet appeared. The ministers took the opportunity to gather together to impeach Cai Jing again. In May, the censor Zhang Kegong made dozens of memorials, saying

Cai Jing was in power for eight years. He was good at exerting power and power at home and abroad. He listed dozens of accusations of disloyalty and misconduct against Cai Jing. The imperial censor, Shi Gongbi, also impeached Cai Jing for his crimes. The imperial censor Mao commented on the impeachment of Cai Jing, saying that his crimes were profound.

After quitting his official career, he still relied on his parents' favor and lived in seclusion in the capital to commit evil, which was even criticized by heaven and the people. They hoped that the emperor would order him to be expelled from the capital as soon as possible to use the anger of the people and eliminate the disaster.

Due to public opinion, star changes, natural disasters and other reasons, Zhao Ji had no choice but to banish Cai Jing from the capital and live in Hangzhou. He appointed Zhang Shangying as the left prime minister. Strangely enough, on the night when he paid homage to the prime minister, the comet disappeared. The next day

There was another prolonged drought and rainfall in the capital. The emperor was overjoyed and personally wrote the two great names "Shang Lin" and gave them to 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, leave his name in history, and be a virtuous prime minister. He wrote a poem to express his feelings: Virtue and politics transfer Yuan to Taoism, and the imperial edict of Xu Shi resigns. The loyal heart hangs like Wei, and the history of Qing shines on the jade wall.

In the late festival, friends are virtuous and the sun is warm, but old age is worried about the world and the valley is cold. In Daping, I still have a tortoise's example, and I look up to it with admiration for those who are advanced in ritual punishment.

He knew that the people of the world hated Cai Jing, so he resolutely corrected his wrong line when he established the government, changing the ten coins to three coins, making it unprofitable for those who minted large amounts of money privately; he restored the banknote and salt system of Shenzong, and the salt of the Southeast Sixth Road

He still implemented the official purchase of officials; restored the transfer of warehouses to make water transportation funds more abundant; stipulated the methods of buying, converting, and transferring 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 personally

Set an example of frugality.

The struggle between the old and new parties, and the internal struggle within the new party, has been going on for more than 40 years. It is so intricate and fascinating that turning one's hands into clouds and rain is really touching. Officials are deeply aware of the unpredictable future in the political whirlpool, and have learned to adapt to changes and see the wind.

They know He Zhizhong, Zheng Juzhong is a close confidant of the emperor, so they have nothing to fear, but Zhang Shangying has no political backing, no party members, and is not well versed in power. Who is willing to work hard for him? In addition, Cai Jing has worked hard for many years, and the cadres

The Internet is deeply entangled, and officials are worried about Lao Cai's comeback, so they don't want to get things done. As a result, Lao Zhang's reforms are not going smoothly.

Time flies, one year passes quickly, and Zhao Tong's career has reached a higher level. He took advantage of Lao Zhang's good policies to develop with all his strength, completed the goals set at the beginning of the year as scheduled, and built a restaurant and inn next to the dock.

Now this small wharf has turned into a large wharf. Although the wharf is not full of merchants, it is still full of boats. Zhao's silk, agricultural machinery, livestock, and shochu have attracted a large number of merchants, and the 'low' taxation has also attracted a large number of merchants.

Attracting many merchants to trade here, a trading market with a wholesale nature has been formed. Zhao Tong has decided to immediately launch a real estate project to build shops and warehouses to meet the urgent needs of the merchants.

Now that it has entered May, the weather is getting hotter. Zhao Tong's health has already recovered, but he still rarely goes out. Every day he is either stuck 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 is as strong as a calf, and can easily draw a stone bow.

"My lord, please be safe for a while, I'm dizzy!" Huang Jingchen shook his head and shouted as he watched Zhao Tong jumping up and down on a trampoline made of beef tendon, doing somersaults and doing acrobatics from time to time.

"Hey, Uncle Huang, are you weak and have low blood sugar? I'll ask Dr. Wang to get you some ginseng tonic tomorrow!" Zhao Tong jumped twice on the trampoline, suddenly somersaulted and fell down.

Said in front of Huang Jingchen.

"Your Majesty, I am getting old and my eyesight is dazzled. What does low blood sugar mean?" Huang Jingchen picked up a silk handkerchief and wiped the sweat from Zhao Tong's face.

"I can't explain this to you. I see your face is glowing red. Did you eat too much on your trip back to Beijing and your blood pressure is high?" Zhao Tong said as he picked up the cold tea and drank a large cup.

"What and what? I can't understand you more and more, Your Majesty!" Huang Jingchen said helplessly, shaking his head.

"Uncle Huang, there is an opportunity to make a fortune. Do you want to do it? We will split it 28/20 and I will contribute the money and you will contribute. How about it?" Zhao Tong stopped talking to Huang Jingchen, sat down and picked up a fan to cool off.

"I have to ask what the deal is first. Otherwise, you can make me money again. This time when I returned to Beijing, I sold a set of cups and earned less than 10,000 guan. But you sold it to me for 100,000 guan. I'm running errands for you in vain.

Now!" When it comes to business, Huang Jingchen is no stranger now.

"Tsk, tsk, Uncle Huang, you can't even see ten thousand guan now. I think you were so happy when I gave you 5,000 guan. I'm so grateful!" Zhao Tong said with a pout.

"Tch, I didn't know you could make so much money at that time. Last year, several workshops in Guangfu earned nearly a million yuan, plus the share of the winery, and the smelly feed factory, you resold it

The tenants' chickens, ducks, pigs and geese are all making less money, so I just took such a small amount from you!" Huang Jingchen said with his orchid finger.

"Uncle Huang, be satisfied. Even after you get promoted, I know that your monthly salary is only 30 guan. I can't give you less than 100,000 guan in public funds a year. It's not enough. If you don't do it this time, I'll find it."

Someone else has gone!" Zhao Tong said disdainfully, now the two of them are not like a master and a servant together, but like a pair of friends who have been together for the rest of the year.

"Okay, I did it, but you can't trick me and make me run errands in vain!" Huang Jingchen made the prince blush. Although he knew everything, it was only in reputation and had no real power. Now it all relies on

The prince helped maintain the relationship in Beijing.

"Okay, it's definitely a big deal. You can get a share of over 100,000 yuan if you don't say anything!" Zhao Tong said in Huang Jingchen's ear, "Old Zhang is about to step down, let's take this opportunity to make a fortune!"

"My lord, how did you know that Zhang Tianjue was going to step down?" Huang Jingchen was shocked. He had just returned from Beijing and hadn't heard about it.

"How do I know you don't understand?" Zhao Tong rolled his eyes at him and said.

"That's right!" Huang Jingchen reacted immediately. The prince had received guidance from the immortal master and could know the future. "Although Zhang Tianjue's political performance is mediocre, he won't step down so soon, right?" He still didn't quite understand.

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

Huang Jingchen thought about it for a while and said: "Zhang Shangying is a man who has more ambitions but not enough city government. He has great ambitions and little talent. He despises his colleagues and has a strong attitude of giving up on others. Although he is eloquent, he loves to talk, and he is inexperienced and lacks strategy.

, as the prince often said, 'He is like a cannon.' Before the new decree is promulgated, he often tells the truth to his colleagues, leaving enough time for his opponents to obstruct and sabotage, which makes his work very passive."

"Well." Huang Jingchen used to do some dirty things, so of course he knew some secrets. He hesitated and said, "The other one doesn't know how to behave, and the relationship with his colleagues is very tense. Although the six governors of Zhongshu Province are all mediocre

, but they are all cronies of the emperor, especially the left prime minister He Zhizhong, the Privy Council envoy Zheng Juzhong, Shi Zhengguo has done nothing, and they are jealous of talents and capable, and are masters of Luo Zhi. They originally wanted to get rid of Cai Jing and divide the left and right prime ministers equally, but now let

Zhang Shangying took advantage and was already simmering with anger. As soon as Zhang Tianjue came to power, he advocated the restoration of Xining. The banknote salt law of the Yuanfeng Dynasty caused huge losses to the salt banknote business of Zhengjiajiaoyinpu and Hejia. They would not let it go.

Pass him."

"Uncle Huang is right, but his main fault is that he doesn't know how to make money!" Zhao Tong said, twirling his fingers.

"Does the prince want to help Zhang Tianjue get money to keep his position?" Huang Jingchen said with renewed energy, this business is huge.

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