The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Chapter 84 Speculation

"The prince concluded that Zhang Tianjue will definitely be dismissed as prime minister, but refused to help him. So he wanted to help the new one?" Huang Jingchen couldn't figure out Zhao Tong's path and asked carefully.

"We can't control the affairs of the court now. All we can do is make money and manage our three-thirds of an acre of land!" Zhao Tong waved his hands and said. He still knew how much he was worth participating in the fight in the court.

, he will soon be eaten up by those old oilmen. He is helpless at this time, and feels desolate. It is even more unkind to use the opportunity of Zhang Shangying's resignation to make money, but what can he do? Now it is more

What's terrible is that since Wang Anshi's reform in the reign of Shenzong, there have been constant party disputes, old and new parties, and internal disputes within the new party for more than 40 years. Turning one's hand can cause clouds, and turning one's hands can cause rain. It is so complicated and fascinating.

"Yes, in the court, if you make one wrong step now, it will be doomed. How many people can escape unscathed!" Huang Jingchen has been in the palace for many years and has a more thorough understanding of these things. The current officials are in the political whirlpool.

I am deeply aware that the future is unpredictable, so I have learned to adapt to the situation and adapt to the situation. In terms of political opinions, the old and the new are incompatible. Regardless of right or wrong, as long as you agree with it, I will oppose it. On the issue of party struggle, both sides are masters.

They are good at internal fighting, expert in civil war, and amateur in foreign war. They are bullied by outsiders and want to cede territory and pay compensation, but they strangle their own people to death, and they use all means to exclude, persecute, and retaliate against each other.

"After Lao Zhang left, there were no more gentlemen in the Song Dynasty. This group of people had been studying for a lifetime and talked about great principles. However, they were all cleaned up by a group of villains, and their books were all destroyed.

Read it and go into the dog's belly!" Zhao Tong said with emotion. It is said that the waves wash away the sand. In the end, all the gentlemen in the court were beaten to death by the gentlemen. Exile to exile, Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, Fan Zhongyan, Su Shi and Su Che

Neither of the two brothers was a hero for a while, but neither of them had a good end. Later generations commented that "the Song Dynasty died at the hands of gentlemen, not villains." This is not unreasonable.

"Tsk, Zhang Tianjue is not a gentleman. He was once a member of Cai Jing's party. Later he became a big man, but his talents are average and he has not done much in politics. Although he is not a humble gentleman, he is still a gentleman compared to Cai Jing.

A good man, at least he is not as bad as the Pope!" Huang Jingchen commented.

"The problem also lies here. It is said that 'it is easy to move from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to move from luxury to frugality.' After Lao Zhang became prime minister, he overturned all Cai Jing's ideas, called on everyone to promote frugality, and misappropriated a large amount of money from the internal treasury.

To fill the shortfall, but you can't get money, the treasury is still empty and the finances are still tight. In today's society, you have no money and you still ask everyone to live a hard life. Who will follow you!" Zhao Tong looked at Huang Jingchen with a look on his face.

Said playfully.

"Hmph, don't look at me like that. I'm not that kind of person. When you first arrived here, you had nothing but ailments!" Huang Jingchen was horrified by Zhao Tong's look and quickly defended.

"Hey, I didn't tell you. You didn't have that idea. What's wrong with you?" Zhao Tong said with a smile, "Don't worry, we will make a big fortune soon. Even if I make up for it for you, Lao Zhang will not be able to make up for it this time."

After stepping down from the stage, Cai Jing will definitely return to the stage. At that time, everything will be restored to its original state. Some people still have old Cai’s hair in their hands." Zhao Tong hugged Huang Jingchen and whispered in his ear.

"Your Majesty, I think the Emperor should make you the Prime Minister. You want to do this!" After hearing this, Huang Jingchen looked up and down and said as if he didn't recognize him.

"Go, I'm a villain. To be the prime minister, you have to be a hypocrite at the very least. I'm far from it!" Zhao Tong said with a smile, "I've prepared Huang Bo's money for you. You should hurry up and take care of this matter.

Others are not fools. When they find out, we won’t even be able to drink soup!"

"Well, I'm going to send people out tomorrow to collect them everywhere. Now this thing is just like a piece of paper for wiping your butt. I'll probably sell it for a few bucks!" Huang Jingchen said.

"First, we need to be quick about this matter, and second, we need to keep it secret. We must not let anyone know our purpose!" Zhao Tong warned, "After Lao Zhang's downfall, there will definitely be a group of people who will follow suit. When the time comes, Uncle Huang, you

You can give them some Cheng Yi. If you can’t get rid of the pot under the relief, it’s a bit of kindness from us, but don’t go too far and let the official impeach you. I will have to spend money to protect you!"

"My lord, you have taken too much of their money. If you give them some more, you have to make people feel that you are giving them timely help and are grateful. I have to be careful in the future!" Huang Jingchen thought for a long time, but could not think of an appropriate word to express himself.

'anger'.

"Humph, old man, if you don't get things done for me this time, I will stop your salary, collect your ministerial money, and let you stay in the house and eat porridge every day!" Zhao Tong said very cooperatively.

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In the blink of an eye, in August, Zhang Shangying was found guilty of the "Ten Major Crimes" as Zhao Tao said. He was dismissed from office and demoted from the capital. In the past year, Shangying had finished playing the role he was supposed to play. Now,

It was time to bid farewell to the stage. When he left Bianjing City, he wrote the poem "Nanxiangzi", which can be regarded as a summary of his life: When he left Beijing in the evening, the drizzle and breeze blew the cold face. The green grass bank beside the willow embankment was impressive. Only in people's hearts

Within a short distance, the wine cup must be dry, and there is no way to live in idleness. If you use it, it will go against the rules of the world. Why is it difficult!

"Your Majesty, Zhang Tianjue is gone. I have collected 70,000 yuan of salt banknotes and spent 100,000 yuan. I still don't know who will be the prime minister. Isn't it in our hands?" Huang Jingchen went straight as soon as he came back.

Xia Yuan came to find Zhao Tong. Lao Zhang had stepped down and a new prime minister had not been appointed. He felt unsure.

"Uncle Huang, you are so old, why can't you calm down? Drink some tea first!" Zhao Tong quickly asked Huang Jingchen to sit down, and asked Jianxi to bring tea.

"Can I not be in a hurry? At first, I collected two coins for one coin. Later, when people heard that I was collecting old salt coins, salt merchants flocked to them and were willing to sell them for any money. I was reluctant to accept the fees, and I felt seventy in my heart.

You guys, if you can't buy salt in the future, you will suffer a loss!" Seeing Zhao Tong laughing at him, Huang Jingchen pointed to the bubbles on the corner of his mouth and said.

"Uncle Huang, now we are starving the bold and starving the timid. The more you collect now, the more we will earn in the future. Don't be afraid. You continue to collect and spend the remaining one hundred thousand dollars."

So far, the compensation is only 200,000 yuan, so let’s just think that our work this year has been in vain!” Zhao Tong said nonchalantly.

"My lord, you are so full now that you don't know how hungry you are when you are hungry!" Huang Jingchen couldn't help but choke on his tea after listening to Zhao Tao's words, "If you have a rich family, it means that a family with 10,000 guan is considered a high-class family.

Just throw it away if you tell me to throw it away!"

"Uncle Huang, don't worry!" Zhao Tong hit Huang Jingchen on the back a few times, letting him calm down and said, "Uncle Huang, do you remember what happened at the beginning of Chongning, when Cai Jing returned to the prime minister?"

"Oh, your lord, do you mean that Cai Jing is really going to return to the throne this time?" Zhao Yu woke up the dreamer with one sentence. Huang Jingchen was an old man in the palace. How could he not know about the chaos caused by Cai Jing's restructuring that year?

There's a storm!

Salt is inseparable from people's lives, and has always been monopolized by the Northern Song Dynasty government. In the northwest region, the "salt banknote" policy implemented requires businessmen to pay money to the local government, and then exchange it for "salt banknotes", and use the banknotes to buy official salt.

.In the southeastern region, the local government sells the salt exclusively, and the salt money is divided into two parts, one part is handed over to the central government, and the other part is kept locally.

Cai Jing presided over the Council of Ministers as Prime Minister. In order to improve the fiscal deficit, he completely changed the "salt banknote" policy. He asked salt merchants to pay money to the central government and then exchange "salt banknotes" to buy salt locally. In this way, salt profits

Belonging to the central government, local government officials could not get away with it. This policy had an immediate effect, and the national treasury was quickly filled. But there is still a problem here, that is, the government's salt banknotes are often replaced, and the old banknotes are not used up, and new banknotes are issued.

, only by paying money can you exchange the old salt banknotes for new ones. You often spend three times the money to get a piece of goods. If you don't have the money to exchange for new salt banknotes, all the old banknotes are discarded and become old paper waste. Many businessmen are forced to go bankrupt or even lose their entire fortune.

In order to maintain the new image of the New Deal, Cai Jing believed that the imperial court's failure to repay the old salt banknotes was a breach of trust to the people and an obstacle to the great power of the Celestial Empire. So Cai Jing worked out a redemption method, giving half to the salt and half to the spices stored in the inner treasury and the left treasury.

, treasures and furniture, etc. This news was quickly known by some ministers in the DPRK and China. They mobilized their salt merchant relatives and immediately purchased a lot of old salt banknotes at low prices. Soon, businessmen were rushing to the capital to exchange salt banknotes.

, it is quite difficult to buy salt banknotes, and those who started early not only made a lot of money by reselling the exchanged salt banknotes, but also got discounted items from the court early, and later sold them, which made another large amount of income.

, every time you go in and out, you can earn more than tens of millions of dollars.

"Yes, Cai Jing is a good money man. Now that my father is short of money, he will definitely use him as prime minister. After Lao Zhang came to power, he rejected his policies. All the salt banknotes he issued were invalidated or exchanged.

There is no salt. If Cai Jing wants to make political achievements quickly after coming to power, he needs nothing but tea. In order to catch the big fish, he will use his old tricks at the beginning. Let's take the opportunity to make some profit. Now you are the chamberlain.

The provincial capital knows that everyone is familiar with it, so when the time comes, you should make it easier for yourself and get some good things from the Zuozang warehouse!" Zhao Tong saw the changes in Huang Jingchen's face and knew that he had figured it out, so he said with a smile

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"Haha, those who manage Zuo Zangku are all my disciples. If they dare to disobey, I will skin them!" Huang Jingchen grinned. This money is easy to come by.

"Then don't be idle, hurry up and collect the money. We can earn 1.8 million yuan even if we go at a reasonable price by then. You can also learn from Tong Guan and the others and marry as many wives as you can to support them!

"Zhao Tong teased him, "Don't be surprised, everyone. It was legal for eunuchs to marry wives in the Song Dynasty, and the eunuchs could buy houses and land outside. When they had nothing to do, they could go home and live there. They didn't have to stay in the palace all the time. This was considered a blessing.

Great feature!

"Haha, I'm not as elegant as Tong Guan and others. I'm very content with the prince. I just don't know when Cai Jing will return to the prime minister!" Huang Jingchen couldn't wait any longer and asked again.

"Uncle Huang, Lao Cai is still retiring in Hangzhou. He will have to wait until March next year at the earliest!" Zhao Tong said, "Now we have another big thing to do. Queen Daxing's three-year mourning period is about to expire.

I am about to be canonized as queen, I, as a son, should show my respect!"

"It's a good thing, it's a great thing. It must make the empress happy, but what should I give her as a gift?" Huang Jingchen looked at Zhao Tong and felt very happy. It was good to follow a disciple of a god. He could be ahead of others in everything.