I am the king of the dead

This is a doggerel with no poetic style at all. As a Jinshi, Xu Youzhen must be able to compose poetry, but he doesn't care anymore.

"I'm sometimes stupid. Today I proposed to build the Wuchang Yangtze River Bridge, but His Majesty rejected it, so I won't go back to Beijing. I will control the water in a stable way. Maybe I can become a dragon king in the future." Xu Youzhen said very easily, he It is true that I have no intention of returning to Beijing.

Yu Qian obviously grasped the point and asked: "Wuchang Yangtze River Bridge?"

Xu Youzhen's eyes lit up, she shook her sleeves excitedly, took out a thick notebook and said, "To tell you the truth, I went south, but I chose a lot of places to build bridges. There are about a hundred places!"

"More than a hundred places?!" Yu Qian took the note, and he kept turning it over and said, "What did your majesty say?"

Xu Youzhen said with mixed feelings in her heart: "Your Majesty said that the construction will not be allowed."

Chapter 696 Why did His Majesty rebel?

After reading Xu Youzhen's draft, Yu Qian couldn't put it down. He knew why Xu Youzhen hadn't met the saint for two months, and also understood why Xu Youzhen didn't plan to return to the court.

As far as the more than one hundred bridges in this draft are really completed, the natural moat will become a thoroughfare, and the north and south of the Ming Dynasty will truly become one and communicate with each other.

"It's still too difficult." Yu Qian put down the draft, Xu Youzhen's design is not so fancy, and it is indeed feasible and achievable.

But the problem is, Daming can't afford it.

There is not so much steel, not so much cement, and even the quality of steel and cement cannot meet Xu Youzhen's requirements.

Yu Qian patted Xu Youzhen's draft very solemnly and said: "We can make it simpler first, for example, in Wujiang River, Minjiang River, Hanshui River, Ganjiang River, Qiantang River and other places, start construction from shallow water and do it little by little. "

Xu Youzhen couldn't stop nodding, and replied: "Well, what Yu Shaobao said is also my idea."

The next best thing is to build bridges in some shallow places, cultivate industrial craftsmen little by little, accumulate technology little by little, and improve the quality of steel and mud. All these need long-term accumulation. Finally, in the Yangtze River Build a bridge over it.

Yu Qian and Xu Youzhen rarely reached an agreement on this matter, and then the two sides met on the dredging of the [-]-mile Yangtze River trunk road. Explain the technical difficulties, and at the same time ensure that the dredging of the [-]-mile waterway will be completed within five years.

When Xu Youzhen got up to bid farewell, she said: "Those who reformed the law since ancient times, there are only a few who died well. Xu resigned, and Yu Shaobao cherished it."

Xu Youzhen is still a typical conservative. He thinks that if His Majesty does nothing, Daming will be better. He always feels that too much is too much.

It's just that he forgot, when he was in Zhang Qiu, why he and Chen Yi led the people to hang the nobles, and opened those granaries to help the victims.

Some things, once started, there is no way out.

"Treasure." Yu Qian stood up to see him off. When he walked to the door, he suddenly said, "Governor Xu, after seven days, His Majesty will hold a banquet in Xingang to see him off. Are you still in Songjiang Mansion?"

Xu Youzhen hesitated for a while, hesitated to speak, thought for a moment and said: "Yes, I will be in Songjiang Mansion to confirm the purchase of materials for the rest of this month."

"How about going to see it together then?" Yu Qian sent out an invitation.

Regardless of whether he is a political opponent or not, let's get on the bandit boat first.

Xu Youzhen knew that she had to refuse but said: "I will definitely go."

Xu Youzhen is also a veteran of court dogfights, he knows who His Majesty is going to send this time, and also knows why Yu Qian insists on dragging him onto the pirate ship.

In the future, he will be choreographed and abused by others. Xu Youzhen is also on the list, and he is also an image of a big traitor.

Does Xu Youzhen have room to refuse?He didn't.

As long as he wants to complete the dredging of 20 miles of waterways, [-] miles of waterways, the completion of thousands of river bridges, and the transformation of hundreds of Yangtze River Bridges from drawings to reality, he has no way to refuse.

Xu Youzhen also figured it out, scolded as soon as she could, without losing a few catties.

Anyway, he was barefoot, wearing a coir raincoat, and Chen Yi was controlling the water in Hetao. After he became a big man with his feet, he was already gentle and sweeping the floor.

Since you have long betrayed your own class and chose to betray, then betray to the end.

Yu Qian looked at Xu Youzhen's background with a smile on his face. Once this person asks for something, he can be easily used, and after being used, he is willing to do it.

Of course, to make it sound better, it can also be said that Xu Youzhen knows how to return from a lost path.

What is the core of wanting to reform successfully?

To eliminate a class, there must be a new class to fill it. If you want a government order to be implemented smoothly and continue, to eliminate a group of meat eaters, you must create a group of vested interests.

Shang Yang's reform seriously hurt the interests of the nobility, but he created a group of interests with military achievements.

The dredging of the 20-mile waterway leading to the nine provinces is to create vested interests in the land of the nine provinces. They have enjoyed the benefits of opening the sea. other side.

Yu Qian's purpose is to let His Majesty open up great plans, so that no one will die and the government will rest.

Time flies by, and the seven days are very short. In the imperial study room in the Bieyuan of Songjiang Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qiyu is holding some files in his hand, and Zhu Qiyu is reviewing them.

These are the cases of a batch of bankers who split shares and subscribed for funds seized in Songjiang Mansion, Yingtian Mansion, Zhejiang, Huguang, Jiangsu, Fengyang and other places.

Fei Yiying became very successful because of splitting the shares of the sea ship to subscribe for funds, and was finally abandoned by Wei Guogong Xu Chengzong.

Afterwards, the splitting of Shangship's shares and subscription of funds was included in the imperial court's attack targets.

If it is said that stock split subscription is the risk of going overseas, it is evenly distributed to every shareholder who subscribes.

So it stands to reason that the benefits of going overseas should also be shared equally on every shareholder who subscribes?

With such a simple logic, no accidents happened.

Because most of the merchant ships that split their shares and subscribe for funds, after returning to Daming at sea, not only did not make money, but also lost money...

A profitable maritime business, the ship had to return to Daming in its entirety, and there were mountains of silver, spices, and grain in the cabin.

But it was a loss!

The problem lies in the two words of the accounts. They deliberately increased the cost and lowered the profit.

You take the risk, and I take the profit.

This kind of rare trick was anticipated by Li Binyan, Li Xian, and Xu Chengzong in advance. Shangbo's private split of shares and subscription of funds became the key target of the imperial court's crackdown.

The shipbuilding industry of the Ming Dynasty can be said to be an industry that is still in full swing under the Winter Order of the Ming Dynasty. The industrial chain derived from it has supported an unknown number of upstream and downstream industries.

Driven by the shipbuilding industry, it would have been a good thing.

However, this beautiful event did not come as a surprise.

Xia Shizheng, the guy who was sent to Daming Jieyuan, came up with a deal that almost destroyed Daming's shipbuilding industry. Xia Shizheng turned shipbuilding into futures.

Shopping malls are like battlefields. The bigger the ship on the battlefield, the stronger the firepower, and the more profitable it is. The same is true for maritime trade. The bigger the merchant ship, the more you earn.

The four shipyards under Xia Shizheng's name produced a three-masted ship with three thousand materials. It's only moving.

Xia Shizheng didn't build this ship at all. He has been engaged in maritime trade for a long time. Didn't he know that a three-masted [-]-feed ship could not be used for maritime trade at all?

Therefore, he will only have the ship on the books, and has carried out a stock split subscription and promised to pre-sell it at a huge profit.

Not only that, but he also specially found a lot of babysitters, constantly driving up the price of the demolition stock certificates, and repeatedly invoiced to harvest crop after crop of leeks.

This futures ship has not even been built, and there is no way to deliver it at all. It has been brewing for two years, and the lid can no longer be covered.

Xia Shizheng has two choices, the first is to escape, and the second is naturally to find a way to keep the lid on.

It was the time when the Great Emperor was on his southern tour, and even if Xia Shizheng didn't engage in assassination of the king, he would end up in Jieyuan. Xia Shizheng simply didn't do it, and kept going.

Zhu Qiyu closed the memorial, and said in amazement: "These guys are always able to spread the risk evenly on the heads of the common people. They are really skilled."

"In fact, he can obviously grab it, and he even created a futures ship to cheat."

Xing'an thought for a while and said: "Robbing can only make people bankrupt, but cheating can make people go into debt."

"Many people pledged their fields and houses to the bank to borrow money in order to grab the tickets for the stock split subscription."

"The bank doesn't care if it's a fake or not. If the bank fails to collect the interest, it will go to the bank to collect the money, and if it fails to receive it again, it will take the land and the house."

The corner of Zhu Qiyu's mouth twitched and said, "It makes sense."

What Xing'an said made sense, the bandits who robbed houses would at most rob people clean, but this summer they were building ships, and they were deceiving people with huge debts.

Zhu Qiyu stood up and said, "Is the lunch ready? If you're ready, let's go to Xingang."

Today he was going to give gifts to the group of meat eaters who escaped from Daming.

When Liu Tianhe got the notice to board the ship, he couldn't believe his ears. He actually boarded the ship directly at Xingang.

Ye Zhongxing is really too bold!

Liu Tianhe sent people to wander around Xingang early in the morning, but he didn't see any eye-catching figures. After Liu Tianhe found Ye Zhongxing's figure, he confirmed that it was indeed the boarding day.

"President Liu Shang is here." Ye Zhongxing looked at Liu Tianhe who was coming, and said polite words with a smile on his face.

"Isn't Ye Shang too bold? It's broad daylight." Liu Tianhe said hastily.

Instead, Ye Zhongxing said nonchalantly: "Xingang is full of Governor Li's people, I am not afraid, what are you afraid of?"

"Mr. Liu Shang, if you don't go this time, the next ship will be half a month away. If you don't go on the next ship, the trade wind will pass. It will be next April. Will you go today?"

"Don't go." Liu Tianhe shook his head fiercely and said, "I came today because a batch of goods arrived in Hong Kong, and I came to receive them."

Liu Tianhe still didn't trust Ye Zhongxing, he had to wait and see.

After Ye Zhongxing heard about it, he lost interest in talking to Liu Tianhe, and instead beckoned those who were leaving to board the boat.

The entire process of boarding the ship was orderly, and the battleship that promised to escort was parked not far away, waiting for the ship to sail.

Zhu Qiyu, Yu Qian, Xu Chengzong, Xu Youzhen and other courtiers were all quietly watching the boarders on the fifth floor of Guanlan Pavilion in Xingang.

The trestle bridge, which is about 110 feet long, stretches from the shore base of Xingang to the sea. The trestle bridge, which is more than ten feet wide, is guarded by iron cables, and the bridge deck is full of boarding people.

Guanlan Pavilion is an octagonal pavilion built inside the semi-circular flood embankment. The wind chimes hanging in the attic are blown by the sea breeze and make pleasant sounds.

Zhu Qiyu stretched out his hand and slowly clenched it tightly. From his perspective, he was just able to catch those who were about to flee.

"Xing'an, wine." Zhu Qiyu let go of his hand, and poured a glass of good wine on the eaves of the fourth floor, all as a farewell.

Li Binyan was a little sullen, and said indignantly: "Why do they have to leave? Such a high score, [-]% of the property, they are willing to part with it!"

"What's wrong with Daming! As long as they don't take money and break the law, and do business in a down-to-earth manner, why not be safe and sound? Why not go to sea?"

Li Binyan was still the same Li Binyan, it was fine if he couldn't figure out a question that others had already figured out, and he asked it in front of His Majesty.

Why do these people insist on leaving? No matter how much they try to persuade them, they cannot be persuaded.

Zhu Qiyu stood with his hands behind his back and didn't say a word. Everyone watched quietly as the anchor was lifted. The towed ship slowly left the big ship from the port, and the big ship raised its sails, separated from the towed ship, and headed towards the vast sea. and go.

"Why do you want to go to sea? You said it yourself, and you have to do business in a law-abiding manner. They are afraid." Zhu Qiyu answered Li Binyan's question, but it seemed that he didn't say anything.

Li Binyan was still a little confused, but he didn't ask any more questions.

Ye Zhongxing walked upstairs slowly, handed a heavy account book to Xing'an, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, this time, we will collect 830 silver coins."

"Well, very good, let's take a seat." Zhu Qiyu nodded, signaling Ji Sheng to take the account book away for accounting, and to record the account again with Songjiang Shipbuilding Department, and calculate it many times.

At the beginning, Wang Zhen was able to eat at 1000 taels, but Zhu Qiyu's price was a bit higher, after all, he was the emperor.

800 million silver coins, Ye Zhongxing is eligible to be seated.

Zhu Qiyu picked up Jiujue and waved his hand and said, "Open the table!"

As the emperor, Zhu Qiyu is still very cautious and does not take water or food casually.

He has to pay attention to his own personal safety, otherwise he will end up with a big brain hole or a happy heart.

Li Binyan's question looks simple, but it is actually not easy to answer.

The answer to this question can be attributed to six words: Why did Your Majesty rebel?

Qin Shihuang moved 12 wealthy households from all over the world to fill Xianyang, and moved the old nobles from the six countries to Xianyang to make room for Qin's military meritorious officers.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued the "Moving Maoling Order", and the rich households with more than 300 million yuan moved to Maoling.

Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty promulgated the "Calculation Order", and one thousand yuan was collected for one calculation, and one calculation was 120 yuan.

How could the powerful and wealthy businessmen in the world sit still and wait for death?They concealed their assets one after another, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty promulgated the "Reporting Order" to encourage the reporting of untrue calculations.

If the report is true, all the property of the defendant will be confiscated, and he will be fined to be guarded at the border for one year, and the whistleblower will be rewarded with half of the confiscated property.

Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man, and the combined punch of counting order and warning order hits these powerful and wealthy households by surprise.

Liu Yu, the founding emperor of Liu Song, cracked down on temples with hidden populations, destroyed temples, abolished obscene sacrifices, suppressed mergers of powerful and powerful, implemented land cuts, cracked down on powerful gentry, rectified the administration of officials, and reused poor families. .

In the 400 years of great speculation in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Fubing system established by the land equalization system appeared. It is precisely because of the land equalization system that the national power of the Sui and Tang Dynasties flourished.

In the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Gao, the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, marched to defend the law, set up the Dengwen Drum, and encouraged the people to turn corrupt officials to the capital. Chen Shouliu, a veteran farmer in Changshu County, tied up Gu Ying, the magistrate of Changshu County, and sent them to Nanjing. Dengwen Drum.

Zhu Yuanzhang was ecstatic when he heard that, not only met Chen Shouliu in person, but also rewarded Chen Shouliu with [-] ingots of treasure, which exempted Chen Shouliu's family from taxes for three years, and ordered Changshu ground not to embarrass Chen Shouliu.

The people who wanted to escape on the Baizhang plank road in Xingang did not resist. After doing everything, they found that they still couldn't beat the Ming emperor.

Once the edict of severe punishment and harsh laws descended from the sky, it would be too late to escape.

"Your Majesty, there is news from Pigeon Road. A letter has come from Mr. Yuan from the mountains of Japan." Xing'an took the letter from Xiao Huangmen, checked it, and handed it to His Majesty.