Domineering Daming

In this huge capital city, only his family has not been fired. In the future, it may be the most expensive signboard, and there is no need to worry about no business!

Wei Liangqing smiled for a while, and ate December's ice in a good mood, then turned around and said loudly: "Xiao Li, from now on, the door is half closed, and all visitors are blocked except for business!"

"Half-off?"

Xiao Li was stunned. Since he wanted to block the car, why did he have to stop it halfway?But Wei Liangqing was the shopkeeper, so he went to close the door as soon as he agreed.

For such a big matter, it is naturally impossible for the rich and wealthy merchants in the capital to lick their wounds on their own. They have contacted each other and passed on the news, all wanting to join forces to discuss an explanation.

"What did you say? Huitong Commercial Bank? The one that Wei Liangqing set up?"

"It's the shopkeeper."

"Are they okay? How is it possible, he had such a quarrel before, there is no way for the court to let them go!"

"Yes, but it is said that many people protected the firm. I heard from some people that they have a great background."

"Wait, I remember, when they opened for business, many dignitaries came?"

"Yes, there are dozens of them at least."

"It seems that... Wei Liangqing has fallen in love with some noble person."

Such discussions resounded everywhere in the capital, each with different thoughts.

"Choose a few good things from the things hidden at home, and send them to Huitong Commercial Bank for storage."

"Take 5 taels of silver and deposit it in Huitong Commercial Bank."

"Take my invitation card and invite Wei Liangqing."

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In the afternoon, when it was getting late, Zhu Xu left the palace and sat in the carriage, thinking deeply.

The court raised so much "tax" this time, the situation in Liaodong should ease.However, Zhu Xu was not sure how long Sun Chengzong could last.Without Wei Zhongxian's suppression, the strife within the Donglin Party and Qingliu became more intense and more unscrupulous.

Cao Wenzhao was driving the carriage, he knew Zhu Xu's thoughts clearly, turned his head and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, do you really want to see Governor Sun?"

"I can't see it." Zhu Xu sighed slightly, his status was embarrassing, if he went to see him, it might be counterproductive and burn himself.

Cao Wenzhao was also very helpless. He thought more than once that if His Highness became the emperor, perhaps many things would not happen, and the court would not be so chaotic.

The carriage turned around in the alley a few times before Cao Wenzhao said to Zhu Xu, "Your Highness, no one is following you."

"Well, go to uncle." Zhu Xu said.

As soon as Zhu Xu entered Fu's mansion, Fu Changzong dragged him into the secret room with a sudden change of expression, and at the same time scolded him: "Xu'er, why are you here at this time?"

Zhu Xu smiled slightly, and said in an unhurried manner: "I wanted to come a long time ago, but it was delayed by this sudden incident."

The two sat down in the study, and Fu Changzong heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "Why are you so anxious?"

Zhu Xu sat on the chair, half lying down and said with a smile: "I'm not in a hurry, just come and see."

Fu Changzong had no choice but to see Zhu Xu's tired and lazy appearance, and said, "You want to know how much property the household department confiscated this time?"

This was indeed one of Zhu Xu's goals, and he said, "I should have a rough idea."

Fu Changzong nodded and said: "The cash is about 200 million taels, the bank notes are about 200 million taels, the property is about 100 million taels, and the total amount is about 500 million taels."

Zhu Xu's expression changed, he sat up and said, "How much?"

Knowing Zhu Xu's astonishment, Fu Changzong smiled wryly, and said, "You have been in the palace all the time, and you don't know much about the various yamen. The money allocated by the court will be exploited layer by layer, and the money handed in will also be skinned layer by layer. The money will be more, and the taxes below will also increase.”

The corner of Zhu Xu's mouth twitched, not because he didn't know, but because he didn't know that he would be so cruel.Originally, it was more than 5000 million taels, but in the end, less than one-tenth of it went to the court!

"So it is."

Zhu Xu sighed with emotion. The salt tax in Daming was more than 100 million taels a year, and the population was more than 6000 million. It stands to reason that it would be no problem to collect 1000 million taels a year. Now according to Fu Changzong's words, it makes perfect sense.

Thanks to the imperial court, the people worked hard, and the bureaucracy got rich.

"This is not bad." Fu Changzong also felt a little bit emotional, and said: "Add 200 million taels of silver in Liaodong, 100 million taels in Shaanxi to suppress bandits, and 100 million taels in Sichuan. It can be regarded as a solution to the urgent need."

Zhu Xu shook his head slightly, and said: "The hard days are still to come. By the way, uncle, did something happen today? The emperor's wife pulled me over early in the morning and asked if I was affected."

"Empress?" Fu Changzong was taken aback for a moment, and then said thoughtfully: "According to the empress's care for you, it should be done."

"What's wrong?" Zhu Xu looked at Fu Changzong, obviously he knew something.

Fu Changzong said: "The Metropolitan Procuratorate took advantage of this incident to imprison several princes, and more than a dozen censors are impeaching them for their improper titles and demanding that their titles be cut."

The corners of Zhu Xu's mouth twitched, this was the way they used to deal with Wei Zhongxian and the Ke family back then.To say that they are eunuchs and nannies belong to the family of nannies, but when it comes to the interior of Qingliu, it is the word "improper".

Zhu Xu was not interested in these things, so he suddenly approached and said, "Uncle, the things I asked you to plant outside the city should be harvested, right?"

Fu Changzong showed a sudden look, and said: "So you came here for this. Well, there were tenants who came back before, and it was indeed planted, but the corn matured in July, and it will take a while. The sweet potato, I am afraid it will be delayed Two months."

Zhu Xu nodded. This corn and sweet potato has been spread to Daming for a long time, but it does not match the meal habits of Daming, so it is not widely known, and few people know about it.

"Okay." Zhu Xu looked quite excited, and said: "It should be more than ten days, you let them accept it, grind it, and send it to the city, and I will give you the address."

Fu Changzong knew that Zhu Xu must have premeditated doing this. After thinking about it, he said: "Nowadays there are a lot of wasteland everywhere, the price is cheap, and there are many refugees and refugees. It is not difficult to plant more."

Zhu Xu was very concerned about this matter, and said solemnly: "Okay, money is not a problem. After this incident, it will be easy to make up 1000 million taels, and then you will be able to earn a lot every day. Okay, let's get out of here."

Fu Changzong was somewhat puzzled by his last words, but he still said: "Well, as long as there is enough money, it will be much easier to do these things in the name of the household department yamen, and there will be no obstacles."

Zhu Xu was overwhelmed with emotion. With these two high-yield and drought-resistant crops, if they are popularized, they will be powerful weapons for disaster relief and resistance to refugees in the future.

"Father."

Suddenly, Fu Tao's voice sounded outside the door.

Fu Changzong frowned slightly, stood up, walked to the door of the secret room, opened it, looked at Fu Tao and said, "What's the matter?"

Fu Tao glanced at Zhu Xu inside, and said in a low voice, "Father, Zhang Guogong has been arrested."

"Zhang Guogong? Which one..." Fu Changzong frowned even more, and just about to scold him, his face suddenly changed slightly: "You mean the empress's father?"

"Which Yamen is it!"

Standing beside Fu Changzong, Zhu Xu said in a cold voice.

Chapter 65