Chapter 50: I'm going to make a fortune
Wei Zhongxian hurriedly entered the Qinzheng Hall.
As soon as he saw Emperor Tianqi, he immediately crawled on the ground. His smile disappeared, and he turned into a heartbroken look. He choked and said, "I am so dead, I will give it to Your Majesty..."
Emperor Tianqi raised his hand: "Okay, why are you crying? I am not dead yet. The matter of Dongchang is because of the reason. If you are in the palace all day long, how can you do everything yourself? Get up and talk to me."
Wei Zhongxian trembled slightly, standing against the wall like a child who made a mistake.
Seeing him like this, Emperor Tianqi felt even softer. He pondered for a moment and suddenly said, "I have some knowledge today. Zhang Jingyi is a rare loyal minister."
Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but twitch his face, but then he hurriedly said, "Yes, such a kind act is to share the worries of Your Majesty and to resettle the people. It's amazing that he had such thoughts at such a young age. At his age... I was far inferior to him."
When Emperor Tianqi saw Wei Zhongxian say this, he became more convinced: "I plan to sharpen him well and let him serve as the Jinyiwei household in Qingpingfang. What do you think?"
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Wei Zhongxian could not hide his joy in his eyes. It was so good. Now he felt that Zhang Jingyi was a little out of control when he stayed by His Majesty.
Now that he threw this boy out of the palace, someone really gave him a pillow. He hurriedly said, "Zhang Baihu can only serve His Majesty more. In fact, I have always been worried about Zhang Jingyi's future. Although he is young, it is not a solution to garrison in the palace all day long. Such a rough jade should be polished well, otherwise, in this palace, time has been wasted, and although it is a favor, it actually has misled him."
"Your thoughts are just the same as me." Emperor Tianqi smiled and said, "I feel relieved when Zhang Jing does things. I didn't think it was before, but today I discovered that he had done a good job in the placement of the orphans. The reason why I let him on duty outside was because I took advantage of his ability."
Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian felt a little sad, but he had always been accustomed to following the words of Emperor Tianqi. Emperor Tianqi said that he was good to be alone, so he followed him to praise him thousands of times, but at this moment he couldn't help saying: "This matter shows Zhang Baihu's loyalty, but... I am a little worried."
Emperor Aoki raised his eyebrows: "Worried? What's there to worry about?"
"Zhang Baihu is certainly kind-hearted, but he did this, after all, it was not a long-term solution. According to the search of me, the price of the cotton cloth of the Zhang family was very low, which is well known to the people in the capital. He also made spinning machines everywhere, sent them to the homes of the orphans, and asked them to spin, and then purchased their cotton yarn at a good price. Think about it, isn't this clearly a loss-making deal? The Zhang family is paying money to share His Majesty's worries. Such loyalty is certainly worthy of admiration, but... if you keep losing money like this, how can it be a long-term way?"
When Emperor Aoki heard this, he nodded subconsciously.
Wei Zhongxian looked at Emperor Tianqi carefully and said, "I still heard that Zhang Jingyi is already out and owes 40,000 to 50,000 taels of silver, and the monthly interest rate is great. I feel distressed when I look at it..."
"So much!" Emperor Aoki was startled.
Wei Zhongxian nodded, looking worried about it, but couldn't help but want to laugh in his heart.
Look, Zhang Jingyi is very loyal, and I, Wei Zhongxian, are also very loyal. But we are still different from him. He is stupid and loyal! We are better than him, and we are not like him, like a brainless fly, just doing things recklessly.
We are a brainy person.
Tens of thousands of taels of silver are not a small amount even for Emperor Apocalypse.
After all, although the income from the treasury is quite large every year, especially under the management of Wei Zhongxian, it can be said that it is good at making money. However, the expenses are large, and over the course of the year, there are no less than tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Now that Zhang Jing has been owed a lot of debts in less than a month, you can imagine how worried Emperor Tianqi is.
"Zhang Baihu is a young man after all, and it is understandable that he is careful when he is careful." Wei Zhongxian said slowly.
Emperor Tianqi said, "Okay, I understand, you go down."
Wei Zhongxian was busy with rituals, and he knew that his goal had been achieved.
Zhang Jingyi is really good.
But it can't be better than him.
Just when he was about to step down.
Suddenly, Emperor Aoki stopped him: "Yes, I'm just about to ask you."
"I wonder what your Majesty is going to ask?"
Emperor Tianqi thought for a while and said, "Lu Xiangsheng, do you have an impression?"
"Lu Xiangsheng?" Wei Zhongxian recalled hard, but there was really no such person in his memory.
He looked carefully at the worried Emperor Tianqi, muttering to himself, why did Your Majesty suddenly mention this person? He saw His Majesty's unhappy expression again, was it because Lu Xiangsheng provoked His Majesty, or was His Majesty still worried about Zhang Jing?
After thinking about it, Wei Zhongxian tentatively said: "Your Majesty, I have no impression of this person, but I just don't know this person..."
Emperor Tianqi was a little disappointed. He thought that Zhang Jingyi was going to recommend it must be someone with a very talented person, but even Wei Zhongxian had no impression. Thinking about it... it might be just an unknown person. He thought that Zhang Jingyi owed so much money and thought that he couldn't pay it back. He still hesitated in his heart. Now he just wanted to go back and check how much money there is in his small vault. It's really not a big deal... Alas... it's very difficult. I'm very poor, this is not a small amount.
So, Emperor Aoki said impatiently: "Okay, okay, I'm just asking, you go back."
Wei Zhongxian immediately looked like I understood: "I will leave."
After saying goodbye to Emperor Tianqi, Wei Zhongxian arrived at the Sili Supervisory Bureau with a decisive attitude.
The eunuchs from all over the Silijian came to greet them.
Wei Zhongxian then asked in surprise: "Who is Lu Xiangsheng? Check."
The eunuchs were trembling and dared not be negligent. In just a short while, someone came to report: "Godfather, I found out that this person was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi. At first, he was the head of the Ministry of Revenue. After that, he was promoted to Yuanwailang. Just two years ago, he was transferred to Daming Prefecture and was appointed as the prefect. This person was a Jinshi in the third grade, which was nothing..."
Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but say, "It turns out that he was just a little prefect... His Majesty actually asked about such a person himself."
You know, Lu Xiangsheng can be described as an unknown person at this time. After all, his score in the imperial examination was not outstanding, so he did not even make it to the Hanlin.
In this case, if the Ming Dynasty officialdom could not enter the Hanlin area, then the person's official fortune would come to an end.
The little eunuch looked at Wei Zhongxian and said, "Why did my godfather suddenly ask about this person?"
Wei Zhongxian narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Of course it was His Majesty who asked him, why did His Majesty suddenly ask him... Okay, go and do your business."
The little eunuch said in confusion: "Do work, what to do?"
"What do you think?" Wei Zhongxian looked at the little eunuch coldly and said gloomyly: "Your Majesty mentioned this person with an angry face."
"Oh." The little eunuch suddenly realized and looked enlightened: "I understand, I understand."
Wei Zhongxian waved his hand and didn't want to worry about this at all. He sat down and took a sip of tea. What he wanted to do now was to find a way to give the orphans a good pension!
No matter what, now that His Majesty is concerned about this matter, he must do the matter well and no mistakes will happen. In addition, those fat and big-eared guys in the factory guards should also be tidied up, and His Majesty cannot worry about it anymore.
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As soon as Zhang Jing left the palace, he thought that he could no longer enter the palace every day soon, and suddenly felt a little reluctant.
He went to Qingpingfang and saw Deng Jian shouting at the Zhang family's shop and selling goods. The place was already crowded and there were many people looking for cloth purchases.
"Don't rob, don't rob, I've come from the early morning..."
In the midst of the crowd, Deng Jian wiped the sweat from his forehead when he saw Zhang Jingyi coming: "Third brother, I'm dead, I'm dead."
Zhang Jingyi said in surprise: "Who is dead?"
Deng Jian said laughing and crying: "I'm going to lose to death, we're going to lose to death. I'll lose two cents when selling a piece of cloth. Oh, I can't marry a wife again."
Zhang Jingyi smiled, looked at the countless abortions, and then said confidently: "Don't be afraid, we are going to make a fortune. Have you investigated everything you have done?"
"You are talking about the merchants in the capital?"
Zhang Jing nodded.
Deng Jian said with confidence: "Is this still necessary to check? Their names are all hung in the guards. Our Jinyiwei relies on their share money to make a living!"
"Very good. Tomorrow, I will make an invitation for me and invite them to come. I will say I will serve as a party and invite everyone to dinner. Second brother, let me tell you that your wife is in trouble."
Chapter completed!