What is the concept of a four-fold surge?

That is, within a day, one tael of silver becomes four taels of silver.

This is more exciting than a big bet.

In agricultural society, the flow of gold and silver is very slow. People imagine getting rich is like a joke in front of today's feast.

The entire capital was shaken.

Moreover, the news spread so quickly that it had far exceeded everyone's imagination.

In the past, ordinary people did not need to get the fastest news. Even if the message is delayed by ten days or half a month, it is not a big deal for most people.

After all, even in the palace, the fastest news would take a lot of time to reach the emperor's ears.

But now... people's desire for information has become hungry.

The message is silver.

The first person who learned the news immediately started shopping for goods, and in one or two hours, he made a lot of money.

Once the new policy is implemented, it will be the best benefit in the world.

On that day, the railway company was already busy.

With the known new policy coming soon, the construction of new railways will be put on the agenda immediately.

The budget for building a railway also needs to be started again.

Some even came up with bold ideas.

Railway companies do not need a budget for purchasing land at all.

Because... the implementation of the new policy will inevitably be extremely biased towards railway companies and do their best to reduce the cost of railway construction.

Some people have begun to hear the news.

There have even been many rumors that some people are trying to promote the salt and iron method.

In the Ming Dynasty, the mining of iron ore was a matter for the government.

However, now that railway construction is built, the demand for iron ore will inevitably become extremely large.

And if the government waits for mining, it may not meet the current needs.

Once this is included in the content of the new policy.

Then it will be a huge benefit for the construction of the railway.

Emperor Tianqi was sitting in a teahouse somewhere and heard the shopkeeper of the teahouse, and he actually talked endlessly about several guests.

"I bought more than 70 shares, and first rose, but then the new policy was temporarily suspended and then plummeted. At that time, many people were extremely anxious and sold everywhere. But I was as stable as Mount Tai. Guess why?

To tell you the truth, my teahouse is very well-informed. When I heard that the Minister of Rites and the Minister of War had bought this stock, and there were quite a few, I was sure. You don’t think about it. The wealth and life of so many people is on the ground. If I really fall like this, I will only lose more than 70 shares. How much is it? Are those officials willing to suffer losses?"

After hearing this, some people said, "When I say this, even salt and iron will have a new way?"

The man said, "Salt must not be counted on, but iron ore... I can't say that once the new policy is to divide the fields, but if the mountains and forests are divided, how should we divide them? What should we do if there is mine in the mountains? There is a lot of articles to do here, and how to do it is what the husbands think about, but... I only know one thing, this stock has been raised."

"It is said that many people are now trying to find ways to buy coal and iron. Now, I am afraid I will make a lot of money if I do this."

"That thing coal is worthless, but how can you know that it is so in short supply now."

"It's not just this, not to mention other things, but now, I'm afraid I'll make a lot of money on cotton cloth. The Zhang family's cotton cloth was not sold well a few days ago, but now... people are rushing to buy cotton cloth. If anyone has a cotton field, it's even more profitable."

"This is the truth. In the past, many places could not even pay their salary. Who would dare to buy new clothes? But now it is different. Now no one knows that all workshops will be started soon, and many new mines will recruit people. The wages are inevitable, but I am afraid it will increase. At this time, there is nothing wrong with buying a new set of clothes."

These people are talking about it.

Emperor Tianqi's eyes lit up at this moment. He sat in the corner and whispered: "I've made a fortune, I've made a fortune. I thought that the mountains and forests are all my own. I have asked people to mine coal and iron, for fear of making a fortune."

Zhang Jing said, "Your Majesty... These two things are very intimate now. I have been in Liaodong, so I have already asked people to look for mines everywhere."

Emperor Tianqi couldn't help but say, "Thinking about this, now the world... I really need to rely on the railway. This railway is not a transaction."

"Of course, from mining, manufacturing, and workshop laying, everything involved is convenient, and many industries can be derived. Now this is the wind, and it is not an exaggeration to say that anyone who stands above is profitable. But those who refuse to stand at the wind, now do not need Your Majesty and your ministers, so naturally there will be someone to deal with them. Your Majesty... Take money from others is like killing your parents. We want to steal the land of the gentry. Those gentry and the landlords have hindered the lords in the court. It is the same. Your Majesty, let's see if they kill blood flows into a river."

Emperor Apocalypse nodded: "But what are we doing?"

"Let's do something useful."

"What is useful?" Emperor Tianqi looked at Zhang Jingyi hesitantly.

Zhang Jingyi immediately said: "Educate people and cultivate countless talents for my Ming Dynasty. Think about it, does this mining require technology, build steam locomotives? What about running railways? What about accounting? What about drawing and exploring terrain? These are now professions in the wind, and we need them everywhere. We recruit students, teach them more advanced math, physics, and manufacturing... As long as they drop out, they will be popular in the future, which is beneficial to them. Moreover, the so-called road-to-road and all road-to-road. Math is very useful, and other knowledge is also very useful. If they integrate it in the future, there will be many machinery like spring bamboo shoots.

It emerged like this. Today we learned the steam engine, which was just the beginning. Since ancient times, there have been so many strange and lewd things in the world. I have seen many antiques. The manufacturing of these antiques is extremely profound and amazing. But why... I want to recreate them now, but I find that they cannot be achieved? The fundamental reason is that people regard skills as heirlooms and refuse to show them to others easily. My Ming Dynasty only has the inheritance of classics, but no inheritance of skills. If there is no inheritance, who will carry forward what we can create today? Therefore... the inheritance of this miscellaneous learning must be put on the agenda."

"It makes sense." Emperor Aoki nodded: "If you say so, then you will follow the military academy."

"Yes, it's just like following the military academy. You might as well build a university, open up various subjects, and teach and educate people."

Emperor Tianqi said: "I can teach people carpenters."

"It's not nice to call a carpenter. When people hear it's a carpenter, they will inevitably shake their heads."

"I don't think carpentry is bad."

Zhang Jing smiled and said, "You have to keep up with the trend. You might as well call it a project. When you hear it, you will feel sharp and powerful, even though you are actually doing civil engineering."

Emperor Tianqi: "I think you are becoming more and more like those scholars."

Zhang Jing smiled and said, "Where, where, I am still far from them. I have been infected by them recently and have been quite inspired. I will work hard in the future and strive to be someone like them."

Emperor Apocalypse is very happy.

However, his expression became solemn: "The railway is about to be built, which is the general trend. But once the new policy is new, there will inevitably be many stubborn people to join Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng has taken advantage of the situation to gain a foothold in Jingxiang and has already been involved in Changsha. Hunan is about to be taken into his pocket. Next, whether he takes Guangdong, Guangxi, or enters Sichuan, or goes down to Jiangnan, this will be extremely terrible for me, the Ming Dynasty. Is it necessary to hand over half of the southern country? Sooner or later, he will compete with me? Zhang Qing, this matter is like a thorn in my throat. I don't want to be Emperor Yang of Sui, and I will eventually build the Grand Canal, but as a result, I will let others sit in the world and die and destroy the country."

Zhang Jingyi also had a serious expression, and he immediately said, "Today, two trends of thought have gradually formed. Li Zicheng can now become bigger, and his essence is that he has taken advantage of the loopholes. He picked up the things abandoned by the court, so he used them to win people's hearts. Now his strength is indeed expanding rapidly, which is because many unwilling gentry have reached the point where they cannot tolerate the court, so they would rather join the bandits. The problem now is not the gains and losses of a city and a pool, but whether Your Majesty can trust him."

"Can you trust yourself?" Emperor Tianqi looked at Zhang Jingyi in surprise.

In fact, Li Zicheng has made a pretty correct choice to some extent.

This right or wrong is not right or wrong itself, but is considered based on strategic direction.

It is not wrong to have been a bandit. Because of this, in history, Li Zicheng, who was a bandit, swept the world with the anger of the civilians and even won almost the world.

It's just... it's still a little bit short.

The Ming Dynasty was gone, the capital fell, and the Taoist rule did not exist. Li Zicheng far underestimated the power of the gentry. Those who had mastered public opinion, money and food population quickly merged with the Jiannu people outside the pass. Therefore, the Jiannu people held the imperial examinations in the name of avenging Emperor Chongzhen, and valued the Ming ministers. At the same time, they also recruited Yan Shenggong to promote it for him, but they became the successor of the Ming Dynasty and the defender of Confucianism.

In the end, Li Zicheng was defeated due to this internal and external troubles. Then, there was no one in the world who could stop the Jiannu people's cavalry.

But now... history has changed.

Emperor Tianqi himself abandoned the so-called Taoist tradition. Li Zicheng saw the opportunity and made another choice.

Of course, Zhang Jingyi didn’t know how much controversy occurred in Li Zicheng’s camp for this decision.

But at least, it seems that Li Zicheng has made a pretty right choice now, and his strength has begun to expand rapidly.
Chapter completed!