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Seven hundred and fiftieth chapters: rich to rival the country

Zhang Jingyi has a clear positioning for herself.

That is the pioneer.

As for success or failure, he himself doesn't know.

Things in the world can be successful wherever a new system is promulgated.

It’s just that Liaodong, a place of immigrants that migrate from all over the world, has smaller obstacles and people have a greater desire to change.

Zhang Jingyi immediately thanked the grace of the canonization.

Emperor Tianqi nodded: "The word "grace" is not necessary to mention it again. I am like you, and this is what you deserve. I am the emperor and a person. If you are a human being, you have preferences. You don't have to be restrained everywhere. You always think about the righteousness of the king and the subject, and think about the brotherhood more often."

Zhang Jing sighed in her heart and then stood up to say goodbye.

After leaving the Wenlou, he left the palace.

But outside the Meridian Gate, many tik cavalry and eunuchs were restraining their bodies under the command of eunuchs.

More than 70 ministers were killed in one go, which set a new record since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

The sharp behavior and the ruthless action can be compared with Emperor Taizu Gao.

Many eunuchs from the Shrine Prison were drawn, and at this time, they were shivering in the cold wind, washing the blood in the cracks of the bricks.

Zhang Jing slowly came out wearing a python robe, and the guards and eunuchs in the door bowed and saluted him.

Zhang Jingyi could feel that there was more awe in the other person's eyes.

In their opinion, these more than 70 ministers were killed by His Majesty, but they had nothing to do with him, Zhang Jingyi.

If you offend nine thousand years old, you can still survive. If you offend His Highness, you will die.

Zhang Jingyi was ordinary, but she was too lazy to be friendly.

Today... Is affinity still useful?

There are so many corpses piled up here, the more friendly they are, the more fear others become.

So he left the palace with a stern face. A team of guards had been waiting here. Zhang Jing got into the car and only ordered: "Go back home."

In the capital, people were silent. When the news came out, people did not discuss the matter as lively as before.

Many ministers were just glad, but fortunately, they did not follow the book to join in the fun for various reasons.

Thinking about the emperor's heart? Although the benefits are very high, once you fail, you will be dead.

In fact, many people are really wronged.

You should know that they wrote a letter to follow the trend. After all, it was to let Zhang Jing go back to the Liaodong vassal state, which made people mistakenly think that the monarch and ministers had begun to have cracks. They also thought that Zhang Jing was a very powerful minister who was overly good at the lord. Perhaps His Majesty was guarded against him.

These guesses and speculations are actually very reasonable.

The only unreasonable thing is that guessing is guessing, reality is reality, reality is illogical or rational.

Zhang Jingyi could not leave immediately. She lived in the capital for more than ten days. In fact, at this time, the Zhang family had already begun to prepare for the migration to Liaodong.

As for many assets and properties in Beijing, Zhang Jingyi, except for leaving a part of the land, the rest... either the stocks of major companies are left, or they are sold and exchanged for cash.

Because he knew very well that he might not have been to the capital again in his life.

Once you are in a vassal state and want to come back, it will not be so easy.

Therefore, in addition to some necessary workshop shares, Zhang Jingyi needs a lot of real money.

Fortunately, the Zhang family's land or other assets in the capital were valuable at this time, and they were not worried about not being able to find a buyer.

To be precise, everyone is snatching.

After all, some assets cannot be bought even if there is money.

After spending a lot of effort on the disposal.

In the end, the account was handed to Zhang Jingyi.

It was only delivered after Princess Le'an personally calculated it.

Seeing the final account, Zhang Jingyi was shocked.

He really didn't expect that the cash in the Zhang family had reached 740 million taels, which also ruled out the family business in Liaodong.

In addition, the shares of railway companies and shipping companies in my hand have not been converted into them.

With such a huge amount of wealth, I am afraid that no one in the world except Emperor Tianqi, is richer than Zhang Jingyi.

Even now, after several new policy reforms in the Ming Dynasty, the fiscal situation of the treasury has improved greatly, but the amount of 740 million taels of silver is equivalent to the ten-year income of the treasury.

Zhang Jingyi has actually not known how much money the Zhang family has earned over the years. Now after the liquidation, I only know how huge this amount is.

What’s ridiculous is that over the years, he has followed Emperor Tianqi to search and destroy the family. Who would have thought that the Zhang family has now become the richest person in the world.

At this time, Zhang Jing looked at Princess Le'an with a gentle face and said, "These gold and silver will be brought back to Liaodong. Just treat it as... the foundation for my Zhang family to establish a career in Liaodong in the future. But... it may be difficult for us to have a chance to go back to the capital in the future. In the past few days, just ask others to do trivial matters, so you can go to the palace and take a walk."

Zhang Jingyi's words were obviously considerate to Princess Le'an.

A trace of tenderness appeared on Princess Le'an's face, and nodded with a smile: "I understand what my husband means, but marrying a chicken and marrying a dog and following the dog. My husband wants to go to Liaodong, so my home is naturally in Liaodong. My mother's side, I will go to see more in the past few days... But... My husband goes to Liaodong, and it is said that it is my husband who is worried about his achievements and overwhelming the master..."

Zhang Jing smiled, but said, "I can still grasp your majesty's temperament. If you worry about this, it is not practical. It would be better to say... In this capital, no matter how noble I am, how can I be valued, even if I hold the authority within this pass, it is actually not a good thing. What I can do in the pass is limited after all, as my identity."

"I just vassalized Liaodong because I want to really do something that I can do. Without being constrained by others anymore. You must know that the most difficult thing in this world is that when you do anything... there will always be people who are puzzled, some people who cannot benefit, and some people will sneer. Instead of being in this quagmire, it is better to... go to a place where you can show your own strength. This... maybe it is my selfishness."

"There is a cold and cold place in Liaodong. This is indeed a disadvantage, but there are benefits... After all, the fertile wilderness is thousands of miles away, and the main railway is generally connected. In addition, my father has established a foundation in Lushun. By the way, there are also people... many people... have also been cultivated, and there have been many refugees. Inevitably, there are also many prisoners. Since the Zhang family has been enthroned there, let's start a new place and rebuild a foundation."

Princess Le'an smiled and couldn't help but say, "Your husband is a person who can't rest after all!"

"It's not that I can't stay idle." Zhang Jingyi shook his head seriously and said, "But now that I have arrived at this position, it's impossible to hide from leisure. Mencius said: If you are poor, you will be able to care for yourself; if you are prosperous, you will be able to help the world. Today's Confucian scholars are extremely pedantic and are actually national worms. But what they say is very reasonable for saints like Confucius and Mencius. Since I am the king, I will not have the principle of freedom. If one person is enlightened, he can sit and watch these thousands of people live like pigs and dogs, but can he close the door and set up a red building to entertain guests?"

Zhang Jingyi stayed in the capital for the New Year. After the fifteenth day of the lunar month, what he should have been to clean up was almost done. So countless steam locomotives took the Zhang family's belongings to Lushun first.

On the 19th day of the first lunar month, Zhang Jingyi entered the palace again and carefully bid farewell to Emperor Tianqi. Then he took his little sister and guards to board the steam locomotive.

The steam locomotive was very slow, and Zhang Jingyi even felt anxious.

Of course, speed is relative.

For Zhang Jingyi, this slow steam locomotive took more than a day from Beijing to Shanhaiguan, just like a snail.

But for the people accompanying him, especially Liu Wenxiu, who was personally escorting Zhang Jingyi, he was amazed that the speed of the steam locomotive was as fast as lightning.

You should know that in the past, such a large team had no three or five days, even if they were moving quickly, they would probably not be able to reach Shanhaiguan.

As for going to Liaodong, especially in Lushun, it only takes a month to travel day and night.

But now... the speed has increased by more than several times.

After leaving Shanhaiguan, there was a vast snow. The snow in the north was endless, as if there was no end. Along the track covered by thin snow, the steam locomotive was emitting thick black smoke, roaring hoarsely, and all the way, there was almost no one in the crowd.

But... the changes are still gratifying.

Although not many people are there.

But compared with Zhang Jingyi's return to the court with Emperor Tianqi, he still saw many changes.

At least... along the stations, many markets began to appear. Although the sparrows were small, they were all complete.

There are various shops, and in addition to this, you can occasionally see a large amount of land... and you can start to reclaim the land, and you can occasionally see the houses of farmers outside the car window.

In Zhang Jingyi's memory, a few years ago, it was not an exaggeration to say that there was no rooster crowing for thousands of miles. Years of war and repeated natural disasters have made it difficult for Liaodong to appear in almost all military cities, in addition to some military cities.

But now... he saw someone...

But this place is too vast, so vast that a large number of residents settled here and rode their horses for a day and night, and I am afraid it is difficult to encounter a village.

You know, this kind of scene is almost unimaginable in the pass.

The steam locomotive finally arrived in Jinzhou, and then passed through Tieling... but the final destination... was Lushun.
Chapter completed!
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