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From a report from Japan.

It was said that the Han merchants who stayed in Edo had a conflict with the local natives. Because the local government covered up, the dissatisfaction of the Han merchants was aroused.

So one night, the Han merchants who were suffering from losses suddenly appeared on the sea of ​​Edo, and some people moved their cannons. The night guns were loud. After a night of trouble, the Han merchants set sail and left.

This incident caused heavy losses to Edo, killing and injuring more than 100 people, and the Han merchants also lost a ship.

After the incident, the Japanese envoy immediately entered the court to sue.

In fact, the scholars, farmers, industry and commerce in the Ming Dynasty were mostly moderate and almost didn’t provoke trouble.

But the only Han merchants who went into business were completely different.

After all, there is no king's law at sea, and those who dare to go into business are all people holding their heads and putting them on their belts.

Since they were able to go into business, the first thing many maritime merchants do is to summon refugees who were scattered overseas. In fact, they are refugees. In essence, they are both civilians and pirates.

Just such a group of people who are both obsessed with interests and courage, what can I do if I provoke them?

Not only that, these maritime merchants have a lot of money through maritime trade, and they are willing to recruit more young and strong people. The maritime trade is the greatest security, so they customize more sturdy ships and purchase a large number of firearms from Liaodong for emergencies...

Therefore, the strength of these Han merchants is extremely considerable. For the Ming Dynasty, they were honest merchants after they landed, but for Japan, these people were all fully armed robbers after they got out of the sea.

If you are willing to do business with him, he will do business with you. If you are unwilling to do business with him, he can grab it.

Now that the Japanese are coming to sue, they have no choice but to do it. You should know that a hundred years ago, the Japanese were robbing the Ming Dynasty together with the maritime merchants, who knew that they had lost everyone now.

Emperor Tianqi obviously knew little about overseas affairs, and the officials in the court could not give any comments, so he simply issued an order to Lushun and asked Zhang Jingyi to make an idea.

Zhang Jing thought about it and submitted a report according to the order, but only asked Emperor Tianqi to watch it first.

This kind of dispute will not only happen now, but will also happen in the future.

Therefore, if the Ming Dynasty is in a hurry to come out to uphold justice, it may not be convinced by both sides.

Only when things are out of control and when they are at that time, everyone is anxious and everything will be solved.

In fact, now, Zhang Jingyi has clearly felt that when the new policy began to be implemented, almost the entire Liaodong, or the entire Ming Dynasty, had actually become like a wild horse, and gradually began to break out of his own control.

If we say that from the beginning, the experience he brought from later generations may be incompatible with this era.

But now, he became more and more aware that once these ancestors tasted the sweetness of the new policy, they had become extremely radical.

The rapid flow of gold and silver has made the scholars, farmers, industry and commerce have begun to become restless.

On the land journey to the west, there was no need for anyone to encourage or inspire. The crazy refugee army and the Eight Banners almost went west under the advantage of interests and weapons.

The maritime merchants went into the sea frantically and squeezed out every copper plate in the sea.

Countless people have also seen opportunities, so many people have gone to the sea.

The profits of workshops have also begun to touch people's hearts. Now, workshops have become the current trend.

Many people have begun to become less settled, and they have joined the army, worked, and went into the sea.

Even the court and the government had to make corresponding changes under the changes in this economic foundation.

Zhang Jingyi may have been the one who led this trend at first, but now he seems to be swept by this huge trend.

What he pursued in the past may be the implementation of the new policy.

But now he found that the government and the people had transformed themselves into radical New Dealers, and that he had become conservatives instead.

So much so that Zhang Jingyi had to get anxious, for fear that he would take too big steps and would easily lead to something.

But now, the situation is beyond Zhang Jing's control.

Just like the current market discussion, in addition to some shops recently, something new, or someone's family got rich overnight, Zhang Jing once spent this cold winter in Liaodong under this restlessness.

At the beginning of the following spring, Zhang Jing submitted a memorial to come to Beijing to attend the court. Soon the court heard a reply, so Zhang Jing put on his luggage and began his journey to Beijing.

At this time, the railway from Lushun to Beijing had been completed, and the construction speed was astonishing, which was considered to be a railway company that broke many of its own engineering records.

Of course, the fundamental reason is that from the capital to Liaodong, it is almost a smooth road.

Zhang Jingyi took the railway and arrived in the capital five days later.

But it was Wei Zhongxian who was waiting for him in the station.

Wei Zhongxian is now old, with more gray hair between his temples and his spirit is not as good as before. At the time of the 9,000-year-old, he is a little more cautious. As soon as he saw Zhang Jing, he said, "Your Majesty has been looking forward to Brother Zhang... Your Highness, you are looking forward to your coming down. This time, Your Highness has not been sleeping well for many days."

Zhang Jing smiled and said, "I haven't had a good sleep either."

"Is it because I miss Your Majesty?"

Zhang Jingyi said with a little ashamed: "The steam locomotive is very noisy."

This is indeed the truth. The steam locomotive of this era is actually a big boiler piled on iron lumps. A good experience does not exist. People inside can make all their internal organs come out.

Naturally... this kind of experience is extremely uncomfortable for Zhang Jingyi, but for people of this era, it has made extraordinary progress.

Wei Zhongxian seemed a little embarrassed about Zhang Jingyi's words. He coughed and said, "Your Highness is really a human being!" Then he changed his subject and said, "I heard that Liaodong is now better than Jiangnan."

This is a tactical shifting topic so as not to be embarrassed by each other.

Zhang Jingyi sighed at this time and said, "The climate is not good, and the others are still acceptable."

Wei Zhongxian felt that it was almost done, so he smiled and said, "Your Majesty is afraid that you will be anxious. Your Highness should enter the palace quickly,"

At this time, the station was full of guards everywhere, almost three steps and five steps. As soon as Zhang Jing left the platform, there were already a fleet of cars and horses here.

Nowadays, manpower is tight, and when the manpower is tight, it will be difficult for the people to hire a sedan chairperson again. After all, in the past, people were rushing to carry a sedan chair for you, but now they are recruiting workers everywhere. For those strong men, whether they are in the army, working or going into the sea, there are many options. If they still work as sedan chairpersons as before, they have no future and look at people's eyes. Therefore, the sedan chairperson's asking price is getting higher and higher, and sometimes they may not find people even if they are high.

In this way, the entire Guannei and Liaodong have actually begun to slowly replace human power with animal power. Under this trend, replacing human power has even become a synonym for fashion. Emperor Tianqi could not avoid the customs, so he issued an edict, abolished the chariot and replaced it with a carriage.

As soon as Zhang Jing got on the carriage, he found that although the capital had not been seen for more than a year, he had also changed his appearance. Although it was not as earth-shaking as Lushun, it was also visible to the naked eye. Looking at the various scenery along the way, he sighed all the way, but the carriage and horses had already entered the palace from the Meridian Gate. Zhang Jing suddenly wanted to get off the car, but the carriage and horses did not stop. He walked to the warm pavilion and stopped steadily.

After Zhang Jing got off the carriage, he looked around and saw that there were many cars and horses parked near the three large halls and the cabinet in the distance.

He was surprised for a moment and couldn't help asking Wei Zhongxian: "Brother Wei, are you still popular in the Forbidden City now?"

Wei Zhongxian's face changed slightly, and he looked heartbroken, but hesitated, as if he had something to hide.

Zhang Jingyi couldn't help but want to laugh at this time. You must know that this Jiu Qiansui, who dares to do anything, is something that even he can't say, is afraid that there must be a mystery behind this.

He immediately entered the warm pavilion. Before he could enter, there was obviously a young eunuch who had already informed him first, and the voice of Emperor Tianqi came from inside: "Please come in."

As soon as Zhang Jing entered, he saw Emperor Tianqi wearing casual clothes. He was a little anxious and expectant in the pavilion. When he saw Zhang Jingyi's face, he immediately said in a intimate tone: "Oh, I'm actually thin. I issued an edict at the beginning of the month. Why did I come now? I'll teach me how to wait."

Looking at the energetic appearance of Emperor Tianqi, Zhang Jingyi showed a sincere smile and replied: "Your Majesty, after I received the edict, I will come here every moment."

"Isn't it a daytime?" Emperor Tianqi said: "This train is not parked. Could it be that you are waiting for you to find a place to stay at night?"

"This..." Zhang Jingyi was speechless for a moment.

Emperor Tianqi raised his eyebrows and said, "How do you feel when you return to Beijing this time?"

Zhang Jingyi said: "The biggest change is the market, but there are also many changes in the palace. I saw many carriages entering and leaving the palace."

"So many ministers have to go to the palace to do business. Some have to go to the cabinet, some have to attend the imperial examination, some have to wait for the imperial examination, and the servants of the various halls. If they walk in and out, it will be too delayed. I think about it. Now we need to pay attention to efficiency, so we can only enter."

"Your Majesty is wise." Zhang Jing sighed.

At this time, he heard Emperor Tianqi say a little proudly: "Besides, when the carriage and horses enter the palace, they always have to be parked. I heard that ordinary people outside now have inconvenient parking vehicles and horses. When they arrive in front of others, they have to charge parking fees. This Forbidden City is not exempt from the common people. This is the Forbidden City, and the parking fees cannot be lowered. Look, the officials receive my salary and I will collect their carriage and horse parking fees, which is considered as if they are not owed."
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