Chapter 472.
Zhu’s praise, is by no means an exaggeration, but really from the heart.
Such a large disaster turned out to be not only easily solved, but the relief was so great that it far exceeded everyone’s imagination.
But the crux of the matter is that, whether it is the emperor or the court, or the Taiping government, and even Zhang Anshi personally, actually have a considerable profit.
Throughout the ages, the situation of profiting in the midst of a catastrophe is bound to be a matter of great anger and resentment.
However, Zhang Anshi not only made everyone profit, but also made the court gain the hearts and minds of the people.
This kind of means, sounds like people feel horrified, only afraid of the whole Ming, also absolutely no one can think of.
Even if you think about it, you can’t execute it.
At this time, Zhang Anshi smiled, straightened his body, and humbly said, “Your Majesty, I’m ashamed to say that this skill of mine is really not up to the elegance of the hall, and I’m too ashamed to be praised by Your Majesty in such a way. If there is some credit for this, it is also the result of the concerted efforts of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Taiping Mansion.”
Zhang Anshi’s words were indeed humble, and not even a trace of pride could be seen on his face.
Over the years, he had come to the conclusion that humility was the right thing to do anyway.
As for the fact that he went to Zhu Di in front of his face to take credit for the various ways of earning money, and told them in front of the monarchs and ministers, it was not that Zhang Anshi was psychologically immature and wished to show himself in front of everyone.
It is really the way of the New Deal is too wild, these things, would have needed to be taught hand in hand, if they are muffled, how do others know the power of the New Deal?
Only the benefits of the head here, as well as a variety of relationships one by one to peddle, this monarchs and ministers …… even if one person and two people are enlightened, there is also a huge benefit to the New Deal.
Zhu Di heard, do not think about it, then can not help but say, “Prince …… is not considered to be any credit, he is just to go out to make an effort.”
But finished, seems to feel that this, some of the disparagement of the Prince, he is, after all, the Crown Prince Well, should also give him to establish some prestige.
So the words turn, then said: “Naturally, he is my son, but also the country’s Crown Prince, but is willing to personally do, relief for the people, this kind of Prince has not been in the past. I have this son, heart very comforting. Just this work, honestly as Zhang Qing said, is the result of Taiping House on and off to do their best, and now, the people can eat and wear warm, this is the greatest merit, I heart …… is also very happy.”
The hearts of the hundred officials were still shaken, they were slowly digesting the various paths of Zhang Anshi, and in their hearts, besides being shocked, there were only a few moments of self-abasement.
It is said that Zhang Anshi this kid is a relative, and the hundred officials are mostly well read poetry and books of the scholarly origin, is the pride of the sky.
But in detail, this Zhang Anshi road although wild, but based on this relief work alone, but who also had to convince.
It’s true, the truth crushes everything!
Rather, Zhu Di suddenly remembered something, immediately looked at Zhang Anshi with burning eyes, and said: “This time the royal grandson can go to the relief?”
Zhang Anshi naturally knew how much Zhu Di cared about Zhu Zhanji, so he patiently said, “Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the grandson has now joined the Railway Department as a Tongzhi of the Railway Department, responsible for assisting in the construction of the railroads. I am hoping that Huang Sun will be able to try out this Taiping Province and the Department of Maritime Affairs.”
“This relief, the railroad department also sent a lot of personnel, on the one hand, also assist in the relief, on the other hand, is to carry out surveying and planning, mobilize the strong man, build the road base. Of course, the minister in order to prevent, in the side of the royal grandson, but also inserted a model battalion of men, both to protect the royal grandson, but also to protect the railroad division of the personnel.”
Zhu Di is obviously very satisfied, nodded: “Well …… so …… very good, I am most worried about is the children and grandchildren in the palace for a long time, do not share the five grains. Taizu high emperor is Huaibu right cloth, can get the world, is because the body of the people’s feelings of suffering, know the depth of the world of danger and evil, I and other children and grandchildren, should also be.”
“If not, such as that of the Mongolian Yuan descendants, when the generation of Temujin, skilled bow and horse, how prima donna, to the area of more than 100,000 iron horsemen, flogging the world, no one dares to be. But only a hundred years, its children and grandchildren but all atrophied, heard the enemy is afraid, see the enemy is as terrified as a lost dog.”
Zhu Di paused, sighed, and then said: “It is a pity that the reason is so reasonable, but traditionally the Prince and the Royal Sun side, those who are the ministers for the slave, which one is not only know to coax the Prince and the Royal Sun, which one dares to sincerely teach the Prince and the Royal Sun to experience? Everyone is willing to work hard on their behalf, appearing to be loyal, but in reality, it is to their detriment. Only Zhang Qing, dares to do so.”
With these words, many of the hundred officials could not help but secretly start rolling their eyes.
Who doesn’t know that? But in general, who would dare to let the Crown Prince and the grandson do that?
But Zhang Anshi’s status is different.
This Zhang Anshi doing this is His Majesty’s family business, and no matter what, the Crown Prince and the Royal Sun will not be offended.
If you let someone else try it? I’m afraid that before they do it, they’ll be mistaken as having evil intentions and have their heads chopped off.
Who doesn’t know the truth of the so-called wise son who doubts his neighbor?
Zhu Di and then paced a few steps, his heart is uplifted, and then remembered what, looking to Zhou Ju Ren people, tiger eyes side, staring hard at Zhou Ju Ren said: “You and others in the disaster year hoarding odd then, both greedy to this, but now by the Zhang Qing plotting, if it is willing to gamble to serve the loss, I would also respect you a few points. Now steal the chicken not, dare to gather to the capital to complain, planted evidence framed, can know the crime?”
Zhou Ju Ren and others, has been like a thunderbolt from a clear sky, a heart of fear.
In fact, they have come to realize that at this point, they are considered to be completely screwed.
The reason it’s finished is not because their reasoning is untenable.
People like Zhou Ju Ren are all human beings, and when it comes to reasoning, they have read all their lives, but they have all the sense to argue for themselves.
To put it bluntly, if you really want to talk about the crime, Zhou Ju Ren, etc., really not afraid of a Zhang Anshi.
But they understood that the so-called reasoning, the so-called verbal arguments, were now meaningless.
This Zhang Anshi relief of the people, so that the palace made a great deal of silver, and taught the court to get the hearts of the people, not to mention that there will be a steady stream of revenue in the future, and may …… even get their land as well as the manpower of the victims, and build the foundation of the railroad.
This is the result of basically, just these people, the Zhou Lifers, being injured, while everyone in the world has a huge benefit.
To put it bluntly, not to mention Zhang Anshi reasonable, even if Zhang Anshi really evidence of guilt, did digging up people’s graves such a bad thing. To the emperor’s face, must also be to defend Zhang Anshi.
Because all these great benefits were based on Zhang Anshi’s crackdown on Zhou Juren’s people and others.
If we defend these people of Zhouju at this time, then …… what about the railroad? How to count the proceeds of the tax?
There seems to be an attempt to try to argue a point or two, to try to get themselves off the hook.
But Zhou lifer, but is already face miserable, a face of sadness, busy kowtow as if pounding garlic said: “grass people …… ten thousand deaths, ten thousand deaths ……”
This is not a matter of reason; this is standing directly against the world, against the emperor, and fighting with the emperor for the benefit of hundreds and tens of millions of taels of silver!
And, under the sky, is the emperor said you have reason to be reasonable, said you can not escape the crime will have the crime of death, to kill your whole family, will not leave a time.
Zhu Di at this time is furious, but thought of something, eyes slightly open to look at Zhang Anshi, said: “Zhang Qing …… these people …… is when I want you to catch the thieves, right?”
Zhang Anshi calmly said, “Your Majesty, precisely ……”
He slowly and methodically continued: “His Majesty ordered the minister to take the thief, I was thinking, if one by one thorough investigation, the four provinces of the disaster is so serious, involved in the thief so much, if the big move to make the brocade guards around to catch the wind, is bound to affect the relief of the victims. At the same time, may also lead to these thieves after learning the wind, resistance, after all, they are the head of the snake, in the world’s provinces and counties in the tree deep roots, and the brocade guards to spread the net in general, sporadically sent out riders, not only will cause great turbulence, and may also return without success.”
“Even, it may wrong good men, and enable certain cunning villains, to escape the net of justice.”
“So I made a two-handed preparation, one side of the relief at the same time, selling grain at a high price, so that the advantage lies in the fact that only these thieves who hoarded will care especially about the price of grain, and will have to think of every possible way to purchase grain, and maintain the price of grain in order to maintain their interests, so that they will suffer a huge loss. Whoever loses more, hoards more grain; such a practice is clear at a glance, and in no way wrongs anyone else.”
“This second well ……” said here, Zhang Anshi hooked up a touch of special deep meaning smile, said: “This second, is to ask Hu Gong to help a small favor.”
“Hu Guang?” Zhu cross-examined.
At the mention of that Hu Guang fellow, Zhu Di was a bit angry.
He didn’t expect the guy to be a wimp to this extent.
Teaching him to give relief is futile and causes so much trouble; this man simply does not have any ability to stand on his own.
But I did not expect, Zhang Anshi actually said, “It is Hu Gong, I secretly, contacted Hu Gong, Hu Gong also noticed that something is wrong, just …… he wants to mend the fold, but it is too late. So I invited people, personally went to talk to him secretly, and finally developed a strategy, is to invite Zhou Ju Ren these people into the urn.”
“Your Majesty, these thieves, heavy losses, I’m thinking, these people in the states and counties, after all, the tree roots deep, once the dog jumped over the wall, it is bound to cause a great deal of trouble.”
Zhu nodded.
This is the truth. Why did the emperors of all dynasties have to rule with the powerful and the gentry?
Essentially, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, but these families that have been operating in the local area for hundreds or thousands of years are so intertwined that once the imperial court harms their huge interests, they will inevitably find a way to create all sorts of chaos and even cause calamities.
Zhang Anshi added at this time: “The so-called blocking is better than sparing, instead of letting them jump over the wall in desperation, then it is better to let them all come to the capital. But how to make them come to the capital? If there is no chance of victory, they will not dare to come. Therefore, the role of Hu Gong, then appeared, he has a huge reputation, put on an appearance of willing to do for them, secretly contact authorized them, as long as to come to the capital, the court of all the public officials will be breeding sympathy for them, will give them a fair, in this way, it will be considered to give them a great hope, which is why they went to the capital to complain about the matter of the grievance.”
Chu: “……”
Zhu Di’s old face, twitching, had actually long understood what was going on when he heard this.
Zhu has been regarded as an old fox, but the old face a few times twitching, finally, or some taut, finger panicked Zhou lifts people, etc.: “Zhang Qing said is …… coming to the capital, there is a counting one, are those thieves quasi no error?”
Lifter Zhou subconsciously murmured, “No, not ……”
He winced.
Who would have thought …… that all …… this would be a scam?
What law is not responsible for the masses, what you can rest assured, wrapped in the old man, the old man is the Wen Yuan Pavilion university scholar, the imperial court gun Gong, has long been dissatisfied with Zhang Anshi’s behavior, as long as the capital, His Majesty, His Majesty will be necessary to tear chopping Ma Su.
This …… is all a lie ……
All of this is actually a ghost trick that Hu Guang and Zhang Anshi have joined hands to fool around with.
Learning this truth was really more shocking than learning that he had been murdered by Zhang Anshi.
For a moment, some people feel that the amount of information they receive is too large, so that the whole person, it is difficult to bear, at the same time, this week, one person behind the lifter, a black eye, directly bar a, people planted on the ground.
Zhang Anshi only glanced at it, and then continued to Zhu Di: “Your Majesty is indeed saintly, yes, as long as they come to the capital, they are all hoarders and thieves, and there is absolutely not a single one who is wrongly accused!”
“Your Majesty …… Here is a report from Hu Gong, I hope that I will forward it to Your Majesty, Your Majesty will know it at a glance. Here, are Hu Gong secretly search to these people in the prefectural and county of the evil shape of the evil, there are listed down the many sins, can be said to be incisive.”
Saying that, Zhang Anshi pulled out a zhengshi from his sleeve.
Yizhuoha fire speed will be this shengshu, sent to Zhu Di’s face.
Zhu Di opened, the head of the fly, tens of thousands of words, visible this Hu Guang in these days, in the end, how much thought spent.
Zhu only lowered his head, looking at the shocking words.
‘Forcing people into prostitution’ and ‘annexing good land with liters of grain’ ……
Seeing this, Zhu Di eyes narrowed, this eyes, fiercely revealed the killing intent, thick eyebrows sank, before saying, “I never thought, Zhang Qing this time there is a relief of the work of Ji, there is also the work of thieves, a means, but for the court to do so many piles of things.”
Hundred officials a little taut, to be honest, Zhou Ju Ren these into the capital, or some people with Zhou Ju Ren people and other empathy, the same enemy.
But now …… to this point, actually even Hu Guang also jumped out to prosecute and expose, at this time if you also give Zhou Ju Ren these people to say good words, which is basically equivalent to looking for death.
Even if he was his own son, he wouldn’t dare to utter a single word of no.
Zhu Di face color more and more cold, one side to see, one side said: “good ah, originally thought, just these people greedy, but I never thought, they are bold, really is nothing to do, such as harm to the people of the inferior gentry, I can not be compatible?”
After saying that, Zhu Di raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Ju Ren and others, his gaze was like a sharp sword with an open blade, as if he would put them on the spot at any time.
Zhou lifer has already sucked in a mouthful of cool air, face white, shaking voice: “Your Majesty, the grass people wronged, wronged ah ……… ”
After saying that, all of them kowtowed their heads as if they were pounding on garlic, and a sound of begging for mercy rose and fell.
Zhu sneered, “Is that so? Who has wronged you? Is it Secretary Zhang, or Secretary Hu? Or …… could it be me?”
Zhu Di said this without haste, but it made Zhou Ju Ren only feel like an awn on his back, and his body was chilled to the bone.
His teeth kept playing a cold shiver, and after a long time of effort, only then did he say with snot and tears, “The grass people …… grass people …… people, etc., have been pitched to the point of dumping their families. What is more, the grass people weekdays, most of the people do not fight with others, do good deeds, only this …… time slightly hoarded some grain, Your Majesty …… Your Majesty ……”
One by one, the hundred officials couldn’t help but stare at these people like fools, looking at Zhou Ju Ren.
To be honest, this and other self up pole running to the capital, self throwing …… into the net is really rare.
Zhu Di listened to the words of Zhou Ju Ren, but the anger is more prosperous, prancing: “The year of disaster, hoarding grain, is not enough to profit? That the death of the Mongolian Yuan, is not precisely these people, borrowing the disaster for profit, the appropriation of people’s fields, so that people have no place to stand, die without a burial place?”
“If it were not for people like you and other thieves, when Emperor Taizu Gao, how would he have been forced to the point of joining the army to fight against the Yuan? How would the Mongol Yuan have collapsed, so that my Ming Dynasty won the world? The Tartars can tolerate you, if I were to tolerate you, would I not also have to sit back and watch the Ming take its own destruction?”
Said, Zhu Di stood up, obviously angry, indignation: “Now you even ask for mercy? Then I would like to ask, you say …… in my heart, is it the Daming’s countryside important, or you these people thieves of the dog’s life is important?”
The conversation has come to a point where there’s really no need to go on.
There’s no need to guess what’s in His Majesty’s mind anymore.
Zhou Ju Ren only felt as if struck by lightning, so he cried out in horror, “I would rather hand over my family, and no longer dare to cry out for justice.”
Zhu Di face only contemptuously hooked up a cold smile, then said: ”Ridiculous! Is your family still your family? Your family has already lost everything, what else can be handed over? Spare you today, how can future generations learn from this?”
This four words of caution taught Zhou Ju Ren to suck in a breath of cold air.
Often times, emperors killed people with intent , e.g. …… Make an example for future generations.
Since the emperor thought that the behavior of Zhou Ju Ren and these people would be the death of the world, then if Zhou Ju Ren and these people could still live well and only suffer some punishment in a small way, then this would be the emperor’s impoliteness to his own Jiangshan community.
How could Lifted Man Zhou not understand the meaning in Zhu’s words? Just because he knew, his entire body shivered.
After half a day’s effort, he still wanted to make a final struggle, and said periodically, “If His Majesty executes us today, it is necessary to centrifugal separation, and in the four provinces, the hearts of the people will be lost, and a great chaos will come!”
This had been his last card.