Chapter 579: Part of the Plan
Xie Jin appeared calm and said without hesitation, “The pattern that I have discovered is that of the money changers.”
Chu: “……”
Xie Jin then said: “Since someone behind the manipulation of the market, then must use a large amount of gold and silver, and where there is gold and silver, will inevitably involve the scheduling of the money changers, such a large amount of transactions, how can the money changers stay out of it?”
Zhu Di was inspired at once, so he said, “So you taught people to keep an eye on the money changers, so you could detect something fishy?”
“Not so easy, but roughly the same.” Xie Jin said, “In addition, is to explore the details of the exchange side, both large-scale purchases, there must be traces! But …… these purchases, and will certainly find a way to quietly implement.”
“Silently?” Zhu pondered.
Xie Jin said, “This teaching hides people’s eyes and ears, and once it is noticed, it will naturally trigger discussions. At that time, I am afraid that before they have completed the acquisition, the commodity will already be expensive, and it will definitely be unprofitable.”
Zhu listened and subconsciously nodded his head.
Xie Jin also said: “So the most effective way is to carry out some scattered transactions off-site, and try our best not to alarm the exchange before this. Until the deadline, and then suddenly to the exchange, for large-scale transactions, until everyone woke up, the business list has been acquired to seven or eight. In addition to this, a single person to carry out the acquisition is not, both such a large-scale acquisition, then necessarily involves a large number of manpower, and these always have traces of ……”
Xie Jin said, but then said: “my clan, all in Java, although I am in the capital, but not a day not miss. Therefore, after noticing this matter, it is not inevitable to breed some greed, always want to give their own children and grandchildren clansmen, leaving a little something, so that they are saved from suffering …… Just I as a Wen Yuange university scholar, but also so, can be said to be for the tiger as a devourer, is really the crime of all death.”
Really, Xie Jin has no crime at all, after all, not involved in collusion, just follow the buy just.
What’s more, his real killer, is his far away in Java’s relatives! At first, when Zhu Di packing Xie Jin, this solution to the old and young, can not be less tormented, and now are still in Java ‘suffering’ it.
As a result, whenever Xie Jin mentioned, Zhu Di can not help but feel a little ashamed!
Although this Jie Jin made a mistake, but in Java also have merit, after entering the dynasty, but also exhaustive efforts, people’s families are still in Java, think about it teach people strange embarrassed.
So Zhu Di was busy saying, “Xie Qing is not guilty.”
But Hu Guang’s heart went cold as he listened.
Originally insight Jinyin was actually among them, and said in my heart, the law is not to blame, my son should not be the most serious crimes.
As a result, people’s nature is completely different, and thus, the psychological change has become the initial worry about Xie Jin, to the jealousy of Xie Jin, and now the idea is …… how it seems to be left me into the bad guys?
Xie Jin said aloud at this time, “Thank you, Your Majesty.”
Zhu said, “What about you guys, what about you guys? Are you all like Xie Qing? Do you also have relatives who are thousands of miles away? Do you have no money left in your family and can’t make ends meet? I see, you are eating lard blinded mind, thus bold, conspire together …… to do such a hook.”
Zhu Di paused, huffed and puffed continued: “I am all for you blush, just for your interests, put themselves in the minister’s decency and disregard. Such in the people to compete for profit, in order to the new government, over the years, the court to obtain the trust of merchants and merchants and the people and the people. Now, but because you do hook, these credibility, gone. Things in this world, to make a thing easy, but to spoil a thing, is easy, today I if I indulge you and so on, not to mention that you have to go up to the house to uncover the tiles, the world of merchants and soldiers and people also do not agree.”
Zhu Di can be said to be furious at this time, which is actually understandable.
He Zhu Di did not dare to break the rules, after all, Zhu Di is clear what is more important, this kind of thing is to fish to the pond, but these guys, but dare to do what he Zhu Di dare not do, really is outrageous!
Zhang and Zhu Yong, however, were already terrified and were busy kowtowing like garlic.
Zhu Di tensed his face and said, “I definitely can’t condone the traitors, you and others have done such a good thing, say it, how should I deal with it? Is it to exile you guys, or should I confiscate your family property to thank the world?”
Zhang and Zhu Yong were already jaw-dropping.
Hu Guang was even more frightened.
This would be a real game changer if it really didn’t copy up.
Hu Guang is the more he thinks, the more afraid he is, so afraid that his body is like a sieve.
On the contrary, Xie Jin has been out of the picture, he looked at these people with faces like ashes, in fact, in the heart, roughly understand.
The truth of the matter is actually well known to all.
To the people in this hall, such as Hu Guang, Zhu Yong, Zhang’s IQ, to put it bluntly, even if they add together, all involved in the conspiracy, not to mention playing that exchange, this real money into, they can not come out of the house, are enough to let Xie Jin high regard for them.
Doesn’t Your Majesty know this very well?
In this matter, the real culprits were Zhang Anshi and King Han.
Just Zhang Anshi right now and not to mention the favor of the Holy Spirit, just by the status of Zhang Anshi, Zhu Di also want to keep, so that he came to implement the new policy.
As for His Highness the King of Han, there is even less to say. At the beginning, although a little bit not competitive, but after all, this is the bloodline, and his majesty is old, the older the person, it is inevitable to have licked the calf’s feelings, will miss the son who is thousands of miles away, but can not see each other, this son for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, had to be sent to the overseas, forever for the clan screen, a lifetime is difficult to set foot on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, for his majesty, itself, on the king of the Han Dynasty, there are a few points of guilt heart.
This counts, in essence, Zhu Di knows that things are very serious, which has involved the issue of trust in the world, the disposition is not good, is to shake the foundation of the country.
Then, under the above circumstances, the only thing Zhu Di is going to do is to summon Hu Guang, Zhang and these people and give them a hard time.
On the one hand, giving the world an explanation would at least quell some of the chatter.
But on the other hand, it is knocking the mountain to shake the tiger, kill the chicken to warn the monkey, although on the surface did not offend Zhang Anshi and the king of Han, in fact, it is a warning to Zhang Anshi and the king of Han.
And for Hu Guang, Zhang, Zhu Yong, these people, in fact, is also bitter, in fact, this is also understandable, they know this by heart, but now can confess to Zhang Anshi?
Thus, one can only step into this scapegoat.
Everything is unspoken, in this regard, Xie Jin will not be slow and unhurried, said: “Your Majesty, I thought, after all, this matter is unprecedented, in the end to what crime, but it is difficult to say, it would be better …… to call the Song Wang Palace down, see what he said?”
Zhu Di looked deeply at Dajin.
In fact, this is exactly what Zhu Di meant.
Zhu Di did not go to do Zhang Anshi, but does not mean that, such a big thing, shall not kill the chicken to warn the monkey, so immediately said: “Call Zhang Anshi.”
The hall was still still austere.
And Yishakha went away in haste.
After a while, Fang led Zhang Anshi.
Zhang Anshi honestly bowed down and saluted.
Zhu stared at him and said, “Do you know anything about them, Minister Zhang?”
Zhang Anshi’s face was still calm as he said, “I don’t know what’s the matter?”
Zhu Di looked at Xie Jin and said, “Xie Qing tell a story.”
Xie Jin was not ambiguous, and directly told the matter briefly.
In the middle of the narration process, Zhu Di still stares at Zhang Anshi closely, seems to want to use his own body’s murderous aura to teach this Zhang Anshi to be chilled.
But Zhang Anshi listened attentively, but seemed as if he was not worried at all, as if he had nothing to do with this matter at all.
Even Jie Jin had to admire Zhang Anshi in his heart. Really is a great talent ah, not panic, their own brothers and cronies dead to the end, but still can be so indifferent, turn the other cheek, really do great things good material!
Such a person, if in a chaotic world, must also be a lord.
Xie Jin said.
Zhu Di then coldly said, “These people, really ten thousand deaths, this time to call the Secretary to, is to teach the Secretary to say, these people should be disposed of how?”
Zhang Anshi fixed his mind and blinked, still remaining calm, he did not show surprise or trepidation, making Zhu a little disappointed.
Zhang Anshi said calmly, “Your Majesty, in this matter, I am not in a good position to say anything, for the purchasing of the merchant list is headed by me.”
Once these words came out, Zhu Yong and Zhang two people heaved a long breath as if they had escaped from life.
They even had a few moments of excitement on their faces.
Big Brother really leaned in this time.
Finally not putting my eggs, in two baskets.
Zhu raised his eyebrows, he was very surprised.
He obviously did not expect that Zhang Anshi would come to take the blame himself.
Now but let Zhu Di made a mistake, if so, then Zhu Di obviously into a passive, if it is harshly disposed of, Zhang Anshi side is the first offender. But if it is not heard, it is to teach the world to be disappointed.
Zhu Di said: “In this way, all this is Zhang Qing, in order to profit, and set up the game?”
“Setting up a situation?” Zhang Anshi shook his head and said, “Your Majesty, I don’t understand, what does Your Majesty mean by setting up a situation?”
“Hmph.” Zhu Di said, “Do you really think that the world are all fools? If not set up, conspiracy to profit, how to do, what you buy, what skyrocketed? It is rumored that your news, faster than others are many days, can these can blind the world?”
Zhu Di said, revealing a very painful expression, turned to say: “you with me these years, although there are many small mistakes, but I know with the Secretary, but I know that Zhang Qing is affordable to me, but also afford the gods. But how to the imminent success of the time, but made such a thing? If there is no silver, you can and I to mention, why so desperate, put the people at risk?”
Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty, I still some do not understand, I did not collusion ah, I …… just buy and sell, is this exchange door, is not open to me and so on, do not allow me and so on to buy?”
Zhu Di only feel in front of the fact, Zhang Anshi also hard mouth, so a face of hate and iron look at him: “Hugh to sophistry, hurry to confess, or can also read you credit ……”
Zhang Anshi very innocently said, “Your Majesty, what I said, is indeed the actual situation, and there is absolutely no meaning of sophistry. Of course, the minister’s news is a little more informed than others, but …… being well informed can’t be a crime, right?”
Chu: “……”
Xie Jin saw that Zhu Di was directly speechless, so he was busy giving Zhu Di a helping hand, “Your Highness, the King of Song, what His Majesty means is that you are too well-informed, obviously too much better informed than others, and this is just unbelievable. It is now rumored in the streets that this is the result of someone setting up a trap behind the scenes and trading behind the scenes.”
“So it is this ah?” Zhang Anshi spat out a breath, actually grinned, a relaxed look said, “Your Majesty, I was wronged ah, I really …… was some time earlier to receive the news, but as for the setup and behind the scenes transactions, really false, this is slander.”
Zhu Di sighed, said: “By now, even still unrepentant, must I make sense of the words? Well, I’ll ask you, Annan side, the news of the railroad on the seventh day, you are not the ninth day before the news, then a large acquisition of large quantities of steel?”
Zhang Anshi actually looked at Zhu Di quite frankly and said, “Because I learned the news on the eighth day of the month.”
Zhu Di was a bit surprised by his candor, then he sneered, “The eighth day? I’ll ask you again, how many days does it take to travel from Luzon to the capital?”
Zhang Anshi did not think much, then said, “If it is a fast horse, all the way by post, if there is no encounter with dangerous weather in the middle of the journey, and there are no other circumstances, it is roughly between ten days and fifteen days. If an ordinary person traveled, it would be as fast as three or five months, and as slow as a year.”
Zhu Di mockingly glanced at him, coldly snorted, “In that case, then the fastest fast horse, also need more than ten days, I come to ask you, how did you get the news on the next day?”
Zhang Anshi said without shock or panic, “Because the horse I used was not a fast horse.”
This time, it directly silenced Zhu dry.
Things seem to be going back to a new place.
Zhu Di is actually not a good-tempered person, in other people’s place, he would have stormed out long ago. But at this time, he took a deep breath, patiently said: “Both not with fast horses, then with what? Can’t it be that it’s a thousand-mile eye and a smooth wind ear?”
Zhang Anshi shook his head slightly and said, “How could it be, that thing is too mysterious! But …… I used a new thing called…well, it’s called …… telegraph.”
Telegraph ……
Zhu frowned, directly listening to the confusion.
With that, Zhu looked around.
Seems to want a little reminder, from the Grand Maester.
But this knowledgeable university scholar Xie Jin, at this time the face of the dismay, not much better than Zhu Di.
Zhu Di had to drop his gaze back to Zhang Anshi and continued patiently, “What is a telegram?”
Zhang Anshi raised his eyebrows and said with a bit of difficulty, “This, I’m afraid I can’t say.”
Zhu Di snapped his eyes open and glared at Zhang Anshi, “What does it mean to say I can’t understand?”
Zhang Anshi had to immediately say, “I dare not.”
So Zhang Anshi patiently said: ”It’s like this, minister here, united Xu Jingchang and others, came up with a new communication tool. Just this thing …… whether it is available, ministers and so on but also can not say. This matter is of great importance, so of course the ministers do not dare to hastily launch, so these days since, have been carrying out some tests.”
“And the buying and selling in this exchange is part of the test.”
Chu: “……”
Although Zhu Di is still cloudy, but by and large, is to listen to understand some.
He stared at Zhang Anshi with a few moments of severity and said, “Are you not swindling me?”
Zhang Anshi immediately said solemnly, “How would I dare to deceive the king?”
Zhu Di then narrowed his eyes with a scrutinizing gaze and looked closely at Zhang Anshi and said, “In one day’s time, news can be transmitted from Annan to the capital?”
Zhang Anshi shook his head and said tersely, “Your Majesty, not within a day, but …… probably less than an incense burner.”
Chu: “……”
Zhu Di’s face became a bit more solemn, his eyes filled with suspicion.
Zhang Anshi then said: ”I conducted the test since it was for the sake of the message transmission matter that Your Majesty is worried about, the so-called king is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, but how could I have thought that this is a good thing, but suffered from Your Majesty’s aggravated offense? Your Majesty, my news is faster than others, can’t I buy the bulk of the goods at the exchange earlier? This is like two samurai fighting, is it because one of them is a great warrior that they have to tie his hands and feet before they are allowed to fight?”
Zhu Di’s brow directly wrinkled into a Chuan character, and for a moment, his heart was a bit confused.
Look at Zhang Anshi s appearance, it really does not look like a joke, nor does it look like a lie, could it be …… that this is really a thousand miles of eyes and a smooth wind ear not?
If that is the case, then how horrible is this!
If he could still understand steam locomotives, what Zhang Anshi was mentioning now was far beyond Zhu Di’s understanding.
So Zhu Di fixed his mind and found a few moments of calmness, then said, “Where are these that you speak of?”
Zhang Anshi said calmly, “The telegraph room in the capital is located in the Song Wangfu.”
Zhu Di’s face was cloudy and uncertain, said, “Can you send a thousand miles of sound?”
“It’s about the same.” Zhang Anshi said, “But right now, it’s still being tested …… so ……”
“Test the hell out of it, you all earned so much silver and still dare to call it a test?” Zhu gritted his teeth.
It seemed that at this moment, the words of Zhang Anshi had been believed by a few points.
Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty, this is actually part of the plan.”
Chu: “……”
Zhang Anshi explained, “The importance of news for the court, for merchants, I think your majesty is informed, once the telegraph appeared, then …… must be promoted to make it appear in all states and counties in the world!”
“But …… once you want to lay such a telegraph, the cost is also amazing. Therefore, I thought, if the court alone to fund, really spend too much. But if the merchants are to be allowed to fund it, the merchants …… all value their money as their own, so how can they easily give in?”
“Because of this, so I take the opportunity of this test, but also to make an example, who can alone complete the laying of the telegraph, then this convenient communication, will be in the hands of a person a family, then …… for the world’s merchants, there is a huge nuisance. If you want communication to be mutually shared, you must have money to contribute and power to …… contribute.”
Zhang Anshi spoke eloquently.
Zhu, however, felt his head spinning.
The amount of information was just too much for him to take in for a moment.