Zhang Zhou took Jiang Dezhong to Xishan.
He had already done the mining and exploration work before. This time he came to confirm the mining location with Lao Jiang, and then improve the mining method, discuss the hiring and dividend ratio, etc. clear.
"The wise son-in-law said that the emperor has given you a reward to open a coal kiln in Xishan, which will bring you a lot of profits, but you are not familiar with this place, where can you open it?"
When Jiang Dezhong came with Zhang Zhou, Zhang Zhou seemed to be waiting for him to pick up the money.
When he arrived, he found that he was in a barren mountain, which seemed to have nothing to do with picking up money.
Zhang Zhou pointed to a depression in front of him and said, "Did you see it? There are shallow coal mines here. The quality is very good, but no one has developed it yet."
"How did you know? "
Jiang Dezhong was somewhat speechless about this son-in-law.
If there really is such a good place, it will be Zhang Zhou’s turn
Zhang Zhou thought to himself, can I tell you that in the next few hundred years, there will be hundreds or even thousands of coal mines in Xishan? , if you want to know where there are mines, just go to Xishan and see where there are ruins and you will know.
"Let's open it, I will pay for the capital, but father-in-law, we have agreed, I will give you 20% "Li, the coal mines are all in your name, and you will be responsible for anything that happens."
"But don't worry, you don't have to worry about the sale of the coal. Either the court will collect it, or we will digest it ourselves." Calculate your dividends according to the coal price on the market. You have to recruit people. The number of people available now is less than 100, which is far from enough."
What Zhang Zhou means is that I have the most money. You come to make money, you come to recruit people, you come to run the business in normal times, and you bear the risks.
I am the boss behind the scenes and you are the CEO.
Jiang Dezhong felt uncomfortable when he heard it. He said, "Twenty percent, isn't it a little less?"
Zhang Zhou said, "You think the most important thing is that mining can be opened by everyone. I have chosen the location for you. The harvest will be at least 18,000 taels in the first year of mining, and more every year in the future. With coal, there will be iron smelting, and there will be other harvests. Do you have anything to lose?"
"That's what I say, but since it's such a good deal, why don't you do it yourself?" Jiang Dezhong is not a fool. He knows that the early preparations for mining are very troublesome and consume a lot of energy.
He will be responsible for future business matters.
He worked hard, but Zhang Zhou basically made away the money.
Zhang Zhou shook his head, "I am a person who is going to be admitted to the Jinshi. How can I have so much time to be responsible for this kind of thing? If you think it is not suitable, I will let someone else do it. Isn't it just to find an agent to open the mine?" , with people from Dongchang and Jinyiwei helping to keep an eye on the risk, the nobles would not dare to come and snatch food from the emperor's feet, and no one would dare to play without a way."
Jiang Dezhong took a breath after hearing this.
Tired and tired.
But he was very interested in hearing about the political resources hidden behind it.
There is a feeling of suddenly changing from a lowly businessman to a superior person.
"Then I will risk my life to accompany the gentleman, why notIt's mining, do it."
Zhang Zhou could tell that Old Jiang had no intention of refusing, but was just wrangling and wanted to fight for something, but he was awakened by his words and was too embarrassed to argue.
Twenty percent profit.
I didn’t treat Lao Jiang badly.
“Xian son-in-law, let’s find a place to have a drink.” After the matter was settled, Jiang Dezhong became interested. .
Zhang Zhoubai glanced at him and said, "Business matters, I don't want to drink. I won't wait until the first batch of coal comes out of the coal mine to have a good time." ”
The court meeting.
After three days of preliminary review by the examiner, a preliminary report was made. On that day, Xu Qiong, the Minister of Rites, made a summary in the morning meeting. .
In general, there is no basis for it.
"So far, no question papers have been found that involve doubts. The examiner will ask for instructions and will open them today." If the red scroll and the ink scroll match, check again. ”
After being reminded by Xiao Jing, Li Dongyang became more cautious when reviewing the papers.
He did not open the seal directly on his own initiative, or Li Dongyang was afraid that the emperor would have other ideas. What is the plan?
Follow the steps and report to the court immediately after completing one step.
Zhu Youtang looked at the ministers present and said, "What do you think?"
It was clearly Li Dongyang who asked for the order, but Zhu Youtang allowed the ministers present to discuss it, which means that I am willing to listen to your opinions.
But there is nothing worth discussing about this matter.
Zhu Juan didn’t see the problem, so he should look at the ink scroll
Liu Jian came out and said, “Your Majesty, I wonder if there are any questions about the people involved in the case? "Result"
Zhu Youtang signaled to Xiao Jing, Xiao Jing walked to Zhu Youtang's right side and said, "Tang Yin and Xu Jing are both in Fusi, Beizhen, and have not passed through the hall. There was no interrogation, and they were left to state their crimes on their own, and there was no conclusion. As for Hua Chang's insistence that it was his duty to report matters to officials, it did not involve personal grudges or instigation by others. "
Having said so much, in summary, there is no torture and no results.
Liu Jiandao, "The results of the general examination have not yet been released. If you use this to open the seal, it means filling in the results and If candidates Tang Yin and Xu Jing are involved, I wonder if they should be deposed. ”
Even Liu Jian mentioned the word “deposed”.
This also made the emperor realize that there should be a precedent for selecting someone and then moving on.
Otherwise why would Liu Jian directly tell Liu Jian about what Zhang Zhou might do when he reminded him?
"If there is a problem, why?" If Tang Yin and Xu Jing were to be deposed because they were involved in the issue, there was nothing wrong with it, and they had not committed any misconduct, so why should they be deprived of the opportunity to pass the examination?"
Zhu In fact, Youtang wants to "make peace with a bowl of water"
If there is no evidence on Zhang Zhou's side, he can be acquitted.
There is no evidence on Tang Yin and Xu Jing's side. , why should they let them fall?They were punished, or even deprived of the opportunity to enter the court
Zhu Youtang, the "Ministry of Rites", asked Xu Qiong who came out to make trouble.
Xu Qiong said, "The old minister's intention, if found to be unsubstantiated, should not be widely implicated. If this precedent is set, I am afraid it will affect the authority and fairness of the Ministry of Rites Examination. Among the discussions among scholars after the Spring Festival, The wind is getting stronger.”
Xu Qiong will not completely side with the cabinet.
He didn’t mean to make a fuss. In the eyes of the Ministry of Rites and most of the courtiers, this matter was a bit of a “big fuss.” Cheng Minzheng was involved in the issue twice in three months. He didn’t say anything without evidence. Now he still There is public opinion coercing the emperor to investigate and convict, where does the crime come from?
If the investigation is done this time, the next time the scholars are upset about something, they will talk about it outside, and the court will investigate again
This is not a good example, but an evil example.
Zhu Youtang said, "I also believe that the court should not convict others for unprovoked actions. If the candidate involved in the case is indeed selected, his name should be kept first, and he will decide whether to depose him after the matter is found out. "
Min Gui, the censor of Zuodu, came out and asked, "Your Majesty, now Hua Chang, Tang Yin, and Xu Jing have been sent to Beizhen Fusi, but Cheng Minzheng still cannot be brought to justice. Please bring him to justice. Only when they are investigated and dealt with can the facts of the case be made clear."
It is a pity for traditional civil servants that Cheng Minzheng was not imprisoned.
Now that everything has happened, let’s not investigate Cheng Minzheng. I’m sorry for the trouble.
Zhu Youtang still looked displeased, and immediately said, "The results of the general examination have not been announced yet, so I decided to take the examination at Beizhen Fusi. It is inevitable that there will be doubts about it. We will wait until the results are announced." "
It means that we are not saying that we should completely let Cheng Minzheng go, but now is not the time to arrest him and interrogate him.
At least wait until the results of the joint examination are known.
Min Gui saw that it was not easy to arrest and interrogate Cheng Minzheng in person, so he went back. There were many ministers holding their breath at the scene. If the appeal in person was not possible, then he would have to file an appeal. If he could not do it alone, , then a few more people will mention it.
The meeting ended.
Zhu Youtang was walking very fast on the way back to Qianqing Palace. Both Xiao Jing and Dai Yi had to hurry up and slow down to keep up.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang went to Xishan and said he would be back in the next two days. As for Bachelor Cheng, although he was given some hints, he did not list any of them in the confession. "It seems that he is determined to fight to the end."
"As for whether he had discussed the possible questions in the examination with Xu Jing and Tang Yin, it was unclear. Cheng Minzheng, Tang Yin and Xu Jing were all. No explanation has been given about this."
"But it is now confirmed that Mr. Zhang did not have any private communication with Cheng Minzheng, and was not involved in any matters involving vendetta."
Xiao Jing has not been idle at all these days.
Walking around Gongyuan, Beizhen Fusi, and the Imperial Palace, my legs were almost broken, but I still couldn’t come to any conclusion, and all I told the emperor were trivial things.
Dai Yi asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to let Beizhen Fusi torture?"Ask Tang Yin and Xu Jing"
Zhu Youtang said, "There is no basis for this. How to torture people and physical evidence? Has anyone mentioned it?"
Obviously the emperor also came up A stubborn temper.
The results of the general examination have not come out, and now Cheng Minzheng is not involved in marking. Even if Tang Yin and Xu Jing are involved in the examination, they can only "discuss with Cheng Minzheng in advance about the general examination." "Possible questions to be asked" depends on it, but to say that Tang Yin and Xu Jing discussed the questions for this exam in advance, there is still no evidence at all.
In this way, Tang Yin needs to be interrogated Both the emperor and Xu Jing felt that it was unfair to them.
It was still a question of whether a bowl of water was equal.
Dai Yida said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang did not talk to Cheng. The bachelor had never met in public, so everything was easy to explain, but if Xu Jing and Tang Yin had visited the bachelor, the external discussions would not easily stop. ”
Dai Yi just wanted to remind the emperor that Zhang Zhou was different from the other two.
Zhang Zhou’s was purely out of thin air.
But Tang Yin Everyone knew that he and Xu Jing paid a visit to Cheng Minzheng. They often used this matter as a means to show off, and they never denied the visit.
Zhu Youtang nodded silently. He continued to walk forward, and after a while he ordered, "Go, bring Bingkuan back from Xishan earlier and ask him what he wants. "
"Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang is a candidate after all, is it possible?" Dai Yi quickly reminded him.
Isn't this just bringing criticism to Zhang Zhou out of thin air
Zhu Youtang said, "I haven't asked you to consult publicly. If you consult privately, you can just ask everyone in the government and the public. Who else had foreseen this matter earlier than him, and who could take the overall situation into consideration better than him."
< p>Dai Yi retracted his headHe understood that the reason why the emperor did not hide the identity of Zhang Zhou's candidates was because Zhang Zhou was capable and could predict it in advance. With what happened today, he had done well to avoid suspicion and the prophecy was appropriate.
The emperor was so worried that he didn’t ask Zhang Zhou who he could ask.
“Go to Gongyuan again. Supervise the whole process of opening the seal, report the results first, make a report before releasing the results, and release the results before releasing them. ”
The emperor previously said in front of the ministers that he did not shy away from letting Tang Yin and Xu Jing be selected, but that was just official rhetoric, which showed that the emperor was fair and just.
But if Xu Jinghe Tang Yinzhen is among them. Whether they can get their wish is another matter.
Who says that it was Li Dongyang who deposed Tang Yin in history or that it was the emperor who ordered Li Dongyang to do this in order to calm the discussion. Done. Please remember to bookmark the latest and fastest website for free reading without anti-theft