Chapter 351 Song Jin Keqi, the Black Robe Reappears

Inadvertently, some subtle changes are taking place in this era.

The national debt did not stir up waves among the civil service group and the military group, but it actually stirred up a storm among the people in the capital, and the subscription scene was even more spectacular than yesterday.

A long queue formed in front of the Royal Bank, and the queue stretched from the door to the street corner.

When the shopkeeper Sun next door saw this scene, he also showed an incredible expression.

Although he knew that many people had some savings at home, he never expected that relying on the grassroots group like Liu Ying would set off such a big wave.

There were people coming from behind after hearing the news, and people in front were leaving with national debts. The faces of the people who received national debts were filled with bright smiles.

In fact, not only the Royal Bank in the north of the city, but other banks in Beijing were also sought after, and countless people waved their banknotes to subscribe to national debts.

The people are simple!

The people are innocent!

The people are even more loyal to the emperor!

In fact, this scene is a slap in the face of those hypocrites who are full of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. When they have mountains of gold and silver, they always think about how to protect their wealth.

On the other hand, although most of the people in the capital have not been educated, they have never questioned the emperor's credibility, and even took out all their belongings to subscribe to national bonds.

A reporter asked a farmer: "If you have 100 acres of land, are you willing to donate it to the country?" The farmer replied: "I am willing." The reporter asked again: "If you have a cow, are you willing to donate it to the country?" The farmer replied: "I am not willing." The reporter asked puzzledly: "Why are you willing to donate 100 acres of land, but not a cow?" The farmer replied: "Because I really have a cow!"

Quoting this joke that discredited farmers in later generations, it is actually equally appropriate for the current official gentry class. The richer they are, the harder they will work to defend their interests.

"The treacherous ministers should not dare to stir up trouble over the national debt!"

"Come to think of it, no treacherous ministers have been beheaded in the West Market this year!"

"It's not even the first month of the year yet, it's too early for you to say that!"

"I'm afraid there won't be any beheading this year. The day before yesterday, the son of Minister Li was lining up in an orderly manner at the Lantern Festival!"

"Now everyone from the kings and generals to the clerks in the yamen have become orderly, and the court of this dynasty is not much different from that of Taizu!"

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The people have sharp eyes, unlike those powerful ministers who stare at the emperor. Their eyes fall on the court, but they know that this is the era of a wise ruler.

Because the emperor beheaded ministers like cutting melons and vegetables in the past few years, the civil and military ministers in the court have restrained themselves, so everyone understands that even if the emperor wants to behead, he must have a reason.

As for who dares to hinder the emperor from doing things, who dares to suggest that the emperor breach the contract and not redeem, they believe that there should be no more treacherous ministers in the court, after all, the current emperor loves them.

"It's better to buy government bonds than to keep the silver at home!"

"One point of interest a year, where can I find such a good thing?"

"Not only that, maybe I will really exchange it for gold next year!"

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The enthusiasm of this government bond subscription wave has not diminished, but it has become more and more intense. The queue in the afternoon has even stretched to the next street.

Judging from the feedback from the public opinion in the capital, unlike the suspicious dignitaries in the capital, the people in the capital now have a strong trust in Emperor Hongzhi.

Although some people are worried about the problem of default, they are a very small group of people. Most people unconditionally believe in the emperor who brings them a good life.

In the next few days, even the people in the suburbs flocked to the royal bank to buy government bonds, making the people the main force in buying government bonds.

Originally, it seemed that the remaining nearly 200,000 government bonds were far away, but after these two emergencies, the remaining bills seemed to have suddenly collapsed.

Nowadays, many people no longer consider whether all the government bonds can be sold, but have begun to calculate how many days are left before the government bonds are sold out.

"The shipyard needs to speed up the progress!"

"Guangdong's food supply must meet Luzon's needs!"

"The equipment for building bridges and roads must be shipped to Tianjin immediately, and mining tools must also be produced in a hurry!"

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Due to the hot sales of treasury bonds, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War were very busy after the Lantern Festival holiday. The top priority this year is to promote gold mining in Luzon.

In fact, Zhang Sui, the governor of Luzon, and Chen Zheng, the governor-general of Guangdong and Guangxi and the governor of Guangdong, have been quietly advancing. The most important thing at present is to build a strong fleet, while ensuring the transportation of various materials in Luzon, and sending more personnel to Luzon to build bridges and roads.

After all, gold mining is to be carried out overseas, so all kinds of daily necessities must be transported to Luzon by sea, which invisibly increases the cost of this gold mining.

In the prison of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

This damp dungeon is incompatible with the thriving capital city, as if it is in another time and space, and every corner here is filled with dirt, chaos, and stench.

He Qiaoxin, wearing a white prison uniform, was lying against the wall, with stinky water flowing beside him. He no longer cared about the environment, and stared blankly at the round railing in front of him.

He was full of energy when he came in, but now he is depressed. In just over ten days, he has lost a lot of weight.

But he really doesn't want to die.

The situation outside was originally very good, with countless passionate scholars complaining for him and even besieging the gate of the Censorate together, but it seemed that no one cared about him overnight.

He didn't understand why things turned out like this, but he was really unwilling to accept it.

"Dad, those big scholars are hiding behind closed doors to their children!" He Tu came to visit in the prison, shaking his head with a look of sadness on his face.

He Qiaoxin's eyes flashed with resentment, and he gritted his teeth and said, "That's not what those ungrateful guys said before!"

Although he sided with Wan An in preventing the national debt, he was not completely reckless at the time. It was precisely because those people fanned the flames that he chose to take action.

It's just that the emperor used redundancy in the name of financial constraints this time, and that damn Wang Hua stepped up to control his students. As a result, this group of people didn't care about their own life or death.

He will never sit still and wait for death. Even if he loses his official position as Minister of Punishment, he will leave here.

"Dad, it's useless to complain now. You should think about how to save yourself, right?" He Tu felt the coldness of people during this period and reminded him seriously.

He Qiaoxin touched his itchy nostrils with his dirty hands and said proudly: "That old guy Qiu Jun was responsible for bewitching me. Tell him that I want to see him!"

"Dad, everyone is avoiding you now. Can his dignified left minister from the Ministry of Etiquette come?" He Tu couldn't help but wonder, thinking of the obstacles he had encountered these days.

He Qiaoxin found that his hands were stained with feces, and he endured his anger and wiped the dirt from his nose with his dirty sleeves: "If he finds other reasons to shirk, tell him: rabbits will bite when they are anxious! "

When he said this, he found that his clothes were also stained with feces, but his eyes looked even colder at this moment. But no matter what the consequences, he must leave here, absolutely must leave this hellish cell.

Since Xu Qiong, the Minister of Rites, has entered the cabinet to pay homage to the Prime Minister, the position of the Minister of Rites is now vacant, and Qiu Jun, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, is undoubtedly one of the candidates.

Now everyone knows that Zhu Youtang wanted to cut He Qiaoxin into pieces because of Wan An's death, so Qiu Jun is unlikely to come at this time.

It's just that Qiu Jun finally came. It's not that he didn't know the consequences of this move, but he was worried that He Qiaoxin would really bite: "He Qiaoxin, haven't you seen the situation clearly yet?"

It turned out that they once again despised the aloof emperor.

For the sake of the person in front of them, they could be said to have lost all their elite this time. The emperor used financial difficulties as an excuse to successfully purge the entire Six Ministries, causing all the people they had tolerated until now to be wiped out.

He Qiaoxin's obstruction of the issuance of national bonds became the biggest joke this year, but no one expected that the people in the capital would subscribe so crazyly.

Before he came in, news came from the Ministry of Revenue that the three million taels of national debt had officially been exhausted.

Now, the Ministry of Rites has received an order from the cabinet, requiring them to choose an auspicious day for mining in the middle of the year. Mining in Luzon is likely to be fully started in the middle of the year.

The results of it?

Even after they were completely defeated, the damned man in front of him actually threatened him, asking him to give up the opportunity to become the Minister of Rites and come here to meet him.

Qiu Jun secretly resented that the stupid guy in front of him still couldn't see the situation clearly and still dragged him into the water.

He Qiaoxin did not think that he had done anything wrong. He looked very disdainful and said: "What situation? Such an arbitrary tyrant, do you think there will be good results in the future?"

this……

He Tu came here with Qiu Jun, but now that he heard his father say such disrespectful words, he couldn't help but look to the left and right in fear. Fortunately, the prison boss had been sent away by him with money.

"I have made my own decision, but you can't make trouble anymore!" Qiu Jun naturally didn't want to listen to a prisoner's lecture. As for their actions, it was even more impossible to reveal them to the dying man in front of them, which seemed serious and authentic.

Although the current decision-making power lies with the Supreme Council, the eighteen members of the Supreme Council are basically imperialists, so the emperor has the final say in matters.

Now that the emperor has made up his mind to "revenge" Wan'an, He Qiaoxin's choice to resist now will only lead to a worse death. It is better to accept the emperor's punch obediently.

The reason why he came here this time was to let He Qiaoxin understand the situation and try to minimize his own losses, and he was also willing to take care of his descendants in the future.

He Qiaoxin knew that his situation was bad, but he did not intend to compromise: "Since I became an official, I have never come to collect a penny. Now my family's savings are less than ten thousand taels. Which minister can compare with me?"

"It's true that your family doesn't have much money, but your brother is a wealthy man in the capital. Your family owns thousands of acres of fertile land and dozens of shops. Don't think the emperor doesn't know about this!" Qiu Jun knew very well that everyone was competing against him. Whoever hides something deeply should be exposed directly.

He Tu, who was next to him, heard that his family background was revealed, and his face couldn't help but feel hot when he thought that the real wealth situation would only be more.

After all, He Qiaoxin had been in the officialdom for decades. He threatened without any shame on his face: "What can he do if he knows? This is the property passed down by my Liu family ancestors. I have never received a penny. You continue." Encourage those great scholars to build momentum for me, otherwise don’t blame me for saying something I shouldn’t have said to Wang Behead!”

"Since you insist on doing this, let's do it this way, but we can no longer guarantee that we will get you out!" Qiu Jun knew that it would be useless to talk more, so he agreed happily.

Wang Yue is an insufferable master. Now that the Metropolitan Procuratorate has a group of elite soldiers and generals, they cannot be targeted by him. If He Qiaoxin really said something he shouldn't have said, things would be really troublesome.

Now we can only comfort He Qiaoxin and let He Qiaoxin shut his mouth first, and then find a way to deal with it.

He Qiaoxin got the result he wanted, and naturally nodded his head to show his understanding. Looking at Qiu Jun who left with a gloomy face, he knew that this decision was considered a formal break with that group of people.

But he always believed that he had never taken any money, and the emperor could not punish him. Now he just wanted to get out of it safely.

It was already the second half of the month, and the ice and snow in the capital had slowly melted.

Wangfu Street, here is a gathering place for royal relatives, such as Prince Xing Zhu Youju who moved out of the palace last year and lived in the Prince Xing Mansion here.

Because the news that Concubine Shao wanted to arrange a marriage for Prince Xing Zhu Youju has spread, the Prince Xing Mansion is now very lively, and many families want to get married with Prince Xing.

Not to mention the high status of the princess, and the emperor has not given birth so far, once the emperor has any accidents, then the throne will fall on the head of Prince Xing.

Qiu Jun happened to be riding in the sedan chair at Prince Xing's Mansion. He also noticed the bustle in front of the Prince Xing's Mansion. He even saw people from the Duke of Ying's Mansion quite unexpectedly, and the corners of his mouth could not help but rise slightly.

Although the current emperor has won the hearts of the people, he has lost the loyalty of many dignitaries, and now more and more people are moving closer to Prince Xing's Mansion.

The sedan chair turned into an alley and then came to a house at the innermost part.

Qiu Jun put on a standard black robe, which half covered his face, and followed a guard to the room with a beaded curtain.

Sandalwood was burning in the room, causing the air to be filled with fragrance.

This was not the first time Qiu Jun came here. He immediately told the conversation with He Qiaoxin in prison, and then asked seriously: "Second robe leader, He Qiaoxin is definitely a big hidden danger. I'm afraid we can't keep him anymore!"

"Killing in prison is too obvious, and it's really not worth it for such a person. Let's continue to hide!" A man's voice came from inside, but he directly refused.

A flash of disappointment flashed across Qiu Jun's eyes, and he asked seriously: "Do you agree with his request?"

"Since He Qiaoxin wants to fight to the death with the emperor, then give him a hand. Anyway, we won't suffer too much loss!" The man inside picked up the teacup and made a decision immediately.

Qiu Jun saw that the matter had been decided. Although he was still worried about He Qiaoxin's hidden danger, he still bowed and said: "That's great!"

Since the matter had been decided, he did not hang around here, nor did he want to have too deep a relationship with this side. In fact, he and the other party were more like a cooperative relationship, and this time he acted as a mouthpiece.

But vaguely, he felt that the reason why this group of people chose to give in was probably not because they were afraid of He Qiaoxin's compromise, but because they had found a way to solve the core problem. (End of this chapter)