Chapter 118 The officials forced the people to rebel

In the eyes of the mother, the child will be wild when he grows up, and then he will run around.

The tougher children will drag a beautiful daughter-in-law back to see her with a load of treasures.

A child in the middle of a man can also bring cakes and snacks back to her.

Although the unlucky children returned home empty-handed and shy, it was the most distressing for the mother.

After all, when a person comes back, it is the greatest blessing for parents.

The New Year has just passed, and the joyful atmosphere of the festival has not completely dissipated, and the Yunjia Zhuangzi is covered with dark clouds at this time, crying.

A caravan that had gone to Gansu did not return as scheduled, and the responders who remained at the Qinzhou Post Station to wait also lost their news.

The personnel of the Yun clan caravan are mainly the young people of the Yun clan Zhuangzi, this is the first time to go to Gansu, and the target cargo is copper from Gansu!

Since the Jiajing period, the treasury has gradually been empty, and Yan Song and others have used almost all the means they can in order to support the country's needs.

This includes the creation of new sources of revenue.

Among them, the loss to the imperial court is the least, and the most profit is the famous "Copper Politics!" ”

In the twenty-fifth year of Jiajing, the copper purchased for 390,000 taels of silver could be minted for 90,000 yuan, worth 750,000 taels of silver.

That's almost double the profit.

And the copper purchased by the 100,000 taels of silver in Lantian County, after being minted into copper coins, the cost of every thousand coins is seven coins of silver.

The process of casting money in Fufeng Coinage Bureau far exceeds that of the two major coinage bureaus in Beijing, and the cost is almost only sixty percent of the cost of the Beijing Coinage Bureau.

Gansu copper, Guizhou lead, and scrap copper, waste money is the main source of materials for Yun's coinage.

Just from the geographical point of view, it is cheaper than the copper, Yunnan copper, and Guizhou lead used by the Beijing Minting Bureau.

In this situation, the benefits obtained by Yun's coinage are far less than those obtained by the Beijing Coinage Bureau, and there is only one reason - the copper coins minted by the Fufeng County Coinage Bureau are far higher than the copper coins minted in the capital.

The copper coins minted by the Fufeng County Coin Bureau, the ratio of copper, lead and tin is the practice of the dynasty - four copper, six lead and tin.

It is a business that can be done in the long run, and it is the prerogative of the ruler.

At the same time, it is also a sharp weapon that Yun Zhao has high hopes for.

The copper production area in Gansu is a silver factory hundreds of miles northeast of Lanzhou Wei!

The silver factory was originally a copper mine developed by the Ming court during the Jiajing period, but it was seriously ignored by the imperial court because of its poor geographical location and low copper production.

Yun Zhao knew this place, after all, he had gone to the celebration of the copper output of that place exceeding 300,000 tons.

Therefore, after the boundary monument of Lantian County included Fufeng County, there were thousands of craftsmen waiting to eat in the huge Fufeng Coin Bureau, and Yun Zhao restarted this dilapidated Coin Bureau.

Although the Yun clan collected a lot of old money from all dynasties, it was not a long-term solution to supply a huge coinage bureau, so the Yun clan invested a lot of manpower to rebuild the silver factory.

Now, there is no news of this silver factory.

"The last news came from the second day of October, when the local steward reported that they had completed the copper production for the whole of this year, and this is the list of commendations they submitted."

Xu Wuxiang handed a document to Yun Zhao.

After reading it, Yun Zhao said: "There is my review on it, which means that I approved their request, why is there no follow-up?" ”

Xu Wu thought and said: "Rewards are generally promulgated in Lantian County, which means that they need to wait for them to come back before they are promulgated.

Now, they are not back. ”

"Did the people looking for them send out?"

"It's gone."

Yun Zhao sighed and said, "Our reaction is too slow, according to the worst-case scenario, they have been suffering for three months. ”

"County Zun rest assured, our scout in Baoji has set off yesterday, our headquarters dispatched two hundred horsemen this time, led by Uncle Leopard, no matter who spoils our people and things, we will make him pay."

Yun Zhao said anxiously: "I hate revenge!" We should strive to be the target of someone else's revenge, not us! ”

Xu Wu thought and said, "Uncle Leopard will take care of it." ”

Yun Zhao held on to the table and said, "Prepare the horse, I'll go in person." ”

Xu Wu thought and said: "County Zun, this is probably someone's plan to lure the snake out of the hole." ”

Yun Zhao sneered and said, "Lao Tzu is a giant python!"

There are 28 people of my own clan in the silver factory, and these 28 people drink salty water, eat dry food, and drill mines among the barren mountains and bald mountains, and their contributions to our Lantian County are no less than marching and fighting.

Now, they have not come back for the New Year, and their fate is unknown, you listen to the crying outside, their families are crying, if possible, I want to find them myself. ”

Xu Wu thought and said: "If you want to leave Yushan City, you must first obtain the consent of the seven elders of your clan, among which the opinions of An Ren, Uncle Meng, and Fu Bo are the most important. ”

Yun Zhao said: "Actually, my mother's opinion is the most important, right?" ”

Xu Wu thought and said, "Of course, An is the great patriarch. ”

Yun Zhao got up and left the study, stood in the courtyard and listened to the faint cry for a while, and went straight to the backyard.

Yun Niang's room was full of kneeling people, everyone was crying in a low voice, only Yun Niang was comforting them with a calm voice.

Seeing Yun Zhao coming in, Yun Niang threw away a jade Ruyi in hand, Yun Zhao grabbed Yu Ruyi with his hand, put it in his mother's hand and said, "Son, go to the silver factory to see what happened there." ”

Yun Niang stomped her feet and said: "I don't want you to take revenge, I want you to bring all the people back to me, lose money, apologize to you, and go with you to do something else after bringing people back."

Your face is not yet twenty-eight lives! ”

Yun Zhao knelt down on one knee to receive his mother's order, and then said to the Yun woman who knelt on the ground: "Wait, I'll go back when I go." ”

With that, he left the Yun Clan's mansion.

After Yun Zhao went out, Yun Meng and Xu Wuxiang were already standing outside the gate, Yun Meng looked at Yun Zhao and said, "The hearts of the children of this clan can't be cold, you should go."

Yun Yang will accompany you, Uncle Yu will also go, and I will also order two hundred cavalry of my own clan for you, go early and return early. ”

Yun Zhao took the reins and asked coldly, "The biggest bandit in the Lanzhou Wei area shot the sky, did you send someone to go?" ”

"Yunxiao has sent a messenger to inquire about this."

"If he has the slightest suspicion, kill him."

After Yun Zhao finished speaking, he got on his horse, shook the reins, and went out of the city.

Before leaving the city, Yun Yang and other two hundred cavalry silently surrounded Yun Zhao in the innermost, and the man who ran in the front understood Yun Zhao's mood at this time, and pressed the horse team at the speed of a long-distance march, and went up the Phoenix Mountain Road without hurrying.

Until now, Yun Zhao's roots are still the children of the Yun clan.

These people are also the foundation of his existence, that is, this group of people are unconditionally born and die for him, and there is no double heart.

Yun Zhao understands that there will be no gratuitous dedication and unjustified allegiance in this world.

Even if it is a relative, they want to be rewarded while giving.

At this time, if you talk about money or something among your relatives, you will fall into inferiority.

As the first group of followers and beneficiaries, they need to be more cared for and valued by Yun Zhao.

Over the years, as a large number of Yushan Academy disciples have grown up, they have begun to infiltrate the power circle centered on Yun Zhao.

And Yun Zhao also seems to be consciously reducing the proportion of Yun's children in the power circle.

The old Yun clan relatives have slowly faded out, leaving the important military and political centers, and have begun to open up new roads for the Yun clan, such as the silver factory.

The silver factory is located in the wasteland, and once a person enters this place to mine copper and smelt copper, he will completely become a wild man.

It is very hot in summer, cold in winter, and yellow sand when the spring breeze blows...... Twenty-eight of them had been in this environment for three years.

This year, it is the first time they have gone home, and it is also the day when Lantian County is ready to recognize them.

The Yun clan relatives understand that these people, who don't study much and can't use force, want to create a good future for their children.

You can only go where you go with hardship, where you can go dangerously, and work hard to show your own use to the head of the family, Yun Zhao, and establish your own merits.

"I hope they all live."

When Baoji changed horses, Yun Zhao was in a heavy mood.

Yun Yang said: "I don't know who will attack them, there is only a copper mine there, and in October, the last batch of blister copper has been shipped back to Lantian County." ”

Xu Wu wanted to give it to Yun Zhao, but Yun Yang brought food and said in a low voice: "Could it be a miner riot?" ”

Yun Zhao was taken aback and said, "How can there be such a thing, we are all homeless people who have no way to live in the silver factory.

We pay a good salary! ”

Xu Wuxiang continued to whisper: "The environment there is harsh and the transportation is inconvenient, but Yun Fang, the manager of the silver factory, can complete a year's output in ten months, which is a bit unreasonable.

Moreover, I have calculated the output of the silver factory, and 500,000 catties of blister copper a year is already the limit of their ability.

Therefore, I expected that Yun Fang's methods were wrong, and the county's assessment of the silver factory was a three-year examination, and even, even ......"

Yun Zhao glared at Xu Wu and thought, "You want to say that my Yun clan is doing something that the officials are forcing the people to rebel?" ”

Xu Wuxiang said lightly: "I'm just talking about a possibility, how it is, I have to go to the silver factory to see." ”