Wang Chengen raised his head and carefully observed the expression on Chongzhen's face, and finally said carefully: "Your Majesty, this Dong Zongqi has sprouted his will to die, it is better to let him go." Now that the public opinion of the government and the opposition is unfavorable to Xue Shangshu, such an ending must be able to calm the attack of the government and the opposition on Xue Shangshu. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at the letter placed in front of him, shook his head and said, "Wang Banban, do you know what politics is?" ”

Wang Chengen was stunned for a moment, he didn't know anything about the emperor's problem, so he could only shake his head and say, "The minister is stupid, please make it clear to Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Youzhen stroked the table and said thoughtfully: "Since I ascended the throne, I have gained a little in learning. This politics is a game of dividing friend and foe. It is important for us to distinguish how many people in the court are standing opposite us through the matter of Xue Shangshu. As for this Dong Weixian..."

Zhu Youzhen suddenly paused, changed the topic and said: "Wang Companion accompanied you to call Xu Yingyuan, I want to ask him, there are those people in this palace who speak for the Shunyi gentry, and some of them should also be dealt with." ”

Wang Chengen paused, and then agreed to leave the room. Hearing the sound of Wang Chengen leaving, Zhu Youzhen said to Lu Qi: "You go and pass a few words to him for me, it can be regarded as my reply to his book." ”

Lu Qi agreed, and quickly pricked up his ears to listen to the emperor's orders. Zhu Youzhen stood up and paced back and forth in the room several times before sorting out his thoughts and saying.

"I don't want to comment on the choices he made. But I don't agree with the reasons he said.

1. I am not Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and I don't need my subordinates to take on their own responsibilities; 2. Since he knows that he is unfaithful, unfilial, and unkind, why does he insist on going his own way? I don't take this responsibility on my shoulders;

Third, the death of Yang Wuhou just gave him some comfort in his personal heart. How much does it mean to his daughter? He should think about how to prevent Da Ming from having another tragedy like his daughter, this is the real revenge..."

When Wang Chengen walked into the Qianqing Palace with Xu Yingyuan, he happened to see Lu Qi leaving. Wang Chengen couldn't help but call the little eunuch who was waiting outside the upper study, and asked casually, "Where is Deputy Chief Lu going?" ”

The little eunuch replied smartly: "Your Majesty asked Gonggong Lu to go to the Criminal Department to deliver the decree, and also asked the imperial dining room to prepare a bowl of porridge and send it over." ”

"Porridge?" Wang Chengen and Xu Yingyuan were a little confused, and the little eunuch seemed to only know so much, and he couldn't ask why he came.

After Xu Yingyuan waved his hand to let the little eunuch stay away, he opened his mouth and said sourly to Wang Chengen: "Princess, this Deputy Chief Lu seems to have been trusted by His Majesty recently." We, the old people around His Majesty, have been kept away by His Majesty? ”

Wang Chengen glanced at him, and said tepidly: "As long as you are less selfish, Your Majesty will naturally value you." I said, whether you are ready today or not, Your Majesty will not give you a chance every time. ”

Xu Yingyuan suddenly said in a sneering voice: "It's ready, it's completely ready." But the prince, do you really want to throw them all out? Since the establishment of the Metropolitan Governor and the reorganization of the 24th Yamen, the old men left by Gonggong Wei have almost been replaced.

If the remaining 10 people are handed over, I am afraid that the palace will really have the final say in the future. If you come forward to protect the princess..."

"Don't even think about it, Your Majesty's temperament after ascending the throne is very different from before. The decisiveness of action is far greater than that of father and brother.

If it's a trivial matter, it doesn't hurt to ask for a favor. It's come to this point, and they still can't see the situation clearly, and they collude with civilian officials to bring down the national policy launched by His Majesty, and the cultivator has his own land.

Isn't it boring for me to intercede for them now? In the future, there will be no more father-in-law Wei or a certain father-in-law's person in the palace, only His Majesty's people in the palace. ”

After being taught a lesson by Wang Chengen, Xu Yingyuan stepped into the threshold of the study with some thoughts.

Unlike in the past, when Zhu Youzhen saw him this time, he was completely businesslike, and he didn't talk to him about the short words of his parents first as before.

Xu Yingyuan finally reacted, if he lost his holy family, what was the use of the eunuchs in the palace even if they were all towards him? In the end, it was not the same as Wei Zhongxian, who was sent to Fengyang to see the mausoleum.

Xu Yingyuan immediately dispelled the luck in his heart, and reported the list of eunuchs he had cleared out according to the "Inner Eunuch Record" in 1510.

Zhu Youzhen originally just wanted to see if Xu Yingyuan was doing his best, but after hearing that the list he reported was 4 or 5 more than the subjects of the investigation by the Metropolitan Governor, Zhu Youzhen finally regained some kindness to him.

"Well, just by listening to these names, you know that you have put in a lot of work. These people don't have to be interrogated anymore, arrange for them to go to Fengyang to bask in the sun. How is the stock exchange doing? ”

Xu Yingyuan hurriedly replied respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister and Xu Gao found several shareholders of the Four Seas Commercial Bank and joined forces to speculate on the shares of Xishan Glass Factory.

At first, the salt merchants did not enter the alley, but took the opportunity to sell some of their stocks. But when the stock of the glass factory rose to 2 times, they began to re-enter, and when it tripled, several Hou Ye couldn't help but get out of the market.

The value of the glass factory's shares has now exceeded its face value by seven times, but there are many more people who want to buy it. Not only that, but several other stocks are now rising to varying degrees.

We have sold a small number of shares in the glass factory, and made back all the speculation expenses invested in the early stage, and now the Miyauchi still accounts for 6% of the total share capital of the glass factory. ”

Speaking of this stock exchange, Xu Yingyuan immediately smiled, he took this opportunity to make a lot of oil and water for himself, and it was still a legal business, which made him hope that the stock could continue to be hyped like this.

Zhu Youzhen rubbed his hands on his temples, and after a long time, he said: "Now you can slowly release the shares of the glass factory one after another, and after it is reduced to 4 percent, you will start to release bad news." All in all, it was enough to suppress the stock of the glass factory all the way. ”

Xu Yingyuan couldn't react a little, he subconsciously pleaded: "But Your Majesty, if this stock price is suppressed, we will also suffer losses." ”

Zhu Youzhen replied indifferently: "What do we lose? As long as we can sell 20% of the shares, we have already returned to the capital, and the remaining stocks are net profits. If we push the stock price back to par value, we are making a glass factory for nothing, so why not? ”

Xu Yingyuan muttered: "But Your Majesty, if you do this, will those businessmen never dare to touch stocks in the future, and won't our stock exchange be about to go out of business?" ”

Zhu Youzhen chuckled a few times before replying: "As long as we all act within the rules, those businessmen will only think that they are unlucky, and they will not think that we are manipulating the stock price and cheating."

Most people in this world think they are wiser than others. Therefore, there are always some businessmen who will not resist the temptation of huge profits and enter the market to buy and sell stocks. They will firmly believe that they are smarter than others and will be able to get out of the market before the stock price falls.

And what we need to do is to educate these businessmen that there is no such thing as a free lunch in the world. Of course, there is no need to spread this sentence, you can arrange it as soon as possible..."

After more than 20 days of sailing, Zheng Zhilong and others finally returned to Xiaogang. A few days later, the leaders of the Eighteen Zhi who received the news hurried back.

Except for Li Guozhu in Hirado, Japan, Yang Tiansheng, Chen Xinji, Liu Xiang and others rushed back to Xiaogang together, ready to listen to the results brought back by Zheng Zhilong and others from their trip to Beijing.

As soon as Yang Tiansheng got off the ship, he saw a wooden sign erected at the port, on which the word Beigang was written.

"What's going on with this sign?" Yang Tiansheng asked the dock steward who came to greet him.

"Ao, the leader of Zheng said that His Majesty felt that the name of Xiaogang was not good, so he ordered it to be changed to Beigang. From now on, we will be called Beigang. The steward hurriedly explained.

"We, the leader of Zhengda, went to Beijing once, and we looked down on the poor brothers." Liu Xiang, who was standing on the side, said in a strange manner.

Chen Xinji, who was good friends with him, immediately persuaded: "Why should Lao Xiang be like this, let's go into the village and talk about it, if you want to come to an official, you won't be so unrighteous." ”

Liu Xiang snorted in his nose, and then walked towards the village outside the port under Chen Xinji's drag.

As soon as the group walked into the village, they saw that there was a lot of construction inside. Yang Tiansheng and the other three immediately turned their eyes to the steward who accompanied him, who was obviously very clever and immediately explained.

"Chief Zheng and several other leaders have reached an agreement with His Majesty in Beijing. The island of Taiwan has been brought under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and the island will be set up with one government and two counties. Our Beigang will become the residence of the Taiwanese government, so the big chief is ready to renovate the buildings of the lower village. ”

"The establishment of a government office on the island of Taiwan? So who will be the prefect of Taiwan? Yang Tiansheng suddenly asked a little hurriedly.

"It is said to be Zhou Kangeng, the magistrate of Fuqing." The steward replied quickly, and Yang Tiansheng's face suddenly became a little ugly.

Chen Xinji and Liu Xiang immediately noticed his expression, and couldn't help but ask in unison, "Isn't there something wrong with this person?" ”

Yang Tiansheng was silent for a while before he said, "That's not it, but this person, this person... Hey, it's hard to deal with. ”

Liu Xiang suddenly wondered: "Is he strong in martial arts or powerful?" ”

Yang Tiansheng immediately denied it: "That's not true, it's just a scholar, and he is also an official eunuch." ”

Liu Xiang suddenly mocked: "No matter how powerful his family background is, when he arrives on this island of Taiwan, across the sea, what else can he do." Besides, this Zheng Yiguan regards Xiaogang as his own industry all day long, and I am happy to watch the show when such a person comes out to fight with him. ”