Chapter 242: Entering the Palace

The Portuguese on the Macao side set off almost immediately, and when they heard the news of the Dutch merchants, they realized that something was wrong, and immediately came to the capital to report the news.

On the contrary, it set off earlier than Jinyiwei, who needed to confirm the news repeatedly.

In fact, there is no way to do this, after all, it is related, or countless monetary benefits, and the early delivery may reduce huge economic losses.

It's a pity......

The messenger only looked at the expressions of François and the other Portuguese, and he had an insight at once.

"It's already sold." Frans took a deep breath: "It was sold for one or two guilders......"

Originally, everyone thought it was worth the trip, and finally sold the hot potato to the stupid donkey in the East.

They even plan to continue to stay in the capital to fight the autumn breeze, and it is best to sign some agreements with the Ming court, so that they can kill two birds with one stone.

But where do you know...... This stock is actually worth again, and it is very valuable!

In fact, the vast majority of the Portuguese envoys were composed of merchants, ostensibly envoys, but in fact most of them forged the official Portuguese identity.

The people who came here were all businessmen who came to sell stocks.

Now, everyone is panicking.

"What to do, what to do now?"

"If the profit increases by 40%, it means that the East India Company has no risk at all, I think...... Now the value is not just nine guilders, it may be more. ”

"Gentlemen, this is not a deal, this is a robbery!" Someone said indignantly: "We fooled that stupid donkey in the East." ”

Although there are words to say.

But everyone knew that this was just their own rhetoric, and at the beginning, they rushed to sell it.

But in the face of huge economic interests, these Portuguese don't care about the facts!

But...... Of course, they can ignore the facts.

But how?

Fools know what their current situation is, if they really annoy Daming, they may not even be able to protect Macau!

This is a behemoth, and you still want to run to the stupid donkey in the East to collect debts?

All of a sudden, everyone was in a mess.

Someone was indignant and felt that a fleet should be sent, either to the governor of Luzon, or to unite with the Dutch.

Of course, more people know that this powerless roar has no meaning, and feel that they should legally declare the transaction null and void and demand that Zhang Jingyi return their shares.

But...... These thoughts were soon not talked about.

Fools know that now it is people who hold swords and use their bare hands to support unreasonableness.

"Now they shouldn't know the news, this stupid donkey in the East, it seems that it is just luck, we are ...... now You can redeem the shares at a higher price. Frans said.

Everyone's eyes lit up.

Yes.

If the stupid donkey in the East has not gotten the news, then they can completely redeem it, and sell it for one or two guilders, which is a big deal, and five guilders for one or two guilders will be bought back, although there are still some losses, but after all, ...... Bigger losses were recovered.

"Gentlemen, let's go at once, and we can't afford to lose time." France then yelled.

The crowd agreed.

So dozens of people immediately walked out of Honglu Temple and rushed to Xinxian in a hurry.

This group of red-haired, blue-eyed, strangely dressed people suddenly swaggered through the market, which also attracted people's attention.

When they arrived in the new county, they were stopped by the officers of the new county.

Explain the intention.

The messenger said: "New county marquis? Hou Ye went to the palace early in the morning, and he was summoned by His Majesty! How...... What's the matter with you......"

"When will he be back?"

"I can't say for sure, this is a court meeting, how will I know."

Franco, you look at me, I look at you, his face is full of anxiety.

Now it's actually a time difference.

If the news of Daming is sent from Macao to the capital, then the transaction will be over, and this stupid donkey in the East will never sell stocks, no matter how stupid he is.

Portuguese merchants, who dared to come to the East, which one was not daring?

At this time, the interests are sinky, and there is a lot to be taken care of.

"You can't wait, the longer it takes, the more variables you have." Frans's green eyes, which had begun to be bloodshot, said without hesitation: "Gentlemen, let's go to the palace......"

"Go to the palace." No one hesitated.

Even if they knew that in the East, the majesty of the monarch was far more important than the benefits.

It's not fun to anger Ming Ting.

But what a big benefit this is, these people who lick blood with knives are not only businessmen in the sea, but also robbers who kill people without seeing blood, where can they take care of so much.

So France, led by the rest, rushed up.

This mighty person went directly to the Forbidden City.

It's just that when they were about to arrive at the noon gate, they were intercepted by a group of guards who sensed that something was wrong.

The guard shouted: "Who dares to trespass on the forbidden palace, so bold." ”

But France didn't mean to stop.

Most of these people are doing business in Macao, and they all know a little Chinese, and Frans said: "I want to see the stupid donkey of the East......

The guards couldn't help but be furious, you dare to call me a donkey?

At this time, these merchants realized that something seemed wrong, and someone said: "We want to see Marquis Zhang Jingyi." ”

The guards glared at them and said angrily: "Bold, is it possible for you to see Hou Ye Zhang when you say you?" This is the forbidden palace, retreat quickly, if not, it will not be spared. ”

Dozens of Praetorian guards tensed and pressed the hilts of their swords on their waists.

But they underestimated the courage of these Francophiles, and at this time, it was murder, and they didn't care.

They continued to rush forward.

This caught the guards a little off guard.

Because in their hearts, they feel that when it comes to this, the other party will definitely retreat.

Who knows that these people simply ignore intimidation.

However, these people were dressed in strange clothes, which made the guards embarrassed, and they began to push each other, so more Janissaries came to the aid and surrounded the Françans.

At the same time, someone had already rushed into the palace and went to perform.

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In the courtroom.

An argument that lasted for a whole morning continued.

Looking at the hundreds of officials in the court, all of them were wearing patched clothes, and their faces were solemn.

No way, Your Majesty is too scary.

As soon as everyone saw that His Majesty's clothes were patched, and thought of the arrears of salaries now, as well as the civil uprisings in various places, fools knew that His Majesty was short of money.

There are many ways for the emperor to make money, and no one can be sure what means His Majesty will use today.

Overnight, all the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty became poor ghosts, and everyone looked like beggars.

And what's scary about this thing is that it also has the nature of a competition.

I hit one patch, you hit two patches, it doesn't work...... It's terrible, I'm not sure, I'll go back and poke two more holes in my clothes.

As a result, the official uniforms of all kinds of birds and beasts are now full of holes.

Especially those who are really rich, such as Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, who has accumulated a lot of silver over the years, and now he is so scared that he can't sleep at night, and today's appearance is also the most scary, it can be described as ragged, as if he has no money to play patches.

When the Emperor of the Apocalypse saw this, his heart was furious!

How could he not know the thoughts of these people? One is more shrewd than the other.

But these angers can't be put on the table.

Today's discussion is indeed a matter of Liaoyu, in addition to Liaoyu, and now it is necessary to suppress the people's rebellion, so the initiative of the household department is to send two more salaries, to put it bluntly...... It is to expand the source of taxation.

It's just that around the name of this tax increase, there is a lot of controversy about the six ministries and nine secretaries.

It is impossible for Dr. Gashi to pay taxes, nor is there a commercial tax, and who does not know that many commercial activities are actually bought and sold by the ministers of the DPRK and China.

If you think about it, you can only add it to the people.

But the problem is that the people are already in rebellion, and if they raise their salaries, won't there be more thieves?

Just when everyone is fighting for red faces and can't get along.

Zhang Jingyi stood up: "If the people increase their salaries, what is the difference between this and deliberately intensifying the popular uprising?" Now, 200,000 rogues are already in a hurry, and if they are added, it will be 500,000, 1 million, and at that time, what should it be? ”

He really couldn't help it, it's all up to this, and fools know that doing so is a dead act!

But on the contrary, there are still people pretending to be confused, which is nothing more than suffering the people and the like.

Zhang Jingyi's feeling is that this is tantamount to desperately adding fuel to the fire, and he shuddered when he thought of this.

But to a certain extent, Zhang Jingyi actually fell behind quickly, and the main problem is that many people can say it in particular.

It is obviously apportioned to the people, and they can say that the people share the worries of the country. It is clear that it may cause even greater chaos, and they can say that the rogue is bewitched by others, and the people who do their part are still the majority.

And Zhang Jingyi, in fact, is not qualified to discuss in the court, the reason why he was called to participate in the court meeting is only because of his status as a marquis.

But in fact, although the nobles will go to court, most of them do not say a word.

On the one hand, everyone's theoretical level is not good, everyone has self-knowledge, and another reason is that it is easy to provoke the anger of hundreds of officials and become the target of public criticism.

Zhang Jingyi's words annoyed many people.

So someone stood up and said: "Xinchenghou, what are these words, you keep saying that the people are hard, and say that the good people should be thieves, is this to slander those people?" At the beginning of man, his nature was good, but the vast majority of the people kept to themselves, how could they defile people and follow thieves out of thin air? ”

"Moreover, Xinchenghou is full of people's suffering, so dare to ask, Xinchenghou's family is rich, I heard that a few days ago, he also spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to buy the waste paper of the Franc Jiren, why is it that now the national disaster is at the head, but he refuses to take out the silver to help suppress the Liukou? With this money, I would rather give the Franc opportunity, but I refused to take out a penny and a half to share the worries of the court, and talked about what kind of world I received from the country, Your Majesty...... Do you know this? ”

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