Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, the new year is here again.
Although Li Qing was a fool, he had been paying attention to the movements of the ministers, but... there was no movement from the ministers.
There was no turmoil, no violation, and under Wang Zhen's strict supervision, no one dared to cause trouble. Everyone was well-behaved, at least for now.
It is worth mentioning that after this incident, Wang Zhen became more and more arrogant, his whole person became more nervous, and his actions became more ruthless and arrogant.
Obviously, he felt that as long as he was cruel enough, no one would dare to do anything to him again.
Wang Zhen had this view mainly thanks to Li Qing.
Li Qing's counterattack incident was so classic that he felt he could repeat it.
On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhu Qizhen was in a good mood and took his annual leave one day early.
Li Qing saw that Wang Zhen was in charge and could not make a fuss in a short time, so he went to the palace and asked Zhu Qizhen to go to Jinling on a business trip.
Zhu Qizhen looked at him sideways and teased: "Are you going on a business trip? I won't even try to point it out to you. You just want to go back to Jinling to celebrate the New Year."
"Not entirely." Li Qing shook his head: "Jiangnan is the key to maritime trade. Now that the national policy of returning to the West has been implemented, we will go to sea one after another in the next year. We must be aware of the situation there."
After a pause, "What is the Emperor's strategy for Western trade?"
Zhu Qizhen stopped holding on and pondered for a moment, then said: "The current commodities are not enough to support the voyage to the West. I am going to rob... buy some that they cannot sell and use them for overseas trade."
You are so shameless. Is it because people can’t sell it? Is it because you don’t let people sell it? Li Qing rolled his eyes and said, “Your Majesty, have you considered the impact of doing this?”
"The worst thing is that there will be some trouble." Zhu Qizhen is fearless. "I'm not afraid. I will make arrangements in advance. Wherever there is trouble, I will directly ban maritime trade in that place. If I don't have peace of mind, I won't take the 30%." ”
"You are so domineering!" Li Qing teased.
"I am the emperor, and the emperor is naturally domineering!" Zhu Qizhen was full of confidence.
Li Qing looked helpless: "Confidence is a good thing, but overconfidence is not advisable. Don't underestimate them."
"I know." Zhu Qizhen said, "Don't worry, I'm not the same person I used to be."
I would rather you remain as you were before. Now that your wings have hardened and started to float... Li Qing cupped his hands and said, "Then I went to Aurous Hill."
"Let's go after the New Year." Zhu Qizhen patted his chest and said, "I will give you a big red envelope this year, a super big one."
Li Qing declined. It wasn't that he didn't love money, but he wouldn't be so straightforward if he were another emperor.
It's just that Zhu Qizhen's huge red envelope... haha, it's just that, not worth his time.
After returning home, Li Qing said goodbye to Brother Donkey, handed him over to Yu Qian for foster care, and then rushed to Jinling.
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On the ninth day of the first lunar month, Li Qing returned home to Jinling, but he was not as happy as expected.
There are fewer and fewer people we are familiar with, and Li Jinglong is no longer here this year. Without his gossip, life loses a lot of color.
Li Qing first went to Qixia Mountain, and then visited Li Jinglong and Lan Yu respectively, before going home to spend the rest of his life.
Before the Lantern Festival, it was considered the Chinese New Year. After Li Qing came back, the New Year atmosphere in the house became stronger. Under the pressure of the little old man, he had to be busy making delicious food every day.
The godson from across the street comes to visit all day long, filling Li Jinglong's vacancy in a sense. The child's vitality dilutes the sorrow of the old friend's death.
Although New Year's Eve had passed, Li Qing still wrapped him a big red envelope. The little guy was very happy, patting his bulging pocket and showing it off everywhere. His unique childishness was very endearing.
After not seeing each other for more than half a year, the little guy wasn't very unfamiliar with him. Within a few days, he became close and even slept next to him at night.
Maybe this is the charm of personality... Li Qing thought.
In Jinling, he felt like he belonged to a family.
My whole body relaxes, and I feel relaxed as if I have taken off my burden.
It is now the twelfth year of the orthodoxy, and Zhu Yunwen is already seventy. The little kid who was once frightened by Zhu Di at Zhu Yuanzhang's birthday party now has a head full of white hair, a stooped body, and a skinny body.
His old age was in sharp contrast to that of young Li Hong, and Li Qing was deeply touched.
"Junior brother, are you feeling well?" Li Qing asked with concern.
"Very good." Zhu Yunwen smiled and nodded, "With Master here, can I feel well?"ωＷWω.ＧoＮЬ.οrＧ
"It's good." Li Qing also smiled, "The world is so colorful and full of beauty. You should appreciate it more. Master also needs someone to accompany him."
Zhu Yunwen nodded, and then said in surprise: "Senior brother, you don't need to worry about this. I should say this. With you here, senior brother, I feel relieved. From now on, the master will be left to you."
"Okay, you two think the old man is an eyesore, right?" The little old man who was boxing at the side stopped and hummed: "I will die tomorrow."
"No, that's not what I meant, disciple." The senior fellow apprentices apologized. One of them beat his shoulders and the other his legs. They were extremely filial.
Considering that Zhu Yunwen was old, Zhang Sugao grabbed Li Qing and beat him up.
After it was over, he was still fuming, looking like he couldn't be coaxed if he didn't eat well.
Li Qing seriously suspected that the little old man just wanted to eat delicious food and was deliberately looking for trouble.
If you want to eat it, tell me, why do you have to beat me up?
Lantern Festival.
Li Qingbao's sesame-filled glutinous rice balls were very popular with everyone, and even Xiao Li Hong ate a full bowl.
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Li Qing was not asking for leave this time to go back to his hometown to visit relatives. In addition to relaxing, he also wanted to check the impact on the Jiangnan area after the imperial court returned to the West and occupied 70% of the trade.
He first went to the Weaving Bureau to find out more from Xiao Liuzi, but Xiao Liuzi knew nothing about business. How could he understand this?
All day long, he either thinks about improving his political performance, or wants to be greedy for some money, take advantage of it, etc. However, he is still restrained and does not dare to be greedy for big money, but only for small money.
Even so, he also made a lot of money and bought real estate in Jinling.
After chatting for a long time, no useful clues were obtained, so Li Qing had to go find Shen Xin.
Shen Mansion.
Shen Xin vomited his bitterness: "Sir, you are finally here, the common people are suffering these days!
Can you please advise the emperor to let him be a noble man and give the common people some way to survive? "
"What do you mean by this?" Li Qing asked knowingly, "Boss Shen is in trouble?"
"It's not that difficult!" Shen Xin sighed, "Even ordinary people don't know how to describe it. Now that I have cast the net out, my competitors have also been killed, but I really haven't caught any fish!"
Shen Xin is telling the truth, he is trapped now.
And it's a high position.
The crazy money burning in the early stage was just to seize the market and dominate the ocean trade.
It's good now that the market has been seized, but as soon as the emperor took action, he took away 70% of the maritime trade. The money he spent before was wasted.
"Sir, you said that the court would support me, but in this situation..." Shen Xin said with a bitter face, "Can you think of a way?
I kneel down for you. "
It's difficult for Shen Xin, it's too difficult for him.
At this rate, he will be bankrupt in a few years.
Li Qing didn't want him to go bankrupt. The capital had finally sprouted, and he didn't want to let his success go to waste.
Shen Xin played an important role in the development of semi-industrialization in the Ming Dynasty.
"What do you want?" Li Qing asked.
"Can the civil society be seven and the imperial court be three?" Shen Xin asked tentatively. Seeing Li Qing's face darken, he quickly changed his words: "Have you opened the head office in May?"
Li Qing frowned and said nothing.
Shen Xin was really anxious, "Sir, if this continues, even if I can persist, I will never be able to repay the money I owe the wealthy gentry. It would be strange if they don't tear me apart."
"Don't get excited yet." Li Qing comforted him, "I know your difficulties. Don't worry, I won't stand idly by and watch as you fail to survive."
"Hey, okay, okay." Shen Xin calmed down a little and asked, "Your Excellency is here this time, but the emperor asked you to rescue the common people?"
You think too much, the little emperor doesn't care about your life or death... Li Qing said noncommittally, "How much goods do you have now?"
"There are a lot of goods, but the imperial court is strictly guarding the exports to the sea and the quotas are serious, so we can't sell them at all!" Shen Xin said miserably.
"Since you can't sell it, why not sell it to the imperial court?" Li Qing said, "To be honest, the imperial court is out of stock."
Shen Xin was shocked: Doesn't your conscience hurt when you say this? What is the difference between this and robbery?
According to the emperor's urine, I can't buy it at the market price a few years ago. I don't even have enough capital!
He did not dare to say these words clearly, and said sarcastically: "My lord is joking, what the common people mean is...can the quota be relaxed?"
"I am not joking." Li Qing said seriously: "Selling these goods to the imperial court is your only way out."
Shen Xin's face turned pale, and his heart felt cold.
He still doesn't understand that he is being harvested.
I'm the clown myself?
