Chapter 180: Empress Dowager Li returns to power and the Qianqing Palace is in flames

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Wang Chonggu looked at Zhang Siwei and said: "If a wealthy family like ours comes in from outside, even His Majesty will kill them all. Haven't you noticed? Even the Gu family and the Xu family whose homes were confiscated, and the Lin family and Wu family at the moment Sir, your Majesty only kills the head of the house and a bunch of servants and family members. The rest of the people will be exiled to the border, and they will all come back in a few years when the wind blows."

"Even during the Jingnan period, those ministers of the Jianwen Dynasty were executed in public. During the Renzong Dynasty, their families were pardoned. Their family members who had become official slaves were released to the people and their lands were returned. .”

"This is the reason why centipede insects are dead but not stiff. Even Fang Xiaoru, who is rumored to have been executed by the Ten Clan, is still prosperous, isn't it?"

During the Wanli period, there were constant efforts to exaggerate Fang Xiaoru's grievances. Then the imperial court checked the list of those who were exiled that year. Fang Xiaoru's family was exiled to Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Sichuan, and Guangdong, with a total of more than 1,300 descendants.

If Fang Xiaoru really killed ten clansmen, where did so many clansmen come from?

During the Jiajing period, Yu Bin, a native of Songjiang, claimed to be a descendant of Fang Xiaoru and complained about injustice. Some scholar-bureaucrats compiled the "Guizong Lu" for Yu Bin to stir up public opinion. Later, the Ninghai Fang family, Fang Xiaoru's Ninghai Fang family, sued the government. Yu Bin was The fake one ended the storm.

The theory that Fang Xiaoru was punished by the Ten Clan was simply an unjust, false and wrong case deliberately created by some literati and officials in Nanya in order to prove their position.

Wang Chonggu said quite sincerely: "How can a rich family die? You commit suicide and destroy your ears. You are a sin that makes you unable to survive. You have made yourself angry with both the gods and humans, and made the world angry and resentful. If you don't die, who will die?"

"That's not the case." Zhang Siwei said immediately: "In the eighth year of Jiajing, the Qing Dynasty clarified the land occupied by the Xunqi Quanjian in the capital, and the one million acres of land owned by Empress Dowager Zhang's father and brother were taken away! Isn't this a robbery of life?"

Wang Chonggu stretched out a finger and said loudly: "One million acres of land! One million acres of land! One million acres of land!"

"Why did Xiaozong's Empress Zhang and her brother occupy one million acres of land! Xu Jie was greedy enough. He only occupied 420,000 acres! The Zhang family alone occupied more than one million acres!"

"Is it just because his daughter married the emperor? That year, a total of 300,000 hectares were found in the eight prefectures of the capital, and his family occupied 10,000 hectares! Duke Dingguo, Duke Yingying, and Duke Chengguo The three princes' mansions combined only have 20,000 hectares, but the Zhang family found out 10,000 hectares!"

"Today the Holy Mother's family only has 4,000 acres of land in total! Look who in the court is going to deal with Wu Qingbo Li Wei? Li Wei wanted 4,000 taels of silver to repair his house, but the Queen Mother insisted on giving it. The court also found a way to use the accounts of the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Accounts. After paying for it, Empress Dowager Zhang’s father and brother, after Emperor Sejong came to Beijing, actually wanted to be as rampant as they were during the Hongzhi and Zhengde years!”

"Is it the court that is unkind, or the powerful people who are unjust?"

If you know a little bit about the misdeeds of Xiaozong's Queen Zhang's father and brother, and then compare it with the family of today's Queen Mother Li, you will find the difference. Wu Qingbo and Li Wei were in trouble for more than half a year for four thousand taels of silver.

Zhang's father and brother directly occupied one million acres of land.

Zhang Siwei and Wang Chonggu have stopped talking to each other.

"Uncle, forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. How is uncle's official woolen factory doing?" Zhang Siwei no longer talks about matters between the DPRK and China. It is normal to have differences. If you continue to quarrel around differences, you will only lose your relatives. Friendship, Zhang Siwei plans to talk about some common topics and make money.

Wang Chonggu asked in confusion: "Why are you asking about this?"

"Let's make this money together." Zhang Siwei said with a smile: "Can you please get a copy of the Yongding Woolen Official Factory Chronicle, so that I can set up a woolen factory by myself."

"Okay." Wang Chonggu agreed readily. If Zhang Siwei was only interested in money, Wang Chonggu would still recognize this nephew. After all, he is his nephew. But Zhang Siwei is not interested in money all day long and does things that kill the nine tribes. Wang Chonggu can no longer recognize him.

Wang Chonggu specifically asked His Majesty whether the official records of the Yongding Woolen Factory could be passed on to others. His Majesty's answer was very clear: Yes, it was originally a trick of sheep eating horses and sheep eating people. There were only so many water and grass, and there were more sheep and fewer horses.

Regardless of whether it is an Anda Khan or a Tuman Khan, it has lost the most terrifying mobility on the battlefield.

In the wool business, the bigger the scale, the better. The bigger the scale, the weaker the grassland. Zhu Yijun did not have military talent, but he still had economic talent. He wanted to engage in economic warfare to weaken the enemy's strength and make Qi Shuai's attack easier.

Wang Chonggu asked someone to bring over a palace-engraved version of the Official Factory Chronicles, which was a fine product produced by the Sanjing Factory. The contents included all the supplements of the Official Factory. The Official Factory Chronicles can be purchased directly at Huangzhuang, and the price is relatively expensive. One set 3000 taels.

"It's so troublesome." Zhang Siwei browsed through it for a few times and felt a little dizzy. He didn't expect that just washing wool could be so complicated.

Wang Chonggu sneered and said, "It's too troublesome to make money."

Zhang Siwei took the book and left with satisfaction, and Wang Qian walked out from behind the screen again and whispered: "Father, does he really want to make money?"

"He can't earn this kind of money." Wang Chonggu shook his head and said: "This business seems to be like flowers and brocade. The stronger the wind, the more expensive the fish, the bigger the profit, the more difficult it is. In fact, it is cooking oil in a fierce fire, Zhang Siwei. , he can’t understand it.”

"Son, you must remember, why does a person like Zhang Siwei think about problems like this? It's not so much bad as incompetent. Am I not bad? But I can do things. If Zhang Siwei can figure out the woolen cloth business , he can be regarded as a capable person. A capable person needs to talk sweetly and talk a lot?"

"It was started with great fanfare a long time ago. Once it was completed, everyone's mouths were shut. Just like Yuan Fu, it was difficult to pass the exam, but didn't he still achieve it?"

"If a person who is not ambitious and perseverant can accomplish something, then the sun will rise in the west."

"Your father and I are different. Your father and I are not ambitious but determined. I don't have any ambitions in the world. I just want to make money and I can accomplish something, such as making money."

Wang Qian shook his head and said: "But your Majesty and Yuan Fu said that my father was able to do things well, and the herdsmen of Antu in the northwest had made great contributions. A few years ago, your majesty was in the imperial palace at the Huangji Hall, and issued an imperial edict to give my father in front of everyone." I’ve been added as the Prince’s Young Protector.”

Wang Chonggu thought for a while and said: "This is why Zhang Siwei walked into a dead end. He only saw the four words "qingshangweifun" and did not see "qingshang". The wool business of the imperial court has really been giving us old money. The Wang family gets a 10% profit, but it’s not obvious now. It’s tens of thousands of taels of silver a year, and hundreds of thousands next year. In a few years, your majesty is willing to give it, but we can’t openly ask for it.”

"Father said so." Wang Qian classified himself. In fact, he did not have the world's ambitions, but he was determined and unswervingly bribed the people around Zhang Siwei, and Zhang Siwei wanted to do something bad to kill the nine tribes. time, start taking action.

Like father, like son.

Both father and son are arrogant and resolute people. They don't care about the world at all, they just want to make money.

Wang Chonggu shook his head again and said to Wang Qian: "Why do I say Zhang Siwei is stupid and incompetent?"

"Look at the compilation of the Ming Dynasty Conference this time, he didn't try every means to become the vice president Dangdang, and let Ma Ziqiang snatch it away. Do you think he is not stupid and incompetent? With such a great contribution, it is just like when he was responsible for It’s the same as the "Yongle Dadian" of the Lu branch."

Compiling the "Da Ming Huidian" is definitely a great achievement. Zhang Siwei is indeed not Zhang Juzheng's party member, but Zhang Siwei can't become the president or vice president because of his connections, and even being an editor is also a qualification.

But Zhang Siwei didn't even get to be an editor.

Zhu Yijun, the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was supervising the work. He was installing lightning rods in the imperial city. This thing is not new. As early as the Han Dynasty, fishtail-shaped copper tiles would be installed on the top of the palace.

The five spines and six beasts in the Ming Dynasty Palace all have a metal tongue that stretches out to the sky, and the base of the tongue is connected to an iron wire that extends underground for lightning protection.

However, this iron wire cannot be painted, so there will be occasional electric shocks and fires, and the tongue is too small, which can easily cause scattering. The new lightning rod is a three-foot-long iron rod, soaked in wax with cotton cloth and then painted The painted copper wire is the lead wire and is introduced into the ground.

Zhu Yijun also conducted a very interesting experiment, the lightning magnet construction method, which took advantage of the high terrain of the Ming Dynasty Palace to easily trigger lightning, and wound enameled wire multiple times on an iron block to generate a magnetic field and then make a magnet.

In order to make the resistance as small as possible, Zhu Yijun chose to conduct a set of control experiments, one using silver wire, one using gold wire, and one using copper wire, to try to manufacture it.

The imperial palace is Zhu Yijun's testing ground.

Zhu Yijun's main purpose was to attract thunder. As for building magnets, that was just incidental. He was motivated to conduct magnetization experiments, mainly to select quartz ore.

The glass fired in the Ming Dynasty sometimes has a strong green color, changing from glass to green colored glaze. This is because there are iron companions in it. The craftsmen responsible for burning the glass in the Ming Dynasty have discovered that green is related to iron, and supplied it to the palace. Colorless glass has been selected using magnets, but the magnetic force is not strong enough and it is easy to demagnetize.

The process of glass firing in the Ming Dynasty is crushing-impurity removal-grading-scrubbing-magnetic separation. However, some weakly magnetic iron cannot be removed, so strong magnets must be used.

For the green tint of glass, the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty chose a simple and crude method. The optical instrument glass used in the palace was all made of natural crystals that were directly crushed and magnetically selected before being fired.

His Majesty and Qin Tianjian used those pieces of glass to directly bake them with crystals. These days, natural crystals are precious stones. In order for the emperor to see clearly, crystals were used directly. This was the supreme power that an emperor had during the Wanli period. , In theory, everyone in the world is serving Zhu Yijun alone.

Of course that's just theory, just like the theory that the emperor is the supreme ruler of the known world.

Zhu Yijun did not prohibit this behavior, but he also wanted to use lightning to magnetize for further magnetic selection.

The demand for magnets was imminent, and the great inventor Zhu Yijun began to steal the power of Thunder God to make magnets in April of the fourth year of Wanli.

Manufacturing magnets requires high-voltage DC voltage, coils with extremely small resistance, cast iron alloy blocks, and copper-iron alloys.

Zhu Yijun had none of these, and the resistance was extremely small. Zhu Yijun directly used gold and silver wires. If the copper wires were enough, the gold and silver wires as thick as a finger would also have to be taken back, and they were all money.

As for things like resistance, current, and voltage, Zhu Yijun didn't even think about it. He was going to use the power of Thunder God to create strong magnets, so he still had to calculate these?

April in the Ming Dynasty has entered early summer, and thunderstorms are increasing. If the experiment is successful, the magnet production base of the Ming Dynasty will be selected in Leizhou, Guangdong, where there are many thunderstorms. Leizhou is called Leizhou because of its many thunderstorms.

Zhu Yijun supervised the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty climbing up and down, installing all the lightning rods, and building the lightning tower. Everything was ready, except for the thunderstorm.

These lightning rods extending towards the Heavenly Palace were not exquisite. Zhang Hong felt that they were incompatible with the majesty of the royal family and wanted to decorate them. However, Zhu Yijun rejected Zhang Hong's proposal with Shang Jianjian. What should be decorated and spent on?

When the little emperor returned to the Qianqing Palace with a group of little tails, he saw some palace people busy frequently, moving piles of things out of the palace. Zhu Yijun was stunned, and then hurriedly walked to Empress Dowager Li and Chen In front of the Queen Mother.

"I've seen my mother and mother, what are you going to do?" Zhu Yijun asked doubtfully.

Empress Dowager Li smiled and said, "Move the palace."

"Some time ago, the courtiers began to submit memorials, saying that the Emperor is becoming wiser and wiser, and it is no longer suitable for me to continue to live in the Palace of Qianqing and read memorials. They thought I was happy to read those memorials! Since I mentioned it, if I don't move it, then If you want to keep chattering, Cining Palace is ready and I will move there."

"Your Majesty will only have to eat alone in the future."

"In the future, I can't treat the emperor as living day and night. The emperor must be cautious in doing things. Zhang Hong is pretty good and can be regarded as someone close to him. But the Qianqing Palace is a bit deserted. There are only six or seven people waiting on him coming and going."

"My husband was personally entrusted by the late emperor, and he received instructions day and night. In the end, because of the late emperor's friendship, the emperor must listen to the instructions well. We, the Ming Dynasty, really can't afford to mess around."

Empress Dowager Li and Empress Dowager Chen are extremely relaxed.

In their view, the country was on a stable and improving track. The emperor was wise and mighty, and he was a man of great determination. There were Zhang Juzheng and Lu Tiaoyang in the cabinet, and the court officials were generally ready for use. Zhang Han left the court, and Ma Ziqiang replaced Wan Shihe. The Minister of Rites and most of the court discussions were discussed, and the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty also had the exclusive power to govern. The courtiers were trained by the emperor so that they could not hold their heads up. The Ming army also continued to win battles, and the national treasury began to be enriched. Even the emperor was asked to repair There are far fewer memorials on frugality.

It's time. The emperor is growing up. If he continues to stay in Qianqing Palace, he may call her, Queen Mother Li, a demon queen.

Empress Dowager Li was really not greedy for power. As soon as the courtiers mentioned it, Empress Dowager Li immediately took action. After four months of cleaning up the Cining Palace, it was finally done. Even King Zhu Yiliu of Lu would live in Cining Palace until ten. At the age of three or four.

When Zhang Juzheng invited Empress Dowager Li to Qianqing Palace, the main purpose was to observe the little emperor's studies.

"Didn't you say that you will move out after the wedding?" Of course Zhu Yijun saw those memorials. Zhang Juzheng posted a blank stamp, and Zhu Yijun directly drew an X.

But after Empress Dowager Li saw it, she planned to return to power. Compared with the empress dowagers and emperors in history who caused mother and son to turn against each other because of their power, Empress Dowager Li gave up directly, which is very rare.

For example, Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty did not start taking charge of the throne until the death of Empress Dowager Liu E and Liu at the age of 24. Only after taking charge of the throne did Song Renzong know that the biological mother he had called his mother for more than 20 years was not his biological mother at all, but was Concubine Li Chen.

Song Renzong mourned the destruction of the palace and even sent troops to surround the home of Empress Dowager Liu's family. In the end, there was no outbreak and he had to give up.

On the other hand, Empress Dowager Li left a message lightly, saying that she must listen to her husband carefully and prepare to leave the core of power.

Empress Dowager Li is really tired of government affairs. If you don’t understand, you must understand. The little emperor talks about the principles of governing the country all day long. Some Empress Dowager Li can understand, and some she really can’t understand. The little emperor is sensible and direct. Just leave it to the little emperor.

"Mother, if you stay here any longer, I'm afraid all kinds of nonsense will be spread everywhere. First, He Xinyin, then Zeng Guang, then Yu Maoxue. Mother has gone back to Cining Palace to enjoy peace and happiness." Empress Dowager Li waved her hand, looked around, and whispered: "Son, my mother has left you a maid. This Wang Yaozhuo is beautiful and has a good figure. The most important thing is that she has a clean background. She is here to serve you." , the most important thing is to have a clean life experience.”

"What about the old family members who live in Prince Yu's mansion? That Zhang Qiuju is still cheating!"

"It's good to have a clean life. You don't even have any relatives of your own, and you are completely devoted to the emperor."

Empress Dowager Li fell in love with Wang Yaozhuo for three reasons. He was good-looking, easy to give birth to, had a clean life experience, and was alone, so he was the most suitable companion. Others, being reasonable and intelligent were bonus points.

As for her humble status and her humble background, Empress Dowager Li herself was of humble origin and fled to the capital. When she was impoverished, her biological father Li Wei directly sent Empress Dowager Li to Prince Yu's Mansion to be a maid. She said it was a gift, but in fact Just sell.

Zhu Yijun said without too much restraint: "The child will go over to see his mother."

"Yeah, mother is gone." Queen Mother Li saw that the emperor understood what she meant as a mother. Her meaning was very clear, more children are more blessed.

Empress Dowager Li and Empress Dowager Chen waved their hands and got into the sedan chair, heading towards Cining Palace.

You have to go to pay your respects on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. The rest of the time is not that far away if you want to see it.

Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Yaozhuo, looked it over, showed a gentle smile and said: "In the future, you will live in Qianqing Palace, study in the inner study, and learn music theory from the emperor's uncle."

"My servant obeys the order." Wang Yaozhuo saluted and accepted the order. She had no dissatisfaction with Queen Mother Li's arrangements, and Wang Yaozhuo had no objection.

From the day Empress Dowager Li called her to her, Wang Yaozhuo knew her fate. She was not dissatisfied or even grateful.

His Majesty the Emperor asked Tiqi to track down the Lu family in Shaanzhou and avenge her father. She had already made plans to tie a ring of grass in her mouth to taste the divine grace.

As for the emperor in front of him, Wang Yaozhuo was not dissatisfied. Even if he put aside his status as emperor, the little emperor himself was a very reliable person. How could a born noble be beaten by his sparring partner every day? Of course, this noble man mostly beats others.

It's just that Wang Yaozhuo always felt that the emperor in front of him was bad, and he could make up his mind as soon as he rolled his eyes. He was afraid that he would inevitably be bullied in the future.

"Are we going to start the marriage relationship today?" Wang Yaozhuo asked slightly confused. The marriage relationship is a major event in life.

Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Yaozhuo and said with a smile: "You? Little Douya, please keep growing. I am a martial artist! You can't withstand the attack yet."

The thirteen-year-old little emperor's body is still growing. Zhu Yijun's recent martial arts progress has been rapid. Of course, he will be a little impulsive during adolescence, but it is not restrained. It is mainly for the sake of development.

Although Wang Yaozhuo has a good foundation, he still needs to grow up. He is like a bean sprout. Zhu Yijun is not a priest in Taixi, so this is good.

Zhu Yijun waited until mid-April before the storm came.

On April 13th, at noon, cumulonimbus clouds covered the sky. At noon, it became as dark as night. From time to time, lightning flashes and thunder continued to shine and spread in the clouds, and there were bursts of roaring sounds. , strong winds were blowing, dark clouds pressed the entire sky extremely low, and heavy rain could come at any time.

Zhu Yijun has repeatedly ordered all palace officials to stay away from the thunder tower on rainy days. Anyone who disobeys the edict and is struck by lightning will consider himself unlucky.

The thunder-inducing tower is more than thirty feet tall, almost as tall as the glazed tower of Da Baoen Temple, stretching straight into the sky.

Zhu Yijun stood at the window, letting the strong wind carry the cool air and blow the curtains.

"Close the window?" Zhang Hong asked His Majesty's opinion in a low voice.

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said, "No need."

He had just finished speaking, but before he could finish his words, a bolt of lightning tore half of the sky, quickly crossed the sky, branching like a spider web, illuminating the entire sky, and the sound of lightning cutting through the sky was like ripping a piece of silk. Voices.

Even the carbonized black wound on the top of the Jianji Hall was looming in the thunder light. It was the wound struck by lightning in the fourth year of Longqing. In that year, the courtiers rushed to remonstrate and persuade Emperor Longqing to build a province.

Lightning followed the sky toward the thunder tower, and the lightning struck the top of the tower and flowed down the river to the ground.

There was no crackling with sparks as Zhu Yijun imagined, it just hit the top of the tower, and then the roar of thunder came.

The thunder tower works fine.

The heavy rain poured down violently. This heavy rain lasted for only half an hour, then gradually became lighter, and then began to clear up. When the sky completely cleared up, Zhu Yijun took Zhang Hong and others to check their magnets. Whether the production is completed.

"Your Majesty, it seems to be done, but it seems not to be done." On a sunny afternoon, Zhang Hong opened the wooden box, bypassed the wrapped copper wire, and took out a piece of iron. The iron piece was sucked in. Zhang Hong After picking it for a while, he picked it off.

Then I turned on the gold wire and silver wire, and the results were similar.

This piece of iron is magnetic, but it's just a magnet.

After tedious tests, Zhu Yijun announced that although the magnetization was successful, the scientific research and exploration failed and the strong magnet was not obtained.

Practice has proved that lightning can indeed be magnetized, but the strength of permanent magnets is still related to the material.

Failure is the mother of success. Zhu Yijun did not intend to succeed at once. He actually wanted to prove one thing, that is, thunder and lightning were not the wrath of heaven and man. What he wanted to break was the theory that heaven and man were induced.

From the guest stars in the sixth year of Longqing to the recent Sichuan fire meteors, one red and one green, Zhu Yijun has been a little irritated by this set. The reason why this lightning tower was built to attract thunder is that the magnet is magnetized incidentally. It's just a small experiment. The most important thing is to break this set of heaven-human induction gameplay.

What they don’t understand is the infinite principle of all things that Ming Dynasty has not yet understood, rather than the so-called wrath of heaven and man.

The purpose of this thunder tower is to successfully induce thunder. Thunder, meteors, solar eclipses, lunar eclipses, and guest stars are all natural phenomena, and they are not meant to be used as a warning to the gods.

The emperor also has shackles on his body, and this thunder tower is his sharp blade that breaks the shackles.

Zhu Yijun published a list of his research and findings.

While Zhu Yijun was busy tossing the thunder tower, Zhang Siwei was busy tossing the woolen factory, and he failed.

His failure had nothing to do with Wang Qian. This time Wang Qian did not stop Zhang Siwei, nor did he bribe anyone. It was Zhang Siwei who failed.

Yongding Woolen Official Factory Chronicles were sold in Huangzhuang. Zhang Siwei was not exploring alone, but many merchants came over after smelling the smell. Then, on the banks of the Yongding River, more than a dozen workshops opened in a few days. rise.

The demand is indeed there. The Ming Dynasty woolen official factory mainly supplies military supplies, leaving only scraps for the people. Private merchants are hard to find. The court has made the craftsmanship public directly. Logically speaking, it can be started directly.

It can be achieved by copying the gourd, but soon the merchants discovered that the woolen business was not that easy to do. In the end, only one woolen factory was left, called Yongshenghao, which directly declared success, and this owner It is extremely mysterious and does not leave much information.

Wang Chonggu knew that the only successful owner on the Yongding River was named Li, Wu Qingbo Li Wei, but in fact the real owner was the emperor. It was simply an imperial village. The Yongsheng Woolen Factory was basically given by the emperor to Empress Dowager Li. As a gift, Empress Dowager Li returned to the emperor so easily, which exceeded Wang Chonggu's expectation.

It was clear that His Majesty had rejected the proposal to move the palace, but the Queen Mother left on her own, which made the courtiers who were ready to take sides particularly disappointed.

How could he return to power so lightly?

Let’s fight! It would be fun to fight like Empress Dowager Zhang and Emperor Sejong did.

This woolen factory was not big, only one-tenth of the scale of the official factory. It could make at most two to thirty thousand taels of silver a year, but this money was obviously for Empress Dowager Li's own disposal.

How did Wang Chonggu know such a secret? Because His Majesty told him directly that he was also running the Yongsheng woolen factory.

Wang Chonggu felt that the emperor's business was not a loss, or even a huge profit. Even if the entire woolen official factory was packaged to Queen Mother Li, the little emperor would not necessarily suffer a loss.

The turmoil caused by the tearing of the top power was extremely dangerous, but a violent turmoil that should have affected the entire Ming Dynasty calmed down without even igniting a flame.

It is reasonable that Zhang Siwei's business failed.

The official factory must be close to the water source. The land near the water costs a lot of money, and the construction costs a lot of money. In addition to the construction, there is also hiring labor, which costs a lot of money. This eliminates some people.

If it's just money, we also need to open up the supply of raw materials, such as wool washed with fermented gold liquid, white clay, the palace's secret recipe of plant ash crystals, etc. These things are not so easy to open up, even if the court has explained Everyone is treated equally, but the supply of white clay and the expansion of official factories are not enough, where can it be purchased?

Without the support of imperial policies, Wang Chonggu would have great abilities, and the official factory would not be able to achieve such a scale.

Even if the supply of raw materials is opened up, there is still a huge problem, that is, labor, whether it is laborers or weavers, when the imperial official factory is expanding, it must pay more than the official factory to hire labor. This Another huge investment.

Wang Chonggu took the opportunity to expand the scale of a wave of official factories and put all these failed businesses under his own name. This was not a robbery, but an extremely reasonable price. In terms of business competition, how can we say that he, Wang Chonggu, was adding insult to injury? ?

What surprised Wang Chonggu was that a large number of small handicraft workshops were born around the official factory in Yongding. The business of these handicraft workshops was not wool, but supply. The people of the Ming Dynasty were very hard-working. If the official factory had accumulated wool , can be handed over to them for cleaning, and the woolen cloth from the official factory can also be given to them to make ready-made clothes, and laborers can be hired to build the official factory.

Everything is full of vitality.

It was already night time when Wang Chonggu returned home. He was humming a Shanxi tune. He was in a great mood. The expansion rate of the woolen factory was far beyond expectations. He planned to discuss it with His Majesty at the end of this year and transfer 10% of the The proportional dividend was replaced by a fixed dividend of one hundred thousand taels. If there was more money, he would be afraid that it would kill him. Too much money would be too hot.

He took a shower and went to the study to prepare for tomorrow's court meeting.

When Wang Qian rushed into the study, he tripped over the threshold and fell heavily to the ground. Even so, Wang Qian didn't care whether he was injured or not. His face was full of shock, his whole body was trembling, and he said in great fear: "Dad! News came from the palace that there was a fire in Qianqing Palace!"

"Look, you are getting younger. Last time, there was news in the palace that His Majesty Long Yu was a guest! Yang Dazai was frightened and fainted. His Majesty appeared in the Wenhua Palace the next day. Mr. Feng Daban in the palace You are spreading some false news. This is already the fourth year. Are you still tired of this trick?" Wang Chonggu didn't believe this kind of news at all and had already been fooled.

Wang Qian did not stand up or lie down, but curled up and said tremblingly: "It's true, the direction of the palace, the fire is soaring into the sky!"

Wang Chonggu rushed out of the study and looked in the direction of the palace. His whole body began to tremble, and then he became furious. He immediately said to his son: "Go and inquire about the news quickly to see if your Majesty is okay!"

Empress Dowager Li's return to power is also an understatement in history, but if you look at the party struggles in the Zhengde period and the early Jiajing period, and the monogamous Empress Dowager Zhang, you will know that the top power of the Ming Dynasty was indeed torn apart. It will indeed cause extremely serious party disputes and negative consequences. Please give me a monthly ticket, wow! ! ! ! !

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