When Jia Jing saw the news published in "Jiangnan Times", he couldn't help but frown.
The imperial court acted very quickly and violently. It originally thought that the Caocang case could be suppressed in Nanjing, but it seems that it failed to do so. In the end, it was taken over by the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the capital. After all, it was still Nanjing.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate was unable to control it and could not suppress it.
This is also the reality. Although in the last round of adjustments, due to pressure from Jiangnan, the court made some concessions, such as the establishment of Huaiyang Town and the adjustment of the candidates for the six departments in Nanjing, which satisfied the voices of Jiangnan to a certain extent, but Nanjing
The Procuratorate and the Nanjing Ministry of War are still in the hands of the imperial court. Even the Nanjing Civil Affairs Bureau and the Nanjing Household Bureau are still not in the hands of the imperial court. Of course, it is impossible to let them all go.
It is not easy to be able to delegate power to this point. This is because the situation in the north is even worse this year. The Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs has to ask the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs to increase taxes in Jiangnan by another 10%, which caused a huge backlash in Jiangnan. With this kind of compromise
Only then did he finally calm down.
However, the imperial court in the capital used this method of killing chickens and seizing eggs to make money. In Jia Jing's opinion, it was a sign of the poor's skills. Even if the big case of Jingtong Ercang could grab a handful this time and barely make up for the shortfall in the imperial treasury, the capital
It is an indisputable fact that Tong Ercang's grain deficit will be replenished sooner or later with money to buy grain.
As the severe drought in Northland this year has gradually turned into a reality, and the situation has become even worse, the pressure on Jingtong's second warehouse to replenish its positions will soon become apparent. This kind of situation will not even wait until this winter, after September.
The worry will gradually spread and intensify. At that time, all it takes is a slight increase in food prices, and the court will have to spit it out.
Of course, the premise is that Jiangnan can hold back the taxes that should be paid. It is difficult to grasp the right balance. It must be neither too early nor too late, but just right so that the court cannot stop. When the time comes, a sudden attack will definitely have miraculous effects.
His brows gradually widened, and Jia Jing browsed the recent "Viewing Jiangnan" and "Two Zhejiang Express". They all talked about the sales meeting in the capital in early July. They tried their best to sensationalize the situation in Yangzhou.
The salt merchants, Ningbo maritime merchants, and the arty gentry from Jinling will all be interested.
Feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart, Jia Jing stroked the beard under his chin and thought, there are still experts in the court, who actually came up with such a plan, and planned it so carefully and thoughtfully, which can be called foresight.
If the original government sales method is changed to this method, Jia Jing estimates that he can increase his income by at least 20 to 30%. In other words, he could only sell goods worth one million taels of silver in this way.
It can be sold for 1.2 million to 1.3 million taels of silver, which is not a small increase.
The question is how to solve this kind of thing? Jia Jing is also thinking about it in his mind. There are so many businessmen in Yangzhou, Suzhou, Jinling, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Jiangyou, Huguang, and it is difficult to persuade one to persuade ten, and even if he persuades like this,
It's easy to be exposed.
This is going against the imperial court, and now is not the time.
Jia Jing had a headache. Seeing the imperial court "collecting money" in this way to restore health, the financial pressure it had finally created had to be regained by the imperial court in this way. It really made Jia Jing a little unwilling.
Whose trick was this? Huang Ruliang or Qiao Yingjia?
When investigating the Jingtong Ercang case, Jia Jing expected that the court would use this method to bring back blood, but he felt that it was only a few hundred thousand taels of silver, and at best no more than one million taels of silver, and it would have to be waged.
Spending a lot of time digging and investigating will also arouse opposition and criticism from countless people, but I didn't expect that it was Long Jinwei and Shuntian Mansion who took action first, and then the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Punishment, and they were investigating each other, and each other
Compared with competition, this is a bit difficult to do.
After completing these two cases, the harvest should be much greater than what he originally expected. Jia Jing estimated that it should increase by 50%, which means that the court may recover about 1.3 million to 1.5 million taels of silver, but
If this method of issuance and purchase is adopted, then an increase of 30% will be considerable, approaching 1.8 million taels of silver.
Thinking of this, Jia Jing was also a little irritated. Whenever he tried his best to make a move, the seemingly desperate court would always find a chance to breathe. This made him very depressed, but at this time, he could only endure it.
, it’s not the time for a head-on confrontation yet.
However, this kind of humiliation will not last long. Jia Jing knew that the prince also had arrangements in Beijing. He originally planned to let Chu Qi and Wang Zinian come down south to assist him as soon as possible, but later they stayed. It is said that they will prepare to do it in the autumn.
Jia Jing didn't ask much about something, specifically what to do and how to do it.
The prince is responsible for each stall, and Jia Jing is responsible for the monetary affairs in Jiangnan, with the help of the Zhen brothers. This is a huge matter, and it is related to the fundamentals. There is no room for error. Jia Jing has no more thoughts to consider other matters.
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This area of the south side was left to Tang Binyin, Miao Changqi and Gu Tianjun, and they are doing well now. At least the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River have been aroused by them, and now they have official positions in the Six Ministries of Nanjing as a cover.
Many things will become easier.
If Chu Qi and Wang Zinian don't come, Jia Jing feels that it will be easier. If they come, it will be really difficult to decide who is in charge. Jia Jing doesn't want to compete with anyone for power, but he has managed the current situation with great difficulty.
Maybe because of whoever comes, I will give it up to others, not even Chu Qi and Wang Zinian.
It's just a good thing that they don't come. The north is the battlefield they are most familiar with. Let them accompany the prince to have a good time. Regardless of victory or defeat, as long as the prince can successfully escape and come to Jiangnan in the end, then there will be no problem.
It can be said that they can do whatever they want in the North, the more chaotic the better, the worse the better, whether it is the White Lotus Sect, the Liaodong Jurchens, the Mongols, or the rebel army leaders in the northwest, use whatever you can.
, anyway, it will be beaten to pieces in the north, and it will only be good for Jiangnan.
Therefore, Jia Jing also reminded Prince Yi Zhong in his letter that as long as he can guarantee his escape and come to Jiangnan, everything will be done.
The only thing that makes Jia Jing feel a little troublesome now is that the areas that can control the influence are only limited to the four provinces of South Zhili, Zhejiang and Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangxi, which are still a bit small.
The Huguang side is still working hard to operate. Gu Tianjun has already gone to Huguang. It is not yet clear what the situation is. Miao Changqi is in charge of contacting the Guangdong, Guangxi and Southwest sides, but they are so far apart that Wang Ziteng doesn't think it makes much sense. As long as he can control it,
In Huguang, it is enough to let Yang Yinglong's rebels wreak havoc in Sichuan and Guizhou as much as possible to drag down some of the imperial court's energy.
I accidentally saw the letter on the desk, it was from Brother Rong.
In the letter, Brother Rong boasted about Feng Keng of the Feng family, talking about all the things he had done in Yongping Mansion, and that he had now returned to Shuntian Mansion to become the Prime Minister, and had solved Su Daqiang's night murder case, and was known as the "Feng Keng" in the capital city.
Feng Qingtian and so on are also very supportive of the Jia family...
This actually made Jia Jing a little curious.
Even though he was still in Xuanzhen Temple, he was aware of Feng Keng's success in the imperial examination. He later proposed the strategy of opening up the sea. It should be said that this young man had some different opinions, but being knowledgeable and being a specific official are two different things. Countless scholars
The son was talented in the Hanlin Academy and was well-known in the capital, but if he really fell into work at the local level or in the six specific ministries, he would fall into the dust all of a sudden.
Unexpectedly, Feng Ziying worked so impressively in Yongping Mansion at such a young age, which shocked Jia Jingdu.
As for being suddenly transferred back to the capital as the Prime Minister of Shuntian by the imperial court, in Jia Jing's opinion, this was a failure. It was probably due to some private exchange between Qi Yongtai and Ye Xianggao.
No matter how talented Feng Ziying is, she might still be able to do something in places like Yongping Mansion with luck and the influence of Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia, but in Capital City and Shuntian Mansion, no one will coddle you.
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Even Qi Yongtai, a cabinet minister, may not be able to do well in the capital city. There are many talented people who can compete with Qi Yongtai. As long as you, Feng Ziying, make a slight mistake, the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate will not care about you.
Even if Qiao Yingjia is the censor of Youdu, he can't control those censors who are from Jiangnan.
But then I thought about it, Wu Daonan is useless. If Ye Xianggao and Qi Yongtai can reach such a compromise, doesn't it mean that Shuntian Mansion, the most good place, is left alone? This is obviously impossible, that is, Feng Ziying really has some abilities.
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The Feng family is all a bunch of warriors. From Feng Qin to Feng Han and then to Feng Tang, Jia Jing knows them all, but they can't say how deep their friendship is. He never thought that this bunch of warriors in the Feng family could give birth to a civil servant who can do things.
Okay, this is really not easy.
Thinking of this, Jia Jing thought of Jia Yucun again.
It is said that this guy and Feng Ziying have been friends for many years. They went through the tribulation together during the Linqing Civil War, and they can still maintain their relationship in the capital city. I would like to take a chance to ask him.
But Jia Yucun was too cunning. Jia Jing thought of Wang Ziteng's letter and said that Jia Yucun was a slippery man and if he could be subdued and allowed to work for the prince, he would be of great use. Look at Jinling's influence in his rule.
From the current situation, we knew that this person had some abilities. Even when the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate tried to find trouble with him, he was able to deal with it without any flaws.
The question is how to grasp this guy's true thoughts? Jia Jing found it a bit tricky. Tang Binyin had been in contact with him several times, and everything was spot on. Zhu Guozhen and Qi were from Huzhou, but Zhu Guozhen thought that this person had no scholar.
I am not willing to deal with this person, but he has been in Jinling Mansion for several years and has become quite a party member. If he can be used by the prince, it will be a great help.
Jia Jing's judgment was that this guy should have noticed something, and was waiting to see the situation and waiting for the price.
This chapter has been completed!