At the beginning of the rise of a military and political group, it was the most difficult. As it continued to defeat powerful enemies, its power gradually expanded, and it could capture more and more economic and political interests. All kinds of originally unrelated people came to the sea like rivers to express their opinions.
Goodwill. Once these people get rewards from it, they will have greater enthusiasm. Repeatedly, the overall benefits will snowball, getting bigger and bigger, becoming more and more attractive.
As the saying goes, heaven and earth are united in time. As long as there are no major military setbacks, after a force crosses this critical point, the road will actually become wider and easier.
This situation is difficult to directly reflect in the results of government or military affairs, but it can be felt everywhere in the actual process.
For example, Dinghai has the longest land border with the south in the Huaidong area.
The trade between Ding Haijun and the Song Dynasty was initially carried out by sea. After the Red Coat Army was eliminated three years ago and the entire Shandong East Road was included, Ding Haijun's territory was already bordering the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, but the trade between the two companies still continued.
Mainly sea trade.
In the southernmost area controlled by the Ding Navy, although there are salt marshes and lakes all over Haizhou, transportation is not cut off. The reason why land trade is not as prosperous as sea trade is due to two aspects. First, the Song Dynasty has successively
Huaidong's pacifying envoys and local officials were both capable and strict, so even though there were loopholes in the defense along Huaiguan, it was generally able to maintain its due role; secondly, land transportation to Shandong was not as convenient as sea transportation after all, and Huainan's private
Most of the wealthy merchants were based in Yangzhou. Even if they participated in trade with the north, they mostly chose to ship their goods and go out to sea along the river.
Only at certain times, when food prices in the north are high, will local food output in Huainan pass through the canal, pass through the Chuzhou hub in the north, and then be delivered directly to the Lianshui area.
This route goes straight through the heavy military defense system of the Song Dynasty in Huainan. If you want to pass through it, you must take care of both civil and military matters along the way, and you must not favor one thing against another. In the past year, Jia She and Jia Jichuan, who was the magistrate of Baoying County, relied on the means of dealing with each other.
, became the middleman between merchants and officials.
Needless to say, the merchants made business, and the officials benefited from him and were so happy. It is said that there are some big shots in Zhongdu who use Jia She as an informant to understand the military situation in the north. Of course, the most important thing is also the most enviable.
Yes, it's still him.
Jia She not only made a lot of money from it, but also won the favor of the Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China. He was promoted to the deputy envoy of Huaidong system and was fully responsible for blending with Ding Haijun and coordinating the money and food from all over Huaidong to prepare for the establishment of a new army.
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His official and financial fortunes were both prosperous, and the result of blending with his powerful neighbors in the north was not bad. Not only did the Ding navy cooperate perfectly with the Song Dynasty, but the battlefield fighting was also extremely ferocious, and he really flattened the Kaifeng court in one fell swoop. Of course,
It is not that no one said sourly that it was too easy to determine the victory of the navy, but it seemed that the prime minister had made a wedding dress for others with great earnestness.
More than a month ago, another news came from Lin'an City, saying that the eldest son Jia Sidao who suddenly appeared next to Jia She was actually Li Yun, a famous figure in the Ding Navy. Li Yun was the plenipotentiary representative of Duke Zhou in the north.
, made a special trip south to discuss cooperation with the Prime Minister to eliminate the money.
The original intention of the person who specially sent the message was to hint to Yangzhou that Jia She's background was too complicated and he could not be allowed to continue to be so happy. But after all, Jia She was the person promoted by the Prime Minister.
If you explain it too clearly, you will have the reputation of hurting the history.
Naturally, Jia She heard the news. He understood the situation, immediately handed over his official duties, and went home behind closed doors to greet guests.
But when the news spread to the outside world, it caused some confusion at first, but in the end it caused the completely opposite effect in Yangzhou City. Countless local officials and wealthy people all thought about it, and they all thought that the plenipotentiary representative sent by the navy to Lin'an was in China.
There are many popular and powerful people walking around in the capital, but they have accepted Jia Jichuan as their father! What does this mean?
On behalf of Jia Jichuan, he was not only a close confidant of Prime Minister Shi, but also a real leader in the navy in the north!
If you don’t hold on to such an extremely thick thigh now, when will you wait? If you miss the opportunity in front of you, you will never see such a thigh in the next life!
There are also cautious people who secretly persuade us, thinking that the situation in the north is now turned upside down, and many things are clouded and unclear. If we fall on the wrong team, I am afraid that not only will it hinder future business, but we may also provoke the court and endanger our property and life.
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But this kind of persuasion was almost all met with scorn.
What? Jia Jichuan thanked guests behind closed doors? I heard that the superiors suspected that his relationship with Bei Mian was not clear? We might as well wait and see what happens.
You are confused! Jia Jichuan is so humble! He is so humble! But he... ahem, he is not really a broad-minded person. Maybe he is writing furiously at home right now, writing down each item.
Who doesn’t want to flatter you?
Besides, the relationship with the North is not clear. What’s the problem?
No problem! This is a good thing! Whether it is the Jin Kingdom or the Zhou Kingdom to the north, I think it is more vicious than the Song Dynasty. Since the Song Dynasty moved south, the relationship with the north has been unclear, which is the best talisman.
The best way to get started!
What's more, the person who has a close relationship with Jia Jichuan is not the dying Da Jin, but the reborn Da Zhou! Originally, Jia She's official luck was only three points, but I think it has now been boiling and has jumped to nine or ten points!
What? The Zhou Dynasty was founded by the Han Dynasty, and its leader’s surname was Guo. He was obviously in trouble with the Song Dynasty?
I think you are not confused, but stupid, downright stupid! You must have forgotten who invaded Bianliang in Tokyo back then! Could it be that those Jurchens in the Jin Kingdom had nothing to do with the Song Dynasty? No matter how the flag on the northern city wall is
Changes are always an obstacle to the Song Dynasty. Don’t forget that Taizu of this dynasty once said that others should not be allowed to snore on the side of the couch!
In this case, whether this fierce neighbor in the north is surnamed Wanyan or Guo, why should you worry about it? It’s not necessarily that your surname is Zhao? It’s not necessarily that your ancestors were officials of the Song Dynasty? It’s not necessarily that the Ding Navy has defaulted on us.
Payment?
"But, after all, we are the people of the Song Dynasty... We can only make money through smuggling. If we really want to hook up with this..."
"Boom!"
The person who tried to dissuade him continued to talk, but finally made the head of the family unhappy, and he was hit on the head with a dragon-headed cane.
The owner of this family is named Xie Guoming, and he is a powerful businessman who started from scratch. His business covers Huainan and the sea. Last year, relying on grain trade, his income reached more than 100,000 yuan, and his family property ranked among the top ten in Yangzhou.
Just listen to him sternly saying: "It's just making money through smuggling! Think about it clearly, it's just making money through smuggling!"
Since the failure of the Kaixi Northern Expedition, the skeletons of the border people were lying on top of each other, and the country was running out of blood. The Song Dynasty's finances have been stretched since then. However, since the north has provoked powerful enemies, military expenditures cannot be reduced, but continue to increase, so that the imperial court's annual income is 68 million
Nine out of ten of them are invested in the bottomless pit of military spending.
On the other hand, the internal financial resources of the Song Dynasty have long been exhausted. In addition to official taxes in these years, the imperial court and local governments have also established various additional levies with various names.
Such as additional consumption, transfer, scrap money, change, head money, cowhide tax, free warehouse tax, import tax, seal tax, and buying silk, folded silk money, business money, general money, monthly stake money, board
There are no less than fifty kinds of account money, personal money, etc., and the total amount falls on ordinary people, which is more than ten times more than the official tax. This does not include salt, wine, tea and other bulk goods.
Huge levy. Money is really tight, and the government still has two trump cards: pre-levy and combined purchase.
Even so, the court's shortage of funds continued to become more serious year by year, so it had to rely on printing to meet its urgent needs.
For example, in Huizi, there are now three realms in parallel, and one realm has as many as 47 million guan. The year before last, the local Guanhuizi was no longer worth 200 copper coins. Recently, I heard that the imperial court is planning to build Lianghuaijiaozi, one realm.
Take it as two or three million.
The Prime Minister made such indiscriminate remarks, which should have been scrapped long ago. The currency and finance of the entire Song Dynasty completely collapsed. This was also a matter of care.
However, since last year, the value of Hui Zi has actually rebounded. Over there, Hui Zi is now worth 700 Wen, and locally it is also worth 350 to 400 Wen. Now that the currency value has returned to stability, from the imperial court to the common people
The people were all dragged out of the water like drowning people and breathed in life-saving fresh air.
The most important thing on the minds of the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty in the past few years was that Huizi should not be devalued and the property they had worked so hard to accumulate should not be wiped out. Now that Huizi has not depreciated in value, it has also appreciated. The resentment among the people has been immediately eliminated, and those in power have
The pressure I endured has also been reduced a lot.
Why is there such a good thing? Is it because the Prime Minister is dictating things in Lin'an and trying to calm things down? Of course not.
This situation arose entirely because the amount of smuggling trade between the Song Dynasty and the Northern Dinghai Navy and even the Goryeo Kingdom suddenly expanded to astronomical figures in the past two years. Huge amounts of materials, including horses and ginseng and other precious medicinal materials that were in short supply during the Song Dynasty, were continuously imported.
The Song Dynasty, and the many transaction links involved, naturally accumulated a huge amount of money, thus saving the Song Dynasty's finances from the verge of collapse in one fell swoop!
"So, the more prosperous our business is, the more beneficial it will be to the Song Dynasty! We are the loyal ministers of the Song Dynasty! Everything we do is for the Song Dynasty!"
Xie Guoming shouted loudly and enlightened:
"And Jia Shechuan is the beacon that guides us to be loyal to the country! Jia Shechuan cannot fall! Jia Shechuan will not fall either! We have to stand with him! Come here, prepare a generous gift...
No, no, what can I do with just gold, silver and silk? Your situation is too small! Immediately open the secret warehouse in the backyard and take out the ambergris that I have collected! Take the biggest piece! And the piece passed down by Dongpo Layman
Take Agarwood Shanzi with you too!"
Now Xie Guoming personally led the team, and several close confidants and nephews rushed out to Jia She's residence.
It is not easy to talk about Jia She. When he first came to Yangzhou to take up his post a year ago, he heard that he gave all the money he had saved in half his life to his son Jia Sidao and asked him to go to Lin'an and squander it. So in the first two months in Yangzhou,
Because money was tight, he could only live in an official residence.
But after two or three months, he got excited and used his money to build a large house in the city.
Life has returned to luxury. He is so elegant that he doesn't follow suit, but he is still happy to hang out with various people all day long. After Xie Guoming submitted his name, he was immediately introduced by the servants attentively. He walked not through the side door of the side courtyard, but through the main entrance.
Enter the courtyard three times and go straight into the garden at the back.
The scale of the garden is naturally grand. The winding road leads to the Nongshui Pavilion, then the Spring Pavilion, and the Four Views Hall, followed by Tongjin Bridge, Fangliu Garden, Diaoyu Temple, Bamboo Planting House, Herb Garden, and Watering Flowers.
pavilion.
After this building, the road meanders for hundreds of steps among sparse flowers and trees before reaching the Paiyun Hall where Jia She lives daily. The word "Pai Yun" was written by Jia She himself. For some reason, it seemed to be written with murderous intent.
Tengteng, but also seems full of resentment.
After Paiyun Hall, we passed through Chongbo Pavilion and Tianguang Terrace before arriving at Jianshan Terrace, which was used by Jia She to receive close friends. What we saw along the way was of course the elegance of landscapes and the charm of forests;
On the stage, there is a beautiful view of the courtyard, which can be viewed.
At this moment, there were twenty or thirty people surrounding Jia She on the mountain platform. Xie Guoming took a closer look and recognized them all. They were all very powerful wealthy businessmen in Huainan, with unfathomable backgrounds.
They all showed complimentary smiles. Looking behind them, a desk was decorated with jewels and jewels that could scare people to death. The excellent ambergris and agarwood alone cost no less than seven or eight yuan!
"Lao Xie, have you heard the news too? It's not too late." A more familiar businessman asked with a smile.
What news? I haven’t heard anything about it!
Xie Guoming was surprised and confused, but his face immediately showed a look of concern, and then he sat down.
Jia She, who was in Gaixin, stared at Xie Guoming, nodded to him, looked around at the crowd and said: "In short, the situation in the north is that simple. The martial prowess of Zhou Guogong is unparalleled in the world. The old territory of Dajin will soon be
will all fall into the control of Zhou Guogong. Since the number of people under Zhou Guogong's rule has doubled, and the territory has doubled, the scale of business transactions between the Northern and Southern Dynasties will soon double or even be more than before. The specific figures I estimated have just been
I’ve said it before, just remember it in your heart and don’t spread it easily to avoid causing surprise.”
Many merchants said: "Don't worry, Mr. Jia, we won't tell anyone about this secret even if we are killed."
Jia She clasped his hands behind his back, walked back and forth twice, and continued: "For maritime trade, there is a Shanghai Bank, which is a large trading firm where Duke Zhou, Prime Minister Shi and many important people from the north and south have participated in the capital. In the past few months,
The income here is like gold and silver. But our hands are short, we can’t hook up, and we are not qualified to hook up.”
Seeing everyone's angry expressions, he chuckled and said, "But you don't have to be too sorry..."
"Master Jia, what do you say? What do you say?" Several people asked eagerly.
"The trade at sea has already expanded. But the land trade between the north and the south has just begun. As usual, the rules of the government here in the Song Dynasty remain the same, and the rules of doing business below us have to be reinvented. However, we must abide by Zhou Guogong
It means that according to the rules of the sea, a special trading house is also set up to be responsible for exchanging gold and silver currency, collecting cross-border quotations and banknotes, and then managing and scheduling the entire trade."
Having said this, Jia She looked at the merchants around him and lowered his voice: "This new trading house will still have the participation of Zhou Guogong and Shi Xiangye. However, in order to thank the powerful people from the north and the south, enough funds have been reserved.
share comes out.”
The merchants were agitated for a while, and fearing to interrupt Jia She's speech, they suppressed their emotions and heard Jia She say:
"Regarding this new trading house, just five days ago, Shi Xian... Hey, Li Yun was in Lin'an and negotiated a decision with Mr. Shi. As you all know, the Shanghai Bank was based in the Ming Dynasty of the Song Dynasty.
Qingyuan Prefecture, with branches in Tianjin Prefecture of Jin Dynasty and Fuzhou Prefecture of Da Jin Dynasty. For the sake of reciprocity, the headquarters of this new trading bank will be placed in Tianjin Prefecture. In addition, it will have branches in Kaifeng Prefecture of Da Jin Dynasty and Fuzhou Prefecture of Da Song Dynasty.
Branches will be opened in Yangzhou and Yangzhou. I want to ask today, are you willing to participate in the fund-raising of the new commercial bank and hold a certain position in the Yangzhou branch?"
At this point, there was a sudden bang in the crowd of businessmen sitting around. It turned out that Xie Guoming pushed away the tables and chairs and knelt down directly on the ground: "I am willing! I am willing! I offer forty, fifty,
No, one million dollars to raise funds!”
With such a shout in his mouth, he moved forward with his hands and feet and grabbed Jia She's thigh: "This little man is very loyal to Duke Zhou, and we can learn from it every day! Please Master Jia, please understand my sincerity and give me a chance!"
No one expected that Xie Guoming, who was the last to arrive, was the most active and reacted to such an extent. At that moment, the other merchants jumped up and rushed forward again, surrounding Jia She and asking for prices.
After all, what merchants only want is to make money. Duke Zhou can make them make money, and they can make an unprecedented amount of money. Duke Zhou is their loyal king!
