Four hundred and ninetieth chapters return to the heart
Snowflakes fell on his shoulders. Liu Che stretched out his hand and touched it. It was cold and icy.
Cheng Zhengying and Zhuo Wangsun were like two lap dogs, following Liu Che, begging for mercy and vying for good deals.
"Your Majesty, I have already raised the money needed for the Baoxie Road project in the next three years and will bring it with me this time..." Cheng Zhengying said with a charming face.
"Oh..." Liu Che was surprised.
Bao Xie said that the original agreement between Liu Che and these two people was to share a total of 100,000 yuan.
In the past two years, these two people have respectively transferred at least 20,000,000 yuan to the Shaofu treasury.
This time, he actually brought 30 million yuan at once. This made Liu Che really don't know whether to lament the benefits of making money from salt and iron, which was really huge, or to admire that these two people were indeed worthy of being the top heroes in the business world of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Che turned around and looked at the two people.
The sum of money that Bao Xiedao gave was just money to buy the lives of these two people.
Deng Tong's huge industry and wealth in Shu County were wiped out by the two corrupt officials who joined forces with the Han Dynasty.
If there was no place where these two people were needed, Liu Che would have sent people to Shu County to uproot the Cheng Zheng family and the Zhuo family, and confiscate all the property and wealth!
These two people are both smart people. After such a long time, they should know what Liu Che is thinking.
Liu Che looked at these two people and knew that they had given so much, and if they wanted them to continue to be so well-behaved and obedient, they had to repay them. So, Liu Che said: "I know the loyalty of the two Qings, and I have it myself."
Commendation..."
Liu Che thought for a while and said to them: "It just so happens that I am still short of four servants. I wonder if there are any worthy ones among the two descendants of the Qing family?"
Cheng Zhengying and Zhuo Wangsun looked at each other with ecstasy in their eyes. They hurriedly knelt down and worshiped: "Your Majesty's holy grace, I am so grateful that I will shed tears of gratitude and swear to die in return!"
Now both of their daughters are concubines of the emperor, and they are also members of the royal family.
However, if you want to truly enter the category of royal relatives and become a member of the foreign relatives group, the lowest entry standard is that there is someone in the clan to guard the emperor!
Only in this way will he be recognized and accepted by the Han foreign relatives group, and the Shaofu will also send people to build a mansion for his family in Qili as a base in Chang'an.
And if there is no one in the clan to serve the emperor, then at most it will only be a matter of pride in the local area.
Want to enter Chang'an's top social circle?
Go ahead and dream!
The gates of Qili will not be opened to them!
Cheng Zhengying first raised his head and paid homage: "I dare not hide it from Your Majesty. I have thirteen sons. Among them, only the eldest son Ming can be cultivated. We can all talk about the rest. However, there is a nephew in the clan named Cheng Zhengyong who is quite knowledgeable in the art of war. For a long time
If you have the ambition to serve in the army...I beg your Majesty to take a closer look..."
Liu Che listened and nodded.
It doesn't matter to Liu Che how Cheng Zhengying and Zhuo Wangsun want to allocate the four places among the servants.
If you have talents, Liu Che will not hesitate to promote them.
After all, compared with the emperor's ministers, the relatives are more trustworthy in many cases!
But if he is a middle-aged man, or even a fool, Liu Che can just leave him alone.
In the fifty-nine years since the Han Dynasty, apart from the Lu family, only the two Bo and Dou families have stood in the court. Isn't it for no reason?
When Zhuo Wangsun saw this, he immediately reported the two names, both of which were the two most promising and capable young nephews in his family.
Liu Che naturally agreed and told Wang Dao to have the young man prepare to make a palace token.
Zhuo Wangsun and Cheng Zhengying were naturally overjoyed.
For both of them, the fact that the middle son and nephew of this family served the emperor meant that the family's merchants, who had never been in the mainstream, suddenly became one of the top people in the Han Dynasty.
For Mr. Zhuo and Ms. Cheng Zheng, this was like a phoenix reborn from the ashes, and they were no longer ordinary people.
These two people are such outstanding people. When they saw this situation, they immediately rushed to pay homage: "Your Majesty is so kind to me. I am so grateful that I have been favored by your Majesty. How dare I keep it privately? I am willing to donate my family's property to your Majesty's throne.
, to comfort your heart!"
Now that they have become a member of the foreign relatives, both the Cheng Zheng family and the Zhuo family want to break free from the low-level status of merchants and merchants immediately.
A dignified relative must still be a citizen of the city.
That would be an embarrassment to the emperor!
And these two people are also extremely smart, and of course they understand that their property is dedicated to the emperor, but in the end, the emperor still needs them to manage it.
The left hand is the right hand.
Considering the current wealth of the Cheng Zheng family and the Zhuo family, the so-called money is nothing more than numbers.
Neither of them attaches much importance to it.
Now, what is really important to the two of them is how to take this opportunity to lay the foundation of family wealth!
The wealth of merchants is nothing more than rootless straw.
Even back then, Deng Tong was so rich that he could rival the country, so what?
The profit of money is faster than the sharpness of sword?
In the Han Dynasty, if you don’t become the home of noble princes, you will be nothing more than an ant after all!
Only by entrusting the princes with imperial edicts and enjoying the title of feudal state can we establish a foundation that will never change!
And the position of prince, in addition to military merit, can only be obtained by the best among relatives!
Liu Che looked at the two of them and was very pleased. Giving up your family property requires great wisdom and perseverance!
After all, the Cheng Zheng family and the Zhuo family's industry is not a small business, it is a huge industry that is almost equivalent to the iron production of Shaofu.
Liu Che himself also knew what these two people were planning.
It means donation, but in fact it's just a shift from left hand to right hand, but from private to government and business.
These two people are hiding behind the scenes and manipulating, but they can still get their power, even more!
However, Liu Che thought about it and acquiesced to the fact that Zhuo and Cheng Zheng continued to control their industry.
Liu Che still needs to use the abilities of these two people to defeat other big businessmen!
Liu Che helped the two of them up and said: "The two beloved ministers are indeed loyal ministers. I have not misjudged them!"
He paused, looked at the two of them, and said: "I'm not hiding this from you when I summon my two dear friends to Beijing this time. I have a major matter that I will entrust to my two dear ladies..."
"Your Majesty, please give me your orders. I will do anything you can!" Cheng Zhengying immediately said. Zhuo Wangsun was a step slower, but he immediately agreed.
Therefore, Liu Che told the two about the idea of the Salt and Iron Official Camp, and then asked Wang Dao to take the two of them to Shanglinyuan to visit the experimental blast furnaces.
After returning, Cheng Zhengying and Zhuo Wangsun felt as if they had lost their souls.
Both of them understood one thing: once today's salt and iron government-run policy is promoted, no salt and iron merchants in the world will be the enemy of Yihe, and their two families are no exception.
It's ridiculous, they think they can guard the iron mines and iron smelting workshops and give their daughters enough support...
But looking back, these two people immediately realized that if they seize this opportunity, use the blast furnace and the so-called salt-drying technology, and rely on the government-owned salt and iron policy, they can dominate the world of salt and iron in just a few years.
Benefit!
Even though most of it will be put into the internal treasury, the small part that leaks out is far more than their current profits! r1152
