There is no need to describe the exciting scene between the two brothers. The two finally calmed down, then abandoned their horses and got into the carriage to talk.
"Zhongde, I have heard about what you did in Beijing." Zhu Zhanji excitedly held hands with Wang Xian and said, "It's really embarrassing for you."
"Actually, most of the time, Ji Gang comes for me." Wang Xian twitched, but did not move his arm, so he had to let him hold him, and said helplessly: "I can only carry it."
"Then you also protect my father and son from wind and rain. We are two brothers in one life. I won't say anything more. In short, we will be brothers for the rest of our lives." Zhu Zhanji said emotionally.
"Haha, Your Highness..." Wang Xianzhen didn't know how to respond, so Yu Ke said twice: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess are both fine. Your Highness doesn't need to worry about them."
"Well, that's great." Zhu Zhanji said with a smile. Because he grew up with the emperor, his relationship with his parents was not as deep as his relationship with his grandfather. However, what happened last year made him deeply understand that he and his
His father is a member of the same destiny, so he was very happy to hear that his father was very good. After a pause, he asked in a low voice: "Yin Ling... are you okay?"
"Okay, okay..." Wang Xian breathed a sigh of relief, but felt a little embarrassed and said, "It's just a little too good..."
"What?" Zhu Zhanji guessed it immediately: "Could it be that Yu Qian is getting involved again?"
"Yes." Wang Xian nodded with some difficulty.
"Didn't he fail to win the Jinshi? How come he still has the nerve to wear a silver bell?" Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but sneered.
"Is this..." Wang Xian scratched his head and said, "Who can say for sure about this kind of thing?"
Wang Xianxin said that since I have said this, His Highness Taisun should retreat in the face of difficulties, right? Who knows that Zhu Zhanji actually said reasonably: "That's right, it's all my fault that I have been away from Beijing for too long, and let that person named Yu take advantage of it."
It's empty." He said, holding Wang Xian's hand and begging: "Brother, you have to think quickly and help me settle this matter so that I can return to Beijing quickly."
"Why am I here?" Wang Xian shook off his hand and said, "Of course I'm here to solve your problem.
"Do you really have a solution?" Zhu Zhanji then forgot about other things and looked at Wang Xiandian excitedly: "Please tell me, you don't know, I've been really worried to death these days..." It seems that
In His Majesty's heart, personal relationships between children are important, but business matters are more important...
"Your Highness, please be patient and listen to me slowly." Wang Xian then told Zhu Zhanji in a concise and comprehensive way what he had discussed with Yan Qing in the capital, plus the inspiration from the Zhou magistrate.
Zhu Zhanji was dumbfounded after hearing this. He patted Wang Xian's thigh for a long time and said: "There is really no way you can't think of. Now the day to return to Beijing can finally be expected."
Of course Wang Xian would not say that this was actually the wisdom of the collective, but he said with some pretense: "Actually, we are not that optimistic. There are still some things that are difficult to handle. For example, the leaders of the White Lotus Sect are already wary of us. How can we make it happen?"
Are they getting hot again? What is even more troublesome is the resettlement of the refugees. My method in Shangtun is good, but in order to ensure the construction of Beijing, the emperor has suspended the opening of Shanxi Province. If His Highness cannot let the emperor reopen Shanxi opening, then this method
Only then can it be done.”
"Haha, heroes really think alike." Zhu Zhanji laughed, took out a imperial mail from his sleeve and said: "Look, I sent you this last month when you were busy in the examination room.
I didn’t tell you about the fraud case, I didn’t expect Grandpa Huang to approve it so quickly.”
"Oh?" Wang Xian took it and took a look. Sure enough, the Ministry of Revenue agreed to reopen Shanxi Province and allowed merchants to transport grain to Datong in exchange for salt. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This is really great.
It seems that my worry was in vain, it turns out that His Highness has already taken care of it."
"What's the point?" Zhu Zhanji smiled sheepishly when he heard this: "I am just a blind cat who ran into a dead mouse. I was pestered by those Shanxi merchants, so I ended up in this way..."
"It can be seen that God has no intention to interfere with His Majesty's success." Wang Xian was in a good mood, and it was rare for him to flatter Zhu Zhanji.
"I can't help it, my lucky star is shining brightly." Zhu Zhanji also laughed happily: "You are my lucky star.
The so-called opening up of China was an important national policy of the Ming Dynasty. In the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, wars were frequent in the north, and millions of troops were hoarded in the mountains, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Jiliao, etc. to resist the Mongolian cavalry, which was still quite powerful. So many soldiers and horses
It costs a lot of money for people to eat horses' chews. However, after decades of war, the north is simply unable to supply so many troops. The people in the southern provinces can only transport grain to the northern border, but the government's delivery efficiency is extremely low, and the people can transport only one stone of grain and grass.
The loss even amounted to two or three stones, which not only made the people miserable, but also made it difficult for the court to survive. Under this background, even Emperor Taizu, who disliked merchants very much, could only agree to the officials' request and adopt the method of opening up the middle to solve the numerous problems.
Difficult work of transporting grain and grass.
The so-called Kaizhong Law was based on the salt monopoly in the hands of the imperial court. It stipulated that merchants could exchange for a corresponding amount of warehouse notes by transporting grain to designated warehouses in the border areas, and then use the warehouse notes to control the salt affairs.
The Salt Transportation Department exchanged the salt monopoly license - "Yan Yin", and then used the "Yan Yin" to supply salt to the designated salt farm, and finally sold it to the designated monopoly area. In this way, the imperial court transferred part of the salt monopoly power and spent
The huge task of transporting grain, which was filled with public resentment, was left to the merchants, and the court just waited for the grain to be transported to the border. The merchants cooperated on large-scale transportation and conducted stricter and more meticulous management. The efficiency of transportation was much higher than that of the government, and the losses were also far higher.
It is lower than the government, so it is also profitable.
So in June of the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang approved the trial implementation of this method in Shanxi, and it was a great success. It was gradually implemented in Linbian provinces, and the Kaizhong varieties also developed from a single grain to include iron-based salt, gold-based salt, and silver-based medium.
There are more than a dozen varieties of salt, sodium copper medium salt, sodium cotton cloth medium salt, etc., which greatly promoted the economic development of the Ming Dynasty, and also allowed Shanxi merchants to rise to dominate the business world and become the famous Shanxi merchant Kaizhong France. It also became a national
The financial laws were fixed.
However, in the Yongle Dynasty, because the state overdrafted the people's power, they could only concentrate their efforts on major projects. Therefore, they suspended the development of Shanxi and other places and specialized in supplying the construction of Beijing. This had a great impact on Shanxi merchants and Shanxi people.
In recent years, Shanxi merchants have been running up and down, calling for Shanxi to reopen. During this period, it was only opened intermittently a few times. However, when the construction of Beijing City came to a close, the emperor cut off the supply to Shanxi, which made the merchants and people miserable.
Speaking of the civil unrest in Shanxi, the emperor really contributed a lot...
When the Shanxi merchants were complaining that Tiantian was not working, Zhu Zhanji came. Could they not worship him as an ancestor? They tried every means and persevered, even a stone was used to cover his body. Sure enough, they asked His Highness Taisun to write a letter to plead for them.
, and His Highness Taisun is indeed very proud, and he actually asked for the order.
Coincidentally, the method Wang Xian and Yan Qing came up with was also Kaizhong. But it was not Kaizhong in the traditional sense, but an innovative Kaizhong method. In the traditional Kaizhong method, merchants transported grain directly from the mainland to the border.
They exchanged land for warehouse notes, and then returned to the mainland to exchange for salt. The reason why merchants can replace the government in transportation is not that the merchants are very capable. In fact, it is just that in order to make money, they can endure hardships that ordinary people cannot endure, and work hard.
It’s just about improving efficiency and reducing losses. In fact, it’s still a lot of hard work and huge losses.
So after thinking hard, Wang Xian came up with a way. In this case, why not let the merchants recruit people to directly cultivate fields in the border areas and produce food? In this way, after harvesting, they can go into warehouses and exchange for salt, which would save them a lot of work.
How much loss will be saved? How much more money will be earned? Why not?
Some people may ask, this method is not difficult to think of, why didn't Shanxi merchants think of it? In fact, it's not that Shanxi merchants couldn't think of it, but they didn't have the conditions to do it before. Because after the Song Dynasty in Shanxi, the original fertile forest soil turned into continuous loess, which is suitable for
The amount of cultivated land has decreased sharply, otherwise Shanxi people would not resolutely leave their hometown to do business. Therefore, it is simply unrealistic to farm in Shanxi and Shaanxi. Therefore, businessmen can only choose the farther away and transport food from the south.
But is there really no area suitable for growing grain near Shanxi? Obviously there is. Wang Xian immediately thought of the Hetao. There is a saying that 'the Yellow River is full of dangers, but only one is rich. The Hetao is surrounded by the Yellow River on three sides to the west, north and east. The Yinshan Mountains lie across it.
To the north of the Yellow River, Helan Mountain towers to the west of the Yellow River, Luya Mountain blocks the east of the Yellow River, and borders the Northern Shaanxi Plateau to the south. The mountains block the river, and the situation is dangerous. The Yellow River within the territory has a stable flow, and the land on both sides is fertile, allowing for farming and grazing.
, known as the north of the Great Wall and the south of the Yangtze River, is extremely rich in products, including cultivating rice and wheat.
In fact, not only the northern part of the Great Wall, but also the land under the Great Wall, thanks to the gift of the Yellow River, can be turned into fertile farmland as long as the Yellow River water is diverted for irrigation. These vast potential cultivated lands are near Shanxi, or even within the country, and businessmen will naturally not turn a blind eye.
However, it is useless to look at it, because these virgin lands are outside the defense line of the Ming army, and Hetao has been occupied by the Mongols. Although they are surrounded by Mongols, wolves are wolves and they will always eat meat. If the Han people are in these places
By reclaiming land and building villages and towns, isn’t that just putting fat on people’s lips?
With no guarantee of safety, who would go to these places to cultivate wasteland? So businessmen can only look back and sigh.
But what businessmen can't do doesn't mean that Wang Xian can't do it, and maybe he is the only one in the world who can do it. Because he is the only one who can eat both sides... There is Baoyin in Hetao, Xiaolian in White Lotus, and Zhang in Datong.
King Jin also had to give him face, and the grandson himself was in charge, so only Wang Xian could do this.
"Your Highness, just call those Shanxi merchants," Wang Xian said with a confident smile: "As long as they are not stupid, they will know that this is a God-given opportunity."
"They are not stupid at all." Zhu Zhanji also said with a smile: "To achieve great things, you need the right time, the right place, the right people, and this time everything came together. It was God who wanted to make it happen."
Wang Xianxin said, I am obviously the one who wants to facilitate it, okay? Of course, he smiled and nodded: "What your Highness said is true, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain."