After resigning from Wang Yu, Zhang Yue also felt that 90% of the time he would be sent to the local government to serve as the governor of the state.
I just don’t know if we can get a good result. It’s like when Ouyang Xiu was demoted to Chuzhou, he wrote a Drunken Old Man’s Pavilion and remembered it for Emperor Renzong. It’s also uncertain whether he was transferred back to the capital again.
Therefore, Zhang Yue planned to revive his interest in writing books in the past. The book on speech economics that he dedicated to the officials seemed to have been well received by the officials, so he ordered it to be hidden in the imperial study and no one was allowed to read it. As for the future. When he arrived at the place, Zhang Yue had no idea what kind of book he should write.
I was sitting at home when my future was uncertain, but now that I had made up my mind, my mood was different.
Now he takes advantage of his free time to visit Bianjing City and take a look at the people's sentiments.
On the afternoon of September, Zhang Yue drank tea and met guests in the teahouse.
Zhang Yue occupied one table alone, while Huang Haoyi, Peng Jingyi, Tang Jiu, and Zhang Gong were having tea at another table.
In the teahouse, a group of merchants in brocade clothes were climbing up the stairs. The shopkeeper of the teahouse saw that these merchants were all important figures in Bianjing City, so why did they appear here today?
The shopkeeper immediately ordered the store clerk to stop the idle people from going upstairs. He personally went up to greet them, and when he saw the other party made a silent gesture, he immediately stepped aside knowingly.
The leader was a shrewd and capable man in his forties. When he saw a young and handsome man sitting by the window, he immediately bowed down and said excitedly: "Shen Chen has met Mr. Zhang!"
Taking tea as an example, it is controlled by more than a dozen big businessmen. When tea merchants from other places arrive in Beijing, they must first banquet these more than a dozen businessmen one by one, and must constantly send gifts to gain the power to set high prices.
Zhang Yue carefully inquired from the opponent's mouth about the pros and cons of the avoidance method.
Several people who followed Shen Chen were also shareholders in the Exchange. These people had received Zhang Yue's favor and invested in the Exchange.
In the past few years after Wang Anshi came to power, he also started to rectify the exchange and replaced a group of people in it. After that, the official family, the two empress dowagers and the royal relatives all got involved.
On this day, Wang Anshi was riding on his horse on his way to court, surrounded by Yuan Sui.
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "You are able to come forward because of your own opportunities. It was you who happened to see the opportunity to invest money in the branch office at the beginning. I didn't use a knife to force you to come, so you really don't need to thank me. "
So Wang Anshi came up with a market exchange method to bypass big businessmen and implement government procurement and then government sales to stabilize prices and at the same time make some money for the court.
This market change law is mainly aimed at businessmen, because all walks of life in Kaifeng are controlled by business leaders, and there are many big businessmen below the business leaders. These businessmen collude with powerful figures in the government, and below them they monopolize the market.
Wang Yu is also a man of many minds. Here he ordered Zhang Shangying to prepare to impeach Zhang Yue, and there he sent people to keep an eye on Zhang Yue's whereabouts to prevent the other party from making a preemptive strike. Now he really has a handle on it.
Zhang Yue looked at the other person and smiled. The other person was the big shopkeeper of the exchange office back then.
Today, the imperial court still accounts for 35% of the shares, the royal relatives account for 20%, the people here also account for 15%, and the rest are scattered shareholders.
Among them was Xu Ji, who originally supplied meat to Kaifeng Prefecture. Xu Ji originally provided meat, but in addition to supplying meat, he was blackmailed in every possible way by the subordinate officials of Kaifeng Prefecture.
After leaving the teahouse, Zhang Yue visited several merchants one by one after receiving the exact news.
Zhang Yue heard from various merchants the pros and cons of the implementation of the Market Exchange Law, and was about to record them one by one.
At this time, his son Wang Yu received the report from his entourage and suddenly rode up to Wang Anshi, and then whispered a few words beside Wang Anshi.
Wang Anshi looked stern and asked, "Is this really true?"
The annual dividend of the Exchange has reached more than 3 million yuan.
Although these people are not as powerful as Shen Chen, they are still very powerful in their respective industries, and they are even at the top of the industry.
The exchange of salt banknotes, tea coins, alum coins and other items with gold, silver and copper coins has completely replaced Jiaozi.
Tea is priced at a high price, and the profit part is paid by the common people as consumers.
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His uncle Shen Yan died of illness last year, and now he is taking care of all the Shen family's properties.
"Don't forget the well digger when you are drinking water. Without Zhang Gong, where would we be today?"
Nowadays, in addition to five branch offices in Bianjing, Luoyang, Yongxingjun, Qinzhou, and Chengdu, the Citation Office has also set up branch offices in more than seventy-eight military prefectures, including Damingfu, Nanjing, and Hangzhou.
As soon as Shen Chen and others heard Zhang Yue mention the words "market change law", they couldn't help but burst into tears.
The meat Xu Ji gave to the Kaifeng Prefecture Yamen was extorted countless times by the Yamen and he was miserable. Later, Wang Anshi issued an exemption law and asked Xu Ji to pay the exemption fee to be exempted from the rules of sending meat to Kaifeng Prefecture.
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One person said: "Mr. Zhang, we are not ungrateful people. If I hadn't followed Brother Shen and listened to your words, I wouldn't be where I am today. It was you who showed me the way, and I sold all my wealth and invested it in shares on the Stock Exchange.”
As new shareholders continue to be introduced, the equity is continuously diluted.
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "There is nothing wrong with getting together with you today. I just want to drink tea and chat."
Zhang Yue helped Shen Chen up and said, "Sit down!"
Shen Chen said: "Whether Mr. Zhang returns to the northwest or goes to local prefectures and counties in the future, if you have any questions about how to use money or people, please give him orders and we will support him."
Seeing what they said, Zhang Yue nodded and said, "I'm not asking you for money or people. Just tell me the pros and cons of this market change."
Wang Yuqing said with a face: "It is indeed true. I have asked people to investigate carefully. The exemption from the market transaction law has been frequently criticized by the old party in recent years. Zhang Duzhi must have grasped some clues from his sudden unannounced visit. .This person is also very powerful, he actually knows how to strike first to gain the upper hand."
The most important thing about the Exchange for Zhang Yue is the monetization of salt banknotes. As for benefiting these people, it is just a matter of convenience. He did not expect to create a few millionaires casually.
Old people like Cai Jing and Shen Chen now have much less say in the Exchange. Now they only have some shares and can receive dividends every year.
Wang Anshi said nothing when he heard this.
The Market Change Law is one of Wang Anshi's reforms, and it is also the most controversial one among the ruling and opposition parties over Wang Anshi's reforms today.
They were all the leaders of that era. With this opportunity, they gambled all their wealth to enter. Now they have changed dramatically, and the people here are at least members with a net worth of more than one million yuan.
The rest of the people all spoke up. Everyone said that if they want money, they will have money, and if they want people, they will have people.
Wang Yu said to Wang Anshi: "Dad, please leave this matter to me!"
Wang Anshi nodded.
Wang Yu immediately rode to the palace first, and then met Zhang Shangying among the officials waiting to go to court and asked: "Have you written the memorial to impeach Zhang Yue?"
Zhang Shangying smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry Yuanze, Shu is already in his sleeve!"
