Chapter 0952 not pure businessman (make up tonight and tomorrow
If Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen released the copper mine they obtained from Dali in one go.
Prices will skyrocket in an instant, and people will definitely be miserable.
Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen have been suppressing it just to protect the interests of the people.
Zhao Zhen followed Kou Ji and laughed, "When I look at them, they are like frogs in a well. The amount of money they have saved in Yizijiaozipu is beyond their imagination.
A huge number of copper ingots are stored in my inner treasury, the imperial court's sealed pile warehouse, and the warehouse of the equipment workshop.
Sinners from Dali and Jiaozhi were mining copper mines in Dali day and night, and the copper smelting mills by the river never shut down.
My inner treasury is already full, and copper ingots are still being transported to Bianjing City in a steady stream.
The Song Dynasty now controls more money than any previous dynasty.
A group of fleas gathered together, trying to buy up all the copper coins of the Song Dynasty with the meager gold and silver in their hands.
It's really wishful thinking.
It would be benevolent for me not to cause trouble to them, but they still dare to cause trouble to me.
I want to teach them a lesson, but I haven't been able to make up my mind, so I still need my fourth brother to clear up the confusion."
Kou Ji sat next to Zhao Zhen, thinking, "It's easy to deal with them. But after dealing with them, they will definitely find ways to pass the harm on to the people.
In the end, the people still suffer."
Zhao Zhen frowned, "Are we going to let them bully me?"
Kou Ji pondered without speaking.
It is easy to deal with the wealthy and powerful families who are causing trouble behind the scenes. All you need to do is release a large amount of copper coins to squeeze out the gold and silver in their hands and let their copper coins fall into their hands.
If you are more ruthless, you can introduce gold and silver coins and formulate a corresponding exchange system to make the copper coins in their hands worthless.
Their wealth will be greatly reduced.
But on the contrary, the property in the hands of ordinary people will also shrink significantly.
In the end, the imperial court will take advantage of this to achieve a good harvest.
The rich and powerful families will wail incessantly, and the common people will be miserable.
What the court needs to deal with now is the wealthy families, not the common people.
Seeing Kou Ji fall into silence, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but ask, "Fourth brother, do you think it's inappropriate?"
Kou Ji sighed: "No matter how much a wealthy family is punished, I will not feel sorry for you. If you dare to take advantage of the imperial court, you must be prepared to be punished by the imperial court."
But if the attack is too harsh, the people will eventually be implicated.
This year, I, the Song Dynasty, collected a lot of supplies and gave them to the King of Jiaozhi County.
Private supplies are actually in short supply.
Once we act ruthlessly, private prices will surge exponentially.
Then the people will be even worse off."
After Zhao Zhen listened to Kou Ji's words, he pondered and said, "Fourth brother, do you want me to be patient?"
Kou Ji suggested: "Let's give him a small punishment first and see if they will stop."
Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and waited quietly for the next sentence.
Kou Ji said slowly: "I ordered Yizijiaozi shop to stop issuing more than ten jiaozi. Since they like copper coins, let them trade with copper coins.
By the way, you can ask Fan Zhongyan to tell the tax departments in various places to ask them to only collect copper coins from now on."
After Zhao Zhen analyzed Kou Ji's words quietly, he said to Kou Ji: "Fourth brother, if the Yizijiaozi shop stops issuing more than ten jiaozi, it will indeed punish those wealthy families.
They have become accustomed to using Jiaozi for transactions. Stopping the issuance of Jiaozi will have a great impact on them, but it will not harm the people.
But if the tax department only charges copper coins, will it raise the price of copper?
Do those wealthy families think that the imperial court does not want copper, so they only accept copper coins?
Are they going to be crazier?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Let them go crazy if they are crazy. We can release some of the stored copper and let them hold it in their hands and hide it first.
Copper coins flow into their hands, but they will not take them out or harm the people.
We can use this to get gold and silver back from them at a low price.
When the time is right, we can issue gold and silver coins.
Let go of Jiaozi's control again.
If they are sensible, they will surrender to us obediently.
If they don't understand, then we will take back the money from the people's hands, recast it, and then release it.
Then let the tax departments in various places only collect new money."
The advice Kou Ji gave was very gentle and did not harm the people.
If Kou Ji didn't care about the life and death of the people, there would be no need for such trouble.
After listening to Kou Ji's suggestion, Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "Then stop sending more than ten jiaozi first."
Zhao Zhen wrote a sentence and put it on the table, never mentioning it again.
Kou Ji didn't say anything more.
The two went to the archives room of Zishi Hall and based on the official documents of Han Qi and Bao Zheng, they assigned military households in Hedong and Jiangnan.
Not every place in Liaoning is suitable for farming. Mountainous areas such as the Greater and Lesser Hinggan Mountains and the Changbai Mountains are not suitable for farming at all.
Plains with flat plains such as Linhengfu are suitable for large-scale farming.
In places such as Gumengfu, it must be half cultivated and half planted.
The topography of each place is different, and the number of people allocated and the number of criminal records are different.
So it should be allocated according to the situation.
Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen don't need to make the allocation in such detail. They can just give a rough number. The specific local officials and Zhang Zhibai will look at the allocation.
After Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen made a rough distribution, they sent someone to deliver it to Zhang Zhibai in Liao.
Let Zhang Zhibai supervise the local officials to do a good job in reception and distribution.
Some time in the future.
Calm and calm.
Heavy snow covered layer after layer in Bianjing City.
There was a white disaster in Bianjing City.
Quan, the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, led people from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division to clear the snow and tidy up dilapidated houses. Wang Zeng led people from the Ministry of Household Affairs to distribute food and charcoal for disaster relief, and to some people whose houses were crushed by the snow.
A temporary tent was set up.
There is enough grain stored in the Changping warehouse in Bianjing City, so it can cope with any disaster.
Everything is going on in an orderly manner.
Kou Ji went to Bianjing City for a walk and found that there was no place where he needed to intervene, so he stayed in the bamboo courtyard to teach.
Wang Anshi, Zeng Gong, and Zhao Run were lying on the desk reading.
Recently they added a new course.
Arithmetic.
Different from traditional arithmetic, the arithmetic taught by Professor Kou Ji to Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong was a book compiled by himself.
A few talents get started.
There are high and low levels of entry.
Zeng Gong is still struggling with Arabic numerals, not because Zeng Gong is not smart enough, but because Zeng Gong is resistant to Arabic numerals.
Wang Anshi and Zhao Run entered the country quickly.
The fastest is Zhao Run.
Zhao Run has made no progress in martial arts, but he is very talented in arithmetic.
Kou Ji was dozing off in the rocking chair in the study, with a brazier at his feet.
Zhao Xu and Kou Hui were having a snowball fight in the garden outside the study.
Laughter kept lingering in the study room.
Zhao Run was distracted and wanted to go out and play.
Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong seemed to have something to say, and they frequently looked at Kou Ji, who was dozing in the rocking chair.
"Since your mind is restless, then stop studying and go out to play."
Kou Ji opened his eyes faintly, saw the three little guys feeling restless, and said something lightly.
Zhao Run didn't even think about it, he cheered and rushed out of the study room, and soon joined Zhao Xu and Kou Hui's battle group.
Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong were not in a hurry to go out, but stood up to pay tribute to Kou Ji.
"Sir, the student has doubts..."
After Wang Anshi saluted, he spoke softly.
Although Zeng Gong didn't say anything, he still had doubts in his heart.
Kou Ji stopped the rocking chair from swinging and looked at the two of them, "Teacher, preach, teach, and resolve doubts. If you have any doubts, you should ask me."
When Wang Anshi heard this, he knew that Kou Ji had agreed to ask his question.
Wang Anshi hurriedly said: "Sir, there is a question that has been hotly discussed by students in Wenchang Academy recently, but there has been no result.
So the student came here to ask for advice from the teacher."
Kou Ji slowly sat up and said, "If you have any questions, just ask, don't be so mother-in-law."
Wang Anshi hurriedly said: "Students often have extra money in their families, so they often use Jiaozi. Some wealthy businessmen even use Jiaozi as money.
Before the advent of Jiaozi, bulk transactions were settled using either gold and silver or a large amount of copper coins.
After the emergence of Jiaozi, large transactions were almost always settled using Jiaozi.
It can be said that Jiaozi has become a necessity for large-scale transactions.
It provided convenience to many people in the Song Dynasty.
From this we can see that Jiaozi is a good thing.
Since it is a good thing, why did the court suddenly stop issuing it?"
After listening to Wang Anshi's words, Kou Ji was stunned for a moment and said: "The suspension of issuance of Jiaozi involves government affairs. Does Wenchang Academy now have a government affairs department?"
Kou Ji did not remember that Kou Zhun opened a government affairs department at Wenchang Academy, nor did he hear that his successor opened it at Wenchang Academy, so he asked this question.
After Kou Ji's words fell, Zeng Gong said: "Sir, Wenchang Academy does not offer a political affairs department. It's just that most of the people who come out of Wenchang Academy will become officials in the future.
After they have studied classics, martial arts and other subjects, they will discuss government affairs in the court in their free time and accumulate some knowledge for future officialdom."
Kou Ji suddenly became angry and said with a smile: "According to your age and your status in Wenchang Academy, now should be the time to intensify your study of classics and martial arts.
Discussing government affairs should be done by students who are about to graduate.
You are suddenly so concerned about government affairs, are you being embarrassed by people using government affairs issues?"
Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong looked at each other and nodded in unison.
Kou Ji smiled and warned: "You are my students. If others embarrass you with this issue, they may have ulterior motives. You should be careful."
Wang Anshi said sternly: "Of course, their little tricks can't be hidden from the students. The students will not let them get what they want. But their questions have really aroused the students' curiosity, so the students want to get an answer from the teacher."
Kou Ji chuckled and said, "Since you want to know, I'll tell you."
Kou Ji waved his hand.
Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong slowly took their seats. They looked at Kou Ji and waited quietly for Kou Ji to answer his questions.
After they sat down, Kou Ji smiled and said: "Jiaozi actually involves another branch of knowledge. The emergence of Jiaozi is actually an innovation in money."
Speaking of this, Kou Ji paused and said, "What do you think about money?"
Wang Anshi pondered for a moment and said: "Students think that some things that are too rare are used as money because they are valuable."
Zeng Gong stared at Kou Ji and said seriously: "Students believe that money is the source of all evil."
Before Kou Ji could speak, Wang Anshi said to Zeng Gong unceremoniously: "Money itself is neither good nor bad, and evil is given by the human heart. Therefore, it is not appropriate to call money the source of all evil."
Just as Zeng Gong was about to retort, he saw Kou Ji knocking on the armrest of the rocking chair.
"Off topic..."
As soon as these words came out.
Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong both shut up.
Kou Ji stared at the two little guys and said: "Gold, silver, and copper themselves have no special meaning. The reason why they can be used as money is that people give them to them.
The reason why Jiaozi could be used as money in transactions in the Song Dynasty was also given by people.
As long as the court and the people recognize it as money, then it is money."
Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong's eyes suddenly widened.
In my mind, I couldn't help but think about what the Song Dynasty would be like if Jiaozi became money.
If Yizijiaozipu publishes spam, it will be a disaster.
When Kou Ji saw the two little guys' eyes widening, he knew that the two little guys were aware of Jiaozi's abusive behavior.
Kou Ji said with a smile: "Do you think that if Jiaozi posts indiscriminately, the consequences will be earth-shaking?"
Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong nodded almost without hesitation.
Wang Anshi asked: "Is it because the imperial court stopped issuing Jiaozi because there has been a trend of excessive distribution of Jiaozi?"
Kou Ji smiled and shook his head, "Yi Zi Jiao Zi Shop is a royal family property. To be more precise, it is a pillar of the imperial court. Both the officials and I are clear about the impact that excessive Jiao Zi will have.
Do you think the officials and I will dig our own graves?"
Wang Anshi quickly shook his head.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "The reason why the imperial court stopped issuing Jiaozi with more than ten strings is because someone has learned a little bit about the knowledge through the appearance of Yizi Jiaozi.
The officials want to take back the commercial and taxation rights, which touches the interests of many people.
They were unwilling to do so, so they wanted to embarrass the court and force it to give up its right to recover commercial and tax revenue.
The official's order to stop the issuance of more than ten jiaozi is to give them a wake-up call, let them try the inconvenience of not having jiaozi, let them know the methods of the imperial court, and give up going against the imperial court."
When Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong heard these words, they realized how great the interests hidden behind them were.
Nowadays, both the imperial court and Zhao Zhen, who controls the imperial court, are at their peak.
It is very unwise to go against the imperial court and Zhao Zhen at this time.
But someone still took action against the imperial court.
That means the imperial court cut off a lot of flesh with one blow.
Zeng Gong gritted his teeth and said: "It is true that businessmen attach great importance to profits. For their own interests, they would not hesitate to go against the imperial court. They deserve to die."
Wang Anshi nodded in agreement.
Scholars in the Song Dynasty all looked down upon businessmen.
Businessmen have always been in a humble status and are the lowest level of society.
Kou Ji smiled softly and said: "It's true that businessmen value profits, and it's true that businessmen like to take risks for the sake of profit. But this matter has nothing to do with businessmen.
Because the simple businessmen among the people did not dare to go against the imperial court.
It would be great if they could barely survive under the attack of wealthy families.
Everyone in the government and the public looks down on businessmen.
Therefore, it is difficult for a simple businessman to go against the imperial court.
Because they are suppressed everywhere.
Those who really dare to go against the imperial court are the businessmen behind the wealthy families.
You two have very little wealth in your family.
I also dated people from wealthy families.
You should be able to see that there are people doing business behind every household.
Therefore, every household is not a simple businessman.
Because of you, and even your fathers taking care of them, their business is huge.
It is also because you and the fathers behind you speak for them that they dare to go against the imperial court."
When Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong heard what Kou Ji said, they frowned and fell into deep thought.
In the past, they looked down on businessmen, so they did not pay attention to this aspect.
Now after Kou Ji reminded them, they discovered it.
Although their family members are not engaged in business, there are always some business managers in the family.
In charge of three or five shops.
On weekdays, I sell some things produced in my own fields, or do other business.
It is precisely because of this that they have enough money to recite poems and compose poems, and they can eat well without having to work.
Seeing that the two of them were deep in thought, Kou Ji continued with a smile: "Don't you think it's ridiculous? Everyone is clamoring that they don't like businessmen.
But there has always been a businessman living in the house.
Moreover, he continued to make money for his family through those businessmen.
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce.
Businessmen are at the lowest level.
But behind most businessmen there are scholars.”
Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong frowned even more.
Kou Ji continued: "There have been people in the government and the public clamoring that men should not engage in lowly businesses. But there have always been lowly businesses in the house. Most of the business in the house is still decided by themselves.
He secretly does what businessmen do without bearing the infamy.
Just hire a steward and you can easily clean yourself up.
But get to the root of it, who is doing the business?
It’s clear at a glance.”
In Kou Ji's eyes, not only the officials in the court wore the same skin, but also the vast majority of people in wealthy families.
Businessmen have always been at the lowest level of society, and have been suppressed by various government decrees.
It would be great if a simple businessman could survive in such a society.
No one can make the business bigger and stronger.
But you can go to the prosperous Bianjing City and look at the wealthy businessmen wearing silks and satins.
Which one is not doing business with confidence, and which one is not rich and flowing?
Fan Tower can be built on the edge of the Imperial City, and can be built one section taller than the tallest palace in the Imperial City. Is that what an ordinary businessman can do?
The reason why they are so wealthy and so bold is because they have a backer.
His backers were scholar-bureaucrats.
When Kou Ji first entered Bianjing City, he dealt with the Wu family, which is the best example.
All the comments from the government and the public that they are ashamed of doing business are just a joke.
Everyone shouted fiercely, but no one asked the people in the house to sell off all the shops and stop doing business.
In front of Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong, Kou Ji peeled off the layer of skin covered by the wealthy family, allowing them to see the ugliness behind the wealthy family, and they felt really unhappy.
You know, nearly 80% of officials in both the government and the public are from wealthy families.
In other words, nearly 80% of the officials in both the government and the public openly claim that businessmen are cheap, but behind the scenes, they let their family members crazily make money from cheap businesses.
The civil and military affairs of the entire dynasty were really ugly.
The Song Dynasty is extremely powerful now, but with such a group of ugly people controlling it, the future of the Song Dynasty is really worrying.
"Don't think so much... You are still young, just think more and learn more. When you joined my disciples, I told you to be truthful and pragmatic.
So when you have nothing to do, take a look and take a good look at the essence behind everything.
As for the heavy burden of the government and the public, I will bear it first, sir.
When I need you, come out and help me."
Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong stood up and bowed respectfully to Kou Ji.
Wang Anshi said solemnly: "Sir, although the officials have sounded the alarm for those wealthy businessmen, they don't seem to appreciate it.
Officials stopped issuing more than ten strings of jiaozi, allowing those wealthy families to see an opportunity.
Someone took the opportunity to set up a Jiaozi shop and prepared to issue Jiaozi in large denominations.
It won't be long before it opens in Bianjing City.
Many businessmen have already withdrawn their money from Yizijiaozipu and are preparing to deposit it into new Jiaozipu."
When Kou Ji heard this, he was stunned for a long time and said in astonishment: "Why don't they just open it in Bianjing City instead of trying it somewhere else?
Who did you hear this news from?”
Wang Anshi said solemnly: "When the students were invited to attend a poetry meeting, someone at the poetry meeting was very emotional. They said that the government stopped issuing large sums of money, giving those businessmen an opportunity.
Those businessmen will definitely use this to make a lot of money.
He also said..."
Wang Anshi didn't say anything further.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "You still say that the officials are stupid, maybe you are taking me along with you?"
Wang Anshi said with an embarrassed look: "The officials dare not criticize them. But as a subordinate of Tong Zhongshu, Mr. Wang saw the officials making such a confused decision, but he did not stop him..."
"Does that mean I've neglected my duty?"
Kou Ji laughed.
Wang Anshi nodded stiffly.
Kou Ji smiled and said with emotion: "Jiaozi Shop is not that easy to open. Whether it is the Shuzhong Jiaozi Shop that first appeared or the current Yizhi Jiaozi Shop, they have gone through a lot of ups and downs.
I have seen no less than eighteen Jiaozi shops alone.
But in the end, the only Jiaozipu that survived was the Yizijiaozipu.
They only see the profit from Yizijiaozi Shop, and they only see the convenience of Jiaozi, but they don’t see how big the risk is behind it.”
Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong asked very curiously: "How big is it..."
Kou Ji said faintly: "A million strings are just a drizzle. Just blow it and it will be gone."
Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong took a breath of air, looking horrified.
Let alone a million coins, a thousand coins is a huge sum of money to them.
A million strings will be gone in one breath.
They really don't dare to think about it.
Kou Ji stood up slowly, curled his lips and said, "Just give in, you have to set up a business shop to grab business. You can rob this kind of thing, can you control it?"
If you waste copper coins, don't waste money on Jiaozipu to be strong.
act recklessly……"
After Kou Ji muttered these words, in the confused eyes of Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong, he calmly ordered: "Go and call Zhao Run in, and I will take you to make a small fortune."
When Wang Anshi heard this, he immediately left the study and called Zhao Run.
When Zhao Run heard that there was money to be made, he left Kou Hui and Zhao Xu behind and ran into the study.