Zhou Yanru's greed is also very famous in "History of Ming Dynasty".
Chen Shuren was a history student in his previous life, and when he read the biographies of some warlords in the late Ming Dynasty, he mentioned:
Later, among the four towns in Jiangbei in the Southern Ming Dynasty, Liu Liangzuo of Huai'an and Liu Zeqing of Shandong all gave Zhou Yanru large sums of money when Zhou Yanru was reinstated and on his way north.
They wanted Zhou Yanru to help mediate and prevent the imperial court from transferring them to the forefront of fighting against the Tatars and bandits. This is why the second general later joined the four towns in the north of the Yangtze River in Nanming and became a warlord.
Among them, the amount of bribes paid to Liu Zeqing, the Shandong general soldier, is clearly stated in the "History of the Ming Dynasty": twenty thousand taels of gold.
Chen Shuren opened the clairvoyance in advance and knew Zhou Yanru's greed, so he was mentally prepared.
Even if he despises this villain in his heart, he can only spend some gold and silver to ask the other party to handle official business and not cause trouble for him.
As long as official business is done, the position of Wanfu should belong to Chen Shuren.
So, how much should we give? Before Chen Shuren came, he had thought about this issue repeatedly.
Shen Shuren didn't know how much Ruan Dacheng would give Ma Shiying. But he could refer to Liu Zeqing's asking price.
The commander-in-chief of a province is worth 20,000 taels of gold to Zhou Yanru. This is not a promotion, but a retention of the original post to ensure that he will not be transferred.
The governor of a province must be more valuable than the military power of a province, right?
However, the money of the Shen family is not brought by the strong wind, it is all earned through hard work.
It can easily cost hundreds of thousands of taels, which is enough to support 10,000 to 20,000 soldiers and horses for a year. Wouldn't it be nice to save a little more and expand the direct troops and military production capacity.
So after thinking about it, Shen Shuren finally came up with the idea of giving as much as possible to rare antiques that are difficult to convert into cash. If there is no way to give cash, then he will pay for gold and silver.
At the same time, for gold and silver, if you can pay in installments, pay in installments, and if you can make a big pie, make a big pie. Anyway, the essence is a procrastination tactic.
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After some mutual testing and mediation, Shen Shuren resolutely implemented this tone.
When his father Shen Tingyang and Qiu Weizhen were discussing "the accounts of the seizures of Jiangxi gangsters and tycoons," Shen Shuren took a good look at his words.
According to Zhou Yanru's hint of vision and interest, he picked out a bunch of the most valuable but least liquidable antiques. Using a technique that everyone knows, he picked them out from the handed-in accounts and said that they would be packed up and handed over to Mr. Zhou Ge's house in a while. Send it.
It wasn't until this moment that Zhou Yanru's expression became completely relaxed.
It seems that the Shen family father and son are still on the road. Even though they have made such great achievements, they still know that they still have to spend the money to redeem the "promotion mission rewards" corresponding to the meritorious service.
In the Ming Dynasty, those who performed meritorious services only received "offical fragments", but you had to pay for the synthesis fee, right?
Only the combination of liver and krypton has a future. Anyone who tries to completely replace krypton with liver will not end well!
After receiving the gift, Zhou Yanru quickly felt that there were some flaws in it.
The things he took just now were mainly paintings by Tang Yin and Wen Zhengming, and calligraphy by Dong Qichang. There were also some precious jewelry, large East Pearls, and whole pink South China Sea coral trees.
The reason why there are so many calligraphy and paintings is also related to the source of these things, which were the proceeds of confiscation of the homes of Jiangxi tycoons who committed crimes. Historically, literary giants such as Tang Yin were summoned to Jiangxi by King Ning to serve as staff, and they left many paintings in the local area.
Although these calligraphy and paintings are considered to be the work of this dynasty to people of the Ming Dynasty, the authors were all deceased from more than a hundred to several decades ago, and they were famous artists of the same generation.
Chen Shuren packed a dozen calligraphy and paintings and dozens of pieces of jewelry at one time, which was enough to give him enough face. If he took out a random pair, it would be worth a thousand to a few thousand taels of silver in the late Ming Dynasty, but it would be slower to cash out. , the transaction volume of this kind of thing is very small.
Zhou Yanru did a mental calculation and found that the book value of these calligraphy and painting jewelry was at least between five and one hundred thousand taels of silver. However, it was less than what Ruan Dacheng gave him.
Still less than one-fifth—
The official gold and silver exchange rate of the Ming Dynasty was set at 1 tael for 4 taels during the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang. However, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the exchange rate had long been in line with the market. In fact, it was 1 tael for 10 taels.
At the same time, in the maritime colonial countries of the West, such as Britain and the Netherlands, the gold-silver ratio once hovered between 1 to 12 and 14. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that it was exchanged for 10. It was already considered a silver standard that led to a strong silver price.
Zhou Yanru wrote in ink for a while, and then pretended to sigh casually: "Oh, I don't know when we will meet our old friends in the south this time. When I think of my two disciples Tianru (Zhang Pu) and Zhuting (Wuchang Shi), I Very emotional.
Zhuting could also find an opportunity to take it to the capital and entrust it to be reused, but Tianru unexpectedly suffered a sudden death and suffered such an unreasonable disaster. Looking back on last year, in order to help the old man come back, Tianru and others were filial and ran around to raise money. To this day, his family is still in debt. Tens of thousands of taels."
There was not a single word in Zhou Yanru's words that he asked for cash for himself. He just lamented that his protégé Zhang Pu had just died suddenly, saying that he spent a lot of money on his comeback and also owed foreign debts.
Therefore, as a mentor, of course he has the obligation to take care of the family members of his deceased disciples.
Speaking of this, everyone is an official, and Shen Tingyang also heard it. This was due to the slow realization of the jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, and he was not satisfied yet, so he wanted to invest extra gold and silver.
In fact, Shen Tingyang had been prepared for a long time, and he was ready to agree directly. However, his son lightly kicked his foot under the table, suggesting that he should calm down, so Shen Tingyang didn't say anything.
Chen Shuren, however, had a bright smile on his face, hinting to Zhou Yanru to take a moment to speak.
Zhou Yanru understood this and knew that he wanted to avoid the landlord Qiu Weizhen, so he had a private chat alone. He waited for a while, then made an excuse, pretending to be particularly interested in one of the calligraphy and paintings he had just collected, and wanted to borrow Qiu Weizhen's study. Take your time to compare and appreciate.
Qiu Weizhen did not embarrass them, and asked people to put away the banquet first, and let his servant lead Zhou Yanru and Shen Shuren to the study alone.
After entering the study, closing the door, and saying nothing, Shen Shuren came up with a plan.
"I wonder if Mr. Zhou Ge has heard that in recent months, the prices of silk reeling and cotton yarn in the Jiangnan market have dropped again?"
Zhou Yanru said disdainfully: "How could I know about these merchants?"
Shen Shuren smiled calmly: "It doesn't matter if you don't know. Go back and ask the staff in the house, and you will naturally verify it. What I want to say is that the recent price reduction of cotton yarn and silk reeling is actually because my Shen family has developed another idea. Planting a new spinning wheel can produce results several times faster than the old spinning wheel! The labor required is only a fraction of the original.
The reason why not many people know about it in the market today is that everyone just discovered that the price of silk reeling cotton yarn has dropped inexplicably. It is precisely because our Shen family has blocked the news and wants to prevent others from plagiarizing and imitating it. Therefore, this new spinning wheel is only sold to every government by our Shen family. A wealthy tycoon monopolizes the profits of silk reeling in a house.
Suzhou Prefecture is now managed by our Shen family, while Songjiang Prefecture and Huzhou Prefecture have been contracted out to allies who know the ins and outs. Next, we plan to develop in Jiaxing Prefecture and Changzhou Prefecture.
Since there is no business in my hometown, it is a bit difficult. I originally planned that if Mr. Ge could help me become the Anhui government, I would monopolize the new spinning wheel business in Changzhou Prefecture at cost price -
Xuge's hometown in Songjiang has to give us more than 200,000 to 300,000 taels of silver every year to buy machines. Although it is not much at the moment, it is a steady stream of income, which will be beneficial every year."
Zhou Yanru didn't know much about business at first. As he listened, his breathing became rapid, and he slowly came back to his senses.
Chen Shuren gave him this advice. Although it didn't sound very clear, he understood the general idea. It was nothing more than investing in a perennial stock in a long-term and hugely profitable business, and making profits every year from then on.
The silver that Ruan Dacheng gave him, although it was said to be fifty thousand gold, could be converted into half a million silver in an instant.
And what Chen Shuren gave him might only be 100,000, but this money is equivalent to being given every year! (The textile market in Changzhou Prefecture is much smaller than that in Songjiang Prefecture, so it is definitely not as valuable as the Xu family’s, not even half of it. )
Of course, Zhou Yanru also matured with age, and he quickly thought of a problem: if he was given dry shares every year, he would have to be the chief minister of the cabinet, or at least the minister of real power in the DPRK, and Shen Shu would continue to give them.
If he loses power someday, Shen Shuren will definitely fall out of favor faster than flipping through a book. Then he will be gone and the tea will be cold. Do you still want to continue to get money?
Is it enough to get enough at once, or is it a steady flow of money? Which one makes more money depends on how long you can still hold the power.
Chen Shuren is betting on his tenure!
"The good nephew seems not to be very optimistic about my comeback this time. Does this mean that I have been ups and downs twice, and the holy family is unstable?" Anyway, there was no one else in the room. Zhou Yanru thought of this, and did not hide it, but directly Just make it clear.
Chen Shuren thought quickly. He knew that if he kept saying nice things at this time, the other party would not believe him, so it was better to be more pragmatic.
He then changed his words and said: "How dare you, I believe that the situation in the imperial court has reached this stage, and if your majesty does not rely on Mr. Ge, there will really be no one to rely on anymore.
Xianguan met Mr. Yang Ge several times last year. Although Mr. Yang Ge is still alive, he worries day and night that he may not be able to last long. uu看书www.uukanshu.com Hong Chengchou is in Liaodong. Although he is still alive, he is besieged in Songshan City. But Everyone in the world knows that the imperial court is unable to rescue and rescue the siege.
If Mr. Yang Ge and Hong Chengchou are gone, who else can your Majesty rely on? No matter how suspicious your Majesty is, I can only reuse you, Mr. Ge. The official admires Mr. Ge's loyalty very much. Even today, he still has the courage to go to the capital. Take on this burden.
If Xiaguan, his son, and others have long been disheartened, they just want to protect their hometown from being invaded by bandits, and they don't dare to have a far-reaching plan for the world."
Zhou Yanru's facial hair twitched slightly, but he was also inspired by Shen Shuren's courage and vision.
It can be heard that even if Shen Shuren wanted to bet, he was not betting on Zhou Yanru's personal official career, but felt that no one would be able to use his behavior like this.
Does he think Beijing will fall?!
But even if Beijing is lost, His Majesty will still be able to survive. Even if things don't work out, the Crown Prince will still be able to protect him!
Today, the incident of "Chen Xinjia being killed for persuading Chongzhen to negotiate for peace" has not happened yet, so Zhou Yanru believes that when the time comes, someone will be willing to persuade His Majesty to go south, or at least send the prince south.
In this case, as long as there is no one available for Chongzhen, he will always be the chief assistant!
If the Shen family wants to give him long-term financial resources and give him one hundred thousand taels every year to form a long-term good relationship, then let's do it.
"My good nephew is pragmatic. From this point of view, if you are the governor of Anhui, you will be able to ensure peace and tranquility around southern Zhili."
Chen Shuren thanked him quickly, but looking at Zhou Yanru in his heart, he felt like he was looking at a dead person.
Of these 100,000 taels per year, you only get it this year.
If next year's payment is delayed until the end of the year, according to the original progress of history, you may not be able to get it alive!