I'm really not doing business

Chapter 477 is too cruel!

Wang Qian didn't understand why the emperor gave the order to speculate on shipyards, but he found his own track. He was really too professional in this matter. Wang Qian was in charge of Yanxinglou Trading House, but the trading house had various rules and regulations. Even various private trade fairs with extremely high thresholds will be restricted.

But after arriving at the ship's guide, this is a blue sea without any rules!

Here, the terrifying power of the right-wing will be infinitely amplified against the background of disorder. The absence of rules represents absolute freedom. It is time for the Zheshe households to deeply understand the absolute freedom and freedom. How terrifying it is to take life and death from above.

Wang Qian's expression was very exciting. He had already thought of countless ways!
But before doing the actual operation, Wang Qian chose to read the second volume of Class Theory first. It was not easy for him to learn at this point. The main purpose was to judge the holy intention and see the specific content of this volume that His Majesty liked before doing anything. Take action to prevent mistakes in behavior and getting into trouble due to lack of understanding of the holy will.

After reading it, Wang Qian always felt that he had seen a combination of China and the West, because in the distribution volume, Zhang Juzheng analyzed the colonial laws of Europe and the West.

The colonization of the West began with Rome.

Rome's colonial strategy was: first send troops to conquer, kill all the men in various ways, and then migrate the Romans to set up governors to rule;

Portugal’s colonial strategy was: burning, killing, looting, and then enslaving the mixed-race natives;

Spain’s colonial strategy was to first burn, kill, and loot, and then use sermons to enslave the natives and mixed-race natives. Felipe II’s image was that of a paladin guarding the Holy See;
England's colonial strategy was: burn them all, kill them all, rob them all, and then deceive their own poor prisoners into the colonies, sell all kinds of slaves to fill the labor vacancies, and rogues enslave the black slaves;
France's colonial strategy is: after physical screening, use indigenous traitors as agents of the colony, and then make profits through the agents. These traitors or converts, due to the complex reasons of converts' fanaticism to show their obedience and profit, The behavior is often more cruel than the colonists.

"Your lesson is too great." Zhu Yijun rubbed his eyebrows and said, "The method should be gentler."

At this moment, France and England also have some colonies in West Africa, which are far smaller in scale than Spain and Portugal, but they already have them.

The Ming Dynasty has joined the process of sea expansion or globalization. The Ming Dynasty's colonial strategy is a combination of many. In fact, the Ming Dynasty's colonial strategy is still a king-style, simple military restraint. After constantly increasing the restraint, the Xuanwei Department was established. , then came the feudal system, with the princes guarding one side, and finally the solid counties and counties.

"Because of the huge profits, gold, silver, copper, iron and coal will of course rise, but the mining industry's rise is limited and due to fluctuations in demand, but Chidao won't. Your Majesty, there are no carriages on Chidao, it's all just money!" Wang Qian said with certainty: "The Ming Dynasty may not need gold, silver, copper, iron and coal, but it definitely needs Chidao."

Sun Kehong was so frightened that he even sent a special memorial to the capital through Songjiang Governor Shen Shixing, asking His Majesty if he wanted to stop Wang Qian. Wang Qian's methods were too cruel.

Wang Qian is really not short of money.

"My father's money is my father's money, my money is my money, my money is my money. After I became a Jinshi, I didn't take much money from home. I don't want others to say when they see me, Oh, Wang Chonggu Son, but said, Wang Qian, Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty." Wang Qian shook his head. Of course he recognized his father's achievements, but he still wanted to distinguish the difference.

After the de facto independence of Annan, the Ming Dynasty conducted an expedition, but did not let the British Duke Zhang Fujiu control it. From the perspective of the Ming Dynasty, this decision was no problem, because Annan belongs to the traditional radiation area of ​​the Central Plains, and the military, economy, culture and politics are highly convergent, but there is a lack of With the enfeoffment system and the lack of guardrails, there was no vassal king or lord to adjust the contradictions on the distribution issue for their own survival. In the end, the Annan Kingdom formed a consensus to break away from the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Qian also went to listen to Lin Fucheng's lectures. Overall, there was nothing wrong with what Lin Fucheng said. Freedom first means abiding by the public order, good customs and laws of the Ming Dynasty. If you don't abide by these, it is not freedom, it is lawlessness.

Zhu Yijun shook his head again with lingering fear. He did not expect that one day he would become a conservative in the matter of Ku Yi Kui's desire to dominate. In less than a month, dozens of famous families were severely damaged. Those who jumped into the river jumped into the river, and those who hanged themselves were miserable and miserable.

Wang Qian could only lament that Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang had good reasons for supporting His Majesty so much.

Every sentence of these contents is a huge challenge to the current ethics of the Ming Dynasty, but every sentence is based on practice.

At this moment, Wang Qian was the hand. He arrogantly inserted his hand into the shipyard transaction, and then began to join forces with Sun Kehong of the Sun family in Songjiang, setting off huge waves without any courtesy, integrity or restraint. Just thirteen days later, The Chuanyin transaction completely affected the price, and Wang Qian and Sun Kehong began to take over.

The head of the Zhang family was so poor that he jumped into the river, and the Zhang family was completely destroyed.

Zhang even escaped the sudden collapse of the Confucius Mansion in Yanzhou, but Zhang fell on the ship's bow.

Too cruel!

This context is very clear. With the deepening of rule, the management costs of Ming Dynasty are rising, and the allocation to local areas is also further increasing.

When the Zhang family earned a large amount of boat lures at a high price of 70,000 yuan, and then the price dropped to 7,000 taels, the Zhang family, an old man in his sixties, was furious... A few days later, the new boss of the Zhang family also jumped. River, due to another violent fluctuation, the Zhang family's hundreds of years of savings were completely wiped out, and they still owed a huge debt. When they paid 17,000 silver each, they sold out the boat guides, which was not enough to repay the debt.

"Your Majesty, I think Suiyuan Chidao will rise sharply next! I plan to earn 10,000 pieces at the price of five silver pieces each and hold them for a long time." Wang Qian reported his thoughts. In his opinion, Chidao will rise faster than the mining industry.

"Okay." Zhu Yijun put away the money and said, "It will be included in Kaihai Investment for you. You now have 112 million silver in Kaihai Investment, and you will receive dividends proportionately."

It was so cruel that Zhu Yijun couldn't stand it any longer. Wang Qian was about to ruin the situation. The price of the boat guide soared to 70,000 silver per piece, and then quickly fell back to 7,000 silver. What kind of thing? Can a big heart withstand such ups and downs? These Zheshe households are still useful. They are still the main force in overseas trade and the main force in investing in handicraft workshops and mechanical workshops. If they continue to play like this, they will really die.

"I only have this little money, and I am ready to invest it all in Chidao."

"Your Majesty, this is speculation. They don't even have the courage to lose money and wipe out their homes. Why do they want to enter the market?" Wang Qian said with great conviction: "I am already very gentle. Your Majesty asked me to stop, so I stopped." , no excessive fuss.”

"Too cruel."

"Your Majesty, they deserve it." Wang Qian said without taking it seriously: "If these luxury households are not taught a lesson, they will still feel that the court's control is too lenient and its hands are stretched too far, but they have no idea that the court The rules created are also protecting them. This time, such violent fluctuations in the shipwreck directly tell the Zheshe households how much harm can be caused by completely free speculation!"

"Actually, your father has made a big fortune for you. You don't have to work so hard. The money you make from selling pearls is enough for you to spend your whole life. Now you have more than fifty dollars in your hands from the money you make from boat guides." Wan Yin, a Taibailou courtesan for one day is enough for you to spend two lifetimes." Zhu Yijun advised Wang Qian not to work hard.

The powerful and powerful people feel the reincarnation of heaven and hell. One day they got rich overnight, and the next day they will suffer the catastrophe of bankruptcy. Danger follows them everywhere, but they have to continue to gamble in this huge gamble because of sunk costs. They are fanatical and A cycle of panic, correction, and frenzy begins.

Wang Qian personally believes that this invisible big hand will definitely be destroyed artificially, even without the intervention of the imperial court. In the absence of imperial court management, private transactions with extremely high thresholds will form 'bookmakers' who will replace the management function and become free. The big visible hand in trade theory.

On the 15th, Wang Qian entered the palace again. This time he took a stack of acceptance bills from the Ministry of War and Tongguanyi. Each piece was 10,000 silver. This was the maximum denomination of the acceptance bill, and Wang Qian took a full amount in his hand. One hundred pieces, the people prefer to call the acceptance bill a silver note. He went to the palace to meet the saint to fulfill his promise.

After Wang Qian read the assignment paper, he even felt like 'Idiot! For this illusion that all problems are about distribution, even if the second volume is a separate book, it is completely enough. Similarly, Wang Qian, who was able to pass the Jinshi examination, also understood that natural inference.

The Jimo Zhang family has been a long-established family in Mizhou, Shandong for hundreds of years. Half of the people in Jimo County have the surname Zhang. Wang Qian's control of the ship this time directly broke up the Jimo Zhang family. For such a large family, Ling Yunyi always acted cautiously. After the Zhang family cooperated with Qing Zhang, he never caused any trouble for them.

Wang Qian still wants to study the second volume carefully. He actually scorns the theory of freedom!
In the theory of free trade, there is a pair of invisible hands that regulate supply and demand. All theories of free trade are based on this foundation. It seems that as long as there is demand, supply will slowly emerge, naturally making up for it all.

"Why?" Zhu Yijun asked curiously: "Gold, silver, copper, iron and coal should be more important. Why Chidao?"

"Wang Qian, are you too harsh? The head of the Zhang family in Jimo jumped into the river seven days ago. The entire Zhang family fell apart. The fields were gone and the money was gone." Zhu Yijun looked at a stack of silver notes and sighed. Said, every banknote has blood on it.

Because classes still exist, only by eliminating classes can bankers be eliminated.

Zhang Juzheng was audacious, and Zhang Juzheng's audacity was caused by His Majesty's acquiescence or even connivance.

"Even the Songjiang School does not advocate complete freedom, but advocates orderly freedom."

"Five hundred thousand silver, not a little." Zhu Yijun first corrected Wang Qian's statement. Five hundred thousand silver for the late emperor's tomb is really not a matter of a little or two. This statement is too extravagant.

Wang Qian entered Tonghe Palace and met the Holy Spirit on February 17, the tenth year of Wanli. After receiving the clear instructions from the Holy Spirit, the price of the ship's bow finally stabilized and stayed at 17,300 silver each. superior.

Wang Qian was very obedient when it came to court affairs. His father asked him to donate it to the Maritime Academy. Wang Qian did not resist and happily delivered the banknote to His Majesty. He enjoyed the process of making money. , not for the money, although it was really a lot, but it was because of the emperor's instructions that he dared to be so unscrupulous.

Later, Zhang Juzheng quoted from classics and discussed the failure of Ming Dynasty's rule in Jiaozhi.

He, Wang Qian, is not just Wang Chonggu's son, he is an independent individual, and he also has his own life, and is not completely dependent on the life of "My Father, the Minister of Punishment". That kind of life is really too sad.

Zhu Yijun was silent for a moment, this is probably what the treasonous son is like.

"Perhaps you are looking for some kind of freedom?" Zhu Yijun thought of Lin Fucheng and asked Wang Qian with a smile, if he was looking for freedom.

Wang Qian thought for a while and replied very seriously: "I think that not letting parents worry is a kind of freedom and a kind of filial piety. Of course, if parents don't worry, parents will no longer interfere too much in their children's lives. , but similarly, it is also filial piety for parents not to worry about their children’s future lives.”

Freedom is not an imported concept. For example, Zhuangzi talked about freedom and ease. However, the freedom of Songjiang School does have some relationship with Taixi. Wang Qian linked freedom with the inherent filial piety of Confucianism.

To settle yourself well and not let your parents worry too much is freedom and filial piety.

In fact, sometimes Wang Qian feels a little pitiful for His Majesty. This kind of pity is like a funny feeling of a maid at home pitying the young master for his bad life. However, Wang Qian stands from the position of being a powerful man and the position of being a minister and son of man. , I really feel sorry for His Majesty. When His Majesty was more than ten years old, he no longer worried Empress Dowager Li and Empress Dowager Chen. For ten years, Shang was frugal and worked harder than a donkey. Sometimes Wang Qian faced Your Majesty. When I was there, I felt like I was facing the old man in my family.

Wang Qian lived until he was almost forty years old, and then he realized that not letting his parents worry was filial piety.

Your Majesty seems to have understood very early on that it is true that the power of life and death is a supreme privilege in the world, but the importance of the country, the country, and the country has made His Majesty bear a burden that should not be borne at this age.

There is a give-and-take, a cycle of cause and effect.

"Very good." Zhu Yijun didn't know about Wang Qian's psychological activities. Wang Chonggu finally didn't have to worry too much about his child's future. Indeed, since Wang Qian became a Jinshi, he rarely made fatal mistakes. With the power of the Wang family, Wang Qian would not kill anyone or set fire to anything. Enough for a lifetime of peace and joy.

Wang Qian's judgment was soon verified to be correct. It was not that Chidao tickets from the trading house soared, but that governors from various places petitioned for policy support.

There are mines in Suiyuan, and the first Chi Road was built. The governors all agreed, but should the other two capitals and thirteen provinces also build Chi Road?
Other governors still need the support of the court, and Nanya is the most troubled!
You have built five strips in the North Yamen. As one of the two capitals in the land of Longxing in the South Yamen, can we also build five strips?

From Nanya to Beiya, from Nanya to Xiangyang, from Nanya to Songjiang, from Nanya to Fujian, from Nanya to Guangzhou, our Nanya also needs to be repaired! There is no need for your court to provide money and effort to repair bridges and roads. Nanya built it himself!
Zhu Yijun was scratching his head when he saw the remonstrances of the six ministers of the Nanya Department, the Inspectorate of the Imperial Academy, and the Taoist officials. The new governor of Yingtian, Li Le, burned his first fire directly at Beiya, asking for the emperor's permission to finance the construction on his own. Chidao matters.

After Zhu Yijun received the memorial, he summoned Zhang Juzheng and Wang Daokun.

"Is Nanya so rich?" Zhu Yijun said with a frown.

Zhang Juzheng said with a hint of helplessness: "Logically speaking, I have no money, but in the past two years, the tax collection and retention place of the Taxation Institute and the 14th Nanya Prefecture have retained five million silver."

"These five million taels of silver are regarded as the deposits of the old treasury. If we encounter floods in the south, dredging of waterways, etc., we can directly use them. Pan Budang is an honest man and has perfect management, but it has not been embezzled by others. "

It is said that Nan Ya's money is just a warehouse, and Bei Ya has the final say in its allocation. So Li Le wanted to build Chi Road and had to get permission from the court. Although the two capitals were parallel, the emperor was in Bei Ya, and the six departments in Nan Ya actually had nothing to do with it. that power.

"Is it necessary for Nanya to build Chi Road? Aren't waterways extending in all directions not enough?" Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Daokun. This time it was Nanya that was making the fuss and there was a lot of discussion. Zhu Yijun mainly felt that the waterway in the south was unobstructed and building Chi Road was the best choice. Not a bit of an ineffective investment.

One mile of the road costs 9600 silver. If there are too many bridges, the price will increase. Zhu Yijun is worried that he will break his eggs if he steps too fast.

"It is necessary." Wang Daokun said with certainty: "Your Majesty, waterways extend in all directions. This is a fact. Not all goods are by the river. The Ming Dynasty is really too big. It is obvious on the map that those waterways , in fact, it’s just a thin line.”

Not all goods are produced along the river, so the requirement to build Chi Road is quite normal. In Nanya Water Town, waterways are not all that is required.

As of now in the tenth year of Wanli, the road network in Nanya is far denser than that in Beiya.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry is planning to build a road from Beijing to Guangzhou, from Beijing to Wuhan, after Wuhan, and then south to Guangzhou." Wang Daokun said quite accurately: "The total length is 4570 miles, and the expected cost is 4400 million. Silver, the construction period is expected to be five years.”

"Stop it, stop it!" Zhu Yijun said immediately: "4400 million silver, Da Sikong, even if you sell me, I don't have that much silver! How many people need to be recruited for these 4500 miles? This is a critical situation It is impossible to carry out large-scale construction projects in the country, and it is impossible to make decisions.”

The Ministry of Industry was really extravagant. It opened with 4400 million silver, which was 88 mausoleums of the late emperors. It was a real major construction project. Even if we take the mausoleum of Emperor Wanli into consideration, there would be as many as 5 and a half!

Where did the Ming Dynasty come from with so much money and so many people to build a Chidao of this scale? This was an act of the reincarnation of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty.

"You can invoice the certificate at the trading bank, mainly to solve the waste of silver. Chidao is also a kind of fixed assets." Wang Daokun said unwillingly: "Your Majesty, if we don't repair it now, we will let Dr. Gewu map it and determine the path along the way. , and then started construction on multiple sections, which is expected to be completed in five years.”

"In five years, the annual investment will exceed 880 million silver. Our Ming Dynasty's military expenditure is only 1100 million silver a year." Zhu Yijun is still not sure. Investments of this scale need to be more abundant in silver. The Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue will be more, and the Ming Dynasty's military expenditure will be more than million silver. This can only be done if there are more people.

Wang Daokun immediately said: "Let's do some mapping first, and we can start construction as soon as we have the money."

"Your Majesty, the court doesn't have to repay the money you borrowed." Zhang Juzheng said in a low voice. Zhang Juzheng said this before when he issued national bonds and expanded the Yanxinglou trading house. He had been scolded for ten years for gathering traitors, and he was treated like a traitor again and again. Why not?

Both Zhang Juzheng and Wang Chonggu are getting old slowly. When the time comes, the mess will be put on them, and His Majesty can move forward lightly.

It sounds like a beautiful statement, but Zhu Yijun believes that this is exchanging the reputation of the court for money. There is absolutely no need to do it. For the sake of money, people seek glory and humiliation. Then how can anyone in the Ming Dynasty be willing to sacrifice their lives for your emperor?

"Jingguangchidao, it's not too late to discuss it again. Let's first talk about how to deal with the requests of Nanya and the governors from various places." Zhu Yijun leaned on the back of his chair and said: "It's not enough to rely on the court alone, but it's even more important to rely on the local government alone." No more."

The Ming Dynasty directly turned into a feudal state based on local government alone. The imperial court had no money. Even if Zhu Yijun agreed with Wang Daokun's words, it was impossible for the Ministry of Revenue to agree. The principle of the Ministry of Revenue was to not borrow money if it could be done without borrowing money. What a big deal. The amount of payment will not be discussed until the Suiyuan Chi Road is completed.

The Ministry of Revenue is unwilling to borrow money because the credibility of the Ming Dynasty court is really poor at present. It all relies on the emperor's personal credibility. It is true that in the eyes of most people in the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty's credibility is equal to the credibility of the court. However, since the Jiajing period, the national funds have been After complete separation, there is no such relationship of equals.

Most state affairs are like this. This won't work, and that won't work either. We can only find solutions that may not be the best, but are suitable for the current situation.

"It is appropriate to reject the governor's request for the time being." Zhang Juzheng thought over and over again and chose a one-size-fits-all approach to cut through the mess quickly. He continued: "Your Majesty, the five galloping roads from the capital have just been repaired. How to manage them will cause What the impact is, whether the Chaoguan Branch can operate, and whether the system needs to be improved, we need to look at it again. The local government should not intervene prematurely, as this will give opportunities for villains. "

And the most important thing is that the system of engineer regiments and camps needs to be carefully examined. Every four engineer battalions form a regiment and camp, and the five roads are all built by engineer regiments and camps.

Zhang Juzheng mainly wanted to see again. In fact, he wanted to see the six engineering regiments and battalions before he rejected the governors' requests. Otherwise, the world would be in chaos. The military garrison system in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty had long been completely ruined, and the army in the hinterland The organization of the soldiers is far inferior to that of the frontier army, let alone the Beijing camp.

The construction of Chi Road in various places means that it is necessary to form engineering corps and battalions. Otherwise, we can only follow what Wang Qian said and let the localities spend money to build it.

Zhu Yijun thought for a moment, nodded and said, "That's true, just follow what the teacher said."

Let’s take another look at Chidao’s impact and revenue generation capabilities. If it is really necessary, then build it to extend in all directions!
If there is no decisive impact on the present, you can postpone it.

If you take too big a step, you will definitely pull your balls. This is something Zhu Yijun knows very well.

"Where are Pan Butang's people?" Zhu Yijun asked Pan Jixun's progress in entering Sui.

"We arrived at Guihua City. As soon as we arrived, we beheaded 1,300 people. A group of horse bandits harassed the Dongsheng Guard. They were repelled by the Dongsheng Guard. Then they found their lair and killed these bandits. They wiped out all of them and captured 700 people. According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, it was unlucky to kill prisoners. They originally planned to send them to Womagang for mining, but in the end Pan Butang killed them anyway." Zhang Juzheng handed a memorial to Feng Bao.

Pan Jixun's matter was actually very taboo. Suiyuan was a newly recovered territory. Although His Majesty gave him the power to act expeditiously and kill first and then report later, he killed 1,300 people. Their heads were rolling. You should notify the court at least. .

It is said that Ling Yunyi is murderous, but Pan Jixun has not given up too much since the locust plague.

After Zhu Yijun read the memorial, he said very clearly: "This right to act expediently is right. If this matter is not dealt with, it may not be good for the stability of Suiyuan."

It's not like Pan Jixun was short of brains. If the situation wasn't urgent, he wouldn't kill them first and then tell them later. These prisoners were escorted to Guihua City. The next day, the prison camp was crowded with naturalized border residents. Pan Jixun had just arrived. I thought they were dissatisfied with Wang Hua's troubles with the people. After careful questioning, I found out that it was the border people who made a fuss about the chief envoy and beheaded all the prisoners.

Without him, this group of horse bandits like to skin people. They are the notorious horse bandits in Xiangliang Mountain. They have brought trouble to Guihua City for more than ten years. Anda Khan also tried to exterminate them, but failed several times. Because the buffer zone between the Ming Dynasty and Anda Khan's forces is a kind of zone where there is no control, it has developed and grown. In the past ten years, there have been many border residents, and all the border residents have basically followed the Huma bandits. There is a blood feud.

The chief envoy Sanniangzi really tried her best to appease and reported to the court, but the incident became more and more serious, and more and more border residents gathered. If they continued to gather, they might attack the prisoner camp, and it would be even more difficult to end it. Pan Jixun happened to arrive Ren immediately ordered his execution.

Seven hundred people were captured and 1,300 were killed. The remaining 600 people were the Datong Left Guards who attacked again and destroyed a stronghold. They captured another 400 people and 200 were naturalized. The gangsters in the city.

The horse bandits outside the Great Wall are slightly different from the mountain bandits in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty. Many of the bandits in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty are thugs who want to be supported by the powerful. Naturally, they will kill people, but if they kill too many people, the court will definitely send troops to suppress the bandits. Therefore, the mountain bandits in the hinterland were relatively restrained, but the horse bandits outside the fortress, in addition to burning, killing and looting, also skinned people and hung them in front of the gate of Guihua City to show off their power and were extremely cruel.

"An Dahan can't do anything to these murderous stars. The Ming Dynasty can. The Ming Dynasty has asked Buchen to attack Bansheng, but these horse bandits still dare to move! Pan Budang did a good job." Zhu Yijun was very satisfied with Pan Jixun's handling. This is the reason why Pan Jixun should act easily. In the newly recovered territory, there are many conflicts that intensify quickly, and there are many things that need to be decided immediately.

Zhu Yijun gave Pan Jixun policy support and acted boldly. He could not beat the iron heel of Jingying again. Since he wanted to consolidate the land and counties in the Hetao area, he could not be merciful.

Qi Jiguang has the right to act expediently, and Pan Jixun also has the right to act expeditiously. If there is a conflict between the two parties, who has more power?

It was Qi Jiguang who had the power to kill Pan Jixun, because Qi Jiguang held the emperor's saber, which Zhu Yijun used for Qi Jiguang to defend himself against the conspiracies and machinations coming from behind.

It's not that Zhu Yijun was on guard against Pan Jixun and had not yet confirmed the candidate for the governor of Suiyuan when he bestowed the sword. It was Zhu Yijun's heartfelt fear of the civil servants.

(End of this chapter)