Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 248 Thirteen Lines in Tianjin (1)

Fundamentally speaking, the Ming Dynasty had no shortage of gold and silver, especially silver. Only the three items of porcelain, tea, and silk that were extremely popular overseas were able to earn huge amounts of gold and silver overseas every year, eliminating the harsh environment at sea. A lot of gold and silver still flowed into the Ming Dynasty every year, even though the shipwrecks were carried away and the pirates plundered them.

It has been more than two hundred years since the Ming Dynasty passed to the Tianqi Dynasty. No matter what the attitude of the previous dynasties towards the maritime ban, whether it was banned or opened, the maritime trade economic activities of the Ming Dynasty have been carried out on the southeast coast, and the flow of money into the Ming Dynasty Batch after batch of gold and silver has nothing to do with the center or the bottom.

This also led to a strange phenomenon in the Ming Dynasty. A lot of gold and silver flowed into the Ming Dynasty, especially silver. However, at the official level and at the private level, there was an increasingly acute shortage of silver. Where did the silver go? This is a question. Questions worth pondering!

Xiyuan.

There are white clouds in the blue sky, and the rising sun hangs high. From time to time, a few birds fly in the sky, a gentle breeze blows, and the weeping willows planted next to Taiye Pond sway lightly.

"I don't know if I don't investigate. I didn't expect that this group of nobles in Beijing would have so many merchants who have pledged their services."

Zhu Youxiao was leaning on the recliner, flipping through the files he held, and said with a half-smile: "No wonder these nobles are so obsessed with money and money all day long, and their lives are so comfortable. I am also confused, how can they just rely on their official salary and royal rations?" To be able to accumulate such a family fortune."

"Your Majesty is wise."

Li Ruolian, who was standing nearby, bowed respectfully and said: "According to Luan Wei's secret investigation, the merchants related to Jing Xungui's sect are mostly distributed along the Grand Canal, just like under the rule of Beizhili, Jingcheng, Tongzhou, Hexiwu, Tianjin Sanwei, Cangzhou and other places are engaged in cloth, cotton, grain, sugar, medicine, grain and other industries, and they also conduct salt, iron, tea, silk, porcelain, etc. privately.

Luanwei even discovered that some of the nobles in Beijing had private contacts with the nobles who stayed in Nanjing. However, this line has not yet been thoroughly investigated, so some situations cannot be verified. "

"How dare you smuggle?"

Zhu Youjian, who was sitting next to him, frowned and looked at Li Ruolian, "When did this start?"

"Your Highness the Fifth~"

Li Ruolian was at a loss for words for a moment. Zhu Youjian's question made him wonder where to start. Could it be that this phenomenon has always existed?
"Imperial brother, you are still too young."

Zhu Youxiao smiled and closed the memorial he was holding, "Can we talk openly about this kind of thing? They all have privileges, so what can they do?
One is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer.

The emperor's younger brother has never thought about why I specifically asked Luan Wei to check on Xungui instead of checking on others?Is it just Xungui who is doing these things? "

Since that time after talking about the harem, Zhu Youjian saw some secrets of the palace, and never mentioned the matter of wanting Zhu Youxiao to show mercy and keep Concubine Li in the harem.

"Brother Emperor, are you trying to beat the noble nobleman in Beijing?"

Zhu Youjian pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said to Zhu Youxiao.

"There's knocking, but not all of it."

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said: "I plan to use these nobles in Beijing to help me do something. If this happens, some situations can be solved."

Zhu Youjian was confused. He didn't know what his royal brother meant by what he said and what plans he had in mind.

"Your Majesty, the British Duke and the others are here."

When Zhu Youjian was suspicious, Han Zanzhou lowered his head, hurriedly came from a distance, and bowed to Zhu Youjian.

"Royal brother, go and greet the British Duke and his companions."

Zhu Youxiao leaned on the recliner and said calmly.

"Yes."

Zhu Youjian stood up from the brocade stool, bowed to his royal brother, then turned and walked towards another place, with Han Zanzhou following closely behind.

"Go back."

Zhu Youxiao looked at the scenery in front of him and said leisurely: "We must pay close attention to the dispatch of Luanwei, especially to the southeastern provinces. Don't miss my important event."

"The minister obeys the order."

Li Ruolian hurriedly bowed and said, "I will make arrangements as soon as possible."

When talking about this, Li Ruolian turned around and walked towards a certain place, avoiding Zhu Youjian, Zhang Weixian and his entourage who were approaching. Luanwei is a secret front organization, and the fewer people who know about it, the better. "I will pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

Headed by British Duke Zhang Weixian, Chengguo Duke Zhu Chunchen, and Dingguo Duke Xu Xigao, all the nobles in Beijing bowed respectfully when they came to the imperial court.

However, these nobles had different thoughts.

Unknowingly, the nobles in Beijing had been divided by Zhu Youxiao, and a group of nobles among them were reused, such as the British Duke Zhang Weixian, who was in charge of the military affairs of the capital, and the Bo of Hui'an, Zhang Qingzhen, and the Bo of Xuancheng, Shitai, who were close to the royal family. As for the Governor-General of Wei, Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Cheng and Xu Xigao, Duke of Ding, in addition to holding false posts, they even organized the capital camp before, and a group of military generals who had been cultivated and attracted were eliminated by Zhang Weixian and Sun Chengzong. This also made people among the nobles in Beijing , the mutual suspicion is very serious.

If there was any dissatisfaction, there must be some, but Zhu Youxiao resolutely killed the three princes and seven uncles, seized the titles and searched them. They were all detained together with their relatives. No one knew their whereabouts, which also made the nobles in Beijing fearful.

Without being forced into a desperate situation, such behavior as tearing one's face apart is something that nobles in Beijing would not dare to do easily. After all, if you really do it, it will be easy to succeed, but if you fail, it will be doomed.

"It's all free."

Zhu Youxiao lifted up his robe and stood up. He turned around with a smile and looked at the many distinguished nobles in front of him. "How have you considered what I said earlier?"

Gathering nobles to do business is part of Zhu Youxiao's plan. Since the nobles in Beijing are looked down upon by the civil servants in the political arena, they will find another way. Those nobles who can be reused must be gradually reused. As for other things, let them use their remaining energy and talk about other things after some plans are implemented.

"Your Majesty, I was ordered to leave the capital before and don't know much about this matter."

Seeing that the nobles on the left and right were silent, Zhang Weixian thought for a while, stepped forward and bowed: "I wonder what your Majesty planned to do when he said before that he would gather ministers and others to engage in trade? After all, this matter is not a trivial matter. Our government has always emphasized agriculture and suppressed business. If the civil servants in the outer dynasty knew about this matter, I'd be afraid..."

"British citizens have nothing to worry about."

Zhu Youxiao kept smiling, waved his hand and interrupted: "Since I want to ask all the ministers to participate, I will not pay attention to what some people from the outer court will say."

"The situation in Liaodong must be more or less known to all the ministers, right? The battle in Liaozuo is probably still going on. As for the extent of the fighting, I'm afraid only Xiong Tingbi and the others know best."

After hearing this, Zhang Weixian, Zhu Chunchen, and Xu Xigao looked at me and I looked at you with different expressions. They knew a little about the situation in Liaodong, but what everyone found strange was that no matter how urgent the military affairs were in Liaodong, As long as the Liaodong Economic and Strategic Office is not involved, the emperor will ignore it. Even if officials from the Department of War often mention the military situation in Liaodong, the emperor's attitude is very clear.

However, there have been many incidents between the government and the public recently, which has gradually led to the fact that the current court rarely talks about Liaodong.

"Transporting grain to Liaodong is one of them."

Zhu Youxiao ignored the nobles in front of him, what was he thinking in his heart, and continued: "I plan to establish the Thirteen Banks of Tianjin under the rule of the Three Guards of Tianjin, involving the dental industry, the salt industry, and the iron industry. , rice shop, sugar shop, silk shop, ceramics shop, pawn shop, cloth shop, medicine dealer, etc. All the businesses involved under the Ming Dynasty were refined into the above thirteen lines.

in business.

I will allocate half of the bank shares of the above-mentioned thirteen banks for you to bring the bank to subscribe. It is not expensive. The overall price of half of the bank shares of each bank is 200 million taels.

When it comes to the operation of the Thirteenth Bank of Tianjin, the inner court is not directly involved and is only responsible for regular audits. As for the specific operation, it is discussed in the board of directors of each bank based on the bank stocks purchased by each bank.

Well, in order to facilitate the management of the Tianjin Thirteenth Bank, we need to set up a general association with rules and a clear framework to ensure that the Tianjin Thirteenth Bank can make a profit every year instead of losing money. What do you think? "

not so good!
Thinking about money is crazy!
Most of the nobles gathered in front of the imperial court were horrified. Half of the bank's bank shares cost 200 million taels of silver. This meant that the Thirteenth Bank of Tianjin required 2600 million taels, plus the amount of bank shares held by the inner court. , a total of 5200 million taels. What kind of transaction can be worth such a price?

Only by earning money in that place in Liaodong can we earn back our principal!

"Your Majesty, is this too big?"

I don't know how long the silence lasted. When Zhu Chunchen saw that Zhang Weixian was silent, he saw the emperor looking at him from the corner of his eye, and bowed to the emperor with a wry smile.

"Is it big?"

Zhu Youxiao stood with his hands behind his back and said with a slight smile: "In the future, when it comes to the military supplies needed to defend the Liao army, such as grain, salt, cloth, medicine, etc., I plan to use the money from the Ministry of Household Affairs to bid and purchase them everywhere. For this item alone, the court would have spent one to two million taels of silver.

If this model is feasible and can ensure the needs of the Liao army, it is not impossible to expand the scope, such as Beizhili, Jiubian, what does Cheng Guogong think?This is only the military needs of Liao. Like the official needs and people's needs of Liao, the grain, salt, cloth, medicine and other industries under the jurisdiction of Tianjin's Thirteen Banks can be developed on their own. "

This……

When Zhu Chunchen and the others heard this, they were all stunned, but they began to settle accounts in their hearts. If it only involves one place in Liaodi, the net profit they can make every year is not much, but if they want to expand the scope, it is another matter. Some people's My eyes started to change...

(End of this chapter)