Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 1018

Everything on the capital's side is proceeding step by step. Originally, after such a big defeat in Liao Town, the ruling and opposition parties were worried. Wang Tong led the army to march eastward, but everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter how you think about Wang Tong, whether you think he is a loyal minister or a traitor, everyone admits one thing, he is the No. 1 general in the world who uses soldiers like a god and wins every battle.

With this understanding, although the defeat in Liaozhen was sudden and embarrassing, everyone was relieved when Wang Tong went, and the enemy was like that, the number one enemy of Daming had always been entrenched in the Guihua City area As for the native barbarians in the east, the Jurchens outside the side wall are really nothing. Wang Tong led the army to wipe out the Alta tribe, so what about those two, standard local chickens and dogs.

If there was any worry at the beginning, after the news of the big victory under the Shenyang city came back to the capital, everyone knew that the victory was settled.

Everyone didn't care about what new content was added to Wang Tong's credit book. Since the victory is certain, why bother to see Wang Tong happy, wouldn't it be better for everyone to be busy with other things.

In the Beijing-Tianjin area, even counting Shanxi, Beizhili, and Shandong, all wealthy businessmen who have obtained cheap prices in Tianjinwei, Guihua City, and Xuanfu have sensed business opportunities. Everyone knows that when Wang Tong leads the army to win, the price of these goods will definitely drop, but in the past, the Jurchens and Liaozhen were controlling the trade, so now everyone has a chance up.

People in the capital have a lot of information, and they also know that after this battle, it is impossible for the Li family to monopolize Liao Town. Whether Liao Town can exist is still a question. In the past, it was run by the Li family and everyone had no way to reach out. Now it is completely different.

The businessmen in Tianjin Wei were the first to get the news. Their business acumen and vision have been tempered very well in Tianjin Wei. They see things differently from other businessmen. They know that if they win this battle, the situation in Liao Town will happen. The influx of a large number of people will bring greater business opportunities and demand. Only Sun Shoulian, who controls the Kuandian area, can make goods like Damu, so there will not be much change. However, the grain and other materials in Liao Town, and Livestock and the like that came to the port through Liao Town on the grasslands may have to be exported in large quantities.

Moreover, the land developed outside the Liao Town's border wall, the food and various supplies produced by the farm, and various needs arising from the establishment of the farm will all appear one after another. These are good opportunities to make a fortune.

Whether the businessmen in other provinces understand or not, they have a simple and easy way to see what their counterparts in Tianjin Wei are doing. The direction that Tianjin Wei businessmen are aiming at, everyone follows, there is nothing wrong with it.

The imperial court was silent there, but the folks began to prepare in full swing. From the fifth year of Wanli, one thing that happened around me told everyone that the sooner you participate in something, the greater the profit, and the later you go. I'm afraid I can't even have a mouthful of soup.

Compared with the folks' enthusiasm for Liao Town and the land and business opportunities outside the Liao Town's border wall, the main focus of the imperial court center is on the opening of Songjiang port.

Of course, the eunuchs of the inner court and the ministers of the outer court, who are keen on money in everything, must send their children or cronies to Liao Town once, first to enjoy the advantages of military exploits, and then to see if there is a chance to make a fortune. They are actually taking action The earliest group of people were also the most informed about the news of the war in Liao Town. By the way, Zheng Guifei's younger brother, Zheng Guotai, also sent a cousin to Liao Town to circle a big village.

Tianjin Wei sends 1205 million taels of gold flowers and silver into the palace every year, and 20 taels of Ping An silver. In addition, Yumajian also has Huangdian Huangzhuang in Tianjinwei. This Huangdian Huangzhuang has been criticized severely in the past. The Huangdian sits on the ground to make a fortune, saying that doing business is actually tantamount to robbery, but this is not the case in Tianjin Wei, where the trade is prosperous and developed, and the business of the alkali and leather goods companies is also involved in the business. The horse supervisor has to pass his hands up and down, but the money that enters the palace every year is no less than 40 taels, which is almost 200 million taels a year.

And all the princes in the court knew very well that if the tax collection was liberalized, the tax that Tianjin Wei could pay every year would definitely far exceed the current amount, but everyone has such a business in Tianjin Wei, and no one It is willing for the court to let go of tax collection, which is detrimental to one's own interests, so no one mentions it.

Having said that, if the Ministry of Households were to collect taxes, everyone would distribute the profits layer by layer, and everyone would handle it, even if it was a waste of money, maybe the amount of money sent to the capital would not be as much as it is now.

Since it is a matter for the palace, the court and individuals to benefit from multiple aspects, no one wants to break the current system of Tianjin Wei, and they are all willing to maintain the status quo.

It is precisely because Tianjin Wei can make so much money, and because after Zhang Juzheng's death, the taxes collected by the imperial court have been decreasing year by year, so everyone is eager to open Songjiang port, imagining that after Songjiang port is opened, there will also be In a situation like Tianjin Wei, if it can have half or even a third of Tianjin Wei's situation, everyone is very satisfied.

Everyone originally thought that there was an official position with real power, and the general held soldiers in his hands, so his words had weight, but Wang Tong had a territory like Tianjin Wei, where Jinshan Yinhai, and thousands of merchants gathered, and his voice was very loud through this cornucopia. They all want to copy a cat like a tiger, at least to prevent Tianjin Wei from taking such a large proportion of Daming's economic plate.

Not only the civil servants were enthusiastic, but even Emperor Wanli was very devoted to this matter and paid a lot of attention, almost in a state of convenience along the way.

Songjiang is considered medium in size among several prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, but Tianjin Wei was only a second-class county in the past, and the size difference is huge. Moreover, Songjiang is not as numerous as Suzhou, and the taxation is the highest in the world. Songjiang Mansion and Tianjin Wei The difference between rich and poor is even greater than the difference in size.

The place is big, and it is so rich. Compared with the start of Tianjin Wei, I don’t know how much better it is. If it can be as successful as Tianjin Wei, the situation may be even better. The opening of Songjiang Prefecture is very important. , everyone up and down think so.

Think about it, do it, do it, the emperor is very concerned about this matter, the eunuchs and ministers are also attentive, the people below can't deal with it too much, they are all doing it with full energy.

However, many things cannot be done well with enough energy. Tianjin Wei's set seems not difficult on the surface, but it is not the same thing after doing it like a cat and a tiger.

Being able to become an eunuch in the inner court, and achieve the level of minister in the outer court, after all, he has a keen eye for things, and his brain is also spinning quickly. Some things are not right as soon as they start to work in Songjiang. For example, they want to set up a business district in Songjiang. How to regulate the commercial district, it seems that it is impossible to completely follow the rules of Tianjin Wei.

The Tianjin Division, which was used to collect taxes, set up a Songjiang Division here, and it was only established, which caused complaints from the local gentry and village elders.

After Emperor Wanli lost his temper a few times, Tian Yi and Shen Shixing touched each other, and they came to a conclusion. If they just keep trying to imitate Tianjin Wei, disasters will happen sooner or later. Let the emperor blame, so why bother.

As a result, both Tian Yi and Shen Shixing remonstrated with Emperor Wanli in different ways, saying that the opening of Songjiang port was related to the taxation of the court, and it was no small matter. We should be cautious, and we should choose experienced people to do it.

Where the people are experienced, it is naturally the official tolerance of Tianjin Wei, even the shopkeepers of several large commercial firms are very experienced, especially the people in the Sanjiang system, they are in business in name Merchants, in fact, perform many functions of local government.

Wang Tong, Cai Nan, and Li Hutou are all in Liaodong. There are no people in Tianjin Wei who make decisions, and the imperial court has not encountered any resistance when they come to transfer people. Whether it is the various yamen or the Sanjiang system, they are very cooperative. Got Wang Tong's order.

In fact, for the people in Tianjin Wei's yamen and the Sanjiang system, there are not too few people who can do these things, but too many. Although the Sanjiang system is in a state of continuous expansion, the Sanjiang system can train and absorb new people. The speed is faster, especially when there are not many students in the business school who are willing to pay attention, they are basically digested by the Sanjiang system and sent to various places to take charge of their own work. Often two or three people go there, just pull a bunch of local people. Not so many people, there are a large number of people in the Sanjiang system who belong to high talents and low jobs, waiting for opportunities, the Tianjin Division is similar, and many veterans who have retired are placed here.

This time the imperial court has to take care of Wang Tong's face and expect the transferred people to do things, and the conditions given are quite generous. For these people, they can go to Songjiang Mansion to do things. Needless to say, the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, go There, what you have learned can be put to use, and there is also a chance to stand out. This is the most important thing.

The opening of Songjiang port has always been a noun since the imperial court proposed it, and it was about to become a joke, but after a large number of people with experience, knowledge and hands-on ability arrived in Songjiang, the situation was a mess in just ten days. It changed immediately, and the people who were confused and didn't know how to do it suddenly had a direction. Even looking at the various reports sent to the imperial court in a hurry, they could feel that they were organized and on the right track.

However, Shen Shixing and Tian Yi lamented in private that if they didn't do this, nothing would happen, but if they did this, Songjiang hadn't opened a port yet, and his Lord Wang had already reached in, and this was his old subordinate's house. Having a child, you said who would they listen to when it was urgent, and how it was almost like drinking poison to quench thirst.

This all happened around April of the 16th year of Wanli. At the beginning of May, the memorial to the victory arrived in the capital.
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