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Chapter 503 It's the turn of Shanxi business case

Seeing the shocked Shi Kefa, Xu Guangqi was very satisfied. This heuristic method of enlightenment was very effective, far better than preaching and indoctrination. Looking at Shi Kefa who couldn't believe it, Xu Guangqi knew that he had successfully enlightened The "chosen one".

"Xiandou should be clear about the advantages of immigrating to the Great Liuqiu..." Xu Guangqi looked at Shi Kefa, who was still in shock and had not recovered, and continued to enlighten.

"Returning to the elders, the students know." As the destination of immigrants, Shi Kefa naturally knows why he immigrates, especially where he immigrates. Where there are three crops a year, as long as it lasts for three or four months, the immigrants can harvest, far from Comparable to what is required to maintain a year of immigration today.The stronger advantage is that after a year, there will be no surplus grain to send to the mainland, which will be of great use in stabilizing the current high grain price. This has been discussed before when discussing the advantages of the Great Ryukyu.Therefore, if Shanghai is the center of immigration, within two years, it must also be the distribution center of grain.

"If you add that part of the water transportation now goes by sea, it also needs to pass through Shanghai. Shanghai can also be regarded as half of the water transportation center. How does Xiandou look at Shanghai now?" Xu Guangqi asked Shi Kefa with a smile.Xu Guangqi himself actually thought it was quite funny. Half an hour ago, he himself was not clear about it, but half an hour later, he was here to enlighten and educate history.

"...Mr. Hui Ge, Shanghai should be the most important thing. It is the center where many things intertwine. It's over, breathing heavily, and answered incredulously, the situation suddenly became clear as soon as someone solved it. Only then did Shi Kefa understand that Shanghai is really so important. It is another Yangzhou.No, it should be said to be far beyond today's Yangzhou.

"What about Shanghai Trade, China and the West? Then what will happen?" Xu Guangqi continued to inspire.

"Maritime Trade Center..." Shi Kefa was already numb.

"If there are still many large factories that will move to Shanghai..."

"This, this, so many centers gathered in one place?" Shi Kefa asked incredulously, what is the consequence of so many centers gathered together?I really can't imagine.

"Xiandou is right. Your Majesty intends to build Shanghai into a new city integrating many centers. The immigration center of our Sinong Division will also be moved to Shanghai. Shanghai will be our new home in the future...Shanghai will definitely Become a pearl on the sea of ​​my Ming Dynasty, and the annual tax revenue should account for more than [-]% of my Ming Dynasty..." Xu Guangqi said full of confidence and strength.

"...Shanghai,...New City...Pearl...[-]% tax revenue?..." Shi Kefa looked at Xu Guangqi, who was full of smiles and glowing with infinite vitality, and said in disbelief, Daming [-]% tax revenue, this... ...If it is paid by a county, what is the size of this county?What kind of county is this?Shi Kefa really didn't dare to imagine... Shi Kefa found that at this time, Elder Xu Ge could only look up. Shi Kefa found that standing in front of Elder Xu Ge, he was so small, and Elder Xu Ge was as tall as a mountain.The birth of this sea pearl is just around the corner. I think that when this sea pearl appears in front of the world in a peerless manner in the future, it will be dazzling.

"Does Xiandou want to build this pearl on the sea?" Xu Guangqi asked.

"..." Shi Kefa stared at Xu Guangqi in a daze, unable to speak. There were too many surprises and accidents tonight, which made Shi Kefa unable to react.

"Your Majesty ordered that the Secretary of Agriculture be moved to Shanghai, intending to make Shanghai an immigration center, and then let Xiandou serve as the county magistrate of Shanghai under the pretext of facilitating immigration, and start building this pearl on the sea. Does Xiandou have the courage and commitment?" Xu Guangqi asked with a smile.

"Ah!..." Shi Kefa was dumbfounded, all the words were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't speak a word. He could only stare at the mountain-like Xu Guangqi in a daze.

Xu Guangqi looked at Shi Kefa, who had been speechless by so many news, and smiled. The news was indeed too shocking. Now Shi Kefa looks good. He himself cried loudly before, knowing that he would give Shi Kefa It was a process of getting used to it. After finishing speaking, he looked at Shi Kefa with a smile.

After half a sound.

"Students, how capable and virtuous, how dare you take on this important task, Mr. Ge, this is too heavy, and the students are afraid that they will not be able to bear it." Shi Kefa calmed down for a long time before he got better, organized some words, and quickly said, these news It was too sudden, it was too shocking.

"Xiandou should not underestimate yourself. Not only does the old man value you, but His Majesty also values ​​you. You go to Shanghai to serve as the county magistrate. You are a sixth-rank official doing seventh-rank things. You have a detached attitude. What are you afraid of? Although this matter Heavy, but with His Majesty guiding you and supporting you behind, what are you afraid of? In the future, Shanghai will gather many centers into one, and the world will be turned upside down. The day is sure to come. His Majesty can assign you, which is affirmation of you, yes Don't worry, how can you live up to His Majesty's expectations of you? This place is the hope of my Ming's rebirth, it is the hope of my Ming's revival, its importance is beyond words, how can you shirk it? Isn't this the philosophy of Xiandou all the time? Why don't you dare to face it at this critical moment?" Xu Guangqi immediately preached.

"Students are taught! I respect His Majesty's instructions, and respect the elders' teachings." After some enlightenment, Shi Kefa did not refuse any more. This is indeed a challenge, but also an opportunity.Today, through Xu Guangqi's enlightenment, he has already understood the importance of Shanghai, and he has understood that Shanghai's earth-shaking changes are just around the corner. How can such an opportunity be missed?What's more, there is the emperor backing him.

"Okay! Xiandou can agree, and finally lived up to His Majesty's expectations. His Majesty also ordered that Xiandou go to Shanghai to take up a post, and the job of the Secretary of Agriculture is still retained, so as to facilitate immigration, and also to facilitate the construction of this old city with immigration as an excuse." A new Shanghai that has never been seen before..... To go to Shanghai, you need to make a bold move and don't stick to any stereotypes. Everything should be focused on building a new Shanghai; It is even more important to follow His Majesty's guidance and orders..." Xu Guangqi Chunchun taught.

"The student understands that he will definitely not disappoint the expectations of His Majesty and the old man." Shi Kefa immediately agreed solemnly.At this time, Shi Kefa had calmed down a lot. After thinking about the matter, he had already figured out the whole story. Why Xu Ge was crying today? Afterwards, Mr. Xu Ge felt something, and that’s why he cried. As for why Mr. Xu Ge cried, it probably has something to do with the construction of a new Shanghai today. This new Shanghai is really attractive, and its vision is really grand. Even if he just thinks about it now, he still feels that the blood in his whole body is boiling.

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Forbidden City.

platform.

Yang Reform convened a group of people to discuss matters on the platform.

After some greetings, Yang Reform directly started talking about today's events.

"Your families are called today because I have something to discuss with you," Yang Reform said.

All the ministers were silent, waiting for the emperor to speak, seeing that today it was discussing matters on the platform, they all knew that they were afraid that this matter was related to the war, if ordinary political affairs should be handled in Wenhua Palace.

"The Shanxi Shanxi Merchants and Captives Case has now made some progress..." Yang Reform stopped for a moment and looked around at the people around him.

When the ministers heard about the Shanxi Merchants Tongcapture Case, they all quickly put their heads down. This was the Shanxi Merchants Tongcapture Case. The emperor took advantage of his power and then involved the salt merchants, thus uprooting the salt merchants. The Shanxi merchant case can be described as an introduction. The salt merchant case has been calmed down now, but I don’t know why the Shanxi merchant case is brought up again.

"...The results of the trial of this Shanxi merchant case can be described as shocking. The merchants communicated with the captives, let alone this, and even the border generals also communicated with the captives to provide convenience for the Eastern captives to pass on information and smuggle supplies. I think I feel disgusting when I look up..." Yang Reform said this, and then looked at the ministers, and he was satisfied when he saw that all the ministers lowered their heads.

"...My many defeats outside the Daming Pass are not unrelated to the Shanxi Merchants Tonglu. , How to prevent similar things from happening in the future, the ancients said that it is not too late to mend a dead sheep, and today, we are here to fill this hole." Yang Reform briefly explained the purpose of today's platform meeting.

All the ministers were relieved when they heard this. Now, facing the increasingly majestic emperor, life is really difficult. If you want to fool him, you have to find a good excuse to fool him. That will take your brains.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that this loophole should indeed be made up for. If it wasn't for the Shanxi merchants cooperating with captives, why would our court have such a disastrous defeat outside the customs?" The chief assistant Shi Fenglai immediately stood up and stood up for the emperor. This job, but His forte, he's professional.

"That's right, let's talk about what to do with the border trade here. Whether the border market opens or not, what are the pros and cons, and how to make up for the loopholes? Let's see if there is a good strategy." Yang Reform said.

The ministers only now know what the emperor summoned everyone to do today, that is to discuss the issue of the border market. In fact, this is the follow-up of the Shanxi business case. It's not over yet, everyone's attention has been attracted by the salt merchant case, followed by the emperor's fight against salt merchants, and the introduction of a new salt law, which is a rare event in the ages. The face is "not big" and the money involved is "not much". Everyone has almost forgotten it. Now when the emperor mentioned it, everyone remembered that the introduction of the salt business case was indeed not closed yet, which triggered the salt business case. The key to this matter is that there is no end to the matter of Tonglu.

The emperor asked everyone to discuss it, and everyone discussed it without any scruples. For this, the current ministers are very comfortable and like it.It is very important to exchange opinions and opinions, and even inquire about secret information, but it is a major issue related to the team at a critical moment. Therefore, this free discussion is quite welcome and liked.

Seeing that the discussion was almost over, Yang Reform suppressed his hands, and the officials immediately stopped discussing and waited for the emperor to speak.

"Your family has almost discussed it, so let's talk about whether the border market should open or not." Yang Reform said.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that merchants will inevitably collude with foreign races for their own interests through trade with foreign races outside the pass, such as passing news or something. Now our dynasty and Donglu are fighting outside the pass. In order to prevent leaks of news, to avoid these The big defeat in Nian happened again, and the minister thought that the border market should be closed." A minister immediately stood up and suggested closing the border market based on the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, I agree with you. Over the years, our court has leaked news because of merchants' cooperation with captives. I don't know how many officers and troops have been lost outside the customs. How many failures have I suffered? If there is any possibility of cooperating with the captives, the war outside the pass will definitely improve, and the extermination of the eastern captives will be just around the corner." Another minister also said impassionedly.

"Report to Your Majesty, the ministers also agree to ban the border market..." More ministers stood up one after another and agreed to ban the border market.

What the minister said before won the support of many people. Now the unified view of the imperial court is that the many defeats of the Ming Dynasty outside the customs were all due to the Shanxi merchants. Therefore, so many defeats, in fact, should be blamed on the Shanxi merchants. They must be blamed for cooperating with captives and leaking information. Even if they can't put all the responsibility on their heads, at least half of it can be pushed. Therefore, so many defeats in the past are not all due to the incompetence of the court, nor are they all due to the incompetence of the parties..., The imperial court was also tricked!Therefore, this embarrassing thing was quickly unified by the court.

Yang Reform pressed his hand again, impassioned, and the angry ministers stopped again to see what the emperor had to say.

"After listening to the words of the Qing family, I also think it makes sense. However, the sages said, 'Listen and you will understand'. Does the Qing family have a different opinion?" Yang Reform asked.

All the ministers, you look at me and I look at you, ready to see who objects.

After a while, Liu Yanyuan, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I have something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not."

"But it doesn't matter." Yang Reformed.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think it is very important to ban the border market, but now there are many imperial alliance troops of our dynasty outside the customs. They not only fight for our dynasty, but also form a tribe of their own. , what about these imperial association troops?" said Liu Yanyuan, Secretary of the Ministry of War.

"Well, it makes sense. The Imperial Association Army is the fence of our dynasty, but we have to consider it. If we blindly ban the border market, the lives of these Imperial Association Army will have problems again." Yang Reform said again.

Some ministers began to see the reputation and began to despise it. What's the matter?However, since the emperor summoned everyone to the platform to discuss matters, it also shows that the emperor respects everyone and is not an arbitrary master...

"Reporting to Your Majesty, since the Imperial Association Army needs to take care of both, it is natural to be open to the Imperial Association Army. The consequences of opening the border market are extremely serious. It should only restrict the opening of the border market to the Imperial Association Army. We need them to trade," said a minister.

"Yes, Your Majesty, our Daming should open a border market with the Royal Association Army loyal to our Daming. Besides the grassland tribes, why should my Daming care about them? We should prohibit all merchants from trading with them." The iron-blooded minister also Immediately follow up.

"It makes sense, it should be like this. The border market cannot be banned, but it should also be limited to trade with the Imperial Association Army, so as to restrain the Imperial Association Army. Master Sun, what do you think?" Yang Reform asked.

Sun Chengzong, who had been standing there silently for a long time, stood up and replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I think this strategy is feasible. The staff department also had deduction in this regard before, but it was only because of the Jinshang Tonglu case. Finally, His Majesty asked about this matter today, and I think that this strategy is indeed feasible, and that the Imperial Association Army should be controlled and restrained by trade rights, so that the Imperial Association Army can fight for our dynasty, and it can also be used to restrain the Imperial Association Army. "Sun Chengzong said.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone understood what was going on. There were rumors about the Imperial Association Army in the past, but it really disappeared. Now it seems that the emperor has long wanted to take action against the border market. Yes, it may really be because of this incident that the emperor discovered the Shanxi Merchants Tonglu case, so the case of the Shanxi Merchants Tonglu broke out. Looking back now, it should be so.

"Yes, yes, yes, that's true. I have forgotten that the Imperial Association Army should be supported and even more controlled. The Imperial Association Army should be restrained and restricted by the rationing of trade rights..." Yang Reform pretended that I had forgotten appearance.

Many ministers in the court secretly slandered: This is too fake, forget?If you really forgot, Your Majesty, then the Shanxi merchants will be wronged to death, and the salt merchants will be the ones who have suffered bad luck. This is obviously a harmony between the monarch and his ministers...

"Then the General Staff will take a look at how to deal with this matter once again. It is best to draw up an article. Now that there is a war outside the customs, we should try our best to prevent the leakage of news, and give the Royal Association Army an explanation as soon as possible. It's the beginning of the new year, and the Imperial Association Army is about to mobilize to mop up the Mongolian grasslands, and it's time for my Ming Dynasty to use them, so don't hurt their enthusiasm." Yang Reform took it smoothly.

"The minister leads the decree!" Sun Chengzong took over the conversation and said.

As soon as the words fell, a minister hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

"Well, what's the matter?" Yang Reform asked. Although this formal discussion is boring, it is also necessary. Cleaning up people's hearts and establishing a brand can play a key role in many cases.

"Your Majesty, the tribes of Tumet used to have a very good relationship with our court, and there is even a strange woman like 'Mrs. Zhongshun' of King Shunyi who has guarded the border for me for decades. Now her descendants are taken care of by my court. Your Majesty, as far as I know, most of the Imperial Association Army is in the east, but what is your Majesty planning to do with the Mongolian tribes in the middle and west of Longmen Station? There is no Imperial Association Army here!" a minister asked immediately.

(End of this chapter)