My Brother-in-law is the Prince - Chapter 439

Chapter 439 Can you do whatever you want if you have money?

Yu Qian only smiled slightly. He is quite familiar with Zhang Anshi, after all, he has been a secretary in Changshi Mansion for so many days.

This His Highness may not care much about other things, but he values ​​money the most.

But now Yu Qian has also changed his mind. Ever since he really entered the county prince’s mansion for official business, he has become more and more aware of the importance of money.

There are so many officials in the Taiping Mansion, and they all point to the Taiping Mansion to distribute their salaries!

Everyone has a family to support, and without money to support them, what about the wives and children?

What’s more, there are so many projects in Taiping Mansion, and I don’t know how many people are employed. Which one doesn’t cost money?

It is true that the king of Wuhu County loves money, but he is also a boy who spreads wealth. Countless money flows out of the county king’s mansion, and then enters thousands of households.

He really saw the children of ordinary hired workers enter the school, and he also saw with his own eyes that the women who had fallen into poverty at home had to go to the textile workshops, and they would go to the shop in groups to buy rouge.

As soon as the meal time comes, thousands of households raise cooking smoke, and the smell of meat can be smelled.

Perhaps these are nothing, even for Yu Qian, who has been an official for generations and has a scholarly family, it is simply commonplace.

Then no one said in grief and indignation: “The old man’s bearer, the few nursing homes, and some tenants have all moved away. Hey… there is no way to live!”

Seeing Yu Qianshi’s eager appearance, Chen Jian said: “Your Highness, Shangguan should report the situation of Shanghai Customs first.”

Thinking about it carefully, the glass thing, despite the fact that I have to produce it on a small scale, is really more precious than unusual pearls and other jewelry, but I thought that those Zhang An would still play like that.

But in private, there are already dark tides.

Yu Qianshi nodded in agreement and said: “He thinks well, and since that’s the case, he can’t, do you still want to build a school?”

After all, throughout the ages, the whole world has seen such a waste of money.

Before going forward, Jin Zhong, Minister of the Ministry of War, dared to be slow, and immediately took a memorial to meet him in a hurry.

Yu Qianshidao: “In that case, the 87 million taels of silver…you just got big heads, but those Zhang An, who have already eaten their fat heads and small ears?”

Maritime merchants couldn’t help muttering, how can there be so little money in the Taiping Mansion?

No one would have thought that the two notices from the Taiping Mansion would produce such a huge result overnight.

But for Chen Jianna and others, they didn’t know it yet. If Xiao Ming was going to produce a saint, four out of ten, it would be the Prince of Wuhu in front of him.

…

Yu Qianshi was not worried at all, so he said, “If so, will it be too heavy a burden for Lu Jiao?”

Those letters, none of the former officials who served as officials in the school, nor their own hometown, but no matter who the letters came from, they always gave people a kind of outdated oppression.

“The gold and silver we exchanged for glass mirrors and colored glaze, and then we bought a small amount of cotton from Tianzhu, fabrics for snacks, and wool, etc., returned to you, Xiao Ming, and it was Fei’s interest. The glass mirror, in the You, Xiao Ming, are really valuable things, but just a few tens of hundreds of taels of mirrors and colored glass can be exchanged for a boatload of wool and cotton worth tens of thousands of gold…”

Zhu Di rose to his seat, gazed at Jin Zhong, Jin Zhong worshiped him, and saluted: “Your Majesty, the chief envoy of Zhejiang Province will play slowly, and Your Majesty will take a look at it.”

Yu Qianshi said enthusiastically, “Is all the money in the warehouse?”

Lu Jiao smiled and said: “After all, the customs duties are huge. It is precisely because of this that people will take risks because of this. Especially merchant ships, people who run ships are often cowardly. Your Majesty, there should be some You have heard that there are not some merchant ships who landed on land as good people, and went to sea, although they also transported goods, but it was not uncommon to win people.”

Lu Jiaoshi nodded his head: “It’s broken, it’s broken, let me see the accounts, there’s so little fuss, let’s look at the accounts, and I’m sure I’ll do it.”

Although my face was still fierce, but with Lu Jiaoshi’s support, I didn’t feel any depression that I didn’t even realize.

The big county government office, at this time, there are not many people rushing in, but it is quiet.

But Yu Qian is not an ordinary person, he still has a little understanding of the folk.

Zhang Anshi: “The customs currently has a fixed staff of 817 people, including 178 Chinese-speaking officials, and more than 200 customs inspection personnel. Besides that, there are no 14 treasurers. Yes… and now ships are entering the port. The number is decreasing day by day, and there are not many people who are law-abiding people who are trying to confuse them into the customs. The Shangguan thinks that those manpower is still far from enough, especially the number of inspections is far from enough.”

Bad in the Taiping Mansion, they have already been reborn, and it is difficult for those.

Before Chen Jian said goodbye and left, Lu Jiaoshi was sitting alone, drinking tea leisurely, his face looked intense as usual, but in fact I had finished thinking.

Lu Jiaojian: “I didn’t come to Mabajia from Zhang’an, and the local Tianzhu, Xiaoshi and other merchants brought out glass, colored glaze and other things. The Xiaoshi and Tianzhu merchants were out of the clear, and they rushed to buy a piece of glass. Especially glass mirrors can be exchanged for hundreds of taels of gold and silver, and a piece of colored glaze is actually worth a hundred taels of gold and silver, but Tianzhu and the food merchants regard it as a rare treasure.”

Chen Jian smiled, pretending that he didn’t hear that sentence.

Just like that, you can still exchange such a thing for a small sum of gold and silver. The only possibility is not that Xiaojia knows what is going on, and everyone has a special heart like a mirror, but Xiaojia doesn’t mean that he maintains a certain kind of tacit agreement.

Therefore, the ban is over and no one is talking about it.

Encourage the common people in the sky to move to Taiping Mansion. Once settled, the unemployed will be exempted from one-year tuition fees in the college, and each household will be given eight taels of silver for the needs of settling down.

Yu Qianshi himself can’t imagine.

The account was in the hands of Lu Jiaoshi, and it used the common recording method of Taiping Mansion, so Yu Qianshi didn’t bother to look at the back, and just turned to the table on the first page until a number came into view.

Small credit is equivalent to the single customs tax, which almost surpasses the local money and grain tax. No wonder in the previous life, the customs of a country are almost the lifeblood of many countries.

I raised my head and pondered for a while, then I said, “Is he trying to build a model camp?”

Yu Qianshi said: “That… also needs to be discussed. We can run the school first and recruit a group of students. Of course, he will do that.”

Hastily negotiated.

As I said that, Lu Jiaoshi encouraged me: “Human favors and other things can be lost, they are all mortal bodies, how can there be human relationships? But money is involved, it is not a different matter, not to mention Hou, It’s the Heavenly King Lao Tzu, if you pay that tax, you, Lu Jiaoshi, will still lose your face.”

Therefore, Gao Xiang finished his busy work and called the magistrates of all counties to implement the matters of population absorption and relief of the people.

Na Hai agreed to calm down, and said: “Did you send someone to stop it?”

I stabilized my mind and murmured, it seemed that I had lost some cares outside my heart.

Such a move can indeed solve the problem of insufficient manpower in Taiping Prefecture.

Outside the capital, it seems that it is still fierce.

Chen Jian smiled again, and gave Lu Jiaoshi a meaningful look.

The government’s expenditure is abundant. If there is no money, manpower is needed to implement it. In addition, it is to formulate various detailed rules.

The most ridiculous thing is that in Ma Bajia, there are probably many people who know the glass mirror, but there are only local palaces and Han Chinese guards, not so few merchants.

“It’s already in the warehouse.” Zhang Anshi: “It’s the silver that came in from the Guoli Fan… It’s less, but the gold is less.”

“I’m not convinced yet.” Lu Jiaojian: “The owner of the ship, take it directly, imprison it, seize the ship and the cargo, and send people directly to question the business involved in the ship. That is to solve the problem. Yet?”

Yi Shiha received the memorial and forwarded it to Zhu Di.

It’s just that Chen Jian doesn’t have his own opinion. Saints may not be all talented and virtuous. They can make people worry like Yao and Shun, and they can also pass on their names.

“That’s encouraging fleeing households.”

Zhang Anshi: “Yes.”

Those who come here are at least local gentry.

What’s more, once those two notices came out, Yu Qianshi was forced to stand on a moral low point.

Chen Jian was fierce: “They are all levied according to the amount of customs duties set by the Highness. Sea-going ships have a small load capacity, and the sea-going ships in sight often carry more precious goods in order to increase profits. That’s a whole ship. The goods may have to pay thousands of taels of silver, so… the customs tax is naturally high.”

The county magistrate Haishang, however, hid in the shabby house in the front office, and was willing to come out for a long time.

It is precisely because I have seen the starving people everywhere, the starving people in ragged clothes, and the scrawny children who have gone to the fields and herded cattle since childhood, that I know how terrible Zhang Anshi is.

Taiping Prefecture has set up Jiminyuan in various places. If there is no need, eight meals a day can be provided. Of course, the meals are mainly steamed cakes.

But it’s enough to have no confidence. I’m like a rich man now, and I need to give some people a big shock.

Another day passed, and there was no announcement, but it was Jimin’s notice.

Everywhere in Taiping Mansion, the sudden end of the article list was posted one after another.

After a while, I felt that the prince of the county was still talking badly, which at most overturned my little perception at the beginning.

Yu Qianshi immediately said: “He speaks slowly.”

Chen Jian calmly said: “Exactly, what Shangguan wants to build is a school for customs specialists. When preparing to build the customs, because the recruited personnel were mixed, Shangguan spent a lot of effort to clean them up. But in the long run, it is the way. If there is a specialized school to replenish personnel at any time, once the business becomes more onerous in the future, if we rush to recruit personnel, I am afraid it will be too late.”

Zhang Anshi: “Yes.”

Memorandums and letters from various prefectures and counties in the sky, such as snow flakes, are specially sent to the imperial court and various mansions.

Yu Qianshidao: “Everything you do must be justified, but no matter how small the status is, it can’t be worth real money. Without such a small amount of income, it’s time for me to do a small job.”

Well, I appreciate that!

Outside the bulletin board, there is a notice about emigration.

He loves to come.

What is a saint? Except for what people called the emperor after the Song Dynasty.

A gentry smiled wryly, beat his chest and fell to his feet: “Does the county lord know? Most of our guards outside the county have fled. This Taiping Mansion has drawn up some kind of regulations, saying that every mansion If the county guards move to Taiping Mansion, they will be given another seven taels of silver for resettlement.”

Seeing my calm expression, Yu Qianshi said in surprise: “Are you willing to give in?”

So, I pondered for a while, and then I finished editing the book, and my predecessor rushed to the capital.

Chen Jian said with a smile: “Your Majesty, you must worry about that point. The profit of sea goods is too small. Your Xiaoming is a valuable thing. When it arrives in Lifan, it will be several times the profit. Lifan’s goods arrive in Xiaoming. , and there is no interest rate difference of less than double, and even… Shangguan also heard that… there are no methods of doing business, which is really unbelievable.”

Chen Jian shook his head and said: “The only thing that is sufficient is manpower. Shangguan thinks that at most eight or seven hundred more people will be needed. Other than that… it is not weapons. What is lacking is neither slow boat nor fire. Guns, cannons, horses, etc., should be equipped with the model battalion as standard.”

Really straightforward and complex!

After thinking for a while, Lu Jiaoshi ordered someone to invite Chen Lilai, and before that, someone called Zhu Jinren and others.

“What does your majesty mean?” Lu Jiao looked at Yu Qianshi, as if he felt that Yu Qianshi had nothing to say.

“It is absolutely true.” Zhang Anshi: “Zhang An’s risk is also great. Of course, earning money is really earning money.”

Lu Jiaoshi suddenly felt refreshed, his eyes slightly opened, and he said, “That little?”

Yu Qianshi: “…”

Now the land rent has not plummeted, and even the land price has plummeted.

“It’s not that kind of thing.” Chen Jian continued with humility and arrogance: “It was copied from the inspection by the superiors. He was very courageous. It was a whole boatload of spices, but it was a boatload of useful iron ore. Shi, I want to take this opportunity to pay more customs duties. The inspection boarded the ship to search, and there was a conflict with us, so I came here, and the problem was solved.”

Zhu Di only glanced at it, and then opened his eyes, the eyes were as hot as frost for a moment, and he rushed forward, and couldn’t help shouting: “You are cowardly, you know your life!”

Without money, there is no confidence!

Yu Qianshi said with a smile: “That’s important, gold and silver are separated, without that, this king can’t rest easy.”

The more people talk, the more they want it.

Yu Qianshi frowned and said, “Two hundred people, is it still enough?”

87 million taels of silver, what is the concept?

“If such matters involve huge profits, if necessary precautions are necessary, how can we collect all the tax money to make up for the amount imposed by the customs?”

But I hate it!

One of the gentry said with a bitter face: “The county lord, there are few escapees, he must think of a way! In the past, there were only sporadic escapes, but now… under the official path, it is… but…”

Henan chief envoy to Shangqiu County.

Hai Shang frowned and said, “Where did Lu Jiaoshi get so little money from outside? We…we…”

But even steamed cakes were fine grains in that era.

But people in this world don’t have the same interpretation of saints. No one thinks that they are called saints with all their talents and virtues.

Seeing that Yu Qianshi had something to say, thinking that Yu Qianshi was afraid of getting into trouble, Chen Jian said: “The Shangguan also knows that His Majesty must be in trouble. After all, His Majesty is worried about offending people. If it is a mistake, it is a matter of course. If no one asks, His Majesty will discuss this matter. Just push it under Shangguan’s head, Shangguan is in the capital, anyway, he has relatives and old friends, so he is frank and fearful.”

Yu Qianshi smiled and said: “He is doing business for the county prince’s mansion, how could you push those things under his head? That thing was done badly, and the patrol that imprisoned the owner of the ship should be credited with merit, and rewards for bad things.”

In fact, there is nothing wrong with running away from home. The scary thing is that few of the people who go to Taiping Mansion are young and strong.

Even fewer refer to people like Yao and Shun or Zhou Gong and Kong Sheng.

But now, it is so naked, but it is surprising.

Don’t look at Xiao Ming, those scholars, farmers, businessmen and businessmen criticize each other, the worst is silence.

“That… is a bad story.” The gentry talked all over the place: “This person is the most greedy and disgusting. In this Taiping Mansion, he takes money for everything. I don’t have much money, but I would rather give up my family’s wealth and have a relationship with you.” Waiting is dealing with it.”

If you go up like that again, how can you do it?

At this time, Yu Qian said: “This king has heard that he also seized the goods of the Marquis of Chengyang and ordered me to pay the tax?”

Many people saw the letter, and it can be said that they couldn’t sleep.

A few more days later, the weather became more and more severe. The summer was scorching, but he did not slow down and rushed to the Ministry of War.

Lu Jiaoshi paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, imitating Zhu Di.

Sea merchant pondered for a moment, and said: “Masters, you need to panic. You should report this matter to the Ming court.”

Absorbing the population from Houtaiping Mansion almost adopts a method of moistening things and making sounds.

Naturally, I may not be used to some of the customs in Taiping Mansion, and I even have no complaints about some phenomena.

“In addition to this, there is also a mill in the Taiping Mansion, where the migrating people are specially made to complain about their grievances. If the migrating people encounter difficulties with local officials along the way, they can sue. Although we are They can be severely punished, but they say that those people will be recorded in the roster, and now, all the officers outside the county are determined to do this, and they are all afraid of being sued, lest they lose their way in time.”

After hearing this, the merchant’s eyes showed surprise, and he said dumbfoundedly: “Your Majesty enshrined the vassal, and the Taiping Mansion is like a country within a country, but we never expected that we would be so rampant.”

It was the next day.

When Yu Qianshi listened, he couldn’t help but laugh.

Zhang Anshi: “Shangguan is usually timid. He dared to walk at night and encountered snakes, insects, rats and ants. The reason why Shangguan went all out was because he believed that such things would benefit thousands of years, so It’s just going through fire and water.”

Yu Qian said: “What method?”

It wasn’t until the escrow room was here that the gentry left after a long time, and even the noise slowed down, so I came out in a hurry to greet everyone.

So come here, my few suggestions and ideas can be expressed calmly.

But once they go to sea, especially when there are so few people in a relatively dangerous environment, it is very difficult for people to consciously unite in such a dangerous environment.

After a pause, I ordered with a serious expression: “In terms of customs matters, he must first make a statement, and just do his own thing.”

Yu Qian Shidao: “Did this king misunderstand him? He is very courageous.”

(end of this chapter)