Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1004 The New Generation
After finishing this matter, there is really no other request.

After the businessman came out, he didn't say much immediately.

Instead, he waited for Liu Yu to follow the list and call in the top merchants one by one for lectures. In the evening, Liu Yu only said that he was busy. thing.

After only tentatively speaking a few sentences, all the Shaanxi businessmen discovered that the content of the interviews was not quite the same, but the general direction was the same.

"What do you think?"

The first person to be interviewed was a businessman surnamed Li, whose family started as a contractor of military supplies and logistics during the Hongwu period, and asked everyone.

The rest of the people did not speak, but looked at him.

It took a long time before someone said: "Brother Li, everyone here admires you, you are also the initiator of our Xiqin Guild Hall. The Duke also asked you to talk to me first, so you should talk about this matter."

The businessman surnamed Li hummed and said: "You have also seen it. What the Duke said this time is the truth. If the Duke wants to support Wang Ermazi and Zhao Sangouzi, it is as easy as pie."

"Don't talk about anything else, just say that if the steam engine of the Academy of Sciences is used to extract brine, the officials will not be biased. Could it be that those of us who use cattle can really beat others?"

"The method of finding a well depends on the Sichuan people. The court just doesn't know how to find a well, dig a well, and everything else. But, we don't know how to do it either."

"The conditions of the Duke... I think they are all good."

"Three or five million taels is enough to build the Three Gorges waterway and towpath. As for children leaving their hometown, it may not be a bad thing. It is always good to follow the experience."

"One person attains enlightenment and ascends to heaven. How many of those newcomers in Songjiang Mansion these years have followed Xing Guogong step by step in the early years?"

"What do you think? Anyway, this is a stock offering. If you don't want to do it, you don't have to force it."

The rest of the merchants laughed and said, "Brother Li, although we are a bit stupid, we also know the good and the bad. It goes without saying. We only talk about how to divide the money from our shareholding? How much should each take? This is for everyone to discuss." down."

"As for whether to do it or not, that's needless to say. Can you give up the fat that fell on your lips to others?"

"According to the protective price given by the Duke, even if the imperial court buys it at the lowest price, it will still be profitable based on our current cost. Besides, we will use iron cattle that eat coal in the future, and the coal mines We have to change it, and we will definitely earn money.”

A group of businessmen are convinced that they will be able to make money in the future.

Although the court had never used similar methods before, I thought that the times had changed after all.In the past, Sichuan Salt needed military support, and Yunnan and Guizhou were regarded as border areas, and they had to exchange horses and food to supplement military supplies and logistics.

Now all over Yunnan and Guizhou are accompanied by more and more mining industries, coupled with the movement of reforming the land and returning it to the local people, it is quite different now.

It seems that the imperial court did have the reason for such a change. The original military role gave way to official movement and commercial sales, to solve the problem of eating salt in Guizhou, and to strengthen the control of Guizhou through salt.

The means of official promotion and commercial sales here are obviously blocking the way of life for those big salt merchants.A large number of small retail merchants will soon overwhelm the market, which can be regarded as blocking their future development of "production, transportation, and sales".

Then it's really just production.

Of course, the investment in the early stage is also quite large, but the specific investment amount, Liu Yu said that it is being calculated over there, and will be given out after a while.

In fact, the amount of shares invested in the future, put it now, is reflected in the amount of money paid for dredging the Three Gorges channel this time.

Some people have cash in their hands, and some people don't have cash in their hands. At this time, it depends on whether the most prestigious businessman can come up with a convincing plan.

Everyone is convinced that in the future, they will definitely emulate the directors of the Songjiang government system and have decision-making power in their hands.

If everyone is not convinced, they will definitely not be able to suppress it in the future. Maybe the court will take the opportunity to do something, mix sand, bury nails, that is very possible.

They have never thought about what the purpose of dredging the Three Gorges is. After all, no matter how courageous they are, they imagine that the imperial court will hand over the Xiangchu salt area to them. The attrition rate still makes Sichuan Salt highly competitive in Xiangchu.

The businessman surnamed Li also understood what these people meant. Many people who did not have so much cash in their hands at this time hoped that he would speak; while those who had a lot of cash in their hands did not want to offend others at this time.

With their own minds, the businessman surnamed Li has a chance to build his prestige. This time, as long as he handles it properly and everyone is convinced, many things will be easier in the future.

After discussing for most of the night, and finally came up with a satisfactory result after basically all parties compromised, they reported to Liu Yuna the next day, saying that the money would be transported to Kuizhou Mansion soon.

Liu Yu only asked them to wait here for a few more days, waiting for news from the court.

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A few days later, in the court hall, the envoys from various provinces who returned to Beijing in one year, two years or three years were all there.

Liu Yu remained silent as usual, as if falling asleep.

He didn't speak because it wasn't right for him to say it.

So, someone said.

The Sichuan Jiedu envoy who returned to Beijing took on this task. Naturally, after visiting and contacting a few days ago, he explained the matter clearly.

It's not Liu Yu's business here, Liu Yu still represents the meaning of the emperor, it's obvious, otherwise how could it be possible to reach out to Sichuan with nothing to do?

Fortunately, this is not Lianghuai salt, so there is not much involved, and the Sichuan Jiedu envoy naturally understands what to do.

The points he played to break the problem all depended on his own ability.

Just to break the point, as Sichuan has recuperated and recuperated over the years, the population has gradually increased, and it has more than doubled.Now the industry and commerce should be developed so that the common people can have work to do.

After Shaanxi businessmen entered Sichuan, they offered to pay 40 taels of silver to repair the waterway out of Sichuan.

It is also said that the various drawbacks of Sichuan salt sales today, so please practice the method of "official transportation and commercial sales" in Sichuan.In order to bring Sichuan salt into Guizhou and reduce the price of salt in Guizhou.

Shangli treasury.

Down to benefit the people.

The emperor just needed someone to bring it up, and discussed it at the court meeting, but no one fired a cannon at this place to object.Sichuan belongs to the fringe area, and the focus of the central government is still Lianghuai. The affairs in Sichuan are not too eye-catching, and it is not good to stand in line at this time, so as not to offend others.

And the relationship with everyone is not very great. The supporters of the Lianghuai salt merchants are all from Jiangnan.

No matter how great the Lianghuai salt is, it cannot be sold to Guizhou.

Moreover, it sounds like this kind of official promotion and commercial marketing is also beneficial to the Lianghuai Salt Industry.The imperial court strengthened the control of Sichuan salt, so less salt was smuggled from Sichuan to Hunan and Chu, which was also good for Lianghuai salt.

After the Great Court Council dissipated, according to the usual practice, the palace gave a banquet to strengthen the connection between the local government and the central government.

After the banquet, the emperor made an exception and summoned several people.

The first two are very young.

One, to serve as Governor of Syria.

The other is to serve as the Syrian-Malaysian defense envoy.

These two people were promoted exceptionally, one made military exploits in suppressing the rebellion in western Sichuan, this was not recommended by Liu Yu, Liu Yu does not recommend people from the army.

The other person who was to be appointed by the emperor as governor of Xuzhou was recommended by Liu Yu, which was an exceptional promotion.

Only thirty, it is really rare to be a government official at such a young age.

Such recommendations are all related.If something goes wrong in the future, the recommender will also be responsible.

Now Dashun and other officials are lacking a lot of people, and the recommendation is an offending thing, and many people are staring at it.

On the one hand, it was because Dashun had his old brothers, Liang Jiazi.

On the other hand, even the "college entrance examination" of this year has no age limit.Year after year, there are a bunch of people in their [-]s and [-]s. At this time, they have to give them a chance, or donate or something, at least give them a chance to enter the system and have an alternate official.

There are more and more people, more and more candidates, and there is no age limit for the imperial examination. I am afraid that if I hold it for a long time, a group of people who have never passed the exam will come out, so I write two poems to dare to laugh at Huang Chao.

Therefore, it is not easy to survive an official vacancy in these years.

Of course the emperor has the right to point directly, but unless it is a very special situation, he will not move.Some people may survive their whole life without reaching a deficiency, at least give those people some hope.

As for a person who can be promoted to Fu Yin at the age of 30, how many pairs of eyes will really be stared at by the word.

Both of them were in their early thirties, and in the eyes of the emperor, this already belonged to the next generation.

Liu Yu is special, his background and having caught up with the two wars in the north in a row are not normal.

Normally speaking, someone who has been a defense envoy and governor in his early 30s can be regarded as a key talent in Dashun.

After all, the emperor is not young anymore, if he really has some skills, the prince should also be in a high position after he succeeds to the throne in the future.

The defense envoy is someone from the emperor's side.

Fu Yin was recommended by Liu Yu, not from Liu Yu's family, but he did a good job in Sunan before.

Needless to say, defense can make merit.

And this prefect of Xuzhou was obviously used for the future.

To expropriate land and solve the rent problem of salt wells quickly, this has entered the history books, and it has a reputation similar to that of the "mine supervisor" of the previous dynasty.

Definitely will not have a good reputation.

As long as the emperor shows his thoughts a little bit, he will be besieged by countless people.

The Syrian horse defense envoy that the emperor wanted, surnamed Ma, named Haochuan, has a very beautiful resume.

Born in the Wude Palace, he joined the army and practiced in the reform of the Southwest. He performed very well in the counterinsurgency in Western Sichuan. After being ambushed, he was fearless in the face of danger and reacted quickly.After that, he even led troops to attack lightly and made many military exploits.

The reason why the emperor appointed Ma Haochuan as the defense envoy of Syria and horses was also related to the situation here.

The location of Xuzhou Prefecture is very important, it is the gateway connecting Dashun to Guizhou and Yunnan.

The counties in the north are, of course, the Yanjing area with a large number of Han people.

But to the south, there are Yi minority areas such as Daliang Mountain and Mahu.It is still in slavery, and it is still going down the mountain to catch slaves.

Dashun inherited the legacy of the Ming Dynasty, and will eventually complete the complete naturalization of Yunnan and Guizhou, and with the Yunnan copper, Guizhou lead, and the future trade of Sichuan salt into Guizhou, the Syrian state government needs a capable person to be This Syrian horse defense envoy.

Appointing Ma Haochuan as a defensive envoy is actually a manifestation of Dashun's intention to change the past border policy and adopt a more aggressive proactive strategy.

If the emperor is going to continue to adopt that defensive strategy, he will not choose this man who is good at field combat, but will pick a few from engineers and soldiers, and go there to rebuild the fortress area of ​​​​the previous dynasty.

Since Ma Haochuan was chosen as the defensive envoy here, he actually wanted to turn passive into active, and even acquiesced in "opening border provocations", otherwise he should throw out a steady veteran in his 50s.

Being a defense envoy at the age of 30 has a bright future, but that is different from being at the age of 50. He must find a way to make some noise and make military achievements.If you don't make military achievements, you will lose your future as a defense envoy at the age of 30. How could the emperor not even consider this?

In the southwest region, the emperor really didn't want to build bunkers all day long, and stationed thousands of soldiers to conduct mobile defense between the bunkers to protect the trade of Yunnan copper, Guizhou lead, and Sichuan salt.

Be steady elsewhere, and don't start a war without authorization to make military achievements and affect the overall situation.

In the southwestern region, some methods of "destroying the Han alone by force" will be used.Try it first, if the effect is good, in the future, those who are young, whose age and experience have the opportunity to make military achievements and complete the key leap of official rank, will be given away more.

(End of this chapter)