Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 481 Southbound
When Qin Shao received the news from Wang Qiong, he couldn't laugh or cry.

Regarding the matter of recovering residual coins, he actually said it many times before, and he personally participated in the revision of the content of the bank's work.

At that time, it caused a lot of discussion, and he had already reached a conclusion. Now that this situation happened, he even came to ask for instructions.

This kind of thing was a normal thing in the previous life, but it is difficult for many people to understand now.

After all, the previous banks were all private, and being able to become a bad debt is equivalent to taking advantage of oneself, and it is mainly the responsibility of the other party. Who is so stupid to help save the loss!

In fact, I can't blame the people around me. They still don't understand the objection of this country's bank, and it still takes a process to accept it.

Qin Shao didn't say much, he just sent a message: follow the rules!

The peddler who sells noodles and fish don’t want the coins to be bitten by mice. The news that Daming Bank helps to exchange new coins has become the most attention-grabbing event in the capital these days.

The court bank is willing to recover bad debts, not to mention the Ming Dynasty, even the previous dynasties have never heard of it.

For businessmen, it's not that they are forced to do nothing, and few people are willing to deal with the government.

In the eyes of many people, it is a man-eating wolf. It is enough not to pluck your skin. Who dares to ask them for help, let alone being offered to help!
"Mother Wang, then...the imperial bank really helped you exchange those rotten Daming coins?"

When Mrs. Wang was out of the stall recently, people came up to ask this question from time to time.

This annoyed the Wang family, but Mrs. Wang is a shrewd small businessman.

Directly inviting people to sit down and eat bowls of noodles and fish before chatting, this made the business of the Wang family's stall suddenly improved.

As for Mrs. Wang, when others come to spend, they are customers. Naturally, she enthusiastically introduced the situation of changing money that day.

"That's natural. We went to the Daming Bank with Master Li. The bank is called a big one. It's the first time we went to such a big and beautiful place. The floor was all shiny, and we were so scared I almost trembled and almost couldn't hold back my urine..."

Mrs. Wang is an old lady who is doing business in the market, plus she is old, and the people in the market have no scruples about speaking, meat and vegetables, and the listeners are all middle-aged and elderly people, so naturally they don't shy away from those things. Listening to her, I can bear it. I couldn't help laughing.

"You said that Li Shan and Master Li helped you, and you got the money in exchange?"

Someone asked, Daxia has always been a society of personal affection, this is the normal reaction of many people.

"This matter is indeed helped by Master Li. How can you say that the boy from the Li family is so capable? You don't know that he can work in Daming Bank. The environment there is very good, just like the real Yamen. There is still a steward inside, such a big bank steward, it’s really amazing! It’s still useful to study! My hungry son and I can’t do it anymore, I think about it, and I will let my grandson go to study in the future, maybe it will make my old Wang’s carp Jumping over the Dragon Gate..."

Mrs. Wang babbled on, obviously deliberately trying to attract more people to listen to this matter, one is naturally because of her personality loves to show off and exaggerate, and the other is naturally to attract more people to take care of their business.

"Mother Wang, just tell me how you exchanged money, don't go so far!"

Someone wanted to hear how to change it, and was a little anxious, so he couldn't help interrupting Mrs. Wang to continue talking nonsense.

"Okay, okay, let me tell you, Mr. Li led us in, and then told the people at the counter, and they helped us arrange the coins together, and some of them had a hole, and returned us complete new coins. Some only gave us half of the money, anyway... anyway, we suffered a loss, but we finally recovered some losses..."

Mrs. Wang said with a sigh.

"It's good for you to recover the loss. This Daming Bank is really good. If you want it to be in another place, who cares about you! Maybe you're gloating!"

A man in yamen clothes said.

The man's surname is Leng, and he is a yamen servant in Shuntian Mansion. Although he is only a small yamen servant, he can be regarded as a person of status in the well here.

"That is!"

"That is!"

Many people echoed the evaluation of the yamen servant surnamed Leng.

"Master Leng, you are right! You are right! We really have to thank Mr. Li for this matter. If he hadn't worked in the government, how would we know? Let me tell you, the bank not only allows rich people to deposit Money, we little people can save money even if we have less money, and there is interest! They are really good at talking, and they also said that it is not safe for me to keep it at home, but I can put it in the bank for short-term deposits, and I can withdraw it at any time!"

Mrs. Wang said.

"That means we can also go to withdraw the money. If the money is damaged, can we just change it directly? Do you want to find Master Li too?"

Someone asked directly.

In fact, many people came to inquire about it for this reason.

After all, no matter what the Ming coins are, although they are well-printed and waterproof, they are banknotes after all, and rats are quite rampant these days.

Usually, if you are not careful, Daming coins may also be damaged. If you go shopping, some merchants don’t want it. It would be great if you can exchange it!

"You don't need to look for Mr. Li. Mr. Li said that if you have any problems or want to ask about the situation, you can go directly to Daming Bank to find someone at the counter. There is also a special receptionist at the door. If you have anything to tell him, they will solve it! Mr. Li is also very busy with things, he is now transferred to work inside, not on duty outside!"

Mrs. Wang said.

Several people at the scene also echoed, saying that many people did go to find Mr. Li, and Mr. Li told the situation directly, saying that they should go to the bank directly if they have something to do, and let everyone spread the news.

Two days later, Jinghua Tabloid and other tabloids also reported this incident in detail, and it is said that they even interviewed Mrs. Wang specifically.

With the support of tabloids, Daming Bank now has a constant stream of people at the door, some ask about business, some exchange broken coins, and some come to save money. More at ease.

It is said that there are people from the Wucheng Bingma Division to maintain order. Even so, there is still an endless stream of people queuing up every day.

What followed was the opening of two more branch offices of Daming Bank in Beijing.

This situation soon spread to other places in Daming, and today's Daming Bank has obviously become the largest and most trustworthy bank in Daming.

……

Another year of Spring Festival is coming.

When Qin Shao and the Jingcheng Manor were eating dumplings with Zhu Youtang and the old concubine, he still sighed in his heart that the time had passed so quickly, and so many Spring Festivals had already passed in Daming in a blink of an eye.

Zhu Youzhao didn't change too much. Since he lived a regular life and had no epilepsy under control for two years, his health has improved a lot. In addition, he now pays attention to physical exercise, and he looks much younger than before.

As for the old concubine, she is old, but in fact she is not very old, she is less than 70 years old now.

In the final analysis, it is too early for women to marry and have children in this era. She gave birth to her eldest son Zhu Youzhu at the age of 16. The age difference between the two is not too big. Follow some servants to plant flowers, raise grass and so on.

"Xi'er, do you really want to go to Jiangnan after the Chinese New Year?"

Zhu Youzhao took a few sips of fruit wine and asked.

He didn't dare to drink, but this kind of fruit wine was no different from a drink, and he couldn't help but take a few sips after the New Year's Eve dinner.

"Well, I haven't been to Jiangnan since I took office. Although the situation in Jiangnan is better now, and some taxes can be collected, the pressure on the officials there is not small. You and I have lived in the south. The south attaches great importance to the clan. Many things are troublesome, I have to go there to have a real deterrent effect!"

Qin Shao said.

In fact, he doesn't need to talk about it, he also knows that Zhu Youzhu understands.

Since he took office, although Jiangnan has made a lot of changes, Gui E and Zhang Cong have rectified many people in the south under his instruction, and the officials have also changed a lot, but their current work pressure is still not small.

In the past two years, Wang Hung has encountered many problems on the issue of opening the sea. At that time, he mobilized a lot of soldiers from the guard station, which made those people more honest.

There are no tigers in the mountains, and the monkeys are kings.

In the final analysis, many emperors of the Ming Dynasty, at least for so many years, only stayed in the backyard of the court and deep palace, and those people had no awe of imperial power at all.

Even if Zhu Houzhao went to Jiangnan at the beginning, he came and went in a hurry, and a king in Jiangnan was treated slowly and indifferently, and it didn't play much role at all.

Even though the king has changed now, for those clan powers and local tyrants in the south, they feel that sooner or later the court will be decided by the so-called southern ministers.

Having met so many people, Qin Shao can't deny that compared to the uprightness of the northerners, the southerners are indeed smarter and flexible.

It's no wonder that the imperial court tried its best to take care of the north. If it didn't do so, the Ming Dynasty's scientific research might be dominated by the south.

Whether in this Ming Dynasty or in Qin Shao's previous life, the ratio of toughness, intelligence and ability of southerners is indeed higher than that of northerners. It is said that it is due to soil and water reasons, cultural reasons, no matter what the reason is, it cannot be denied.

Even now, there are still more ministers from the south in the DPRK, and he also wants to use northerners, but the imperial examination has taken care of so many, and the northerners are still not as smooth and flexible in doing things as the southerners.

"Hey! Of course I understand, but the situation in the Jiangnan area is responsible. I know that you let Wang Shouren sit in Jiangnan to maintain security issues, but you have dealt with so many people before, many of them are from the southern department. You are in the clear, those people In the dark, you still have to be careful about this safety issue..."

Zhu Youzhu was still worried about his son's safety.

To be honest, as a man, who doesn't have some ambitions!

Even Zhu Youzhu, as a former vassal king, when he was forced from the capital to the vassal land at the age of 15, he actually hoped for his own king in his heart, so that he would not be forced to leave the capital, separate from his mother, and live alone in the vassal land.

It's just that seeing my son running around for the court and Ming Dynasty all day, I still feel distressed, and feel that this king is actually not easy to be, and sometimes he is not as happy as he is now.

Sometimes I saw my son was still reading those memorials late at night, worried about his son's physical problems, and even hesitated to let his son be the emperor.
"You don't have to worry too much. I have lived in the south for several years, and when the late emperor traveled south, I knew the situation there. I decided that it would be better to travel south secretly than to make a big fuss. That's fine too. Find out what's going on in the South."

Qin Shao explained that Zhu Youtang is not an old concubine, and it is not good to conceal too much in many cases.

He had seen some history of Qianlong and Kangxi going to the south of the Yangtze River in his previous life. Not to mention Qianlong, it was indeed too extravagant and wasteful, and a little too ostentatious.

But their purpose of going to Jiangnan at the beginning, especially Kangxi's going to Jiangnan has his own purpose.

The south of the Yangtze River is rich and prosperous. If an emperor can strengthen his influence on the south, the effect is self-evident.

Even though he didn't slaughter Jiangnan like Kangxi and Qianlong, and then go to appease, but at least he did use a knife in the Jiangnan area before, killing a group of people. Although those people have lost a lot of power, they still have an impact on the local area of.

If you can visit the local area as a monarch, in addition to having a soothing effect, it will also have a considerable effect on the influence of the entire Ming court on Jiangnan.

Of course, he also has his own selfish intentions. He has been here in Daming for such a long time, except for a few trips between Anlu Prefecture and the capital, he really hasn’t seen the land of Daming properly!

During this trip to the south, he also wanted to go back to the place where he used to live. He hadn’t been back for several years. To be honest, he really missed it. The farther he traveled, the stronger the attachment to his old place seemed to be in his heart.

And what are the seaports in Guangdong and Guangxi like?

How many Frangians and Southeast Asians are currently entrenched in the Daming Customs?

What is the outside world like?
For Qin Shao, it was quite a temptation!
He really wants to go out and see!

Now the court situation is still stable, with Zhang Cong taking care of him, Qin Shao is still at ease.

As for going to Jiangnan this time, when he told Zhang Cong and the others years ago, they basically got unanimous opposition. Their point of view was that Jiangnan is not peaceful yet, and it is not too safe to go to Jiangnan.

There is another reason for objection, that is, the late emperor lost his life in the process of going to the south of the Yangtze River, a lesson from the past...

"The reason why the first emperor died was because Yang Ting and that guy had an unruly intention! I have the right to use it, so don't you feel relieved?"

Qin Shao looked at Zhang Cong.

"Your Majesty! I... I am willing to use my life to defend the Great Ming Dynasty and follow Your Majesty! As long as Your Majesty asks, I will not hesitate to die. I only hope that Your Majesty will bring more people to the south this time to ensure safety!"

Zhang Cong immediately knelt down and said.

Yan Song, Wang Qiong and others also hurriedly knelt down.

"You don't have to worry, I will naturally pay attention to safety issues. This time I just went to the south to have a look. I will come back in half a year or a few months at most. The matter of the court depends on you several co-coordinators. I hope I come back When I was there is the same as when I was here!"

……

Just after the New Year's Eve, Wang Yin and others were already busy with preparations for the emperor's southward journey.

This trip to the south, although Qin Shao repeatedly emphasized that he wanted to travel on a small scale, he decided to take 500 guards on the trip after repeated insistence from all the people.

The people who escorted the emperor to the south were mainly Wang Yin and Wang Yun, and Lu Lianxian, the patriarch of the state, was the one who applied to be added later.

"Commander, this is what I brought, don't worry, I won't cause trouble for everyone."

Lu Lianxian came with a package on horseback, and when he saw Wang Yin, he stepped forward and said.

"Master Lu, you are welcome. I personally saw your bravery in the defense of Anlu Prefecture. This time the emperor is traveling, and I still need your help!"

Wang Yin laughed.

Although he said polite words, he was not completely polite. Although Lu Lianxian sometimes talked nonsense, his bravery in battle was not a cover!

"Commander! Commander!"

As soon as Wang Yin finished speaking, a guard ran over and shouted at Wang Yin.

"what's up?"

"Li Liangqin, Master Li sent someone to deliver something! He said it was for the emperor, and I asked you to accompany him to the palace!"

The guard reported.

"Li Liangqin?"

Wang Yin was a little confused.

"You say little three!"

Wang Yin suddenly remembered that Daming, the third son, was called Li Liangqin!
(End of this chapter)