In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 474: Fishing is allowed, strike first
Shi Yuzhi doesn't believe in evil. Are there any officials in the world who are not corrupt? No matter how powerful Zhao Yurui is, can he cure all the officials in the world?

Perhaps because his father was defeated by Zhao Yurui, he wanted to prove that Zhao Yurui could not govern the country.

I really want to find some corrupt officials in Tianjin government.

However, this idea was quickly dismissed.

Zheng Tianchang seemed to have discovered that he had this tendency. After thinking about it carefully, he spoke to Shi Yuzhi seriously: "Since brother Yu doesn't want to be an official, just make money and make a living."

"The current court is different from the previous court. The previous way of doing things will not work now."

Zheng Tianchang said directly and clearly that now officials do not dare to accept bribes, and businessmen do not dare to give them away randomly.

"Why is this happening?" Shi Yuzhi didn't believe it, nor was he convinced. Who doesn't like money?
"The imperial court has a law that says, "If fishing is allowed, strike first. ""

Zheng Tianchang explained it carefully, and Shi Yuzhi couldn't help but cursed: "Who came up with it? It's so sinister."

Zheng Tianchang held back his hum and thought, except for His Majesty, who would have thought of being so vicious.

"That's the truth."

Because Zheng Tianchang is still the prefect, Shi Yuzhi, you are not an official, but within the third generation of your family, Shi Yu, if someone takes the imperial examination in the future, he will be directly recommended to be a seventh-rank official (because the prefect is a fourth-rank official, and the recommended official in your family is the difference between the third rank). The bottom level is a seventh-grade official. It is not known whether he can be promoted to the next level.

In this way, they are brothers, one is a businessman and the other is an official. They dare not give each other gifts to test each other. No one can guarantee it. Whoever dares to strike first will be reported.

Zheng Tianchang deeply believed that, and in order to attract foreigners to settle in New Tianjin, the imperial court also had many preferential policies. For example, if he wanted to do business in Tianjin, the earlier he invested, the better he could choose a good location.

Shi Yuzhi's behavior is called fishing. He deliberately gives gifts and then reports them back.

Shi Yuzhi had finally seen how powerful Zhao Yurui was, but unfortunately this time the prefect was an old acquaintance of Zheng Tianchang, so he had to replace him with someone he was not familiar with. Maybe he would fish for money and then report him first. Uzhi is finished.

"Your Majesty has already lectured Jia Sidao in person. He will never play cards with outsiders again."

The experience of later generations has told Zhao Yurui that there are many ways to control corruption, but Zhao Yurui used the most ruthless one.

Exceeding one hundred is a capital offense.

After hearing the nine-word explanation of "fishing is allowed, strike first to gain advantage", Shi Yuzhi immediately became dumbfounded.

Can this be promoted? Of course it can, as long as the principle of attacking first and whoever reports first has the upper hand will be fine.

If this doesn't work, he will have to consider other formal ways to make money.

For example, you, Shi Yuzhi, gave one hundred guans to Zheng Tianchang.

He, Zheng Tianchang, is the prefect and has an annual salary of one thousand gu. He will not dare to play mahjong easily with his family and friends in the future.

Zheng Tianchang accepted it, and immediately reported it to Jin Yiwei before Shi Yuzhi reported it to Jin Yiwei.

The first thing is to win the bid, and then he found that there are many civilians in Tianjin Fucheng, and there are many businessmen passing by. Small restaurants and hotels can still be built if they can get a good location early.

Moreover, if the gift exceeds one hundred guan, Shi Yuzhi will be beheaded, and if the gift exceeds 500 guan, the whole family will also be beheaded.

Jin Yiwei will immediately cooperate with the local officials to arrest Shi Yuzhi for bribery, then seize all Shi Yuzhi's property and give half to Zheng Tianchang.

Fishing is allowed, and the first strike is the strongest. What do these nine words mean?

But Zhao Yurui is also constantly improving. No matter what bribery method your subordinates come up with, he will soon make up for it.

"I am my brother. If he is an official, we can't give him gifts?" He asked Zheng Tianchang in horror.

If the official accepts something worth more than 500 guan, it will be even worse, and the whole family will be executed directly.

As long as the win or loss exceeds 50 guan, if the other party reports, he will first be deprived of his official position, and then half of his family property will be divided, and his descendants can still be officials. Who dares to try?

If Zheng Tianchang dares to accept a hundred coins as a gift, Shi Yuzhi will report it to the local Jin Yiwei.

Zheng Tianchang saw that his eyes were shining, and he seemed to have thought of something: "Are you thinking about playing cards with Jia Sidao?"

Shi Yuzhi was shocked at first, and then suddenly his eyes lit up. Giving gifts was not acceptable, but playing cards was fine.

Then they searched all of Zheng Tianchang's property and property and gave half of it to the whistleblower Shi Yuzhi.

He had lost to Jia Sidao many times at the mahjong table before.

Of course, there is another one called striking first.

If Zheng Tianchang's family has a fortune of 10,000 guan, he can divide 5,000 guan equally. There is someone in the family who can become a seventh-grade official within three generations.

If Zheng Tianchang is the seventh-rank county magistrate, then according to the difference between the third rank, one of Shi Yu's family can be the ninth-rank official.

"It won't take long for the imperial court to issue an imperial edict. From now on, officials in the world are not allowed to play cards with businessmen or family members, and the winning or losing cannot exceed fifty coins."

There will always be loopholes. Shi Yuzhi thought secretly at this time.

Corruption does not mean that it cannot be controlled. The key is to see whether your court wants to control it.

"Ah." Shi Yuzhi exclaimed.

Everyone in the world likes money. As long as we find a way, we will definitely be able to get rid of these loopholes in the Song Dynasty's laws.

Zhao Yurui doesn't intend to cut it all, but the win or loss cannot be too big, otherwise there will be room for bribery.

Therefore, those who become officials in the future, except for their parents, siblings, and others will probably not dare to play mahjong with outsiders.

For example, you, Shi Yuzhi, sent money and gifts to Zheng Tianchang.

Regardless of how Zheng Tianchang is an official, as long as he does not commit any serious crimes, he will definitely be promoted once in the next three years.

'Fishing is allowed, strike first. 'These nine words are not only the most ruthless, but also definitely the most useful.

This Shi Yuzhi has some wealth. Although Shi Miyuan's property was confiscated back then, Zhao Yurui did not treat him badly in Jeju for more than ten years. Later, he sold his property in Jeju and came to the Song Dynasty. He had a lot of savings, plus There are still people in the Shi family who are officials. Shi Miyuan's former confidants Zheng Qingzhi and Yu Tianci are also high-level officials in the Song Dynasty. Shi Yuzhi is richer than ordinary people.

This guy first chose two pieces of land in Tianjin Prefecture, and then started to hire restaurants and hotels by himself. Because he came early, Zheng Tianchang could also give him priority according to the policy. The locations were close to the Dagu Port Terminal. It will definitely be one of the best places to do business in the future.

Next, Shi Yuzhi lived near Tianjin, looking for business opportunities everywhere and waiting for them.

It's December in the blink of an eye.

In December, the imperial court officially held a bidding meeting at the Tianjin Temporary Government Office, covering more than a dozen major projects.

At this time, the city walls of Tianjin Fucheng were not yet completed, but fifty or sixty wealthy businessmen from all over the country, and even family members of officials, had gathered at the scene.

According to the Song Dynasty laws of Zhao and Rui, relatives of officials could do business across provinces.

For example, if there are officials in your family in Jiangnan Province, you can go to Zhejiang to do business, and those from Hebei can go to Fujian to do business.

As long as it's across provinces. As for some people who would say, then my relatives of Zhang San go to Li Si Province to do business, and Li Si’s relatives go to Zhang San Province to do business, can’t we just help each other? You can do this, as long as you are not afraid of someone taking advantage of you first.

Since Tianjin Prefecture was placed under the imperial government's Hebei Province at this time, in addition to local officials in Hebei, officials from other places also sent people to look for business opportunities.

Shi Yuzhi also waited until Shi Tianbao, the servant of Shi Songzhi, the deputy envoy of Shaanxi Province.

Shi Tianbao came on behalf of Shi Songzhi and made an appointment with Shi Yuzhi to meet here.

Shi Songzhi served as a judge in Xiangyang at the beginning of Zhao and Rui Baoqing's reign. Later, he stood decisively on Zhao and Rui's side during the riot between the Tai students and was not held accountable afterwards.

However, promotions were relatively slow in the following years. He was promoted to prefect in a few years and to deputy envoy of Shaanxi Province in a few more years.

This person has some abilities, but not outstanding. The key is that he is Shi Miyuan's nephew, so Zhao Yurui can use him until now, which is not bad.

After seeing Shi Yu, Shi Tianbao also came forward to pay homage. He also said that he was ordered by the head of the family to cooperate with Shi Yuzhi to see if there was any business to be done, and that everything was at Shi Yuzhi's discretion.

Shi Yuzhi went to meet Shi Songzhi before, and the two agreed on cooperation. Shi Songzhi concentrated on being an official, while Shi Yuzhi made money outside.

Shi Yuzhi had little capital, and Shi Songzhi deliberately took care of Shi Yuzhi because Shi Miyuan took care of him. After all, Shi Miyuan took great care of Shi Songzhi and treated Shi Songzhi as his son.

Fifty or sixty wealthy landowners came to the scene today, mainly concentrated in Henan, Shandong, Jiangnan and other provinces. There were relatively few from further provinces. After all, this was a new pilot project of the imperial court. When some people knew the news, here The tender may have ended.

Because Shi Songzhi was an official, he knew the news relatively early and was able to send people from Shaanxi.

The bidding site is relatively simple, and the local government office has not even been built yet.

Zheng Tianchang, the prefect, went to the battle in person and made a few opening remarks. The general idea was that in order to save trouble, the imperial court decided to let everyone make a fortune together and contract some important projects to the people, but the quality must be guaranteed.

The specific requirements were stipulated, and a Tianjin engineer was appointed to elaborate on them.

After Zheng Tianchang finished speaking, a sixth-grade official stood up, took a large poster and began to read it. After reading it, it would be posted at the scene.

Everyone listened attentively.

Shi Yuzhi discovered that there were many large-character posters placed on the table in front of the official. Later he learned that each poster represented a project.

The first one I read was the Dagukou Wharf Project.

The imperial court has already built the Dagukou infrastructure project, which will be completed in February next year.

Later, the private sector took over the task, requiring the port to be widened to how many feet wide, how deep near the shore, how many ships can be parked, and how many ships can unload cargo at the same time.

There are two rows of about 100 various houses (shops) in the port terminal. The approximate location and map are provided. 80% of these houses belong to the Tianjin government and 20% belong to the contracted builder (the builder can sell or rent them in the future) .)
There are also three supporting roads, including road standards and lengths, and maps.

The total project volume is estimated by the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court. If there are 5,000 civilians and hundreds of craftsmen working on it for about ten hours a day, it will take about 400 days.

The imperial court offered a price of 400,000 yuan, and the construction period required 500 days. Each merchant could only bid once, and the one with the lowest price won.

After speaking, the official put up the big-character poster, and everyone rushed forward. Shi Yuzhi was not interested in the project, but he also came over to take a look.

Below the big-character poster, there are on-site plans, including how big the port will be, the layout of houses and shops, how many floors of shops there will be, and the length and direction of the road. Everything is planned.

Many businessmen at the scene immediately started talking about it.

Shi Yuzhi himself was also thinking about it.

According to his observations during the past few days in Tianjin Prefecture, a serious young laborer can earn 20 guan a day with food included, which is close to 30 guan. One month is considered consistent, 5,000 labor is 5,000 guan, the construction period is one and a half years, and the wages are close to One hundred thousand guan.

Each craftsman is counted as fifty guan per year, and one hundred is counted as six thousand. Of course, the court said that one hundred is needed. You don’t have to use one hundred. Maybe fifty or thirty can do the job. The key is up to you. , as long as it is completed on time.

Another expense is the consumption of various materials, stones, trees, tools, etc.

You will definitely need to use carriages, mule gear and other transportation items.

Shi Yuzhi calculated that the cost of these projects probably did not exceed 200,000 yuan.

If the workers were paid higher wages and worked more every day, they might be able to finish the work within a year.

The profit is nearly half.

This money is so profitable, two hundred thousand yuan a year?

But the imperial court was sinister, and the bidding method was that each merchant would bid once, and the lowest price would be awarded.

And the prize draw is live.

After the previous official finished speaking, the businessmen on the scene were discussing among themselves, basically calculating how much money they could make and how much profit they would make. Most people were similar to Shi Yuzhi and thought the profits were quite high.

Of course, the official documents from the imperial court clearly state that the quality of the project must be high and can pass inspections. With profits so high, there is no need for everyone to cut corners and avoid trouble.

There were more than a dozen people on site interested in the project, and they all began to think about how much to bid.

At this time, Shi Yuzhi lowered his head and said to Shi Tianbao next to him: "This project doesn't matter if it doesn't make money. As long as it doesn't lose money, you can get 20% of the commercial properties. In the future, when Tianjin Port becomes prosperous, you can make a lot of money even if you rent and sell it."

Shi Tianbao nodded with deep understanding.

But Tianjin Prefecture has just been built, and the port is also being built for the future capital relocation. The capital relocation will be at least a few years away, so it will take several years, or even ten years, for this place to prosper.

Most people are afraid of waiting.

According to Shi Yu's opinion, a bid of 200,000 yuan is enough. As long as he doesn't lose money, he will definitely make money in the future.

While he was discussing with others, a dozen businessmen in front of him had already decided to bid.

The court didn't give them much time to think about it. A stick of incense was lit beside them, and everyone had to bid before half of the stick was burned.

An official at the scene gave each of them a pen and paper, and then asked the bidders to keep their distance, and everyone wrote their bids in one direction.

After finishing writing, the officials came forward to take them, read them one by one, and held them high.

According to Shi Yuzhi, the whole process is quite transparent and fair.

"Shopkeeper Li from Zhejiang Province bids 260,000 yuan."

The first one to report it was an instant hit.

No one expected that the imperial court would ask for 400,000 yuan, and the man named Li only offered 260,000 yuan.

Some people are already shaking their heads and cursing, probably scolding shopkeeper Li for being too frivolous. How can everyone make money like this?

The bids came out one after another, and the second bid was 360,000 guan, which was a full 100,000 guan higher than Shopkeeper Li.

The third one is 29, then 32, , and so on.

(End of this chapter)