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

Chapter 90 The Dream of Countless Song People ([-])
Zhao Yurui had billiards in the palace, and the first group to play was also the Imperial City Secretary. Zhao Yurui wanted to make money, and the world knew it. In addition, most of the people who played were low-level generals and ordinary sergeants. Most people would never think of it, Shi Miyuan How could this kind of people care? In their eyes, at least they have to be at the commander or lieutenant level or above to get into their eyes.

Zhao Yurui was not as excited as he was, because from Qin Zhuo's analysis, Shi Miyuan had the idea of ​​abolishing Zhao Mian. In fact, he didn't have to do anything, and he had the opportunity to be a prince or even an emperor.

Of course, Shi Miyuan can't be relied on for such an important event. Zhao Yurui still believes that he must fight for what he wants by himself.

"This matter should be safe, and there is no way to be too anxious." Zhao Yurui said slowly: "As Zhuo Shu speculated, Shi Miyuan may have plans to abolish Zhao Mian."

"From Uncle Zhuo's point of view, what would Shi Miyuan do if he really had such a plan?" Zhao Yurui was not familiar with the Southern Song Dynasty system, so he could only ask Qin Zhuo.

Qin Zhuo immediately said: "Your Majesty is indecisive. The courtiers have repeatedly proposed to consolidate the foundation of the country and establish a crown prince, but Shi Miyuan blocked them."

"Similarly, Shi Miyuan said many bad things about Zhao Mian in front of His Majesty many times, but His Majesty didn't say anything."

"Your Majesty is unwilling to abolish the prince, so Shi Miyuan has only one possibility."

"When His Majesty is about to die, make a false edict."

This is the only thing that can be done at this time.

There are many such successful examples in history, the most famous one is that Qin Wang Yingzheng just died, Li Si and Zhao Gao did this, because Yingzheng did not have a prince.

"What Shi Miyuan does, we can't help, and we don't know if he will definitely do it." Qin Zhuo said: "The only thing we can do now is to ensure that when His Majesty is alive, Zhao Mian will not be made the crown prince. "

"This matter is done, even if Shi Miyuan never thought of abolishing Zhao Mian, we can let him do it when the time comes."

Zhao Yurui thought about Qin Zhuo's conjecture, and then thought of the last time he was in the Chuigong Palace, he saw Shi Miyuan prevent the emperor from establishing a crown prince. Now Zhao Yurui can basically conclude that Shi Miyuan definitely has a way to abolish Zhao Mian.

"Uncle Zhuo is right. We can't do other things now. We can only wait for Shi Miyuan to do it, but we can take part in this matter to ensure that His Majesty does not appoint a crown prince." Zhao Yurui sighed inwardly.

The emperor treated him very well, but he did some unnatural things.

But in my conscience, it may not be a good thing for the Song Dynasty that a person like Zhao Mian really became the emperor.

Passing rigidity is easy to break, Zhao Mian's EQ is too low, and he is self-willed, making him emperor, fearing that the Southern Song Dynasty will perish faster.

As soon as this kind of person comes to power, there might be another Northern Expedition to prove that Shi Miyuan's policy is wrong.

Then the two chatted a lot, Qin Zhuo meant that Zhao Yurui must be patient in front of Shi Miyuan, pretend to be greedy and lustful, have no interest in power, and don't take the initiative to bring up Zhao Mian's affairs.

Zhao Yurui thought to herself, this is what I do now.

At the same time, Zhao Yurui should have a better relationship with Empress Yang and please Mrs. Zhong.

Zhao Yurui thought again, I am doing the same thing now.

This Qin Zhuo is definitely a talent, he can basically tell what Zhao Yurui is doing now.

After Zhao Yurui heard it, they made an expression of sudden understanding, deeply convinced, and immediately said, Uncle Zhuo, if you were not a businessman, you would be more than enough to be a prime minister, and you are no worse than Shi Miyuan.

Qin Zhuo's face flushed with excitement.

This is not the Ming Dynasty, this is the Song Dynasty, and a businessman in the Song Dynasty can be a prime minister, and Qin Zhuo's eyes turned red when he was directly drawn by Zhao Yurui.

At this moment, Zhao Yurui suddenly changed the topic: "Uncle Zhuo, Yu Rui actually hopes to have a lot of money."

Qin Zhuo stared, not understanding why Zhao Yurui said that?

If you become an emperor, don't you have a lot of money?

"As much as the king of Yi wants, the Qin family is willing to go bankrupt and take it with the king of Yi." Qin Zhuo expressed his determination immediately without hesitation.

"How much wealth does Uncle Zhuo have?" Zhao Yurui asked directly.

Qin Zhuo immediately said: "Not counting the land property of the shops in various places, the money in the family is about 2000 million guan."

The richest man in the Southern Song Dynasty is not bragging, Qin Zhuo's family is far inferior to that of the past, and now there are still 2000 million deposits.

When he said this number, his expression was still a little smug. After all, there are fewer people in history who can do business like him than the prime minister.

unexpectedly.

"It's still not enough." Zhao Yurui said directly.

"..." Qin Zhuo looked in disbelief.

"What Yurui wants is 20 million yuan, 200 billion yuan, 2000 billion yuan." Zhao Yurui said in a deep voice, "So, Uncle Zhuo, you still have to work hard. You Rui will bring Uncle Zhuo together to make a lot of money and make money." [-] million more."

What does King Yi want so much for?
Qin Zhuo stared at Zhao Yurui, and after a while, his face turned red. Could King Yi, like Prime Minister Han, want the Northern Expedition?
Qin Zhuo blushed, his neck was thick, and his blood surged with excitement.

Back then, in order to wash away the shame of his ancestor Qin Hui, his Qin family supported Xiang Han and donated 4000 million guan. Unexpectedly, his success failed and Xiang Han was killed.

Qin Zhuo thought it was a great humiliation, and he was ashamed and angry.

The Northern Expedition is Han Yuzhou's dream, no matter what his starting point is, Qin Zhuo fully supports it.

Because he is the dream of countless Song people.

Zhao Yurui was not as excited as he was, and in Qin Zhuo's view, he didn't look like a 15-year-old boy at all.

Zhao Yurui said indifferently: "I heard that Uncle Zhuo has shops and contact points in various places in the Song Dynasty, even in Jinmengxia?"

"It used to be there, but now it's much less." Qin Zhuo said helplessly. After Han Yuzhou's death, he was suppressed, and his family property suffered huge losses. He sold many shops and lost many people.

"Rebuild all of them. Uncle Zhuo's shops with Rui Yao are spread all over Jinmengxia and other places. Collect information from various places, including economics, commerce, and military affairs. If possible, learn to draw local maps, especially important terrain."

Sure enough, the Northern Expedition was going to happen, Qin Zhuo stared at Zhao Yurui with an excited expression.

Zhao Yurui didn't expect him to be more excited than the officials in the court. The officials of the Song Dynasty dare not mention military affairs now, and Qin Zhuo, a businessman, is more concerned than the officials of the Song Dynasty.

Is this man a true patriotic businessman?

"Push our billiards and mahjong to various places, build branches in all states and counties across the country, make money, make money like crazy."

The two talked a lot that day, and Qin Zhuoyue became more startled when he heard it. He felt that Zhao Yurui was more terrifying than he imagined, which made him more confident.

During the period, Zhao Yurui asked if there was any way to train a large number of Dianjiading nursing homes.

He is a Wei Wangfu, with limited space and a limited number of teenagers to train. If there are too many people, it will inevitably be conspicuous.

He just wants to set up a Xuanwu sect in the future. There must be at least a few hundred people, and dozens of young people in his family are not enough.

Qin Zhuo immediately proposed to Zhao Yurui to run the mine.

Why run a mine?

Due to the decline of the mining industry in the Southern Song Dynasty, private mining and refining were encouraged. Beginning with Emperor Gaozong, all domestic gold, silver and iron ore were handed over to private households for mining and refining. Because copper mines were related to the production of copper coins, some of them were run by the government.

At the beginning, the gold and silver mining government took [-]%, private households got [-]%, copper and iron mining government took [-]%, and private households got [-]%.

When Shi Miyuan killed Han Wubizhou, Shi Miyuan took the initiative to increase the old coins given to the Jin Dynasty to 30, and he would give another 300 million taels of "military silver" to the Jin Dynasty every year, which suddenly increased the amount of silver. mine needs.

Now even silver mines have become [-]% to [-]%, that is, the imperial court takes [-]% and private households get [-]%.

"Of course we don't run the mining industry for the sake of mines, because mines need a lot of miners, and miners, with a little practice, can be used as guards." Qin Zhuo said solemnly.

"Grass." Now even Zhao Yurui looked at him with admiration. I didn't expect Qin Zhuo to be so courageous to think of this matter. This is not just a guard, he can train soldiers. Many rebels in history are miners. birth?

It suddenly occurred to him that at Qin Zhuo's house that day, he saw the strong and strong men in the yard, all of whom seemed to be more capable. This guy, I'm afraid he has already done this in private?
"Uncle Zhuo, do you have a suitable mine?" Zhao Yurui asked deliberately.

"Of course." Qin Zhuo said, he owns the Xinzhou Mine.

In the Song Dynasty, there was a mine in Xinzhou (now Shangrao, Jiangxi). At that time, the mining was operated jointly by the government and the people.

The specific method is that the government provides smelting equipment, that is, stoves, and recruits private miners to mine. The copper products produced by the miners must be sold to the government.Here, the price factor plays a regulating role in production, and the level of the official price is directly related to the interests of the government and the miners, and affects the business behavior of both parties.

During the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, the official purchase price of copper was 250 yuan per catty. At that time, the price was relatively cheap, and the miners were profitable. There were more than 500 miners, mining day and night, and the annual output of various mines was tens of millions of catties (including copper, Iron and tin), of which more than 100 million catties of copper were smelted, accounting for a quarter of the country in the Song Dynasty at that time, and more than [-] million copper coins were minted annually ([-] coins per coin).

Decades later, in the 12th year of Shaoxing, Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty (1142), all kinds of items were expensive, and artificial materials were also expensive. Only the official purchase price of copper products was still 250 yuan per catty.The miners failed and abandoned the mine. The number of people who invested in mining dropped from more than 400 to less than 500. The output of copper dropped from more than 8 million catties to only [-] catties. The income of the government was also negligible.

The Song court was not reconciled to the failure of the copper mine, and tried to use administrative orders to restore the prosperity of the past.In the 13th year of Shaoxing (1143), Geng Yannian, a great bureaucrat, was ordered to set up mines in person. He posted a notice and even sent people into the fields to mobilize households to open mines. After two months of publicity, no one responded to the call. Gongben, willing to come to apply for mining.In order to deal with their superiors, officials at the lower level used false threats and coercion to hunt down wealthy folks and force them into difficulties. As a result, it was only a disaster for the people, but it was still useless for mining, and the Xinzhou Copper Mine went bankrupt.

Qin Zhuo said here in a deep voice: "Xinzhou Copper Mine flourished and then declined, because the government did not adjust the copper price in time, the purchase price was low, the miners were unprofitable, and the mining industry lost its vitality due to the lack of interest. In the end, the mine went bankrupt, the government lost the corresponding income, and even the mine was abandoned.”

"I bought the Xinzhou Copper Mine 1000 years ago, and the annual rent is only [-] guan. Because the government's purchase price is low, I only arranged for [-] people to mine slowly."

Qin Zhuo arranges 1000 people to mine the mine every year, and loses [-] yuan a year. Yes, he is maintaining the mine at a loss.

He proposed to the court many times that the price of copper products should be increased, but no one cared about it.

What Zhao Yurui heard was also extremely depressing. As long as the imperial court raises the purchase price, both the imperial court and the private households will benefit, but because it has nothing to do with personal interests, no one cares about the matter. Good mine.

Even in later generations, the Xinzhou mine is still known as the second largest open-pit copper mine in China, which shows its rich reserves.

This matter is obviously beneficial to the imperial court, because the officials below don't care about it, and it was left in vain. Now, if someone directly mentioned this matter to Song Ningzong and stated his benefits, the emperor would probably agree.

Finally, Qin Zhuo said: "I have calculated that if the official purchase price can rise to 450 Wen per catty, the Xinzhou Mine will have the opportunity to repeat its prosperity, and at least [-] to [-] miners can be arranged."

"Hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars in profit every year."

"The mine is rich in copper, iron and tin, and can also privately mint copper coins to make armor."

"King Yi has money and people, so he can do whatever he wants to train soldiers and do things." This Qin Zhuo is really bold, and the more he talks, the more exaggerated he is. What private casting of copper and iron, making soldiers armor, is short of instigating Zhao and Rui to rebel.

"Okay, leave this matter to me." Zhao and Rui Quan weighed the pros and cons and agreed without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)