First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Lao Zhu lost Zhu Liangzu, and then looked at the rest of the group. Lao Zhu pondered a little. To be honest, according to his temper, he really wanted to kill him, but Lao Zhu knew very well that his position was the most important. What you can't do is to be willful. You can kill, but there must be a good reason.

Otherwise, if someone surrenders, and you turn around and kill someone, it makes no sense, so who would dare to surrender? How big is this world? How many counties did Zhu Yuanzhang occupy?

Adding up Huaixi and Jiangnan, it's not even a provincial capital in the Yuan Dynasty. Do you get carried away?

So Zhu Yuanzhang endured his disgust and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Zhang, what do you think of these people?"

Zhang Ximeng immediately said: "If you go back to the lord, don't take the initiative to open the city and welcome Master Wang. It should be regarded as an uprising. Yang Zhongying and these wealthy households fell into infighting and did not directly help us. It can only be regarded as surrender. As for Zhu Liangzu, he was captured, and it is quite appropriate for the lord to let him open up wasteland."

These few sentences have given the nature of several people, and how to deal with them is clear at a glance.

Lao Zhu said, "Let's do it, don't be sloppy, you are temporarily in command of the prisoner of war camp, and you have to be careful and don't be the same as before."

Don't Buhua hurriedly thank you, "Please rest assured, the subordinates must do their best."

It is a good thing to be able to manage a battalion, no matter what the name is. He is quite beautiful. It's a pity that Bie Buhua still doesn't know what the condition of Zhu's army's prisoner of war camp is. When he really gets to know the gods, it is estimated that this one will be able to soar on the spot.

Lao Zhu didn't want to bother. Next came Yang Zhongying. He was still injured, so Zhu Yuanzhang said, "You should recuperate first, and then enter the military to study. We will personally assess and then assign you a position."

Yang Zhongying quickly expressed her thanks.

As for these wealthy households, Zhu Yuanzhang set his sights on Zhang Ximeng and let him deal with it.

"You must have heard that the Zhu family's army adheres to the policy of equalizing the land. There is no room for land. You must abide by the regulations, hand over the land and mu, and accept the inspection of the people. As for your property in the city..." Zhang Ximeng paused. , "Do you have a papermaking workshop?"

When Zhang Ximeng asked this question, two people immediately stood up, "Yes, the villain's workshop is the best rice paper workshop in Xuancheng, and the production of rice paper is the best in the world!"

Another said: "The villain also produces Xuan pens, as well as Huimo and inkstones. They are all excellent things. How much the adults want, just tell me!"

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "What do I want? If it was just me, I would buy it on the street... I tell you this because Zhu Jiajun wants to purchase the four treasures of the study, in large quantities!"

The two businessmen looked at each other and asked together, "How much?"

"At least 50,000 copies!"

"what?"

These people are all stupid, "Sir, this is too, too much?"

Zhang Ximeng smiled and said: "What more? Our Zhu family has more than 100,000 soldiers. In the past, we had to write on wooden boards, on the sand, with water, and on branches. The conditions were very difficult. Now we have reached Xuancheng and sent the big guy a set of four treasures of the study. , and it should be. In the military alone, there are more than tens of thousands of copies. Besides, it has occupied so many prefectures and counties, and it is imminent to expand the education. Every prefecture and county should set up a school to encourage school children to study... Increase the scale of tens of thousands of people. If the Zhu family army conquers the city and conquers the land, it will not be long before the occupation of the land will be more. Besides the equal fields, the most important thing for us is to educate and cultivate talents... You are lucky. , the future business will increase more than a hundred times a thousand times!"

These businessmen were all dumbfounded, didn't they? This pie is too big!

It will kill people!

Moreover, it is unrealistic to give ordinary soldiers a study of the four treasures, to learn to read, and to promote education and establishment of schools everywhere.

Zhang Ximeng saw their doubts, he just smiled lightly and did not explain more.

The wind is coming, the opportunity is given to you, who can blame if you can't grasp it?

In fact, doing what Zhang Ximeng did, without cultivating talents, would definitely not work.

And it's not just one, two, three or five. There must be hundreds, thousands, even hundreds of thousands, millions...even the number of literate people in the country should be raised to the level of tens of millions.

Without a huge literate community, how could there be so many officials available?

Not to mention other things, divide the land equally, determine the taxes, and collect the business tax... which does not require a large number of people.

In history, for a long time, Lao Zhu occupied a place, and then recruited local talents, granted official positions, and managed the place.

Like Liu Bowen and others, it was he who hit the Zhejiang area, and this group of talents surrendered.

These early civil servants were really typical of the Mushou side. Once they became officials in a certain place, the scribes below were all chosen by themselves, and they all listened to them.

Even if Lao Zhu has a lot of energy, he can't micromanage the employees of the county yamen... And these people often follow their masters, and they take up key positions.

Not only the military generals responded to every call, but the early civil servants also had this ability... The empty seal case, the Guo Huan case, the reason why so many were implicated, it was these minions who cut down the grass, and the roots must be removed. This is Lao Zhu's style.

Some people think Zhu Yuanzhang is cruel, others feel happy. But no matter what, Lao Zhu is not a lunatic, and he has his own considerations in everything he does.

Zhang Ximeng gave Lao Zhu another option, that is, to spare no effort to cultivate his own talents, thousands of them, in the army and in the people.

Taking advantage of Juntian's opportunity, he strives to allow more children from peasant families to enter school, study and enter official positions, forming a huge force.

It's the same sentence, if you just divide the fields, don't mobilize the people, don't educate the talents... After several decades, the equal fields can't be maintained, and everything that has been painstakingly managed will collapse, and in the end, no one will even take care of you. Speaking, all kinds of correct policies, will also be splashed with countless dirty water, black and white, right and wrong, confusion, Ming Dynasty history, so many disputes, is the source of this.

The right to speak is too important!

On this point, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Ximeng are highly consistent. After reading books for several years, Lao Zhu can even write poems, and his level has improved very quickly.

"I really didn't expect that after taking Xuancheng and mastering the hometown of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, it would be much more convenient to educate the soldiers and the people from now on."

Zhang Ximeng smiled, "What the lord said is very true... In fact, there is one more thing that can be put on the agenda."

"What's up?"

"Treasure money!"

Lao Zhu was still stunned. He was still a little sluggish about currency, but after thinking about it, he understood.

After Zhang Ximeng occupied Chuzhou, he worked hard to get market coupons and established a grain bank. To be honest, that thing can only be regarded as a bill, and it is far from being a currency.

The reason why he didn't dare to do it also had a lot to do with the conditions at the time. The site is too small, the financial resources are weak, there is no reserve fund, and there are strong enemies outside.

Moreover, Chuzhou at that time did not have enough technology.

However, as Yangzhou, Yingtian, Xuancheng and other places were brought under control, the strength of the Zhu family's army rose, and after the division of fields, the people's hearts were also attached.

At this time, if you get treasure money again, it will be a matter of course, and it will be a matter of course.

And once there is a paper currency system, Zhang Ximeng's ability can be used to make money, develop the economy, promote the trade war, and make Zhu Jiajun even greater... No one understands this better than me!

After the country is established, Lao Zhu Feng Zhang Ximeng should be the only one who understands the king.

Old Zhu was still a little hesitant. He had a natural distrust of currency. A thin piece of paper was far less reassuring than something tangible.

"Sir, is the time really ripe now? Will nothing go wrong?"

Zhang Ximeng said: "My lord, it is impossible to say that there are no flaws. The key is to see whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. And it is far greater than the disadvantages... As for whether the time is ripe, I think there is another condition that may be expected. "

"What conditions?"

"Huizhou - Huizhou merchants!" Zhang Ximeng smiled and explained to Zhu Yuanzhang... Huizhou is the head of Wu and the tail of Chu, the terrain is complex, Huangshan is within the territory, and the agricultural conditions are not good.

But just like Shanxi, there is no way to farm, only business, and as a result, a powerful Huizhou merchants have developed.

Huizhou merchants originated in the Tang Dynasty, originated in the Song Dynasty, and grew stronger than the Ming Dynasty... It has lasted for thousands of years. When it comes to Huizhou merchants, there is a strong history in history.

When these Hui merchants were at their most powerful, they could even wrestle their arms with Shanxi merchants and sway the court together... As powerful as Zhang Juzheng, he only dared to use a whip, but he dared not touch the business tax. The power of the gang.

They invest in schools all over the world, train scholars, and manage industries, forming a huge network of interests, layer upon layer, to protect themselves. A true behemoth, the uncrowned king.

Of course, there will be huge disputes about the merchant gang in later generations, but it is undeniable that merchants are an indispensable force.

Especially in order to develop the economy, accumulate wealth, and strive to be the best in the world, it is absolutely impossible not to make good use of commercial resources.

Even Lao Zhu in history did not kill the businessman with a hammer. On the contrary, Lao Zhu issued a decree many times, believing that business exchanges can produce some urgently needed materials, and businessmen should be given preferential treatment, and even some taxes should be exempted.

Taking iron smelting as an example, the tax rate of iron smelting in the early Ming Dynasty was 30 tax and 2 tax... If this is called focusing on agriculture and suppressing business, then many businessmen can wake up with a smile, hurry, hurry up and increase your efforts!

What Zhang Ximeng is more powerful than Lao Zhu is that Zhu Yuanzhang hopes to let the business recover and develop by itself through recuperation and non-intervention. On the other hand, Zhang Ximeng advocates supporting and controlling businessmen. I can help you develop, but no one wants to play tricks on taxation.

The purpose of developing business is to enrich the finances and enrich the country and the people.

All in all, Zhang Ximeng intends to discuss the issue of business taxation seriously and establish a set of means to manage business after collecting Huizhou.

When the business is prosperous, the issuance of treasured banknotes will have more effects... Juntian, Jiaohua, business, treasured banknotes... Zhang Ximeng outlines a four-wheel-drive vision of growth.

When it comes to drawing pie, we are professionals.

When Lao Zhu heard this, he couldn't help laughing, "Sir is really thoughtful, since that's the case, let Xu Da lead the troops and take Huizhou, Chang Yuchun lead the troops to capture Guangde, and then let Hu Dahai and Deng Youde take Jiande. !"

When Lao Zhu opened his mouth, he was about to swallow three lands. This appetite was really getting better and better.

However, this is also the strength of the Zhu Family Army. In the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang Right, there is no one who can stop the Zhu Family Army's advance.

Surprisingly, as soon as the Zhu Family Army was ready to act, someone sent an envoy.

Fang Guozhen!

This master of repeated horizontal jumps sent his son Fang Guan, with documents, to meet Zhu Yuanzhang.

"My little nephew pays respects to Marshal Zhu!"

Fang Guan knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Lao Zhu.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly, "Your father sent you here~www.readwn.com~ What's the matter?"

Fang Guan raised his head, raised his head and said, "Zhu Yuanzhang is on top, my father plans to use Wenzhou, Taizhou, and Qingyuan to surrender to Marshal Zhu, and ask Marshal Zhu to take him in!"

Lao Zhu suddenly laughed, he came over to pull Fang Guan up, and said with a smile: "Your father rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty early, and he is also a hero among our rebels. Compared with him, we are considered juniors... Let's take the land of Zhejiang right. It is to destroy the Yuan court forces, but there is no plot against your father's heart!"

Fang Guan was stunned for a while, and then said: "Zhu Yuanzhang is indeed a gentleman, and my little nephew admires it... It's just that my father is in a difficult situation, Yuan Ting is in need of extravagance, and Zhang Shicheng is trying to get his hands on it... I, we are too difficult!"

Zhu Yuanzhang silently watched Fang Guan cry, secretly laughing in his heart... Fang Guozhen is indeed a master of repeated horizontal jumps, does he really plan to surrender Lao Zhu?

Just like a joke!

After so many years, who has seen Fang Guozhen's sincerity?

Relying on the convenience of boats, this guy roams the coast, but it is difficult for the navy of the Zhu family to dominate the Yangtze River, and he is not Fang Guozhen's opponent at all.

"My lord, the Yuan court relied on water transportation by sea. Zhang Shicheng was in a difficult position. General Fang was indeed in a difficult situation." Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "I suggest that we form an alliance with General Fang and ask him to supply us with sea salt, and we will supply General Fang with food. In peacetime, it is mutually beneficial, and in wartime, if General Fang needs it, we can send troops to help.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, then said to Fang Guan, "Nephew, do you think it's okay to do this?"

Fang Guan was stunned for a moment, overjoyed, and knelt down heavily: "Thank you uncle, uncle is kind!"