Chapter five hundred and seventieth changed the world
Hu Dahai's words of salt made Zhu Yuanzhang stunned for a moment, and then he said to Zhang Ximeng: "Sir, are you ready to use the opening method?"
Zhang Ximeng said hurriedly: "My lord is really keen. I mentioned this to my lord, but I didn't expect that my lord actually remembered it."
Lao Zhu smiled slightly and said, "Sir, we dare not forget a single word of your teachings. At present, the north is in decline and poor. Using salt to make profits and attract merchants from all over the world is indeed a wonderful way, and it is also what we have to do at the moment. Let's do it like this.
Come on! I'll draft a detailed memorial later."
Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "I will hand it over when I turn around."
The monarch and his ministers talked casually, and everyone just listened, and there didn't seem to be anything strange.
But this matter involves a little confrontation between the monarch and his ministers...
Zhang Ximeng has always been responsible for formulating various policies and summarizing various laws and regulations. Zhu Yuanzhang is responsible for reviewing. The Zhongshu Province is responsible for implementation.
As the territory becomes larger and larger, there are more and more things happening, and Zhang Ximeng has more and more things to hand to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Sometimes there are even hundreds of copies a day.
These things are usually packed in different boxes according to different grades of A, B, C and D, sealed on the outside, and handed to Lao Zhu. In order to prevent the contents from leaking, Zhu Yuanzhang’s imperial study room did not allow eunuchs to be literate, and when the emperor read these things
, and you are not allowed to get closer than three feet, otherwise you will be charged with stealing secrets.
Without anyone to help, one person can handle so much, even if he is as strong as Lao Zhu, he will be very tired. Therefore, Zhang Ximeng usually puts things into different boxes according to their importance.
The bottom one is naturally the most insignificant.
Coincidentally, the original French version of the Chinese version is at the bottom.
Zhang Ximeng handed it over. If Zhu Yuanzhang does not approve it within a period of time, or sends it back unchanged, Zhang Ximeng can organize the implementation and test it in some places first, such as... Lingnan!
If Zhu Yuanzhang feels that something is problematic, he can explicitly object to it, or he can leave it unpublished. Zhang Ximeng will not be able to proceed to the next step, or he can directly face the emperor and ask for an order to make a decision.
As luck would have it, this text that opened up Chinese and French was retained by Lao Zhu.
As for Zhang Ximeng, he did not find Zhu Yuanzhang and just put it away until today.
A seemingly careless little thing just revealed the subtleties of the game between the monarch and his ministers.
Do you think Zhang Ximeng is completely Zhu Yuanzhang’s tool?
What are you thinking!
Zhang Ximeng is full of calculations. You, Zhu Yuanzhang, are made of meat. Even if you have ten times the liver of a normal person, I can still send you a hundred times the information.
As long as you slack off a little, don’t have time to read, or don’t read carefully, and don’t object or stay in the center, I will be able to conduct a pilot project. When the results are effective, the evaluation will be submitted. At this time, the Ministry of Education can intervene, and then it will be
Regarding matters between the emperor and his ministers, Zhang Ximeng could even hide behind Zhongshu Sheng and get things done quietly.
You, Zhu Yuanzhang, know that I am playing tricks on you, how dare you fall out with me?
If you can't tolerate even this little thing, you might as well not trust anyone. This is not a problem of being alone, but of spirit. You are surrounded by enemies, and you can't sit on the dragon's chair alone.
For such a long time, Zhang Ximeng's little tricks have been successful many times, and Lao Zhu has also suffered losses.
But Zhu Yuanzhang was Zhu Yuanzhang after all, and he gradually concluded the rules. Those seemingly unimportant things often contain surprises.
And once the things delivered are abnormal and too much, you must be careful. You would rather stay up all night and have the concubine complain than miss it, otherwise you will have to be fooled!
As expected, Lao Zhu found the opening method.
Then I left it unfinished.
Zhang Ximeng's response was also very interesting. He did not go to Lao Zhu and just pretended that the incident had not happened. Zhang Ximeng knew Zhu Yuanzhang too well. The Emperor was always a staunch farmer.
He always believes in what is grown from the ground, and does not believe in what is trafficked from all over the world... Regarding business understanding, Zhu Yuanzhang feels that necessary business should be done, but only what is necessary, and let go of what is unnecessary!
Secondly, Zhu Yuanzhang was very wary of wealthy businessmen, just as he was wary of wealthy families.
Zhu Yuanzhang believed that according to the model of Kaizhong Law, the production of salt was handed over to merchants, and the sale and transportation of salt were also handed over to merchants. This would allow merchants to expand and control salt, the lifeblood of the national economy and people's livelihood.
Secondly, it is also dangerous to allow military generals to have the power to distribute salt.
Lao Zhu is very aware of the situation of the people below. They are used to being poor and are afraid of poverty. Back then, there were people in the military camps who resold military rations. Now, if they are given the power to issue salt, a piece of paper can be exchanged for white money.
, who can not be moved?
When corruption becomes rampant, Zhu Yuanzhang will have to take heavy action.
Therefore, this kind of thing can only be left on the shelf.
Of course, Lao Zhu also knew Zhang Ximeng. This Mr. Zhang could not be bribed by businessmen, but he had an unusual enthusiasm for developing industry and commerce.
Unfortunately, this matter involved Zhu Ying again. This kid's troubles in Lingnan were all ordered by Zhang Ximeng.
If you insist on staying in the middle and not making any progress, you just can't execute it.
Perhaps Lao Zhu did not expect that things that could not be done in Lingnan are now impossible to do in most cities.
Lingnan is close to the sea and has no enemies. It just wants to make a fortune.
But most of them don't work. Hundreds of thousands of Yuan Ting's remnant soldiers are on the grassland. They are watching eagerly, always thinking about regaining the lost ground.
Under the threat of war, ordinary farmers were unable to survive and had to use military settlements.
But once a military camp is used, the soldiers must suffer. His old subordinates and arrogant generals in the army are not so honest and obedient.
Everyone has different ideas, and if you have to start from scratch and build a steel defense line from scratch, the price you have to pay is too high.
If it relies solely on human investment, Lao Zhu doesn’t know when he will succeed, will he not be able to persevere?
Now that things have happened, it has become inevitable to open the middle method. Even if there are hidden dangers, it has to be used.
In this little contest between king and minister, Zhang Ximeng successfully won a point and could add a chicken drumstick.
Drinking Yanshan, it’s finally over.
The whole day's banquet went straight to midnight, when gorgeous fireworks bloomed in the sky and reflected on the sea, with colorful flowers and colorful flowers.
The king and his ministers rejoice together, and the whole world rejoices together.
The writers who were allowed to observe this grand banquet used their big pens and polished like crazy... There was so much worth writing about this time.
The emperor conferred great titles on all ministers, and Zhang Ximeng was granted the title of King of Lu, becoming the undisputed number one among the ministers.
It is difficult for a minister to be crowned king, but it is even more difficult to become a one-word king.
It's just that in the eyes of the people of the world, this kind of excessive favor doesn't have many problems and seems to be a matter of course. I can only sigh, Zhang Ximeng's prestige is really off the charts!
Others summarized the national policies proposed this time, establishing military camps, combining farming with war, and guarding the borders.
As princes guard the border, all princes over ten years old must go outside to observe the sentiments of the people.
Frankly, this move is a bit excessive.
A ten-year-old child is still too young after all. He has to leave the palace and stay away from his parents. Even if there are people around to serve him, he is still not so warm and affectionate.
But for the prince, this method seems to be very necessary.
Get in touch with the outside world earlier and understand the sufferings of the people, so that you will not be indifferent to the four bodies and five grains. At the very least, you must know how much an egg costs, so that you will not be deceived by the people around you.
Moreover, the emperor sent his flesh and blood to the border areas, and even more firmly swore that these places would not be let go, and would always belong to the Ming Dynasty!
After all, at this time, no one would think that going to the frontier to become a vassal king is to enjoy life, but to come here to dominate and harm the people... After all, if you want to harm the people, you must first have the people.
But compared to these, what really touches people's hearts is the part about opening up the Chinese law.
In order to develop and expand the military camp, the emperor granted him the power to distribute salt.
As long as you provide grain and grass supplies to the Yanyun military camp, you can exchange for salt, and then get salt from the Changlu Salt Field... Needless to say, how profitable salt is.
All businessmen who received this news were inexplicably excited and excited.
Whether we can increase our family fortune tenfold or a hundredfold depends on this time.
First, we need to figure out what is lacking in the border area, and then transport it there as quickly as possible.
There are people who are smarter, so why waste the effort?
There is nothing on the frontier now.
Sell your family property as soon as possible. Whatever you can raise is good, so send it as soon as possible!
In addition, there are some kilns that burn bricks and tiles. They simply go north to find a place to open kilns and burn bricks. Anyway, building houses and building fortresses are all inseparable.
They can make a fortune.
Yan Yun, which was originally regarded as a barbaric place where no one wanted to come, suddenly became lively after a successful spell was thrown out.
Those who were a little ambitious ran this way one after another.
The effect was so good that Xu Da, Hu Dahai and others were stunned. Sure enough, it was the face of the silver that was more effective than the emperor's imperial edict.
Not to mention others, even Zhu Wenzheng came to see Zhang Ximeng after delivering military rations from Linqing.
"Sir, your majesty is actually overly worried. I have figured it out a long time ago. When I was stationed in Shaanzhou, I understood that since I am your majesty's nephew and a member of the Zhu family, I must be brave enough to do my job and set an example for the entire army.
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Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "Hardship comes first, enjoyment comes last! That's all you have in mind. It's not unworthy of His Majesty's love for you. In fact, in his heart, he values his relatives very seriously, but he is a bit introverted and not good at expressing. Moreover,
We take state affairs as our top priority and don’t dare to show it easily.”
Zhu Wenzheng nodded repeatedly, but then said: "Sir, I know all these things, but I just want to ask... I have relatives on my mother's side who came to me... I want to..."
Zhu Wenzheng was hesitant, but Zhang Ximeng understood clearly, and he immediately said seriously: "You are a junior, so you can agree casually. If you cause trouble, it will be bad. You have to leave this matter to the Prince Consort."
Li Zhen!
Zhu Wenzheng understood instantly and hurriedly bowed deeply and thanked Zhang Ximeng for his advice.
At this time, Li Wenzhong and Lan Yu also came over. They were both juniors in the army and had studied with Zhang Ximeng for a long time, so they were quite close.
The three of them got together and had dinner at Zhang Ximeng's residence, and then chatted in the study, mainly discussing matters about the military camp, including how to march.
Wang Baobao is still in Shanxi, which is a serious problem and must be eliminated.
Lan Yu brought a map and put it on the table, ready to discuss the military situation, but when he was clearing away the papers on the table, he found a piece of paper with a poem on it.
Lan Yu had never seen it before, but took a quick glance, and saw the words "Heavy rain fell on the swallows... changed the world". Lan Yu was startled subconsciously, and the piece of paper was taken away by Zhang Ximeng...