Regarding Zhu Zhanzhen's sudden request, why was Mu Binleng's situation different from what he had thought before he came?
Originally, he had made up his mind that Zhu Zhan would definitely be embarrassed when he came here, either verbally or behaviorally. His father had warned him in advance that if the other party made things difficult for him, he would suffer. If he couldn't bear it, he would run back.
Yunnan.
On the way, I also heard that the Prince of Zhujiang County killed the chief envoy in the street, so I felt that this man must be extremely difficult to get along with, and I would not feel comfortable during this trip.
But there is no difficulty in making things difficult for him, no disrespect to him at all. He is clearly a distinguished guest, and he is clearly a distinguished guest. Now he wants to give him an official position.
He couldn't understand the numbers. Don't talk about him. His father wouldn't be able to understand even if he came.
"Your Highness, Mu Bin has limited talent and knowledge, so he may not be qualified for the job."
"Don't be modest. I've heard that the prince is both civil and military and upright. Let's do this. I plan to build a new navy, and you will be my marshal."
"Ah? Absolutely not, absolutely not." Mu Bin suspected that Zhu Zhanzhen wanted to flatter him and kill him.
"That's right, you are too young. Let's do this. My navy will initially have three fleets. You will be the captain of one of the fleets, which is similar to the official position of the commander of the guard station."
Mu Bin still resisted: "No, no, your highness, it is really difficult for a humble minister to take on this responsibility."
"That's it, it's settled. You send someone back to talk to Duke Qian. You can stay here. If you have a wife and children who want to take them over, take them over too. That's it. I have something else to do, so I'll go out first.
Already."
"Your Highness, Your Highness..."
"Oh, by the way, arrange for someone to cook the mushrooms for the prince. Remember to cook them thoroughly. Eat and drink first. I have something to do and I have to go out."
After Zhu Zhanzhen took the people away, he didn't give Mu Bin any time to say anything. Mu Bin was really kept in the dark about this incident.
After Zhu Zhanzhen got out of the door, he got on the carriage. Chu'er asked: "Your Highness, where are you going?"
"Go to Nan's house."
"Your Highness, would you like to bring more guards?" Xiaosheng was a little worried, after all, he and the Nan family should have become enemies now.
"We have informed Yang Lu to lead troops there. The entire Nan family is our soldier."
Because Zhu Zhanyi thought there was something wrong with Huang Huihong, Zhu Zhanyi asked Yang Lu, the former minister of the Ministry of War, to now be in charge of the troops of the Guangdong vassal. Huang Huihong was still the commander in name, but Huang Huihong also knew that Zhu Zhanyi wanted to evade him.
Huang Huihong's information and Zhu Zhanzhen's information have been obtained from Fang Shichu. There are many cases of corruption and bribery, but generally speaking, his situation is pretty good for the position of Chief of the Third Division, and he has no other bad records.
He is quite cautious, has merits and demerits, and does not intend to go into a big fight for the time being, so I hope that he can smoothly retire from the position of capital commander and hand over smoothly. If the military power is unstable, things will be troublesome.
Huang Huihong saw Zhu Zhanzhen's intention. Fortunately, he cooperated and neither side made things difficult for the other. Those who understand current affairs are heroes.
After the death of Nan Shenghuai, the Nan family went from being a prosperous family to falling apart overnight. Each branch wanted to separate and break away from the Nan family. Zhu Zhanzhen supported Nan Shizhi to become a family, but nominally let him first
exist.
It's also useful.
After getting off the carriage, I saw that Nanfu was not in the prosperous place of Guangzhou, but outside the city. It covered a huge area, much larger than the county and prince's palace that I had planned. This was a business that had been in business for hundreds of years.
Standing at the door of Nanfu were soldiers from the Guangdong Guards Station. Zhu Zhanzhen raised his head and glanced at the vermilion door and the hanging plaque with the word Nanfu.
"A noble family has a high reputation, but all they do is sneaky things."
Today's warm rain falls on the ground, on the door, and on the plaque. The summer rain in Guangdong Mansion is not as gentle as that in Yingtian Mansion.
Chu'er held an umbrella, and a group of people followed behind and walked inside.
The decoration of Nanfu is different from the wealthy courtyard of Yingtianfu. It lacks the Jiangnan romance and has more local customs and habits. The central hall is dedicated to the Second Master Guan.
Walking into the hall, everyone present stood up, old and young.
Among them, Zhu Zhanzhen knew the current head of the Nan family, the sullen Nan Zhizhi, Ma Xiang and Zhao Quan who were sent by him, and Cao Xinyue, who was sitting dignifiedly.
"I have met His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhujiang County."
Zhu Zhanyi walked straight to the main seat and sat down: "Everyone, please take a seat."
Everyone has sat down, and of course there are still many standing. There are no less than thirty people in the middle hall at this time, and only ten can be seated. All of them are well-known aristocratic families in Guangzhou, or business owners.
Zhu Zhanxun was famous for killing Jin Wu, and these people were scared to death of him. Most of them saw Zhu Zhanxang for the first time, and they originally imagined that he looked ferocious and evil.
The advantage of establishing your authority here is that your reputation is so great that people will be intimidated by you even before you meet.
But when I saw the young man today, he was gentle, handsome and handsome, and it seemed that he was not compatible with the man who killed the chief envoy in the street.
"You are all well-known figures in the Guangdong feudal business community. It is very rare to meet you today."
"Your Highness, it is a great honor for ordinary people like us to meet you."
"Yeah yeah."
Everyone began to praise Zhu Zhanzhong, and Zhu Zhanzhen looked at him with a slight smile. He showed kindness and power to prevent them from flattering him. After all, these people felt resentful in their hearts.
"Everyone, I am very grateful to you all for giving me this face. I am new here, and I will still need to rely on you for many things in the future."
After Zhu Zhanzhen finally said something, these people were about to flatter him. Zhu Zhanzhen stretched out a hand to signal for silence, and after saying polite words, he had to say more serious things.
"I conquer Guangzhou Prefecture and plan to develop agriculture, commerce, and industry. If you are well-informed, you can go and see the steam engine factory and shipyard we are building. The shopkeepers of the trading houses can do business with confidence. As long as it is legal, don't worry.
If you evade taxes, within the Guangdong vassal, all your business activities will be protected by the Pearl River County Prince’s Palace and the Guangdong Commandery Division.”
It was the first time that the shopkeepers heard that they wanted to do large-scale business, and that the army would protect their legal business. But Zhu Zhanzhen also meant that you should stop doing illegal business.
"You are not joking. I keep my word. At the same time, Ma Xiang is establishing the Guangdong branch of the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty. Zhao Quanhui is establishing the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the Agricultural Bank of China, etc. in various prefectures. I will provide low-interest loans to help everyone do business."
"At the same time, I also have several key directions that everyone can pay attention to."
"The first is the basic construction industry, that is, infrastructure, building bridges and roads, bricks and timber. These projects will receive additional subsidies, and specific measures will be announced in two months."
"The second is agricultural tools that help agriculture or improve planting. If the output of one acre of land can be increased, there will be incentives and subsidies."
"The third is ship construction. This needs no explanation."
"The fourth is education. The sage said that there is no education without distinction. I want to promote education in the Guangdong domain. I plan to formulate a three-year basic compulsory education plan within the domain. All children who reach the age of ten, regardless of gender, as long as there is no adulterer in the family
Those who break the rules can study in the nearest school, and the tuition fee will be subsidized. If you have ideas, you can build more schools."
"Fifth is steel smelting. There is no need to explain this."
"The above five items are key development projects related to your business, and the sixth item is also somewhat relevant to you."
At this time, the student handed over a flag. The flag was rectangular, with blue and white stripes on the lower half, and the word "明" written in red on the top.
"This is the naval flag of the Guangdong vassal. I want to build a navy to defend the coast of the Guangdong vassal, and at the same time vigorously crack down on the smuggling trade. If smugglers implicate their families, their descendants will not be allowed to go to school or take exams, and they will be severely fined, exceeding one hundred taels of silver.
You can behead him and show him to the public.”
Everyone looked at each other in shock, and if the goods exceeded a hundred taels, they would be beheaded, but the purpose of smuggling was to make a lot of money, so how could a shipment of goods be worth less than a hundred taels?
In other words, if you are caught smuggling, you will be punished by death, and it is estimated that related merchants will be arrested later. This tells them that the focus of the fight is smuggling.
The people below immediately understood what Zhu Zhanzhen meant. He was warning these people that if they are still involved with smuggling, they should cut it off as soon as possible. He did not say that he would pursue the past matters. His plans are two months old.
Start later.
Two months from now, what will happen after two months?
In fact, these large commercial banks are quite happy with Zhu Zhanzhen's approach. They have made it clear to them the projects that will be developed and will be subsidized by the policy, so that they can work harder in this direction.
This is part of the planned economy.
I have planned the direction, and you will go towards the goal I planned.
At the same time, I have also drawn my bottom line. If you want to touch my bottom line, I will not be polite.
Zhu Zhanzhen looked at Nan Zhanzhi. The "head" of the Nan family did not act like a head of the family at all. After his death, his uncles in the family were about to separate the family. After Zhu Zhanzhen's previous blow, his self-confidence was gone.
Already.
In front of people like Zhu Zhanzhen, he is nothing. A teenage scholar sounds good to outsiders. He is the grandson of the emperor at birth, and a scholar is not even qualified to enter his palace.
Now he knew that he was not dead because Fang Shi's wife begged for mercy, and they needed an easy-to-control head of the Nan family.
"Master Nan, Master Nan..."
"Your Highness, the grassroots are here." Nan Zhidao came back to his senses.
"I don't know what the head of the Nan family thinks about my plan just now."
Nan Zhi bowed and saluted: "Your Highness's plans are all for the people of Guangdong, and the common people must do their best to support His Highness."
"That's good. The Nan family can be regarded as a scholarly family. I want the Nan family to build new schools in various counties in Guangdong. Of course, Miss Cao Xinyue will be responsible for this. You just need to help."
Cao Xinyue takes the lead, and your Nan family provides the money. To put it bluntly, that's it.
"Common people, obey your orders." Nan Zhizhi did not dare to disobey.
This was what Zhu Zhanyi and Cao Xinyue had discussed. Cao Xinyue asked Zhu Zhanyi what kind of business she was good at, but Zhu Zhanyi told her not to do business herself. The daily business of tea, ceramics, cotton and silk would be left to her.
The shopkeeper below went to run the business and asked her to purchase land on Xiangjiang Island in advance to facilitate port trade.
As for herself, Zhu Zhanzhen asked her to build a school and improve her reputation.
He needs a model, a businessman who has made money to spend money to fund education, and Cao Xinyue is the best model.
Cao Xinyue also agreed, and everyone praised that it should be more suitable for him.