Chapter 1275 Separation of public and private affairs
""The Dharani Mantra Sutra Spoken by the Buddha to Protect All Boys"..." Shao Zhili looked at it pretendingly, then nodded and thanked: "I'm interested."
After that, he ordered his followers to get some money and silk as an offering to the temple.
"Donor, if you want to worship this sutra, you need to..." The monk's words were unclear, but the meaning was clear.
"Huh?" Shao Zhili was a little surprised, and he hesitated and asked, "Do you have to pay every year?"
What surprised him even more was that these monks didn't know who the Buddhist scriptures were enshrined for? How dare they ask for royal money like this? How brave!
"Offer," the monk corrected.
"Okay, just make offerings. Do you have to make offerings every year?" Shao Zhili continued to ask.
"Although the foundation of teaching is not permanent, the most important thing is to protect the Dharma for a long time." The monk only said one sentence and then fell silent.
Shao Zhili looked at the "Buddhist Sutra Inscriptions" again:
"...Shao Jun protects the Dharma, and the Dharma's wishes will last forever. The wind will lead you away, and the clouds will welcome you. Catastrophes are indestructible, and mountains are indestructible. My blessings and scriptures will last forever. It was built on November 19th, the fourth year of Jianji."
He asked someone to carve this after the birth of the fifteenth prince, in order to pray for the fifteenth prince to grow up safely and without any illness or disaster.
"That's it." Shao Zhili thought for a while and then admitted his defeat and said, "I ask people to send money every year. But there is one thing, the person offering the gift will add one more."
"Young man, please don't look down on this kind of business." Tuoba Sijing suddenly laughed and said: "According to my inquiry, Changxia Trading Company in Luoyang South City has a net profit of no less than 20,000 yuan a year. Things that others cannot get, Changxia Trading Co., Ltd.
Xia Trading Company can get it. Changxia Trading Company has a very sufficient supply of things that others want to sell but are out of stock. Well, then again, when it comes to doing business, who can compare to the Shao family?"
After much thought, Shao Shude found that he lacked an agency that operated independently from the government, was only responsible to himself, and took care of many chores.
After the establishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the production, life, military training, etc. of the Sixth Palace Slave Department were all responsible for it. Once the Ministry of Internal Affairs took over, the court would not allocate funds. From now on, the public will be public, and the private will be private, and they will be clearly separated. This is also
The results of recent discussions with the prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall - of course, it will not be completely "weaned" for a while, and the imperial court will continue to sponsor it for a few years.
"Chonggun, are you seducing me?" Shao Shude looked at the rouge on his thumb and said with a half-smile.
It is said that Daxia has produced many good horses in recent years.
Next month is the Changchun Festival. Rumor has it that the saint was poor in his early years, and when he was about to starve to death, he met a god in golden armor. He said that he was an inspector of the Dragon Palace and offered a basket of fish to help the emperor tide over the difficulties. The saint
After being shocked and enlightened, I began to have the ambition to clarify the world.
"The bodyguards and soldiers produce talents. Shao Langjun's rise to the top is so enviable." Tuoba Sijing looked at the tall and burly Shao Zhili and praised.
Shao Zhili hurriedly turned his head and saw it was an awl.
"Changxia Trading Company returned to Sinong Temple and made a lot of money. It has been opened in Chang'an, Luoyang and Peiping. Next, I will open it in Lingzhou, Huazhou, Qinzhou, Bianzhou, Xuzhou and Xiangzhou.
." Shao Shude said: "I am also short of money. And there are some things where it is not good to not distinguish between public and private matters."
"My master is so complimentary." Shao Zhili said politely: "I wonder if my master has any big business, and he wants to come to Youzhou in person?"
Shao Zhili couldn't tell which danger it was. However, it might be more profitable to go fishing at sea. What if the saint one day decreed that everyone should eat this dried salted fish in the first month...
The first type is the dried salted fish newly delivered to the shore in Nigukou. The largest number of people buy it, and most of them are officials and family members of wealthy families.
Anyway, they are all working hard. It is hard to say whether it is dangerous to fight in battle or to go out to sea and fight against the waves.
Therefore, Shao Shude needs to make money.
Shao Zhili complimented him casually.
"Your Majesty, not only Yunju Temple, but also temples everywhere are very prosperous." Shao Zhili said: "Beiping Prefecture, Cangzhou, Weizhou, and Bianzhou are extremely prosperous, and there is a lot of money coming in every day."
Alas, my mother was taking care of my younger brother in the palace, my father was in Luoyang, and he was the only one in the house. It was deserted and boring.
It doesn't matter whether the rumors are true or false, but everyone still has to give some respect to something promoted by the saint himself. Besides, dried salted fish is also a rare item, and rich people don't mind buying more to try it out.
Perhaps because they were both from barbarian backgrounds, they naturally became close to each other.
"There are many livestock in the grassland, but now many places in the North implement the three-crop rotation system and there is a shortage of livestock. The grassland is also short of tea, iron, porcelain and other things, and there are many in the Central Plains." Shao Shude said: "Do you know Changxia Trading Company?"
It’s really a lot! It can even raise a thousand Imperial Guard soldiers, which is very scary.
Tuoba Yichang has a good aunt who regards him as his own son and provides him with great help. Because of this, Tuoba Yichang has been promoted to the commander of the Yizhou Army and is fully responsible for the three thousand state troops.
matters of formation.
"Absi, the king of Luoyang County, Henan Prefecture," Shao Zhili said.
"This..." Shao Zhili didn't know what to say.
The store was bustling with people coming and going. After all, it was a large store that sold various goods together, breaking the monopoly of different trades. This was relatively new to the Yan people.
Xiao Chonggun's face turned red for a moment, then turned white again.
What this person calls "results" actually means that after more than 20 years of accumulation, Sinong Temple has mastered a lot of high-quality "genetic resources", which can be slowly arranged and combined to test the varieties you want. But he
Without these concepts, it is just a vague idea - even so, it is actually very powerful.
"It's really a lot of accumulation." A person next to him sighed.
"Let him come in." Shao Shude left the study and sat down in the main hall.
What a strong incense!
Tuoba Yichang was indeed at home and immediately welcomed him in. To Shao Zhili's surprise, Tuoba Sijing, a famous businessman in Kansai, also came.
"Your Majesty, Shao Zhili is here." Palace official Xie Shi entered and reported.
Those who are quick-thinking are already thinking about finding someone to build a boat and go out to sea to fish. Look at it like this, fishing might be more profitable than being a warrior.
After finishing this matter, Shao Zhili left Liangxiang Yunju Temple.
Xiao Chonggun held a grassland map and knelt quietly in front of him.
The monk nodded and sent someone to write it down and add it later.
It was a coincidence that when I was passing by Quanli Fang, I actually saw the gold-lettered plaque of "Changxia Trading Company", so I walked over.
"My slave, I pay my respects to Your Majesty." Shao Zhili knelt down and paid homage.
"At the beginning of this year, Chang'an also opened. Last month, Beiping also opened. Now there is a shortage of manpower, so some people were seconded from a small business like mine." Speaking of this, Tuoba Sijing was a little proud.
In the past, there was the famous Yinchuan horse, and later the even more popular Gaoque horse came out. I heard that they were all horses eliminated by the pastoral supervisors under the Sinong Temple, but in Shao Zhili's opinion, they are really good.
The salted fish was still very popular, and it was sold out in a short time. People from the trading company came forward to explain that the weather was freezing and the fishing boats were no longer going to sea. This was the last batch of salted fish sent from Nigukou.
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In the Jiaotai Hall, Yu Lu saw her aunt and Astez playing with their children.
The monk frowned, perhaps because he thought that he should not offend these people too much, so he nodded and said, "But I don't know who it is?"
The second largest category people buy is horses - the old rule is that if you pay a deposit at Changxia Trading Company, Sinong Temple will send them the horses they want.
"After Sinong Temple handed over its warehouses in various places, it no longer had anything to do with the Ministry of Revenue. It was already a purely royal government office. Wasn't it opened by the Shao family?" Tuoba Sijing said.
Shao Zhili bought a few in a daze. When he held them in his hands, he didn't know who to find to cook them.
After parting ways with Li Yan, he had no intention of shopping anymore. He took the time to go to Yunju Temple to get a rubbing copy of the Stone Scripture, and then went to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit.
The imperial court also asked me to borrow someone to set up a trading company, which shows that the Tuoba family's industry is still developing very well.
"This..." Shao Zhili was a little confused: "I heard that Changxia Trading Company was opened by Sinong Temple."
Upon hearing the news, several officials who had just been promoted from the yamen were greatly disappointed.
Shao Zhili felt that he could do such a thing.
After running all the way back to Youzhou, it was already the end of November, and there were still two days left before entering the palace to meet the saint, so I went to have a drink with Tuoba Yichang, who had once been on guard with the imperial guards.
Shao Shude glanced up and down, and suddenly touched Xiao Zhonggun's lips with his finger, and then looked at her kneeling posture. The chest of her underskirt was pulled very low, and the little bun inside could already be seen.
He didn't know who Absi was, he just thought he was a Tibetan chieftain who clung to the royal family, so he couldn't understand Shao Zhili's coquettish behavior, and he couldn't understand Shao's palace eunuch's filial piety towards his biological father.
"I've heard that one opened in Luoyang Nan City," Shao Zhili said.
"I'm not here to be an official." Tuoba Sijing said, dumbfounded, "Does Changxia Trading Company know?"
"So that's it." Shao Zhili suddenly realized it and said again: "Luoyang Changxia Trading Company has an annual income of 20,000 yuan. This is really..."
On the way down the mountain, I saw an endless stream of people coming and going. Looking back at the mountain, the temples were filled with incense chants.
He saw a new name within the predetermined horse category: Yongqing Horse.
Shao Zhili listened quietly.
"Unexpectedly, the Tuoba clan has grown so prosperous." Shao Zhili was surprised.
"I have heard that we have been breeding good horses during the summer season." Mao Zhuizi continued: "I have persisted for more than twenty years, and I must have achieved a lot. As long as Sinong Temple wants to, it will not be a problem to produce a new horse every year.
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"Get up." Shao Shude took the rubbings of the Buddhist scriptures and the preface from Pugu Cheng'en, looked at them carefully, and his expression was very exciting.
"This slave knows." Shao Zhili replied.
"Actually, it's nothing." Tuoba Sijing said with a smile: "Entrusted by the imperial court, I purchased some livestock and transported them to Peiping. Along the way, I brought a few younger members of the clan to take office in Youzhou."
The so-called "no distinction between public and private affairs" mainly refers to the affairs of the palace servants.
The bodyguard army composed of young slaves was managed by the Anbei Protectorate before the founding of the People's Republic of China. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was managed by the Beiya Privy Council. This is abnormal. How can the emperor's private army be managed by the imperial court? Once the imperial court
Take it over, is it still private?
In fact, he is not very interested in these business matters, and he doesn't think much of them. No matter how much money he makes, can he be useful as an official? Tuoba Sijing was Shao Sheng's defeated general in his early years. If he lost his spirit, he could only work in the camp.
These things. After all, the Tuoba clan was once a wealthy clan, and apart from doing business, it was really inappropriate for them to do anything else.
"I have already imposed taxes, but I am still so rich." Shao Shude sighed: "These bald donkeys, it seems that the tax rate can be increased. The extra money can be used to form a grassland caravan."
Shao Shude was in his study thinking about how to make money.
"My name is Li Yan." Seeing that Shao Zhili didn't speak, Mao Zhuizi didn't take it seriously and said: "I was a small official in Mozhou, but when Master Wang arrived, I abandoned my official position and fled. I'm really ashamed. Now I have been summoned by the cultivator.
When I went to Yingzhou to be a county official, I wanted to buy a good horse, but I didn't buy it. A thousand good horses were sold out in a few days, and Changxia Trading Company got 60,000 to 70,000 pieces of silk out of thin air. Alas, Peiping unexpectedly
There are so many rich people in the government, so we are careless."
"You are determined. On the grassland, it is still necessary to build temples to resolve the hostility. This is why I came to you today." Shao Shude said: "However, after seeing this rubbing, I remembered something.
The incense in Yunju Temple is very prosperous?”
Changxia Trading Company will soon be separated from Sinong Temple and placed under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This can be regarded as the first asset of the yamen.
So he decided to establish the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Luoyang South City is in such a good location. If it is managed well, it is estimated that it can make more money. Opening a trading house in Chang'an and Peking will bring a lot of money. Sinong Temple is really rich.
Shao Zhili and Tuoba Sijing, Tuoba Yichang's grandfather and grandson had a banquet until the evening, and then they took their leave.
Shao Zhili observed silently and found that most people were just looking, and few people made any purchases. Even if they did buy, they only focused on a few types of goods.
The second way is to form a grassland caravan and travel back and forth between the Central Plains and the grassland. In the future, after progressing to the borders of Khitan and Bohai, Shao Shude knows that there are many local products that are complementary to the mainland, and many things can be placed in Changxia Trading Company
on the shelves and earn profits.
The third way is sea trade, which is currently in a rough start-up state and has not yet been revealed. Moreover, the initial investment of this thing is very large and the risk is also very high. Even if you are the emperor, you still have some hesitation to use your own money to play.
Maybe we can wait until we have more capital, but not now.
The next step is to set up some workshops. The woolen cloth can be used as a reward, and the weaving will make money. He has the raw materials, the slaves can provide them, and the machines can also be hired to make them. The only thing missing is manpower.
This will require the guards to fight more battles, capture more prisoners and come back to "step on the sewing machine"...