With his father's approval, Yang Shen's path to becoming a lecturer was finally smooth.
But the thorn in my heart has already been planted.
It is no longer possible for Yang Shen to obey his father without any doubt like before. Now he has begun to have his own opinions. On certain matters, he has different opinions from Yang Tinghe. Many times he no longer expresses them, but
The choice is kept silently in my heart.
Although he didn't quite understand why his father wanted to recruit Yu Chengxun and Zhu Hao back to Beijing, he still wrote a letter to Nanjing as promised. Even if there was an official post, it would take ten days and a half to deliver the letter, and it would take ten and a half months to deliver the letter.
Zhu Hao and Yu Chengxun will return to Beijing after receiving the news, probably by the end of the year.
At this time in Nanjing, Zhu Hao still acted like he was doing nothing every day, but only in front of Yu Chengxun. He was secretly very busy. In addition to conveying some messages to Beijing from time to time, he also had to take care of Nanjing's ground business.
Less than half of the special funds for southeast coastal defense allocated by the Ministry of Accounts have not arrived. In name, they have been embezzled by some local people. In fact, it is because the south has suffered huge losses over the years, and many of them have been used to fill old accounts. Only a few have been embezzled.
, there are three people who are said to have a huge amount of ink, all of which are more than 10,000 taels...
Two of the suspects committed suicide in prison out of fear of crime, and the other one was kidnapped by bandits on the way to Nanjing...
It is very likely that the Nanjing garrison sent people to protect him, or he was killed secretly.
It means that it will become a dead debt and a bad debt, making it impossible for people to investigate.
It's not impossible to check if you really want to. All you need to do is to dig out all the account books of Nanfang in the past few years and compare them one by one... But the amount of this project is really too big. Zhu Hao asked himself that he doesn't have the ability. After all, checking the accounts is a small matter, and behind the scenes.
The interests involved are huge. If we really want to thoroughly investigate, Zhu Hao might not be able to leave Nanjing.
The prerequisite for doing something is to do it according to one's ability. Zhu Hao's current ability is far from being able to turn Nanjing's officialdom upside down.
Recently, Zhu Hao has been busy setting up a workshop in Nanjing City. Luo An has not left. In addition to secretly protecting Zhu Hao, he also has a very important task, which is to cooperate with Zhu Hao to set up a military factory in Nanjing and use Su Xigui's connections.
, to forge new firearms needed for southeast coastal defense.
If Su Xigui is allowed to make it himself...even if his brother-in-law is the Minister of Nanhubu, if this matter is found out, it will be a serious crime of secretly making firearms with evil intentions.
But if the envoy from Fusi Town of Jinyiwei North Town came forward, everything would be much more reasonable, because Luo An had the secret edict issued by Zhu Si.
Secret edicts are just a piece of waste paper in the capital. No one really cares about the edicts issued by the emperor that do not pass the cabinet. But in Nanjing, a place where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, secret edicts are no different from imperial edicts.
Because no one now suspects that Zhu Hao is working for the new emperor, even if Zhu Hao goes out on a regular basis, Yu Chengxun will no longer send people to follow him. Now Yu Chengxun is too lazy to care where Zhu Hao goes. Now he is more concerned about when he can see Wei Guogong Xu Pengju
, so that you can complete the task and return to Beijing as soon as possible.
Monitor Zhu Hao?
That is an expired order. Now Zhu Hao is in Nanjing, but the emperor is still doing well in the capital. Even Yang Tinghe has been defeated. It is enough to show that Zhu Hao is not the mastermind of the little emperor, even if he is with the people of Prince Xing's Mansion
So what if we know him? Aren’t he still an insignificant person?
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End of October.
Ouyang Fei arrived in Nanjing.
She was supposed to arrive with Zhu Hao, but was sent by Zhu Hao to Anlu, Huguang to handle business there.
Compared with the capital and Nanjing, which were areas where the new emperor's forces needed to gradually penetrate, Anlu was completely Zhu Si's "back garden".
After Prince Xing's Mansion gave birth to the True Dragon, he completely suppressed the local government and military system in Anlu Prefecture. In addition, Zhu Si and the Empress Dowager Jiang just moved to the capital, and the original team of Prince Xing's Mansion is still there. What kind of workshop does Zhu Hao want to open in the name of Prince Xing's Mansion?
, there is no obstacle at all in Anlu Prefecture to do anything.
Just because Anlu is located inland and has inconvenient transportation, it does not involve the two major events of northwest border defense and southeast coastal defense. Even if it does some business, it mostly involves the allocation of materials.
To mass-manufacture firearms in Anlu, it seems that
Not a good choice.
For troops in the northwest, new firearms can be manufactured in Xishan, the capital, while for troops in the southeast, workshops can be found on the borders of Nanjing...
This is also to alleviate the disadvantages of inconvenient transportation in this era. Transportation cost is one thing, timeliness is another, and there are also safety considerations - after all, new firearms involve flammable and explosive items such as gunpowder.
Not suitable for long-distance and high-intensity transportation.
"My boss..."
When Ouyang Fei appeared in front of Zhu Hao again, she was dressed as a woman.
Although she has not yet passed the imperial examination, she is already regarded as Zhu Hao's "concubine". She may be directly incorporated into Zhu Hao's house later, and she will just go through the formalities at the government office.
Men of the Ming Dynasty had to go through government procedures to take concubines. The Ming Dynasty had very strict restrictions on population mobility. Everyone had their own household registration from birth. Marrying a wife and taking concubines must be registered with the government. For those black households without identity household registration... Yue
The inspections are stricter in big cities.
Zhu Hao looked at Ouyang Fei. She was dressed in a tight-fitting outfit that made it easy to walk around. She had fair skin, long black and shiny hair tied up with a peach wood hairpin, big watery eyes, double eyelids, and a nose as strong as a jade carving.
, Liu Yemei, a small cherry mouth, tall figure, graceful and graceful.
Speaking of which, this woman is truly beautiful.
It just looks like it lacks a little maturity and rationality, and people can't help but think that this is a perfect vase.
Since Ouyang Fei took charge of the family business, she single-handedly bankrupted the Ouyang family, which shows that she is not a business material. Such a woman should be raised in a cage as a canary and live a life without food and clothing.
Worry is only responsible for dressing up and maintaining a youthful life.
It's not that Zhu Hao looks down on Ouyang Fei. It's really difficult for women in this era to have some independent opinions, be recognized by society, and step out of their own homes to stand alone...
Thinking about the difficulties that Zhu Niang, a widow, encountered when raising her son, we know how unfriendly the world is to women as heads of households.
Of course, no one will say anything after a thirty-year-old daughter-in-law has become a mother-in-law. Young women are so unrecognized by society. Whenever you step out of the house, you will be considered to be in public and immoral. Ouyang Fei, who has experienced this kind of education since childhood, became pregnant at the age of fifteen.
If you want to take charge of the family business, it would be strange if you can manage it well.
"Show me Anlu's accounts."
Zhu Hao doesn't talk too much nonsense to Ouyang Fei.
Then Ouyang Fei took out an account book from the baggage she carried with her. It seemed to be well kept.
After giving it to Zhu Hao, there were some symbols on it that outsiders couldn't understand.
Zhu Hao took it over and compared it in detail.
Ouyang Fei asked in confusion: "My boss, the current weaving workshop in Anlu, most of the cloth produced is transported to Shu and the northwest, and very few are sold to Jiangnan. It stands to reason... Jiangnan is where the demand for cloth is strongest."
Why did the boss do this?"
What Ouyang Fei wants most now is to revitalize her family business.
Being Zhu Hao's concubine also serves this goal.
"Our cloth is of good quality and low price..."
Zhu Hao patiently explained, “If a large amount of this kind of fabric is sold in Nanjing, it will cause a huge shock to the market, cause a large number of family-based textile workshops to go bankrupt, and touch the fundamental interests of vested interests. They will definitely rise up against us.
"This is a critical moment before Your Majesty takes power. It is better to do less than to do more. It is better to use the bulk of the cloth we weave as military supplies. This can save the court money and give the two ministers of Nanhu and Beihu... less need to go to many unnecessary things.
Necessary trouble."
Zhu Hao's reasons are very good.
Sun Jiao, the Shangshu of the Northern Hubu Department, was his father-in-law, and Huang Zan, the Shangshu of the Southern Hubu Department, was a person he had befriended early on.
These two people can be regarded as people who can be used by him in the future. Among the six departments in the future, only the household department will be under his absolute control. It will be easier for Zhu Hao to implement reforms.
Since you can sell your goods as quickly as possible through the good relationship with the Northern and Southern Household Departments... you don't have to worry about the market order being disrupted because of the low price of cotton cloth...
It can save a lot of trouble and benefit others and yourself.
Every place and every profession has its own laws and order. Zhu Hao doesn't want to be the one who emerges from the world by himself.
, to break this relatively stable order, in an era of feudal conservatism and very serious regional protection, if you go to steal other people's jobs, the backlash caused by others taking advantage of local snakes is not something ordinary merchants can afford.
As a time traveler, Zhu Hao understands the truth that order exists in any era. For example, regional protection cannot be suppressed even by the imperial power. You cannot make local forces surrender and seize all the benefits just by relying on the emperor's support.
Yes, if you force yourself... you may be shattered to pieces.
Zhu Hao is not an idealist, preferring to follow the rules and quietly accumulate strength.
"I bought a batch of goods from the southeast, and they will be shipped from the Shipping Department. Later, you can contact me on my behalf," Zhu Hao said to Ouyang Fei.
Ouyang Fei looked puzzled: "What kind of goods are you going to leave from the Shipping Department?"
From Ouyang Fei's point of view, Shibo Stone's business is overseas trade. Nowadays, pirate and Japanese pirate activities are becoming more and more frequent along the southeast coast. Overseas countries are all barbarians who drink raw materials and drink blood. How can there be any good goods that require Zhu Hao to purchase them?
"We'll find out when we get it shipped."
Zhu Hao said, "After you receive the stuff, transport it directly to the warehouse where the cloth is stored outside the city. Someone from Nanhubu will pick it up later."
"Nato?"
Ouyang Fei's eyes widened.
"To be precise, it should be that Su Dongzhu received goods related to coastal defense costs in the name of Nanhu. This batch of goods did not exist in the Central Plains before, but as military supplies, they had to go through the imperial court. They would be shipped to the north later, but
No one can know what it is." Zhu Hao said.
What Zhu Hao wanted to transport was a batch of materials, but it was unclear whether they would be useful.
It was brought from the New World by the Folangji people.
What Zhu Hao is currently looking for are cash crops such as rubber and tobacco. When he learns that there is such a ship of goods staying outside Hangzhou Bay and has not been able to enter the port, and someone wants to make a deal with the pirates privately, Zhu Hao can only use some connections.