Chapter 367 The first step in Wang Zhis plan to become famous in Haijiang
Chapter 367 The first step in Wang Zhi’s plan to become famous in Haijiang
Under the emperor, everything is civil and military.
Xia Yan joined the Crown Prince and Taibao, and went to Dr. Ronglu, Youzhu Kingdom, Guanliang Qidao, and walked towards the Yangxin Hall with his head held high.
As the general staff officer of the Military Affairs Council, what he was thinking at this moment was: In this great age, God's grace is so great, he is only forty-nine years old, he still has a lot to do! He can have one more crown on his head.
Temple, the Hall of Heroes, where you can stand and watch for generations to come!
"You should be diligent in your studies. In the future, you will be promoted to minister, and you will be able to escape from my family's army."
This was what his father Xia Ding urged him to do when he was young. Previously, it was customary to be a minister before he could leave the military.
Shangshu was the second-rank official, and he is now the first-rank official.
He no longer needs to worry about such trivial matters as military status. He has wanted to show off his talents and ambitions all his life, and today he has a place to put them to use.
Zhu Houcong didn't interact with Xia Yan that often because Xia Yan left early.
He knew that Xia Yan was talented and capable, but he also knew what many people said about Xia Yan.
It's not just Yang Yiqing and Yang Tinghe who have passed away. Last year, Zhang Yong also came to the end of his life. Now, Mai Fu has returned to Beijing from Guangdong and took over Zhang Yong's position. And in the military affairs meeting, how could the Royal Horse Supervisor's handprint be missing?
position? Although he did not attend, the secret files in Wuying Palace were also kept by him.
"That should be the case. In Qinghai, there were many raids on Uzang. Qinghai changed hands, and everyone knew that it would take some time for them to gain a firm foothold. Why didn't Uzang take Qinghai as its own again? My answer
It should be to grant the Yellow Sect missionary grassland. Now that I don’t know Kou Xuanda, the next step for the right wing is probably to attack Turpan. In this way, Qinghai can be connected with the right wing."
Zhu Houcong picked up several more brochures: "The three western frontiers are only one of the Ming Dynasty affairs. Gongjin, don't be anxious. First, take a look at the affairs in the southwest and the movements in Jiliao. Many things have been delayed for a year or two. Xuanda
After the First World War, both An Ningbo and I wanted to see the changes in the situation clearly before making a decision. Now that Gong Jin has become the general staff, we might as well consider everything. The Ming Dynasty’s military strength, money and food, and when and where to use it all must be considered.
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Wang Zhi now had other ideas: "My boss, do you think we can also find an isolated island with this kind of stone? If we go to Nanyang and kidnap some people again, let them dig out this stone, and then we can transport it back
Ningbo. Other companies can carry other goods back to Ningbo and buy this struvite from us to deduct tax. Wouldn’t that be better?”
As it happened, the envoys sent by Mo Dengyong had already set off.
"...then you give it a try."
"Okay, since you have the courage, our family will take the word to Xu Dong. If you open up this trade route, your Huizhou Maritime Trading Company can only spend 80% of the silver to buy struvite next year!"
After Zhu Houcong said this, he asked Xia Yan: "If the Ming Dynasty takes Qinghai now, it will let Uzang and Turpan worry about the Ming army. If it takes Qinghai first, how will it recruit Uzang? I can't believe in the Yellow Sect.
Right? If we divide our forces to defend Qinghai, can we successfully recover Hami?"
Peng Yue is also a dead horse and a live doctor. It is not yet time for the sea trade company to directly express its attitude. His Majesty's decree is to "wait and see what happens."
After Xia Yan thought for a while, he went straight to the large row of pavilions where the meeting was held.
"You have the same name as Eunuch Wang in the past, so you are somewhat connected to our family." Peng Yue nodded, "I have done this with my heart, and future matters are not beyond negotiation."
Xu Dong got a lower price for struvite, and Wang Zhi became the shopkeeper of the store that Huizhou Sea Trading Company just opened on Cat Ba Island. He began to learn what he called "bird language."
"It seems that Gong Jin understands what is important in the past three years?"
This guy is actually very strong.
Xu Dong sighed: "Nowadays, some people do think of this method, and some people do buy some from the Yi chiefs. Most of them give more money than the sea trade companies, and want to have a good relationship with the local wealthy families. Besides, we private businessmen,
How much does it take in one year? They won’t offend Haimao Bank easily, and we don’t want to offend Haimao Bank easily.”
Facing his many questions, Xu Dong shook his head again: "I don't know why exactly. This struvite is not only available to the sea trade company, they also bought it."
Wang Zhi's heart moved: "Ailao? I wonder where Ailao is?"
This kid is really good at observing people's emotions. That matter is really difficult and not easy to handle.
Maifu took Xia Yan to the Jingsi Hall, the back hall of Wuying Hall, and opened the room where two guards, a minister and a green-robed clerk were guarding or working outside the door.
At least there is no explicit order that you must buy from Haimao House, and some people really don’t buy from Haimao House.
He gradually learned how long ago the Ming Dynasty had been preparing for affairs outside the territory, and also learned more information that he did not know before, so he gradually gave up the idea of taking Qinghai first.
Walking into the room, Xia Yan saw rows of pavilions at a glance.
"Then what are your plans for the invasion of the North and the Western Front?"
If there are three to five hundred people on an island, wouldn't they be able to earn hundreds of taels a day?
It must not be that simple, otherwise the money would be too much to earn.
The new military affairs conference began to formally discuss matters related to Yunnan, and the strategies of Wu Wending and Mu Shaoxun were waiting for their answers.
At this time, the fleet of Huizhou Maritime Trading Company had just arrived at Yuntun Port.
"When the ordinary people went to the sea, they felt that the sea was like home. The ordinary people are just expressing their feelings to the father-in-law. My father-in-law can test whether the ordinary people can do things."
"Ji Weimin led the Shenji Battalion to select forwards in the battle against the rebellion in Huguang. He went from Sichuan to Yunnan, which really reminded Burma and Jiaozhi of the power of the Ming Dynasty's fire cannons that broke through the elephant formation." Zhu Houcong said, "Northwest,
Waiting for An Da to help his brother destroy Tulufan, and letting Tang Yingde wait for an opportunity to help Hami enrich the country will be enough to contain Qinghai and the forces on the west side of the right wing. On the Yunnan side, it is better to plan."
"It's not worth it, it's not worth it..." Wang Zhi asked, "Master, can't you really do something about it and bring something else back? I got off the ship yesterday and took a look around. I found gems, ivory, fine wood... which one is better than bringing this?
How much will you earn if you go back?"
Peng Yue chuckled: "I just want you to open a trade route to Ailao. There are still wars there, but some of the goods that the sea trade company wants to buy are out of stock."
Peng Yue stared at him, thinking in his mind.
These procedures should not be to protect him as the general staff officer, but I think there will be other ministers who need to see something, so they need to register and have someone accompany them.
On the boat, Wang Zhi did not get off the boat. He felt more comfortable on the boat.
"Everything else can be taken care of, but this matter can't be taken care of!" Xu Dong shook his head, "I asked you to handle this matter. Instead, I wanted to see if I could negotiate with the sea trade company to get a lower price. Nowadays, people who go to sea
There are more and more ships, and the price at Ocean Trade House remains the same every year.”
There are three things that a new official needs to do when he takes office, and Xia Yan is more anxious about military and state affairs.
Today's price here is that one hundred catties of struvite costs only five taels of silver. Of course, when shipped back to Ningbo, one hundred jins of struvite can be worth seven taels of silver in tax.
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Wang Zhi then got off the boat and felt that the sea was indeed full of treasures.
He also answered directly: "I beg to differ!"
"Every family is like this, but I don't know why. I guess it is of great use."
This should be the context. The meetings at the Military Affairs Conference that are eligible to be archived here represent His Majesty’s truest military and national strategy ideas.
There was no special expression on Zhu Houcong's face: "I am waiting for you to take charge of all major matters. If you have any ideas, please speak out."
"Gong Jin has already met Ying De and stayed in Shaanxi for more than a year. Let me first talk about Ying De's suggestion of first repeating the trick, then taking it back to the Western Region of Qinghai, and finally wiping out the Khan's court. Is there any strategy?
question?"
Xu Dong disagreed: "That's also in the village. You can see people if you want to go down the mountain."
Wang Zhi wanted to be famous in the sea, and the first step of his plan was probably going to fall on this guano stone.
The person in front of him was Xu Dong, who recruited him to join the sea.
Wang Zhi looked at him and asked tentatively: "When the grassroots came in to pay their respects just now, they saw that my father-in-law seemed to be looking sad. It must be that he is in trouble, right?"
As soon as he took office, the military general staff expressed his objection to the plan of the three governors. This matter was naturally sensitive.
"In the past, when Taizu pacified Qinghai and Tibet, the Mongolian and Tubo envoys governed Qinghai. During the Yongle period, Taizong consecrated three sects of Dharma kings and the king of Chanhua, the king of guardians, the king of praise, the king of auxiliary teachers, and the king of Chanjiao.
After making a book and sealing the seal, it turns out that Qinghai and Tibet actually do not have a single soldier of the Ming Dynasty. Taizu once said that the people of Xifan have been attached to them for a long time, but they have not paid tribute to them. After that, they only traded tea and horses to get some Tibetan horses.
During the Zhengde period, Yibuza fled westward to Qinghai. This time the right wing drove away Yibuza, and Uzang could just sit back and watch what happened. Why did Gong Jin think that?"
"According to my opinion, we should first seize Qinghai while the right wing has not yet established a stable foothold in Qinghai, so as to avoid the enemy's rear troubles; use Qinghai as the base, open border cities, and Fuwu Tibet. Qinghai and Gansu will attack Turpan and restore Hami Zhongshun.
The king and the Seven Guards of Jiayuguanxi Guards; a few years later, Xuanda and the three western frontiers had successfully trained their troops, and then with several large armies, the Seventh Guards of Jiayuguanxi Guards and Gansu Town would protect the Western Regions from future troubles."
"I have fully understood your majesty's grand plan. I would like to first appoint Zhu Qi, the Marquis of Funing, as the chief military officer of Shanxi Town, and appoint Pinghu Boji Weimin as the commander of the Yunnan capital. I would also like to announce that the military garrison will be reorganized and expanded to Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Sichuan..."
Wang Zhi frowned: "Since this thing is so useful to the court, why don't we transport it back ourselves for maritime trade? Instead, we civilian ships have to spend money to buy it and then transport it back to deduct taxes? If they transport it back themselves, wouldn't they be more meritorious?
? Or is it that the imperial court wants the Sea Trade House to make more money? Is this struvite only available to the Sea Trade House?"
Peng Yue smiled and stopped talking.
"General Staff Xia, please come this way!"
"If we buy it from the Yi chief, wouldn't it be much cheaper?"
He added meaningfully: "The North War is not the only thing planned by the Military Affairs Council."
After a long time, he said: "This is your first time going to sea, but you are a stranger here in Jiaozhi. Are you afraid of losing your life if you want our family to test you?"
"To the west of Thanh Hoa, Ruan Gan is now inhabited there. The ivory, rhinoceros horn, agarwood, and wild lingzhi there are good things. What do you think, do you dare to go?"
Peng Yue was even more satisfied now. He knew that Wang Zhi understood that he had better send someone to do the real thing. Opening up business channels and so on were of course just a cover. As long as there was money, could he really not receive those goods?
Xu Dong opened his mouth, and then said after a long time: "Don't you think no one has thought about it like this? I heard that the island that produces this kind of stone is surrounded by vast oceans for hundreds of miles. We are doing business, and we can make two more trips a year before we come back.
If we occupy an isolated island for mining, who can bear to live in that deserted place and keep watching?"
"Please also ask my father-in-law to send someone to teach the common people the language of the foreigners and birds."
Xia Gongjin has two "straits": upright and stubborn.
Xia Yan knew that this first performance in front of the emperor was crucial and directly related to whether the emperor could trust his opinions later.
If people have enough food and strength to dig day by day, one person can dig out three to five hundred kilograms of stone in a day, and then he can only earn a tael of silver from the sea trade company.
Xia Yan's high spirits on the road were suddenly wiped out, and he fell silent for a while.
Xu Dong wanted him to go over these matters to the sea trade company and see if he could negotiate a lower price.
This is the news that just came back. Not only was the descendant of the Li family found by the Foreign Inspectorate, Ruan Gan now has another descendant of the Li family who he found on his own.
A smile appeared on Peng Yue's lips and he said "good" three times in a row.
Unexpectedly, the court valued this inconspicuous struvite stone so much. Since every private businessman going overseas required to bring this struvite stone back to Hong Kong to deduct tax, then if the struvite stone business became big, wouldn't every private businessman want to bring it back to Hong Kong for tax deduction?
Do you want to act based on the opinions of Huizhou civil and commercial businesses?
According to Xu Dong's introduction, the imperial court had no intention of letting the sea trade companies manipulate private businesses based on these.
I don’t know if it is difficult to mine struvite, but it doesn’t take much work to cut out a hundred kilograms of stone, right?
If you dig it out, people will want it, which is indeed a good business for the Yi chiefs.
"I understand. I will go to Wuying Hall first and check the secret files."
"If the boss thinks this method can be tried, I will go and talk to the people from the sea trade company first." Wang Zhiding was moved. "If they can't bear the good business of making a fortune by changing hands, we might as well let them save money."
They just want us to help them do this. The Yi chiefs are the same way. How much do they know about mining? Where is this struvite and the island is ready-made? Let's help them.
Mining. Rent or buy, there is always a way."
But the question is, is Tang Shunzhi already qualified to know this? Or does Wang Shouren say more to Tang Shunzhi and less to himself?
Xia Yan suppressed the doubts in his heart and thus began his official career as general staff officer.
Wang Zhi only thought about it for a moment, and then smiled and said: "Common people dare to go. However, my father-in-law needs to help me persuade my employer to allow me to stay in Jiaozhi."
Xia Yan finally calmed down a little bit, knowing that the water in the military meeting was deeper than he thought.
Xia Yan felt awe-struck when he saw what the ministers and clerk had written down.
Xia Yan spoke without stumbling at all. He obviously had this plan in mind.
Xia Yan said: "I know the talents who should be virtuous. However, Shaanxi is not bigger than Xuan, and the border situation is particularly complicated. Turpan swallows Hami, and the ambition of the wolf is ready; the right wing is in Qinghai, and the attack from the north and the south is just waiting for the opportunity; Gunbilik is willing to control it.
He is a little less talented than me, but he is the leader of the right wing. If you try to retaliate first, you will be attacked from both sides, making it easy to give up but difficult to take."
"...I am eager to perform my meritorious service, and your Majesty will forgive me."
For students and businessmen, it is more appropriate to open this line first.
After asking him to stand up and sit down, Zhu Houcong immediately asked questions straightforwardly.
After returning to Wuying Palace, I briefly met the chief officers of the Military Discipline, Arms, and War Training Departments, and then asked: "Eunuch Mai, where is the secret file?"
"The secret files in the treasury, General Staff Xia can go in and read them, but cannot take them out."
"Ah? Where did it come from?"
"To tell you the truth, our family has asked several people about this, including Xu Dong, but they don't dare." Peng Yue asked meaningfully, "Our family has said so, do you still want to try it?"
He was acting vigorously and resolutely, and this time Zhu Houcong gave him trust.
Seeing Xia Yan kneel down respectfully in front of him, Zhu Houcong murmured in his heart: Let him serve as the general staff of military affairs and not care about civil affairs. Maybe he will be more upright and strong-willed, and will not fall into Yan Song's mind.
It's like a guy crashing on the eighteen bends on the mountain road.
During the months of sailing at sea, he also learned about the Southeast Asia. Although Ailao was west of Cochin, its scope was not small.
Xia Yan realized that he had not taken these into consideration before. After thinking about it for a moment, he asked, "Did I have a secret discussion with Wu Zang?"
At present, there are only three large, two small and five rows of pavilions: military equipment, intelligence, meetings, generals, and weapons.
Now, he was holding a piece of struvite in his hand, looking at it, and asked puzzledly: "Why do you have to bring such things back?"
Wang Zhi didn't care about his ridicule, and just smiled and said: "My father-in-law left that beautiful land to come to Nanyang, and he must have other important responsibilities. This is just a piece of struvite, and the common people think that my father-in-law is not worthy of working hard for it.
The sea trade company does not need to allocate money for this matter. My father-in-law only needs to send someone. If the common people here buy a hundred catties of struvite, they will get two coins of silver and send it to the sea trade company. My father-in-law has other important things in Nanyang that he cannot do personally.
Isn't it a good thing that ordinary people can also find ways to help?"
Xu Dong pointed to the west: "I heard that this struvite is only produced in isolated islands overseas. The sea trade company is just a merchant, how can it hire people to mine on the island? But this Nanyang barbarian chieftain can take the untouchables captive.
Come to the island to mine. The maritime trade industry welcomes all comers. Even though a pound of struvite costs only a few bucks, enslaving the untouchables to mine it is also a profitable business, and you can make money every day."
Wang Zhi only hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Eunuch, you might as well talk about it first."
Wang Zhi felt that something was going on and immediately said: "The common people will not go to sea for fear of losing their lives."
After going around and making friends, Wang Zhi appeared in front of Peng Yue, the eunuch in charge of the maritime trade company on Cat Ba Island outside Yuntun Port.
"What kind of struvite is this?"
Wang Zhi grinned and said: "I can bear it. When I am observing my filial piety, I also live in the mountains and keep company with birds and beasts."
Talent or holy family, the emperor seems to be leaning towards who between the two.
"Now that Ruan Gan has found the descendants of the Li family, the changes in Jiaozhi have begun. Yunnan produces seven out of ten silver and copper products in the world. If Burma and the Jiaozhi trade route are connected, money and food can flow from Shu, Huguang and Shaanxi and Shanxi. I understand.
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That doesn't mean that Xia Yan is inferior to Tang Shunzhi in strategy, but he just knows less.
"I heard that you want to talk to Haimao Bank about packing struvite?" Peng Yue was a little surprised and a little disdainful, "Why didn't Xu Dong come? You, a small accountant, dare to talk about this matter? Now
None of the merchants who go to the sea are allowed to take struvite back with them, but you have a very good plan."
Peng Yue laughed: "How can we leave what we want to do to others? I heard that this is your first time going to sea. You are quite courageous. Aren't you afraid that the water in the South China Sea is too deep?"
"...I have heard about this matter."
Xia Yan started reading and spent four days here. Even when he left at night, he was still thinking about the contents of the many secret files.
"Serious words." Zhu Houcong shook his head, "I admire Gong Jin's spirit, and I believe in the people An Ning Bo has entrusted. It's just that Gong Jin has been working in Nanjing and Zhejiang these years and has paid little attention to military affairs. In the past few days, I have been here
Take a look at the secret files in Wuying Hall. If you have any doubts, just go into the imperial study and I will answer them."
Zhu Houcong thought for a moment and asked, "Does Gong Jin know that I have accepted the Huang religion?"
Wang Zhi held the struvite in silence.
One order departed from the capital to go to Kunming and the other to Sichuan.
In the courtyard of Governor Yunnan, Wu Wending looked at everyone: "Who wants to go to Myanmar first to find out the true situation?"