Zhu Di couldn't help but be very angry about it.
Because these booklets were also sent to the palace one by one through Dongchang.
He was somewhat aware of King Zhao's little moves.
My son is old and too lazy to take care of him.
But these brothers and sons obviously also know that they are doing some things unkindly.
Therefore, in order to appear innocent, he decided to attack others.
Yes, the best way to improve your own morality is to criticize others for their low morals.
Zhu Di looked at the memorials one after another and couldn't help being speechless.
At this time, he invited Zhang Anshi to visit him.
He pointed to the memorial and said, "Do you know anything about the affairs of the vassal kings?"
Zhang Anshi said honestly: "I know a little bit."
Zhu Di raised his eyes and glanced at Zhang Anshi, then said with a straight face: "One is one, two is two!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhang Anshi said with shame, "I know, each vassal wants manpower, so they have taken some measures, and they have also spent some effort to compete for manpower."
Zhu Di sighed and said, "Then what do you think?"
"This is a good thing." Zhang Anshi said: "This at least shows that each vassal is now focused on running its own vassal land. They are truly determined to pioneer the king. This is to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty. Why not?"
Zhu Di said: "It's just..."
Zhang Anshi seemed to understand what Zhu Di wanted to say, and said: "I also know the problem of manpower. Our Ming Dynasty's biggest advantage over the natives is firearms. In addition, we also have the support of His Majesty. But if we don't have manpower, how can we digest it?"
Where is your domain?"
"But if you want to get the people to leave their hometown and go to places thousands of miles away, I'm afraid it won't be easy. Because of this, each vassal has shown its own magical powers. I think... as long as your Majesty entrusts the vassals to outside the territory,
There must be such a problem."
After hearing this, Zhu Di nodded: "Well... it's not unreasonable."
Zhang Anshi said: "Actually, I believe that to solve this problem, the court and the vassals need to work together."
"Imperial court?" Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi in surprise.
Zhang Anshi said: "The reason why the vassals had to use such means to absorb the people is that compared with the Ming Dynasty, the development of their current vassal territories is really slow and difficult, and the factors of harassment and disease from the natives have also made the people
It’s daunting. This problem can only be solved by continuing to operate better and developing the domain. Other methods are only treating the symptoms but not the root cause.”
"If the vassal territory can truly make good use of the local fertile land and countless mineral deposits, why worry about not having people willing to make a living? The most important people in my Ming Dynasty are the people. If I want to increase the population, one of the reasons is to expand borders for immigrants.
, The second is to increase fertility, but I am not worried about the fertility issue. Now I think that the most worrying thing is disease. This disease has really caused too much damage to the population."
Zhu Di frowned slightly, but still nodded.
When it comes to giving birth to babies, in fact, in this era, everyone is a master at making babies. For the sake of blood inheritance, even the poorest tenant farmers are willing to give birth to six or seven children as long as they can get a wife.
However, having said that, in fact, there are not many children of adults.
Because the mortality rate in this era is too high and very scary.
Not to mention ordinary people, even the royal family and the nobles these days, it actually requires luck to live to adulthood. Even many emperors may have given birth to ten or eight children, but in the end four or five survived.
It's considered a passing grade.
Zhu Di nodded and said, "Zhang Qing must have his own ideas when he said this, right?"
Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "So I believe that the most important thing is that all the vassal towns must prosper. Only in this way can we ensure that each vassal has a foothold in the world, and the enfeoffment policy... will be of great benefit to the court.
There is no harm, but if the vassal kings continue to vassal, internal and external troubles arise, and even some vassal kings will be invaded and destroyed by the natives in the future, then in the future, who of your majesty’s descendants will be willing to vassal outside the vassal territory?”
After a pause, he continued: "On the other hand, now here at Taiping Mansion..."
Hearing this, Zhu Di's eyes suddenly opened. He vaguely felt something, and solemnly said: "Please tell me carefully."
Zhang Anshi said: "Taiping Prefecture is indeed in a bit of a slump now. Although I have tried my best, after all... After suffering the last heavy blow, it is still difficult for the soldiers and civilians to have confidence. Since the provinces are building railways
The matter has been put on hold, so why not use the vassal towns to...increase trade on the sea to enhance the development of Taiping Prefecture and even Zhili?"
Zhu Di put his hands behind his back and frowned slightly: "It's okay even if it's thousands of miles away..."
Zhang Anshi smiled calmly and said: "Why not? The vassals have great demand for various commodities from Zhili, and the entire Taiping Prefecture can also use the specialties of each vassal town to distribute them all over the world. In addition, it can also guide merchants to
Invest in the ports of various vassal towns and build ships to exchange supplies and enhance trade and personnel exchanges."
"There are also ordnance and firearms, which are now in great demand and can be sold on a large scale. After each vassal obtains these, they can expand their borders, increase their population, and plant more agricultural products, such as cotton.
, such as rubber, and various minerals. I have calculated that the routes of each vassal state go to Songjiangkou... and then from Songjiangkou along the Yangtze River to transport the goods to Taiping Prefecture. It takes one round trip, which can take up to three months.
It can take at least a month, and the sea in this area is relatively calm, so the risk is not high."
"In this way, shipbuilding, shipping, port construction, firearms manufacturing, agricultural tools, steel, smelting, etc. can all make profits. As for the imperial court, taxes have also been increased. For each vassal, they have a closer connection with the Ming Dynasty.
, we need to rely on His Majesty even more. What does Your Majesty think?"
Zhu Di put his hands behind his back as a habit, walked back and forth, lowered his head slightly and thought carefully.
After a while, he nodded and said, "Is this your theory of creating demand again?"
Zhang Anshi said awkwardly: "I don't know how to do anything else, I only know a little bit about this."
Zhu Di said: "This is feasible."
Zhang Anshi said: "I plan to let Qixia Trading Company take the lead, what do you think? Merchants are like this. They didn't dare to try it at first, but once someone tries it and reaps the benefits, they are willing to flock to it."
Zhu Di seemed to have heard what he wanted. He looked at him with bright eyes and said, "You won't lose money, right?"
"Absolutely not." Zhang Anshi said confidently: "I have thought about it. In the name of Qixia Trading Company, I will sign commercial cooperation contracts with each feudal clan to jointly operate some waterways, port investments, mineral mining and crop distribution, etc.
Such a large-scale business cooperation will definitely yield huge profits."
Zhu Di said with satisfaction: "Then it's settled."
Zhang Anshi suddenly said: "I have thought about the population problem again, and dealing with diseases is the top priority..."
Zhu Di said: "Aren't you very good at this? You are a famous doctor..."
Zhang Anshi chuckled: "I am nothing! What's more, I don't have three heads and six arms, so this matter..."
Zhu Di interrupted him and said, "You should think about the money first."
Zhang Anshi then said angrily: "Yes, yes."
Zhu Di suddenly said: "How come King Zhao entered into a partnership with Xie Jin?"
This sudden sentence caught Zhang Anshi off guard.
Obviously, Zhu Di originally thought that letting Xie Jin do this long history would essentially mean exile.
It's just that... Xie Jin is a bachelor after all, and there is no conclusive evidence to prove that this person is guilty, so he uses the name of Ren Changshi.
But who would have known that this guy seemed to be prosperous, talking loudly with a group of scholars every day in the capital.
Although... there has been a report from Dongchang, and it is suspected that Xie Jin and King Zhao are trying to deceive the scholars.
But Zhu Di felt that Xie Jin was a bad guy, and he seemed to get along well with Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui. Could this Jie Jin have taught his son bad things?
Of course, in good conscience, although Xie Jin is cunning, he is nothing compared to Zhu Di's son. The king of Zhao, Zhu Gaosui, was a very wicked guy.
It's just that as a father, I can't help but feel that my son is not that bad. Even if he is bad, he must have been deceived and made bad 'friends'.
Zhang Anshi said: "I think it would be better for the imperial court not to interfere with this matter concerning King Zhao."
Zhu Di said depressedly: "What King Zhao, that's my son."
Zhang Anshi knew that Zhu Di had always been tolerant to him, so he took it easy and said with a smile: "But my son has grown up and has his own opinions, not to mention he is thousands of miles away... Your Majesty... doesn't care what he does. The court
I think that there still need to be some boundaries between the vassal and the vassal. If we control everything, it will inevitably lead to alienation. Now that they are separated from each other thousands of miles away, the court cannot understand the real situation in many things, so it is better to trust them...
…Just teach them to do their own thing.”
Zhu Di nodded: "What you said makes sense. So... the business of Qixia Trading Company seems to be quite big. Since we need to sign a deed... we might as well..."
Zhu Di frowned and said: "We might as well summon the kings to the capital... Speaking of which, at least they have gained a foothold now. Once they come... teach them to go to the capital and pay homage to the Xiaoling Mausoleum, so that they will not forget the kindness of their ancestors. Secondly, how to draw up a business agreement, it is best to have an explanation in person."
After Zhang Anshi heard this, he secretly glanced at Zhu Di in surprise.
Zhu Di's side face at this time had deep texture at the corners of his eyes.
Zhang Anshi suddenly realized that it was His Majesty who... missed his son after all.
Although sending these brothers and sons away is a harmless way for the emperor.
But after all, Zhu Di is still a human being of flesh and blood. After six or seven years, he can't help but touch Jing Si.
Zhang Anshi also understood Zhu Di's mood, so he followed Zhu Di's words and said: "Your Majesty has thought carefully, and it is safest to negotiate in person."
After the monarch and his ministers reached an agreement, Zhu Di immediately issued the decree.
Zhang Anshi also returned to his palace.
When the kings came to the capital this time, he could already imagine what an unprecedented grand occasion it would be.
This matter must be handled in a big way. The Taiping Mansion will eventually go to the ocean, and this is the best opportunity. With the help of the business agreements of the various lords, it is enough to create the broadest market.
This is tantamount to using the whole world to nourish a Taiping Prefecture. When it is truly nourished, we will look back and look at the countless prefectures and counties that are still reporting to the group to keep warm. Who will dominate the world in Ming Dynasty? You can see it's clear.
After returning to the palace, Zhang Anshi did not rest for a while, and immediately ordered Yu Qian to summon Zhu Jin, Chen Li, Gao Xiangren and others to see him.
He roughly talked about today's meeting with His Majesty, and then said: "On the Jinyiwei side, we need to summarize the information and situations of each vassal. On the trading bank side, we need to make statistics and formulate various possible cooperation plans. And there are also This Taiping government office must be prepared to entertain the kings..."
"This sea trade is no longer a piecemeal affair. It is about teaching the Taiping Mansion to use all the vassals in the world as a market to exchange what they have with each other... You can... treat everything as it is. The domain is the commercial territory of the Taiping Prefecture, do you understand what I mean?"
The three of them responded and hurried off.
Of course, Zhu Di's decree did not cause too many waves.
Only Jie Jin knew that King Zhao was about to enter the capital, but he seemed to have noticed something.
He frowned and said nothing, looking very worried.
The accompanying envoy Jian Jin reacted in this way and couldn't help but expressed concern: "Jie Gong...isn't it a good thing that Your Highness is coming to Beijing?"
"Hey..." Xie Jin shook his head and said, "I was not very good at chess, but I was fooled by Zhang Anshi."
The envoy was confused after hearing this, and said strangely: "This... what does Jiegong mean... can you make it clear?"
So Xie Jin said: "Our plan is to cooperate sincerely with Zhang Anshi, and use the cooperation between Zhao State and Qixia Trading Company to bring wealth to His Highness King Zhao! In addition, we can also borrow scholars to enrich our population.
In this way, our country of Zhao will be prosperous and powerful, and we can take this opportunity to capture the entire Java Island in one fell swoop, and then cannibalize other islands, so that our country of Zhao can become the first among all the vassals in the world."
"At the beginning, I carefully drew up these cooperation plans. I thought they were foolproof. At least that boy Zhang Anshi would not object. But who would have thought that this boy Zhang Anshi would actually be inspired by it... and use our plans to draw inferences from one example?
After making the draft, I actually made plans to conduct comprehensive business cooperation with the kings."
"You have to know that if Zhao Guo and Zhang Anshi make an independent contract, Zhao Guo will have a huge advantage, that is, there will be more prices to negotiate, and... it can also form a monopoly on many products. The entire Qixia Trading Company will only distribute
The sulfur, sucrose and rubber of our country Zhao, think about it, how much benefit are there?"
"But once the interests of all countries are equally shared, the profits of Zhao State will be greatly reduced. In the past, the interests may have been divided between Qixia Commercial Bank and Zhao State, but now it has become that Qixia Commercial Bank is the leader, and the other vassals are
Relying on Qixia Trading Company to get a share of this big pie. Both profits and status have been greatly reduced and degraded. Alas... I have known that Anshi was cunning for a long time, but I didn't expect that he would be so cunning."
The deputy envoy still didn't quite understand, so he said: "Your Majesty just summoned the kings to the capital, and it seems that he didn't mention... commercial cooperation with other countries."
Xie Jin said: "You have never worked in a temple, so naturally you don't understand the mysteries. When doing things in a temple, what matters is that the teacher has a good reputation. What is said on the surface is high-sounding, but what you really want to do is...
Hidden behind this grandeur. This summoning of the kings to the capital is a pretense, and the agreement on the deed is the real thing."
The envoy then showed a look of sudden enlightenment, and then frowned and said: "I have been taught, then... Jie Gong... If this is the case, how can this be broken?"
Jie Jin was silent for a moment. He pursed his lips and thought carefully before saying: "Go to Zhang Anshi and talk to him. We can continue to talk about our sucrose and sulfur and other businesses. For the time being, we can talk to the kings."
To get a share of the pie, at least the State of Zhao must be able to monopolize these two things. Everyone wants to have face. We, the State of Zhao, came to discuss it first. It would be bad if the kings came to Beijing. Zhang Anshi took out these and let the vassals share the food together, so it must be
We have to negotiate a result before they come to Beijing."
At this point, he sighed, and then said: "At this time, don't worry about face. Since this is the initiative of Zhao Guo after all, Zhang Anshi will not be able to give a little benefit and sweetness. Zhang Anshi
This person is thick-skinned... In the words of scholars, that is called shameless! But no matter how shameless a person is, he still needs something to cover himself up with, so he can't really lose his face..."
Xie Jin paused, looked at the envoy seriously and said, "In my name, deliver the name card, invite him to a banquet, and invite him to drink."
The deputy envoy said uncertainly: "I'm afraid he won't come."
Jie Jin smiled, shook his head and said: "You don't understand this! It won't be good if he comes, but if he doesn't come, then invite him again and again. We have to show a warm gesture, as long as the gesture can
If he has done enough, he has repeatedly refused, but in fact, he has already fallen behind in terms of reason. When the time comes... there is a possibility of giving in. "
The deputy envoy's eyes lit up, and he immediately said: "I understand, then I'll go down and make arrangements now."
Having said that, the casual man was about to turn around and leave, but Xie Jin stopped him and said cautiously: "Remember, the name card should be more humble. Let's say that Xie Jin, a junior scholar, asked the king of Wuhu County to condescend to Yu, and come here to have a banquet.
drink."
"yes."
Xie Jin stood up and then said: "And those pamphlets can't just be circulated in the capital. We can print more. This little money is still affordable. Find a way to send them to various prefectures and counties...
…”
"In many states and counties, many families own land, and there is no new policy there..."
Xie Jin said: "Then let people spread some rumors, saying that Zhang Anshi has secretly obtained the secret order and wants to attack the states and counties, saying that the model camp is ready to invade the states and counties."
Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something, and then said: "Oh... I am familiar with that place in Jiangxi. The folk customs here are the most conservative, and there are many scholars. A lot of people died last time.
The Chief Envoy of Jiangxi...find a way...to deliver more. People in Jiangxi are honest and reliable. If they can go to Java, they will definitely be able to assist His Highness in achieving great things."
"Here!"
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