RNP Chapter 822 Who do you idiots look down on?
Chapter 822 Who do you idiots look down on?
Chapter 822 Who do you idiots look down on?
(The coding was completed in one go. I published the two chapters and 6,000 words together.)
Although the emperor did not give Zaihe and Zaiyi the title of king, they were old enough to leave the palace and build mansions, so they each had a mansion in the west of the imperial city.
Xicheng gathered the Imperial College, the Medical Center, the Academy of Sciences, and the specialized guild hall that was later used by the emperor to train officials at the provincial and government levels.
Because there are many government offices, there is naturally no noise and hustle and bustle in Nancheng.
After the two brothers Zai Tuo and Zai Yi met the emperor, they felt somewhat relaxed. Their mothers were biological sisters and they grew up together, so they had a very good relationship.
Therefore, the two houses were chosen close to each other, and they were often inseparable.
"What did the Emperor say?"
The person who asked this question was their uncle, Mei Huaigu, the son of the current Jinghai Marquis.
Speaking of which, Jinghai Hou Mei Kejia is over sixty years old and has worked hard in Zhejiang for many years. Just a year ago, he returned to Beijing to recuperate, and the Daming Nanyang Trading Company that he spent his entire life building has now changed its helm. people.
According to the general method of attracting people's hearts, Mei Huaigu should take over this matter.
But Zhu Houzhao didn't agree.
What he was thinking about was not the political struggle, what he was thinking about was not to throw away Mei Kejia's hard work, his hard work, and the maritime trade achievements that Ming Dynasty had worked hard for many years.
Mei Huaigu is smart, but he cannot be in charge of such a large company without certain experience.
So the person who took over Mei Ke's class in this matter was Gu Zuo, the former prime minister's foreign affairs officer.
Gu Zuo is actually sixty years old, but his health is still good and he is getting stronger with age. Some people get sick here and there, but Gu Zuo has rarely been seriously ill.
In the early years of Zhengde, he served as Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and later established the Shaofu in accordance with the imperial decree, and then took charge of the Prime Minister's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the fourteenth year of Zhengde, the imperial court made great efforts to develop Taiwan, military ports, reclamation and other matters, so he was sent to Beijing to supervise the affairs. In the 17th year of Zhengde's reign, he returned to Beijing and continued to take charge of the Prime Minister's Department of Foreign Affairs.
In the 19th year of Zhengde's reign, the emperor transferred him to Hangzhou and fully took over the now-huge Ming Nanyang Company.
The Prime Minister's Ministry of Foreign Affairs was handed over to Yan Song.
This matter was also one of the biggest issues in the DPRK and China from last year to this year.
After nearly twenty years of development, the Daming Nanyang Company is now the first official company of the imperial court. In the early years, when the sea ban was implemented and the land in Gyeonggi was cleared, the company's equity was sold separately to nobles and court officials.
At first, it was divided into points, and because there were so many people, it was really a bit messy. Moreover, some officials and nobles made mistakes and all their property was not confiscated, which would also lead to changes in equity.
There were so many times that the emperor and Mei Kejia were confused. Even if they were specifically in charge of this aspect of finance, they had to sort it out carefully.
In the thirteenth year of Zhengde, Zhu Houzhao sorted out the company's shareholders from top to bottom in order to promote the company's development.
On the whole, the Ming Nanyang Company was divided into three shareholders. The imperial court, that is, the Ministry of Revenue, exclusively owned 50%.
Of the remaining 49%, 30% belong to a special organization called the Ming Dynasty Honors Committee. The name is easy to understand and needs no introduction.
Of course, this specific ratio was definitely not exactly 51% or 30% when the original cleanup was carried out, but they can be bought from each other.
The emperor asked them to trade, who could refuse?
This committee is an entity, which means that it has an independent number and administrative code in the Shaofu Enterprise Management Department. It also has offices in Beijing, Hangzhou, Taiwan, etc., with employees inside, and among them Several physical enterprises were established.
As for what exactly?
Do what is told.
Yes, the emperor himself was a member of this committee.
Zhu Houzhao will not touch the equity owned by this committee, but he must exist in it.
why?
Under the whole world, is it not the king's land, and the coast of leading the land is not the king's ministers.
Honorable nobles must also accept the emperor's command.
As for Zhu Houzhao, he was just improving the company's management and logic.
As for what to do specifically...
For example, if a certain honorable person makes a mistake, then the equity he holds must be recovered. After the recovery, it will be managed by the committee and the dividends will be collected on behalf of the committee. If new people are ennobled, or some people are promoted, then these parts can be used as rewards.
Of course, this is a principle, and the details need to be more detailed. And how these things are decided must go through the emperor.
In other words, your family property is also under the management of the emperor, which is a bit bandit, but under the moral system of king, king, minister, father, father and son, even your life belongs to the emperor, let alone other things.
After such a division, there will still be 19% of the share. This part was originally owned by some court officials, but the mobility of officials was much higher than that of nobles, and it was really messy.
So Zhu Houzhao later redeemed it all, established a public committee entity, and sold it to the public.
The people it targets include officials, businessmen, and squires. Except for foreigners, basically everyone in the country can buy it at that time.
However, the control of this entity is stricter than the previous two. First, the purchase limit of an individual and his associated companies must not exceed 1%, and they are not allowed to trade at will within two years after purchase, etc.
In other words, this group of people basically only enjoys the right to dividends, but has no decision-making power.
After sorting it out in this way, the equity structure of Daming Nanyang Company can remain stable and does not need to change. Even if there are any changes, they will be allocated internally by the committee.
As emperor, Zhu Houzhao
Withdrawing from the share or wealth level was a gesture taken during the 13th year of Zhengde's reform, but the major shareholder's account department had to listen to him, and the distinguished committee had to listen to him, and the rest was ignored.
And the management of this company is the officials sent by him.
So in fact, how and where the company's wealth flows must comply with his will.
As for putting money into his own pocket... whether or not he takes this action will not affect how he spends the profits brought by this company.
After the Honorable Committee became an entity, most of the companies established under it were related to the military industry. For example, it established a company called "Sifang" and cooperated with the Academy of Sciences to develop and produce telescopes.
This is what is called ‘doing what you are told’
After the overall interests of Xungui are linked to the military industrial enterprises, it can ensure that Ming Dynasty's national policy is no longer blindly biased towards defense.
Zhu Houzhao had already figured out this whole set of logic. By the 20th year of Zhengde, he felt that he could not allow the group to develop in an explosive manner, otherwise he would not know how many wars they wanted to fight.
After sorting it out in this way, Mei Huaigu is naturally no longer suitable to be in charge of Daming Nanyang Company. After all, he is also a member of the noble family, and he will have a preference between the choices of 'shareholder interests'.
And how has this company developed over the past twenty years?
As of this year, Daming Nanyang Trading Company has been involved in major industries such as trading, shipbuilding, cotton and silk textiles, and smelting. Others such as restaurants and inns are side effects and need not be mentioned.
There are three fixed assets such as cotton planting bases, totaling 68,000 acres, and four seaports and docks, namely Ningbo, Taipei, Tainan and Luzon.
Under his umbrella is the Qingzhengyuan Shipyard, which was originally located in Jiangyin and later moved to Songjiang. This shipyard provided one-third of the world's ships for Daming's shipping and water transportation.
The trading company itself is the main body and was originally started. Needless to say, it is worth mentioning that this trading company already owns 1,500 large and small ships.
This is where competitiveness lies.
In the cotton textile industry, the company has two directions. One direction is to set up a factory in Ganzhou, use cotton from Xinjiang, and export cotton textile clothing to Central Asia. The other is to grow cotton inland, set up a factory in Songjiang, and sell cotton to RB and Nanyang transported cotton textile clothing.
But the brands are all the same, called Oriental Magic Yarn.
Smelting is an emerging industry, and its scale is not large yet. It is still like alchemy, and has been criticized several times by Zhu Houzhao.
In general, Daming Nanyang Company is already a super giant with a revenue of more than 20 million taels.
In fact, in the early years, it could contribute millions of taels of profits a year, but that was just the beginning of the barbaric growth stage of sea trade. At that time, the price of a piece of silk could be several times higher, but later as the scale expanded, , profits will naturally decrease, and disorderly competition in the country and some wars in Southeast Asia have led to revenue declines.
In addition, the business was not so diversified at the beginning. After the prices of silk, porcelain, etc. dropped, the profit performance was very poor.
Otherwise, Zhu Houzhao would not be able to make up his mind to rectify it.
But not now. Now the cotton textile industry has taken the lead. Although the unit price is not as high as silk fabrics and the average profit margin is relatively low, it cannot cope with the huge demand, and its revenue is correspondingly much more stable.
So much so that after Mei Huaigu 'missed' the top job in the company, he is still heartbroken a year later.
After all, judging from the scale of revenue of 20 million taels, this is a little slower than the speed of mining silver in RB. Twenty years ago, the country's annual income would not have been imagined.
This is actually the result of opening up and actively developing foreign trade.
Mei Huaigu also told the two princes all these things.
In fact, no matter from the paternal or maternal side, this company should have nothing to do with them.
While he was thinking, Zai Yan had already answered the question he had just asked, which was how the emperor praised the two of them for a job well done.
Mei Huaigu was delighted after hearing this, "Does the Emperor have any other arrangements?"
Zaihe shook his head, "Not yet."
"Oh," Mei Huaigu groaned.
"But come to think of it, I won't have a formal position for a long time." The person who followed Mei Huaigu's speech was Yu Chengxun, who was a second-class scholar in Dingchou Branch in the twelfth year of Zhengde, and is now a bachelor's degree scholar at the Hanlin Academy.
After all, Zaihe occupies the status of the eldest son. Although the emperor has never established a heir apparent, many people think that he has great hopes.
Zhu Houzhao did not have strict restrictions on the friendship between princes and ministers.
Children must be allowed to socialize and exercise with these people, otherwise what will happen? How to enrich political experience?
Compared with being a waste in the hands of a woman every day, Zhu Houzhao would rather these little brats cause him some trouble.
As for the actual fight between the princes, there was actually no fight. Zai Tuo and Zai Yan were basically brothers. Zai Yan has a relatively soft temper and does not argue with his eldest brother.
The third child, Zaiyao, has not yet officially come of age.
Even if he becomes an adult and is the third oldest child, it will be difficult for him to recruit anyone. The strength of the two sides is not commensurate and the fight will be a hammer.
But his uncle, now RB Governor Chen Chaorui, was promoted by Zhu Houzhao, but that was all.
But I don’t know who gave Zai Yao the idea to enter the military academy and show himself on another line.
After all, his identity suffered too much in the court.
But it will take a few more years before they cause trouble to Zhu Houzhao.
Now the main thing is that there is a secret push for the emperor to establish a heir apparent.
Some of them will even oppose some of the emperor's new policies. It depends on whether Zaihe and the others can tell the difference. Zhu Houzhao is very busy, and it is impossible to hang around him every day. In addition to Yu Chengxun, a scholar at the Hanlin Academy, there were two other main officials, one was Jiang Yong, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and the other was Jiang Mian, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
Jiang Mian was the teacher of Zaihe and Zaiyan back then, and he was considered a teacher.
As for Jiang Yong, he was the governor of Zhejiang in his early years and had a close relationship with Mei Kejia, Marquis of Jinghai. Now that the two identities of the emperor's eldest son and the grandson of Jinghai Marquis overlapped, he was naturally closer to Zaihe and Zaiyi.
As for people like Yu Chengxun, they are representatives of Qingliu. They hold orthodox Confucian values, so it is not surprising that they recognize Zaihe.
In addition to the goal of establishing the throne, they also had another goal when they gathered together, which was Zhang Cong.
This man has a bad reputation and is so annoying.
When Yu Chengxun saw everyone looking at him, he said, "The emperor has a sophisticated mind and will definitely not let Prince Fujun do just one or two errands. He must still be thinking about it."
Zaiyan's title was Weiyu, and his title was also that of Prince of the County.
However, Yu Chengxun ignored him automatically, and Zai Yan got used to it.
In the eyes of these ministers, his eldest brother is that person.
"When you are on an errand, you must always obey the emperor's will. I have one more thing to do here, I would like to ask Prince Fu to review it." After saying this, Jiang Yong stood up and took out a booklet from his sleeve.
Zaihe was already twenty years old and looked like an adult. After taking it, he glanced at it with an eyebrow and was immediately surprised, "Why is this happening? Which bold bastard did this?!"
"Zhang Bingyong is a headstrong and arrogant person, and he relies on nepotism. Over time, problems like this will always occur." Jiang Yong said calmly, frowning.
"This matter must be reported to my father immediately! What will happen if this continues for a long time?"
After saying this, Zaihe already felt that something was wrong, "Da Situ, since you have noticed something fishy, why don't you report it to your father?"
"I want Prince Fu to report this."
This is naturally giving way to merit.
"Then the prince will enter the palace immediately."
"Slow down." Jiang Yong stopped him, "How will Prince Fu prepare to report?"
"Of course I am saying that Zhang Bingyong is greedy for national wealth and is crazy. I ask my father to punish this person!"
During this time, Zai Yan and others also looked at the thing and were a little frightened.
"No, even though Zhang Bingyong has millions of things wrong with him, he is not greedy for money, let alone such a large amount of money. In this case, at most, he is lax in his governance. This crime cannot be used against him. Even if In extreme cases, if the people below come out to take the blame, it will always keep his family safe. As for Zhang Bingyong, it is more likely that it is just a small punishment but a big warning."
Zhang Cong's life was not simple, but the emperor was not particularly demanding in this regard. Each of these favored ministers had special salaries, which was actually immunity from crime.
Zhu Houzhao does not think that people must eat chaffy vegetables to be called a good minister. If he does things for him normally and performs meritorious service for him, then he should show it, as long as it is not an exaggeration to build a palace for himself.
The so-called high salary supports integrity.
Let the ministers go, and let yourself go. Overly strict regulations will generate a lot of money in various names.
After the ministers have satisfied their basic material life, they actually raise the threshold for them to be greedy for money. As long as the greed is not to a certain extent, most people are not willing to take this risk, which makes the country's accounting transactions more standardized.
But Zaihe still persisted, even with some anger, "Although Zhang Bingyong can get away with it, he can't escape the involvement of these officials when they do such a big thing. How dare he say that he doesn't know anything about it? Isn't all this happening? With his tacit approval?"
"If I say this before you, I need evidence."
Jiang Yong blocked Zaihe's mouth with just one sentence.
He really had nothing else to say.
"Chen Chaorui...should know." Yu Chengxun said these words lightly.
Jiang Yong still frowned.
These words were what he had in mind.
The key to overthrowing Zhang Cong is not money. Although this person will exclude dissidents and seize power and be arbitrary, he is indeed not that extravagant in his personal life.
But Chen Chaorui is not easy to talk about.
Zaihe naturally understood that RB Governor Chen Chaorui was Lao San's uncle.
One day in the future, it will be his potential threat. And no matter how he recruits them, they will never be used by him.
"In that case, Da Situ should really take a step slower. Only when you slow down can you see clearly."
"I feel bad."
Zai Yan suddenly spoke up.
He didn't talk much and always sat obediently to the side.
But that doesn't mean he doesn't have opinions.
Not only that, when he said this, the whole room was shocked.
Yu Chengxun raised his hands and asked, "What is Prince Yu's opinion?"
Zai Yan pursed her lips and said, "Governor Chen Chaorui RB, this is what my father did on purpose. How can I please my father by doing this?"
Jiang Mian, Jiang Yong and Yu Chengxun looked at each other, and then thought deeply, "What Prince Yu said is..."
Zaihe seemed not to understand, "What are you talking about! These people are digging corners of the imperial court. I will report it to my father. This is exactly what my father wants! Why is it not what I want? Are you confused?" ?”
"I'm not confused. Brother can report it, but just don't mention Chen Chaorui."
"Why don't you mention it? This is probably his fault! Do we still have to avoid him? What a joke!"
When Mei Huaigu saw the situation, he coughed twice to smooth things over, "That's what Prince Yu said. We can discuss the details later."
Zai Yan refused to shut up. Although he was weak, he seemed to be a little firm, "And I thought that Da Situ and Yu Shi were locked in some kind of fight, and ignored the impact of this incident on Zhang Bingyong. In this way How could it be possible that such a big thing was just lax governance?
His father ordered him to be the chief assistant. Why should he be the chief assistant? Assist the king and be courteous to all officials. Employing people and doing things are his most important responsibilities. Among them, hiring people comes before doing things. If you use the wrong people, you won't be able to do good things. Zhang Bingyong made such a big mistake because he was unable to perform his most important duties. Even if he was not greedy for money personally, as the chief assistant, his value was not much left. Moreover, this matter does not necessarily have nothing to do with him. "
This……
If Jiang Yong and Yu Chengxun could understand him in the first half of his sentence considering the so-called emperor's mental skills, they really couldn't agree with the second half.
Jiang Mian also immediately retorted, "What Prince Yu said is wrong. Your Majesty may seem to be harsh in his employment, but in fact he is a generous monarch when he treats important ministers. Such a crime will never damage his roots. Moreover, Zhang Bingyong has made many enemies." , I think it won’t last long, but it’s Chen Chaorui, if he misses this omission, the next one may not happen.”
Zai Yan didn't know what to say, but he felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.
"Second brother, please stop talking. They can still understand my father's thoughts."
Zai Yan felt a little unhappy in his heart, but he was not good at expressing this in front of Zai He, "Okay. Brother, I'm a little tired. You can continue the discussion. Let me leave first."
With that said, he left without waiting for anyone to answer.
"Eh? You!" Zaihe pointed at him, not knowing what to say.
However, Mei Huaigu had a strange feeling in his heart.
The second child said some shocking words every once in a while. Maybe he didn't pay attention to them after a long interval, but as the frequency gradually increased, Mei Huaigu could still feel it.
……
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In the evening, Mei Huaigu went to see Zai Yan, who was drinking alone and depressed.
Mei Huaigu also appeared suddenly, "Are you still angry?"
Zai Yan looked up at him, her still young face flushed with blood, "It's uncle."
"If you want to drink, why don't you ask your uncle?"
"Since we're here, uncle, let's sit down and drink together."
"I'm not polite to you."
As he said that, he poured the wine and drank it all with Zai Yi. After finishing the drink, he said, "...you still insist on your own ideas about what happened during the day?"
Zai Yan didn't speak, just held his chin with one hand and smiled.
"The main thing...Zhang Bingyong is not a money-grubbing person, so he naturally thinks that money can't bring him down. This matter will not be done by him."
Zai Yan flicked his head with his index finger, "Uncle, what does this have to do with whether he is greedy for money or not?"
Mei Huaigu frowned and raised his arm to pour him another glass. "Ordinary people think like this, so I don't think he will have any problems with money."
"He can't help it."
"no way?"
Zai Yan picked up the wine glass and held it at eye level to observe, "My father is a rare emperor in heaven. How many things have he done in so many years? As Zhang Cong is the chief assistant, he naturally has a lot of errands, but He has to use people to run these errands. Who can he use?"
Mei Huaigu seemed to have some understanding.
Zai Yan continued, his tone was relaxed, as if he had seen through it, "Should we use Qingliu? Oh, Shi Yu said that these people are ashamed to be associated with them. So he can only use those who are capable but have slightly flawed moral character. Wait for time Over time, Zhang Cong actually became one with these people. If he dealt harshly with his subordinates because they were greedy for money, then people's hearts would be scattered. Once people's hearts are scattered, and his father only cares about results, Zhang Cong can't do anything. Or if you mess up something, you will die. On the contrary, if you keep doing things well, the end will not be so tragic."
Mei Huaigu was greatly shocked, "That's why... you said that Zhang Cong has no choice. He can delay it for a few more years if he condones and acquiesces. If he insists on not allowing it, there will be no such person in the court."
"I don't understand. Is this so difficult? He can't control his own people, and big cases will always break out. It's just a matter of time. And taking power and acting arbitrarily is just to delay the trouble. It's a last resort. As for saying that he doesn't know. this matter……"
Zai Yan didn't say these words, but they were actually in his heart:
Who is the father?
Who can be the first assistant with him for a few years?
Who do you idiots look down on?
I couldn't figure out the situation, and all I could think about was trying to dismantle the third son, and all the good things were ruined.
(End of this chapter)