From a grass people directly promoted to a senior government official, this kind of thing has always been very rare, as far as Lin Feng knows, this kind of thing in history often belongs to the legendary category, such as Bailixi Shang Yang or Sangu Thatched House, the process is generally similar, a certain king heard that a certain strange talent has high virtue and deep prestige, respected by the township, so he simplified the office procedures, directly pulled him out, entrusted with important tasks, according to the left and right arms, for the welfare of the people, so as to leave a good story in history.

This kind of thing exists, but it is very special, the reason why it is special is because it violates the traditional procedures for the use of talents, and it does not conform to the rules of officialdom, you must know that it is not an easy thing to be an official, and it is even more difficult to be promoted, many people have survived for most of their lives, and they often wander between the seven grades when they enter the coffin, and even more, they have studied for a lifetime, and they have not even mixed up the title of Xiucai, so from their point of view, a person who was originally on the same running line with him was suddenly promoted to a senior official, It is undoubtedly an extremely unfair thing, and the side effects of this are obvious, that is, the so-called "villain is lucky, the lord knows no one clearly, and there is a demon left in the temple," - obviously, Xu Danyang belongs to this category, for Lin Feng's appointment, most of the officials of the Han army court have an attitude of "pinching their noses and admitting it", which is also a matter of no choice, because as a minister, they only have the obligation to advise, but the lord insists on doing so, so in the end he can only obey.

This matter is very contrary to their way of thinking, and it does not conform to traditional norms, you must know that the traditional political elite of the country has never included businessmen, and there are indeed not many people who have become bigwigs from the businessman profession in history, and it seems that only Lü Buwei is the number one person, and most of the people of the country count his profession as politicians rather than businessmen, in the eyes of officials, this kind of talent is not impossible, but several conditions are required: first, this person must be knowledgeable, at least the sage book must be memorized; Second, the person must be very famous—of course, this fame does not refer to the fame of the financial oligarchy, but to the position of the people who read the world in the world; Third, there must be certain achievements in academics, and there must be one or two commendable contributions. In short, in traditional societies, it is necessary to become a high-ranking official quickly. There are many precedents that can be found here in history, such as Zhuge Liang Kongming, who was a bard of the honorary Jingxiang before he was promoted, and is also a very rare wind magister and alchemist, who is good at constructing puppets such as wooden oxen and flowing horses, and at the same time, he is also a descendant of the official eunuch and has a clean family background, so he is promoted to be expected; The military attache class is more well-known, such as Zhou, who was a famous dragon slayer warrior before he got ahead, and he was famous in the Hua Continent, according to the rules, it is beyond reproach to promote him.

These conditions Xu Danyang can't stand any of them, but if you really want to count, you can consider it from the "old" category, because at the beginning of the Han army, he also made some contributions, and he was considered to be a "former minister from the dragon", but this does not mean that he can grasp the actual power, there are many businessmen who engage in political speculation in history, Liu Bei was sponsored by two arms dealers when he raised his army, and Cao Cao also had a real estate company to help when he raised his army, but later generations have never heard of any benefits for these businessmen, Not to mention the power of the state. Therefore, according to the traditional point of view, if Lin Feng misses the old feelings, he might as well give him a better title and reward some money, then it can be regarded as benevolence and righteousness.

Xu Danyang was very excited after receiving the edict of the King of Han, in fact, not only him, but the entire Jinhui Hall was quite coaxed, the news came out, and the large and small businessmen of Zhili Province visited one after another, and even his hometown in Pingyao was alarmed, and several old men were thousands of miles away, carrying the ancestral tablet to help the fun. However, what is interesting is that after the initial excitement, Xu Danyang immediately noticed this change in status and order, and immediately closed his doors to stop interacting with ordinary businessmen, and resigned from the position of president of the Jinhui Chamber of Commerce, handing over all matters related to the family business to his son. He himself hired a few old men with high salaries, visited his superiors in a serious manner, handed out posts everywhere to accept colleagues, and at the same time worked hard to learn Bailiang style poems and couplet techniques, trying to integrate into the bureaucratic circle of the Han court.

In contrast to the congratulatory merchants, the bureaucratic circles of the Han court accepted him with a cold and even contemptuous attitude. According to the tradition of officialdom, when the new officials of the central central department take office, some senior officials in Beijing, whether they know it or not, whether they have a good relationship or not, have to come over and walk through the scene, in order to show that their colleagues are close, they serve the country in unity, and they are loyal to the king of Han, and the inauguration of the merchant Xu Danyang is extremely cold, and even his direct boss Chen Tingjing, the head of the household department, has only sent one chief officer to go through the motions, on the contrary, the two under his command from Wupinlang took office and it was more lively, and the same year, fellow villagers, and friends came to congratulate a large number of poems, paintings, and couplets. More beautiful than him, a three-grade waiter, the two are compared with the cart before the horse, this situation is undoubtedly very infuriating, in fact, Xu Danyang himself had expected this situation, but he didn't expect the real situation to be so bad, when the trade yamen was opened, Xu Danyang's several husbands and servants seemed depressed, and the people of Beijing immediately realized this joke, and there were many idlers outside the yamen every day watching from afar, waiting to see the joke.

After taking office, Lord Shilang ran into walls everywhere in Beijing, to be honest, he himself sometimes felt very depressed, Xu Danyang is not a person who is not good at communicating, on the contrary, before he came out, his popularity in Beijing was quite good, almost most of the officials in the real power department had a little friendship, either drank together or prostituted together, but this time it was as if they had discussed it, every time they came to visit, they were either sick or busy with official business, and what was even more annoying was that These officials are often not of high grade, and most of them are much younger than their own third-grade waiters, but they don't know that they came there to eat bear's heart and leopard gall and fight against the third-grade officials.

Although he knows that this old guy may be one of the people who hate him the most in Beijing, but compared to other officials, this guy's attitude is the best one, he opened the door as soon as he posted it, the reception level was very high, and he spoke very politely, but the only pity was that he didn't say a word to serve tea to the guests.

Lin Feng soon knew about this matter, like Xu Danyang, he was very unprepared for the private backlash of these officials, and at this time he realized that this matter was not over at all, or rather "things have just begun", in this reform, Lin Feng has Lin Feng's magic weapon, he can be arbitrary, and vigorously implement his ideas, but officials have the magic weapon of officials, that is, "non-violent non-cooperation", so when things develop to this extent, Lin Feng has no good way, Because on the surface, no one can find fault with these officials, the ancients said, "The Tao is different, do not conspire with each other", even if you are the king of Han, it is impossible to make friends with Xu Danyang in the next edict, and then get along harmoniously, because most of the things that do not match Xu Danyang are private matters.

However, what made Lin Feng feel terrifying was that in this era, most of the major national affairs are "private matters", no friendship, no fellow villagers, no friendship, not teachers and students, everything is "official", then nothing can be done.

In this situation, Gu Yanwu was also helpless, although his political proposal was passed this time, but according to the law of balance of power, in order to avoid suspicion, he asked to resign from the post of national supervisor of sacrificial wine, Lin Feng was not allowed as usual, and the official rank remained unchanged, but he was transferred to the Hanlin Academy to compile the "History of the Ming Dynasty", when he knew Xu Danyang's dilemma, he was also very surprised, it is not surprising at all, although Gu Yanwu is knowledgeable and famous, but he has no officialdom experience, so he only has a dry stare when he encounters this kind of trick.

In desperation, the desperate Xu Danyang had no choice but to run to the South China Sea for help.

"Minister, Xu Danyang, the merchant waiter, the powerful Han Qian Zhuang Shi, meet the lord!" Since Xu Danyang became an official, it was difficult for him to see Lin Feng, and it was relatively easy when he was the president of the Chamber of Commerce, because before he became an official, he could be counted as a guest secretary, and Lin Feng's reception of him was a private matter, but now that he has an official position, he needs to pay attention to the "etiquette of the monarch and the minister". Counting this time, the two have only met twice during this time, and the last time was after taking up the post of squire, and they thanked "Heavenly Grace" as usual.

"Please get up, please get up," Lin Feng was not surprised by his arrival, but this kind of thing still waited for his subordinates to find out, "I said Lao Xu, you don't work in the yamen, what are you doing here?!" ”

Xu Danyang knelt down here, bowed his head and said, "The minister bears the trust of the lord, since the minister took office, the money casting department and the royal money bank are all unfavorable, and the minister came today to ask for sin!" ”

"Please?!" Lin Feng pretended to be surprised, "What crime please?" I heard that you have already made a new sample of 'Yuanxing Tongbao'," he waved his hand, "Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, you can't get fat in one bite, let's do things slowly!" ”

Xu Danyang's emotions looked quite excited, knelt on the ground and took a few steps, and said eagerly, "This matter is not the minister's refusal to pay attention, it is really a lot of difficulties for colleagues such as the household department, the ministry of officials, the Ministry of Industry, and the Shuntianfu, and the ministers are difficult to move an inch, so the new money is ......."

"Stop-" Lin Feng hurriedly cut off his words, "Good guy, the household department, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Officials, and the Shuntian Mansion can't get along with you?!" You're really up to it!! ”

"Exactly, enlighten the lord, the new money minting, there must be a special craftsman, miscellaneous servants, and in order to prevent the leakage of molds, these people also need to report to the yamen, give them official status, we have to work hard to settle their families - the lord does not know, the minister has repeatedly sent the ministry of the yamen to petition for filing, in order to issue an official license, but the ministry is finally prevaricating, neither say can, nor say no, so there is more than a month, the minister has no choice, and please Your Highness to be the master!!"

"Oh," Lin Feng nodded, "Yang Mingshi, the secretary of the ministry, is very knowledgeable and very capable, there must be a reason for him to do this, I'll ask him when I go back!" He turned his head and said as if carelessly, "Where did your craftsmen come from—didn't the craftsmen of the Qing court be retained?!" ”

"Back to the lord, the craftsmen of the Qing court are ordinary, but also many decaying, and the ministers learned that they were in business when they were in business...... Traffic this outsider, reselling copper money, sitting on the ground to share the spoils for huge profits (note: the price of copper in ancient times was very expensive, and many unscrupulous businessmen collected copper money to melt it to make utensils, and then sold it at a high price) - His Royal Highness Mingjian, do our silver money business, the most important thing is to pay attention to clean hands and feet, the so-called 'ten million hands, there is nothing between the fingers', this kind of moth, the minister's coinage division yamen is never afraid to retain, so after the minister took office, he strictly abolished and replaced the miscellaneous servants and coppersmith masters! ”

"I've heard of this," Lin Feng smiled, "I'm asking who you replaced?!" ”

"Yes......" Xu Danyang hesitated for a moment and replied in a low voice, "It's the old man who used to cast silver with me in Shanxi...... Cough, cough, enlighten the lord, the minister thinks ......"

"No need to explain, no need to explain, I know," Lin Feng smiled kindly and nodded, "Don't be suspicious of employing people, don't use suspicious people, I know this matter - you let it go, I'll talk to Yang Mingshi when I go back." ”

Xu Danyang lowered his head, quietly wiped a handful of cold sweat, kowtowed, and said, "Thank you for your understanding." ”

"Yes, in our court, everyone's views are different, for example, you, as well as Pei Gong and Jin Qing, are different from the original Qing court officials - they call me 'King of Han', you call me 'Lord Gong', there are courtiers and retainers, the so-called internal and external differences, and the ideas are naturally different," Seeing Xu Danyang's frightened face, Lin Feng comforted softly, "So don't live up to the trust of the widow, and make a career for them to see!" ”

"Yes, the lord is gracious, and the minister will die to repay it!"

"Okay, don't talk about this - you just said that many yamen can't get along with you, except for the officials, what kind of trouble is it for the other ministries?!"

"Yes," Xu Danyang knelt on the ground, straightened up and said, "The Ministry of Industry is not good for supplying copper, and it is often necessary to push and ask for three or four invitations, and the officials in charge of the affairs do not eat oil and salt, and they are still yin and yang when talking to the ministers, in addition, they also want to install people in the money casting department, and the ministers don't know what their intentions are!" ”

Xu Danyang said this kind of thing, almost equivalent to tearing his face with the entire Ministry of Industry Yamen, in fact, he was ambitious when he began to take over, and he was ready to do something big, but his colleagues made it difficult everywhere, and he didn't give copper to mint money, which was equivalent to strangling his throat, these Ministry of Industry officials didn't know what medicine they took, and they couldn't bribe, so Xu Danyang really hated it.

The secretary of the Ministry of Industry is Dai Zi, but he is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry who does a lot of unusual, he is not in Beijing all the year round, and he always transfers between Zunhua, Anshan, and Datong mines, so this official position is almost just a name, and the two squires who are really in charge of the capital are the two squires.

Lin Feng felt that with Dai Zi's political mind, it should be impossible to mix this kind of thing, it seems that it should be the idea of the two servants under him - this matter is very simple, whoever gives Dai Zi as a deputy is very happy, because although this master of the Ministry of Industry is extremely high, he is almost an idiot in politics, just find an excuse of "military supplies are not enough", you can get the edict from Dai Zi, and then turn around and pinch Xu Danyang, do it blatantly and unscrupulously, nothing else, something happened Lin Feng asked, The two servants of the Ministry of Labor shook their hands and said with innocent faces: "Wronged, Your Highness, the officials are all acting on orders!" Then Dai Zi, an idiot, went to carry the black cauldron.

"Forget it, forget it," I want to get the face of these bastards, Lin Feng is helpless, thinking that Dai Zi still doesn't seem to be suitable to be an official, and I think about it, Newton always made mistakes when he was the Minister of Science, it seems that scientists are scientists, and they can't be misplaced, and said perfunctorily, "Okay, go back and give an edict to the Ministry of Industry - but you also have to inspect the province yourself, only this once, it is impossible for the widow to always wipe your ass!" ”

"Thank you, lord!"

"Alright, get up—sit!" Lin Feng pointed to the Taishi chair next to him, "What is the household looking for you?" There is something wrong with this, it stands to reason that your coinage division is under the jurisdiction of the household department, what is Chen Tingjing looking for you to do? If something really happens, what's in it for him?! ”

"The lord doesn't know," Xu Danyang said with a wry smile, "My colleagues in the household department disagree with me on the matter of Qianzhuang. ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Lin Feng became interested, "Why is it illegal?!" ”

"What the lords of the household department mean is that the Han royal money village should be a yamen under the household department, and the appointed treasurers, treasurers, signers, two heads, and men should all be court officials!"

"There's nothing wrong with this," Lin Feng looked at Xu Danyang strangely, in his opinion, the role of the National Bank is of course government officials, is there any doubt about this, "Does Aiqing think it's wrong?!" ”

"It's just inappropriate," Xu Danyang said with a straight face, "The lord thinks that the law of the officials of our dynasty is appropriate?!" ”

"What's with what?!" Lin Feng was stunned and said, "What should be inappropriate?!" He snapped back and exclaimed, "What do you mean...... Our current bureaucratic system is not good?! ”

"Whether the local governance is good or not, the subordinates should not be able to ask about it, but since the lord asks, the ministers dare to hide their secrets," Xu Dangyang was slightly humble, and said tentatively, "The lord can know that in the township, scholars and ordinary people are in charge of the official yamen and call it 'Master Yamen'!"

This Lin Feng knew, and nodded immediately, "Yes, many officials do not understand government affairs, and they do have this drawback." ”

"Yes, Lord Mingjian, in fact, since hundreds of years ago in the former Ming Dynasty, most of my local political affairs in China have been controlled by these masters, and most of the officials are just in front of the stage, no different from mud puppets, do you know why?!"

"The imperial examination system, the scholar grabs a few books and gnaws on them, and then makes eight shares, and after the imperial examination, he is hurriedly released to be an official, and when he encounters complex government affairs, of course he will make jokes." Lin Feng patted his head and said helplessly.

"This matter is known to the world, but the lord can know that since it has been a long-term abuse, why has no one changed it?!"

"This is a problem," Lin Feng nodded, "The officials in the imperial court are all from the imperial examination, and if you want to change it, I'm afraid there will be a lot of resistance, and everyone thinks it's not easy to start!" ”

"This is one of them," Xu Danyang shook his head, "The minister has a different opinion!" ”

"Oh, tell me about it!"

"It's because the imperial court thinks that such a system is very reasonable!" Xu Danyang smiled bitterly, "The adults in the temple all think that as long as a scholar has good conduct and high moral prestige, it doesn't matter if he has talent or not!" ”

"Not bad!" Lin Feng laughed and said, "These bastards really think so. ”

"Because in their view, the biggest role of officials is to control personnel power, and then set an example and discipline the people, and other punishments, money, and food can be handed over to their 'mediocre officials' to handle, so in the locality, the biggest role of the 858 study, whether it is the county or the government, is to supervise the work of his subordinates, rather than to do things himself!" Xu Danyang shook his head and sighed, "So as long as a scholar has a good character and cultivates a 'heroic spirit', even if he is a waste who can't do anything, it doesn't matter!" ”

"Hehe, that makes sense!" Lin Feng nodded in agreement, the current situation is indeed like this, "But what does this have to do with the Dahan Royal Money Village?!" ”

"The minister thinks that Dahan Qianzhuang is different from other yamen, it is related to the people's livelihood and maintains operations, and it is absolutely not like the general yamen to be submissive, and then let the little officials get their hands on it and feast their own pockets!" Seeing that Lin Feng was a little puzzled, Xu Danyang explained, "The lord doesn't know, the so-called money bank, in fact, is the same as the ticket number, in addition to supervising the world's money, the general business is only depositing and lending, and if you want to run it, you have to have credit, if it is like the general yamen's approach, according to the minister, I am afraid that within three days, this money bank will go out of business!" ”

Frankly speaking, although Lin Feng is a descendant, he really doesn't understand this thing, so he couldn't help frowning at the moment, and said suspiciously, "What do you mean, our Dahan Money Village has to be managed like a private business ticket number?!" ”

"That's right," Xu Danyang nodded, "In fact, from the minister's point of view, Dahan Qianzhuang is actually just a larger ticket number, compared with the pawnshop and ticket number of the people, it is just that the shareholders are a little bigger, and the power is a little bigger, not a yamen official office!" ”

"Fun, fun!" Lin Feng was stunned, and then laughed loudly, "You say, you say!" ”

"So the minister's idea is that the Han Royal Money Village is ready to set up two sets of people - one is to manage official affairs, that is: to supervise the operation of the ticket number of the whole country, and if the other ticket numbers want to operate, they will be ordered to deposit one-tenth of their principal for credit, borrowing and lending, and must be filed with me, and the exchange and discount of huge silver bills must also be agreed by my Han Bank, and the face value and style of the silver bills are the same, and in addition, every year, or two or three years, the Yamen of my Han Money Village will send a unified investigation officer to check the accounts with the general number of each ticket number, and the credit is not enough. If there are unclear accounts, black money transactions and other violations of the laws of the imperial court, they will be issued a public announcement and ordered to close down, so that they can 'tie the world into one body and protect the health of the commercial port'! ”

"Well, that's good!" Lin Feng looked at Xu Danyang with appreciation, "This class is an official, and it will be taken over by a jinshi from the imperial examination!" ”

"Exactly," seeing the favor of the lord, Xu Danyang's heart was full of joy, "and the other set of people can recruit people from the people, without official positions, without power, and in full accordance with the law of the operation of the private ticket number and money bank!" He smiled and added, "In fact, in the minister's opinion, our Dahan Royal Money Village is the 'No. 1 in the world', and the business should be based on huge amounts of silver, which can be borrowed for large factories and large chambers of commerce, and can be borrowed for private ticket numbers and money bank peers, less than 100,000 taels of silver, it will not be accepted, so that it can avoid the suspicion of 'competing for profits with the people'!" ”

"Your idea is very good, the widow sounds very useful," Lin Feng pondered for a long time, then turned his head and asked, "Okay, what does Lord Chen Tingjing mean?!" ”

"There are many other colleagues who disagree with the minister, Lord Chen didn't say anything, as soon as he asked, he smiled and told the subordinate to let go and do it, everything is up to him," Xu Danyang secretly took a handful, "Speaking of attitude, it's similar to the lord!" ”

Lin Feng laughed loudly and sighed, "Look, you have to learn more, Chen Tingjing is called an official, don't look at you in the shopping mall, when it comes to being an official, you are still very tender!" ”

"Yes, thank you!" Xu Danyang said with a smile, "Actually, in the minister's heart, he has another idea, but I don't know whether to talk about it or not!" ”

"Fart!" Lin Feng scolded with a smile, "You are dozens of years old, the boss is not small, what should you say and what you shouldn't say, don't you know, this is also to be taught by this king?!" ”

"Yes, yes," Xu Danyang touched his nose and said embarrassedly, "I think that our Dahan Qianzhuang can be changed to another method!" ”

"What's the practice?!"

"Imitating the system of the Han Dynasty in the past, take Shaofu as an example!" Xu Danyang bowed his head and said in a low voice, "According to the discussion of the imperial court, the principal of our Dahan Money Village is 12 million taels, and the household department will allocate it on a monthly basis within two years. ……”

"Don't ramble, keep talking!"

"Yes, but the minister thinks that our royal bank can not use the money of the imperial court, and ...... ......" Xu Danyang secretly looked at Lin Feng's face and whispered, "You ...... The lord raises his own money!! ”

Lin Feng was shocked and exclaimed, "What?!" He stood up and said in disbelief, "What did you say?!" Where do the widows have so much money?! ”

"Ahem...... cough ......" Xu Danyang bowed and said, "Dare to ask the lord, how much money can you spend now!" ”

Lin Feng shook his head, "I'm a poor king," he pointed to the table and chair in the seat and said, "Except for this Han Wang's Mansion, the widow really doesn't have any property, if you talk about private property......" He held his chin and thought for a while, "I still have forty percent of the shares in an arms dealership, it was forty thousand silver at the beginning, and now it is getting bigger and bigger, and there should be one or two million taels of silver when it rolls up!" ”

Xu Danyang was stunned for a moment, he thought that Lin Feng, as the king of a country, should be very rich, but he didn't expect that there was no silver at hand, so he couldn't help but say sincerely, "The lord is incorruptible, and the dust admires him!" ”

"Admire what?!" Lin Feng said indifferently, "What do you say I want silver for?" Do I need to buy anything with silver?! ”

"Of course, of course!" Xu Danyang echoed, and the words changed, "The minister's idea is that the reason why the Dahan Royal Money Village is the 'Dahan Royal Money Bank' is because this money bank is the property of the Han King, otherwise, I am afraid that the name does not match the truth!" ”

"Oh," Lin Feng said with a smile, "then according to what you say, what about it?!" ”

"So the minister thinks that this money village should not be the property of the imperial court, but the private property of the King of Han," Xu Danyang smiled, "The minister is actually impartial, the emperor has no family affairs, this money village should not belong to the household department, it should be under the jurisdiction of the Zongren Mansion, and the operation accumulation is also the internal money of the Han King, not the public silver of the treasury!" ”

Lin Feng was noncommittal and silent.

"The minister is a businessman, and the lord will not give up, and he will be reused, and there is no doubt about trust, this kindness and virtue will be difficult to repay even if he is broken...... Xu Danyang suddenly stood up and knelt on the ground, "If the lord has the idea of opening up the internal funds, the minister is willing to exhaust the family resources and donate eight million taels of silver, which is the principal of the lord!" ”

"Oh?! ……”

Seeing Lin Feng's hesitation, Xu Danyang hurriedly explained, "Lord Mingjian, the original principal of Dahan Qianzhuang is 12 million taels, which will be delivered in two years, according to the minister, if there is no accident in normal operation, the inventory of three or four million taels of silver can be opened, so the minister will merge all the principal of the Taifeng ticket number into the Dahan Royal Bank, and the lord will take out some silver to help, so what is missing?!" ”

Lin Fengxin was full of contradictions, and for a while, he really didn't know how to judge.

"Rest assured, today's Dahan Qianzhuang, the minister only needs to ...... three percent of the shares" Xu Danyang stretched out his finger and said excitedly, "As long as the lord nods and bows down, seventy percent of the shares of Dahan Royal Qianzhuang are owned by the king, and the first ticket number in the world is the young government supervisor of Dahan!" ”

Lin Feng looked at Xu Danyang coldly, and looked at Xu Danyang with horror, and his heart was full of emotion, a businessman is a businessman, even if an official is a servant, he is still a businessman, and he is indeed a good person to do business with the king.

“…… Cough...... cough ......" Seeing that Lin Feng was silent, Xu Danyang cowered and said, "Since the lord is unwilling, the minister ......."

"Good!!" Lin Feng waved his hand and choked a few words from between his teeth, "Just do as you say!! ”