The soy sauce yellow name of the restaurant and sauce garden is Huangjiang, the word Shiren, is a native of Xinhui County, Guangzhou Prefecture. He followed his father to Beijing to do business and stayed in Beijing for more than ten years. He was not very old, but twenty-four or five years old, very tall, very white complexion, and an angular face. Looking at his appearance, he doesn't look like a Lingnan person at all.

Su Laomi, who opened the grain store, is a native of Nanzhili, whose ancestral home is Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, and has settled in Beijing for two generations, both of whom are engaged in the grain business. Su Laomi's "merchant name" was originally his father's, and now he inherits it. His age and Huang Jiang seem to be twenty-four or five years old. His big name is Su Sheng, the word Shengzhi, he is of medium height, slightly fat, and his round face is always full of smiles.

These two businessmen are just ordinary existences in Beijing, not big businessmen, not too small in business, and without any background, they are the kind of businessmen who do business in a down-to-earth manner. There are hundreds of people in the whole city of Beijing who are the same as them, if not a thousand. But good luck fell on the two of them!

The two merchants were led into the Jiale Hall by Huang Dabao, because they knew that they wanted to see the prince, so they were a little nervous and walked into the hall with their heads down. After Huang Dabao told them to stop, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

"Grass people Huang Jiang knocks on the prince Chitose ......" soy sauce Huang speaks Cantonese Mandarin.

"The grass people are born, knock to see the Chitose Lord." Su Laomi can speak standard Beijing official dialect.

"Lift your head, stand up and speak." Zhu Cihong commanded.

"Grass people don't dare to ......"

"The grass people don't dare to ......"

"Where is all this nonsense?" Zhu Cihong's tone was calm, "Get up and speak!" ”

Huang Dabao said to the side: "Master Chitose asked you to get up, and you got up!" ”

The two businessmen stood up tremblingly, and they didn't dare to look at Zhu Cihong squarely, but they still lowered their heads, looking honest.

"Did Huang Dabao tell you?" Zhu Cihong asked.

"Got it." The soy sauce yellow from Guangdong is not as restrained as Su Laomi because he often deals with the eunuchs in the palace, "The prince wants to promote the grass people to be a royal businessman." ”

"It's a royal businessman," Zhu Cihong smiled, "It's a businessman who does things for the palace...... And this palace never lets people do things in vain, you abandon your family business in Beijing to follow, and this palace should compensate you. Is it enough for a family to give 20,000 taels of silver? ”

"Enough, enough," Su Sheng hurriedly waved his hand, "Where is the grass people's belongings in Beijing worth 20,000 taels?" It's not worth 10,000 taels! ”

Huang Jiang also said: "The grass people's industry in Beijing is not worth 10,000 taels of ......."

Zhu Cihong smiled: "It's quite honest...... Not bad! Businessmen should be honest-based, honesty-based, this business can be bigger!

However, the palace still wants to give your family 20,000 taels of silver. It's not that there is too much money in the palace and there is no place to spend it, but if you want to be a good royal businessman, you must have capital, and these 40,000 taels are the capital for you.

Do you know what a royal merchant does? ”

"The grass people don't know."

"The grass people don't know ......"

Zhu Cihong smiled: "It is to manage the money for the palace, and buy and sell materials for the palace...... When the palace escorted out of Beijing, the original Huangzhuang and Huangdian were gone, and this warehouse and that warehouse of the household department did not exist. You two royal merchants have to buy it, and this business is more expensive than opening a restaurant, a sauce garden, and a grain store in Beijing! ”

The two merchants were overjoyed when they heard this, and they didn't know how big the royal merchant's business was, so they couldn't laugh if they knew it! However, I am always happy to be able to follow the prince out of Beijing, a place of right and wrong.

Facing the king or something, there is no way to do it. Although the two of them are not big businessmen, they are not poor people who are looking forward to Li Zicheng's coming to Juntian, so of course it would be good to be able to run. Moreover, Zhu Cihong also promised to give them 20,000 taels per person to compensate for their losses.

"The grass people are willing to serve the prince and serve the dogs and horses!"

"The grass people are willing to follow the prince's ......"

Hearing the two businessmen's statements, Zhu Cihong nodded with a smile and said, "Let you come, it's the palace's own decision, and it has nothing to do with others." He pointed at Huang Dabao, and his tone was already calm, "It has nothing to do with him!" So don't give bribes to anyone, including him! He is the most trusted eunuch of this palace, but you are also the most trusted merchant of this palace.

So you and him Huang Dabao are on an equal footing, and they are all from this palace! As long as I keep this in mind, your royal merchant will always be a merchant!

Huang Dabao, you also remember, don't ask them for money...... Otherwise, there will be no good fruit to eat! ”

Huang Dabao and the two businessmen hurriedly replied in unison: "I have memorized ......"

"Okay," Zhu Cihong nodded, "Then the palace will explain the rules of bookkeeping, cashiering, treasury management, account checking, and purchasing in the imperial account room." You're all listening......"

Zhu Cihong's choice of these two royal businessmen was, of course, deliberate.

Not only does he need someone to help manage the money, but he also needs someone to help him spend the money, and he needs someone to help him with the money in the future.

And the person who is responsible for managing money, spending money, and holding money, in Zhu Cihong's view, can only be a businessman! Because the ability of civil officials and chamberlains to manage money, spend money, and hold money has been proven to be very low.

Moreover, the civil officials and chamberlains will not do business on their own, and will they not have to do it through the merchants?

In that case, why didn't Zhu Cihong deal directly with businessmen? It's not a bother's for him...... In his previous life, he was in the financial regime industry with the most profiteers, and compared with those profiteers in later generations, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty were not traitors at all, they were all good businessmen based on integrity!

In addition, Zhu Cihong could not fully control the two systems of internal servants and civil officials. It's Emperor Chongzhen, does he dare to say that he has a firm grasp of the courtiers?

Therefore, it is the best choice to support an imperial merchant system outside the courtiers and chamberlain system, and then manage money, spend money, and hold money through them.

At least a new system is relatively efficient at the beginning.

……

When Zhu Cihong explained to the two businessmen and Huang Dabao how to manage money, accounts, and purchases. Outside the noon gate, several important ministers waiting for the upper dynasty also gathered in the door hole to discuss how to help Emperor Chongzhen beat Prince Zhu.

"Since you have millions of taels of silver and 20,000 brave warriors, what else do you want to mention Nan Xing! Elder Wei Ge, let's take a look today! Xia Guan must have messed up Nan Xing's affairs......"

The man who was patting his chest and vouching to Wei Zaode, a scholar of the Middle Pole Temple, to destroy Nan Xing's proposal was a civil official in his forties, with a black face, a dignified appearance, and a righteous face. This person's name is Guang Shiheng, and in the matter of the official worship of the military department, he took the lead in jumping out to oppose the previous proposal of moving south and the proposal of the prince to supervise Nanjing, so as to stir up the matter.

Because of the two blockades of the southern migration, Guang Shiheng has now become a representative figure of the court's central government who dares to admonish the ministers, and his reputation has risen greatly, and many people have compared him with Yu Qian, a famous minister who presided over the Jingshi resistance to Mongolia after the Tumubao Change.

If Beijing can really get away with it this time, then Guangshi Hengke will soar and become an old man in Guangge.

So at this time, of course, he has to take a clear stand against the southward migration!

Li Banghua glared at the impatient Guang Shiheng, and said coldly: "This time, the East Palace is the one who wants to move south, do you dare to impeach the East Palace?" Do you want to provoke a dispute over the country's capital? ”

was commanded by Li Banghua, and Guang Shiheng was speechless for a while. It was the ministers who proposed to move south and the prince to go south before, and of course Guang Shiheng could be impeached. But this time it was the crown prince who advocated moving south, and he dared to scold the crown prince? Then Li Banghua, the imperial history of the left capital, is about to impeach him and shake the country's foundation......

Wei Zaode stroked his beard, shook his head and said, "The East Palace is going to move south, and we are courtiers, so it's not easy to oppose it!" ”

Guang Shiheng's face turned blue when he heard this, Wei Zaode and the previous first assistant Chen Yan were both against moving south, how could he change his mind now? This Wei Ge Lao seems to be a traitor too!

Li Banghua echoed: "That's right, the responsibility for moving south is borne by the East Palace...... What are we doing as courtiers? ”

Wei Zaode said again: "Donggong can't be impeached, but Wu Xiang can!" It's better to take Wu Xiang today and sue him for a girl! ”