Chapter 255 The world is crowded for profit

"Recently, I have been really anxious, and nine times out of ten of the concerts that come up every day are talking about Yelu Chucai's loan, I don't understand, since all the secretaries think that the loan itself is beneficial to the people, why do they still oppose Yelu Chucai's self-seeking for bank loans?"

Holding hot tea and roasting charcoal, Zhao and Ju complained. The one who listened to him complain in front of him was naturally Cui He, since the beginning of winter, this old man's health has not been very good, and the number of times he complains has increased significantly, and he doesn't want to leave when he sits by the fire. Zhao Heju made people imitate the kang in the north, and burned a kang for him in his prime minister's mansion, which made him feel better.

Originally, Zhao and Ju wanted to visit him to see how his condition was, but they were dissuaded by his close ministers, and the Son of Heaven visited the minister's sick body, only when the minister was about to die, he showed his grace, and under normal circumstances, he ran to see it, wouldn't that force the minister to die.

Therefore, Cui He, who was supposed to be visited by Zhao and Ju, came to visit Zhao and Ju after his body recovered.

Although as the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, whether in terms of national strength or identity, he supports Zhao and Ju's luxury, but when it comes to the issue of raising fire in winter, he is still very thrifty, a certain amount of cold can enhance the physical physique, and too much warmth will make people slack. It was only when Cui He came, that he put two fires in the hall of Boya Building, which made Cui He, who was afraid of cold, also have a red light on his face.

"Don't you know what everyone thinks?"

Hearing Zhao and Ju complaining, Cui Hehe smiled hoarsely, because of the cold, his voice had not yet recovered.

"What do you mean?" During the period when Cui was sick, Zhao Youju really felt the importance of this right relative to himself, and when he was there, his relationship with the ministers was obviously closer, and he did things smoothly. But when he asked for leave to rest, there seemed to be a pulley missing between the ministers and himself, although it did not affect government affairs, but it just made him unhappy.

It must be admitted that although this Cui Lao'er is old and treacherous, no matter who he interacts with, he feels like a spring breeze. It is no wonder that he has been up and down in his career for decades, and no one has impeached him seriously, even a person as powerful as Shi Miyuan is very tolerant of him.

"Your Majesty, what the ministers oppose is only that the Liuqiu Bank will come forward alone to lend to Jiankang Mansion, in the past few years, the cases of Xuzhou and Chuzhou have been put in front of you, and everyone knows that this loan is a profitable and well-reputed business without any risks." Cui He crossed his fingers and counted to Zhao Heju: "Xuzhou is in a situation where it is in ruins, and it is still within the loan period, in addition to repaying the loan interest every year, there is already surplus money to pay taxes to the household department. Jiankang is more advantageous than Xuzhou, whether it is transportation or population, it is originally a very fat place, and I want to make more profits than Xuzhou......"

When he said this, Zhao Youju would be a fool if he didn't understand anymore, although he understood, Zhao Youju was still stunned, and sighed for a long time: "It turned out that it was for this!" ”

"Bustling, all for fame and fortune." Choi also sighed.

The two sighed together, but the meaning was very different, Zhao and Ju sighed with a little joy, while Cui He's sigh was purely for the moral level of the officials in the court.

"I know, hum ......"

According to the project budget plan, each mile will consume nearly 110,000 catties of iron, and Lin'an to Huating is about 300 li, so calculated, the cost of iron will be an astonishing 33 million catties, that is, according to the new conversion method passed by the stream, there are more than 21,000 stones (tons), each catty only earns one penny, these 33 million catties are also more than 30 million catties, equivalent to 30,000 yuan of profits, and in fact, Every pound of iron has to earn a hundred and eighty yuan, and the total adds up to hundreds of thousands or even millions of profits.

And this is only a railway to Huating, if the railway is built to the whole country, and the steel of the Jinling smelter is used, then the profit of this factory will be amazing!

Such a huge profit was monopolized by the Liuqiu Bank, and everyone was unwilling, and behind the court officials, there were rich family scholars, and they were also inextricably linked with the interests of wealthy businessmen, so they naturally drooled about it.

"I see, haha." Zhao and Ju laughed again.

"Your Majesty has a solution?" Choi asked curiously.

"Lady, send someone to summon Ge Hong, Xue Ji, Wei Liaoweng, Chen Guiyi, and Yu Tianxi...... The rest of the people were not alarmed. Zhao and Ju Xian did not answer Cui He, but gave an order to Xie Daoqing.

Just last week, Geng Wan was officially accepted as a beauty, which can be regarded as a newcomer in the harem of the Son of Heaven, but because the three people in the harem are all old people of the Son of Heaven, although Zhao Heju has repeatedly used the Western Han Emperor Xuandi's "old sword love" to understand his will, but it is inevitable that under the persuasion of the Queen Mother and the ministers, Xie Daoqing will also be accepted as a talented person.

Under such circumstances, it was impossible for Geng Wan and Xie Daoqing to serve as female officials, so Zhou Shuniang took up the position of Si Yan under Xie Daoqing's recommendation.

Judging from the past few days, Zhao Youju is quite satisfied with this new female secretary, although he does not know his mind as well as Geng Wan and Xie Daoqing, and is thorough and rigorous, it can be regarded as conscientious. However, Zhou Shuniang seemed to be a little afraid of him, and she was very respectful, even the solemn Xie Daoqing did not have this appearance.

Zhao Youju is in charge of the world's major affairs, and he doesn't have much time to think about this girl's thoughts, and he is already very satisfied with the number of his current harem - even a little too much, so he didn't put his thoughts on Zhou Shuniang.

Although it was not the day of the Great Court Meeting at this time, it was still working hours, and several officials named by him did not run home to hide lazily, and they all handled official business in their own offices. Therefore, it only took half an hour for them to gather in this Boya Building, and when they saw Cui He, who was holding a brazier and refused to give in, they all bowed their heads to him.

"The matter of requesting a loan for the Jinling Smelter in the Yelu Chucai chapter should not be delayed more, and it will be decided in the next two days." Zhao Heju waited for everyone to sit down and said: "Zhongqing, I have a strategy, how about listening to Zhongqing, Zhongqing will add it, and then hold a special court meeting to pass it?" ”

Everyone looked at each other and didn't speak, just waiting for the Son of Heaven to speak first.

"The Jinling Smelter is first of all a smelter owned by the official of the Great Song Dynasty, and the household department has contributed 2 million yuan, which is counted as 20% of the shares, and this share shall not be transferred, and it will start to draw 10% of the dividends of the Jinling Smelter after three years, what does Wei Qing think?"

Wei Liweng nodded immediately, this was exactly what he needed, even more than he wanted.

"The two million yuan of the household department needs to be put in place in one step, and now the household department still has this money, right?" After Zhao Heju received an affirmative answer from Wei Liaoweng, he said: "Then Wei Qing has worked hard these days, and before December 30, this money will be allocated to Yelu Chucai." ”

"Jinling out of the land, when it is considered 20% of the shares, it is also considered 2 million, three years later, you can take 10% from the smelter dividends, and keep it for Jinling, Jiankang local use, this 20% of the shares can not be transferred and sold, what do you think?"

The ministers did not object to this.

"Liuqiu Bank provides 3 million yuan, only 20% of the shares, this 20% of the shares can be transferred and sold, and after three years, you can also draw 10% from the dividends, do you have any opinions?"

Everyone knows that the emperor himself paid 20% of the loan, and the emperor only got 20% of the 3 million yuan, which was a big loss compared with the household department. Therefore, everyone did not object, so that after calculation, there are still forty percent of the shares left, and how to distribute these forty percent of the shares is the key.

"The remaining forty percent of the shares, the price of six million, raised by the people, I Song Dynasty officials and merchants, who have surplus money, can buy a part, by the flow of the bank on behalf of the agency, the distribution of equity certificates, this equity can be three years later from the dividend of thirty percent to the holder of the distribution, can also be transferred, as for how to operate, by Chen Zicheng to draw up a proclamation. Jinling smelter 50% of the dividends, the remaining 50% of the profits are used for expansion and the purchase of new patents, what do you think? ”

Zhao and Ju glanced at the ministers and waited for their reply. He always wanted to cultivate a class in the Great Song Dynasty that could support his reform, and at the same time, he did not forget to transform the original class and make it change its conservative stance on the premise of sharing the benefits of innovation.

Among his improvised and still crudely conceived strategies, he first ensured that the Song court controlled the majority of the shares in the new smelter: through the Liuqiu Bank, the Hubu and the Jinling Prefecture, the imperial court controlled sixty percent of the smelter's shares. Then he used the remaining forty percent of the shares to attract wealthy businessmen and ordinary people with surplus wealth supported by officials, which also made the stocks of later generations shine and became a new business in the financial circle of the Great Song Dynasty.

But there was one thing that was very difficult to convince the ministers of this strategy, that is, the emperor, the ministers, the merchants, and the common people did business together. Even if he is as enlightened as Cui He, he has scruples about this, even under the authority and prestige of the Son of Heaven, no one opposes it at this time, who knows if it will cause criticism in the future.

"I thought I could!" Ge Hong's spirit has improved a lot these days, and he knows that this is the decision of the Son of Heaven, so after thinking for a while, he came out to support: "Your Majesty said, this is not to compete with the people, but to benefit the people, and it is a move to benefit the people, it will be beneficial to future generations, and there will be a reputation in the history of future generations!" ”

"The minister also agrees, but it's just ......" Xue Ji secretly scolded in his heart, recently, in catering to the intentions of the Son of Heaven, this Ge Hong has been ahead of him every time, which makes him gradually have a sense of loss and crisis, and he feels that his importance to the Son of Heaven seems to be diminishing. However, even so, he had to ask his own questions on behalf of the forces behind him: "It is inevitable that only 40% of it will be raised by the people...... Isn't it a little less? ”

"Six million guan, equivalent to one-tenth of my Great Song Dynasty's financial revenue a few years ago." Zhao Youju glanced at him with a smile: "I'm still afraid that I won't be able to collect this amount, so I'm going to take out some money from my inner treasury. ”

Zhou Shuniang, who was standing behind him, heard this, and involuntarily glanced at him, and sighed secretly in her heart.

This son of heaven is smart and wise, knows a lot, and plans far, the only bad thing is that he is too heavy-weighted, and there is always a smell of copper all over his body.

"Six million guan is not a large amount compared with the wealth of the people, besides, your majesty's intention, this amount is obviously not raised overnight, there are so many rich people in the world, and a wealthy merchant has millions of yuan, these six million guan...... It's not much. Yu Tianxi also said, his heart is very hot, Jiankang Mansion is just out of the land, it accounts for 20% of the shares, if such a big factory is placed in his Lin'an, it will be of great help to his political achievements!

"Rest assured, this matter is just a test of the waters, if it succeeds, I will build railways, open factories and mines in the future, and some will raise shares from my subjects." Zhao Heju stretched out his right index finger and said with a smile: "The immortal stroked my top and gave me a golden finger." I am a bit of a golden finger that turns stone into gold, so don't worry! ”

Regarding the rumors of Lu Zu's enlightenment of the Son of Heaven, the ministers present have heard more or less about it, and when they heard Zhao and Ju say this, the ministers exchanged glances with each other, and then said in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming, don't doubt the ministers!" ”

This can be said to be a plan for the distribution of the benefits of the fruits of industrialization, because the courtiers with this interest reached an agreement, and it was quickly adopted at the Great Court Council. On December 15, the 2 million yuan allocated by the household department was delivered to Jiankang Mansion half a month ahead of schedule, and then the 1 million yuan allocated by the bank for one year was also delivered to Jiankang Mansion. Yelu Chucai, who felt constrained by the delay in approving his recital some time ago, was buried by the pink gold yuan coupon in an instant.

Such a large amount of money, not to say that it is spent, the financial staff from Liuqiu Bank arrived in Jiankang Mansion together with one million guan of Liuqiu Bank, and quickly joined Yelu Chucai's staff team, and when they were budgeting for how to spend the three million guan that had already been spent, Yelu Chucai had already begun to take advantage of the dry winter to repair the Yangtze River embankment in Jiankang Mansion and expand the Jinling Wharf.

In his plan, the Jinling Wharf will be larger than the Tamsui Wharf in Liuqiu, which can accommodate 200 large ships of more than 5,000 Hu at the same time, and can berth the newly manufactured 30,000 Hu (1,500 tons) class ships of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, and prepare for the berthing of larger ships in the future.

The administrator of the Jiankang Mansion soon discovered that the new boss, although he had not removed them all, had used an invisible whip to drive them around. Early in the morning, before eight o'clock in the quarter of an hour, they must go to the construction site assigned to them on time to inspect and coordinate, and no one will deliver food until twelve o'clock, and after resting for an hour, from one to five o'clock in the afternoon, if the weather is good, they may have to work until six o'clock, and even have a good night battle to welcome Shangguan until seven o'clock. Only then did they return to their homes or stay at the pavilion, and at eight o'clock in the evening after washing and eating, they would gather in the prefect's mansion to listen to the students of the Guozi Eunuch who came from Lin'an City to talk about the "administrative science" course, these students were the first to be sent to Liuqiu to study, and the representative figure was the champion of Jiading for ten years, and now Wu Qian, the chief secretary of the Ministry of Industry. This original rookie of science, after studying in Liuqiu for more than a year, came back and became a believer in Liuqiu's "wisdom", he had a great reputation for learning and seniority, so he could hold these administrators at all levels of Jiankang Mansion.

In Wu Qian's lectures at two hours every night, in addition to the saying of loyalty and patriotism, the focus is on how to improve administrative efficiency, especially to take out ancient and modern examples to analyze them one by one, even disgruntled officials have to admit that they have learned a lot from Wu Qian.

Note 1: According to the data provided by the pheasant mulberry, the railway consumes about 120-150 tons of iron per kilometer, which is converted into Songli and Songjin, and each Li is about 110,000 catties.

Note 2: Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty have a very similar characteristic, the early years are from the commoners, Emperor Xuan to the age of 19 still live in the civilian area, he and his wife are very affectionate, by the minister Huo Guang to welcome the emperor, the ministers have asked for Huo Guang's young daughter to be the queen, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to find a worthless sword when he was poor in the old days, showing that he "has a deep love for the sword", and refuses to forget the meaning of the wife of the chaff, and the intention of the ministers is to rest. Of course, this story ended up being a tragedy - his queen was poisoned by Huo Guang's wife, Mrs. Xian, and had to marry Huo Guang's young daughter.