There are many commercial banks in Nananze Town, many of which are branches opened in Fuzhou City, because it is close to the shallows on the river bank, and there are many ships going ashore from here, so all the commercial houses in the city have semicolons here, and it is also the idea of trying to pick up the omissions among the merchants in the past.

In addition to the Pu's firm that was confiscated last time, there is also a serious branch of Pu Shougao, in addition, the royal mansion, the national prince, and all the big people have branches here, in addition to the annex here, there are more ships in Shuikou Town, and the business bank is not only many, but also large. Tanikou is close to Jianzhou, there are many foreign businessmen, and the number of commercial houses is not much, but many of them are opened by foreign businessmen, once there is a dispute, it is easy to cause entanglement between the two roads, and make a big deal.

Li Yi said at this time: "The group practice makes this commission, and it is estimated that the commercial houses in the town will be extremely lively...... Pu Shouchen, the head of the Pu family, Lin Dingyi of the Quanzhou Lin family, Yang Shizhi of the Yang family's silk line, and Zhang Mingliang of the Zhang family, who is Tingzhou, are all people in the town. Once it is apportioned to these people, they may not be very happy, and it is very likely that they will even rebel together. ”

Kong He frowned and said: "To be fair, it was originally the local businessmen who suffered losses, and the foreign monks who chanted the scriptures. ”

Everyone was silent, and it was a fact that Kong He's words were not good.

Due to the encouragement of maritime trade, foreign merchants were only charged contracts, that is, transaction taxes, and the types of taxes were small, and the amount was relatively low.

Pu Shougao's Pu family has been in the Great Wei for more than a hundred years, but they have never been naturalized, just to take advantage of foreign businessmen.

There is also a Sifang Pavilion in Beijing, which is dedicated to entertaining those foreign envoys, and also entertaining foreign merchants from foreign countries, and the poor, sick and bankrupt foreign businessmen are also taken care of quite properly.

The local giants are already full of grievances, and the burden of ordinary life is not small, even if the group training is to defend the enemy and defend the place, the big reason is right, as long as there is an apportionment, there will definitely be trouble.

"My second uncle, His Royal Highness King Zhao really cares about me." Xu Zixian was not angry, but made a joke, and everyone present showed a wry smile on their faces.

"Settle down, please take a seat." Xu Zixian smiled and invited everyone to sit down.

Xu Xingwei, Wei Yi, Li Yi, Kong He, Qin Dongyang and others sat down in turn, Fu Qian and Chen Daojian and several other officials of the Hou Mansion, Xu Zixian also regarded them as his own, and also invited them to sit down.

"Autumn is high and cool, today I want to eat mutton."

Dawei now eats pork and is not a lot, but the middle-class family still eats mutton.

In a place like Fujian, there are people everywhere with sheep, which is quite rare in later generations, and it can be seen that the eating habits are also changing, and the times are changing.

Xu Zi first boiled a large piece of high-quality lamb in water, and then mixed with soy sauce, leeks, raw garlic, bean curd, etc., boiled mutton with sauce, which was a novelty at the time, everyone tasted it, only felt fresh and delicious, the aroma and the taste of the sauce were mixed, there was an unprecedented freshness.

"It's refreshing." At the small banquet in the inner house, the little sister also came out to toast a round of wine, Wei Yi's expression became chic and flying, and his voice became a little louder, after drinking a glass, Wei Yi smiled: "Mingda is really capable of everything now, and even eats so well, is it God?" ”

The dishes on the table in front of him, no matter whether they are boiled and stir-fried, are all novel methods, and Wei Yi's praise is not too exaggerated.

Xu Xingwei said with a smile: "When I am leaving, I can still feast on it, and it is worth the trip." ”

Xu Zixian said: "Brother Zizhang wants to enter Beijing in advance?" ”

"Yes, I'm not at home for the Mid-Autumn Festival." Xu Xingwei said: "Jingshi Wutang and the old man of the right minister have urged, and I will hurry up and take office." ”

"I heard that Xu Ziwei is also going to Beijing."

The two pieces of news come together, and it does have a terrifying feeling.

It is difficult for others to say, Xu Zixian said slowly: "It seems that the Beijing division is not quiet, Brother Zizhang is in Beijing, you must be more careful, cautious, and don't get involved in political disputes." ”

Xu Xingwei nodded and said: "I am recommended by the right minister to enter the lecture martial arts hall as a teacher, and after next year's exam, whether I am in or not, I will leave Beijing as soon as possible." ”

"Where's Xu Ziwei?"

"He originally went to be a personal guard, but I heard that the Son of Heaven personally issued an edict to be a halberd officer, that is, to bring imperial equipment, and he was going to be a guard for the imperial family."

The warriors of this dynasty are either under the control of the privy council and the military department of the foreign dynasty, and are divided into two major systems: the forbidden army and the box army, and the forbidden army is the elite army of the field, not necessarily all of them are in Beijing, and there are forbidden troops in every important place, for example, Fujian has five forbidden armies stationed in Fujian.

In the Hebei Division, the number of forbidden troops reached about 200 corps, and it was also the most densely garrisoned place of the forbidden army in this dynasty.

The garrison of the Beijing Division, in addition to the forbidden army, is Lang Wei, which is garrisoned by the pro-guard Lang and Yu Lin Lang for the foreign court, and is under the command of Lang Zhongling.

In the inner court, it is with imperial equipment, divided into the halberd Lang and the ruling Jin Wu and other Lang officials, all from the six products, it can be said that it is the inner guard, all with the name of the imperial equipment, the children of non-clan ministers can not hold this position, Xu Ziwei was originally a Lang Wei of the outer court, and he had to accumulate qualifications to enter the inner court to bring the imperial equipment, which is considered to have saved several years of seniority.

Of course, the concubine of King Zhao doesn't have to care about these qualifications, but judging from the details, the emperor is so anxious to summon his brother into the inner court, I'm afraid it's not a good sign.

"Abnormality is a demon." Li Yi said worriedly: "Things in the world are not afraid of going wrong, but afraid of abnormality, smart people are often eager to do things for quick success, acting abnormally, but they are more likely to do bad things than stupid people." ”

"The words of the common people are good." Wei Yi raised his glass and said, "When the float is white." ”

"Be careful not to get yourself drunk." Xu Zixian said Wei Yi with a smile, and then said: "At the end of the year, I will send guests from the palace to Jingshi, and I just want to feel the situation in Jingshi." ”

"You can't go, you can't stay for long." Wei Yi's family of officials and gentry is well-informed, so he said at this time: "What Mingda has to do now is to lay a solid foundation, no matter how the situation changes, it is best to have room for regression." ”

Xu Zixian nodded slightly, it seems that his intention to take root in the other courtyard is very right, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the situation is unpredictable. Don't talk about managing the situation in Beijing, even the Fuzhou Mansion tries not to mix when the strength is insufficient, it is best to get this purpose, don't worry too much.

"During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Changwen Hou's Mansion is elegant, and Mingda is best to participate." Wei Yi reminded again: "Your fame can't last long, if you can write a good work, it is not a good way to become famous, the greater the fame, the more you can do things with half the effort." ”

"Brother Yanke, don't worry, I will go then." Xu Zi raised his glass first and drank it with his friends and subordinates, the wine was average, but after the stomach, the taste was not bad.

……

"The old servant of the Wu Mansion has been here." When the lamp was in charge at night, when Xu Zixian walked out, Li Yi walked over with a list and said to Xu Zixian with a smile: "The prince is really drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle, this trick is wonderful." ”

"You can bully a righteous gentleman." Xu Zi glanced at it first, and saw that it was Wu Shizhong's arrears over the years, most of which were arrears of medicine doctors and daily necessities, which showed that this person had been an official for many years.

Li Yi also sighed: "Now the official style and government are not as good as in previous years, there is no need to mention it during the Taizu period, the official style from Renzong to Wenzong is frugal and simple, there are few extravagant and wasteful people, and the amount of minister's money is small, and no one will use it up." From Wuzong to Chengzong, the official style and morale have changed greatly, and the officials have played with prostitutes in office, and they have used the minister's money to nothing, which has never happened before Wenzong. Although efforts have been made to make amends, the accumulated shortcomings of decades cannot be swept away all at once. Not to mention ......"

Li Yi has something to say directly, of course Xu Zixian will understand, not to mention that when today's son acts aggressively and has no political skills, just look at the current chaotic situation in the court, the parties are attacking each other, and the situation before the party fights for the state, you will know how failed the ability of the Son of Heaven is.

"We don't talk about anything else." Xu Zixian said: "Less than four hundred guan, plus settle down here in the other courtyard, first clean the south building to entertain this great Confucian, and calculate widely, about five hundred guan out." ”

Li Yi said: "This is almost the same, but the lower official wants to remind the prince that although there is a thousand yuan rewarded by the imperial court, the expenses are much larger now, and the cost of group training has not yet been settled......

"I know, I know." Xu Zixian silently calculated, the money given by the little sister had been used up before, Li Cheng's family property was less than 1,000 yuan, plus the 1,000 yuan rewarded by the imperial court, and the mansion was still less than 2,000 yuan. Now the monthly account is much more than before, about 3,000 to 4,000 per month, this money is connected, at least the Hou Mansion is not hard to raise a capital of teeth, but if you want to raise a group practice with this money, it is also a fool's dream.

It's dumb to think about it, and it's always going around with money.

This is also to make Xu Zixian vigilant, no wonder it has always been a big thing, they are all full of food and full salary, the so-called extensive accumulation of grain, and it is still on top of repairing the city and training the army, not enough salary, how to have enough soldiers?

Whether it is an individual or a court with an income of hundreds of millions, it is difficult to sustain without money.

With Xu Zixian watching coldly, the official system, military system, and general quality of the Great Wei Dynasty are higher than those in the Ming and Qing dynasties, but now there are still serious border troubles and internal frictions, and the industrial and commercial trade is so developed, resulting in the current situation, Xu Zixian feels that the main reason is still the lack of fiscal and tax revenue.

Why is the industrial and commercial sea trade developed, but in the end the imperial court was impoverished, the root is still in the privileges of civil and military officials and noble clans, a large number of non-taxpayers make the burden of taxpayers heavier, resentment arises, contradictions and internal friction also arise from this.

If this situation persists for a long time, the absence of external forces may also lead to internal reshuffling, and if there are external forces, it is easier to maintain and accelerate the collapse.

Many times Xu Zixian suspected that Taizu of Great Wei was also a traveler, but it seems that Wei Taizu did not find too many ways, the early dynasty was both civil and military, inhibiting and appointing clans, honoring relatives, completely suppressing eunuchs, there are no provinces in the local area, and all roads are restricting each other, and there are also many internal constraints.

The alleviation of annexation is to use foreign expansion, such as the conquest of Japan and Annam, the conquest of Yunnan, the conquest of the Western Regions and many other wars at the beginning of the country, obtained a lot of land, grain and silver, and alleviated domestic contradictions, but after a long time, it still went back to the old road.

"Take it and deal with it." Xu Zixian had a lot of thoughts in his mind, and his emotions were a little complicated for a while, and after looking at the list a few times, he said to Li Yi: "All the debts of Dr. Wu will be paid off before the Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

Li Yi said: "Do you want to inform Dr. Wu?" ”

"Don't." Xu Zixian said with a smile: "To be a favor is to add three feet to a full foot, let's do this, sooner or later he will know, he will definitely have to receive our favor, and when the time comes, I will personally come to the door to invite again, and it is estimated that it will be successful." I said this in advance, the evil form is evil, the city is coerced, what kind of people have we become, the bad feeling is a lifetime, and it will be over if you want to make up for it. ”

After listening to this, Li Yi bowed his hand and said: "Is the prince really of this age, I think he is much more experienced than the old marquis in terms of human affairs." ”

"Affection is an article." Xu Zixian sighed: "But I still don't want to spend too much time on such things, full salary, foot soldiers, this is what I need to do." ”

"Xia Guan feels that the prince will definitely be able to do it." Li Yi said with emotion: "Now the lower officials know that there are really people who are born smart, or like King Chuzhuang, who thought they were mortal birds, and they are really shocking." ”

Xu Zixian was ashamed and waved his hand silently.