Li Zhi was already exhausted, he really didn't want to drag it any further, thanks to Han Yi being busy during this period, otherwise, with his body, he would have already fallen down, so he immediately issued an order, and ordered Cheng Chuliang and others to let the royal police draw out in various states and counties, and quickly elect the officials.

Over there, the grain from the state bonds was directly deposited into the Jin Bank and the Yuan Bank, and these two private enterprises were used to temporarily control the finances of the local government, Li Zhi was really very scared now, he had never experienced such a terrible corruption incident.

The spot check is very fast, and the royal police are currently subordinate to the central government, they have no collusion with the local government, they are still very fair, anyway, who takes over, it has little to do with them, and this is temporary, and the officials will be elected soon,

With money and officials, the government can operate, and once the government is operational, the imperial court will have control over the locality.

The first thing the government does is to attract investment, and the most important thing for the government at present is to re-establish trust, and spot checks cannot establish much trust, the key is to give a bite to eat, and the purpose of attracting investment is to solve the problem of unemployment.

These states and counties don't look like a mess, but for businessmen, it's a paradise.

Because there are a large number of laborers who are free and have the elements of labor but do not have enough means of subsistence, this is really thanks to Li Yifu and those big landlords, Li Yifu first forcibly taxed, and then raised the price of salt, forcing the farmers to go bankrupt, because the small peasant economy could not stand any violence, and the landlords there hurriedly recruited and annexed the farmers' land, and the farmers left their hometowns and wandered from place to place, which provided excellent labor for the merchants.

What's even more wonderful is that the workshops are all ready-made, and you can start working when you come.

A large number of wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou and Muzhou hurriedly rushed to these places with grain, for fear of falling behind, and even directly recruited people to Muzhou.

You must know that in this crisis, many rich people were born, but these people have no land, and they only have one way to go, which is the road of capital.

Not only that, but commercialization has also begun in rural areas.

The first is to start from Yangzhou, Yangzhou is not because of the violence and began the primitive accumulation, because the economy of Yangzhou in the past two years is too good, creating a kind of illusion of capital paradise, in fact, it is for smugglers to stir up, when people realize that now being a bartender is more cost-effective than farming, and future generations still have the opportunity to study, so what else do I go to plant?

The people around Yangzhou are not willing to continue to stay in the countryside, the gentry and landlords have been unable to stop them, people go to high places and water flows to low places, Yangzhou's flower world is too attractive, they will rent the land to the landlords, you can help me pay the taxes, I will go to the city to make a lot of money.

The landlords had more land in their hands, and they began to manage it commercially, and hired people everywhere to concentrate production.

In the later period, the businessmen of Yangzhou and Muzhou could not find the direction of investment, so they also went to various states and counties to buy land, they were all merchants, and they would rather hire people to produce than rent the land to the farmers, so that they could be their own tenant farmers, because the businessmen wanted resources, and the little money they collected rent, the businessmen really didn't look down on it, and there were so many horizontal and vertical harvests, and the merchants sought the means of production.

In fact, this hired farmer was promoted by Han Yi in Chang'an at the beginning, but the process of this legitimate promotion was very slow, and it caused conflicts between landlords and merchants.

And this protracted economic crisis has very thoroughly separated the productive forces from the means of production, providing the soil for the development of capital.

Of course, this crisis is mainly concentrated in the entire canal line, because this started from the official camp, and the official camp also needs transportation, and it must start from the place where the transportation is the most developed, and this generation is the most developed place with waterways, and Bashu and Lingnan have not been affected.

Coincidentally, businessmen are also very fond of this generation.

This can also be said to be a fork, the past dynasties have developed to this point, usually to face a reshuffle, the court is short of money, there is only the trick of taxation, and it is to attack the peasants, because the landlord is originally the feudal ruling class, the landlord's tax is difficult to collect, but in that case, if the tax is levied again, there will definitely be a civil war, and a new reincarnation will begin, and the reincarnation will continue to reincarnate, but this time, it will directly turn a corner, and no longer go to reincarnation.

......

However, this disease comes like a mountain, and the disease goes like a thread.

Although the situation has gradually been brought under control, it will certainly take some time to recover.

The accumulation of capital by businessmen will certainly take time.

For the Tang Dynasty, the damage caused is immeasurable, tens of millions of guan are casually lost, the Tang Dynasty is not the Song Dynasty, and it is really nerve-wracking to lose tens of millions of guan, because the Tang Dynasty is completely a small peasant economy, and the industrial and commercial tax of the Song Dynasty is higher than the agricultural tax.

But in any case, it is the most important thing to survive in the end.

After many days, on the Weishui wharf, I finally saw the cargo ship coming from Yang Fan again.

The people of Chang'an were really excited.

And there were many people standing on the dock, it was Han Yi and Wu Kelie, their northwest merchants.

"Brother Han, Brother Han!"

Before the ship had even landed, excited shouts could be heard from the deck.

I saw Qian Dafang and Zhao Sijia excitedly waving towards the dock.

Han Yi also smiled and waved his hand.

After a while, the ship finally landed.

Qian Dafang and they immediately got off the boat.

Han Yi smiled and groaned: "If you don't come again, you will miss the best opportunity." ”

Qian Dafang hurriedly said: "We have rushed over immediately, but there are too many goods, and it will take time." ”

In fact, they also invested in other states and counties by the way.

Wu Kelie looked overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly shouted: "Old money"

Qian Dafang sighed, "Brother, why are you still in Chang'an!" ”

Wu Kelie's face suddenly froze, and he was speechless in embarrassment.

Qian Dafang and they laughed.

The Ukleviets laughed too.

These ships were loaded with goods used to trade with the Ukhrevits, mainly silk and tea, as well as paper, books, and other goods produced in the Central Plains.

Part of it was given by the government of Yangzhou and Muzhou, and some of it was borrowed from the Yuan Bank, nominally the Yuan Bank, but in fact, it was taken out by Han Yi and the Yuan family, the Yuan family has strong financial resources, and the southward expansion plan has reached the harvest period, and there is no need to save it, not to mention Han Yi, he is also the main investor in the southward expansion plan, and he directly multiplied his property several times in this crisis, but now the imperial court is really responsible, and it can be said that he owes a lot of debt.

Because Han Yi also fulfilled his promise to the Ukelies, and compensated them a lot, after all, they stayed here for so long, and the losses were huge, and Han Yi did not let them suffer, because Han Yi knew very well that the Northwest Region absolutely supported him, and it could even be said that if he wanted to go to the Northwest to be the king, it was estimated that there would be no problem, because the Northwest was dominated by merchants, and he was the head of the merchants, and the merchants would definitely support him, and he would never let the Ukleans suffer.

Wu Kelie They are also very grateful to Han Yi, you are simply our father, the court is in this situation, and you will compensate us.

"Brother Han!"

Suddenly I heard a shout.

Han Yi suddenly looked excitedly, only to see a chubby young man walking down from the boat.

It was the eldest grandson Yan.

"The eldest grandson."

Han Yi hurriedly hurried over.

The eldest grandson Yan was also excited to see Han Yi, his eyes instantly moistened, and he suddenly remembered something, bowed down, and said, "Thank you Brother Han, your kindness to the eldest grandson, the eldest grandson is unforgettable." ”

Of course he knew that it was Han Yi who got him back.

Han Yi hurriedly said: "Eldest grandson, what are you doing." As he spoke, he said in the ear of the eldest grandson: "I won't tell you the truth, now the imperial court needs a fool like you, the eldest grandson, who is not interested in Yulu." ”

Eldest Sun Yan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

The two chatted for a while on the docks, and when the merchants had disembarked from their ships, they went together into the city.

The Ukhrevi did not follow, but stared at the cargo on the dock, looking forward to the shipment, hoping that the tears had dried up.

When I came to the city gate, I saw Zheng Shanxing, Wang Xuandao, Cui Jijian, and Lu Shigua hurriedly coming over.

"Eldest grandson!"

This old friend wanted to see it, and naturally his eyes were full of tears.

Han Yi smiled and said: "This thing gathers people in groups, old money, let's go to the city bureau and sit down, don't disturb these gentlemen to catch up with the past." ”

The tone is rather sarcastic.

Qian Dafang and they smiled, with a hint of pride.

Gentleman?

There's a ball for it.

It is not up to us merchants to do the relief.

It can be seen that the mentality of merchants has changed now, no matter how rich the merchants used to be, they still had to rely on the feudal forces and were humble existences, but now they are different, the court directly needs them, and their strength has gradually become stronger.

Cui Jijian They can't hear Han Yi's sarcasm, but now they can only pretend to be stupid, they can't be too smart, now you are the best, you say that you want to soar, and we only have to believe it.

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When he came to the city office, Han Yi took out a pile of materials, put them on the table, and said: "This is what you sold to the imperial court, I kept it for you, not only for you, but also for you for free, the only requirement is to quickly recruit this person, this is the only content in the contract." ”

The first batch he sent out were small workshops, and these big workshops were reserved for these rich merchants.

"Give it to us for free?"

Zhao Sijia was stunned.

Qian Dafang hurriedly kicked Zhao Sijia, and said with a smile: "Thank you Brother Han, thank you Brother Han." ”

Han Yi said: "No thanks, this is taken as compensation for your return to Chang'an." ”

These businessmen were so happy that they still thanked Han Yi again and again.

Qian Dafang said suddenly: "But Brother Han, I'm actually still a little worried about this. ”

Han Yi said: "What worries? ”

Qian Dafang said: "Brother Han, you have always been in Jiangnan in front of you, and you know the situation in Muzhou, Muzhou is very rich now, and the local workshops have surpassed Chang'an a few years ago, in recent years, Chang'an has not only not progressed, but has also regressed, how can we compete with Muzhou!" ”

Yuwen Xiumi was surprised: "Muzhou has surpassed Chang'an a few years ago? ”

Qian Dafang nodded, thinking, I really don't know, if you want to go to Muzhou, you will know the terrifying productivity of Muzhou.

Because Muzhou has long had the most primitive capital accumulation, it has nothing to do with businessmen, it is the war machine that broke the foundation of the small peasant economy, just during that period Han Yi was promoting commerce, so they changed very thoroughly, now everyone in Muzhou can do business, and now many people who go to various states and counties to invest, many people used to be workers, but their thinking has changed, they all feel that only businessmen can make a fortune, and they have no interest in being officials and farming.

The merchants were also worried.

In the past, Chang'an was responsible for the production of Han Yi's north-south trade, and Jiangnan provided raw materials, but now Muzhou has entered the commercial civilization, has strong strength, and has sufficient raw materials, but Chang'an is in debt, what to take to compete with Muzhou.

Han Yi said with a smile: "You are very right, fighting for production, Chang'an cannot fight to win Muzhou, but Chang'an has several advantages, and Muzhou will never be able to surpass." First, Chang'an is the Beijing Division, and any policy will come from the Beijing Division, and in Chang'an, you will always be able to know the policies of the imperial court as soon as possible.

Second, talents. All the talents in the country are concentrated in Chang'an, and you should know the importance of talents now, and because there are enough talents, Chang'an's education is also the best.

Third, the northwest. The goods in the northwest always arrive in Chang'an first, and the goods in the northwest are the most lacking in Jiangnan.

Fourth, the market. This goods can't be sold, so there's a fart! Although Chang'an is relatively depressed now, Chang'an will soon recover, and the population alone is much more than that of Muzhou.

There are many, many advantages, and I won't list them all. In the future, we will be in Chang'an, how to play? Play with technology. We can't fight the raw materials, but we have talents, Chang'an's craftsmen are the best craftsmen in the world, like toothbrushes, like paper, like rice transplanters, like perfume. When the time comes, I will advise Your Majesty that the strictest patent law ever be enacted, to protect all your inventions. You must know that raw materials are basic, technology is high-end, we as businessmen in the capital, if we want to play, we can play high-end, low-end things, everyone can play, the competitiveness is too great, the best investment in the future is to invest in the Sage Sixth Academy. ”

Qian Dafang laughed.

Han Yi said quite seriously: "What are you laughing at?" ”

"Nothing! Nothing! ”

Qian Dafang waved his hand again and again, he was still the familiar Han Xiaoge, and he would really flicker.

But these businessmen very much agree with Han Yi's opinion, the Jiangnan market has matured, they want to go to Jiangnan to compete with local businessmen, which is very difficult, and Qian Dafang took advantage of the smuggling wind to gain a foothold in Jiangnan, Chang'an is their base camp, they have also tried the benefits of invention and creation, toothbrushes are one of the representatives, the raw materials of toothbrushes are very ordinary, but Du Zuhua's toothbrushes are sold all over the country, and even sold to the northwest.

Han Yi said again: "In addition, the imperial court also plans to sell a number of government-run workshops, if you are interested, you can go to the household department to talk to Zhang Shilang." ”

Of course there is interest!

At the beginning, it was these government-run workshops that forced them to almost go bankrupt, and the hatred in their hearts, now that the master is back, the master is going to buy the source of evil and slap Li Yifu and them in the face, you were so arrogant at the beginning, and in the end, it was all in the hands of the master.

Yuwen Xiumi said: "Why don't I talk to you?" ”

Han Yi snorted and said, "I'm kind-hearted, I want me to talk to you, and I can't let you ** businessmen take advantage of it." ”

"Hehe......!"

A dry merchant laughed, and smiled very strangely.

Who can do business in this world than you!

The arrival of this group of businessmen, the crisis in Gyeonggi can be regarded as lifted, the crisis in Gyeonggi comes from unemployment, Chang'an as a commercial city, the large-scale closure of workshops, there is nothing more terrifying, the workshops are ready-made, businessmen can take over and do it, and only need to take care of the food. Qian Dafang and they also know that with Han Yi's urine, the "Labor Act" will be re-enacted soon, so this period of time is the cheapest time, which can be said to be the golden hour, and they are all in a hurry to open the door.

The crisis was resolved, but the imperial court was still in a special state, that is, the army was still taking over.

Li Ji knew that it was not good for this army to take over for a long time, and the power was concentrated in the generals, and Li Zhi did not want this.

So Li Ji played Li Zhi, now that the crisis has passed, is it time to release those important ministers.

After hearing this, Li Zhi nodded. A flash of murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and he said, "It's time to settle accounts with them." ”

Han Yi said suddenly: "Your Majesty, Weichen has a book." ”

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Han Yi said with tears in his eyes: "Weichen implores His Majesty to take back the post of Shang Shuling." ”