Ruan Dacheng was born as a jinshi, and once served as a ministry, the highest served as the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple (from the fourth grade), and the qualifications of the prefect of Suzhou are enough.

Wang Yue used Ruan Dacheng because he liked his dog's leg temperament, and it was easy to use.

Suzhou will be the first region to gradually implement the new policy from within the Ming Dynasty, and many of the policies will be in great conflict with the system that the Ming Dynasty is currently using. This requires a person who is obedient and familiar with the existing system of the Ming Dynasty to implement, so Wang Yue chose Ruan Dacheng because he is enough to doglegs.

The difference between the starting point city and places like Suzhou is to paint on a blank sheet of paper, and the new generation of department heads in the starting point city still need some time to grow, Wang Yue has not yet pulled the flag and rebelled, so he still has to use the old bureaucrats.

"In addition, the magistrate of Kunshan is also vacant, does Yuanhai have any best friends to recommend?" Wang Yue asked again.

Ruan Dacheng didn't expect that Wang Yue would also ask him for ideas about this matter, and he couldn't help but be flattered, and sincerely felt that the governor really didn't treat him as an outsider.

He flattered his hands and said: "Since Lord Zhongcheng trusts him so much, the lower officials will not shy away from their relatives." I have a good friend, named Yang Wencong, the word Longyou, originally from Jiangning Zhixian, was later impeached and dismissed, and then lived in Jinling. After Xia Guan became the director of the Urban Management Bureau, this person had a lot of assistance. ”

"Yes, just take him as the magistrate of Kunshan, and I will recommend him to the imperial court."

Yang Wencong, Wang Yue knows, this person not only has a literary name, but also has a much higher discipline than Ruan Dacheng. After entering the Southern Ming Dynasty, this person was engaged in resisting the Qing Dynasty until he was defeated and captured, and died unyieldingly.

According to the practice of the imperial court, the governor is the highest local governor, and the people recommended by the imperial court will be given priority, not to mention that Wang Yue has a lot of influence on the imperial court.

"Xiaguan Dai Longyou thanks Lord Zhongcheng for his support." Ruan Dacheng was in a good mood, and then said again: "Lord Zhongcheng, this, that...... Do you remember Dong Xiaowan on the Qinhuai River? ”

Wang Yue's expression moved: "What? Yuanhai knows her news? ”

"Of course the lower officials know!" After observing the words, Ruan Dacheng secretly congratulated himself that his treasure was right, and said with a smile: "This Dong Xiaowan is in Suzhou, but unfortunately she is seriously ill because of her mother, the expenses are very large, and the debt collectors have come to the door one after another, so she has to return to her old business, and she is in Suzhou Bantang Leyun Building." ”

He didn't mention helping Dong Xiaowan repay his debts, if Wang Yue really had a heart for Dong Xiaowan, he would know one day, but now he bluntly invited credit, but he fell into success.

This woman is quite miserable, Wang Yue said secretly.

Then he said with a straight face: "Yuanhai, you still have to pay more attention to government affairs, even if you can take up the post of prefect of Suzhou, the city management side is still your top priority." ”

"Yes, Xia Guan understands!" Ruan Dacheng arched his hand.

After Ruan Dacheng left, Li Chuanxin came to report on the results of the Suzhou incident.

"Report to the commander, a total of 113 households were copied in the entire Suzhou area, and 16,850,000 taels of silver, 13,200 taels of gold, 342 shops, and 1,558,000 mu of land deeds were stolen."

Wang Yue was surprised and asked, "There is so much silver?" ”

Li Chuanxin nodded and said, "Yes, Commander!" The Zhou family alone copied 5,540,000 taels of silver, 6,130 taels of gold, 116 shops, and 480,000 acres of land deeds. ”

"No wonder people say that Suzhou is a place of great wealth and wealth, and it is indeed rich!" Wang Yue sighed.

Li Chuanxin looked at Wang Yue's face and said: "Commander, it is said that there are more big businessmen in Yangzhou, and there are not a few salt merchants worth tens of millions, do you want to?" ”

It seems that this is an addiction to copying, Wang Yue shook his head and said: "No need to be so, we are not here to rob, as long as they don't go against us, this official will consider letting them go, if someone doesn't know each other, then don't blame this official for being ruthless." ”

With the entire plane as the backing, the more King Qian is not lacking, the most that these salt merchants and big families can make Wang Yue look at is land. With the plane as the backing, Wang Yue does not plan to carry out the kind of land reform in his previous life, but hopes to use a gentle means to carry out the kind of land reform similar to the Wanwan family.

At this time, most of the merchants were circulation-type merchants, and it was difficult for them to create value because they were not production-oriented merchants in later generations. If these wealthy people can devote themselves to investing and setting up factories and becoming capitalists who create wealth in the future, Wang Yue welcomes them.

Of course, the commerce of the Ming Dynasty was not all circulation-type merchants, especially in the Suzhou area, which was called the place where capitalism sprouted by later generations, and the more representative one was the weaving mill.

On November 12, after many days of preparation, at the invitation of the governor of Tianxun, all the large and small merchants in the silk weaving industry in Suzhou came to Suzhou to participate in the Suzhou Silk Weaving Industry Conference hosted by Wang Yue himself.

It was late autumn, the weather had cooled down, and the mood of the silk weaving merchants who came from all over the country was a little cooler than this weather. After all, last month, Lord Wang, the governor of the Heavenly Patrol, suppressed the iron-blooded methods of the merchants who boycotted the market, which made people remember very well, they were very worried that Wang Yue would make them bleed again, but they didn't dare not come.

All businessmen came with the mood of ruining wealth and eliminating disasters, and everyone who received the notice was the first to come here in person or send important people.

The venue of this industry conference was held in the open air in the courtyard of the former Zhoufu, the richest man in Suzhou.

There were more than 60 merchants who came next, and they were all small and large-scale merchants engaged in the silk weaving industry in Suzhou.

Pan Jingwen is a representative of the Pan family from Kunshan, in his early thirties, as a son of a concubine, he can come here not because of how good he is, but because he is unlucky enough.

The Pan family, as a big family in Kunshan, was very resistant to Wang Yue's ongoing new commercial tax system, but because of their good attitude in the process of this strike, they did not suffer a major impact.

This time, Wang Yue convened the Suzhou Silk Weaving Industry Conference, and he couldn't help but come alone, because he was worried that Wang Yue might be retaliated against.

Before coming, Pan Jingwen was instructed to deal with it and not to make any promises. In the judgment of the patriarchs and elders, Wang Yue, an alternative in the Ming court, is difficult to have a long-term glory.

Far from it, just a commercial tax has offended all the officials in the world.

In the Ming Dynasty, it is not a special thing for officials to do business, it can be said to be a very common phenomenon. It's just that the officials themselves are not involved, and their families accumulate a lot of wealth through business.

For example, the Pan family, there are several children in Beijing who are officials, and collecting business taxes is to take money from their pockets, and it is strange not to object. And don't forget, to do business in Daming to a certain extent, it is impossible not to have an official or a force behind it. It's not a noble, it's a civil servant.