This sentence really stopped Ji Qingwen - you must know that this kind of humanistic thinking has not been accepted and practiced by everyone until the modern age of the 21st century - but I didn't expect it to be asked by a scholar in the Ming Dynasty like this.

Ji Qingwen was opening his mouth to stammer, but Yang Qingshan walked to the car carrying ten royal colored brocades, stretched out his hand and stroked it carefully, and did not forget to sigh in his mouth: "It is indeed worthy of being a tribute to Ouchi." Suzhou City is also a place where fabrics gather, but the colorful brocade produced by the weaving yamen is unmatched. It's like "The Story of Yueyang Tower" is in front of Zhuyu, but there is no "Preface to King Teng's Pavilion" to echo it. ”

Ji Qingwen was naturally very happy when he heard people praise the silk produced in his yamen, but he suddenly thought that it was really difficult for these satins to accumulate in his hands, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Alas! What's the use of good? Poor people in the world are illiterate, and they will not buy my silk. ”

Yang Qingshan's eyes did not leave the splendid scenery of this car, and he said to himself: "This is not right. These silks are all to be paid tribute to the emperor, so how can they be put on the market for sale? And what does it mean that 'the world does not know the goods'? ”

Ji Qingwen was depressed, and saw that this Yang Gongzi was also a Sven scholar, so he happened to find someone to talk to, so he said truthfully: "This is the thrifty and benevolent righteousness of the emperor today." I was ordered to sell half of the tribute to raise two taels of silver......"

Yang Qingshan asked, "Huh?" And such a thing? The money in the world belongs to the emperor, is the emperor still short of money, so that he has to sell tribute to raise money? Unless it's ......"

"Unless it's what?" Ji Qingwen asked hurriedly.

"Unless the Liaodong Jurchens are making a fierce fuss, and the emperor has no money in the treasury to pay Inspector Yuan's military salary, he thought of making money by selling tribute." Yang Qingshan said.

Ji Qingwen was shocked when he heard this, and asked, "Is this ...... Who did you hear this from? ”

Yang Qingshan smiled and said, "You are a student of Sun Chengzong of the Donglin Party, can't I also be a member of the Donglin Party?" You know the news, why can't I know it? ”

Ji Qingwen was even more surprised, and asked again: "You...... Who are you? Will you know so many secrets of the Great Interior? ”

Yang Qingshan still didn't answer Ji Qingwen's question directly, but said with a smile: "Lord Ji has the heart to interrogate who I am, it's better to take out this bit of energy and think about how to sell these silks!" ”

This sentence also said that Ji Qingwen's heart was in his heart, and he said suddenly: "Yes, these silks can't be sold, and it's a trivial matter that I can't make an errand in front of the emperor and teacher, and if I delay the major event of recovering the lost land in Liaodong, it won't be good." ”

Yang Qingshan covered his mouth and smiled: "I didn't expect that Lord Ji was born as a man and became a miscellaneous official who was originally served by a eunuch, and it is rare to have such a heart of worrying about the country and the people." ”

"Listening to Yang Gongzi say that he is so confident, there must be a way to buy these silks in my hands. Maybe Yang Gongzi himself is a wealthy businessman, and with a nod, he can sweep away these satins. Ji Qingwen said tentatively.

Yang Qingshan smiled: "I'm not a rich man, but I have some ways, but I can't teach in vain." ”

"As long as Yang Gongzi has a way to help me sell the silk, no matter what the requirements are, as long as I can do it, I will definitely not bargain. Please also ask Childe to have something to say. Ji Qingwen replied very simply.

Yang Qingshan stretched out his jade-like fingers, pointed to the silk on the car, and said, "You let me give me ten feet of silk and let me make a dress, and I will tell you my way." ”

Ten feet of silk is thirty taels of silver, the value is not cheap, but it is expensive but it is not expensive, Ji Qingwen hesitated a little, then took out a pair of scissors from the car, pulled out the silk, estimated that it was more than ten feet, cut off a piece with scissors, folded it and sent it to Yang Qingshan.

That Yang Qingshan stroked the silk, frowned and said: "You, you, you are good at holding a piece of silk, and you are clumsy, cut as if it is like a dog, isn't it a tyrannical thing?" ”

Ji Qingwen stuck out his tongue: "That's why I cut two more feet of silk, and I won't delay my son's tailoring." ”

Yang Qingshan's face did not change: "But good things are still wasted, isn't it a pity?" ”

The man sighed and said, "But I want Lord Ji to come forward to pardon Ge Cheng Ge Ye, build tombs for the five righteous men in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, and build a welfare workshop for weavers. These things, one by one, can be seen that Master Ji is well-intentioned and fair. Well, I'll tell Master Ji why no one came to buy the silk for weaving the yamen. ”

Ji Qingwen was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Come, come, come." This is not the place to talk, please come into the house and let's talk slowly. ”

Yang Qingshan waved his hand: "It's just right to talk here." Then he continued, "Now that Daming has developed commerce, there are chambers of commerce in various places, and Suzhou naturally has Suzhou Chamber of Commerce." The Suzhou Chamber of Commerce has amazing financial resources, and its power is by no means limited by a small Suzhou city. ”

Ji Qingwen is a smart person, he has already heard the meaning of Yang Qingshan's words, and said: "So, is the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce making an obstacle from it, deliberately restraining the merchants, and not coming to buy the silk of the weaving yamen?" ”

Yang Qingshan said with a smile: "Lord Ji is really smart, that's what it means." ”

Ji Qingwen asked again: "When I first arrived, after coming to Suzhou City, I only did good things and didn't do bad things, and I couldn't think of any offending the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, I don't know why they wanted to play tricks on me like this." ”

Yang Qingshan said: "I heard that Lord Ji is also from a Shaanxi merchant family, why don't you understand the truth in the mall at all?" Merchants are people who are forgetful of profit, and as long as you give enough money, even if you spit in his face in front of him, he can be happy to deal with himself. But if they take away his silver, it will be like their father's enemy. ”

Ji Qingwen nodded and said, "Of course I understand this truth." But I didn't rob them of their silver! ”

Yang Qingshan patted the ten-foot silk in his arms and said, "This is the silk of the Great Interior, and the craftsmanship is much higher than the silk of folk weaving." These satins are put on the market, and how can anyone still buy the silk produced by the Chamber of Commerce itself? Isn't this tantamount to cutting off their way of making money? ”

After listening to this, Ji Qingwen immediately realized - what is called "market monopoly", what is called "bad money drives out good money", Ji Qingwen had heard of these economic concepts but did not fully understand, he actually had a personal experience in the Ming Dynasty after the crossing.

So Ji Qingwen sighed: "That's troublesome......"

Yang Qingshan said: "It's not troublesome to say trouble. I also know a few people in the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, there are two roads in front of Lord Ji, choose one of these two roads, and there will be no worries today. ”

"Which two paths?"

Yang Qingshan pulled out a small fan from his sleeve, fanned it a few times, and said: "First, the price of each piece of silk is three hundred taels, reduce it by one hundred taels, and sell it to the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce for two hundred taels." In this way, for each piece of cloth, Ji Gongzi earns 100 taels, and the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce also earns 100 taels, and everyone can be safe. ”

Ji Qingwen frowned and said, "It's not that I'm not willing to give up this hundred taels of silver." It's just that all this money has to be handed over to the emperor, and if the selling price is lowered, then what I could raise 200,000 taels can only raise 100,000 taels, which is really not good......"

Yang Qingshan said: "This is also reasonable. Then choose another path. Please ask Lord Ji to teach the weaving skills of these colored brocades to the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce. It's okay for everyone to compete fairly and make money together. ”

Ji Qingwen said: "This is even more unsuccessful. One is that this is a secret that is not passed on in the big interior, if it is spread, then it will be guilty of deception, and I can't afford it. Second, this weaving method is the ancestral method of the weavers under the jurisdiction of my weaving yamen, with this ability, ordinary weavers in Suzhou, only earn one tael of silver a day, they can earn two taels. If I leak the method of weaving, won't it cut off their way of life? ”

Yang Qingshan was stunned for a moment, and was silent for a long time before he said, "I didn't expect Lord Ji to have such compassion for others. Alas! Neither of these paths can be taken, and it seems that the only way to go is to beg that person. As long as he is willing to speak, the Suzhou Chamber of Commerce will definitely buy him some face. ”