Part 2 The Elegant Career of a Corrupt Official Chapter 2166 Don't take "talent" as a treasure
Although it was the first time he had heard of this, he got to the point: "The reason why the workshop used to be unable to make ends meet was that the officials did not care about financial resources, and only raised money and spending, but they did not know that the operation of the workshop also needed money circulation. β
Wan Qianyong replied proudly: "Dong Weng has already thought of this, those people take dividends, and their shares are deducted from the price of buying the farm, and as long as the government collects less, it is equivalent to the contribution of the Ma army."
In addition, the daily operation is handled by our domestic servants, and the accounts are supervised by the Yici Joy people of the Loach Stack, and those Yici Joy people will not ruin their reputation and make the accounts chaotic. β
Wan Qiyong explained proudly, Zhao Xing said to Shan Yi: "This is probably our biggest job in Yangzhou, there is Cai Jing pressing on it, we can't do anything else this year, Mr. Shan will check around with me this year." β
Shan Yi patted his stomach: "No need to check, I have been around for 30 years, I know every branch in Yangzhou, I checked the county treasury a few days ago, although Yangzhou is rich, but the county has no money, no money, nothing can be done, this year we will make a little fuss, I know a few small rivers, a little dredging, it will not cost hundreds of runs, it is better for us to try it this year." β
Zhao Xing sighed and said: "Yangzhou, a prosperous place, only more than 100,000 households, where do you say that people have gone, in my opinion, now that spring ploughing has not yet begun, it is better for us to go to the imperial court, immigrate tens of thousands from Shandong, and pick a place for a single master." How about we let the people move their hoards? β
Shan Yi was very happy: "So." Very good. β
Wan Qiyong heard. Hurriedly suggested: "You can't immigrate from Shandong, I heard that the Qinfeng Road is constantly fighting, and the people in the area are displaced, but the people there are raising horses without permission." Cattle are raised, and immigrants need to be immigrated from there, and adults can write the cantata a little more tactfully, so that it can be transported by multiple routes. In this way, enough displaced people can be relocated as soon as possible. β
"Thirty thousand, thirty thousand is enough", Shan Yi patted his knees excitedly, accumulated over the years. Now that he can make great progress, he is excited and speechless: "Although there are only 100,000 household registrations in Yangzhou, there are no less than 500,000 or 600,000 people in the city who work and do business." If a population of the same household registration is moved, it may cause clan conflicts.
Brother Wan had a good idea just now, and transferred the people from all over the country. Relying on this Grand Canal. If there are few people, the transfer can be fast, and 30,000 people can arrive in about three or four months. When they have finished plowing and harvesting a season, next year all the relatives and friends will come, and we will just expand the land. β
Zhao Xing continued: "I am not afraid of a little later spring ploughing, in the past few years, I have introduced mochi in Mizhou, this thing has a high yield, and the land is barren, and it grows crazy fast, and it will mature in two or three months." As long as the people have endured for two or three months, they will be able to take root......"
Wan Qiyong was also very excited, he originally thought that being Zhao Xingdi's staff was just dealing with some chores, but he didn't expect to do such a big thing at this time, this piece of music was sent to the imperial court, and in the future, others asked who handled it, wouldn't he Wan Qiyong be disgraceful.
Cai Jing moved quickly, and within two days, he had already come to Zhao Xing with a stack of drawings, and when he entered Zhao Xing's courtyard, he almost forgot the purpose of his visit, just staring at the servants in the courtyard, his eyes kept rolling.
Zhao Xing called repeatedly, and finally called his soul back, he looked at the album in his hand, and immediately returned to business: "Leave people, I can be regarded as a good study of the box of objects you sent me, not to mention the seventh-level floating slaughter, talking about the mirror, there are a few glass mirrors in your box, which are exposed to a thousand millimeters, and they do not change at all, I have read the ancients, and found more than 100 kinds of ancient mirror styles from the ancient texts, in addition, I have also figured out more than 100 new patterns...... This is the ...... of the appearance of the bronze mirror of the Jin Dynasty; This is Tang Jing......
In addition, I also found some gold and stone catalogues, turned out the appearance of the ancient mirrors of the Huns, Turks, and Rouran Xianbei in various eras, deleted and modified, and made about 500 kinds of mirror patterns. Do you like it? β
Zhao Xing flipped a few pages and sighed.
If you want to say who can be the first product designer in this big song, it must be Cai Jing. Zhao Xing only put three glass and silver mirrors in his box, which could trigger Cai Jing's inspiration, and in two days, he painted more than 300 ancient and modern bronze mirror styles, each style was slightly changed, making it both simple and innovative, which was simply breathtaking.
This is not all, Cai Jing not only did the traceability of the mirror style, he also had many designs for other sundries in Zhao Xing's box, such as glass imitation of ancient jade, ancient ornaments, zero and zero total, in two days, Cai Jing actually painted a thousand paintings, this kind of creative speed, it is estimated that even Versace will shake his head and sigh.
Zhao Xing didn't know that after Cai Jing became the prime minister, he began to instigate Song Huizong to open a government-run counterfeit canal, specializing in imitating ancient jade from previous dynasties, from Cai Jing, making fake antiques in China to deceive people, it is no longer a crime, but a cultural affair, it is said that some people have counted in modern times, Cai Jing has teamed up with Song Huizong all his life, and made no less than 100,000 counterfeit products, and in the whole earth, he is the first person to counterfeit in ancient and modern China and abroad.
Zhao Xing opened his mouth and looked at Cai Jing for a long time, Cai Jing did not feel that he had any mistakes, on the contrary, in this fraudulent planning, he fully showed his profound knowledge of ancient culture and history, and now, he tried his knife, and he felt that he had a kind of happiness that he could finally show his strengths, and in the face of Zhao Xing's bosom friend, the more he looked at it, the more pleasing it became: "There are also people from the Cheng nationality in Huangzhou on the dock in Yangzhou, I heard that Zhao Liren looked at the snow house of Mr. Su, and suddenly burst out of inspiration, and actually came up with a clever way to print calligraphy and painting on the plate, haha, You and I are both people who are familiar with each other, but I am a little better than you.
However, I can understand the departure, because after all, you were born in Huangzhou and grew up in the mountains, and Master Su has learned a lot, but when it comes to mastering ancient and modern classics, the Great Song Dynasty does not do two people except me. What is this, this is knowledge, I have read poetry since I was a child, and there is no omission in ancient and modern classics, this ancient and modern artifact...... Although Mr. Su is miscellaneous, he is not as far away as me.
There is no need to be overly alarmed. This is a small test, and I'll put some effort into it. Take a closer look. The seventh-level floating tower must be unparalleled in ancient and modern times. β
Cai Jing misunderstood, he thought that Zhao Xing was stunned that he could design so many bronze mirror patterns in such a short time, but Zhao Xing only had a flash of thought about it. What he was even more shocked was that as a four-way transfer envoy and the chief official of Yangzhou, Cai Jing spent all his thoughts on these gadgets. So what about civil affairs, military affairs, and taxes, does Cai Jing still have the energy to deal with daily chores?
But aren't these exactly what Zhao Xing is looking forward to. He opened his mouth for a long time, only to feel that his mouth was dry, and it took a lot of effort to close Fa Mu's lips, swallow and spit at the mouth, Zhao Xing stretched out his hand and beckoned to the servant: "Take the contract, Lord Cai." I'm going to sign up with you. Don't worry, I'll give you VI treatment. β
Cai Jing didn't understand. But Zhao Xing understands, Zhao Xing took the contract adhering to the agreement he signed with the group in Mizhou in the winding style, the terms of the agreement layer by layer, Cai Jingyi cultural person, how can he understand such a complex arithmetic formula, he touched the contract cover, hesitated for a long time, and asked: "My contract is also the same contract as Li Gonglin and Mi Fu?" β
Zhao Xingcai nodded, Cai Jing had already opened the last page of the contract, lifted the pen, and said while signing: "I have heard that the contract signed by the people in Mizhou and the regiment practice, no one can understand, this matter has become an officialdom anecdote, but three years have passed, no one in Mizhou feels that they are at a loss, 100,000 Mizhou people are not afraid, Li Gonglin, Mi Fu They are not afraid, what am I afraid of, leaving people will not make people suffer." β
Zhao Xing touched his chin, he was full of pride and didn't dare to show it on his face, but he admired himself in his heart: it turned out that the cost of fraud was low for reputable people. Well, not to mention scams, even normal business operations, the cost will be greatly reduced.
After Cai Jing signed the contract, Zhao Xing snatched it and immediately ordered the servants to go to the county government of Jiangdu County to archive. Waiting for Wan Qi Yong to rush out of the door with the contract in his hand, Cai Jing had time to ask: "Leave people, what is written on this contract, can you tell me briefly?" β
Zhao Xing smiled very happily: "It's simple, that is, Lord Cai helps me design more than ten drawings every month, and I collect these drawings into a book and engrave them, and the name is "Spiritual Atlas". In addition, Mr. Cai still needs to write a notebook every month, and there is no limit to how many words there are......
Mr. Cai completes the contract, I pay according to the price, and the copyright of the publication belongs to Mr. Cai, and I only take 50% of the dividends. However, if it can't be done, there is always a constraint, hehe, Lord Cai wants to ask me for money. β
Zhao Xing said the last few words with a playful expression, Cai Jing who is also, this amount of task is a piece of cake for him, he didn't listen to Zhao Xing's harsh conditions at all, just at this time a servant came in with a few pots of fruit, Cai Jing remembered that he had just arrived at Zhao Xing's mansion The moment he lost his mind, he pointed to the servant and asked: "Leaving people, why is the clothes and fabrics worn by this servant so weird?" The style is also so bewitching? β
"Serving demons" is a saying in the Song Dynasty, and in modern times, it is called "strange costumes".
Zhao Xing shook Erlang's legs proudly, and said with a smile: "Lord Cai is well-informed, guess what their fabric is?" β
This rhetorical question was not a puzzle for Cai Jing, Cai Jing smiled and replied: "I heard that a person who gave a piece of music once offered a fan cloth (canvas) to Taizu, and there are many people who left the people, could this be a fan cloth?" β
Zhao Xingji agreed: "No one is as wise as Lord Cai, well-informed and well-informed, this is really a fan cloth (canvas)." When I was in office in Michigan, I called the group to train the family and try out a new type of loom to weave the cloth, which is the best for sails, and the shipbuilding industry in Michigan has developed explosively in recent years, and the supply of this cloth is in short supply, so that the people are not heard. However, a good thing is a good thing after all, and Mizhou Tuanlian has occasionally found that after this thing seeps into water, it is comparable to paper armor, and if two layers of cloth are sewn together, it can block ordinary arrow strikes and stabbing blows.
In recent years, it has had some effect - Michigan Utility privately buys the cloth head, uses it to make a portable armor, and puts it on the outer robe as a close-fitting armor, and my servants are now wearing a kind of close-fitting cloth armor researched by Michigan, and I name it a (jacket) shirt.
I invented the brass buckle on my jacket, which was kept near the heart and several major points on the chest to prevent fatal injuries, and as for the bronze star on their shoulder, it was a level. In my place, a first-class servant woman has a star on her shoulder, and after a year of work, she will add a star to become a second-class servant woman, and after assessment, the excellent person can add another star and become a three-star servant.
Three-year expiration. There are also some servant women who are literate and hyphenated, and they are promoted to the rank of internal knowledge (housekeeper). They would add a bar to their shoulders. According to the level, it is called one bar and one star, and one bar and two stars...... As for the badges on their sleeves, I call them skill bars, a shovel for the gardener, and a star on the side of the shovel for the second-class gardener. One more star is called the Superior Gardener.
Also, the kitchen knife graphic represents the chef, and so on......"
Cai Jing is not a fool, few people in the smart Song Dynasty can compare to him. Zhao Xing's words that were almost ostentatious didn't dazzle him, he pointed to the servant who came in with fruit and asked, "Kitchen knives, shovels, I didn't pay attention to this, but I see how there is a horse on this servant's armband." There is also a bow, that bow has a horizontal bar on it, and it is decorated with two stars, according to you, this should be a first-class archer, such a person, how to let him serve tea and water. β
Zhao Xing seemed to be choked on the fruit. He coughed violently. coughed for a long time before saying, "This Zhang San." He once went to Nanyang with me, and he was a first-class archer, which was good, but now that he is older, he has retired to do some housework. β
Old?! Cai Jing looked at the young man in his twenties, full of muscles, and wondered in his heart, he wanted to ask again, but in the blink of an eye, he changed his mind: "Leaving people, such a character, I see that he has more than one skill bar on his arm, what's the matter, does it take an archer to come forward to serve tea and water?" You're a person. β
Zhao Xing smiled, his eyes flashed, and he replied in a calm tone: "I am used to running on the boat, and I like to live an organized and disciplined lifestyle. No matter what they learn, it will always be useful to them. And I just send the money. β
Zhao Xing pointed to the ground skill bar on the servant's shoulder, and continued: "I think that at the beginning, the Fuyang bandits crossed the river to attack my manor, and it was these people who repelled the bandits' attacks, so I support whatever they like to learn." I will pay a penny for a skill. For example, this man, he can shoot arrows, so he gets an archer's salary, and in addition, this guy also has a bit of vegetable cooking skills, so he also gets a chef's salary. His bow and arrow level is of the premium class, so take the salary of a premium archer. He gets the salary of a medium cook, and besides, there is a steering wheel, and he can handle the boat, and he gets the salary of a boatman, and he can ride a horse, and he is a good horseman, and he is paid the salary of a good rider.
He's just a doorman now, and I may not need his other skills, but since he has those skills, I'll pay him, and one day, I'll use those skills. For example, riding a horse, I have an urgent message, I can let him teleport out......"
Zhao Xing took the trouble to explain his management of the servants, and Cai Jing nodded in appreciation: "In this way, as soon as the servants in the human mansion enter the door, they will spontaneously learn various skills, because the more skills, the more money they get, isn't that so?" β
Zhao Xing was secretly surprised in his heart, but his face was very flat: "Not bad, not bad." I think like this, my strength alone is limited, it is impossible to take care of everything, my advantage lies in my money, in this case, I use money to encourage others to do things for me, in this way, everyone is brave, I don't have to worry about anything, just give money. At the critical moment, when the bandits attack, someone will take up arms and show themselves. β
Cai Jing was silent for a moment, and then asked: "I heard that the divorce is going to let the servants at home buy the workshop and take root in Yangzhou, but is there such a thing?" β
Thankfully, Cai Jing finally turned the topic to what Zhao Xing was looking forward to, and he hurriedly climbed along the way: "Yes, these domestic servants have been in my family for three years and have learned many skills, and now that the three-year service period is over, I am planning to let a group of people out, and by the way, I will also do something beneficial to the people......"
Zhao Xing then described to Cai Jing in extremely inflammatory language the plan of his and his subordinates: to establish a group of troops in Yangzhou that could react quickly, the cavalry army, by the way of elite group members, and by the way, to build a fast boat to clear out the less rampant bandits in the vicinity. In addition, use this powerful mobile armed force to quickly attack the rogue gangs entrenched in the mountains and forests, and then absorb the displaced people and develop hoarders near Yangzhou......
"This is an immortal achievement!" Cai Jing immediately found the benefits, and he immediately said: "I am in the lead, I will play the name of the music, help the people to push this matter, clean up the environment of Yangzhou, and Yangzhou's taxes will go up, in addition, the imperial court has been plagued by disasters over the years, and I, as an official of the imperial court, should share the worries of the imperial court - 30,000 people, this is not enough, at least 100,000, I will write the chapter!" β
Zhao Xing hurriedly persuaded: "Lord Cai, we have already calculated that we will absorb up to 30,000 displaced people." No matter how much I am, I am afraid that the displaced people will not obey the discipline. Instead, they are in trouble everywhere - 30,000. No more. β
Cai Jing asked again carefully: "Are you talking about 30,000 households or 30,000 people?" β
"30,000 mouths, this is the limit!" Zhao Xing replied without hesitation: "I didn't want to disturb Lord Cai...... Ahem, if Lord Cai is working hard for the problem of resettlement of displaced people, then what should I do about the map? What about the copybook? β
Cai Jing replied very simply: "In the past, when Wang Jinggong changed the law. I also presided over the Bianliang Law Change, and I also have capable people under me in the matter of organizing labor, but. Since the departure is so eager, how about leaving the person? β
Cai Jing let Zhao Xing take a step, can Zhao Xing not be interested. He hurriedly replied: "Lord Cai, I have been an official for several years, and I am not familiar with the affairs of this chapter, and Gao Yu has always been in charge of it before. Since Lord Cai is willing to help, this piece will be written by Lord Cai, and I will still be an official according to the local method of Hangzhou, and I will do it if others come up with ideas. Someone else writes a cantata. I am named. β
Cai Jing was very satisfied, Zhao Xing said. It is equivalent to handing over the right to speak to him, and he will take the credit to himself, but Cai Jing has received so much favor from Zhao Xing in a row, so he naturally will not do too much, and he will show Zhao Xing's credit......
Cai Jingdi moved quickly, in mid-March, he and Zhao Xing jointly signed a letter, claiming that there are still many wastelands in Yangzhou, I heard that the imperial court has been affected by disasters all over the country, Yangzhou is willing to share the worries of the imperial court, this year to accept 30,000 displaced people to reclaim the famine, the whole process does not need the imperial court to spend a penny, only the imperial court allows the Yangzhou square to buy and sell the money, and allows the Yangzhou government to use it for one year.
The Great Song Dynasty has lasted for three years of famine, this piece was handed over, and the court's reply was also very fast, since it didn't cost the court a penny, the court issued an edict and greatly praised Cai Jing and Zhao Xing. Subsequently, the local refugees were arrested and sent to Hangzhou desperately.
Immediately afterwards, the second passage of Zhao Xing and Cai Jing came up, and they asked the imperial court to make an exception to allow Yangzhou to hire people and Xiangding to build large projects, mainly to build roads for the settlement of displaced people...... The court readily agreed.
The reason why the imperial court agreed so readily was because although Zhao Xing was silent, he had a set of double insurance strategies in the court. The first is Su Shi, who was still the official at the time, this great talent was able to send the music directly to his fan Empress Dowager Gao, who responded to the requirements of idols and never discounted them at all.
Another insurance measure is a ci Leye people, Su Shi in Hangzhou for three years, and a Ci Leye people have frequent contact, everyone is living in a castle, look up and don't look down, after fully appreciating the accounting ability of a Leye people, Su Shi returned to Beijing, but also took the initiative to seek help from a Leye people. Acquaintances look for acquaintances, and those who are happy to be happy with the help of Shang Su Shi of the Ministry of Officials quickly entered all parts of the central government, and quickly became the backbone of various departments by virtue of their excellent accounting and organizational skills.
At this time, although the officials of the Song Dynasty did not praise this group of Israelis like Kublai Khan - "they are omnipotent", there was a group of grassroots cadres in the department who were used to being slaves, very obedient, and had excellent skills, and worked hard.
With this group of Israelis, Zhao Xing can guarantee that even if he throws his signature recital into the courtyard of any department through the wall, someone will pick it up, clean it up, and present it to his chief officerβand the priority is high.
Cai Jing's recital, the first half of which he wrote himself, is a beautifully worded poem, which fiercely praised the Great Song Dynasty, which was full of disasters, and then praised the scene after the completion of Yangzhou's reclamation, and Zhao Xing attached a detailed budget after the recital in the format of a modern planning case.
Of course, the budget was incomprehensible to the general public, and the Israelis were consulted, and their replies were not delayed in the slightest, and a detailed explanation was given the next day...... This explanation was still incomprehensible to most officials, but Su Song, the first smart man in the Great Song Dynasty, understood it, and he praised the recital...... It's a pity that others can't understand his words of appreciation.
As a result, the dizzy Great Song Dynasty gave permission in a daze, and most people looked at Zhao Xing's suggestion with the mood of watching jokes. For example, Jia Yi, he said in private: "People say that no one can understand the contract written by Zhao Liren, and I can't understand his teacher. I think he's just nodding his head with his eyes open.
Well, it doesn't cost the court a penny, only asks for a delay in the payment of the funds of the trading market, and he still has to pay the money when it expires, and a big son is indispensable, I don't believe it, this money is stored in the bank he said...... It's the Industrial Bank, and you can still make your own money?! Money is not a woman, she will give birth to cubs! I think Zhao Liren is arrogant. Wait, see how I clean him up! β