Chapter 1776: A Group of Gamblers

With Han Yi's current identity, he can only investigate the Confession Temple, because his pattern is so big, he can't investigate the Dali Temple.

On the contrary, Wu Meiniang has become a rising star in the Tang Dynasty political arena with his new policy.

Both inside and outside the government and the opposition are full of praise for Wu Meiniang, including the scholar class who have always looked down on Wu Meiniang, and now they are also impressed by Wu Meiniang.

This is thanks to Han Yi, it is precisely because of Han Yi's capitalism that the Shi clan and Wu Meiniang stood together, Wu Meiniang's policy is very much in line with the Shi class, because only under the small peasant economy, the Shi clan can shine, the most powerful place of the Shi clan lies in the rural forces, the common people and the Shi clan have been on a piece of land for generations, so who can shake their status.

However, if you want to develop a commercial economy, it must be an urban economy, and the rural power will inevitably weaken, so of course the scholars support Wu Meiniang's new policy.

In fact, Wu Meiniang originally wanted to use the commercial economy to destroy the Shi clan, but she thought that it was impossible to defeat the Shi clan in one fell swoop, but she could defeat Han Yi in one fell swoop, and after eliminating the hidden danger of Han Yi, she would settle accounts with the Shi clan, and she could get more power by dealing with Han Yi, and she would be more sure of dealing with the Shi clan, this is her political idea, and she can't give up, but she is now judging the situation.

Wu Meiniang can be said to have played Han Yi's tricks perfectly, in fact, she is also left and right, exquisite, you must know that now she has not announced that she has torn her face with Han Yi, and secretly hooked up with the former hostile scholars, and Li Zhi also trusts her very much, and the ministers of the DPRK and China are also enveloped by her, not only that, but she also wins the hearts of the people, and the people also support her.

This is actually Han Yi's routine, but the policies implemented are different, and she plays better than Han Yi, which can be said to be better than the blue.

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As Xuanji Daochang said, when the imperial court began to set up tax bureaus at various wharves and block roads to collect taxes, merchants immediately began to lay off employees, especially workshops, which were large-scale layoffs, and merchants were realists, and there were few idealism like Zheng Shanxing, and merchants only picked those goods that could raise the price to ship, that is, commodities that were monopolized by themselves.

And those who are not monopolized by themselves will leave the supply chain to supply the Chang'an market, because as soon as they leave Chang'an, they have to pay taxes, so they will not be competitive, and naturally they will not need to produce so much, so they must lay off employees.

Originally, this large-scale layoff would definitely have a very negative impact, and there were no natural disasters in the land of Beijing, and as a result, there were displaced people everywhere, which could not be explained to anyone.

Li Yifu had reminded Wu Meiniang earlier that he should guard against this, and proposed an official strategy.

Wu Meiniang agrees very much, in fact, Wu Meiniang also took this into account, because the government-run and the private sector of Han Yi are diametrically opposed, and it is a fatal blow to the policy of destroying Han Yi. But Wu Meiniang also knew that Li Zhi would not agree, because Li Zhi trusted Han Yi's concept very much, and the imperial court could not engage in trading, in fact, they were all waiting for this day.

When a large number of workers are unemployed, Wu Meiniang convenes the ministers to discuss, and the businessmen quit, what should these people do?

Of course, the scholars would not bow to the merchants, and as soon as Li Yifu took the lead and asked the court to take over, everyone immediately agreed.

But he did not put forward the idea of the government, but said that these people should be recruited first, and they would make wine, salt, and so on. Because the imperial court has always been self-sufficient, in the past, the workshops of the imperial court were the largest, but now what we have to do is to expand again, settle these people in, and sell some of the things they produce, and pay them wages with the money they earn, so as to avoid the pressure on the treasury.

How benevolent and noble this idea is.

For the sake of those people, Li Zhi couldn't agree to it, and settled them down first.

Everything comes naturally, not deliberately.

But the government is a drug, which will make people addictive, which is difficult to put down, and the demand will become greater and greater, and it will become more greedy.

And Zhang Daxiang has always been by Han Yi's side, and was greatly influenced by Han Yi, and when he saw that the court began to do it himself, he was very scared, because this responsibility was too great, so Zhang Daxiang pretended to be sick, because he was not good at Zhishi, Mingjun was in power, you are young, you want to Zhishi, what do you mean.

Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong saw that Zhang Daxiang took the initiative to admit it, and they immediately died of happiness, this household department was already in the bowl, and they had coveted the household department for a long time.

Wu Meiniang wanted Li Yifu to go to the household department and take Han Yi's base camp as her own, but she also did it too obviously, so she tested Li Zhi's test, and now the household department is still filial piety at home, and the household servant is sick again, and there is no boss in this household department, which is not good, the household department is in charge of the national finances.

But Li Zhi didn't agree this time, not only did he not agree, but he didn't discuss it with Wu Meiniang, so he ordered the Huangmen squire Xu Yushi to inspect the school Hubu Shangshu, he didn't let people serve as the Hubu Shangshu, obviously in his heart, this position was still for Han Yi.

Li Zhi was just dizzy, not confused, he knew that Li Yifu was not a person who managed finances, and the tax bureau didn't care, because the tax bureau mainly collects money, just be ruthless enough, and it is to collect money from the merchant class, and the main tax is still in the household department, so Li Zhi can ignore this.

But finance and military politics, he must hold it in his own hands, because these two pieces are directly related to the chair under his buttocks, he will only hand it over to the person he trusts the most, and the person who can control it, Xu Yushi is the Huangmen squire, he travels with Xu Yushi, of course, it is his person, the most important thing is that Xu Yushi has no ambition, and his ability is only secondary.

In fact, Xu Yushi's ability to manage finances is really a bit insufficient, so he wants to promote Zheng Shanxing to the head of the household department, because Zheng Shanxing is Han Yi's proud protΓ©gΓ©, anyway, there should be two waiters in the household department, but before he could speak, Zheng Shanxing resigned from the post of head of the household department. Although Zheng Shanxing is kind-hearted, it doesn't mean that he doesn't have a temper, you have made my free beauty face a big crisis, I still help you do things, how cheap I have to be, Zheng Shanxing just likes to do good deeds and help the people live better, for the king, for the country, he doesn't care too much.

But no matter what, it can be seen that Li Zhi's skills in employing people are no less than Li Shimin's, and in terms of power, you all give me less.

Wu Meiniang, who was hit on the head, suddenly woke up to the fact that she seemed to be a little too strong.

You must know that Li Zhi's power, which was also fought for at the risk of his life, began with the kings fighting for Chu, this carelessness, his life was gone, but he was not picked up, he also tasted the pleasure of power just now, no one can restrict him anymore, it's just that his body is not blessed, but it is impossible to give it to others, he gave the power to Wu Meiniang, that is because he is sure to take back the power, at least for now.

Of course, this does not hinder Wu Meiniang's plan, Wu Meiniang is going to deal with Han Yi, she and Li Zhinai are husband and wife, as long as there is a discussion, your people, my people, there is no need to be so clear, the most important thing is that the official workshop that has just been formed is under Wu Meiniang's control.

Because the predecessor of this workshop was originally for the inner court, and it was not under the jurisdiction of the household department.

Once the government-run constitution appears, the private sector will inevitably weaken, which is certain, and the government-run enterprises will not have to pay taxes at least, and businessmen will not be able to compete with the government-run enterprises on this basis alone.

Although Wu Meiniang did not explicitly say that she wanted to run an official business, it was only a matter of time before she was bound to go to monopoly.

Now the situation of businessmen is even worse!

In the past, when the merchants were at their most prosperous, that is, when they fought Goguryeo, there was not even a bad debt, but now the bad debts have increased exponentially.

Sang Mu was also prepared, and he tightened his lending in time to avoid the expansion of losses, but it was also a headache for him.

Gold Row!

"In the lower mulberry."

Sang Mu came to the VIP room and bowed his hand to a young man with a lofty instrument, but there was confusion in his eyes.

"In Xia Wang Gu Road, Taiyuan people."

"It turned out to be the prince of the king, disrespectful, disrespectful."

Sang Mu stretched out his hand again and said, "Prince Wang, please sit, please sit." ”

After he sat down, Sang Mu said curiously: "I don't know if the prince is looking for him, what are you doing?" ”

Wang Gudao said with a smile: "I want to come to Chang'an to do a little business." ”

Sang Mu said: "Wang Gongzi wants to borrow money from my gold bank? ”

"No, no, no." Wang Gudao said: "I just hope to do business in the fastest way, and I don't need to come forward." ”

Sang Mu was puzzled: "Please forgive me for being stupid, I don't know what Wang Gongzi means by this?" ”

Wang Gudao said: "I have heard that many merchants have borrowed money from your gold bank, but now they are facing difficulties and may not be able to repay. ”

Sang Mu smiled slightly: "There are always profits and losses in this business, which is a common thing in our gold bank, and it is not just today." ”

Of course, he would not say that the gold bank is facing some crisis, and once the news spreads, there may be a run on the bank.

"Yes, it's fine." Wang Gudao smiled and said, "I want to invest money in these merchants who can't repay their loans." ”

Sang Mu frowned slightly and said, "Really? ”

"Of course." Wang Gudao took out a piece of cloth from his sleeve, put it on the table, and said: "These are the merchants I want to invest in, and I have also written the price on it, if there is no problem with the gold bank, the money will be delivered immediately." ”

Sang Mu picked it up and looked at it, and couldn't help but glance at Wang Gudao in a little surprise, and said in his heart, this person doesn't look very old, but he can't be underestimated!

The businesses above are indeed on the verge of a major crisis, because the economy is good in front, everyone is working hard to produce, and as a result, the cost has risen all of a sudden, which is very terrible, especially those small and medium-sized enterprises, the rich businessmen can resist, they can't bear it. And the purchase price given by Wang Gudao is very cheating, if a year ago, Sang Mu would have regarded this guy as a madman, just this money, you also want to play acquisition, but now it's different, no matter how much better than bad debts and bankruptcy!

"If you can pay a deposit of fifty times, I am willing to help you get in touch."

"I can pay the deposit, but I don't want to meet those people, anyway, they owe money to the gold bank, I'll just talk to you."

Sang Mu nodded and said, "Okay, according to the prince's wishes." ”

There was no way he wouldn't agree.

Wang Gu got out of the gold line, and got into his own carriage, but saw that the carriage was still sitting on a person, a pair of hands like white jade, holding a small gray-green turtle, which looked a little violent.

This person is Wang Xuandao.

"How's it going?" Wang Xuandao's eyes closed slightly.

"It's almost over." Wang Gu said: "But cousin, you called me from Taiyuan for this matter?" ”

Wang Xuandao nodded.

"Why? Now I know that this world is not good, those businesses are definitely about to go out of business, you spend so much money, be careful of uncles and they take back your power. ”

"Even if they take back my power, the money won't come back."

"That's right..... But why? ”

"I don't know the specifics, I'm just aware of a little clue." Wang Xuandao narrowed his eyes slightly, and said: "Remember, after you complete the acquisition, let those people rectify the workshop, retain skilled craftsmen, as well as account offices and other talents, and the rest will be dismissed." Also, let those who are left behind stop producing and specialize in developing new products. ”

"I see."

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New markets.

"Oops! I said, Brother Yuwen, why do you still have the heart to sit here and drink! ”

He Ruohan came to a suite in the Guanzhong Hotel, and saw Yuwen Xiumi holding two beauties in his arms, who were about to live, and immediately rolled his eyes.

"Didn't I wait for you to be uncomfortable?" Yuwen Xiumi smiled and immediately let the two beauties leave.

He Ruohan sat down and said, "I'm annoyed now, don't say that you asked me to listen to the music, I'm really not in the mood." ”

Yuwen Xiumi said: "You have been messing with Brother Han for much longer than me, why haven't you learned any skills." He imitated Han Yi's tone and said, "Be calm when you encounter something." ”

He Ruohan said angrily: "If Brother Han is here, of course I am calm, the problem is that Brother Han is not here now, how can you tell me to be calm, didn't you see the workshops outside closed." No matter how thick our family is, we won't be able to last long. ”

Yuwen Xiumi said: "I came to you to talk about this." ”

He Ruohan asked, "Maybe you have a way?" ”

Yuwen Xiumi said: "I plan to go out and gamble big." ”

"Bet on what?"

"Didn't you also say that the workshops outside are closed, but you must know that they used to be very profitable, but the court was overwhelmed all at once, this is a good time, we can invest in those workshops, or simply buy them, I have inquired that the price is very low, as long as we can help them pay off their debts."

"Are you crazy?" He Ruohan said: "Now that many businessmen are running to Jiangnan, you still want to buy shares, aren't you looking for death?" ”

"If they all do that, then what else do we have to do."

"But there's no reason for you to do that."

"Who said that it doesn't make sense, the reason is Brother Han."

"Brother Han?" He Ruohan was surprised.

"That's right!"

Yuwen Xiumi said: "Brother Han is just going home to keep filial piety, he will still come back, and when he comes back, he will definitely help us businessmen, if we win the bet this time, then it will be developed, we can set up a big group ourselves, and we can't follow the Yuan family to form any Guanzhong group, and even surpass the Yuan family." ”

He Ruohan asked, "What if you don't win the bet?" ”

Yuwen Xiumi smiled and said, "The big deal is that we have lost all the money, but no matter what, our land is still there, so we won't go to the street to beg for food." But brother, think about it, if it were normal, how many years would we have to do it before we could surpass the Yuan family. Brother Han has a good saying, this wealth is in danger, and Brother Han also took a lot of risks to establish North Lane. I don't want to run behind the Yuan family's ass every day, anyway, I've decided, it's up to you whether you bet with your brother or not. ”

After all, He Ruohan is young and vigorous, he also wants to do a career, seeing that his career is about to succeed, but he ushered in such bad news, he is extremely depressed, at this time people are the most extreme, he was so excited by Yuwen Xiumi, this brain also began to heat up, picked up a pot of wine on the table, poured a big sip into it, wiped his mouth, and said: "Okay, brother, let's bet on this." ”

"Good brother, my brother knows that he didn't see the wrong person."

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