Chapter Fifty-Seven: Monarchs and Ministers Are All Big Players
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They always thought that they would go back to the store first when they had had enough, but they didn't see anyone until after four o'clock in the afternoon.
At this time, the Liu family's treasure store sent four guys to push two high-powered wheelbarrows to deliver the goods.
They took a closer look, and fortunately, there was no shoddy exchange.
Song Ziqiang touched those Shang and Zhou bronzes, and everyone was going to get drunk, did these add up to 100 million?
No one made a sound, whether there was or not, you can still get real bronzes in the future, don't rush to settle accounts now.
Unfortunately, no one knew the inscription on it.
This is an oversight, I forgot to ask Liu Qian, the head of the treasure line, for its origin, next time, there is time.
Soon it was six o'clock, it was getting dark, and the shops on the royal street were lit with lanterns one after another.
Due to the brightness problem, one or two lanterns could not be seen, but when tens of thousands of lanterns were hung high and low, the entire royal street was brightened.
It can be responsibly said that this is the brightest city in the world in this era.
Lanterns have also been hung in some alleys......
If you can see it from the sky at this time, then this royal street is a galaxy on the ground.
Now, the flow of people on the streets is still endless, and the cries of vendors are still coming and going.
The night market in Lin'an City kicked off in this way......
But why haven't those two boys come back? Did you call the traffickers to abduct them?!
Song Ziqiang said hatefully: "When the two of them come back, I have to pull off the two of them's dicks!" ā
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After Liu Qian, the head of the treasure store, sent away a few merchants from Yindi Anguo, he sat down quietly and calmed his excited heart.
What is heavenly wealth? That's what it's called.
He tasted these people in his heart, and he felt that there was an aura in these people, which he couldn't understand for a while.
They seem to have a kind of banter for others, and they seem to be able to perceive everything, and even inadvertently have a kind of compassion!
Compassion? Thinking of this, he himself was going to laugh, a few overseas businessmen, come to pity the head of the Great Song Lin'an Treasure Bank?
ā¦ā¦ This time they are going to make a lot of money, most of them are exchanging goods, although they want some more money as a supplement, they will still earn more.
For a moment he tried to sit upright and not let himself laugh.
The man promised to sell him all the stock in his hand in exchange for goods, and promised to hand over to him all the goods that had been delivered from Yindi Anguo in the future.
That's good, just the Dongshan crystal mirror alone can ensure that the Liu family can also become the home of giant businessmen.
Of course, he also has to turn over the Dongshan crystal mirror decoration.
Those glow-in-the-dark gems are secondary.
After stabilizing his mind, he called a few craftsmen in the backyard and asked them to carefully decorate these Dongshan crystal mirrors.
It's obviously a good object, but these people are vulgar and can't decorate it well.
Liu Qian, the head of the treasure shop, asked people to pick out different styles of luminous gems and put them on the grid, this object will be easy to sell, and it will definitely be better than rhino jade and the like.
He set the price, and then he didn't worry about it.
He began to wonder how he could make good use of these merchants in the country.
The Song government attached great importance to overseas trade and regarded the expansion of overseas trade as an important channel to open up financial resources.
Moreover, they gave praise to businessmen who had made remarkable achievements in attracting foreign ships and increasing the city's shipping tax for the government, and even made special provisions that anyone who could attract foreign businessmen and whose value of goods had accumulated 50,000 or 100,000 yuan by the Song Dynasty government could be rewarded with supplementary officials.
It was in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty that the Arab merchant Pu Shougeng made remarkable achievements in attracting foreign businessmen and was appointed to promote the city of Quanzhou.
At the same time, the Great Song Dynasty government also protected the legitimate rights and interests of foreign businessmen, and there were clear regulations at this time.
The Great Song Dynasty government stipulated that the official would allow the foreign merchant to call a guarantor to return the foreign merchant ships that had been damaged by the wind in order to "record the goods" and that this was a measure to protect the property of foreign businessmen, and the Great Song Dynasty government also formulated the law on defense, theft, and punishment in Xuchang to protect the legitimate rights and interests of foreign businessmen from being infringed upon.
For example, in 1146, Sriwijaya merchants said that they had recently lost money selling frankincense due to the exploitation of the Handfa law, and as a result, Yuan Fuyi, a city official, was demoted.
Therefore, judging from these moves, the Great Song Dynasty government still really wants to attract investment, and even if it is really recruited, it will not be closed to fight dogs.
Liu Qian, the head of the treasure store, was unwilling to accept that he was only an official of a non-governmental organization, and he always wanted to get a decent supplementary official.
Perhaps these overseas businessmen could fulfill his wishes.
In the Song Dynasty, selling officials was the same as in the previous dynasties, whenever the treasury was tight or there was a military operation, the conditions for selling officials were good, and you could even sell "sent" officials and "pro-people" officials.
These two are the meaning of real power.
If the treasury is not so tight, the conditions for selling officials are high, and they are often just a name.
However, for businessmen who attract a large number of foreign ships and have made remarkable achievements in increasing the municipal shipping tax for the government, they will be directly granted the official position of "sending", which is too attractive.
If you just want to get a false name with the same body, then three thousand stone grain can do it.
Fortunately, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty government are all sold at a clear price.
Liu Qian, the head of the treasure line, did not wait overnight, he called a sedan chair and went straight to the sedan chair in front of the Hongfu Zun Mansion in Zhilin'an Mansion.
After reporting his name at the porter, he was led to the outer hall, where he was invited to sit down and served tea.
In the Great Song Dynasty, the houses of the consuls and princes were called mansions, the houses of other officials were called mansions, and the houses of the grassroots people were called homes. This rule is not to be messed with.
According to the convention, the layout of the residences of ordinary officials such as Hong Fuzun is "front hall and back bed".
It is divided into four floors, with the outermost porter.
The second floor is the outer hall, which is generally used for receptions and family weddings and funerals.
The third floor is the back hall, where the bedrooms for daily living, also called the bedrooms, are located behind the main hall. Idlers are not allowed to enter at will.
The fourth floor is the back garden of the house, which is generally left with a back door or a corner door.
In addition, there is a corridor between the hall and the bedroom, and there are transepts or side courtyards on both sides.
Liu Qian, the head of the treasure shop, was sitting upright at this time, not squinting.
He's been here a few times, and he's still polite.
After a while, Hong Fuzun turned out of the back hall.
He wore a lake silk jacket with a blue satin tuck on his head, which was a home dress.
Hong Fu Zun said happily: "Liu Xingshou, don't be so upright......
Liu Xingshou stood up and waved his hands in salute.
Hong Fuzun held hands and let each other, and the two sat down again, allowing people to change the tea soup again.
Liu Xingshou took out a square mirror wrapped in a satin handkerchief, gently put it on the table, and said, "I am worthy of the request of the Mansion......
Hong Fuzun was overjoyed when he saw it, and carefully picked it up and played with it, it was obviously a little bigger than last time!
It's finally here!
He happily asked, "How much is this worth?" ā
Liu Xingshou thought for a while and said, "Twenty thousand people!" ā
"Hehe, what about the property of ten medium-sized families...... It's worth it, someone will send it to you tomorrow......"
Liu Xingshou said softly: "Don't be in a hurry at this time, I'm afraid that Fuzun will be in a hurry today, so I didn't have time to decorate one or two, so I sent ......."
The implication is that I sold you for a friendly price!
Hong Fuzun nodded to show that he understood, and he received this favor.
Then, Liu Xingshou talked about himself and the overseas business from Yindi Anguo, to the effect that if he can successfully attract investment in the future, he will ask Hong Fuzun to take care of it......
Hong Fuzun smiled and said: "Of course, as long as Liu Xingshou can successfully attract business, a dispatched supplementary official will not be able to escape." ā
Liu Xingshou also smiled, said hello in advance, and sent some more things when the time came, this thing could be done, and he didn't waste his time working in vain......
After sending Liu Jieshou away, Hongfu Zun happily turned back to the back hall, and his wife Lang had not yet slept.
Hong Fuzun said: "Coincidentally, Prime Minister Jia Cheng will be able to come back in a few days......
His wife Lang was also very happy, and the two made love for a while.
Jia Pingzhang is coming back soon, and all Lin'an knows about this.
Jiafu is busy these days, and there are rumors that Jia Pingzhang will rush back from his hometown for the New Year, otherwise he would not be in such a hurry to be cleaned.
Song Duzong was also happy in the palace, and his Jia Pingzhang was really coming back.
When Song Lizong was over 40 years old, he still had no son, and the matter of establishing a prince could no longer be postponed indefinitely, so he began to look for a candidate for the prince.
In terms of affection and blood relationship, Li Zong naturally favored the son of his younger brother Zhao and Rui, that is, Duzong, who later became emperor.
So it was convenient for Chunyou to admit him to the palace for education in October of the sixth year, and he made him the prince, gave him a name, and officially established the status of the crown prince.
Zhao Yu's mother is a concubine in the mansion of King Rong Zhao and Rui, because of her humble background, she was always bullied by Mrs. Zhengfang, and was forced to take fetal medicine by Mrs. immediately after finding out that she was pregnant.
Because he was the only boy in the emperor's close relatives, he was protected by the whole house, but he was born with medicinal poison, he was born weak, his hands and feet were weak, he could only walk very late, he could only speak at the age of seven, and his intelligence was lower than normal.
Li Zong was very strict with Zhao Yu's education.
When Zhao Yu was 7 years old, Li Zong let him enter the palace primary school to study, and after becoming the prince, he built a "Zishantang" for him as a place to study, and personally wrote a "Zishantang Record" for him.
Li Zong also selected famous masters as Zhao Yu's teachers, such as Tang Han, Yang Dong, Ye Mengding and others, all of whom were famous Confucians.
Li Zong made strict regulations on Zhao Yu's daily schedule, and the first song of the chicken entered the palace to greet Li Zong, and then returned to the palace, and Sanming had to go to the conference to participate in handling political affairs, so as to exercise his ability to govern.
After coming out of the conference, I went to the lecture hall to listen to the teachers talk about the scriptures and history, and I couldn't release the book all day long.
In the evening, he went back to greet Li Zong, who took the opportunity to ask him about what he had learned that day, and answered correctly, and gave him a seat and tea, but if he answered incorrectly, Li Zong repeatedly analyzed it for him.
After speaking, if Zhao Yu still doesn't understand, he will be reprimanded by Li Zong and ordered to study again tomorrow.
Because Zhao Yu did not make much progress in his studies, he often provoked the anger of Li Zong.
However, after all, Zhao Yu is the nephew closest to Li Zong's blood relationship, and even if it doesn't work, Li Zong can only do his best.
Li Zong knew that Zhao Yu's qualifications were too poor to make a difference, so he married him a wife who was smart and witty.
Zhao Yu's wife is named Quan Jiu, born in a famous family, and is the niece and granddaughter of Lizong's mother, Empress Dowager Quan, and is a cousin to Duzong.
Quan Jiu's eyebrows are delicate and his demeanor is dignified. His father was a magistrate, and Quan Jiu traveled with his father since he was a child, so he spoke eloquently and had a clear understanding of the current situation.
When Quan Jiu first entered the palace, Li Zong comforted her and said: "Ling Zun Baoyou died of loyalty, and every time I think of it, I feel deep sorrow. ā
After hearing this, Quan Jiu did not cry about his father's death, but said to Li Zong: "The concubine's father is indeed worth remembering, but the people in the Huai and Lake areas are even more worthy of being remembered. ā
Li Zong felt that Quan Jiu was so talented and intelligent, and in December of the second year of Jingding, he canonized her as the crown princess and asked her to assist Zhao Yu, which was also a remedy.
On October 26, the fifth year of Jingding, Li Zong died, and Zhao Yu ascended the throne as Du Zong, and respected the Empress Xie as the Queen Mother.
The ministers knew Zhao Yu's ability, so although Zhao Yu was 25 years old at this time, there were still people who asked the Empress Dowager Xie to listen to the government, and finally gave up because it did not conform to the laws of the ancestors.
At the beginning of his reign, he introduced a number of measures to show that he would strive to make a difference.
He appointed Ma Tingluan and Liu Mengyan as attendants, Li Boyu, Chen Zongli, and Fan Dongsuo as attendants, and He Ji and Xu Ji as lecturers in Chongzheng Palace, so as to be able to listen to these ministers at any time to talk about the way of governing the country.
He also issued an edict urging ministers at all levels to speak out and do things, and especially asked the former ministers of the previous dynasty, such as Zhao Kui, Xie Fangshu, Cheng Yuanfeng, Ma Guangzu, and Li Zengbo, to point out the shortcomings in the government so that they could be improved.
However, Duzong's measures were nothing more than pretense, and soon he was so loud that he had little time and energy to take care of the government.