Fan Yubin has been suspected of being in a dream since the morning, when today, Emperor Zhenwu blocked the luck of Taiyuan will actually be stationed in his home, although Kangxi Ye also has a private residence when he toured the south, but the reception of the family is not the noble minister of the court, or the old minister who retired at home, although his Fan family has a number in the internal affairs office, but it is only a false name, not a flag registration, neither an official position, nor a royal servant, strictly speaking, just a businessman, not even a gentleman.

Nervous and excited for a long time, after welcoming Zhenwu into the house, he began to take a meal and fruit, he has never taken the driver, Zhao Fengzhao, the prefect of Taiyuan who is responsible for guiding him, has no experience in driving, only knows the etiquette of the audience, after the tribute fruit was carefully inspected, he realized that the driving is not an easy job, although the glory is incomparable, but there is a slight difference, I am afraid that even a large family will accompany it, so he is cautious.

Hearing that Fan Yubin was offering fruit outside, Zhenwu nodded slightly and said, "Let him come in." ”

Fan Yubin entered the hall nervously, and kowtowed respectfully according to the rules: "Fan Yubin, grass people, respectfully invite the emperor to be sainte." ”

Listening to his astringent voice, Zhenwu knew that he was nervous when he saw the driver for the first time, he was not bad, he was able to say it without stammering, many officials who saw the driver for the first time would be nervous to say no to such a sentence of greeting, in comparison, this Fan Yubin is quite good.

Seeing that he knelt on the ground and didn't know how to get up, Zhenwu couldn't help but smile slightly, and then said, "No courtesy, flat body." ”

Listening to Zhenwu's words relaxed, with a smile, Fan Yubin relaxed a little, and then remembered the purpose, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the heat in Shanxi is scorching, and the grass people have prepared some seasonal melons and fruits, and I implore the emperor to smile." ”

Zhenwu nodded slightly, he didn't have much interest in melons and fruits. But he didn't want to touch Fan Yubin's mind, so he smiled at the moment: "It's hard for you to have a piece of your mind, so let's present it." ”

Fan Yubin originally picked a few outstanding maids to present melons and fruits, but after the inspection. The guards didn't give Nian a chance at all, so they directly took the fruit bowl, listened to the order, and as soon as the guards responded to the order, they came in with the fruit bowl like water.

Seeing that there were always more than ten fruit plates, Zhenwu couldn't help but smile slightly, and immediately pointed to two of them and said, "These two are left." The others were withdrawn and rewarded to Yin Qi and the guards. ”

After all the guards retreated, Zhen Wu looked at Fan Yubin twice, and then pointed to the chair in front of him and said, "Give me a seat." ”

Fan Yubin glanced at the chair, which was the same height as Zhenwu was sitting, and he couldn't help but secretly complain, Zhao Fengzhao had deliberately explained that he couldn't sit as high as the emperor. This is a big taboo, but he neglected it when he arranged the furniture, and he couldn't sit at the moment. If you don't sit, you can't help but be cramped.

"It's not an informal place of etiquette, and there's no need for formality." Zhenwu said with a smile.

Hearing Zhenwu say this, Fan Yubin bowed down and said, "The grass people thank the emperor for his grace." Then, he cautiously sat on the chair with half of his buttocks, and consciously bowed slightly, his eyes looked at the ground, Zhao Fengzhao repeatedly explained, looking directly at the monarch's father, and it was also a taboo for the courtiers.

Seeing Fan Yubin's cautious look. Zhenwu smiled slightly, and then said: "The Central Plains of the National Dynasty Dingding, Shanxi merchants have made great contributions, since the Qin and Han dynasties, Shanxi businessmen have footprints all over the world, and their spirit of foreign development. Looking at the provinces, none of them can match, and now the Qing Dynasty can be compared with the Jin merchants, only the Hui merchants. ”

Hearing this, Fan Yubin hurriedly bowed down and said: "Serving the country is the duty of a businessman, and the reason why Shanxi businessmen are actively developing abroad is also forced by the situation. ”…,

Zhenwu nodded slightly, and said: "Although the Hui merchants are rich, they are light on business, and they are good at Confucianism, and they are successful in business, so they support their children to study and enter the office, but the Jin merchants are advocating business and building a business, and learning and excellence are Jia, and the style of valuing business is deeply rooted in the bone marrow."

I often hear Shanxi officials complain that Shanxi has accumulated habits, the idea of valuing profits, and even the same name, and the handsome children have more ways to enter trade, and only then can they study and enter the office. Shanxi's successive scholars and politicians complained very much about Shanxi's mercantile style, and each subject should be examined, and the number of counties where children are not enough is even more than Shanxi.

I have always been puzzled, why is Shanxi so business-oriented? Where did this mercantile custom come from? As the head of the Jin merchants, the Fan family should know very well. ”

Listening to this, Fan Yubin couldn't help but hesitate, this year, the status of businessmen is quite low, and it is really a deviant move to value business over business, he can't figure out Zhenwu's intentions for a while, and he doesn't dare to reply casually, this is not ordinary chatter, the other party is the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, a word can prosper Shanxi, and a word can also decline Shanxi.

Seeing Fan Yubin's cautious appearance, Zhenwu simply picked out his attitude, and immediately said with a smile: "Although the Qing Dynasty is based on agriculture, I know very well that there is no business and no life, and the Jin merchants have a pivotal position in the Qing Dynasty. ”

Hearing Zhenwu say this, Fan Yubin couldn't help but completely put his mind at ease, and immediately bowed slightly and said: "Back to the emperor's words, Shanxi has a long tradition of doing business, and the style of valuing business has a long history. However, the emphasis on business and light on business has not been the case since ancient times, but began in the Ming Dynasty.

Before the Ming Dynasty career was difficult, the official risk was very large, Shanxi was the official eunuch most of the miserable end, and the good death was less than one, which led to the rich children have turned to business, after all, compared to the official career, the business risk is much smaller, and the profit is also much richer. ”

I see, Zhenwu nodded slightly, and then continued: "I advocate the establishment of Western studies, and the children of Shanxi can be enthusiastic about enrolling?" ”

Western? Fan Yubin couldn't help but be slightly stunned, he had heard about the construction of Western learning in Taiyuan City, but he didn't pay attention to it at all, the children of the clan all have zongxue, who has nothing to learn from that Shizi Xixue? After groaning slightly, he said truthfully: "Back to the emperor, there are many wealthy businessmen and giants in Shanxi, and all clans have private schools. ”

"Western studies do not teach the scriptures, although there are some, but the focus is on arithmetic, Gewu, and geography." Zhenwu said slowly: "The children of Jin merchants should not be limited to the Qing Dynasty in the future, they should go out, and their footprints should be all over Europe, the United States, and Africa. ”

"The emperor's teachings, the grass people must keep it in mind and immediately arrange for their children to learn Western studies." Fan Yubin hurriedly bowed down and said, no matter whether it is useful or not, since Zhenwu has opened his mouth, this head still has to be carried.

After a slight sigh of silence, Zhen Wucai said: "Jin merchants are not bound by prejudices, have the courage to forge ahead, and are based on integrity, good at making profits with righteousness, good at helping each other in the same boat, and have unique features in management, operation and employment.

Hoarding silver is not beneficial to the country, not to the people, and not to the business, what is silver? Currency only, hunger can not eat, cold can not clothing, only circulation, can reflect its value, I conservatively estimate, buried in Shanxi silver cellar silver cellar silver should be as high as hundreds of millions of taels, the actual should be much higher than this, right? ”

Fan Yubin was secretly frightened when he heard this, what did Zhenwu mean by this? Do you want to fight the idea of Jin Shang? Shanxi's wealth, outsiders don't know the details at all, he, known as the richest man in Shanxi, the head of the Fan family, is naturally clear, Shanxi's famous rich businessmen are hundreds of thousands, millions, such as Pingyang's Kang family, Taigu's Cao family, Qi County's Qu family, Yuci's Yuan family, and the Hou family's silver collection is at least millions, to say that Shanxi's buried silver in the ground is hundreds of millions of I'm afraid it's a bit overestimated, but tens of millions of taels are. …,

Seeing that Fan Yubin didn't say anything? Zhenwu couldn't help but glance at him, knowing that he didn't understand the rules, and didn't ask again, the wealth of the Jin merchants, he was very clear, since he wanted to include the Jin merchants in the northwest expansion plan, he wanted to mobilize the enthusiasm of the Jin merchants, took a sip of tea, he continued: "Besides, the heavy profits of the Jin merchants, it is the nature of businessmen to pursue profits, but too much, too heavy profits, will lose the fundamental, what is the fundamental, the interests of the Qing Dynasty are the foundation of all merchants in the Qing Dynasty." ”

Hearing this, Fan Yubin's face immediately turned pale, Zhenwu's words were implicitly pointing out that the Jin merchants betrayed the national interests of the Ming Dynasty and traded with the Dajin Kingdom (the predecessor of the Qing Dynasty) at that time, which was the most scrupled topic of the Jin merchants, but Zhenwu said it mercilessly, he was shocked and frightened, he couldn't sit still anymore, and knelt down unconsciously.

Zhenwu glanced at him, slowed down his tone and said: "Merchants are profitable, although there is nothing to blame, but they should guard the interests of the country, when the navy went east to Japan, I also found that the Qing maritime merchants betrayed the Qing Dynasty to Japan for trade, for this, I did not pursue it, because the imperial court also had mistakes, and all along, neglected the guidance of merchants." ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Fan Yubin and said, "Get up and sit down, I don't mean to blame Jin Shang." ”

Zhenwu didn't mean to blame when he heard it, Fan Yubin breathed a sigh of relief, and got up and sat down cautiously, but he secretly wondered why Zhenwu mentioned this stubble? Selling intelligence, this is a big deal, whether it is business or fighting, the importance of intelligence is self-evident, this point, he is very clear, but what does the maritime merchant have to do with selling the intelligence of the Qing Dynasty to Japan and the Jin merchants? There are not many Jin merchants who interfere in maritime trade.

Thinking of this, he was shocked in his heart, the entire northwest is the business scope of the Jin merchants, does the imperial court want to use troops against the northwest? Hit whom? Dzungaria, or Russia? This is another brilliant opportunity for Jin Shang!

However, he soon became worried again, Zhenwu's words were obviously worried that the Jin Chamber of Commerce would betray the interests of the Qing Dynasty, how would he prevent the Jin Merchants from selling intelligence to the enemy country or trading with the enemy country? (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )