Chapter 666: The Power is in Hands

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The movement on the side of the Beizhen Fusi spread very quickly, and the government and the opposition had spread all of a sudden, and the next morning, everyone was dumbfounded, and some officials wanted to shake their spirits, but they wanted to criticize the Beizhen Fusi's nonsense. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but then I thought about it, and there was no reason to stand up at all.

Heaven is angry and people are complaining, and there are many complaints? In this world, there are merchants full of Jingshi who hurriedly ran to Beizhen to give money to Fu Si in Beizhen? This kind of thing is willing to be beaten and suffered, and if you speak for them in the name of these merchants, maybe you will be beaten upside down?

Extort excessive taxes and levies...... It doesn't seem right, it's the same as the Treasure Building, it's more like buying and selling.

Some people who don't know the world really can't figure out how a brand here sells at such a high price, and it is said that it has to be renewed every month, which is so popular with merchants. However, the only thing they can find out is a little fault from the side of Beizhen Fusi, and they are afraid that there is only one charge of not doing their job. It's just that since Liu Chengfeng mixed into Jinyiwei, this Jinyiwei has never done a proper job, not to mention, you really want Jinyiwei to do a proper job, it seems a little inappropriate?

What does Jin Yiwei do? Isn't it just to spy on officials and listen to news? People haven't been looking for trouble with you lately, but you're fine, and you have to scold it for not doing serious things, so you have to let people lie on the roof of your house and listen to your movements.

All in all, everyone's minds are very complicated, so much so that in the early next dynasty, no one mentioned this matter, and the ministers would rather pay attention to the official school than be interested in talking nonsense with the Beizhen Fusi.

Liu Chengfeng entered the palace after the early dynasty to meet him, the emperor has already set up the Zhengxin Palace, Liu Chengfeng arrived at the Zhengxin Palace, in fact, he has not yet reported it, and the emperor already knows about the Beizhen Fusi. After all, Jinyiwei is not just the only intelligence agency, Dongchang has the most sensitive sense of smell for this kind of thing, and can report news at any time, in this regard, it is much more convenient and faster than Jinyiwei.

Zhu Youzhu saw Liu Chengfeng, nodded him with his hand, and couldn't help laughing: "You, you, others say that you are smart, but according to me, it is a belly of bad water, and the only person in this world who can make people obediently send silver to the treasury is only you, don't stand, come and sit, I still don't understand something, are these merchants crazy?" Such a rush to send silver to Beizhen Fusi? ”

Liu Chengfeng said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has said before, this world is full of some non-productive lower nine streams, they collude with the government, extortion, if they can't do what they want, either fists and feet, or smash the shop and set fire, the merchants are miserable, Jinyiwei sells Ping An brand here, can save the merchants up and down to the Yamen and the lower nine streams of silver, and can be less frightened, in fact, the merchants who bought the Ping An brand are profitable, because the price of the Ping An brand always has a fixed number, Every month is so much, but for those splashes and officials in the yamen, this number is not possible, it is completely based on their intentions, today it is said to send away a plague god, and it is said that it is impossible to send another one, since ancient times merchants are cheap business, people can pinch them, so the merchants are willing to buy a safe brand for peace, ask for peace of mind, and also have some money left. ”

Liu Chengfeng said all the truth, but these things were quite new to Zhu Youzhang, he couldn't help but twist his eyebrows, and said: "If you didn't talk about this, I really couldn't have imagined that your so-called ninth-rate splashers, if there is no official protection, I am afraid and dare not be so unscrupulous, what you said is right, rather than these silver let those corrupt officials and unproductive splashes take away, it is better to fill it into the treasury, anyway, after entering the treasury, at least the court can still do something, just like this official school, the court allocated millions of silver, Even if someone withholds it, there is still a large part of the silver that is good for the people, and this is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people. And the treasury has received the money of the merchants, and it can do something for them in the future, which is better to take it from the people and to the people, than to give it to those who are drunk and dream. ”

Liu Chengfeng thought deeply in his heart, Zhu Youzhang's mind had actually gradually changed under his subtlety, at least he no longer had any rejection of Shang Jia, in the past, everyone only thought that the people were the food and clothing parents of the imperial court, but when he saw Shang Jia's contribution to the imperial court, Zhu Youzhu also knew that Shang Jia was not the food and clothing parents of the imperial court?

Liu Chengfeng took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, Weichen calculated according to the situation of the Jingshi, if the whole world practices this law, not only can it cut off the wealth of corrupt officials and ruffians, but also increase the annual income of at least 80 million taels of silver for the imperial court every year, this is only the most preliminary estimate, and now there are many merchants who open shops, as long as the Beizhen Fusi is properly managed, try to solve problems for these merchants, and more people will expand the scale of the store in the future, in fact, there are many people working now, and the people have salaries and spare money in their hands, There are more and more people buying ordinary goods in the shops, and in time, this number will only increase a lot. ”

Liu Chengfeng explained the changes in many places, and Zhu Youzhu was also listening carefully, the reason why Liu Chengfeng was confident in the growth of annual income was actually based on the effect of the treasure building. The butterflies of the treasure building stirred their wings, and then due to the prosperity of commerce and trade, the number of workshops increased, coupled with the increase of the sea trade in Lianzhou, prompted the establishment of many workshops, and a large number of workshops, what was needed was millions of craftsmen and millions of apprentices, and there were more than 80,000 people working in the workshops in Beijing, and most of these people came from the suburbs and villages to work in the city. At the same time, while these people are working, their lives are also changing.

The largest population of the Ming Dynasty is farmers and tenants, in addition, there are quite a lot of displaced people, these people used to live in a state of self-sufficiency, the so-called male ploughing and weaving, for most farmers, men grow food, women are to provide cloth, food, clothing, housing and transportation, in fact, they can be satisfied by themselves, in addition to buying some salt when rushing to the market, buying some of the most basic necessities of life, their demand for goods is the lowest.

However, once the tenants and peasants were transformed into craftsmen and apprentices, their living habits also changed, which made them have to buy a considerable amount of necessities of life, such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, food, clothing, shelter and transportation, and their wages eventually flowed into the hands of the merchants.

This is actually a cycle, under this tide, many people's living habits have to change, it is this trend, so that more and more stores, a variety of stores are available, because the business is good, the number of people who buy is increasing, and the money of the Ping An brand here in Beizhen Fusi will only increase.

Zhu Youzhu was already full of interest when he heard the three words 80 million, as for Liu Chengfeng to explain to him, the 80 million will increase in the future, but he seemed a little absent-minded, 80 million taels of silver, how many official schools can be run, how many roads can be built, and how many military horses can be raised? How many embankments have been built? How many victims will be given to the victims? This account Zhu Youzhang is clearer than Liu Chengfeng, and he can't help but say: "In my opinion, this method is feasible and worthy of promotion in the world, and this matter will be left to you, it is still according to the method of Jingshi, but it must be remembered that merchants must not be forced to buy Ping An brands, and it will be guided by the situation." ”

Liu Chengfeng was waiting for this sentence, and said busily: "Your Majesty, if it is promoted in the world, Beizhen Fusi is only afraid that there will not be enough manpower." ”

Zhu Youzhu said cautiously: "You continue." ”

"Since the Ping An brand has been issued, we must solve problems for the merchants, so Wechen has set up a special investigation department, recruited a lot of detectives to patrol the streets and alleys, the merchants have encountered trouble, and the arrest affairs must be able to arrive at the first time to solve the problem for the merchants. If it is promoted to the whole world, then I am afraid that there will be a lot of arrest needed. ”

Zhu Youzhu stroked the imperial case and fell into deep thought, of course he knew that the so-called detectives were no different from errands, and if they wanted to collect taxes from merchants, they had to recruit a group of such errands. But if these errands are hung under the local yamen in various places, I am afraid that it will be inappropriate again, after all, those local yamen know what Dexing Zhu Youjiao is, so the investigation can only be attached to the head of Jinyiwei, and this kind of thing is still handled properly by Liu Chengfeng. But with so many people, wouldn't Jinyiwei suddenly swell to an unprecedented level? In this way, I am afraid that there will be many people in the court who will criticize it.

But thinking of the 80 million silver, Zhu Youjiao's face became calm, and he said, "How much is needed?" ”

Liu Chengfeng said: "I'm afraid it will take more than 100,000 people." ”

When this number was reported, Liu Chengfeng's face was not red and he was not panting, if this thing was done, Jinyiwei would have a yamen, and there would be 150,000 servants, what kind of number is this, it will be scared to death when he says it, he Liu Chengfeng is a yamen, compared to all the yamen combined, I am afraid it is only a lot more.

Zhu Youzhu couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "It's too much, can you have less?" ”

Liu Chengfeng's eyes widened, this kind of thing can still be bargained, but of course he knows the emperor's thoughts, the more people recruited, the greater the resistance, Liu Chengfeng doesn't have anything to do with it anyway, but the emperor has to take responsibility.

However, Liu Chengfeng didn't even think about it, but shook his head without hesitation, and said: "Your Majesty, if there are no 100,000 arrests, it will be impossible to rectify the streets of the whole world. ”

(To be continued)