Chapter 958: A Change of Times
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There is nothing strange about the news from everywhere, it is all expected by Wang Tong, after Tianjin Wei opened the port, with Tianjin Wei's strong commercial ability and handicraft ability, the Huwei army was also greatly strengthened, and the Huwei army wiped out the Ida Department on the grassland, so that the balance between the Ming and Mongolia was broken, and this series of things happened everywhere, so that all aspects of the Ming Dynasty were changing. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
For example, in recent years, the officials of the household department in the imperial court have paid more and more attention to commercial taxes, and the scholars were ashamed to talk about profits and taxes, and felt insulting to Sven, even if the household department was in charge of the yamen, but now some more professional officials began to discuss, why Tianjin Wei has such a large income from this tax customs, and the Ming Dynasty has set up seven tax customs on the canal, why the income is so small.
The Ministry of Industry also sent additional manpower to Tianjin Wei's workshop, everyone is doing errands, why Tianjin Weiwangtong is so brilliant, and other places are constantly scolding.
Now the army in the north has applied for weapons and armor, and they would rather spend money to go to Tianjin Wei to buy it, rather than take those things in the arsenal for nothing.
After all, this shoddy thing may make people lose their lives as soon as they go to the battlefield, but the weapons and armor of Tianjin Wei can make people save their lives and make meritorious contributions, of course, these are all equipment for the private soldiers of various military generals, and they are reluctant to spend large-scale expenses.
The folk atmosphere is also changing, in the past, the most influential local officials were officials, followed by scholars, businessmen even if they were rich, they had to rely on fame, or befriend the government, or recruit a scholar son-in-law, otherwise they would not be able to raise their heads, but now around Tianjin Wei, as well as the Beizhili Prefecture that was deeply influenced by Tianjin Wei, it is not a bad thing to have a meritorious reputation, and it is a good thing to have an official body, but compared to those wealthy businessmen in Tianjin Wei, it is nothing.
There are many penniless people in Tianjin Wei, now they are developed, some go to the border trade, some go to the sea trade, and some have smart minds, in Tianjin Wei, where the business opportunities are unlimited, they have found their own opportunities, these people have no fame, do not rely on power to make money, but they still make a fortune in a dignified manner, this example is too valuable.
Even if you are a showman in the exam, the family pays less taxes, but you can't see any meat in a year, if you can't be an official, you rely on the fields at home to live, at best, you are a full and decent, but you can be a few people who can be admitted to the show, and there can be a few people who can be lifted, but you can go to Tianjin Wei to be a craftsman, a guy or something, there is still a full meal, if you are smarter, there are more developed prospects waiting for them.
This makes many people ponder, this study and work and business have many benefits, most people look at the immediate benefits, go to Tianjin Wei or business to work, it has become the choice of most people.
As for the scholars, except for those pedantic masters, the rest of the people live more than the people think, and they also ponder, I am so hard, many people who are not as good as me are rich in Tianjin, why can't I, it is not easy to show talents, even if they are lifted, there is no strong backer, and they can only go to remote states and counties to be officials, or they are such a clear and idle job, it is better to go to business to make money, give the family a better life, and live happily by themselves.
Those who have land to eat and rent at home, but also found that this guy is not very easy to do, if the same salary as before can not keep people at all, the people who work hard are Tianjin Wei work errands, much better than farming, and this field every year to invest money in, the income is too little, if you throw this money to Tianjin Wei to do business, maybe it will be much more profitable.
The following scholars and squires, the common people are like this, the officials and magnates are even more so, just ten years ago, everyone has to do a lot of land, the so-called industry and commerce is just in Beijing and Jiangnan to open a few shops, in their own Zhuangzi to open a few mills, mortar mills, oil mills and the like, only the field is the most valuable, now, everyone has silver to invest in Tianjin Wei, Zhangjiakou Fort and Shanxi Datong, there are also bold to go to the Guihua City to invest silver, sea trade, border trade, fur, livestock, alkali, They each wondered how they hadn't discovered so many ways to make money before, and they knew how well this place was occupied by their families.
While regretting, while selling part of the fertile land in his hand, raising more silver, investing in Tianjin Wei, the safest can also put the silver money in Sanjiang Qianzhuang and Sanjiang Insurance Bank to earn interest, this income is more than opening Zhuangzi to collect rent, even if you are not willing to go outside to take risks, open a shop in Beijing or a big city, or open a workshop or something, you can earn more than farming.
Naturally, if you want to make money, you must learn the rules of Tianjin Wei, especially the rules of Sanjiang Commercial Bank, where the rules are strict and thoughtful, and it is difficult for people to get into loopholes.
All aspects are changing, in Tianjin Weineng radiation to the North Zhili area, the atmosphere of heavy industry and light agriculture gradually spread, the original Jiangnan businessmen came to the north to feel that it is easy to do business, and it is easy to make money, because the people in the north do not know too much about business, there are many loopholes to drill, only the businessmen in Shanxi are not easy to deal with, but now it is different, everyone's business brains are alive all of a sudden, not as good as before, of course, there are many more business opportunities than before.
From top to bottom, they began to ponder how to make money, and for the first time in the provinces of Jingshi and Beizhili, there was also abandonment in the good years, many landlords could not hire short-term and long-term workers to work, and many people simply opened shops and workshops, allowing their tenants to go in to work, and some people began to recruit hired farmers from poor places in Henan and Shandong to farm.......
After the whipping law was implemented, many taxes and forced labor had to be paid in kind and labor, and many of them had to be given silver, and now although a whipping law has been abolished under the name of harming the people and laboring the people, the silver that should be given still has to be given, and small peasants and even small and medium-sized landlords have to sell what they produce in their fields in order to pay taxes, and they have to be extorted from checkpoints to collect money when they enter and leave the city, and they have to be exploited by merchants in the process of buying and selling, and in this process, many landlords have gone bankrupt and many small farmers have lost their land.
This situation in other places is not in Beizhili, because it is easy for everyone to obtain silver, because industry and commerce are prosperous, silver money is abundant, and the number of people who farm the land is decreasing, but there is no delay in paying taxes.
As a result, the small and medium-sized landlords and peasant households in Beizhili and the surrounding provinces of Shanxi went bankrupt and broke their homes because of a whip law, and they could easily become displaced people and become the bane of subverting the regime, but because of the prosperity of industry and commerce in Beizhili, the agricultural population was insufficient, and they were absorbed a lot, which was also an inexplicable blessing of the Ming Dynasty.
This change is on the one hand, the difference between civil and military has also changed, since the founding of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, Chengzu Zhu Di's Northern Expedition, the Ming Dynasty has not talked about any martial arts, the defeat of Yingzong's civil fort and a series of failures from then to the back, the Ming Dynasty has always adopted a policy of guarding the country, and the inland has always been peaceful.
As a result, the border army is dangerous and does not want to forge ahead, the inland is peaceful and does not think about guarding, and the generals support their families as private soldiers, and treat the rest of their soldiers like slaves.
In such a state of rotten inside and outside, no one will go to serve as a soldier to eat food, and it is a shame to say it, not to mention that there will be no good fame and origin, that is, there will be a slight change when the Jiajing year resisted the Japanese.
Now it's different, in the eyes of outsiders, how did Wang Tong's prominent position come about, and it was not won by virtue of his illustrious military exploits again and again, they all said that they were noble and cheap, but those bigwigs in the court, those in the opposition, and even those royal relatives and relatives outside the palace, called Huan Da on weekdays, and when the army came, the knives had not been drawn out, and they were all honest.
I heard that at that court meeting, Wang Tong led the troops and did not kill anyone at all, and many officials were so frightened that they peed their pants, and they didn't dare to let go of a fart.
There is another case, now Long Live Lord has been offended too much by the civil officials, so he is quite close to the generals, a young man from the Tiger Mighty Martial Arts Pavilion back then, and now the worst mixed is also a garrison, and in the future, they are all the general soldiers and deputy generals.
And today's grassland and the sea are different from the past, originally thought that it seemed to be a tiger and wolf-like Tartar is like this, now the grassland is the world of the Han cavalry, there are few Han people on the grassland, and the merchants recruit people at high prices, if they are willing to go to the escort team to work hard, then there is more to earn, can catch up with a burning, killing and looting, and will make a fortune.
Many of the noble children of Jingshi Xun have not yet become people who can only play with the wind and the moon, and go to the kiln to play with the waste, and they all have the intention of going to the grassland to see and learn.
Now all the border towns, the nobles and wealthy families of the capital division, are thinking about expanding the industry on the grassland, grazing and reclamation, but also need a large number of people to guard, lack of such a man who rides a horse and shoots a bow, and there are rumors, some people will tell the emperor what they have seen and heard on the grassland, and the emperor also praised a lot, and said that those who can gallop on the grassland can also lead the troops to fight when they come back, and be the pillars of the country.
It is also adventurous and exciting, and you can burn and loot, you can make a fortune, and you can win fame, this kind of thing is what your family likes to do the most, and it is also the most desirable for the young people in Beijing, or the young people who live a prosperous life and are full of fantasy are very yearning.
As a result, in the area of Beijing and Tianjin, from top to bottom, many young people want to join the army and go to the grasslands, and it is much easier for various commercial houses to recruit escort personnel, especially the escort team of Sanjiang Commercial Bank, which has selected many good seedlings.
And this trend has also led to the great development of the armor and weapons retail business of Sanjiang Workshop......