Chapter 791: If it's fast, it's fast
Zheng Xunrui has always been vigorous and resolute in doing things, as long as it is the right thing, once it is rolled out, it is required to be completed in the shortest possible time, and it cannot be delayed, Xu Jikuang, who took up the post of governor of Huguang, and Li Yan, the governor of Sichuan, both know this characteristic of Zheng Xunrui, so although the Spring Festival is approaching, they do not waste time for a moment, and begin to implement various policies on a large scale.
Huguang is relatively calm, and Sichuan is much more difficult, probably because Sichuan has too many Tusi, especially when implementing the integration of the official gentry to pay for food, and the dismantling of the Tusi army, it has suffered a lot of resistance.
Li Yan did things very simply, and he asked Su Manzi, who had already taken up the post of commander-in-chief of Sichuan, to eliminate them without hesitation, no matter how much effort he expended, and no matter how much resistance he encountered, he would not hesitate to eliminate them, and never leave any troubles.
With the assistance of Ma Xianglin, many Tusi agreed to disarm the army, only retaining a small number of guards, to maintain the safety of the family, this requirement Li Yan agreed, after all, the largest white pole soldier in Sichuan no longer exists, and the case is in front of many Tusi, they know that useless resistance will lead to death, but the Tusi who are unwilling to obey the order also exist, and these Tusi have formed a group in a short period of time, trying to rely on the strength of everyone to resist.
Of course, Su Manzi would not be polite, and immediately began to attack and purge.
To say that the army owned by these Tusi, to a certain extent, the combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the Liukou, they are generally in very remote and closed places, many of them are primitive lifestyles, and advanced weapons are not to mention, the Zheng family army used artillery and firearms to attack, these Tusi's armies quickly collapsed, where have they ever seen such sharp firearms.
After defeating Tusi's army, Su Manzi was not polite. He caught those Tusi who disobeyed the order and even formed a group, escorted them to Chengdu Fucheng to be killed, and confiscated all the property of these Tusi.
This hand greatly shocked the Tusi in Sichuan, they didn't expect Zheng Jiajun to really do it, and it was so ruthless, it seemed that resistance had no effect. Some unwilling Tusi, superficially subservient, secretly wrote a memo to the imperial court, accusing Zheng Jiajun and the new Sichuan governor Li Yan of the atrocities, hoping that the imperial court could punish Zheng Jiajun and restore them to their past glory, but unfortunately these twists and turns were like a stone sinking into the sea, without the slightest effect, and Li Yan implemented the policy of integrating the gentry with grain and collecting trade taxes in Sichuan. The speed was very fast, so that these wealthy toasts were forced to pay relevant taxes and obey the requirements of the government.
However, in a short period of time, the situation in Sichuan cannot be completely stable, including the adjustment of government officials at all levels, it will also take a certain amount of time to complete, and Li Yan has sufficient experience in this regard. He demanded that the government at all levels issue a number of notices, which do not only clarify the responsibilities of the government. It also emphasized that the government must help the poor people, Li Yan even personally cared about the relief of the people, Zheng Xunrui once requested, as long as the people can be stabilized first, the overall situation in Sichuan can be stabilized.
In late December, Wen Manshan and Bian Yujing came to Wuchang Mansion City.
Hongmen Qianzhuang has already moved. A large number of people who were familiar with the business have come to Huguang and Sichuan, and they still follow the original model to open Hongmen Qian Zhuang shops in Fuzhou County and other places, and Hongmen has also sent a large number of personnel at the same time. Assist Hongmen Money Bank in related matters.
However, this time, Zheng Xunrui's attitude has changed, and his requirements for Hongmen Qianzhuang are different.
Because the situation faced by Zheng Xunrui is different, Nanzhili can slowly promote Hongmen Qianzhuang, but Sichuan and Huguang cannot, Zheng Xunrui was an official in Nanzhili, and he can rely on Hongmen and officials at all levels to push Hongmen Qianzhuang, and under the circumstances at that time, the situation in Daming was also slightly stable, so that Zheng Xunrui had time to slowly advance, but now it can't.
The popularity of Hongmen Qianzhuang allows Zheng Xunrui to have a strong economic foundation to stabilize the situation in the two provinces, if it is slowly spread out according to the previous method, I don't know how long it will take, and the wealth of Huguang and Sichuan is not comparable with Nanzhili, so in these two places, it is necessary to forcibly promote Hongmen Qianzhuang, that is, it is necessary to prohibit the flow of gold and silver to a certain extent, implement the ticket amount and ticket stub of Hongmen Qianzhuang, and force those rich households to deposit gold and silver into Hongmen Qianzhuang.
In the chaos in the north, these gentry and wealthy families had no way to gain a foothold in the north, so they could only deposit all the gold and silver into the Hongmen money village according to the requirements of the government at all levels, and use the amount and ticket stubs of the money bank instead of circulation.
Of course, Zheng Xunrui was able to do this, but also on the basis of the accumulation of enough wealth in Hongmen Qianzhuang.
"Two ladies, I have already made it clear about the development model of Hongmen Qianzhuang in Huguang and Sichuan, if you still have anything you don't understand, you can put it forward."
After Zheng Xunrui finished speaking, Wen Manshan looked at Bian Yujing and spoke.
"Husband, the slave family thinks that it is still inappropriate to take coercive measures, although the situation in Huguang and Sichuan is different from that of Nanzhili and even Zhejiang, but Qianzhuang has always carried out storage business in accordance with the principle of voluntariness, and if it is forcibly pushed away in Sichuan and Huguang, I am afraid that it will affect the reputation of Qianzhuang......"
After so many years, Wen Manshan, who is in charge of the overall business of Hongmen Qianzhuang, is no longer what she was at the beginning, she has a deep understanding of Qianzhuang's business, and she is also familiar with the process of Qianzhuang's business, and she understands the importance of Qianzhuang to governments at all levels.
In terms of politics, Wen Manshan didn't think about it so much.
"Husband, the concubine agrees, and in Sichuan and Huguang, you must also follow the rules of Qianzhuang."
Zheng Xunrui smiled bitterly and shook his head, Wen Manshan and Bian Yujing were not wrong, in the long run, the spread of Qianzhuang in Huguang and Sichuan still needs to be gradual and gradual, so that Qianzhuang will be rolled out in all parts of Daming in accordance with the rules, but the current situation is different, it is impossible to follow the original model, Zheng Xunrui does not have so much time, and there are many gentry and wealthy families in Sichuan and Huguang, they are not necessarily completely submissive, if they have a large amount of gold and silver, it is very likely to take it out to rebel.
The development of Qianzhuang is inseparable from politics, which is the law of historical development, but it is a pity that Wen Manshan and Bian Yujing are not particularly clear, and always think that Qianzhuang exists alone, and must follow its own laws.
"Manshan, Yujing, you have been in Qianzhuang for so many years, you have always been in charge of all the affairs of Qianzhuang, you should know that once Qianzhuang develops to a certain scale, you will be able to influence the government, I asked you to be in charge of Qianzhuang's affairs, but also to prevent the emergence of this kind of situation, once Qianzhuang is controlled by people with ill intentions, then the government at all levels will suffer from it."
"In Huguang and Sichuan to take compulsory means to push the business of the bank, on the surface it is a little inappropriate, but the current situation is different, if the method of the south Zhili to implement the bank, I am afraid that a few years have passed, Huguang and Sichuan can not completely push the business of the bank, well, a lot of truth, for a time is not clear, you just do what I said, those that need to be compulsorily done, you do not need to come forward, let Liu Zeqing, the deputy chief of the Zheng family's army, do it."
Zheng Xunrui made the final decision, Wen Manshan and Bian Yujing of course did as requested.
Hongmen Qianzhuang quickly began to be promoted in Huguang and all the prefectures in Sichuan, and the temporary control measures prohibiting gold and silver in the market also began to be implemented in Huguang and Sichuan.
This time Zheng Xunrui did not relent, asked Zheng Jiajun and the local government to crack down, all those who found disobedience will be dealt with severely, and it is even possible to carry out means such as raiding the house, Wen Manshan and others are very worried, reminding Zheng Xunrui that there is no possibility of large-scale fluctuations, Zheng Xunrui was unmoved, and strictly ordered Zheng Jiajun and Huguang Governor Xu Jikuang and Sichuan Governor Li Yan to take all available violent means to calm down.
The astonishing situation appeared within a few days, and the vast majority of scholars and merchants could only obediently follow the requirements of Zheng Jiajun and the government to deposit the gold and silver at home into Hongmen Qianzhuang, Wuchang Mansion, Xiangyang Mansion and Chengdu Mansion, and other places, and quickly began to appear Hongmen Qianzhuang ticket stubs and ticket amounts, and the transactions on the market were based on these ticket stubs and ticket amounts.
When the Spring Festival was approaching, a large number of people went to Hongmen Qianzhuang to store gold and silver, so that Hongmen Qianzhuang was not enough.
The reason for this situation is that Zheng Xunrui took other measures, he asked the merchants in Huguang and Sichuan, who were doing business in Nanzhili, to quickly send people back to do their work, and told these scholars and businessmen what Hongmen Qianzhuang really does, what kind of role the ticket stubs and ticket amount of Hongmen Qianzhuang have, and what is the effect after it is pushed out in Nanzhili and other places, and so on.
A large number of people returned to Huguang and Sichuan to do work, the effect is very obvious, the first to wake up are those businessmen, they know that carrying the Hongmen money village ticket stub and ticket amount, can go to Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Shandong and Shaanxi and other places to trade and do business, and the ticket stub and ticket amount will never depreciate after the fact, immediately think that this is a very convenient thing, so began to go to Hongmen money to store gold and silver, as for those scholars, slowly also understand that this torrent is irresistible, only to follow the implementation.
There was no mass commotion, and after a short period of turmoil, everything was carried out in an orderly manner.
Zheng Xunrui finally began to firmly control Huguang and Sichuan. (To be continued.) )