When Kang Wanwan, Fang Wenzhen and Zhang Han went and returned, they saw that Meixianglou was very different, and the biggest change was that it became brighter, as bright as day.

Originally, the prostitutes on the banks of the Qinhuai River only hung a few red lanterns.

The dim lighting can easily create a hazy and ambiguous beauty, and it can also hide the flaws on the girls' faces, making it more difficult for the benefactor to find, as is the case with the beauty under the lamp.

But at this moment, the inside and outside of Meixiang Building are full of bright lanterns.

There is also from Laiyan Qiaotou to Meixianglou, standing full of armor.

The three of them walked to the gate of Meixiang Building, and as soon as they handed over the name card, the little eunuch who was in charge of welcoming the guests immediately shouted in a unique high-pitched voice.

"Yangzhou Jinshen Kang Shao respects the public,"

"She County Jinxian Gentleman Fang Wen Zhen Gong,"

"Shexian Jinjun Zhang Hangong has arrived!"

Kang million and the three were immediately flattered.

Although the three of them have already bought the official body of a foreign official, logically speaking, they can be regarded as gentlemen, and they can barely put up a gentry in front of the ordinary people, but they really don't dare to call them public, and the real gentry never look at them squarely, but just regard them as businessmen and philistines who smell copper.

So this will suddenly be called a duke by a duke in the inner court, and the three of them are really a little flattered.

Gu Gao and the other four sons, who were standing behind the little eunuch and "welcoming guests", even ate a mouthful of, not to mention how uncomfortable it was, how many businessmen were also worthy of being called dukes?

But no matter how uncomfortable it is, you have to give it up.

"Gong Kang, Gong Fang, Gong Zhang, please upstairs!"

Gu Gao squeezed out a smile on his face that was even more embarrassing than crying.

Gu Gao is really sad, not only is he sad that he has to stand at the gate of Meixianglou like a boy to pick up customers, but what makes him even more sad is that there is Kang Million among the businessmen who were insulted by them?

Now it's no fun to marry someone else's daughter as a concubine.

Kang Million really didn't give them a good face, and brushed his sleeves.

Seeing Kang million and the three of them go upstairs, Chen Zhenhui complained in a low voice: "The saint is really good, how can you specially invite such a group of philistines who smell of copper?" Irritating. ”

"Yes." Mao Xiang also whispered.

"We scholars should be invited to a banquet."

Wu Yingji also said: "That's right, it will be my generation of scholars who will support the Ming Dynasty in the future, not businessmen such as Kang Shaojing and Fang Wenzhen. ”

……

A private room on the second floor of Mei Xiang Building.

Chongzhen said to his two sons: "My Ming Dynasty's future taxes and industries will depend on these businessmen to support, and those scholars can't count on it in this regard, no matter how strict the rules are, it's useless for you to formulate strict rules, because there are always more ways than difficulties, no matter how strict the rules are, these people can find loopholes." ”

"So professional things have to be done by professional people."

"Anything that deals with money, boldly leave it to the businessman to do."

"These businessmen were born to deal with money, and when it comes to profit-making calculations, no one is more shrewd than them, and only with them can they use every penny of the imperial court to the real thing."

Speaking of this, Chongzhen gave another example: "For example, Caoyun, Emperor Taizu Gao sent Xu Da to the Northern Expedition, and Emperor Chengzuwen successively conquered Mongolia five times, and there was no Caoyun Governor Yamen at that time, but Taizu and Chengzu have never been short of food!" ”

"By what? It is precisely because of these salt merchants that our Ming Dynasty was able to transport the most grain to the border towns with the least financial resources, ensuring the supply of military food for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and the Five Expeditions to Mongolia. ”

"Later, because of the indiscriminate expenditure of salt by Xungui and the abolition of the Chinese law, the Beijing division and the border town could only rely on Cao to transport grain, and since then the grain of my Daming border town and the Beijing division has not been abundant! Why is that? This was because the efficiency of the transportation was outrageously low, and the imperial court could not even transport half the grain of the merchants with the same financial resources! ”

Zhu Cihong said: "The disadvantages of Cao Yun are indeed serious, my father and emperor were also deeply affected in Xuzhou before, and Lu Zhenfei was also because he couldn't stand the inefficiency of Cao Yun, so he bypassed the Nanzhi provinces and directly purchased grain from grain merchants, but in the end he angered those people, if it wasn't for my father to help in time, I am afraid that he would have been dismissed and returned to his hometown at this moment." ”

"So." Chongzhen said, "When the Northern Expedition is in the future, the procurement and transportation of grain and baggage will definitely not be able to count on Cao Yun, or it is more reliable to count on the merchants to bear it." ”

In fact, history has fully proven this point.

With the help of red-top businessmen, it is indeed more efficient than the government.

Hu Xueyan is to Zuo Zongtang, and Sheng Xuanhuai is to Li Hongzhang, that's the case.

Since there are ready-made examples of success, there is no reason why Chongzhen should not learn.

Immortals like Sidu Chishui can't be learned by ordinary people, but it is not difficult for officials to supervise and run businesses.

Zhu Cihong frowned slightly and said: "But businessmen value profit over righteousness, will it be shoddy?" For example, military rations, will they buy moldy rice and wheat to fill rice? Another example is firearms, will they secretly withhold iron materials? As a result, the bird guns or artillery built are worried about exploding? Erchen thought it was necessary to guard against it. ”

Chongzhen nodded: "Hong'er, your worries are right, so you still need to set standards for Shang Jia." ”

Zhu Cihong said: "Set the standard? When my father said about the standard, did he mean the rules? ”

"It's different." Chongzhen said, "The rules are aimed at people, and the standards are only for goods, such as the procurement of military rations, you can agree on a very clear standard for food, there shall be no impurities such as stones and rat feces, no mildew and deterioration, etc., and firearms, you can also formulate clear standards, the inner and outer diameters of the guns must be consistent, and the explosion rate of the same batch of firearms shall not exceed how much, etc., if it does not meet the standards of the imperial court, it is necessary to replace the merchant or even fine." ”

Zhu Cijiong said: "You can set standards for businessmen, you can also set standards for officials and craftsmen, and in the same way, you can also set a clear standard for the governor of Caoyun, Yamen, and Yunjun, so won't all the problems be solved?" ”

"It's useless." Chongzhen shook his head and said, "Leave the affairs to the businessmen to do, and after determining the standards, you only need to inspect the goods, and you don't need the court to manage people, but to hand over the affairs to government agencies like Caoyun Yamen to do, in addition to inspecting the goods, you also need to manage people, talents are the most difficult to manage, so it is often difficult to manage well, so the efficiency of doing things is low." ”

In the final analysis, this is actually the difference between a simple government office and an official supervision and private office.

The biggest difference between the two is a profitable driver and a non-profitable driver.

In order to pursue profits, businessmen will try their best to save costs and improve efficiency, but the government does not have this driving force, and officials will consider more trouble, safety, and harmony among colleagues.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition and Zhu Di's Five Expeditions to Mongolia have not been short of grain, but since there was Caoyun Yamen, the food supply of Jingshi and northern border towns was not abundant, so the quality of firearms purchased from merchants was very good, but since the Inner Court Military Bureau and the Ministry of Industry Ordnance Bureau built their own Tiger Squat Cannon, Franc Machine Gun and Hongyi Cannon, the quality has become very worrying, and with the passage of time, the quality has become more and more worrisome.

Zhu Cihong said thoughtfully: "So, it's all human factors? ”

"Yes, it's all about the human factor." Chongzhen nodded and said, "The same is true of governing the country, as long as the problem of governing the officials is solved, all other problems will not be a problem." ”

"For example, if the Ming Dynasty has a large team of officials who are honest, self-disciplined, and capable, will there be such a thing as drifting?"

"Another example is taxation, if there is a large team of honest and self-disciplined and capable officials, will it not be able to collect taxes?"

"If every cent of the Ming Dynasty's tax can be collected in full, if every cent of the Ming Dynasty's tax can be used, there will definitely be no such thing as people being displaced and forced to rebel, and Jiannu will not have the opportunity to sit big!"

Zhu Cijiong scratched his head and said: "As long as the officials are well managed, they can govern the country well?" Doesn't that seem like a difficult thing to say? ”

"Huh, isn't it hard?" Chongzhen gently patted Zhu Cijiong's little head, and said, "People's hearts are like water, people's movements are like smoke, and talents are the most difficult to manage!" Now you are young, and when you grow up, you will understand. ”

While the father and son were talking, Wang Chengen walked in and reported: "Holy Lord, most of the businessmen have arrived. ”

"Good!" Chongzhen stood up and walked out of the private room with his two sons to the back corridor on the second floor.

Meixianglou is the most upscale green building in the whole city of Nanjing, and there is a large courtyard on the side of the Qinhuai River.

This courtyard occupies a large area, and there is a stage in the middle of the courtyard, which is very lively when singing, but the most lively time is when the Oiran is chosen.

At this time, hundreds of businessmen had gathered in the backyard of Meixianglou.

Seeing Chongzhen's father and son appear on the corridor, the merchants hurriedly avoided the table and bowed down: the grass people and others knocked to see the saint.

"Flat!" Chongzhen shook his hand and said with a smile, "You are all specially invited by me, and you are distinguished guests, so don't kneel, just sit down." ”

When the businessmen heard this, they all sat down one after another, but they only sat on half of their butts.

Chongzhen said to Zhu Cihong again: "Hong'er, the rest will be left to you." ”

"Son's command." A flush surged on Zhu Cihong's face, first he gave Chongzhen a deep stroke, then turned around and pedaled down the stairs and came to the stage in the backyard.

The loud "Han General" quickly took place.

"It's not early, let's get straight to the point."

Not to mention anything else, Zhu Cihong has learned Chongzhen's style of doing things very well, no matter what he does, he will never do those meaningless flower jobs, and the meaningful flower work is another matter.

"I'm sure you've already guessed some clues before."

"Yes, that's right, the reason why my father invited everyone over,"

"It's just for one thing, to raise money, or to raise money."

"Right now, my Ming border army is fighting with Jiannu in Xuzhou, and it is the time when we are in urgent need of money, so we still have to rely on the generosity of all of you here, of course, although you can rest assured, you will never let you donate for the court in vain."

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