Chapter 72 Shen Guogong's heartbeat

Shen Guogong looked at the housekeeper beside him in disbelief and said, "It's true, a small salt merchant has earned 10,000 taels of silver in less than half a year." ”

The housekeeper said, "At first, I didn't believe it. But the real can't be fake, the fake can't be real. This thing has spread. ”

Shen Guogong Deng Zhen sighed and said, "It is said that He Xi can turn stones into gold. I didn't believe it before. Now I believe it. ”

The housekeeper said, "Master, is it ------?"

He didn't explain it, but Shen Guogong Deng Zhen already understood. He fell into deep thought.

In fact, Deng Zhen did not doubt He Xi's ability to make money, nor did he doubt that if he was willing to end the game, he would be able to get a piece of the pie, and it was a big piece of the pie. It's like who makes the most money in the matter of opening the sea? Yan'an Hou Lu Zhongheng.

Don't look at the Lu family completely going overseas. But in fact, people are overseas, they have money, people, and even private armies. In terms of strength, he is not under the kings of Nanyang, and even the kings of Nanyang must sincerely call the Marquis of Yan'an Uncle Lu.

But a few years ago, would those princes with eyes above the top be so polite to Lu Zhongheng? It's simply impossible.

From this, we can see the change in the strength of the Lu family.

It's just that Deng Zhen has to think more.

First of all, the Deng family is not as good as the Lu family, although he is the prince of the country, but he is no longer there. The world is so realistic, people go tea and cool. Whether it is a prince or an emperor, it is all the same. Even Zhu Yuanzhang has to worry about his posthumous affairs.

Secondly, Lu Zhongheng also paid the price. The biggest price is that the Lu family is no longer in the Central Plains. After Lu Zhongheng's death, the Lu family will not be in the Central Plains. Whether this price is worth it or not, the benevolent will see the wise. Deng Zhen also has to consider the cost.

At what cost?

The price of taking sides.

Although Deng Zhen is the second generation, he dare not say that he is heroic under his father's face-to-face teaching, but he is definitely not a mediocre talent. Some things are clear. There is also a premonition of future storms. This is the consensus of almost all top-level politicians.

The difference is how big this storm will be.

Some people think that it is just a replacement of the old and the new. What a big deal. Some people feel that it is inevitable to set off several big cases.

Deng Zhen doesn't care what the future looks like. Because Deng Zhen knows very well that what he wants to do is to be stable and not come out. At least Zhu Yuanzhang is in one day, and he will be his grandson honestly for one day.

Yes, in many things, he and He Xi are businesslike, neither offended nor close.

No, I don't know if He Xi can take him to make money, but the political risks and economic interests have to weigh the pros and cons.

When he got close to He Xi, he was naturally in the faction of changing the law. And after the crown prince ascends the throne in the future, he may not have a good time.

That's right, many people don't know it yet, but some people at the top have actually tasted it. It's just that no one dares to talk nonsense. After all, between father and son, maybe they will suddenly reconcile. Those who do things in the middle will not end well.

It's just that now Shen Guogong needs to re-evaluate this matter.

Sometimes, the pros and cons need to be weighed, and that is that the benefits are not big enough. Now a small salt merchant can earn tens of thousands of taels a year, and there are even many gaps on the construction site in Beijing. Shen Guogong has to think about how much money he can make if he participates?

One or two thousand taels, not worth it. Hundreds of thousands of taels, you need to weigh the pros and cons. If it's a million taels, then you need to consider how serious the consequences are. Is there a way to avoid risk.

Before, he always thought it was small money, but now, it seems that it is not.

Shen Guogong waved his hand and said, "I know this matter. Go down and do your errands. ”

Shen Guogong found some things in his study, and then came out and said, "Prepare the car and go to Xianghe." ”

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Shen Guogong has been living in the city of Beiping. In the future, this city will always be Beiping City.

The two were not in the same city. It's just a matter of leaving some space for each other. After all, if the two big guys are too close, there will be too much friction.

Therefore, if Shen Guogong wants to see He Xi, he also needs to go out of Beiping City.

For this one thing, the teachers mobilized the people. It's hard to say, so Shen Guogong naturally found some official things, things that need to be said to He Xi face to face, and the priority of this depends on Shen Guogong's wishes. Priorities are all in a word.

Faced with Shen Guogong's visit, He Xi was actually very confused. I don't know what Shen Guogong's intentions are, but no matter what, people have already come. Can it still be seen?

So, in the living room of the He Mansion. He Xi exchanged a few words with Shen Guogong, and after sitting down, Shen Guogong said: "Lord He, I came this time for the Northern Expedition of King Yan. ”

He Xi said: "Oh, are you ready? Now it's the day of autumn high, do you want to do it? ”

Shen Guogong shook his head and said, "If he is ready to do it, I won't say it." He didn't want to do it this fall, and I don't even know what to do. No, let's discuss it with you, can't the court ask, can't we say anything? ”

He Xi's experience during this period of time was all on the city of Beijing. I didn't care much about King Yan's affairs, and when I heard Shen Guogong say this, I was also interested.

So I asked carefully, and I found out why?

Because of the autumn harvest.

The agricultural foundation of Changchun Dusi is very weak, and it can only harvest one season a year. The autumn harvest is the only grain output in the whole of Changchun. Once the troops are mobilized, none of this will be gone.

Of course, there are trade-offs to this.

It was when the dust of the Japanese battlefield gradually settled, and the Ming Dynasty's support for the Changchun battlefield became more and more. If nothing else, there is absolutely no shortage of food. That's perfectly fine. These people in Changchun Dusi, even if there is no harvest for a year, there will be no problem.

But is it a good thing that the harvest in the spring and autumn is not controlled, and even if the grain is not harvested, there is grain to eat?

Take the nine sides in the future, yes, on the whole, the nine sides are not very good grain producing areas, but if you say that these places do not produce food, it is completely wrong. Don't believe it, look at the climate dividing line.

These places can grow food, and even now many houses are self-sufficient. Why did grain have to be transported from the rear later?

It's because of the fact that grain is transported from the rear.

Grain transported from the rear was levied in the form of a labor tax or paid for in the form of salt. That is, no matter how much, how much it costs. It is decoupled from local food prices. Even if I use 10,000 taels of silver, I will transport 10,000 stone of grain. The grain here is three dollars, and it must also be transported.

The corruption of the local warehouse system has led to the problem that the private grain from the government is much cheaper than the grain that has been painstakingly grown here. Locally grown food is not worth much. Even lose money.

This creates a very helpless situation.

The more food is scarce in the frontier, and the more the imperial court requisitions and transfers grain, the more the local grain planting capacity is suppressed and weakened, so the imperial court needs to pay more tangible and intangible costs to find ways to get more food.

The cost of raising troops in the frontier is getting higher and higher, so high that the Ming Dynasty's finances collapse.

He Xi didn't know if King Yan saw this. It doesn't matter, though.

He Xi said: "It is also a good thing that King Yan cherishes his subordinates. We don't have to worry about this matter, just report it directly to the court, and let them discuss it slowly between their father and son. ”

Shen Guogong sighed and said, "Yes." ”

Immediately, Shen Guogong came up with several other things to discuss with He Xi.

He Xi slowly thought about it. Do these things need to be negotiated between the two of them? Absolutely. But it can also be said that there is no need, and it is okay to exchange official documents. After all, the strategic form of the entire northern frontier is relatively stable.

Otherwise, Zhu Yuanzhang would not give the weight of the northern frontier to Shen Guogong Deng Zhen. After all, Deng Zhen didn't have any impressive records to prove himself.

If there is really a big battle to be fought, Zhu Yuanzhang will never let him come here.

He Xi immediately guessed that Shen Guogong had other plans.

But where is this picture? He Xi didn't know yet. So he acted with him. The two of them discussed for a morning and finished cleaning up the work that needed to be docked by two people. He Xi also had some judgments in his heart.