Chapter 180 Tacit understanding
In the current political structure of the Song Dynasty, as long as Emperor Zhao Xu and Wang Anshi can nod, it can almost be considered passing. If Sima Guang was guaranteed, it would naturally be perfect. After Wang Jinghui received the reply from Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, he was also very excited. As long as the land ownership was obtained, other things would be much easier to handle. As long as this opening was opened, he believed that the troubles encountered by the Xiang army in the future would be reduced a lot. "Profit" was the first to be used to farm. Since then, the Xiang army's farming was not only the court's action to get rid of the heavy burden, but also related to the life problems of the Xiang army's own future. I believe that the situation would be much better than the simple effect of going farming in the past.
After seeing off Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, Wang Jinghui asked someone to ask Manager Li and Liu to discuss important matters with the office. Manager Li is probably the busiest among Wang Jinghui's related personnel. Some time ago, in Hebei suffered a drought, in order to show his importance to him, he sent Manager Li to Hebei to coordinate disaster relief matters in person. In fact, Wang Jinghui has been planning for such things for a long time. Once a disaster occurs, as soon as he receives his order, his industries will work closely to complete disaster relief matters. There is no need for core personnel like Manager Li to participate in it personally, just to make Han Qi more face.
"Brother Zhenquan, thank you for your hard work in Hebei!"
"Nothing! Change it, I wonder what instructions do you have to ask us to come?" Manager Li waved his hand politely. He and Wang Jinghui have known each other for so long, and the relationship between the two families is no longer clear whether it is morality or mutual maintenance, but it is certain that neither of them can do without each other.
One prospers and one loses.
After Wang Jinghui asked them to sit down, he explained in detail the matter of the imperial court preparing for the military farmlands in the Xiangjun. Although the restriction of cotton and oil crops in various places would definitely harm the interests of merchants in the short term, in the long run, it is a big vision and a big business that can ensure the supply of grain without worries. The oil press and textile machines were both places of invention. Although it was used to lay the foundation for the Chuzhou Chamber of Commerce, the Xu family also occupied a considerable share of it. The profits obtained from it every year are not a small amount. Once the imperial court implements military farming according to other local plans, it is certain that interests will be damaged in the short term.
Wang Jinghui had nothing to hide from them. Everything was like a bamboo tube pouring beans, and the interests were clearly stated. Manager Li and Liu Chanfang were both veterans who had been tested in the market for a long time. The prince-consort said so in detail, they would naturally have a slap in their hearts to measure the pros and cons. After saying that, the level of the two people in the middle was revealed: Liu Chanfang was still the same, holding his pocket tightly in his hands and not letting go. When he heard that his interests would be damaged, he couldn't say it, but the expression on his face clearly reflected the injustice in his heart; Manager Li was asked in detail about each link of the matter, and calmly waited for Wang Jinghui's final instructions.
Wang Jinghui knew the performance of the two, and Liu Chanfang could only manage money as he called him. Manager Li was the real businessman with vision. Although he didn't know what his real thoughts were, this calm skill alone was a necessary quality for an excellent businessman.
Manager Li is not as complicated as Wang Jinghui thought. In the minds of Manager Li and Mr. Xu, the prince-consort is relatively indifferent to personal enjoyment. Apart from maintaining the basic decency of a prince-consort, there is no place to spend money. Today, the prince-consort attracted them to avoid risks.
Both families are connected, and the loss of Xu's family is equivalent to the loss of the prince-consort himself. Although Wang Jinghui has a fever from time to time to do some charity, Xu is not a stingy person. Besides, without a prince-consort, Xu's family will not reach this level even if they develop for another hundred years. The two do not conflict, and Wang Jinghui seems to be too careless in this regard.
"This is basically the case for the military military camp. Although the court's final opinion on this has not been decided, the emperor, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang both agreed. I think it is only a matter of time to pass the meeting of the Zhongshu Zhengshi Hall. What we have to do now is how to promote the further development of this matter in business and to seek long-term benefits from it!" After Wang Jinghui introduced the basic situation, he said lightly.
Wang Jinghui suddenly felt that he was a useless person. Although he had set a basic framework, it seemed that he could only follow others and use his own experience and vision to do some work to fill in loopholes. Fortunately, Xu and him worked closely together in business, so there was no need to worry that his huge business empire would fall overnight.
"If you want to carry out the Xiang army's military farming and reduce 300,000 Xiang army within five years, then at least 60,000 Xiang army will go to the farming every year. The starting cost of the 10,000 Xiang army is 800,000 guan, and the 60,000 Xiang army is nearly 5 million. This is not a small amount! If it is changed, how much can the court pay?" Manager Li knew that this matter must be implemented. This was planned by Wang Jinghui and he had to help him no matter what he said.
"The court spent a lot of money on raising the Xiang army every year. Although the Xiang army was lower than the imperial guards, it also cost between 35 and 40 knots a year. The 60,000 knots a year is at least 2 million knots. The court will definitely pay for these 20 million knots. The emperor has agreed to withdraw a sum of money from the overseas trade profits made by the inner treasury to farm. I guess it will not be less than one million knots. The remaining two million knots are the court's finances and our money!"
Manager Li smiled and said, "Since the ministers of the imperial government affairs hall want to decide to farm farms, the government's finances are much better than in previous years. At least 500,000 to 1 million guan to strengthen the store. Then the money that is put into our heads is only more than one million guan. This money is not too much. The question is how to raise it, is it our family dominant, or should we join forces with others to share this piece of meat?!"
Wang Jinghui waved his hand and said, "It's not good to eat alone. Besides, after traveling to Goryeo by the Royal Sea of the Song Dynasty, how many eyes are jealous of us in the Song Dynasty. It's better to bring these jealous people in a big way together, so they won't get in the way around them! Besides, Sima Guang and Wang Anshi told Wang Anshi that the court would pay very little money in finance, or even without paying money, so the more money we can gather, it's the best!"
"As soon as the court's regulations restricting the planting area of cotton and oil crops were released, the most nervous one was naturally the merchants in Chuzhou. It would be useless to have no raw materials. They would not be able to live without raw materials. In fact, the source of cotton and oil crops in the future will probably fall on the military farms of the Xiang army. It is not too much for them to take out one million guan to ensure the safety of raw materials. If the imperial court does not make a penny, it will have nothing to do with the price of raw materials. The increase in raw materials will naturally stimulate more people. The prince consort is the best in the military farm. As long as the prince consort can stand up and gather funds, there will naturally be no big problem with one or two million guan. We will jointly control the production area of raw materials through Zhongxing Bank in Chuzhou to jointly control the raw materials production area through Zhongxing Bank, then we will naturally remain undefeated!" Manager Li said with a smile.
In Manager Li's opinion, Wang Jinghui was not worried about not being able to raise money. Instead, how to control his interests in it can vaguely dominate. You should know that the oil-pressing and textiles in Chuzhou have already made outsiders look anxious, especially when the sea routes are unobstructed, the profits of cloth and edible oil are very guaranteed. Manager Li estimated that once the court releases the wind, the gate of the Prince Consort's mansion will be broken by those merchants who are eager to give money. However, he also has a large share in the Chuzhou Chamber of Commerce, so he is naturally unwilling to put the handle of the raw materials on outsiders. Although the army's military farming is a lot of money, it has not been put in the eyes of Manager Li. The key is that there are so many money given, how can I make reasonable arrangements?
"It's certain to ensure the supply of raw materials! The Chuzhou Chamber of Commerce and we have to control enough raw materials. Now we are not worried about not having enough money! Brother Zhenquan, you still have to trouble you to come forward and put in a few more money, but the amount of money given by each person must be controlled well. Don't let them dominate the family. Of course, you still have to take care of those who have deep background behind them. These people are our shields!"
Liu Chanfang listened to the conversation between the two of them, as if he was falling into a fog: "Didn't you pay money in it? Why did it turn out that everyone was rushing to send money in it? I was afraid that there wouldn't be much sent?" He became even more confused. On the way back, Liu Chanfang finally couldn't help but ask out the doubts in his heart.
"Mr. Liu doesn't need to be surprised. Now Chuzhou is raising oil and textiles are extremely prosperous, so the prices of crops such as rapeseed, peanuts, cotton, etc. have soared. Chuzhou has the order left by the son-in-law, and the later Xue Xiangzhi, Xiao Gui and Cao Sui, so there will be no trouble. However, the surrounding prefectures and counties have begun to plant cotton and rapeseed on a large scale. You must know that it is an important grain-producing area in the Song Dynasty. Once a disaster occurs, the consequences will be unimaginable. If someone fans the flames and ignites the sage, it will not only destroy our business, but also the good days of the son-in-law will be over!"
"The prince consort can naturally take this strategy of farming when he sees this. It seems that he will lose some money in the short term, but in the long run, he has a stable source of raw materials. The most important thing is that we control the source of raw materials in our own hands, so we naturally have to be much more at ease when doing business!"
Liu Jianfang had not followed Wang Jinghui to Chuzhou, but Manager Li had seen the scene of rapeseed and cotton on the surrounding counties of Chuzhou. Wang Jinghui had also talked with him about the matching and planting of grain and cash crops. Manager Li knew very well that Wang Jinghui was very disgusted with this kind of quick success and instant benefits, so today the prince consort talked to him about the matter of farming. The two formed a very good tacit understanding and gave a framework for the matter involving millions in a few words. After Manager Li explained in detail, Liu Jianfang would naturally close his mouth. Such things had happened several times. He also wanted to arrange his grandson to be a book boy next to Wang Jinghui, so as not to be the same as himself, but he didn't know if he wanted to.
Three days later, Wang Jinghui officially wrote to Emperor Zhao Xu about limiting the planting area of cotton and oil crops and ensuring the production and supply of grain. Before the Emperor's reading, all the ministers in the Political Affairs Hall passed each other, and the Chuzhou Chamber of Commerce also obtained a reasonable explanation from Manager Li, but did not cause too much fluctuation, and was completely within Wang Jinghui's control. This memorial is reasonable and has long reached a consensus. Although some individual members of the Chuzhou Chamber of Commerce have complained about the upcoming price increase of cotton and oil crops, the Chamber of Commerce was built under the protection of the son-in-law and had to follow the footsteps of the son-in-law. Wang Jinghui also had a different feeling in his heart.
The memorial was quickly passed by the Ministry of Justice of the Central Secretariat and was handed over to the Menxia Province for formulation and implementation. The main target was the surrounding areas of Chuzhou. Then Wang Anshi came to write a letter about the start of a large-scale military farming plan in Hebei, Qin Feng and Yongxing. This letter was based on Wang Jinghui's letter, in order to avoid shocking the world. Wang Jinghui's letter was only known by Emperor Zhao Xu, Wang Anshi, Sima Guang and the prince-consort. Wang Anshi's letter was just a short-term military farming plan.
The most eye-catching point of this letter issued by Wang Anshi and Sima Guang is that the land obtained from the military farming in the Xiang army belongs to the land reclamation owners. Although this caused a lot of controversy. However, Emperor Zhao Xu made it clear later that Wang Anshi and Sima Guang were already the actual leaders of the ministers, so this debate did not cause much storm.
On the first note of Wang Anshi's land, Wang Jinghui, the son-in-law, added a detailed military farming operation plan based on Wang Anshi's letter to determine the ownership of the land. This note gave a specific description of how much money the court invested to the crops planted in the land that the Xiang army reclaimed, and how to pay taxes. After reading this note, everyone began to understand that the plan for the Xiang army's military farming had long reached a consensus between the emperor, Wang Anshi, Sima Guang and the son-in-law, and even the order of appearance was arranged.
Before submitting this note, Wang Jinghui summoned Manager Li again. Manager Li gave him a comprehensive report on the funds raised during this period. As the prince-in-law wished, the Chuzhou Chamber of Commerce was willing to invest 1.5 million guan in order to control its raw materials from being taken in by outsiders. The various gods who were active had joined in and invested 3 million guan through their agents. They all wanted to get a share of the oil extraction and textile business monopolized by Chuzhou. The Xu family and Wang Jinghui's industries invested 2 million guan through Xingguo Bank, and for a time, the assets of 6.5 million guan were basically in a position that could be called at any time.
Wang Jinghui was also shocked by such a large amount - it turns out that there are quite a lot of wealthy businessmen in the Song Dynasty. It is no wonder that some books describe the plot of the Mongols traveling south to dig out a thousand taels of gold in just one medium-sized home. Wang Jinghui shook his head - it seems that the hidden capital is huge, the key is how he gathers all these capitals and appreciates steadily to attract more capital to join his plan to revive the Song Dynasty.
Wang Jinghui reported his "money-raising feat" in the meeting between the four-person meeting between Emperor Zhao Xu, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang. So much money is obviously not used. Wang Jinghui's opinion was to obtain this capital investment at the cost of the tendency to grow crops in the farmland - merchants will not do business at a loss. Things have developed to this point. It depends on the prince-consort, and the other three expressed their understanding of this - although the two million guan start-up fee is not much, under the current circumstances, Sima Guang still came in accordance with the principle of saving as much as possible. However, Emperor Zhao Xu really allocated one million guan from the inner treasury to farm, which moved the other three people very much.
If you do things like farming, you will get income one day earlier. Now it is too late to grow grain, but you can still rush to grow cotton and peanuts. The crops that were reclaimed in the first year were decided like this. The crops produced were pre-ordered before they were sown. This is a great wonder in this era. Fortunately, the Western Xia prisoners built a new official road to connect them. Otherwise, how to transport them back will be another painful thing. Wang Jinghui began to pray to God and Buddha to bless him. He did not believe it this year. Therefore, on the grounds that Hebei had just been affected by the disaster and was unable to resettle the Xiang army's military farming, he insisted on putting the site of the farming in Qinfeng and Yongxing. There was no natural disaster there, and Wang Shao was still taking care of him in the northwest. This guy was a master of farming in history, and he was considered his own person.
Wang Jinghui brought a letter with me. I believe that Wang Shao would still help with this little busy because of his past relationship. What's more, he mentioned in his heart that the reason he chose to farm in the northwest was to prepare for war! Wang Jinghui believed that Wang Shao's wisdom should be able to understand the content of this letter, and to make achievements in the frontier and establish unparalleled achievements that surpass Di Wuxiang was the lifelong dream of this old boy. I think Wang Shao must be so excited that he couldn't sleep...
Wang Jinghui was so keen on the northwest, and Emperor Zhao Xu and Wang Anshi felt that it was a bit too much, especially Emperor Zhao Xu. The letters Wang Jinghui wrote to Wang Shao were all written by Eunuch Zhao, and the content of the letter was quickly placed on the imperial case of Emperor Zhao Xu. Zhao Xu was silent for a long time at this letter. As a young and ambitious emperor, Emperor Wu of Han became his idol. Although the prince consort of his peers whom he admired the most was not interested in Emperor Wu of Han, this did not reduce his idea of establishing martial arts like Emperor Wu of Han. He knew that Wang Jinghui seemed to want to fulfill the promise he had made to the Supreme Emperor!
Chapter completed!