Chapter 236 Favorites
"Father, this reform regulations have been discussed for a long time. Now I will wait for my father to write to the emperor to implement it!" Wang Li said confidently.
Wang Anshi took a piece of paper handed by Wang Li, which was written with the reform regulations he had been thinking about for many years. After his son and students improved it, he formed what he is today. These reform regulations were his lifelong efforts, and they also entrusted his desire to enrich the country and strengthen the army. Maybe he had been with the prince-consort for a long time and was somewhat influenced by that young man. Now Wang Anshi felt a little unconfident about these reform regulations, and a strange feeling arose in his heart...
"Fang'er, sort out these reform regulations and copy them into memorials. Tomorrow, I will enter the palace to meet the saint!" Wang Anshi finally made up his mind and decided to use this to realize his Confucian ambition to govern the country and pacify the world.
Wang Jinghui knew that he had left Biandu and lacked his own panacea to reconcile, and the top leaders of the Song Dynasty would slowly undergo some changes. Wang Anshi would definitely not be willing to be lonely, and Sima Guang was strict and upright. When he was in Biandu, he could still divert the attention of the two people and reconcile their relationship. Once he left Biandu, two people who also had firm beliefs would definitely burst out cremation. This was not what Wang Jinghui wanted to see, but he didn't expect that after working hard for a long time, he actually brought Sima Guang and
Wen Yanbo was furious. If he didn't leave Biandu to avoid the limelight, his relationship with them would inevitably deteriorate further. This is not because he would be afraid of Sima Guang and Wen Yanbo. In addition to the restriction of his identity as a son-in-law, Wang Jinghui still has the upper hand. However, he does not want the conflict between them to be open, which is very fatal for a son-in-law. In desperation, he even handed over the research and development of artillery and other firearms to Shen Kuo and Su Song, but he stayed away from Jiangnan.
When Wang Jinghui had just arrived in Chuzhou, he left his guard and reported to Wang Anshi with a carrier pigeon yesterday to discuss the reform. After receiving this short message, Wang Jinghui couldn't help but feel a little surprised, but then he smiled. Although Wang Anshi's reform was destructive, the Song Dynasty is no longer the Song Dynasty where he lived in time and space before. Things and people changed, even if they were still the same group of people. Under the current conditions, it may not be able to repeat the same as the history he knew. Emperor Zhao Xu was not the young man in the past. The Supreme Emperor Zhao Shu was still alive. Even the Secretariat led by Wang Anshi and Sima Guang knew that he had asked for war compensation from the Dangxiang people, and everyone's ideas were changing. The Song Dynasty was getting richer and more financially, it was hard to imagine that Emperor Zhao Xu would take risks to launch reforms like in history.
Wang Jinghui put the notes on the table. He just ordered Nirvana next to him to send a letter to Guan Liang from Biandu to ask him to deliver the reform regulations to his hands in time, so he let Nirvana retreat. Regarding the matters in the court, he decided to temporarily retreat and would never interfere before he returned to Biandu.
Wang Jinghui was very hurried when he left the ground. However, a few people including Su Shi, Shen Kuo, Su Song and others saw him off, and he did not show off when he arrived in Chuzhou. However, even so, Xue Xiangzhi, Zeng Wei and others still greeted Wang Jinghui and his group in casual clothes on the dock of Chuzhou City, and arranged to live in the back of the prefectural prefecture.
After the welcoming dinner, Xue Xiangzhi, Zeng Wei and Wang Jinghui described in detail the changes in Chuzhou over the past year. Although it was night, when Wang Jinghui was traveling through Chuzhou City in a carriage, he could see the bustling streets of Kaifeng, Bian Capital. There were many shops in the middle of the night and the lights were still open. The speed of the carriage was also slow due to the crowded crowds. Wang Jinghui saw these things. Without Xue Xiangzhi's words, he was also very clear in his heart.
Zeng Wei was very excited to report the operation of the Chuzhou Maritime Warehouse to Wang Jinghui. He was not as cautious as Xue Xiangzhi. His family was Zeng Gongliang, an important minister in the court, but he was his uncle. Zeng Gongliang had already written to him about the resignation of the prince-consort, but he did not expect that Wang Jinghui would move so quickly. The prince-consort arrived in Chuzhou just two days after receiving the letter. Zeng Wei had also found Xue Xiangzhi privately, but Zeng Wei had little affection for this colleague with a white-straight expression, but he also admired Xue Xiangzhi as an honest official. The two worked together in Chuzhou and had a tacit understanding.
Wang Jinghui was most concerned about the Maritime Service. The most obvious growth point of the financial resources of the Song Dynasty is the overseas trade tax of the Maritime Service. In fact, the fundamental improvement of the Song Dynasty finance is the policy of reducing the wing soldiers advocated by Wang Jinghui. Before he left Chuzhou, the fiscal expenditure reduced by the financial army due to the wing soldiers was as high as 800 to 10 million yuan. However, except for a few people in the court who could see this clearly, most people stared at the Maritime Service and the Song Dynasty Royal Shipping. Both institutions have huge revenues that are very jealous. The Song Dynasty Royal Shipping is under the direct control of Wang Jinghui, and the shareholders are also famous figures. Such strong strength makes those who want to make benefits discourage, and the only one who can make a fuss is the Maritime Service.
Now the Chuzhou Maritime Warehouse and the Hangzhou Maritime Warehouse are the most popular official positions in the Song Dynasty. Being able to join these two institutions is the dream of almost all officials, but it is not easy to be a stable person in the position of the Maritime Warehouse. Zeng Wei has a very close relationship with Zeng Gongliang, and Wang Jinghui saw that this young man is also very upright, so he was able to do it steadily. Under Zeng Wei's leadership, the rules set by Wang Jinghui for the Maritime Warehouse were implemented very effectively, and the Chuzhou Maritime Warehouse has always been very efficient in operation.
Wang Jinghui was also very satisfied after hearing Zeng Wei's report. When he was in the court, he was very concerned about Chuzhou Maritime Warehouse. Now Zeng Wei is doing a concise job, and he is very happy. At least he knew that two of the Hangzhou Maritime Warehouse were replaced within half a year. In addition to the fact that the backend was not strong enough, his ability was also very problematic, so he was caught by his opponent. Zeng Wei had the ability and backend, which was rare.
In Chuzhou, there are too many people who can recognize Wang Jinghui. Even if Xue Xiangzhi issued a ban order in the prefectural government office, he strictly required that everyone not to disclose the news that the prince-consort had arrived in Chuzhou, but it is difficult to guarantee that no one would not reveal his whereabouts. Wang Jinghui did not dare to stay in Chuzhou for too long. After dawn, he set off on the boat and continued to move south. However, when he left, he took away many of the farming masters he hired with high salaries.
The issue of people's food has always been Wang Jinghui's most concerned issue. In his opinion, whether the country can be stable depends on food. As long as the people can fill their stomachs, they generally do not rise up and rebel. Even if there is an uprising, it will not become a state of justice. In history, the changes of dynasties were mostly because the people really couldn't survive and took risks to revolt. A dynasty rarely caused its destruction due to other reasons other than food.
Wang Jinghui has a large area of fields in Chuzhou, and these farming experts did not interrupt their work because of his departure from Chuzhou. Anyway, the prince-consin offered a price before leaving. As long as he could reach the level required for yield per mu and improve rice seeds, he could get very generous additional rewards.
These are probably the only people who can make a fortune by farming in the Song Dynasty.
Wang Jinghui has always been very eager for food. In his case, the Song Dynasty had been in constant disasters. If we want to ensure a stable political situation, we must have sufficient food to support it. Some of his related industries such as brewing also require a lot of land and grain. The Song people were not used to drinking high-level liquor. However, in Dangxiang and Khitans, there was always a shortage of supply. The Khitans wanted to give whatever they wanted to get high-level liquor. To a large extent, the smuggling trade on the Song and Liao border was driven by the irresistible temptation for the Khitans. Every year, the white wine trade was obtained by more than ten thousand horses, let alone cattle and sheep. Moreover, as long as there was no war between the Song and Liao countries, the border guards would turn a blind eye to smuggling, otherwise even if Wang Jinghui was powerful, it would be impossible to complete the task to pass through the border.
Only with sufficient food can Wang Jinghui be able to make wine with confidence. In the Song Dynasty, the imperial court decided to harvest more grains according to the annual grain harvest. If you harvest more grain, the brewing will naturally be more relaxed. Moreover, these farming experts now have a yield of 8 stones per mu. If you have such good farming techniques, you must promote it. Otherwise, if it is rotten in your own hands, wouldn’t your previous efforts be wasted? Wang Jinghui took these farming experts to Hangzhou, and Li Shen was the prefect, and used administrative means to promote the promotion and cultivation of double-season rice near Hangzhou. With these farming experts, it would be twice the result with half the effort.
Wang Jinghui and his wife went south along the canal, left Chuzhou, passed through Yangzhou, and passed Suzhou, and finally arrived at their destination Hangzhou a month later. Apart from Wang Jinghui in Chuzhou, he had to play with his wife every time he passed by, so he walked so slowly.
After arriving in Hangzhou, Li Shen did not go directly to the prefecture to hand over his power position, but went to teahouses and other places in Hangzhou to learn about the local situation at Wang Jinghui's suggestion. Wang Jinghui and his wife were led by Xu's business manager in Hangzhou to live in a large mansion by the West Lake.
In the past, Wang Jinghui had planned to live in seclusion with his wife Zhao Qianyu, and purchased real estate in various famous scenic spots. West Lake was naturally the first to be selected. He had long entrusted Xu to purchase a large mansion on the lakeside here. Although he had never been here after marriage, Xu always cared about the renovation of the house and hired famous artists from Jiangnan to design and maintain the garden. This kind of work has never been interrupted.
After the Dingbian Army's victory, Wang Jinghui was considering whether he would retreat behind the scenes for a while to eliminate the concerns of the senior leaders of the Song Dynasty's rulers towards him, the son-in-law, so he informed Xu to make good arrangements for this house beside West Lake in Hangzhou so that he could bring his wife here to hide from the limelight at any time. Unexpectedly, the development of the matter was indeed as he expected, and he actually came to Hangzhou.
Xu's instructions to Wang Jinghui were always perfect. Wang Jinghui walked to the gate of the house and looked at the momentum of the gate and knew that this house was no worse than his son-in-law's mansion in Biandu. When the shopkeeper of the Xu Trading Company in Hangzhou brought his group into the house, he realized that his son-in-law's mansion was really shabby compared to it. This house was formed by Xu's merger of two houses beside the West Lake. There were many pavilions and towers, and there was a three-story building in the backyard. The opposite was the beautiful scenery of the West Lake.
Although Wang Jinghui is very busy every day, he is in and out of the powerful family of the Song Dynasty. It goes without saying that the imperial palace is only much more brilliant than Sima Guang's mansion, but it makes people feel a little cold. Sima Guang's shabby Zizhi Tongjian-Piaotian Literature--is more interesting; Zeng Gongliang and Wang Anshi's mansion reveal the majesty and powerful people of the Song Dynasty's political affairs. It is not much better; Ouyang Xiu and Su Shi's mansion are quiet and profound, but these people's residences and themselves
In comparison, it is really not worth mentioning. Wang Jinghui was in his house like a garden park, with beautiful scenery everywhere. Manager Li next to him just nodded and smiled to express his satisfaction when he saw these. The shopkeeper who led the way and "tour guide" in front was even more content. In his eyes, the house was well-established to this point, and he couldn't find a second place in Jiangnan. If he was not even satisfied with this, it would be too challenging his imagination.
The beautiful scenery of West Lake in the backyard belongs to me and my wife. Because the house is too big, I can’t walk all the way. I can’t finish it, but I have made some decisions in my heart. As for the group of people I brought, I don’t have to find a place to arrange when I see the front yard is so big, so I just come here to make more arrangements.
Li Shen went outside to visit Hangzhou's folk customs and might not be able to come back in two or three days, but Wang Jinghui was very anxious. He knew that he would definitely be taken back by the emperor to Kaifeng, Biandu, at most, by the emperor, in Hangzhou, so some things must be arranged early. After settling down his wife, he went to the front hall to talk to Manager Li to the person in charge of the Hangzhou Trading Company.
"Brother Zhenquan, in addition to living here for a while, I also want to run a school in Hangzhou. I don't know what the place I have prepared?" Wang Jinghui sat down and took a sip of tea and said.
"Revised, it depends on Brother Minyuan. Let's talk about it!" Manager Li said to the shopkeeper of the Hangzhou Trading Company next to him. The shopkeeper of the shopkeeper was a middle-aged man in his forties. He grew up in the Xu family, and his name was Xu Jin and Minyuan.
Xu Jin stood up and said, "Please rest assured that there are many real estates under the name of the prince consort near West Lake. There were four closely connected houses here, all of which belonged to the prince consort. Originally, they wanted to connect them into one and build a mansion, but the project was too large, so only two houses were merged into this way. If the prince consort wanted to build a college, after receiving a letter from Mr. Xu and Brother Zhenquan, he wanted to simply modify the remaining two houses first and temporarily serve as the college for the college. It is enough. If the prince consort is not satisfied, there is a larger real estate in less than five miles of land. We can build a college there, but it will take some time. It is probably possible to reach the scale of the Huaying Academy in Biandu within two years. Fortunately, the academy was not too large at the beginning. There are two houses next to it to use first, and see the son consort's intentions to decide whether to rebuild the academy!"
After hearing this, Wang Jinghui felt that the same was true. He had never seen the two houses next to him. He must be about the same size as his house. It should be enough in the early stages of the college. The biggest convenience is that it is close to his residence, and it is much more convenient to travel to and from Huaying Academy and the Prince-Consort's Mansion in Biandu. He thought for a while and said, "Brother Minyuan, this place adjacent to West Lake must be cheap. The beautiful scenery is probably not something you can buy with money. There are no other problems when buying these real estates, right?"
Xu Jin bowed and said, "Please rest assured that the source of these real estate is fair transactions, and there is absolutely no bullying or selling at a low price, and it will be a matter of insulting the reputation of the prince consort!"
Wang Jinghui nodded and smiled and said, "It's good that Brother Minyuan can do this, you don't have to be so polite. If I hadn't taken me in by Mr. Xu and Manager Li when I first arrived in Biandu, I wouldn't know what I would be like now! Please sit down and talk. Brother Minyuan is older than me, so I can just call me the word "大天" in the future!"
Xu Jin sat down and said with a smile: "Humanity's son-in-law is gentle and elegant, and he never puts on airs. He has seen the son-in-law in Xu before, but today he has to see him. It turns out that he really won't deceive me!"
Wang Jinghui smiled and said, "I was just a doctor who wandered around the world a few years ago. It was only by chance that today. Each of us is born the same, and no one is more noble than anyone else!"
Xu Jian was stunned after hearing this. This was the first time he heard such remarks. However, he grew up in Xu's family and started from an apprentice to today. The concept of hierarchy has taken root in his heart. He suddenly felt a little uncomfortable when he heard this. However, the ups and downs of the business world have long been tempered into a smooth person who was a person who was smooth in accidents. He just smiled and smiled. "Mr. Concubine, in fact, this house is indeed difficult to buy with money. However, when he went down to contact the purchase, the other party heard that it was bought by the Prince. He didn't want to sell it.
The sellers also betrayed the real estate, and they are all merchants of the Xu family and the prince-consort, so they didn't spend much money when buying real estate!" Xu Jian said with a smile. Manager Li said with a smile: "Changzhi, they are all because of the fact that the living God of Wealth is the current living God of Wealth, and they want to deal more with you!" Wang Jinghui couldn't help but smile and said with a smile: "Brother Minyuan, this is also a favor from others, and I have to pay it back! If you make a list another day, I will not treat them badly!"
Chapter completed!