T-Roll Section 68 Balancing public and private interests
Emperor Yonglong breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Feng Qing, according to what you said, let the Jiangnan maritime merchants first bring their ships to open up the Liaonan-Denglai route, and the imperial court can give them trade privileges with Korea and Japan, and at the same time let the Jiangnan shippers come to Denglai Liaonan to build a shipyard, and the imperial court can take the ,...... of donating land, ordering sailors and supporting Yinzhuang loans."
The emperor is still sober-minded, Feng Ziying is relieved, as long as the other party understands the reason, then it is much easier to persuade or reach an agreement.
"Back to the emperor, this is exactly what the minister meant, in fact, the most important thing is the shipbuilding ability and the ability to fight after the completion of our naval fleet, and we also need to have the ability to build ships, even if the ship is destroyed and sunk, we can rebuild, and the ability to fight directly determines whether we can control the trade between Korea and Japan, as long as our strength is enough, we can fight another war with Japan for this, but the second fight is not in Korea, but on Japan's own land, and even we can compete with the Xiyi people for the benefit of the Great Zhou in the future,......"
Emperor Yonglong heard the sound of the strings, the future of the naval fleet is not only to escort and protect the transportation route of southern Liaoning-Denglai, but also to become a sharp weapon for exploration and conquest in the future, if anyone is unwilling to accept, the Great Zhou naval fleet can use its own ability to force the other party to accept.
Although he knew that it was still a little far away, Emperor Yonglong still couldn't help but look forward to that kind of scene first.
"Feng Qing, the beautiful picture you painted for me made me can't help but be moved." Emperor Yonglong said leisurely, "I can give you the greatest support, but don't let me down." ”
Feng Ziying hurriedly bowed down and saluted, "The minister must be exhausted and die." ”
"Hmm." Emperor Yonglong was very satisfied with Feng Ziying's excitement, just like a new young man who was deeply excited by the emperor's grace.
Previously, Emperor Yonglong always felt that this guy was too quiet and old, so that he always regarded him and Zhang Jingqiu, Chai Ke, Cui Jingrong, and other scholars as peers, and after reacting, he was very uncomfortable.
"Feng Qing, about the silver village, I feel that you are still unsatisfied in the palace, tell me about it."
Emperor Yonglong finally returned to the topic he was most concerned about, he felt that Feng Ziying attached no less importance to this silver village than the strategy of opening the sea, and there should be a lot of ideas, but Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe were not too interested.
"The emperor Mingjian, this silver village is indeed a key to the strategy of opening the sea, not only in the shipbuilding industry, the minister's meaning This silver village will not be limited to this one, nor will it be limited to a certain line, but should become a source of support and support for the growth of key industries conducive to the Great Zhou."
Feng Ziying originally wanted to use the words engine and multiplier to describe it, but when the words came to her lips, she quickly took them back, and these two words really wanted to be said, and they couldn't explain it.
"Oh?" Emperor Yonglong became more and more interested, "Feng Qing, you tell me carefully. ”
"The minister is thinking that this northbound merchant wants to build a shipyard, even if the Ministry of Industry allocates some craftsmen to them, even if the imperial court allocates land to them free of charge, but they need to build their own factory, and they still need to recruit a large number of craftsmen and technicians who are familiar with him, or they have to bring them from the south of the Yangtze River, which is indispensable,......"
"......, this expense will be very large, no more than the merchants who come to make profits, these craftsmen and technicians live in the south all the year round, to let them come to the north to live habits and family relatives is the biggest problem, where they can earn the same wage, they are definitely not willing to go north, then they can only pay a higher salary, even several times the ,......"
"And this is still not enough, because our sailor fleet is no longer a simple Fuchuan Guangchuan, but a ship sailor who is benchmarked against the Xiyi people, which means that the Fuchuan Guangchuan may be built in the early stage, but in the end we need a sailor fleet that can sail away at will, we Dazhou does not have technical talents in this area now, and even in many shipbuilding techniques and principles, it is necessary to go to the Xiyi people to recruit such craftsmen and technicians, and prepare a considerable student apprenticeship for them,......"
"......, that's a rather complicated and expensive process, if those Xiyi craftsmen come to our Great Zhou from thousands of miles away, what are they planning? That must be for profit, this kind of cost must be huge, and it also involves the need for a large number of interpretations, which also requires the support of the imperial court and a lot of training,......"
The more Emperor Yonglong listened, the more frightened he became, but the more he listened, the more down-to-earth he became.
This shows that the young man in front of him is not talking about it on a whim, but has already put a lot of effort into this issue, and he has thought it through so thoroughly that it is not something that can be figured out in a month or two.
"Feng Qing, according to what you said, there is a long way to go to build a fleet of sailors who have always satisfied me." Emperor Yonglong couldn't help but sigh.
"Your Majesty, the minister also talked about many of these difficulties just now, that is, I want to ask the emperor to understand, although such things cannot be delayed, but we can't expect to be completed overnight, this requires a process and time, but this is related to the national fortune of our Great Zhou, whether it is for Liaodong, Korea and Japan, or for the trade between Nanyang and Xiyi after the opening of the sea in the future, it is very important, if you want these merchants to willingly come to Denglai Liaonan to build a fleet of sailors that meet the standards of the imperial court, you must give them the greatest support, The imperial court ordered, the deposit was prepaid, and then the silver village lent money to support, and all aspects had to support them,......"
Emperor Yonglong nodded, "But Ye Fang Erqing does not approve of the imperial court's participation in this silver village, what is Feng Qing's plan?" ”
"The minister's original plan was to let the household become a shareholder, even if it was just a symbolic shareholding, but the cabinet may not be very optimistic, well, the minister also once suggested with Master Cui, you can consider setting up such a silver village in Yangzhou, Yangzhou is the place where the world's salt merchants gather, and it is at the confluence of the canal and the Yangtze River. The minister himself also plans to persuade his father and mother to invest in this silver village with their own money and silver, as a sign of trust and support,......"
"Oh?" Emperor Yonglong was quite surprised, such a courtier who dared to express his attitude directly in front of him, and it was really rare to reveal his family's assets.
Feng Ziying doesn't care, in this era, the amount of assets in the official's family will never be the reason for whether it will be cleaned up.
There are only two reasons for being cleaned up, either the political position is wrong, of course, this political team covers from high to low, you can't expect a county to rise to the position of the central Zaifu Yiren, maybe it is a political envoy, a criminal envoy or a chief military officer, or a certain squire or the imperial history of the capital, and the loss of power of the chief will also be implicated below.
Either incompetence and greed cause public anger, and such officials are incompetent.
Among them, the former is the main one, and the latter proportion is relatively small, and most of them are insignificant, such as Jia Yucun in the early stage.
What's more, is it really impossible to be a vegetarian when you really want to be a dragon forbidden lieutenant?
Feng Ziying knew very well that in a family like herself, her father was the chief soldier of a town outside, and he was the target of Long Banwei, and even a few horses and bags of gold sand that Bu Lost Rabbit and Su Nang Taiji gave to his father and himself were difficult to hide from Long Banwei's ears and eyes, let alone the various livelihoods in his own family?
So if you are worried that your family will be noticed by the court and worried, then you really don't have to.
Look at the former first assistant Shen Chengyi, look at the former Jiliao Governor Li Chengliang, and look at the current Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe, which one is not the family has countless fertile fields, mansions like clouds, and beautiful maids, or it is not good for them to come forward to run some businesses, but how can they be missing their share of the various livelihoods in the family?
Even if the former Shoufu Pavilion veterans and generals like Shen Cheng and Li Chengliang are very unpopular with Emperor Yonglong, but after Zhishi or his death, the family will not be liquidated, as long as you don't get involved in things that shouldn't be involved.
"Your Majesty, if even the initiator of the minister refuses to set some examples, how can he make others believe it? The minister also plans to lobby those salt merchants in Yangzhou for a time, so that they can also support the minister in this matter, which is not only to support the strategy of the imperial court, but also to bring them rich returns in the future. ”
Feng Ziying and Emperor Yonglong both laughed, at this time, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to let those salt merchants who believe in wealth and prefer to hide their silver underground for a lifetime take the silver out and invest in the silver village, without some other means, it is difficult to make them comply.
"Hehe, Feng Qing, the ability of these Yangzhou salt merchants is not small, they can reach the sky." Emperor Yonglong is meaningful.
He didn't believe that Feng Ziying didn't know what was behind this, Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia and even Feng Tang couldn't even hide these things from this rising star.
"The minister understands, so the minister is also ready to lobby the prince and the cow, well, please believe in and support Yinzhuang, if they and more people support, the minister thinks this matter will go much smoother." Feng Ziying slightly accentuated the words "more people".
"Anything else?" Emperor Yonglong didn't seem to hear anything, but Feng Ziying didn't believe it.
"Well, there are ministers who want to lobby those salt merchants, of course, they also have to borrow some momentum, in addition to the power of the imperial court, the two Huai are transferring salt to the side of the Yamen, and the ministers also have to borrow the momentum." Knowing that she couldn't hide it, Feng Ziying didn't plan to hide it, "The daughter of Duke Lin has a fate with the minister, thanks to the emperor's love, and the uncle of the Feng family, Hulun Marquis, and gave it to the family, and the minister's family is grateful, so the minister has been engaged to the daughter of Shen Gong, the prefect of Dongchang Mansion, and the daughter of the Shen family will enter the Feng family's house, and the heirs will continue the Feng family's long house in the future, and the minister wants to hire the Lin family and use the Lin family daughter to enter the Feng family's third room, which is the ,...... of this house."