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There is a saying, which can be said to be well-known to the world, saying: "Money can make ghosts grind".

This proverb originated in the Tang Dynasty and has been around for thousands of years, and it is still talked about and regarded as a classic by word of mouth, which is enough to show that this proverb is thorough and incisive and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Therefore, Zhao Junchen never dared to underestimate the power of money, not to mention that Zhao Junchen himself started by relying on the two skills of "making money" and "scattering wealth".

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Junchen did not dare to underestimate the influence of the Hui merchants and the Jin merchants, because these giants and wealthy businessmen were all rich and rivaled the country, and they controlled the power of money.

Therefore, when Zhao Junchen was in Lu'an Mansion for disaster relief, he threw out the fragrant dumplings of "Sichuan Salt Rectification" to the Jin merchants, just to win over the Jin Merchants Group.

However, handing over Sichuan salt to Jin Merchants for development certainly made the Jin Merchants Group have a great impression of Zhao Junchen - during this period of time, the Jin Merchants Group has spared no effort to support Zhao Junchen - but it also made Zhao Junchen offend the Hui and Zhejiang Merchants Gang, so Zhao Junchen came to Jiangnan this time with the same intention of appeasing and winning over the Hui and Zhejiang Merchants Gang.

It's just that if you want to appease and win over the Hui and Zhejiang business gangs, you must give the Hui and Zhejiang business gangs some long-term and huge benefits, so that the interests of both sides can be gradually combined.

Originally, Zhao Junchen planned to hand over the glass manufacturing technology and Jenny spinning machine to the Hui and Zhejiang Merchants Gang - these two technologies were also the only money-making techniques left in Zhao Junchen's memory - but after a detailed investigation, Zhao Junchen found that although the profits of glass were very large, the members of the Hui and Zhejiang Merchants Gang were all rich and rival the country. But it may not be in the eyes, even if this technology is handed over to the Huizhejiang businessmen. It may not be able to make up for the losses of the Hui and Zhejiang merchants, let alone improve the relationship between the two sides.

As for the Jenny spinning machine. It is indeed a successful manufacture, but Jenny spinning machine as a landmark product of the industrial revolution, once promoted on a large scale, will inevitably produce many drastic social changes, now is the key time for Zhao Junchen's plans, Jenny spinning machine to bring about social changes and variables, may affect Zhao Junchen's plan, although Zhao Junchen has repeatedly calculated, but does not dare to guarantee that everything is under control. Therefore, the Jenny spinning machine, which was finally manufactured, was also shelved by Zhao Junchen.

It's just that in this way, Zhao Junchen also lost the means to win over the Hui and Zhejiang merchants.

Fortunately, Zhao Junchen is planning to use the "commercial tax reform" to frame the crown prince Zhu Heyu, according to the prince Zhu and Yu Ning's unbending character, naïve and simple ideas, and poor work ability, after the end of the southern tour, the commercial tax situation of the Ming Dynasty will definitely become chaotic under Zhu Heyu's rectification. At that time, Zhu Heyu will certainly be unlucky, but Zhao Junchen, as the secretary of the household department, also needs to clean up the mess of commercial tax reform.

Moreover. It is conceivable that although Zhu Heyu's commercial tax reform plan will eventually fail, the erosion of commercial tax in the Ming Dynasty will also be exposed. At that time, whether it was to rectify the commercial tax or to maintain the prestige of the crown prince Zhu Heyu. The commercial tax reform will definitely continue, and this task. Emperor Deqing will also be handed over to Zhao Junchen to be responsible!

Zhao Junchen is different from Zhu Heyu, Zhao Junchen lacks the consciousness and courage of "although tens of millions of people go to me", although the current situation of commercial taxation in the Ming Dynasty is extremely erosive, but it involves the interests of all aspects, there are countless moths to make profits, Zhao Junchen does not dare to offend the anger of the public, so Zhao Junchen plans to start a new stove, avoid the difficult bone of commercial tax reform, and also avoid the chaos of the Ming Dynasty's harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes and smuggling, and instead set up a large-scale, official background of the shipping company, and give this shipping company some tax exemption policies, Let this shipping company monopolize the business of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Yangtze River waterway, thus making smuggling unprofitable, so that the commercial tax situation of the Ming Dynasty will naturally return to normal.

It's just that in order to achieve this goal, the scale of this ship company must be very large, and the current treasury of the imperial court is a drop in the bucket and is never enough, so Zhao Junchen thought of the smuggling fleet under the help of Hui and Zhejiang merchants - once these fleets are combined, it will definitely be an incomparably large scale, at least to meet the initial needs of this ship company.

At the same time, Zhao Junchen was also looking for a way to win over the Hui and Zhejiang merchants, so he had the idea of the household department and the Hui and Zhejiang merchants to jointly form a shipping line and monopolize shipping together.

Therefore, there is today's conversation between Zhao Junchen and Lin Yunpu and others.

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Thinking back to his plan, Zhao Junchen shook his head slightly, only feeling that there was a long way to go, and now it was just the beginning of trouble.

However, compared to the future gains, all the efforts are worth it.

"Keihiko."

After thinking for a while, Zhao Junchen suddenly called out.

"Young Master, what do you command?"

Xu Qingyan, who was standing behind Zhao Junchen, took a step forward and asked Zhao Junchen.

Zhao Junchen glanced at Xu Qingyan and asked, "If I'm not mistaken, you have always had personal contact with those Jin merchants, right?" ”

Xu Qingyan smiled and said, "Yes, those Jin merchants have not given me any benefits these days, and they have not asked me for news about you, young master, but although I have taken their benefits, I have no intention of doing things for them, and I have been fooling them." ”

Zhao Junchen also smiled and said: "If you take people's money, you should do things for people, so let's do it, you can leak the content of my conversation with Lin Yunpu today to those Jin merchants in detail, and let those Jin merchants know that their money on you is not in vain!" ”

Xu Qingyan was slightly stunned, but in an instant, he understood what Zhao Junchen meant, and gave a thumbs up and said: "Young master is smart, after the Jin merchants got the development right of Sichuan salt, they only gave us half of the benefits, and now the Hui and Zhejiang merchants gang in order to fight for the development right of Sichuan salt, but they plan to buy the young master with a full one percent of the profits, but in the end they were rejected by the young master. ”

Zhao Junchen shook his head and said, "This is not only to put pressure on the Jin merchants, but also to put pressure on the Hui and Zhejiang merchants!" Once the Jinshang Group knows that I plan to monopolize the shipping business of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, it will inevitably become interested and will definitely compete with the Huizhou and Zhejiang Merchants, so that the Huizhou and Zhejiang Merchants will feel some pressure, and they will be efficient when they do things, and they will ask for us, so that we can take the initiative and seek the greatest interests for ourselves! ”

"I see!" After hearing Zhao Junchen's explanation, Xu Qingyan suddenly realized and nodded again and again.

Zhao Junchen thought for a while, and then added: "Also, remember the few people we met in Xuzhou?" It is Cao Wenbin, the head of the household department in Nanjing, Wu Youzhen, the owner of the 'Rongfa Boat Company', and Wu Rongde, the young owner...... In the future, my cooperation with the Huizhejiang Business Gang, the three of them will be of great use! ”

"Yes."

Xu Qingyan agreed again.

And just as Zhao Junchen and Xu Qingyan were talking, Xiao Wenxuan suddenly hurriedly entered the hall and reported to Zhao Junchen: "My lord, Your Majesty has sent someone to announce the decree. ”

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…… (To be continued......)