Chapter 903 Profit Driven

In any case, it is impossible to give up the interests of Siberia, and in the past few years, from Mongolia to Jiangnan, they have all felt the benefits brought by Siberia, and the people of Jiangnan have benefited a lot from the fur and medicinal herbs alone. To Taikang three years, there have been a large number of businessmen in the city of Siberia, a large number of people from the Central Plains immigrated to the Siberian region, now many Jiangnan scholars are proud to go to the city of Siberia for sightseeing, according to the planning of the imperial court, will also be built in Siberia in the spring of next year, and popularize Han culture and education, it can be said that a large number of immigration actions have never stopped, if this time to give up the interests of Siberia, then the pit is not only the natives, even the people of the Great Song Dynasty have to suffer together. After all, there is still no money, and if you have money, it is so difficult to use it?

However, it is not really no money, the Great Song Dynasty is not the same as several dynasties before and after, due to the policy to encourage the circulation of goods, the policy of benefiting the people is more, so the Great Song Dynasty has greatly improved the private business in the past hundred years, especially in the two Zhejiang areas, the business is prosperous, and the people are rich. Therefore, the Great Song Dynasty was really poor and the people were rich, maybe the treasury had no money, but the people were still very rich. Since discussing with Zhang Yi and others to no avail, Zhao Yougong began to think about those rich businessmen, the rich businessmen in Jiangnan and the Central Plains do not know how many, and there are many rich Hu businessmen in Chang'an. The easiest way is to fight the local tyrant and kill the fat pig, but Zhao Yougong doesn't want to use this method, this way of drinking to quench thirst can only be saved for a while, how to make these people obediently take out the money has become the biggest problem.

For thousands of years, the words that drove people to cooperation and rupture were nothing more than interests, and the later Ming Dynasty and Jin merchants were close to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, isn't it also that the interests of the people cannot be satisfied? Suddenly, a thought flashed in Zhao Yougong's mind, with the prosperity of the maritime trade in the south of the Yangtze River, it is imperative for the sailors to go out to clean up the nearby Southeast Asia and Japan, and the benefits that can be snatched at that time are unimaginable. It will definitely be tempting, businessmen are born to chase profits, and in the face of profits, businessmen are like hunting dogs finding meat buns. In fact, Zhao Yougong's idea is not unusual at all, how did the Age of Discovery develop in the later generations, isn't it the colonial history of capitalists snatching overseas interests? It's just that he has advanced the colonial consciousness of the Age of Discovery by more than 200 years, and as long as there are enough benefits, he is not afraid that these people will not give up on paying money. This idea is very bold, the colonial plunder consciousness of the Great Voyage Age has a great conflict with the benevolence and righteousness of the Great Song Dynasty today, so this matter obviously cannot be passed through the court, so Zhao Yougong first called his dog-headed military advisor Dongfang Jin to the palace.

Recently, the world has been peaceful, a harmony, and the days of the Oriental officials have also become more and more beautiful, and on weekdays, they either run to Dugu to seek defeat and have a drink or two, or go to major restaurants to accompany the Shilin students to buy and sell coquettishly. In fact, the big officials are very similar to going to the Qinglou Chu Pavilion to mingle around, but there is a tigress in the family, and this idea can only be stillborn. In the study, Zhao Yougong said his thoughts, waited patiently, Dongfang Jin held the tea, and enjoyed it very much, after a quarter of an hour, he didn't see anything to say from the big official, and gradually His Royal Highness Zhao couldn't help it, knocked on the table gently, rolled his eyes, "Big official, do you have a way, but to say something, you came to this king to drink tea?" ”

Dongfang Jin didn't take Zhao Yougong's rebuke seriously, and still looked relaxed and leisurely, "Your Highness, in fact, what's so difficult about this matter, those businessmen are chasing profits, and those people in our court don't fancy interests?" If they don't value profits, will they happily agree to strengthen their control over Siberia? They are all a bunch of old pedants, and even if they do bad things, they need a high-sounding reason. What we are doing is really not very good, this name of plundering neighbors is not good, but it can also be done in another way, we are promoting the national style of the Great Song Dynasty, promoting the strength and heroism of the Great Song Dynasty, in addition, the overseas interests are a little more, we don't need to do anything, those old masters in the court are happy to help beautify the propaganda. Although most of them are officials and want to be famous, they still support everyone very much if they get more salaries and interests. ”

Listening to Dongfang Jin's idea, the corners of Zhao Yougong's mouth twitched, and his heart was pounding, why was Dongfang Jin's idea so familiar? Isn't this the typical way colonialism made its way of making a fortune in the Age of Discovery? In those years, how many pirates were transformed, how many capitalists built fleets, and then the government royal family issued a formal appointment, and everyone became official robbers, and the looted things were shared with the government royal family. Early Spain, and later England and the Netherlands, were all in this pattern. Obediently, the brains of the Oriental officials are simply amazing, and this courage is even more crazy and bold than him. With the rise of colonialism, businessmen will inevitably demand the right to speak in the court because of their increasing influence and status, which is the origin of later capitalism. Grandma's, the big officials said that the prototype of capitalism was moved to the Great Song Dynasty hundreds of years in advance.

Zhao Yougong glared, looking very surprised, Dongfang Jin still thought that his statement was too contrary to common sense, and couldn't help but advise, "Your Highness, in fact, this method of subordinates is not unusual, as long as it can bring enough benefits to my Great Song, why care about those false names?" Besides, the court is above the balance, and it's not good to let those people handle it. ”

"Do you think this king doesn't agree with your statement, you agree too much, you just thought of going with this king, the question is how to persuade those gang of important people in the court, businessmen to govern, believe it or not, the first person to jump out against it was Mr. Li Gang?"

"This is a problem, but we can try to take it step by step, first get a water division action department, which is directly responsible for His Royal Highness, with the participation of the household department and the merchants, and the water division action department can be directly hung under the name of the household department, but it is not under the jurisdiction of the household department. When the Sailor Action Department gets more and more benefits, everyone has tasted the sweetness, and then the Navy Division Action Agency is listed separately, no one will object, and at that time everyone will have a share of interests, in order to pursue greater benefits, who will say that businessmen should not enter the court? ”

The more Dongfang Jin laughed, the more insidious he became, Zhao Yougong felt that the big official was like an old fox, he was really too treacherous, first used a lollipop to fool people, and slowly the lollipop turned into a big cake, obviously with a big cake, few people pursue lollipops. At that time, it became a matter of course for businessmen to enter the court to be in charge of affairs, and to deny businessmen was to deny their own cake interests, who would want to?

"Okay, just do as you say!" As soon as he thought of it, Zhao Yougong immediately made a more detailed plan with Dongfang Jin. Two days later, at the regular court meeting, Zhao Yougong waited for everyone to finish the trivial matters, and then raised the matter of the Naval Division's Action Department, "Recently, the king of Japan has received a lot of urgent reports from the coastal areas of the south of the Yangtze River, saying that many merchants have been plundered by strongmen at sea. Therefore, I deliberately sent the sailor out, on the one hand, to protect my Great Song merchants, and on the other hand, to search the sea, promote the prestige of my Great Song Dynasty, and let my Great Song Dynasty name be resounded all over the world. In addition, fifty percent of the profits obtained by the Action Department from overseas belong to the Ministry of Households and are included in the treasury, and at the end of each year, according to the proportion, everyone in the court can enjoy the treasury dividend, I don't know if you agree? ”

Nowadays, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty know how big the overseas interests are, and they instinctively feel that it is a good thing to have benefits other than taxes into the treasury, especially the last one, which can enjoy a big red envelope every year, which is simply too tempting. In this way, His Royal Highness Zhao waved a small lollipop and surrounded a group of court bigwigs. Later, after the imperial court saw the style of the Action Department of the Qing Commander, it was already too late, because everyone was hooked by powerful overseas interests, and it was impossible to organize the Action Agency for a big red envelope a year, and a few years later, the Action Agency plundered overseas, similar to official robbers, but the court officials embellished it, saying that it was to promote the prestige of the Song Dynasty overseas. Later, some officials criticized the behavior of the Sailor Action Department for violating benevolence, and as a result, he was jointly banned by the Song Dynasty and the Shilin lineage, and even the common people and businessmen did not welcome him.

There was really no reason to oppose it, so the famous Sailor Action Department, which was later known as the "Great Song Pirate Army" by overseas people, was quietly established. The officials of the Great Song Dynasty never dreamed that the world's largest pirate organization would be born in their own hands, of course, it was Zhao Yougong who really felt refreshed, because he inadvertently turned the Chinese people who lacked the pioneering spirit into a vigorous and martial nation.

After fooling the imperial court, it was time to convince the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty, and in the middle of summer, the wealthy merchants from all over the Great Song Dynasty received invitations from the imperial court, saying that the regent intended to invite everyone to Bianliang to discuss the distribution of overseas benefits. Everyone has no concept of the word overseas, but they can see the word interest very clearly, many Bianliang and Northwest businessmen have cooperated with the Qin Palace, and they know that the regent is not the kind of person who jokes around. As a result, most businessmen flocked to Bianliang from all over the country to attend the Chamber of Commerce held in early July. On the day of the Chamber of Commerce, merchants gathered, of course, there were many people watching the excitement, everyone was curious about what the regent was going to do, he had just made a sailor action department, and now he had summoned merchants, which was simply confusing.

At the beginning of July, the Chamber of Commerce was held as scheduled, and because there were so many people coming, Zhao Yougong had to find a few loudspeakers to ensure that everyone could hear his speech. After pondering for a while, he said with a full sense of anger, "Ladies and gentlemen, it is estimated that some of you have already heard that the Imperial Court has newly established the Sailor Action Bureau, the purpose of which is to expand the overseas interests of my Great Song Dynasty. Many people may lack understanding of overseas interests, but this king will give an example, there are countless Goryeo countries overseas, and there are countless countries that are richer and larger than Goryeo, if we can occupy one, how big is the benefit? In the King's view, this benefit is incalculable. This time the Chamber of Commerce was convened to bring everyone here, just to win everyone's support, because we need enough money to build an invincible fleet, as long as we get more benefits, half of it belongs to the household department and is included in the treasury, two percent belongs to the Qin Wangfu, and the remaining three percent will belong to you, of which the profits will be distributed according to the proportion of shares. Perhaps, some of you have doubts, but, put away your doubts, I believe that this king, the overseas interests in the future will be so huge that you will be blushing, this is a good opportunity, the opportunity must not be lost and will not come again, and you only have this one chance, because in the future, those who dare to snatch overseas interests with the Sailor Action Department will be strangled by our Great Song Dynasty. Now, take out your money and imagine our future, we need an invincible fleet and we want to expand the infinite future"

Zhao Yougong clenched his fists and roared wildly, he spat and looked excited, as if Hitler had been born hundreds of years earlier, and that bloodthirsty madness infected countless people. The people in the audience seemed to see a bright future, and a huge fleet transported countless gold and silver treasures and abundant supplies back to China. So, the shameless His Royal Highness Zhao succeeded, first of all, Hu Fugui, the richest businessman in Yangzhou and also known as the first iron rooster in Yangzhou, raised his hands and shouted loudly, "Your Royal Highness, Lao Hu is willing to take out five million yuan!" ”

With a bang, the first person to faint was not other businessmen, but our Royal Highness Zhao, is this old guy Hu Fugui going bankrupt to fight for overseas interests? Five million, this old guy has paid a lot of money. But surprise is surprise, and you must admire, no wonder Hu Fugui can become the richest man in Yangzhou, this vision is really poisonous, when others are still hesitating, he is like a mosquito smelling blood, and he pounced without hesitation. Hu Jinping felt the inquiring gaze from His Royal Highness Zhao, and hurriedly shook his hand and said hurriedly, "Your Highness, this has nothing to do with Hu, this old man estimated that he took the wrong medicine last night." ”

Zhao Yougong didn't bother to care if Hu Fugui had taken the wrong medicine, and with a wave of his hand, a soldier invited Hu Fugui to complete the formalities elsewhere, five million yuan, knowing that the folk businessmen were rich, but this was too damn rich, no wonder the killing of fat pigs in later generations happened repeatedly. With the example of Hu Fugui, the businessmen behind were afraid of falling behind, so they rushed forward one by one, and at the end of the next day, after the complete statistics came out, Zhao Yougong and Xiao Zhiyun were so scared that their mouths couldn't close. I thought that Hu Fugui would become the largest shareholder after the household department and the Qin Wangfu by smashing the pot and selling iron, but what made people fall eyeballs was that Hu Fugui was not the most, and the most money was Shen Xishan, a wealthy businessman in Suzhou, who threw 12 million yuan and won the position of major shareholder in one fell swoop, and the second place was the Zhang family, a large family in Shandong, and the Zhang family ranked second with 10 million, and Hu Fugui only ranked fourth. It's terrible to think about, there are really a lot of rich people in the Great Song Dynasty, more than 10 million yuan, and the tax revenue of the entire Guangnan Road for a year is topped. Rich rivals the country, this is really not blowing, until now, Zhao Yougong understands how rich the Great Song Dynasty he rules. (To be continued.) )