Chapter 612: Wang Duo's Worries
Half a month has passed, and the streets and alleys in Nanjing are talking about Hongmen Qianzhuang.
The influence of Hongmen Qianzhuang exceeds that of Qinhuai River, the most surprising thing is that when you go to Qinhuai River to consume, no matter which Qinglou is willing to accept the ticket stubs and ticket amount of Hongmen Qianzhuang, and it is completely calculated according to the same amount of gold and silver, so that it is much more convenient for those who go to Qinhuai River to play, you don't need to carry a lot of gold and silver, as long as you go with some ticket stubs and tickets.
In the market transactions in Nanjing, ticket prices also began to appear, and some merchants began to collect ticket amounts.
This is not the most talkative thing, to everyone's surprise, the big shopkeeper, the second shopkeeper and the third shopkeeper of Hongmen Qianzhuang, the big shopkeeper Wen Manshan, is the wife of the prince Shaobao, the right capital Yushi, the wife of Zheng Xunrui, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, the second shopkeeper Bian Yujing and the third shopkeeper Dongmei, are the concubines of Lord Zheng Xunrui, and it is precisely because of the special identity of these three shopkeepers that many businessmen and scholars in Nanjing have deposited the gold and silver at home into Hongmen Qianzhuang.
It is human instinct to tend to be inflammatory, since the background of Hongmen Qianzhuang is not ordinary, then depositing gold and silver and supporting Hongmen Qianzhuang is tantamount to currying favor with Lord Zheng Xunrui in disguise, and the gold and silver deposited will not be less.
The doctors and businessmen who got the ticket stub of Hongmen Qianzhuang were full of praise for all the words on the ticket stub, and the words were really good, they didn't know, the ticket stub was written by Bian Yujing, and the signature was Wen Manshan's, and the ticket stub was specially anti-counterfeiting, and even Zheng Xunrui didn't know the mystery, anyway, Wen Manshan, Bian Yujing and Dongmei could recognize the authenticity of the ticket stub at a glance.
The circulation of Hongmen Qianzhuang's ticket stubs and ticket value in the Nanjing market led to the rapid heating up of Hongmen Qianzhuang's business, and such news spread to Huaibei and Fuzhou counties along the Grand Canal, so the negative impact of Hongmen Qianzhuang's headquarters relocation to Nanjing was swept away. When Hongmen Qianzhuang arrives in Nanjing, they can be welcomed, let alone in other places.
After continuous practice and tempering, Wen Manshan and others have become more and more aware of the role of Hongmen Qianzhuang, and their goals are clearer. When it reaches a certain level, Hongmen Money will begin to issue real paper money, and in the future, at least all the paper money circulating in the southern market will be paper money, and gold and silver will be gradually recycled.
How exciting it would be to think that Hongmen Money Bank would be able to control the right to issue currency.
Of course, the meaning behind this is even more unusual, at least the amount of currency issued is controlled by Hongmen Qianzhuang, that is, Zheng Xunrui is directly controlled, so it is not directly controlled by the economic lifeline.
Large ticket stubs. Very few of them circulated in the market, but small amounts, and soon appeared all over Nanjing.
Most of the four prefectures and three prefectures in Huaibei are rich places, especially Yangzhou, where a large number of businessmen gather, but in a few months, they have become accustomed to using the ticket amount of Hongmen Qianzhuang. This also led to the spread of Hongmen Qianzhuang's ticket value to other prefectures and counties in Nanzhili, but this flow was rare. After all, in other Fuzhou counties in Nanzhili, there are no branches of Hongmen Qianzhuang for the time being, but now the situation is different, in less than a month, in the Fuzhou to which Nanzhili belongs, all branches of Hongmen Qianzhuang have been set up. As for the radiation to all counties, it will take a certain amount of time, but at least by the end of the year, it will definitely cover all the prefectures and counties in Nanzhili, and such an impact cannot be underestimated.
In Changzhou, Suzhou, Zhenjiang, Songjiang and Ningguofu, Hongmen Qianzhuang tickets soon began to appear.
As the head of the household department of Nanjing. Out of sensitivity to gold and silver, Wang Duo must have noticed Hongmen Qianzhuang, and what surprised him was that Zheng Xunrui actually let his wife and concubine preside over the overall situation of Hongmen Qianzhuang, which is unimaginable, how can a woman do these things, they should stay at home, husband and children, what kind of system does it become, and Wen Manshan's identity is not ordinary, grandpa is the champion of the palace test and the former cabinet secondary.
Of course, this is Zheng Xunrui's family matter, and Hongmen Qianzhuang is not an official institution, and some other Qianzhuang in Nanjing is similar, Wang Duo cannot directly intervene in these things, but as many Qianzhuang in Nanjing were annexed by Hongmen Qianzhuang in a short period of time, the shopkeepers of these Qianzhuang entered Hongmen Qianzhuang, and received training for a short time, and then were sent to other places to preside over the affairs of Hongmen Qianzhuang branch, Wang Duo felt that something was wrong.
After Zheng Xunrui became the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, he didn't seem to be in charge of things, and basically didn't ask about the affairs of the Sixth Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, not to mention the affairs of the Nanjing Jingying and the Songjiang garrison, and he didn't have too much contact with the eunuch Fang Zhenghua, and more time, Zheng Xunrui was looking at something, and this situation reassured Wang Duo.
The situation in Nanjing is still the same, there has not been much change, the attacks prepared by Donglin Academy, Fushe and Yingshe will not be used for a while, Zheng Xunrui's mind seems to be all about making money.
Fang Zhenghua had already reported the situation after Zheng Xunrui took office as the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department to the emperor through a secret report.
Seeing that the atmosphere of overthrowing Zheng Xunrui was about to begin to appear, but at this time, the reputation of Hongmen Qianzhuang rose, and the Zheng family army stationed in Moling Town also aroused the curiosity of many people, including some scholars and businessmen, who often went to Moling Town, looked at the Zheng Jiajun's military camp from a distance, and listened to the roar of the sergeant training inside.
Because of the prestige of Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun, Hongmen Qianzhuang quickly expanded in Nanzhili, in addition to Fuzhou County in Huaibei, other Fuzhou also had branches of Hongmen Qianzhuang, which is not the most important, the key is that the ticket amount of Hongmen Qianzhuang began to flow in the market and can be used to buy things.
This reminded Wang Duo of the Daming treasure banknotes that once appeared in Daming.
At this moment, Wang Duo had a very bad premonition, could it be that Zheng Xunrui wanted to control the economic lifeline of the Ming Dynasty through Hongmen Qianzhuang, if that really happened, Zheng Xunrui, who had the support of Zheng Jiajun, would show a power that no force could stop.
However, this is just Wang Duo's personal thoughts, such a major analysis, he does not dare to report it at will, after all, no one in the court has paid attention to the affairs of Hongmen Qianzhuang, if he puts forward such an opinion, it is very likely to encounter the attack of merchants and scholars in the south, because there are also a lot of money villages in the south, and his twists and turns, if the emperor notices, then it is not only Hongmen Qianzhuang that will be hit, but also many Qianzhuang, and may also encounter the fate of destruction.
Behind Hongmen Qianzhuang is Zheng Xunrui, Zheng Xunrui has the support of Zheng Jiajun, even if the imperial court cleans up Qianzhuang, I am afraid that Hongmen Qianzhuang will not be able to clean up.
At this time, Wang Duo finally felt Zheng Xunrui's terribleness.
Once upon a time, Wang Duo was Zheng Xunrui's mentor, when Zheng Xunrui participated in the Jiangning County Examination, the article "The Youth is Strong and the Country is Strong" made Wang Duo very surprised.
The conflict between Zheng Xunrui and Zhang Pu, Yang Yi and Gong Dingyu and others once made Wang Duo despise, for the women of Qinhuaihe, several scholars actually had a matter of cutting their robes and breaking their righteousness, which is not a manifestation of ambition, but as time went by, Wang Duo found that this was not the case at all, Zheng Xunrui did things very calmly, and the reason why he had a direct conflict with Zhang Pu and others was because he did not agree with the purpose of Donglin Academy.
Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou, Wang Duo and others began to pay attention to Zheng Xunrui, the smart Zheng Xunrui, chose to leave the capital as soon as possible, and went to the local government to serve as the prefect.
The rise of the Zheng family army made everyone stunned, and in less than ten years, the Zheng family army created by Zheng Xunrui himself has become the most powerful army in the Ming Dynasty, and even the Houjin Tartars are a little afraid.
Zheng Xunrui is both civil and military, not only personally created the Zheng Jiajun, but also in the governance of Shaanxi and Huaibei and other places, to ensure the stability of these places, Shaanxi is the birthplace of Liukou, Zheng Xunrui from the prefect of Yan'an Prefecture, until he served as the governor of Shaanxi, Liukou did not dare to step into Shaanxi, never dared to provoke Zheng Jiajun, served as the governor of Caoyun, after ruling Huaibei and other places, but in a few years, Huaibei's wealth far exceeded Nanjing and Suzhou and other places.
The sergeants of the Zheng family army are always said to exceed 100,000 people, and maintaining such a large army requires a large amount of grain and grass, and in the case that the imperial court did not allocate a penny of silver, Zheng Xunrui was able to maintain the expenses of the Zheng family army, and the military salary of the ordinary sergeants of the Zheng family army was five taels of silver per month, which was the same as that of Qipinzhi County, which required such strong financial resources.
Zheng Xunrui has maintained it, and the Zheng family's army has become stronger and stronger, and has become an invincible army, with almost no opponents.
Zheng Xunrui is not a mortal, he can create a strong army, he can govern a good place, he can earn a lot of silver, he can do almost anything, how can such a talent live under the people for a long time.
The more he thought about it, the more Wang Duo felt fear, and he began to think deeply, in what direction the situation in Nanjing would develop, according to Zheng Xunrui's ability, with the identity of the secretary of the military department and the counselor, it was easy to control the situation, why did Zheng Xunrui not do it quickly, is there no mystery in this.
It seems that Zheng Xunrui first chose to stabilize the foundation, Zheng Jiajun moved to the military camp in Moling Town, Hongmen Qianzhuang developed everywhere in Nanzhili, and Hongmen extended to Zhejiang and other places, these are all matters that Zheng Xunrui is trying to promote, once these things are all done, I am afraid it is time for Zheng Xunrui to start in Nanjing. (To be continued......)