"Your Majesty, that travel agency is not only sponsored by the minister, but also some other people." The king replied generously.

For example, the Duan brothers, as well as Wuman, Ziqi, Luodian, and other leaders in the southern region who supported the Song Dynasty and usually had a better style.

This can also be easily understood, one of the important roles of the establishment of this travel agency is to stimulate the economy of the southwest, integrate the southwest, and even because of the arrival of tourists, some better manners and etiquette have also been passed on, which can change some backward habits in the southwest.

So these people were wooed.

Moreover, many areas in the south were barbaric, and they also needed the cooperation of local leaders with prestige.

As for income, you can't count on that insurance money anymore.

However, it is not a bottomless pit, and before the establishment of the travel agency, this "cooperative group" had already purchased or acquired a large number of inns, liquor stores, and trading houses in various cities along the route, and the trading houses not only sold all kinds of commercial goods, but also sold local handicrafts.

However, unlike the black travel agencies of later generations, it will not have any rip-off or forced purchases.

And there are very few tourists at the beginning, and the customers of these inns, liquor stores and commercial houses are still mainly locals.

If the price is high, the locals can't accept it.

If you don't spend money at these liquor stores, that's okay, feel free to do so, but don't get separated from the group. But this is impossible, as long as the various liquor shops and commercial houses do a good job and do not deliberately rip off customers, as tourists in other places, who is willing to go to unfamiliar liquor shops and commercial houses to consume.

When Wang Ju said this, everyone understood.

That is, to use the profits of these inns, liquor stores, and trading houses to make up for their expenses.

However, Wang Ju made a supplement.

These inns are not only set up for income, but also for quality and hygiene.

In fact, in the Song Dynasty, there were also various cottages, and the food hygiene was even more non-standardized. Often the braised meat can't be sold, and the next day it will go bad. After a little processing, I will continue to sell it.

Think about what happens once a tourist eats this food?

Others are happily playing, but their own children are lying in the inn and have diarrhea, how depressing.

Therefore, he set up his own liquor inn and set up all kinds of strict requirements for food hygiene, and even the bed quilt of the inn was every once in a while. Boiling low-concentration salt water, then washing, and disinfecting it to reduce the possibility of tourists getting sick on the way.

Then there is the quality, the travel agency takes tourists to visit a foreign country, and the goods are also foreign goods, but there must be many shoddy cottage goods in the stores, and it is impossible for every tourist to have this eyesight.

Therefore, a commercial bank was set up to take the initiative to guard the quality for customers.

You must know those who dare to go out and play now. They are all extremely rich and idle people.

Therefore, after hearing about this, many of the dozens of tourists who traveled "nationwide" asked whether the travel agency would allow them to carry commercial goods if they bought commercial goods in other places. The manager in charge of the travel agency immediately replied that he was allowed to carry it, and kept and transported it for free under 20 catties, and if it exceeded 20 catties, some fees would be charged. But this fee is not high.

The dozens of people were very happy when they heard this, and immediately went to the Flying Money Division to exchange a large amount of flying money. When you are ready to go to the south, you will slaughter famous local products and handicrafts such as exquisite barbarian swords and golden silk rattans.

However, the profits made by the commercial banks are still limited, and the main profits are still made by the local people.

Now the number of tourists is very small, and if it becomes a large number, it will inevitably feed tens of thousands of people and even become rich.

The main thing is that you don't know too much.

After Wang Juyi explained it one by one. Almost everyone was hooked.

Therefore, its establishment has many functions, not only to stimulate the economy of many places and feed many people, but also to integrate the south and change some ugly customs in the southwest.

And a lot more. Just like now the northerners have spread the south to the point of demonization, especially miasma, is it so evil?

The lofty saying is to open their minds, so that many people sigh at the magnificence of the mountains and rivers of the Great Song Dynasty, and make them love the Great Song Dynasty even more, which is a bit exaggerated, but it will have a little effect.

And the prosperity of tourism will inevitably increase taxes in various places.

So after Wang Ju saw the cold treatment of the imperial court, he took some leaders from the southwest to do it alone.

But it's not always a loss, and most people still can't accept it, so it's free to motivate some people to dare to try.

Once more people accept it, then a small fee can be charged, plus the disguised income of inns, wine stores, and commercial houses in various cities, and tourists can also make a direct profit.

Even if this direct profit is small, it will play an immeasurable role in the development of various places.

Wang Ju gave two more examples.

The first is that Zhu Chuping was in Yazhou, and when he saw that the people were living in poverty, he was anxious, so he wrote to the court to ask the imperial court to divert the surplus money into minister's money, and use it to reduce the people's taxes.

But this is not always the solution, the state does not levy any taxes, the people are happy, but the state has no source of income, how to run this huge machine?

Therefore, Wang Ju's approach was to allow all sea ships to anchor at the port of Zhuyajun and let them replenish supplies there.

It was only a licensing order, with little investment, and it suddenly revitalized the economy of Qiongzhou Island.

At the same time, the government also received an additional source of taxation.

The second example is the tourism industry in the past, the actual people themselves are also spontaneously traveling, just like the Lantern Festival in the capital, how many people around the city flock to the capital to watch?

When these people came, they wanted to eat, live, and buy things, and how many people in the capital were invisibly fed, and how much income did the country get?

It's just that everyone didn't pay attention to it before.

What is open source, what is the people's own use without endowment, this is also a real open source.

Not only did the state get more taxes, but it also benefited many people, and no taxes were imposed on the people.

Wang Anshi said many times that the people do not add endowments and the country uses them for their own use, what did he do in the end?

So for a time, these eight words became the eight most disgusted words in the Song Dynasty, so that when Wang Ju also said these eight words, there were some ministers who were disgusted with them.

Now, however, there are two real things that the people do not give, but the country uses for its own use......

Not the banking division of the future, one is sailing, the other is what tourism is about to kick off.

So Wang Ju finished speaking. Many ministers are thinking.

Wang Ju finally said: "Your Majesty, and the ministers are involved, firstly, they are forced to do it, and secondly, they are forced to bring it on the right track, after all, if it is replaced by the official government, many officials are often afraid of many things." So it's not about me, hang high, but I can't do it well. Once there is a profit, this part of the deed shares will take the initiative to withdraw and hand it over to the third division or the inner treasury to operate. ”

It's even more high-spirited.

Don't doubt it, that's how the shochu workshop handed it over.

Zhao Ji was a little moved and said, "Wang Qing ......"

What else can be said?

But he didn't expect Wang Ju to give him another surprise, Wang Ju interrupted him and continued: "Your Majesty, there is also a sugar workshop. At the beginning, because of the start-up, how to operate was not very perfect, as well as technical and other reasons, several businessmen in Yanzhou also participated. Today, both the management system and the technology have been improved. That's why I wrote to the merchants in Yanzhou last year. In about a month, they will send someone back. When the time comes, it will all be handed over to the inner library management. ”

"Wang Qing, don't use it."

"Your Majesty, there is a system for everything, and the country needs a system even more, if the sugar cane workshop is run by the eldest princess and some clans, as well as the inner treasury. That's reasonable. However, the participation of the ministers and merchants in it is ultimately out of accordance with the system. Wang Ju said this, and said to the officials around him: "But at that time, it was also helpless, if it was handed over to the inner library at that time, I am afraid that there would be no good profit situation today." ”

Until now. Even Sun Gu couldn't say anything.

There are many workshops handled by Wang Ju, and they are all large-scale workshops.

First, the jade salt was sold.

The second soju workshop and bamboo paper workshop, one was handed over to the imperial court, and the other was sold to the Gao family.

Cotton also participated, but Wang Ju did not take the merchant to share dividends, but first led the inner library to operate, and later Wang Anshi took it back and became the Kapok Division.

Then there is the cane sugar workshop, which is now going to be handed over.

The future tour agency promises to hand it over to the imperial court in the future.

And it's not handed over after it becomes a mess, all of them are doing well, and they are handed over one after another. It's those that are sold, or continue to be exchanged for other investments, or used in a mess.

However, Wang Ju's own expenses are not amazing, although he is not as frugal and simple as Fan Chunren, but he is definitely not extravagant, he does not own a mansion, he does not raise a large number of beautiful prostitutes, and he does not even have any prostitution behavior, let alone profligacy such as delicacies from the mountains and seas, wine and delicacies every day.

Some people are even wondering if this continues, and officials will be stationed overseas again, will Wang Ju hand over those ships under his command to the imperial court in the future?

At this moment, almost everyone almost instantly agreed with Wang Ju.

Zhao Ji was also even more moved.

But at this moment, his heart suddenly moved.

Although the imperial court was about to appoint officials to pass, they only arrived at six settlements, and they only saw six leaves on the other side, not the whole.

Especially Wang Ju, how much influence does he have on the other side, how many ships do he have, and how many deed shares does he occupy?

If the two families send someone to the capital, they can ask in person.

But he was disappointed.

Time passed day by day, Wang Ju continued to rectify the field affairs, and Zhao Ji was an insider.

If you want to further unify the business tax, the field affairs must be rectified. But at the beginning, he couldn't say it, and when the field affairs were almost rectified, and Wang Ju also handed over the deed shares of the sugar workshop, and he was in the limelight for a while, so if he proposed the Qi business tax, it would reduce the opposition.

But he was only half right.

Wang Ju will indeed put it forward until a month later, and it is true that he will not propose it until he hands over the cane sugar workshop, and the reason for this is indeed that he can only propose it when the field affairs are almost rectified, but even if it is proposed at that time, the opposition will not be small......

However, there are other intentions, the first is to wait for Zhang Xingguan and the people they sent to mobilize have basically completed the mobilization, and it is time to return to the ports, and then ...... It may be the darkest scene in the Northern Song Dynasty political arena.

It was this travel agency that was set up in a hurry, in addition to what Wang Ju said in the Chang Dynasty Palace, there was also an intention.

Even if he handed over the sugar workshop, that was an idea that Wang Ju had very early on, because only in that way could he completely get rid of all the connections in the Song Dynasty.

The second group of overseas guests has arrived.

Ten merchants sent six stewards. Hurriedly rode from Mizhou to the home of Wang Ju in the capital.

When Zhao Ji heard this, he immediately sent someone to summon these six stewards to the palace.

Several people entered the palace and were taken to the palace by the eunuchs, Zhao Ji asked them to sit down, and several people sat down in fear.

Zhao Ji asked the eunuch to make tea, and asked in a calm tone, "Zhuqing." You come from that 'city' on the other side. ”

"Your Majesty, the grass people are from Feng City on the other side." One of the elders replied.

Fengshi is the largest city on the other side, and it is also one of the six settlements handed over to the imperial court for management this time, which is far away from the Song Dynasty, but where there is a big river, a big port, suitable for the people to live, so it is named Fengshou Port, so that settlement is also named Fengshi. However, it has now been changed to Toyosu.

Both the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty had a Fengzhou, the Tang Dynasty's Fengzhou was in the northwest corner of the Beihetao, at the foot of the Xiyin Mountain, and the Song Dynasty's Fengzhou was at the end of the Nanhetao, the northwest corner of Fuzhou.

Although the names overlap, one is on the side and the other is on the other side, so there will be no confusion.

Zhao Ji nodded. As if it were a homely conversation, he asked, "Zhuqing, how many ships are there on the other side now?" ”

"A lot. Tens of thousands. ”

"How much," Zhao Ji was startled.

The old man also came to his senses and said, "Your Majesty, the ship you are talking about refers to the kind of merchant ships that sail in the open sea. ”

"That's right."

"The grass people are ignorant, and they think that His Majesty is talking about all ships, so there are a lot of them. There are offshore cargo ships, fishing boats, and there are also some small boats on various rivers. However, there will not be too many far-sea merchant ships alone, or these ships have gradually become larger in recent years in order to save costs. Most of the original small and medium-sized merchant ships were sold to domestic maritime merchants at low prices. ”

"I also know about this, so how many of these offshore merchant ships have fallen to the bottom?"

"It's less than a thousand, but if you count some of the escort ships, it's more than a thousand."

"Escort ship?"

"Your Majesty, the sea is not calm, in addition to the terrible hurricanes and waves, there are many pirates, especially in the South China Sea countries, there are many pirates, every year because of their murder and looting ships often exceed the number of ships that have accidents because of the wind and waves. Although larger ships can reduce transportation costs and are more resistant to waves, larger ships are more inflexible, so it is necessary to have flexible escort ships to deal with pirates. ”

"And how many offshore merchant ships do your owners have?"

"Our host?" The elder was stunned for a moment before replying, "Your Majesty, the grass people and the others were hired by the owner only after they went to the other side. ”

Then he explained: "On the other side of the river, not only do they have the benefit of sea vessels, but because the population has also increased over the years, there have been all walks of life, including some small cities, and they have also taken the lead in investing in some industries, and the grass people are managing these industries for them." Therefore, it is not very clear how many merchant ships were on the sea. However, according to the annual dividends, it accounts for a lot of proportions. ”

Dare to love or don't know.

But it's hard to ask any more.

So he automatically changed the topic: "Why did the cadre code appear on the other side?" ”

Of course, he also knew that it was impossible to promote this official code in the Song Dynasty, but he was also envious of the moderation of officials in this code.

"This grass man knows a little, earlier with the increase in population, more and more chaotic, so there is an urgent need to formulate some temporary management system, then it is necessary to send people to manage, and everyone has put forward some opinions one after another. Although in order to avoid suspicion, cadres are used to manage rather than officials, but once they are allowed to manage, they will have power in their hands, which is not much different from officials. Therefore, everyone raised a serious problem at that time, that is, the degradation and enjoyment brought about by rights. My dynasty is a prime example of this. The two ancestors gave scholars a high salary, cultivated their integrity, and increased their morale. But it doesn't seem to have much effect, and many officials get a large amount of remuneration from the imperial court every year, but they still take the lead in lawlessness, amass wealth, and have a hard time filling their desires. ”

In fact, compared with the previous dynasties, the officials of the Song Dynasty are good.

However, there are still very few really good officials and clean officials.

Later, I got some tips from Shaobao, and everyone made some deliberations according to Shaobao's proposal, so there was this cadre code. In fact, it is three articles, and the first one is still managed by elites, after all, so many people are managed. You can't do it without ability. The second is to use stricter laws and the supervision of the people to restrain and remind the cadres that they are hired to manage the people, to be the parents of the people, and to love the people like children, not to be high-ranking officials. Master of the people. The third is a stricter grinding, the future cadres must start from the village head, after being approved by the people in the village, enter the town, and when they reach the town level, they must not be recognized by the people under the jurisdiction of the town, but also by the officials above, so that they can be mentioned to the city level. ”

"But there are still some details in between, such as the timing of this grinding and relocation. It can't be too long, if you stay in one place for too long, you will let some ambitious people dictate it, especially on the other side, which is not a whole continent, but a group of islands. But it can't be too short, the child will govern Zheng, and the people will hate it for a year. Two years for the people to wait and see, three years for the people to love it. Shaobao is a prime example of this. Wherever he passes, there will often be a lot of disturbance in the first year, but in the second year there will be many people who will support him, and in the third year the people will be reluctant to leave. Therefore, when the two years were nearing the end of the year, an investigation team was sent to investigate public opinion, and after three or four years, he was transferred to another post according to the situation. ”

The man just said it casually.

But let Zhao Ji start to reflect.

Compared to the other side system. Song officials were transferred too frequently.

In fact, Wang Ju also said it a long time ago, from the formulation to the implementation of a policy, and then to the results, but there must be a process, so it is best to standardize the time for the transfer of officials in the Song Dynasty.

"Do I want to imitate the best?" He thought to himself.

That was the end of the conversation.

Wang Ju then handed over the deed shares of the sugar factory on behalf of the ten merchants.

Again, there is a process. In particular, the handover of accounts.

At this moment, a sad news came that Xue Xiang had passed away in the south.

Zhao Ji dropped out of the dynasty and sent an envoy to protect his funeral and return to the funeral.

Wang Ju sighed for a long time after hearing this: "The two Great Walls, one death and one illness......"

He also said: "Your Majesty, it's not that there are no talents, but how to make good use of them." ”

The two Great Walls he mentioned, one was Wang Shao, who did not die, but was seriously ill, and folk legends say that he killed too many people, and was punished by God, and gave birth to vicious dorsal gangrene, and some of his skin and flesh were rotten, so that he could see the internal organs, and because of the pain, he was howling all night.

Wang Ju wrote to ask.

In fact, the so-called dorsal gangrene is either heated, because the heat poison produces sores, which may be the real dorsal gangrene. There is also the inflammation of the wound caused by being hit by a weapon.

Maybe later generations don't pay much attention to it, but I often have my fingers broken by a kitchen knife when chopping vegetables. Can that be the same, see if the kitchen knife in your hand has rust, this rust is the deadly thing. And if it is inflamed, a few dollars of anti-inflammatory drugs will solve the problem.

But at this point where the anti-inflammatory drugs come?

Therefore, many generals died due to the attack of "back Yi", including Zhao Kuangyi, when he officially made Song Zhenzong the crown prince, he deliberately showed Kou Zhun his injury, which was an arrow wound in the Gaoliang River, and then because of the tetanus attack, it was so rotten that you can almost see the bones.

Wang Shao's son replied that his father had a tetanus attack just as Wang Ju had guessed.

Wang Ju asked, didn't I write to your father in Gyeongju and repeatedly remind him to disinfect with soju?

Wang Shao's son replied that when Wang Shao recovered the Xihe, he had two choices, one was to attack Xizhou directly, but it might be resisted by the Tubo people, so the Qiang people below Xizhou would come to support, and nine times out of ten they would work in vain. Therefore, Wang Shao chose the second strategy, first dealing with the Qiang people of the Mengjiaoluo, Mo'er, Shuiba and other major clans under Xizhou, and first cutting off the strongest wings of Xizhou Tubo. Because it was a surprise attack, the speed had to be fast, and there were not many supplies to bring. But in Mabang Mountain, they were counterattacked by the Qiang people, who were condescending, and the Song army could not attack for a long time.

Wang Shao was furious, and personally braved the rain of arrows in the stone forest and took the lead in rushing forward, which achieved a great victory in Taoxi. In that battle, Wang Shao suffered several arrow wounds. In fact, when Wang Shao later came to Xifu as the deputy minister, these secret injuries were already very serious, but Wang Shao didn't say it.

But in general, Wang Shao himself is sloppy, a tough guy, he doesn't care about small injuries and pains. Otherwise, if it is treated early, it is another matter. This is like Liu Bang, who was hit by an arrow when he pacified Yingbu, and then his condition deteriorated. Lu Pheasant asked the doctor to see a doctor for him, and the doctor said that the disease could be treated. Liu Bang said proudly, I take the world with a three-foot sword in cloth, isn't this the destiny of heaven? My life is in the sky, although Bian Que is of no benefit!

So what else to say? Go to heaven!

As for Wang Shao's howling, it is even more nonsense, of course, sometimes because of pain, there are a few times, but such a tough guy, as for howling in pain at night? There is also skin and flesh that are rotten, and even the internal organs can be seen, can they still live?

Wang Ju told the story of this incident in front of the Manchu ministers.

He also said: "Xining changed the law, and Jiefu Gong's merits and demerits, and the minister is not qualified to comment." Dan Chen believes that the two biggest contributors to Xining's change of law are Wang Shao's martial arts and Xue Xiang's financial management. ”

Who would dare to deny it?

In fact, in another time and space, the "Continuation of Capital and Governance Tongjian Long Edition" written by the scholars of the Song Dynasty was also highly evaluated: the officials are far from being able to make money, and the financial benefits are exhausted. However, it is not necessary to ignore the sick people, and there are lessons, or they are not true. Therefore, Liu Shu, Qian Kai, Liu Qi, and Fan Chunren, the official of the imperial history, all said that they could not be officials. Zhu Ben increased the loss of the cloud: to the elite of the officials, in the financial scheming, but the shipment of the implementation such as the average loss, passenger transport and the like, although not the end, honesty can not be harmless, but also the customs of the time, to deceive the high, to raise the reputation for the matter, so to the more for the slander. The imperial history and the officials all said that they could not be big officials, and they did not know their interests and harms, and they all meant to put this cloud.

Liu Shu, Fan Chunren and others attacked Xue Xiang many times, saying that he was not a great talent.

But the fact is that everyone knows that Xue Xiang is a great talent, but Fan Chunren and others pretend to be high and maintain their reputation, so they slander them so much!

Wang Ju only commented on two people.

However, the Manchu ministers were silent.

Although Wang Ju only commented, his voice was undoubtedly saying, Your Majesty, don't you often lament that Song Renzong did not protect Di Qing?

But what about your turn?

A super financial management master, a Wang Shao who can play better than Di Qing, what is the end?

Zhao Ji was equally ashamed.

However, a very small number of people were very unhappy, because Wang Ju was overturning the case for Wang Shao, and even these rumors were that they were one of the main messengers.

But Wang Ju doesn't care.

Zhao Ji woke up, and Wang Ju didn't say much.

He also said: "Xue Xiang died of illness, but the post of envoy must be filled by an official, and the minister proposed that Zhang Shangying go to preside over it. ”

In fact, the best talent is not Zhang Shangying, but another person, Cai Jing.

Especially in financial management, Cai Jing's ability far exceeds that of Zhang Shangying.

But Zhang Shangying is not bad, Zhao Ji felt guilty, didn't think much about it, and agreed.

Wang Ju said at this time, "Your Majesty, there are two sources of wealth for the banking department in the future, one is the difference between deposits and loans, and the other is the interest of commercial taxes. And if it is after the tax of Qi merchants, they can protect small and medium-sized businessmen, most of them are powerless and positionless, and they will not be as arrogant as a few powerful people, and they dare not be too harsh on their subordinates and craftsmen. Then whether it is from the country or from the people, there will be a good virtuous circle of wealth, and the country will be rich and the people will be rich. Therefore, the minister proposed that the imperial court should issue an edict, which clearly stipulated that all officials and officials must collect commercial taxes in accordance with the national edicts, and all merchants must also abide by the national edicts and pay commercial taxes. ”

Here, Wang Ju did not say, what should I do if I don't pay business tax?

So it's still very vague all in all.

The controversy over Qi Shang tax is too big, and it has to be done step by step.

However, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were quieter, regardless of whether Wang Ju was vague or not, but this was really a public shout out of Qi Shang Tax! (To be continued.) )