Chapter 1017 I'd known you were better than Songjiang's port

Everything in the capital was proceeding step by step. After such a big defeat in Liao Town, the government and the people were worried. Wang Tong led the army to fight east, but everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter what he thinks about Wang Tong, whether he is a loyal minister or a treacherous hero, everyone admits one thing: he is the world's number one general who is like a god and wins every battle.

With this understanding, although the defeat of Liao Town was suddenly and embarrassing, everyone was relieved when Wang Tong left, and the enemy was just like that. The number one enemy of the Ming Dynasty was always entrenched in the Altan tribe in the area of ​​Guihua City. As for the Tuman in the east and the Jurchens outside the wall, it was really nothing. Wang Tong led the army to destroy the Altan tribe. So what can those two be? The standard Tuman invasion.

If there were any worries at the beginning, when the news of the great victory under Chenyang City came back to the capital, everyone understood that the victory was decided.

Everyone doesn't care about what new content has been added to Wang Tong's credit book. Since the victory is certain, why bother to see Wang Tong happy? Wouldn't it be better for everyone to be busy with something else?

In the Beijing-Tianjin area, even including Shanxi, Beizhili and Shandong, all the wealthy merchants who have got cheap in Tianjin Wei, Guihua City and Xuanfu have smelled business opportunities. In recent years, the prices of good mountain goods outside the pass have soared. Everyone knows that when Wang Tong leads his army to win, the prices of these goods will probably fall, but in the past, the Jurchens and Liao Town were controlling this trade. Now everyone has a chance.

There is a lot of news in the capital. They also know that after this battle, the Li family will not dominate Liao Town. Whether Liao Town can exist is a problem. In the past, it was managed by the Li family without any leakage. Everyone could not reach out, but now it is completely different.

The merchants of Tianjin Wei received the earliest news. Their business acumen and vision had been trained very well in Tianjin Wei. They were different from other merchants who looked at things. They knew that the pattern of Liao Town would change if they won this battle. A large number of people would bring greater business opportunities and demand. Only Sun Shoulian, who controlled the Kuandian area, could do goods like Damu, and there would not be much change. However, the grain and other materials of Liao Town, as well as the livestock that came to the port through Liao Town on the grassland, would probably have to be exported in large quantities.

Moreover, the land developed outside the walls of Liao Town, the grain and materials produced by the reclaimed farms, and the various needs generated by the establishment of farms will all appear one after another, and these are good opportunities to make a fortune.

The businessmen in other provinces understand or don’t understand. They have a simple and easy way to see what their colleagues in Tianjin Wei do. ​​The direction that Tianjin Wei, a businessman, aims at, and everyone follows them, and there is nothing wrong.

The court was silent there, but the people began to prepare in full swing. Since the fifth year of Wanli, everything that happened around us has told everyone that the earlier we participated in the matter, the greater the profit. If we went there late, we would probably not even be able to drink soup.

Compared with the people's enthusiasm for the land and business opportunities outside the Liao Town and the walls of Liao Town, the main focus of the imperial court was on the opening of the port in Songjiang.

Of course, eunuchs in the inner court and ministers in the outer court must send their children or confidants to Liao Town once in everything they are keen on. First, they are competing for military merits and then seeing if there is any chance to get rich. They are actually the first group of people to act and are the most informed about the war in Liao Town. As a side note, Zheng Guifei's younger brother Zheng Guotai also sent a cousin to Liao Town, preparing to circle a big village.

Tianjin Wei sent 1.25 million taels of gold, flowers and silver in the palace every year, and 200,000 taels of safe silver. In addition, the Imperial Horse Prison also has the Imperial Horse Prison in Tianjin Wei. This Imperial Village was criticized for its great success in the past. It was nothing more than the Imperial Village Royal Shop. It was said that doing business was actually robbery. However, in Tianjin Wei, there was no such situation, where trade was prosperous and developed, and the Imperial Horse Prison participated in the business of the Alkaline and Furry Firm Bank. Although the money earned was sold, the Imperial Horse Prison had to be handed over, but the silver entered the palace every year was no less than 400,000 taels, which was almost 2 million taels of silver per year.

Moreover, all the officials in the court understood that if tax collection is relaxed, the taxes that Tianjin Wei can pay every year will definitely be far more than the current amount. However, everyone has a business in Tianjin Wei, and no one wants the court to relax tax collection. This has harmed their own interests, so no one mentioned it.

Having said that, if the Ministry of Revenue collects taxes, everyone will share the benefits layer by layer and everyone will handle it. Even if the ground is scraped three feet, it may be that the amount of money sent to the capital is not as high as it is now.

Since it is a matter of benefiting from the palace and the court and individuals in many ways, no one wants to break the current system of Tianjin Wei, and they are willing to maintain the status quo.

It is precisely because Tianjin Wei can make so much money, and because after Zhang Juzheng's death, the court collected less and less taxes every year, so everyone was eager to open a port in Songjiang. Imagine that after Songjiang opened a port, there would be a situation like Tianjin Wei, and half or even one-third of the situation in Tianjin Wei, everyone was very satisfied.

Everyone originally thought that there was a real official position, and the general held the soldiers in his hands, so he spoke with a lot of weight. But Wang Tong had a territory like Tianjin Wei, a sea of ​​gold and silver, and gathered thousands of merchants. He spoke with this treasure pot with a loud voice. Everyone wanted to copy one of them, at least to make Tianjin Wei not account for such a large proportion in the Ming Dynasty’s economic plate.

Not only the civil officials were enthusiastic, but even Emperor Wanli was very devoted to this matter and paid great attention to it, which was almost convenient all the way.

Songjiang is considered medium in size among several prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, but Tianjin Wei was only a second-class county at that time, and the difference in size was huge. Moreover, if Songjiang was not as large as Suzhou, the tax was the best in the world. The difference between Songjiang Prefecture and Tianjin Wei was even more huge than the difference in area and size.

The place is big and so rich. It is much better than when Tianjin Wei was founded. If it was successful in business like Tianjin Wei, the situation might be better. People from all over the world think so about the opening of Songjiang Prefecture.

If you think about it, you will do it. The emperor is extremely concerned about this matter. The eunuchs and ministers are also attentive. It is difficult for the people below to deal with it too much, and they are all doing it with full spirit.

However, many things cannot be done well with all your energy. Tianjin Wei's style seems not difficult on the surface, but when I get it over, I find that it is not the same thing at all.

If you can become a eunuch in the inner court and become a minister in the outer court, you will always look sharp and your mind will turn quickly. As soon as you start doing something in Songjiang, you will find something wrong. For example, you have to draw a commercial area in Songjiang. However, how to regulate this commercial area completely according to Tianjin Wei seems to be ineffective.

The Tianjin Department used to collect taxes established a Songjiang Department here, and as soon as it was established, it made the local gentry and fellow villagers complain. The Songjiang Department actually came directly to blackmail, which was ridiculous.

After Emperor Wanli got angry several times, Tian Yi and Shen Shixing met and came to a result. If they just study Tianjin Wei like this, they will cause trouble sooner or later. If they do not get any credit for their own family, they will blame the emperor instead. So why bother?

As a result, Tian Yi and Shen Shixing both advised Emperor Wanli in different ways, saying that the opening of Songjiang port was related to the court's taxes, which was very important. We must be cautious and choose experienced people to do it.

Wherever people have experience, they are naturally the officials and officials from all over the Tianjin Wei. Even the shopkeepers and shopkeepers of several large commercial banks are very experienced, especially those in the Sanjiang system. They are nominally business businesses, but in fact they perform the functions of many local governments.

Wang Tong, Cai Nan and Li Hutou were both in Liaodong, and there was no one in Tianjin Wei. The court came to transfer people without any resistance. Whether it was the various yamen or the Sanjiang system, they were very cooperative. This was also Wang Tong's order in advance.

In fact, for the people in the Tianjin Wei yamen and Sanjiang system, there are not too few people who can do these things, but too many people. Although the Sanjiang system is constantly expanding, the Sanjiang system trains and absorbs newcomers faster. Especially when there are no one in the business school students, they are basically digested by the Sanjiang system and sent to everyone to stand alone. Often two or three people come over and bring up a bunch of local people. There is no need for so many people. There are a large number of people in the Sanjiang system, waiting for the opportunity. The Tianjin Department is similar. Many of the retired veterans are placed here.

This time, the imperial court had to take care of Wang Tong's face and count on the people who were transferred to do things. The conditions provided were quite generous. For these people, it is necessary to say that they could go to Songjiang Prefecture to do things, the fish and rice town of Jiangnan. After going there, they had the place to learn to be useful and have the opportunity to make a name for themselves. This is the most important thing.

Since the opening of Songjiang port was proposed by the court, it has always been a noun, and it was about to become a joke. However, after a large number of experienced and experienced people and hands-on ability arrived in Songjiang, in just over a dozen days, the messy situation immediately changed. Everyone who was confused and didn't know how to do it suddenly had a direction. Even if they saw the various reports sent to the court in a hurry, they could feel organized and got on the right track.

However, Shen Shixing and Tian Yi lamented in private that it would be impossible if they didn't do this, but if they did this, Songjiang had not yet opened a port, and Lord Wang had already reached out to the inside. These were all the sons of his old subordinates. When you say that it was important, who would listen to them? How could it be similar to drinking poison to quench thirst?
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