Chapter 408 Learn from the world

Wang Tong received a handwritten letter with a mutilated seal in early September. Although the letter was tactful, he still firmly refused the matter of shipbuilding.

Wang Tong expected this answer, but he was still a little disappointed. According to the eyeliner arranged near Luhai Commercial Bank, after the interview with Shen Feng, many people from Luhai Commercial Bank moved out, and most of the people who moved out lived on the boat.

Some people simply don’t get off the boat, while others deal with ships and shops every day. Although it’s very troublesome, Wang Tong didn’t expect that the Luhai Shopping Bank would have such a sensitive reaction, and all he did was just smile.

The Sanshui King seemed to be a little separated from Tianjin Wei, but the money to invest in the insurance bank had already been sent, and no objection to withdraw the shares was raised at this time.

The first thing the insurance bank, which has a capital of 2 million taels, is to sort out the wasteland between the commercial area and the beach, recruit a large number of manual labor to clear out weeds, fill in potholes, and then use gravel and dust to lay out a road.

After leveling the land, the plan will be carried out before the house can be built. However, the enthusiasm of the people is really high. Since the insurance bank is a joint venture to contribute money, shareholders of all sizes will receive notifications, and the news will be dispersed through these shareholder merchants of all sizes.

The labor force for leveling the land has not yet passed, and the person who paid the deposit has already broken through the threshold of the insurance bank. Everyone has not even seen the leveled land, but everyone only wants to be qualified to queue up early, and only wants their own ability to choose a good location from the store they will build in the future.

The road made of gravel and dust had even recovered. After the wood merchants in Tianjin Wei saw the big wood transported from Liao Town, they were all excited.

Some logs need to be sold whole, and this is just a waterway, while others need to be broken on the spot and made into plates and transported to Tianjin Wei for use. This small amount of goods and carpenters who process wood work may not be convenient to take a boat, so there is a big road.

In order to facilitate unloading goods from the water, the selected location was quite far from the commercial area. The wooden merchants and Sun Shoulian handed over the payment and money, but found that the wood could not be transported back. Think about the fact that Sun Shoulian agreed to have at least several batches of large wood shipments before the sea closure in November. What should we do if we transport it in the future?

The insurance businessmen went to the insurance business together, and it costs money to build roads. Everyone knows that the insurance business has money and everyone knows that, but this time there is no need to worry about the insurance business. We are willing to advance the fee first.

When the head of the insurance bank heard this request, he thought it was a good thing, so he immediately came to ask Wang Tong for instructions. However, Wang Tong scolded him. The purpose of establishing this insurance bank was to monopolize the infrastructure of the entire Tianjin Pacific. After the construction of this road, it would definitely be used exclusively for those wooden merchants in a short time. At that time, the money would be collected. If those wooden merchants built it and the road began to be built on both sides, how to calculate the ownership of the road? Isn’t it a big trouble?

The insurance bank that scolded him nodded repeatedly, but he didn't understand it in his heart. He thought to himself that Lord Wang was talking about it on the ground of Tianjin Guard. How dare those wooden merchants occupy this road at that time, they will definitely send it here obediently...

The construction of roads, the leveling of land, various plans, how to do it, how much labor is used, how much money is needed, and how much profit is expected. All of them are clearly recorded and then printed into a document. In the insurance bank, shareholders with a share capital of over 10,000 taels will get such a document.

There are also a few copies in the hall of the insurance bank, and small shareholders can also come over to check it out at any time. If you have any questions, ask for a look and have the right to go to the construction site and check it in the account room at any time.

Everything is transparent and open. Although many of Wang Tong's subordinates do not understand and think that this is a secret matter for the official family, why should so many people know? But Wang Tong insisted, everyone could only do it. The shareholders who had some doubts in their hearts were relieved after seeing this.

Luhai Commercial Bank is the second largest shareholder except Sanjiang Commercial Bank. They were the first to obtain this detailed report. After receiving this detailed report, the people who had moved to the ship began to return to the commercial bank, and seemed to have gradually stabilized their minds.

According to the eyeliner's report, Luhai Commercial Bank did not know that it had a wealthy merchant in the capital between the end of August and September, and a large number of southern goods were hired to send them to the capital.

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"Your Majesty, land tax is the foundation of the country, and other taxes are indispensable. Receiving a little less will also harm the country. The provinces, prefectures, counties and counties have their own quotas. However, it is a benevolent government and wise man. If the cart is turned on, the country will be damaged. I think it is necessary to determine the assessment method. If the tax amount is paid less than 80% per year, it will be impeached. If it is less than 80% of the annual tax amount, it will not be excellent. If this is the case in three years, it will not be promoted or transferred. What does Your Majesty think?"

Every two days, the cabinet assistant Zhang Juzheng also taught Emperor Wanli, one for the emperor and the other for the auxiliary. Naturally, during class, there is no need to discuss political affairs.

The power of the special votes is planned, and what policy opinions are? If the emperor is willing, he can directly form an order. After listening to what Zhang Juzheng said, Emperor Wanli was a little stunned.

In the past, Zhang Juzheng always said, "There are fixed numbers in the world's wealth", "you can't miss it carefully, and you won't blind the villain", and "living within your means". He always made a fuss about land tax, but today he has to deal with taxes.

However, Emperor Wanli responded quickly. The report sent by the Public Security Department recently said that everyone close to Mr. Zhang knew that Mr. Zhang was very concerned about everything about Tianjin Wei. He was in the Tianjin Wei Department's Ministry of Revenue Transfer Department and the Qing Military Department of Tianjin Wei, and regularly sent the documents.

The presentation is not about spying on officials' insults, but a detailed description of the economic path of Tianjin Wei. After all, now Tianjin Wei is sending gold and silver to the palace every month, ranging from 100,000 to 120,000 yuan per month, and 1.2 million taels or even more money is collected a year. Tianjin Wei itself maintains a system of nearly 10,000 people and is also building infrastructure. Except for those censors who talk nonsense, there is no complaint among the people. Tianjin Wei has such amazing prosperity, and such prosperity is still expanding and rising.

With Mr. Zhang's quick-witted ears and eyes, he naturally knew that many noble officials in the capital used money to go to Tianjin Wei to do business and make profits. Among them, there are censors who talked about the rampant people in Tianjin Wei every day and the people were not busy with their lives.

The prosperity of Tianjin Wei, for Zhang Juzheng, who has been suffering from the emptiness of the treasury since the end of Jiajing, has been working hard to enrich the treasury and make the government rich all day long. How could he not pay attention to it and how could he not learn?

The serious assessment of local officials' taxes may be a quiet change. After hearing Zhang Juzheng's words, Emperor Wanli pondered there for a long time, turned his head and looked at Zhang Cheng before speaking:

"Mr. Zhang's plan is very good, and the country has benefited a lot. After the cabinet has discussed it, it will be submitted to the Ministry of Rites and Supervisors to approve the world tomorrow!"

"Your Majesty's wise!"

Zhang Juzheng hurriedly bowed and bowed, although this was a form, but the ministers must be fully polite, otherwise someone would find out about this detail.

Emperor Wanli nodded with a smile, but remembered that when Sun Hai was still there, he was not very concerned about Tianjin Wei. The palace and the outside court took the opportunity to send a team of joint investigations and prosecutions. According to the Public Security Department, everyone inside and outside said that before leaving, Mr. Zhang said "inspection impartially."

The word "Pingfei" is a big deal. This joint investigation is to investigate and deal with the eggs. If there is no problem, you have to find fault. The word "Pingfei" means to do everything according to the rules.

When the investigation team came back in shame, Mr. Zhang did not make a big fuss, or in other words, there has been much less news about Tianjin Wei in the court over the past few months.

If Tianjin Wei had not had private messages and memorials submitted at all times, Emperor Wanli would have gradually felt that Tianjin Wei had nothing to do and could rest assured.

After thinking about this joint, Emperor Wanli's expression became much softer. Zhang Juzheng picked up the transcript of Emperor Shizong Su and was about to start the lecture. Wanli suddenly realized that the heroic Mr. Zhang, who used to teach his courses in Prince Yu's Mansion, had become much older, with gray temples and wrinkles on the corners of his forehead and eyes.

"Your Majesty, let's talk about Emperor Shizong Su's dismissal of Yan Song and promoted Xu Jie..."

"Mr. Zhang, you work hard for state affairs every day and spend a lot of energy. Tianjin Wei sent me some old ginseng. It is said that decocting is of great benefit to your health. Zhang, please choose the top ten bags for Mr. Zhang to take them back."

Zhang Cheng was stunned for a moment and quickly bowed to agree. Zhang Juzheng also quickly bowed to thank him. When he stood up, he smiled and said:

"It should be given to Wang Tong during the trade between Liao Town and Tianjin Sanitation!"

Zhang Juzheng knew this news, but it was not rare. Wanli nodded with a smile. Zhang Juzheng shook his head, but his tone was helpless and he spoke:

"Qi Jiguang is good at guarding, Li Chengliang is good at attacking, Ji Town protects the capital, and requires a cautious person to take charge of defense. There are many foreign tribes around Liao Town, and there are no major troubles. They need to be conquered and intimidated at all times. Therefore, Li Chengliang's contribution is easy. Over time, people become lazy. The intention of accumulating wealth is even greater than that of training troops."

He sighed for a few words and said again:

"But he has nearly 10,000 servants in his hands, including three thousand elite cavalrymen. Such strong soldiers are enough to protect the safety of Liao Town for 40 years, so he can only do so."

When Emperor Wanli heard the word "官网", he felt a little uncomfortable, but since the Hongzhi year, this has been the norm and helpless thing, and he can't say anything. Zhang Juzheng raised another topic over there:

"His Majesty, the Guangdong inspector impeached Chen Lin, saw the memorial. He said that Chen Lin led his troops to plunder Macau, cleaned all the craftsmen and utensils of those people, and even detained two of the other party's merchant ships. Doesn't this mean that there were no workers or ships in the Ming Dynasty and were disgraced on the foreign barbarians..."
Chapter completed!