Chapter 325: Governing a big country is like cooking a small dish
After An instructed Shangguan Chen a few words, Qin Shaoyou set off and left.
Shangguan Chen wanted to see him off, but Qin Shaoyou saw that he yawned repeatedly and simply refused.
After leaving Zhulou, Qin Shaoyou felt better. Now Cui Feng and Empress Wei are having a fight, but they just happened to give him an excellent opportunity.
It still needs to be adjusted with the Kanto gentry, and the wealth of the Shence Mansion needs to be consolidated. In addition, even the expansion of the Shence Army is urgent.
Now that the temple is unstable, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Qin Shaoyou. I believe these people have no intention of putting them on Mengjin.
Qin Shaoyou returned directly to Mengjin and then went to Wang Ju to discuss.
Wang Ju has been very happy recently, and his life is very comfortable. Now he is no longer a traitor, but has become a bridge for many people. Not only that, even Wang Chen has been temporarily staying in Shence City. The Wang family has a large business. Although he is not a Hongnong clan, he also took the opportunity to elect a member of the parliament. Moreover, Wang Ju is now an internal historian in Shence Mansion. This internal historian is in charge of the household and the criminal soldiers, and is equivalent to being the prime minister. The Wang family has a high status in Shence Mansion.
Like Yang Jiong, Wang Chen gradually stayed in Shence City for some time and was shocked by this new life. Although he always felt that this was inappropriate, he always felt that the people here were full of money. Compared with the gentry, he was really despicable, but no one could not get along with the money. At first, Wang Chen felt a little embarrassed, but he heard that the Yang family had already seized the opportunity and had set up a lot of shops. He also heard that several children of the Pei family actually went to build a cotton shop with people. It is said that this cotton is the newest thing, warmer than ordinary fabrics. Although cotton has not yet begun to be planted on a large scale, some visionary people have already started to prepare, just wait for cotton from all over the country to start planting next year and then acquire it on a large scale.
Wang Chen couldn't sit still, but fortunately he had a son, so he went to find Wang Ju with shamelessness and discussed with Wang Ju. He was really persuading. Wang Ju just laughed, but did not agree. Now he saw Qin Shaoyou, as if he had been pardoned. After sitting with Qin Shaoyou, Qin Shaoyou saw that his expression was different and could not help but say, "Mr. Wang, is there anything wrong?"
Wang Ju was not polite and said straight: "Yes."
Qin Shaoyou looked at it with a scrupulous look.
Wang Ju smiled bitterly and said, "My father has to do business. I know how many people from the Wang family are for business? But my father is trying hard, but there is really no way. The students thought about it and had to deal with them. There is a business that they can try, so why not let them sell some goods from Shence Mansion."
Wang Ju felt a little embarrassed and said, "The student's hometown is in Hebei. Fortunately, his family has connections, so it is a bit thin in Hebei. Now there are many merchants who come to buy goods from Mengjin. However, Your Highness must also know that there are so many checkpoints along the way, and the merchants are of varying quality, so that the market in Hebei is full of fake goods. Even if it is really the goods shipped from Mengjin, the price is still high. It is better to... it is better to sell them to the Wang family. All the goods from Mengjin are transported from Shence Mansion to the Wang family's warehouse in Hebei. Then the Wang family will uniformly sell the tea cloth and other items in Mengjin. Although the Wang family can earn a lot of benefits from it,
The Wang family is not a waste of money. Since they are responsible for Hebei, they naturally have to try their best to negotiate prices with merchants. If someone raises the price, it is necessary to rectify it. As for the checkpoints in each state, tax collection is actually a matter of course. However, tax officials along the way like to do their best. The Wang family has many disciples and officials in Hebei, and they can also try their best to crack down on them. The people in the country can make the idea of fighting Mengjin goods, creating unwarranted losses. In addition, if there are fake goods on the market, the Wang family can also interfere. In this way, merchants can go directly to Hebei to get goods without having to travel long distances. On the other hand, the Wang family can also protect their interests, and at the same time, they will not lose their reputation by a merchant."
Wang Ju blinked and looked at Qin Shaoyou carefully, for fear that Qin Shaoyou would think he had selfishness. In fact, he really had selfishness. If the Wang family could take over Meng Jin's business in Hebei, it would benefit the Wang family a lot. Of course, the Wang family also assumed certain obligations. Fortunately, the Wang family has been entrenched in Hebei for hundreds of years. Who is not their Wang family's in-laws or disciples and former officials? There are hundreds of children who have been officials in Hebei. After hundreds of years of growth, they must not be underestimated. This is what Wang Ju can do.
When Qin Shaoyou saw Wang Ju looking at him pitifully, he couldn't help but smile. He said in his heart that this guy is a truly smart person. He is in exchange for business and whether he is doing business. He can see further and directly play the so-called agency concept. This is a one-time and for all business, which is equivalent to binding the Wang family to Shence Mansion. As long as the tea and other business in Shence Mansion is still there, the Wang family will not worry about not being able to make money every day.
However, the conditions proposed by Wang Ju also made Qin Shaoyou feel excited.
It is obvious that in this era, the business environment is naturally far inferior to later generations. Because of this, many transactions are extremely irregular. Although Mengjin can directly release the goods and pull them down, many unworthy merchants use some fake goods to damage Mengjin's credibility. Some even mix hay in tea to use inferior products as good ones. As for raising prices, it is even more like a crucian carp that crosses the river.
As for business, you must always consider it for a long time. If it is not standardized enough, although many of Mengjin's goods rely on monopoly to win, but in the long run, sooner or later, the recipe will be leaked. So what do you have to be the leader in Mengjin's tea? Many things cannot be copied forever. Try to monopolize the goods, but the business model must not be lagging behind.
The Wang family has something to do, why not use it?
Not to mention, it is natural for Wang Ju to seek some self-interest for himself. Of course, Qin Shaoyou does not expect to ask everyone to be noble. After thinking about it, Qin Shaoyou said: "You come up with a detailed rule for this matter. Not only will the Wang family follow this, but it can also do it in each state and every road. Let the news be released. At that time, the Shence Mansion will be lively again. Since the gentry in Guandong has followed us, they must give some sweetness. Before the horse runs away, they must also let them eat grass."
Wang Ju was overjoyed and responded quickly. Then he remembered that it was Qin Shaoyou who came to find him, and said, "Is there anything wrong with Your Highness?"
Qin Shaoyou talked about what happened in Luoyang one by one.
Wang Ju frowned: "This is a fight with the clam, but it's a bargain. Your Highness is afraid that there will be a good show in Chang'an. Chang'an will sing opera, and Meng Jin's opera must continue to be performed. Your Highness, what do you think?"
Qin Shaoyou said: "Now it is nothing more than just getting the matters of the meeting hall and not letting those gentry disappoint. In addition, it is still necessary to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. In the past two years, I am afraid that more money will be difficult. On the one hand, I have to train more soldiers. On the other hand, the cattle and horses must continue to be promoted. Hongnong County and Mengjin have 300,000 households and a population of 1.5 million, but the real strong men are only 800,000. How to use people to the extreme? One person can be a three or five people in other prefectures is the most important thing. Therefore, the promotion of cattle and horses is not careless. First of all, you have to make money to afford the low-priced cattle and horses. Secondly, you have to let the young and strong people in the free time have jobs and work to support their families. It is difficult. In the past, Mengjin was easy to support such a few people, but now it is not so easy."
It is indeed not wrong for Mr. Qin to lobby. It is necessary to know that managing tens of thousands of people is completely different from managing hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of people.
It only takes hundreds of people to help, so you can do it properly. However, once the population increases ten times, it is not so simple. If you use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, you will be naive and think that the number of people you manage can only be ten times. In fact, things are far from that simple. When there were hundreds of people, Qin Shaoyou and Wang Ju were staring at him, and there would be no mistakes. However, how can people like Qin Shaoyou and Wang Ju look at him? So you have to add a middle-level person among these thousands of people.
Institutions, and this institution has increased by hundreds of people. In the past, when there were fewer people, it was easy to take care of hundreds of people's actions. But now, when there are too many people and they are far away, you must ensure their moral integrity to avoid any trouble. For this reason, Qin Shaoyou specially set up a house with a group of people to patrol. But what should we do if the people in the house are in conspiracy with others? In order to supervise them, it is necessary to add a small group of staff that Qin Shaoyou can ask about at any time.
In short, the institutions of Shence Mansion have been expanding in geometric numbers, but even so, things that did not happen before now occur frequently. For example, in some county towns, people have begun to abuse their power.
This is just a matter of discipline. Even money and food have to become bloated. In the past, hundreds of people, how much money is per month, they are asked to find a few people to be responsible for the payment. Now, thousands of people are not allowed to do it. So it is impossible to expand the branches. Once there are more branches, a special institution is set up to supervise or conduct verification.
There are more and more things in all aspects, which is really unbearable.
Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh food, this is just a county.
When Qin Shaoyou was in charge of Mengjin, he still thought he was a genius, but now he no longer thinks so.
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Chapter 2 is delivered, and a book recommended by the Tian Warehouse Manager will not be continued.
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Chapter completed!