Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 478
After hearing the emperor's words, many people's faces changed suddenly.

Could it be... Could it be that this is the emperor's trick?

Many people who answered the questions before even started to break out in a cold sweat. They talked about their selfishness, but they forgot that if they took office, it would be difficult to realize those lives with their own salaries.

According to common people's opinion, if you are too greedy, you will take risks!
As an official, if you have a lot of greed and want to realize those greeds, you will probably take risks: corruption!
Show your greed in front of the emperor!

This this……

For a while, the entire hall was silent.

"My dear friends, you must be a little scared at the moment, and you even complain in your heart. Is it because I am old and cunning and deliberately lured you to catch you? Today's students, remember, people want to live a good life, and it is normal to have greed Yes, I won’t think that you can’t be good officials just because of this! On the contrary, only by facing up to the desires and greeds of human beings can you make the right choice!
You are all social elites, I am an aspiring young man in Ming Dynasty, a strong youth makes a country strong!Since everyone follows the court, the court, including me, has the responsibility to let everyone live a good life, otherwise what is the purpose of working so hard?Is it just to make wedding dresses for others?

It's just that we want to live the life we ​​want, and we don't have to take profits from the people!To profit from the people, the profit will last forever!I don't know if you have heard this sentence.

Although you are serving the people, the people will also create a better life for us, and you are one body of solidarity.

Everyone believes that they are familiar with history. Any official who is too greedy and greedy in history cannot die well. The relationship between the government and the people is dependent on each other. ourselves!
Therefore, I hope that after you take office, you will work hard to contribute to our Ming court, and the court will not treat you badly!I believe everyone already knows that the imperial court not only guarantees your basic living salary, but also pays for performance, as long as you do a good job, the imperial court will give you dividends every year..."

Qin Shao's impassioned speech instantly set the blood of the people present on fire.

The emperor's speech is so contagious!
The emperor said that the Ming Dynasty was going to open the sea ban, and the official merchant ships would be sent together, but they would all be under the control of the imperial court. Even if the private merchant ships, the imperial court would also buy shares.

There are a lot of gold and silver overseas, as well as various natural minerals and resources, as well as spices from Southeast Asian countries. As long as Daming swings his ax hard and shoots his guns far, those so-called resources can be transported to Daming, and those places will Become a territory of Daming, and the subjects there will all become subjects of Daming!
I can assure you that as long as everyone works hard, everyone will be rich. The people of Daming can’t say that they are rich, but they will never go hungry. I hope that in my lifetime, every household will be full of food. Stew chicken to eat!You must be as famous as me through the ages! "

Some people may say that it is a big cake!
But a king who can give a strong injection to all the new ministers who are full of hope for the future at the farewell banquet, the spiritual encouragement is absolutely needless to say.

Everyone's expressions were excited, and some people bowed directly to the ground. In an instant, everyone bowed three times and shouted long live!

……

As the previous batch of students left the capital to go to new positions, the end of the new year was approaching, and the capital was once again in the lively atmosphere of welcoming the new year.

This atmosphere made Qin Shao experience the feeling of childhood again.

When he was very young, he was still in the countryside, following his grandparents.

Perhaps because of poor conditions, people have more expectations for the New Year.

Because of the Chinese New Year, I started to eat things that I was usually reluctant to eat.

Because of poverty, more etiquette will appear, representing people's expectations for life.

For example, in November, vendors gradually began to prepare for the sale of New Year’s goods for the New Year, and people began to store things for the winter.

Chinese cabbage and radish are still the main dishes of this era, and they are durable and cheap.

In the past two years, there are two more things, that is, sweet potatoes and potatoes.

Yes, in Daming today, potatoes have begun to be planted on a large scale.

For many places where the soil is not very good and lacks water and drought, potatoes are the staple food. For wealthy people, potatoes gradually become a vegetable.

I don’t know when it started to become popular among rich people in Beijing to eat potato chips. Although they are just sprinkled with salt and baked until they are crispy, they are very popular, especially among children.

When Qin Shao returned from work, the three children in the family were eating salt and pepper potato chips like little mice in the room, crunching like little mice.

"Father! Father! Burnt slices, eat! Eat!"

The youngest daughter, Fu Ai, rushed over shaking her chubby body, and asked Qin Shao to eat potato chips from her hand.

Qin Shao quickly picked up his daughter and ate what was in his hand.

"My lord is back! Fu Ai, father is tired after a busy day, and it's time for dinner, come down quickly!"

Han Jinrong hugged her daughter and greeted the family for dinner.

Qin Shao is in a good mood. Shanxi has a bumper harvest of potatoes this year, and many potatoes have been sent over for early adopters.

Han Bangqi, the governor of Shanxi, really knows how to do things. He gave potatoes directly as a gift. Knowing that the emperor is very concerned about agriculture, he has put a lot of effort in this regard in the past two years.

Qin Shao directly issued a certificate of award to commend Shanxi.

This decree was directly spread to various places through the Jinghua tabloids in various places in Ming Dynasty.

Now the Jinghua tabloids of the Ming Dynasty have set up branches in various places in the Ming Dynasty. If the imperial court has any news, it will not only send a commissioner to deliver it, but also some praises and awards and news that need to be announced will be publicized through the tabloids everywhere.

Although agriculture in various places has achieved certain development, it is far from reaching Qin Shao's expected goal. Generally speaking, it still relies on natural harvests and is seriously affected by natural disasters.

Fortunately, land reform has been carried out in recent years, and many local people at the bottom have land. Land trading is prohibited and they can be self-sufficient. However, natural disasters are frequent.

Qin Shao remembered that the Ming Dynasty was actually a somewhat unlucky dynasty, especially in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, that was the Little Ice Age, and various natural disasters were frequent.

Last year, there was no rain in Xiangyang for a whole year. Fortunately, some potatoes and sweet potatoes could be rescued. In addition, even if there was a hunger situation, even if the local people reported it, the imperial court allocated some relief food and a lot of money to let Lin Save money to buy food, it can be regarded as survived.

Otherwise, people will be in chaos during the famine year, even if it rains, it will take at least three years to recover.

……

For the people in the capital, in addition to preparing for the new year these days, there is another thing that has attracted a lot of attention.

That is, Fulai Bank, the largest bank in Beijing, changed its name to Daming Bank.

In order to welcome the new name change of Daming Bank, a thing called "Daming Fucai" was also issued.

As long as someone goes to Daming Bank to make a deposit, they can win the Daming Welfare Lottery for free. There are three types of prizes in the Welfare Lottery.

The first prize will directly reward Daming Coins of 500 yuan;
The second prize will directly award 50 yuan of Daming coins;
The third prize will be rewarded with Daming coins of 3 yuan.

There is no empty prize, and those who deposit Daming coins are preferred, and deposits also have interest.

All of a sudden, Daming coins rose again.

In many places in Daming today, Daming coins are used as the main currency in circulation.

"Master, I have already converted your silver into Ming coins and deposited it in the bank!"

As soon as Wang Qiong left his job and entered the house, a charming and beautiful figure rushed over.

This woman is none other than Meng Shi, Wang Qiong's favorite concubine.

"I knew that as long as I ordered you to do well, you are really my Xie Yuhua!"

Wang Qiong said with a smile, obviously very fond of Meng Shi.

Jokes about Wang Qiong favoring concubines and being afraid of concubines were circulating in the capital circles, and even some veterans who were at the same level as him would use this to make fun of him when they saw him.

As for Peng Ze wishing to keep laughing at him on this topic, Wang Qiong didn't take it seriously.

How can those people understand the happiness of my life in the gentle township and Xie Huayu?
Wang Qiong can get to his current position, and the veterans of the two dynasties can stand still, and he will definitely not be a confused veteran who only knows how to spoil his concubines.

As for the Meng family, it's not just an embroidered pillow with a pretty face.

The Meng family was originally born in a Jin merchant family in Shanxi, but was sent to the circle of the capital because of family accidents, and someone took the opportunity to give it to Wang Qiong.

At first, Wang Qiong thought she was just a beautiful ordinary woman.

After getting acquainted with each other, I found out that although this Meng family is young, he is smart and capable. He has learned business skills from his family since he was a child. If there is no accident at home, he might be able to make a career.

In this era, although it is an era dominated by men, there are also capable women working behind the scenes.

As far as Wang Qiong knows, there are families of Shanxi merchants who are headed by women, and their careers are flourishing.

It's just that this kind of family usually has a man in the front as the facade, and the smart woman hides behind to come up with ideas.

What Wang Qiong likes about the Meng family is that this woman is really unusual. Although she is not very old, she is very business-minded and has a sense of propriety.

At the beginning, Wang Qiong didn't put too much affection on the Meng family. He just thought that the Meng family was smart and capable. After his old wife passed away, relatives and friends including the first emperor also introduced many women to him, and wanted him to marry her later. a step-wife.

Although the status of those women can't be said to be very high, after all, he is not young, but his status is not low, at least his background is much higher than that of the Meng family.

Although Wang Qiong is old, but with his status, it is easy to marry a young wife.

It's just that when he was young, he was not greedy for the beauty of women. His wife, Wang Shi, was also considered to be a beautiful woman back then.

Mrs. Wang is incompetent and jealous, and his family is messed up, which annoys him very much.

So after his wife died, Wang Qiong had two concubines in his family, so he had no plans to marry again.

When he was young, he might need to marry a good wife to improve his status and help him, but now his status does not require his wife to be diplomatic at all. His three sons have already married and established businesses, and he has several grandchildren, so he has no plans to marry again. .

During the period when the first emperor passed away and the new emperor was not established, Wang Qiong survived in the cracks.

Some people saw that he was weak, and even deliberately made "little tricks" at the door of his house at night. It was the Meng family who had the courage and plan to recruit many servants in advance, all of whom were well-trained to guard the house, and the family members were also scheming. For several years, with the help of the Meng family, the store and farmland have been earning a lot of money. She will never leave in times of crisis, and can solve problems. Who wouldn't like such a woman?
After getting along together and experiencing hardships, the old couple and young wives have become more and more emotional, because he loves the Meng family, and then there are those broken words in the capital.

But who cares!

Now Meng knows that the Daming Bank was initiated by Emperor Zhu Houxi, and directly proposed to deposit the family's money in the bank.

In today's court, the emperor directly named and praised Wang Qiong for supporting the National Bank and being a minister of Daming. He could clearly see the jealous eyes of those people.

"Master, Your Majesty shouldn't just open this bank! Have you considered opening it in other places in Daming?"

Meng Shi helped Wang Qiong untie the big opening on his body and asked.

"Your Majesty does have this plan. After the new year, Nanjing, Henan, Huguang, Shanxi, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places will open branch offices one after another. What Your Majesty said is a branch, but it is actually the same! You still have the foresight. He is also responsible for distributing Daming coins, which will become the most valuable currency in Daming in the future! I just hope that in the future, this Daming coin will not follow in the footsteps of that Daming banknote!"

Wang Qiong sighed.

"My lord, you are worried now. You are an expert in accounting, but I have researched the issue of currency. Your Majesty's currency is issued according to the style of Yanyin. As long as the salt is under the control of the court, according to the You can know how many Daming coins need to be issued, so as not to cause a flood of Daming coins, and now the imperial court still has a bank to recover those Daming coins and return the interest, and this thing will always be valuable! Ours Your Majesty is not easy!"

Meng said.

This woman is in her early thirties, but she is so transparent in this aspect, she is really a heroine, and she is smarter than many men.

"Your Majesty is amazing, but I may be too old, and I really don't have a thorough understanding of this new thing like a bank. Today, His Majesty discussed the sea ban in the court..."

Wang Qiong sat down and took a sip of tea and said.

"Master, is Your Majesty really going to open the sea ban?"

Meng Shi was a little excited.

"Wang Hung's final memorial has been delivered. The ships that went out before were all imperial court ships. I have been reviewing the qualifications of private merchant ships for the past two years. I heard that they have been fully equipped and should be opened wide. There was only one seaport before. Now To drive five..."

"Master, I heard that the merchant ships of the imperial court need a lot of equipment to go out. I don't know much about it. Why does it take so long for private merchant ships to be audited? There are still many ships that have sailed to sea in the early years. What else should they be equipped with?" ?”

Although Meng Shi has some knowledge, she is still a little puzzled about this aspect.

"You don't understand this! Of course it is equipped with weapons and equipment! Nowadays, there are countless ships from various countries on the sea. Those ships from Japan, Franji, and Southeast Asia, do you think they will be as safe as those in Daming to do business? Everyone's so-called business basically relies on weapons to speak, first beat the other party's heart, and then do business!

The dozens of ships sent by His Majesty this time are nominally merchant ships, and they are all equipped with local sergeants and sea warriors recruited. Although those merchant ships were invested by wealthy local businessmen, the imperial court also joined them..."

"The imperial court also joined the merchant ship?"

Meng Shi opened his mouth wide in surprise.

"That's natural! Your Majesty is not just a talent for governing the country and fighting wars. He is a shrewd businessman. Apart from letting the local help recruit warriors, it is basically a dry stock! But he also said that if any firm earns more for Daming His Majesty will assign titles to those ship owners, and I heard that the major ships in the south are eager to try!"

When Wang Qiong said this, he couldn't help laughing out loud, this emperor really has a lot of ideas!

But think about it, for those people, being able to pass the scientific examination to obtain the title is the glory of generations!

How many years of hard scientific research they have put in to get into the current situation, it is estimated that after he dies, the emperor would be sympathetic to him and maybe give him a non-hereditary title!

"Your Majesty has so many ways! It doesn't cost a single penny to be an empty-handed wolf, really..."

Meng Shi sighed again.

"By the way, Your Majesty said in court today that we can also buy shares in those companies. I don't know what it means? I didn't quite understand it, so I didn't dare to express my opinion. It's just that Peng Ze set an example first and let him take it. Pioneer, what do you think we should do about this?"

"Can we become a shareholder of the firm?"

Meng Shi screamed out.

(End of this chapter)