Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 133 Modern Fraud Routine

After going through a complete set of procedures for the Ming Dynasty in the Forbidden City, Wang Daoqiu rode to Xiyuan.

Today, Yu Maojian was not taken for a walk. He was among the first to arrive at Xiyuan among the officials.

Holding a large roll of planning drawings in his hand, Wang Daoqiu went to the gate of Longevity Palace and handed over a sign asking for an audience.After a while, Xiaohuangmen came out and said that Emperor Jiajing asked Wang Daoqiu to go in.

Entering the palace, Emperor Jiajing had just finished washing and was preparing to pass the meal when he saw Wang Daoqiu coming in with a large roll of paper. Emperor Jiajing pointed at the large roll of paper and asked: "Is the planning map of the industrial zone coming out? "

"Yes, Your Majesty, I spent the whole afternoon in Tongzhou yesterday, and the surveying and mapping experts in the palace also helped draw the map there. When I went back in the evening, I drove out the planning map overnight. After repeated deliberation, I , and finally worked out two plans, each of which has its own advantages and disadvantages, and I was a little undecided. So I drew plans for both plans and sent them to His Majesty for his judgment."

"Hehehe, you are so cunning! Okay, tell me your two plans."

It is best to leave the power of choice and decision-making to the leader and cater to the leader's "wisdom". This is a workplace survival skill emphasized on the Internet in later generations.Wang Daoqiu is now learning and applying it to deal with Emperor Jiajing.

Of course, Emperor Jiajing could also understand Wang Daoqiu's little thoughts.However, what leaders want from their subordinates is attitude. What they want is for subordinates to put their leader’s feelings first when doing things.

So Emperor Jiajing clicked on Wang Daoqiu's little thought to show that he understood people.Then he followed the procedure and asked Wang Daoqiu to introduce the plan.

Following Emperor Jiajing to the imperial desk, Wang Daoqiu first laid out the plans of his two plans on the imperial desk.Then he introduced it to Emperor Jiajing: "Your Majesty, our Tongzhou Industrial Zone currently has a tentative planned area of ​​940 acres. The planned road land is 930 acres, the storage land is 760 acres, and the living area is [-] acres. The rest. The land is used for production workshops and waterways.”

"The difference between Chen's two plans lies in the waterways. Chen's first plan is to set up waterways in the industrial zone to simply provide power for machines like water-powered spinning machines. So the waterways in the industrial zone will Just build each waterway half a foot wide and cover it with bluestone slabs. The advantage of this plan is that the construction cost is low, it has little impact on ground traffic, and it facilitates the flow of people and materials in the industrial zone. The disadvantage is that it cannot be used in this way. The waterways in the industrial zone allow for cheap transportation of goods. In the future, materials entering and leaving the industrial zone can only be transported by oxcarts and mule carts, and the transportation cost will be much higher than that by waterway."

"Chen's second plan is to dig the waterways in the industrial zone wide and deep to meet the requirements for cargo ships. The advantages of this are self-evident. If that is the case, the materials in the industrial zone can be directly transported Through the waterway, you can reach Tongzhou Wharf, and you can even go straight to the south of the Yangtze River along the Grand Canal. However, the disadvantages of this are also obvious, that is, the construction cost is high, the construction period is long, and a large amount of land will be occupied. And in this way, it will also The flow of people and materials in the industrial zone will be seriously restricted, and the cost of daily dredging and maintenance of waterways will also be relatively high."

"Your Majesty, these two options have their own advantages and disadvantages. It can be said that you cannot have your cake and eat it too. So I compared it for a long time last night and still couldn't make up my mind, so I had no choice but to trouble Your Majesty."

Wang Daoqiu reported the matter very clearly and his attitude was correct. Emperor Jiajing was very satisfied.After Wang Daoqiu finished his report, Emperor Jiajing didn't say anything and just meditated there.

After a long time, Emperor Jiajing looked at Wang Daoqiu and said: "My dear! This city of Beijing is no better than the south. It is covered with ice and snow for at least five months a year, and the river will have about a foot of ice. In other words, even if you put it The water channel in the industrial zone is so wide and deep that it will be unnavigable for at least five months. In addition, the river here is not as clear as the water in the south, and the water has a lot of sediment. If the water channel is to be navigable, It will have to be cleaned up every three to five years, which will cost a lot. And if the waterway is not dug deep or wide, it will be much easier to clean up. The merchants in the workshops next to the waterway can clean it up themselves without us spending money. So, your Majesty Look at the waterways in the industrial zone. If they are built enough to drive water-powered spinning machines, there is no need to sail boats."

"Yes, Your Majesty, then we will choose this plan to build a narrow waterway." As he spoke, Wang Daoqiu put away the plan that was rejected by Emperor Jiajing.

Then he pointed to the planning map selected by Emperor Jiajing, and then said to Emperor Jiajing: "Your Majesty, this map is the overall map of the future industrial zone. I will report this map to you first. I will report to you later. Report on our industrial zone, standard factory building design drawings, storage area design drawings, living area planning drawings, transportation..."

"Okay, okay, you don't need to introduce these pictures, Wang Qing. Your Majesty believes in your ability."

I can rest assured that you will do the work. After Emperor Jiajing expressed his trust in Wang Daoqiu, he turned to Lu Fang and said to Lu Fang: "Lu Fang, take down these drawings, and the inner palace supervisor will work with the honorable ministers to build according to these drawings. If you don’t understand anything, just come and ask Wang Qing.”

"promise"

Emperor Jiajing issued the decree, and Lu Fang hurriedly agreed and came over to take the drawings from Wang Daoqiu's hands.At this time, Wang Daoqiu said to Lu Fang: "Eunuch Lu, most of the projects in the industrial zone will be outsourced by the palace to those honorable ministers. This is what we have agreed in advance. But the projects can be outsourced to them. , but the quality of the project must be guaranteed. Make it clear to them that whoever undertook the project will erect a monument after it is repaired to indicate who did it. If there is a problem with the project in the future, we will deduct it from his dividends. silver."

"Yes, that's good. Otherwise, those people will definitely take my money and throw a bunch of rubbish projects to me. Lu Fang, today you go personally and give a share of these projects to those people. After the division is completed, the contract is signed. Come down, I need to write clearly in the contract what Wang Qing just said, so that when I deduct money from them in the future, they will come to the palace to bother me."

"promise"

Still obediently promised, Lu Fang took the blueprints from Wang Daoqiu, and bowed out respectfully.

After Lu Fang left, Emperor Jiajing teased Wang Daoqiu again: "Wang Qing, there will be inspections in the capital next month. There are more than 7000 officials in the two capitals, and [-] will be laid off this time. They must be very nervous now, right?" ? What about Wang Qing, have they started giving you money? Hahahaha, Wang Qing, you have to hide from Jingcha in the past few months, Lu Ermao! "

"Hiding Governor Lu! Your Majesty, why have I been hiding from Governor Lu these past few months?" Emperor Jiajing asked Wang Daoqiu to avoid Lu Bing these past few months. This made Wang Daoqiu feel very strange, so he asked.

When Emperor Jiajing looked at Wang Daoqiu's confused look, he laughed "haha" and said: "Wang Qing, you don't know something. Since last year, according to your suggestion, Wang Qing, I have sent prospecting experts to Several more iron mines were discovered within a hundred miles of Hongshi Mountain in Xuanhua. Later, I mobilized prisoners, refugees, and nearby military households to mine. Originally, I had a good idea, but the wealth is so exciting! Such a big piece of fat, Who wouldn’t want to take a bite? So those unscrupulous people and military guards around the iron mines gathered in groups at night to steal my iron ore."

"These people are all desperadoes who want money rather than their lives. Moreover, many of them are officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who have changed into civilian clothes. So it turns out that the guards at the mine are no match for that group of people. It can be said that Xuanhua side basically collects it during the day, and they collect it at night, which makes me angry. So I ordered Lu Ermao to solve the matter. And Lu Ermao told me that this matter, Xuanhua side The garrison is definitely unreliable. Sending them to defend the iron mines is like sending rats to defend the granaries."

"Adjustable Jinyiwei, they don't have that many people. Moreover, the iron ore mines in Xuanhua are widely distributed, with a radius of hundreds of miles. The efficiency of this foot patrol is too low. Even if you find someone stealing the ore, you won't be able to do it once they run away." We may not be able to catch up. So Lu Ermao used what Wang Qing said before about reducing the number of slaves to each other, and suggested that I recruit a thousand Jurchen cavalry to protect the mines and patrol in peacetime, and to go to the front line to fight against the Tatars in wartime. Is that okay? Supervise the front-line garrison in Xuanda. Moreover, these Jurchens and our people in Xuanda do not understand each other's language, so it is basically impossible to collude with each other. We will send two Jinyi guards to lead each team of Jurchen cavalry, so that everything will be foolproof. "

"To be honest, Wang Qing, I also think that Lu Ermao's idea is good. You can recruit a thousand Jurchen cavalry. If you don't lure them with a lot of money, they won't come. What Lu Ermao means is that as long as they are willing to come, one of them will be given to them." 100 taels of relocation allowance, buy their mounts for their use, and pay them 100 taels of salary every month. Wang Qing, do the math, [-] taels of relocation allowance for each person, plus the purchase of horses for each of them with two horses Money, food and wages for ordinary people, fodder for horses, how much money does this cost?"

"Now that the weather is warm, Lu Ermao's honeycomb briquette business is very slow, and he can't earn a few taels of silver in a month. As for Tongzhou Trade City, although the business is booming now, according to Wang Qing's previous plan, our first month Lose money and earn shouts. So Lu Ermao is very short of money now. Knowing that Wang Qing and Jingcha can make a lot of money, he will definitely come to you for alms. Hahahaha!"

Emperor Jiajing smiled happily as he talked about his little misfortune.At this time, Wang Daoqiu despised Emperor Jiajing.Made!You earn money from the iron ore business, but you ask Lu Bing to dispatch labor to look after the mine security, and you raise your own wages. What the hell are you calling a human being?

In his heart, he despised Emperor Jiajing's lack of integrity, but Wang Daoqiu still agreed with Lu Bing's idea of ​​recruiting Jurchen cavalry to protect the mine, and he also planned to help Lu Bing.

Just when Wang Daoqiu was thinking about this, the small yellow gate outside the palace came in and announced that Lu Bing was waiting outside the palace.As soon as he heard that Lu Bing was coming, Emperor Jiajing had a funny feeling that Cao Cao would be here soon. He smiled and asked Xiao Huangmen to summon Lu Bing into the palace. At the same time, he ordered a young chamberlain beside him to pass the meal. He wanted to tell Wang Dao Qiu and Lu Bing chatted while eating.

After Lu Bing came in, he first knelt down and bowed to Emperor Jiajing. After the ceremony, he began to complain that he had no money, hoping that Emperor Jiajing could allocate 30 taels of silver to him from the inner treasury.

Upon hearing that Lu Bing wanted him to take out 30 taels from the inner treasury, Emperor Jiajing immediately pointed at Wang Daoqiu like a scoundrel and said, "Lu Ermao, you want me to give you 30 taels for your errand." , this is impossible. It will not be easy for me, Lu Ermao, so I will show my kindness and lend Wang Qing to you temporarily. Wang Qing now holds the power of the capital, so I don’t need the oil and water in it. Say. Okay, Lu Ermao, let Wang Qing help you earn these 30 taels!"

Damn it, you acted like a good person just now and let yourself avoid Lu Ermao recently, but now you betrayed yourself?Jiajing, can you become a human again?

He complained about Emperor Jiajing in his heart and looked at Emperor Jiajing's old face, which was smiling like a chrysanthemum because he thought he had tricked Wang Daoqiu and Lu Bing.As soon as Wang Daoqiu's two poles got stronger, he decided to step on this old guy.

So he ignored Lu Bing, who was looking at him with fiery eyes at this time. Wang Daoqiu smiled and said to Emperor Jiajing: "Your Majesty, if I can use this Beijing inspection to help Lu Bing without interfering with the results of this inspection, The governor earned the 30 taels of silver. What percentage of the excess 30 taels will I get?"

"Wang Qing, are you serious? Can you really help Lu Ermao earn the 30 taels without interfering with the results of this Beijing inspection?"

"Your Majesty, please tell me how much percentage can I get for the portion exceeding the 30 taels?"

"I don't care how much you take from it, as long as you can help Lu Ermao earn the 30 taels. I don't care how you divide the extra money however you want."

"Okay! His Majesty has said what he has said, and it is hard to catch up. Wang Shizhong, if you can help Lu earn the 30 taels this time, Lu is willing to split the extra [-] taels with you, and you will have [-]% with me."

Lu Bing was excited when he heard that Emperor Jiajing would not participate in the money sharing. He stood up and boldly stated that he would share 30% of the extra [-] taels with Wang Daoqiu.

[-]%, this is too much money, Wang Daoqiu does not dare to ask for it.So he pointed out the tip of his hand to Lu Bing and said with a smile: "No need for [-]%, Wang Yicheng is enough."

"One percent, that's too little! Let's do this, Wang Shizhong, if you are really embarrassed, then even if Lu owes you a favor, how about five to five for you and me?"

"Hahahaha, Governor Lu, you have misunderstood. The reason why Wang only wants [-]% is really not because of embarrassment, but because he is afraid that His Majesty will send me to Caishikou. To tell the truth, Lord Lu, what Wang is planning is not a small business , but a big deal that can earn millions of taels. If I split half of the profits of millions of taels, it will be at least a million taels. If so, how can His Majesty tolerate me?"

"What, how many millions of taels can you earn from just the bribe money from Jingcha? Wang Shizhong, are you kidding me?"

As for accepting bribes, he could receive several million taels at a time, which made Lu Bing a little unbelievable.So Lu Bing looked at Wang Daoqiu with doubts on his face.

(End of this chapter)