Chapter 2054 Gui Zi Juan works together to add aid

"Dazhang, what you said is so meaningless. I meant all this with good intentions, but you acted like a donkey?" Feng Ziying said with a smile: "Don't you hear that the official is in troubled times? Although this is a bit vulgar, the meaning is not bad."

Zheng Chongjian and the three of them all raised their glasses attentively and tasted the wine carefully, but their eyes were a little more expectant.

"You and I are both classmates and good friends, so I won't mince words. We are both still young. If I hadn't rushed to Ningxia to quell the rebellion, I wouldn't have had the chance to enter the Hanlin Academy. If I hadn't caught up with the Nei Khalkha people in Yongping Mansion The invasion was won by luck, and there is no position for Shuntian Fu Cheng." Feng Ziying looked solemn, "The situation in Shaanxi is dangerous this time, and I also know that since the court arranged for me to come, I plan to do a good job, but a There are three gangs of heroes, one fence has three stakes, and there is no one to help me. I can't do it, but if I do it, it is a great achievement. Since I want to make a contribution, of course I have to consider my old classmates and friends."

Zheng Chongjian and the other three nodded slightly, agreeing with Feng Ziying's point of view.

Classmates, fellow villagers, colleagues, and fellow ministers, these are the most important relationships for officials in the Zhou Dynasty, or in other dynasties.

It’s hard to say that we are like-minded. Like-minded people are often not easy to determine. Some opinions are consistent, but some interests may not be the same. Everyone works together on this matter, but not necessarily on another matter, so there are many variables here.

  However, the three characteristics of classmates, fellow villagers and colleagues are basically fixed. With this layer of personal connections and feelings, things will often be done more harmoniously.

"The key to the situation in Shaanxi lies in the food shortage caused by the drought. To put it bluntly, this civil unrest has evolved into military rebellion. There are many reasons. The court's ineffective relief is one of the major reasons. Local officials have neglected their duties and are ineffective. This is an important reason, and there are also the consequences of the long-term imbalance of local economic development. The people are poor and the gentry is harsh. Once a disaster strikes, the people cannot survive and can only rebel and survive in death..."

Feng Ziying smiled and said, "I don't think I can do it alone with my bare hands. To be able to calm down such a chaotic situation requires the support of all parties and a multi-pronged approach to be effective."

Zheng Chongjian exchanged glances with Sun Chuanting and Chen Qiyu, and then said: "Then Ziying, what do you think you can do to solve this situation?"

This is a test question. Whether it works or not will also allow them to make a judgment on their future actions.

The three classmates also wanted to see if Feng Ziying's ability was unearned. This was not as simple as writing a poem in the Hanlin Academy.

"Big Zhang, it's definitely useless to just rely on my mouth to say a few big words. Specific issues need to be analyzed in detail, but I can roughly talk about a few factors. One is that they need money and food. The vast majority of these rebels are poor people. I want to be rich and don't become a bandit. If I want to recruit him, I need money and food to survive these few months, but the court did not give me enough support, only three hundred thousand taels of silver..."

Feng Ziying's words made the three of them feel cold. What could three hundred thousand taels of silver do? The rebellion in Shaanxi Province cannot be solved without more than one million taels of money.

"But you may also know that I have some friendship with Shanxi businessmen, and I can make some plans with them. I am still sure of this." Feng Ziying saw the disappointment in the three people's hearts and smiled to forgive.

 The three of them felt a little at ease.

"The food problem is the most critical. It is useless to have money but no food, but now it seems that there is no solution. I wonder if Dazhang, Boya and Yuxuan have any good solutions?" Feng Ziying asked with a smile.

Zheng Chongjian shook his head slightly, Sun Chuanting frowned, but Chen Qiyu rolled his eyes, and Feng Ziying saw it.

"This problem is difficult to solve, but it is not unsolvable. It is just a lot of trouble and has serious consequences. Let's postpone it for now." Feng Ziying smiled, "The next step is the military problem. My idea is to pay equal attention to suppression and appeasement. Suppression first. After pacification, you can pacify only if you can suppress it, and pacify and then stabilize. But without a strong army, suppression is impossible. I can use part of the Yulin Army, but it is not enough. I still need you to help me prepare and train an army. It will be used by the border troops to take advantage of the situation after defeating the rebels and ensure that the situation is stabilized."

“But this is not enough. In addition to drought and persecution by evil gentry, the civil unrest in Shaanxi is also caused by the malfeasance of officials in the officialdom of Shaanxi. I also need to clean up the officialdom, which also requires your help..."

Having said all this, if the three of them still don’t know what’s interesting, then they are really in a hopeless situation.

Zheng Chongjian and the other two people were sighing and sighing, but they also had to admit that Feng Ziying's maturity speed was much faster than the three of them. While they were still thinking about how to do things to seek approval from their superiors, they were already planning adjustments to the overall situation. This was the gap. .

The three people were full of feelings and left without saying anything. Only then did Feng Ziying come to receive Cao Fan and Cao Fan.

 Feng Ziying did not have much favorable impressions of Shanxi businessmen at first.

The impression given to him by the eight Shanxi merchants during the Ming and Qing dynasties in his previous life was that they were a group of businessmen who only cared about their own interests and ignored the interests of the family. They seemed to have helped in the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

But after having more contact with people in this world, I realized that this group is quite large and complex, and the interest groups it represents also play an irreplaceable role in this era.

Shanshan and Shaanxi merchants are the representative group, or the head group, of merchants in the entire Northland. In comparison, the merchant groups in Beizhi, Shandong and Henan are inferior to them. They actually represent the entire Northland merchants. interests and trends.

When the Jiangnan merchants relied on the strong and developed agricultural and handicraft industry in the south of the Yangtze River to form a crushing situation on the northern region, the Shanshan and Shaanxi merchants were quite frightened and nervous.

 They need to find a way out.

Some merchants went south to Yangzhou and became salt merchants through their privileges. Some of them developed trade with the Mongols, Jurchens and Yarkands outside the border wall by taking advantage of the geographical advantages of the nine borders and became traders mainly engaged in foreign trade. He could only retreat to the interior of the Northland and become a domestic trade merchant.

 However, Northland lacks developed manufacturing and transportation conditions, coupled with the lack of strong star products, leaving Northland in a passive and backward situation.

This situation did not begin to appear until Feng Ziying vigorously promoted the reform of iron smelting technology and the construction of a large-scale coal-iron complex in Yongping Prefecture. With the opening of the Yuguan port and the expansion of Dagu, as well as the emergence of cement, a cross-era product, Beidi Finally, there are two large ports that are large enough for sea trade. They can export iron materials, ironware, coal, cement and military products that have gradually become advantageous products. With the support of the imperial government's policies and the external help of the interruption of water transportation, Beidi has just It began to usher in a real period of prosperity.

 The talented merchants of Shanxi and Shaanxi have awakened from a dream and begun to intervene in and develop industries with their own advantages, instead of just staying in pure border trade and domestic trade.

Although both the salt industry and finance still have huge profits, the original financial monopoly has been broken by the emergence of Haitong Bank. New financial models continue to subvert and innovate. Haitong Bank catches up from behind, and even gradually forms a semi-monopoly model, while the salt industry Faced with the adjustment of the imperial policy at any time, the risks increased sharply, so the smart merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi have quickly adjusted their direction and begun to enter the manufacturing and maritime trade industries.

 The Wang family among the eight great families was the first to seize this opportunity. Although other families also followed Jiwei, in this era, the one with sharp eyesight and quick hands wins.

The Wang family occupies a leading position in the establishment of a series of industries in all the prefectures of Beizhili. Although other families can also benefit from it, they are certainly unable to compare with the Wang family, especially those such as the Cao family and the Fan family. Those who could dominate the Wang family were now left far behind. This situation was certainly unacceptable to them, so they naturally had to seek opportunities to break this pattern.

 Feng Ziying's westward march into Shaanxi was a situation.

Theoretically, Shanxi is their hometown, and Shanxi merchants will naturally not let it go. However, the ensuing chaos also makes Shanxi merchants worried.

The rebellion in Datong Town of Xuanfu and the deterioration of the situation in Shaanxi have made Shanxi face internal and external risks. More importantly, Shanxi merchants also have no confidence in the officials who govern Shanxi. They are far less likely to invest in Yongping and Shuntian. Be confident when starting a business.

It is common practice in this era to succeed because of people. Feng Ziying's clear-cut attitude in Yongping Prefecture and Shuntian Prefecture made Shanxi businessmen dare to spend millions of dollars without blinking, because Feng Ziying's gold medal reputation allowed them to continue doing it with confidence and for a long time. But in Shanxi In their hometown, they no longer have the confidence, and they would rather wait and see.

Now that Feng Ziying wants to go west to governor Shaanxi and at the same time show his influence by staying in Datong, the Shanxi businessmen who see the opportunity can't bear it.

 If you don’t seize the opportunity, what if someone else comes to take the lead after arriving in Shaanxi?

Of course, Feng Ziying would not hesitate to support such people who proactively come to the door and understand current affairs. Especially when people can see the current bad situation in Shaanxi, they are still willing to "invest in advance" to show their support, so Feng Ziying has no reason to refuse.

Wang Shaoquan and the others are now focused on the Beizhi prefectures and have no more energy to take care of areas such as Shanxi and even Shaanxi. They can first occupy the markets of Shuntian, Yongping, Hejian, Shandong and Liaodong, and develop Jiangnan and Japan. , the North Korean market is already their plan for the next five years.

They couldn't take care of their traditional trading areas such as Shanxi and Shaanxi. Only then did the Cao and Fan families have an opportunity.

Until she returned to the back house, Feng Ziying was still immersed in negotiating the conditions with Cao Fan.

 Sufficient support will of course result in sufficient rewards, but for me now, there seems to be no obstacle. The situation in Shaanxi is like this, so what conditions do you still care about?

 It’s just market monopoly. Considering the transportation conditions in Shaanxi and, of course, Shanxi, it seems that it is more cost-effective to rely on local manufacturing.

 (End of this chapter)