Chapter 475: T-roll investigation and disclosure
Feng Ziying was startled, glanced at Lin Ruhai, and calmed down slightly, "I did have such a plan. I didn't expect my uncle to be so well-informed."
"Haha, Ziying, after all, my uncle has been here in Yangzhou City for six years. He has been in the position of Salt Patrol Censor for six years. If he can't find out even this bit of information, I'm afraid he shouldn't be sitting here. In this position.”
Lin Ruhai turned her head again with pride and looked at Merlin in front of her.
"Cui Ziqiang has made such a big move. He is the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue. As soon as this movement is revealed, it feels like the sea opening direction is expanding infinitely. Yangzhou seems to be one of the highlights? But Yangzhou is not a city competing for the sea opening pilot project. , and there are many conditions that support the strategy of opening up the sea. In addition to Ningbo and Quanzhou themselves, more depends on the incoming and outgoing goods. Well, these goods need to be produced and distributed to various places. It seems that Yangzhou should be the most suitable hub. Bar?"
Feng Ziying had to admire Lin Ruhai's sense of smell and intelligence network.
Opening up the sea is an overall situation. It is not just as simple as opening up maritime trade in port cities, but also to have a complete set of supporting industries to follow up. Of course, if we let it go, it can be cultivated slowly, but now if we want to speed up this In order to rapidly expand the scale of sea trade at a rapid pace, it is necessary to have a careful plan and support from other aspects.
"As expected, my uncle has a keen eye and can see what my nephew is thinking at a glance." Feng Ziying pondered for a moment, "Before leaving the capital, the first assistant, second assistant and elder Qi Ge all talked with Master Cui and my nephew. At present, the imperial court has many serious shortcomings, but due to the internal and external situation, it cannot make big changes internally. It can only find another way. Therefore, the opening of the sea is an opportunity. We must make full use of this opportunity, because if we want to find such an opportunity again, let all parties It’s not easy to reach consensus.”
Feng Ziying thought about these words for a long time before speaking slowly.
Since he has made up his mind to marry Lin Daiyu, there is no need to hide many issues from Lin Ruhai.
Lin Ruhai has no other children, only a daughter, Daiyu. As long as he lives up to his ambition and marries Daiyu, then everything about Lin Ruhai will naturally be handed over to him.
To be honest, it would be a lie to say that Feng Ziying is not interested in how much money Lin Ruhai can keep, but it is not necessarily true that he is very interested.
Lin Ruhai had been in the position of Xunyan Yushi for six years, and he could only survive with three to five million taels at most. He had to cover for the Supreme Emperor and his predecessor. This was not only an art job, but also required real money. of.
Lin Ruhai is not an honest official like Hai Rui, but he is definitely not a character like Yan Song and Shen. Therefore, Feng Ziying judged that Lin Ruhai's savings of two to three hundred thousand taels should be more reasonable. If he throws some more, three to five million taels of silver would be the limit. .
Three and a half million taels of silver, even for families such as the Jia family, Xue family, and Shi family, is an astonishing fortune, and it is also for the Feng family.
However, the Feng family and the Jia family and the Xue family are different. Feng Tang is still the commander-in-chief of the town, and he is already a editor of the Hanlin Academy. This family is in a prosperous situation, while the Jia family and the Xue family historians are in a The sun is declining, so the three to five million taels of silver are not that important to the Feng family and to myself.
What Feng Ziying values is the resources in Lin Ruhai's hands, political resources and personal connections.
It can be said that this is the most essential thing.
Feng Ziying knew that there were some things that she couldn't accept, and she had to sit in the position of the Salt Censor of the Lianghuai River to be effective, but there were many things that she could take over.
Lin Ruhai will inevitably offend many people in this position, but it will also benefit many people. With Lin Ruhai's shrewdness and wisdom, he naturally knows which people can be friends and befriended, and which people are just acting on the occasion. As long as some of them can For your own use, that's different.
Similarly, Lin Ruhai must still have quite a lot of political and business secrets in his hands. How does a huge yamen like the Lianghuai Salt Transfer Bureau operate? How much room for maneuver is there? How many secrets can be kept over the years? Capital utilization, this is a considerable amount of wealth.
So Feng Ziying made up her mind and prepared to be frank with the other party as a prospective son-in-law.
Feng Ziying's words shocked Lin Ruhai quite a lot. What were the first and second assistants of the cabinet and Qi Yongtai's special explanation of Cui Jingrong and Feng Ziying? This is quite not simple.
Just Cui Jingrong, how could Feng Ziying and He De be involved?
Seeing that Lin Ruhai was a little shocked, Feng Ziying was not pretentious: "Uncle, to tell you the truth, before leaving, the emperor also summoned his nephew once and talked about many matters involved in opening the sea. The emperor is a promising person. Lord, he wants to revitalize the Great Zhou Dynasty, but now he faces many constraints and constraints, so he urgently hopes that this strategy of opening up the sea can open up a new situation for him and prove to the government and the opposition..."
Lin Ruhai took a deep breath and glanced at Feng Ziying with a complicated expression.
If Feng Ziying wasn't bragging about this, it would be really shocking. At least Lin Ruhai understood that it meant that this guy was really in the emperor's heart.
"The imperial court said it wanted stability. Isn't this a big move?" Lin Ruhai asked in a deep voice.
"Uncle, the big movement that my nephew is talking about refers to the big movement within the imperial court's internal system, not this kind of superficial movement." Feng Ziying smiled, "Everyone can understand that this kind of thing can gain support from both the north and the south. The bottom line is that whether it is opening up the sea or promoting industrial development, it will basically not involve many of the original patterns, and everyone is happy to see it happen..."
Lin Ruhai took a deep breath, "Then what do you want?"
"Uncle, the strategy of opening the sea was an emergency strategy proposed by my nephew, Mr. Chai from the Ministry of War, and Mr. Yang from the Metropolitan Inspectorate during the Western Expedition to suppress the rebellion. However, after returning to Beijing, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Works, the Cabinet, and the Emperor believed that this strategy It is too simple and rough. I hope to enrich and expand it on this basis and expand it into a grand strategy that can bring more benefits to the court and the people. That’s why we went south to investigate like this..."
What Feng Ziying said is half true and half false.
A grand strategy is undoubtedly one that he is bragging about. The imperial court hopes that the original opening of the sea will bring greater benefits. Well, it is right to focus on the imperial court and take into account the people. But how to expand and make it richer is where Feng Ziying herself is. Up and down its hands are enriched wantonly.
From the time when the capital went south, he has been constantly instilling in Cui Jingrong and others, and it has indeed had some effect, but how to operate it in real time still faces many specific difficulties.
For example, Feng Ziying and Cui Jingrong talked about promoting the expansion of maritime trade, creating more food (employment) opportunities, and increasing people's purchasing power, which involves many specific issues.
As has already been seen in Linqing, from land occupation to construction of tribute brick kilns, not just anyone can do it. Many small country squires are very interested and can find suitable kiln workers, but they have to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars. Spending thousands of dollars to build kilns and workshops is an insurmountable problem for many people.
If you go for a loan, the interest on the usury money may force you to sell your land before your kiln is built, and taking risks is often the last thing that ordinary squires are willing to accept.
When Feng Ziying left Dongchang Mansion, Shen Jue tactfully reminded Feng Ziying that the idea was very good, but it may not be as popular as he expected. The original idea was that he could have three or five people in the shortest time. Ten tribute brick production workshops have been built, and now it seems that having ten is considered quite good.
This is also Feng Ziying’s original intention to promote the establishment of the silver village as soon as possible. If the silver stored underground by these salt merchants can be used, too many things can be done.
How to get these salt merchants to take the initiative to take out the money and use it to form a truly virtuous cycle. The first step is crucial.
"The imperial court has a big plan, Ziying, are these all your suggestions?" Lin Ruhai felt more and more that this young man was unfathomable, and there were more problems to consider.
Qiao Yingjia is the same age as him. Although they don't have a close friendship, they know each other well. They may not have such abilities. Qi Yongtai is one class earlier than him, so he doesn't know him very well. It is said that they are both bachelors and officials in Dongge now. It is not easy to be a minister, but Lin Ruhai is also very doubtful if he can teach students of this level.
"My nephew can only say that he likes to think about things. Some of the beginnings and ideas were figured out by my nephew. But when it comes to the specific details and operations of these strategies, it is the masters of each family in the court. My nephew, then A small contribution would be insignificant.”
Feng Ziying was not modest, but he also did not deliberately exaggerate. He introduced his role with a little reservation. He also needed to give Lin Ruhai some confidence. This would help Lin Ruhai abandon some worries and be able to trust herself more boldly.
"Then you value Yangzhou so much. Well, I feel that you value the role of Yinzhuang more. Can you tell me what you think?" Lin Ruhai finally stopped, stood still and asked: "Just a Yinzhuang, I think It’s not worth such a big fight. What role do you plan to use this bank?”
Is this going to be a showdown? It doesn't seem to be the case. He is just asking for a unilateral confession. Or is this a way for Lin Ruhai to find out about himself and see if he is worth investing in other aspects besides his feelings for Daiyu?
Although he was sure that Lin Ruhai would not plot against him at this time, and with Lin Daiyu's relationship, his intentions should be good, but Feng Ziying also needed to think carefully.
The imperial court's ideas were rough-structured, and even described deliberately by themselves. The details had to be filled in slowly by themselves. There was a lot of room for maneuver, so this was the key to Yinzhuang.
(End of this chapter)