The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

"Old Yan Ge, who asked them to come up with this Shanghai Kaifu plan?"

"5000 million silver? How can such a sky-high construction plan be offered?"

"It's just fantastic."

"Suzhou, Hangzhou, Yangzhou, and Nanjing, which city is not good? Why start a new one?"

Yan Song looked at these old men with a smile, and said lightly: "It doesn't matter if you have an opinion, just say it one by one."

Yang Bo fired first.Although the Jin Party and Yan Song are traditional allies in politics, but in the face of such huge fundamental interests, the relatives have nothing to say, just hate!

The Jin Party represented by Yang Bo is a typical northern faction.

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Chapter 1525 Court Discussion [1]

Yan Song built a city in Tianjin, and the Jin Party was the first of all parties to express support. The reason is simple-the north is the site of the Jin Party.The more developed Tianjin is, the more the Jin Party earns, so of course we must support it.

But this time Yan Song wants to open a mansion in Shanghai, which is clearly inconsistent with the interests of the Jin Party.First, the south is the territory of the Zhejiang Party and Huizhou merchants, and it is difficult for the Jin Party to reach out. Second, once Shanghai develops, it will form competition and impact on Tianjin, and it will be much more difficult to do business in Tianjin.Why is the Jin Party willing to set itself up as an enemy in the business world?

"Mr. Yan Ge, Tianjin has just started on the right track. It's only been a few years? The state has a lot of customs and taxes. Is it really necessary for Shanghai to open Fu?" Yang Bo eloquently said:

"This will create a backlog of business in Tianjin. Those crooked nut merchants are all monkey spirits and "February [-]" monkey spirits. Shanghai is located in the south, and the silk, tea, and porcelain of southern merchants must be directly shipped to Shanghai for foreign trade. Tianjin The toll is high, who will come?"

Yan Song watched coldly and smiled faintly.

This is Yang Bo's fundamental concern.

Yan Song smiled slightly and said: "Old Yang Ge is right, but in fact this is the reason why this elder insisted on opening a monastery in the south—now the three major trading artifacts of my Ming Dynasty, namely porcelain, tea, and silk, are all from the south. Production. For foreign trade, it needs to be transported north to Tianjin first, and then from north to south, to overseas. This is purely increasing costs and losses, and weakening the competitiveness of our Ming Dynasty. The porcelain shop is located in Shanghai, and the transportation and loss will only be one-tenth of what it would be shipped to Tianjin. In the past, I could earn 1000 taels by selling a box of porcelain in Daming, but now we can earn 2000 taels! Isn’t it a good thing for me, Daming?”

There are many elders and ministers who understand economics, and most of them are from the south, so they nodded secretly when they heard the words.

"But..." Yang Bo hesitated to speak, and said with a wry smile, "I understand the cost savings, but what can Tianjin do? Could it be that Tianjin, which has been built so hard, is going to decline like this?"

Did he know that once Fufu is opened in the south, the popularity of Tianjin in the north will definitely drop greatly.

Those silk, tea, and porcelain merchants in the south will definitely ship them to Shanghai first. Only when they go crazy will they waste costs and ship them to Tianjin for re-export.

Can earn more, who is willing to earn less?

But the interests of Shanxi merchants will be greatly damaged.

Not only Yang Bo, but other parties also have interests in Tianjin and expressed their opposition one after another.

Elizabeth, who was listening to the meeting in secret, sighed secretly.

The development of the situation coincided with her analysis of the situation.

Just as she guessed, the senior monks of Daming strongly opposed Yan Song's plan.

The construction of a new city is not only a matter of investment, but also the damage to the interests of the original forces.

From Elizabeth's point of view, the city-building plan for Shanghai was almost aborted.

Who knows, Yan Song has been gaining momentum for a long time!

"Don't worry!" Yan Song said with a faint smile: "If it was the Ming Dynasty in the past, there were only three traditional artifacts for export, and Tianjin would definitely decline. Because these three artifacts are all produced in the south, but now Tianjin has trade products that the south does not have! "

"That's industrial products!" Yan Song said with a loud voice: "My steel industry, cement industry, shipbuilding industry and arms industry in Tianjin are far ahead of the south! Ladies and gentlemen, do you know that the proportion of trade products in Daming today is this How much of the output value of this industrial product has been accounted for?"

The elders of the pavilions looked confused, they really didn't pay attention.

"This is last year, that is, the 26th year of Jiajing, the proportion of my Ming's export products according to customs statistics." Yan Song talked eloquently: "Look at this proportion. The export volume of China's steel industry is huge, which has risen to 17% of the total trade volume. Cement is tight. Afterwards, it accounted for 13% of the export trade. The sum of the two has risen to one-third of the world. The shipbuilding and arms industry, because my Ming Dynasty is now upgrading itself, there is no excess production capacity for export, and it does not occupy for the time being. But as far as I know, Shanxi merchants have already invested huge sums of money and established 2 new military shipyards and 3 military factories with huge production capacity to produce warships, cannons and muskets, right?"

Yang Bo blushed.

why?

Because these shipyards and arsenals are all because he, the elder of the cabinet, is in charge of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Siwei, another important figure in the Jin Party, directly serves as Minister of the Ministry of War...

In other words, the Jin Party has invested so much money, isn't it because someone in the DPRK is easy to be an official, and with him and Zhang Siwei under their covers, they don't have to worry about huge orders from the military?

This kind of thing was originally very hidden, but Yan Song pointed it out in public, Yang Bo blushed and laughed dryly.

This Nima is very embarrassing.

Yan Song smiled lightly.

Why is he not jealous?

The reason is simpler, because Yan Song is the major shareholder behind the scenes!

Shipbuilding and munitions are the richest businesses in the future. How could Mr. Yan Ge let them go?

He is the big boss behind the scenes who controls everything. Shanxi merchants are only performing in front of the stage, and Yan Song is controlling behind the scenes.

Two shipyards, three arsenals, and the top ten merchant groups under Yan Song have a total direct holding ratio of more than 65%. Only by giving Yan Song dividends and dry shares can he get the old Yan Ge's approval.

In this way, Yan Song seems to have nothing to do with interests on the surface, but most of the interests actually flow into his pocket.

Zhang Siwei, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, said in shock, "Mr. Yan Ge, do you mean 1.5? In the future, Tianjin and Shanghai will be positioned differently? There will be no direct competition? Will your own people viciously lower prices?"

"Yes!" Yan Song smiled: "The palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh. Shanghai Xincheng is the flesh and blood that was just conceived, and Tianjin was also born in October after a hard pregnancy in this pavilion. None of them are raised by stepmothers. Why do you favor one over the other? "

"In the future," Yan Song said indifferently: "Tianjin develops heavy industry, and Shanghai develops light industry. Whoever has the advantage will develop whatever. Silk, tea and porcelain, obviously Shanghai has the advantage, why Tianjin still insists on its own opinion? Tianjin is close to the north and shoulders the burden. The important task of fighting against the Mongolian and Korean frontlines, Zhili, Shanxi and Shandong are rich in coal and iron ore, and the cement factory..."

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