Ancient promotion routine

Zhang Yanjin turned her fingers, and came to the place where Luoyang and the Yellow River meet and said: "The waterways extend in all directions, and water transport can be specially set up here. In this way, business travelers from Chang'an to Luoyang can transport their goods through water transport." Sending overseas, overseas merchants who come to our Great Wei Dynasty to do business can also quickly reach Luoyang along the waterway and report to the emperor, which is why the minister wants to set up a special business district."

He turned around and bowed his hands to the emperor: "Furthermore, Zhongzhou's economic development is slow, and the sluggish business is one of the important reasons. If you want Zhongzhou's economy to prosper, you must vigorously develop commerce. It is fully opened, and there is an endless stream of businessmen coming and going, how can these business areas be useless?"

"The development of commerce and trade will inevitably lead to the rise of all kinds of industries. At that time, the shops on both sides of the street will be bustling, and there will be no room for business travelers. Therefore, sufficient space must be reserved for these business travelers to allow them to do business and do business here. In this way Only then can Luoyang truly become a metropolis, develop its true role, and contribute to the prosperity of our Great Wei Dynasty."

Zhang Yanjin explained her reasons, and finally concluded: "This method is to build a nest to attract phoenixes."

"What a way to build a nest to attract phoenixes!" Chen De, Minister of the Household Department, stared at the map for a while, changed his negative attitude towards Zhang Yanjin before, and couldn't help but praise loudly: "My Majesty, I think Zhang Yanjin's idea is feasible!"

As the Minister of the Ministry of Households, he pays special attention to the economy of the court, so he is very clear about the strategies related to the economy in the court. Putting the Hexi Corridor aside, since Zhang Yanjin came back from Nanyang, he began to calculate every year. How much profit will the transaction bring to the Great Wei Dynasty? Finally, it is estimated that the benefits are considerable, so the emperor attaches great importance to this aspect.

Chen Derang's words once again aroused civil and military discussions in the court. Everyone knew that Chen Derang was meek, thoughtful, and never acted arbitrarily. But this time he directly praised Zhang Yanjin, who was denied by everyone. Shock?

Chen Guogong, Han Guogong, and Liu Yanshi quickly pondered the reasons Zhang Yanjin stated in their hearts, and wanted to find unrealistic loopholes in them to attack, but found that Zhang Yanjin's words were all well-founded and based on facts. There is no way to refute.

"Why did Derang say that?" The emperor smiled faintly, motioning for Chen Derang to continue.

Chen Derang already understood that the emperor approved Zhang Yanjin's actions in his heart, so he said, "Chang'an and Luoyang are connected by official roads. The road is not only short, but also safe and convenient. If overseas business travelers and business travelers from the Western Regions come to our Great Wei Dynasty, or It is said that the business trips of the Great Wei Dynasty will go overseas and the Western Regions, and the journey will pass through Luoyang. In this way, the expansion of Luoyang’s scale is very necessary. More importantly, the scale corresponding to the economy will accelerate the development of local commerce and trade. Wait until the reconstruction of Luoyang is completed , it will form a patronage relationship with Chang'an City, and in this way, the economy and commerce of the two places will be more prosperous and developed."

After stating his reasons, Chen Derang said: "So I think Zhang Yanjin's ideas are very valuable and will accelerate the economic development of our Great Wei Dynasty. It is very necessary to use Zhang Yanjin's ideas to plan the construction of Luoyang City."

"Although frequent business trips will drive Zhongzhou's commerce and trade, Kechen believes that it is not practical and too risky for Luoyang to grow flowers and sell them." Chen Guogong and Han Guogong saw that they could not suppress Zhang Yanjin from the conception, so they started from Zhang Yanjin's proposal Policy suppressed Zhang Yanjin, wanting to save some face.

What Zhang Yanjin said today was so well-founded, and Chen Derang was applauded by the court, which was really beyond their expectation.

"I report to the emperor that I am willing to spend a lot of money to buy the [-] mu of land that my subordinates have encircled."

Zhang Yanjin is exactly what Zhang Yanjin wants. He knows very well what peony flowers are to Luoyang. In later generations, peony flowers not only brought economic prosperity to Luoyang, but even became a symbol of Luoyang. The risk was high, so he bought the land and planted peonies on it. Zhang Yanjin couldn't help laughing when he thought of the benefits he would get.

However, in order not to be suspected by the emperor, he still pretended to be filled with righteous indignation on the surface. Fortunately, he was young, and coupled with his frivolous behavior, no one would doubt his appearance.

The emperor looked at Zhang Yanjin, completely disbelieving the indignation Zhang Yanjin showed.According to his understanding of Zhang Yanjin, Zhang Yanjin has never been willing to do business at a disadvantage. This time, he actually said that he would directly buy [-] mu of land. With such a large amount of money, he guessed that Zhang Yanjin would never do it because of a moment of anger Said that he must have his own plan.

Thinking of this, the emperor raised his hand to signal the court to be quiet, and he solemnly said: "Aiqing has worked hard for our Great Wei, and has worked hard. Since you want to use [-] mu of land to plant flowers, I will grant your wish."

Just when Zhang Yanjin was overjoyed and was about to thank the emperor, he heard the emperor say: "You want to buy [-] mu of land for the sake of the Wei court, but I can't see you suffer so much. I will rent you an acre of land for ten years to plant flowers, but how about not renting it for the first two years?"

Zhang Yanjin's legs, which were about to kneel on the ground, softened, and she half fell and half knelt on the ground.

After meeting the emperor's eyes, Zhang Yanjin suddenly had the illusion that he was being tricked by the emperor!

At this moment, Zhang Yanjin only felt that thousands of alpacas roared past his heart, trampling his glass heart into pieces.

Lease to him for ten years, no rent for the first two years.But the planting of peonies in the past two years, and the flower seeds brought back from overseas and the Western Regions are still being cultivated. It may be difficult to make profits in the first two years.

It will take about ten years until the peonies reproduce stably and the trade routes are fully opened.That is to say, after ten years, when everything is stable, the emperor can take back the peony garden he built.

This is too dark, right?

Zhang Yanjin watched the emperor silently, and the emperor also looked at him seriously.

However, thinking that the first bucket of gold won by Peony Garden would still be in his pocket, Zhang Yanjin felt a little more balanced in his heart. It seemed that he felt his uncle's gaze on his spine. Zhang Yanjin quickly withdrew his gaze and thanked the emperor for his kindness. mighty.

On the way back, Zhang Yanjin was very unhappy when she thought that the duck she cooked would fly to the emperor.

On the contrary, Zhang Zhongqian couldn't help but look at Zhang Yanjin's rare deflated look.His nephew seemed to think that his impulsive appearance could fool the emperor?

Like Zhang Yanjin when he was a child, he tapped Zhang Yanjin's head and said: "It's enough to spend enough money. After reaching a certain level, it is just a growing number. The achievements of making contributions can never be pursued. Besides, there are too many benefits. Instead, it will lead to disaster.”

Zhang Yanjin sighed and did not speak.He is very sad, he wants to be quiet.

After returning home to rest for two days, Zhang Yanjin wrote his plans in other places as a memorial and presented them to the emperor. After receiving the emperor's approval, Zhang Yanjin hurried back to Zhongzhou to join Huang Xiujun and Yuwen Shangkai without stopping.

Although he had already left, his deeds of verbal battles against heroes in the court were widely circulated in Chang'an City, and it added a lot of topics to the common people in Chang'an City after dinner.

Zhang Yanjin returned to Zhongzhou, told Huang Xiujun and Yuwen Shangkai about the situation in the court, and showed them the memorial approved by the emperor. Huang Xiujun and Yuwen Shangkai had no objection, and began to plan according to what Zhang Yanjin said. building.

Zhang Yanjin started to take charge of population matters. At the beginning, he moved some of the disaster victims in Zhongzhou to Xizhou and Yulin, and these were relatively strong labor force. If he wanted to speed up the reconstruction of Zhongzhou, the first thing to do was to move them back to Zhongzhou.

Furthermore, the gentry who were entrenched in Zhongzhou in the past, although they moved away due to the flood, their land issues may be involved in the reconstruction plan of Zhongzhou. In order to avoid future troubles, these gentry need to be dealt with first. .

After all, these gentry clans are no different from ordinary people. They are intertwined and have been entrenched in one place for three or four generations, or even ten generations.

However, since he first arrived in Zhongzhou, he arranged for his officials to find these gentry, and asked them to take the map book to ask the gentry if they would like to move back, and if they were willing to move back, they sold the land to the court.

Now that the officials who had been arranged have returned one after another, Zhang Yanjin arranged a time to listen to their reports.

"How is the purchase of the land in the hands of the gentry?" Zhang Yanjin sat at the head of the desk, looking at the returning officials and asked.

The officials took out the title deeds they had prepared long ago and put them on the table. The official who was mainly in charge of this matter reported: "Except for the He family, Liu family, and Huang family in the low-lying places, the title deeds of other gentry families The statistics have been completed, and all of them have been purchased.”

He smiled and said: "When we went, Zhongzhou was still a piece of mud. At that time, Shang Shu hadn't described the future prospects of Zhongzhou in the court hall. Those gentry expressed that they didn't want to move back. They thought These lands will be abandoned and useless in the future, so when they saw that we wanted to buy land, they were very happy and sold the land to us boldly."

These officials thought that this matter was very difficult before leaving, but they did not expect that it would be so smooth when they went to buy it, even beyond their imagination.