Promotion Letter for the Chief Executive

In the summer of the 11th year of Anping, envoys from Beidi and Xirong came to the capital one after another to ask Dachu for help for this year's drought.

In fact, although the drought is severe, they are not at the point where they can't live in the country.It's just that for Xirong and Beidi, since there is Da Chu, the "big guy" who can ask them for help, then naturally there is no need to wait until the end of the mountain.

Because in their view, Da Chu will definitely help them with all his heart, without any conditions.

Unfortunately, this time they were wrong.

Diplomacy between countries is not charity, and Zhao Can cannot and will not allow this to happen.The indulgence of the past few years is actually nothing more than putting on a disguise in front of these foreigners to relax their guard.So when they asked for a mutual market, Da Chu agreed without mentioning any conditions.

They didn't talk about the conditions at the beginning, because sooner or later these conditions would have to be offered willingly.And now, the opportunity has come.

So this time, after the envoys came to Dachu, they immediately felt restrained everywhere. Although the people who received them from the Ministry of Rites still treated them very politely and took them to visit the capital every day, when it came to business, as far as he was concerned, Think of various ways to prevaricate.After a long time, the other party naturally noticed it.

I thought that this errand was a sure thing, so these people were all vying to come.Now that it is difficult to find, I can't help being extremely distressed.Zhao Can received them kindly and listened to their difficulties until they were dragged to the point of restlessness and panic.

Of course, because Zhao Can had "important matters" to attend to, they were temporarily placed in a side hall, accompanied by Ping An.

The envoys have been left alone for so long, and the original determination in their hearts has long since disappeared, and they are now panicking.Seeing that Ping An, a popular figure in the imperial court, was by his side, how could he not resist asking for advice?It's better to let him know about the relationship.

These days, the grassland has the difficulties of the grassland, and the great Chu also has the difficulties of the great Chu.Ping An is just like what Wang Xifeng did when Grandma Liu entered the Rongguo Mansion. She first accompanied them to complain and cry about poverty, and exaggerated her own difficulties like the sky, which made the envoys feel cold for a while. It is said that everyone has such a good relationship, no matter how difficult it is, you can't turn a blind eye to each other's help, and you will definitely do your best.

The most wonderful thing is that Zhao Can even maliciously asked the envoys of the two countries to meet together.So when they were relieved, Ping An changed the subject again, "Since it is a country of brothers, Da Chu should do its best. It's a pity that what we can produce is really limited, and you have two requests. this……"

As soon as these words came out, the envoys of the two countries looked at each other with lightning flashes in their eyes, as if they wished to kill each other in the blink of an eye.

This is also one of the strategies of Ping An and Zhao Can.Since conditions are to be raised, it is natural to give the other party a little oppression and let them know that the benefits are not so easy to obtain.When negotiating in this way, it will be easier for them to let go and spit out more benefits.

So after Ping'an finished singing the good face, it was Zhao Can's turn to come out and sing the good face. He said all the good things, but he didn't agree to anything, so he sent the two anxious envoys away.

In this way, in order to ascertain Zhao Can's attitude, they had to ask around.At this time, if you secretly reveal the meaning here, the envoy will naturally send a letter back to the country to discuss, and then, all you need to do is wait.

The best situation is that they recognize the status quo and take the initiative to offer conditions that Da Chu can accept.Of course, if it doesn't work, Zhao Can doesn't mind using some other means.

In order to meet the coming age of great exploration, the forces on this continent must be integrated.Because neither Zhao Can nor Ping An hoped that when they faced the western enemies in the future, they would have to divert their attention and energy to the prairie people who were making trouble in the rear from time to time.

Therefore, everyone has different goals, and the ending is doomed from the beginning, and they will only proceed in the direction envisioned by one of them.

And it is definitely not Xirong and Beidi who have the right to speak.

Sure enough, the replies from Xirong and Beidi came soon, asking the envoys to negotiate with Dachu within the scope of permission.At the same time, Zhao Can and Pingan have also received news. Disputes have broken out more than once in the two countries. With the deepening of negotiations, this kind of disagreement will only become more and more serious.

Leave the matter to the people below, and then Ping An and Zhao Can just wait for the result.

The negotiation lasted for half a year, mainly because the ministers could not make up their minds about many things, so they could only exchange letters continuously during the period, which delayed a lot of time.

Until the autumn of the 11th year of Anping, a major event that was destined to be recorded in the annals of history, even after thousands of years, would still be talked about and repeatedly researched by later generations.

Xirong and Beidi split within a month, and some of them completely fell into the arms of Dachu, and voluntarily surrendered to become a subsidiary state of Dachu, which is commensurate with the country of father and son.The other part hated Da Chu extremely, so they fled far away in the grassland.

After the news came out, it immediately shocked the government and the public, and spread to the whole country with lightning speed.

The whole Dachu was cheered and encouraged.

This is not surprising, since the existence of the Great Chu—or before the founding of the Great Chu, these two countries have actually existed.It was precisely because Emperor Taizu drove out these prairie people that he established the century-old foundation of Great Chu.

However, in this process, Da Chu paid too much.

It is said that where the country was founded, the population of the entire Great Chu was less than ten million, and most of them were old, young, sick, disabled and weak, and there were very few young and strong young men.During the years when the war was the most intense, there were funerals in almost every village, and the whole Dachu was immersed in an atmosphere of despair and sadness.

Although a hundred years have passed, the time has not been that long after all, and the memory of the people is not that bad.Many people have heard about what happened back then from their fathers and grandparents, and they naturally have lingering fears about the existence of the grassland nation.

Not to mention, even after the founding of the country, the two countries often went to the border to fight for grass, and the hatred between them and Da Chu has continued to this day.

So when the imperial court decided to open a border trade market with the prairie people, the response among the common people was mediocre.

For these ordinary people, they don't understand political compromise and games. They only know that the imperial court sells the food and goods they have grown so hard to the enemy country, allowing their enemies to enjoy the fruits of their labor.

They can't shake the court, but they don't quite agree with this approach in their hearts.

Ping An even saw a newspaper article attacking the policy at the time.It can be seen that this kind of thinking is still very widespread among the general public.

So now, after hearing that these two countries have completely split up, and their strength has dropped again and again, and now they have no ability to threaten Dachu, how can the people not cry with joy and run around telling each other?So this incident instantly became the greeting that everyone greets each other recently, "Did you know? Xirong and Beidi..." "I know, the ancestors have appeared, and the retribution has arrived!"

This is true among the people, and so is the court.In any case, they are countries that have been hostile for hundreds of years. For Da Chu, these are two hard bones. They have spent so many years, but they are just trying to control the battlefield in the northwest border area, trying not to affect the other places.

But how could it not affect it?War needs people, food and supplies, and these things can only be supplied by the whole country.

But now, they have successfully disintegrated these two countries, and there is no need to worry about them in the future!

Although there were still some people who fled far away and went deep into the grassland, Da Chu couldn't find them for a while, even if he wanted to take any action, he couldn't do it, it sounded like a threat.But in fact, if you think about it carefully, you know that since they want to hide, they don't have the ability to compete with Da Chu now, so they can only find a place to hide and recuperate.

That being the case, there is nothing they can do, at least for decades.

That's enough for a while.At the beginning, the Taizu swept away the surrounding grassland people with thunderous force and fought for the foundation of a century-old state for Great Chu. Now, they have won the possibility for Great Chu to prosper for another hundred years.

Such an achievement, such an honor!

While the courtiers rejoiced, they had complicated emotions.Because they are very clear that in this matter, what they can do is really limited, and everything is led by Zhao Can himself.So most of the credit should go to Zhao Can.

Everyone says that it is easy to start a business but difficult to keep it.Because starting a business has to face not only enemies, but also various internal disputes and contradictions, the situation is much more complicated than starting a business.Therefore, most of the conservative kings can make the country basically peaceful, and it is not easy for everything to develop smoothly.People like Zhao Can who are able to do better than the founding king with their own ingenuity, are few and far between in the history books.

It is conceivable that one day in the future, this era will be named "Anping and Prosperity" by future generations, and it will be passed down forever, making countless people yearn for and envy.

This was Zhao Can's little scheming. He embedded Ping'an's name into his year name, so that his name was destined to follow him and be immortal.

For the current peace, he didn't think so much.This event also made him feel extremely excited, but it was because his idea was implemented, and it turned out that it was indeed effective.This made Ping An very excited, and wished he could implement all the other things in his mind immediately, and then reap the results within a few years.

Of course, he himself is very clear that these are just thoughts, and many things cannot be rushed.

Things go smoothly when things are slow, and if you go slower, you will go more safely. Ping An naturally knows this truth.

The autumn of 11 in Anping was probably an auspicious day, so the good news came one after another.Soon after the two countries split, Zhao Jie, who had been at sea for several years, returned with his fleet again.

The last time Zhao Jie went to sea, he not only brought a ship full of goods, but also took away several clans and the people they recruited.They will settle in a place that Zhao Can has designated, and with the help of Zhao Jie's navy, they will take over the local governance rights.For the rest, they can only rely on themselves.

Because these people had to be settled, and they were prepared and planned to go farther than last time, so it took more time for the fleet to go back and forth this time, and it has been delayed until now.

Happily, the benefits of a fleet are innumerable.

First of all, Zhao Jie passed through several countries and brought the envoys of the other kings.

Because of the appearance of Zhao Jie, the countries across the ocean are now very interested in and longing for this mysterious and ancient oriental country.Especially the various commodities brought along with the ship, such as tea, porcelain, exquisite silk...beautiful things will be sought after no matter where they are, and everyone naturally respects the country that can produce these things.

That's why the king sent envoys to come to see him.Especially after hearing that other countries have already dispatched, they are scrambling to be the first to do so, lest they fall behind.

It is conceivable that Da Chu will establish diplomatic relations with these countries next.After that, the fleet of merchant ships can go there for trade along the channel that has been opened up.

Now the matter of Xirong and Beidi has long been forgotten by the people, and the frenzy of overseas trade has swept across the whole of Dachu, because from the sailors on the ship, someone heard that a piece of porcelain can be exchanged for a piece of porcelain of equal weight. gold!As for silk, let alone, the price is absolutely sky-high!

The goods that Zhao Jie brought with the ship at the beginning have all been turned into gold, silver and precious stones, and they are loaded on the ship.Although not many people knew about this news, seeing that the marines were moving things down box by box when they disembarked, they guessed that the journey might be quite profitable.

Such a lucrative industry naturally makes everyone envious.As long as they are related people, they are trying to find ways to get people to bring some goods for themselves. As long as they come back successfully, the cost will increase ten times and a hundred times!

"Das Kapital" said that a 50.00% profit is enough to make people take risks.But now, ten times or even a hundred times the profit has made everyone go crazy.

The appearance of this frenzy is of course because the business is so easy to do, so it makes people jealous, but in fact, it is more of Zhao Can's connivance.

The reason for doing this is because they know very well that in fact, ordinary people simply do not have the ability to find someone to bring them goods.Except for rich merchants and rich merchants who can buy their own boats and go to sea, most of those who need someone to bring goods for them are actually the gentry class.

Da Chu stipulates that officials are not allowed to do business, even family members.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen are at the bottom, and they are also the class that scholars want to suppress, because they have money, and if they have money, they can easily exceed their powers.

In practice, however, things often turn out differently.Although the status of businessmen is low, many of them need to rely on officials to do their own business safely, but in contrast, officials need money, and they also need businessmen to run errands for them.At that time, I don't have to pay anything, and I can sit at home and wait for someone to send money to my door.

Gradually, everyone formed a very delicate balance. The rich merchants and rich merchants were tied to the interests of the gentry class and stood firmly together.

This situation has existed for a long time, so now, seeing the high profits of Haimao, it is impossible for many people to bear it, but any family with surplus money will definitely want to invest.And they will naturally only find businessmen they trust to do this.

Knowing this, Zhao Can deliberately encouraged these people.

Because he knows very well that although the sea trade is profitable, the risk is actually the same.

Maybe everyone only noticed that the fleet sailed out of the port and returned with glory, taking away a large amount of goods and bringing a large amount of wealth.And few people would notice that there were always hundreds of fleets that sailed out at the beginning, but now only [-] to [-]% are left.

On the vast and boundless sea, the biggest enemy is none other than the unpredictable weather and the unpredictable way forward, underwater reefs and sea storms.

In fact, Zhao Jie was lucky. He happened to miss a typhoon. Although he also encountered a small storm, but because the fleet was very large and all the ships were connected together, he barely resisted the past, but it was inevitable that he would lose some Outer ships and cargo.

Of course, Zhao Can didn't want them to have accidents at sea in a short time.

Because he needs these people to taste the benefits brought by the sea trade, and thus invest all his assets in it. ——Among all assets, it naturally includes large tracts of land and farms.These are the lands that the gentry class has merged little by little over a long period of time as the foundation of their families and want to pass on to future generations.

But they didn't think that in the process of annexing the land, they deprived most ordinary people of the possibility of passing their land to their children and grandchildren.Perhaps because of a disaster or an accident, they were forced to sell their fields and even their children.

Ping An knows that there is no absolute fairness in the world, and he will not pursue such illusory things.But he didn't want to give up some of the most basic things.

Now that Zhao Can is the emperor, all the people living in the land of Great Chu are his subjects.And Ping An hopes that they can live better and better under Da Chu's rule.This is the real Guotai Minan.

So he needs these people to raise money at all costs, and may even sell their properties, after they have tasted the sudden profit.

At that time, Zhao Can only needs to have people buy these lands to prepare for the future land reform and land re-division.In this way, the resistance to this reform will naturally be much smaller.

In order to do this, Zhao Can was likely to confront the entire scholar group.Because in the era when commerce was underdeveloped, the land was the foundation, otherwise they would not need to spend so much energy to annex the land.If you want to move this part, you will naturally tear yourself apart from them completely.

However, sea trade has brought unexpected benefits.If these people are made to realize that commerce is an industry worth investing in more than agriculture, then they will naturally turn their energy to that and no longer care about the ownership of the land.Although there must still be some old-school people who prefer a down-to-earth land and are unwilling to change, but these people, Zhao Can can naturally deal with them.

Therefore, under his deliberate promotion, gold is everywhere in foreign countries, and you can pick up a handful if you just bend down, completely mobilizing the enthusiasm of the entire Great Chu from top to bottom.

Ping An watched Zhao Can nervously for several days, until Zhao Can was a little confused, and then asked, "Why aren't you excited at all?"

Some things, if you don't know, you won't be excited.It's like buying a lottery ticket and knowing that you will win 500 million yuan. This doesn't mean that when you go to receive the prize, you can't help but jump up unhappy when you get 500 million yuan.

Huge profits from sea trade may still be a legend to others, but in fact, Zhao Can has become the biggest winner among them.

Because there is no sea chart, although the merchants are now trying to make a small fuss, they can only go back and forth to Southeast Asia, and back and forth once a year. The profits cannot be said to be huge, but they are also considerable.

It's not like Zhao Can, let Haijun open the way for himself, no matter what kind of business he is, he can be the first one.And it is conceivable that with the official brand, he can still get a big profit in future overseas trade.All of this is real, not someone else's imagining.

But Zhao Can has always been very calm, so calm that Ping An is very puzzled.

We must know that any man has the idea of ​​making a contribution in his heart, let alone the emperor?Sitting in the world, their pursuit is to surpass the virtuous kings of the past generations and catch up with the three emperors and five emperors.That's why in the history of Ping'an, Qin Huang Han Wu, Tang Zong and Song Zu are so desirable.It's the same here.

What Zhao Can has achieved now is something that many people have not been able to do for thousands of years. Originally, Ping An was afraid that he would be full of ambition, but why is he not excited or proud at all?

Seeing Ping An looking at her with a worried face, Zhao Can couldn't help but reached out and pulled him into her arms, hugged him tightly, took a deep breath, and said, "Because you're here."

"Me?" Ping An was a little inexplicable.

Zhao Can narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, "Although I haven't seen the world you mentioned, I know, Ping An, it must be a world far beyond the present, right? Since someone has already walked in front of me , then everything I do now is naturally nothing. How dare I be complacent?"

"You..." Ping An was momentarily speechless.

With what Zhao Can has done, no matter what kind of person it is placed on, it is already enough to be proud of.But he was not proud, it was actually because of the influence he brought, which made Ping An feel very uncomfortable.

"You're stupid..." He sighed, "The things I said were not done by one person, I don't know how many people have gathered their efforts. If you take it out alone, you are more powerful than Tanmo."

"But I was able to do these things because of your guidance." Zhao Can's tone was very calm.

It's like someone else got [-]% in the exam, but he knew the questions in advance, so Zhao Can had nothing to be proud of when he got [-]% in the exam.He may have done more, but he knew that the hardest part was not what he did, but what peace brought him.

Although up to now, Ping An has seldom intervened in many matters, that is, when discussing a few opinions, the rest is up to him to decide, but for Zhao Can, Ping An's contribution is indelible.