Uncle Lin fell from the sky [Red Mansion + Qing Chuan]

After going out for a while, seeing the vastness of the sea and sky outside, Yinzhen's heart has already swelled. Now he can't wait to put on his wings to fly farther and higher, so that the flag of the Royal Caravan of the Qing Dynasty will be planted in the sky. On foreign lands, all the foreign money was involved in the purse of the Qing Dynasty.

It's just that after listening to the words of the tenth younger brother, it was like a pot of cold water pouring down from the head, which instantly extinguished the burning flame in Yinzhen's heart. No matter how good he thought, he still needed Huang Ama's consent. This time, according to the plan, they You only need to go to Kyakta to complete the transaction and then return.

But seeing that they were all at the door of Tsarist Russia, he and the old ten could not bear it. They were also very curious about this huge neighbor, so they ignored the persuasion of their subordinates and stepped into Tsarist Russia as a businessman from the Qing Dynasty. In the end, the man came back safely, and the purchased goods doubled the profits of the trip, and he also found out a lot of useful news.

Although Emperor Kangxi rewarded them according to merit, but afterwards, because they entered Tsarist Russia without authorization, both Yinzhen and Yin'e were fined to copy a hundred filial piety scriptures. Of course Emperor Kangxi would not agree to running far away.

Not to mention the heart of an old father, it is the business route from Kyoto to Tsarist Russia, as well as the newly established Qing Royal Chamber of Commerce. In the early stage of operation, Yinzhen, as one of the main persons in charge, will inevitably have to sit for a period of time and adjust the management mechanism. Straightened out, the most complicated thing is the interests of all parties involved.

Thinking of this, Yinzhen's face collapsed.

Seeing that my ninth brother was so depressed because of his own words, Yin'e hurriedly comforted people: "Ninth brother, don't be sad, look at the past, you were scolded by Huang Ama every day for your business, but now it's for the sake of the Qing Dynasty. Ama even praised you, and the brothers all look at you with admiration.

Isn't it just to open up business routes, we are not in a hurry, we will take it step by step, first understand the troubles of Tsarist Russia, and then we will be grinding with Huang Ama. "

After Lin Zizhen heard this, he gave Shi Ye a thumbs up. Although among these princes, Shi Elder Brother is not good, but in terms of character, Ten Elder Brother is the most open minded.

After hanging out with Lin Zizhen for a while, Yin'e now understood the meaning of this gesture, and when he was praised, the corners of his mouth opened and he started to laugh, but seeing his Ninth Brother like that, he hurriedly held back.

Yes, things can't be rushed.Simply they still have time now.

It is not possible to go west and north to expand trade routes, but the world is so big, and there is not only one trade route, so they can set their sights on the east of the Qing Dynasty.

Tsarist Russia was so lucky to fight Switzerland for the sake of going to the sea, but they don’t need it. The coastal cities to the east of the Qing Dynasty, as well as Qiongzhou, and Ryukyu, which has been recovered and returned, are all places that can provide foreign trade for the Qing Dynasty. Natural geographical advantages.

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, because Zheng Chenggong's forces were entrenched in Taiwan, and the Qing Dynasty worried that merchants would collude with Nanyang and pirates, they ordered the sea to be banned.However, since Shi Lang's death, Emperor Kangxi ordered the lifting of the sea ban, but due to various reasons, it has been repeated several times, which is really not conducive to the development of sea trade.

Lin Zizhen, who had a draft in mind, said, "Although we can't go to the northwest for the time being, we still have the east, Guangzhou, and Fujian's open trade ports. The taxes collected by the merchants are not low, and the potential and profits of them are not lower than those of the Tsarist Russian trade routes. If the emperor's permission can be obtained, Ryukyu can also resume foreign trade. Financial resources. In this way, everyone doesn’t have to only focus on the caravans from Tsarist Russia.”

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Lord Jiu became interested. Before, he was only a blind eye. As a businessman, who doesn't know the profits of maritime merchants. Although going to sea is risky, as long as one of the ten ships returns, not only can the loss be made up for, It can also make a fortune, not to mention the folk, but the royal family. The Ministry of Internal Affairs purchases a large amount of foreign knitted wool for the royal family every year, and the cost is not low.

Thinking of this, Lord Jiu is in pain. If you say that they are good at everything in Qing Dynasty, but they are not as good as those foreigners in terms of business, it makes sense.Look at those foreigners, what earls, dukes, in order to make money, many of them did it themselves, what is the face, and even risked their lives, traveled across the ocean, and came to the Qing Dynasty. Go to Li Fan Yuan, hang around, say a few good words, even if you can't face the saint, you can get a lot of rewards.Shave a layer of wool before you go.

As soon as he heard Lin Zizhen's words now, he took it to heart.

"This matter is feasible. I will think about it when I go back. You will have to help me when the time comes. By the way, I will call the old fourteen and make a memorial with data like last time. When I go back, I will look for the brothers at home." Let's be lobbyists, so it's more sure." Yinzhen rubbed his hands excitedly.

Although it was winter, Lin Zi really didn't want to move, but in the end he was the one who brought up this matter, so he could only nod his head and agree.As long as the policy of opening the sea prevails, the Qing Dynasty, especially the royal family, will taste the sweetness of the ocean trade, and with huge profits as a base, more and more people will join in.

For the sake of making money, the closed-door policy will not appear in this land, and after the prosperity of maritime trade, there will definitely be jealous wolves. In order to protect their own interests, is the navy going to start and build a navy? A large number of ships and people are needed. It is not impossible to build a naval academy or a state-owned shipyard by then.

By the way, Macau, which was occupied by the Portuguese, should be taken back by then.

After the official business was finished, Yinzhen and Yin'e had a hot pot meal at Lin Zizhen's place. After eating and drinking enough, they led the excited nephews back after hearing many important events. Yinzhen's prince's mansion was built in Fourth Master's Baylor Mansion is next to him, just to send him back.

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The next day, just as Lin Zizhen came out of the Hanlin Academy, he was about to go to the Fourth Master's Mansion when he was caught by the resentful Fourteenth Elder Brother.

"Why are you so disrespectful? I know you before Brother Nine and the others, but you only give advice to Brother Nine. Haimao, what a wonderful thing. But I can only write memorials for them. This time, Master But as I said, if Huang Ama agrees, Brother Jiu and the others must take Master with them when they go out this time.

It’s all these data tables. I have been detained by Huang Ama in the south study these days, making data reports every day. Finally, I finally waited for a minister to understand it thoroughly before I was released by Huang Ama.Hey, you don't even know, Grandpa's horse hasn't run away for a long time, what a BMW, it's already fat. "He wants to fight, to be a general, no matter what, he can go out and walk like his ninth brother, how can such a good man hide in the imperial city. Fourteenth brother said to Lin Zizhen.

After getting acquainted, Lin Zizhen discovered that besides being arrogant, Lin Zizhen also had the attribute of chatterbox.

Lin Zi was really afraid of letting him talk like this, he didn't know how late it would take, usually it's fine, but today it's not easy to delay, he still has something to discuss with fourth master.And if the fourth master agrees and helps to talk about Xiang, compared to the fourteenth master getting this surprise, I will be more happy in my heart.

"It's true that the Fourteenth Master has worked hard, but it's also because the Fourteenth Master is smart and the emperor values ​​you. After this time, the emperor and other princes will not feel that the Fourteenth Master is still a child, and he can entrust him with important responsibilities. Look, Master Ninth is going to ask Master Fourteen for help soon this time." Regarding the bear boy, Lin Zizhen said smoothly.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Master Fourteen raised his eyebrows and smiled contentedly.But soon he realized that this data report was really thought up by Lin Zi in the first place. After he mentioned it a few times, he made it look good.Immediately, he said embarrassingly: "This form also has your share of credit. Don't worry, I haven't forgotten you. I made it clear to Huang Ama. Huang Ama said that he knows it well and will never forget it." Thanks to you."

Hearing this, Lin Zizhen was quite surprised. He really didn't take this data report seriously, and although he made a point, Shisi was also smart, and he quickly mastered it. Even after using it a few times , and can draw inferences about other cases from one instance. In the end, he contributed a lot to the final effect.

Lin Zizhen thanked him, and the two said a few more words, because Lin Zi really had something to do, so he had to change the appointment with the Fourteenth Lord, and tomorrow they will help sort out the information of the coastal treaty ports.

After bidding farewell to the Fourteenth Master, Lin Zizhen went to the Fourth Master's residence.

Fourth master is practicing calligraphy at the moment, Lin Zizhen is used to it, every time he comes to fourth master's place, as long as fourth master is idle, most of the time he is practicing calligraphy.

"Here we are. Recently, I have been arguing with the ninth brother and the others about maritime trade. I don't even know what to say about you. You are so courageous." The fourth master said as he put down his pen.You can't ruin a good word just because you are attracted by this person.

Lin Zizhen was not surprised that the fourth master knew about this, after all, when they were discussing, Hong Hui and Hong Yun were both there, and when they came back, they had to talk to the fourth master.

Hearing this at this moment, he said: "It's not because I'm courageous, but because I really feel that this is good for Qing Dynasty, so I suggested it to Lord Jiu. As soon as I finish talking, I also feel that I don't know what to do." In the end, why don't you come to discuss with the master. I'm afraid that the minister is too impatient and will make Shangyi dissatisfied."

"You still know that you are afraid. Forget it, tell me what you think first." Hearing Si Ye's words, he didn't get angry and resisted completely. Lin Zi was really relieved.

"Maritime trade is so lucrative. In fact, everyone knows that the emperor knows it well. Otherwise, he would not have repeatedly banned the sea for so many years, but in the end there was no ban. However, the Qing Dynasty ships were restricted from entering the sea and foreign businessmen were allowed to enter the port. Even if we are passive like this, the commercial tax collected by the Qing Dynasty every year is very objective, so why don’t we take the initiative and set up our own merchant ships for long voyages. This will not only make more profits, but also strengthen our understanding of the outside world, instead of just listening to what we believe One-sided words of foreign missionaries.

In the past few years, due to natural disasters, the Qing Dynasty had vigorously built river channels, and the emperor was sympathetic to his courtiers, allowing poor ministers to borrow money from the treasury to settle down, but many of them fished in troubled waters, and the country did not take advantage of it , Over time, the national treasury has been seriously overdrawn, and now many places cannot afford the money they need.It happens that if the business side makes good use of it, a large amount of money will flow into the treasury, and the salaries of officials will be mentioned at that time, so as to curb the trend of borrowing money, and it will also be beneficial to rectify the officialdom. "

Lin Zizhen didn't say anything else too bluntly, but Fourth Master could understand it in an instant.The courtiers borrowed money at the beginning because the salaries of officials in the Qing Dynasty were really low, and the prices of goods and housing in the capital remained high, so it was difficult for many ministers who had just transferred to the capital to settle down. Lin Zizhen's population is not bad, but others The official, who is not a family member, and has become an official, it is necessary to arrange a few servants.

However, the monthly salary of a seventh-rank official in the Qing Dynasty was about two or three taels, and it was only twenty taels a month for a first-rank official. Of course, they still had lumi, which was enough to support a family.And many bureaucrats live rich, even extravagant, where do they have so much money?

Then you can only rely on gray income.Exploitation of the people led to the prevalence of corruption in the Qing Dynasty at this time.Everyone knows the root cause, but there is no good way to fix it.When the country's wages increase, it can just be rectified.

When fourth master heard this, he already agreed in his heart.

When Lin Zizhen mentioned the matter of Macau, Fourth Master was also angry with those ambitious foreigners who invaded the land of the Qing Dynasty.

However, Lin Zizhen suggested that we can talk to the emperor and let the thirteenth and fourteenth lead troops to take back Macau, but the fourth master shook his head and said: "Don't worry about it, the sea trade will see the results first, then we can talk about the Macau thing, otherwise Once the troops are mobilized, many ministers will object. Even if they really want to mobilize troops, I am afraid that Huang Ama will not easily agree to let Thirteen and Fourteen lead the troops, but it is not impossible to be an auxiliary general."

Huang Ama is now becoming more and more wary of these adult princes.The current situation is not as peaceful as it appears on the surface.