[Red Mansions] Lin's first genius doctor
Chapter 71
Regardless of how gloomy the Xue family is, and how they try their best to find various ways to intervene, and want to return to the shipping sequence, Lin Changzhou has no time to pay attention to it for the time being-he is busy making plans for the next year to be completely different from last year. Different shipping plans.
This matter was still started by Lin Jiang, she wanted to let a batch of completely different 'items' flow into Dazhou by sea.
If you want to operate this matter, you have to briefly understand the court regulations of Dazhou Shipping.
Historically, when imperial merchants went to sea, in addition to paying high fees to handle the official sea-going documents at the Ministry of Households, they also had to pay a lot of "sea tax" when the goods entered Dazhou.
The goods brought out and brought back are checked and cataloged by the local government office to ensure that there are no prohibited items, especially the military devices, fire, weapons and other things of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Smuggled the equipment from the army of the Great Zhou Dynasty to overseas unscrupulous merchants.
Of course, after being captured, its fate was also very tragic. According to the crime of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country, it was hung at the entrance of the vegetable market like dried fish for people to visit, which played an excellent warning role.
In the heart of every treasonous person, there is at least a shadow the size of an air-dried fish.
Therefore, in the towns with sea ports along the coast of Dazhou, the official yamen are also "sea yamen", responsible for inspecting imported and exported goods.
From Julin Changzhou's point of view, the Haiyamen of the Great Zhou Dynasty is almost the embryonic form of modern customs.
After the yamen has checked that the goods are undamaged, the officials will also register the number and record how many boxes of goods a ship brings back, and then start collecting money--5000 taels of sea tax will be charged for less than 1 boxes, and [-] taels for more than [-] boxes [-] taels.
Finally, the "Register of the Number of Overseas Cargo Ships" will be sent back to the household department in the capital every year by the Haiyamen of various places for accounting, and this is considered a complete round of shipping.
This kind of one-size-fits-all policy based on the number of boxes has caused the imperial merchants to only fight for their own interests. Delicate small things overseas, such as rouge, gouache, perfume, small mirrors, etc., are stuffed to the brim, in order to decorate fewer boxes, and compress them in fifty. Inside the box, at least 5000 taels of silver should be paid.
It can be said that the Ministry of Households has such a simple and rough regulation of sea tax that many Western gadgets that take up a lot of space and high technological content cannot be introduced into Dazhou. As for books and texts related to culture and technology, no one brings them: who will spend money to Bring some books, but they are heavy and take up space, and they can't be sold at a price.
In Lin Changzhou's view, this is a pity.
However, even if Lin Changzhou is a pity, he will not take the initiative to intervene.For him, he has personally experienced the last days of many dynasties, and it can be said that there is nothing new under the sun.For him, every world will eventually be the past, and the only thing he has to focus on is his own host.
Lin Jiang is a genius doctor system, not a system of Emperor Shengming.So Lin Changzhou will only provide her with funds and a money fortress. As for Lin Jiang's absence, his final mission will be over.
Whether the world will be flooded or not, he doesn't care at all.
It was Lin Jiang who took the initiative to talk to him about this matter and asked about overseas technology.
Lin Jiang remembered the world of the Red Chamber, which should correspond to the early Qing Dynasty, and no matter how early it was, it would be the end of the Ming Dynasty.The West will soon or be undergoing an industrial revolution.
And the western medicines, self-propelled boats, mechanism boxes, and the western guns that the military officers and gentlemen like to treasure as treasures that have been flowing into Dazhou in the past ten years can all prove the rapid development of the West.
The Great Zhou is currently rich in soldiers and horses, but if these Western countries vigorously develop technological gunpowder, if they cannot flow into the Great Zhou, perhaps in two or three hundred years, the Great Zhou will become another microcosm of the Qing Dynasty.This fertile land will eventually attract well-equipped robbers.
Lin Jiang didn't have any feelings for the Qing Dynasty, but had infinite feelings for the flower grower she loved.
The imperial court lags behind others, and those who suffer will always be ordinary people like her who just want to live a peaceful life at home.
Regarding how to avoid suffering, Lin Jiang has always believed in the words of great scientists, "There is no difference between not having a sword in your hand and having a sword" [1].It is best to be able to convince people with virtue, but you must be prepared to convince people with martial arts in order to ensure that you will not be bullied by foreign enemies.
So she came to ask Lin Changzhou for advice, asking if he could use sea transportation to improve the future of Da Zhou.
Lin Jiang could see that the emperor was not a closed-door character, he was actually quite receptive to new things.
Lin Changzhou just asked her: "What does this have to do with your final achievement? It's irrelevant, don't worry about it."
His expression is indifferent, he has seen a lot of prosperity in the world, and he doesn't care much.
Seeing that Lin Jiang cared, he just expressed his judgment rationally: "Da Zhou's armament is similar to that of the Ming Dynasty. It has its own Shenji Battalion, and there are sidecars with large caliber and guns, which are no more lethal than Western firearms. The strength is small. According to my opinion, within 100 years, the Great Zhou will not be weaker than the West. What happens 100 years later has nothing to do with you and me.”[2]
At that time, Lin Jiang was gone no matter whether he had completed the final task or not.
Lin Jiang heard that he was not interested in this matter at all, so he came to show his hospitality to convince the father of the system: "Science and technology progress is not only for the sake of the Great Zhou. Once the communication with the West is extensive through sea transportation, and the Western medicine is introduced, I will bring it to the Tai Hospital. Leading experiments and widespread applications, wouldn't my prestige also be huge?"
She clasped her hands together: "I want to be the best group of students you have ever led, and achieve the final achievement as soon as possible!"
This sentence moved Lin Changzhou, so he said reservedly: "Since you are so motivated, I will find a way for you as a father."
This is what Lin Ruhai saw earlier, even if Lin Changzhou returned to the capital, he would not spend much time with his daughter, and he didn't care about his daughter's marriage, but was obsessed with settling accounts.
Lin Changzhou was actually working overtime to settle the account for Lin Jiang's request.
While working overtime, Lin Changzhou seldom expresses humane emotion: It is not easy to be a father to someone, and you have to fully support your child's dream, and you can't just say "Daddy supports you", you need to pay real labor.
Alas, it's really not as good as being a cat. Every day's work is to flutter the ball.
After he finished all the accounts, there was only one important prerequisite left, that is, the emperor agreed to open up more shipping authority.
In this regard, Lin Changzhou is not going to be an official who cares about the country and the people, and talks to the emperor about the disadvantages of closing the country and the benefits of introducing science and technology.What he has to do has always been very simple, that is, to make money. Is there anything more tempting for the emperor to value shipping than the vain money flowing into the treasury?
After the Shangyuan Festival, Lin Changzhou gathered the imperial merchants who had received official documents to go to sea this year and held a meeting.
He has always been straight to the point, directly proposing that he persuade the merchants to donate [-]% of the profits of this year's shipping to the royal family, so that the emperor can open up more shipping rights.
The crowd couldn't help being surprised and in an uproar.
Merchants in this era were not allowed to take imperial examinations to become officials. Many people studied only for literacy and accounting. They had no foresight and only cared about gold and silver.This is the allusion of the poem that the businessman pays more attention to profit than parting.
Hearing Lin Changzhou raise this matter, counting [-]% of the profit as real gold and silver, most of the imperial merchants can't see the future grand plan, only endless distress and categorical rejection.
Only a few courageous people saw the future prospects, and felt that they had to agree to the bleeding after gritting their teeth.
Lin Changzhou originally didn't expect everyone to be far-sighted and to respond instantly—the benefits are not enough, they should be distributed to those who are smart and bold, and dare to eat the first crab.
So Lin Changzhou, the imperial merchant who refused to contribute profits, didn't feel embarrassed. He only said that some business in the future would be exclusively for those who agreed to contribute this year's profits to the national treasury, and the rest of them should stop arguing about this matter.
The ugly words are up front, you don't need to work hard when planting trees, but don't even think about coming over to enjoy the shade when the time comes.
The rest of the merchants responded repeatedly.
Those timid businessmen refused to pay. Seeing that Lin Changzhou didn't force them to contribute, he was very grateful for giving them small shoes. They just wanted to run away with their pockets in their hands.
Some imperial merchants are not timid, but content and happy.I feel that with this current shipping line of my own, the fixed money I earn is enough to spend ten lifetimes, and I don't want to fight anymore.
No matter what their thoughts were, they signed on the spot, expressing that they would never have any opinions on this matter in the future.
The six great imperial merchants who stayed here in Lin Changzhou were not without distress.
If they have such insights and courage, their business will naturally be great.This year they put a lot of effort into shipping, they were extremely busy running around, and made a lot of money, but the business was big and needed a lot of capital to operate.
The [-]% of the profit is hundreds of thousands, and it was originally intended to be used to invest in next year's business capital.
Now it's just smashed out like this?
There were two imperial merchants who had settled their accounts, and they couldn't help but look distressed, and even poured two medicines and ate them.
Lin Changzhou was speechless, because the people left behind were all on the same boat, and Lin Changzhou was still pinching the lifeline of all of them to "go to sea", so he simply said openly and honestly: "You are all people who are in the business world. When did you say yes? Three achievements are really three percent?"
Several people present looked at each other in blank dismay: What's wrong, Mr. Lin, you dare to fool the emperor?
They do business for this sake, of course they have skills, and it is common for people to be fooled and limped, but in this dynasty, businessmen are afraid of dying and become officials, let alone the emperor, and they don't even think about it. Guo Lin Changzhou is here to engage in Spring and Autumn brushwork.
Lin Changzhou gave them the bottom line: "At first, I thought there were only two or three people willing to stay, but I didn't expect that there were six people of insight. Since that's the case, each person will contribute 10 taels, and I will offer another 40 taels." Ten thousand taels, one million is enough—the tax paid to the household department by sea last year was only more than 100 taels, and now we can double it a few times.”
Giving too much at once will make it difficult to improve in the future.
Upon hearing the hundred thousand, all the royal merchants present showed relaxed expressions.
10 taels of silver, drizzle.
In terms of their family property, 10 taels is really not much, and this is not throwing money into the water, this is an investment that will have a big return!If they really had to hand over a few hundred thousand taels, they would have gritted their teeth.
Now they have also turned the corner. I'm afraid Mr. Lin deliberately said [-]% of the profit, so as to dissuade some people who are not far-sighted and courageous enough.Secondly, it was also for the emperor's face.
You can't tell the emperor, let's give His Majesty some drizzle.
Of course, we have to sacrifice [-]% of the profits to His Majesty!
Said to the emperor: If the labor costs of the guys and the maintenance costs of the cargo ships are excluded, this year is basically equivalent to not making money.But even at a loss, we are willing to dedicate all the silver to His Majesty the emperor who is wise in shipping.
This sounds like respect for your father.
All the royal merchants simply saw the fog: ah, you really deserve to be Mr. Lin!
This wave operates in the atmosphere!
Sure enough, the 100 million taels of silver was sent up by Lin Changzhou, and the emperor Longyan was very happy.
The emperor has had a hard time in the past six months - because his prodigal father has ruined the private treasury of the royal family, the emperor has even cut the palace staff by half.
Recently, he discovered the serious problem of "the avalanche decline in the appearance of the harem", and he couldn't help feeling that the emperor himself was miserable.
Lin Changzhou's move greatly expanded the emperor's private treasury, and the 100 million taels was only dedicated to him, and did not include the shipping tax that had been reimbursed to the treasury by the Ministry of Accounts.
It can be said that the money brought in from sea this year has turned several times compared to last year.
The emperor is a pragmatic person, and immediately began to pay attention to the big cake of sea transportation.Originally, the position he gave Lin Changzhou as a game envoy was more for the Misty God.
But now it seems that there are not only gods overseas, but also mountains of gold and silver.
But it's hard to trace the trace, the money is actually stored in the treasury.
Nothing is easier to promote the development of a business industry than His Majesty's attention.
As soon as the dynasty opened in the next year, the emperor repeatedly asked the Ministry of Households to draw up several shipping regulations, and even set up a Royal Haiting Temple to find work for some clan members who were bored and wasted money from the country's titles. : Help me go to the outskirts to supervise the construction of my royal ship!
The first one to be brought here to work was King Xiang who was drinking happily with his concubine at home.
Upon receiving the imperial decree, King Xiang was as shocked and distressed as five thunderbolts, but he didn't dare to resist his royal brother at all, so he came to work with a haggard face, like a squashed glutinous rice ball, He squatted here every day and became a supervisor.
There are not a few other idle and dandy clans who were thrown into the Haiting Temple in the suburbs of Beijing for labor reform.
In order to avoid being kicked over by the emperor as contractors, many clansmen who ate, drank, prostituted, and gambled suddenly realized overnight that the prodigal son would turn around, and no longer pick and choose. The errands in the capital, and strive to make a contribution to the royal family in the capital.
For a time, the atmosphere in Beijing Zhongzong's room was awe-inspiring.
And the emperor made such a big move, and even started to ship the royal ship, it can be seen that His Majesty himself wants to have a big share in this shipping business!
Is there a better weathervane than Holy Will?
So at the beginning of February, when Lin Changzhou was about to leave Beijing, shipping was so hot that everyone wanted to take a bite.But helplessly, the emperor is the biggest boss, which cannot be disputed.Whoever wants to compete with the emperor will lose his own head.
So the rest of the people had no choice but to watch helplessly, trying to step in in various ways to rub the remaining oil and water.
Those real high-ranking households naturally have acquaintances and contacts with the six imperial merchants, so they can call to give a few orders and get a share from them.
But many people whose official positions are quite low and their families gradually lose their dignity have no choice but to take the initiative to lower their bodies to contact the imperial merchants, intending to join them.
For the first time, the imperial merchants felt what it was like for an official to give them a smile on their own initiative!
This is really unprecedented.
Scholars, farmers, businessmen, scholars are at the top, and businessmen can only be at the bottom even if they have money.
As the so-called seventh-rank officials in front of the prime minister's gate, in this capital, they are merchants, where can they not make a smile?Now there are officials and gentlemen who take the initiative to show their favor to them, wanting to share some of the benefits.
Just for this, the six royal merchants also felt that the 10 taels of silver was worth it: Sure enough, they had meat to eat with Mr. Lin!
But for the Xue family, this first month is going well, but it is more and more tormented day by day: as the largest shipping lottery holding the imperial merchants, now they can't even pass the threshold and are blocked from the outside.
After staring blankly for a month, the Xue family couldn't take it anymore seeing the booming shipping business. Aunt Xue came to the door in person and begged Wang Ziteng, the elder brother, crying.
I want to ask my elder brother to come forward as an intermediary, and take advantage of this year's happy event between the two girls, Lin and Jiang, so that the Lin and Xue families can settle their suspicions!
Thinking about it now, Aunt Xue really complained to Mrs. Wang: Back then, their family wanted to back down, but Mrs. Wang pushed them out, and now the bitter fruit still has to be swallowed by the Xue family.
If it wasn't for Baochai's marriage, the Xue family really wanted to move out.
Wang Ziteng, who was returning to Beijing for the New Year, felt a little distressed when his sister cried to his eyes.
In his eyes, it has been two years since the Xue family wanted to grab business. Last year, you, Lin Changzhou, almost knocked off the face of the Xue family. Bench players who can't hold their heads up, you should also be exhausted.
This year's shipping trend, it's time to work together, and it's time for the Lin family to raise their hands.
So Wang Ziteng condescended to go and talk to Lin Changzhou, the fifth-rank official, in person.
That's right, after Lin Changzhou returned to Beijing this year, the emperor was promoted. In private, the monarchs and ministers laughed and said that he should not be allowed to be lower than his daughter's official position. To the outside world, he naturally said that Lin Changzhou had meritorious service and was granted a fifth-rank official position in the household department.What is actually done is still the work of the game player.
Wang Ziteng, as the first rank, consciously came to the door in person, which gave him a lot of face.
But in his eyes, Lin Changzhou ransacked the Xue family once, but the Wang family didn't make a move, so the two were already settled.Wang Ziteng came to the door this time, intending to make some money by himself, and at the same time speak well for the Xue family.
As a result, Lin Changzhou let go of Xue's family, not to mention buying his face. He simply did not agree to let Wang Ziteng intervene in the shipping business.
Wang Ziteng was dumbfounded at the time: What?I was rejected?Hey, it's me!Prince Teng, Admiral of the Nine Provinces!
Seeing Lin Changzhou's direct refusal, Wang Ziteng was furious, and even couldn't help showing a little threat: In the future, I will go out to Beijing to patrol the seaports of Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian, and check the cargo of merchant ships. Aren't you afraid? !
He has the title of inspector and inspector in these nine provinces, and he wants to make things difficult for Lin Changzhou in the local department's Haiyamen. In Wang Ziteng's view, it should not be too simple.
He didn't believe this truth, Lin Changzhou didn't understand, that's why Wang Ziteng said confidently that he would take a hand in the shipping business - this is his own business, so naturally hello, hello, hello everyone, I won't make trouble in the future.
Lin Changzhou is really not afraid. When the time comes, we will see whether it is the prince who takes your vacant position as the admiral of the first rank and nine provinces, or the emperor's golden signboard.
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After Lin Changzhou's categorical rejection, Wang Ziteng was really annoyed this time, and couldn't hold back his face.
He didn't allow his wife to mention the Lin family any more, and because of her good relationship with the Lin family, Sister Feng was shut down when she returned to her mother's house.
But Sister Feng still wants to rely on herself more than relying on her uncle.
Even the prince is so angry that he is still helpless. Of course, she thinks that the Lin family is stronger.Sister Feng is a Tuo Tuo Mu Qiang faction.
Her mother's family wanted to close the door for her to eat, but Sister Feng didn't come to eat!
She turned around and asked Jia Lian to take her to the Lin family to visit, and proposed to come often to help the two younger sisters organize their marriages and help with trivial matters in the inner house.
Sister Feng's suggestion is very pertinent and practical.
If Daiyu gets engaged, Lin Jiang, as a sister, can naturally help with the preparations, but the problem is that the two of them announced their marriage almost at the same time, so the time for the sixth ceremony is probably about the same.It's not good for two girls to take care of each other, or exchange for each other.
Besides, Lin Jiang didn't have the energy to focus on the inner house.
Sister Feng's offer of help was timely.
Mother Jia also agreed with Sister Feng's help, as long as Daiyu's marriage is happy and proper, and she will close her eyes in the future so that she can see Jia Min.
When Mrs. Wang heard that Sister Feng would often go to Lin's house to help, she came to find Mother Jia, and said that Tanchun was not as good as Sister Feng, and that the housekeeper couldn't take care of her, so Li Wan and Baochai would help.
This was answered by Jia's mother on the spot: "Zhu's daughter-in-law is fine, what does it mean to let a girl from a relative's family like Miss Bao enter Jia's housekeeper? Your wife is not in good health, nephew, daughter-in-law and daughter It’s enough to do it for you, why do you still have to work for relatives? No matter how bad it is, there will always be aunts at home, so it’s better to ask Aunt Zhou to help.”
Mrs. Wang choked to death directly.
Aunt Zhou was a completely transparent person in the mansion, and Mother Jia even brought her out to speak, but stomped Mrs. Wang's proposal on the ground twice.
Mrs. Wang failed again.
This day, when Sister Feng came back from Lin's house, she heard Qingwen answer her words, and she laughed so hard: "It's hard for the second wife to think about it. It's not that I won't come back from a long trip, but I will go to Uncle Lin's house every few days to help." Two. There are three girls in the family watching, and you are watching, it's enough."
There is no grand view garden, and there are no empresses in the palace to entertain.For Rongguo Mansion, there are a lot of things that need to be taken care of.
Qingwen helped Sister Feng take off the heavy golden phoenix from her head, and asked: "Grandma has never been back to the Lin residence, can you take me with you? I made some new pairs of official boots for Lin Yuanzheng."
Sister Feng nodded, "I'll take you there next time."
Qingwen laughed: "Although it's not worth anything, it's still my heart."
She said this because Lin Jiang treated her illness a few years ago.
As a granddaughter, Daiyu would naturally come to pay New Year's greetings to Jiamu before the Chinese New Year, and Lin Jiang, who had lived in Rongguo Mansion for more than a year, followed her—she missed Sister Feng and Sanchun quite a bit.
When they arrived at Sister Feng's place, the Lin family could tell that Qingwen was not in the right condition. Her voice was hoarse, her cheeks were flushed, and her temples were still sweating slightly in winter.
Sure enough, Qingwen has caught a cold for the past two days, but she is a strong person. She felt that she was assigned to Sister Feng's place. It was the first time to help with the New Year's affairs, so she insisted on refusing to rest, and it got worse .
Lin Jiang called her to the inner room. After the acupuncture, he took another piece of ibuprofen for her to eat, and smiled at her: "Go back and sleep, just keep it."
For Lin Jiang, this is really a trivial matter.
But for Qingwen, she remembers it firmly: Lin Yuanzheng is the head of the imperial hospital, and the princes and nobles who want to invite her line up to deliver the post. She is just a servant girl of the Rongguo Mansion, and Lin Yuanzheng is willing to treat her !
Qingwen has a violent temper, and a temperament with clear grievances and grievances, and she has engraved this incident in her heart since then.
Her needlework is a must in the Rongguo Mansion. Sister Feng mentioned it by chance: the official uniforms sent by the palace are nothing more than special embroidered patterns on them, so they have to be worn. The official boots that can be matched are never used by the Linyuan Academy. Yes, she always asks the embroidery room outside to make suitable and comfortable ones.
After Qingwen heard about this incident, she always remembered to make Lin Jiang's boots with her own hands. They were indeed more exquisite and comfortable than those made by embroidered girls outside.
After Lin Jiang praised him once, Qingwen worked even harder: In her opinion, this was something she could rarely do for Lin Yuanzheng.
When Sister Feng and Jia Lian talked about this matter, they were full of emotion: "Just seeing that the Linyuan hospital is willing to treat Qingwen, the doctor is really kind - what benefit can Qingwen have for her? It can be seen that it is purely kind-hearted. "
Jia Lian nodded, "That's true." Speaking of Lin Ruhai, "Uncle Lin is also good to me, and he is always willing to give advice. Lin Yuan grew up in my uncle's house, so he must have been influenced by my uncle."
After speaking, he laughed again: "It's Lin Yuanzheng's biological father, Lin Youyi has a different temper."
Not to mention disrespecting the Xue family, even Wang Ziteng took it back directly.
Speaking of this, Sister Feng was still a little worried: "Oh, you are still joking. I know my uncle's temper, and he will not swallow it when he is angry. He will go out of Beijing to the south to inspect the coastal defenses of various provinces. If you want to trip up the Lin family, won't the sway get deeper and deeper? I'm afraid that even I will not be able to see my uncle's family in the future."
Jia Lian was not in a hurry: "What are you afraid of? The Wang family is the Wang family, and you are the second grandma of my Jia family's eldest house. My uncle's family must be able to tell the difference."
No matter how much Wang Ziteng couldn't swallow this breath, Lin Changzhou went out of Beijing step by step and prepared to go to sea.This year, in order to promote the expansion of shipping, he has been delayed a lot of time.
Compared with being in the capital, he prefers the infinite ocean.
This matter was still started by Lin Jiang, she wanted to let a batch of completely different 'items' flow into Dazhou by sea.
If you want to operate this matter, you have to briefly understand the court regulations of Dazhou Shipping.
Historically, when imperial merchants went to sea, in addition to paying high fees to handle the official sea-going documents at the Ministry of Households, they also had to pay a lot of "sea tax" when the goods entered Dazhou.
The goods brought out and brought back are checked and cataloged by the local government office to ensure that there are no prohibited items, especially the military devices, fire, weapons and other things of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Smuggled the equipment from the army of the Great Zhou Dynasty to overseas unscrupulous merchants.
Of course, after being captured, its fate was also very tragic. According to the crime of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country, it was hung at the entrance of the vegetable market like dried fish for people to visit, which played an excellent warning role.
In the heart of every treasonous person, there is at least a shadow the size of an air-dried fish.
Therefore, in the towns with sea ports along the coast of Dazhou, the official yamen are also "sea yamen", responsible for inspecting imported and exported goods.
From Julin Changzhou's point of view, the Haiyamen of the Great Zhou Dynasty is almost the embryonic form of modern customs.
After the yamen has checked that the goods are undamaged, the officials will also register the number and record how many boxes of goods a ship brings back, and then start collecting money--5000 taels of sea tax will be charged for less than 1 boxes, and [-] taels for more than [-] boxes [-] taels.
Finally, the "Register of the Number of Overseas Cargo Ships" will be sent back to the household department in the capital every year by the Haiyamen of various places for accounting, and this is considered a complete round of shipping.
This kind of one-size-fits-all policy based on the number of boxes has caused the imperial merchants to only fight for their own interests. Delicate small things overseas, such as rouge, gouache, perfume, small mirrors, etc., are stuffed to the brim, in order to decorate fewer boxes, and compress them in fifty. Inside the box, at least 5000 taels of silver should be paid.
It can be said that the Ministry of Households has such a simple and rough regulation of sea tax that many Western gadgets that take up a lot of space and high technological content cannot be introduced into Dazhou. As for books and texts related to culture and technology, no one brings them: who will spend money to Bring some books, but they are heavy and take up space, and they can't be sold at a price.
In Lin Changzhou's view, this is a pity.
However, even if Lin Changzhou is a pity, he will not take the initiative to intervene.For him, he has personally experienced the last days of many dynasties, and it can be said that there is nothing new under the sun.For him, every world will eventually be the past, and the only thing he has to focus on is his own host.
Lin Jiang is a genius doctor system, not a system of Emperor Shengming.So Lin Changzhou will only provide her with funds and a money fortress. As for Lin Jiang's absence, his final mission will be over.
Whether the world will be flooded or not, he doesn't care at all.
It was Lin Jiang who took the initiative to talk to him about this matter and asked about overseas technology.
Lin Jiang remembered the world of the Red Chamber, which should correspond to the early Qing Dynasty, and no matter how early it was, it would be the end of the Ming Dynasty.The West will soon or be undergoing an industrial revolution.
And the western medicines, self-propelled boats, mechanism boxes, and the western guns that the military officers and gentlemen like to treasure as treasures that have been flowing into Dazhou in the past ten years can all prove the rapid development of the West.
The Great Zhou is currently rich in soldiers and horses, but if these Western countries vigorously develop technological gunpowder, if they cannot flow into the Great Zhou, perhaps in two or three hundred years, the Great Zhou will become another microcosm of the Qing Dynasty.This fertile land will eventually attract well-equipped robbers.
Lin Jiang didn't have any feelings for the Qing Dynasty, but had infinite feelings for the flower grower she loved.
The imperial court lags behind others, and those who suffer will always be ordinary people like her who just want to live a peaceful life at home.
Regarding how to avoid suffering, Lin Jiang has always believed in the words of great scientists, "There is no difference between not having a sword in your hand and having a sword" [1].It is best to be able to convince people with virtue, but you must be prepared to convince people with martial arts in order to ensure that you will not be bullied by foreign enemies.
So she came to ask Lin Changzhou for advice, asking if he could use sea transportation to improve the future of Da Zhou.
Lin Jiang could see that the emperor was not a closed-door character, he was actually quite receptive to new things.
Lin Changzhou just asked her: "What does this have to do with your final achievement? It's irrelevant, don't worry about it."
His expression is indifferent, he has seen a lot of prosperity in the world, and he doesn't care much.
Seeing that Lin Jiang cared, he just expressed his judgment rationally: "Da Zhou's armament is similar to that of the Ming Dynasty. It has its own Shenji Battalion, and there are sidecars with large caliber and guns, which are no more lethal than Western firearms. The strength is small. According to my opinion, within 100 years, the Great Zhou will not be weaker than the West. What happens 100 years later has nothing to do with you and me.”[2]
At that time, Lin Jiang was gone no matter whether he had completed the final task or not.
Lin Jiang heard that he was not interested in this matter at all, so he came to show his hospitality to convince the father of the system: "Science and technology progress is not only for the sake of the Great Zhou. Once the communication with the West is extensive through sea transportation, and the Western medicine is introduced, I will bring it to the Tai Hospital. Leading experiments and widespread applications, wouldn't my prestige also be huge?"
She clasped her hands together: "I want to be the best group of students you have ever led, and achieve the final achievement as soon as possible!"
This sentence moved Lin Changzhou, so he said reservedly: "Since you are so motivated, I will find a way for you as a father."
This is what Lin Ruhai saw earlier, even if Lin Changzhou returned to the capital, he would not spend much time with his daughter, and he didn't care about his daughter's marriage, but was obsessed with settling accounts.
Lin Changzhou was actually working overtime to settle the account for Lin Jiang's request.
While working overtime, Lin Changzhou seldom expresses humane emotion: It is not easy to be a father to someone, and you have to fully support your child's dream, and you can't just say "Daddy supports you", you need to pay real labor.
Alas, it's really not as good as being a cat. Every day's work is to flutter the ball.
After he finished all the accounts, there was only one important prerequisite left, that is, the emperor agreed to open up more shipping authority.
In this regard, Lin Changzhou is not going to be an official who cares about the country and the people, and talks to the emperor about the disadvantages of closing the country and the benefits of introducing science and technology.What he has to do has always been very simple, that is, to make money. Is there anything more tempting for the emperor to value shipping than the vain money flowing into the treasury?
After the Shangyuan Festival, Lin Changzhou gathered the imperial merchants who had received official documents to go to sea this year and held a meeting.
He has always been straight to the point, directly proposing that he persuade the merchants to donate [-]% of the profits of this year's shipping to the royal family, so that the emperor can open up more shipping rights.
The crowd couldn't help being surprised and in an uproar.
Merchants in this era were not allowed to take imperial examinations to become officials. Many people studied only for literacy and accounting. They had no foresight and only cared about gold and silver.This is the allusion of the poem that the businessman pays more attention to profit than parting.
Hearing Lin Changzhou raise this matter, counting [-]% of the profit as real gold and silver, most of the imperial merchants can't see the future grand plan, only endless distress and categorical rejection.
Only a few courageous people saw the future prospects, and felt that they had to agree to the bleeding after gritting their teeth.
Lin Changzhou originally didn't expect everyone to be far-sighted and to respond instantly—the benefits are not enough, they should be distributed to those who are smart and bold, and dare to eat the first crab.
So Lin Changzhou, the imperial merchant who refused to contribute profits, didn't feel embarrassed. He only said that some business in the future would be exclusively for those who agreed to contribute this year's profits to the national treasury, and the rest of them should stop arguing about this matter.
The ugly words are up front, you don't need to work hard when planting trees, but don't even think about coming over to enjoy the shade when the time comes.
The rest of the merchants responded repeatedly.
Those timid businessmen refused to pay. Seeing that Lin Changzhou didn't force them to contribute, he was very grateful for giving them small shoes. They just wanted to run away with their pockets in their hands.
Some imperial merchants are not timid, but content and happy.I feel that with this current shipping line of my own, the fixed money I earn is enough to spend ten lifetimes, and I don't want to fight anymore.
No matter what their thoughts were, they signed on the spot, expressing that they would never have any opinions on this matter in the future.
The six great imperial merchants who stayed here in Lin Changzhou were not without distress.
If they have such insights and courage, their business will naturally be great.This year they put a lot of effort into shipping, they were extremely busy running around, and made a lot of money, but the business was big and needed a lot of capital to operate.
The [-]% of the profit is hundreds of thousands, and it was originally intended to be used to invest in next year's business capital.
Now it's just smashed out like this?
There were two imperial merchants who had settled their accounts, and they couldn't help but look distressed, and even poured two medicines and ate them.
Lin Changzhou was speechless, because the people left behind were all on the same boat, and Lin Changzhou was still pinching the lifeline of all of them to "go to sea", so he simply said openly and honestly: "You are all people who are in the business world. When did you say yes? Three achievements are really three percent?"
Several people present looked at each other in blank dismay: What's wrong, Mr. Lin, you dare to fool the emperor?
They do business for this sake, of course they have skills, and it is common for people to be fooled and limped, but in this dynasty, businessmen are afraid of dying and become officials, let alone the emperor, and they don't even think about it. Guo Lin Changzhou is here to engage in Spring and Autumn brushwork.
Lin Changzhou gave them the bottom line: "At first, I thought there were only two or three people willing to stay, but I didn't expect that there were six people of insight. Since that's the case, each person will contribute 10 taels, and I will offer another 40 taels." Ten thousand taels, one million is enough—the tax paid to the household department by sea last year was only more than 100 taels, and now we can double it a few times.”
Giving too much at once will make it difficult to improve in the future.
Upon hearing the hundred thousand, all the royal merchants present showed relaxed expressions.
10 taels of silver, drizzle.
In terms of their family property, 10 taels is really not much, and this is not throwing money into the water, this is an investment that will have a big return!If they really had to hand over a few hundred thousand taels, they would have gritted their teeth.
Now they have also turned the corner. I'm afraid Mr. Lin deliberately said [-]% of the profit, so as to dissuade some people who are not far-sighted and courageous enough.Secondly, it was also for the emperor's face.
You can't tell the emperor, let's give His Majesty some drizzle.
Of course, we have to sacrifice [-]% of the profits to His Majesty!
Said to the emperor: If the labor costs of the guys and the maintenance costs of the cargo ships are excluded, this year is basically equivalent to not making money.But even at a loss, we are willing to dedicate all the silver to His Majesty the emperor who is wise in shipping.
This sounds like respect for your father.
All the royal merchants simply saw the fog: ah, you really deserve to be Mr. Lin!
This wave operates in the atmosphere!
Sure enough, the 100 million taels of silver was sent up by Lin Changzhou, and the emperor Longyan was very happy.
The emperor has had a hard time in the past six months - because his prodigal father has ruined the private treasury of the royal family, the emperor has even cut the palace staff by half.
Recently, he discovered the serious problem of "the avalanche decline in the appearance of the harem", and he couldn't help feeling that the emperor himself was miserable.
Lin Changzhou's move greatly expanded the emperor's private treasury, and the 100 million taels was only dedicated to him, and did not include the shipping tax that had been reimbursed to the treasury by the Ministry of Accounts.
It can be said that the money brought in from sea this year has turned several times compared to last year.
The emperor is a pragmatic person, and immediately began to pay attention to the big cake of sea transportation.Originally, the position he gave Lin Changzhou as a game envoy was more for the Misty God.
But now it seems that there are not only gods overseas, but also mountains of gold and silver.
But it's hard to trace the trace, the money is actually stored in the treasury.
Nothing is easier to promote the development of a business industry than His Majesty's attention.
As soon as the dynasty opened in the next year, the emperor repeatedly asked the Ministry of Households to draw up several shipping regulations, and even set up a Royal Haiting Temple to find work for some clan members who were bored and wasted money from the country's titles. : Help me go to the outskirts to supervise the construction of my royal ship!
The first one to be brought here to work was King Xiang who was drinking happily with his concubine at home.
Upon receiving the imperial decree, King Xiang was as shocked and distressed as five thunderbolts, but he didn't dare to resist his royal brother at all, so he came to work with a haggard face, like a squashed glutinous rice ball, He squatted here every day and became a supervisor.
There are not a few other idle and dandy clans who were thrown into the Haiting Temple in the suburbs of Beijing for labor reform.
In order to avoid being kicked over by the emperor as contractors, many clansmen who ate, drank, prostituted, and gambled suddenly realized overnight that the prodigal son would turn around, and no longer pick and choose. The errands in the capital, and strive to make a contribution to the royal family in the capital.
For a time, the atmosphere in Beijing Zhongzong's room was awe-inspiring.
And the emperor made such a big move, and even started to ship the royal ship, it can be seen that His Majesty himself wants to have a big share in this shipping business!
Is there a better weathervane than Holy Will?
So at the beginning of February, when Lin Changzhou was about to leave Beijing, shipping was so hot that everyone wanted to take a bite.But helplessly, the emperor is the biggest boss, which cannot be disputed.Whoever wants to compete with the emperor will lose his own head.
So the rest of the people had no choice but to watch helplessly, trying to step in in various ways to rub the remaining oil and water.
Those real high-ranking households naturally have acquaintances and contacts with the six imperial merchants, so they can call to give a few orders and get a share from them.
But many people whose official positions are quite low and their families gradually lose their dignity have no choice but to take the initiative to lower their bodies to contact the imperial merchants, intending to join them.
For the first time, the imperial merchants felt what it was like for an official to give them a smile on their own initiative!
This is really unprecedented.
Scholars, farmers, businessmen, scholars are at the top, and businessmen can only be at the bottom even if they have money.
As the so-called seventh-rank officials in front of the prime minister's gate, in this capital, they are merchants, where can they not make a smile?Now there are officials and gentlemen who take the initiative to show their favor to them, wanting to share some of the benefits.
Just for this, the six royal merchants also felt that the 10 taels of silver was worth it: Sure enough, they had meat to eat with Mr. Lin!
But for the Xue family, this first month is going well, but it is more and more tormented day by day: as the largest shipping lottery holding the imperial merchants, now they can't even pass the threshold and are blocked from the outside.
After staring blankly for a month, the Xue family couldn't take it anymore seeing the booming shipping business. Aunt Xue came to the door in person and begged Wang Ziteng, the elder brother, crying.
I want to ask my elder brother to come forward as an intermediary, and take advantage of this year's happy event between the two girls, Lin and Jiang, so that the Lin and Xue families can settle their suspicions!
Thinking about it now, Aunt Xue really complained to Mrs. Wang: Back then, their family wanted to back down, but Mrs. Wang pushed them out, and now the bitter fruit still has to be swallowed by the Xue family.
If it wasn't for Baochai's marriage, the Xue family really wanted to move out.
Wang Ziteng, who was returning to Beijing for the New Year, felt a little distressed when his sister cried to his eyes.
In his eyes, it has been two years since the Xue family wanted to grab business. Last year, you, Lin Changzhou, almost knocked off the face of the Xue family. Bench players who can't hold their heads up, you should also be exhausted.
This year's shipping trend, it's time to work together, and it's time for the Lin family to raise their hands.
So Wang Ziteng condescended to go and talk to Lin Changzhou, the fifth-rank official, in person.
That's right, after Lin Changzhou returned to Beijing this year, the emperor was promoted. In private, the monarchs and ministers laughed and said that he should not be allowed to be lower than his daughter's official position. To the outside world, he naturally said that Lin Changzhou had meritorious service and was granted a fifth-rank official position in the household department.What is actually done is still the work of the game player.
Wang Ziteng, as the first rank, consciously came to the door in person, which gave him a lot of face.
But in his eyes, Lin Changzhou ransacked the Xue family once, but the Wang family didn't make a move, so the two were already settled.Wang Ziteng came to the door this time, intending to make some money by himself, and at the same time speak well for the Xue family.
As a result, Lin Changzhou let go of Xue's family, not to mention buying his face. He simply did not agree to let Wang Ziteng intervene in the shipping business.
Wang Ziteng was dumbfounded at the time: What?I was rejected?Hey, it's me!Prince Teng, Admiral of the Nine Provinces!
Seeing Lin Changzhou's direct refusal, Wang Ziteng was furious, and even couldn't help showing a little threat: In the future, I will go out to Beijing to patrol the seaports of Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian, and check the cargo of merchant ships. Aren't you afraid? !
He has the title of inspector and inspector in these nine provinces, and he wants to make things difficult for Lin Changzhou in the local department's Haiyamen. In Wang Ziteng's view, it should not be too simple.
He didn't believe this truth, Lin Changzhou didn't understand, that's why Wang Ziteng said confidently that he would take a hand in the shipping business - this is his own business, so naturally hello, hello, hello everyone, I won't make trouble in the future.
Lin Changzhou is really not afraid. When the time comes, we will see whether it is the prince who takes your vacant position as the admiral of the first rank and nine provinces, or the emperor's golden signboard.
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After Lin Changzhou's categorical rejection, Wang Ziteng was really annoyed this time, and couldn't hold back his face.
He didn't allow his wife to mention the Lin family any more, and because of her good relationship with the Lin family, Sister Feng was shut down when she returned to her mother's house.
But Sister Feng still wants to rely on herself more than relying on her uncle.
Even the prince is so angry that he is still helpless. Of course, she thinks that the Lin family is stronger.Sister Feng is a Tuo Tuo Mu Qiang faction.
Her mother's family wanted to close the door for her to eat, but Sister Feng didn't come to eat!
She turned around and asked Jia Lian to take her to the Lin family to visit, and proposed to come often to help the two younger sisters organize their marriages and help with trivial matters in the inner house.
Sister Feng's suggestion is very pertinent and practical.
If Daiyu gets engaged, Lin Jiang, as a sister, can naturally help with the preparations, but the problem is that the two of them announced their marriage almost at the same time, so the time for the sixth ceremony is probably about the same.It's not good for two girls to take care of each other, or exchange for each other.
Besides, Lin Jiang didn't have the energy to focus on the inner house.
Sister Feng's offer of help was timely.
Mother Jia also agreed with Sister Feng's help, as long as Daiyu's marriage is happy and proper, and she will close her eyes in the future so that she can see Jia Min.
When Mrs. Wang heard that Sister Feng would often go to Lin's house to help, she came to find Mother Jia, and said that Tanchun was not as good as Sister Feng, and that the housekeeper couldn't take care of her, so Li Wan and Baochai would help.
This was answered by Jia's mother on the spot: "Zhu's daughter-in-law is fine, what does it mean to let a girl from a relative's family like Miss Bao enter Jia's housekeeper? Your wife is not in good health, nephew, daughter-in-law and daughter It’s enough to do it for you, why do you still have to work for relatives? No matter how bad it is, there will always be aunts at home, so it’s better to ask Aunt Zhou to help.”
Mrs. Wang choked to death directly.
Aunt Zhou was a completely transparent person in the mansion, and Mother Jia even brought her out to speak, but stomped Mrs. Wang's proposal on the ground twice.
Mrs. Wang failed again.
This day, when Sister Feng came back from Lin's house, she heard Qingwen answer her words, and she laughed so hard: "It's hard for the second wife to think about it. It's not that I won't come back from a long trip, but I will go to Uncle Lin's house every few days to help." Two. There are three girls in the family watching, and you are watching, it's enough."
There is no grand view garden, and there are no empresses in the palace to entertain.For Rongguo Mansion, there are a lot of things that need to be taken care of.
Qingwen helped Sister Feng take off the heavy golden phoenix from her head, and asked: "Grandma has never been back to the Lin residence, can you take me with you? I made some new pairs of official boots for Lin Yuanzheng."
Sister Feng nodded, "I'll take you there next time."
Qingwen laughed: "Although it's not worth anything, it's still my heart."
She said this because Lin Jiang treated her illness a few years ago.
As a granddaughter, Daiyu would naturally come to pay New Year's greetings to Jiamu before the Chinese New Year, and Lin Jiang, who had lived in Rongguo Mansion for more than a year, followed her—she missed Sister Feng and Sanchun quite a bit.
When they arrived at Sister Feng's place, the Lin family could tell that Qingwen was not in the right condition. Her voice was hoarse, her cheeks were flushed, and her temples were still sweating slightly in winter.
Sure enough, Qingwen has caught a cold for the past two days, but she is a strong person. She felt that she was assigned to Sister Feng's place. It was the first time to help with the New Year's affairs, so she insisted on refusing to rest, and it got worse .
Lin Jiang called her to the inner room. After the acupuncture, he took another piece of ibuprofen for her to eat, and smiled at her: "Go back and sleep, just keep it."
For Lin Jiang, this is really a trivial matter.
But for Qingwen, she remembers it firmly: Lin Yuanzheng is the head of the imperial hospital, and the princes and nobles who want to invite her line up to deliver the post. She is just a servant girl of the Rongguo Mansion, and Lin Yuanzheng is willing to treat her !
Qingwen has a violent temper, and a temperament with clear grievances and grievances, and she has engraved this incident in her heart since then.
Her needlework is a must in the Rongguo Mansion. Sister Feng mentioned it by chance: the official uniforms sent by the palace are nothing more than special embroidered patterns on them, so they have to be worn. The official boots that can be matched are never used by the Linyuan Academy. Yes, she always asks the embroidery room outside to make suitable and comfortable ones.
After Qingwen heard about this incident, she always remembered to make Lin Jiang's boots with her own hands. They were indeed more exquisite and comfortable than those made by embroidered girls outside.
After Lin Jiang praised him once, Qingwen worked even harder: In her opinion, this was something she could rarely do for Lin Yuanzheng.
When Sister Feng and Jia Lian talked about this matter, they were full of emotion: "Just seeing that the Linyuan hospital is willing to treat Qingwen, the doctor is really kind - what benefit can Qingwen have for her? It can be seen that it is purely kind-hearted. "
Jia Lian nodded, "That's true." Speaking of Lin Ruhai, "Uncle Lin is also good to me, and he is always willing to give advice. Lin Yuan grew up in my uncle's house, so he must have been influenced by my uncle."
After speaking, he laughed again: "It's Lin Yuanzheng's biological father, Lin Youyi has a different temper."
Not to mention disrespecting the Xue family, even Wang Ziteng took it back directly.
Speaking of this, Sister Feng was still a little worried: "Oh, you are still joking. I know my uncle's temper, and he will not swallow it when he is angry. He will go out of Beijing to the south to inspect the coastal defenses of various provinces. If you want to trip up the Lin family, won't the sway get deeper and deeper? I'm afraid that even I will not be able to see my uncle's family in the future."
Jia Lian was not in a hurry: "What are you afraid of? The Wang family is the Wang family, and you are the second grandma of my Jia family's eldest house. My uncle's family must be able to tell the difference."
No matter how much Wang Ziteng couldn't swallow this breath, Lin Changzhou went out of Beijing step by step and prepared to go to sea.This year, in order to promote the expansion of shipping, he has been delayed a lot of time.
Compared with being in the capital, he prefers the infinite ocean.
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