As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

150. Make a sample first?

If Huamanlou is a god, then his broken mouth that keeps revealing the secrets of the heavens will probably attract him at least five thunderbolts, and it will be the kind every once in a while, and occasionally there may be six Seventy-eight nine thunderbolts or something, to punish his cheap mouth.

Of course, he is not a god now, but if some things he vomited out of his broken mouth when he was having a good chat were known to others, it is estimated that his fate may not be worse than that of Wu Lei Bang Ding.

because...

Let me talk about his proposal to change the mutual market into a tribute first.

Under the current situation, Wala was cleaned up by Huamanlou, and Tatar was bombed under the city of Datong, and these two countries are still vassal states of Da Zhao in name, so the tribute matter is naturally established , the mutual market is naturally no problem.

But why did no one mention this in the DPRK?

It's very simple. Apart from the troubles caused by the mutual market, this matter hurts the interests of Shanxi merchants-the trade in the northern frontier, mainly salt industry, is monopolized by Shanxi merchants, and these merchants are both officials and merchants. There are spokespersons in the court, will they watch the court snatch the cake from their mouths?

Therefore, if this group of people knew that Huamanlou was the mastermind behind the mutual market or tribute, they would not have to ask what they would do to Huamanlou, right?

Then, Hua Manlou opened his mouth to get money from overseas, and the basket got bigger.

Overseas Overseas, if you want to go overseas, you must first open the sea, right?

History has proved that the policy of banning the sea is really brain-dead. This move is tantamount to handing over the maritime sovereignty of the Celestial Dynasty, and at the same time discarding the large source of income from maritime trade, and...

A rampant smuggling trade and a large number of Japanese pirates colluded with coastal officials were bred.

Taking Daming as an example, before Qinglong opened the sea, did no one in Daming know the dangers of the Forbidden Sea?

Not at all.

But why no one mentioned it?

Just because there are too many people involved and too many interests involved, no one dares to speak about Kaihai.

Then, if this group of smugglers and bribed officials knew that Hua Manlou was instigating the emperor to open the sea, how much should these people hate him?

In the end, Hua Manlou changed the topic to business tax, which is even more terrible.

Does Da Zhao have a business tax?

Yes, ten taxes and one tax.

But who will collect the commercial tax?

The so-called scholars, farmers, businessmen all say that the status of merchants is low, but for Da Zhao, the big merchants are not even collusion between the government and the business, but are often a combination of the government and the business.

How did this group of businessmen develop?It's very simple, if you have the power, you have the capital, just find a distant relative to take care of your business, anyway, everyone plays like this, right?So once officials start doing business, is there still a way for competitors to survive?

Therefore, these guys quickly became giant businessmen, and they could even do a monopoly business—if they could monopolize, they could make a lot of money selling nails. Couldn't they make a fortune?

Also use the Ming Dynasty as an example: the most famous Jin merchants are Zhang and Wang. The second generation head of the Zhang family is called Zhang Siwei, the chief assistant of the cabinet of the Wanli Dynasty; the second generation of the Wang family is called Wang Chonggu, the minister of the Jiajing Dynasty.At the same time that Zhang and Wang were married, they also married the Ma family in Shaanxi. The head of the Ma family at that time was Ma Ziqiang, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion in the Wanli Dynasty. It is not surprising that Ma Ziqiang's younger brother, Ma Zixiu, was also a wealthy businessman...

With these people in the court, who would dare to raise business taxes?Who dares to collect taxes from them?

The Donglin Party members in the late Ming Dynasty were even more serious. They were the spokespersons of merchants in the court. For example, Ye Xianggao, the second figure in the Donglin Party, asked Emperor Shenzong to withdraw the mine supervisor and tax envoy before he entered the cabinet. Profit, only talk about righteousness", "Do not compete with the people for profit, but hide wealth from the people".

These small words and big righteousness can be said to kill everything in seconds. Any words about tax increases become fallacies before these two sentences, and then Daming, who hides wealth from the people, died of poverty...

It is true that there is a business tax, and there are indeed some small and medium-sized business owners who pay taxes, but what is the use of collecting these people's taxes?

And even so, some officials still have illegal operations, such as Yang Shiqiao from Jiajing Dynasty Taxation Hangzhou, this guy has established an astonishing system: he asked the wood merchants to write down their income, how much they like to pay, and then The business tax of Jinhua, which was already very prosperous at that time, totaled seven taels of silver...

Seven taels!

Not only poaching the corners of the country by himself, but also allowing others to poach the corners of the country. In the end, he pretended not to compete with the people for profit, but he was actually praised by a group of people...

Confused?

It is true that small and medium-sized business owners who are miserable can’t raise taxes, and a little increase can cause them to collapse completely. The Donglin Party’s defense may have some part for them, but after all, is it not for their own interests?

Then, the above is also the problem that Zhao is facing. It can be said that there are no officials and no business in the court. As far as Hua Manlou himself is concerned, since the opening of his stove shop and agricultural tool shop, let alone someone to collect taxes, it is Xuanwuwei and Those who collect loan sharks in the East Factory seem to have never seen such a big store, this...

So you said that if he proposed to collect commercial taxes, wouldn't he be against the relatives of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and even the royal family?

Don't forget, the royal family is not only the emperor alone, but also groups of vassal kings and county kings!

So after Hua Manlou came to his senses, he didn't dare to speak at all.

Emperor Guangxing stared straight at Huamanlou, feeling that his blood pressure was a bit high: "Did I just say that? What you said will never leave this room, even if it's just bragging, I laughed after hearing it." So, how?"

Ying Guogong also persuaded from the side: "Based on our relationship with your father, are you still afraid that we will cheat you?"

Hua Manlou smiled wryly, and sighed before saying, "I... let's put it this way, if there is even a little leak about the business tax, I'm afraid we won't be able to get it right, so it's better not to say it. What's more, just say it." , from the perspective of the two of you, can the current Da Zhao be put away?"

Emperor Guangxing and Duke Ying were not fools, they were taken aback when they heard what he said, and then their faces sank like water.

Hua Manlou continued to smile wryly: "Let's not talk about accepting or not accepting, just mentioning it will probably be scolded. The difficulty of this matter is no less than the reform, but the reform is the most urgent and dangerous. The sex is very strong, Shang Jun's fate..."

Since ancient times, reforms have been crazily counterattacked, and most of the reformers have no good end: Shang Yang was falsely accused of treason, and was torn apart after the defeat; Wang Anshi was dismissed from his position, and the conservatives—that is, the smashed Sima tank—came to power. After the new law was completely abolished ; Zhang Juzheng was liquidated by Wanli after his death, and he was almost opened up and flogged his corpse. His family members were either exiled or starved to death; Tan Sitong...

Of course, there are no such people after Lord Shang in this world, but there are other reformers, and their fate is worse than these few.

Hearing Hua Manlou's words, Emperor Guangxing suddenly felt tired.

After 11 years of ascending the throne, Emperor Guangxing worked hard for 11 years. Although the world said that he was ruling the world at this time, in the eyes of Emperor Guangxing himself, it was still devastated.

Governing the world is easier said than done?

Seeing his expression, Hua Manlou was still a little soft-hearted after all. He opened his mouth and said coyly, "Actually... if these things are done slowly... Maybe, maybe, there is always hope, right? For example, set a small goal first. , Earn him...cough cough cough, I mean make a sample on the other side of the market first?"

(Forcibly supporting code words in the middle of the night... In short, the first update of the new year, New Year greetings to everyone~~)

151. I have a good idea

To be honest, even though Hua Manlou is trying to be a salted fish that doesn't even have to turn over his body, in the past few months after time travel, he has inevitably integrated into this era, and gradually has some feelings for this world.

There is no other, just because Da Zhao and Daming are too similar.

Hua Manlou, who is familiar with history books, the most lamented dynasty in his previous life was definitely not the Manchu Dynasty, but the last Han Dynasty in China, the Ming Dynasty. This dynasty, which was full of disasters and strange things, really just took some detours, if it weren’t for that , What happened to the Jurchens later?

Today's Da Zhao is also wandering on a detour, maybe at a point of turning from prosperity to decline, so when Huamanlou looks at the seemingly familiar scenes of events that are not bad, under the influence of some subconscious mind, he always feels that there is something wrong with him. Feeling an uncomfortable feeling of depression, consciously or unconsciously, he wants to do something, even if it changes the fate of the dynasty just a little bit.

Of course, it’s all said to be subconscious, so he didn’t realize it at all, and if we look at the root cause, it can only be said that he is an ordinary flower planter’s little rabbit, and that’s all for the little rabbit who watched the braids sign various treaties. The rabbits crying behind the door are all flower-planting rabbits, that's all.

So even though he was entangled to death, Hua Manlou still said: "Uncle Zhao, it's the right time for the Wala people to come to Dazhao, and their request is only to open the mutual market. This matter must not be missed."

Hearing what he said, Emperor Guangxing couldn't help cheering up and put aside the matter of taxation, and said, "Tell me in detail how it works?"

Hua Manlou scratched his head: "Is this... Let me ask a digression first, Uncle Zhao has relayed my words to His Majesty several times before, and His Majesty has responded soon, so... what I mean Yes, Uncle Zhao is indeed trusted by His Majesty, right?"

In fact, Hua Manlou was still complaining about this matter before, after all, the boss in front of him can be said to have made him miserable because of this: no matter what he said, he could go to pass small words to the emperor, and every time To be able to make things happen, the influence might not even be grasped by Ying Guogong, right?

Rao was Emperor Guangxing who was in an extremely depressed mood just now, but after hearing this, he couldn't help but almost laughed out loud. He and Ying Guogong looked at each other, and said with a half-smile: "Well, isn't it..."

Hua Manlou nodded and said: "In this way, the matter is about [-]% complete. Uncle Zhao only needs to make a bitter statement in front of His Majesty to ensure that His Majesty will not object to this matter."

In order to complete the drama, Emperor Guangxing asked with great interest: "Then how should we express our interests?"

Hua Manlou said: "It's very simple, just explain the living conditions of the prairie people first. Uncle Zhao should know that the prairie people live by water and grass, people do not plow and weave, and the land has no other products. Things can only be imported from Dazhao, and the demand is huge. It is precisely because they cannot live without these things, so they will naturally go south to knock on the edge, hoping to obtain more supplies, or use this to force Great Zhao Mutual Trade..."

"As for me, Da Zhao, if we do business with the prairie people, it will not only supplement part of the national treasury's expenditure, but also reduce the frontier army's expenditure—that's what I said, if they are able to live If they continue to live but cannot live well, most of what they are looking for is to increase trade, and it is definitely not to go south to beat the edge again. After all, if there is a fight, the mutual market will be cut off, so they will be in the same kind of life as before. The state can't go on anymore... In short, this move is to use economic means to resolve conflicts and disputes, which is far easier to use than military means, and the stability is also very high..."

"Besides, war horses and cattle are exactly what my great Zhao lacks. This matter can not only strengthen the army, but also strengthen the agriculture. Therefore, the role of the mutual market is much greater than imagined, and it is much more beneficial..."

Emperor Guangxing listened to him patiently, nodded and said: "I understand, I will convey this to His Majesty. If His Majesty agrees to trade, what should we do about the objections from the court?"

Hearing this, Ying Guogong made a point: "You should know that many people in the court today are very hostile to grassland people, and the mutual market trade is often said to be 'self-declining to trade with barbarians', and it is said to be big. It's 'supporting the enemy with food', I'm afraid there will be a lot of opposition from the court, and His Majesty can't bear this infamy."

What Ying Guogong said is the truth, which is the common view of some civil servants today.

Apart from the factors of Shanxi merchants, it is by no means a joke that the civil servants of the Celestial Dynasty think highly of themselves, and the face of the Celestial Empire cannot be lost - trade?Are you worthy?

I said earlier that the people of the Celestial Dynasty in this era regarded the people of the surrounding countries as barbarians, Maozi, sticks, and monkeys, and doing business with them seemed to regard them as human beings. Wouldn't this be giving them face?

In addition, based on the bad relationship between the prairie people and the Central Plains people, selling food to these people is a bit like being an enemy-after all, people in the DPRK and China don't understand economic methods, don't they?

Moreover, although Guochao's cattle, sheep and war horses are more expensive, they are not self-sufficient, so many people are not interested in trade, even if it is to avoid trouble, this group of people will vote against it.

Huamanlou had some thoughts about this, he scratched his head and said: "Well... the first thing to do is to let the Wala people raise this matter first, and just name it as a tribute. Now Esi Mu Tu is still recovering from his injuries in Beijing, if His Majesty agrees, then I will go to meet him first, prompt him to raise this matter himself, and throw the issue to the court first."

This approach is feasible, after all...

Wala couldn't survive, so what if I lost face for the sake of benefits?

If it was the past, they could still say something like going south and crossing the Great Wall to settle accounts, but now their proud cavalry was slapped to the ground by Hua Manlou, and even the mighty Tatar was beaten back to his hometown , so at this time, when I heard that it was possible to trade with each other, I reckoned that Esmutu could immediately get up from the hospital bed and greet Huamanlou with songs and dances. Does it matter if it is a tribute?

In this way, the form of surrender made by Wala just satisfies the good feeling of some people in the DPRK that "I am the only one in the world", so it will naturally attract a group of people to vote in favor.

Emperor Guangxing nodded and smiled, "It's a way, but it doesn't seem to be enough, right?"

Hua Manlou nodded, and then said: "It's not enough, but according to my understanding of civil servants...they can fight to equip the frontier army with firearms, so it is estimated that there must be a fight in the exchange market." ?”

Ying Guogong was amused: "That's right, this matter will definitely make the court and China quarrel for several days. So what do you mean?"

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Wouldn't it be much easier to deal with the quarrel? I have a good way so that no one will be blamed for this matter, and no one can complain afterwards. By the way, how many people in the cabinet The old man... surely he won't have any doubts about this matter, right?"

(Hey, halfway through the code, I found Asuka's New Year's gift ~ Is this Yandi's New Year's gift? Thank you, thank you~~)

(By the way, there are indeed a lot of popular science recently, but after all, many people don’t know the background of the times. If they don’t make it clear, there will probably be a lot of doubts, so I can’t help but say more. But it’s time to foreshadow The foreshadowing is also finished, and the next one is... no spoilers~)

152. I don't have a surname!

After the strategy was set, Huamanlou received a message from Emperor Guangxing early the next morning: His Majesty deeply realized the necessity of doing business with the people of the grasslands and allowed to start planning.

Although I don't know what kind of mentality Emperor Guangxing himself had in delivering such a sentence to Hua Manlou, when Hua Manlou received the news, his mood was quite complicated: he only decided on a strategy in the middle of the afternoon yesterday, but he closed it early in the morning. When it comes to giving back, this...

What a close minister of the emperor is Uncle Zhao!

The slander is the slander, since she opened her mouth, the matter had to be done, so Hua Manlou went to Honglu Temple to find Erstum to make friends—well, that’s right, it must be to make friends, only when friends come Good wine, so if Erstumu doesn't want to be a friend, Hua Manlou doesn't mind letting him experience the power of firearms again, and next time it won't necessarily be firecrackers, but cannons...

Honglu Temple is the place where Da Zhao received foreign envoys and vassal kings. Hundreds of years ago, this place was called Siyi Pavilion—the barbarian Yi, who may later feel that some things are too obvious to look good. The envoy's mood in Siyi Hall was probably not very good, so he changed to Honglu Temple for reception...

In short, stepping into the Huamanlou of Honglu Temple, I once again realized how unwelcome the Wala people are in Dazhao: the courtyard allocated to them is really not that big, and the people guarding the gate are their own people, not Dazhao’s. Security, met a principal and asked for a long time before he remembered that such a group of people lived in Honglu Temple, and he hadn't remembered where the Wala people lived...

When Huamanlou arrived at the gate of the courtyard where the Oirats lived, the two Oirat soldiers at the gate were taken aback when they saw him, and then trembled all over. They didn't know whether they were angry or frightened—after the battle in Ximen, they came to Beijing. All the Wala people remember Huamanlou, and they call Huamanlou the devil among the Nanmanzi, or Nanmangui for short, even though he has a face that looks harmless to humans and animals.

Huamanlou didn't have any grievances, he dismounted from his horse and said cheerfully to the two guards, "Please tell Taiji that Xuanwu Guard Xishan Qianhu Office Qianhu Huamanlou is visiting."

The trembling hands of the two guards rested on the handle of the knife, they just stared at Hua Manlou, but did not move.

Hua Manlou shrugged: "Don't stare at me like that, I didn't come to fight today, how about reporting it?"

Following Huamanlou was Huamanlou's number one son-in-law, Peng Guang, who came up to him and said, "Mr. Qian, these two idiots probably don't understand Chinese?"

Hua Manlou gave him a blank look: "Can you speak human language? Even if someone looks a little stupid, you can't say that he is stupid, just like I always think your face looks like a shoe, but I never see you step on it. Go up, don't you?"

Peng Guang said awkwardly: "What Mr. Qian said is... It's just that it's not a problem for you to stick here. It's already a face to them to visit them. If you are still stopped at the door for half an hour or something, wouldn't it be embarrassing?" Don't you lose the face of Mr. Qian?"

Hua Manlou pinched his chin and said, "It seems to make sense? After all, we are not begging him to do something today... All right, you have a loud voice, please help me to say something."

"What?"

……

In the inner room, Erstumu was half lying on the couch, his eyes were blind and his eyes were not focused, and he was feeding the wound medicine into his mouth mechanically, like a living dead.

After his guard captain fed him the last bit of medicine, he sighed and said, "Taiji, cheer up. The Han people often say that if you keep the green hills, you will not be afraid of no firewood. Only by living can you find a way to fulfill the entrustment of the Great Khan."

Estumu seemed to have never heard of it, and he said after a long time: "Now...do I still have the face to see Da Khan? Longevity will not bless you! If in the past we could not talk about the mutual market, we would send troops to grab it, But now that the southern barbarians have firearms, how can we ask them to open a trade market?"

His voice sounded very hoarse, and he looked almost ten years older than the day he pitted Qi Wanrong, and the wrinkles on his face seemed... well, as if he had changed from a 240P photo to a 4K high-definition photo, There are many more articles.

The captain of the guard dryly comforted: "It will be fine, it will be fine..."

Before he finished speaking, someone shouted outside: "Listen, people inside, you are already surrounded! If you are sensible, come out and surrender as soon as possible, or you will bear the consequences!"

The captain of the guard was startled and then angry. He drew out his scimitar and shouted, "The Southern barbarians are too deceitful! I will fight them!"

But Er Situm felt a little puzzled: "Wait a minute, this has no beginning and no end, what is it surrounded by? Go out and see what's going on."

"……Yes."

But before he could go out, a guard stumbled in and ran in: "Taiji, the Nanman ghost is at the door! Taiji, run!"

Er Situmu was taken aback, then frowned and said, "The Nanman ghost? Is it... Huamanlou? He...has no reason to trouble me. The two countries are at war without killing him. He Huamanlou dares to risk the power of the world." No? You go, invite someone in, I want to see what tricks he is going to play!"

The captain of the guard went out, and Er Situm saw Huamanlou with a warm smile on his face after a while.