In Bianliang City, the Jiaozipu incident has quickly become the latest news.
Although Jiaozipu has been open for more than two months, most of the more than 500,000 yuan deposited are actually from government officials and merchants.
The so-called official businessmen are businessmen who are family members of officials. These people rely on the energy of officials to engage in commercial activities.
However, the official turnover in the Song Dynasty was relatively frequent, and the court had strict control over commercial taxation, monopoly and other systems, so there was no particularly exaggerated monopoly wealth.
But even so, all the officials and businessmen are extremely rich.
When Shengdu established Jiaoziwu, the first thing it found was this group and asked them to deposit money into it.
Under the leadership of Lu Yi Jian Shengdu and others, many high-ranking officials in the imperial court asked their family members to put it in. The rest, about 100,000 yuan, was deposited by Bianliang merchants.
In the final analysis, although Jiaozipu has already worked in Chengdu, it is still a new thing in Bianliang. Businessmen are cautiously watching, and no one intends to be the first to eat crabs.
But as Chengdu businessmen set an example, after depositing money from Chengdu and withdrawing money from Bianliang, businessmen from Bianliang came in droves. For a time, Jiaozipu was almost squeezed through the threshold, and Shengdu had to start preparations on Maxing Street. Come to the second Jiaozi shop.
"Hahahahahaha."
On July 3rd, in the study room of Chongde Hall, Zhao Zhen was very happy when he saw the newly delivered official document from Jiaozipu in his hand.
The tea merchants wanted to jointly withdraw money, and there was a wave of bank runs. As a result, Jiaozipu took out a large number of bright Jingyou Yuanbao for many days, counted them on the spot, and delivered them on the spot.
This series of actions made Jiaozipu famous, and there was an endless stream of businessmen coming to save money. Although it may not be used in Chengdu, it can also be circulated in Bianliang.
In addition, copper coins themselves are subject to great loss. Oxidation and corrosion are big problems. If the money is left at home or buried underground, it will rot in a short time. If it is left in Jiaozipu, the loss will be paid by the state.
Therefore, the deposits of Jiaozipu have not decreased but increased. By the time the deposits from Chengdu arrive in Bianliang, I am afraid that the deposits of Jiaozipu in Bianliang will reach 3 million yuan. This amount of money is enough to cover half of the Song Dynasty's fiscal year. Income.
Although the money was deposited there by others and did not belong to the court. But first of all, the annual custodial fee of 4% is a large number, and secondly, part of it can be diverted to replace the national treasury expenditure.
This will greatly alleviate the current serious financial deficit, so Zhao Zhencai is very excited. At least when facing Li Yuanhao's attack the next year, he feels that he is very sure to defeat the opponent.
As for the tea merchants who deliberately ransacked Jiaozipu, Zhao Zhen didn't care.
Except for the Imperial City Secretary who just asked the Imperial City Secretary to make a list and checked a few businessmen who had indeed violated laws and disciplines, everyone else was let off.
The matter was resolved satisfactorily, and there was no need for the court to kill everyone.
The main reason is that the behavior of merchants is actually not illegal, because since Jiaozipu is used to deposit money, it is reasonable and compliant for merchants to withdraw money. If the court settles accounts after the fall, it will be tantamount to killing the goose to obtain the eggs, so that other merchants will not dare to deposit. money.
Therefore, letting them pick it up generously, as long as there is sufficient reserve, will increase the credibility and reputation of Jiaozipu.
"In the official family, after the establishment of Jiaoziwu, the problem of the national treasury deficit was temporarily solved, and many officials in the imperial court no longer opposed the money-seeking method."
Lu Yijian handed over his hand to Zhao Zhen and said: "With the money sent from Jiaozipu in Chengdu this year plus the expenses saved by Qianfa next year, I think there will be a lot of surplus in the Song Dynasty's treasury next year. Facing Zhao Yuanhao, we can also make more money." What’s the chance of winning?”
"Um."
Zhao Zhen was very satisfied, nodded and said: "All this is due to you, Prime Minister Lu and Prime Minister Song, you are really my master in governing the world."
Lu Yijian and Song Shou looked at each other. They were both old foxes, and they could vaguely guess.
Why did Yan Shu happen to see Fan Zhongyan come out of the study? Wang Shouzhong always had a sense of proportion. He said what should be said and never said what should not be said. How could such a thing get out?
But it happened to come out.
There is no official shadow behind this, so they definitely don't believe it.
But even if they guessed it, they would not say it out loud. Lu Yijian and Song Shou cupped their hands and said, "It is the duty of ministers to share the worries of the official family."
Wang Sui said: "Now that the national treasury is full and there is no need to worry about food and grass at the border, maybe we can make plans early."
"Officials, I believe that the Qian Law has been implemented smoothly now. The key is whether the national treasury can be filled up next year to deal with the ambitious Zhao Yuanhao."
Sheng Du said: "The tea merchants can only buy grain and grass when they get money from Jiaozi Shop. The price of grain has increased a lot because of our large purchases some time ago. It is better to sell it to them now. To replenish the national treasury?”
"Ah this..."
Zhao Zhen was dumbfounded. In terms of evil, it was his own officials who were evil.
"I think it's okay."
Wang Zeng said: "The Bianliang tea merchants have suffered a big loss, but if they don't enter the market this year, there will be no tea to buy next year, they will not be able to get the false estimate, and the profit from selling tea will be gone. There is no income at all, so now I can only buy food."
Cai Qi also said: "Yes, a lot of the grain on the market has been purchased by the imperial court. The skyrocketing grain prices will cause hardship to the people. Therefore, instead of taking advantage of the grain merchants, it is better for the imperial court to make this money and stabilize the grain supply." price."
"I second the proposal."
"I also second my opinion."
Several prime ministers surrendered their hands one after another.
For the imperial court, this was a multi-purpose affair.
It can not only solve the problem of imported grains, but also stabilize grain prices, and can also earn the price difference through intermediary transactions.
The problem is that Zhao Zhen originally planned to save these grains for use in the war with Li Yuanhao next year. Now he does not continue to collect grains but sells them. When the war comes, will the price of grains go up?
Zhao Zhen hesitated slightly, but suddenly thought that Zhao Jun would recover soon. He thought he should have a way, so he said, "Let's do it."
Some other political affairs were discussed, and now that the money law and handover affairs had been settled, Zhao Zhen was in a good mood because of the good state affairs. After the morning's political affairs were almost settled, the group headed towards the back garden.
At this time, Zhao Jun was teaching children. The teaching time lasted all morning. There were two math classes in the morning, with a 20-minute break in the middle, and then two other classes.
Sometimes there are Chinese classes, sometimes there are science classes, and sometimes there are even music classes and English classes. If you are blind, you can't teach much. They just memorize words and talk about some knowledge.
I took a nature class today.
"The silkworm's silk thread will not be used up until the spring silkworm dies, and the wax torch will turn to ashes before the tears dry up." This poem was just taught to you by the teacher yesterday. In it, the wax torch will turn into ashes and the tears will dry up. I believe everyone should understand it. But the spring silkworm will not die until the spring silkworm dies. The meaning of "Si Fang Jie" contains a lot of natural philosophy, so I will explain it."
Zhao Jun fumbled with the wooden board. Now the wooden board has been replaced several times. Since there is no chalk and blackboard, it cannot be recycled by erasing the blackboard, so he can only use wooden boards and charcoal pens. Yan Shu will help clean the wooden boards after class.
But no matter how you clean it, the entire board will turn black over time, so you have no choice but to change it.
Fortunately, he used a wooden board to teach, not writing, but only drawing the numerical content of adding a few and multiplying a few. It was not very complicated to write, so he drew several circles on the wooden board this time.
He pointed to the first small circle and said: "There is a saying that living things have a life cycle or a growth cycle. From birth, to growing up, to adulthood, and finally to old age and death, a person is inseparable from this law. The same is true for living things. , the life cycle of silkworms is very short, only about less than sixty days."
"After silkworms are laid, there are many small white spots, called silkworm eggs. These eggs will grow over a few days and hatch into silkworm babies. They grow up by eating mulberry leaves and spit out silk. These silkworms are It became a silk fabric in ancient China."
"Why do silkworms spin silk? Because mulberry leaves contain a lot of amino acids, and silkworms must spit out silkworm fluid to detoxify themselves. Second, by spinning out a lot of silk and wrapping themselves up, they can resist the attacks of natural enemies. This is a way to protect themselves. .”
"People continue to collect silk by raising silkworms. When the silkworm grows to a certain level, it will pupate on its own, and then it will not eat or drink in the pupa. After more than ten days, it will break out of the cocoon and become a silkworm moth. Finally, Death in childbirth.”
"This is the life of a silkworm, which is divided into silkworm eggs, ant silkworms, silkworm chrysalises, and silkworm moths. Silkworms are kept in captivity and devote their lives to spinning silk. They burn themselves like candles and illuminate others."
"The lives of many of us are the same. After we are born, we learn to speak, then go to school, find a job when we grow up, work hard to make money to support ourselves and our families, and dedicate ourselves to our families until we die. Although life is very hard, but The teacher studied history, and it is precisely because he has seen the difficulties in the past that he understands how difficult it is now."
"In our ancient society, the feudal ruling class often exploited and suppressed the people at the bottom inhumanely. After many people were born, they had no money to go to school. They could only bear the burden of the family at a few years old, working in the fields and digging wild vegetables in the mountains. Even in good years, I can barely support myself.”
"If you encounter bad years and famine, it is easy to die young. And this is just to depend on the weather. If you encounter the landlord class and feudal bureaucrats, they are likely to find ways to seize the people's land and make them even think about it. There is no chance to eat."
"Zhang Yu, a scholar from the Song Dynasty, wrote in his poem "Silkworm Woman", "I entered the city yesterday and returned with tears streaming down my face. Those who are covered with silkworms are not silkworm farmers. "The silkworm is used to describe the darkness and cruelty of feudal society, which reflects the exploitation of the people."
"We are now in New China. The people are the masters of the country. The feudal oppression that oppressed us is no longer there. Everyone has the opportunity to study and can change their own destiny. You will all be the successors of socialism in the future. Study hard in the future. , to succeed in the future, you must not forget the country’s training for you.”
At the end of Zhao Jun's words, he turned his head in a circle, and his blindfolded eyes seemed to be looking around at the many students, and said seriously: "Teacher's eyes will recover soon. This may be the last time I teach you blindly. Teacher I have remembered many of your names, but I still don’t know your faces. I look forward to seeing you. What the teacher wants to say here is that the country has been paying attention to your education and paying attention to you. The teacher must also be responsible for your future and teach you to study well. I hope all of you can study hard and not let down the expectations of the country and the teacher for you, do you understand?"
"Understood."
The youngest here is seven or eight years old, and the oldest one is eleven or twelve years old. Just because he has no experience of future generations, it does not mean that he is ignorant, so they all responded in unison.
"get out of class is over!"
Zhao Jun said.
"stand up!"
Monitor Yaya stood up.
This is the rule that Teacher Zhao taught them. They must stand up every time after class.
Soon the students left after school. They said they were leaving, but in fact they were taken away by the mothers outside.
Now the back garden has become a playground for children, and Lu Yijian, Yanshu and the others also come here often, so that the children will not be able to see their families for a long time and cause trouble.
Anyway, it was only for a short period of time, and nothing went wrong.
After the children went out, Zhao Jun fumbled and put the board aside, sat on the bed and began to rest.
His eyes are almost healed now. After nearly three months of acupuncture from April to July, his eyesight has returned to normal.
In fact, he felt that his eyesight was completely improved, because even if he wore gauze, he could still vaguely see the blazing sunshine outside. It was just that the doctor asked him to recuperate for a few more days, so he kept his eyes covered, otherwise he would have been eager to take them off. Sha, see the light of day again.
Zhao Zhen and the others stood at the door and listened to the class for a long time. When Zhao Jun went back to bed to rest after class, before the children came out, they had already left the door and headed towards the Guanjia Hall.
"Zhao Jun's eyes are getting better day by day. He said that this may be the last time he teaches the children blindly, which means that he wants to take off his eyesight tomorrow or the day after tomorrow at the latest."
"I have expected this kind of thing for a long time. It will happen sooner or later. I'd better think about what he will do after his eyes heal."
"Looking at his words and deeds, he is not a mediocre person. I think he will make a difference in the future."
"Yes, it will definitely shine in the future."
"I heard from Zhao Jun that the feudal social system does have a certain degree of oppression, but as he himself said, this is the only way we can do it when our scientific and technological power is insufficient."
After arriving at the gate of Guanjia Palace, Zhao Zhen said: "So his final technological power is very crucial. Zhao Jun's eyes are almost healed. In the future, we can expect the Song Dynasty to rise up and become as good as the Han and Tang Dynasties, or even surpass them." It’s on him.”
Everyone looked at each other.
Everyone knew that the officials had high expectations for Zhao Jun, but they didn't expect them to be so high, and the future of the entire Song Dynasty was bet on him.
I am afraid that in the future, Zhao Jun's status in the Song Dynasty will be matched by no one except the official family.
Lu Yijian said with some worry: "It's just that these days, I think Zhao Jun's temperament is quite young and vigorous. I'm afraid he has a strong temper. He already hates the Song Dynasty. After learning the truth, will there be any resistance?"
"How can you be a young man without being angry? We all have our youthful days."
Wang Zeng said with a smile: "Besides, he has already come to the Song Dynasty. This is a fact that he cannot change. Unless he can go back, otherwise, he will still have to live in the land of the Song Dynasty in the future and will not take things as he wants. Does he want to live in seclusion? Mountain forest?"
Everyone also laughed.
yes.
Everyone has come here and there is no way to go back.
If we don’t just take care of things as they come, what else can we do?
When he arrived in the Song Dynasty, there was always a group of people with the highest authority in the Song Dynasty who protected him.
Serving the official family is his best choice. Is there any other way?
