The four great joys in life are dew after a long drought, meeting an old friend in a foreign land, the night of flowers and candles in the wedding room, and the time when someone is named on the gold medal list.
In the past few days, Ye Qingchen has been really proud of the spring breeze.
After the big Dengke (referring to the first year), the small Dengke (marriage) is about to come.
If there is anyone who is the most exciting new scholar in Beijing, it is definitely Ye Qingchen.
Although he missed the chance to win the first prize, he was ranked third in the first class and was already a Jinshi among Jinshi.
What's more, he is also Prime Minister Ding Wei's prospective son-in-law.
Not only Ye Qingchen, but also Ding Wei was very proud during this period.
The official's chosen son-in-law was the third in rank, and among the top three, Suzhou scholars occupied the second.
However, while the scholars were reveling, Wang Qinruo, the Jianghuai shipping envoy, returned to the capital in an extremely low-key manner.
Except for a few people in the palace, no one else knew about Wang Qinruo's return to the capital this time, not even Wang Qinruo's family.
After Wang Qinruo arrived in Beijing, he did not go home immediately. Instead, he took a good bath in a separate courtyard in the outer city, and then went directly to the palace.
Chengming Hall.
"See Your Majesty."
After seeing Li Jie, Wang Qinruo bowed to Li Jie respectfully.
"Flat body."
Li Jie raised his hand and said in a gentle tone.
"Your journey has been tiring and tiring. Compared with last time, you have lost some weight."
"For national affairs."
Wang Qinruo said without changing his expression: "I dare not express my suffering."
Immediately afterwards, Li Jie exchanged a few words with Wang Qinruo, and then the conversation changed to political affairs.
"How is the situation at Huoshan Farm in Shouzhou?"
When this matter was mentioned, Wang Qinruo quickly cheered up. He was nominally the Jianghuai shipping envoy, but he knew very well that the focus of his work should be the reform of tea law.
He basically handed over other matters related to shipping to his deputy, and spent the rest of his time on the reform of the tea farm.
Today's Shouzhou Huoshan Farm has been redeveloped step by step completely under Wang Qinruo's watch.
Of course, Wang Qinruo's efforts are not without reward.
"Last year, the tea production at Shouzhou Huoshan Farm was 822,500 jins, and the cumulative profit was more than 57,500 jins."
"Compared with the year before, production has increased by more than half."
"In addition, according to the minister's visit, tea merchants are generally optimistic about this year's production. If nothing unexpected happens, the production can increase by at least 100,000 jins."
Production increased by half, but profits almost doubled.
And this is the result of Wang Qinruo's hard work. At the same time, this is also an important achievement for his comeback again!
"Not only that, the tea merchants responded enthusiastically to the Contracting Law. Tea merchants around Jiangnan have begun to ask when the Contracting Law will be implemented throughout the country."
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"The contract system is indeed a good way to make tea more affordable. From my perspective, if the contract system is fully implemented, the tea tax figure will be at least half as high as it is now."
Although the profit of Shouzhou Huoshan Farm has doubled, Wang Qinruo is very clear-headed. Without him keeping an eye on it, the profit will definitely not be so high.
The human heart is the most unpredictable.
Once the contracting law is really implemented, it is not unusual for profits to be reduced by half.
Therefore, his answer was very conservative.
"good!"
Li Jie chuckled and nodded with satisfaction.
"I have noticed everything about Huoshanchang and your efforts. From now on, I will need to pay more attention to you."
A word of "Qing" was enough for Wang Qinruo to understand Li Jie's true intentions.
What is Qing et al?
This means that Wang Qinruo will definitely not be responsible for this matter in the future.
In a sense, the implication of this statement is that you, Wang Qinruo, only need to take charge of the overall situation in the future.
The success of Huoshan Field was completely within Li Jie's expectation.
After all, the contracting system can greatly stimulate the enthusiasm of tea merchants. Unlike before, tea merchants had to rely on connections or luck to get high-quality tea.
The former requires money.
The latter requires fate.
The final results of both are beyond the control of the tea merchants themselves. Now, the quality of the tea produced is all within the scope of the tea merchants' monitoring.
Freed from the shackles of administration, the tea plantation, which had been declining day by day, suddenly came back to life.
This is something that many people cannot understand.
Even Wang Qinruo didn't understand why the tea farm's output suddenly increased significantly.
In his view, the main contributions to the increase in tea plantation output lie with the official family and himself.
Moreover, in his philosophy, his contribution may be even greater.
No matter how good a policy is, it depends on its specific implementation.
The contract system is certainly good, but without his supervision, its effects may not be as good as they are now.
Of course, this is just a private thought.
On the surface, the official's contribution definitely takes the lion's share of the credit.
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evening.
Ding Mansion.
After returning home from work, Ding Wei learned a piece of news from his servants.
Wang Qinruo has arrived in the capital!
Not only that, he also entered the palace alone to meet the saint in person.
This news instantly aroused Ding Wei's alert.
Wang Qinruo is back?
As the prime minister, I didn't hear any news beforehand.
Thinking of this, Ding Wei couldn't help but think of a piece of news that was widely circulated in Beijing last year.
The officials intended to promote Wang Qinruo to prime minister.
It's been so long since Ding Wei thought it was over, but who would have thought that it might become a fact.
Previously, Wang Qinruo was sent by Jianghuai Shipping Envoy.
Generally speaking, the term of a shipping envoy is three years. Now, it has been less than two years since Wang Qinruo became the shipping envoy of Jianghuai.
Therefore, Wang Qinruo's return to Beijing this time is by no means a simple change of appointment or a report on his duties.
Could it be that the official family really wanted to worship Wang Qinruo as prime minister?
Thinking of this possibility, Ding Wei couldn't help but feel a little headache. If he could choose, he would rather let his old enemy Wang Zeng regain his position.
Instead of asking Wang Qinruo to worship the prime minister.
Of course, there was a honeymoon period between him and Wang Qinruo, but it was only a period.
Since he and Wang Qinruo parted ways, their relationship has become increasingly tense.
Finally, and most importantly, Wang Qinruo is also a Southerner, and he is also a Southerner Prime Minister.
The country has a tradition of emphasizing the north over the south. Taizu even said that southerners should not be prime ministers, and Wang Qinruo happened to break an unspoken rule.
Based on this alone, Wang Qinruo will always have a place among the southern scholar group.
Even Ding Wei himself had to call himself a senior in front of Wang Qinruo.
For Ding Wei, this is the biggest threat!
Once Wang Qinruo returns to power, there will inevitably be a split within the Southern People's Group.
Thinking of this, Ding Wei became more and more convinced that if Wang Qinruo returned to the capital, he would definitely rejoin Zhongshu.
The reason is also very simple.
Because doing so is in the interests of the government.
Confusing opinions!
Although both of them were prime ministers of southern origin, the officials had reached this point, and even if they wanted to reconcile, they could not do it.
