The people of Taiyuan Prefecture were in panic and uneasiness, and they couldn't help but secretly guess...
Could it be that something big happened in Taiyuan Mansion?
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Finally, someone well-informed spread the news that the local government in Taiyuan was preparing to organize a large number of manpower to cull the locusts! !
It is said that this proposal was made by the imperial minister He Shen, and local officials such as the prefect Liu An expressed their full support...
Although a small number of other officials expressed doubts, they were all suppressed by Liu An, the prefect of Taiyuan.
Faced with all these sudden changes, doubts, uneasiness, and hesitation suddenly began to spread in states, counties, towns, and villages...
The government is now preparing to cull the locusts vigorously, but what should they do if the locust god comes again next year to take revenge?
The people originally planned to go to nearby towns and villages to ask the famous clan elders and squires for countermeasures. However, the clan elders and squires were "politely" invited away by the government...
Seeing that the secular world was useless, the people wanted to go to the abbots of nearby temples and Taoist temples to seek spiritual answers. Unfortunately, those magicians, witches, monks and Taoists were also invited by the Locust Temple in advance.
The common people have been rejected many times...
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He Shen, who has been paying attention to the reactions of the people, learned through various channels the current mood of the people in Taiyuan Prefecture.
Faced with the people's panic and material desires, other officials were very frightened, but He Shen didn't care...
In Heshen's view, even if people are uneasy in Taiyuan Prefecture, it is still a sign of vitality and a manifestation of the will of the people...
It was better than the numbness and even death-like despair he had seen a few days ago.
Seven days have passed since Heshen visited the disaster area twice. Elders and gentry from all over Taiyuan Prefecture have gathered at the Taiyuan Prefecture’s Yamen, waiting for the summons of this unique imperial envoy...
However, Heshen was not in a hurry to meet them.
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Because He Shen is preparing for more important things.
Always prioritize things when doing them.
It can even be said that the ultimate success of this disaster relief operation in Taiyuan, and even in Shaanxi Province as a whole, depends to a large extent on this.
That was the meeting with the Taiyuan merchants, to be precise, the meeting with the Qin merchants.
Yes, He Shen paid more attention to these Qin merchants than those clan elders and country squires...
Whether in ancient times or in modern times, Qin Shang was not very famous, and not many people even knew about it...
However, who knew that Qin Shang had been one of the top ten businessmen in the world for thousands of years...
Shaanxi is the land of Qin, and the people of Shaanxi are also the land of Tang...
They not only have the spirit of coexistence of "supporting the old Qin Dynasty and fighting against the national calamity together", but also have the courage to live in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and attract all nations to come to court...
In addition to the great reputation of the Qin and Tang dynasties, there are also people from Shaanxi who conduct business all over the world and balance the commerce in various places. Shaanxi Qin merchants are well-deserved great merchants in the world...
The Qin Shang Dynasty first began in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, flourished in the Qin Dynasty, flourished in the Han and Tang Dynasties, and declined in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Everyone knows that Shanxi merchants and Huizhou merchants are the leaders of merchant gangs and have endured for a long time in history. However, who knows that Shaanxi Qin merchants are no worse than Shanxi merchants and Huizhou merchants...
Shaanxi merchants, also known as Qin merchants, are one of the top ten merchant gangs in the world. They are the richest in the world and have the most prosperous business in the world. Those who have the foundation of business mainly belong to Jin, Hui, and Qin...
The reason why Shanxi merchants and Huizhou merchants are famous all over the world is that their influence surpasses merchants from all over the world. In addition to being strong, it is also because they are good at publicity and are keen on publicizing their influence...
Shaanxi Qin merchants are rarely seen in the public eye, or they deliberately keep a low profile. This is also in line with the characteristics of Shaanxi people, who are low-key and restrained.
Compared with the Shanxi merchants who "connected the world, benefits and righteousness are interlinked, benefit comes first and righteousness comes later", and Hui merchants who benefited from all kinds of goods, just sit down and make plans, and return a hundredfold" It is the spirit of Qin Shang.
Relying on the three strengths of people, goods, and temperament, Shaanxi Qin merchants developed a business and trade channel that opened up the grassland, traveled northeast, and went to Yunnan, Xinjiang in the west, Shandong in the east, and north to south.
Unlike Shanxi merchants and Huizhou merchants who like to do business, most Shaanxi people do business out of necessity...
Since the Tang Dynasty, when the Yellow River changed its course, there have been many natural and man-made disasters in Shaanxi Province, causing people to be displaced.
Earthquakes, floods, droughts, and extreme weather events have resulted in very little crop harvest. Therefore, a large number of Shaanxi people have no choice but to engage in business.
As long as you can have enough food and drink, a wife and children, who is willing to leave your hometown, do business for tens of thousands of miles, and earn a little bit of money...
The road to business in ancient times was extremely difficult, and ordinary people could not endure this hardship...
Only if Shaanxi people can endure hardships and carry their feet can they make business accessible to the world. Shaanxi people are everywhere...
Once upon a time, "Eight thousand miles of Qinchuan River is filled with dust, and 30 million lazy people sing Qin opera loudly." It has become a classic statement that many people use to ridicule Shaanxi people for not knowing how to do business.
A large number of people think that the temper of Shaanxi people is "cold and stubborn".
However, who knew that Shaanxi people would make a fortune in silence...
Shaanxi people sell good things from the east to the west, good things from the west to the east, good things from the south to the north, and good things from the north to the south...
Qin merchants traveled long distances, carried out cross-regional trafficking, and opened businesses all over the country...
The rise of Qin Shang was due to a policy of Qin Shihuang.
Qin Shihuang, the emperor who wiped out six kingdoms, unified the country, created an imperial system, strengthened central rule, wrote with the same text, drove the same track, traveled with the same wheel, and unified the language and currency. After unifying the world, he ordered all the rich in the world to be Migrated to the national capital Xianyang.
In ancient times, there was a dynasty that emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce. Although the richest people in the world at that time were very rich, their status was still humble...
Rich people with huge wealth are very hostile to Chaoyan...
Qin Shihuang, the first emperor in history, would never allow merchants to threaten his empire by living out of sight, so he ordered them to be moved to the capital.
Historical records record: "After the unification of Qin, Qin Shihuang "migrated the world's richest people to 120,000 households in Xianyang", "collected the soldiers of the world, gathered them in Xianyang, sold Feng Dy, and cast them into twelve golden figures to weaken the people of the world...
Xianyang was the capital of the Qin State. Standing in the palace, Qin Shihuang could observe every move of the people in Xianyang without worrying about anyone plotting against his empire.
Of course, there was another reason why Qin Shihuang did this, which was to allow the resources in the hands of businessmen to be better used by the country.
Silver is a relatively important thing for the country.
If a country does not have enough silver, that is, liquid capital recognized by the world, then the country will soon perish.
Although, it is ironic that the Qin State, which had made so many preparations, started to...
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However, the rich people from all over the world gathered in one city, and the ideas of merchants collided and argued here, which greatly promoted the prosperity of merchant ideas.
This is also the main reason why Shaanxi businessmen call themselves Qin businessmen...
The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system...
After the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was established, which inherited the system created by the Qin Dynasty in many aspects such as politics, economy, military, and law.
Shaanxi merchants had a very important position in the Han Dynasty...
By the Han Dynasty, Shaanxi merchants took advantage of Chang'an City and became the number one merchant gang in the world!
Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, Zhang Qian went on a mission to the Western Regions, and those who followed him were Qin Shang. This was the first exchange between the Central Plains and the Western Regions...
The starting point of the Silk Road is Chang'an. Shaanxi people set out from Chang'an City, passed through Fufeng, Lanzhou, the Hexi Corridor, and then entered Qinghai, Tibet, and Xinjiang...
They sold the products of the Central Plains, especially silk, to the Western Regions, and sold the products of the Western Regions to the interior of the Central Plains, promoting the development of economic and trade...
This is the Qin merchants in Shaanxi, the merchant gang who single-handedly created the Silk Road...
During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Qin merchants from Shaanxi were doing business with all countries, spreading the name of the Tang Dynasty to all countries...
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By the Ming Dynasty, although the Qin merchants in Shaanxi were weak...
However, with the implementation of the Ming Dynasty's policy of "opening up China for salt and tea-horse trade", Qin merchants in Shaanxi came back to life...
The Qin merchants in Shaanxi set out from Xi'an and passed through Sanyuan, Tongchuan, Yan'an, Yulin, Inner Mongolia, and Zhangjiakou to sell goods from the interior. Among the merchants, this was called Xikou.
The Ming Dynasty's policy of "opening up China's salt and tea-horse trade" was established by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty.
At that time, when the Ming Dynasty was first established, he felt that although the remnant forces of Mongolia and the Oara, Uighur, Dangxiang Qiang, Khotan, and Turkic tribes had been driven to the northernmost part of Asia by him, they might still attack Hebei and the Central Plains at any time...
In order to ensure the rule of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang established the border town of the Nine Armies for defense.
Then, here comes the problem. There are so many border defense military towns that require a lot of logistical supplies. It is really troublesome for the court to provide them. Moreover, because of the distance, they are also powerless...
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang established the national policy of "opening the country for salt", which means that the state called on merchants to transport grain to the border and sell it to military towns to obtain salt.
Then the merchants use the salt guide to buy salt and sell it to the designated location. This solves the food problem at the border and the merchants make money again...
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In the Qing Dynasty, the situation changed again...
In order to win over the Mongolian tribes, the Manchu and Qing royal family imitated the Ming Dynasty's "salt trading and tea-horse trade" and called on merchants from all over the world to send grain, tea, salt and other daily necessities to the north to the Mongolian tribes, in order to obtain salt...
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Everyone knows that Yangzhou salt merchant.
However, the real rise of the Yangzhou salt merchants came after the decline of the Qin merchants in Shaanxi...
After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Yangzhou was located at the hub of the Grand Canal. In the era of water transportation, it was the transportation hub for national water and land transportation and the main distribution center for salt transportation.
