"have!"
Yang Qingyun's decisive answer made Chongzhen stunned.
In fact, Yang Qingyun's answer exceeded his expectations. Even the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government could not do anything about this kind of thing. What can a businessman do?
"Your Majesty, the common people have two ways to do it. The common people don't know whether it works or not.
But at least it’s a direction to work towards. Please forgive me for being so presumptuous! "
"The first method is that the materials embargoed by the imperial court are tea, salt, iron, cloth, etc., and the former requires tea, etc. given by the imperial court.
In this case, it is better to nationalize these and strictly control them by the court.
It is even said that the caravans for mutual trading are all organized by the imperial court. Although this cannot be completely eliminated, it can at least greatly reduce the possibility of concealment. "
Chongzhen was shocked. If you look at it this way, it will be a state-owned enterprise in later generations.
Although he was shocked, Chongzhen asked calmly: "What about the second method?"
"The second method, His Majesty is working hard!"
When Yang Qingyun said this, his eyes were full of expectation.
"Your Majesty, I have a dream. If we unify all the Mongolian tribes and encircle the entire northern grassland into the territory of our Ming Dynasty,
They are all my subjects of the Ming Dynasty, so naturally there will be no smuggling. "
"It's quite simple. What if they pretend to join the Ming Dynasty, secretly accumulate strength, and take advantage of the opportunity to turn against them?"
"Your Majesty, Kublai Khan named the country Yuan. It was the first unified dynasty established by the Northern Barbarians (minorities) in history. In the year 98 of the National Movement,
Since the Mongols have been able to rule the Han people for such a long time, why can't the Han people rule the Mongols? "
"Then why don't you think they've only been around for 98 years?"
Yang Qingyun shook his head: "Your Majesty, there were many reasons for the collapse of the Yuan Dynasty. The first was expansion and division, which laid the foundation for the short-term collapse of the Yuan Dynasty.
Then came the four-way expedition, the transfer of the imperial line, the sinicization movement, frequent civil strife and the final uprising.
If the Mongolian rulers had not intensified their efforts to collect various taxes from the Han people, and the ethnic oppression was very serious and divided into different levels, the people would not have revolted.
In the final analysis, the problem lies with the rulers.
To be disrespectful, whoever wants to be the emperor can be the emperor as long as he can have enough food and clothing.
Whoever can keep the people fed and clothed will be supported by the people!
In this case, as long as the court's policy is correct, who among the tribes in the Mongolian grassland is willing to live a life of wandering around without eating one meal? "
Chongzhen's eyes were filled with approval. It was hard to imagine that someone with such great talent and outstanding vision was a businessman.
With such a person, the next plan will be much easier to develop.
"Yang Qingyun, are you willing to serve the imperial court?"
"Do ordinary people have a choice?"
Yang Qingyun had a wry smile on his face.
The emperor had thanked him in public before, which had already forced their Yang family business to a dead end.
Because he caused so many caravans to be punished, they will definitely be isolated in the future, and no one will dare to do business with them.
Then when the merchants left, the emperor said intentionally or unintentionally that he called himself "young emperor".
This crime of disrespect may one day lead to death.
The emperor just left him alone and seemingly asked a few questions at random, but in fact he was inspecting him.
Now that the investigation is over, he has no other way out except cooperating with the imperial court.
"Your Majesty, please tell me that everyone in the Yang family is willing to go up the mountain of swords and the sea of fire for your Majesty!"
After listening to Yang Qingyun's words, Chongzhen took a deep look at Yang Qingyun.
"There are no plans for the time being. After you go back this time, organize people to look around the country and make statistics on various distinctive things.
For example, the place of production, output, cost, market size, etc. In the next three years, you only need to do this well. "
Yang Qingyun frowned, as if he understood something, but when he thought about it carefully, he didn't understand anything.
But now that the emperor has arranged it, he just has to do it.
"You decide for yourself whether your Yang family's caravan will continue to exist or be disbanded. I will provide you with another five hundred thousand taels of silver every year."
"But what I want is a Yang family who is absolutely loyal to the court!"
"Caomin understands!"
"Then what if other members of the Yang family disagree?"
Yang Qingyun was shocked. After pondering for a moment, a stern look flashed in his eyes: "That's all if you agree. If you don't agree, the common people will set up their own business."
"Hahaha, when you figure it out, you won't regret your decision now!"
Chongzhen stood up, patted Yang Qingyun on the shoulder, and handed over a token.
"This is a token belonging to Qianhu of Jinyiwei. If you have important matters or ideas, you can use Jinyiwei's channels to send the information back to Beijing, but you must keep it confidential. Go and get to work!"
Yang Qingyun saluted and left. Looking at Yang Qingyun leaving, Chongzhen said softly: "Du Yinxi, do you know why I did this?"
Du Yinxi shook his head, saying that he couldn't understand.
Chongzhen chuckled, it's okay if you don't know, but you'd be damned if you knew.
In fact, what he did was nothing more than preparing for a series of commercial and economic activities such as imposing a sea ban, restarting the Silk Road, building Zhangku Avenue, large-scale circulation of goods across the country, etc., and turning Ming Dynasty into a 'gold-attracting beast'.
But the premise is that a business company controlled by the imperial court must be established, and Yang Qingyun is doing the preliminary preparations.
"When will the memorial tower be built?"
"Back to Your Majesty, there are now more than 200 craftsmen, and Hou Shangshu has hired another 300 workers. Work will not stop during shift changes. The seven-story memorial tower will be completed within seven days at the latest."
"Okay, then let's stay for another seven days."
After Chongzhen finished speaking, he pondered for a moment: "Let Tan Yao entertain Wang Chengyin and those cronies well, and don't get killed by me.
Remember to remind me on the sixth day that I will personally interrogate Wang Chengyin! "
"In addition, send a message to Li Ruolian and ask him to spread the news. Those caravans who have been to the Zhangjiakou Exchange Market should take the initiative to explain.
If the Jinyi Guards find out, they will directly confiscate the house and kill the three clans. "
"I understand!"
Du Yinxi saluted and left, and the hall fell into silence.
In the next few days, apart from walking around the city, Chongzhen also went to see the progress of the memorial tower.
While he was leisurely, what happened in Xuanfu City quickly spread to the two capitals, thirteen provinces, and nine borders and eleven towns within the Ming Dynasty.
It was also spread towards the forces of foreign enemies such as the Mongolian tribes and Jiannu.
For a time, there was a storm.
In Wenyuan Pavilion in Beijing, Li Biao put down his tea cup and stretched his body: "Mr. Sun Ge, our morning in Dongnuan Pavilion was in vain..."
PS: Some say that the Ming Dynasty cabinet office was in the Wenhua Hall, and some say it was in the Wenyuan Pavilion. However, Zhang Juzheng handled government affairs in the Wenyuan Pavilion. The original Wenyuan Pavilion was on the east side of the Meridian Gate, and it remains today. The Wenyuan Pavilion of the Ming Dynasty is not the Wenyuan Pavilion of the Ming Dynasty.
When Li Biao said this, there was a wry smile on his lips.
It was the place where the emperor worked. It was extremely precious, but it also had many restrictions. If you were not careful, you would overstep it.
They could only make do with finding a corner to read the book. They were exhausted from the past few days.
"Mr. Sun Ge, your Majesty's handling of the caravans, gentry, and murdered people was all right. Your Majesty made such a false shot at Tumut and other troops. I guess Tumut really didn't dare to move!"
Sun Chengzong put down the booklet and looked up out of the window: "What if His Majesty really wants to fight?"
Li Biao and Li Guopu's expressions froze, and when they were about to speak, Sun Chengzong stood up: "Let's go, all the officials are here."
