When Zhang Siwei asked, he quickly sorted out his thoughts and leaned forward to answer: "To return to the emperor, I have issued three Jun orders last year, asking the governor of Shanxi to restrain annexation. In addition, porridge factories were set up in various counties, and winter clothes were distributed to help the people. Prevent farmers from selling their land in exchange for their lives. In this way, although Shanxi has been affected by the disaster for two years, after the two-pronged approach of the court and the local government, the annexation situation has been much better than during the previous Huaiyang disaster and other periods."
After Zhu Yijun heard Zhang Siwei's words, he suddenly remembered what Zhang Juzheng said to Zhang Siwei when he went to visit him when he suddenly fainted in the political hall: "Zhang Fengpan should not be allowed to stay in his position for a long time. For two or three years, he tried his best to consider the emperor." , time to consolidate the holy family. After two years, whether the emperor believes in him or not, he will start to make plans for himself and the Shanxi big family. "
Looking at the skinny Zhang Fengpan in front of him, Zhu Yijun sighed in his heart. The Prince of Zhongxing County had an unparalleled eye and could clearly see Zhang Fengpan's skin, flesh and bones - this man looked grand, but in fact he had too many small calculations. After Wang Chonggu went south, this guy's petty style in governing the country became even more irritating.
He picked up Liang Wenmeng's secret memorial, turned to the last page and said, "Uncle Wu Qing's family bought 1,400 hectares of land in Shanxi. Do you know about this?"
When Zhang Siwei heard this, the muscles on his face trembled. His eyes drooped, and his body seemed to stoop suddenly. He said in a trembling voice: "I don't know about this."
Zhu Yijun snorted first, then sighed, picked up the hot towel on the imperial desk and wiped his hands and face. Wei Chao saw it from the side and hurriedly stepped forward, took the silk scarf that the emperor wiped his hand with, turned around and handed it to a palace maid behind him, asking her to get a new one.
Zhang Siwei heard the emperor say: "My grandpa's family is not easy to worry about." Zhang Siwei couldn't accept the words and just bowed on the pier.
The emperor then said: "Last year, my mother banned his family's business in Beijing, so the family went to Shanxi to cause trouble... The governor of Shanxi was also in a difficult position."
Zhang Siwei said in a low voice: "This is the Emperor's family matter, I dare not speak nonsense."
The emperor hummed. He changed the topic and said: "Wang Quan, Wang Jie, Han Ji, Fan Shikui, Xu Jing, Shen Zhongwen, etc. are all trying to merge this time. Some of them are closely related to each other, or they have very close personal relationships, but this time they look ugly. Do you know these things?"
Zhang Siwei was like a toad soaked in the rain, and the jiao thunder in his ears followed him. The emperor is questioning! Such a close-quarters confrontation between the emperor and the prime minister showed that the Holy Family had unknowingly declined to the point where the emperor had no patience! Why didn't I realize it for a long time? And why did it come to this?
All the people the emperor mentioned were giant businessmen in Shanxi. With the Zhang and Wang families as the core, the various families formed an airtight political and business relationship network. On the one hand, they supported Zhang Siwei's rise to the top, and on the other hand, Zhang Siwei was bound to give adequate rewards after he ascended to the position of Prime Minister - —The establishment of Heshengyuan Bank allowed them to recover their capital immediately after decades of investment.
But the emperor did not talk about the bank, but made a big fuss about land annexation. This made Zhang Siwei, who had been preparing for a long time, unable to resist. As far as he knew, although these families had bought some land in the past two years, the establishment of banks had almost drained all their funds. The emperor's accusation of merger was just an attempt to incriminate!
Zhang Siwei used all his strength and said the words as if they were not his own: "I made an oversight and am guilty."
Zhu Yijun looked at his stooped back and sighed secretly. Then his face became solemn and he said in a cold voice: "In the previous case of coal mine robbery in the suburbs of Beijing, Ma Bin reported to the Qing family, but I don't take it seriously. Now it seems that you still have some indiscretions."
Zhang Siwei was like a drowning man grabbing a piece of driftwood. He suddenly felt blessed and said in his heart: "I have been slandered by the Holy Grace for a long time. It's just that some people can't see that the overall situation of the reform is booming. Please take a closer look, Your Majesty."
Zhu Yijun hummed again, noncommittal. Zhang Siwei's thoughts had been clarified at this time, and he hurriedly continued: "My father and uncle were poor when they were young, and they became rich through business. I have received a lot of help from my family in these years. My fourth brother is interested in business, and I contacted various families in the past. , established the Hesheng Yuan Bank - the minister has already written to scold him for this matter."
Seeing the nakedness of what he said, the emperor had no choice but to interrupt him and said: "I am happy to see the prosperity of banks."
Zhang Siwei said in a low voice: "Yes. However, I think it is a pity that today's major banks issue bills separately, fragmenting the market, and making it difficult to communicate and exchange. We still need to participate in each other's shares to achieve currency exchange, so that industry and commerce can be facilitated." . This is my little insight. In order to take all the credit, I think it is most appropriate for the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take the lead in this matter."
Zhu Yijun touched his nose and relaxed his frown. He smiled and said: "Well, that's a good idea. Mr. Fengpan can write a question book, and the political affairs hall will come up with a charter first."
Zhang Siwei felt good in his heart. Oh my god, that’s scary! The saying that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger is really not a joke!
The emperors of all dynasties were the distributors and arbiters of the world's wealth, and all their own property was nothing more than the gold and silver given by the court and the imperial estate. Today's emperor is both a judge and the biggest industrial and commercial player at the earliest. This is not fun!
What the emperor has done today is simply to be both responsible and upright, but the dignified prime ministers and ministers of the cabinet have no power to fight back and can only be slaughtered - are the emperor's descendants, or even this emperor in his later years, all wise emperors? If you become stupid and have uncontrolled financial resources, the world will be in chaos in just an instant!
Although Zhang Siwei is a petty person, he is also very good in terms of knowledge. While he breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly thought of the future crisis - how to solve it?
The emperor didn't know that he had thought so much in the blink of an eye, but he changed the topic and said: "I am very worried about the harm of annexation."
Zhang Siwei hurriedly put aside his distracting thoughts and replied immediately: "Yes, although the punishment is severe, it is difficult to stop it. Even if the rich are banned from buying, the poor cannot stop selling in different ways in order to survive."
Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this. Zhang Siwei continued: "Although our government's laws prohibiting annexations are detailed and strict, there are always loopholes to be exploited. And if they are too strict, many normal transactions will be delayed, which is not advisable. It is a dilemma."
Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this. Then he said: "But it won't work if this matter is not solved. As the population grows, the harm of annexation is often the cause of unrest - in addition to emigration, we must find a way to solve this problem."
Zhang Siwei thought that the emperor was really ambitious in political affairs, such as governing Huanghuai. Now he wants to solve this eternal problem, and his heart is boundless.
But when it comes to money, the emperor is very small-minded - this confrontation just now is proof. He had no idea and didn't reply, just bowed and listened to Yuyin. I heard Zhu Yijun continue: "I really thought of a way, called 'Gongzhongdi', and I want to do a pilot project in Shanxi first."
"The so-called public land, also called public farmland, is not owned by a private person - similar to today's farming. The imperial court first took out the land and divided it equally on a per capita basis. Each person got one acre of land. This land cannot be The deal is that if the person dies, the land will be returned to the public.”
Zhang Siwei was speechless after hearing this. Hear the emperor continue: "Previously, the yellow book statistics have killed many people, and we have already laid a good foundation. The imperial court will also issue a decree that neither public land nor private land must be abandoned. If public land is abandoned for two years, it will be sentenced to exile; if individual land is abandoned, If it exceeds three or five years, it will be confiscated and included in the public land."
"In this way, the public land can guarantee the survival of people, and it will not affect the transfer transactions of private land - much better than the dry suppression of annexation in previous dynasties."
"This place, I also gave it a nice name, which will surely win the hearts of the people."
Zhang Siwei's mind was in chaos after listening to the emperor's wild ideas. Hearing this, he just bowed his body again.
A somewhat proud smile appeared on the emperor's face, he patted the imperial case gently and said: "Mr. Fengpan, what do you think - how about calling it 'ration field'?"
Zhang Siwei first chanted a sage, and then asked: "Nowadays, people in the world count 170 million, but there are 22 million in Shanxi. I don't know - where does the land come from?"
