Chapter 413: Two hundred million guan is like two cabbages

At this time, the Changle Tower Cafe who had just jumped off the stage and smiled and pushed away Wang Qinchen's hug, then turned to Zhao Xing and said to him: "My husband, you really have to break the ladder through the wall. You just jumped on the stage and forgot your servant when you stepped down and just took care of your spoiling Sister Song."

Zhao Xing laughed, hugged Qiuri with his other empty hand, and pointed to a courtesan beside him, signaling her to greet Wang Qinchen... In the blink of an eye, two courtesan beside Wang Qinchen surrounded him.

Since he is also a courtesan, his ability to confuse men will not be second-rate. After a while, Wang Qinchen had already smiled and forgot the troubles of being abandoned by the courtesan of Changle Tower, and forgot the concern that Zhao Xing might refuse.

Zhao Xing asked leisurely: "How much does it cost?"

Zhang Lei stretched out his two fingers.

Zhao Xing stared at the sight of a big eye: "The court is so poor that he can't even get 20 million yuan?"

Zhang Lei laughed: "How many are there? It's obviously two million!"

As soon as this number came out, even though the five major courtesans in Yangzhou were well-informed, they opened their mouths wide in surprise and almost dislocated their chin.

Yangzhou is the hub of the world and the canal transportation center. Yangzhou merchants are rich and millionaires who spend 100,000 yuan in a row. They can throw a brick out and hit three, and the remaining two are still ready for millionaires. However, growing in this prosperous place, they often welcome and send off. They are used to seeing the top red prostitutes of rich people and sea merchants, and are still extremely shocked when they hear this number.

Zhao Xing frowned deeply, paused for a moment, and asked softly: "How long will you want it?"

Zhang Lei slapped his thigh: "The faster the better."

Zhao Xing clapped his hands, Tyson trotted in. Zhao Xing ordered: "Notify Master Wanqi to prepare 100 million coins of gold, silver, and copper coins... Oh, plus 100 million coins of Guangchao, please send him to Changchun Tower tomorrow night."

As soon as Zhao Xing finished speaking, Wang Qinchen took a deep breath of air conditioning and blurted out: "You are so refreshing? This is 200 million yuan. Why do I feel like you are talking about the belonging of two cabbages?!"

Zhao Xing replied plainly: "If it were two cabbages, I would not be so happy! But I know that Senior Brother Lu Zhi is a Lu Zhi person, and he would not speak to me unless he had to. Once he asked me for money, it would not be for himself. Therefore, even if he asked for another 200 million, I would have to give it to me. But if the person who came to ask for money was Cai Jing - even if it was two cabbages, I would not give it to him."

What Zhao Xing actually wanted to say was - "If Song Huizong came to ask for money, I would not want to give away two copper coins for free."

Zhang Lei, who knew Zhao Xing's temper, immediately asked: "What price do you want?"

Zhao Xing waved his hand and Yuan Yeping came out of the shadow. It seemed that he was ready. He held a stack of memorials in his hand, and looked at Zhang Lei with admiration while talking about official affairs: "Zhang (Censorate) Zhongcheng, my elders have prepared memorials long ago - these, please see. If you can agree, please reply as soon as possible... Zhang Zhongcheng, the elders have long admired your talents. Can you allow the elders to visit? The elders only ask for a few words."

Zhang Lei checked it a few times and found that nothing Zhao Xing asked for was beyond his prior guess. He replied: "Brother Yuan is still in charge of the Japanese samurai regiment? I dare not take it as a waiter, and I can write the copybook at any time, so I don't rush... Brother Lu Zhi had expected the request of Li Ren. We have discussed these in the capital and can agree. In addition, after the establishment of the Jiaochao Bureau, it is not a problem to recommend the officer to you."

When Zhao Xing heard this, he immediately waved and called back to Tyson who had walked to the door. He took off a seal from his waist and handed it to Zhang Lei while muttering: "I'd said it earlier, I'd said I had the right to supervise the financial situation. We don't even have to worry about Wanqi Yayan - there are three major banks in the capital? You can take this seal and withdraw the number below 200 million yuan."

Zhang Lei was not polite, so he put the seal around his waist. He smiled and said with a few Gurkha guards. He smiled and said, "My body is worth 200 million yuan now, so you have to send a few more people to protect me."

Wang Qinchen took out a few documents from his arms and handed them to Zhao Xing: "This is the official document of Liu Zhengfu, the Minister of War, the Shaanxi War. Muskets must be allocated from the Guangnan Firearms Bureau... Lord Liu said, if you agree to the advance payment, please sign the official document and ship the weapons to Shaanxi immediately. Well, as long as you need the money, you will deduct it from the money lent to the court."

Zhao Xing clicked the documents handed over by Zhang Lei and continued, "Brother Lu Zhi seems to have forgotten one thing. The money from the Nanyang Affairs Bureau did not pop out of the cracks of the stone. The court borrowed this money, so there must be an explanation."

Wang Qinchen asked: "For example...?"

Zhang Lei interrupted: "No such thing! I know what you want to say is: it is just a hope to reduce the future taxes of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau. The reason is nothing more than 'These funds are from the people of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, and the court took them away in advance. There is no explanation, which means that it is a repeated tax on the Nanyang Affairs Bureau...'

Having said that, the Nanyang Affairs Bureau is now the place where the imperial court’s wealth is located, and the imperial court cannot afford to reduce taxes. The imperial court lacks money everywhere and does not have the ability to reduce exemptions."

Zhao Xing immediately continued: "Then let's sell the land - our Nanyang Affairs Bureau fought in the east and conquered a large piece of land overseas, and the land sold by the imperial court was only a small part of it. I heard that the officials originally planned to be kings overseas and promote overseas feudalism. Therefore, they rewarded a lot of overseas land to the vassal kings. But now that the country is in trouble, we cannot just let the people bear it, and the royal family should also bear some responsibilities. I want each of them to have one-third of the fiefdoms, and selling these land can also supplement the southeast taxes."

Zhang Lei patted his stomach: "Where can you spit out the meat in the bowl? You don't have to think about getting back the fiefdom. The court would rather not want your money than the idea of ​​the vassal kings - why? Do you think the royal family can be in chaos now?

However, you often say that overseas world is vast and you don’t have any remaining land on hand, so fight! The court can agree to you that you are 'three expropriations and not accepting land'. However, every spoil must be handed over as usual, what do you think?"

"Three expropriations but no land" means: Zhao Xing will conquer three consecutive expropriations, and there is no need to pay land to the court. These lands can be disposed of by Zhao Xing, and the expropriation costs will be compensated after being sold.

This proposal must have come from Huang Tingjian and others. These people have been with Zhao Xing in Guangdong for many years, and have known Zhao Xing's habit of going to war, and they also know that there are those war dealers. The demand for land must be strong. That is why they put forward such an immoral suggestion.

Zhao Xing opened his mouth in surprise, held it in a lot, and said a ridiculous word: "I'll give you a commission!"

Zhang Lei was amused and crying.

Hou Meng knew the meaning of the words when he was with Zhao Xing for a while. He smiled and explained: "I heard that the target of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau's expedition this time was Africa. After hearing Zhao Xiang talk about this, I bought a copy of the "Global Map of the World". Only then did I realize that the land in Africa was so large that it was far greater than the territory of the Song Dynasty. In addition to several countries, most of them were unowned land - the imperial court suffered a huge loss this time.

I also heard that the Taiwei had implemented a cage policy on Tianzhu, which was to use the Lion City, Jaffna and Kaizhi City to block the sea surface of Tianzhu and restrict their activities on the sea. From the "Global Map", it can be seen that Tianzhu has split into multiple countries. Recently, the Taiwei said that Tianzhu has become ripe and can be picked in the next few years - if the Taiwei's second expedition was to deal with Tianzhu, the imperial court suffered even greater losses, and the twelve countries in Tianzhu are also larger than the Song Dynasty..."

When Hou Meng said this, several geishas who had reminiscent of shock started to make noise. They kept calling out: "Taiwei. You only prefer your senior brother. Since we are here today, how can you forget Nunu? Lord Taiwei will pity your little girl. Nunu will serve her wholeheartedly, okay?"

Zhao Xing moaned by their little hands, and he waved his hand generously: "It's so big overseas that you can accommodate your selfish thoughts. My personal feelings are all there. I promise you to buy the official Nanyang land at half price. As long as you have money, there is no limit on how much."

The geishas cheered in a coquettish voice and became even more obedient to Zhao Xing.

The court did not know that the land handed over to the court by Zhao Xing was not actually the entire gain of the war, and he reserved a lot of it himself. The islands in the second important waterways were intercepted in advance. After the imperial edict of the court, Zhao Xing could not wait for the prince of Zhao to hand over his fiefdom, so he immediately called out: "I inform Yayan and immediately put on the sale of the remaining official land in Nanyang, and all 40,000 islands were sold, and the whole island was purchased, and the titles were given - Tong Guan sold me 300 titles, I haven't sold them yet. This time it was cheaper for those landlords."

Geishas scrambled and shouted: "Taiwei. I want it too...I want it even..."

The ambiguous words made all their blood surge down the lower body.

Wang Qinruo couldn't help but feel moved: "If there are such good things, let's leave two, I'll give them to my relatives."

The newly sold land is very cheap: three copper coin per acre of overseas land, and there is a 10% discount on bulk purchase. Buy the entire island in one go, and give official titles based on the size of the island, or the title of founding male (god). This title can be inherited from generation to generation. It has no official salary, but can enjoy the treatment of a gentry...

After various preferential measures are implemented, sometimes it only costs three cents of money to buy a micro island, while it costs only a hundred cents of money to buy a medium-sized island.

According to the regulations of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, those who purchase overseas islands only need to build a permanent building on the island and then erect an inscription to indicate their permanent ownership of the island. The Nanyang Affairs Bureau believes that the purchaser has fulfilled the contract and named the island according to the purchaser's preferences. At the same time, the island name is marked on the map of the Song Dynasty.

According to the regulations of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, the people who own small islands overseas are nobles and justices of the peace. They naturally enjoy all the treatment given to the gentry by the court, such as exemption from agricultural taxes and labor...

Spending three guan of money can make future generations exempt from agricultural taxes and labor forever, and become a gentry. After this regulation was announced, the merchants of the Song Dynasty went crazy. The wholesale official title industry that Cai Jing and Tong Guan jointly worked together was dwarfed. Now, what business people are most enthusiastic about is to buy an island overseas...

The storm became increasingly bigger. Ten days later, the first batch of overseas islands were sold out. The people who bought the islands immediately bought boats and went to sea to inspect their territory on the spot. This made the shipbuilding industry in the Song Dynasty make a lot of profits, and then they expanded wildly.

Later generations who could not buy the island continued to gather in Yangzhou, hoping that the Nanyang Affairs Bureau would launch the next batch of islands for sale. Zhao Xing, who was still unsatisfied, immediately allocated another batch from the reserved land and used the method of purchasing it at a price... This time, he not only earned back the funds allocated to the court, but also made a lot of gains.

In that month, it was a secret that no one could know about how much wealth Zhao Xing had plundered from these great Song landlords. However, later generations could infer from some clues: when Zhao Xing returned to Hangzhou, he was smiling from ear to ear for a whole month; soon, Zhao Xing changed his troops to his local troops, and purchased hundreds of giant sea ships to expand the existing fleet; he issued an additional military salary and allowances, and made various names to distribute holiday rewards, charcoal wages, and cool-lasting fees to his subordinates.

Later, Zhao Xing's inspiration was exhausted and he simply acted like a scoundrel without thinking of any reason. He gave money. As a result, Zhao Xing's smile infected the entire Nanyang Yamen, and all the Nanyang soldiers laughed from ear to ear for a whole month. Many officers even had the money to run back to their hometown in Shaanxi to talk about their life and ideals with the fallen girls, but they were arrested by the local Yamen and fought a hard spine...

Afterwards, the Nanyang Affairs Bureau still held a batch of reserved islands, which accounted for only one-fifth of the original total, but Zhao Xing refused to sell them again. The merchants who did not buy the islands were forced to join the ranks of war dealers, and they began to raise funds and incite everywhere, asking the Nanyang Affairs Bureau to send more troops to occupy more overseas land...

The storm then affected the Beiyang Affairs Bureau. The merchants were dissatisfied with the Nanyang Affairs Bureau and turned to the newly established Beiyang Affairs Bureau to seek a way out. After receiving a large amount of funds from the merchants, the Beiyang Affairs Bureau quickly became armed. They purchased hundreds of warships of all sizes and small, and with the convenience of the dense population of Beijing and East China Road, they quickly organized a musket army of 50,000 people, and dug up a large number of navigatory and artillery talents from Guangnan Wuzhou Academy and Guangnan Ocean Academy... They even had the spare money to build their own school.

In this storm, there is no need to mention the five famous prostitutes in Yangzhou who have made a lot of money. The other five prostitutes who have not gained benefits are full of complaints. As for Zhang Lei, Wang Qinchen was also satisfied with the reselling storm. Together with those prostitutes, they first obtained some small islands that were sold at low prices from Zhao Xing. After the storm of buying, they reselled them to merchant landlords who were looking for sale at high prices, earning enough travel expenses for the official business in Hangzhou.

Even Hou Meng made some money from this matter, but he did not completely put the unexpected money into his bag. As the current governor of Yangzhou, who had not had much time, he used the money to change the Yangzhou navy. After changing his clothes, he excitedly picked up his backpack and went to the Beiyang Affairs Bureau to serve as the governor of Qingzhou and the military case supervisor of the Beiyang Affairs Bureau. This time, he went to Qingzhou ten years ahead of his original historical trajectory.

In August, the general Fan of Zhendingdi was divided into two groups. He personally led a team back to the mouth of the Yellow River and landed on the beach in Tianjin City. He began to confront the 200,000 Liao army in the name of armed defense of Song Shang. Zhao Feng, the son of Zhao Xing, led the remaining troops, led the troops to the name of Rulin Lang (32nd civil servant, belonging to Enyin, and Luguan), Wuyilang (42nd military officer, belonging to Enyin, and Luguan), Zhiguo Deputy Captain (Seventh rank, official), Pinghe Doctor (Seventh rank, official), Hangzhou Army Patrol and Military Commander (Second Officer, Eighth rank), and continued to go upstream to the capital to offer prisoners.

During this period, Zhao Xing on the South Road continued to hold his troops, but in order to make the court's face easier, he withdrew some of the troops from Xuzhou perfunctorily. However, unfortunately, even his symbolic withdrawal of three or two soldiers was strongly obstructed by the people of Xuzhou. The local people were fed up with the plunder of the sacrificial bureau. During Zhao Xing's command in Xuzhou, the yamen runners of the sacrificial bureau stopped outside Xuzhou and were immediately escorted and disbanded.

Later, Zhao Xing's huge military supplies were all purchased from the local area. His musketeers with rich military salaries never stingy with money. The Xuzhou defense system built by Zhao Xing gave Xuzhou a generous income during the slack farming period. Based on this, local officials in Xuzhou came forward to write to the court at the request of the people, crying and asking the court to allow Zhao Xing to complete the construction of the Xuzhou defense group.

The court was very embarrassed. On the one hand, under the auspices of Zhang Shangying, the title of King Yue to King Peng, and the fief of Pengcheng (Xuzhou), was recklessly trying to regain control of Xuzhou from Zhao Xing. On the other hand, the court considered that the establishment of Xuzhou's defense system could allow the court to defend the canal hub and curb the attacks of the southern enemy, so it reluctantly agreed that Zhao Xing would continue to stay in Xuzhou.

After this incident, in August, Empress Meng, who lived in Suzhou, entered the capital. The court ministers and the generals of the generals grandly welcomed the miserable empress and welcomed him into the palace to become the empress dowager. In the same month, Gao Qiu, the deputy commander in front of the palace, came out to govern Shaanxi and ordered Hangzhou to abolish the bureau. He ordered the children to escort the arms and equipment to start to march towards Shaanxi. At the same time, the court began to gradually impose demotions overseas, and a large number of demotions arrived in Yangzhou by water.

The court sent Gao Qiu and Tong Guan to Shaanxi this time out of taking care of Zhao Xing's face. Gao Qiu, as the deputy commander in front of the palace, controlled the power of the palace guards. Although the court minister who was worried that the emperor would counterattack did not demote Gao Qiu, it was always uneasy to put such a person in the capital. So Gao Qiu was awarded this new appointment.

As for Tong Guan, he should have been demoted with the eunuchs among the palace ministers, but because he had a close relationship with Zhao Xing and was subject to the constraints of Zhao Xing in Hangzhou, the Hangzhou Support Bureau did not over-elect the people, so the crime was not proved. Therefore, the court ministers unanimously agreed to send him to Shaanxi for military supervision... Unexpectedly, in this way, the historical trajectory of Gao Qiu and Tong Guan coincided with the original history.

Tong Guan, who received the appointment, immediately rushed to Yangzhou and asked to see Zhao Xing. When Zhao Xing heard the news, he immediately greeted: "Please please, please!"

As soon as Tong Guan came in, he raised his majestic body and asked, "Taiwei, do you remember his former friend Tong Dage?"

"Tongda Pavilion" is the title Zhao Xing called Tong Guan when he first met Tong Guan. Tong Guan re-mentioned this topic today, things have changed. When the two first met, the Song Dynasty court was guarded and vigilant against eunuchs. Although eunuchs often served as the commander of the palace department and were responsible for the palace security guard, they were still cautious and worried about being criticized by civil servants and suffering a catastrophe. It was in this situation that Zhao Xing saw Tong Guan, who had no power at the time, and used respectful titles to call the other party. This touched Tong Guan very much.

Many years have passed, Tong Guan was unsatisfied in the palace and had to turn to King Duan at that time. Generally speaking, outdated eunuchs like this will never turn over. Over the past thousand years, many eunuchs who have been involved in the residence of the vassal princes have been unknown since then, and there were tens of thousands. At that time, even Tong Guan himself was desperate, but Zhao Xing still had a good attitude towards him. He could never forget a greeting or a gift during festivals.

Suddenly, a miracle happened. King Duan accidentally became emperor, and Tong Guan also made a comeback. At this time, he did not forget Zhao Xing. When he was buying and selling official positions, he always gave Zhao Xing a preferential price, and even he worked in Hangzhou. Zhao Xing stopped his yamen runners and restricted his power, and he endured it - although this would affect his performance in front of the emperor.

But what he didn't expect was that Zhao Xing made such a straitor, and he turned off all the worship bureaus in the world, supported the bureau, and put him under house arrest since he was a child.

Now, the former Duan Wang Qiandi's companion was exiled by Zhao Xing, and the eunuchs were exiled. Tong Guan's eunuchs were left to survive, but Tong Guan's re-referred to the old title at this time was to awaken Zhao Xing's nostalgia.

"If I don't remember the 'Tong Da Pavilion', today's 'Tong Da Pavilion' has been taken overseas." Zhao Xing raised his finger and counted it one by one: "The big pavilions such as Liang Shicheng, Li Yan, Yang Jian, Wang Fu, Li Bangyan, Cai Jing, Cai Bian, Xue Ang and Lin Zi were exiled overseas; Wu Juhou, Wang Hanzhi, Lan Congxi, Tan Zhen were exiled; Cai Jing's relatives and relatives Song Qiaonian, Hu Shiwen and more than 80 idiots, mentally retarded military governors were all dismissed; Zhu Jie, who was exiled during the investigation of the Suzhou Envoy Bureau, was shot dead; 131 Taoist priests were exiled while trying to escape and were killed...

Tongda Pavilion, do it, only the Taoist priest Zhang Xubai survived in the capital. He was a true Taoist priest. Although he traveled with the emperor, he never participated in the sale of official positions and titles. The official once rewarded Zhang Xubai with a large amount of treasures, but Xubai refused to accept them. He was a true Taoist priest who loved him quite much. Therefore, he had to avoid being punished and stayed in Beijing - you are the one left!

What kind of virtue is your Tongda Pavilion to get rid of the crime? Cai Jing and you joined forces in Hangzhou to frame the rich households, forcing the rich businessmen to destroy their families and offer treasures, and you will participate; Hangzhou Support Bureau forced the people to make free cows and horses, weaving brocade silk for the officials, and you will have you; destroying the sea merchants' homes, and forcing the rockery flowers and trees in the merchants' courtyards, and you will have you; if I hadn't stopped them later, the people in Hangzhou would have been very resentful.

Why did I stop you? Why do I protect you now? In this big storm, you not only did not demote the official position, but instead went to Shaanxi to supervise military affairs. Whose credit?"

Tong Guan raised his head: "A certain family is just a slave in the official family. Is what someone does for himself?"

"Shh, silence," Zhao Xing shouted loudly. Tong Guan realized that Zhao Xing was still hugging a beautiful prostitute in his arms.

Not only that, Zhao Xing was surrounded by many radiant musical music. They were holding fruit plates, holding soup bottles, and hitting fans... Now, these people stopped moving, as if the picture was frozen in half, staring at Tong Guan in astonishment.
Chapter completed!