Chapter 397 Lu Song Meeting (Part 2)
Song Jiu hesitated.
It seems that history books have wiped Lu Duosun out of darkness. It doesn’t matter. Famous officials such as Zhang Tang, Wang Anshi also made history books look distorted. And Song Jiu also knew the reason at this time. It was not that Zhao Pu died for many years and the impact was still there. The actual reason was really simple. The civil officials of the Song Dynasty had great say, and most of them were seized by Zhao Pu. What would the literati think?
With the spirit of the Song Dynasty literati's reversal of black and white, it can be imagined that if Song Jiu did not make changes in the Song Dynasty's policies, he would follow the original historical traces, and in the future, Lei Dexiang, Zhao Yan, Su Xiao, himself and Lu Duoxun, these political enemies of Zhao Pu would probably be slandered.
This doesn't matter.
Justice is in the hearts of the people. No matter how they are erased, history will eventually be revealed.
But unlike Lei Dexiang and the others, Lu Duosun had a miserable end. Song Jiu couldn't figure out now whether it was Zhao Pu or Lu Duosun doing something that was angry and resentful. This suspicion made him dare not get too close to Lu Duosun.
Pan Lian'er whispered from the side: "Officials, it's better to go and meet for a while. One more friend is better than an enemy. Lu Duosun is at his peak. Even his father gave him five points. The official can never have such an enemy."
Song Jiu thought about it, so was it.
In fact, if they did well, this was an extremely important meeting. Xue Juzheng, Chu Zhaofu and others were old. Lu Duosun and Song Jiu were both important up-and-coming celebrities in the Song Dynasty. If the two had a good negotiation, then this meeting could be recorded in history and even changed the fate of the Song Dynasty, so that the Song Dynasty would no longer overemphasize literature and dethrone martial arts. However, because the two of them had their own hearts, the effect of this meeting was greatly lost, and what they were talking about could not be put on the table.
Song Jiu went, but he came back in a short while.
Pan Lian'er was surprised, Song Jiu said: "Nothing else, Hebei."
"Hebei is not good. Not only Zhao Chengzong, but also many other yamen..." Pan Lian'er said worriedly.
This yamen is quite a headache. Zhao Chengzong and Zhu Yanei once wanted to fight against Hezhou, but what they actually wanted was technology and profit, and they did not dare to swallow Hezhou. Zhao Kuangyi announced several Hebei articles, which summed up in eight words, treating servants well and paying commercial taxes. Due to Chai Zongxun's death, Zhao Kuangyi made a misjudgment. He did not dare to continue to take action. Zhao Pu went down and said a high-sounding sentence before leaving. Zhao Kuangyi wanted to continue to act low-key, so he did not add any harm. However, Shi Gui took action indiscriminately, but mainly targeted Hezhou. Song Jiu was the one who really took action. But outsiders couldn't think of this action. This action was rather obscure and did not target Hebei publicly. In addition to various reasons, there was another main reason. There was too many yamen in Hebei, and he was afraid that all the yamen would be forced to force all the yamen in a hurry.
Song Jiu also talked about the yamen.
Lu Duosun said: "Jiulang, it's the yamen. These yamen have many relationships. Someone is too cunning and has a high-quality wrist. If you have this relationship, maybe one day you will use it and use it for your Majesty. Once you make a comeback, you and I will stop."
He was indeed very worried that Zhao Pu's method of suppressing political opponents during Tianbao was too fierce. Zhao Pu stepped down. Lu Duosun and Song Jiu made great contributions. Once he made a comeback, Lu Song and the two were the key targets of revenge.
Song Jiu was not too worried, but he was not worried at all, that was not right. But Song Jiu said hesitantly: "Your Majesty..."
There are many industrial problems in Hebei. Zhao Kuangyin didn’t know why Zhao Pu continued to stand for more than a year?
Lu Duosun sipped the tea and asked back: "Jiulang, what he earned in Hebei is nothing more than money. Does someone use it if he spends money?"
Both of them were cautious when they met. Lu Duosun went up the top floor and met Song Jiu in the private room. Song Jiu went straight up the stairway dedicated to the servants. Both of them sent the servants away and the uncle, and then sat down to talk. Therefore, Lu Duosun was not polite and went straight to the point.
How much money Zhao Pu's family has is probably always a mystery. Most of this money does not come from Hebei. Zhao Kuangyin's rewards and salary, nor is it a bribe from Qian Chu and Li Yu and the officials, but the Qinlong timber business. No one knows how much, but as long as the descendants of the Zhao family are not defeated, it will be enough for the Zhao family to spend several generations.
Lu Duosun said again: "Jiulang, do you think Your Majesty will like Hebei? Why has he only attacked the Southern Tang Dynasty so far? At least this time has been postponed for a year!"
In the fight against the Southern Tang Dynasty, the monarch and ministers were very cautious. Pan Mei had to have Pan Mei. After Pan Mei pacified Lingnan, she could not leave for a short time. She had to stay in the first and second year to prevent changes. In fact, even if Song Jiu and Wang Ming jointly implemented many benevolent policies, without Pan Meiyin Chongke's military ability as a backing, Lingnan might not be able to quickly move from chaos to rule. The past two years cannot be counted. Pan Mei came back last year, but she had to wait for one thing, that is, Feng. Although Qian Chu was the commander of the Eastern Route Army, she was just a show of herself. The real main force was Cao Bin and Pan Mei's subordinates. Therefore, even if Pan Mei came back last spring, she would not take action until after the autumn, so Lu Duoxun said that it was delayed for a year.
Why delay?
It has nothing to do with Zhao Kuangyi. What Zhao Kuangyin is worried about is that Zhao Pu is too powerful.
To resist foreign countries, we must stabilize the internal situation! Internally unstable, there is still a strong enemy in the north. How can we attack the Southern Tang Dynasty?
So while erasing Zhao Pu's mark, he formed a temporary peace with the Khitan, and then he officially turned his attention to the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Zhao Kuangyin probably hoped that Hebei would disperse, but no one would do it. He was concerned about some kindness and his character, so he naturally would not say it. Seeing that Song Jiu was a little moved, Lu Duoxun continued: "Jiulang, I, Su Xiao, and Chu Zhaofu sent a minor official to estimate that over the years, the shops in Hebei have at least 1 million yuan in taxes."
Song Jiudao: "Dong Lu Xianggong, the national tax system is incomplete. If you talk about escaping, there will be no one knowing how many commercial taxes that are escaping in the country in a year, let alone Hebei."
"No, you are not in the Sanshi. I don't know much about the country's finances this year. The country imposed countless civilians and more than 100,000 troops to conquer the Southern Tang Dynasty. Before I got Jinling, the national finances were very tight. But at this time, I took down Jinling and the finances were all relieved. There was no need to say that more than one million taxes, even more than 100,000 taxes are a considerable amount for the current treasury."
Song Jiu asked suspiciously again: "But I am idle at home, what are my abilities?"
In fact, Song Jiu is already taking action, but he will not admit that I have taken action. The shopping mall is like a battlefield, and he is responsible for Hezhou. Don’t you want Hezhou to become better? Regardless of whether it is taking action or not, Song Jiu will never publicly admit it. Lu Duosun did not think too much and continued: "In the near future, the court may investigate and punish Hebei for evading taxes. I want you to create some opportunities to completely disappear the place where the filth is hidden."
Song Jiu still didn't agree, just said one sentence, asking me to think about it, and then came back.
They did not have conflicts, but it was Lu Duosun's disdain and taboos and Song Jiu's worries that made this meeting less meaningful. In fact, as long as you open your mind and be honest, even if the two of you in the future, what they said about this cooperation is a bit like killing a chicken with a knife, it is also an opportunity to lay the foundation for deeper cooperation in the future.
But if you don’t have sincerity, don’t take it so seriously.
Pan Lian'er said: "Official, then do you have any solutions?"
Lu Duosun was worried, and Pan Lianer was worried too.
If Zhao Pu regained his power, don’t say that he would not be an official and stay at home like this. The emperor would be angry that day. If Song Jiu had always been liked by Zhao Kuangyin, why wouldn’t he be used to it yet? Then with Zhao Pu’s means and a little push, the Song family would collapse.
Hebei is also Zhao Pu's wings.
But Lu Duosun made sense. Before the Southern Tang Dynasty, the imperial court was in a tight financial situation, and the emperor would silently regard everyone assaulting Hebei. He chased the deceased tax evasion, but the Southern Tang Dynasty took it and obtained the money from Jinling. The country was not short of money. At that time, the emperor would care about his old love and might order everyone not to attack Hebei. This time it would not be long. His father pacified Lingnan. It was just a light army. In April and May, Wang Quanbin pacified Bashu for 66 days. Li Chugeng pacified Hunan, and it was not long. How long could it take for the Southern Tang Dynasty? Almost all the elite soldiers and generals passed, and there were so many troops at most one year. Song Jiu wanted to take Hebei in one year, but it was not easy.
"Let me think about it," Song Jiu said.
Song Jiu thought hard for a day and made several decisions in succession.
The first decision was to completely hand over the glass workshop to Hezhou, which was to make a concession to Hezhou Yanei in exchange for the following things. Then, in the name of Hezhou, the workshop sent great craftsmen to guide the technology and sell boric acid. In fact, it was to promote franchise stores across the country. As long as you pay a few thousand yuan a year, no matter whoever was able to produce glass.
The yamen all opposed it.
Originally, Hebei had already divided a lot of profits and pushed them to the whole country. What's more, what's the point?
Song Jiu patiently explained that a joint-operated workshop made little profit, but many workshops made considerable profits, and boric acid powder could also make a fortune. This is not the main reason, because once the technology of the wall clock is mature, it will be put into production. This is another huge profit, and all of them are monopolized by Hezhou, and it will be struck by lightning. Not only Liuli, but if another project is successfully researched in the future, even Shaojiu will be promoted to operate in the country.
Hezhou has always maintained two monopoly profit-making businesses, and its revenues are not reduced, but increased.
The yamen were silent only then.
The main reason is that they have no say. These projects are all invested by Song Jiu and joined hands with the students to study how Song Jiu handles it. Actually, it has nothing to do with them. As long as Song Jiu does not harm the interests of Hezhou, they have no right to object.
But after only a while, the yamen were all so arrogant that they dared not let it go because they finally figured it out that they were going to deal with Hebei.
Song Jiu did not say the second decision, because it was not necessary to say that it was the big wazi in Henan. The wazi had little impact on the people of the capital, but it could attract foreign tourists and Henan's popularity gradually became popular. It was originally planned to charge a fee, but now it has been changed to let artists stay for free for three years. The purpose is equally simple, and it will further decompose tourists in Hebei. Without tourists, even if it is Xiangguo Temple, it will be useless.
This is just a small change. The tile will not be completed in two months. Even if you move in now, the charges are still not very high. Therefore, there is no need to notify these yamen.
Next is the third decision, which is to invest again and expand shares.
The investment was divided into two parts, and part of it was to continue to build houses and sell houses. However, because the location and scenery were not as good as before, the houses were sold at a cheap price, only 1,000 yuan, 500 yuan and 200 yuan. The latter type was affordable by many Hezhou servants.
What Song Jiu didn't want to move is not a good time to sell houses. Once the Nan Tang recovered, the role of the Bian River would become more important, and that would be a good time to sell houses. But there was no way, and to cooperate with Lu Duosun, he had to take the lead. It was not for popularity, but for employment!
This time, it is officially recruiting or tempting Hebei servants to come.
This part of the investment does not require principal. The court was using military force in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the momentum was unstoppable. After the news spread, the house was sold out cheaper. Like later generations, the house would be sold out before it was made. However, the money earned in this part should not be used, and that was the education for the future.
The second part is share expansion.
A tall lighthouse was built diagonally opposite Yushundian to make it a water portal to the capital. It is mainly used as a scenic spot and for tourists to go up and play. Another intention is that in the future, Song Jiu will propose that the court build a lighthouse in the seaside ports.
Because of China's inland nature, there was no such thing. However, when Song Jiu took a sea boat to Jiaozhi, he realized how difficult it was to look at the land from the sea and find a port, especially at night. The lighthouse technology is not very difficult. First, it is tall, and second, there must be enough firelight to travel dozens of miles away. However, it is not clear how much it costs and how to manage it. Song Jiu is not sure that this lighthouse will obtain the most primitive data. Only with data and physical objects can you speak.
There is also a wall clock workshop, but the construction cost of these two items is not high. Therefore, there is a third item, that is, the short street that has been built for a long time on Hezhou, luxury shops and gold shops. There are not many luxury shops, and there are only eighty two short streets, but the construction cost is not low, and the entry threshold is relatively high. Non-luxury goods and famous brand products are not allowed to rent them after paying the money.
It will be built sooner or later, but it is also early now. First, the contract shares. According to Song Jiu's intention, the construction will gradually decrease, and his contract shares will gradually increase. Then his personal contract shares, the yamen's contract shares, and the ordinary people's contract shares, each account for 30%. Now the proportion of yamen's contract shares is still high, and Song Jiu plans to gradually share this expansion to ordinary people in the future. Then, countless middle classes outside Dongshuimen will be created, and with them, the prosperity of Hezhou can be guaranteed.
Originally, the yamen also opposed it, and Song Jiu only asked one question, are you satisfied?
The opposition was immediately suppressed, and the investment of the yamen has already made efficient returns. The earliest batch of yamen dividends did not count. If the stocks were circulated privately, the market value would appreciate by thirty times! Also, under the leadership of Song Jiu, some people invested in the sea and Lingnan, and also gained some great gains. Song Jiu shared the stocks not for the people of the country, but for the inside and outside of Dongshuimen, or for the future of Hezhou, so there was nothing to say.
But it's not done now.
Next is the inappropriate time, and the construction time is a little earlier. If the Southern Tang Dynasty takes it over and the research on the reflector is successful, it will be a good time for construction. First of all, after the construction of the gold shop, it will be vacant. For no reason, without sufficient copper coins, the gold shop proposal cannot be passed.
Song Jiu brought it out in advance, but it was for the purpose of employed work. The other purpose was to put the contract stocks together to the Yanei, Hebei. Hebei was about to collapse, but there were many Yanei, so they could not let them suffer losses, at least make up for some losses. Zhao Pu fell, and there were few tourists from Hebei, and the income was gradually decreasing. Many Yanei found Song Jiu and wanted to join Hezhou, but at that time, the Yanei of Hezhou did not get the opportunity to increase the contract stocks, so where was their turn?
Song Jiu used it to differentiate the Yanei, Hebei.
The stall in Hebei is not small in scale, but the investment is not too high, and it is not a yamen industry, as well as the industries of local people and other merchants. Song Jiu's release can at least reach one-third of their industrial capital. Moreover, the decision is in the hands of Song Jiu. Whoever agrees to invest and who does not agree to invest is decided by Song Jiu. The original neutral faction was chosen.
As soon as the three decisions were made, Lu Duosun gave Lu Duosun the opportunity to take action, and the next thing was Lu Duosun's business.
But Song Jiu was still very disliked, and in this way, he was equivalent to walking out of the front desk.
Song Jiu made the third decision, and Zhu Yanei was silent. Don’t you understand?
Chapter completed!