Chapter 381: People are not easy to ask for

"Full prosperity and prosperity" comes from the "Book of Changes". It means that there is a lot of wealth and virtue. As long as a person has money, he will have morality, and as much money as he has. With so much money as Zhou Pai, the morality of "chicken in the middle of the night" far exceeds that of ordinary people.

This means that the richer the country is, the more prosperous it is; if the virtue is greater, everything is impossible, and if there is more wealth, everything is helping. To put it bluntly, it means: the emperor should have the spirit of the emperor, dare to spend money and enjoy it, and do not have to stick to secular etiquette, otherwise he will lose the favor of God!

"Only the king does not know", the phrase "Zhou Li" is from "Zhou Li" - here, "Zhou" means accounting. At that time, Cai Jing told Zhao Ji: "Zhou Li" means that as long as it is a monarch, you can spend money without restrictions; if you are the emperor, if you are too frugal, it will be no different from those ordinary people.

What theory in the world is more in line with the wishes of the little emperor than this passage.

Speaking of which, the Song Dynasty did have a new prosperous scene now. The Western Xia surrendered, the Liao Kingdom compromised, the small countries in the South China Sea continued to pay tribute, reclaimed land and returned to the current, and foreign trade income rose sharply. The court and the people had sufficient wealth. The amount of this wealth and tax exceeded the courts of all dynasties, and even the subsequent "Kangxi and Qianlong prosperous times" were indescribable in the face of the Song Dynasty.

At the same time, the creativity of the Song Dynasty was also bursting out, and three of the four inventions were born in the Song Dynasty. In addition, the textile machine originally reformed by Huang Daopo was also formed in the Song Dynasty. Now with the variable Zhao Xing, the technological creation of the Song Dynasty became even more unstoppable.

The country's wealth was always endless, but expenditure items were constantly declining. He was hesitant to stabilize the four realms. Song Huizong also began to lay off troops this year. Even without the variable Zhao Xing, the number of the Song wing army and the imperial guards was extremely shrinking, so when the Jin people were at the city, the Song Dynasty could not even get the people guarding the city walls.

With the variable Zhao Xing, although the number of troops in the Song Dynasty was drastically reduced, its combat effectiveness was rising sharply because it was equipped with a new musket. At the same time, these newly-dressed troops sharpened their swords and stared at them to look for enemies. In this era, the prosperity of the Song Dynasty made the whole of Asia tremble. Even the old enemy Liao Kingdom also frequently made diplomatic concessions due to its own decline. Some Song ministers had already talked about quitting the tax tribute of Liao Kingdom, but because of Zhao Xing's firm opposition, the matter was put on hold.

The powerful Song Dynasty promoted republic and business theory. The Maritime Trade Department was opened everywhere. The maritime trade was no longer a high-threshold business operation for ordinary people. Huge amounts of wealth in Asia gathered here. In theory, it seems that it is time to stimulate consumption and expand domestic demand.

Of course, stimulating consumption and expanding domestic demand in the Song Dynasty was a bad place.

"The world is peaceful. The treasury is full and the people sing. This is what is called prosperity. Is there such prosperity in the three generations?" Cai Jing said: "Since the prosperity is prosperous, you can be prosperous!"

Song Huizong clapped excitedly: "You are very good at speaking! You have thought about everything I think. In this way, I can only rely on you for the big things I want to do. I didn't expect that my child companion should be so wise and recommended to me such a great talent who can be comparable to Jiang Shang of the Zhou Dynasty and Kong Ming of the Three Kingdoms. If I have Zhao Qing outside and Cai Qing inside, I can let go of my hands and feet to govern the world (that is, I don't care about what it means, just have fun alone).

Haha. If there is Zhao Qing in foreign affairs, only Cai Qing in internal affairs, I will be a talented emperor who is hard to find in the ages! Be a emperor who is politically clear, has a prosperous career, has a great achievement, and has enjoyed all kinds of joy. You, I will count on you."

Because of this theory, Cai Jing took office, and he was renamed the Minister of Revenue. The former Minister of Revenue Su Che was transferred to the Minister of Rites. The Song Dynasty began to enjoy it in luxury...

Zhao Xing, who was far away in Hangzhou, did not know the changes caused by his theory. After the Cuju competition, he led his son Zhao Feng to patrol Hangzhou, enjoying the warm hospitality of the people of Hangzhou. While patrolling the customs and customs of Hangzhou.

Zhao Xing is in a "feeling teahouse".

The "Friends Teahouses" in the Song Dynasty were generally opened in residents' homes. Most of the people who were able to open friends teahouses were local natives. They were born and raised here and were more familiar with the local situation. Of course, they were also more familiar with the local yamen runners.

Most of these people were rich in their ancestors and left a large mansion for their descendants. However, their descendants failed to study, so they used the vacancy of their own houses to open a "feeling teahouse". Because this "feeling teahouse" is neither a businessman nor a businessman, it happened to be in the gap in the laws of the Song Dynasty. They had no tax burden on their own teahouses, so they were all nearby neighbors, or there were a few spare money in the city and had a lot of time to spend. Therefore, this kind of teahouse that relies on the affection of the neighbors to make a living is called "feeling teahouse".

The "Teahouse for Human Relations" developed for more than a hundred years in the Song Dynasty. Gradually, it added another recognition - the local people who opened teahouses rely on their familiarity with the local officials to help customers seek communication with the government. This is the origin of modern times calling the "Teahouse for Human Relations".

In addition to communicating with the government, the Renxiang Teahouse will also help guests deal with some trivial matters, such as helping guests date their lovers, and providing guests with a secret meeting place. In a sense, the "Renxiang Teahouse" in the Song Dynasty was similar to the modern "private club", or "private restaurants" and "private clubs". People who are not familiar with each other will generally not be welcomed.

In ancient times, since there was no telephone and QQ, it was not convenient to interact with human relationships. The emergence of the "Human Welfare Teahouse" made it a social lubricant. Therefore, its existence became one of the unspoken rules of the Song Dynasty society. Even when Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty dating Li Shishi had to communicate through the "Human Welfare Teahouse". In this case, officials from all over the country naturally could not remember to impose taxes on the "Human Welfare Teahouse". Although Zhao Xing did things rather out of heaven, he is now sitting in the "Human Welfare Teahouse". As the highest local official, he has no awareness of reporting tax evasion.

Speaking of which, this teahouse is indeed intimate with him. The owner of the teahouse is a retired Xiangjun. He came to Hangzhou with the large army and participated in the West Lake renovation project organized by Su Shi. Then this man settled in Hangzhou and married a girl who had worked in Zhaoxing Castle. Most of the Hangzhou yamen runners were companions of the Xiangjun, and most of the officials in the head were students, merchants, and officers who had entered and exited Zhaoxing Castle. Because of his wife, the owner of the "Friends Teahouse" could talk to these officials. So he opened this teahouse and started to communicate with the government. Just seeing that Zhao Xing could come to his teahouse to have tea, he knew that the teahouse owner did a good job in this regard.

The one who accompanied Zhao Xing to drink tea was not only his eldest son, but also Cao Sheng, the next generation eldest son of the Cao family, Zhang Yan, and Shi Cheng, the eldest son of the Shi family. Among these people, Shi Cheng was the oldest. He was about fifteen years old, and the rest was only eight or nine years old. This age was the most naughty time, but they sat in front of Zhao Xing, but they were as obedient as cats.

At the entrance of the teahouse, the black man Tyson was drinking water bored. This strong man like the iron tower has now entered a middle-aged man in his thirties like Zhao Xing. He has been pampering for many years, which has made him feel a little fat. And being around Zhao Xing for many years has also made him feel a little arrogant. While drinking tea, he looked at the guests coming in with his eyes slanted.

In the teahouse, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl looked at the water dish and sang the lyrics. Hangzhou is the world of Zhao Xing, and the most popular place is Su Shi's poems and several plagiarized poems by Zhao Xing. The girl sang Su Shi's "When will the bright moon come?"

Hangzhou has developed into the northern center of Chinese music in recent years. On the one hand, it is because of Liao Xiaoxiao's existence, and on the other hand, it is because "The West Chamber" was born here. Qin Guan is equivalent to poetry. Everyone has guided the singing methods of musicians here. Therefore, scholars in the southeast often say: "Hangzhou has a rich cultural heritage, and West Lake songs and music were once prosperous. Even the Hangzhou singers who were not yet popular in the capital can become popular."

But these words obviously did not include the female lady who was singing. She knocked on the water plate, and the sound of the plate was crisp. But the singing was weak. Cao Sheng rolled his eyes and Zhang Yan was impatient. Among these children, only Shi Cheng and Zhao Feng were steady. The two of them had no expression on their faces, but their eyes had already revealed the meaning of leaving.

At this moment, the teahouse owner walked into Zhao Xing with a box with a wry smile and whispered: "Dalang. Human Relationship!"

The teahouse owner has never worked in Zhaoxing Manor. He called him "dalang" purely to get closer to Zhao Xing. Zhao Xing raised his head, glanced at the other party with a smile on his face, stretched out his finger and pointed to the gift box, and asked, "What kind of favor?"

The teahouse owner smiled and replied: "I heard that the Li family's daughter loves gold and stone, so she specially found this ancient jade of the Zhou Dynasty. She wanted to send it to the small official, but only asked the small official to nod and grant a license to go to sea."

In other words, this favor was given to Zhao Xing's child Zhao Feng. The person who gave the gift was smart and knew that Zhao Xing had nothing to lack, so he transferred the gift to Zhao Feng, but the gift was Li Qingzhao, who had not passed by Zhao Feng.

Such a twists and turns, I have to admire the exquisiteness of the gift giver.

In fact, when facing Zhao Xingdi, not only the Hangzhou merchants who wanted to go there were worried, but also the little emperor in the court was worried. In the west garden, the little emperor finished talking with Cai Jing. He asked Cai Jing worriedly: "Cai Qing, Zhao Qing has sent me some overseas islands again. How should I reward me?"

This problem also stumped Cai Jing - be promoted to Zhao Xing's official position. The other party is now a second-rank. If you want to be promoted, you must be transferred back to the capital. The prime minister of the government affairs hall is not enough to make the other party moved. But Zhao Xing clearly puts an official position that does not care about the capital, otherwise he would not have asked to be transferred to a local official at the beginning... Moreover, Cai Jing is only a few ranks now, and a master is brought to ride on his head, so Cai Jing is not a fool.

If you don’t get promoted, you should be promoted. Zhao Xing’s current title is already high enough. If you want to be promoted, his title will be better than the descendants of the founding generals. In this way, where does the family of the soldiers besides?

If you don’t get promoted or get a title, then give me money. Don’t mention the word “money” in front of Zhao Xing. This guy is developing maritime trade. When it comes to wealth, the treasury of the Song Dynasty may not be as much as his family’s money. It would be enough to give him money. Moreover, Zhao Xing himself also said that the country is priceless. What he brought back to the Song Dynasty was the land. If he wanted to reward him, what price should he use to measure his contribution.

It is not a good thing to be rewarded. I remember that the former emperor Zhezong tried his best to suppress Zhao Xing and passed on Zhao Xing's credit to Zhao Xing's superiors, but now, who is Zhao Xing's superior?

Thinking about how Zhezong treated Zhao Xing like that back then, what did Zhao Xing do in the end? As soon as the previous emperor died, Zhao Xing led his troops to surround the capital and supported a new emperor who was satisfied with him. With this precedent, who dares to instigate the emperor to neglect Zhao Xing now?

Cai Jing couldn't answer for a long time, but Gao Qiu solved the problem. He patted his hands gently and spit out two words: "Pictures and paintings!"

These two words reminded Cai Jing. He slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "Yes, it is calligraphy and painting. When Zhao Xing entered Beijing for the imperial examination, he was entangled with Li Gonglin and Mi Fu all day long. Later, he had close contacts with Po Xian and Huang Tingjian, and even the following were included. When he interacted with us, his most eager thing was to collect calligraphy and paintings in our places. The official teacher Wang Sheng was better than sending him a few calligraphy and paintings. It was also considered a great favor."

Song Huizong applauded and said, "Well, uncle Wang gave him a picture of a fishing village snow, and asked him to promise to take care of me..."

Song Huizong's words stopped abruptly, and he said a moment later: "Let's be with your descendants. I will reward Zhao Qing and a few more children so that they can also be glorified."

Cai Jing's eyes rolled and he quickly suggested: "It is better to Hui Po Xian than to meet the descendants of Zhao Xing. I heard that the eldest son of Po Xian, Su Guo, had just left the capital. If the official family rewarded the descendants of Po Xian, Zhao Xing would definitely understand the official family's wishes."

Song Huizong nodded in praise...

In Hangzhou, in the Human Relations Teahouse, the three sons of the door watched Zhao Feng open the gift box with envy and take out the ancient jade from the box. In terms of antique identification, Zhao Feng was a stick. He looked at the colorful ancient jade with a confused look on his face. This ancient jade was a semi-ring jade ring, and Zhao Xing was still mocking: "What's this thing? It looks familiar, not that it was made by our family."

When Zhao Feng heard this, he handed the jade ring to Zhao Xing and begged: "Legitimate father, check it out. Qingzhao has a fierce temper. If you give her a fake thing..."

Zhao Xing replied with a smile: "No need to look at it. There are two ways to deal with this kind of thing. One is to buy it regardless of whether it is true or false. Given to the Li family's little lady, it shows your concerns. It doesn't matter if it is fake. Our family can afford fake goods."

Zhao Feng snorted: "An alternative method...how?"

Zhao Xing was angry: "I, Zhao Laohu, glared at me, and the whole of Nanyang was shaking. Why did you give birth to you, a cowardly child? Forget it, another way is to give her money and let her decide whether to buy it."

Zhao Feng held the jade ring, remained silent for a moment, and replied: "The two ideas of the legitimate father are bad ideas!"

Zhao Xing nodded: "It tastes a bit, it's like my child."

The teahouse owner asked, "Dalang, this favor..."

Zhao Xing shook his head: "The rules I set cannot be broken by me. The power to review the maritime trade license is in the Maritime Trade Bureau. He submitted the application himself. As long as the conditions meet, it is not difficult. Why do you need to ask someone for favor?"

The teahouse owner smiled and explained: "Dalang, he wants to go to Tianjin!"

Zhao Xing said oh, thought for a moment, and replied: "Let him submit an application, I'll take a look!"

Tianjin is a new vertebra field set up by Zhao Xingxin to seize food from the tiger's mouth of the Liao Kingdom. Since this new vertebra field is built on the territory of the Liao Kingdom, it has strict control and many trade bans. This person wants to go to Tianjin. Obviously, the business he wants to do is not a normal business licensed by the court.

The teahouse owner turned around and soon returned, handed Zhao Xing a letter paper with the merchant’s name and the guarantor written on it. Zhao Xing put it into his sleeve and waved his hand to the teahouse owner. The teahouse owner bowed and left.

No one came to disturb him anymore, Zhao Xing pricked up his ears and listened to the guests in the teahouse talking about the market conditions in Hangzhou. Their conversations included the latest foreign trade trends and the judicial situation in the official yamen in Hangzhou. Of course, some people also talked about whose women were worth dating.

In recent years, Hangzhou has developed faster and faster. Su Shi renovated West Lake, making it a famous tourist attraction. In addition, the roads in various counties in Hangzhou have been smooth, which has also made the flow of goods convenient, which has brought huge flow of people and logistics to Hangzhou. The market in Hangzhou is becoming more and more prosperous, and the income of Hangzhou people has also increased.

With a wealth of food and clothing, people's mental outlook will be different. The city where the plague was rampant was now full of vitality. The people are full of satisfaction with their lives. They are full of confidence and happiness when they talk. Zhao Xingxin listened to the conversations of the people in Hangzhou with satisfaction. Time passed silently in tranquility.

In the Jasmine Garden, the atmosphere was not relaxed. Chen Yiyi's brother Chen Gongchuan was wearing a simple face and was begging around his sister: "Yiyi, say something, help me say something for my brother!"

Chen Yiyi frowned and replied slowly: "Brother, the word "tian" is the husband, and the husband is the wife of heaven. Now, as a member of the Zhao family, my son inherits the land of the Zhao family. What does the Chen family have to do with me?"

Chen Gongchuan stomped his feet and replied: "Sister, why did you say such cold words? Your parents' family is not good, how can the Zhao family take a fancy to you?"

Chen Yiyi smiled: "Brother, you are provoking, and not talking about the 'Three Bonds and Five Constant Viagra', so I said to my sister himself, now I am a vine tree and depend on each other for my life. The Zhao family is me, and I am the Zhao family. How can I not like it? This is a problem of one and two, two and one. As long as the husband loves me, the Zhao family loves me."

Chen Gongchuan shook his head and complained: "Sister, I rely on my annual tribute to exchange for some Song goods, and then trade overseas merchants to make profits. Now Song ships are spread all over the South China Sea, and the Song fleet escorted them directly to various ports in Nanyang. My Dayue Marine Merchant has no way to survive. In addition, you have taken Guangyuan again. Now, my Dayue is not able to make ends meet. If this continues, we will not even be able to pay the official salary next year.
Chapter completed!