First Minister of Ming Dynasty

After he finished speaking, Lu Zhou, Lu Qiuyun, and others gradually understood that the first task of Zhu Ying's trip to Guangzhou was to make money and restore the waterway, which was a matter of course.

And after the waterway is restored, they just sit and collect money!

"Master Hou, are we going to get rich?"

"Dare!" Zhu Ying crossed her legs and said triumphantly: "This time I don't need godfather a tael of silver, I will give him a few million taels later, so that they all know how good I am!"

Zhu Ying looked at the big guy, "Now you need to spread this matter, whoever does a good job, I will have a big reward!"

Lu Zhou rolled his eyes, and immediately said: "It's a deal, don't go back on your word!"

"I'm not a person who doesn't count? Do you have a good idea?"

"Yes!" Lu Zhou thief said: "Zhang Xiang's article, Luoyang paper is expensive, you ask him to write an article for you, just talk about Lingnan, and it will be published later, and there will be a lot of people!"

Zhu Ying rolled her eyelids, and murmured: "It seems to be really... No way! You are hurting me, let my elder brother know, you must open my ass!"

Chapter 421 Advertise

Zhu Ying was very serious, but he did not agree to Lu Zhou's proposal.

"It's nothing to be spanked. My elder brother is famous for his life. He is destined to surpass Confucius. How can he help me write this kind of article! Even if he is willing, I will not agree. Even if there are more benefits, I will I won't agree!"

These words really surprised Qunxian, so you still know how to take Zhang Xiang's reputation into consideration!

It seems that Zhang Xiang hasn't hurt you in vain.

"Master Hou, you finally have a conscience, we will follow you for the rest of our lives!"

The sages were greatly moved, patted their chests, and expressed their loyalty to Zhu Ying.

But Zhu Ying was so angry, what is Lao Tzu in your eyes?

Why do you think I don’t know anything?

Among the important ministers who received titles that day, apart from the three Dukes, Zhu Ying was the only one.

Who doesn't know Lao Zhu's intentions?

It's nothing more than Zhang Ximeng's great contribution and special status, making him like Li Shanchang, Lao Zhu felt indebted, so he rewarded Zhu Ying with the extra grace.

That is to say, just because of Zhang Ximeng's extra credit, he conspired with Zhu Ying to be the Marquis of Xiping, so you know how terrifying Zhang Ximeng's status is.

Of course, following Lao Zhu's official ascension to the throne, the Ministry of Rites drew up a batch of nobility lists... Among them, Hu Dahai, Chang Yuchun, Hua Yun, Fei Ju, Wu Zhen and others were all conferred on Marquis.

Zhu Ying didn't look so conspicuous in the middle of a crowd of princes.

But considering that Zhu Wenzheng and Li Wenzhong were also counts, he became a little more prominent again.

Anyway, in the eyes of outsiders, Zhang Ximeng and Zhu Ying are inseparable.

It is reasonable for Zhu Ying not to want Zhang Ximeng's reputation to be damaged... The deeply touched Crouching Dragon and Phoenix chicks gathered together to start a fierce brainstorming and help Zhu Ying think of ideas.

After thinking about it, after thinking about it, Lu Zhou came up with an idea.

"We can't ask Zhang Xiang to help write articles, we can go to the bookstore and ask them to help us print the articles we wrote ourselves!"

Zhu Ying almost burst out laughing, "Your method is really clever! It's so clever! The one written by my elder brother is expensive in Luoyang. If you write it, who would pay to read it?"

Lu Zhou said with a smile: "Then it won't cost any money! Let's just send it out for free...Hou Ye, you are the military governor, don't tell me, you can't even get this little money?"

Zhu Ying's heart was beating wildly, and she was moved by Lu Zhou's words. Sure enough, he, the commander of the rear army, just has no money!

Not a penny!

Zhu Ying is speechless, a living person can still make urine thirsty to death!

There is no other money, and the military salary of the youth camp is still in my hands.

"Don't ask for money for now, it's your donation... When I earn a lot of money, I will give you a dividend!" Zhu Ying said directly to the group of sages under her command.

Everyone is mad, Zhu, you are such a dog!

"I, we are going to find His Majesty, find Zhang Xiang, and sue you!"

Zhu Ying spread her hands, "Whatever... Anyway, you've ruined Lingnan's business, and I'll live my life, but if you want to make a fortune, you may not have this good opportunity."

A quarter of an hour later, these guys had no choice but to board Zhu Ying's thief boat, not only donating money, but also promised to help him distribute leaflets.

Become!

Brother is right!

Sure enough, if you can tell stories, you can make a fortune.

After receiving the start-up capital, Zhu Ying was full of confidence and acted immediately.

He first found Gong Bosui and asked him to write a copy. After Zhu Ying read it, he threw it away.

"I'm here to tell everyone, not to revise the Three Histories!"

Zhu Ying turned around and found that none of his subordinates were suitable.He simply went to look for Timur first. After all, he has been very successful in business recently, so asking him to help write some promotional words will definitely have a good effect.

Zhu Ying went there, and when he came back, he already had [-] guan in his pocket.

As the first businessman who decided to invest, Zhu Ying generously gave Yexian Timur a [-]% discount.

But in Yexian Timur's opinion, this should be regarded as his royalties!

That's right, although the things we write are not as expensive as Zhangxiang's Luoyang paper, they are still worth a lot.And by the way, he got on Zhu Ying's chariot, so he could go to Lingnan to get a share of the pie.

really not bad!

In this way, after intensive preparations, Zhu Ying finally took action.The sages of the youth camp, holding leaflets with ink fragrance, gave them all over the world.

Docks, markets, Town God's Temple, schools, alleys, wherever there are many people, go there.

Hundreds of years later, distributing leaflets all over the world is definitely a very low-level thing, and it will only make people bored.

But at the moment, this behavior can be called a dimensionality reduction blow.

Common people generally have a sense of reverence for things with words.Valley carp

It was distributed all over the city, and it became a big news in an instant. Everyone wanted to know what happened. In the end, you took one, and I took all of them.

As a result, Zhu Ying had to reprint three times in a row, and sent out a total of tens of thousands of copies.

Fortunately, the start-up capital of [-] yuan was obtained from Yexian Timur, otherwise Zhu Ying would go bankrupt.

It is not easy to make money!

You have to be willing to pay for the book, at least spend money to print leaflets, this money is indispensable!

Zhu Ying waited anxiously for the result, but he didn't know that Yingtian City would be in chaos when these advertisement leaflets went down.

First of all, Li Shanchang, holding a few leaflets, looked at them carefully, and couldn't help exclaiming, "Zhang Xiang is really ingenious, unexpected!"

Old Li was overjoyed, after all, he also had a share.

He got up to look for Zhang Ximeng, and when he came to Zhang Ximeng's office, he found that there were two people there, one was Zhang Ximeng's counselor Sun Yan, and the other was Jiang Nan who was promoted by the Du Branch Bureau. with leaflets.

"I, can I say that this matter has nothing to do with me?" Zhang Ximeng said weakly.

The three of them rolled their eyes. We would be fools if we believed you!

Such an unexpected idea, who else would it be if you weren't you?

Zhang Ximeng didn't bother to explain... Zhu Ying's group of crouching dragons and phoenixes are indeed forward-thinking, and it's not surprising that they occasionally come up with a new idea.

As for the relationship between myself and Zhu Ying, I can't explain it clearly.

Zhang Ximeng held the flyer and said to Li Shanchang: "Brother Li, you have also seen that this thing seems to work pretty well... Do you think it will be useful for the Ministry of Education in the future?"

Li Shanchang was stunned subconsciously, "It is useful, but I can't figure it out for a while, what can it be used for?"

Is not this nonsensical!

Zhang Ximeng said: "Brother Li, we have so many government affairs that need to be explained to the common people. In the past, I have written articles, and the Ministry of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has also issued mansion newspapers and posted notices for people to read everywhere. This time we simply print them out. Let the interested people buy it.”

"This...that's a good idea!" Li Shanchang couldn't help but said, "Would ordinary people be willing to read these things?"

Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "It must be cultivated, and let's print a few sheets of paper, which can contain folk stories, customs, poems, opera appreciation, ancient and modern tales... and also commercial advertisements. Let's intersperse important government affairs in it. .”

Zhu Ying didn't even expect that his leaflet offensive and the economic benefits were unknown, and the newspaper was born in advance.

In fact, the previous various publications are already very lively, such as Zhang Ximeng's articles, the poems of talented scholars, and the propositions of other great Confucians.

It's just that this time it will be fixed, and there will be a special publication with various news published on a regular basis.

Li Shanchang became interested immediately after hearing Zhang Ximeng's idea.

"Zhang Xiang, look at such a big incident in the Ministry of Households recently. All the ministers were killed. The public opinion is turbulent, and there are many people talking... Do you think we can rely on this thing to get to the bottom of the matter and suppress those messy conjectures? If so, what a great achievement!"

Zhang Ximeng laughed loudly, "Brother Li is really quick... The right to speak is an extremely important thing, we must hold it in our hands. We can't let those messy people influence us."

Li Shanchang took it very seriously, "Master Zhang, please report this to Your Majesty!"

Zhang Ximeng waved his hand, "Brother Li, you came up with the idea, and you should take the lead. As for how to implement it, you have to shoulder it all. If Brother Li doesn't mind, I'm willing to write an article for the first publication."

"it is good!"

Li Shanchang clapped his hands and laughed loudly, "If there is an article by Zhang Xiang, it must be a good business, and the business is booming!"

Compared with what happened in Lingnan, these two prime ministers paid more attention to things like newspapers, communicating with each other, passing on news, and enriching people's livelihood... This thing has a lot of benefits.

For this alone, Zhu Yingcai should be commended heavily.

It's just that Zhu Ying at this moment has taken care of these flawlessly, and he has finally realized what it means to break through the threshold.

In the past, Zhu Ying didn't know that there were so many rich people in Yingtian!

The deposit of [-] guan is not a problem at all.

Even if it is doubled, there is no problem, as long as we are allowed to participate in Lingnan's business, we are willing to pay more.At this moment, Zhu Ying only wished that she could grow three heads and six arms.

There are so many good leeks, how can a sickle be enough?

Fortunately, as Zhang Ximeng said, Zhu Ying is still a little in awe. There must be a reason why so many people flock to him!

Zhu Ying secretly ordered the sages to dispatch to investigate the reason.

Soon Lu Qiuyun sent back the news.

For a long time, Zhang Ximeng advocated the equalization of the land, the fight against tyrants, and the establishment of a food bank to provide low-interest loans... After such a set of operations, the money that was originally used to buy land and lend money with interest has nowhere to go.

The huge Yingtian City, and even under Zhu Yuanzhang's rule, formed a huge barrier lake.

"Master Hou, the fields have been averaged in the past few years, and the people have some savings in their hands. They want to live a better life. Yingtian's workshop business is quite lively. The merchants are not stupid. If they can get overseas timber, jewelry Spice, make money with your eyes closed!" Lu Qiuyun sighed: "We are really going to get rich this time!"

Zhu Ying gritted her teeth, "Okay! If that's the case, let's raise the security deposit to 20 yuan! Besides, there will be a quota limit. In the first batch, only [-] families will be allowed to go south together!"

After the news spread, even more people came. Zhu Ying didn't work day and night. Ten days later, he stood in front of Zhang Ximeng with a list and said politely: "Brother, your story , worth 400 million sticks! Please check and accept.”

Chapter 422 Successfully challenged Zhang Xiang's weakness!

Zhang Ximeng stared at the list, looked again and again, with a gratified smile on his face. 400 million guan notes, to him, is really not a big money.

But Zhu Ying's ability to achieve this achievement was enough to make Zhang Ximeng full of joy.

He stretched out his hand and patted Zhu Ying's not-so-generous shoulder vigorously.

"Boy, do you know how much hope your elder brother has for your trip to Lingnan?"

Zhu Ying shook his head. He wanted to say something, but the tip of his tongue slipped, and he just nodded and hummed slightly, just like the poor little girl curled up beside Zhang Ximeng back then.

The stinky brother has become well-behaved.

Zhang Ximeng sighed and said: "Zhu Ying, what I told you earlier is almost in the category of art, let me tell you some more principles now! Why do you think I don't want to develop industry and commerce in Jiangnan and other places?"

Zhu Ying still didn't answer, just lowered her head and listened silently.

"Because the models of business and agriculture are in natural conflict. Farmers seek stability, pay attention to self-sufficiency, and self-sufficiency. Businessmen are chasing profits everywhere, borrowing chickens to lay eggs, and making money from the price difference. Agriculture collects two taxes in summer and autumn a year. , Business needs to collect taxes every day, and it needs countless management and intrigue with businessmen to collect money. Moreover, industry and commerce often use agriculture as the source of raw materials. When industry and commerce flourish, they must rob labor from agriculture, and they are still fifteen or sixteen years old. , the best quality labor force under the age of 30."

"Silk, cotton, tea gardens, mines... If they are really liberalized, money will be earned, but what about the shortage of food, what about the 2000 million people? In this world, is it possible to buy food if you have money?" ?Even if the food is bought, how can we ensure that it can be distributed smoothly? If rice is not planted in the south of the Yangtze River, but mulberry trees are planted to produce more silk and enrich the national treasury. The people rebelled!"

"So in a densely populated place, it is absolutely impossible to encourage the development of commerce on a large scale, and even to suppress commerce and industry in order to maintain the stability of the world. It is not unreasonable for Confucianism to emphasize agriculture and restrain commerce. Or simply put, they are based on reality. Recognition, the safest way to come up with it!"

Zhu Ying turned pale with shock, couldn't help raising her head, and looked at Zhang Ximeng foolishly.

The eldest brother has his own family, interprets history, and redefines the rules...why do you recognize Confucianism?

This makes absolutely no sense!

"Zhu Ying, the safest way is not necessarily the best idea. From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the present, how many times have you experienced reincarnation? Confucian scholars have repeatedly hit the wall, but refused to find a new way. This is why I despise them. where!"