First Prince of Qing Dynasty

In June, the scorching heat is coming, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter.Yinfeng was thinking about the problem while eating the ice bowl.

According to historical records, Kangxi made six tours to the south, the first of which was in September this year.

The south of the Yangtze River is good, and the scenery is old.At sunrise, the river flowers are more red than fire, and in spring, the river water is as green as blue. Can you not remember Jiangnan?

Yinfeng was born and grew up in Jiangnan in his previous life.If possible, he would like to go back to his hometown and see what Jiangnan in this time and space looks like.

But he waited and waited, time passed day by day.He walked with Yushufang, clearly aware that Kangxi had this intention, but he just didn't issue an explicit order.

Traveling in the emperor's car is not a trivial matter. What places will be passed along the way, which roads will be taken, which officials will be taken, how to deal with political affairs during this period, how to arrange security and security, and the number of serving personnel, all of which need to be prepared in advance.If the southern tour is confirmed, it is time to issue an order for all ministries to take action.But now there is no news at all.

In the middle of June, Yinfeng couldn't wait. After finishing his homework in the imperial study, he rushed to the imperial desk and asked anxiously, "Ama Khan, do you want to go on a southern tour? When are you leaving?"

Kangxi was stunned, turned to look at him, his face was full of: What do you want to do, kid?

Yinfeng: "Jiangnan is rich and rich, and most of the country's taxes come from Jiangnan. It was like this in the past, but now that hybrid rice comes out, the harvest in Jiangnan is even worse. Khan Ama doesn't want to see it with his own eyes?"

Kangxi laughed: "You have played outside the palace enough, do you want to go to Jiangnan?"

Yinfeng is angry, obviously you want to go, but you have not made an order for so long, and now you are still pinning the blame on him!

But in order to be able to go to Jiangnan, let's take the blame.He bears it!

"The river transportation in the south of the Yangtze River is the key to the Qing Dynasty's transportation, and the goods and food from the north and the south depend on it. But there are many problems in the major river fortresses. Don't you want to inspect it yourself?"

Kangxi put away the teasing, and turned serious: "Why don't I want to, but not this year."

Yinfeng:? ? ?

"Cement, red brick, you made it yourself, forgot? You throw these things to me? Do you want to plan carefully?"

Yinfeng: ... the co-author of the clown is himself?The things he created by himself entangled Kangxi and stopped him from going on a southern tour?

Yinreng was extremely disappointed and frustrated, his whole body froze, like falling flowers defeated by the rain.He curled his lips and was about to retreat when he turned around and saw a memorial in front of Kangxi, which was submitted by the household department. He vaguely saw a few lines of words on it, and his mind paused.

Oh ho!Kangxi is a big liar!

The high-sounding statement that it was for the cement and red bricks was almost fooled by him.The cement came out last year, and the red bricks have been taken over by the imperial court for several months. Kangxi has already made arrangements. These two places have their own production and operation mechanisms, so there is no need for Kangxi to give up the southern tour to schedule!

fraud!big liar!The cancellation of the southern tour was not because of cement and red bricks, it was clearly because of lack of money!

He actually dumped the blame on him again!

Yinfeng: After all, it was a wrong payment.

Although he was angry in his heart, he could endure it for the sake of the southern tour.

Ten days later, Yinfeng asked Xiaozhuzi to carry a big box and followed him to find Kangxi, and pointedly exposed Kangxi: "Khan Ama, if you have no money, just tell me!"

Kangxi was stunned.

Yinfeng said angrily: "It has been several years since glass was made, and the freshest time has passed. Although it is making money now, it is not as good as the previous two years. This is the trend of the situation and there is no way. This part Although the profits are large, there are also many places where money is used in the court.

"Let's not talk about the necessary expenses every year. In recent years, there have been hybrid rice, cowpox, and cement. It seems to be booming, and the money is really only out. The hybrid rice seeds are distributed free of charge. The various flowers in the Huangzhuang base are all borne by the imperial court.

"No one knows the cost of vaccinia research better than me. After the development was successful, the royal clan confiscated a cent of vaccination money, although the family members of the ministers and ministers in the court only received a small amount. Later, the imperial court established medical offices in various places to select doctors and recruit them. Cowpox was promoted to the homes of the common people.

"This is necessary. The people are the labor force of the Qing Dynasty. If we are the only ones who are vaccinated and they cannot be immune, what good is it? If one person gets smallpox, it will spread to every village and city. The final loss is still ours. Human, material and financial resources. Therefore, in order to fundamentally solve the problem, the best way is to vaccinate the whole population and eradicate smallpox.

"This project is very large and cannot be achieved overnight. The establishment of the medical department needs money, and the doctors who join the job need salaries. With the current financial resources of the imperial court, it is unable to bear all the expenses, so the non-governmental vaccinia vaccination adopts a charging model.

"But it's only one or two taels of silver for each vaccinator. It seems like a lot to the common people, but it's not a sky-high price. If you save a little, many families can still afford it.

"Especially when the imperial court took the two taels of money, it not only needed to produce the vaccine, but also provided a place for vaccination, and arranged for professionals to vaccinate them and take care of follow-up observation. If symptoms appeared, they had to be treated with medication. So this tael of money is really important. Not expensive. Not only did the imperial court not make any money, but they might have to pay part of it back.

"Although I haven't read the report of the Ministry of Households carefully, I have been with Khan Ama these years and studied in the Imperial Study Room. I occasionally saw it once or twice. I can roughly guess that in the past year or so, the state treasury spent How much does it cost.

"Then there is cement, which seems to be a money-making thing. But at present, there is only one cement factory. Even if Khan Ama expands, the output is limited. So far, Khan Ama has only used it in the main officials in various places in the capital. The road and the palace, and the cost of road construction is borne by the court itself, and it has not been promoted in other places. Where does the money come from?"

Not only scientific research burns money, but infrastructure also burns money!

Kangxi sighed, although he is an emperor, he is really poor.The main reason is that there are too many places to spend money.Kangxi glanced at Yinfeng, his eyes moved, "Do you have a solution?"

Yinfeng knocked on the box held by Xiao Zhuzi, opened it, took out several things inside, and introduced them one by one: "Khan Ama, this is soap. This is toothbrush. This is toothpaste. The two biggest It's shampoo and body wash"

After the introduction, he beckoned someone to fetch a basin of water, waited for him to wash up, demonstrated the first three items one by one, and asked a young eunuch to be a "model" for the last two items.Of course, the little eunuch didn't really let the eunuch take a bath when using the shower gel. Instead, he rolled up his sleeves and washed his arms.

"Khan Ama, are these things more convenient than what we usually use? I have made several kinds of toothpaste. Whitening toothpaste, fresh breath, herbal anti-moth, etc. Soap, orchid scented, fruity Fragrance, variety, and so on.

"Shampoos are divided into anti-hair loss, soft and shiny, and repairing hair texture. There are more flavors and styles of shower gel. The wives and ladies of the rich and powerful families love these. They not only hold the gift from their husband's family, but also have a large dowry Private houses are not short of money, and they are the backbone of purchasing power. As long as they are moved by them, they will not worry about selling them.”

Kangxi: ...

"Khan Ama depends on whether to hand it over to the Ministry of Industry or the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Hand over to the Ministry of Industry, and the profits go to the treasury.The income of the Ministry of Internal Affairs can be regarded as Kangxi's private house.The difference inside is huge.

The corners of Kangxi's mouth twitched. Looking at the pile of things in front of him, he frowned and thought for a while, "The Ministry of Industry is still in charge of the cement factory and brick factory, and it is too busy. It is not suitable for the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I plan to buy another one." , All these things you get out in the future will be under the control of this department."

Yinfeng's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands and applauded: "Then why not call it the Department of Commerce!"

Kangxi: ...All right.

Yinfeng leaned to his side and took Kangxi's arm: "Ama, let's say yes first. Although I gave you these things, the shop outside my palace also sells them. But I will limit the supply, not Grab big business with the imperial court, just follow behind and drink soup."

Kangxi:? ? ?

"Your Linglong Pavilion and Qiqiaoju's business is not enough for you?"

Yinfeng spread his hands: "Of course I am an ordinary prince. But I have too many things to do. Whether it is hybrid rice or cowpox, it is cement and silage, red bricks, etc. Which one should be studied from scratch? Didn't I put all the money into it?

"If I don't save more, I have to ask you for something if I want to do something in the future. You have to ask the household department for approval. The household department will inevitably nagging, is it annoying?

"Of course I know there is the House of Internal Affairs, but if you want less money, that's fine. If you want more, the House of Internal Affairs also has the chiefs. Above the chiefs, there are also the empresses of the palaces. It will inevitably cause people to gossip. So it's best to I have it in my hand, which is more convenient.

"I've made up my mind. These things will not be stored in Linglong Pavilion, nor will they be stored in Qiqiaoju. Another shop will be opened to sell them. The name is Huaxin Daily Chemicals!"

Huaxia new daily chemical products.Nothing wrong!

Kangxi felt that what he said was reasonable, not to mention that he was only a shop and did not pose any threat to the court's business, so he agreed.

"Do you think these can afford the current expenditure of the imperial court? So confident?"

Yinfeng shook his head: "It's impossible to rely on these things alone. But don't forget, Khan Ama, we still have red bricks and cement. The red bricks should be sold to the outside world, right? Tell the people below to hurry up Get it done. As for the cement."

Yinfeng laughed: "I heard that Khan Ama went out of the palace twice a while ago?"

Kangxi:? ? ?

"Has Khan Ama discovered that the number of people entering the city every day is increasing, and there are more merchants going to and from the city than before?"

Kangxi nodded: "You told me at the beginning that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. Although these words are vulgar, they are very reasonable."

Yinfeng patted his chest and raised his chin: "Of course. Only when the road is easy and the transportation is convenient, will people be willing to come and go. Only when there are more people coming and going, can the trade of goods and the circulation of the economy be brought about."

If you give some color, you will open a dyeing workshop, and you will be proud of it immediately.Kangxi shook his head helplessly.

Yinfeng asked again: "Does Khan Ama want to build cement official roads across the country?"

Kangxi frowned and thought about it, but it cost a lot of money to repair it.

Yinfeng smiled and suggested: "Ama Khan, the official path is for everyone, and the money should be paid by everyone. Why should the court bear all of it?"

Kangxi smiled wryly: "You expect the people to come out? Don't look at the concrete official roads built by the imperial court. They clapped their hands one by one and praised them endlessly. But believe it or not, as long as you reveal that they need to pay for the road construction, they will one by one It will change your face, delay it if you can, would rather not cement the official road, but also keep the money in your pocket? Expecting them to pay for road repairs, I have to wait until the year of the monkey?"

Yinfeng nodded: "Ordinary people are running around for their lives every day. Wherever they have spare money to build roads, they can't get it out. But there are many wealthy businessmen and gentry in this world. Although the cost of building a road is not low, it is not cheap to share it with all the local business gentry. Not much more."

Kangxi even shook his head: "Businessmen are so treacherous, it's not so easy to make them willingly contribute. The court is not good at coercion."

"You can't threaten, you can lure!"

Kangxi raised his eyebrows: "Incentives? How to induce them?"

"There is no need to pay actual benefits, just give a false name. For example, set up a stele on the official road. One every few miles. Nowadays, there are also boundary markers. Place names are often engraved on the boundary markers, telling people who come and go where this place is.

"The one we built can be regarded as a boundary monument. The place name is engraved on the front, and the small characters on the back indicate that this road has contributed to the local wealthy gentry, and the name of the funder is attached. Let the magistrate in the jurisdiction give another letter, or seal the name of a good person. "

Kangxi's eyes lit up.Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen are the last.For a good reputation, to make a good impression in the government, and to pay some money, they will definitely be willing.

The corner of Yinfeng's mouth curled up: "Actually, the imperial court and the merchants can each contribute a part, or some areas can be fully borne by the imperial court, but in the future, we need to change the method.

"For example, after the official road was repaired, the imperial court set up outposts at important crossings and sent people to stand guard, and all passers-by had to pay tolls.

"Pedestrians with little luggage are fine. Caravan convoys, especially those carrying large amounts of goods, can determine the specific amount according to the number of people, the amount of goods, and the number of vehicles."

Kangxi:? ? ?