my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 111 Volume, To the Dead Volume

Chapter 111 Volume, To the Dead Volume

Mrs. Zhang finished speaking, sighed and said: "Your brother-in-law is a man's son, and he always has to solve his father's worries and problems. This trip to the West...all the officials said that it was a waste of money, food and people's power...you are outside... ...did you hear anything?"

Zhang Anshi said: "As my sister said, this is a great achievement for thousands of years. How can short-sighted people understand it? These people only want their wives and children to be warm."

Mrs. Zhang blinked, puzzled and said, "What is a wife?"

Zhang Anshi suddenly remembered that this era is not called a wife, so he explained: "Wife means."

Mrs. Zhang smiled: "Are all the wives old?"

Zhang Anshi said: "Wife who is getting old together? All right, sister, let's talk about business. I think His Majesty's trip to the West is a good thing. Don't let brother-in-law mistakenly believe all the officials and follow him to make a fuss."

"He knows." Zhang said: "Your brother-in-law is much more cautious in words and deeds than you. If you can learn half of His Royal Highness, I will be Amitabha, and my heart will be relieved."

Zhang Anshi didn't expect that he would remind me kindly, and turned around and reprimanded him. Fortunately, he got used to it, so he said with a sneer: "It is true that going to the west will cost a lot of money...You can teach brother-in-law to rest assured that when spring comes, His Majesty will not be short of money. .”

"Really?" Zhang stared at Zhang Anshi.

For this point, Mrs. Zhang is a little confident. My brother has no other skills, but the ability to hug money is full of tricks.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Don't worry, take care of me."

It's a good sign right now, Zhu Di has started to let the prince get in touch with state affairs more and more.

First it was the imperial examination, and now it is the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Of course, Zhu Gaochi in history has always done a good job, at least better than his father.

Perhaps Zhu Di belonged to the kind of person who could do great things. What he did was something that many emperors would never have dared to think about.

If you play these things well, you will be like Qin Shihuang and Tang Taizong, but if you play them off, you will be Emperor Sui Yang.

To some extent, it all comes from money, and money can do things.

And Zhu Gaochi is almost reserved for his business, and he specializes in raising money for Zhu Di.

Zhang Anshi naturally knew that voyages to the West were too important.

It is not only necessary to voyage to the West, but it is best to allow this voyage to continue in a sustainable manner.

This is a major event that truly benefits the people of the world.

In this way... No matter what, he had to get a large sum of money before Zheng He's fleet set off.

But making money is different from making money. Some people make money, and they are desperately trying to get it from the people at the bottom!

This is too much, and people are not vegetarians. If you say that princes and generals are kind, they will teach you that there is no place to die.

After thinking about it, Zhang Anshi felt that...he had no choice but to attack those who had money.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Anshi excitedly wrote a memorial, expressing... hope that in response to the national policy of voyages to the Western Seas, some seagoing ships can also be built here at Qixia Ferry, and people will be arranged to accompany Zheng He to the Western Seas.

This memorial was sent to the palace, Zhu Di was overjoyed after reading it, and couldn't help saying to Yishi: "This kid Zhang Anshi still has merits, he is anxious about my urgent needs, and I decree, grant it."

As he said that, Zhu Di continued to frown, because the voyage to the West was indeed too expensive, at least it would cost a lot to let Zheng He go to Japan in the spring of this year.As for voyages to the West, the places to go are even further away, and the money and food wasted are countless.

Of course, it was not without good news. After Zheng He came to the Wo Kingdom this time, he awarded the Wo people the golden seal of the king. At the same time, the Japanese King also expressed his support for the Ming Dynasty to eliminate the Japanese pirates. He also captured many Japanese pirates and steamed them.

That's right, it's really steamed, like making steamed buns.

Zhu Di was quite satisfied with this. In the past, the Wa Kingdom always obeyed the law, but now seeing Zheng He's mighty ships, this is the real obedience.

Immediately, Zhu Di picked up another report, which was played by the prince, but it was because the situation at the Ministry of Households was relatively bad and there was no money.

Seeing this, Zhu Di had no choice but to sigh and said: "The prince has also tried his best, let's take some from my inner money."

Even though he said this, Zhu Di knew that the money from his internal money... had earned a lot this year, but it was still limited after all, and it was far from being able to bear Zhu Di's ambitions.

Yi Shiha said: "Yes."

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Time flies like a blink of an eye, and it will soon be Chinese New Year!

For Zhang Anshi's new year, he probably invited a group of brothers to take advantage of the severe cold this year and some rivers to freeze to fry ice.

Speaking of this, Qiu Song has shown the advanced level of a bomb artist.

He seems to be familiar with a lump of ice, how much gunpowder is needed, and where to set it to detonate.

So much so that Zhu Yong and Zhang Fu became a little wary of him, always feeling that this guy... would be more impulsive.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Anshi wore new clothes and went to the East Palace first, but at this time, his brother-in-law and sister were the busiest.

So after not staying for long, he came out quickly, asked Zhang San to prepare a gift, and went to Wei Guogong's mansion.

Zhang Anshi was able to come to pay New Year's greetings, Wei Guogong Xu Huizu seemed very happy!

He personally entertained this junior, and his son Xu Qin also wanted to join him, but Xu Huizu almost kicked him away and told him to leave.

Zhang Anshi said modestly: "Hi Shibo, happy new year."

Hearing the three words "Happy New Year", Xu Huizu was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled again: "Okay, okay. My nephew has grown up a lot and is taller, and now he looks more and more like an adult."

Zhang Anshi saluted with a smile, Xu Huizu asked him to sit down, and waited for the servants to bring tea, Xu Huizu said: "I heard that you have done a lot of good things at Qixia Ferry. thing."

Zhang Anshi resentfully said: "Actually, I didn't do a good job. It was all praised by others. I'm not very good at governance. Now I'm only thinking about writing books."

This book speaks four characters at once, and the tone is very loud. In the eyes of ordinary people, this is something that sages can do.

Of course, Xu Huizu is a warrior, so he doesn't care about this at all.

How did he know that Zhang Anshi was going to write books all day long, and he had already broken the defenses of those scholars.

Xu Huizu said earnestly and sincerely: "It's great that you have this ambition. A man's ambition is everywhere. But even so, there is an old saying that there are three things that are unfilial, and the worst is to have no descendants. Your father passed away early, and you are a family member. Only son, you must have a woman to take care of the housework for you."

Zhang Anshi said: "Yes, yes, my nephew has remembered it."

Seeing that Zhang Anshi was not up to the mark, and didn't know whether he was really stupid or fake, Xu Huizu thought that he had made such an obvious reminder, Zhang Anshi should immediately kneel down and call him daddy.

Xu Huizu had no choice but to calm down, and laughed with Zhang Anshi again.

Seeing that it was almost time, Zhang Anshi got up to say goodbye.

Xu Huizu said: "Which one do you want to visit later?"

Zhang Anshi said: "I still need to go to Zhu Shishu, Qiu Shishu and the Zhang family."

When Xu Huizu heard about Qiu Shishu, his expression was a little strange, but he quickly smiled: "It's what you should, you've grown up, of course you should pay attention to etiquette, unlike my Xu Qin, who has no brains."

At the moment, Zhang Anshi left the Xu Mansion, visited many people in one day, his mind was so dizzy that he had the habit of wanting to call everyone uncle.

A few days later, seeing that the fifteenth day of the first lunar month was approaching, Zhu Jin was summoned by Zhang Anshi.

As Zhang Anshi's designated business partner, Zhu Jin is very happy.

He is now in the business world, almost walking sideways, after all, behind him are the East Palace and Marquis Wu'an Mansion.

Not only that, but many of the Zhang family's businesses were actually entrusted to him to negotiate. On the surface, he was just helping, but in fact, the Zhang family couldn't give him much profit.

But the impact of this is huge.

For example, if Zhang Anshi wanted to find agents in various provinces, he used Zhu Jin to mediate. After all, Zhang Anshi, as a relative of the emperor, was inconvenient to come forward for some matters.

At that time, it was really a good time. Merchants from all over the world, in order to grab this agent, which one would not nod and bow when they saw him?

The big businessmen who used to call him 'that Zhu what', now they will take the initiative to bow to him and call him Brother Zhu.

This kind of leap from hanging hair to handsome boy made Zhu Jin immersed in it, completely unable to extricate himself.

Of course, he realized more and more that he had to hold tightly to the big tree Zhang Anshi, which was the foundation of his future.

So Zhang Anshi only needed to say hello, and he immediately put down everything at hand and hurried over.

The two met face to face, and Zhang Anshi said: "It's the first month of the month, and the provincial examinations are about to start, and the goods are also ready to be sent out. I thought about it, and our books will be distributed according to the apportionment method. The provinces have roughly calculated how many people there are, and have drawn up a list based on the rich and poor conditions of each province, you can take a look, and let the agents buy according to this number."

Zhu Jin smiled, took the list from Zhang Anshi, and said with a smile: "Cheng Enbo did it himself, it really teaches people...to teach people..."

When he looked at the list, his words stopped abruptly.

"Why, a total of 50 books?" Zhu Jin's eyes were straightened: "In this day and age, there are probably not so many scholars who have taken the college examination. Is this sold out? Besides, the price is three taels, not a small amount. , Uncle, if they can't sell them all, those agents' goods will be rotten in their hands, I'm afraid they..."

This time, we prepared a lot of goods, mainly because we had plenty of time. In addition, the printing workshops we cooperated with had already had experience in cooperation, so under strict protection measures, they almost worked overtime to drive out the goods.

Compared to Zhu Jin's shock, Zhang Anshi smiled calmly and said, "You mean, you can't sell so many books?"

Zhu Jin smiled wryly and said: "A small guess, maybe it can only sell 15 copies at most. This is the limit. After all...there are limited scholars in the world, and there are also limited people who can afford three taels of silver..."

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "You, you only know how to do business, but I am different. Not only do I know how to do business, but I also know about scholars."

"What?" Zhu Jin was taken aback.

Zhang Anshi said calmly: "Don't worry, just teach the provinces to distribute the goods. Besides, here I have... and this..."

As he said that, Zhang Anshi took out a sample paper of the mansion newspaper, handed it to Zhu Jin, and said, "Take a good look, when the time comes, this thing can also be spread out together, and we have to teach the agents of all provinces to put this thing in all The most conspicuous location of the bookstore.”

Zhu Jin took the mansion newspaper, and here it is actually no different from the mansion newspaper of the Secretary of the General Administration, densely packed with small characters, but the paper is not small, and the folded mansion newspaper is frighteningly large when unfolded.

He was at a loss, but after thinking about it carefully, he could just do it by himself. There were so many things, and Cheng Enbo did whatever he said.

So he vowed: "Uncle, don't worry, the little one will be done properly."

Immediately, Zhu Jin began to contact the agents who were already waiting here.

These people are also prepared, those who choose the cargo, and those who guard along the way are the most trusted people.

So much so that even these people's wives, children, and children all strive to be in his hands.

This is a huge deal with a huge stake, and any mistake may ruin a wealthy businessman's fortune, but at the same time... Once the matter is completed, it means a lot of money.

In fact... For many big booksellers, the profits that Zhang Anshi gave them may not be too much.

Most of the profits of these stereotyped pen talks were firmly grasped by Zhang Anshi.

People who can do business don't care about the small profits in front of them. On the one hand, they can earn some money by relying on stereotyped pens. The most important thing is that what this kind of cooperation brings is that the bookstores under their own names are in State capitals bring huge advantages.

In this way, it is tantamount to firmly suppressing the competitors. Invisibly, it means that whoever holds the agency right has faintly become the largest bookseller in the local area. Compared with other booksellers, it can be said to be one Juechen.

Immediately afterwards, bundles of tightly wrapped packages began to be loaded on ships or trucks, and every link was personally supervised by the most confidant of the booksellers.

The carefully selected guards all showed vigilance.

Immediately, these chariots, horses and ships began to be distributed all over the world.

And Zhu Jin, who was in the middle of the adjustment, almost turned white overnight.

It really broke his heart to coordinate so many relationships. Besides, when everyone knew that the Zhang family released so many goods, many booksellers complained. After all... they were afraid that these books would not be sold, and they would smash them. In the hand, no kidding.

And Zhu Jin could only patiently explain to them one by one.

Of course, there are also threats and temptations. If someone wants to quit the partnership, that's not going to happen.When you get on the boat, you just leave?The money you paid for the agency right back then is gone.

What made the booksellers dissatisfied was that, in addition to the stereotyped pen talks, the Zhang family actually asked them to distribute the mansion newspaper.

This makes the booksellers complain even more, but right now, it seems that there is no way out.There is no choice at all except to go all the way to the dark.

Of course, the news that the second edition is about to go on sale cannot be concealed from others.

Soon the news spread like wildfire, and people rushed to tell each other.

Many scholars heard this, and the most painful memory buried deep in their hearts seemed to start to come up all of a sudden, so there was another burst of cursing.

At this time, Yang Xiang, who had just passed the examination, had already written a letter from his family and asked someone to send it to his hometown of Taihe County, Jiangxi.

When the letter arrived in Taihe County, spring had already begun.

This is a village called Changtangwei in Taihe County. There are many mountains in Jiangxi, but the scenery is beautiful. In this beautiful scenery, the scale of the Yang family's residence is grand.

Yang Xiang's family is a big local family. For generations, there have been people who have been officials!His father, Yang Taigong, entered the court during the Hongwu period. When he was old, he returned to his hometown to support himself because of the relapse of his old illness.

After receiving the letter from the family, Grandpa Yang's face was very ugly, and he said: "Zhang Anshi... I heard that this son is a treacherous person..."

After finishing speaking, he shook his head again, picked up a book, and just sighed.

This is exactly what I bought earlier, and it is the first edition of Zhang Anshi's stereotyped pen talks.

To be honest, people like Yang Taigong, of course, also know the value of this thing.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, everyone began to learn stereotyped writing, but how to write stereotyped writing and how to write good articles, in fact, almost everyone is a layman.

Now, after reading the first edition, Mr. Yang suddenly felt enlightened. He suddenly discovered that this style of writing can still be used. If he had obtained this book earlier, his test scores might have been completely different.

As a result, this first edition has only a few useful things, and the next... is to find out what will happen next.

Like everyone who has read this book, Taigong Yang is so angry that he is shameless.

Now that the second edition is about to be sold, his son is not at ease, so he edited the book himself and asked someone to bring it back from the capital quickly, reminding him that he must pay attention to it. Although Taigong Yang scolded Zhang Anshi badly in his heart, he still has a sense of proportion.

This matter is related to the future of the children, and it is not a joke. Even if Zhang Anshi is a pig or a dog, it does not prevent Yang Taigong from buying books while holding his nose.

The first edition of the book... is already dilapidated, and after reading it, it is so dilapidated that it is impossible to read it.

But now... Mr. Yang took his son's letter, read it, put it down again, and then read it again...

Sometimes he frowned, and sometimes paced with his hands behind his back.

At this moment, he seemed to be seriously weighing something.

This mood has been going on for several days.

Taigong Yang seems to be suffering from this every day.

at last……

On this day, the family steward came in a hurry and said, "Master, master, the latest news, the latest news has been sent from the provincial capital. The book has arrived in the provincial capital and is ready to go on sale. But...but..."

"But what?"

"However, there is a batch of books that have already been transported to Taihe County. There are a total of [-] books...the number is not small...the villain thinks that when we arrive at the county seat, it will probably be around the morning of the next day."

"Are you here?" Taigong Yang's body shook, he was nervous and excited, he stared at the steward closely and said, "Three hundred copies are so many?"

"Yeah, it's said that we have enough stock, and we in Taihe are still very few."

"Got it, got it." Yang Taigong said: "Get ready."

"Yes."

It was not easy to stay up until the early morning of the next day.

At this time, we should wait until dawn, and the bookstore will open for sale.

In Taihe County, there is only one bookstore that sells books.

Therefore, Taigong Yang took a deep breath and summoned the steward: "Later, I will go to the county with the old man."

The steward hesitated and said, "Master, isn't it too early?"

Yang Taigong said: "This is a big deal. There are six of our Yang family members who participated in the academy examination this year. The academy examination is related to fame and fame. How can we underestimate it?"

The steward hurriedly said, "Yes, yes."

Grandpa Yang continued: "Also, the money that you were asked to sell grain a few days ago is still in the account?"

The steward said: "In the past two months, the master has been urging to sell grain. In addition, the oil mill squeezed last year has also sold a lot of money. The money is lying on the account."

"how many?"

"Five thousand and one hundred taels."

"Bring them all." Taigong Yang said lightly.

The steward was taken aback and looked at Grandpa Yang in disbelief.

"Master, a book is only three taels of silver. In our family, six children go to take the exam, and at most we only buy six books."

"Who said to buy six copies?" Taigong Yang looked expressionless, but looked at the steward quietly.

The steward was at a loss, and said puzzledly, "Could it be...couldn't it be...not?"

"Buy two hundred copies, no, you can buy as many copies as you have! The store only said that you can buy the first edition of the book first, but didn't say how many copies you can buy with the first edition. Our Yang family... can buy as much as you want."

The steward was still very surprised, and couldn't help asking: "Master, this... this... why do you need so much?"

"Idiot." Yang Taigong looked at the steward fiercely, and said sternly: "Is the stereotyped exam in the college exam? No, the exam in the college is in the house. Whoever's stereotyped essay is better, the comparison is not to do it." Articles are compared with people. Take Taihe County, if everyone reads these stereotypes and everyone makes progress, then this book...wouldn’t it be a waste of money?”

The steward suddenly realized, and couldn't help but said: "So... so... only if others can't buy it, and our Yang family buys it, then this courtyard test is very promising."

That's exactly what it means.

It seems that Taigong Yang is also very heartbroken, which basically costs the family's money.

But after thinking about the six children in the family who were about to take the exam, including his own second son, he felt better and said: "If you pass the college exam, you are a scholar. Although a scholar is better than my son Yang Xiang, a Jinshi It’s nothing to me, but it’s fame, and the success or failure of a family depends on who has more fame!”

"In the future... if one or two of these six disciples can win the Juren, or even become a Jinshi, the money will be worth it. The money is gone, as long as the land is still there, they can always accumulate in the future, but the fame is missed. It’s too late to regret it.”

Speaking of this, he continued with an angry face: "That bastard Zhang Anshi, this damn guy, if it weren't for him, my chances of trying in the Yang family would be even greater, but now... I have no choice but to put all my eggs in one basket."

When he spoke, Taigong Yang's body was trembling. It was not easy to make such a determination.

But the steward thought of something at this moment, and said: "Master, we only bought more than 200 of these [-] copies, it's not the same..."

Taigong Yang shook his head: "One less sale is one, even if we are sure of one or two percent more, we will not lose."

The steward said with hesitation: "But... I'm afraid that the bookstore in the county will be sold out here, and the bookstore in the county will go to the provincial capital to replenish it? Then..."

Taigong Yang sneered and said: "Even if the goods are replenished, it will take at least ten days before the goods can be delivered. The hospital trial will start in one month. Not to mention whether the goods will be replenished in the future, it is considered a replenishment. Our children have also studied for many days!"

"This book is too powerful. There are many techniques that have never been heard before. Whoever reviews it first will have the upper hand! This matter is related to the honor and disgrace of my Yang family. It is not a joke. You should prepare quickly, and we will set off immediately."

After listening to the steward, I will not persuade you any more.

In the face of fame and fame, for a famous family like the Yang family, money is indeed nothing.

So overnight, the Yang family arrived at the county seat with almost a cartload of silver.

When we arrived, it was already light.

But when they arrived at the bookstore, they found that the place was already crowded with people, and most of them... were yelling and cursing.

Already late?

Taigong Yang turned pale with fright, and he couldn't help becoming anxious, so he quickly asked someone to inquire, only to find out that everyone was yelling and cursing at this time.

"Master, master, it's not good, it's not good, we got ahead of others, and the Zhou family in the east of the city has already bought all the books in one go."

Taigong Yang felt dizzy and almost fell down.

"Zhou family, which Zhou family?"

"The Zhou family who sells silk in the county...isn't his daughter married to the magistrate as his concubine?"

Taigong Yang said sullenly: "His family is just a merchant, does he have any children studying?"

"No, no..." The steward said with a sad face, "I heard... I heard that he bought all the books and burned the books directly at the door of his house."

Taigong Yang's body trembled, and he couldn't help cursing: "Good method, good method, this is really a desperate plan, this Zhou...it doesn't seem to be simple."

"Master, what's going on? Should we wait for the store to replenish?"

"Replenishment?" Taigong Yang sneered and said, "You really don't understand, don't you know what kind of wishful thinking Zhou is doing? He bought all the books, burned them face to face, and told everyone that this Taihe County Within ten days, most of the books...are gone, I guess he still has a dozen or twenty or thirty books in his hands, guess what he will do?"

The manager finally got the hang of it: "Sell it at a high price?"

Grandpa Yang snorted coldly and said: "I'm afraid at this time, even if he sells a book for 500 taels, everyone will grab it. It's really a good deal. This time, the old man, it's a confession. The surname Zhou...hehe...wait Let's see, what are you still doing, hurry up, go to Zhou's house to buy, no matter how much it costs, I will buy a copy."

The person in charge couldn't help but shuddered. At this moment, after thinking about it carefully, he realized that the man surnamed Zhou was really ruthless, but seeing how eager the master was for the book, he knew that the man surnamed Zhou was indeed direct. Hold it seven inches!

At this time, even if it is a book, not to mention 500 taels of silver, it is 800 taels, 1000 taels, and there are only a dozen books on hand, and they will definitely find a buyer.

There is no other reason, it is fame.

Fame may be the payment of ten or twenty taels of silver to ordinary people.

But for some people, even if they pay a thousand taels or ten thousand taels of silver, it's just a drop in the bucket, and it won't hurt their bones.

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