Chapter 237: Rich as a Nation

Zhang Anshi didn’t expect such a big reaction from Zhu Di.

The body subconsciously took a step backward.

Zhu Di raised his head and looked at Zhang Anshi somewhat nervously, “How much is in this account?”

Zhang Anshi said, “This is only a rough number, the specific how much, I do not guarantee that completely right, but estimate the real number, it is in this account of 10% up and down.”

Zhu nodded.

Zhang Anshi continued, “The gold and silver copied out of Ji Gang’s place is roughly around three million seven hundred thousand taels, while on the Po family’s side, there is a total of nine million four hundred thousand taels. A total of thirteen million taels up and down.”

Zhu Di face slightly red, this number, directly let the old Zhu family’s internal funds, more than doubled.

Zhu still couldn’t help but be shocked, “So much grain silver, how can there be so much grain silver?”

“Ji Gang’s side is relying on forceful seizure, coupled with a large number of theft of government salt. The Pu family’s situation is even more complicated, they have been through three dynasties, has been doing is the business of the sea trade, will be the world’s silver, through smuggling and the sea trade, a steady stream of money, this business for them, is a book of million profits, I even expected, they earned the silver, far from this amount.”

Zhu Di slightly opened his eyes wide and said, “Far more than that? You mean they also hid silver?”

Zhang Anshi shook his head: “No, what they do is to kill the head of the business, this head of the business want to last, essential is up and down the point, I’m afraid that the cost of the point alone, more than at least a large portion of the profits. The real to their hands, I’m afraid there may not be so much.”

Zhu Di muttered, “What you mean is that our merchant bank will generate more revenue if we run it?”

Zhang Anshi said with certainty: “Yes, the minister side, recruited many people, they confessed, every year Pu family earned from overseas gold and silver, afraid of more than four million two or more, the terrible thing is …… that these trades, almost profiteering. So the gross profit, up to three million five hundred and sixty thousand two, the real silk and porcelain, and ships, spend not much silver, or because of overseas for silk and porcelain demand is great, the price skyrocketed, so a ship ship out, this silk and porcelain, will be priced like gold.”

“So I took over the sea trade, intends to go in two directions, one is to take advantage of the West, open up the sea, continue to let the sea trade personnel, to the world farther away, marketing our treasure goods. On the other hand, less to point up and down the official’s expenses, here can also save a big chunk, so I expect, the future of the sea trade sales, afraid to more than six to eight million taels, but can save the expenses, save a large amount of expenses. This net profit, endeavor to be above two to three million taels.”

Zhu Di was quite excited: “Can I get so much in a year? If so, with all this silver, I won’t have to worry.”

Zhang Anshi laughed: “Just …… the sea is not peaceful, the merchant bank side, on the one hand, to make more ships. On the other hand, this ship …… is afraid that there must also be some armament before it can be assured, if not …… once encountered the sea pirates, it can be unstable.”

Zhu Di nodded, then said, “In this matter, you write a sonata.”

Zhang Anshi then said: “In addition, I was thinking, silk and porcelain, my Ming can also find ways to take some other treasures to the sea to sell a look, some goods, may not be as profitable as silk and porcelain, but as long as profitable, it is always good.”

Zhu thoughtfully said, “That makes sense, so that would require more ships and also more manpower?”

Zhang Anshi said, “Exactly.”

Zhu thought for a moment and said, “Let’s try and see first.”

Once upon a time it was limited in size because it was smuggled.

But now obviously not the same, the merchant bank is based on the Pope family, the fanfare of doing business, then …… some profits although not as high as silk and porcelain merchant goods, can also try to sell overseas.

I’m afraid that when this news comes out, many merchants in the world will be overjoyed.

After all, …… the former benefit is also only a few silk and porcelain merchants and merchants, nowadays, Qixia merchant bank, may also need to purchase other commodities on a large scale.

The annual purchases, which are bound to be a staggering amount, are an absolute feast.

Zhang Anshi paused, and then said, “Your Majesty, I have another unkind request, I would like the merchant bank to take out a bit of silver to build some mansions, in Qixia.”

“What, selling the mansion again?” Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi in surprise.

Zhang Anshi shook his head and said, “No, it’s for the lieutenants of the Southern Zhenfu Division, as well as the people of the merchant houses, to build some mansions, mainly for rewarding those with more seniority.”

Zhu frowned up, “This expense is not small.”

Zhang Anshi was prepared for this, so he said eloquently: “It is not small, but it is of great use, after all, His Majesty cannot afford to be short of hungry soldiers. We all work together for His Majesty and it is not easy for us to live in the capital, if we can solve and improve this problem, we will all be even more committed in the future. What’s more, now that the merchant houses are lucrative enough and the land is readily available, if we really want to camp out on a large scale, the cost will actually be limited.”

After all, Zhu Di is the commander in chief of the army, naturally know that people have to contribute, we have to give up the truth.

So immediately said: “you first draw up the constitution to, I look at it again.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Yes, in addition to that …… I have another matter ……”

Today while Zhu Di happy, Zhang Anshi to play more things, at this time, said: “Now the merchant bank has become the meat and potatoes, I was thinking …… in the future, but also to recruit a large number of people, and the merchant bank involves is accounting, cashier, into the treasury, management, and even more matters such as the sea, I would like to think that …… The scale of this merchant bank is getting bigger and bigger, your majesty and the minister, also can’t do every recruit, all do have a clear idea. So …… for new recruits in the future, is it also possible to use the way of recruitment?”

“You ah you ……” Zhu Di laughed: “You are addicted to discipline lifting.”

Zhang Anshi then also laughed with it, “Recruitment examination has the advantage of recruitment examination, lest many people mixed into it, good and bad, and even more people to fill private in …… Your Majesty, you do business, not charity, do not still keep a group of loafers?”

Zhu Di also did not intend to make things difficult, very dryly said, “I permit.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Here, I have a charter, and I ask Your Majesty to look at it.”

Zhang Anshi on this, since also has long been prepared, a look at Zhu Di nodded, will immediately send the charter forward.

Zhu Di took over, take a close look, the head of the planning is exhaustive, the content of the examination is actually quite simple.

Of course, it was Zhang Anshi’s side of the paper, and the test questions were actually mostly the content of the subjects of the official school academy.

Zhu Di couldn’t help but wonder, “What is learned in the official school academy can also be used to recruit manpower for merchant houses?”

Zhang Anshi seriously said: “Since the examination, always involves arithmetic, literacy and other studies, we know more, there is always a benefit. Not to mention that there are many people who are now preparing for the government school, learning a lot of related knowledge, but the government school wants to get in, it is not easy. Now that the merchant bank is also recruiting for the examination, at least it provides them with a way out.”

Zhu Di thoughtfully said: “also good, lest someone fall restless. This merchant business, in fact, I also do not understand, you both proposed, think it will not be wrong.”

To Zhang Anshi, Zhu Di obviously had a high level of trust.

But his majesty said do not understand, you can not say that his majesty really do not understand it, Zhang Anshi always think, people are modest is one thing, you have to correct the attitude is another thing, so he laughed dryly: “His majesty knows can be too much, I can not clap the horse and ……”.

Zhu waved his hand, “Almost done.”

“Oh.”

Seeing Zhu Di’s promise, Zhang Anshi smiled with his eyebrows open.

What is the reason for dividing the house, on the one hand, is to buy the hearts and minds of the merchant houses and the lieutenants of the South Zhenfu Division, so that they will be willing to work in a practical manner. On the other hand, it was also to improve the treatment of the lieutenants and merchants.

In a world where the vast majority of people are living in precarious conditions, hunger remains the main problem of the age.

Therefore, to be able to find an errand with no worries about food and clothing, and with the backing of the Royal Family and the great tree of the Marquis of Annan, one was definitely considered a human being.

Although it is not comparable to those so-called jinshi and lifts the old masters, but the welfare and treatment, compared to this era’s Xiucai, is no less.

A better life, a more decent income, and the security brought by the Brocade Guards and the Merchant Guild is enough to make many people in this world will be able to enter the Brocade Guards and the Merchant Guild as an opportunity for the carp to leap over the Dragon Gate.

And Zhang Anshi gave these people a good chance to take the exam.

If you want a better life, take the test.

And the content of the examination, no longer the four books and five sutras, but a variety of emerging disciplines, as long as you can test in, to ensure that you have a house to live in, have a mouthful of food to eat.

Even if you are ugly and your former family is poor, that red woman will step over your threshold.

One can almost imagine how many educational institutions for these subjects, and even some tribal schools and righteousness societies, will spring up next.

After all, the difficulty of the examination of merit is too great, the jinshi three years a test, a section only in two hundred people up and down.

The difficulty of lifting people …… is also by no means low, and the probability of high school, can be said to be minimal.

So why don’t people just back off?

This Merchant Bank’s recruitment test, the people to be employed each year with the expansion of the Merchant Bank over the years, there are at least thousands of places.

The Jinyiwei, on the other hand, need at least 800 to 1,000 men per year.

As long as you have the level to pass the examination and learn various subjects, you can ensure that you have no worries about food and clothing.

Zhang Anshi had always believed that the ancients were pedantic in the minority, and that the vast majority of people were very realistic.

Do not look at the present pedantic Confucian many, but in fact …… once there is a benefit, there is a sweet spot, new disciplines, will inevitably continue to grow.

When the vast majority of the people who read in this world begin to turn to the study of various disciplines, it will also bring about a rapid advancement in these disciplines.

Four books and five scriptures that set, has not been able to go, if not the four books and five scriptures of the root to dig up, this Ming, but in place, just wait until those who rely on these disciplines, and thus armed to the teeth of the people knocked on the door of the country, and then want to catch up, I’m afraid that there is no such thing as easy.

Zhang Anshi has been a man for two lifetimes, and as a laborer in his previous life, he actually knows best that there are some things that people may not necessarily believe, no matter how good you claim to them that it is.

But when you tell them directly, as long as you are willing to learn and follow me, you will have a house to live in, food to eat, and be able to marry and have children without any worries, then there is no need for Zhang Anshi to waste any words, and there will be countless people who, like moths to a flame, will go to work for the vision and direction that you propose.

It’s really good to have money.

Just at this moment, Yiluoha tiptoed in, he bowed towards Zhu Di, seemed to have something to say, but seeing that with Zhu Di was Zhang Anshi, he did not avoid Zhu Di, so he whispered, “Your Majesty, His Highness, the King of Zhao, claimed to be sick …… again, saying that he was… …”

Zhu Di heard, his face showed anger, with a few points of mockery meaning: “Heh …… he these days, every now and then to sue for illness, this is want to pretend to be sick?”

Zhu Di has been waiting, this youngest son of his, to come and ask for his pardon.

But until the beginning of spring, Zhu Gao Suo has been claiming to be sick, which, instead of making Zhu Di sympathetic, revealed a look of disgust.

The score of that ‘fairy’ from last time hasn’t been settled yet!

Instead of asking for forgiveness, this guy is holding sick every day.

Zhu Di was thinking of Zhu Gao Su, the King of Zhao, who must be trying to get away with fraudulently claiming to be sick. On the other hand, he was afraid that he would force him to return to his own domain.

At this time, still want to stay in the capital, its purpose is self-evident, clearly there is still delusion.

Yizhuoha added: “The imperial physician did go and see it, saying …… that the King of Zhao was in unbearable pain …… indeed …… ”

Zhu Di sullenly said, “There is no need to say anymore, this kid is the best at pretending, I would like to see, how long he is going to pretend.”

Zhu Di thought of several sons, then can not help but be furious, the second son is so, the third son is also so, the eldest son virtue is good, just not like him.

On the contrary, the imperial grandson, Zhu Zhanji, became more and more like him, which was Zhu Di’s only consolation.

Yiluoha then didn’t dare to say anything more and nodded his head in a hurry.

Zhang Anshi only stood silently on the sidelines, he didn’t want to get involved in the King of Zhao’s affairs, so he resentfully said, “Your Majesty, if there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave.”

Zhu Di party good mood, obviously to the mess a little bit left, at this time there is no mind to talk to Zhang Anshi, then faintly only hmmm.

Zhang Anshi then escaped, and when he got out of the palace, he let out a long breath, and then first returned to the Zhang family in the inner city.

This mansion is more and more unpleasant to look at, covering a small area and short walls, so that Zhang Anshi does not feel safe to live.

Zhang Anshi daily looked forward to the Annan Marquis residence in Qixia, and hurriedly built.

Only today, outside this mansion, but parked a lot of the East Palace’s cars and cars.

Some of the East Palace’s forbidden guards saw Zhang Anshi return to the residence, so they rushed to welcome him and said, “Greetings, Marquis.”

Zhang Anshi said in consternation, “What is it, my brother-in-law is here?”

The forbidden guards said, “His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to the Zhao Wang Mansion to visit His Royal Highness the Zhao Wang’s condition. It’s His Royal Highness the Royal Sun, he misses the Marquis, so ……”

When Zhang Anshi heard this, he was overjoyed with joy.

Look, this nephew has a conscience. It’s unbelievable.

So he accelerated his pace toward the mansion and said, “I know.”

Quickly into the house, all the way to the backyard, here are accompanied by eunuchs and palace eunuchs, all the way over, see all to Zhang Anshi salute.

Zhang Anshi took a breath and walked to the back room of the mansion, where there were even more eunuchs.

They hurriedly wanted to welcome them or go into the compartment to inform them, but Zhang Anshi waved his hand, signaling them to keep quiet.

When he stood outside the compartment, he heard a voice from the small hall here saying, “Auntie, I realize now that auntie is the best, uncle is different, uncle always has bad intentions.”

The smile that spread across Zhang Anshi’s face gradually disappeared and his face pulled down.

Then I heard Xu Jingyi say, “Your Highness, in fact, your uncle misses you every day, and hangs on to you from time to time.”

“Then also surely say I this bad, that bad, I know his mind, he is afraid that in the future I have to big justice. When I was young, he always teased me …… me …… my ……”

After a pause here, Zhu Zhanji continued, “He is afraid that in the future I will settle the score with him, A-Uncle is still very petty, and every day he says that the family should talk about affection, but the fact is that he is only in and out of the house, and he doesn’t give a single penny ……”

Xu Jingyi seemed a bit at a loss as to how to defend Zhang Anshi.

Then I heard Zhu Zhanji lowered his voice: “Auntie, you must be careful of A-uncle ah, I heard the face reader say, this nose straight mouth thick, and peach blossom face, skin tender flesh of the person, must be born lewd. Auntie, look at Uncle’s face, isn’t it a sign of lechery? You have to keep an eye on him, if not, in the future he will be like Emperor Yang of Sui and King Zhou of Shang, addicted to sex all day long, every day and womanizing, all night long …… I’m very worried about my uncle, he can’t eat.”

When Xu Jingyi heard this, she seemed to be speechless with her jaw dropped.

Zhang Anshi felt his eyes darken and almost fainted.

It was so hard to settle down that he couldn’t hold back any longer and rushed in with a wail.

He waved his fists, his face red with anger, and directly cursed, “Zhu Zhanji, I’m not done with you.”

Zhu Zhanji was startled and immediately jumped down from the chair, drooping his head and said, “A uncle, I am worried about you …….”

Xu Jingyi’s pretty face has long been crimson, busy is getting up and said, “Forget it, children do not understand, talking about playing.”

Zhang Anshi coldly grunted, “This is called not knowing anything? I think he knows a lot, this shameless man, something without conscience, gosh, I’m going to complain to Sister.”

Zhang Anshi turned around and was about to run out in anger.

Zhu Zhanji ran out of the room with him, exclaiming as he walked, “I told you that uncle taught me to say these things, or else I’m a child, how would I know these things?”

Zhang Anshi cursed, “I know, it must be the eunuchs around you who taught them, these brutes, how dare they mislead the imperial grandson.”

These words immediately frightened the eunuchs outside, each with a miserable face, and one by one they bowed down in horror and said, “Injustice!”

Zhang Anshi and Zhu Zhanji both ignored them, and the two of them ran briskly in the direction of the Zhang family’s main gate, their lips and lips.

“A-Uncle you know how to scold people’s mother all day long, and now you’re blaming me instead.”

“It’s none of your business if I join the human mother, why don’t you dare to discipline your royal grandfather?”

Zhu Zhanji justifiably said, “Imperial grandfather is more fierce.”

“Alright, stop it! Hmph! You wait and see how my sister will fix you.”

Zhu Zhanji said, “None of us will have a good time.”

Zhang Anshi said, “What sins have I created.”

Zhu Zhanji said, “Uncle, forget it, let’s make peace.”

“You go around making me up …… and you want to make peace?”

“But you also said that Royal Grandpa eats feces and runs around naked, you even made up Royal Grandpa.”

Zhu Zhanji said it out loud.

Frightened eunuchs and palace eunuchs only hate themselves for why they will be born with a pair of ears, one by one to hear the heart jump.

Zhang Anshi’s body suddenly gave a start and said, ”Don’t you accuse me wrongly! What I am saying is that someone outside is talking about your imperial grandfather, this is not what I said, I am just relaying it. Zhu Zhanji ah Zhu Zhanji, you have an evil heart ah, ah uncle I am relieved that you, only to talk to you about some gossip, you even go around and talk to people.”

Zhu Zhanji held back his red face, “Uncle, forget it, I won’t dare next time.”

Only then did Zhang Anshi say, “Count on you to be sensible, and the next time, you’ll see how I’ll clean you up.”

The two of them each found their own steps, so they turned around and went back to the compartment.

When he crossed the threshold, Zhang Anshi was already holding Zhu Zhanji’s hand.

With a childish smile, Zhu Zhanji said, “I like A-Uncle the most.”

Zhang Anshi remained still dark and only nodded.

Each took his seat.

Xu Jingyi then smiled and said, “Husband, just now the royal grandson said that the King of Zhao is sick, and that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to visit with Sister, so as a matter of course, we should also go and visit.”

Zhu Zhanji said, “That’s not what I’m saying, what I’m saying is that Uncle San must be pretending to be sick.”

Zhang Anshi nodded and said, “Junji is right, I look at the face of this Zhao King, born to be lecherous, must not be a good person, and only sister-in-law is kind-hearted and always falls for his tricks.”

Zhu Zhanji said, “Yes, third uncle can be bad, he always looks at me with strange eyes when no one is around, as if he wants to eat me up.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Alright, it’s their business if he’s bad, no matter what, that’s also your elder, you don’t always say bad things about him.”

Zhu Zhanji said, “Compared to Third Uncle, Auntie really cares for me too much.”

Only then did Zhang Anshi feel a little more used, stroking his head, his voice also seemed much gentler: “My family’s Zhanji is still very good most of the time, it’s just that there are always bad people around to mislead him.”

Stayed Zhu Zhanji, ate lunch, the eunuchs will urge Zhu Zhanji back to the East Palace, Zhu Zhanji, which is displeased to say goodbye.

Zhu Zhanji’s side has just left on the front foot, and someone came to visit on the back foot.

“Marquis.”

Came is Xu Tai doctor, Xu Tai doctor said: “The next official early in the morning to visit, visible outside the East Palace’s carriage, so has been hesitant not dare to board the door, in the outside and so on the East Palace’s carriage away, which came to pay a visit.”

Zhang Anshi sat in the front hall and sipped his tea before saying, “What is your business here?”

Zhang Anshi didn’t feel that Dr. Xu specially came to the door for gossiping, but also asked directly.

Only to see that Dr. Xu’s face was bruised and battered, and many of the injuries had broken his face to the point that when he even piled on a smile, it seemed as if he was bitter and hateful.

In layman’s terms, it’s a bad look.

“Since you followed the marquis learned the enema, I benefited a lot, the original enema, there are so many benefits. Last time, the marquis also unintentionally mentioned, this cure should first have an understanding of the human body, not a good coroner, can not do a good doctor, the next official heart, these days, are followed by the coroner to dissect the corpse, there are some occasional insights.”

Having said that, he took out a book very seriously, which was densely packed with many things, and in addition to that, he drew various figures of the heart, liver, spleen, and stomach on the book.

“What the marquis said, really the most reasonable ah, the next official perceived many things, just …… although there are observations, some things, still still blank no clue, the next official should not bother the marquis, just …… many questions, really shall not be The other day, although also read a few days ago. Some days ago, although also read a lot of marquis in the library of a few medical books, but …… still half-knowledge, difficult to solve the confusion, so it is brazen, door to ask for advice.”

Dr. Xu spoke with sincerity.

It’s too bad.

Now in the Imperial Hospital, has long been not as idle, want to touch the fish, it is much more difficult.

Because in the old days, no matter what kind of disease was cured or what kind of accident happened, after all, you could still use a reason such as being terminally ill or none of my business to excuse yourself.

But now when the nobles in the palace encountered this situation, they would ask a question: why Zhang Anshi can cure it and you can’t?

The average patient, raising questions, nothing.

But when the nobles were born with such doubts, it might be necessary to make Dr. Xu unable to get out of bed for a few days.

This Xu Tai doctor as the imperial physician, these months, do the patient lying on the sick couch chirping and humming time, more than when he did the doctor, this is over what day ah!

Now, unable to muddle through, he had to resolve to study medicine honestly.

Seeing his thirst for knowledge, Zhang Anshi was tolerant and said, “Which doubts, tell us.”

Flattered, Imperial Doctor Xu immediately stepped forward, took the book, and turned out a page.

This page, drawing seven or eight lungs: “Marquis and see, here seven lungs, but the official found that the third lungs are somewhat abnormal, this lung is actually sores see pus, near the scars, obviously, this can not be caused by trauma, just the official has questions, this lungs do not have traumatic injuries, but also will be born sores?”

Zhang Anshi said, “Well, it means there is a lesion in this lung.”

Imperial Doctor Xu said, “There is a problem with the lungs, can it be cured by taking something that clears heat and removes toxins?”

Zhang Anshi said, “All people have the ability to heal themselves, just as if we cut our hands, we can heal after a few days, but if you drew the right picture on the top, such a large lesion, I’m afraid that relying on this is a bit difficult.”

Imperial Doctor Xu then said, “In this way …… how can it be good?”

Zhang Anshi said, “There are many ways, one is to treat the symptoms, but with an internal disease like this, it’s not easy to treat the symptoms. If the lesion is too large and difficult to cure for a long time, or even if it involves a danger to life, I’m afraid that we can only find a way to cut it off.”

“Cut it off?” Dr. Xu was shocked.

He couldn’t imagine how the lung was cut, so he subconsciously said, “How was it removed?”

“Open up.”

Imperial Doctor Xu winced, “If he opened his belly, wouldn’t the man be dead?”

Zhang Anshi shook his head and said, “That’s not necessarily the case, it depends on your skills.”

Dr. Xu only felt that it was unthinkable that there was such a thing in the world.

At this point, countless questions began to appear again, “That is to say, open the belly, find the lesion, and then carry out excision …… But how should this ensure that the patient can survive?”

“There are indeed a few issues that need to be resolved.” Zhang Anshi did not hide it from him, “I’ll tell you one by one.”

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To reiterate, from now on, I’ll update during the day and try to do one chapter at noon and one in the afternoon!