Fang Zheng turned around and saw that it was Yang Fengfan. He put on a smile and said, "Xiao Yang, what's wrong?"
Yang Fengfan felt like crying but had no tears.
What's wrong? What else can I do? If you hadn't mentioned this today, nothing would have happened to me!
Yang Fengfan pleaded in a low voice: "Master Fang, I don't want to be the county magistrate of Pingwan County. Can you please ask His Majesty to help me ask for someone else to go? I really don't have the ability to do that."
"Look...I sent gifts to your house during the Chinese New Year and other holidays...You must help me. I will never be able to hold my head up high again if I go there, and I can never come back!"
Yang Fengfan started to cry and howl, and gradually began to speak without restraint.
Fang Zheng patted his shoulder and consoled him, "It is precisely because you gave me a gift that you should go."
"There should be rewards for your efforts, and now the rewards have come, right? Do you know how much effort I put in to get the court to open such a pilot project?"
"Huh?" Yang Fengfan's crying stopped abruptly.
Looking at Fang Zheng with tears in her eyes, she asked, "What? You arranged this? Didn't you object to it?"
Fang Zheng smiled and said, "Do I have any reason to lie to you? You said you often bring things to my house. If I harm you, who will dare to give me gifts in the future?"
“Then…then…”
"What do you mean? With me here, Pingwan County will have Taoyuan County as its back. How can it not be popular? By then, I will send people to assist you. I guarantee you will be promoted and make a fortune in a year or two."
"Think about the diamonds, Dapin Tianxian Tea, and penicillin in Taoyuan County...the compressed biscuits and canned food that have just appeared on the market. Which one of them would not make a lot of people rich? I won't say more. Come to my house when you have time to discuss in detail."
"Ah..." Yang Fengfan pinched his face, still unable to come to his senses.
Fang Zheng smiled when he saw this and said, "Relax, what I said is true. If I tell a lie, my uncle will be struck to death by lightning!"
Yang Fengfan's expression gradually changed from dull to joyful.
I have put Mr. Li's life on the line, how can I lie? I actually made money?
Holy shit! I made money!
"Thank you, Master Fang! Thank you, Master Fang! I will visit you again in the evening!"
After saying that, Yang Fengfan left with brisk steps.
Yang Fengfan left and Guo Tianyang arrived right after him. He approached Fang Zhengyi with a smile and said, "My dear brother, you acted well."
Fang Zheng glanced at him sideways, somewhat surprised, and said with his hands spread out, "The one who knows me best is Brother Guo."
Guo Tianyang chuckled, "Others may not know, but I know it. Just based on your attitude towards merchants when I first went to Taoyuan County with His Majesty, I knew you were acting. His Majesty has summoned you, please come."
Haha, it seems that the impression that I value business has already been left on both of them.
Fang Zheng smiled and nodded, then followed Guo Tianyang to meet Emperor Jing.
When he arrived in front of Emperor Jing, he asked, "How did you convince Xu Qing?"
Fang Zheng said, "Your Majesty, how else can I convince him? Of course, I have to appeal to his emotions and reason. Lord Xu is very understanding and believes that what I said is reasonable, so he agreed to help me."
"But I have a question. From what Your Majesty said, it seems that you are not opposed to lenient business, but why was my memorial kept before..."
Emperor Jing put his hands behind his back and said thoughtfully, "I don't know whether it is right or wrong, but the court officials will definitely oppose it. Since it is impossible to judge, then naturally the less trouble the better. I don't want to cause more trouble. I already have enough trouble on a daily basis."
"By the way, you wrote all the economic articles in the newspapers in recent days, right?"
Fang Zheng smiled shyly: "Your Majesty has a keen eye! I can't hide anything from Your Majesty. But those things are not articles. They are just some superficial opinions summed up by me over the years. They can't be taken seriously."
Emperor Jing gave him a meaningful look and said, "Then tell me what you think."
"My idea is quite simple." Fang Zhengyi sorted out his thoughts, "Merchants are now the ones who allocate resources. Only through merchants can resources be better allocated."
"If the imperial court were to take the lead, it would probably be powerless. Because the imperial court doesn't know whether the people want to eat vegetables or meat tonight. It also doesn't know whether they want to buy cotton or linen, let alone what color fabric they want to buy. These things may seem ordinary and insignificant, but when the needs of countless people come together, they form an extremely complex force."
“Only countless merchants can meet this extremely complex demand. In the process of meeting demand and seeking profits, they have to connect with production, which will create new wealth.”
"Today, suppressing merchants is to suppress the creation of wealth."
Emperor Jing walked slowly and said, "Well, go on."
"Secondly, I have heard from foreigners that they are not good at farming but are very good at business. Sooner or later, we will have to deal with foreigners, and countless resources overseas will also be transferred back to Dajing through trade. Now is the time to guide out some outstanding and adventurous merchants in advance."
"Otherwise, when we do business with foreigners in the future, we will definitely not be able to make all the money just by relying on the imperial court. Why not make more money through private merchants? In the end, the people of Dajing will benefit."
Emperor Jing smiled, as these words touched his heart.
Apart from anything else, no one would be unwilling to do such a business in order to make money from outsiders and thicken one's own wallet.
"Haha, I am very interested in making money from foreigners. But everything depends on the effect of pacifying Wanxian."
Fang Zheng said, "Your Majesty, I have a request."
"Go ahead."
"I plan to build a garrison in Pingwan County. The habit of petty officials exploiting merchants has been going on for a long time, and I'm afraid it won't be eliminated in a short time. Yang Fengfan is in the Imperial Academy, and I'm afraid he is unable to deal with local problems. The Jinyiwei has been effective in combating lawlessness in the capital, so I implore your majesty to allow the Jinyiwei to build a garrison in Pingwan County."
"Well, I have approved this matter. The Jinyiwei has always done a good job in the capital, although it is a little different from what I originally envisioned... You can just go ahead and do it."
"Your Majesty is wise! I will get busy now."
"Wait a minute, let Miaohan and Chenyu stay in the palace for a while. I haven't seen my grandson for several days."
"Uh...I understand."
Fang Zhengyi said goodbye to Emperor Jing and was still thinking on the way.
Regarding the deregulation of business, there is actually one most important point he didn't mention...that is the steam engine.
After Taoyuan County had surplus financial resources, it began to organize people to research water boiling technology.
Now it has been several years, and although there has been progress, there is still some distance to success, after all, he is an "illiterate".
We can only guide others in research and development based on our impressions, and the research and development level is almost equivalent to starting from scratch.
But there are a lot of accumulations over the years...
Once a technology is successfully developed and put into use one day, it will be equivalent to entering the threshold of the industrial age.
By then, social development will increase exponentially, capital will be born, and materials will begin to become extremely abundant.
But if I fail to speak it out successfully, people will just treat it as a joke, so I can only talk about it after everything is settled.
I haven't been to the Steam Institute for a while, so it's time to take a look at the progress.
After spending countless amounts of money, you can't just end up with a pressure cooker!
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