My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 237 Rich as an enemy

  Zhang Anshi did not expect such a big reaction from Zhu Di.

   Subconsciously, he took a step back.

  Zhu Di raised his head and looked at Zhang Anshi nervously: "How much is there in this account?"

  Zhang An Shidao: "This is just a rough number. I can't guarantee the exact number, but I estimate that the real number should fluctuate around 10% of this account."

  Zhu Di nodded.

  Zhang Anshi continued: "The gold and silver copied from Ji Gang's place is about 3.7 million taels, while the Pu's house has a total of 9.4 million taels. A total of 13 million taels."

   Zhu Di's face flushed slightly. This amount directly doubled the internal funds of the old Zhu family.

  Zhu Di still couldn't help being shocked and said: "There are so many silver patterns, how can there be so many silver patterns?"

"Ji Gang relies on plundering and plundering, plus a large amount of official salt theft. The situation of Pu's family is even more complicated. They have been doing the business of maritime trade for three dynasties, and they will transfer all the money from the world. Earn continuously through smuggling and sea trade, this business is a huge profit for them, and I even predict that the money they earn is far from this amount."

  Zhu Di opened his eyes slightly and said, "Is it more than that? You mean, they also hid money?"

Zhang Anshi shook his head: "No, what they are doing is the decapitation business. If this decapitation business is to last for a long time, it is necessary to manage it up and down. I am afraid that the cost of management alone will exceed at least half of the profit. It is true that they I'm afraid there may not be so many in hand."

  Zhu Di muttered to himself: "You mean, if our firm is established, we will earn more?"

Zhang Anshi said firmly: "Yes, I have recruited many people here. They confessed that the gold and silver earned by the Pu family from overseas every year is probably more than four million taels. The terrible thing is...these transactions are almost Huge profits. So the gross profit is as high as 3.56 million taels. Real silk and porcelain, as well as ships, don’t cost much money. It’s because the demand for silk and porcelain overseas is huge, and the price is skyrocketing, so a ship is shipped Go out, this silk and porcelain are as cheap as gold."

"So I took over the Haimao and planned to go in two directions. One is to open up sea routes by sailing to the west, and continue to let the personnel of Haimao sell our treasures to farther places in the world. On the other hand, less In order to manage the expenses of the top and bottom officials, there can also be a large savings here, so I predict that the future sales of Haimao may exceed six to eight million taels, but it can save expenses and save a lot of money. Pen expenses. The net profit should be more than two to three million taels."

  Zhu Di was quite excited: "Can I earn so much in a year? If so, with this money, I won't have to worry about it."

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "It's just...the sea is not peaceful. On the one hand, the firm needs to build more ships. On the other hand, this ship...may have to be equipped with some weapons, so you can rest assured. If not... once It’s not safe to meet pirates.”

  Zhu Di nodded, then said: "You write a memorial for this matter."

Zhang Anshi continued: "Besides, I'm thinking, besides silk and porcelain, I, Ming, can also find a way to take some other treasures out to sea for sale. Some goods may not be as profitable as silk and porcelain. , but as long as it is profitable, it is always good."

  Zhu Di thoughtfully said: "It makes sense. In this way, more ships and more manpower are needed?"

  Zhang Anshi said: "Exactly."

  Zhu Di thought for a while and said, "Let's try it first."

   In the past, because it was smuggling, the scale was limited.

   But it is obviously different now. The firm is doing business with great fanfare on the basis of the Pu family. So... some commodities that are not as profitable as silk and porcelain can also try to sell overseas.

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

  After all... In the past, it was only a few silk and porcelain merchants who benefited. Now, Qixia Trading Company may need to purchase other commodities on a large scale.

  The annual purchase must be an astonishing amount, which is definitely a feast.

  Zhang Anshi paused for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, I have another unfeeling request. I want the commercial bank to spend some money to build some mansions in Qixia."

   "Why, selling the house again?" Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi in surprise.

  Zhang Anshi shook his head and said: "No, it is for the school lieutenant of Nanzhen Fusi and the people of the commercial firm to build some mansions, mainly to reward the seniors."

  Zhu Di frowned: "This cost is not small."

Zhang Anshi had been prepared for a long time, so he talked eloquently: "Although it is not small, it is very useful. After all, your majesty can't send hungry soldiers. It is not easy to live in the capital if you can serve your majesty together. To solve and improve this problem, everyone will be even more determined in the future. Besides, the profit of the commercial bank is rich enough, and the land is ready-made, so if we really want to build it on a large scale, the cost is actually limited."

  Zhu Di is the general in charge of the army after all, so he naturally knows the truth that if you want someone to contribute, you have to be willing.

  So he immediately said: "You first draw up the regulations, and I will look at them before I discuss them."

  Zhang An Shidao: "Yes, besides that... I have one more thing..."

Today, taking advantage of Zhu Di's happiness, Zhang Anshi had a lot of things to play, so he said at this time: "Now that the commercial bank has become a favorite, I am thinking... In the future, it will be necessary to recruit a large number of people, and the commercial bank is involved in finance and accounting. , cashier, storage, management, and even going to sea, etc., the minister was thinking... The scale of this firm is getting bigger and bigger, and His Majesty and the minister are unable to know every recruiter well. So... in the future, new recruits can also use the method of recruitment?"

   "You, you..." Zhu Di laughed: "You are addicted to academic exams."

Zhang Anshi also laughed and said: "Recruiting the exam has the advantage of recruiting, lest many people get mixed in, good and bad are mixed, and some people are filled with private people... Your Majesty, you are doing business, not charity, do you still have a group of idlers? "

  Zhu Di didn't intend to embarrass him, but said simply: "I agree."

  Zhang Anshidao: "I have a charter here, please read it Your Majesty."

   Zhang Anshi had already prepared for this, and when he saw Zhu Di nodding, he immediately sent the charter forward.

  Zhu Di took it, and took a closer look. It was planned in detail, and the content of the exam was actually quite simple.

  Of course, Zhang Anshi wrote the papers, but the test questions were mostly subjects in government schools.

  Zhu Di couldn't help being suspicious: "Can what you learn in the official school be used to recruit people from commercial firms?"

Zhang Anshi said earnestly: "Since the exam is required, it always involves arithmetic, literacy and hyphenation, and other studies. It is always beneficial for everyone to know more. What's more, there are many people who are preparing for the exam in the official school and have learned a lot of relevant knowledge. , but it is not easy for government schools to get in. Now commercial firms are also recruiting, at least providing them with a way out."

  Zhu Di thoughtfully said: "That's good, so that someone doesn't fail the ranking. In fact, I don't understand the matter of this firm. Since you proposed it, you can't go wrong if you think about it."

   Zhu Di obviously has a high degree of trust in Zhang Anshi.

But if His Majesty doesn’t understand, you can’t just say that Your Majesty really doesn’t understand, Zhang Anshi always believed that it’s one thing for someone to be modest, but another thing for you to have a correct attitude, so he said with a dry smile: “Your Majesty understands it. There are too many, and I can't catch up with you..."

  Zhu Di waved his hand: "Almost done."

"Oh."

   Seeing Zhu Di agreeing, Zhang Anshi beamed.

  The reason for dividing the house is to buy the hearts of the commercial firms and Nanzhen Fusi captains, so that they are willing to work hard. On the other hand, it is also to improve the treatment of school lieutenants and business personnel.

  In this world, the life of most people is precarious, and hunger is still the main problem of this era.

   Therefore, to find a job that has no worries about food and clothing, with the backing of the royal family and Annan Hou Dashu, is definitely a master.

  Although it is not comparable to those so-called Jinshi and Juren lords, the benefits and treatment are comparable to those of the scholars of this era.

  A relatively good life, a relatively decent income, and the protection brought by Jinyiwei and commercial firms are enough for many people in this world to enter Jinyiwei and commercial firms and become a chance for carp to jump over the dragon's gate.

  And Zhang Anshi gave these people a good opportunity, that is the exam.

   If you want to live a better life, take the exam.

  The content of the exam is no longer the Four Books and Five Classics, but various emerging subjects. As long as you can pass the exam, you are guaranteed to have a house to live in and a good meal to eat.

   No matter how ugly you are, no matter how poor your former family background is, the matchmaker will break through your threshold.

   It is almost conceivable that there will be many educational institutions for these subjects, and even some ethnology and righteous societies will spring up like mushrooms after rain.

   After all, it is too difficult to test for merit. Jinshi takes the test every three years, and only about 200 people get in a subject.

   Juren... the difficulty is by no means low, and the probability of high school can be said to be negligible.

   So why don't people settle for the next best thing?

   In the recruitment of this firm, there are at least thousands of people to hire every year with the expansion of the firm over the years.

   As for Jinyiwei, at least 800 to 1,000 people are needed every year.

  As long as you have the level of being a scholar and learn the knowledge of various subjects, you will be able to ensure that you have no worries about food and clothing.

  Zhang Anshi has always believed that the ancients were pedantic and a minority, and the vast majority of people are very realistic.

  Don't look at the many pedantic Confucian scholars nowadays, but in fact...Once there are benefits and benefits, new disciplines will inevitably grow continuously.

  When the vast majority of people who study in the world start to study various subjects, it will also bring about rapid progress in these subjects.

The Four Books and Five Classics are no longer going to work. If the roots of the Four Books and Five Classics are not dug up, this Ming Dynasty is just going around in circles. When those who use these disciplines to arm themselves to the teeth knock on the door of the country , If you want to catch up, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.

  Zhang Anshi, as a migrant worker in his previous life, knows best that there are some things, no matter how good you claim them to be, people may not believe them.

But when you tell them directly that as long as you are willing to learn and follow me, you will have a house to live in, food to eat, a wife and children, and no worries about food and clothing, then there will be countless people without Zhang Anshi wasting any words. , like moths to a flame, work hard for your vision and direction.

   Money is really good.

At this moment, Yishiha came in on tiptoe, and he saluted Zhu Di, as if he had something to say, but seeing that Zhang Anshi was with Zhu Di, he didn't shy away from Zhu Di, so he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Zhao His Royal Highness also said that he was ill... said yes..."

  After hearing this, Zhu Di showed anger on his face, with a hint of sarcasm: "Heh... He has reported illness every now and then. Is this trying to pretend to be sick?"

  Zhu Di has been waiting, his youngest son, to come to plead guilty to himself.

  But until the beginning of spring, Zhu Gaosui kept claiming that he was not sick. Instead of making Zhu Di feel sympathetic, he showed an expression of disgust.

  The account of the 'fairy' last time has not yet been settled!

   Not only did this guy not plead guilty, but he got sick every day.

   What Zhu Di thought of was Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui, and he must have wanted to pretend to be sick to get rid of the crime. On the other hand, he was also afraid that he would force him to return to his domain.

   At this time, he still wants to stay in the capital, his purpose is self-evident, and it is clearly wishful thinking.

  Yi Shiha said again: "The imperial doctor did go to see it, and he said it was... that King Zhao was in unbearable pain... Indeed..."

  Zhu Di said with a sullen face: "There is no need to say any more, this kid is the best at pretending. I want to see how long he will pretend."

  When Zhu Di thought of his sons, he couldn't help being furious. The second son was like this, and so was the third son. The eldest son was virtuous, but he wasn't like him.

   It was Zhu Zhanji, the emperor's grandson, who looked more and more like him, and this was Zhu Di's only comfort.

  Yi Shiha didn't dare to say any more, and nodded quickly.

  Zhang Anshi just stood aside silently, he didn't want to get involved in Zhao Wang's affairs, so he said angrily: "Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, I will leave."

  Zhu Di’s good mood just now was obviously exhausted, and he didn’t have the heart to talk to Zhang Anshi any more at this time, so he hummed lightly.

  Zhang Anshi immediately ran away, and after leaving the palace, he let out a sigh of relief, and then returned to the Zhang family in the inner city.

  The house looks more and more unpleasing to the eye. It occupies a small area and the walls are short, making Zhang Anshi feel insecure.

  Zhang Anshi is looking forward to Qixia's Annanhou Mansion every day, and hastened to build it.

  It's just today, but outside this house, there are many Donggong cars parked.

  Some guards from the East Palace saw Zhang Anshi returning to the mansion, and they hurriedly greeted him and said, "I have seen Lord Hou."

  Zhang Anshi said in astonishment: "What's wrong, my brother-in-law is here?"

  Jiwei said: "His Royal Highness went to King Zhao's Mansion to visit His Royal Highness Zhao's condition. It is His Royal Highness. He misses Lord Hou, so..."

  After hearing this, Zhang Anshi was overjoyed.

  Look, this nephew has a conscience, it's amazing.

  So he hastened his pace and walked into the mansion, saying: "Got it."

  Quickly enter the house, all the way to the backyard, here are all the eunuchs and maids who come with you, all the way past, everyone who sees salutes Zhang Anshi.

  Zhang Anshi walked to the wing of the back house in one breath, and there were even more eunuchs here.

  They were in a hurry to greet them, or enter the wing room to report, Zhang Anshi waved his hand, motioning them to keep quiet.

   When I was standing outside the wing room, I heard a voice from the small hall at the end saying: "Auntie, I only know now that Auntie is the best, Uncle is different, Uncle always has bad intentions."

  The smile on Zhang Anshi's face gradually disappeared, and his face pulled down.

   Then Xu Jingyi said: "Your Highness, in fact, your uncle misses you every day, and often talks about you."

   "That must mean that I am not good, and that is not good. I know his thoughts. He is afraid that I will kill my relatives in the future. When I was young, he always teased me...I...my..."

  Paused here, Zhu Zhanji continued: "He is afraid that I will settle accounts with him in the future. Uncle is still stingy, and every day he says that the family wants to talk about family relationships, but in fact, he can only get in and out, and he doesn't pull out a dime..."

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

Then I heard Zhu Zhanji lower his voice again: "Auntie, you must be careful Uncle, I heard from the face-to-face person that this person with a straight nose and a thick mouth, with peach blossoms on his face, thin skin and tender flesh must be born Lasciviousness. Auntie, look at Uncle’s face, isn’t he a flirtatious and lewd face? You have to watch him closely, if not, in the future he will be like Emperor Sui Yang and King Zhou of Shang, obsessed with sensuality all day long, and every day with him Mess with flowers and grass, stay up all night... I am very worried about my uncle, he can't bear it."

  Xu Jingyi listened, she seemed to be dumbfounded, but was speechless.

  Zhang Anshi felt his eyes darkened and almost passed out.

   After finally gathering his mind, he couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed in screaming.

  He waved his fist, his face flushed with anger, and he cursed directly: "Zhu Zhanji, I'm not done with you."

  Zhu Zhanji was startled, jumped off the chair immediately, drooped his head and said, "Uncle, I'm worried about you..."

  Xu Jingyi's pretty face was already red, she hurriedly got up and said, "Forget it, children are ignorant, they are just joking."

  Zhang Anshi snorted coldly: "Is this called ignorance? I think he understands very well. This shameless person has no conscience. God, I'm going to sue my sister."

  Zhang Anshi turned around and wanted to run out angrily.

  Zhu Zhanji also ran out of the room in a hurry, and shouted as he walked: "I said uncle taught me to say these things, otherwise I am a child, how would I know these things?"

  Zhang Anshi scolded: "I know, it must be taught by the eunuchs around you. These beasts dare to mislead the emperor and grandson."

  These words frightened the eunuchs outside one by one, and they all bowed down in horror: "I am wronged!"

  Zhang Anshi and Zhu Zhanji ignored them, and the two hurried to the direction of the gate of Zhang's house, arguing with each other.

   "Uncle, you have always known how to swear at mothers, but now you are blaming me instead."

   "My mother is in charge of your affairs, why don't you dare to discipline your grandpa?"

  Zhu Zhanji said straightforwardly: "Grandpa Huang is more fierce."

   "Okay, stop talking! Hmph! Just wait and see how my sister treats you."

  Zhu Zhanji said: "None of us will have good fruit to eat."

  Zhang Anshi said: "What crime did I do?"

  Zhu Zhanji said: "Uncle, forget it, let's make peace."

   "You play me around... you still want to make peace?"

   "But you also said that Grandpa Huang eats dung and runs naked, and you even make arrangements for Grandpa Huang."

  Zhu Zhanji spoke very loudly.

  The eunuchs and court maids were so frightened that they only hated why they had a pair of ears, and each of them was terrified.

Zhang Anshi paused suddenly, and said: "Don't wrong me! What I said is that someone outside said your grandpa, I didn't say that, I just relayed it. Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Zhanji, you have such a vicious heart , Uncle, I don’t worry about you, so I gossip with you, but you go around talking to people.”

   Zhu Zhanji blushed: "Uncle, forget it, I won't dare next time."

   Zhang Anshi then said: "Forget you are sensible, next time, just see how I will deal with you."

  The two of them found the steps, and then turned back to the wing room.

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

  Zhu Zhanji said with a childlike smile: "I like Uncle the most."

  Zhang Anshi still had a dark face and only nodded.

   take their seats.

  Xu Jingyi smiled and said: "Husband, just now the grandson of the emperor said that King Zhao is sick, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and sister went to visit together. Logically, we should also visit."

  Zhu Zhanji said: "That's not what I said, what I said is that the third uncle must be pretending to be sick."

  Zhang Anshi nodded and said: "Zhan Ji is right, I see the face of King Zhao, he is born obscene and lowly, he must not be a good person, only brother-in-law has a kind heart, and he will always fall for him."

  Zhu Zhanji said: "Yes, the third uncle is bad. He always looks at me with strange eyes when there is no one around, as if he wants to eat me."

  Zhang Anshi said: "Okay, it's their business that he is bad. Anyway, he is also your elder. Don't always speak ill of him."

  Zhu Zhanji said: "Compared to third uncle, Uncle really loves me so much."

   Zhang Anshi felt better now, touched his head, and his voice became much gentler: "My Zhanji is still very good most of the time, but there are always bad people around him who mislead him."

   Zhu Zhanji was kept, and after lunch, the **** urged Zhu Zhanji to return to the East Palace, and Zhu Zhanji left unhappy.

  As soon as Zhu Zhanji left, someone came to visit him.

   "Lord Hou."

   It was Imperial Physician Xu who came, and Imperial Physician Xu said: "Your Majesty came to visit early in the morning, and you can see that there is a car from the Eastern Palace outside, so you have been hesitating and dare not go to the door. You waited outside for the car from the Eastern Palace to leave before you came to visit."

  Zhang Anshi sat in the front hall, sipped his tea, and said, "What are you doing here?"

  Zhang Anshi didn't feel that Dr. Xu's visit was to gossip, but he asked directly.

   I saw that Dr. Xu's face was covered with scars, many of which disfigured him, so much so that when he even laughed, he looked like he had suffered a lot.

  In layman's terms, it is a look of bad looks.

"Ever since I learned the art of enema from Master Hou, I have benefited a lot. It turns out that enema has such and such benefits. Last time, Master Hou didn't intend to mention that this cure requires an understanding of the human body. If you are not a good clerk, you cannot be a good doctor, and the lower officials are tempted to follow the clerk to dissect corpses these days, and I occasionally have some experience."

   After finishing speaking, he took out a notebook very seriously. There were many things densely recorded in this notebook. In addition, he also drew various graphics of heart, liver, spleen and stomach on the notebook.

"What Hou Ye said is really reasonable. I have noticed a lot of things, but... although I have observed some things, I am still at a loss and have no clue. I shouldn't bother Hou Ye, but... there are so many questions, it is really inappropriate Qimen. A few days ago, although I read a lot of medical books in the library of Lord Hou, but... I still have a half-knowledge, and it is difficult to solve the confusion, so I have the audacity to ask for advice."

  Physician Xu spoke sincerely.

That's horrible.

   Now in the Tai Hospital, it is no longer as leisurely as it used to be, and it is even more difficult to fish.

  Because no matter what disease was treated in the past, or what accident happened, after all, I could still use a reason that I was terminally ill and it was none of my business.

  But now when nobles in the palace encounter this kind of situation, they will ask a question: Why can Zhang Anshi cure, but you can't?

  General patients, it’s okay to ask questions.

   When the precious people have such doubts, they may have to make Dr. Xu unable to get out of bed for a few days.

  Physician Xu, as an imperial doctor, has spent more time as a patient lying on the sickbed moaning and moaning than when he was a doctor. What kind of life is this!

  Now, he really can't get along anymore, so he has no choice but to decide to study medicine honestly.

  Seeing his thirst for knowledge, Zhang Anshi said tolerantly, "Let me tell you what questions you have."

  Emperor Xu was flattered, and immediately stepped forward, took the notebook, and turned a page.

On this page, seven or eight lungs are drawn: "Look, Lord Hou, there are seven lungs here, but the officer found that the third lung was not normal. Scars, obviously, this cannot be caused by trauma, but I have doubts, the lungs are not traumatized, can they still have sores?"

  Zhang Anshi said: "Well, it means that there is a lesion in this lung."

  Physician Xu said: "There is a problem with the lungs, can it be cured by taking the heat-clearing and detoxifying medicine?"

Zhang Anshidao: "People have the ability to heal themselves, just like we can heal after a few days if we cut our hands. .”

  Physician Xu said: "In this case...what should I do?"

Zhang Anshi said: "There are many ways, one is to prescribe the right medicine, but it is not easy to prescribe the right medicine for such an internal disease. If the lesion is too large, and it is difficult to cure for a long time, and even involves life-threatening, I am afraid that I can only find a way to cut it off." Lost."

   "Cut it off?" Doctor Xu was taken aback.

  He couldn't imagine how the lung was cut, so he subconsciously said, "How to cut it?"

   "Rip open your stomach."

  Physician Xu shuddered: "If the belly is cut open, wouldn't this person die?"

  Zhang Anshi shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily the case, it depends on your ability."

  Physician Xu just found it unbelievable that there is such a thing in the world.

   At this time, countless questions began to appear again: "That is to say, disembowel the abdomen, find the lesion, and then perform the excision... But how can this ensure the survival of the patient?"

   "There are indeed a few problems that need to be resolved." Zhang Anshi didn't hide anything from him: "I'll tell you one by one."

  ………

   Say it again, update during the day, try to make one chapter at noon and one chapter in the afternoon!

  (end of this chapter)