153. Chapter 152 Taiping Expansion

Author: Use your soul to aim

Chapter 152 Taiping Expansion

It was not until February that Zhang Zongxian received the imperial edict of appointment.

I originally thought it would be good to be the governor of Yansui, but I never expected that Tianqi would trust him so much and directly support him to become the governor of the three sides.

It may be that the prophecy of the snow demon's destruction frightened Tianqi, or it may be that he believed Zhang Zongxian's lie that he would not live more than ten years. However, Tianqi was indeed more decisive than his brother in hiring people.

The governors of the three sides were stationed in Guyuan, and in autumn they were stationed in Huamachi.

This means that Zhang Zongxian has to go to Guyuan to take office, but these three governors control the governor of Hexi, the governor of Hedong, the governor of Shaanxi, and the nine general soldiers of Gansu, Liang, Su, Xi, Ningxia, Yansui, Shendaoling, Xing'an, and Guyuan.

It is not impossible to stay in Yansui Town first, and Zhang Zongxian still has a lot to do before taking office.

The first is to expand the strength of the Investigation Section, with a special allocation of 1 million taels of funding for the Investigation Section, and to divide the Investigation Section into two departments. One is for the northwest and is responsible for intelligence-related work on the three sides of Shaanxi. The person in charge is Yu Nong.

The other department is the Capital Department, which is responsible for intelligence collection and related arrangements in the capital and Liaodong. The person in charge is Ma Shiye, and Li Ergou serves as Ma Shiye's deputy.

After taking office as the governor of the three sides, Zhang Zongxian will carry out drastic reforms, which will definitely offend many people.

Therefore, the first step is to increase the strength of the Investigation Section. He will use the Investigation Section to complete the control of the three sides of Shaanxi. Not only must he obtain intelligence, but he must also be responsible for intercepting and killing those gentry who want to go to the capital to complain.

With Wei Zhongxian here, he was not worried that Emperor Tianqi would have any doubts about him, but for those whose interests were harmed, certain precautions must be taken against them.

Then came the expansion of Taiping. Whether it was banks or grain warehouses, they would open to the entire three sides of Shaanxi, in order to control the economic lifeline of Shaanxi, Ningxia, and Gansu.

Expansion naturally requires a large number of manpower, and relying on the disciples trained by Zhang Zongxian himself is completely insufficient.

At this time, Zhang Zongxian remembered the partnership model in his previous life, using the model of recruiting partners to join to complete the expansion of Taiping.

Banks and grain stores are very profitable. After Taiping began to recruit partners from various states and counties, wealthy businessmen and gentry from all over the country were also very interested.

For this purpose, Taiping held a press conference in Qingjian County to explain in detail the policies for partners to join Taiping bank branches in various places.

First of all, partners who want to join must contribute 5,000 to 50,000 taels as operating capital according to the level of the state or county where they are located. The main office will also allocate funds to support the operation of the branch.

The branch offices that join must abide by the procedures and regulations of the main office, and must accept irregular audits by the main office.

Partners who join must be personally responsible for the operation of the branch. The head office will organize various training courses, and branches in all regions must participate.

For various non-profit loans proposed by the headquarters to benefit the people, the funds will be provided by the headquarters, and the semicolon will be responsible for implementation. The headquarters will provide certain subsidies to ensure the operating expenses of the semicolon.

For the loan items of local yamen, the semi-colonies submit applications, and after approval, the head office will allocate special funds. Local sub-colons are not allowed to use semi-colon funds to lend to yamen.

Branch offices in various places must implement the deposit interest rate set by the head office, and the loans must also be issued in accordance with the requirements of the head office.

The division of profits is based on the funds used. The profits generated by the deposits and self-owned funds absorbed by the semicolon are 50-50 cents of the total number, while the profits generated by borrowing the total number are 30-70 cents.

Take the big head.

The policies for joining a grain store semicolon are similar, except that the franchised semicolon will not directly take over the official warehouses in various places, but will only intervene in the grain purchase first to achieve a monopoly on grain purchase in various places.

The common people sold grain and exchanged it for bills issued by Taiping. Then they paid taxes directly with the bills issued by Taiping, or they could go to a bank to exchange them for silver.

After monopolizing the grain purchase, the official warehouses in various places were naturally in the hands of Taiping's grain warehouses. For the loss of profits caused by the grain purchase, the headquarters would compensate the local branches.

The purchased grain will also be stored in specially built granaries. The granaries are built at convenient transportation locations. Branch offices in various locations can check the storage conditions in the granaries at any time, and the main office will also conduct irregular inspections.

In this way, the manpower trained by Zhang Zongxian himself can be specially responsible for the work of the main account. They only need to train the branch offices in various locations and check the accounts.

Firstly, it saves manpower. Secondly, it prepares for the next operation across the country. Finally, it can unite some merchants and gentry from various places and tie them to the Taiping.

Being tied to the Taiping is tied to Zhang Zongxian. Now that Zhang Zongxian has been promoted to the governor of the three sides, the limelight is boundless, and the credibility of the Taiping has also increased.

According to the plan, in the next six months, Taiping bank and grain store will be expanded to every state and county in his jurisdiction. To this end, Taiping will issue an additional 500,000 taels of small-amount bills every month to provide funds for branches in various places.

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In addition to the development of Taiping, the horse market originally in Qingjian County will also be moved to the edge of Yulin Town, where a larger livestock trading center will be built.

At the same time, Zhang Zongxian put all the grasslands in the newly occupied areas that could not be cultivated up for auction at very low prices, auctioned off the captured livestock together, and promoted the mature silage technology.

And the purchase price of wool has been increased. The price of flattery itself is very high. As a result, wealthy private households will see that the breeding industry is very profitable, and they will actively enter the grassland to breed cattle, sheep, and horses.

Let them replace the Tatars for grazing, so that Zhang Zongxian only needs to control the acquisition process and prevent the market from fluctuating, and he can get a steady stream of cattle, sheep, and horses.

Moreover, taxes can also be collected to ensure the supply of military supplies.

While Taiping was expanding, Zhang Zongxian also planned to expand the wool textile industry to Sanbiangjun Town. There were a large number of grasslands near Sanbiangjun Town, and the cold weather made sweaters in short supply.

Zhang Zongxian sent Zhao staff to promote the shares of wool workshops to major military towns, prefectures and counties, serving officials, as well as officials, yamen, hundreds of households, and small banners. Following the Jiazhou model, corresponding shares of wool workshops could be purchased according to rank.

In addition to opening up the Jiazhou woolen mill to bureaucrats from Yansui Town for them to participate in shareholding, a woolen mill will also be built in Lanzhou and Guyuan.

First, it absorbs the cash in the hands of these bureaucrats and increases Taiping's silver reserves. In addition, it also draws them in, allowing them to relax their hostility towards Zhang Zongxian and prepare for the next step of land inventory and military reform.

Just like in Jiazhou, after the expansion of banks and grain depots, local yamen can no longer manipulate taxation. After these bureaucrats took shares, they had a stable and high income to replace the income of oppressing the people.

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These bureaucrats would not stand up to the governor Zhang Zongxian.

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