It is obviously an exaggeration to push it to the Southern Song Dynasty, but there is no problem in pushing it to the end of the Yuan Dynasty, because the European Renaissance movement began in the fourteenth century, which was the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
Before the Renaissance, there was the dark Middle Ages. In this era, Gordon has made it very clear that the social status of businessmen was very low. In particular, Jewish businessmen not only had a low social status but even had no guarantee of life.
Because Judas betrayed Jesus, the entire Jewish nation was spurned by the Christian system. In addition, the nation after the subjugation refused to accept the integration of other nations, which made it even more hateful.
Throughout the Middle Ages, religious and secular rights plundered and oppressed the Jews the most. However, this nation was also good at doing business. They used ethnicity and family as ties to develop quietly and with difficulty under the high pressure of society.
The merchant class before the literary review was extremely miserable. Basically, merchants who showed a little wealth would be robbed and killed.
After the Renaissance movement began, the Holy See's ability to control people's hearts became weaker, and only then a handful of business families could quietly develop and grow.
These small trees hidden in the corners have successfully avoided the joint efforts of religious and secular powers. In fact, to put it bluntly, they are just hiding deep and not daring to reveal their wealth.
It was also during this era that merchant families with heritage began to develop!
More importantly, Europe has never had a unified country since ancient times, which means that the entire Europe has been fragmented into countless small kingdoms.
The policies of each region were different, and frequent wars forced the lords to rely on the capital of merchants. It was precisely because of the chaos that some business families could rise.
At the same time, China experienced two unified dynasties, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. The monarchy had absolute and supreme control, and the entire state machine was activated to suppress businessmen.
The noble man was killed after five generations. At that time, Chinese merchant families could not even survive for five generations. Three generations of wealth was good. Once the fat pig became fat, the feudal butcher's knife would kill you for meat!
Therefore, there are no business families in China that have been inherited for more than 100 years. This is different from Europe. From the 14th century to the end of the 19th century, many business families in Europe even multiplied for four to five hundred years. What a terrifying power this is!
The Renaissance eventually led to the split of Christianity, and the birth of Protestantism even knocked on the iron curtain of the papal dictatorship. What followed was the Age of Discovery and the Industrial Revolution.
Europe is in chaos and wars are frequent, but amidst such chaos, the capital families can carefully maneuver around and quietly accumulate strength.
It was not until capital was strong enough to chop off the king's head, and the power of capital could reach into the army, that capitalism was finally protected, and only then did the current capitalist powers emerge.
"Your Majesty! Do you know why in the UK we have the Royal Navy, the Royal Academy of Sciences, the Royal Observatory... and other institutions, but not the Royal Army?"
"Haha... That's because the army is regicide! The roots of the British army now come from Cromwell's Model Army. This army does not belong to the royal family at all!"
"This is an army invested by capitalists, and it has been marked by capitalists from the moment it was born!"
"Now you should understand the terror of those people!"
"These are ancient business families that have lasted for at least four hundred years. They are connected through marriages, cross-shareholdings, etc., secretly controlling the operation of the capital market, and controlling the world's currency issuance rights!"
"They have also reached cooperation with politicians from all countries. Basically, those who follow us will prosper, and those who go against us will perish!"
"Over the past hundreds of years, they have used their own money to support countless young people with potential. Did you know? Even the iron-blooded Prime Minister Bismarck received a scholarship from the Rothschild family when he was young! "
"So many hidden forces are connected together and jointly use the weapon of capital to rule the world. Do you think this force is powerful?"
"Your Majesty, you can provoke emperors in Europe, but don't provoke them!"
"You kill people invisible! If you offend them, you are actually offending the whole world!"
The words here are as thorough as they can be. Even though Gordon didn't tell who the big families behind the scenes were... In fact, Gordon didn't know the names of those families either.
But Gordon at least explained the truth of the matter clearly. How the capital power in Europe evolved and developed bit by bit has been explained in the simplest and most popular terms!
Zai Chun's face paled when he heard this, "I understand, I understand! Those people are not actually a specific group of people. In fact, those people are the people across Europe who believe in the power of capital!"
"According to your statement, all businessmen in Europe who use capital to make money are actually members of that force?"
"In other words, including the Queen... it cannot be said that Her Majesty the Queen has lost control of gold, but that the royal family represented by the Queen is actually a part of this group?"
With a snap, Gordon slapped his thigh, "Oh God! Long live you finally understand! That's the truth..."
"The Queen is not being ignored by some people, but the royal family has become part of a world controlled by capital... The royal family also has money, and the royal family's money is also capital!"
"The capital of the royal family and the capital of those merchants are integrated. Everyone abides by the same rules, is subject to the same constraints, and enjoys the same rights!"
"Respect the spirit of contract and believe that everyone is equal before capital. It is this proactive self-adaptation of the British royal family that allows the royal family and capitalists to live harmoniously together!"
"Capitalists have received protection from the state, and the royal family has also received support from capital forces. This is a virtuous circle!"
Zai Chun nodded, "It turns out that the Queen is not the Queen. Her name is false. The Queen is actually a capitalist leader! A capitalist with a halo..."
Transparent, Zai Chun's whole body and mind became transparent at this moment, and countless problems suddenly became clear. At this time, when he thought about the letter from Big Beard, he felt the fear from the bone marrow!
When I didn't understand anything, I felt that there was no danger after listening to Big Beard's reminder. But now that I understand everything, I realized that Big Beard really wanted to save Xiao Letian's life!
Because Big Beard understands better than Gordon how terrifying the elite group that controls the world is, and it is simply not something that Xiao Letian can resist now!
Thinking of this, Zai Chun smiled. He looked at Gordon and asked, "Then I have one last question... What do you think of my master? Or what about the financial tricks my master has done in the Chinese community?"
