Chapter 5: One stone hits a thousand waves
What is the imperial court?
He is the parent official, he is the superior officer, he is the emperor. It is the existence that takes everything from them. They can find various ways to get certain officials to give them benefits. But you have to worry about being turned over by officials at any time. Now he is doing business with the imperial court. It's just a crazy idea.
Ordinary people know that Qi Dafei is even. How could these people not know?
Negotiating business with the court? This idea is crazy. How could they do it.
But the benefits hidden here make many people's hearts beat faster.
Although many people say that money can make the world go round, in fact, at least in the Ming Dynasty, this is not the case. What is truly supreme is power itself, not money.
Most of the people in front of me are actually agents of the hidden bureaucracy. Only a few people are truly self-made.
Although He Xi came to the Ming Dynasty and brought a great world to this era, making many people rich. But those who can seize the opportunity, jump up and become a trend-setter are not ordinary people.
These people all have the basic qualities of capitalists and will do whatever it takes to make money.
Moreover, many people have tasted it.
Xie Lun has a special status among these businessmen. It is not that Xie Lun's business is very big. When it comes to business, many people dare not say that it is better than Xie Lun, at least no less than Xie Lun.
The reason why Xie Lun has his current identity and status is that he is the leader of the Liaodong Business Gang. And everyone knows who is He Xi behind the Liaodong Business Gang. The outstanding leaders of the Liaodong Merchant Gang are all He Xi's disciples and disciples.
Many of them were people employed by He Xi when he ran factories in Liaodong, or were graduates of several schools in Liaodong. They were all disciples and grandchildren of He Xi. Xie Lun is He Xi's old subordinate.
Xie Lun's younger brother Xie Jin was a popular figure around the emperor.
In other words, Xie Lun's opinions can represent the opinions of both He Xi and the emperor.
This is why Xie Lun is so valued.
In other words, Xie Lun's speech can be regarded as an official trend.
But these thoughts are too earth-shattering. Many people can't believe it. I didn't dare to say another word for a while. However, this time the number of members has been decided.
There are a total of more than 300 people in Liaodong, Beijing, Hebei, Mobei, Goryeo, and Japan overseas. These people alone raised a total of more than 30 million yuan in national debt.
After all, for many people, 100,000 yuan may be stressful. But there is still grit. Although they are still waiting to see this model of parliament. But I also know, but I am even more worried that if I don’t bleed now, I will be treated differently by the court in the future.
Although it is said that big businessmen now have backends. All have backgrounds. Generally speaking, in terms of business competition, the court's preference in many matters is also very important. After all, you can’t just call your parents on everything. And if you have parents, the other person may not have one either. .
It's like giving a gift to a leader. Whoever gives it may not be impressed, but whoever doesn't, the leader will definitely remember it.
Just Xie Lun's briefing was quite influential.
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After Mr. Bai from Southwest Guild Hall came back.
Immediately many people came to visit, and these people were very low-key. But the people behind him are not low-key, such as the Li family of Cao Guogong, the Guo family of Wuding Marquis, the Feng family of Song Guogong, and even the Empress Dowager Lu family, etc.
Except for Fu Youde and the Fu family, all other families have business here.
In fact, the Fu family is not without business. You must know that Fu Youde and He Xi had a good relationship before. But after Fu Youde decided to take sides, he already won all the business in Beijing.
Mr. Bai heard that so many people came to visit him. Said: "Open a hall in the backyard and let them all come."
The Mu family is the leader of these people because the Mu family is far away in the southwest and has little interest in the two capitals. It's not how big your business is. When others give face, he should also give others face.
So, these people sat down one by one.
We started to discuss what we had said before Xie Lun.
Whatever you say.
Mr. Bai pondered for a while. He coughed two or three times and suppressed all the comments. He said, "Everyone, I actually have an idea, but I don't know whether I should talk about it or not."
One of them said: "Mr. Bai, we are here to respect your leadership. Is there anything that should be said and should not be said?"
Mr. Bai said: "Do you think the Beijing court's words are really meant for us?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone felt that they were profound, and someone had already thought of something. But some people still have some confusion in their eyes.
Now that Mr. Bai has opened his mouth, he is ready to tell the truth. He said: "Think about it. Who are the people in this parliament? Do you really know that the Beijing court would look down at them?"
At this point, everyone who should understand understands. People who shouldn’t understand will never understand.
As the general of the Mu family, Mr. Bai is said to be in charge of the Mu family's business in the north, but in essence, he doesn't care much about business matters. Business matters naturally have special managers to take care of them.
He himself is a member of the upper class of the Ming Dynasty. His experience and knowledge cannot understand the changes taking place in Beijing today. The foundation of the world has shifted from agriculture to industry.
Before that, essentially whoever had more people and more food would win. But now, whoever has more industrial production capacity will win.
Beijing is undergoing a difficult transition. After this transition, 70% to 80% or more of Beijing's taxes will come from industry. Land taxes will not decrease, but the overall tax ratio will drop significantly.
He could only use his original thinking to think about the current problem and come to such a conclusion.
Are businessmen worth wooing?
Of course it's not worth it.
Even the so-called big merchants in troubled times are actually just a vine, unable to stand on their own and can only develop by relying on power.
So who are the people worth wooing? Naturally, it is the Ming Dynasty, and these people are the representatives of the Ming Dynasty. This is obviously Beijing trying to find a way to conduct a new round of differentiation, wooing, and testing with the Ming Dynasty.
As a result, everyone fell into deep thought.
If this is the case, these things are no longer within their control.
We can only report back to Nanjing and get instructions from our master.
And even these people have different opinions.
The attitude of the Mu family is a bit like watching with cold eyes. Whoever wins the battle will surrender to him. You will not lose your wealth in the future. Historically, among the founding princes of the country, the Mu family survived the crisis the most safely. Although it has been passed down to the Xu family, it is difficult to say that the direct lineage of the Xu family was unscathed by a great turmoil.
Therefore, Mr. Bai can point it out politely.
But others are different.
The Duke of Cao, the Li family, and the Marquis of Wuding, the Guo family, had not been in power for more than ten years. They are almost free-spirited people. Although they dare not stand aside and look on coldly, they may not have the intention to increase their social status in Nanjing through Beijing's wooing.
After all, something becomes valuable only if someone raises its price.
Some people are just here to make money. Even in his position, he did not waver at all. For example, the Empress Dowager Lu family. Whether the Lu family came to Beijing to make money or not, whether the Empress Dowager knew about it or not, is the same thing. There is even less possibility of wavering.
Specifically, every family, and even every person in every family, has different ideas.
So everyone looked at each other awkwardly, not daring to say anything. I don't even dare to make any statement behind my master's back.
So this little meeting ended like this. However, there is one thing that needs to be noted. Although it was not mentioned, almost everyone bought 100,000 yuan of government bonds in unison.
After all, Beijing is now winning the war.
It’s just that I didn’t catch a glimpse of Beijing’s intentions. Now that I think about it, I am worried that Beijing will turn against them. After all, there is no problem in dealing with them in the name of Tong Ni. Beijing calls Nanjing Nan Ni, and Nanjing calls Beijing Beijing traitor.
There is no need to say much about how to deal with them. but
They all want to continue doing business in Beijing. after all. Now that the market in Beijing is improving, He Xi is trying every means to open up markets from all sides and transform Hebei's rural areas. Plus the cost of fighting.
This big business is enough to boost Beijing's economy.
They don't know anything else, but doing business in Beijing is really profitable.
