Daming Yuanfu

"Colleagues, who can tell this cabinet that such a huge amount of money has suddenly poured into the capital... What are these people going to do?"

As soon as Wang Jiaping's words came out, Gao Yushi finally knew what he was doing just now.

It's not bad, it's Mr. Yuanfu, regardless of other things, at least this political sensitivity is still online. When I heard that a huge amount of money suddenly flowed into Beijing, I immediately realized that some people would take action.

Moreover, Gao Wushi also suddenly understood why Wang Jiaping had the intention to provoke himself to fight with Zhao Zhigao just now. It was because Wang Jiaping actually just felt that it was not right for so much money to suddenly enter Beijing, but he didn't know who was behind the money. Really fucked.

That's right, Wang Jiaping did know that the money was closely related to some local people in Lianghuai, but since the money was transferred from the Jinghua banking system to the capital, Wang Yuanfu, who didn't know the inside story, could only maintain certain suspicions about both sides.

Hmm... This shows that Wang Jiaping is indeed a neutral faction. In essence, he does not stand on the side of either the practical or spiritual schools. His starting point should be relatively simple, but he does not want chaos in the capital.

"Seeking stability" is the normal thinking of any court or government. Wang Jiaping, as the chief assistant of the court, naturally also hopes to seek stability, let alone before he is about to resign.

Before retiring, everyone wants to leave beautifully. Who can be an exception for officials throughout the ages?

However, Gao Yushi also immediately realized that he seemed to have one more ally temporarily.Since Wang Jiaping is also seeking stability, and he is actually seeking stability now, why not join hands with Wang Yuanfu to deal with that conspirator?Gao Wushi thought about it, and glanced at Shen Yiguan quietly from the corner of his eye.

Shen Yiguan's face was indeed as deep as water, but he only looked serious and did not show any panic, which surprised Gao Wushi somewhat.

"Jinghua Bank's general ledger a few years ago found that a large amount of funds were transferred from the Jiangnan area to the capital." Gao Wushi simply affirmed Wang Jiaping's words.

"Oh?" Wang Jiaping saw that Gao Wushi admitted that it was true, so he asked, "Since Rixin knows about it, don't you think it's different?"

"I think so, of course I think." Gao Wushi smiled and said, "But I thought it was some new investment channel on the capital side. After my brother Guoyan found out about it, he even came to see me and asked if I The imperial court intends to build large-scale construction projects in the south of the Yangtze River, or to reopen water transportation...

Afterwards, some people from the Maritime Trade Alliance came to me to understand the situation, but they held a different view.They thought that something happened to the family of a major shareholder in the Maritime Trade Alliance, so that some chaebols in the south of the Yangtze River wanted to acquire their properties... They came to me because they hoped that I would take the lead in providing peer-to-peer lending for this major shareholder. To avoid being bought by outsiders. "

Gao Wushi's remarks were mixed. There were indeed people in the Maritime Trade Alliance who suspected that the Jiangnan chaebol was trying to acquire the alliance's shares, but Gao Wushi's mention of this matter was mainly to cover up the first half of the statement.

When Gao Guoyan came to him, he obviously didn't suspect that some imperial court was going to build a large-scale construction project in the south of the Yangtze River, or reopen the water transport.You must know that Gao Guoyan is not only the president of Jinghua Bank, he also serves as the president of the Ming Federal Reserve Bank, which is equivalent to the governor of the central bank of Ming Dynasty to some extent—even though he has no official position in the court at all.

Of course, the basis of all this is that Gao Yushi has always served as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, while the Ming Dynasty did not have a real central bank at all.But in any case, the president of the Ming Fed must have enough knowledge of a series of economic-related affairs of the imperial court, so if the imperial court really wants to build large-scale construction projects in the south of the Yangtze River and reopen water transport, it is impossible for Gao Guoyan not to know.

Gao Wushi's words were obviously trying to influence Shen's consistent judgment on the situation. It didn't matter whether it was successful or not. Anyway, it was a big deal. Wouldn't it be great if it really worked?
But what Gao Wushi said made Wang Jiaping a little confused at first, and he hesitated: "Then... is there such a thing?"

Of course, Wang Jiaping also knew that there was no movement from the imperial court. What he was referring to was that any company in the Maritime Trade Alliance was so short of money that they wanted to sell their properties, right?
Gao Wushi shook his head and said: "The Maritime Trade Alliance has communicated internally, and confirmed that none of the shareholders is financially stressed."

As long as there is none, Wang Jiaping immediately regained his confidence, frowned and said: "That is to say, the purpose of this large sum of money is still unclear." While speaking, his eyes began to scan Zhao Zhigao and Shen Yiguan's faces .

Zhao Zhigao seems to have recovered from his son's impeachment. As for large sums of money entering Beijing, he doesn't seem to care.

At this moment, it was finally Shen Yiguan's turn to sit still, he knew that he couldn't be as calm as Zhao Zhigao - after all, Zhao Zhigao had nothing to do with this matter, and he, Shen... Cough.

"As for the South Bank's entry into Beijing, Shen has heard about it. However, Yuanfu's guess seems to be in the wrong direction." Shen Yiguan said apologetically to Wang Jiaping with a smile.

Wang Jiaping raised his eyebrows slightly, and said: "Really? Then I have to ask Brother Jiaomen, what is the reason why all the families in the south of the Yangtze River suddenly transferred such a large amount of money to the capital?"

"Excuse me, Yuanfu, about two months ago, what major event was the court discussing? Ah, or should I say, what major event was it arguing about?"

Shen Yiguan said that he meant "Excuse me Yuanfu", but he obviously didn't really intend to wait for Wang Jiaping to answer in person, so he asked himself and answered, and continued: "At that time, Lord Nissin made it clear to the court that North Korea intended to attach himself, and at the same time he also showed that He personally approves of it."

Wang Jiaping didn't expect him to bring this up, so he frowned and asked, "So what?"

"So what? Haha, that will make many people start to speculate whether the imperial court will agree with Ri Xingong's opinion in the end!" Shen Yiguan said with a smile: "If the imperial court refuses, then everything will be business as usual, and there is nothing to say Yes. But Yuanfu might as well think about it, once the court agrees, what will it mean to the family of the rich businessman?"

Wang Jiaping is from Shanxi. It is reasonable to say that Shanxi people in this era are very business-minded, but unfortunately this does not apply to Wang Jiaping-he is a fan of traditional Cheng-Zhu Confucianism. Obviously not commercial.

As a result, he didn't understand Shen Yiguan's hint at all - although for people like Gao Yushi and Shen Yiguan, it could almost be said to be explicit.

Seeing Wang Jiaping groaning in silence, Shen Yiguan was also a little speechless.Fortunately, Gao Wushi didn't know why he was thinking at this time, so he smiled and explained to Wang Yuanfu: "Yuanfu lived a noble life, how could he care about such a merchant's heart... Yuanfu, Lord Jiaomen must be saying that those people Once they think that the imperial court will agree to North Korea’s attachment, then they suddenly have North Korea as a new market, and they can send their various businesses to North Korea.”

"Oh, bring the business to North Korea..." Wang Jiaping nodded, but then asked blankly: "But, what does this have to do with their transfer of money to the capital?"

Not to mention Shen Yiguan now, even Gao Yushi was a little dumbfounded.It can only be said that Wang Jiaping is true and does not look at the problem from the perspective of a businessman at all.

In a country like Daming, what kind of businessman can become bigger and stronger?The answer is actually very simple, just look at the high pragmatism - the integration of government and business.

Of course, Gao Pragmatic's identity is a bit special. His family is originally a family of officials and officials, and his family's origin is practical learning. He pays attention to doing practical things for the world and producing practical results. Take it seriously, but in fact, it's useless even if someone really takes it seriously.

As long as you criticize him, people from the Practical School will definitely jump out to debate the classics with you, but there will be no final conclusion on the matter of classics debate in Daming—a joke, if it is so easy to conclude, how did Wang Xue compare Cheng Zhu to Neo Confucianism? It made it almost withdraw from the stage of history in the Jialongwan era?

If it is so easy to conclude, how did a person like Li Zhi not be drowned by the imperial court ransacking his family and spitting stars all over the world?On the contrary, they can live to be in their seventies before dying?

Oh, by the way, Li Zhi was born in the sixth year of Jiajing, and died in the 30th year of Wanli in history, that is, in 1602 AD—in other words, he is still alive and kicking.

Therefore, being highly pragmatic and engaging in the integration of government and business has its unique advantages, and others call it practice to bring true knowledge.

However, although the integration of government and business requires some "pre-skills", the work of collusion between government and business is not so particular. Not only in the Ming Dynasty, but in fact it has been popular throughout Chinese history.

It can even be said that the collusion between government and businessmen was originally a necessary means for businessmen to achieve great success under the characteristics of a unified dynasty and a big government in ancient China.

As we all know, even if there was no high pragmatism, the Ming court still insisted on the national policy of "emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business". The so-called sprouts of capitalism appeared several times in the Jiangnan area.

However, if the "germination of capitalism" wants to appear, the premise must be that the merchant class has enough voice in politics. That is to say, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, collusion between officials and businessmen was already very common.

In fact, it is more than collusion between government and businessmen?In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, merchants had already got rid of the previous "low status" and obtained the power to "take exams and engage in politics", which was never before in the early and middle Ming Dynasty.

Even to a certain extent, the rise of merchants affected the humanistic thinking in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, causing some students to no longer follow Confucianism, but to go to business for rich benefits, which further contributed to the formation of all merchants and residents, leading to such Shanxi merchants, Huizhou merchants and other local business groups appeared on a large scale.

Since under a unique feudal system like China, one must have a political backing to make great achievements in business, of course, in turn, many capable businessmen are no longer only willing to do business.They need to break down class barriers, integrate into the political arena in large numbers, and use the power of the regime to create greater benefits for themselves.

The reason why the idea of ​​official standard in China has been prosperous for thousands of years is because the power in the hands of officials is a monopoly resource, which can be used to trade with businessmen.

There is a very popular TV series in later generations called "Da Ming Dynasty 1566", which tells the story of a talented businessman in his glory days.Shen Yishi, a giant silk merchant of that generation, has developed his skills in the vortex of business and political struggles. He strategized and won thousands of miles.

In China's long feudal society, "being an official" has always been closely related to "getting rich".This can be explained by economics: the emperors were unable to manage the country on their own or with the power of a family, and had to find a plausible reason to rule the country, so they had to quote an attractive market price, In order to attract "professional managers" all over the world.

Officials are the emperor's professional managers.However, when officials are serving the interests of the emperor, they themselves also need someone to serve their own interests, so they also need professional managers-then they need to use businessmen.

This, in fact, can explain why the collusion between government and business must happen: businessmen need officials to endorse their politics, and then expand their business territory and achieve greater causes; officials need businessmen to directly obtain benefits for themselves, and then find ways to "invest" to become bigger The official, or leave the money to enjoy and leave it to future generations, so as to keep the family's glory forever.

In fact, the consequences of the collusion between officials and businessmen are very simple, that is, to turn the private property of the royal family into private property of the government.In essence, it is to change social wealth from "state-owned" by one family to "government-owned" by thousands of families.

In this sense, whether it is court disputes or officialdom disputes in China's feudal society, they can all be said to be the struggle between the country's ownership and management rights.In order to stabilize their own world, Chinese emperors insisted that wealthy businessmen have no social status, and at the same time confiscated the homes of officials in different ways.Isn't this the political wisdom of the emperors?
Pulling away, say it again.After North Korea is attached, how can we obtain this new market in the first place?Is it because I rushed to North Korea to start a new business?It's not that it can't be done, but people who do it often do so simply because they have nothing better to do.

What is a better way?Of course, it is in the capital to find a way.

Now that North Korea is attached, the order of the imperial court has become the highest local instruction.The assets that were originally "state-owned" by North Korea were all decided by the Ming court after they were attached.Some businesses in North Korea that were not easy for outsiders to intervene in the past have to be re-examined by the court from now on—maybe which industries will be opened in the future?
As for whom to open to, that is naturally the court's final say.Therefore, sending the silver to the capital first, no matter whether it is managed up or down or whatever, is far more clever than transporting the silver to North Korea.

Shen always understood this "truth", Gao Yushi also understood it, and Wang Jiaping might not have understood it, but he had too little time dealing with businessmen, so he didn't think of it for a while.

However, no matter whether Wang Jiaping wants to understand this point or not, Gao Wushi is very clear that Shen Yiguan's words just now are actually the same as his previous words, they are just smoke bombs.

Unfortunately, this smoke bomb had an effect.

After Wang Jiaping realized it, he immediately said pragmatically: "Rixin, you must pay attention to this matter, and you must not allow people to use such means to damage the reputation of the imperial court in North Korea, otherwise it will definitely cause serious damage to North Korea's long-term stability in the future." Bad influence, remember to remember."

As soon as Gao Wushi heard it, he knew that although Wang Jiaping had a fair heart, if he wanted to be an ally with him... forget it.
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