Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 155 Capital is always bloodthirsty (two in one)

It is no secret that Yu Chenglong and Yao Qisheng are at odds in the entire bureaucratic system of the Ming court, and even in the entire Chenghai City.

There are many reasons, such as the limitation of authority itself. After all, one is the chief financial officer who is responsible for checking the account of the deputy general manager, and the other is the official of the imperial court who is responsible for checking the accounts of the capital.
For example, these two people are both Liu Dapao's aides, and they are close ministers themselves. They and the interest groups behind them will naturally push them to fight each other. Too many Eight Banners soldiers were killed, the closeness of the two people is not comparable to flattery, but Wu Shuntian is really not good in terms of structure and ability. He has no competition at all.

And after all, both of them were surrendered ministers of the Qing court, so they naturally wanted to compete for the position of the party leader of the descendants faction.

Of course, in Liu Dapao's view, the most important thing may be that these two people are naturally at odds with each other. One is conservative and the other is aggressive in character, and they look down on each other. When there is consensus.

Hey ~
When others rebel, they have always been brothers, and their profits cut through money. How did it come to me? Why are there so many things inside and outside here.

Taking a deep breath, Liu Dapao said seriously: "Both of you, I don't bother to care about your little conflicts on weekdays. It would be too shameful for you to say such exaggerated words in front of me today. .”

"Old Yu, Yao Qisheng may have selfish intentions in this matter, but I think it is human nature to worry about the safety of the villagers, and what he said may not be unreasonable. As for your family, in fact, there is still nothing to do now. The dead, it is said that because of Yue Le's strength, they are now imprisoned in the prison of the Criminal Ministry. I have ordered the brothers of Qingmutang to wait for the opportunity to rescue them. I can't guarantee that they will be safe, but I can promise you, this time I will definitely do my best.”

"Old Yao, I can trust Lao Yu's character, and I hope you don't say anything like a traitor. You can't understand what he is after, and not many people in the world can understand it. As far as I am concerned, we Although there are quite differences in political views, he and Jackie Chan are enough to be called my confidants, I dare say that in the world, there are probably very few people who can compare with Lao Yu in terms of character and morality alone."

"In short, both of you are my ministers, and both of you are my fathers and elders in the early days of my business. In the future, you will definitely be famous in history. For today's matter, each of you will be fined for one month's salary. Next time, don't blame me for being rude."

When the two heard the words, they could only cup their fists together to express their acceptance.

He waved his hands to signal the two of them to go out to work, leaving only Wu Shuntian, the closest confidant, and sighed: "Old Wu, do you have any way to ease the conflict between them?"

"No, I don't think there is any need to relax. In a court, it is impossible to be monolithic. Besides, if the two of them are really monolithic, it may not be a good thing for you. As long as you don't fight and delay political affairs That's enough."

"Hey~ well, master, do you think I should listen to Fan Chengmo's words, bypass Geng Jingzhong to support Zeng Yangxing, and even send troops out of Meiling to support Bai Xianzhong?"

Wu Shuntian heard the words and said: "To put it bluntly, it's a matter of how to get along with Geng Jingzhong. This is a major issue. I don't know, and I dare not talk nonsense with you, but there is one thing I do know."

"what's the matter"

"You have been expanding your army recently, and everyone is issuing stocks. Although they are all options, they have already caused dissatisfaction among the company's shareholders. Even as far as I know, the vast majority of Dutch people are also dissatisfied. How can you beat Geng Jingzhong? I don't know, but I know that it is necessary to take down the Huizhou soldiers occupying Meiling."

Liu Dapao was taken aback.

I couldn't help feeling distressed.

His power comes from the company, and the company's power comes from the board of directors. To put it bluntly, his absolute authority is not so unshakable. If he loses the support of more than half of the company's shareholders, he will be nothing.

Especially as Wu Shuntian said, some Dutch people are actually dissatisfied with him.

You must know that the shareholders in the Netherlands are not monolithic, and they are not even all from the Netherlands. Lao Le may not be able to control them, and those small shareholders also have voting rights.

Damn the election.

Damn capital's alienation of people.

In my fucking lifetime, I have to take society from a bourgeois society to a step further...and get addicted to dictatorship.

The shareholders are dissatisfied, which involves their own fundamental interests, Liu Dapao asked quickly: "What do the shareholders say?"

"Building one's own army to defend one's own property is recognized by all shareholders. It has even become everyone's ideal and a beacon in the hearts of businessmen. However, shareholding is originally a sensitive part of the company, and options do not exception."

"Currently, Chaozhou's military power is divided into three divisions, namely Navy, Chenghai, and Haifeng."

"The navy is the largest, but the shareholders all recognize it, because merchant ships and warships in the navy are not so easy to distinguish. Maritime merchants, pirates, and navy are all the same thing, and merchants also understand Yes, to put it bluntly, if the stock is distributed, the navy can help them make money back, according to what you said, the navy is the means of production."

"The soldiers of Chenghai City share shares, and everyone agrees, because the soldiers of Chenghai City are indeed the defenders of Chenghai, and although you have been expanding for four months, in fact, in terms of unspoken rules, you can join Almost all of Chenghai Fourth Battalion are the sons and daughters of the shareholder’s family, and they have their own shares, and some of them are even the children of the chairman of the subsidiary company.”

The West Pacific Company is subdivided into countless group companies, and the group company is divided into countless branch companies, including the top ten chambers of commerce. Cannon's Tiandihui, Liu Dapao was also stunned to create ten listed groups based on the business of Shitangkou. In other words, the current Westpac stock is actually more similar to the Shanghai Composite Index. As the parent, it is the index of all listed companies. Major shareholder, but because it is already too large, the matrix itself has gradually disappeared, and even replaced the function of public financial expenditure to a certain extent.

In the four months, apart from wrangling, the most important thing was to do this under his own conscious guidance, and most of his daily energy as a prime minister was spent on the stock exchange.

Anyway, almost all the soldiers of the four battalions in Chenghai are bourgeois children. They are served by the auxiliary soldiers under the main soldiers. The black slave soldiers who were originally captured as cannon fodder are now all powerful servants. The taste of the Union Jack.

Liu Dapao himself wondered whether the elite of his four battalions had any frightening combat effectiveness.

This kind of military system itself has the meaning of the old guard of the Tang Dynasty. Such a soldier can openly occupy a lot of political resources after being discharged after a few years, so that Liu Dapao can't even open an Enke. , the underlying logic of the entire political ecology has changed, and it has become more and more like Europe around the 18th century. Although Liu Dapao also has a reform plan in his pockets, he needs to eat every bite, and he has not taken care of it at this time.

It would be hell if the shareholders could have an opinion.

So he said: "So what they mean is that the soldiers of Haifeng City should not issue stock options, right? After all, this affects the dividends of all shareholders, but what we are facing now is the entire Qing court after all. Chaozhou is under direct control and does not issue shares. How can we ensure that our soldiers are loyal and have morale and combat effectiveness? Do we really count on the little soldiers in Chenghai?"

Wu Shuntian shook his head and said: "I have talked about this issue with about 100 major shareholders, including Li Chenggong and Niu Dabiao, and even Feng Zhenhai, the governor of Haifeng, and every grassroots soldier, including the Dutch people. , According to what you said, they are called the bourgeoisie, I think the bourgeoisie are not stingy with spending money on others, but the prerequisite is that the money makes them feel that it is worth the money.”

"My lord, you have now raised nearly [-] soldiers in Haifeng. Among these people are the original green battalion of the Qing court, and some of you took the initiative to vote after you raised your troops. According to your thoughts, you still want to expand the number, what is going on with your soldiers, you only practice without fighting, and in the eyes of the shareholders, this is just a waste of money."

"Besides, professional soldiers don't do production. Chaozhou is small and mountainous, and it's not a grain-producing area. Now that the war has started, it's difficult to transfer domestic grain and grass, and it depends on overseas grain imports. In this way, grain prices are already a bit high. You expand The harder it is, the higher the price of local food, you must know that when they open factories, they are all provided with food and housing."

"So? So what do they mean, or you, suggest?"

"I heard that when Governor Le and the others were in the East India Company, including the sailors on their ship now, there were hardly a few Dutch natives, most of them were Germans hired, and their monthly salary was only 20. Er, and only pay half, and the remaining half will be settled after retirement."

"But at the same time, the soldiers of the East India Company get very generous bonuses for fighting. Even if they go to fight those natives who don't even have bows and arrows, they can reward about fifteen guilders per head. If they are fully armed professional soldiers, they will be rewarded even more. Oh, now it’s changed to close your ears. In addition, they have also established a non-commissioned officer rank system. The more people killed, the faster they will be promoted. It is said that when more than 2000 people are killed, they can be promoted to second lieutenant, and the second lieutenant will be issued stocks.”

Liu Dapao was also powerless to complain: "What the second lieutenant issued is not a stock, but an aristocratic social pass, which is at least equivalent to a thousand hands of stock, okay? The basic salary of their soldiers is low because most of the time they are floating on the sea. It’s the work of sailors, and you also said that they hire Germans. I’ll find a group of African black buddies to form an army to defend the city and fight against the Qing court. The cost is guaranteed to be lower than that of the Germans. Ask them if they can Are you at ease?"

"As you all know, the actual situation is not the same. In fact, although the basic salary of the Germans employed by the East India Company is not high, it may not be cheaper than us if the bonus is counted. The key is to kill people first and pay later. We The money was given, but I haven't seen you kill for a long time. The treatment is so good. I'm afraid that some bastards who just want to get stock options and run away as soon as they arrive on the battlefield are mixed in. Even the old green battalion soldiers have objections to this matter. "

Hearing this, Liu Dapao picked up his cigar and smoked, feeling a little irritable.

After a while, he sighed and said, "What you said are all superficial reasons, or simply nonsense, to put it bluntly, they just want me to fight wars, want me to grab land, and then open plantations on the land I snatched. To open a factory and do business, if I can take down Nanchang, sandwich the two commercial hubs of the Meiling Ancient Road and the Jingguang Waterway, even if I raise [-] soldiers and issue stocks, I’m afraid they won’t feel too much.”

"You told me, Bourgeois, that he was born with blood on him, that this thing is inherently aggressive."

Liu Dapao was also angry at the poker table: "But who the hell do you want me to fight, ah! To the north of me is Geng Jingzhong, to the south is Shang Kexi, they are all allies! Aren't the Geng and Shang clans also shareholders of the company? Is it also our Daming's territory? The whole Fujian is so big, they set up factories, plant sugar cane and cotton, didn't Zeng Yangxing knock down half of the coastal area of ​​Zhejiang, and plant mulberry trees!"

Wu Shuntian smiled wryly: "My lord, do you believe in Geng Jingzhong? In the final analysis, it doesn't matter whether it is the Dutch or the top ten chambers of commerce. At least for now, only you are trusted. Only you can protect their property. If you agree with Fan Chengmo's suggestion , we will jointly develop Ningbo with Zeng Yangxing, then the business in Zhejiang can indeed be done well.”

After thinking for a while, Wu Shuntian continued: "I think it is indeed possible to consider merging the whole of Huizhou under the rule right now. At the very least, it can guarantee our food supply. Take a step back and take the three passes of Meiling, everyone's sense of security It can also be greatly increased, so that the troops can see the blood and make some contributions, and it can also silence the shareholders, or you can write to Governor Le and ask Governor Le, I believe he will definitely support it."

"I'm not afraid of fighting. I'm just afraid of causing misunderstanding by my allies. The Qing army hasn't fought yet, but they want to beat their allies first."

"Actually, if you really win the three passes of Meiling, Shang Zhixin may not be able to understand. Since ancient times, there have been only three roads from other provinces to Guangdong. One is the coastal road, which is Chaozhou, and the other is through Wuzhou, which divides Guangdong and Guangxi. Wuzhou is now in Sun Yanling's Under control, the other one is the three passes of Meiling, and the three roads are all blocked, which means that the pressure from the Qing court has all been taken down by us, isn't this a good thing for them?"

"Of course, I am your master. I don't understand military affairs. I can only give you suggestions. You must make specific decisions. Anyway, if you ask me, I think Fan Chengmo's suggestions are very good, even too much. Conservative, I suggest that we must achieve Ningbo in the north and Nanchang in the west, so that Westpac can achieve real stability and development."

Liu Dapao glanced at him, and was a little too lazy to talk to him.

When he takes down Ningbo, those shareholders will urge him to go to Nanjing, and when he takes down Nanchang, these people will urge him to go to Quzhou, forever and ever.

The expansion of capital will only stop when the cost of expansion is greater than the benefits of expansion.

Gan!
(End of this chapter)