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Chapter 1004 Big Event (Third Update, Please Subscribe)
In 1878, following the occupation of Rio by imperial troops, the Emperor of Brazil went into exile.

The empire began to localize the Brazilian region, except that it planned to immigrate 20 million households in the northern region within 200 years, and strive to make the Chinese population reach 1900% of the total population in the northern region around 75.There is also the reform of the administrative region-one twelve provinces were established on the basis of its original administrative region, and one refers to Gyeonggi-do, which is Zhongdu.

Why was Zhongdu established?
Of course, it is to develop the northern part of the empire. In addition, there is another reason, that is, Yingtian is too close to the south. For the Ming Empire, which has ambitions for the entire South American continent, it is undoubtedly the most appropriate choice to set up the capital in the middle of the continent. .

After several years of construction, Zhongdu at this time has become the second largest city in the northern region after Huizhou. As the political center of the empire, a large number of high-level imperial officials gathered here.

And Daming Lake in the north - the two sides of the artificial lake formed by damming two rivers by taking advantage of the local hilly terrain, is a paradise for senior officials of the Ming Empire.

The wise enjoy water, the benevolent enjoy mountains.

In Daming Lake, there are mountains, waters, and beautiful scenery. This place has naturally become the private residences of the high-ranking officials of the empire. The villas, either Chinese or Western, are hidden in the green forest. This quiet mountain, river and forest are connected. Hidden supreme imperial power.

A black BMW car is driving on the road. On both sides of the road, the manors hidden in the green forest are either ministers or servants. The owner of this mansion is either rich or noble. It couldn't be more appropriate.

When the car drove into a private residence, the police officer in front of the private residence carefully and responsibly checked the license plate and the driver. After confirming that there was an appointment, he signaled to open the door for the car to enter the private residence.

When the car stopped in front of the Huaxia style villa, a middle-aged official had already stepped forward to open the door, then bowed and said softly.

"President Hu, Mr. Xiang is waiting for you at the pavilion."

Hu Guangyong nodded and walked over.

After arriving in Zhongdu, he did not seek to see His Majesty immediately, but came to see Wang Youling. The two of them were old acquaintances, so naturally there was nothing polite about it. When he saw Hu Guangyong, Wang Youling pointed to the chessboard on the table Said.

"Come on, Xueyan, come and play chess with me."

"What, itchy hands again?"

"What is an itchy hand? I will go to play chess with your majesty someday. His majesty's chess..."

Shaking his head, Wang Youling didn't continue, Hu Guangyong nodded deeply.

Your Majesty's chess skills are beyond words!
Playing chess with His Majesty is the Emperor's favor, but...you can only know how it feels after playing chess. If you lose, you must not lose. If you lose chess deliberately, Your Majesty will not be able to see it, but if it is too obvious to win...how can you So what?

"Oh, just to practice, just right, I want to practice too."

"You want to practice. You are in Nanhua, and you only come to Zhongdu once in a few months. If you are far away, you will be far away."

Nodding his head, Hu Guangyong started to play chess. Of course, neither of them played normally.

But I can't stand His Majesty's liking!

After playing two games in a row, Wang Youling was so tired that he put the chess pieces in the box and ordered the maid to serve tea.

After the tea was served, Hu Guangyong directly stated his intention of coming.

Knowing the purpose of Hu Guangyong's visit, Wang Youling pondered for a while, and then said.

"You mean, do you want the Imperial Bank to participate in the currency reform of China?"

"Yes."

After taking a sip of tea, Hu Guangyong said.

"Xuan Gong, you should know that the Imperial Bank is the bank with the strongest capital in Ming Dynasty. The currency system reform in Shenzhou is not only related to the smooth implementation of the new coup law in Shenzhou in the future, but also related to whether the empire's global plans for East Asia and the future can be smooth. Implementation, although HSBC has strong capital and has the advantage of operating in China for many years, but HSBC organizes a group of banks to participate in this matter. If there are too many people, things will be chaotic. This will definitely affect some future policies of the empire. The bank is responsible for this matter, which is more conducive to the implementation of imperial policy."

What Hu Guangyong said was entirely from the standpoint of the empire.In fact, he was a bit worried. After all, HSBC was, to some extent, the Bank of America, which was the shell of Nanhua Bank in the Qing Dynasty. But after a few years, that shell actually grew up. , Ten years ago, at the suggestion of His Majesty the Emperor, the two banks were separated directly. For the Imperial Bank, the blow was not to be taken lightly. What was the heaviest blow?It is that the Imperial Bank lost most of its business in China and Japan, and now the Imperial Bank's business there is almost starting from scratch.

It is precisely because of this that Hu Guangyong regards the "currency reform" as an opportunity to "return to China", and of course he must do everything possible to stop HSBC.

"Well, it makes sense, and it does make sense."

Wang Youling nodded slightly, thought for a while before saying:
"Xueyan, do you know why His Majesty has transferred out many businesses of Nanhua Company and made many subordinate companies independent?"

His question made Hu Guangyong frowned. How could he not know why His Majesty did this?

One big family!
The Nanhua Company is simply too huge, a simple figure - 70% of the gross national product of the Ming Empire is created by the company!

Even now that the Nanhua Company has been split into more than a dozen companies, the Nanhua Company still accounts for 25% of the empire's gross national product.

Among other things, the Imperial Bank ... used to belong to the company.

"This...Imperial Bank is nothing compared to the company."

The company, in the context of Daming, has its own reference—it is Nanhua Company, the company that created Daming.Even to a certain extent, only Nanhua Company can be called a "company", and other companies need to use "such and such company" when calling themselves.

Hu Guangyong dare not compare with the former owner. After all, even now, the company still holds 25% of the shares of the Imperial Bank, while the royal family holds 45%. Well, the largest shareholder of the company is also the royal family.

In other words, the royal family...is the actual helm of the empire's economy and finance.

His answer made Wang Youling say with a smile.

"Imperial Bank is indeed not worth mentioning in front of the company, but in the financial industry, it is indeed the number one, the only one!"

Wang Youling's reminder caused Hu Guangyong's face to change slightly. This is indeed true, he thought for a while, and then said.

"So, His Majesty won't accept that there is a single company that dominates?"

Facing his question, Wang Youling paused, then spoke slowly.

"Next month, Prime Minister Zuo is going to retire."

what!
Hu Guangyong almost didn't jump up because of the sudden news, he said anxiously.

"Well, what's going on here?"

The reason why he was so surprised was that in the past ten years, Zuo Zhongtang had always won His Majesty's trust.How could it be possible to resign suddenly?
"It's an ancient ritual to become an official at seventy. There's always this day."

After all, Wang Youling continued, as if wanting to die with Bu Jing.

"Speaking of which, this old man is a few years older than Zuo Zongtang. He is about to retire, and I'm afraid that this old man will also retire by then..."

(End of this chapter)