Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1073

In order to issue his first business loan, Ning Yun took a lot of thought - he conducted a comprehensive credit investigation on the businessman, including his past business conditions, credit status and his property.

In the 17th century, there were no private survey agencies in Beijing, and the government’s control over private information was far inferior to that of later generations, so these materials were obtained by Wu Kaidi and others.

It seems that he still needs to expand the number of investigators under his command, Ning Yun thought to himself, the 21st century bank can hire a survey company, but in the 17th century he had to set up his own survey company.

The investigation company does not necessarily have to be affiliated with Delong, he thought, it can be managed according to the concept of "tertiary industry".In case of any problem, it can be cleared immediately.

Speaking of it, I still need a security team-now the bank's security business is in charge of the Weijingshi Headquarters, and they send four guards to take care of the store and "go to the night" at night.Ning Yun always felt uneasy: Are there too few people?Moreover, the weapons carried by the bodyguard are also very simple, and in his opinion, they have no deterrent effect.

He returned to his study in cranky thoughts.Looking at the cash flow chart and various charts on the table - all drawn by himself - Delong's business is very light, he must have time to engage in professional business in this area.

The loan is still not very good-looking on the report-the loans in the last two months are mainly small loans.Condensed Cloud sighed.Compared with the Shanxi businessmen who are extremely powerful in the capital, my activities are not enough, and I want to go a thousand miles away with my own vision.

In the business of Delong Beijing Branch, Ning Yun has his own set of complete ideas.In his original design, soliciting savings and business loans was only the first step.Delong's job in Beijing is not only to compete with Shanxi people for loan deposits, but also to get involved in the budding insurance industry in the future, including the mutual fund and joint-stock system that he once imagined in Lingao—although it is not realistic.But there must be a breakthrough in loans, especially official loans!Ning Yunyun even considered engaging in the Ming government's treasury debt business.

His plan has received strong support from the veterans of the financial and economic system, but in front of the Industrial Party headed by Duke Ma, these are all "devious ways".In the theoretical publication "Venus" compiled and distributed by the Ministry of Culture and Propaganda, he once read the article "Beware of Virtual Economic Bubbles" written by a certain veteran, calling for vigilance to prevent the "virtual economy" in the financial field from damaging the "economic environment."This article has approved all kinds of financial businesses, except insurance. Although most of the content is condensed and considered to be "nonsense that laymen take for granted after reading a few books", this article represents A strong anti-financial trend of thought in the Senate.

In contrast, the voice of this system is still too weak.The veterans in charge of the financial and economic system are generally relatively low-key, and they are less enthusiastic about the development of financial products and businesses, mainly playing the role of "accounting house".

My work in Beijing, on the one hand, must have actual economic benefits, and on the other hand, it is also increasing the prestige value of myself and other veterans in the financial industry.

Wu Kaidi ran outside all day and returned to the bank in the evening to report to him.

He ran to more than a dozen yamen, went to the yamen book office, and sat in the teahouse where the chief official went with Ai. The general information he got was that the news of Kong Youde's capture of Dengzhou had been reported to the residence, and the imperial court was questioning the governor of Shandong Yu. Dacheng: The whereabouts of Sun Yuanhua and other Denglai officials should be reported quickly.

"...Yu Dacheng hasn't played back until now - it is said that the emperor was very angry about this, and even said that Yu Dacheng was 'incompetent'..." Wu Kai said it vividly, as if he had seen Emperor Chongzhen say this with his own eyes. , Reminding Yun Ningyun to think of a taxi driver in Beijing in another time and space.

"What do the officials of various factions in the court say?"

"Master Xiong of the Ministry of War is still the same as before, and advocates appeasement." Wu Kaidi said, "Although Xu Xiangguo and Zhou Xiangguo didn't say much, everyone thinks that they are also in the faction of appeasement——Sun Yuanhua is from Xu Xiangguo."

In general, although Dengzhou has fallen, the current public opinion in the court is still dominated by "applause".

"Who are the main suppressors?" Ning Yun asked.

"The one who advocated the most fiercely was Mr. Li Jizhong, Fang Langzhong of the Ministry of War. He once opposed Mr. Xiong's applause in the meeting of the Ministry of War, and asked Mr. Xiong to send elite troops from Liaodong to attack. I heard that there was a quarrel. Mr. Li Jizhong I'm afraid I'll be retiring soon."

Then he listed some names, and Ning Yun made a few notes—this is a memo for himself. For the specific details, Wu Kaidi will write a detailed report to him.

"What comment does the court have on Sun Yuanhua?"

"Anyway, no one has a good word to say, but Governor Sun's life and death are uncertain now, even if he wants to impeach him, he has no goal. If he really dies in Dengzhou, wouldn't impeaching him be a problem."

Ning Yun thought to himself, it seems that once the news that Sun Yuanhua has arrived in Laizhou reaches the capital, he will be hit by heavy artillery fire.

He looked at the Dibao sent by Wu Kaidi——how can he read the Dibao? He has received special training in ancient Chinese. However, although the writing of the memorial is not elegant, it is not in ancient vernacular, and it looks very good to him. strenuous.

"Call the master later."

Ning Ningyun used several masters to help with the copywriting, especially for the contents of the mansion newspaper, he often relied on the explanations of the masters.These masters are not naturalized citizens, so they only work on business and do not counsel on secret affairs.

The impeachment will not only come from his own political opponents, but also various forces dissatisfied with Xu Guangqi, Zhou Yanru, Xiong Mingyu and even the Liao people group will use this incident as a shell to attack their opponents.The situation that Sun Yuanhua has to face is probably very bad.

It seemed extremely difficult to keep him safe.It made Ningyun feel that it was difficult——this task was too difficult!

However, to show your skills, you have to get things done.Who wouldn't do something easy?
After thinking for a while, he felt that he still had to work hard on the eunuchs.I don't know what the eunuchs' intention is now?Wu Kai said: He purposely went to the mansion of Old Eunuch Yang, Young Eunuch Yang and the eunuchs who often walked around on weekdays, chatted with the young eunuchs and servants he knew well, and tested the "insider" of the palace. view.

Generally speaking, Sun Yuanhua has no notoriety among the eunuchs—in general, he is quite smooth in his official life, and he is not a member of the Donglin Party, so he is perfunctory with the eunuchs.Although there is no great friendship, at least there is no sign of enmity.

In this case, it will be much easier to exercise.Ning Yun thought, as the later generations said, things that can be done with money are not difficult.

After much deliberation, Ning Yun decided to continue collecting information for the next few days, and he called the "Centre" to try to ask Wang Dehua and others to ask for help through Eunuch Yang's route.Some special "Aussie" stocks were used as bribe gifts for this purpose.Ask the Center for approval.

When Ning Yun was thinking about how to assist Sun Yuanhua in Beijing, Sun Yuanhua had already done a lot of things in Laizhou.

First of all, Laizhou's defense was cleaned up--Zhu Wannian, the prefect of Laizhou, was courageous and capable. On the original historical track, Zhu Wannian contributed a lot to the defense of Laizhou.Finally, he was lured and captured by the rebels and died in Dengzhou.Now that Sun Yuanhua is out of trouble, Zhu Wannian has a backbone, and immediately strengthens the defense of Laizhou under his instructions.Hong County Magistrate of Ye County is also quite capable local officials.Laizhou's defense suddenly improved greatly.

The most critical thing is Wang Daochun, the royal censor of Shandong Province-this person has an attitude of "suppression" from the beginning.Sun Yuanhua visited him immediately after he got out of trouble, showing that he had repented and was determined to "suppress him painfully".

In this way, Wang Daochun, who had criticized Sun Yuanhua's "appropriation" policy during the Denglai Incident, and was also an official, became Sun's ally—at least until the situation subsided, he would no longer be against Sun Yuanhua who was presiding over peace. Sun Yuanhua, who betrayed the work, proposed impeachment.

Engine Front pointed out that as soon as Sun Yuanhua arrived in Laizhou and put on a "suffering pain" posture, his original passive situation would be greatly improved.In particular, a group of officials who hate the rebels will change their position towards him to some extent.

Sun Yuanhua's second step was to quickly visit the local gentry: the gentry is not only rich, but also very popular in the local area-some gentry themselves are the leaders of the village training regiment, and belong to the local powerful faction with food, pay and soldiers.In ancient society, in order to stick to the city, it was very important to get the support of the local gentry.

Although Laizhou is not a wealthy place, there are also some big eunuchs in Yexian County, the first county: Jia Yuxiang, the former censor of the left deputy capital, and Zhang Xin, a Jinshi in the fifth year of Tianqi, are all locals.

Sun Yuanhua visited them one by one, and got the support of these people, especially Zhang Xin, whose family had a lot of assets, and immediately expressed his willingness to donate a huge sum of money to recruit village bravery and reward soldiers.

Then he summoned the students from the prefectural and county schools and asked them to work together to prepare for the defense of the city.

However, there are not many defenders in the city, only 3000 people.Some of them are the soldiers of the local guards. Fortunately, Laizhou Guard also has some Tatar officers and soldiers: they are descendants of the Semu soldiers in the Yuan Dynasty, and the combat effectiveness of the Tatar officers and soldiers in the Ming Dynasty has always been relatively strong.

But Sun Yuanhua knew very well that it was difficult for such a force to resist the attack of the rebels.He knew all too well the men he had assembled, equipped, and trained.None of the Ming troops were as good at using firearms as they were—not to mention that Dengzhou City was full of firearms and gunpowder—that was his painstaking effort for many years.

Except for the elite frontier troops drawn from Liaodong, the various armies distributed in Zhili and Shandong were not opponents of the rebels at all.Don't talk about field battles, even defending the city may not be able to defend it.

(End of this chapter)