Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1229, Capital System

In Beijing, Liu Jin is thinking about life in his study.

It has been [-] years since Hongzhi, and there is no such thing as [-] years of Hongzhi in history. Quietly, history has undergone earth-shaking changes. The Ming Dynasty has also gone to a completely different path. No one can stop the rolling wheel of history.

"In Western Europe, they stopped fighting if they fought or fought, and even negotiated a peace. Spain is really fierce this time. England, France, and Portugal, which are fighting three times with one enemy, are full of teeth."

"This peace negotiation is about cession of land and compensation. I'm afraid it won't just let it go like this."

In Liu Jin's mind, he recalled the news that he had just received recently, that the war in Western Europe had stopped, and the fiery four countries had begun to negotiate peace.

There are two main reasons for this. One is that Spain has achieved a decisive victory. The Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms are no longer able to organize a decent war. Spain is also exhausted, and the treasury will be emptied after a battle.

The second reason is that because the Ottoman Empire moved westward, the powerful Ottoman Empire legion had already crossed Vienna and advanced towards the Vatican, Italy, the center of the Christian world.

Under the mediation of the Holy See and in order to defend the Christian world and protect the Vatican, the Holy Roman Emperor also personally asked for help from his in-laws, the King of Spain, which stopped the war that lasted for more than a year.

"It's getting lively now. The war between the Ottoman Empire and the Christian world is probably about to end again."

"Although the Ottoman Empire is powerful, if there are many enemies, it may be very difficult. It seems that it is necessary to cheer for the Ottoman Empire."

Thinking silently in his mind, Liu Jin laughed when he thought of the situation in Europe.

The more lively the fighting in Europe is, the more beneficial it is to Ming. Selling arms and buying slaves in the middle can make a lot of money. What's more, the war can greatly consume the strength of Europeans and the Ottoman Empire. It is very important to dominate the world.

Originally, Europe at this time should be the beginning of the great voyage. With the rapid development of the great voyage era and the colonial era, Europeans developed rapidly and became rich.

At the same time, with the rise of the Renaissance movement, Europeans began to gradually surpass other places in the world in many aspects such as art, technology, astronomy and geography.

But now that they are caught in a war, the colonial era and the era of great navigation are also taken over by Da Ming, and their development will naturally stop, which is extremely beneficial to Da Ming.

Daming does not need hundreds of years, only decades is enough, and there are decades.Great Ming is enough to establish domination and hegemony over the entire world, firmly controlling everything.

"Boom~Boom~"

Just when Liu Jin was thinking about how to feed the Europeans, someone knocked on the door hastily.

"Master, the news just came out from Tianzhu that Hu Xian, the governor of Ceylon, wanted to monopolize the entire Western United Commercial Bank. He directly dismissed the heads of several important departments of the Western United Commercial Bank, and replaced them all with members of his own Hu family. Dispatch the Armed Forces and the slave army to take over the entire Western Union Firm."

The servant hurriedly handed a superstitious letter to Liu Jin and said.

"what?"

When Liu Jin heard it, he stood up in disbelief, took over the superstition and read it very quickly.

"This Hu Xian is overestimated, ignorant of the heights of the heavens and the earth, and has lost his head after being the governor for a few years."

After reading it quickly, Liu Jin became thoughtful.

Although the Western United Firm is a firm, it is a bit similar to the East India Company in history. It not only has its own armed forces, but also its rule in the colony is similar to that of the government, but all its purposes are to plunder the resources of the colony. and wealth.

The governor of Ceylon, as the highest person in charge of the Western United Commercial Bank, holds great power in his hands, in charge of military, financial, and economic power, and is actually a local emperor himself.

But this local emperor is different from the others, because behind the governor of Ceylon there are shareholders of the Western Union, which is a bit like a capitalist country in later generations.

Hu Xian's problem, in essence, is actually a system problem.

Anyone who works in such a position for a few years will be dazed by the taste of power. Everyone will want to get rid of the control of the bosses behind them, turn this place into their own kingdom, and become a real above ten thousand people.

"Maybe it's an opportunity~"

Thinking of this, Liu Jin's eyes lit up slightly.

The wheel of history is rolling forward, Ming Dynasty will eventually develop from a feudal society to a capitalist society, the emperor's power will eventually be limited, and it is very likely that it will disappear completely in the future.

This process may be accompanied by war, but it may also be accompanied by top-down reforms, in short, it is possible.

But now, the Western United Commercial Bank has given Liu Jin an idea. Maybe the Western United Commercial Bank can try out the capitalist system of later generations.

The republic system that confirmed the parliament, the governor, and the constitution came out, and such a system was implemented from the Western United Commercial Bank, turning the Western United Commercial Bank into a country completely different from the previous system.

"Well, the steps don't have to be too big. You can take them step by step. The first thing is to reconfirm the system of the Western United Commercial Bank and determine a system similar to the parliament."

"The governor is elected by the parliament. Below the governor, the important heads of various ministries are also appointed by the parliament. The governor has no right to recall. The parliament is responsible for making laws."

"In addition, there is a system of regular re-election~"

Thinking of this, Liu Jin also immediately said to his servants: "Go and invite the people in charge of the British, Dingguo, Chengguo, Australian Guogong, Sihaishang Li Chunyang, and the owners of Western United Commercial Bank in the capital to Wangyue Tower." Let's get together to discuss the matter of the Western United Commercial Bank."

"Yes~"

The servants quickly started to do it.

……

In the luxurious hall on the top floor of Wangyue Tower, a large round table was set up, and Liu Jin, Zhang Mao, Zhu Fu, Xu Guangzuo, Li Chunyang and others all gathered together.

"Liu Jin, it's already this time, if you still have the mind to eat and drink here, Hu Xian will swallow up this Western United Commercial Bank."

Zhang Mao seemed very anxious, wishing he could lead his army to Ceylon Island and chop that Hu Xian into pieces. He had always been the only one who robbed other people's things. When did someone dare to swallow his property.

"That's right, this Hu Xian, I really didn't expect that he would be so bold as to swallow up our property. He is really reckless."

Zhu Fu also seemed very angry. The Western United Commercial Bank is a very important industry for the Zhu family, and it can get several million taels of silver every year.

"Brother-in-law, why are you in no hurry?"

Seeing Liu Jin's calm look, Xu Guangzuo asked very strangely.

When the others heard this, they also looked at Liu Jin one after another. It seemed that Liu Jin was really not in a hurry.

"What's the use of being anxious? We're in the capital, thousands of miles away from Tianzhu, so there's no need to be anxious."

"What's more, aren't Marquis Shouning and Uncle Jianchang on the Bangladeshi side?"

"After they received the news, I'm afraid they were even more anxious than us, and they have tens of thousands of colonial troops in their hands, plus the power of our families in Tianzhu, maybe they have already taken this Hu Xian and regained it The property of the Western Union Company."

Liu Jin said confidently.

"Only their two brothers?"

When Zhang Mao heard about the two brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling, he immediately said in disbelief.

"Of course it's not just the two of them. Each of our families has people in the Western United Commercial Bank, and they also have their own colonies and colonial troops in Tianzhu. They should also know the importance of time. They will definitely contact you for many things. Deal with it."

"In this regard, we can relax. Wait a little longer, and there must be news."

"If this Hu Xian really has wings and has the real ability to stand firm, we can also send troops to attack him. The Western United Commercial Bank is the property of all of us. How can he swallow it alone? .”

Liu Jin thought for a while and said.

"Well, that's about the same."

Only then did Zhang Mao feel relieved.

"The main reason for calling everyone here today is to discuss the future of the Western United Commercial Bank."

"How to prevent Hu Xian's incident in the future, we must come up with a good solution."

"Liu Jin, you have a lot of crazy ideas, so you just talk about your opinions."

"Yes, yes, Mr. Liu, you are resourceful and resourceful, and you must have a good way."

"We all listen to you, Mr. Liu."

Liu Jin looked at the crowd, smiled, and said slowly, "Although this Western United Commercial Bank is a commercial firm, in essence, it is no different from a country."

"It's just that this country is a bit special. It's not a country with one family and one family name. It's a country where we all contribute money and work hard. It belongs to us shareholders."

"The position of the governor of Ceylon is somewhat similar to that of a king. If it is restrained, there may be a second Hu Xian in the future, trying to turn this everyone's things into a family of one family."

"That's why I think we should set up a shareholders' meeting within Western United Commercial Bank. The members of the shareholders' meeting are appointed by each of our companies. The number of people sent by each company depends on the number of shares."

"Then the governor of Ceylon is elected and appointed by the shareholders' meeting, and is responsible to the shareholders' meeting. Then the ministers under the governor of Ceylon are also directly elected and appointed by the shareholders' meeting. The governor and the ministers must be rotated regularly, and They can only be re-elected for two consecutive terms at most, each minister is held by each member, and one member cannot hold multiple important positions at the same time."

"The general meeting of shareholders is responsible for formulating laws and regulations to be implemented in the Western United Commercial Bank. Everyone, including the governor, must abide by them. If there is any violation, the general meeting of shareholders can directly remove the governor and ministers by voting..."

　The first capitalist country was born~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)