Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 673, fell down
"Sell newspaper~sell newspaper~"

"Jinshang Bank closed down, unable to pay depositors, and the owner ran away with donations~"

"The five major Shanxi merchants are unjust for business, do all the bad things, and reap the fruits of their own~"

With the arrival of a new day, the newsboys in the streets and alleys of the Beijing-Tianjin area began to yell again, and what they yelled immediately attracted everyone's attention.

All of a sudden, a large number of people gathered around every newsboy, and everyone couldn't wait to see the content of today's Ming Morning Post.

Jinshang Bank went bankrupt and had no money left.

This is unbelievable, it is tantamount to a blockbuster exploding.

In this era, Shanxi merchants are comparable to Huizhou merchants.

Among the several major Shanxi merchants in Shanxi, which one is not rich and invincible?
Relying on the smuggling of grassland people, these Shanxi merchants have become extremely rich.

Their industries spread across all walks of life, from textile factories, cement factories to ocean trading houses, from fur business on the grasslands to grain trading in the customs, and they are everywhere in Shanxi.

In everyone's previous concept, these Shanxi merchants are synonymous with gold masters.

Now the newspaper actually said that the commercial bank had closed down and there was no money to pay the depositors. One can imagine how shocking this news was.

Many people who had deposited silver in Jinshang Bank rushed to the place where Jinshang Bank was located after hearing the news, but the place was already crowded with people who came to withdraw their silver.

Seeing the closed Jinshang Bank, countless angry people started to smash the Jinshang Bank, wanting to open the door of the Jinshang Bank to see if they could rush in and grab some money back.

Then, the inside of Jinshang Bank has already been empty. After these Shanxi merchants visited Liu Jin yesterday, they knew that this time it was probably doomed.

Last night, he started to pack up and leave all night, and fled to his hometown in Shanxi with his money, wanting to escape back to Shanxi and continue to live his carefree life.

How could he really stay here so foolishly, waiting for others to tear himself apart.

Depositors who didn't open the door, couldn't see anyone, and couldn't get money started to smash Jinshang Bank crazily. The originally magnificent Jinshang Bank was soon smashed beyond recognition.

At the same time, powerful people began to file a complaint with the government, asking the government to arrest these unscrupulous Shanxi merchants and give everyone justice.

"These hateful Shanxi merchants~"

"It turned out that they were the ones who built the Shuxiang Yayuan. As soon as the house was sold, they immediately packed up and left, leaving countless ordinary people with no place to cry."

"They just eat people without spitting out their bones~"

"The factory under Shanxi Merchants has 12 hours a day, and they actually ask someone to work for eight hours. Except for eating and sleeping, they are working for him all the time."

"Even so, they often find excuses to deliberately deduct workers' wages, beat workers wantonly, and even not pay wages on time, and then let them go."

"What's even worse is that on the Nanyang side, they even deceived their own Shanxi people, deliberately tricking people to Nanyang, and then treating them as slaves to oppress them, and even beating them to death if they dared to escape."

"These Shanxi merchants must be severely punished~"

"Yes, we must be severely punished. When you meet these Shanxi merchants in the future, don't do any business with them."

The entire Beijing-Tianjin area began to become angry, and everyone looked at the newspaper in disbelief and saw the bad things that these Shanxi merchants had done in the newspaper.

Not only Jinshang Bank, but also cement factories, textile mills, commercial banks, etc. under Jinshang's command. With the publication of newspapers, workers who had been squeezed by Shanshang merchants began to rebel.

The workers arrested the foremen, stewards, etc. who were oppressing them, removed all the things that could be moved in the factory, and smashed all the things that could not be moved, in order to vent their inner anger .

The news quickly spread to the court.

The early court had just come down, and Emperor Hongzhi, who called many important ministers to his study for a small meeting, also received the news.

"Everyone look at it, all look at it~"

Emperor Hongzhi took the latest Daming Morning Post and said to Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Zhang Mao, Liu Jin and others.

Everyone took the newspaper one after another, read it carefully, and soon, everyone couldn't help but change slightly.

The Daming Morning Post reported everything about Shanxi merchants in great detail, and reported numerous crimes committed by Shanxi merchants, many of which were outrageous, especially real estate and Nanyang plantations. These two things have gone too far .

"Your Majesty, I think that Shanxi merchants must be severely punished, otherwise it will not be enough for the common people to be angry!"

Liu Jian was the first to stand up and express his opinion.

"The minister also thought that Shanxi merchants must be severely punished to make an example~"

Li Dongyang and others also expressed their opinions one after another. There is nothing to discuss about this matter, and these Shanxi merchants must be severely punished.

"Severe punishment must be severely punished. The death of these Shanxi merchants is not a pity."

"However, since ancient times, there has been no business without fraud, and businessmen have been chasing profits. These Shanxi merchants are certainly not the first, nor will they be the last. The key lies in how to prevent problems before they happen. You can't make up for it every time something like this happens."

Emperor Hongzhi stood up, walked back and forth, thought for a while and said.

Of course, Liu Jin had already reported to him about the Shanxi merchants. These Shanxi merchants didn't say anything else, they just wanted to issue bank notes and grab the deal from the First Bank of Ming Dynasty, so they were destined to die. .

The First Bank of Ming Dynasty was the biggest purse in the hands of Emperor Hongzhi, and he would not allow anyone to touch his own cheese.

Therefore, Shanxi merchants must be severely punished.

But now that capitalism is in its infancy, industry and commerce are developing extremely rapidly, and the ocean trade industry is also developing rapidly. However, Daming does not have a relevant law or regulation to regulate the code of conduct of merchants.

In the long run, this will definitely not work.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the imperial court should issue a relevant commercial law to regulate our Ming's commercial behavior. There are laws to follow, and violations must be prosecuted. In this way, it is the only way to achieve long-term stability."

At this time, Liu Jin stood up and remonstrated with Emperor Hongzhi.

In fact, this matter had been discussed with Emperor Hongzhi in advance. The capitalism of the Ming Dynasty was developing extremely rapidly, and the Ming court naturally wanted to control it, and capitalism could not be allowed to develop indiscriminately.

For businessmen and capitalists, if there is no legal constraint, they can really do anything.

Cannibalism does not spit out the bones, talking about capitalists.

"Your Majesty, I also think that the court should issue a relevant law to regulate the behavior of merchants."

"As the saying goes, there is no rule, and the content of the imperial court's original "Law of the Ming Dynasty" is too general and vague, and it is easy for people to take advantage of loopholes. It is necessary to issue a special commercial law to regulate the code of conduct of businessmen in detail."

The chief minister of the cabinet, Liu Jian, stood up and expressed his opinion.

Businessmen not only have to pay taxes, but also have to abide by laws and regulations. They must use laws and regulations to trap capitalism, the wild horse that is about to gallop, and keep it in the hands of the imperial court.

"Your Majesty, I also thought that a detailed law should be made..."

Other ministers also stood up to express their views. As the helm of this huge empire, everyone is aware of the arrival of a new era.

This is an era that has never been seen before. It is full of vigor and vitality, and it is coming with a thunderous momentum, which makes them, the important ministers of the country, somewhat unable to adapt to the arrival of the new era.

Just like now, when I go to Tianjin once in a while, I always feel as if I am getting old all of a sudden. There is a feeling that a thousand years have passed, and the times are changing too fast.

This is a good thing, but also a worrying thing.

The Shanxi Merchants matter is actually not worth their time and effort to think about. What they really need to think about is how to continue to control the big ship of Ming Dynasty.

……

On the cement road from the capital to Shanxi, four-wheeled carriages were advancing rapidly on Xinxiu's concrete road. These four-wheeled carriages were filled with large boxes and covered with cloth, so as not to be known by others.

In one of the luxurious four-wheeled carriages, Fan Hanshi closed his eyes, feeling extremely unwilling.

He hates that his family's hard work of several generations has been in vain just like this~
Full of hatred for Liu Jin.

I never offended this Liu Jin, but was blocked by this Liu Jin.

The things he did were just things that businessmen would do, and there was nothing wrong with him, he was already humbled, so let him let him go.

But this Liu Jin was unwilling to let go, he insisted on putting himself to death before giving up.

"Liu Jin!"

"Let's see how long you can be arrogant!"

Fan Hanshi clenched his fist tightly.

There is no other way but to withdraw to Shanxi first, find a place to hide first, and then come out with another identity after the limelight is over. As long as the family property is still there, there is still a chance to make a comeback.

However, at this moment, the convoy that had been advancing suddenly stopped.

"what happened?"

Fan Hanshi fell forward and bumped into the frame of the carriage, and he immediately asked angrily.

"Master, we can't go anymore, it's the Jinyiwei who stopped us."

The servant under him walked over tremblingly and said.

"what?"

"People from Jinyiwei?"

When Fan Hanshi heard this, his legs trembled with fright.

"It's over, it's really over~"

It was dark before his eyes, and he fell down all of a sudden.

"Catch them all, seize everything~"

"I still want to go, dreaming!"

Before he could slow down, with an order, many Jinyiwei rushed into the convoy like wolves and tigers, arresting everyone.

Killing chickens to show monkeys, punishing them as an example, naturally they will not let these Shanxi merchants go. Emperor Hongzhi has already used the power of Jin Yiwei to investigate these Shanxi merchants clearly, and wants to leave. no way.

　Is it better to distribute them to Huangjinzhou, or to Sakhalin Island in Liaodong?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)