Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 846, Withdrawal of shares

In Wang Jia's mansion in the capital, Wang Jia, who had been approved by Emperor Hongzhi to go home to live his life, was not in a hurry to return to his hometown. He was still waiting, waiting for Emperor Hongzhi to reinstate him.

He was only in his early fifties, and this age was still young for people in the officialdom. He was not considered old until he was sixty. As long as he was in good health, seventy was not too old.

After finally attaining the high position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials, how can he just return to his hometown to take care of himself in such a despondent manner, he is only in his early fifties, and there will be a long time to come after that.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that we have jointly signed a letter to His Majesty. Your Majesty is upright and dedicated to the country and society. We will never sit back and watch your Majesty be wronged like this."

In Wang Jia's study, several imperial officials and censors came to visit.

"Yes, Maharaja!"

"This new-style school run by Liu Jin does not respect Confucius and Mencius, does not teach the right way, but instead values ​​heresy.

"We have already contacted great Confucian scholars from all over the Ming Dynasty, and we will definitely explain the key points to His Majesty, and return justice to the prince."

The people next to him also followed suit.

For Liu Jin, many people have long been disgusted with it, especially in this new school.

They don't teach the Four Books and Five Classics, they don't teach the classics and meanings of the scholars, but they specifically teach some heresy. What's the use of this mathematics?

No matter how well you learn, you don't know etiquette, justice, and shame; this chemistry is just a trick of some charlatans, used to deceive the ignorant common people; and this physics, biology, geography, etc. are heresy and have no truth. In other words, Xuezhi only thinks about how to delve into ingenious skills, and it has no effect at all in Jiangshan Sheji.

It must be severely suppressed, and even Liu Jin must be brought down by the way, to rectify the source, and to correct Daming's current distorted atmosphere.

"Thank you for your generous help!"

Wang Jia looked at these people in front of him with a smile on his face, which strengthened his determination not to return to his hometown immediately, and there is hope for him to return to his original post.

How powerful Confucianism is, I'm afraid they don't even know it. Anyway, the government and the opposition are all the children of their Confucianism. As long as everyone works together, nothing is impossible.

Here, Wang Jia had just sent away these imperial officials and censors, and soon someone came to visit. This time, the person who came to visit was He Zhizhen, the owner of Daming Zhizhen Trading Company.

He Zhizhen and Wang Jia are also old friends and old acquaintances. A large part of this Zhizhen firm is also owned by Wang Jia. Like many court officials, he also invested in firms, plantations, factories and the like. The profits are huge, and the income is quite good.

"Your Majesty, this is your shareholding document in Zhizhen Commercial Bank. This is the sum of the one hundred thousand taels of silver you invested when you invested in the shares. In addition, this is the part that belongs to you, Wang Gong, after being converted into the assets of the Zhenzhen Commercial Bank. A total of thirty-five taels of silver."

He Zhizhen had someone carry out a large box, and put out all the documents and stacks of bank notes inside.

"Brother He, what do you mean?"

When Wang Jia saw it, he couldn't help frowning immediately.

Although I am no longer the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, I don't want to say that I will leave the tea immediately. Even if I go home to take care of my life, I don't have an official position, but I don't know how many old officials are there. He Zhizhen, a businessman, treats himself like this.

"My lord, after all the other owners of Zhizhen Trading Co., Ltd. unanimously discussed, they decided to return your shares, my lord."

He Zhizhen pondered for a while, and said helplessly after thinking about it.

"Withdrawal?"

Wang Jia's eyes widened slightly, a little unbelievable, is He Zhi really crazy?
It is one thing that He Zhizhen can manage this Zhizhen firm today, but the most important aspect is not relying on himself to cover it, they are now going to withdraw their own shares.

"Your Majesty, thanks to your care over the years, our Zhizhen Firm has achieved its current scale and status. For this, I and other shareholders are forever grateful."

"So when we withdraw the shares this time, we will give you an extra one hundred thousand taels of silver. This is our little care."

He Zhizhen said with a troubled expression.

"Why is this?"

Wang Jia said with a dark face.

"My lord, don't you understand this?"

He Zhizhen thought for a while and asked back: "You attacked the new school and pointed the finger at Liu Jin and Liu Shilang. This Liu Shilang is the God of Wealth. Now whether it is overseas trade, or various factories, or Nanyang Plantations, etc., in all walks of life, his influence is ubiquitous and unparalleled."

"You pointed the finger at him. Didn't you offend the entire business community? Everyone knows that Zhizhen Trading Company has your shares. After the news spread, our Zhizhen Trading Company's cargo ship could not borrow a single order, and even berthed When we arrived at the port, no one loaded and unloaded the goods for us.”

"There is also the factory of our Zhizhen Trading Company. We can't buy raw materials even if we have money. The goods produced here are unmanned. Our fishing boats want to go fishing, and those captains and crew members are unwilling to do things for us. No one is willing to buy the fish that come back from us.”

He Zhizhen is really helpless, offended Liu Jin, and still wants to hang out in the business world?

Even if Liu Jin doesn't speak up by himself, these people in the business world will spontaneously block you. What's more important is that Wang Jia also bombarded the new school.

Don't you know how many people's children are studying in these new schools in the Beijing-Tianjin area?
Among them, the children of many industrial employees under Liu Jin's command, as well as the children of emerging capitalists and working class, are the most numerous. In the entire Beijing-Tianjin area, the new-style schools opened by Liu Jin are everywhere.

Whether it is the children of traders, the children of workers in factories, or the children of sailors, there are too many children of too many people, because of the opening of this new school, they can go to school, and they also have a hope, a future. The hope of being able to live a prosperous life.

Now you want Emperor Hongzhi to stop these schools, you not only offended Liu Jin, but also offended almost the entire Beijing-Tianjin area.

"It's unreasonable. This Liu Jin, I thought he was pretty good at first, but I didn't expect that he would use such indecent means to deal with me."

When Wang Jia heard this, he immediately flew into a rage and slammed the table.

This is to cut off your own money.

Once the shares of this commercial bank are withdrawn, they will have a lot of money in their hands, which is enough for their retirement, but now everyone knows the truth that money begets money.

Zhizhen Commercial Bank is running well and earns a lot of money every year. Last year's dividends were more than [-] taels of silver. My shares have been withdrawn, and I will do nothing in the future.

He didn't expect that Liu Jin would attack him from this aspect, and directly mobilized the power of the business world to target him, hitting his own acupuncture points all at once.

"My lord, this should not be Liu Shilang's intention, but everyone spontaneously did so."

"In the entire Beijing-Tianjin area, and even in the entire Ming Dynasty, too many, too many people have received Liu Jin's favor. We can make a fortune and go overseas to earn money. All of this is thanks to Liu Jin."

"Besides, the new-style schools run by Liu Jin recruit many, many students, which are related to thousands of households in the Beijing-Tianjin area. Your majesty, you said that you want to close these schools."

"It's not just Liu Jin who offends, but millions of people in the entire Beijing-Tianjin area."

He Zhizhen shook his head slightly and said, Wang Jia was shrewd all his life, how could he be so confused about this matter.

Did you offend Liu Jin?
No, you have offended the entire Beijing-Tianjin region, from many dignitaries above the imperial court to ordinary people, you have offended you because of this incident.

"My lord, I have something to say, so I will take my leave first."

After saying this, He Zhizhen also left Wang Jia's mansion directly. He still had a lot of things to do, and he was completely overwhelmed.

The Zhizhen Commercial Bank was originally operating very well, and even the Zhizhen Commercial Bank was preparing to build a permanent private colony overseas like other commercial firms.

But because of Wang Jia's incident, all plans were disrupted, not to mention going overseas to seize colonies, and he didn't know how to get through the current hurdle alone.

"He Zhizhen!"

Looking at the back of He Zhizhen leaving, and looking at the banknotes piled on the table, Wang Jia couldn't help but read out one word after another. In Wang Jia's view, this He Zhizhen was crossing the river and demolishing bridges and throwing stones into trouble.

As soon as he lost his official position, he immediately came to withdraw his own shares. This is not a person who is taking the tea and making trouble, what is this?
However, before Wang Jia was angry, Wang Xuan, Wang Jia's housekeeper, hurried in with a few people.

"Master, something serious happened~"

Wang Xuan said with sweat profusely.

"What happened?"

Wang Jia took a deep breath and asked quickly.

"My lord, we can't buy wool and cotton from the Wang family's textile factory, and the merchant who originally ordered cloth from us also returned the goods."

"Also, after our Wang family's sea-going ship arrived at the port, we were not allowed to berth in Tianjin Port. The crew on the ship also got off the ship and left, leaving the ship in the sea outside Tianjin Port."

"And, and~"

Wang Xuan hesitated to speak.

"What else?"

When Wang Jia heard this, he immediately asked with a sullen face.

"There are also those servants in our house who went out to buy things today, and there are things that they can't buy even if they have money. Now our house doesn't even have rice."

"A few other servants asked me to resign, saying that something happened at home, and I'm afraid they won't be able to do things for the family in the future."

Wang Xuan hesitated and said, this is a matter managed by his housekeeper. It was originally a trivial matter and should not be discussed with Wang Jia, but he has nothing to do now.

(End of this chapter)