Prime Minister

Chapter 440 Plan ahead
At the end of the year, Bianjing is very lively.

Daxiangguo Temple, Kaibao Temple, Longxing Temple, Tianqing Temple and other big temples in Bianjing all hold Buddha bathing meetings, and each temple cooks porridge with seven treasures and five flavors for believers. This porridge is also called Laba porridge.

When it comes to the twelfth lunar month, the temple will send monks to deliver facial oil to believers one by one, and ask them to donate Shangyuan lamp oil money.

On this day, in the Bianjing Jiaoyin Office, Zen Master Kongqing from Daxiangguo Temple arrived here with the Dusi and Jiansi in the temple, and personally presented face oil with the Jiaoyin Institute.

It was Cai Jing who received the delegation from Daxiangguo Temple.

Cai Jing has now been appointed as an official and is an envoy of Shuling.

It seems that Shuling envoys seized a large number of yamen in Bianjing, and he was not considered a big figure, but he has been in charge of this exchange for nearly a year, and he has been regarded as a pivotal figure in the business circle of Bianjing.

Hearing the other party mention the words of donating Shangyuan lamp oil money, Cai Jing put the tea bowls together and said: "The Shangyuan Lantern Festival at Daxiangguo Temple is famous all over the world, and Beijing has long admired it, so I plan to donate [-] yuan in the name of the Exchange. Oil money!"

Although Zen Master Kong Qing was a monk, when he heard that Cai Jing was willing to offer [-] guan, he immediately led all the monks to thank him.

Cai Jing said with a smile: "I have long wanted to admire Buddha, but during the Lantern Festival, I asked for 99 lanterns, the largest and brightest of which must be hung in the center of the temple, so that all Bianjing people who come to Daxiangguo Temple to see the lanterns See you all!"

"That's right, the poor monk will definitely do it," Zen Master Kong Qing thought, before guessing that he could get [-] guan and [-] guan, it was already amazing, but he didn't expect to get [-] guan, seeing that things went so smoothly.Zen Master Kong Qing was both happy and worried: "You don't need to ask Shen Lingshi about this matter?"

Cai Jing said with a smile: "It's only [-] guan, I can still be the master."

Zen Master Kongqing put his palms together and left, and all the monks looked happy.

When Cai Jing returned to the yamen, he suddenly smelled a burst of aroma. It turned out that today the public chef of the Jiaoyin Office cooked porridge with mixed fruits and vegetables, and passed Laba in advance.

Cai Jing walked into the courtyard with his hands behind his back, and the officials saluted him one after another.

Cai Jing showed a complacent look, thinking that he was just an ordinary scholar in the Xinghua Army, and others mentioned that he was just a relative of Cai Xiang.

Now he has given up on the Jinshi examination. His younger brother Cai Bian has repeatedly told him that he gave up his study and progress in order to work at the Exchange Institute. Is it worth it?
Cai Jing thinks it is worth it. It is not easy to be an official. How many scholars are enterprising?Among them, how many people passed the Jinshi exam, and even if they passed the exam, they might spend their entire lives in poverty, and their hair would also be gray.

Even if you are selected as a Jinshi, you still have to choose a person. How many years of hardships will you have to go through? I can't even imagine it.

Instead of this, it's better to seize the real benefits in front of me. What's more important is that in the bottom of Cai Jing's heart, Zhang Xueshi is a scholar worthy of following.

When Zhang Yue went to Shanzhou for business, he gave Cai Jing a pair of yin and yang candle atlases. According to Zhang Yue, he had learned all his life in it.

There are 36 pictures in total, including the "Three Red Soldiers", "Evening Star", "Dark Cloud Cover", "Dawn's First Appearance", "Three Flying Crows", "Cross Star" and so on. , These graphs are unpredictable, and they are used to predict the price of salt banknotes extremely accurately, which can be described as extremely ghostly.

Cai Jing studied these 36 pictures every day, and could not sleep at night.

If we use an analogy, Cai Jing now seems to have picked up Zhang Wuji of the Nine Suns Magic Art, and obtained a peerless martial arts secret book from Zhang Yue for no reason.

Then Cai Jing, by selling high and buying low, called the wind and rain in the exchange, and swallowed more than [-] pens within half a year.

Cai Jing sighed that Zhang Yue is really a god!
Pass on a set of yin and yang candle albums casually, that is to say, it has such amazing and unpredictable abilities.

Cai Jing really doesn't know how much talent Zhang Yue has.

At this time, someone whispered a few words beside him, Cai Jing was overjoyed when he heard it, and rushed to the hall in a hurry.

Zhang Yue was sitting in the hall drinking tea while reading the account book.Shen Yan and Uncle Chen are accompanying him.

Seeing this, Cai Jing held his breath and went to Zhang Yue's side to salute.

Zhang Yue raised his head and saw Cai Jing smiling gently, "Chang Yuan is here. During my stay, the Interchange Office has been really well run."

Cai Jing quickly said: "Everything is due to the blessing of the bachelor."

Zhang Yue continued to look at the account and said, "All the monks from Daxiangguo Temple have left?"

Cai Jingdao: "Yes, they came here for the lamp oil money for the Shangyuan Festival. I gave 99 guan on my own initiative, and asked them to add [-] lamps with the name of the Interchange Office, including a dragon and phoenix lantern more than ten feet high. , all the people who come to watch the lanterns can see it.”

Zhang Yue glanced at Cai Jing appreciatively. At this time, there was no concept of advertising, but Cai Jing was able to use the traffic of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival to make the name of the Exchange, and he really thought ahead.

Zhang Yue said: "Thirty thousand guan is not expensive!"

Cai Jing was overjoyed when he heard the words, happy for Zhang Yue's appreciation.

Emperor Renzong loved Buddha, and there was a strong atmosphere of worshiping Buddha in Bianjing, as did Seventeen Niang. The family donated money to the temple every year.Zhang Yue knew that Shiqi Niang's biological mother was a monk and practiced, so she also supported Shi Qi Niang's donation to the monastery.

After Zhang Yue looked at the account book, he felt that it was correct, so he said: "The three of you have really worked hard during the time I'm not in Bianjing."

All three looked respectful.

Zhang Yue said: "Since everyone is here, let's hold a board meeting!"

Among the four, Zhang Yue represents the Third Division, Shen's father and son represent the shares of the Shen family, Shen Yan is still the chairman, and Cai Jing represents the management. As for the absence of Shaanxi Yunsi, Xue Xiang has given up all the voting rights of Shaanxi Yunsi to Zhang More on behalf of the line.

As for the others, none of them held more than [-] shares, so they were unable to attend the board meeting.

In fact, after Zhang Yue gave Wen Yanbo [-] shares before, he still has the [-] shares given by Shen's father and son, and some scattered shares. Seventeen Niang bought [-] shares in the market one after another, and Ouyang Jia, Wu Anshi and others also hold more than [-] shares.

If he could, Zhang Yue could send another member of his own to the board of directors, but it was not necessary.

Therefore, Zhang Yue convened a board meeting, and all three expressed no objection.

Zhang Yue said: "This time, the half-year profit of the Exchange is more than 37 guan. I plan to take out 32 guan as a dividend. You also know that the imperial court is so tight that the third department can't make ends meet, and the Shaanxi side The people of Xixia are eyeing them, so they must hand over the dividends to the imperial court, so as to eliminate the criticism between the ruling and opposition parties on the exchange of prisons."

In the middle of the year, the Exchange Index distributed 24 guan in dividends. At that time, the Shaanxi Transportation Division distributed 15 guan, the third division [-] guan, and [-] guan for management dividends.

At that time, Shaanxi Yunsi accounted for the bulk of [-] shares, [-] shares for the third division, and [-] shares for management.

This share is divided into three dividends.

But the dividend of 32 guan was the same. Afterwards, Shen’s uncle and nephew bought 100 shares (the original [-] shares were reduced by [-] shares), and the Jiaoyin Supervisor issued another [-] shares and privately raised [-] million guan .

A total of 13 shares.

Among them, [-] shares are in circulation among the people, so they are called tradable shares, and tradable shares are shares that do not recognize people.Nowadays, the tradable shares are the ones that are speculated a hundred times in the market.

The [-] shares are non-tradable shares, which are registered in the prison. Once any major shareholder wants to reduce their holdings, they must obtain the approval of the board of directors.

(The definition of tradable shares and non-tradable shares is different from today! It is just a name)

In this way, the final share of 13 shares can be divided into two sets of [-] yuan per share.

The Shaanxi Yunsi got 12 guan, the third division got 6 guan, the management shares got 1 guan, the uncles and nephews of the Shen family got 6 guan, and the tradable shares also got 6 guan. Twenty-five hundred guan.

The stock exchange has accumulatively distributed five to five hundred yuan per share in one year.

The Shen family's uncle and nephew got as much as the third division, but Zhang Yue thought it was necessary.

Although Cai Jing has talent, he lacks market experience and prestige.Letting officials manage it, even though it has prestige, is prone to bureaucratic mistakes.After Shen's father and son became a shareholder, they were responsible for most of the management of the Exchange, making it truly in line with the market, and Zhang Yue knew that they were the largest gold and silver exchange in Bianjing before, and there must be a mysterious boss behind them support.

As for who the boss is, since the Shen family's uncle and nephew are tight-lipped, of course Zhang Yue will not ask.

In short, a board of directors brings together the interests of all parties.

Now that Zhang Yue is assigned, Cai Jing and Shen's uncle and nephew are of course what Zhang Yue says, and what they listen to, they all follow Zhang Yue's lead.

"The way the board of directors operates must be determined, so I can rest assured if I am transferred from the third judge..."

Hearing what Zhang Yue said, the three of them couldn't help being surprised, they were completely unprepared.

To be honest, the establishment of the bidding system of the Exchange, as well as the distribution of shares in the Exchange, are both pioneering moves, but Zhang Yue is about to leave...

Shen Yan asked: "May I ask if the bachelor has heard any news?"

Shen Yan thought to himself that he had never heard of this matter, if it really happened, he would also settle the matter for Zhang Yue.The Interchange Institute now needs Zhang Yue's vision and insight to lead.

Zhang Yue said: "I haven't heard any news."

In fact, on the first day Zhang Yue ran the Exchange, he was preparing to leave the Exchange and how to continue to operate.

Zhang Yue said: "I heard that before a person achieves success, he has to pass two tests. The first test is rumors. Someone will slander you behind the scenes. The second test is sewage. Someone will frame you for something you didn't need. But that's all."

"The same is true for this stock exchange. You knew how much you earned before, but now one share is worth nearly 13 yuan. How many shares are there in our stock exchange, a total of 300 shares? It's [-] million guan, a quarter of what the imperial court takes in a year! Who wouldn't be jealous with so much money?"

"At this time, someone must have made up his mind. I don't know who this is now, but there will definitely be! It's like a piece of gold dropped on the ground, and someone can't help but come to pick it up."

When everyone heard this, their faces were very heavy.

Cai Jing lamented that this was to plan for a rainy day, and he learned something from the bachelor.

Zhang Yue said: "The easiest way is to transfer me from the position of the third division of the salt and iron case, and replace me with another person to take charge, and finally embezzle the real gold and silver of the court for profit and fill my own pocket!"

"That's why I'm telling you today that you need to be prepared for this!"

(End of this chapter)