Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 309 Little Shen Envoy
Yanshan Manor, located in the southwest of Jingkou, was originally built as a residence for Wuzhong merchants to come and go here. Later, it gradually expanded in scale and became more and more useful.Up to now, not only many government offices around Jingkou are gathered here, but also every family in the north and south has a garden villa here. Major issues closely related to Jingkou are often resolved here, and it has gradually become known as the "Taicheng of the Wild".

With the rise of the war in the west, many families who lived in Gyeonggi in the early years also began to retreat to the direction of Gyeonggi.Especially from the time when Liyang raised troops across the river until Jiankang City was broken, a large number of Gyeonggi families and Taiwanese ministers evacuated here urgently.The prosperity of Jingkou is not inferior to that of Jiankang, and so many families suddenly poured in, especially a considerable number of them were leading figures in the north and south, and they were not easy to be treated harshly, so most of them were resettled in Yanshan Manor.

As the Empress Dowager and King Langya came to Jingkou and moved into the Yanshan Manor, this city in the wild gradually became more and more worthy of its name.An administrative team has even been initially established around the Empress Dowager and the new Minister of Zhongshu, Yu Yi. After all, most of the Taiwanese officials who fled here live here, and they can just take up their original duties. A regime in exile was established.

Of course, the tolerance and coverage of this government-in-exile is far less than that of the original Jiankang court. For example, the most important political force in the current situation, there are not many overseas Chinese from Qingxu, headed by King Langya and Ge. Even if there are a few households, it is difficult to represent the interests of the entire Qingxu Qiaomen.Therefore, it is difficult to say that this government-in-exile can completely replace the functions of the original Jiankang court.

But there is also an incomparable advantage here, that is, the Empress Dowager and King Langya are both here, and the righteousness lies in it, which determines that this is the only political center in the entire Jiangdong except Jiankang City, which fell into the hands of the rebels.Especially for the Jingkou Overseas Chinese and Wuzhong people who are outside the center, this is the first time they are so close to the center!
In Yanshan Manor, there are several conference halls with magnificent structure, which are used to hold large gatherings and deliberation activities.In the past years, most of the steady increase of various prices in the Jingkou market, as well as the delivery volume of various goods, etc., were decided in these halls, which in turn affected Huaibei, Jingkou, Wuzhong and even nearly half of Jiangdong. people's life and production.

The Yunhe Hall located in the southeast corner of the manor is a first-class hall, which can accommodate up to a thousand people. Once it is opened, it is often the largest discussion event of the business alliance, and the decisions made often affect very wide.Every time such a first-class hall is opened, it often attracts the vast majority of attention.

The last time Yunhe Hall was opened, the decision was made that the business alliance as a whole should come forward to support the Empress Dowager and King Langya, and provide a large amount of material expenses for the temporary platform in the future.

Today's Yunhetang discussion was temporarily proposed by Shen Ke, the president of the business alliance, and the topic is still being kept secret.Therefore, early on, many clansmen from merchant alliance families came here.Even if there is only one topic in this first-class discussion, the process is often very long.However, the operational efficiency of the entire business alliance is not low. For these participants, it is really just a meeting when people are serving prostitutes.

By the appointed time in the morning, nearly half of the nearly thousand seats in the hall had been filled, and the bamboo fence outside the Yunhe Hall had also fallen down.Those who are late or absent mean that they will give up their qualifications for this meeting. No matter what decision they make, they must not have any objections. This is also to encourage all members of the business alliance to join in the discussion of the business alliance.

Not long after the gate was dropped, Shen Ke, the president of the Business Alliance, and a group of elders walked in through the door, passing through many seats, and many people along the way stood up to pay their respects, and Shen Ke and others nodded in response one by one.After Shen Ke and the others passed by, everyone found Shen Zhezi at the back of the team. Shen Zhezi attended today in light armor, covered with a cloak, and looked more handsome and upright. long.

"Shen Lang also attended the meeting today, which is really rare!"

Everyone was no stranger to Shen Zhezi, and their attitude towards him was even more enthusiastic than those old guys who had passed before.

"What Shen Lang, it should be Little Shen Envoy!"

Hearing others correcting the address, Shen Zhezi couldn't help but feel happy, but he still kept a reserved and indifferent smile on his face.Although he is only a fake festival, no matter how fake he is, he is also the chief official of the aspect. Although he can only manage his own series, he can already be called "the envoy" without humility.

When Shen Ke and others all took their seats, Shen Zhezi sat next to his uncle, and the rest also took their seats.Although there were many friendships in the past, there were not many opportunities to gather together like today, so they talked and laughed with each other with great interest, and asked what the topic of today was.And Shen Zhezi also frequently chatted with the people around him or the visitors who came forward to visit with laughter.

It has been several years since the establishment of the business alliance. From the beginning, dozens of companies have changed their shareholdings one after another. Some people joined and others quit. Now the scale has become quite large, and the members are not only from Sanwu, but the main business activities are still concentrated. On the front line of Wuzhong and Jingkou.

So far, business alliance discussions have also formed a fairly stable process.There are elders under the president. The president is in charge of affairs, and most of the business structure is in charge of the president.The elders are jointly recommended by various families in Wuzhong, most of whom are Qingwang families in Wuzhong, such as Lu Ming from Wujun, who is Lu Ye's younger brother, and Gu Zhong, Kuaijiyu, Xie and other families from Wujun.

The elders do not manage specific affairs, and their joining is to use the back door and accept bribes in addition to relying on their respective reputations in Wuzhong to join the business alliance.Because in principle, anyone who joins the business alliance can make suggestions for the development of the business alliance, but the premise is that they must be approved by the elders before they can be formally discussed.

Therefore, whenever anyone wants to propose a proposal that is beneficial to them, they must first lobby the elders. No matter what the means are, coercion or temptation, even if it is a slap in the face, as long as they can get the approval of the elders, they can be discussed publicly.Even if it is necessary to set the price of rice at [-] yuan, as long as it is passed, the business alliance will spare no effort to promote it.

In addition to handling affairs, the president also has the privilege of directly throwing out a proposal without the consent of the elders.Therefore, the existence of the elders not only provides a channel for each family to express their opinions, but also imposes a layer of imprisonment on them.As long as you can't surpass the elderly, no matter how wonderful the idea is, it can't be implemented.

Shen Zhezi did not participate in the formulation of the business alliance's set of ritual procedures, and he didn't think a whole set of system construction would help things.There is no difference between advanced and backward systems, only whether they are suitable or not.

Generally, any system formulated too arbitrarily will inevitably obliterate some interests, and this group of people will inevitably become the main attackers and destroyers of the system.Sometimes to maintain such a system, the cost paid is even much greater than the benefit obtained, which will cause a great waste of social resources.

There may be various problems in the system that has been established by convention and gradually worked out, but one thing is certain, since this system can be worked out, it must be more in line with an equilibrium point for the distribution of interests among the current participants, and people are more likely to Happy to comply.

At present, Shen Zhezi does not have the momentum and strength to see all directions and dominate the world, so he naturally wants to avoid internal friction as much as possible.

As for the real procedure of discussion, it is similar to the current form of informal discussion.Those who put forward their opinions express their views in public, and then give a detailed explanation of why they think so, and then many opponents question and refute this view.If no one can refute it, the opinion is adopted.

Today's first two topics are related to the collection and preparation of goods by the business alliance in the future. According to people's usual understanding, once a war breaks out, it will inevitably affect people's livelihood issues and business activities.But it is not the case, especially for a behemoth like the Merchant Alliance, which has a strong ability to resist attacks, and can ignore most risks that are enough to cause disaster for ordinary merchants.

Liyang raised troops to capture Gyeonggi, and it can be said that the entire Jiangdong was greatly turbulent.At present, the only one that can provide stable delivery of goods is the Wuzhong Business Alliance. This can be seen from the number of orders submitted by Yinjue. Although the demand for luxury goods has indeed dropped significantly, the orders for bamboo, wood and salt rice are still high. The steep increase was several times, even exceeding the sum of the whole year in the off-season of the harvest year!

The first two issues, one is that a group of salt merchants in Kuaiji proposed to suspend the transportation of other materials temporarily, and the merchant alliance's transportation capacity should be given priority to meet the salt and grain ships.One is that Changcheng County and Yuhang people proposed to increase the price of bamboo and wood by [-]%.This is almost a consensus, so not too many people questioned it, and it passed quickly.

When the members of the Great Wall's Chen family stepped down from the lecture seat, everyone saw Shen Zhezi stand up and sit down on the lecture seat, and they couldn't help but feel refreshed.Not to mention Shen Zhezi's status as the emperor's son-in-law and the grandeur of the juvenile festival, just now that the Empress Dowager and King Langya are here in Jingkou, everyone already knows that Shen Zhezi is the main reason behind it.To be able to accomplish such a great event, Shen Zhezi is worthy of everyone's high regard, regardless of his position and family background.

Since the establishment of the business alliance's rules of procedure, whenever Shen Zhezi made any decision, whether he asked his second uncle to come forward, or sent his staff, this was the first time he was on the lecture table to persuade others, and he felt a little strange.In order to prevent the proponents from being stage-frightened in full view, there were originally screens around the lecture seats, but soon after Shen Zhezi sat down, he signaled for the screens to be removed.

Looking at the precious spices, paper and ink, ruyi, stag tail and other utensils displayed on the book case, Shen Zhezi couldn't help feeling that each era has its own characteristics. It just gives people a kind of elegant talk, which is as grand as opening an altar to teach.

Not long after Shen Zhezi stepped onto the stage, some servants of the Shen family brought several huge wooden boxes and put them beside him. These were the materials he was going to use to convince these people in front of him.

And seeing Shen Zhezi put up such a big battle, everyone also calmed down, and became more curious about the proposal that the little envoy Shen was going to talk about.

Shen Zhezi picked up Yu Ruyi on the book table and held it in his hand, then took out a scroll from the wooden box and spread it on the table, looked around at everyone, and said: "The discussion of the juniors today is that the Shang League invites the Kuaiji Fenzhou. "

(End of this chapter)