I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 174 The Patriarch of the Zhen Family, Desperate

What is a business association?
Although it was the first time for everyone present to hear this name, after Liu Jian gave a brief explanation, everyone knew it in their hearts.

To put it bluntly, it is an organization that redistributes the interests of various industries under the guise of maintaining the market order of various industries in Hebei.

If it is a non-government spontaneous organization, it is estimated that it is useless in this situation, and it will only have a name.

But the key now is that this organization was led by the State Shepherd's Office.

What do you mean?
It means that this organization has an official background and is led by the government!

Liu Jian wants to intervene in the commercial affairs of the Northland.

From the perspective of the State Animal Husbandry Administration, he has come to participate in the distribution of commercial interests in Hebei, and he is quite ambitious.

Logically speaking, Liu Jian is the shepherd of Jizhou.

Shouldn’t the business association led by Jizhou Mu be called the “Jizhou Chamber of Commerce”?

Why is it called "Hebei Chamber of Commerce"?
Just by looking at this name, one can see the clue.

This person has a big appetite and a good eye.

Besides, the name of his "Commercial Federation" organization is actually quite annoying in a sense.

Although it is obvious that once the "Federation" comes out, the interests of some families will inevitably be damaged, but the damaged part is not put into the pocket of Liu Jian's trousers.

Instead, it was divided up by other families.

Because we are all members of the federation, no one can take it for granted.

This is why Liu Jian, who is a shepherd, will not be reduced to the target of public criticism.

It is Liu Jian's forte to win over some and suppress others.

He never sets up everyone as a stage enemy.

Even if they are all enemies, treat some enemies as friends first, and after killing those enemies, destroy these enemies.

Moreover, to the helplessness of the rich and well-dressed families in Hebei, Liu Jian established the "Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Trade". The first batch of members are obviously mostly from poor families.

But this "Trade Association" is only an organization used to divide commercial interests in Hebei, and it is not a promotion of filial piety and honesty to pursue official careers.

Although looking at those poor families is an eyesore, but the well-dressed and well-dressed families, the famous families really can't say anything.

Because this organization is not aimed at how to become an official, they did not grab political resources.

Everyone is just studying how to make money and standardize business distribution.

Making money is not your patent, is it?

All the rich and wealthy present seriously thought about the nature of this "Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Trade", and then roughly figured out how it works.

It is said that it is to balance the market conditions of various industries in Hebei, but in fact it is to fight for business in groups.

This organization has not touched the political interests of the rich and powerful, and no one has any reason to object.

Besides, even if it is objection, it is meaningless.

The Chamber of Commerce established by Zhou Mu is an organization with the official background of the Han Dynasty, which is an iron signboard.

At the moment, everyone began to discuss this matter, one sentence at a time.

Obviously, everyone is still very interested in this business association.

But in fact, Liu Jian set up a business association, and grabbing business was not his main purpose.

The key is that he needs to use his official background and use the conflict between the well-dressed family and the poor family to unite some people, and while creating common interests, he needs to obtain another key thing, which is pricing power.

Local tycoons unite to drive up food prices, control horse prices, and use them to influence the policies of the local county office and control wealth. If this kind of thing is in peacetime, it may be possible to deal with it through central allocation or control of currency issuance. To regulate.

But once in troubled times, this kind of thing is out of control.

The half-horse red silk is one zhang silk, which is filled with charcoal straight to the head of the cow.

There are countless such things in the ancient dynasties. There are not only the bad government of officials, but also the joint control of the market by local prominent families and rich people.

If the pricing power is controlled by the local wealthy family, as the leader of one party, if he wants to regain it, he will inevitably have to set off a bloodbath.

I really can't do it.

Prioritizing the initiative can save a lot of trouble.

Everyone said something, I said something, and began to discuss in detail the organizational structure of the so-called "Hebei Business Federation". Because the political system and business model are different from those of later generations, the name of this "Federation" can be copied from later generations. , but the minutiae institutional division of labor cannot be copied.

It doesn't matter about other details, Liu Jian only insists on one principle: the state animal husbandry department takes the lead.

The group of people studied for a long time, and even saved the banquet they had today.

After discussing for two and a half hours, a general framework was finally agreed upon.

But at this time, the sun had set and the sky was dark, and everyone got up one after another to bid farewell to Liu Jian.

Liu Jian called the officials to send a group of people out, and led them to the Yecheng Guanyi for a rest. Tomorrow, let everyone come to the mansion to meet again and continue to discuss this matter.

These people came all the way to see Liu Jian from the counties of Jizhou and Youzhou. Naturally, the things they want to discuss cannot be discussed in one day. It is estimated that they have to hold an accounting meeting with Liu Jian here for seven or eight days.

After the crowd left, Liu Jian stretched his waist and looked at the sky outside the window.

It's getting dark!

Well, it's time to go back to the Hou Zhai to find Bian Yu'er.

When he was in Luoyang, Bian Yu'er was just his servant, not his concubine. He could only flirt with her once in a while, and if he asked her frequently, it would be a bit shameful, and it couldn't be justified by Zheng Ci.

But now, Bian Yu'er has become his concubine.

And after he went to Jizhou as a pastor, he only had such a concubine to follow him. It was only natural for Liu Jian to have sex with Bian Yuer in the same room every day.

Liu Jian didn't know why Cao Cao liked Bian Yuer so much in history, but Liu Jian really likes Bian Yuer now.

Just as Liu Jian was about to go to the back hall, he saw the officials coming in a hurry, and said to Liu Jian at the door of the hall:

"Emissary, Zhen Yi from the Zhen family in Zhongshan turned back on the way to the post house and wanted to see the envoy."

"Turn back halfway?"

Liu Jian raised his eyebrows upon hearing this.

In the process of discussing with a group of poor and wealthy businessmen just now, that Zhen Yi didn't seem to talk much, but he didn't talk until it was necessary for him to talk.

If he had to speak, he would just pop out a few words sporadically, making people feel very thin, cold and non-existent.

On the other hand, Gongsun Fan, like Zhen Yi, is a person who came from a high school of two thousand stones. During the discussion on how to establish a "commercial association" just now, he was very active. Can't stop.

Now this Zhen Yifu returned to the animal husbandry department...but he still carried the other people who came with him behind his back.

Ha ha.

Liu Jian temporarily put Bian Yu'er behind his head, then sat in the main seat, and told the assistants:

"Please come in."

"only."

When I was young, I saw Zhen Yi go down and return under the leadership of the assistant officials.

Zhen Yi, 30 years old, is pale, his lips are purple, and Yintang is a little blue.

In fact, when discussing matters with everyone just now, Liu Jian discovered that something was wrong with Zhen Yi's state.

This is a sign of chronic illness.

It seems that he is not in good health.

Since you are not in good health, what are you doing all the way here?Just choose individual nephews at home, what is this picture.

"Brother Zhen."

Liu Jian stretched out his hand, asked Zhen Yi to sit down, and said, "Brother Zhen went and came back again, I don't know what happened?"

Zhen Yi coughed lightly twice, then cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Zhen Yi has something important to say, so I won't be polite to you today."

Liu Jian raised his eyebrows in surprise when he heard the words.

In the Han Dynasty, it was really rare to see such a scholar who went straight to the point.

Zhen Yi said: "Although the Zhen family has been in business for generations, it is not a pure merchant family. There are also officials with two thousand stones in the three generations of the family. Zhen was also born in Xiaolian in the past. When he was 25 years old, he was also appointed as Cai Ling of Qianshi Shang, but because of his health The reason is that I have to abandon my official position..."

Liu Jian nodded and said, "I know this. If it weren't for his physical illness, Brother Zhen would be able to inherit the two thousand stone official position sooner or later."

Zhen Yi sighed: "It's a pity, my life is not long."

Liu Jian was taken aback when he heard the words.

But looking carefully at Zhen Yi's face, he felt relieved.

Liu Jian, a medical layman, could tell at a glance that there was something wrong with Zhen Yi's health. With the strength and financial resources of the Zhen family, it is estimated that he did not know how many famous doctors were found for Zhen Yi.

But unfortunately, it seems that none of those famous doctors could save Zhen Yi's life.

Liu Jian comforted: "Brother Zhen, don't be discouraged, a minor illness will recover sooner or later."

Zhen Yi smiled lightly, and said: "Life and death are predestined for me, it doesn't matter... It's just that I was less than [-] years old, so I abandoned my official position and returned home, and now my life is at stake. I am young and have no one to support me, I may cut off my career path in the future, this is what I am most worried about."

"Even if you think about it, you can see that I have lost my human form because of the persistent illness, and the disease has penetrated into the bone marrow. I will die sooner or later."

"Zhen Yi came to Yecheng from Zhongshan Kingdom in person this time with illness, just to find a support for his family and future generations before he dies."

"After all, the two thousand stone gates of the Zhen family cannot be broken in this generation because of my early death."

"Shi Cai listened to the words of the envoy and wanted to establish a "commercial association". It can be said that he has a far-sighted vision and is truly a hero!"

"It's not Yi Yi's deliberate flattery, but it's because Zhen Yi is also a son of an official, and he was the county magistrate of Qianshi, so he can figure out the intention of the envoy better than others."

"It's just that although Shi Jun's strategy is good, it will not be effective immediately after all."

"According to Zhen Yi, if Shijun wants to exert power quickly on the families of Jizhou, there must be a famous, powerful, and financial family who will stand up first and spare no effort to support Shijun, so that Shijun's strategy will be more effective. !"

"Zhen boasted arbitrarily that the Zhen family is also a hereditary family of two thousand stones. It has a prosperous population and has been doing business in Zhongshan for several generations. Whether it is in the government office or in the business, it is quite powerful in Jizhou!"

"As long as the envoy is willing, the Zhen family is willing to be a pawn, resist the taboos of the various ethnic groups in Jizhou, and open up the situation for the envoy in Jizhou!"

Liu Jian was surprised at first, then hesitated, and finally suddenly realized.

He was surprised that Zhen Yi was able to say such words when he met him for the first time today.

What he said inside and outside, seemed to be bringing the entire Zhen family to recognize the master!
Moreover, he was still impatient to admit the Lord, very anxious, and did not hide it at all.

The ensuing hesitation was because Liu Jian thought there might be a problem.

The final sudden realization was the understanding of Zhen Yi's current situation.

As the head of the Zhen family, he is just 30 years old, which means that he also inherited the position of the head of the family at the age of weak crown.

The Patriarch of the Two Thousand Stone Gates is under a lot of pressure.

They must do everything possible to borrow the resources of the previous generation to make themselves two thousand stones. This is what every Patriarch of the Two Thousand Stones Gate must do, and it is also the only basis for judging whether their Patriarch is qualified.

According to the inspection system of the Han Dynasty and the local official career rules of well-dressed nobles, since the Zhen family is already in this game circle, they will not be kicked out under normal circumstances.

unless……

Unless the Patriarch dies early!

Judging from Zhen Yi's current age, he is 30 years old this year, and he seems to have been a father-in-law for many years, which means that his father died quite early.

When Zhen Yi was young, before his political career had developed, his father died, and his political resources were easily cut off.

It will be difficult for him to climb up again.

Unfortunately, misfortunes never come singly, now that Zhen Yi is only 30 years old, he is about to end his game.

The early death of two consecutive generations of patriarchs is a huge change for the Zhen family!

How old is his son now?

When his son can raise Xiaolian, he wants to work towards two thousand stones. Zhen Yi has been dead for a long time. Who will help a dead person?

The early death of the two generations of patriarchs could easily ruin the political future of the Zhen family.

Whether there is a living father or a dead father, for a second-generation official, the effect is very different.

That's why Zhen Yi wanted to find a sponsor for his son in the shortest possible time!
Even if he dies in the future, someone will have to help his son continue this two thousand stone family gate.

The whole of Jizhou, now look horizontally and vertically, and then compare the distance of the relationship...

For Zhen Yi, it seems that Liu Jian is the most suitable.

Therefore, Zhen Yi decided that he would rather be at odds with other well-dressed families in Jizhou than to fully support Liu Jian's actions in Jizhou.

Use the Zhen family to serve as Liu Jian's pawns, and make a future for his son.

I have to say, Zhen Yi bet right!

Now Liu Jian really needs a family of two thousand stones who will swear allegiance to him to the death!
(End of this chapter)