Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 406

Compared with the merchant guilds in the West that can force the king to compromise, since ancient times, in China, which emphasizes agriculture and suppresses business, the first iron law of business seems to be that the people do not fight with the officials, otherwise they will die miserably. For example, in the Huangshan case among the three major cases in Wanli, the Wu family even had two censors, and they were finally crushed into scum in the political struggle.

But this time, Song Qingshu completely violated this iron law and confronted the court directly. Although the effect was good, it still caused panic among the shareholders. Last time only a dozen shareholders arrived because of the Lianghuai grain issue. In Jiangnan, more than 67 shareholders came to the general meeting, which has been expanded to 40, and another general meeting of shareholders was held in Anqing.

As the business grows bigger and bigger, Song Qingshu's shareholding in the company has dropped from more than 60.00% to 40.00% at five o'clock, but even so, he is still the largest shareholder and an executive director, and his prestige is in full swing. It was the questioning of guilt, and the other shareholders did not dare to be aggressive. In a huge conference room, a lot of guys sat leisurely on the boss chair with Song Qingshu staring at each other. For a long time, no one spoke.

"Is everyone here for the recent court questioning?"

After a long time, Song Qingshu himself was really impatient, knocked on the table, leaned forward, and asked easily.

It could be said that someone opened his mouth, and this group of famous businessmen from all over the Ming Dynasty breathed a sigh of relief. Among them, the Huizhou businessman who joined later, Song Jing, the head of the Song family in Tunxi, stood up with a serious expression on his face.

"Boss, now that traitors are in power in the court, and some people slander you, all my colleagues are also very angry, but we are all responsible businessmen! Boss, this time the water transport company went on strike, and the Yangtze River transport fleet under the Longjiang Shipyard Shutdown, workers from all over the country are still attacking the government, this, you are making too much trouble?"

"Marshal, Wang Zhi, the captain of the Wufeng ship, was also powerful in the seven southern provinces, but in the end he ended up decapitated. There is also Li Dan, and..."

"Oh my, you scholars are just talkative, Marshal, everyone knows what happened during the restoration of the society!"

The biggest difference between Shanxi merchants and Huizhou merchants is that Shanxi merchants rely on their own hard work, while Huizhou merchants are willing to assimilate themselves among literati. They are known as Confucian merchants and use the power of the government to do business. He is easy to speak in an official tone, and talks around in circles. In comparison, the men in the north are more straightforward, and they can be regarded as Shanxi merchants who joined later. Xue Jing, a shareholder of Datong, interrupted Song Jingyin impatiently. Clenched fists.

"The gang of poor people who are full and have nothing to do are chasing and beating the commander. It is nothing more than the boss, you took the big guys to make a fortune, and robbed the benefits of those fat people in Yangzhou. The salt merchants are pushing behind, and you are always acting on behalf of everyone. You have been through this, the turmoil from the imperial court should naturally be handled by the big guys together, everyone has money to contribute money, and is capable to contribute, and we will definitely not let the master harm a single hair."

"But Master, it's not a long-term solution to openly confront the government like this!"

"That's right, Marshal, didn't you also subdue those Hui Laozhi when you settled the money a few times ago?" Cao Sanxi, an old shareholder, couldn't help persuading him, followed by the anxious shareholders. They all nodded.

"Yes! Master!"

"My cousin has sent news, His Majesty is furious! It is said that Jin Yiwei has been dispatched to Jiangnan!"

After saying this, a large number of shareholders also nodded their heads and followed suit.

Seeing a lot of bitter faces, Song Qingshu didn't get angry at all. On the contrary, he was quite relieved. These bastards have no shortage of masters who can sell their wives and daughters for business, but they still have one thing in common, loyal to Benefit!When there is something to do, knowing to share it together is much better than the few divisions who bit him back a while ago.

"You don't need to hear about it!" Song Qingshu slapped his hands, and said with a smile: "A while ago, the censor Chen Yan came to make trouble twice. It was Lao Tzu who ordered the workers to kill him, and the imperial court did indeed send Jin Yiwei. Today has arrived. Anqing City!"

As soon as these words came out, all the shareholders present turned pale. Jin Yiwei had a terrible reputation in the Ming Dynasty. Could it have slipped away.

These guys are all vampires. I don’t know how many rich businessmen have been planted in their hands. There are even eunuchs who collude with Jin Yiwei. These businessmen who don't have much protection are smashed to the bone, and their families are ruined.

No one wants to deal with these vampires.

It seems that the result has been known for a long time. The door of the conference hall was tightly closed, and there were two big-armed guards guarding the door.

"Boss, what's your plan?"

He didn't want to run away at all, the involvement was too deep, Qu Bo Taoju asked weakly, who knew Song Qingshu laughed and clapped his hands.

"What should I do? These Jinyiwei are here to add officials to me. What should I do?"

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"The following is Song Qingshu, the commander-in-chief of the Huaihe River and Huaihe River? Your Majesty has an order!"

The shrill voice was like fingernails scratching the blackboard, and the hairs on the backs of those who listened stood up. A father-in-law preached the decree, and sixteen royal guards stood up, which seemed to be standard equipment. A large pile of flying fish robes gathered in the yard. Song Qingshu To save face, he shouted long live three times, and brought out the prepared incense table to greet him.

Amidst the sharp voice with numbness on the back, the eunuch passing the decree quickly recited the imperial decree: "Follow the heavens, the emperor's decree said, the sun is shining, and the buddhist four directions..., read Song Qingshu, the general soldier of the Lianghuai River, conscientiously, Loyal to the king, guarding one side is meritorious, now the special title of governor is given, a thousand taels of gold, flowers and silver, and fifty pieces of tribute yarn are rewarded, this is the order of Song Zongbing!"

I read five or six pages of nonsense from the beginning until the last paragraph before I got to the point. A bunch of shareholders who were eavesdropping on the second floor were stunned. This world is too unfair, right?It can be said that my boss slapped the imperial court hard. Instead of investigating and punishing him, the imperial court awarded him a reward?

Isn't this imperial court too face-to-face?
This thought couldn't be suppressed in the minds of a large group of businessmen.

Now that the imperial court has murderous intentions, it is estimated that Emperor Chongzhen will never trust him again in the future, and if he wants to make a fuss, he will make a big fuss, a broken title, a little money, how can these things appease Song Qingshu, and he didn't even look at it So happy, Song Qingshu stood up numbly to receive the imperial edict, and immediately waved his hand to send the eunuch and Jin Yiwei away without even giving him a drink.

In the eyes of a large group of shareholders looking at aliens, Song Qingshu walked back swaggeringly, throwing the imperial decree in his hand on the table like a wipe, and sat down on his boss chair again. Looking at the golden cloth scroll, dozens of shareholders stared straight for a while.

"Congratulations to the boss, you have been promoted to a noble!" After all, Zhang Mingxing, the major shareholder of Puzhou, was the first to come back to his senses after all, and congratulated Song Qingshu with fists. Then, the shareholders who reacted were also They clasped their fists together, who knew that Song Qingshu waved his sleeves impatiently after hearing a lot of flattery.

"Happy fart, it's just a short sale. This reward is not enough for everyone's daily dividends! It didn't bring any benefits to the company, so what's the point?"

This tone was too loud. Just when the shareholders were at a loss, Song Qingshu narrowed his eyes, knocked on the table with a sneer and said, "Boss Zhang, your son is taking the imperial examination in the southern province this year, right? Fight for him! This spring, at least [-] seats will be freed up for Lao Tzu in the Jiangnan officialdom! Everyone in the family has a share!"

"As long as everyone believes in Lao Tzu!"

The total number of officials in the entire Ming Dynasty was only 100 to [-]. After deducting the military officials, the number of civil servants was only [-] to [-].

Moreover, Song Qingshu's idea this time is Chunwei, which is the third important stage of the imperial examination. The tributes who pass the examination are already qualified to serve as officials in the two capitals. They take the exam in the southern province, and most of them are subordinates of the Six Departments of Nanjing. Although the officials in Nanjing are not as expensive as the Jingshi Jingshi, they are also powerful. Originally, Nanjing officialdom is the inherent territory of the Donglin Party. It seems that this time he is very angry. Song Qingshu is really going to play a big game.

It’s just that compared to the panic just now, this time, many shareholders’ faces showed greed. Why was the Wu family so prominent in the Huangshan case back then? Isn’t it because there were two censors?Now the big guys are making a lot of money, what they lack is this kind of protection and social status!

Listening to the discussions of the shareholders below and nodding their eyes, Song Qingshu proudly folded his arms again.

In fact, this time he can also rely on conventional means to pave the way with money. Even if the salt merchants in Yangzhou have all-hands-on-the-eyes, with their financial resources and the advantage of public opinion in the disgraceful Fushe, Song Qingshu can easily spend one or two million taels of silver. Get Gong Dingzi settled.

But in this way, his Jiaduobao business name is still a lamb under the Eastern feudal system.

Although foreign enemies are invading and causing trouble in the rear, it is unavoidable to be suspected of fighting in the rear, but this is also a rare opportunity. When the feudal forces that suppress the bourgeoisie are weakest, they can only step by step. Ambition is what Song Qingshu needs, and only a bourgeoisie capable of supporting his ambition can be created.

Now it seems that this first step seems to be very successful!
After unifying the internal opinions, the Qihuo army played a second card. Not only did the water transportation not resume, but on June 100, another event that shocked Jiangnan happened. More than [-] people including Gongsheng Zhang Da and Xie Qing of the Nanjing Imperial College , and Luda, the supervisory censor of Nanzhili, wrote together to report fraud in the Jiangnan examination room!

Two things were piled up on Emperor Chongzhen's desk together.

(End of this chapter)