Chapter 295: Changes from the inside and outside
(2-in-1.) I would like to tell you about the updates during the Spring Festival. During the Spring Festival, we try to ensure that it is constantly updated, but the number of words may not be guaranteed. Try to be about 5,000. Recently, the weather has been extremely cold, and the hands and feet are swollen, and the pain and itching are unbearable, which also affects the code word. So if there is any interruption, please forgive me. )、
The head of the Lin family changed hands, and this matter spread all over Hangzhou like a blockbuster news. The news released by the Lin family is that the head of the Lin family is grieving and seriously ill due to the drowning of his eldest son Lin Ke, and he can't handle family affairs, so he gave up the position of head of the family to the second master Lin Bonian. But the explanation given by the Lin family is not the mainstream of the news circulating on the street. The inside information circulating on the streets of Hangzhou has more gossip effects and exciting content, which arouses people's interest.
It is said that the person who witnessed the passing by in the compound of the Lin family boat company on that day told the situation of that day. Lin Jue, the new chief steward of the Lin family, beat the two sons of the long house in public and made the shopkeeper, after the head of the family arrived, the son of the three-room concubine joined forces with the second master of the Lin family to persecute the old family owner Lin Boyong, and finally Lin Boyong was forced to be helpless, for the sake of the overall situation of the Lin family, he gave up the position of the head of the family.
Another circulating version is that Lin Boyong, the head of the Lin family, in order to show generosity, asked Lin Jue to temporarily take over the position of chief steward. But behind his back, he allowed the two sons of the long house to lead people to make trouble, and was exposed by Lin Jue on the spot, so he was ashamed to give up the position of the head of the family.
All in all, these rumors are strange and strange, the speaker is foaming at the mouth, the evidence is conclusive, and the listener relish it as if he had seen it himself, which can be described as a whole city. As a result, even Guo Bing, the king of Liang, the business partners who had a good relationship with the Lin family, and even the Lin family's business opponents sent people to inquire about what happened to the Lin family. If there was a hot search list at that time, then this matter definitely occupied the headlines of the hot search list.
The Lin family has given an answer to this, that is: The head of the Lin family has indeed been temporarily appointed by the second master Lin Bonian, and the old family owner Lin Boyong is ill and has now moved to the Lin family garden to recuperate behind closed doors. The rumors on the street are all untrue, and the government has been entrusted with holding the rumors accountable. In addition, this matter is a family matter of the Lin family, and outsiders have no right to comment.
Compared with the rumors in the outside world, the Lin family seems relatively calm. Although the change of head of the family is a big deal, and the process of changing is more like a farce. But the centripetal force of the Lin family's outhouse has long been lost in the hands of Lin Boyong.
After Lin Boyong became the head of the family, the next rooms were in a bad situation. The sons of the Lin family are usually high-spirited, and there is no flesh-and-blood clan love between uncles and brothers. Compared with people outside the Lin family, the children of the Lin family are less free and more constrained by family rules and disciplines. All this has made the houses in the outer house psychologically lose their sense of belonging to the Lin family. Therefore, many people are actually indifferent to this bizarre change of family head.
A small example can prove how unpopular Lin Boyong is. After Lin Boyong gave up the head of the family that day, Lin Song and Lin Run were unwilling to give up, and they wanted to carry out a wave of counterattack. They went door to door to visit each room in the outer house, and demanded that all the uncles and children who said that they had an outer house come forward to protest against Lin Bonian and Lin Jue's shameless behavior. However, with the exception of a few families who have received affordable outhouses, most of them are extremely indifferent.
Lin Song was furious, and reprimanded them sternly, saying that as a child of the Lin family, how could he let such a thing happen in the clan and ignore it. Say that as a child of the Lin family, he is favored by the family on weekdays, so he should come out to take responsibility at this time.
A bold outhouse student gave them this answer: "Two sons, how many rooms do you have in your own family, have you ever treated our outhouse as a person on weekdays?" You only treat us as a burden. These uncles and aunts are your elders according to their seniority, and your lord's son treats them with half courtesy? In your eyes, our outer brothers are even worse than slaves. We can't keep silent as much as you want to beat and scold. Yes, we have won the monthly example of the Lord's family, but we are also a member of the Lin family, and we have more or less a share of the Lin family's property. If it weren't for your lord's house taking away all of our inheritance, we wouldn't have to be blessed by you. Even so, we have hands and feet, and we can support ourselves. But we don't even have the freedom to go out and work to support our families. Treat us like pigs and dogs slaves, and now you want us to stand up for you? We don't have that much to spare. It doesn't matter to us which of you is the head of the house. The second master became the head of the house, maybe it's still a good thing. ”
The words of this descendant were unanimously approved by all the tribesmen. Lin Boyong and the sons of the long house are like dark clouds hanging over everyone's heads, and everyone has been out of breath for decades. Finally someone came out to knock him down, and it was too late to be happy, but he went to hold his grievances? didn't set off firecrackers to celebrate, which was already a lot of face for him.
After Lin Song and Lin Run reported the reaction of their clansmen to Lin Boyong, Lin Boyong was stunned for a long time and sighed loudly. That night, taking advantage of the darkness of the night, Lin Boyong left the Lin family's old mansion with his old wife, two side rooms and more than a dozen servants, and went to the Lin family villa in Huxi, leaving a message to close the door from now on to thank the guests and think about their own lives without asking about family affairs.
One thing is strange, Lin Jue was worried that this series of blows would make Lin Boyong unbearable, and even endanger his life. But now it seems that Lin Boyong is fine, and his illness has not become more serious. According to the miracle doctor who came to see the doctor, not only did it not get worse, but there was a trend of improvement. This made Lin Jue and Lin Bonian feel relieved, they didn't want Lin Boyong to have three strengths and two weaknesses. Taking the position of the head of the family is not to take Lin Boyong's life. Although Lin Boyong made mistakes, after all, he has worked hard for so many years without merit, and he is still the head of the Lin family's house, and his identity is still important. Lin Bonian and Lin Jue both have a consensus on this point.
A few days later, a general meeting of all the clansmen was summoned in the Lin family's mansion, and in addition to women, children and children, men from all rooms inside and outside the Lin family were invited to participate. The two sons of the long house refused to come to express their anger, but other than that, almost all the invited clansmen came, because everyone knew in their hearts that this might be a meeting of the Lin family to change the inherent rules and turn the world upside down.
As everyone expected, Lin Bonian, the new head of the family, threw out several blockbuster news that day, all of which were important measures related to the livelihood and welfare of the Lin family. First, each house of the Lin family will enjoy family equity dividends. The main family will take out 10% of the equity and distribute it to the Lin family's outer house as an additional benefit to improve the living conditions of the adjacent houses. Although these two percent of the equity is not owned by the outhouse, the dividends generated will be distributed by the outhouse. In other words, 20% of the annual profits of the Lin family will be distributed equally among the houses.
The Lin family's current annual profit is nearly 100,000 taels, that is, 10,000 taels of silver will be distributed to the side outer house every year. There are more than 40 households in the outer house, that is to say, as long as the Lin family continues to maintain the operating level at this time, the outer house of each side will be able to receive a dividend of about 200 taels every year. This is a huge amount of money, which will greatly improve the livelihood of the Lin family's houses, and ensure that they are fed and clothed.
This can be said to be a lot of money, and the main family is so generous, this is the first time that it has never happened. This is simple and rude, in fact, after Lin Bonian and Lin Jue discussed, they felt that it was the fastest and most convenient way to regain the hearts of the people in the Lin family's houses and gather the centripetal force of the Lin family. The sharing of interests will make the families in the outer house no longer care about themselves, the quality of the Lin family's business will no longer make them indifferent, and the common interests will bind the Lin family tightly together.
The second article announced by Lin Bonian is to formally abolish the court training system and replace it with a semi-annual family meeting. Headed by the head of the family, 20 fair elders in the family are selected and given the right to evaluate. The task of these 20 elders is to evaluate the conduct, studies and deeds of the children of the family in the past six months, and give an evaluation of the upper, middle and lower levels. The higher the rating, the more opportunities the Lin family will give, and the more generous the various benefits. The lower the rating, the fewer opportunities and the lower the benefits. Those who violate the family law will still be punished by the family law, but there will never be a case of deducting the monthly rules in the house due to the fault of one person, which greatly guarantees the basic life of each family house.
The third point is to give the children of the family the right to express their opinions. Any constructive suggestions and measures for the Lin family can be stated. Once the suggestion is adopted, it will be rewarded. The purpose of this point is not to really get any good advice, but to further strengthen the sense of ownership and responsibility of the children in the clan, and better promote the communication between the main family and the outer house.
In total, Lin Bonian announced a total of six measures, each of which was a practice that had never been done before. These six articles can be summed up in one sentence, giving a lot of benefits to the outer room, gathering the scattered hearts of the Lin family, and at the same time giving the Lin family a great respect for the personality of the outer room, supplemented by various means to motivate progress, and draw a clear red line to ensure that the big ship of the Lin family moves forward steadily and unites internally.
The more than 160 children of the Lin family who participated in the conference were ecstatic, and they never expected that the Lin family would have such earth-shaking changes after changing the head of the family. The spring of the Lin family is coming, and if each of these measures will be implemented, the situation of the Lin family's outhouse will be greatly improved, and there will be no more poverty. Being a member of the Lin family is no longer a dispensable thing, and the identity of the Lin family will be a golden signboard that can obtain great benefits and a sense of glory, and there will be no negative thoughts about what the Lin family has to do with me.
The family meeting within the Lin family was a complete success, and at the same time, a revolution also arose among the large shops of the Lin family's ship company. Although Lin Jue felt that there was no need to make changes to the Lin family's industry, which was already on the right track, to reduce confusion and variables. But after a few days of actual operation, Lin Jue found that certain rules and personnel changes had to be made.
First of all, during the period when Lin Ke was in charge of the business, Lin Ke grasped everything in detail, which basically stifled the subjective initiative of the shopkeepers. These people are really just tools for execution, and they can't use their abilities. Even for some trivial matters, Lin Ke also stipulated that he had to come to report and get permission. The Lin family's business is basically Lin Ke's word. Maybe Lin Ke had a ghost in his heart at the beginning, and he had to take a move in order to avoid the relationship between himself and the pirates being exposed, but this was extremely unacceptable to Lin Jue.
For several days in a row, the shopkeepers came to the ship hall like flowing water to report on the big and small affairs, and when they asked Lin Jue to make a decision, Lin Jue felt that this matter had to be reconsidered. I don't want to be tied up in these cumbersome things, and this is not a reasonable business situation. What Lin Jue needs is to grasp the big and let go of the small, and delegate power to the people below. Give full play to their abilities and make it easier for them to be the big steward.
Of course, there was another important reason for the decision. After the current Lin family has undergone this drastic change, it is basically impossible for Lin Boyong to come out and take charge of the family business. There is almost no one to trust the candidate for the chief steward except himself, so after the one-month period, it is basically impossible for Lin Jue to get out. But Lin Jue needs to prepare for the autumn exam, if he is entangled in these business trivial matters every day and it is difficult to get out, won't he become a businessman. It's a cocoon.
Therefore, Lin Jue needs to let the Lin family's business run smoothly with his limited participation, so that he can get out. This kind of thinking seems impossible, but Lin Jue knows that it can be realized. It is imperative to have a process in place that works proactively.
To achieve this purpose, Lin Jue began to act. By soliciting everyone's opinions, ten shopkeepers and stewards who had served in the Lin family for many years were selected, and an organization called the 'Affairs Association' was formed, headed by the master Tang Shizeng. The office will sit in the shipping hall and be responsible for handling the business affairs reported by the shipping companies at each terminal on a daily basis, and discussing and making decisions. In the first few days, these old shopkeepers thought that they were just staff officers, waiting for Lin Jue to make an idea about everything. However, Lin Jue didn't say a word, forcing them to settle their own affairs and come up with a unified opinion. A few days later, these people suddenly understood that the purpose of the chief steward to form the affairs committee was to ask them to discuss their own methods, and he actually became the shopkeeper.
The old shopkeepers were surprised and delighted, their opinions had never been so taken seriously. Especially when the decision they discussed really became the method of implementation by the boat shop below, they realized how important their position was.
Lin Jue told them that he absolutely trusted them, but every decision was a collective decision of everyone, and it was related to the success or failure of the business, so he hoped that everyone could be cautious. Lin Jue successfully threw a huge burden on the head of the affairs committee.
The successful establishment of the affairs committee is only the first step, after all, having the affairs committee only alleviates the reality that Lin Jue is entangled in trivial matters, and it still does not change the reality that the affairs of the various docks, shipping shops, and shops are reported together, and they cannot make their own decisions. Lin Jue didn't want the old guys of these affairs associations to be tired to death, so he quickly made another decision.
The manager of each wharf shipping branch will be responsible for the branch of the wharf ship line of the store he is in charge of. Lin Jue ordered that all trivial matters in business should be solved by themselves, and those that could not be solved could be reported to the shipping hall to be discussed and decided by the affairs committee. Where the business quota is below a certain amount, the shopkeeper has the right to dictate himself. The shopkeeper not only has the right to be partial in business, but also enjoys the right to appoint and dismiss personnel under his own management, and has a small amount of financial use rights. Lin Jue called it the "shopkeeper responsibility system"
As soon as this initiative was launched, the branches of the Lin family's major shops and docks were like a frying pan. These things are unique in the Lin family, not only in the Lin family, even if you look at the entire Great Zhou, there are very few businessmen who will allow the shopkeepers of their own shops to have such huge power. Although there is a limit to these powers, beyond which a decision is required, it is enough to make these people stunned.
The old treasurers and stewards of the affairs association raised concerns one after another, and Tang Shi once told Lin Jue directly and unabashedly that if he did this, there would be chaos. With so much power, how can the shopkeepers not be favoritistic and greedy, and how can they not oppress others with their power? Such a move would have serious consequences.
Lin Jue was unmoved, and after a day, another new regulation was released. Each wharf shipping shop is divided into three categories: large, medium and small according to the scale and type of operation, and implements a business ranking system. Every three months, the operating profit of each store is ranked, and the last warning and elimination system is implemented. If the store of the same business scale and type is ranked last, the first warning, and the shopkeeper who ranks last for the second time in a row will be directly dismissed and demoted to a partner, and the new shopkeeper will be promoted again. This item is called the so-called 'last elimination system.' ’
Everyone has not yet reacted, and a day later, Lin Jue promulgated the fourth new rule. Any dock shop owned by the Lin family shall be accounted for independently. At the end of the year, 10% of the profit of each store terminal will be distributed as a year-end dividend. This is equivalent to the shopkeeper and the guys of each store jointly owning 10% of the dry shares of the store. This is an unprecedented provision. The intent of this provision is obvious, Lin Jue wants all the Lin family shopkeepers to have a sense of responsibility as masters, and to take the initiative to do things, both for the Lin family and for themselves. The more money you make, the more dividends you get.
This is not the end of the year, the fifth new regulation has been released again after two days, and it is a system called open competition. Among the twenty shopkeepers who were dismissed before, they were directly taken over by their deputies. Lin Jue consulted the opinions of the old guys of the council and selected six companies to carry out the activities of open competition for the manager of the treasurer for a pilot. More than 20 brave guys signed up to participate, and in front of Lin Jue and the old guys of the affairs committee, these people answered the plans, measures, and various related questions after taking office.
Six of them were recognized by Lin Jue, and they were officially appointed as shopkeepers and stewards on the spot, which was an earth-shattering move, and the young man became the shopkeeper and steward, which was like a carp jumping over the dragon gate and the champion in the imperial examination, which was unbelievable. Nothing like this has ever happened in the Merchant's House. It has always been a daughter-in-law who has become a mother-in-law, and the rules of serving according to age, seniority and experience have been broken, which makes the shopkeepers of the Lin family feel a sense of crisis that they have never felt before, and it also gives the guys in the Lin family's shop a hope that the light is ahead.
Lin Jue announced that the competition for the manager will continue, and it will be a long-term behavior to cooperate with the last elimination system. Of course, Lin Jue will not be in a hurry. The old shopkeeper and the old steward are wealth, and Lin Jue's move is just to discover talents, give them opportunities, and at the same time break some old rules and create a newer situation.
In just over ten days, a series of new rules and systems have been released, like waves of storms hit, causing a stagnant water among the major docks and shops of the Lin family boat company to ripple up, impacting their poor little hearts. Some people think that Lin Jue is messing around, but some people think that Lin Jue's various measures are well thought out. When you think about it, they are all connected and interlocked. What's more, in addition to some new regulations that people are not comfortable with, the improvement of the welfare of the shopkeepers and the expectations for the future have brought motivation and hope to people, and everyone's hearts have made waves, and there are some indescribable throbbing in their hearts.
Lin Bonian knew all these practices. Every new regulation comes out. Taiwan, Lin Juedu explained his intention to Lin Bonian in detail, and tried his best to let Lin Bonian understand that he was not fooling around. Although Lin Bonian also felt that all the new regulations were inappropriate, Lin Bonian also sighed that he was beyond the reach of this series of measures. How did Lin Jue come up with these methods, how long his brain was, he might not be able to think of these things in his life, how he came up with them one by one as if he had already made them, this is really incredible.
For Lin Bonian, although he became the head of the family, he was actually panicked in his heart. He knows what he is capable of, and he is even less knowledgeable about his family's business. In this situation, he can only rely on Lin Jue. Regardless of whether it is reliable or not, he can only hope that Lin Jue's measures are really good for the Lin family. There is one thing he firmly believes, Lin Jue will never put the Lin family's life and death to collapse the business. How could a person who could be born and die for the Lin family do something unfavorable to the Lin family. It was based on this idea that Lin Bonian maintained a tacit attitude towards all of Lin Jue's actions.