Xu Zengshou pondered Liu Chun's words carefully, "Could it be that I am asked to unite with Shang Jia and argue with Your Majesty?" ”

Liu Chun cross-examined: "Do you dare? ”

Xu Zengshou was embarrassed, "Don't talk about me, even if my father comes back from the dead, he doesn't have the guts, but you ...... big brother" Xu Zengshou's eldest brother called Shunyoer, but Liu Chun was tired of listening.

"If I had that ability, why would I give you the opportunity to make a fortune? If I dare to get my hands on the industry in Suzhou, believe it or not, Your Majesty will definitely uproot it, and by the way, he will cut off my head! ”

Very self-aware!

Xu Zengshou said with a smile: "Actually, I won't kill you, at most I will cut you off, and let you go to the celebrant to be a little eunuch!" ”

"Phew!" Liu Chun smacked Xu Zengshou fiercely, "If you dare to be poor, be careful that I don't say anything, so that you will be unlucky!" ”

This can frighten Xu Zengshou, he is now touching a hedgehog, the interests of Suzhou are not small, but the problem is that it is too difficult to enjoy it safely and steadily, on one side is a strong dragon, on the other hand is a snake on the ground, what should he do, he really has no idea.

Seeing that Xu Zengshou was honest, he stood up straight. Yoo Chun's mood was slightly better.

"I ask you, what would you do if Your Majesty were to swallow the shares of a Suzhou merchant?"

"This ...... I want to find a way to advise His Majesty and deal with him? Xu Zengshou asked tentatively.

"Then can you fight Your Majesty?"

Isn't this nonsense?

Liu Chun chuckled and said, "Remember, Your Majesty wants to do it, you have to be the first to start, and strive to get some soup and water!" ”

"What?" Xu Zengshou's face changed in shock, "I said you're too dark, right?" ”

Liu Chun laughed, "It's you who are too stupid, in the game, the most important thing is to protect yourself, not to pretend to be a hero." If you can stay, it's a three-legged stand. Do you know what a three-legged stand is? That is, any two feet standing together must be stronger than the third foot. Your first task is to protect yourself, and your second task is to try to maintain the interests of the merchant and not be eaten and wiped out by His Majesty. Of course, maybe one day, you will need to side with His Majesty, lest you be swallowed alive by the merchants. ”

Xu Zengshou listened to it with relish in the front, but the last sentence made him cry and laugh.

"With our Majesty's murderous intent, can you make the merchant bigger? Isn't this a dream! ”

Liu Chun didn't raise the bar with him, of course Lao Zhu wouldn't, if it was Zhu Laosi, maybe not, but if it went down, it would be hard to say.

Take Xiao Fat Dun as an example, he has been the emperor for ten months, and his evaluation in the history books is also very high, and he also got the temple name of "Renzong", but the problem is that from his beginning, the civil official group is uncontrollable, and after the civil fort, he will completely control the court, and truly realize the king and the scholar to rule the world together, and even be able to erect the emperor.

Some people always exaggerate the factory guards of the Ming Dynasty, say what about the dictatorship of eunuchs, and say that the Ming Dynasty is dark, the emperor is brutal, the eunuchs are insidious, and the loyal ministers are framed...... But really take a closer look, which side of the Ming Dynasty's system is tilted, and who is the real beneficiary?

What can the celebrant do without the vote of the cabinet? Jin Yiwei doesn't get the approval of the Criminal Department, how can he arrest people? Also, no matter how strong the eunuch is, it is a will, and if he says kill, he will kill. But what about civil officials? More than 100 people, crying bitterly around Zuo Shunmen, ran to force the palace, and how many died?

It doesn't make any sense to compare the emperor, eunuchs, and ministers alone, and say who is powerful.

The strength of the civilian government lies in the fact that they are a common interest group, constantly changing the state and turning the state apparatus into a means for their profits.

For example, Lao Zhu is stipulation that part of the conscription and field endowment can be exempted according to the official position of meritorious service. But this is only to encourage reading and cultivate talents.

As a result, with the unremitting efforts of the civil officials of the past dynasties, it became that the officials did not pay the land tax, did not accept the levy, and there was no upper limit, not only did they not pay, but even the slaves dared to go out to enclose the land and did not pay taxes.

After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, more than half of the land fell into the hands of the gentry and officials. There is a very interesting phenomenon, once the land is concentrated and the imperial court cannot collect taxes, eunuchs will be released to bite people.

For example, Liu Jin, such as Wei Zhongxian, are all like this.

And often the eunuchs are released, which can play a certain role in turning things around.

It's just that at this time, the emperor will hang up by chance, and then continue to relapse and get worse......

The civil official has never been a person, don't look at the court, the scholars and doctors are not profitable, and they are eager to pick Weier food and not get the smell of copper.

But the problem is that scholars and merchants are never separated. If there is no businessman to accumulate wealth, how can we satisfy the tasteful and quality life of scholars?

Moreover, civil officials pay attention to education, run schools, continue to invest, train enough successors, inherit their great cause, and continue to safeguard the interests of the literati group......

From a certain point of view, they advocated valuing the basics over the last, but only cutting off the emperor's hand of interfering with the merchants, and turning industry and commerce into their exclusive tool for making money.

"Literati can continue to invest, and so should you." Liu Chun patted Xu Zengshou on the shoulder, "I respect Ling Zun very much, but I also know that he cherishes his feathers too much, and he doesn't even dare to shelter his own people." ”

Xu Zengshou wanted to argue, but Liu Chun waved his hand.

"Listen to me...... Liang Guogong Lanyu is a reckless man, but he said that he shoulders the heavy trust of King Kaiping, and he can't let his old brother who was born and die with him suffer, so he is arrogant and domineering, and he can't offend people everywhere. I don't want you to learn from Blue Jade, and his thinking is not right. I just hope that you can use another way to continue the glory of your honor. The money is in hand, cultivate more noble children, and the leaders who can go to the battlefield to lead the soldiers, if they can't fight, they must also learn to operate and carry forward the family business. There are also ways to run schools and cultivate talents, you must be in the court, people who can really speak. And you must be familiar with the rules of the imperial court, and you must have a strategic ......"

Liu Chun spoke patiently, Xu Zengshou's eyes were wide open, full of horror!

It's so well said, every word is worth a thousand gold.

In fact, it can be seen from the current situation that Chang Yuchun is dead, the Chang family is finished, Xu Da is dead, the Xu family is not good, Li Wenzhong is dead, and Li Jinglong is just a joke...... The biggest problem of Xungui is that one generation is not as good as the next.

Civil officials can produce talents in large numbers, and a hundred flowers will bloom, and the nobles will only go narrower and narrower......

"Literati are officials and businessmen who walk on two legs, what about you, it should be two flowers for military money! And after you have money, you have to find a way to sway public opinion, so that you can compete with the literati, understand? ”

Xu Zengshou burst into tears of excitement.

Don't say anything, Liu Chun is really thinking about the martial arts lords!

Xu Zengshou wiped his tears and burst into laughter, "Big brother, let the little brother call you big brother from the bottom of my heart!" You're saying that! ”

Xu Zengshou was grateful, "That, eldest brother, younger brother just wants to ask for advice, you can see it so accurately, and you have such a good way to deal with it, you, why don't you come out?" The eldest brother is willing to stand on Xungui's side, and the younger brother must be for the sake of the eldest brother, before and after the saddle, who dares to disobey, I can't spare him! ”

"Ahem!"

Liu Chuncai is not so stupid!

Ever since he knew that he might throw Lao Zhu into the whirlpool and have to face the people gathered around the prince...... He's brewing, and the bad water hasn't been holding it for a day or two.

Since there is no way to disobey Lao Zhu's will, then pull another unlucky guy in and share the artillery fire together.

The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and with the accumulation of the Xu family and the talent of Xu Zengshou, he can still help.

So Liu Chun staged a touching and heartfelt brotherhood.

"If I can help, I will help, but in the end, it depends on your own efforts. And after all, I am His Majesty's henchman, and I am still a very important kind, I am outside, and I can help you more. ”

Liu Chun is very shameless and self-proclaimed as the confidant of the Son of Heaven, Xu Zengshou really can't expose him, he came with the prince, the royal flag was given to Liu Chun, not even the prince, who dares to say that he is not a confidant, he will smack you in the face immediately!

Xu Zengshou gritted his teeth and nodded vigorously, "I understand, Lao Tzu is a hero, at this time, if we are not angry, then we deserve to be crushed to death!" Rest assured, I know what to do! ”

Xu Zengshou was murderous, with a desperate posture at all times.

Liu Chun was quite satisfied, he found Zhu Biao, "Your Highness, this is the final plan drawn up by the minister, the Royal Bank will inject 10 million yuan into Suzhou Qianzhuang and acquire all the shares." Suzhou Bank was renamed Royal Bank, Suzhou Branch. In addition, we will bail out all Suzhou workshops that are in financial difficulties. In order to ensure the normal operation of the firm and sufficient repayment ability, they need to sell 60% of the shares, of which 30% of the shares are directly controlled by the Royal Bank, and the other 30% are controlled by the Foreign Trade Association. ”

The so-called foreign trade association is a chamber of commerce established by Liu Chun to determine the qualifications to participate in foreign trade when he was trading with various vassal states. Behind this chamber of commerce, there are most of the nobles in the capital!

"Your Royal Highness, at present, the Suzhou workshop is burdened with heavy debts, and if you want to repay the money, the best way is to trade abroad, make money from overseas, and get out of trouble quickly. And foreign trade, and inseparable from the Royal Bank and the General Foreign Trade Association, this is an inseparable thing, so the minister thinks, whether the businessmen of Suzhou agree or not, must do so! ”

Liu Chun handed the estimated list to Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao stared at the numbers above, his head swelled painfully!

Thirty percent of the shares, as long as the normal value is restored, the conversion is at least more than eight million taels! And in his sleeve, there was also a blood letter from Suzhou merchants handed by Wang Rui, they implored His Royal Highness the Prince, not to take advantage of the fire to rob, to keep the vitality of Suzhou!

On the one hand, there are real interests, and on the other hand, there are the bloody laments of the gentry and merchants, which side should they stand on? Zhu Biao was caught in the battle between heaven and man...... He really understood that Lao Zhu asked him to come because he wanted him to learn something!

At the moment in Suzhou, the original gorgeous veil has been torn off, and only the purest conflict of interests remains. Liu Chun is not selfless, if he is dedicated to the country, he will not bring Xungui in, but in comparison, civil officials and gentry, they want more...... "If you refuse to accept the blood petition, Lone will definitely be scolded very badly!" ”

Zhu Biao muttered to himself, his gaze gradually becoming resolute.

Struggle in the last years of Hongwu

Struggle in the last years of Hongwu