Looking at Zheng Zhilong and his subordinates, who began to become silent, Xiao Tianjian certainly knew what they were thinking, no matter what, after they surrendered to the Dazhong Dynasty this time, it would be impossible for them to dominate one side like Wang Chang did when he followed the Ming Dynasty, and this psychological gap would definitely not be too comfortable.

"Ahem!" After Xiao Tianjian coughed lightly, he looked at Zheng Zhilong and asked with a smile: "Zheng Aiqing, are you sorry that you can no longer collect tolls at sea in the future, and you see this rich income incorporated into our dynasty system?" ”

Zheng Zhilong didn't expect Xiao Tianjian to directly say their thoughts, so he hurriedly got up and walked around the table, and after kneeling, he didn't even dare to say it.

"You don't have to hide it, I can see it, I can guess it! You don't have to worry either! I also know that once our dynasty is unified, a large part of the interests that originally belonged to your Zheng family will be nationalized, and it is natural for you to be uncomfortable!

But today I can give you a piece of advice! You've been dealing with the Portuguese, the Spanish, the Dutch, and even the British, so you know a little bit about their East India Company. Xiao Tianjian asked Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong hurriedly replied: "Enlighten the Holy Lord! We will return to our court, and we will no longer be able to act as before, and our loyalty to the Holy One is comparable to that of the sun and the moon, and I hope that the Holy One will forgive our sins! As for the matter of the East India Company of the Westerners, Wechen does know a little bit about it! But I don't know why the Holy One mentioned this? ”

Xiao Tianjian nodded and said: "The reason why these Westerners formed the so-called East India Company, as far as I know, is actually the main reason that in the beginning, their merchants fought with each other in order to compete for the right to trade at sea, and they often clashed with each other and plundered each other, resulting in great losses, so they established the so-called East India Company in order to integrate their maritime resources to replace the country for unified foreign trade!"

And because China's previous dynasties did not attach importance to maritime trade, for so many years, maritime merchants have gone their own way, dumped each other and demolished each other, and even competed with each other to lower prices, and even did some things of plundering on the sea......"

Speaking of which, Xiao Tianjian deliberately glanced at Zheng Zhilong and the others, Zheng Zhilong and the others couldn't help but blush, Xiao Tianjian was actually talking about what they had done over the years, aren't their Zheng family also thieves and businessmen? In order to monopolize trade power at sea over the years, they have done such immoral things, but they didn't dare to pick up the stubble, so they could only listen to Xiao Tianjian honestly continue.

"In this way, I am afraid that the happiest people are those Westerners, who, through our Chinese merchants, do not have this sense of trade protection, sow discord and find ways to lower the price of our goods, and seek huge profits from them!

And although your Zheng family has done some things that shouldn't be done in order to monopolize trade over the years, it is still beneficial to a certain extent!

Ever since I learned that Zheng Aiqing had decided to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, I have been thinking about this matter! With these lessons from the past, if we continue to trade with Westerners, we can no longer follow the old path, and let those Westerners make money for the cheap!

Why can't our dynasty follow the example of the Westerners and set up a trading company to integrate the resources of our dynasty and trade with the Westerners at a unified price, so that they can take advantage of all the advantages, but let the merchants of my dynasty end up doing things for them? ”

After saying this, Xiao Tianjian paused again, because even in later life, Xiao Tianjian knew that the Chinese competed with each other to lower prices in order to deal with foreigners, and the result was a large waste of Chinese resources, but let foreign businessmen take advantage of it, and in the end they laughed at the Chinese as fools, and now since he wants to promote maritime trade, then he can no longer watch the Chinese do such stupid things, so a plan has long been formed in his mind, This is also an important reason why he insisted that Zheng Zhilong and them come to Nanjing.

He knew very well that the title alone was nothing to Zheng Zhilong and the others, it only represented glory, but they did not have any real power, what Zheng Zhilong and the others really wanted was to be able to get an official and a half-position in the coastal areas of Fujian or Guangdong.

However, Xiao Tianjian did not intend to give Zheng Zhilong and others any real differences, because Zheng Zhilong and others are different from ordinary old officials of the Ming Dynasty, these people belong to the Ming Dynasty court system, but they are just wearing official uniforms, ostensibly obeying the management of the imperial court, but in fact they are still a private military group.

Therefore, giving them official positions and putting them in the system of the Great Middle and North Koreas, in addition to filling in the troubles, may also make the country and the Zheng family finally come to the road of breaking up again because of their nonsense, which is not in line with Xiao Tianjian's ideas.

Therefore, Xiao Tianjian believes that if you want to use Zheng Zhilong and others, you must put them in an appropriate position, and tie their interests and national interests together, which is the right way to do so, rather than blindly restricting or eliminating them.

And the Zheng family is familiar with the matter of the sea, such a talent is also a very scarce resource for the Dazhong Dynasty, although he used Liu Jiang and these people to form a navy, but these people know very little about the matter of sea business, just on behalf of the country's violent means, in the future, the Dazhong Dynasty will go to the sea, it will not be able to imprison the Zheng family.

That's why he came up with such a method, and began to induce them earnestly in front of Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong After listening to Xiao Tianjian's words, they also felt the same way, they have tried their best to control the sea route over the years, in addition to selfishly amassing wealth, they also hope to integrate the power of maritime business, as much as possible in foreign trade, to obtain more benefits, but they didn't expect Xiao Tianjian to see such things so thoroughly, it seems that there is a deeper meaning in the words.

So Zheng Zhilong's mind immediately came alive, Xiao Tianjian mentioned that he wanted to set up a trading company similar to the Westerners to integrate Chinese merchants, so if this matter can be implemented, it will be very beneficial for them to trade at sea in the future, with the current maritime merchants in Fujian and Guangzhou, who else can be stronger than their Zheng family? Once such a trading company is formed, does it mean that Xiao Tianjian intends to let the Zheng family preside over this matter?

If that's the case, then what more could they ask for? For officials, don't they also want to use their official status to earn benefits for their Zheng family? But if the Great China and the DPRK also want to set up such a maritime trading company now, let the Zheng family preside over this matter, then even if they are not officials, there will be nothing, thinking of this, Zheng Zhilong, his clansmen and subordinates The hearts of their subordinates suddenly warmed up, and the sense of loss that arose just now because they failed to get the substantive dispatch was also swept away, so Zheng Zhilong and others hurriedly nodded yes.

Looking at the expression on Zheng Zhilong's face, Xiao Tianjian knew that what he said just now had played a certain role, so he continued: "Since this is the case, then I think that since we are going to open the sea ban and open the port for trade in the future, these things must be handled as soon as possible!"

Recently, I have considered whether the best person to preside over this trading company is Zheng Aiqing, but I wonder if Zheng Aiqing is willing to be the governor of this trading company. ”

Zheng Zhilong was overjoyed when he heard this, he knew better than anyone the weight of the governor of this trading company, this trading company was equivalent to a group with the official status of foreign trade under the authorization of the Great China and North Korea, and mastering this trading company would undoubtedly be much richer for their Zheng family in the future than before.

So Zheng Zhilong hurriedly went around to the center of the hall again, knelt down and shouted: "Thank you, Lord Longen!" Wechen is willing to serve the saint, even if he is full of liver and brains! ”

Xiao Tianjian said with a smile: "Zheng Aiqing is willing to do this, I am very relieved!" Then this matter is settled today! Let's discuss the specifics! ”

After Xiao Tianjian's words, the Zheng family suddenly rejoiced, which means that they will not only not be suppressed and controlled by the imperial court in the future, but also obtained a new official status of the Great Middle and North Korea in disguise.

So Zheng Zhilong hurriedly discussed with Xiao Tianjian in detail the specific articles of association of this trading company.

Xiao Tianjian decided to name this company "China Maritime Trade Group Corporation", and the company's business is to oversee the maritime trade between China and North Korea, and integrate the export and import business affairs of various parts of the mainland.

This company is defined as a joint-stock group company, and the officials of the Greater China and North Korea control the company, occupy 55 percent of the company's equity, assign personnel to supervise the company's finances, and have the power to appoint and dismiss the governor of the trading group company and the staff below it.

The Zheng family, on the other hand, invested an additional 3 million taels of silver in their fleet and sailors as share capital, and held 15 percent of the shares of the group company, and Zheng Zhilong became the first governor of the trading group company to fully preside over the development of the company's business, while the rest of the Zheng family were responsible for the affairs of some other sub-departments according to their respective strengths.

The other 30% of the equity is raised from various domestic maritime merchants, and other maritime merchants are also included in the company, becoming a minority shareholder of the company and participating in the company's operation.

The company's funds must be operated through the Bank of China, so that on the one hand, a large amount of company funds into the supervision system of the Bank of China, but also for the Bank of China to provide a large number of operating funds, so that the future of the Bank of China's business will be easier to carry out, and at the same time, it will be more convenient to implement the Chinese dragon banknotes, completely changing the previous Ming Dynasty to silver and copper coins as the way of settlement, virtually can also speed up the financial control of the newly recovered land in the south of the Ming Dynasty.

In terms of business mode, if domestic merchants want to export commodities in the future, they must purchase them at a unified price through the maritime trade group company, so as to ensure that domestic merchants have the disadvantage of competing to lower prices for the same commodities in order to export, and at the same time, they can ensure the interests of domestic merchants and at the same time obtain the pricing power of foreign trade.

Imported goods also need to be unified through the maritime trading group company, after shopping around, the best quality and lowest price goods are purchased, and the wholesale is sent to domestic distributors in the mainland through various commercial ports.

This has a great advantage, that is, the state can effectively control the varieties of export commodities, ensure that some restricted commodities will not be smuggled out, and at the same time, allow the mainland to export goods at a better price.

Although this is a naked state monopoly, in this era, this means is an important means of accumulating wealth for the country, and the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages.

Once the company makes a profit, it can be distributed according to the shares, although the officials of Dazhong and North Korea took the lion's share, but the remaining 45 percent of the profit is still an extremely considerable wealth, enough to make the Zheng family and the businessmen who participate in the shares make a lot of money.

In this way, Xiao Tianjian also used this means to tie the interests of the Zheng family and other maritime merchants to the chariot of national interests, as long as they want to make money, they can't do without the support of the state, and whether they import or export, they have to rely on land channels, if they want to go out independently, it is basically impossible, once they have any idea of wanting to open another semicolon, the big China and North Korea only need to cancel their import and export rights, they will immediately be choked by the neck, and they will be strangled alive, so as long as they want to make money in the future, It is necessary to cooperate with the state, otherwise everything will be in vain, which will eliminate the danger that they will become a small maritime military group and confrontation with the state.

For these articles proposed by Xiao Tianjian, although Zheng Zhilong felt that the shares occupied by the Zheng family were a little small, but carefully calculated that once the sea trade between China and North Korea was opened in the future, the scale of maritime trade would be an astronomical amount, even if they only owned 15% of the shares, the profits would be huge, and they would definitely far exceed their previous income level, so that they would no longer have to worry about being suppressed by the imperial court, nor would they have to spend all day thinking about how to confront the imperial court, as long as they could do business with peace of mind, their Zheng family can still obtain countless wealth in the future, and this matter is also a good thing for their Zheng family.

So after Xiao Tianjian brought up these things, the Zheng family didn't let out a single fart, so they agreed to it, and one by one the emotions of indignation at not getting an official position before were completely swept away, and everyone became energetic.

At Xiao Tianjian's suggestion, a person was transferred from the household department to serve as the first financial director of the group company, this person was not an outsider, but the old man who first followed Xiao Tianjian to get into trouble, Jin Tongjin Fuzi.

Since Xiao Tianjian established himself in Yangcheng County, because he was not the kind of person who was good at fighting on the battlefield, he was born as a bookkeeper for a rich family, and he was best at managing money, so he gradually transferred from the army to logistics and finance.

Later, after Xiao Tianjian had Fan Yutong, a virtuous helper, to help him take care of his finances, Jin Tong, as Xiao Tianjian's most trusted old man, worked under Fan Yutong and secretly contributed a lot to the rise of the Xingtianjun back then.

Moreover, according to Xiao Tianjian's idea, when Fan Yutong established the Bank of China, Jin Tong was also one of the veterans of the establishment of the Bank of China, and he was familiar with the operational affairs of the Bank of China.

Xiao Tianjian ascended the throne, after the establishment of the Great Middle Dynasty, Jin Tong entered the household department again, and became a director of the Ministry of Finance, although the official position is not high, but he has always held a lot of financial power, and over the years, he has already become a housekeeper who is good at controlling large-scale funds.

For Jin Tong, Xiao Tianjian is very relieved, after so many years of cooperation, he deeply understands Jin Tong's temperament, this person is very loyal to him, he has served as the financial director of the maritime trade group company, Zheng Zhilong presides over the daily affairs, he is responsible for financial management, you can put the trade group company under the official management of the imperial court, do not worry too much about the Zheng family in it, swallowing interests.

Zheng Zhilong has nothing to say about Xiao Tianjian's appointment of people from the imperial court to manage finances, after all, the imperial court is the controlling party, and financial management cannot also be entrusted to their Zheng family, everyone understands this truth, and Xiao Tianjian also said that after the establishment of the company in the future, the financial department will issue a detailed financial statement every month for the shareholders to review, everything is open and transparent, so that everyone has a clear account in their hearts, and he has nothing to object to.

So this banquet lasted until the second half of the night, and finally Xiao Tianjian and Zheng Zhilong negotiated most of the things, although this is just a framework, but the main things that should be said have already been said, even Jin Tong was recruited to the palace overnight, accepted Xiao Tianjian's appointment, and participated in the negotiation of some affairs.

Things like the articles of association of the company can be gradually established in the future, and Xiao Tianjian only needs to read them in detail and revise them to set up this maritime trading group company.

It can be said that Zheng Zhilong's trip to Nanjing made Xiao Tianjian and the Zheng family very satisfied, Xiao Tianjian eliminated the potential threat of the Zheng family, and the Zheng family also obtained a way to continue to make a fortune and develop in the future.

Of course, in this era, it is impossible not to involve military power, because there is no obvious distinction between warships and merchant ships in this era, and merchant ships will be armed to a certain extent in order to ensure the safety of their operations at sea, but as long as they are included in the group company system, then such an armed force is the official armed force, and it is no longer just the private armed forces of the Zheng family.

For Xiao Tianjian and the Zheng family to jointly establish a maritime trade group company, in fact, the cabinet of the imperial court has already discussed, although the cabinet ministers did not understand a little at the beginning, but under Xiao Tianjian's detailed explanation, they still realized the huge benefits, in this way, the imperial court can not only control the maritime trade, but also the country can also obtain huge financial revenue by collecting taxes and sharing huge trade profits, and the most important thing is that it can be through this means, The benefits of dispelling the worries about the Zheng family group were so great that they had never thought of it before, so the cabinet ministers finally unanimously approved the decision, and all the ministries expressed their willingness to cooperate in the formation of this maritime trading group company.

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