The shareholders of the Jiehe Chamber of Commerce have been running to Panjiayuan every day these days, and they are actually doing a major event that can be called groundbreaking.

Wu Haogu wants to discuss with them to formulate the "Republic of Commerce"!

This is in fact a constitution, the fundamental law of the Jiehe (lighthouse) merchant market, and the basis of the constitution of the evil bourgeois republic that may emerge in the future.

What the? The Song Dynasty could also make such an evil thing as a "constitution"? And it shouldn't be useful to work it out, right? It is said that the Chinese do not speak of the spirit of contract?

Before the martial arts ancient soul wore it, he also thought so. Although the Song Dynasty was relatively civilized and progressive, it certainly did not reach the point where the people could participate in the revision of the law and pay attention to the spirit of contract...... Even if it takes another 800 years to the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, isn't the "Provisional Covenant" similar to waste paper?

However, after almost two years in the Song Dynasty, Wu Haogu discovered that this was not the case. The Song Dynasty generally had a spirit of contract, and there were not many frauds in the commercial activities of the Song Dynasty - the calligraphy and painting shops were of course an exception, and there were more fakes and profiteers. And the official family of the Great Song Dynasty actually has the spirit of contract, "a glass of wine to release military power" and "do not kill the doctor" are actually the embodiment of the spirit of contract in the Song Dynasty!

The generals who were relieved of military power more than 160 years ago, who are now beheaded by the full house? Don't they all enjoy the wealth passed down from their ancestors (of course, not everyone is rich, but the lineage is basically rich)? It can be seen that the emperor of the Zhao family has complied with the contract. Although the generals of Kaifeng Mansion have forgotten how to fight, their loyalty to the son of heaven of the Zhao family is undoubted, which shows that they also abide by the contract set by their ancestors.

As for the contract of "not killing scholars", it was not broken by Emperor Qinzong until the special period of the Jingkang period when the Northern Song Dynasty was about to die - so Chen Shimei, who lived in the Renzong Dynasty, was very safe, and Bao Gong's guillotine could not kill him no matter what.

In general, the emperors of the Song Dynasty also fulfilled their pact not to kill scholars. Although the scholars and doctors were of little use, they still had enough loyalty to defend the feudal system of the Great Song Dynasty. They also fulfilled their contract to the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.

Although the generals of the Song Dynasty could not fight, the scholars were not good at governing the country, and the emperor was notoriously cowardly, and there was a system of pulling each other back in all aspects, this did not negate their spirit of contract.

In addition, one thing that made Wu Haogu feel unimaginable was that the Song people could actually write and make statements! The Song Dynasty's "don't kill scholars" is actually only half a sentence, followed by "and the person who writes and speaks". This "writer and speaker" does not refer to only scholars, but to everyone! Moreover, the court of the Great Song Dynasty at least superficially encouraged the people to write books, and whenever a new law was to be promulgated, it would openly seek the opinions of the people, and to some extent let the people participate in the legislative work.

Don't think that "writing and making statements" is a no-big deal, in the panic of national integration, there was such a law in the Qing Dynasty: all the benefits of the military and the people, no one is allowed to write and make statements, if there is a word to make a statement, it will be punished for violating the system!

The student is a showman. Not to mention ordinary people, even the talented master, as long as he says a word, he will be dismissed and questioned. How great is the sin? Violation! In the Qing Dynasty, it was punishable by death! In the specific implementation process, there are also those who have been Ling Chi and exterminated because the content of the writing is considered "disrespectful".

Therefore, the autocratic hat of not abiding by the spirit of the contract and not allowing the people to write and talk about things cannot be deducted from the head of the Great Song Dynasty. Moreover, the conditions for the establishment of the rule of law in the republic at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China are probably far inferior to those in the Great Song and Yuan dynasties.

Because the common people of the Song Dynasty stood to watch the emperor, and the people of the Qing Dynasty all knelt to see a sesame big servant official......

The shareholders of the Jiehe Chamber of Commerce, who can stand to see the emperor and write to the government, and cannot be destroyed by a certain county order or prefect, are now gathered around the model of the Jiehe Commercial Market, looking carefully, and everyone is holding a copy of Zhang Zeduan's thirty-three square imagination drawings - it looks a bit like a real estate advertisement in later generations. At the same time as formulating the "Covenant Law", Wu Haogu was still trying to sell high-quality land in the commercial market, which was still a barren area. Of the thirty-three fangs, about ten are considered "premium", and Wu Haogu hopes to raise 100,000 yuan by auctioning them. In this way, the funds for the construction of the commercial market can be increased from 330,000 yuan to 430,000 yuan.

"Everyone, have you read the draft of the Republican Treaty?" Wu Haogu saw that everyone had already turned around around the imaginary model of the commercial market, and began to return to the chairs placed on both sides of the hall and sit down, so he opened his mouth to ask for advice.

Including Wu Haogu himself, there are a total of 25 chamber of commerce shareholders present today, all of whom are Song people, and according to the "Qingzhou Covenant", there are 8 chamber of commerce shareholders who will be elected from the Yanyun Hao clan of Liao State.

Among the 25 shareholders of the Chamber of Commerce, several are hardcore allies of Wu Haogu, namely the new young patriarch of the Ximen family, Ximen Qing's cousin Ximen Anguo, the representative of the Pan family's generals, Pan Qi (is Pan Xiao'an's nephew), Murong Parrot of the Murong family (is Murong Wang's nephew), Zhao Zhongge of the Zhao family's Jiangmen (Zhao Weigong's family), Gao Lian of the Gao family's general's door (Gao Yu's younger brother), Su Da'an of the Su family's old vinegar (Su Dalang's younger brother), Huamanshan of the Haizhou Hua family, Zhang Xizai of the Zhang family in Yucheng, plus Wu Haogu himself, There are a total of 9 chamber of commerce shareholders that Wu Haogu can control.

In addition, Ji Lei, who represents the Pingjiang Ji family, and Wu Yanzhao, who represents the Haizhou Wu family, basically also support Wu Haogu. In other words, 11 of the 25 shareholders attending the meeting today are roughly from Wu Haogu's side.

On behalf of the official Zhao Xu, the Jiehe should be the official Li Zhong of the Bureau, and Lu Zhishen on behalf of the Daxiangguo Temple (the Daxiangguo Temple is actually a shareholder of the Shang City, and the Daxiangguo Temple was also ordered to go to the Jiehe Shang City to open a branch temple, Lu Zhishen is the abbot monk of the Jiehe Xiangguo Temple), and Ren Daoxing, the Daoist of Wanshouguan, has also received a will to support Wu Haogu.

In this way, 14 of the 25 shareholders will definitely support Wu Haogu.

And the remaining 11, in addition to Zhang Shuye's Zhangjia Jiangmen, are Cao Jiajiangmen, Zhufang Building, Wang Building, Fengle Building, Wanjia Shop, Barrel Zhangjia, Rendian, Sun Yangzhengdian, Poly Dexing, and Hele Building - these 11 shareholders, plus Pan Jiajiangmen, Gao Jiajiangmen, Zhao Jiajiangmen and Su Jialao Vinegar, although on the surface it is not necessarily Jiangmen, but more or less one or several Jiangmen hold shares.

That is to say, 9 of the 25 Great Song shareholders of the Jiehe Chamber of Commerce are controlled by Wuhao Guneng, 15 have a Jiangmen background, 1 directly represents the court, 2 are royal Taoist temples and temples, and 2 are maritime giants outside Kaifeng Mansion.

In addition, not all of the shareholders who participate in the shareholders' meeting as the shareholder representatives with the background of Jiangmen are Jiangmenzi, and most of them are Jiangmen agents. Only Zhao Zhongge, Gao Lian, Pan Qi, and Zhang Shuye are the real generals. However, Zhao Zhongge and Gao Lian are very side branches, and their investments are also sponsored by others. Among them, Brother Zhao Zhong took Wu Haogu's money, and Gao Lian took Zhao Ji's money.

In short, none of these 25 shareholders are easy to mess with, and there is still a situation where you have me and I have you, and the situation is very complicated.

However, it is precisely because no one is easy to mess with, and the relationship is very complicated, it is not easy to tear the face, and there are still some contract spirits, which has the foundation of the republic.

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"Dongmen, what is the patriarch of this chamber of commerce doing?"

"The elder of the chamber of commerce is the honorific title of the shareholders or shareholders' agents of the chamber of commerce, after all, the shareholders are busy with affairs, and they may not have to be idle to stay in Jiehe, so they need to appoint a confidant to act as an agent. In order to facilitate future deliberations, the Chamber of Commerce has set up the post of veteran, which can be appointed by a special person, and the term of office system is implemented, and the term of office is five years, and it can be re-elected. The Council of Elders, composed of 33 elders, held the power of the Jiehe Commercial Market.

The Senate may elect the Mayor, the Inspector of Police, the Inspector of Water, the Protector of the Metropolis, and the Magistrate; Commercial market regulations can be enacted; The Republican Treaty may be amended; It can review the annual expenses of government offices, police patrol offices, water patrol offices, metropolitan security offices, and court offices; It can decide whether to carry out the construction of the commercial market recommended by the government; There are many important things that can be done to determine the tax rate. ”

Wu Haogu is patiently explaining the most important clause of the "Republic of Commerce". In the words of later generations, Wu Haogu engaged in oligarchy in Jiehe Commercial City!

Well, the bourgeois oligarchy, it sounds so evil!

However, Wu Haogu has no other way, in fact, he doesn't understand the political theories of later generations, and the reason for doing this is very simple, this Jiehe Business City was originally built by thirty-three oligarchs.

The money is theirs, the industry and the population are theirs, and the upper layers of the umbrella are also propped up by theirs.

Without them, the Jiehe Trading City would not exist! Therefore, Wu Haogu's Jiehe Shang City can only engage in oligarchy, and it is impossible to want one person, one vote or Wu Haogu's own dictatorship. At least not for now......

In addition to the evil oligarchy, Jiehe Merchant City is also a place where slavery is allowed! Not only was the "indentured slavery" characteristic of the Song Dynasty allowed to exist, but the real slavery system was also allowed to exist and develop in the merchant market - of course, there was a restriction, that is, it was not allowed to sell Song people as slaves, after all, the Song Dynasty was generally severely suppressed slavery. However, the Liao, Korean, Japanese, and others could be enslaved and bought and sold freely.

And the reason why it is so evil is not only to allow the merchant market to obtain cheap labor, but also the need to form a "slave scout" - Wu Haogu bought four obstruction boys in Xijin Mansion last time and brought them back to Kaifeng Mansion for training, and now they are not bad, a little bit of a look. Therefore, he prepared to make persistent efforts after arriving at Jiehe Merchant City and trained 1,000 "Mamluk" slave soldiers.

In addition, in Wu Haogu's view, if the Jiehe Commercial City can buy an extra divination or female direct slave soldier, then in the future, will Aguta and Genghis Khan's men have less force to "integrate" the Han nation?