This Shanxi guild hall was opened by a wealthy Shanxi businessman who moved to Jinan. The hall covers a huge area. The appearance is as inconspicuous as the "Shanxi Tulao Hat" at that time, but the interior is indeed luxurious and comfortable! And the people who come and go are all wealthy businessmen and tycoons in Shanxi, big and small officials. I also heard that the nephew of the owner of this hall is an official in the capital, and he has many contacts with high-ranking officials in the capital.

This situation is not surprising at all. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, merchants everywhere felt that their status was low, their lives and property were in danger, and they could be taken away by high-ranking officials and magnates at any time. Therefore, they began to train the children of the family in a planned way, and funded the education of promising children from poor families. This kind of atmosphere is especially especially in Shanxi and Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Once the children of their own family enter the court as officials, they will naturally protect their own family; Similarly, once the children of the poor families who were subsidized entered the imperial court, they naturally had to repay the favor and take care of the big merchants who funded them. Therefore, these big merchants adopted this roundabout method of infiltration and began to infiltrate the court.

They took advantage of their money to cultivate their own voice in the court. Under the protection of these forces, it is easier for them to earn money. As a result, this model of mutual assistance between officials and businessmen quickly spread and achieved remarkable results. This is also one of the reasons why the Ming Dynasty's tax revenue became less and less.

The big merchants used the power of the government to conceal their property, annex land, annex the country's mines, and expand the preferential and exemption policies indefinitely, resulting in the Ming court receiving less and less taxes. The reason why Zhang Juzheng carried out the reform was to see this. But unfortunately, Jang Juzheng's policy failed to continue, and completely dissipated after his death. His successors, coupled with a stupid Wanli Emperor, overthrew all the new policies in one fell swoop, causing the Ming Dynasty, which had just improved, to slide into the abyss again.

Not to mention anything else, just talk about the three major campaigns of the Wanli Dynasty, if Zhang Juzheng had not laid a good foundation for Emperor Wanli, where would the imperial court have the money to support the three major expeditions. Therefore, this situation of integration of government and business has become one of the chronic diseases of the Ming Dynasty.

Gao Sheng has been in the vicinity of the Shanxi Hall for a few days now. This Shanxi guild hall has been in operation in Jinan for many years. However, Shanxi businessmen love to huddle, so they are not visible in Jinan City, but the business they should do has not fallen at all.

Gao Sheng has been staring at a young man who works as a handyman in the hall for the past few days. This young man is taller, but he is very thin, and occasionally has bruises on his face. It can be seen that he is not doing well in the guild hall. The young man would spend his afternoons outside the backyard wall, quietly looking west, not knowing what he was thinking.

Gao Sheng felt that this was a good time to contact him. Today, Gao Sheng decided to test it. Gao Sheng walked over slowly, stood beside the young man, and said, "Housheng, I've been passing by here a lot recently, so I often see you. Looks like you're not having a good time, right? ”

The young man stopped looking at the west, turned to look at Gao Sheng, and was about to go back to the courtyard. But where is Gao Sheng willing to let go of this opportunity! He said, "If you're not happy doing anything here, why don't I introduce you to a job?" ”

The young man was stunned for a moment, then slowly turned around and said, "But I'm in trouble. Aren't you afraid of trouble? ”

Gao Sheng was even happier when he heard it. People like this who are in trouble can still work so hard, most of them have encountered things that have been bullied. People like this are easier to use and more loyal.

So Gao Sheng said: "Then you tell me what the trouble is first?" As long as you don't deliberately kill people and set fires, I can help you deal with them. ”

The young man glanced at him closely, as if he thought he was talking big. He turned around and went straight into the courtyard gate. Gao Sheng was not only not angry when he saw his performance, but was very happy. This action of the young man at least shows that he is a cautious person, not a person who grabs at the straw indiscriminately. Such people are often not calm enough to achieve great things. Especially for those of them who are mainly inquires, this kind of personality is even more dangerous. So Gao Sheng smiled and turned away, ready to come back tomorrow.

Over the course of a few days, Gao Sheng met with the young man several times. But the young man just wouldn't let go. Until one day Gao Sheng said to him: "I can change your name and surname, and you will be registered separately." That way everything you did before is not a thing. But, if you want me to help, you have to tell me what the hell is going on your back? ”

When the young man heard him say this, his eyes turned red. This young man is the second of the three brothers of the Niu family, Niuman Village.

That night, not only did the boss Niu Mantun run away, but he also ran away. But the second Niu Mancun is more clever. If there are many brothers in the family, everyone knows that the eldest is naturally the first child, and it will naturally attract attention; The third child is even more loved as an old pimple. Only the second child in the middle is a little transparent! Good things don't take his turn, and bad things don't have him. Therefore, generally the second child is more independent. What's more, Niu Bajin is just a big man, and he doesn't have the heart to pay attention to so many things. It's very tiring to fill your stomach every day, how can you have time to pay attention to the psychology of children!

So Niu Mancun grew up in this unnoticed situation. But this situation also trained his ability to think independently. So that night, after Niu Mancun found out that he had run away from his father and brothers, he didn't run far away at all. He found a big tree not far away and climbed it directly. He stayed in the tree for two days, waiting for the mountain searchers to leave. He walked out of the mountains with ease.

When he arrived on the official road, he took a caravan to Shandong on the grounds that his brother and sister-in-law drove him out in order to monopolize the family property. As for the short stories made up by Niu Mancun, it is not unusual to happen all over the country. So the people of the caravan didn't ask in detail, and took him directly to Jinan City. The owner of the caravan saw that Niu Mancun was diligent along the way, and took the initiative to find a job, thinking that he was ten good young men, so when the caravan arrived in Jinan, he introduced Niu Mancun to the director of the Shanxi Guild Hall, hoping that he could get a job.

The wealthy businessman who opened the Shanxi Guild Hall is a fine person, otherwise he would have done a great job there! He can accept the work of his fellow villagers, but he also has to know the details! So he sent his henchmen and the old man to slowly set the words of the cattle all over the village.

Although Niu Mancun is smart, he is also relatively smart, how can he compare to the old guy who has soaked in the market! In a few days, the bottom of Niuman Village was cleaned! The merchant was overjoyed to learn the details of Niuman Village! He directly threatened Niu Mancun to give him a long job, otherwise he would send him to the Yamen. Niu Mancun was forced to do a long job in the Shanxi Guild Hall.

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