It doesn't matter, it really doesn't matter.

After that, Liu Yu didn't care about the trading company anymore. Whether they are short-sighted or not, whether they know what goods to ship, it is said that they still have this brain.

As long as you don't load gold and go to Europe for silver, the rest of the goods the Swedes will load, they will load. The Swedes are too late to order and burn porcelain, so the Dutch and British can order more porcelain by themselves.

Liu Yu, who didn't have to worry about the affairs of the trading company, killed his heart and concentrated on preparing for the flicker at the banquet.

This time, the banquet was held very grandly and brightly, and the big businessmen around Songjiang Mansion came to cheer.

It is no different from the previous banquets, except that there are more glass, cigarette rolls and other exhibits at each table.

A place like Songjiang, where foreign exchanges are frequent, is not comparable to the north.

These merchants have seen glass, although cigarette rolls were not popular at this time because of matches, but they have also seen cigars rolled in Luzon.

Curiously ordered two sucks, and praised the kind of matches that burn when you wipe them, but they were only full of praise, not to the point of being shocked after seeing them, after all, their horizons were still broad.

After everyone sat down, Liu Yu first calmed everyone's hearts.

"You are willing to come today, and you can trust me. If you think that I, Liu Yu, are here to ask for food, I am afraid that you will definitely refuse to come. ”

The crowd smiled awkwardly.

The meaning of asking for rice is not to ask for food, but to ask for money from the court or local officials to ask businessmen to donate.

Emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business and curbing mergers and acquisitions, and maintaining that the whole country is a big rural area is the ultimate dream of science. Returning to the well field and engaging in separation, this is the dream of Confucianism in the north after the disintegration of the ideology of science.

But either way, the attitude towards businessmen is not very good.

There is a correct thinking about maintaining stability and the reunification of the North and the South, and the speed at which businessmen accumulate wealth is too fast, while the progress of the productive forces is so slow that it cannot keep up with the speed of wealth enrichment.

If the merchants are richer than the country, if the land is allowed to be bought and sold, it will indeed have a very serious impact on the world.

If this was another official's treat, these people were categorically reluctant. may be hindered by the authority of the official, so I have to come, and I will be apprehensive when I come.

A few years ago, Songjiang also suffered a certain amount of famine due to climate change, and local businessmen donated more than 20,000 taels of silver to help the victims, but these money were not donated on their own initiative. It's not so much about donating, it's about spending money to buy an official government and less trouble.

For this reason, the imperial court also gave many false titles of nine-rank officials, and the etiquette system under the feudal system, even if it is a nine-rank official, it can be different for civilians.

It is like the vermilion gate and gilded beast ring of Liu Yu's house, and the main hall of the seven big houses.

If you want to talk only about money, some of the merchants in Songjiang can be built, but even if they have money, they are not allowed to build it if the level is not enough, which is trespass and etiquette.

Before, 20,000 taels could be donated, but if you buy shares, the number of 10,000 taels will be 10,000 taels at every turn.

A few people with lively eyes saw the cigarette rolls, glass, etc. on the table, and wondered if Liu Yu was going to engage in such a business.

I thought about it secretly, and my heart said that this was very accessible.

But there are still many people who are still a little skeptical in their hearts, and they always feel that it is not right.

It's like trade with Japan, which is the reverse monopoly brought about by Japan's lockdown, and such a fool knows how to make money, why would he take the initiative to share it with others?

Or think, are you casting a long line to catch a big fish?

Now that Liu Yu opened his mouth and said that he was not here to ask for food, many people secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The dishes on the table are very rich, but none of the people who can come here for the banquet today are not bad for this bite, and they all pricked up their ears, wondering what Liu Yu is going to do.

But Liu Yu didn't speak, but clapped his hands, and a few small people came out from behind, holding a thick stack of paper and distributing it to everyone.

Most of the merchants are literate, and a few are not very literate, but when you glance at the content on the paper, it is all in the vernacular, which is easy to understand.

Soon, the noisy hall fell silent.

The people who went to the banquet all looked at the contents of the paper with their heads bored, some gasped, and some secretly surprised.

It's all about business.

There are those who have set up iron-smelting workshops in central Liaoning, and there are those who have been assigned to various localities to set up workshops for glass, cigarettes, matches, and so on.

There are market expectations, as well as the possible rate of return on investment, as well as various advantages.

It looks like it's all a lucrative deal.

It is also clearly written above, as long as everyone contributes share capital, there is a special person in charge of business and start-up.

After these people saw the same, Liu Yu said: "I have long heard that Songjiang's textile industry is developed. As early as the previous dynasty, there was a saying that 'the machine owner contributes and the machine worker contributes'. ”

"The things I wrote are slightly different from the funding of this machine owner, but they are actually similar. It is nothing more than having money to contribute and making a strong contribution. ”

"Allocation by capital."

"With this trading company in front of me, I think everyone still trusts me. After that, we can also use this method, you contribute, the craftsmen contribute, and the bow and the Taipan are responsible for the operation of the sea trade, they receive salaries, and you share dividends according to your capital. Isn't that beautiful? ”

"There's something to ask about, but it's okay."

But it didn't matter, these people were silent.

It's okay to come to the banquet, and it's not impossible to think about contribution, but after all, they are just businessmen, and the gap between them and officials is too big, and the gap with people like Liu Yu who are knighted is even bigger.

Even if you have something in your heart, you really don't dare.

Liu Yu waited for a while and glanced at Lin Yunwen.

Lin Yunwen waited for a while, and made sure that no one got up to ask, so he could say: "My lord, there is something, the villain has the courage to say a word." These trades, according to what the adults wrote, must all be profitable. ”

"If you talk about capital, it's not a lot. The wealth of adults is several times that of our peers, so why don't adults do it themselves? But you want to share the profit with me? ”

"To put it mildly, they are all business people, and everyone in the world says that we and other businessmen have the heart to cheat and harm their mothers. Although this statement is a bit biased, it is true that there are some scum, but if you can make your own money, you will not find someone else. ”

"One is difficult to trust, and the other is unclear responsibility. If he commits a crime, I am afraid that it will also affect me. ”

Two sharp questions were placed in front of Liu Yu.

Although everyone present knew that it was nothing more than a double reed.

Lin Yunwen is Liu Yu's person, and he turned over after climbing Liu Yu's high branch. But even so, Lin Yunwen's two questions are exactly what they want.

It doesn't really matter if it's a double reed or not.

It's all a money-making business, and you're not without money, and you're not without connections, so why don't you do it yourself but share the benefits with us?

Does the imperial court have a policy to guarantee such a limited accountability?

If other shareholders make a mistake, will we be implicated?

When the Chamber of Commerce is confiscated, is it only the offender's shares under limited liability? Or will it trap all the shareholders in the entire chamber of commerce?

The former can be explained, or not. Maybe it's not down-to-earth, but the credibility is there, who would refuse real money?

The latter is the knot that has been hanging in everyone's hearts that cannot be solved.

The premise of the joint-stock system, the inviolability of the merchant's property, is only the appearance, and its essence is that the merchant's strength is enough to shake the high imperial power and reach a compromise.

Since ancient times, the tradition of valuing agriculture and suppressing commerce has made it impossible for merchants to resist at all, and naturally there is no inviolability of merchants' property.

In particular, the more people who participate in the shares, the greater the possibility that someone will commit an accident, and the more people will be implicated in an accident in the future.

trust, they trust Liu Yu. But beyond trust, they want an institutionalized interpretation, or decree.

However, it didn't.

Besides, is there anything that doesn't break the law for businessmen? Is there any tax evasion? Everyone evades taxes and violates the law, but if you don't break the law, how can you compete with others?

Generally illegal, generally without a good reputation under Confucian values, they are naturally a group of big fat sheep to be slaughtered.

Now that Lin Yunwen is talking about everyone's doubts, the hall is silent, and they all want to hear how Liu Yu answers.

"The first one is a good question, it's a good one. I don't think this is Lin Yunwen's idea alone, and everyone here thinks so. ”

"Actually, this is a question, it's very simple. Why don't I make my own money? Is there anyone in the world who thinks a lot of money? ”

"Yes, I don't think I have a lot of money."

"The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more than is lost. It is also said: When the moon is full, it will be lost, and when the water is full, it will overflow. I have too many means to make money, and my ability is too big, so I don't want to be too rich, just about it. Do you have any doubts? ”

This answer was too presumptuous, but it made it impossible for everyone to refute it.

It seems, it is.

With trade with Japan, no one knows what Liu Yu and the Japanese shogunate said and did, but they finally have the ability to get almost all the Chinese merchant trade cards.

The businessmen present at the scene, all who had participated in trade with Japan, were in fact powerless about the matter of "betraying the country."

When Nagasaki asked for horses, the art of war, samurai, armament materials, customs maps, and so on, everyone was moved. It's just that I can't get it.

Whoever can get contraband and go to Japan to exchange trade cards, no businessman will scold a traitor, but will give a thumbs up and say: This person is really capable!

Regardless of how Liu Yu got the trade card from Japan, whether there is any traitor deal, these businessmen will not care, they can only be convinced and say that they have the ability.

Of course, these people know how profitable their trade with Japan is.

Most of the industries in the hands of military factories, ship-building, glass, iron-smelting, matches, and other workshops are also profitable.

If someone else says "I dislike too much money", some people will naturally think that it is too much to brag.

But Liu Yu has done so many big things, and if he says that he dislikes too much money, he is sincere.

Why share the profits with others, because there is too much money to dislike.

Why dislike too much money is another question.

This is another question, so naturally there is no need to explain it.

All the businessmen present understand it.

Rich to rival the country...... It's not a good thing.

There are some questions, but you don't dare to do it, and of course you don't need it, and many words can't be said on the surface.

This reason seems to have been said in the past, but Liu Yu did not stop there.

"There is a saying that villains are said to be profitable, and gentlemen are said to be righteous. It is also said that the villain must be done first, and then the gentleman. ”

"The dynasty takes the Yongjia and Yongkang schools as orthodox Confucianism, although I don't read much, but I also know that there is a very key point, that is, righteousness and profit are not fish and bear's paws, nor is it the opposition of either/or."

"Dong Zhongshu said: Righteousness does not seek its benefits."

"However, Yan Yuan, the great Confucian of the Northern School, said: Righteousness is right to seek its own benefits, and it is clear that it is the way and calculates its merits!"

"Song Zhi Yongjia and Yongkang doctrine said: Profit and righteousness, not righteousness and profit."

"If there is no benefit, how do you know if what you have done is meritorious? Without merit, how can you know whether what you are doing is justified? Some people in the north say that empty talk has made the world like a woman since the Song Dynasty. After that, it was even more empty talk. So how can this righteousness be manifested? ”

"If the trading company transports rice, the price of rice is expensive when there is a great famine in Jiaoliao. Then the transportation of rice from Siam, does the merchant benefit? Nature is profitable. ”

"But if the merchants have benefited, have the hungry people benefited? If the hungry also benefit, how can it be said that righteousness and profit are contrary to each other? ”

"The name of a merchant is extremely bad. Therefore, I hope that this time I will point out a clear path, so that you can do business in a more beneficial and righteous way. ”

"If it is like glass, if we open a glass workshop, so that we don't have to buy Westerners' glass, the price of glass will drop to one or two pieces of silver, so that everyone can use transparent glass, isn't this righteous?"

"Wouldn't it be righteous if an iron-smelting workshop was set up in Liaozhong, so that the people who reclaimed the land could use the best ironware, which was no less than that of Foshan, Guangdong?"

"Wouldn't it be righteous if we invested in the military industry so that our soldiers had first-class guns and cannons that were worthy of the West?"

"Of course, I can do it myself, but I still hope that more businessmen will do it together to correct the name of businessmen, which is the right way."

"I said before that I don't want to be rich and rival the country, but it's just the words of a villain."

These words are the words of a gentleman. My way, Shinong industry and commerce, are all one. Where is the Tao, although thousands of people can still go, what about the benefits of money? ”

Many things have limitations, and in his previous life, Liu Yu was not interested in those big businessmen, because they had hindered the development of the times in some places.

But now, in the feudal era, those things that were regarded as obstacles in the previous life are now like the light of the righteous path, leading the trend.

The distinction between righteousness and benefit, and the set of hundreds of schools of thought and other people's families, is to declare war on Confucianism.

The Reformation and the Renaissance can be Protestant and Reformed, but we can't say that Catholicism is bad, we all believe in Green Religion.

In Dashun, it is also the same truth.

Even if some of the saint's words are just fart, the evidence of "heresy and plausibility" must be found in the pile of old papers, not overturned and reinvented.

The ideological confusion and hedonism prevailed at the end of the Ming Dynasty can be regarded as the Renaissance.

After more than 80 years of speculative and physical collapse, and Dashun's official ideological support of the Yongjia Yongkang School, it can be regarded as the starting point of the Reformation.

It is necessary to describe everything that businessmen do for "selfish gain" as "righteousness".

Like the Protestant Reformed Church of the Reformation, which saw wealth as proof of God's will and faith.

Liu Yu wants to overthrow and start over, but Dashun has not yet reached the point where even the squires and landlords can't mix up under external shocks and want to be popular, and there is no foundation, that is, a castle in the air.

Fortunately, there seems to be a basis for the Reformation, which can be tried. Even if there is not so much righteousness, there is still a lot of righteousness to be said.

Exegesis, Liu Yu definitely can't. But it's okay to take the lead and spend money to ask the great Confucians to interpret the scriptures. Since Confucianism can be supplemented with yes, it is necessary to make Confucianism "to benefit and righteousness, not to suppress profit with righteousness".

Liu Yu is reminding these businessmen, don't be stupid and know how to make money, you have to spend money to find someone to explain the scriptures. Isn't it stupid not to spend money in this area, and not to take advantage of the atmosphere of Dashun to encourage association and discussion of politics to find reasonableness? You're not short of money, and you're afraid that you won't be able to buy good words?