In recent years, the industrial and commercial forces have continued to grow and develop in China and overweight, and Liu Wenwei is going to die of worry.

Seeing that countless scholars are no longer running for the people, but after graduating from college, they are good to enter the company and get a high salary, Liu Wenwei feels that the climate of the whole society is going to suffocate him.

For the old Confucians, now the industrial and commercial class should die! Only the 'business and commerce' that kneels in front of them are good 'business and commerce'. And the 'businessmen' who intend to stand side by side with them are not sorry to die.

The current merchants, these merchants who have been freed from the shackles of the old rules, are undoubtedly the existence that the old Confucians hate the most.

Especially these foreign trade merchants in the port.

The latter does not farm, does not farm, but always makes a lot of money. In the eyes of the old Confucians, those were the sources of evil that caused changes in social atmosphere and people's hearts.

What's even worse is that they still have newspapers in their hands.

Newspapers, in the eyes of the old Confucian literati, newspapers should be sacred. However, 'advertising' has added a layer of money to newspapers all over the world.

It's nothing short of defilement.

And these businessmen have now learned to manipulate newspapers to attack the old Confucianism.

Every interest class has a congenital sense of self-defense, and there is no reason why the old Confucians should only be allowed to lash out at industry and commerce in the newspapers, and industry and commerce cannot fight back, right? Many businesses are mixed up with Neo-Confucianism, and the latter's means are not just beaten and not fought back.

Therefore, there is no good thing in industry and commerce. Liu Wenwei thinks so!

Since taking office as the Zhejiang Shou, Liu Wenwei has discovered many turmoil caused by the children of maritime merchants fighting for wealth from the past archives. For example, the racetrack outside Ningbo.

After the son of a maritime merchant surnamed Wang brought a good horse from India, this led to a competition, so in just three years, Arabian horses and European horse breeds appeared in Ningbo Racecourse, and the price of that BMW was often tens of thousands of yuan.

Now the scale of gambling on horses in Ningbo Racecourse is expanding day by day, and even many ordinary people have the habit of buying a bet, which is a cancer in Liu Wenwei's eyes, and he wants to get rid of it as soon as possible.

And the Ye family is one of the shareholders of the racecourse.

Therefore, even the entire Ningbo merchant gang was regarded as a thorn in Liu Wenwei's side.

But Liu Wenwei knew that he had the heart but was powerless, and it was impossible to restore this increasingly corrupt and copper-smelling society, because this was allowed by the emperor, and it was a mighty tide. He can be a Qu Yuan who 'everyone is drunk and I am sober', and a direct minister like Hai Rui, but just like a Hai Rui who can't save the increasingly corrupt rule of the Ming Dynasty, he can't save the declining trend of the Ming Dynasty, and he can't save the general trend of social change in China even if he wants to come to Liu Wenwei.

But Liu Wenwei is willing to seize the opportunity to give the object of his disgust the heaviest blow. Even if the backlash afterwards can make him lose his official position.

It's just that no official has done it, what's so scary? The dozens of acres of land at home are enough to make ends meet. Without an official job, he just joined the newspaper industry, and he could no longer have any scruples to write the articles he had long wanted to write. He can even go to Annan, where he has a place to live.

Therefore, the first awakening of the power of the Chinese industrial and commercial class was to misuse the power of the wrong purpose.

Liu Wenwei can't accept the current society, he is no longer afraid. So will he still be afraid of the withering of commercial trade in Zhejiang Province?

These final blows are still Ningbo maritime merchants, Ningbo's trade merchants, and Liu Wenwei's thorn in the flesh.

So, how could Liu Wenwei be afraid?

The market is sluggish and trade is stagnant, which may be bad news for other top officials in Zhejiang.

But for a true believer of the old Confucianism, what is the purpose of industry and commerce, it is best to die!

can hit the industrial and commercial class hard, and Liu Wenwei is willing to lose his position.

Therefore, the Ningbo business group originally united to take the official government, of course, the purpose was to make Liu Wenwei, a hungry wolf, feel bad, but who knew that it would be like this.

Of course, judging from the government's response, to a certain extent, this 'awakening of bourgeois power' is still effective, because Nanjing directly issued a notice: "Slave Control Regulations".

Once again, it reaffirmed the imperial court's resolute crackdown on 'Huanu'.

At first glance, it seems that it has nothing to do with the affairs of the Ye family in Ningbo, but this is actually because of the Hua Nu of the Ye family, and the factor of "behind the scenes" is one-sidedly shaved.

From Shen Guozhen's exchanges with the Ningbo Shang Gang, it can be known that the imperial court cannot tolerate this kind of 'mastermind behind the scenes' and must resolutely suppress it. This can also be said to be an explanation of the Ningbo merchant gang.

Pity......

Liu Wenwei sighed, his game at the cost of his official position, the trauma of the Ningbo merchant gang can only go here, and if he wants to continue, he is afraid that he will not be able to do so!

Hangzhou has received an urgent order from the Nanjing Cabinet, ordering the provincial government to restore Zhejiang's economic and trade prosperity as soon as possible.

For Liu Wenwei, it's all over.

When the news reached his ears, the governor of Zhejiang had already convened a meeting of officials above the fourth grade in the provincial capital, and the meeting was also attended by officials from the propaganda department, the industrial and commercial bureau, the light industry bureau, and other five-grade officials.

The limelight has shifted. Newspapers have begun to publicize the importance of trade to the livelihood of the people in Zhejiang.

The Supervision Yuan also had to obey this order, but the official hat of Zhejiang Inspector Yushi was still on Liu Wenwei's head. And Liu Wenwei's plan is also very simple, send lower-level subordinate officials to Ningbo, Wenzhou and other places to the government and chamber of commerce headquarters to supervise the implementation of government decrees.

If you dare to disobey, dare to have ill-intentioned intentions, and violate the yang and yin, all of them are disobeying the imperial decrees, and they just give him an excuse, and they can be arrested and punished justifiably.

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Nanjing, Qianqing Palace.

Chen Ming held the fold in his hand, and he couldn't cry or laugh.

Since the Ye family was unlucky, Chen Ming issued an order to officials all over the world through the hands of the cabinet, requiring local governments to carefully inspect the industrial and commercial owners who are benevolent, virtuous, and wealthy under their rule, verify their behavior, and submit a list to the cabinet.

The Cabinet will then verify the list and select a number of people from among them to form the National Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, or Federation of Industry and Commerce, which is subordinate to the Department of Commerce and Industry and the Cabinet, and placed under the dual leadership of both.

The purpose is to serve as a bridge and link for the imperial court to organize various groups and chambers of commerce in the industrial and commercial circles, to be an assistant to the government in managing and communicating with industrial and commercial owners throughout the country, to be an important means for the government to promote the development of industrial and commercial economy and trade in the country, and to be an important channel for the top level of the government to listen to the voices of the industrial and commercial owners in the country.

This is actually a consolation to the business community.

In this day and age, this kind of institution is just a façade, and there is no use for fart.

But after this matter spread, it seems to be a little out of control. Many people seem to be wrong about Chen Ming's thoughts, because this so-called member of the Federation of Industry and Commerce will also go to Beijing to receive Chen Ming's reception, which is nothing to put in other dynasties, but in the Qing Dynasty, it is extraordinary.

In the third lunar month of the fifty-second year of Kangxi (1713), Kang Mazi's 60th birthday, the first Qiansuo banquet was held in Changchun Garden, and the old man who came to Beijing from all over the world to celebrate his birthday was invited.

In the first lunar month of the 61st year of Kangxi (1722), Emperor Kangxi was 69 years old, and in order to celebrate his 70th birthday, he held the second Qiansu banquet in the Qianqing Palace.

If history had not changed, Emperor Qianlong would have held it twice in his later years, a total of four times in the entire history of China.

Because of the Chinese society's respect for the royal family and the emperor, all the participants in the Qiansu banquet are extremely honored, and their families are also honored.

At the first Qiansu banquet, the princes, grandchildren, and descendants of the clan who were over 10 years old and under 20 years old all came out to toast and distribute food to the old people, and helped the old people over 80 years old to drink in front of Emperor Kangxi to show their grace, and rewarded the old people from other provinces with silver taels.

In the era when the emperor was the Son of Heaven, this was a glory that many people could not imagine.

So I don't know what the officials think, it's obviously a very simple thing, but when Chen Ming doesn't know, they have to complicate it. This time, the Federation of Industry and Commerce has also become a matter of the nature of a thousand banquets, and many local rich people even donate a lot of money to the local government in order to be able to see the face of the sky.

Many people are afraid to take bribes, but they are generous when they give the government all the money.

They don't seem to have seen the definition of 'Federation of Industry and Commerce', and for some rich people, they can spend money to meet the emperor, which is what they are willing to do.

In the second half of April, under the sudden rise of the word 'Federation of Industry and Commerce', the commercial and trade economy, which had already seemed to be stagnant in the first half of the month, suddenly moved rapidly.

This change made Chen Ming a little ridiculous, but overall, the evolution of things still did not deviate from his outline. Chen Ming just wanted to point to this comfort to calm the industrial and commercial owners all over the country, although there were some variations in this matter, it was finally as he wished.

The Xungui Group, which had been suspended because of the Ye family's affairs, also followed the trend and re-entered the high-speed operation, they recruited veteran elites under the banner of forming an overseas security team, and together with some people they already held in their hands, there were still forty or fifty teams opened in a short period of time on Chongming Island, the training ground demarcated by Chen Ming for them.

"Hehe, this is the influence of the Chinese emperor."

In the Qixia Villa, Rotoni smiled and entertained Eusebio Mendez, the Portuguese plenipotentiary who had just arrived in China six days ago, and Luis Paolo Ribeiro, who served as Mendez's deputy.

The man who chose to return to Portugal lost the opportunity to make a fortune in the East, but Lisbon was also a good place after the earthquake. Twenty-five years ago, a mega-earthquake struck the heart of Portugal, and the damage caused by the earthquake combined with the ensuing tsunami and fires flattened the whole of Lisbon. The catastrophe was a shock that the Portuguese economy could not afford at the time, but fortunately everything is now recovering.

The loss of Macau was a painful defeat for Portugal, but it was nowhere near as open to Manila as it was to the Spanish Empire.

Many Portuguese people now talk about the undetermined resistance of the Portuguese army in Macau, and have changed to praise the wisdom of the Macau decision-makers at the time, who peacefully withdrew from the Macau area, at least to make the Portuguese people in Macau safe. Of course, there are still people who insist that they were just a bunch of cowards in the first place.

Poor Shadanye died of illness before waiting for this moment.

But Luis Paolo Ribeiro, who is in his forties, is still full of energy. This time they were to formally sign an agreement with Nanking, in which Portugal promised to formally transfer all their colonies in the South Seas to China, and that in the future sailing trade, Chinese merchant ships would be free to enter Portuguese ports and anchor.

But in the same way, in China's sphere of influence, the Portuguese also had a fair right to trade.

China agreed.

Eusebio Méndez and Luis Paulo Ribeiro talked to Rotoni about the changes in the two countries, and they said that they were okay with China's development, because it was a powerful country and they would take it for granted.

For Luis Paulo Ribeiro, a Portuguese who knew more about Chinese culture, he was even more amazed Chinese by the vast, voracious appetite for a new map of China in Rotoni's drawing-room, a map that had just been printed, and was made in March of the sixth year of Chengtian.

The red color indicates that China's land is so huge, beyond his imagination.

And the Chinese are still grabbing more land, and this 'greed' is more like his impression of Russia in Louis's mind, but now it belongs to China.

Portugal has also changed dramatically in recent years.

Portugal has changed kings. King José I of the Bragança dynasty died, and then his daughter succeeded him.

She was Maria I, a woman who married her own uncle, because her husband was actually the brother of her father, D. José.

This is a more courageous woman, who took over the throne three years ago and then deposed the Prime Minister, the Marquis of Pembal, as soon as she came to power.

Maria I's father was a man who was not good for government, and the so-called "reformers" of Jose I did not come from him. The king preferred hunting, listening to songs, watching plays, traveling, and dancing to state affairs. The real power was held by the Prime Minister, the Marquis de Pembal.

This is a very complex character, more than 200 years later, there are Portuguese people who are still inconclusive about him, and they are clearly divided into two factions, either particularly supporting the Marquis de Pembal, saying that he has contributed to the progress of Portugal, or especially opposing him, saying that he is a murderous tyrant.

In any case, the reforms of this real reformer did not achieve real success. Under his rule, Portugal has undergone a series of changes, which cannot be said to be good. Although he leaned towards the democratic enlightenment.

"Today's queen is adopting a more tolerant, more flexible, more pragmatic approach to statecraft."

"She is passionate about social philanthropy."

"There is also a trade agreement with Russia; Build roads and encourage mining. ”

"On the cultural side, she opened a series of new schools, such as the Royal Naval School, the Royal Army School, the Royal Academy of Sciences, and the Lisbon Public Library."

"Her Majesty has spoken of you more than once as a legendary success."

"I think if you are able to return to Lisbon, you will be warmly welcomed by Her Majesty the Queen."

Now that the British, France and Spain are in a mess, and the Dutch are ready to move, where are the Portuguese going?

No one can deny that the distant Eastern Empire has become a powerful force that determines the course of Europe. Every move of a powerful China has been able to cause a lot of turmoil in Europe.

Rather than forming an alliance with Russia and joining an alliance of armed neutrality, many Portuguese were more interested in the East.

"Dear Rotony, the influence of the Chinese Emperor was by no means confined to China, even as far away as Europe."