Chapter 10 Rectifying Commerce and Punishing Commercial Adultery

Zhu Jian's words have been around for a long time.

The nationalization of the empire's commerce and trade has just emerged, and although it has been a year of earning a lot of money, it is far from enough for the entire empire. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Zhu Jian already understood that it was almost the middle of the seventeenth century, and although the first industrial revolution had not yet arrived, the entire world maritime trade was already in full swing.

With the opening of new shipping routes, cultural and trade exchanges between the East and the West began to increase substantially, and colonialism and free trade also began to appear, and it was the bloody accumulation of this Europe that laid the foundation for its prosperity beyond Asia.

For the Ming Empire at this time, although Zhu Jian has carried out a series of reform movements over the years, whether it is advocating industry and commerce, establishing the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry and Commerce, establishing a customs and taxation bureau and a series of other measures, Zhu Jian understands that most of them are operated by him alone.

But a huge empire, just relying on others, that is far from enough, Zhu Jian is well aware of the truth, so how to form a trade atmosphere in the court, in the entire empire, then the only way is to make the court sergeant class, the local merchant class profitable.

As everyone knows, the opening of new shipping routes in Europe and the successive rush of European merchants to maritime trade were all attracted by the gold and silver of the Oriental world.

Wealth is the biggest driving force!

If Zhu Jian wanted to revolutionize the relations of the agrarian society, the Manchu power class must also be stimulated by wealth, and only then could real social change begin.

The 'joint-stock' system of operation proposed by Zhu Jian is nothing more than tying these ministers to their chariots, so that they will no longer be alone on the road to developing capitalist commerce and trade.

For the so-called 'share' system, Zhu Jian divided the entire imperial trading group (southern) into 5,000 dry shares, of which 10,000 silver dollars per share, that is, 50 million silver dollars were invested.

Zhu Jian attributed the ordinary shares to the empire, and subscribed the other ordinary shares to all strata of the empire, with a minimum share of one share, that is, 10,000 silver dollars, of which the annual interest rate was 1%.

In addition, the Imperial Trade Group (South) stipulates that anyone who recognizes one share is a shareholder of the Imperial Trading Group, and can participate in the shareholders' meeting held by the Imperial Trading Group once a year, and can participate in dividends every year, but the premise is that the Imperial Trading Group is profitable, that is to say, the interests of the shareholders and the group are both prosperous and one is lost.

As for those who claim more than 100 shares, they are the major shareholders of the group, and the board of directors of the Imperial Trading Group is composed of major shareholders, who can direct and manage the daily business activities of Imperial Trading, and be responsible for and report to the general meeting of shareholders.

But at this moment, for what the emperor said, after a while of exchanges among the ministers, one of them stood up and said.

"Your Majesty, if you don't have such a large number of silver dollars, you don't know if you can exchange them for corresponding silver dollars with utensils and use them as shares."

The person who spoke was none other than Wen Zhenmeng, the minister of the school.

However, it is said that the Imperial Academy was established at the beginning of the fourth year of Chongzhen, but the "Regulations for the Establishment of the Ming Imperial Academy" was promulgated together with the establishment of the Academy.

In the constitution of the Imperial Academy, it is stipulated that all academies in a province will be changed to Imperial University Hall, and the academies of all prefectures and prefectures will be restructured into middle school halls, and county middle schools will be changed to primary school halls. Among them, the students of the primary school hall are four years, the middle school hall is two years, and the university hall is three years, and those who graduate from any university hall in the empire are awarded the status of imperial Hanlin, jinshi, juren, and tribute according to their academic performance.

Of course, if the test from the middle school hall to the university hall is not the process of moving from the elementary school hall to the middle school hall, but it is necessary to show the status of a talent before you can sign up.

However, it is said that Wen Zhenmeng, the minister of the school, is the great-grandson of the great literati and humanities Zhengming of the previous dynasty, although he is more than 50 years old, he is a generation of literary heroes, and a master of calligraphy.

And only a literati family like him would ask such a topic, after all, if you want a literati family like him, the most important thing is the authentic calligraphy, especially the great-grandfather's.

Regarding what Wen Zhenmeng said, Zhu Jian said with a smile.

"What Mr. Shonan said, but I thought about it carefully, I thought that all the artifacts that could be mortgaged in the Imperial Trade Group could be used as collateral, but Mr. Shonan is from the family of scholars, and if the authentic work of Mr. Zhenxian is disposed of like this, I think it is too pity."

However, as soon as Zhu Jian said this, he saw that Wen Zhenmeng, the minister of the school department, had already gotten up and knelt on the ground.

"The old minister thanked His Majesty for giving the ancestors a nickname."

Faced with the sudden scene, Zhu Jian was first shocked, then stunned, and then he had already thought about the cause and effect.

It turned out that this Mr. Zhenxian was a private name, that is, a gift from relatives and friends, not a nickname, because only those ordered by the emperor could be called a nickname.

Therefore, Zhu Jian was a little embarrassed at this time, but he had already said this, how could he take it back.

Therefore, Zhu Jian at this time could only accept it, but it also left a lesson for Zhu Jian's words in the future.

"Mr. Zhenxian deserves his name, but Zhenxian also deserves it!"

Although he borrowed a donkey from the slope, Zhu Jian's nature as a businessman was that he never bought and sold at a loss, so he took a few of Wen Zhengming's calligraphy and paintings from Wen Zhenmeng, of course, in Wen Zhenmeng's eyes, a nickname is far more valuable than a few calligraphy and paintings.

And just after Wen Zhenmeng's incident, Zhu Jian opened his mouth to speak.

"All of you, you are all my ministers of the humerus, but for this reason, I have contributed and given five dry shares to you!"

As soon as the emperor said this, the audience was shocked, to say that these five dry stocks were 50,000 silver dollars, and the emperor paid out of his own pocket to give benefits to these ministers, which was unprecedented.

Therefore, in the midst of a voice of gratitude, those poor ministers who are known for their honesty are even more grateful.

And at this moment, a little eunuch came outside the door.

Originally, Zhu Jian stipulated that all internal affairs personnel (including eunuchs as the main body) should be avoided in all imperial councils, and of course there were exceptions, that is, there were urgent reports.

And just after the little eunuch muttered a few times in Zhu Jian's ear, Zhu Jian got up suddenly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has prepared a meal for you today, but you can go to eat after the meeting, but I have something to do here, but I left first!"

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Qianqing Palace, Zhu Jian's study.

At this moment, Zhu Jian's head was kneeling with a black-clothed masked person.

"How?"

"Back to Your Majesty, everything is as Your Majesty expected, and everything is under control."

Hearing this, Zhu Jian frowned slightly. A moment later, he muttered.

"It's time to close the net."

"Immediately spread my will, closely monitor the eight Jin merchants, and also order the Ministry of Supervision, the Patrol Police Department, and the Dali Yuan to immediately arrest all those who have anything to do with the eight Jin merchants in Beijing! By the way, Susu and I summoned Song Xiance, the Minister of Propaganda! ”