Chapter 30 A prodigal family and a ruined country
Xu Jing saw that Liu Jian, the chief assistant, was unwilling to invest money in the Royal Bank and even lectured him in front of him, so he had to leave.
After all, although he is now a close minister of the emperor, he does not force the chief minister to do anything.
When the first assistant Liu Jian saw Xu Jing saying goodbye, he did not say goodbye. He only smiled coldly: "I can't let you Zhu Houzhao spend my money in vain!"
Xu Jing then found Ma Wensheng, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and explained his purpose to Ma Wensheng.
Ma Wensheng only sighed and said: "Your Majesty, it's not easy, I understand, but I have been an official for so many years, but I haven't saved much money, only five thousand taels, you can take it, there is no need to say anything about investment, although I don't I understand what investment is, but if your majesty needs it, just use it. Don’t think about making money. It’s better for your majesty to focus on government affairs.”
Xu Jing left Ma Wensheng with thanks and found Xu Jin, Minister of War.
Xu Jin directly took 30,000 taels of silver to Xu Jing. After Xu Jing left, Xu Jin's chief steward couldn't help but asked: "Master, just give the emperor 30,000 taels of silver. Although the silver is still yours." , but why do I feel that there is no return? Why invest? I think I just want to use your money to do business. What if you lose money?”
"If it's a loss, then it's a loss. As long as your majesty stops hawking on the street, I can give him another 10,000 yuan!" Xu Jin said helplessly.
Xu Jing found Jiao Fang, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Jiao Fang directly gave him ten thousand taels. He thought to himself: "This money must have gone forever. Your Majesty is not a businessman. Even the emperor takes it for granted." It’s not good, let alone doing business, but it’s okay if His Majesty loses this ten thousand to himself. In this way, he owes himself a favor, and he can be promoted in the future.”
Xu Jing went on to find many nobles and officials one after another, some of whom were willing to give and some who were reluctant to give. Those who were reluctant either maintained a skeptical attitude and could only say that they were honest and had no money to give to the Royal Bank, or they were really unwilling. As a result, they were given the bad reputation of being dishonest because they were afraid that His Majesty the Emperor would embarrass the court by selling on the street because they had no money, and they didn't really think that the Emperor could make them money.
It is worth mentioning that Xu Jing later found Wang Hua, the Minister of Household Affairs.
Wang Hua saw Xu Jing and asked him if he was willing to invest money in the Royal Bank. After listening for a long time, he understood what Xu Jing meant, and then he asked with some hesitation: "Isn't the internal money under the direct control of your majesty? Why do you need to ask the officials again?" Fundraising? ”
"Master, why do you need to ask again? I understand what you mean, Mr. Xu. Specifically speaking, this stock offering is not a fundraiser, but His Majesty wants to give us a fortune, right? It means whoever pays more money gets it." When you get more, I will give it to you!”
Wang Yangming, who was standing aside, didn't wait for Xu Jing to answer Wang Hua's words, and began to ask his family's accountant to bring out his wife's 30,000 taels of dowry and his family's 5,000 taels of cash in Beijing:
"Servant Xu, this is all the money I can put out now. Your business method is mentioned in the economic supplementary handout of His Majesty's Outline of Governance. I am very optimistic about it. If possible, I want to continue to add more money."< br>
Because Wang Hua was not accustomed to worldly affairs, Wang Yangming treated his family as his own in Beijing, so he could naturally give the money directly to Xu Jing.
But Wang Hua couldn't help being shocked when he saw this. If Xu Jing and others were not present, he would have beaten Wang Yangming, but at this moment he could only slap the back of the chair: "You prodigal, this is all the savings of the family, you give it all Mr. Xu, what shall we eat?”
"Master! Believe me, this is definitely a good thing. Besides, you don't want His Majesty to sell royal treasures on the street again. In that case, you, the newly appointed Minister of Household Affairs, will have to resign, so even if the thirty thousand taels are used So what if your Majesty spent it.”
Wang Yangming said. Wang Hua thought so, so he could only wave his hand and said: "That's okay!" At the same time, he sighed in his heart: "With a ruined family and a ruined country, the Ming Dynasty's Ming Dynasty's prosperity is really coming to an end!"
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"The prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty has just begun. In the future, the empire will be controlled by us, and the empire in our hands will surely rule the entire universe! The Royal Bank does not allow me to obtain enough wealth to enjoy, but allows me to have more We will use our wealth to feed the people and build a strong army so that the empire will have no external or internal worries. The people will not know about hunger and will become richer and richer, including you and myself.”
At this time, Zhu Houzhao was talking to the "Eight Tigers" and Xu Jing about the political significance of his Royal Bank. For the "Eight Tigers" and Xu Jing, it would be better to make the Ming Dynasty stronger while making money for themselves. After all, only the Ming Dynasty and its people could enjoy prosperity and wealth. Therefore, they did not reject the political vision expressed by Zhu Houzhao but also agreed with it.
"Xu Jing, how much money has been raised from hundreds of officials now?" Zhu Houzhao asked Xu Jing at this time.
Xu Jing hurriedly took out the account book and said, "The total reported to Your Majesty is two hundred and thirty-six thousand, two hundred taels." After saying that, Xu Jing smiled sheepishly.
He was deeply afraid that Emperor Zhu Houzhao would be angry because of this. Because there were so many officials in the capital, he could only make up a total of more than 230,000 taels. Even Xu Jing, who had just entered the officialdom, knew that it was really a little less. After all, as far as he knew, there were many officials in the capital. The court officials here only collect no less than this amount every year.
However, Zhu Houzhao was not angry, he just smiled secretly, thinking that he was better than Chongzhen. He didn't know whether the ministers in the late Ming Dynasty were poorer or the ministers in the eighteenth year of Hongzhi had more affection for him as the emperor.
"It seems that my ministers are still very honest."
On the surface, Zhu Houzhao still found a step for the officials to step down. After saying this, he asked Xu Jing and the "Eight Tigers" to also start participating in the investment. As for how much they were willing to invest, it was up to them. It is worth mentioning that Xu Jing A huge sum of one hundred thousand taels was directly invested! This surprised both Zhu Houzhao and the "Eight Tigers".
"Xu Jing, you have spent a lot of money all this time, why are you still so rich?" Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but ask.
"I dare not lie to your majesty. My family has nothing else but a lot of money, but this is only a second-rate family in Jiangnan." When Xu Jing said this, Liu Jin and the other eight tigers showed disbelief, and Zhu Houzhao also asked:
"I believe you have money. I heard that back then you and your sworn brother Tang Bohu went to Beijing to take the exam. He had a tryst with a beautiful woman and you paid for it, and even went to Beijing to have a relationship. But if you, Xu Jing, are considered a second-rate family, then I He’s really broke.”
"I am really not deceiving Your Majesty. Most of the world's wealth belongs to Jiangnan. The real big families in Jiangnan can spend millions and millions. I am just some of the savings accumulated by my ancestors," Xu Jing said with a smile.
Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao could only sigh and said: "It seems that my Ming Dynasty is really the poorest in the imperial court!"
Keep moving forward and keep creating, even if you are not favored.
(End of chapter)