w Western merchants definitely realized the importance of long-distance exchange and the decisive significance in business. There is no doubt about their vision. In another time and space, it was this group of people who created the bank account a hundred years later.
However, today's Western merchant power is far from its heyday, and currently lacks the ability of Li You to coordinate the north-south layout. Compared with Li You, who has advanced ideas, it is already several steps behind, and it is difficult to catch up.
Therefore, for Western merchants, the best way is to absorb Li You, who has a strong background, and become a member of them for joint development. However, what Mr. Li wants is a dominant position and control of the financial industry. This is what both parties want.
The real contradiction lies.
Although Mr. Li has only focused on the officialdom battle industry for three years, his main major is not in the field of business war, and he has only played in shopping malls a few times. But everything is the same in the world, and the fundamental principles of things in different fields are often the same. So he heard
After receiving the news, and after the initial shock has passed, we immediately realize where the danger lies.
If twenty-one industry giants jointly implement deposits and withdrawals in the capital, if it is realized and accepted, it will at least temporarily gain an unquestionable absolute advantage in the capital and its surrounding area, which has a population of one to two million people.
It seems that it has little to do with Huichang Yinhao. Huichang Yinhao's main business development direction in the future is remittance between the north and the south. It does not matter if it is rejected by peers in the capital. Besides, the Twenty-One Alliance did not target anyone by name.
There is still room for Huichang Yinhao.
But if you think deeply, you will find that this is not the case. Cross-regional exchange is a means to control the industry, but it is not the ultimate goal.
The capital is still the fundamental place. If Huichang Bank is squeezed out of the capital and loses market share and voice, it will really become water without a source and a tree without roots. No matter how beautiful the business is, it will still be China without a foundation.
House beauty building.
This is not an unfounded worry of Li You, it is entirely possible that it will become a reality. With twenty-one Western merchant capitals united, only the Yangzhou salt merchants in the world can compete. As for the Huichang Bank, it currently does not have this ability at all.
This is the purpose of the Twenty-One Alliance. On the one hand, it shows the capital strength and execution ability of the Western business group. On the other hand, it also quietly warns and puts pressure on heretics in certain industries without breaking out.
After Li You figured it out, he told shopkeeper Dai: "Don't panic. Go back quickly to appease people. Just say that you will find out within a few days."
Shopkeeper Dai responded and left. Li You sent someone to Mingli Newspaper Shop again to tell them that tomorrow's newspapers were not allowed to publish news related to the Twenty-One Alliance, and made arrangements for follow-up reports.
Economic problems can be solved by economic means, but they can also be solved by political means. Compared with the twenty-one people, Li You is absolutely weak in the economic aspect, so he does not intend to use economic means, but uses his best political skills.
Means. Moreover, political means are simple and easy, and the cost is small.
The newspaper came out the next day, and as expected, the Mingli Daily News, which was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the capital and had been paying special attention to the banking industry recently, did not report even a single word. This time, the news of the twenty-one joint exchanges was ignored by the Mingli Newspaper.
But soon Western businessmen responded. Although they did not have newspapers, they spent money to print a large number of paper slips and distributed them in the streets and alleys, which offset the impact of Mingli Newspaper.
When the next issue of Mingli Daily came out, it was reported that many of the 21 money shops "may" have been unable to make ends meet. Therefore, they had to join forces to launch the banner of general exchange, in order to demolish the east wall to pay for the west wall... This caused another It alleviates readers' suspicion of Western merchants.
Of course, talking and creating public opinion cannot solve the problem, and this is not Li You's real trump card.
This day was the day of the court meeting, and the civil and military officials from the capital gathered in twos and threes from the East and West City towards Chengtian Gate, and then flowed into the palace.
Another wave of officials entered Yujie from the left gate of Chang'an. When they came to the Jinshui Bridge, they saw an old seventh-rank official standing on the bridge, with gray beard and hair fluttering in the morning spring breeze. What was more eye-catching was , he stepped on the railing, not knowing what to do.
Regarding this old man, the officials in the previous court looked unfamiliar to each other. After asking each other, they did not know each other. From this, we can infer that this man must be a local official from other places, and he is also a very down-and-out kind. Therefore, he is not familiar with the old man in the capital. No connections, no acquaintances.
What was he going to do? The officials passing by Jinshui Bridge couldn't help but slow down and look at it curiously. However, they saw the old official gritting his teeth and shouting, "Official debts are hard to repay!"
Before everyone could wrap their heads around it, they saw him leap into the air again, and jumped into the Jinshui River without hesitation, splashing a bunch of waves.
Want to commit suicide by drowning? This caused a commotion among the officials of the previous dynasty. In the previous dynasty, an official committed suicide by drowning in the Jinshui River. This is definitely a strange story! I don’t know the reason for it.
Immediately, someone shouted loudly to the officers and soldiers on guard duty: "Officers and soldiers, please save people quickly!" The officers on guard duty were probably also afraid of taking responsibility for poor guarding, so several of them immediately jumped into the water to save people.
After a while, people in the water and on the bank started working together and dragged the old official who fell into the water from the river to the shore. Officials from the upper court came forward to watch one after another. University scholar Yang Ge arrived just at this time and saw what happened. The accident happened, so he squeezed into the circle surrounded by his entourage.
Looking up and down, Mr. Yang Ge frowned and asked: "Both body, hair and skin are all inherited from our parents. Who are you? Why did you throw yourself into the water? And why did you throw yourself into the water outside Chengtian Gate?"
The old official lying on the ground opened his eyes and stared blankly at the sky, as if he had not heard Yang Ge's question.
At this time, Li You, the envoy of the Wenxuan Academy, also came to Jinshui Bridge. When he saw the man who fell into the water, he shouted in surprise: "Aren't you the old magistrate of Xuyi County? Why are you here?"
Mr. Yang Ge glanced at Li You and ordered the officers and soldiers in Jinyi beside him: "There are many people here, so it is very inconvenient. Please carry Mr. Shang into the East Chamber for questioning."
Several people carried Shang Zhixian through the Chengtian Gate and into the Dongchao House. Not long after, news spread.
According to Shangzhi County's autobiography, he came from a poor family. After arriving in the capital, he borrowed hundreds of taels of official debt for social activities. However, he was in danger of becoming an official and could not afford to repay, and was forced by his creditors, so he was very miserable. On this Hajj day, I couldn't think of investing in water. Also, these debts were borrowed from several Western merchant banks.
This immediately triggered a lot of discussion among the officials in the upper court, and as a political incident that was not a big deal or a small one, it was also reported to the emperor at the court meeting.
The emperor frowned and asked: "What is official debt? Why did he borrow official debt? Who dared to force officials to drown?"
The ministers are looking at their noses and minds. It is really difficult to answer these questions for the emperor... Should we tell the emperor that these are the rules of the game for our officials and that we have turned a blind eye?
"Have a secretary to investigate thoroughly! Then report." The emperor decreed. Welcome to come. Your support is my greatest motivation.m
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