Daming Military Empire

Chapter 55

In the first month of the first year of Chongzheng (1630 A.D.), a major event happened in the capital, that is, the birth of Rixinglong Company.As soon as the new year was over, the streets and alleys of the capital were covered with notices of the opening of Rixinglong Trading Company. Almost everyone in the capital knew that a very good company was about to open.

Why do you say he is a cow?The streets of the capital where the opening notices can be posted are all over the place, but Shuntian Mansion doesn't even dare to take care of them. Isn't that considered awesome?

In fact, Shuntian Mansion originally wanted to take care of it, but the yamen servants of Shuntian Mansion ran over to take a look, damn, the people who posted the notices were all Jin Yiwei, so why not take care of them?Court death!
Of course, this trivial matter is not enough to prove that Rixinglong is good. The real strength of Rixinglong is the content of the announcement:

First of all, Ri Xinglong's slogan is very good. Ri Xinglong brags that they will establish branches in all the state capitals of the two capitals and the thirteen provinces, and make Ri Xinglong the largest company in Daming!

Then, Rixinglong’s business is very good. They not only deal in daily necessities such as grain, cloth, tea, cooking oil, but also high-end commodities such as antiques, jewelry, jade, gold and silver jewelry, famous calligraphy and paintings, and they even absorb and deposit silver. Tickets, to undertake lending business!

Finally, Rixinglong’s bank notes are very good. There are not only small and medium denominations such as 50 taels, 100 taels, 500 taels, and 1000 taels, but also large denominations such as 5000 taels and 1 taels. There are also super-large amounts of 5 taels and 10 taels!They claim that they can use Rixinglong's banknotes to shop in all Rixinglong's stores, and they can directly use them as money, and they guarantee that Rixinglong's banknotes can be deposited and withdrawn in all state capitals in the country!

Who is the boss of such an awesome business?People in Beijing who have always been famous for gossip naturally want to know this question the most.

Of course the boss is our Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong, but he can't come forward, not only him, but all court officials can't come forward to be the boss.In the end, Chang Wei Guangrong, who had only done business with the Houjin people and had not betrayed any information about Ming Dynasty, was elected as the treasurer of Rixinglong.

The gossip people in the capital couldn't help but ask again, who is this Chang Wei?
Needless to say, less than a day after the notice was posted, all kinds of gossip about Chang Wei, the shopkeeper of Rixinglong, spread in the capital:
Why is Chang Wei, the treasurer of Rixinglong, the eldest brother of the emperor Chongzheng's nanny;

What day Xinglong's treasurer Chang Wei is the father of Jin Yiwei's commander Luo Yangxing, Lord Luo's concubine;
What is it that Chang Wei, the shopkeeper of Rixinglong, is the godson of Cao Huachun, the governor of the East Factory;
The rumors are miraculous, of course, these are not true, Zhu Cijiong asked Jin Yiwei to spread them, the overall meaning is just one, this Chang Wei has a lot of background, has a lot of background, everyone can rest assured that the money is stored in Ri Xinglong, don't worry about him. If you accept the account, you don't have to worry that he won't be able to pay it, let alone that he will run away.This is called building momentum, and there is only one goal, that is to make everyone use the banknotes issued by Rixinglong with confidence.

This trend is well established, and the fire of gossip among the gossip people in the capital has also been successfully detonated. Whether Chang Wei has the legend or not, he always has to be pulled out.Dare to boast that he is the emperor's uncle, or Lord Luo's concubine father-in-law, or Cao Eunuch's godson, each of these backgrounds scares a lot of people to death.But, it has to be true, if it's fake, you have to be careful, the capital is very windy, if you dare to mess around here, be careful to blow your tongue out.

Naturally, Chang Wei didn't have to worry about Feng Da flashing his tongue, he didn't blow it at all, he didn't do any of this, he was just a puppet, and his uncle, concubine, and dry son had nothing to do with him.

Chang Wei is not worried about revealing his secrets, but our Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong can't let him reveal his secrets. Today Xinglong wants to reach the world, and the background of the big shopkeeper is naturally the bigger the better, so how can we keep him from revealing his secrets?

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month of the third year of Chongzheng, the head office of Rixinglong Company officially opened in Beijing.

This day, the capital was in full swing. It was even busier than that time when Emperor Chongzheng visited Wang Gong’s factory. Countless gossip people from the capital almost crowded the west half of West Chang’an Avenue.

The gossip people who can come here to watch the excitement have to admit that the Xinglong Company does have some background today.At least the appearance of his head office is very impressive. West Chang'an Avenue is the most prosperous area in the capital between Dashi Yongfang and Xiaoyongfang. Rixinglong's head office is located here, and it also occupies the street. The three big mansions are the residences of Tian Ergeng, the commander of Jinyiwei, the former eunuch of the eunuch party, Xu Xianchun, the commander of Jinyiwei, and Cui Yingyuan, the commander of Jinyiwei!

The people who came to congratulate them even confirmed the rumors, pulling out one at random can scare a lot of people to death.

One of the rumored protagonists, the Commander of Jin Yiwei, Luo Yangxing, actually came!
Another protagonist in the rumors, Cao Huachun, the admiral of the East Factory, is also here!
There is also a rumor that the protagonist Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong did not appear, but his uncle Xinwang Zhu Youjian also came!
There are also Qin Liangyu, the admiral of the Beijing Camp, Xu Guangqi, Minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Cabinet University, and Bi Maokang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Almost half of the high-ranking officials in the capital came, and there was an endless stream of officials of the fourth, fifth, and sixth ranks. Almost all the officials below the third rank in Beijing came to congratulate.

It's the same force, pretending to be high and low, it seems that Xinglong Company is really awesome today!

In fact, Zhu Cijiong only asked his cronies to be present, and he did not say hello to other officials. If he issued an oral order, no one would dare not come, but in that case, everyone would know that Rixinglong was opened by him, and the impeachment memorial is estimated It can fill the imperial study room, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty dare to scold even the famous emperor!
So, why are there so many fourth-rank, fifth-rank, and sixth-rank officials to congratulate?
Some of them came voluntarily to save face for Luo Yang, Xu Guangqi and others, and others were forced to come, because Ri Xinglong sent invitations to all the officials in Beijing, and all the invitations were sent by Jin Yiwei!

Someone wants to say, isn't Jin Yiwei clearly involved in business?In those days, officials blatantly participated in business, wasn't that courting death?
Officials of other yamen blatantly involved in business in those days were indeed courting death, but Jin Yiwei was an exception. If you dare to say that Jin Yiwei participated in business, they were courting death. You can directly kill people without interrogation, and you can kill them without burying them!
This is a bit like a joke, so casual, what if I kill the wrong one?There are many related records in historical materials. Jin Yiwei did kill many Zhongliang by mistake. What happened?

Killed wrong?Then kill the wrong one, if a person misses or a horse stumbles, who can not make a mistake?This is a privilege granted by Emperor Taizu, I would rather kill the wrong one than let it go!At that time, Emperor Taizu Jin Yiwei was ordered to handle the case of Hu Weiyong, killing more than 4 people in one go, and a few of them really deserved to be killed, and most of them were killed by mistake!But Emperor Taizu didn't say a word of criticism, and even praised them for their ability to do things!

Therefore, since the Taizu dynasty, Jin Yiwei has developed a habit of killing innocent people indiscriminately, which can be described as notorious and extremely cruel.

Although Luo Yangxing, the commander of the Jinyiwei, seems to be foolish and harmless to humans and animals, who can guarantee that he will not suddenly go crazy and become a butcher who kills innocent people indiscriminately?

Therefore, even if Jin Yiwei participated in Rixinglong's business activities so blatantly, no one dared to impeach them.Participating in business is just a bad reputation. Is Jinyiwei's reputation better?Let them go, as long as they don't run out and kill people indiscriminately.

In fact, this Luo Yangxing is really not a murderous person. According to historical records, the entire Chongzhen Dynasty also punished the eunuchs when Luo Yangxing ordered to kill him. At other times, he was unknown, as if he had disappeared, and he had never done anything. Indiscriminate killing of innocent things.

Luo Yangxing is such a muddling second-generation official. Killing the eunuch party is to avenge his father.

But this time it was different. Zhu Cijiong gave him 50 taels of dry shares, and the others from ordinary Jinyiwei to Jinyiwei commanders and colleagues all allocated dry shares ranging from 50 to 5 taels according to their positions. Although Luo Yangxing didn’t like it Killing, but he loves money!Although the 50 taels is not real money, it can be divided into dividends at the end of the year!So he was very active, and Jin Yiwei below was even more active than him, who wouldn't want to pay more money!

The same is true for Dongchang. Except for the admiral Cao Huachun who divided 50 taels of dry shares, everyone from ordinary fans to large and small stalls were divided into dry shares ranging from 50 taels to 5 taels according to their positions. Also positive.

Zhu Cijiong wanted them to shift the focus of their work to making money. Instead of letting them stare at the court officials all day long and making people panic, it is better to let them focus on making money for Daming.

After being the emperor for so long, Zhu Cijiong finally understood one thing. The end of the Ming Dynasty was not at the hands of the peasant rebels, nor at the hands of Houjin Tieqi, nor at the hands of Jinyiwei and Dongchang. It died on the word "money".

Why did the peasants in the Northwest revolt?Because the imperial court has no money to relieve the disaster, if they don't revolt, they will starve to death!
Why did the more than [-] troops in the Houjin District fight against Ming and couldn't find the north?Because there is no money to pay, no money to manufacture weapons and equipment, it is impossible to recruit millions of troops to deal with them!

So Zhu Cijiong wants to mobilize Jinyiwei and Dongchang to make money. Although these people are not good at fighting in the battlefield, they are good at intelligence, and what businessmen need most is intelligence, such as where cloth is cheap and expensive, where food is in short supply and where food is piled up Chengshan, wait, wait, wait.There are also businessmen who must be escorted by someone to do business. Otherwise, those local hooligans and corrupt officials will come to fight the autumn wind all day long, so how can they make money?With the assistance of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, it will be different. Send a Jinyiwei or Dongchang fan to that station, and some local hooligans and corrupt officials will try it out. You only need money, and we will kill us!
It can be said that the combination of Jinyiwei, Dongchang and merchants is the best money-making machine. As long as they are in operation, making money is not too easy.

As long as you have money, the 50 troops of the Beijing camp will be fully recruited; grenades, ten per person; two new-style flintlock guns, two for each person; The post-gold iron cavalry, what a fart!

(End of this chapter)