Zhu Yicheng knew what happened in Shanghai a few days later, or Wang Kun wrote the incident into memorials after Ye Rongbai left the Shanghai Branch of the Royal Bank, and then rushed to the capital in a secret manner. A few days later, he placed it on Zhu Yicheng's desk.

Zhu Yicheng was a little surprised after watching the secret song, and then laughed.

"It's a pity that Ye Rongbai is not an official." Zhu Yicheng said softly with a smile, then continued to pick up the secret memorial and take a closer look.

Although Wang Kun is not a formal official in the court, he is one of Zhu Yicheng's close ministers, or the Wang family is a family that is dependent on the royal family and belongs to Zhu Yicheng's slaves. Outsiders don't know this. How could Ye Rongbo, an important member of Ningbo Commercial Bank, not know about it?

Ye Rongbai ran directly to Wang Kun and took the initiative to mention the matter, and also expressed his hope that the Royal Bank could provide support for the development of the Nanlu funds. This shows that there seems to be no problem, but in fact, Ye Rongbai did this clearly because he wanted to use Wang Kun's hands to pass the news to Zhu Yicheng.

Wang Kun was naturally aware of this situation, so after Ye Rongbai left, he immediately sent the matter to the capital by secret press. Only Zhu Yicheng could decide such a big deal, and Wang Kun was just a messenger in the middle.

Putting down the secret memorial, Zhu Yicheng sat in the chair and closed his eyes slightly, thinking about the matter carefully. It has to be said that Ye Rongbo's choice was very appropriate, and the reasons were extremely sufficient. I'm afraid he had already considered it so completely.

In order to build Shanghai, Zhu Yicheng specially handed over Shanghai to Ye Rongbai and borrowed the strength of Ningbo Commercial Bank to develop Shanghai, an emerging port city.

The choice was made at that time because the Ming Dynasty was still very weak at the beginning, and the newly established Ming Dynasty court was far inferior to the Qing court. Whether in terms of population, resources, financial resources, military, etc., the Ming Dynasty was very fragile.

In order to become stronger and even narrow the gap with the Qing court, the Ming Dynasty must develop as soon as possible. Therefore, Zhu Yicheng took advantage of winning over Ningbo Commercial Banks and vigorously developing trade, thereby obtaining a large amount of funds to strengthen himself.

The construction of Shanghai was also a strategy decided at that time. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty's own finances were extremely difficult at that time. The army and local governments were short of money everywhere, so where could they invest more funds in Shanghai? In desperation, Zhu Yicheng handed over the opening of Shanghai to Ye Rongbo, not only to win over it, but also to borrow funds from Ningbo Commercial Bank to serve the court. In addition, the Ye family's support for the Ming fleet in the Battle of the South China Sea made the Ming fleet defeat the then powerful opponent Portuguese Far East Fleet, which made the Ming Dynasty completely stand firm in the southeast, and it made an indelible contribution.

Since then, in order to commend the Ye family's contribution, Zhu Yicheng not only gave Ye Rongbo the official position, but also fulfilled his original promise to the Ye family and directly handed over Shanghai to the Ye family's management. Therefore, although Ye Rongbo was an official on the surface, he was still a wealthy businessman, and he also held the civil and financial power of the entire Shanghai. His status can be said to be unparalleled in the Ming Dynasty.

Over the years, with Ye Rongbai's careful management in Shanghai, the ever-changing Shanghai is like a brilliant pearl.

At the same time, with the prosperity of commerce and trade in the Ming Dynasty, Shanghai, as the sea, river and land, its status is becoming increasingly important. Now Shanghai has surpassed Ningbo and became the number one city in the southeast. In addition, the completion of the railway from Shanghai to Nanjing, Shanghai is further important, and its future development is immeasurable.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Revenue and Royal Bank of China, Shanghai's monthly fund transactions have exceeded 20 million, and its tax revenue exceeds one million. Shanghai's annual tax revenue is worth nearly two or even three provinces.

In addition, Shanghai also gathered the largest number of commercial banks and other industries in the Ming Dynasty. From this point of view, even if Ye Rongbo, who owned Shanghai, handed over most of the profits he made to the court, the part left was enough to make him the richest businessman in the Ming Dynasty.

The Ye family was one of the rich merchants in Ningbo. At that time, the Ye family had a property of one million. Now, not counting the entire Ye family, Ye Rongbai personally alone is estimated to have exceeded tens of millions or even more.

The wealth is as good as a country, and it is Ye Rongbai. If he were an ordinary person, he would have been lost in huge wealth and success. However, Ye Rongbai is not an ordinary person. He is a very clear-headed person. With the increasing prosperity of Shanghai and the continuous expansion of his own wealth, Ye Rongbai began to worry and wanted to retreat.

Throughout history, not many rich people can have good endings. Tao Zhugong in the Spring and Autumn Period may be one, but only Tao Zhugong.

Not to mention the farthest, just to talk about the recent ones. When the Ming Dynasty was founded, Shen Wansan, who claimed to be rich in the world, ended up in a miserable end because of too much wealth? Although Zhu Yicheng was not Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yicheng's attitude towards merchants was unique among the emperors of all dynasties, Ye Rongbai knew that for merchants, huge wealth was the original sin, let alone self who controlled a city like Shanghai?

Yes, Ye Rongbo was afraid. He was afraid that one day he would be slaughtered like a fattened pig. The popular Ye family would be completely ruined in his hands. As the wealth of astronomical numbers grew day by day, what he brought to Ye Rongbo was no longer joy and joy, but rather huge pressure and fear. It is precisely because of this that Ye Rongbo was determined to retreat. Not only did he completely resign from his post in Shanghai and thus resign from his position in Shanghai, but he also wanted the Ye family to completely eliminate the peeping and defense in Zhu Yicheng's heart. As long as he did this, Ye Rongbo was willing to give everything, even if he donated all the wealth he got from Shanghai.

Of course, Ye Rongbo wouldn't be so stupid that he really donated his family's wealth to the court. If he did this, wouldn't it be like putting Zhu Yicheng and the court in an embarrassing situation? In this way, where is the prestige of the emperor and the court? Whether Zhu Yicheng accepts it or not, he will be left with a reputation as "greedy and good fortune" by the world. If Ye Rongbo really did this, not only would he not be able to save the Ye family, but it would even bring a catastrophe to the Ye family.

How can someone as smart as Ye Rongbai not know? So after thinking about it, Ye Rongbai finally came up with a solution, that is, on the one hand, he asked to resign, and on the other hand, he exiled himself in the name of developing the Southern Land, and at the same time used the Ye family's funds to build the Southern Land for the court, so as to kill two birds with one stone.

In addition, going to the Southern Land has a great advantage. As the current head of the Ye family, Ye Rongbo is not a businessman like his father, Mr. Ye Guoji. Ye Rongbo, who was already very talented in business, is also keen on politics. He knows that the Ming Dynasty is a period of crazy external expansion, but due to the Ming Dynasty's population restrictions and other reasons of the imperial court, the Ming Dynasty could not fully develop overseas territory. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty's attention to Xinming, Luzon, Johor and other places is far above the Southern Land. Compared with the above places, the Southern Land that had just been discovered was just an emerging place that barely occupied the territory but had no ability to develop it at all.

If Ye Rongbai could get a hand at this time, he would not only relieve his current predicament, but also find a way out for the Ye family through the development of the Southern Land. By then, Ye Rongbai would become more prosperous overseas, and he would transform from a half-official and half-shang class to the true noble class of the Ming Dynasty and establish himself in the Southern Land.

I have to say that Ye Rongbo’s plan is the best choice at present, and his approach has indeed touched Zhu Yicheng.
Chapter completed!