Chapter 10 Contest (I)

More often, what we need is construction, not destruction. Although the feeling of destruction is more pleasant and makes people excited, Guo Pu explains why he has not taken more measures to save the stock crisis. After not seeing him for more than three years, Wu Anguo found that Guo Pu has become more calm and wise, and there is a wise demeanor when he raises his hands. In Guo Pu's eyes, Wu Anguo is not the passionate general at the time. His black face has become vicissitudes, but those eyes are still so clear that they can hardly see any dust.

The initial stock market trading rules were made by Wu Anguo, Guo Pu and Li Shanping convened Peking merchants together to agree on. Wu Anguo proposed most of the terms based on his little understanding of the stock market in that era of different time and space. Some of them were dismissed because of their impact on efficiency and were opposed by everyone. Guo Pu now seems that most of the terms were set to prevent this year's crisis. In addition, he admired Wu Anguo's foresight in looking at problems even more.

Since the terms have been formulated, everyone needs to abide by them. No one has the right to violate the terms at will because of the imperfections of the terms. Even the governor Guo Pu himself is no exception. When he feels that the stock market is about to face a crisis, he can use his rights to announce that the stock market will stop all trading. Even at the moment of stock collapse, he can use his rights to pull out a few leaders to arrest the people who took advantage of the situation and confiscate their wealth, and kill one to warn a hundred. The rights of the governor of the four provinces can completely allow him to give him no evidence and commit a crime. Even if someone sues Zhu Yuanzhang later, Zhu Yuanzhang will try his best to protect him according to the situation. It can be said that Guo Pu resists the temptation of unrestricted use of power every day, not just because he does it, but not for it. If he does it, the trading rules themselves will lose their dignity. The rules that government officials or privileges can override them at any time are equivalent to no rules.

If there are loopholes in the rules formulated by everyone, you can call everyone to modify them together, but before they are modified, the rules cannot be despised, even the emperor does not have the qualifications to despise them. Guo Pu may be a true Confucian scholar. In his eyes, the great way is not because the great way has died, but because the great way has not been respected since its birth. Including the great way, the great way, the great way has been unconsciously burned the great way.

"My brother is the God of Wealth in Peking. In their eyes, as long as you come back, you can get through all difficulties. In the past two days, the newspaper reported that you arrived in Peking immediately, and the stock market actually rebounded slightly. Hehe, this is the first time in two months." After taking a sip of tea, Guo Pu smiled and said to Wu Anguo, who was looking through the night's meeting records.

This sentence is true. After Gao Deyong and Ye Fengsui returned home, they immediately stopped all transactions of their business companies in the stock market, and all the staff recruiting technical workers in the Gao family retreated. With such obvious actions, the fool could not see that they had defected to the government. The smart speculative businessmen saw that the wind was wrong and had already made plans to escape or turn against the battlefield. The stock market, which had been bottoming out for many days, was slowly stable without anyone deliberately suppressing it. Small amounts of funds from some unknown amount of funds secretly acquired some stocks with good performance, which made Mingdilou's transactions no longer completely anxiously.

In the afternoon, Wu Anguo had already understood what happened in Peking recently and the current strength Guo Pu had. He did not want to use power to solve the crisis in Peking. Although relying on power to solve the crisis is simpler and less labor-saving, once this precedent is set, the first solution that officials think of in the future will be power. Power means efficiency, and it also means that once the power owner makes mistakes, there is no room for repair and make mistakes to the end. He hates the kind of honest officials who think he is superior to others and plays with everyone in his hand, and is unwilling to let others form such dependence. In his consciousness, honest officials and wise monarchs are more harmful to the country, and ten thousand honest officials are not as good as a perfect rule.

When Wu Anguo heard Guo Pu say and the stock market, he came back from his thoughts and replied with a smile: "If everyone else takes charge of everything, I don't think anyone can help them. If I can plan everything for them in one step, I will really become a god. Unfortunately, I don't have the fingers that turn stones into gold. Let's take it slowly first and take the money away from Peking for them to spit it out on their own initiative. Then, let's sit together and make rules together, it depends on whether you can learn your lessons after experiencing this time."

"It's time to learn your lesson. This time, those bastards in Jiangsu and Zhejiang made the stock market like this. Who would want to do it again? Win this game back, and we will withdraw immediately and ask the Zhan brothers to call on everyone to repair the rules and start over. Those two guys are not kind people. Only unkind people can prevent unkind things from happening. The rules set by gentlemen must have more loopholes than villains." Thinking of the Zhan brothers, Guo Pu was funny. Unlike people like Zhang Wu, Yang Da, and Xu Zhichen, these two brothers will never fall behind others as long as they make money, and they never mind thinking of their partners worse. So it is really difficult for them to find some loopholes when signing a contract.

Wu Anguo also thought this brother was interesting and could use all available conditions to trick Qing'er into Henan to file a complaint. The idea was proposed by Zhan Zhen and personally implemented it. In this way, even if Zhu Yuanzhang was dissatisfied with Guo Pu's request for help from Wu Anguo, he could not find any fault. Someone complained that Wu Anguo, as an imperial envoy, could not ignore it.

"Then brothers and brothers are almost the richest man in Peking. In the whole of Peking, I really can't find a third person who can seize opportunities but is not annoying." Wu Anguo put down the record of the matter and asked with a smile.

"It's almost done. Local businesses in Peking are only behind Zhang and Yang. It's rare that these two brothers are righteous and have been firmly on the side of the local industry in Peking from the very beginning. The strongest foreign power is Xu Jipiaohao. The fat man in the morning is not weak, but he is a bit dirty in business." Guo Pu is quite satisfied with the overall situation of the Zhan brothers. With their mind that he will never let go of the money he can make, it is really not easy to be willing to turn against the battle this time.

Wu'anguo did not mind the filthy business of fat man. Since the law did not stipulate that people were not allowed to be traded, it was not too much to be a human trafficker. Although he advocated equality for everyone, his claim belonged to the claim and the law belonged to the law. The two could never be confused. Before his claim was accepted by the laws of this era, he could only regulate what he did, but he had no right to force others to do. Moreover, in his time and space, the leader of the Declaration of Independence was still a slave.

"Brother Li's comment on Fatty Gao in the letter was very high. There were many people in the afternoon, so I dare not let everyone see the content above. Brother Li believes that although Fatty people's starting point is a bit dirty, the results of their actions are beneficial and harmless." Wu Anguo took out the letter Li Shanping gave him and put it in front of Guo Pu.

Guo Pu smiled and pushed the letter to Wu Anguo. He wrote a private letter. No matter how curious he was, he would not read it. This is his principle of being a person. "What do you say about Mr. Li's deals proposed by Fatty Gao?"

"Sell", Wu Anguo answered neatly, "The people who can cause trouble for the enemy are our friends. Besides, even if we don't sell, they will smuggle from other channels. Instead of doing so, it is better for us to control this channel. Moreover, our manufacturing level and ability are constantly improving. Brother Li believes that it is best to make Timur depend on our weapons, so that he will not make great efforts to gather people to think about it. We can cut off the supply of weapons at any time, so that he will never dare to make a decision."

"What do you think?" Guo Pu saw Wu Anguo's answers neatly, and asked clearly.

"Of course I hope to sell. I can make the decision on this first transaction. As soon as the situation in Liaodong eases, we will complete the first transaction first. The future transaction depends on the emperor's vision. Brother Guo has already agreed to them, I support you, but your hand is particularly like a profiteer, and it is not what Confucians do." Wu Anguo answered without hesitation, and at the end he did not forget to laugh at Guo Pu. Guo Pu did not assume the responsibility of selling arms, and pushed the responsibility to himself. Although Wu Anguo, as a good brother, could understand the helplessness, he had to find a balance in his mouth.

"When I was studying, I asked my master what a Confucian is. Master said that a Confucian must first be a benevolent person. A benevolent person loves others. Even if he is not a good person, he will be a Confucian person who loves others, and he will be a Confucian person who is a villain. I have read the books you translated in the Academy of Sciences. There are many truths in it that are not contrary to the great Confucian way. Even if the barbarians know the truth, we saints have forgotten it and only remember how to fight for power and profit. This time you came and gathered with Bo Wenyuan, and he implemented the new policy.

I have quite some opinions, you should get something for exchanges." Guo Pu took out the action plan that everyone formulated in the evening, and while looking through it, there was a sentence left. After leaving Li Shanping's house, no one returned home, he hadtily settled the dinner and started to negotiate the next move. The funds provided by Li Shanping gave everyone more confidence. This time, not only did he let the person who harassed the new policy of Peking return, but he also wanted to hurt them, so that he would not dare to do anything again next time.

"Is that so? Bo Wenyuan is so famous that all the articles have been passed to the palace. What's rare is that the emperor applauded after reading it. I was worried for him at that time." Speaking of Bo Wenyuan, Wu'anguo was very familiar with him. This famous Confucian scholar was the only one who had thoroughly understood the spirit of ancient Greece. As a leader in the retro movement in Peking, he took no less risks than Wu'anguo.

"I advised him to delete all the taboo words. The boss was unhappy and said that if you read it, you will definitely support his opinion, especially about equality. I think he has said everything you want to say. I just don't dare to let it spread. If you understand too much, it will become a target for others. We have to eat step by step. If we are too anxious, we will be counterproductive." Guo Pu was a little worried about Bo Wenyuan's safety. He was also a supporter of the new policy. Bo Wenyuan's junior brother Zhou Wuyou is much more sleeker than Bo Wenyuan.

"It would be fine if this is true. It doesn't matter. Isn't it enough to say that it was translated? Just like the military strategists all say that it was from Sun Wu and the miscellaneous scholars all say that it was from Guiguzi, I asked Bo Chen to change his Persian name and sign it in the book. Even if the court blames it, no one can find a pen to write it." Wu Anguo smiled and gave Guo Pu a bad idea and published it anonymously. Anyway, Bo Wenyuan didn't like money. In order to let the literati speak for him, the Zhan brothers, Zhang Wu and others offered many sacrifices to some famous Confucian scholars in the north. Bo Wenyuan has always kept his penis and maintained the nobleness and independence of the literati.

Guo Pu took a sip of tea and cleared his throat, "Bochen said that Confucians of all generations have drawn circles in the court like looking at the sky, and then divided the world into several pieces, regardless of the conditions, and implemented the so-called best governance strategy for personal achievements to harm the people. Later generations found that their system was inappropriate, but when they were revised, they still rely on climbing to a high position. The techniques of drawing circles with their eyes closed were the same, so it would be strange if they were not defeated. The far away were the big nerd Wang Mang, who thought that he could draw a big circle by becoming an emperor. The nearest one was the little nerd Wang Anshi, who was the emperor's teacher, and he thought that what he had conjectured was infinitely correct. If we thought that if we held the power of the country, we could implement the government of Peking to the world, it would be a little smirk and dazed!"

Wu Anguo only heard of Wang Mang as a traitor in his own era, and Wang Anshi was a reformer. He had never heard of the evaluation of "nerd". He was very curious. At first, he listened seriously, but in the end he heard the choreography that he almost choked out a bite of tea, coughed a few times, and laughed: "Why are we stunned?"

"Bo Wenyuan said that many of your things come from Western countries, but they have changed them up and added some branches and leaves. But they are eager to achieve success. Those that are suitable for a county may not be suitable for a state. Those that are suitable for a state may not be suitable for a prefecture. The oranges in Huainan are citrus in Huainan, and the land in the world may not be as complete as those in Beiping. The way to govern the country must be more fundamental, adapted to local conditions, rather than to the situation."

Bo Wenyuan's knowledge is indeed superior. What Wu'anguo is most uneasy about is the implementation of the new policy. There is no hope for relying on the royal family. Some things are completely contrary to Zhu Yuanzhang's concept of family and world. He relies on himself to tinker in the academic field and make a little effort to gain something. It is true that the foundation of the empire has shaken. It is unpredictable when the empire will deteriorate. In the court, those who support him, such as the Grand Tutor Li Shanchang, do not know what he wants to do in the end, but they all believe that what he does is beneficial to the country, so he spares no effort to push himself to a high position, hoping that he can take power on one day, and above ten thousand people, and implement the new policy without resistance. The son-in-law Li Qiyi

All the teachings on the road were the power and strategy of being an official, which was good at it. But is there really an absolutely correct way to change the status quo? At least Wu'anguo himself did not see it. Zhou Wuyou advised him to make a statement. Wu'anguo's original intention was to lay the foundation from below and advance slowly. Cao Zhen and Guo Pu's idea was to formulate favorable systems to protect the new policy. They all make sense, but they both have flaws. The Ming Dynasty was too big, and all places were different. In the north, such as Peking, where land was vast and sparsely populated and minerals were rich, there was the possibility of industrialization according to its own concept of the times, and where water networks in the south were densely populated, but they were not necessarily suitable for heavy industry. If light industry was developed there, the profits of products were too thin, the circulation cost of the empire was too high in the current transportation state.

Thinking of this, he sighed, and Wu Anguo said quietly: "Bo Wenyuan said everything to the point, but nothing is to ask me for a solution. If these problems can be solved at once, why would I be held in the capital? I think that although the killing of the current emperor is a little heavier, he is indeed trying to find a way to maintain long-term stability, but he is looking for a worse direction."

"Yes, I have been thinking in recent years that the goal of equality we pursue is nothing wrong. Although the saints have not mentioned it, the saints should be very different from that time and at this time. I guess the saints have never thought about what we do at this time. But there is no clue about how we achieve this goal or get closer to this goal. Now the emperor still needs Peking. If there is a little bit of a problem in Peking, you can still bear it. One day, the emperor changed his mind and these businesses are unable to protect themselves. The new policy of Peking will be dangerous. Whenever I think of this, I am worried." Guo Pu sighed, and with his own personal experience, being the most comfortable to be an official who can enrich the people. When the people have money, their lives will be more peaceful. A son of a thousand pounds will not die in the city. The ancients said it very reasonably. But some people don't want to see this kind of relaxation, and they don't want to see people with cloth clothes and shoes on an equal footing and bargaining.

Both of them were a little sad. This was an era where there was no hope. As people who entered this era and early awakened people, they were the most painful in spirit, but no one could understand this pain. Therefore, Bo Chen's unrestrainedness and the crazyness of the Zhan brothers. It is easy to break the old and build a new system that is different from the past, which is difficult.

It is hard to sleep in the long night, and the candlelight accompanied by thinking, it is not just the two brothers who can't sleep all night in Peking.

In the best Feng Shui treasure land in the northwest of Peking City, a large mansion covering an area of ​​dozens of acres is also brightly lit. Brother Zhang was sitting on a recliner, and his wife, who had been re-stringing the strings two years ago, gently hammered his legs. After drinking a sip of strong tea and opening his sour eyes, Brother Wu asked outside: "Text, has the tent been cleared out?"

"It's almost done, it's time to get the first pass, and now it's counting the second pass," Zhang Zhengwen replied loudly. The yard was designed by Zhang Zhengwen himself, and Lao Zhang Wu made the plan. The whole of Peking is unique. The rows of houses in front serve as the offices of the shopkeepers of various branch boards of Zhang's business. The row in the middle is a large tent, and the living room of the Zhang family is the size of the Zhang family through the garden. Although the old man Zhang Wu is a little older, his mind is still enough and his spirit is sufficient. When he came back from Guo Pu today, he sent a carriage to gather more than 20 planners and four or five accountants to calculate the actual operation of the Zhang family's mines, factories and shops this year.

"Take that rough number first and let me see." Zhang Wu will not be polite to his children.

Zhang Zhengwen lifted the curtain, greeted his mother, handed over a thick account book, and the shopkeeper Mr. Tian followed him into the house.

"Sit", Zhang Wu ordered, and the servant who was doing chores quickly moved the chairs for the two of them.

After looking through it, looking at the comparison with the summary last month, Lao Zhang Wu closed his eyes, frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Is that all? How much money can we use at most?"

"That's all for the master's words!" President Tian said nervously, "Because of the decline in stocks, we have not invested much money in the past few months, so the returns have also been affected. So far, there are about 130,000 yuan on the books, and it can reach 150,000 yuan by the end of the year. After deducting the red envelopes and other local government fees, we can probably get 110,000 yuan left. If we distribute dividends according to the contract, we can only use about 80,000 yuan."

Old Zhang Wu was a little disappointed and raised his hand and knocked his temple. The number was too small. He pondered for a while and said, "Text, if we don't invest the money for opening new mines and blast furnaces this fall, how much money can we get out."

Zhang Zhengwen was stunned, then understood his father's intention and replied: "Dad, if we raise the money for opening a new mine and blast furnace, we will probably save more than 200,000 yuan, but the farm will be slack soon. Before the freezing, it was just a good time to hire someone to open a new mine. The materials have already been prepared, and I have already ordered someone to inquire about the market."

"Cause it, stop a few new mines and new furnaces first, move the money out according to the arrangements of Marquis Wu. Let's talk about the new mine next year, and you can't escape from Tibet anyway." Zhang Wu waved his hand and expressed his opinions after careful consideration.

The shopkeeper was surprised. The 300,000 yuan fund is not a small amount. The business operation is about fast, stable, accurate and ruthless. After delaying the previous year, the cucumber and vegetable were cold. After hesitating for a while, he couldn't help but persuade: "Master, there are many merchants who start mining and start furnaces in Yongping Mansion. We are too late to start the operation, and the annual profit may not be ours. Besides, you took out all the funds this time and our turnover will not work. Once the money cannot be recovered at the end of the year, what should I do if I spend some things at that time?"

Zhang Wu looked at the shopkeeper of President Tian and sat up, "Uncle, if he can't get it back at the end of the year, we will transfer one of the smelting plants in Peking. Anyway, we won't treat everyone badly. We can't afford to delay Wu Hou's affairs!"

"I'm not talking about red envelopes," Manager Tian hurriedly confessed and said, "Master, I mean, I mean the handling fee in various places. After all, those places are not Peking, and there will be troubles wherever they don't burn incense."

"This..." Zhang Wu hesitated for a moment, turned his head to Zhang Zhengwen, "What do you think, what should we do?"

"We have to do our best to do my job with Teacher Wu. Let's talk about the end of the year. At worst, we can sell the business and start from scratch. With Teacher Wu here, I don't believe we will lose." Zhang Zhengwen has strong confidence in Wu Anguo.

The young Mrs. Zhang looked at her husband's worried look and said, "Master, don't you say that Wu Hou is a rare good official? Why can't you afford to delay? Let's spend less money, will he cause trouble for our family or the main text?"
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