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Chapter 672 This and the end

.One Old one

According to Shabbat's self-introduction, his Jesuit Society was a Catholic religious order recognized by the Pope, and was founded by his fellow countryman and friend Loyola. He was one of the elders, and the members of the society were all priests, and they could not enter the society without priests. They must also have a good education, not only must they have a theological diploma, but also have a university diploma in another course. The requirements are much stricter than those for ordinary believers. The inclusions must swear that they will live a chaste and poor life, absolutely obey the orders of the church and the pope, and take the promotion of the doctrine and spread the gospel of the Lord as a lifelong task. They can be regarded as an elite community within the Catholic Church.

Twenty years ago, Xavier became a missionary of the Jesuits and came to the East to preach on the orders of the Holy See.

After eight months of difficult sailing, he finally arrived in Goa on the west coast of India. He made a arduous pioneering there, and finally achieved considerable achievements. He even built a college to train local indigenous missionaries. But India was not the end of Zabbell's mission. Four of them later left Goa and came to Malacca to preach in the Nanyang area, and learned Chinese, Cantonese, and Minnan. He was ready to go to the Ming Dynasty because during the missionary process. He deeply realized that Japan, South China

The cultures of places like the United States, North Korea, and Annan were deeply influenced by China. China's civilization flourished and was the world's largest and most powerful country. If it could successfully spread the gospel in China, it would have no effort to influence the entire East Asian cultural circle. However, at that time, the Ming Dynasty was closed to the country, and except for the official envoys sent by the official, China prohibited all foreigners from entering. Zabulu wanted to preach openly and preach. It was impossible to smuggle in the country. He could only lead his loyal followers to Japan on the coast of the East China Sea.

There, he still achieved good results and even successfully converted the Kyushu Island Daming Matsuura Takanobu and others. At the same time, he finally waited for the opportunity to enter China. In the 36th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, that is, in 1557 AD, the Ming Dynasty reset the Maritime Bureau and opened Suzhou to the shore of the commerce brigade. Foreigners finally had the opportunity to enter this mysterious land.

But Japan was still punished for the war of hunchbacks, and the Japanese were not allowed to enter China. Zabbrevi had to travel to Southeast Asia and prepare to enter the Ming Kingdom from there. Unfortunately, he got seriously ill and almost returned to the west, but he was kept in favor and finally heard it and recovered as before, which strengthened his mission and spread the gospel of the Lord to the world's largest country!

After making full preparations, he led a cargo ship carrying twenty missionaries, and finally entered China in the name of selling sugar. He was surprised to find that Takanobu Matsuura, who had contact with him in Japan, became the government official at the customs clearance port. With this relationship, he could break the period of foreigners' residence in the Ming Dynasty and preach at the Shanghai Wharf.

Here, he witnessed a high degree of civilization and culture. The prosperity of Shanghai City is probably only comparable to Madrid, my hometown. The elegance of the people here is those vulgar and unlucky families, which cannot be compared with each other. What makes him even more incredible is that it is said that this is just a net. A newly built county-level city is larger, richer, and more profound than it. There are countless cities in the Ming Dynasty. This makes Shaburo's admiration in his heart, which is really like a surging wine river. He wants to go to the mainland and take a look. However, Shen Jing does not have this power. Now when he sees Shen Mo, the "noble official" who can help him realize his dream, immediately expressed his strong desire to follow.

Pomer was also very interested in the Jesus. He hoped that through them, introducing European philosophy and science could help the Ming people, especially the scholars and officials, broaden their horizons and change their ideas. In this critical era of excessive transition from natural economy to commodity economy, change of ideas is the top priority.

So he agreed to Zabby's request happily and allowed him to accompany him when he left Shanghai. As for other aspects, it was still early now, so I would like to wait until the time was ripe."

After staying in Shanghai for three days in silence, he was completely different from his low-key appearance when he was in Suzhou. He met with people from the Chamber of Commerce publicly, visited the newly built exchanges, securities markets, and insurance companies; and served as a witness. He attended the signing ceremony of a folk business code.

The code is called "Shanghai openly". In long-term trade practice, merchants feel painless and lack of norms, which leads to trade chaos and conflicts. In the end, everyone's interests are greatly affected. Therefore, something that can regulate today's daily business behavior is urgently needed, but who will formulate it and how to formulate it is a question.

At that time, Chen Si was still in the office of Governor Su Song. Many people thought that it was the best choice for him to come forward to formulate some things, but was rejected by Chen Si. He privately told some leading figures that whoever formulates them will have the right to interpret them, and that is the master of this set of things. I am very happy that you trust me. But after all, I am an official identity and cannot be here forever. In the future, the new governor will inherit my power, have the right to interpret and even modify them. Wouldn't you be passive at that time?

His words touched those people a lot, causing them to think about many things they had never thought about before. After some consideration, they finally decided to jump out of the government and formulate their own regulations. It was also in that mystery that their respect for silence rose to an unprecedented level. In their hearts, this selfless, wise, and wholeheartedly thought about them was already a saint.

Although Silence did not show up, he still gave them three principles, to allow everyone to participate in the formulation as much as possible, to be as fair as possible, and the process must be clear and transparent. Only in this way can this movie be blatant and become a play.

Finally, he told everyone earnestly: "If you want to gain long-term and independent power from the official, you must show higher qualities and better qualities than the official. Only in this way can you gather large and scattered power and become unbreakable. The open formulation of the part is the touchstone of whether you can do it!"

In addition, he also reminded everyone that the provisions of the law are not beautiful articles in parallel and scattered, and that the clauses are straightforward and wrong. There is no ambiguity, no fear of long-term words, but only for mistakes and omissions. We must try to write in colloquial words and easy-to-understand words, so that as many people can understand as much as possible, the ultimate goal is to make things clear and difficult. When we need to formulate a blatant piece of openness recognized by all parties, we must coordinate the interests of all parties, and the participants of commercial activities must recognize the blatant content in order to unanimously recognize and support it.

In order to achieve this goal, the Open Editorial Committee was composed of a chamber of commerce from all walks of life, and it took a full three years, nine major revisions and countless changes to draft such a draft. In this process, silent try not to participate in the opinions. Only after the draft is completed, do not make any comments on the terms themselves. It is only necessary to remind the editorial committee members to not cherish the terms when they are implemented in the future. They believe that the terms cannot be changed. As long as there are inappropriate and incorrect parties, they must enter the amendment process immediately, but must obtain two-thirds of the committee's approval before they can be finally revised. In order to maintain open authority and adaptability to the actual situation, only in this way can they reduce dissatisfaction, win trust, and maintain long-term vitality.

On the day of the open signing ceremony, Shanghai City Wharf Square was crowded with merchants from all walks of life, and even the big-name households who never showed up were here, because this was the first time they set rules for themselves and dominated their own destiny. Today is really worth remembering.

At this ceremony, as the designer of Shanghai City and the advocate of this code, the only person who was convinced by the big and huge merchants present, it was impossible for him to remain low-key in silence. He was elected to the front of the stage. An Biao delivered a speech.

Facing the gaze of the silence in the square, he knew that everything he said was not just these people who would hear it. If he spoke too much, it would have an unpredictable impact on his future. But he still had to show his flag and make a deafening voice!

After a brief congratulation, he began to express his opinion: "Lüshi Chunqiu" says that agriculture is the foundation and Shang is the end. Therefore, there has been a saying in China that emphasizes agriculture over commerce throughout the ages! This is a big mistake!" As soon as this was said, everyone was shocked. Dare to deny the country's agricultural-based thoughts? Although everyone likes to listen, they are still worried about his fate.

But the silence of the words made people feel relieved: "Why is this wrong? Who made up the Lu Chunqiu? Lu Buwei, what did he do? Chengxiang, but he is even a businessman. Everyone has their own position and will speak for their own group. Will Lu Chengxiang say bad things about himself? What a shrewd person he is. Obviously impossible." After a pause, he continued: "Basic is the root of a tree; "The end is the branches and leaves of a tree. If a tree has no roots, it collapses and cannot survive, just like agriculture as a country. So it is said that agriculture is the basis! But can a tree have roots? Without branches, leaves, and a bare trunk grow into a vegetarian tree?" As he said, "Who has planted a tree and told me that trees can grow into towering trees without lush branches and leaves?" Applause and laughter were everywhere.

A nearby response said: "Sir, this tree must grow branches and leaves before it can grow. If it does not grow leaves, nothing will grow."

"Why is this?" asked Chen Silently, "Do you know?"

Everyone couldn't explain clearly, so they listened to silently: "Because plants grow, they cannot do without water and sunlight. The roots absorb water, and the leaves absorb sunlight. Only by cooperating with each other can the plant grow. It is not enough to have the roots but not the roots but not the roots." As they said, they turned their chorus back and said: "So I said that agriculture is the blood of the country; business is the vitality of the country. Those who promote business can smooth their bloodlines so that they can strengthen the country and enrich the people. !This is not my point of view, but it has been found in ancient times! For example, Taigong's "Nine Mansions Law, Guanzi's "Mainhai Officials." Zhou officials set up a city division to teach merchants. Longmen passed on goods to show future generations! Zigong Jie Chi and cavalry to make a living by making goods, Baili Xi sold five sheepskins and was the chief of Qin Chuangba, which was the divine style of Han, Sang Hongyang all started his business and became the prime minister, and there were countless, which shows that the ancients had no idea of ​​rejecting business!" There were even stronger applause and cheers.

"When it comes to this, some people will definitely refute that the farmers are simple and the merchants are cunning. Therefore, the farmers can safeguard the country, but they will disrupt the country. There are many people who hold this argument since ancient times to the present!" Silent raised his tone and waved his right hand vigorously and said, "But I want to criticize this statement. Zheng Xiangao defeated the enemy by Shang and protected the country. Lu Buwei returned to the Qin hostage with Shang, Zheng Zhao and Shang Luo chased the Myanmar enemy and ruled the sidelines! Who said that there was no one in the middle of Lanzhou? Gu Ke was the city of Cha? Who dares to say that the merchants are not patriotic?! Let's say that if you lose your head, you can open the history books of history and take a look. From the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to the present, how many dynasties have changed, how many wars have occurred, but Yi Xunshu Shuanshu has sung the fine notch and humiliated the silence of the peasant clams. How many days have they been rioting for peasants, warlords fight, castrations and power are scattered, and treacherous ministers are killed. The seals are picked up by the merchants? No, never! The merchants have never had bad deeds that harm the country and the people!" As he said with emotion, everyone in the field said: "Because the country is prosperous and the people are safe, the business can prosper, the country is in chaos, and the people are not living, so the merchants have never hoped that the country will be stable and the war will be extinguished forever!"

This sentence will ignite the atmosphere. Everyone applauded desperately, with a sense of grievance and a sense of excitement. After repeated interruptions of silent words, he had to stand there with a smile, waiting for the applause to stop, and then continued: "Of course, why did businessmen give people a bad impression in the past? This is because sometimes they were too profit-seeking; the sage said that "virtue is the foundation and profit is the end" according to my understanding, virtue is the foundation, and profit is the branches and leaves. A country without virtue will die, and a person without virtue will not die well. Therefore, virtue is the most important thing; but a country without wealth will not work! The country needs money for war, money for raising soldiers, money for disaster relief, and money for maintaining normal operation. You can't lack money for a moment. Look at this Shanghai city, think about why the Maritime Bureau has been reset. Facts are better than all eloquence!"

"The country cannot be without virtue for a day, nor can it be without wealth for a day." He said silently and in a deep voice: "So businessmen say profit is natural! But they cannot be profit-oriented. We must pursue both virtue and wealth, and put virtue in front of profit, which is to remind everyone to control profit with virtue. At any time, we should not be blinded by the desire for profit, and do not forget morality!" He said, stretched out his thumbs and said: "This can also be divided into two levels at any time. One is that in the process of business transactions, we must have business ethics, and while constraining business behaviors with contracts, we should be faithful, trustworthy, and not unrighteous. Wealth, don’t do anything wrong! Everyone will despise you all!" He paused: "Other level is that after getting rich at home, you must remember that a wealth is a social responsibility. The more wealth you gather, the heavier the responsibility you have. If you only know how to gather wealth and do not know how to fulfill your responsibilities, it is an ill-gotten wealth, which will cause people’s grievances and anger. It is not far from the day you break the family’s reputation. Therefore, in the process of gathering wealth, you should also use various "righteous actions and righteous deeds to contribute to society and return to the country to the country. In this way, who would say that businessmen are fond of profit and forget righteousness?"

Finally he returned to the topic and said: "The elimination of prejudice can never be expected to others, but it comes from one's own efforts. If one day everyone is proud of business and not ashamed of it, what should we do? Please make sure that these words are far less enthusiastic and willing than the first applause. But it has attracted more meditation.

In fact, silence cheers these businessmen upset, and pouring cold water is the foundation, because he knows very well that if people's consciousness does not keep up with the growth of wealth, many problems will inevitably arise, and even cause chaos; in fact, the best way is to let them solve the problem by themselves after the problem occurs, but he is worried that the Ming Dynasty will have only seventy or eighty years of fraud, and there may not be so many opportunities to make mistakes, so he still has to do his best to help them avoid detours and make fewer mistakes. For this reason, he is willing to cause some trouble for himself. Although this speech has laid the foundation for his spiritual leader of businessmen, this title is not worth boasting about, and it will also make many people his enemies like the thorn ring on the head of the boss of Zappello and others. It looks ugly and wears a head-breaking business, which is a sure-fire deal.

But as long as this basin of cold water can make these businessmen who are blinded by wealth calmly think about their future and be satisfied with silence.

I stayed in Shanghai for several days, and Chen Si never waited until his eldest son came back. However, this was normal. Who could tell the matter clearly at sea, but he could not wait any longer, because in a few days, it was his father's birthday, and Chen Si had to rush back to Suzhou.

This time, I chose to take a sea boat and head south along the coast. This would be much faster, and I didn’t have to pass through Hangzhou City. The Southeast Governor Hu Zongxian was holding a grand welcoming ceremony there to warmly welcome Emperor Jiajing. I didn’t want to join in the fun at this time.

Before leaving, Chen Jing was afraid that he would be lonely on the road. He also gave him five or six graceful women. However, he was blown away by silence, which surprised Chen Jing and said very much: "My words, you are not afraid of this inside, right? It's thousands of miles away from Beijing, and in the vast sea, who knows what you did?

Silently rolled his eyelids and said, "I'm not good about this."

"Hello, are you?" Chen Jing said: "I didn't say anything about infants early, and I wasn't prepared."

"Go to you!" Shimo stared at him and said, "I want to meet someone, and no one can take him!"

Chen Jing then put away his smile, held his hands tightly and said, "After farewell this time, I don't know when I see you again, and my eyes turned red as I said that.

Silence also had red eyes, and held his hand and said, "We brothers, we haven't seen each other for many years, and our relationship will never change."

"Take care, brother!"

"Take care! Brother,"
Chapter completed!
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