Daming Military Empire

298 Economic Invasion
After arranging the matter of cultural invasion, the next step is the issue of economic invasion. With the advent of ships, sea transportation will definitely become faster, which makes it possible for Ming to seize the European market, which is a huge market. Now Wealth from all over the world is frantically gathering in Europe, and it would be a pity not to occupy the market.

Now the production level of private merchants in Daming has even surpassed that of Europe, and many products are better quality and cheaper than those produced by Europe. It is not very difficult to occupy the market of Europe. Of course, it is impossible to rely on private merchants to occupy Europe. Yes, because Europe and Ming Dynasty are separated by tens of thousands of miles of oceans, and now the sea is full of pirates, even the merchant ships of the great powers work part-time as pirates from time to time, and ordinary merchants can't transport their goods to Europe. Emperor Zhu Cijiong was able to organize warship escorts to transport large quantities of goods to the European continent on a regular basis.

Zhu Cijiong does not lack transportation capacity. What he lacks is people, to be precise, people in charge of doing business. It is definitely unrealistic to use Ming officials to do business. Like the two businesses or companies he has now opened, one is thriving day by day. Luo Yangxing, the commander of Jinyiwei, is in charge of the business name, and Zheng Zhilong, the king of Zhennan, is in charge of a Ming Dynasty western business. These two goods are basically in a state of making money regardless of the game. That is to say, as long as Zhu Cijiong doesn't order them to do anything, They just took care of the business, and they didn't care about the business at all. If Ming officials were to behave like this, then it would be fine!
The reason why Zhu Cijiong entrusted the two companies to be in charge of the two companies before was that there was no way to do it, because at that time he had too few cronies and could not manage the affairs of the court, and there were still people in charge of the companies for him, so he had to Let these two guys work part-time. Now it is naturally different. He decided to completely separate the governance of the country from the business. The business is handed over to his trusted family members. If you want to do business, you can't be an official!
Zheng Zhilong is easy to say, because he does not have a specific official position, Zhennan King is just a title, without any specific power, Luo Yangxing is different, he still occupies the position of Jinyiwei Commander, Jinyiwei Commander Even if he doesn't care about the game, he can be regarded as a weirdo.

Naturally, Zhu Cijiong would not let this guy occupy the latrine all the time. This time, he happened to set up a company to do business with Ou Lu, so he decided to simply drag this guy out of the pit and give the pit to others.

Summoned by the emperor, Luo Yangxing is naturally here, good guy, look at this guy's rich face, he doesn't look like a commander of Jin Yiwei, he is a typical profiteer!

After the emperor and ministers saw the ceremony, Zhu Cijiong asked with a smile: "Tai Ru, how do you feel about Lai Xian?"

Luo Yangxing heard the words, and recalled nervously: "Laixian? It seems to be Wang Zhengnan, right? This Wang Zhengnan seems to be the envoy of Jinyiwei Town, his subordinate!"

Thinking of this, he suddenly had an idea. How could he care about Jinyiwei's affairs now? Rixinglong Company's affairs are too busy, so he really doesn't know Wang Zhengnan very well. Now that the emperor asked him, what should he do? ?

He observed the emperor secretly, and found that the emperor didn't seem to be unhappy, so he boldly said nonsense: "Back to the emperor, I think Laixian is very good, dedicated to his duties, diligent and prudent, he is a very good seedling .”

Are these words used to praise a secret agent leader? Zhu Cijiong knew that this guy was full of copper stink, and he didn't care about Jin Yiwei at all, so he said directly: "Well, be loyal to your duties, be diligent and cautious, yes, then I will make you a loyal and diligent Marquis, with an annual salary of thousands of stones, and no succession by hereditary. As for the position of commander of Jin Yiwei, let Lai Xian!"

It does not seem to be a disadvantage for a hereditary marquis to change to a Jinyiwei commander. Luo Yangxing really doesn't care much about the position of the Jinyiwei commander. With the connections of his father and son in the Jinyiwei, even if he is not the commander, he is still the Jinyiwei. Boss, what he really cares about is Rixinglong Company, so he flattered him and said, "I thank the emperor for your kindness. Your majesty is wise. Lai Xian is indeed more suitable to be the commander of Jinyiwei than Weichen, but this day Xinglong Company..."

This product!Zhu Cijiong said angrily: "Don't worry, I'm still in charge of my firm, but this Rixinglong firm must be reorganized, it's both business and lending, it's too messy, and it's not conducive to development."

When it came to doing business, Luo Yangxing got excited, and he said without hesitation: "Weichen also thinks that the business of Rixinglong Company is too complicated, and it is best to split it into two companies, one specializing in daily necessities and one in charge of lending .”

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "Well, you and I thought about going together, how about this, split Rixinglong Company into Daming Royal Nikko Bank and Daming Royal Xinglong Company, the bank is in charge of lending, and the firm is in charge of operations."

When Luo Yangxing heard the words, he couldn't help but praised: "The emperor is wise..."

Seeing that this guy was about to talk endlessly, Zhu Cijiong quickly raised his hand and said, "Stop flattering, I don't have time to listen to this."

Luo Yang shut his mouth in embarrassment, and then he asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, what does this bank mean?"

Zhu Cijiong explained casually: "The business that specializes in silver is naturally called a bank, it's just a title. From now on, all gold and silver coins in the Ming Dynasty will be managed by the Royal Nikko Bank of the Ming Dynasty, and the business of the Royal Xinglong Company of the Ming Dynasty will be expanded to the European continent. Go, you can't manage so many things, you can only choose one. If you want to choose a bank, you have to think about how to control Daming's currency. Build it, which one do you choose?"

Luo Yangxing heard the words, thought for a while, and said decisively: "My minister chooses the bank!"

Zhu Cijiong nodded, waved his hand and said: "Then you go back and think about how to control Daming's currency. As for the business, I will find someone to take over."

In this way, Luo Yangxing gave up his position as the commander of the Jinyiwei and concentrated on taking care of business. The first order received by the newly appointed commander of the Jinyiwei, Wang Zhengnan, was to investigate the family members of all the emperor's cronies. Of course, it was not Zhu Cijiong who wanted to clean up. Instead, he wanted to find a few people to manage his business for him.

Zhu Cijiong did not expect that Wang Zhengnan's investigation would find out two cronies who moved him so much.

The first one is Sun Chengzong, the Duke of Taifu Township. This Sun Chengzong is a model of selflessness. He has seven sons. Except for the eldest son, Sun Quan, who was a Jinshi in high school, the other six sons are at most Juren. That is to say, they have never favoritism Let his son pass the imperial examination to obtain the title of Jinshi, and his eldest son has only served as a magistrate for a few times, and now he has stayed at home honestly as the son of the Duke of Zhen, without any official position!
The other one is Xu Guangqi, Chief Assistant of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Ministry of Rites of the Taishizhu Kingdom. Judging from his series of titles, his son should be at least a third-rank official, but he is also impartial. He has only one son, Xu Ji, who is not a Jinshi. , not Juren, just a county student, who has never been an official!

These two people, one is the emperor's teacher, and the other is his benefactor. It can be said that they are the two most powerful people in Ming Dynasty. As long as they give a few casual orders, their son will definitely be able to easily rise to the top, become a high-ranking official, and earn a lot of money. Brilliant and prosperous, but they don't say hello, they never show favoritism, and they don't even let their sons play in the officialdom!
Such a selfless and loyal minister will naturally be rewarded well. Zhu Cijiong decided to use the descendants of the two of them to manage the royal firm, and bestow wealth and honor on both of them for several generations!

(End of this chapter)