Dominate the Country

There was a huge crowd outside the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Thousands of people come in and out of this tall building every day. The surrounding supporting shops, restaurants, and even hotels are overcrowded every day. Many homeowners who are not short of money have settled for long-term housing in the surrounding area, just to be able to understand the changes in the stock market as quickly and conveniently as possible. On the contrary, the stock exchange has really become a huge driving force for Shanghai's economic prosperity, and the chain reaction it has caused has brought countless business opportunities to Shanghai.

But in the eyes of Chen Ming, and in the eyes of many Chinese people, this is a treasure in a cornucopia, but in the eyes of another group of people, it is the source of Hong Guoguo's evil. Never underestimate people’s faith!

Some people who can continue to maintain their "life philosophy" amidst the great changes of the revolution of heaven and earth and the change of dynasties will not change anything because of the development of productivity that they can see with their own eyes. As the saying goes, you can never wake someone who is pretending to sleep. If you look at the many conservatives in the Chen-Han Dynasty, you can never let a blind person truly see reality.

At the edge of the square, Liu Wenwei, who was known for his uprightness and uprightness, and who also had a label of 'conservative' on his body, frowned deeply as he looked at the scene in front of him. These endless streams of people have only one goal - the stock exchange. As a traditional literati, he was very disgusted with these people's naked pursuit of interests. The majestic country of Chinese etiquette is now full of stinking copper. There are still etiquette and integrity there, as well as simple folk customs that have been passed down for thousands of years! The world is deteriorating, and people’s hearts are not as old as they used to be!

And what is the so-called "stock market"? Made out of nothing, it's pure deception. In Liu Wenwei's eyes, it is a hunting ground for businessmen to make money, using the hard-earned money saved by countless people to develop their own industries. If it succeeds, most of it belongs to the businessmen, and only some soup is given to the people; if it fails, the businessmen will lose a lot, but the ordinary investors will suffer even greater losses. Look at those examples in the West. Once the economic bubble collapses, how many ordinary people will lose everything?

A very obvious example is the SF Real Estate construction site that Liu Wenwei passed through on his way to the Shanghai Stock Exchange both times. If the investors hadn't spent millions to buy a pile of waste paper with no rights, SF Express would not have any rights. Is the real estate company able to spend three million to build that commercial area?

Although he has been here more than once, Liu Wenwei is still very disgusted and disgusted.

"Master, the stocks of the textile and silk reeling companies have risen again! The stocks of the Yuan family's Hongchang Textile Company have risen to 15 yuan!" The follower turned back to Liu Wenwei and said. There was a hint of sadness in his tone. When Nahongchang Textile Company issued shares, the price per share was only 7 Chinese yuan. Now it has risen to more than 15 yuan. If someone buys it from the beginning, why won’t it be distributed? It's really like robbing money.

"Treat the weavers harshly, delay wages, exploit good people, and be unkind for the sake of wealth. This Yuan family should have been eradicated from the beginning!"

Liu Wenwei said disdainfully, his eyes filled with cold light. When he first entered the official career, he took the path of Peng Yuanrui. Peng Yuanrui and Jiang Shichuan were good friends, and Jiang Shichuan and Yuan Mei were also good friends. When Liu Wenwei first became an official in Chen Han, he was vaguely regarded as Yuan Mei's person. But no matter how deep the friendship is, it cannot compare to the differences in ideas. As the new Confucianism that Yuan Mei and Qin Dacheng overthrew became more and more famous, Peng Yuanrui, Liu Wenwei and others finally parted ways with Yuan Mei, and they soon came together with Peng Zhongrui and Chen Gang. Became a key member of the old Confucian Party!

As the old saying goes, heretics are more credible than heretics, and traitors deserve more death than devils.

In the eyes of the conservatives, the so-called New Confucians are traitors to Confucianism.

Liu Wenwei took a step closer to the Supervisory Yuan last year and became a third-rank supervisory censor, which gave him much greater power. His eyes naturally focused on Yuan Mei and the Yuan family behind him.

Yuan Mei has been removed from real power, but Yuan Mei has good relations with Zhao Yi, good relations with Qin Da, and Shen Guozhen. These people still hold great power. Moreover, the Yuan family's reputation in Jiangnan is quite good.

Liu Wenwei is also from Jiangnan. He knows that Yuan Mei is not short of money. Yuan Mei is a rare smart person and will never leave any clue about accepting bribes. When he was not doing well in the officialdom, he retreated to the forest. This person couldn't bear to study books, and his handwriting was very bad; he couldn't bear to compose lyrics, and he felt that he had to fill in the music according to music; he couldn't bear to learn Manchu, so in the seventh year of Qianlong's reign, the Shujishi dispersed, and he was allowed to let the county magistrate because he was unqualified in learning Manchu. When it comes to choosing a life path, Yuan Mei has a very clear mind. He knew that he had given a very bad impression to his superiors, so what could he do if he continued to hang out in the officialdom and become the magistrate of his life? If you take an official career and don't get to the provincial or ministerial level, you will always be an official. Maybe there will be a change of circumstances and even jail time. Later generations say that Yuan Mei's longevity lies in his freedom and willfulness. He doesn't have to be submissive, violate his conscience and bully his subordinates, and he doesn't have to use all his energy to conspire. He is nervous all day long. It is better to say that he is smart. After bidding farewell to Yuan County Magistrate in the officialdom, Yuan Caizi emerged in the literary world.

When his smart mind moved from officialdom to life, Yuan Mei's series of operating techniques have been selected into the teaching materials of business schools. He can be regarded as the number one master of business speculation in contemporary China. Through constant speculation, he has made a lot of money. Yuan Mei planned the business step by step and had very clear ideas. First of all, he spent a lot of money to renovate Sui Garden. After repairing it, he did not enclose it for his family to enjoy. Instead, he deliberately demolished the wall and let tourists roam around in the garden. The purpose was to let people know that there is such a garden in Nanjing. A place with beautiful mountains and beautiful waters. When the garden began to gain fame and attracted a certain number of tourists, he immediately wrote a "Food List with the Garden", which tried his best to exaggerate the exquisiteness of the food in his private garden and the high level of cooking at home, and stimulate the appetite of those who are keen on eating. interest. Yuan Mei is also very knowledgeable about the dining atmosphere. Every time a guest comes, he will ask people to set the dining table in some pavilions with extremely beautiful scenery, and also arrange for self-raised beauties to sing and dance for them. Suiyuan's catering business is very popular. When Suiyuan became popular and his personal popularity increased sharply, Yuan Mei began to expand his business scope and sold works such as "The Complete Works of Suiyuan" and "Suiyuan Food List" in the garden. As expected, the supply of his books exceeded the demand, and people from Ryukyu, a country in the country, made a special trip to buy them. . From selling books alone, Yuan Mei could earn three to four thousand taels of silver a year.

When his name was well-known and everyone knew it, people from all walks of life rushed to ask Yuan Mei to write entertainment articles. Yuan Mei also refused to refuse anyone who came, including epitaphs and longevity prefaces. As long as they gave enough money, he would definitely serve him. Bao, another big profit.

Nowadays, Chen Han is full of business opportunities. How can Yuan Mei watch others making money and remain indifferent? The Yuan family's textile factory had been opened a long time ago. When the steam engine was produced, he even used his reputation to recruit many people to participate in the stock, creating Hongchang Textile Company, which is now one of the top-notch economies of scale in China.

The entourage immediately fell silent and bowed his head, only feeling sorry for the Yuan family in his heart that they were too harsh on the workers. Compared to the textile companies affiliated to the Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce, the treatment of workers was very different. What's more important is that Yuan Mei is being targeted by his master. Yuan Mei himself has nothing to say, but Hongchang, headed by the Yuan family, has become a big target and has become the first target of his master's knife.

Liu Wenwei didn't feel guilty at all. He wanted to open up the hornet's nest of Hongchang, which was his duty and righteousness.

Since Hongchang Textile Company introduced steam spinning machines, in more than a year, six workers were killed and 52 injured, of whom 35 were disabled and 15 were moderately or above disabled. Even if the Yuan family wasn't the target of this kind of thing, Liu Wenwei would still expose it.

Those disabled weavers were terminated from their employment by the factory, and the victims could only receive a pitiful amount of compensation. However, the impact of the disabled on their families was undisputedly huge. Especially those male weavers. Liu Wenwei sent people to investigate the lives of many families with disabled workers after they were laid off. The plight of many families made him cry.

If he could stay in Nanjing with peace of mind, he would no longer be Liu Wenwei.

Since starting to investigate the Hongchang Textile Company this spring, Liu Wenwei has collected enough materials. He also specially hired a specialized lawyer. This kind of litigator Liu Wenwei had looked down upon before, but compared with the importance of this case, Liu Wenwei could only endure it. Let the lawyer check the materials he has found to find out what the Hongchang Textile Company is. As a result, for a whole month, the lawyer could not find any obvious illegal behavior of Hongchang Textile Company. It's not that this lawyer is incompetent. He is a genuine law scholar. If he hadn't slapped the victim and got a serious demerit, *** would have no future. Now he is still a prosperous person. Where is the judge?

He did not find out the "illegal" phenomenon, which only proves one fact - the national law is still flawed, and there may not be proper protection for injured workers in response to this inhumane "end".

This is a "big case", and "unkindness" may not harm ordinary businessmen, because businessmen do not need "benevolence" in the first place. However, the Hongchang Textile Company was founded under the leadership of the Yuan family, and Yuan Mei himself was one of the few great figures in the contemporary era and one of the representatives of New Confucianism. This speaks for itself.

Haha, if this crime can be slapped on Yuan Mei's head, not only Hongchang's reputation will be ruined, but Yuan Mei's reputation and the reputation of New Confucianism will also plummet in society. The battle of ideas is one after another. When New Confucianism fails, Old Confucianism rises. All are under investigation, although Liu Wenwei discovered that this phenomenon is not limited to Hongchang's family. Such tragedies often happened in textile factories large and small in Jiangnan, but he still held on to Hongchang firmly. Who asked the chairman of Hongchang to be named Yuan?

The Yuan family must have never imagined that they had become Liu Wenwei's prey. After several months of exploration and exploration, Liu Wenwei had a large amount of real information in his hands. Although Hongchang Textile Company does not constitute a crime in law, in fact there are delays and deductions from workers' wages. In addition, the pensions for disabled workers are too low and below the average. . Moreover, when the factory signed the labor contract with the workers, it played a literal game and deceived the workers.

In the past, workers at Hongchang Textile Company had not made trouble, but they were all suppressed.

Regardless of official status or comparison of interests, the local government will not stand on the side of the powerless common people. Liu Wenwei is not ignorant of the development of the relationship between Western factories and workers, and he has also gained a certain understanding.

From simply destroying machines to striking and destroying factories, Europe has developed to this point, including workers' uprisings, and everything that should exist has been there. Liu Wenwei felt that this was entirely caused by the greed and meanness of capital. In line with the traditional ideas of Chinese literati and many traditional ideas of Chinese "Qingtian", suppressing the rich and promoting the poor, Liu Wenwei sat on the side of the workers without hesitation.

Suppressing the rich and merchants and ensuring the interests of the poor is the "robbing the rich to help the poor" used by many Chinese officials. It's just that this time Liu Wenwei prefers to get things done while severely stirring up the new Confucianism and ruining Yuan Mei's reputation.

As for whether doing so will put himself on the opposite side of capital, Liu Wenwei doesn't care. When did officials in China become afraid of businessmen?

When Liu Wenwei left the Stock Exchange Square and returned to his private residence in Shanghai, he didn't know that all his whereabouts in Shanghai had been reported.

Xiao Changchun, the head of Shanghai Guoan, frowned slightly as he looked at the report in his hand. This Liu Wenwei was really going to do something big.

This was his third secret visit to Shanghai in a month.

"Send this news to Nanjing quickly, and tell Chen Beihai." Chen Jigong is still in charge of Jiangnan Shipyard, but for him personally, Beihai Company seems to be more famous.

Today Chen Jigong was at home. After dinner, he sorted out some information from the Overseas Exploration Bureau II in his study. Their bureau has been established for more than two years. Starting from Ryukyu, they have conducted ocean exploration again and again, but all in vain. In contrast, the first division had completed the route from the Far East to North America and was going to occupy Alaska; the third division discovered the New World and two small islands with lush water plants next to the New World that had already been discovered by the Dutch and the British. The former had just had its east coast cut off by the British and established the so-called New South Wales. The west coast was marked with a boundary by the third exploration division and named Nanmingzhou, which was declared to belong to China. Even the two small islands in the southeast of the new continent had a new name - the Big and Small New Ryukyu Islands.

The fourth exploration division also crossed Ceylon and India and entered the world of Tianfang.

Only their second division, with the big Buddha of Jiangnan Shipyard behind them and a forward base like Ryukyu, had all the conditions that could be said to be unique, but they just didn't find anything and returned empty-handed again and again.

"Second Master, Mr. Xiao from the National Security Bureau sent a letter."

Chen Jigong no longer has much contact with the National Security Bureau, but the personal connections have not been cut off, and he will not cut them off. It was just that Xiao Changchun suddenly handed over a letter, not anything else, which made Chen Jigong subconsciously pay attention to it.

"Liu Wenwei investigated Hongchang Textile Company?" This is awesome.

Hongchang Textile Company is one of the top five large textile companies in China today. Yuan Mei immediately instructed his juniors to buy steam engines, which showed his unique vision. Moreover, they are not only satisfied with being suppliers, but also preparing for a foreign fleet and preparing to go out in a big way.

The orders for two of the ships are at Jiangnan Shipyard.

"But I haven't heard anything about Hongchang?"

Chen Jigong recalled the Hongchang Textile Company in his mind, and there was indeed no scandal or anything. It's just that Liu Wenwei's time is very poisonous. Hongchang Textile Company has placed orders with many shipyards such as Jiangnan, and has signed agreements one after another. If he guessed correctly, Hongchang will announce the establishment of a foreign trade company in August, and will also enter the garment field. If Liu Wenwei pokes out his weaknesses at that time, it will be fun to watch. "This scholar has a truly vicious heart."