Chapter 5* tit-for-tat

With the intelligence network mastered by Song Nan now, the marquis' calculations are naturally difficult to escape his enquiry. Although it is impossible to insert people into the marquises, the order of the ban secretly issued by the Beijing Chamber of Commerce quickly reached Song Nan's ears; Song Nan, who has been in business for a long time in later generations, knows what they are going to do almost without thinking.

Originally, Song Nan invited the young master to buy shares just to let his brother-in-law get some benefits with him, but when he learned of the marquis's plan, Song Nan immediately thought of another great use of the young master.

In fact, there is not much business in the city. Under his name, it is just a few carriage shops and a few pawn shops. His husband is keen on things such as real estate and manor. He always feels that it is a loss of identity for the Duke's family to go to do business and open a shop. Nothing can match the purchase of a large number of field and mu manors to reassure the old man.

In fact, the Duke's business in Beijing is less than that of the regimental marquises under his command, and it has not joined the marquis' chamber of commerce at all. However, the marquis also saw the opportunity. Even if the British government does not join the Chamber of Commerce, they are careful not to involve the car dealer and pawnshop business of the British government in the capital; even if they have opened several companies, they will never go beyond the leading position in the industry.

The purpose of doing this is very simple. If you have money, everyone can make money. Even if the British government does not care about the business in the city, they still express their intention not to infringe on the British government's money-making industry. Just like the marquis' own business, everyone does not violate the river, monopolizes an industry and co-maintainers. Only in this order can we make a fortune.

Although the British government did not join the Chamber of Commerce, everyone acquiesced that they were in the Chamber of Commerce.

What Song Nan wants to do is to repay him in his own way. The organization of the Chamber of Commerce is only a non-governmental organization and does not have much binding force. The reason why the Chamber of Commerce in the capital has great binding force is actually because they stand behind them. These invisible powers have made the Beijing Chamber of Commerce suddenly become a The owner restrains the huge power of the merchants in the capital.

The first thing for businessmen from all over the Ming Dynasty to enter the capital to do business is to have the permission of the Beijing Chamber of Commerce, what kind of business to do and what scale it is, these need the permission of the Beijing Chamber of Commerce; in the Daming Business Gang, whether it is old Jin merchants, new Hui merchants and other foreign businessmen in Beijing, no matter how huge your wealth, qualifications How old and spicy it is. When you arrive in the capital, you still have to get permission from the Chamber of Commerce, otherwise no matter how big a merchant you are, you still have no place to stand. The family of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rich, and the gathering of a large amount of wealth depended on the monopoly under power.

Song Nan is aware of this point, and he can fully understand the ambivalence of these foreign merchants. He not only wants to enter the capital merchants at the feet of the emperor, but also is limited by the monopoly of Xunqi's family. If there is an opportunity for them to get rid of monopoly, these people will not hesitate to enter the capital without hesitation.

After the little father-in-law became a shareholder, Song Nan did not hide his purpose and seriously communicated his ideas with the little father-in-law. The government has always been swaying between Song Nan and Lao Xunqi, and did not want to stand up and offend either side. Song Nan's move is to force Zhang Lun to make a choice.

Unexpectedly, it took Zhang Lun not to give Song Nan an answer. In recent years, Zhang Lun has known Song Nan well enough, and his brother-in-law's ability is well-evident, which he is convinced. Not to mention that he has climbed to the throne of marquis from a hundred households in a few years. Many people can't do any of these big things in their lives just by Song Nan in recent years. Zhang Lu has already thrown himself into this brother-in-law.

And rarely, Song Nan may use some conspiracy and tricks on anyone, but he has always maintained respect for the Duke's government. As Song Nan said when he began to make friends with Song Nan, he will treat the little father-in-law as his best friend and will never be detrimental to the little father-in-law. In fact, he did it.

Even when the old man was unfair to Song Nan several times, Song Nan did not gritt his teeth, but told Zhang Lun that the future of the Duke's mansion in Zhang Lun's hands determined whether the Duke's government could continue to stand prominently in the Ming Dynasty in the future. These words touched Zhang Lun greatly.

Song Nan once told Zhang Lun that the old man's wishful thinking was useless. The British government was no longer the leader of the noble family. Today's noble family cares more about interests and can no longer return to the previous state of unity and leadership of the British government. Zhang Lun naturally knows these words. Although the words are more straightforward, the fact is so. However, in the future, if the government is handed over to him, do he still have the ability to command these reandering marquis and counts under the duchy? The answer is self-evident.

Because of this, Zhang Lun has made up his mind to stand close to Song Nan. When Song Nan told Zhang Lun about the marquis' plan and asked Zhang Lun and himself to establish a new chamber of commerce to smash the marquis's wishes, Zhang Lun did not hesitate much. This is the time when Song Nan needs himself most and the time when he can best reflect his value. If he doesn't help him at this time, he can only gradually drift away in the future. At the moment of making the decision, Zhang Lun didn't even consider Zhang Mao's feelings at all. Although the old man sitting in the courtyard basking in the sun and drooling with dirty eyes had rich experiences, this was no longer his time.

The establishment of the Chamber of Commerce in Baizhifang immediately became big news, and the president of the Chamber of Commerce was actually the young master of the Duke of the State, which was even more incredible.

Although it is nothing new for Ming Dynasty officials to do business, even the emperors of previous dynasties have acquiesced. After all, the low salary of officials is a hard injury, and the court can't pay high salary, so it can't blame others for making money to support their families. During the Hongzhi period, it was semi-publicized, but Emperor Hongzhi formulated stricter regulatory measures, and the civil servants and brocade guards of the Metropolitan Procatories also stared at the officials all day to prevent the use of power for personal gain. Although anyone knew that it was difficult to avoid, there was an attitude.

However, it is shocking that such a high-scale position is even unwilling to hire an agent to be the president. Moreover, at the same time, there is also a Song Nan and Marquis Song who served as the honorary president of the Chamber of Commerce, which is simply a mess. These two people have completely got into the eyes of money.

The court reacted quickly, and the civil officials couldn't help but criticize the court, and Song Nan and Xiaogong's explanation was high-sounding: this move is to make a gesture for businessmen around the world, encourage tourists to do business, and change the impression that doing business as a lower profession is precisely in response to the government's active implementation of increasing wealth. The tax policy hopes to encourage merchants around the world to revitalize the business of the Ming Dynasty and collect more taxes.

This time, even Zhengde was a little angry, but he did not scold the two in court and put the matter aside as a private matter. He privately summoned them and reprimanded them, warning them not to use their power for personal gain, and the business affairs and authority should be separated, otherwise they would not be forgiven.

Song Nan did not let people attack him in front of Zhengde every day, and assured Zhengde that he would only be the president of his little father-in-law for one year and would definitely step down after a year. What's more, he patted his chest and promised that he would never use power for personal gain, otherwise he would be disposed of.

Zhengde is also a sloppy person. In addition, Song Nan is his hardcore confidant and doesn't say much. He vaguely skipped this matter.

And the anger of the princes of the regiment camp can be imagined. There are two chambers of commerce in the capital. The British government, which did not want to join its own chamber of commerce, ran to be the president of Song Nan's chamber of commerce. This was obviously going to be a stage play. A group of people rushed to the British mansion to see her husband Zhang Mao, who had not been to court for a long time, but as soon as they saw her husband Their hearts were half cold. Their husband lay on the lounge chair in the yard crookedly, and he couldn't even tell who it was.

"It seems that the little prince is not united with us, and the British mansion has changed." The marquis all understood.

"What Song Nan did this to reassur the merchants from outside Beijing to settle in the White Paper Square. What should she do? Ladies and gentlemen.

"What else can I do? We can only wait and see what happens. Can't our nine families beat these two families? Let's see."

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On the morning of November 14, when the first winter snow covered the capital, a carriage slowly drove out of the capital and went south. The person in the car was Zhu Fengtong, who volunteered to go south to attract investment. In the wooden box beside her was a pile of the latest regulations and the most preferential entry and house purchase policies of the White Paper Chamber of Commerce, as well as the brocade issued by Song Nan. The special official letter of Yiwei Office, the official letter undisguisedly reminded the Jinyiwei Office of all over the places that all the riders who saw this letter must fully assist Zhu Fengtong in the affairs, which must be carried out as the task of the general government.

Song Nan vowed in front of Zhengde that she would never use power for personal gain, and these vows were left behind in a blink of an eye.