Chapter 2022 Focus

"Rebirth of wealth ()"

They were determined not to allow Boss Ming to be re-elected.

Once Boss Ming is re-elected, many of them will suffer.

In the past five years, it was because the current situation required a strong person like him to punish traitors and do some drastic things under the sudden change of the environment.

Just like Kangxi chose Yongzheng.

People say that fourteen was changed to four, or that they saw Qianlong and liked Qianlong.

These are all rumors among the people, all to attack Yongzheng and ruin Yongzheng's reputation.

Kangxi's neglect in his old age directly led to the decline of the Qing Empire, and the Qing Dynasty was about to decline day by day. Of the many sons of Kangxi, Yongzheng was the only one who had the ability to truly implement the New Deal and solve the problem of officialdom.

This is the reason why Kangxi chose Yongzheng.

A digression, of course. It is said that the Qing Dynasty died under Qianlong.

The so-called prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong was nothing but false prosperity.

In fact, this is not quite true.

Speaking of which, there is a reason why it can be said to be the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong.

Of course, Qianlong's prodigality is obvious to all.

However, why the Qianlong Dynasty did not lose its entire industry? Among them, there was a very key talent: He Shen.

Everyone said that Heshen was a corrupt official.

In fact, from a historical analysis, He Shen may not necessarily be the corrupt official in the legend.

Of course, He Shen was indeed corrupt, but his gains from corruption were only a drop in the bucket compared to his gains from business.

First of all, Heshen is a talent.

Heshen was not only proficient in four languages: Manchu, Chinese, Mongolian and Tibetan, but he also read the Four Books and Five Classics thoroughly, and was truly knowledgeable.

Moreover, in "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan", it is said that Ji Xiaolan protected "Dream of Red Mansions". In fact, on the contrary, it was He Shen who protected "Dream of Red Mansions".

The preservation of this banned book at the time was definitely not something that the timid Ji Xiaolan could do or dare to do. It was He Shen who had the courage to preserve it.

Only then came the four great masterpieces of later generations.

As for doing business, at that time, everyone liked to hoard land and then rent it to tenant farmers to collect rent and make a living. This is almost the most enthusiastic thing of all the nobles in the entire feudal dynasty.

They used power, various tricks and plunder, and then rented out the land. That way, you can live a stable life in the future.

This is a routine used by almost all feudal dynasties.

This is also the reason why the feudal dynasty had to collapse when it reached a certain point.

Because the big landowners annexed all the land, most people eventually had no land. They can only go to big landowners to rent land. In this good harvest year, everyone is happy and okay.

After all, ordinary people can support their own families, landlords also receive rent, and everyone is happy.

However, once the year is bad and the tenant farmers' harvest is not good, the big landowner still demands so much rent.

Naturally, conflicts arise.

At first, I borrowed money to survive. Then, there is the selling of sons and daughters.

After this, the only option is to rebel.

As for this weather, it cycles every one or two hundred years. At this point, when everyone's harvest is not good, they will naturally have no choice but to rebel.

This is also the reason why the feudal dynasty did not live long.

But unlike Shen, he doesn't want land.

He does things for people, all for money and no land.

He Shen is very shrewd. He invested his money.

Heshen's investment projects are very wide, including: finance, real estate, mining, logistics, medicine and other industries. He owned twelve pawnshops in Beijing, and also operated accounting offices, porcelain shops, medicine shops, antique shops, bow and arrow shops, grain stores, restaurants, bar houses, lime kilns, etc.

In addition to these, he has also dabbled in the logistics industry. If it were placed today, Heshen would definitely be comparable to leading logistics companies such as SF Express and YTO. He specially prepared eighty large carriages for transportation. The yields in these industries are much higher than land rents. Even for those real estate properties, He Shen mostly chooses to rent them out to obtain income. Heshen has 35 rental houses in Beijing alone.

There are more than a thousand rooms in total, and the annual rent collection is also a stable income.

Moreover, Heshen was bold in doing business and dared to invest. During the Qing Dynasty, the mining industry was very risky. Because of the large investment, slow returns, and complicated management, many wealthy people did not dare to get involved. But Heshen did the opposite. He once opened coal mines in Mentougou and Xiangshan. He could indeed tell people with confidence: "I have a mine at home!"

The reason why Heshen got involved in the coal mining industry was because he saw it as a sunrise industry. We all know that coal mines were an absolute necessity during the industrial revolution. It can be seen that Heshen has an avant-garde business mind.

He Shen is not only able to make money, but is also very smart in wealth management, such as borrowing money. He Shen carried forward the work style of "brothers settle accounts clearly". Regardless of relatives or friends, when borrowing money, you must write an IOU, pay interest, and provide collateral.

For example, Heshen's grandfather once lent Heshen two thousand taels of silver. He was worried that his grandfather would not be able to repay the money in time, so he forced the old man to use his family's land deed as a mortgage. Heshen's uncle once lent Heshen 15,000 taels of silver, and Heshen paid his uncle one cent per month with interest. In the end, the money increased to 21,100 taels with interest. It can be seen that Heshen is shrewd in wealth management.

After Heshen became Emperor Qianlong's right-hand man, he also brought his business talents to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This royal institution that was often unable to make ends meet always gave the emperor a headache. Those ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs do not understand business at all, and many of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' businesses outside are losing money. In the forty-first year of Qianlong's reign, not long after He Shen took office in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he gave this poorly managed government department a new look, not only making up for the fiscal deficit, but also achieving profitability. Because of Heshen's outstanding ability, Qianlong appointed him as the tax supervisor of Chongwenmen. Under his management, the tax revenue of this customs increased significantly, and it ranked among the top tax customs in the country.

Why was Jiaqing so poor after he killed Heshen? It is to close down a series of foreign businesses opened by He Shen and completely seal off the country.

Before this, although it was also the case in the Qianlong Dynasty. But with Heshen around, he still maintained business contacts with foreign countries.

But Emperor Jiaqing completely closed down and completely blocked the Qing Dynasty.

Since then, the Qing Dynasty has officially reached its end.

Jiaqing also became a poor emperor.

The emperors in the back were even worse than the other.

The topic returns to Boss Ming.

If he is re-elected, he will be a huge threat to everyone. It would even be said that it would be a disaster for everyone.

Then everyone's life will be difficult.

And Yingcheng becoming the Zhili Special Economic Zone will be the biggest help to Boss Ming.

Therefore, this time, they must prevent Yingcheng from becoming a Zhili Special Zone no matter what.

In fact, this time Yingcheng became the focus of the dispute between the two factions by chance.