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After Mo Fu's narration, Li Luoyang finally knew where the merchant Federation made the imperial court suspicious.
The story is also very simple. At first, he was a businessman in the merchants' Federation. He was an old member of the Federation. His family has been doing business. From generation to generation, some people have become members of the merchants' Federation, which has indeed benefited a lot, but the membership fee paid over the past few decades is not a small amount.
The merchant is not from Luoyang. After hundreds of years of development, the merchant federation can be said to be all over the world. It happened in Suzhou.
Because a storm after going to sea directly led to the loss of the merchant's three big ships. Originally, the problem was that the merchant was greedy for some people's travel expenses and took more than 30 scholars on board. These scholars were drowned at sea, which alerted the local Yamen.
Scholars are treasures everywhere. More than 30 people died at once. To put it mildly, basically enough scholars in one place became extinct. No one dared to hide such a big thing. They reported it layer by layer and got his Majesty's order of "strict investigation".
Check it out. The businessman didn't go to sea himself, so he was calm when the Yamen came to the door. After all, it was just an accident, and no one wanted such a thing to happen.
The problem is that the local yamen doesn't want to let the businessman go easily. After all, the family has been engaged in business for several generations and has a very rich family background. As usual, the relationship network is also dense, which is difficult for ordinary local officials to start. But this time, the situation was different. First of all, the merchant's related households did not dare to stretch out their hands for fear of provoking coquettish. Then, the merchant found that it was difficult to use the usual Wanshi Wanling silver. All the officials who handled the matter did not dare to stretch out their hands because someone was staring at all the merchant's property, Whoever reaches out will be unlucky.
The first thing is that the merchant himself can't send people by merchant ship. If he doesn't charge the fare, maybe it's OK. After all, if he doesn't charge the money, it's to do a good job. Maybe someone will sympathize with him in case of an accident.
However, after collecting the toll, it is common sense to ensure the safety of these scholars. Now if something happens to people, the businessman should pay for compensation. This is the simplest contract spirit.
Compensation must be paid. The businessman himself felt that compensation should be paid. The key was the amount of compensation. When the Yamen made the first decision, the businessman almost hanged.
The Yamen put forward a plan to compensate the scholars. A dead scholar even asked the businessman to compensate 10000 liang of silver. The reason is that these scholars will be the pillars of the country and want to work for the imperial court. Now they have lost their lives because of this matter, so the price is not excessive.
In fact, this batch of compensation is not all for the families of those scholars. The families can only get one-third of the compensation, while the Yamen and the county school where the scholars once studied take the remaining two-thirds. The reason is very simple. These drowned scholars have received support from the imperial court. Now they are dead, so the imperial court should make up for the loss.
Well, the Yamen's decision is quite well justified, and businessmen often say more about it, but the biggest problem comes - more than 30 scholars need to compensate more than 300000 liang of silver. What is the concept of more than 300000 liang of silver in this era?
Well, it's probably possible to build a city with 30000 people, including walls, streets and other infrastructure. All the materials and labor costs are included.
In other words, if such a sum of money were placed in the 21st century, it would be tens of billions.
Such a huge astronomical figure is not what an ordinary businessman, even a family that has been doing business for generations, can take out. Even if all his assets are counted together, I'm afraid it is not enough to pay such a compensation.
So the businessman could only find his own organization, the merchant Federation. He hoped that the organization could help him in this matter on the grounds that he had paid dues for several generations.
Under normal circumstances, the merchant Federation will not die, but this time the situation is very special. On the one hand, there is a reason, and the Yamen's punishment does not exceed the bottom line, that is, it is within the rules of the game. On the other hand, there are imperial factors. The merchant federation can't use some extraordinary means to deal with the matters concerned by the emperor, It's too easy to attract an all-round attack from the imperial court.
Therefore, after some careful consideration by the local businessmen's Federation, he finally rejected the businessman's request. The network could not be used, and the organization did not help. In a rage, the businessman found the Yamen and said that he wanted to report the black scenes of the businessmen's Federation, so as to reduce the punishment.
The merchant Federation still has a black curtain?
Hearing the news, the Yamen immediately seemed to have picked up a pie from the sky, reported the situation, and then sent it directly to liumen.
In the eyes of the yamen, the merchant Federation is a piece of fat meat, or is it a piece of fat meat with thorns? It's hard to start. Now there's finally a chance. How can the imperial court let it go easily.
When liumen and the local yamen were ready to attack the merchant Federation, the merchant who was about to reveal his anger was inexplicably in the Yamen prison. After careful examination, it was found that the cause of death was bitten by a centipede and died of acute poisoning.
It seems reasonable for a big centipede to appear in the prison. Logically, it can only be regarded as the businessman's bad luck. However, combined with the business of the businessman before and after, his death became a little unusual. Six doors smelled a deep smell of conspiracy. Unfortunately, without the Lord, we can only deal with the compensation first.
Finally, the sale of businessmen's property is not to mention the details, but after the investigation of some members of the businessmen's Federation by the six doors Association, it is found that a considerable part of the membership fees collected by the businessmen's Federation has disappeared. No matter how the six doors can find out, how and where the money disappeared.
If we only look at the amount disappearing in one year, it is almost thousands of liang of silver, which is nothing, but if this is calculated from the time when the merchant Federation was established, then this figure is quite terrible.
Every year for thousands of Liang or hundreds of years, it means that the merchant Federation has hidden more than millions of liang of silver. If such a sum of money is properly operated, it may be enough to buy the whole Wuzhou.
A business organization has hidden such a huge sum of money. What exactly do they want to do?
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After Mo Fu's narration, Li Luoyang finally knew where the merchant Federation made the imperial court suspicious.
The story is also very simple. At first, he was a businessman in the merchants' Federation. He was an old member of the Federation. His family has been doing business. From generation to generation, some people have become members of the merchants' Federation, which has indeed benefited a lot, but the membership fee paid over the past few decades is not a small amount.
The merchant is not from Luoyang. After hundreds of years of development, the merchant federation can be said to be all over the world. It happened in Suzhou.
Because a storm after going to sea directly led to the loss of the merchant's three big ships. Originally, the problem was that the merchant was greedy for some people's travel expenses and took more than 30 scholars on board. These scholars were drowned at sea, which alerted the local Yamen.
Scholars are treasures everywhere. More than 30 people died at once. To put it mildly, basically enough scholars in one place became extinct. No one dared to hide such a big thing. They reported it layer by layer and got his Majesty's order of "strict investigation".
Check it out. The businessman didn't go to sea himself, so he was calm when the Yamen came to the door. After all, it was just an accident, and no one wanted such a thing to happen.
The problem is that the local yamen doesn't want to let the businessman go easily. After all, the family has been engaged in business for several generations and has a very rich family background. As usual, the relationship network is also dense, which is difficult for ordinary local officials to start. But this time, the situation was different. First of all, the merchant's related households did not dare to stretch out their hands for fear of provoking coquettish. Then, the merchant found that it was difficult to use the usual Wanshi Wanling silver. All the officials who handled the matter did not dare to stretch out their hands because someone was staring at all the merchant's property, Whoever reaches out will be unlucky.
The first thing is that the merchant himself can't send people by merchant ship. If he doesn't charge the fare, maybe it's OK. After all, if he doesn't charge the money, it's to do a good job. Maybe someone will sympathize with him in case of an accident.
However, after collecting the toll, it is common sense to ensure the safety of these scholars. Now if something happens to people, the businessman should pay for compensation. This is the simplest contract spirit.
Compensation must be paid. The businessman himself felt that compensation should be paid. The key was the amount of compensation. When the Yamen made the first decision, the businessman almost hanged.
The Yamen put forward a plan to compensate the scholars. A dead scholar even asked the businessman to compensate 10000 liang of silver. The reason is that these scholars will be the pillars of the country and want to work for the imperial court. Now they have lost their lives because of this matter, so the price is not excessive.
In fact, this batch of compensation is not all for the families of those scholars. The families can only get one-third of the compensation, while the Yamen and the county school where the scholars once studied take the remaining two-thirds. The reason is very simple. These drowned scholars have received support from the imperial court. Now they are dead, so the imperial court should make up for the loss.
Well, the Yamen's decision is quite well justified, and businessmen often say more about it, but the biggest problem comes - more than 30 scholars need to compensate more than 300000 liang of silver. What is the concept of more than 300000 liang of silver in this era?
Well, it's probably possible to build a city with 30000 people, including walls, streets and other infrastructure. All the materials and labor costs are included.
In other words, if such a sum of money were placed in the 21st century, it would be tens of billions.
Such a huge astronomical figure is not what an ordinary businessman, even a family that has been doing business for generations, can take out. Even if all his assets are counted together, I'm afraid it is not enough to pay such a compensation.
So the businessman could only find his own organization, the merchant Federation. He hoped that the organization could help him in this matter on the grounds that he had paid dues for several generations.
Under normal circumstances, the merchant Federation will not die, but this time the situation is very special. On the one hand, there is a reason, and the Yamen's punishment does not exceed the bottom line, that is, it is within the rules of the game. On the other hand, there are imperial factors. The merchant federation can't use some extraordinary means to deal with the matters concerned by the emperor, It's too easy to attract an all-round attack from the imperial court.
Therefore, after some careful consideration by the local businessmen's Federation, he finally rejected the businessman's request. The network could not be used, and the organization did not help. In a rage, the businessman found the Yamen and said that he wanted to report the black scenes of the businessmen's Federation, so as to reduce the punishment.
The merchant Federation still has a black curtain?
Hearing the news, the Yamen immediately seemed to have picked up a pie from the sky, reported the situation, and then sent it directly to liumen.
In the eyes of the yamen, the merchant Federation is a piece of fat meat, or is it a piece of fat meat with thorns? It's hard to start. Now there's finally a chance. How can the imperial court let it go easily.
When liumen and the local yamen were ready to attack the merchant Federation, the merchant who was about to reveal his anger was inexplicably in the Yamen prison. After careful examination, it was found that the cause of death was bitten by a centipede and died of acute poisoning.
It seems reasonable for a big centipede to appear in the prison. Logically, it can only be regarded as the businessman's bad luck. However, combined with the business of the businessman before and after, his death became a little unusual. Six doors smelled a deep smell of conspiracy. Unfortunately, without the Lord, we can only deal with the compensation first.
Finally, the sale of businessmen's property is not to mention the details, but after the investigation of some members of the businessmen's Federation by the six doors Association, it is found that a considerable part of the membership fees collected by the businessmen's Federation has disappeared. No matter how the six doors can find out, how and where the money disappeared.
If we only look at the amount disappearing in one year, it is almost thousands of liang of silver, which is nothing, but if this is calculated from the time when the merchant Federation was established, then this figure is quite terrible.
Every year for thousands of Liang or hundreds of years, it means that the merchant Federation has hidden more than millions of liang of silver. If such a sum of money is properly operated, it may be enough to buy the whole Wuzhou.
A business organization has hidden such a huge sum of money. What exactly do they want to do?
After Mo Fu's narration, Li Luoyang finally knew where the merchant Federation made the imperial court suspicious.The story is also very simple. At first, he was a businessman in the merchants' Federation. He was an old member of the Federation. His family has been doing business. From generation to generation, some people have become members of the merchants' Federation, which has indeed benefited a lot, but the membership fee paid over the past few decades is not a small amount.The merchant is not from Luoyang. After hundreds of years of development, the merchant federation can be said to be all over the world. It happened in Suzhou.Because a storm after going to sea directly led to the loss of the merchant's three big ships. Originally, the problem was that the merchant was greedy for some people's travel expenses and took more than 30 scholars on board. These scholars were drowned at sea, which alerted the local Yamen.Scholars are treasures everywhere. More than 30 people died at once. To put it mildly, basically enough scholars in one place became extinct. No one dared to hide such a big thing. They reported it layer by layer and got his Majesty's order of "strict investigation".Check it out. The businessman didn't go to sea himself, so he was calm when the Yamen came to the door. After all, it was just an accident, and no one wanted such a thing to happen.The problem is that the local yamen doesn't want to let the businessman go easily. After all, the family has been engaged in business for several generations and has a very rich family background. As usual, the relationship network is also dense, which is difficult for ordinary local officials to start. But this time, the situation was different. First of all, the merchant's related households did not dare to stretch out their hands for fear of provoking coquettish. Then, the merchant found that it was difficult to use the usual Wanshi Wanling silver. All the officials who handled the matter did not dare to stretch out their hands because someone was staring at all the merchant's property, Whoever reaches out will be unlucky.The first thing is that the merchant himself can't send people by merchant ship. If he doesn't charge the fare, maybe it's OK. After all, if he doesn't charge the money, it's to do a good job. Maybe someone will sympathize with him in case of an accident.However, after collecting the toll, it is common sense to ensure the safety of these scholars. Now if something happens to people, the businessman should pay for compensation. This is the simplest contract spirit.Compensation must be paid. The businessman himself felt that compensation should be paid. The key was the amount of compensation. When the Yamen made the first decision, the businessman almost hanged.The Yamen put forward a plan to compensate the scholars. A dead scholar even asked the businessman to compensate 10000 liang of silver. The reason is that these scholars will be the pillars of the country and want to work for the imperial court. Now they have lost their lives because of this matter, so the price is not excessive.In fact, this batch of compensation is not all for the families of those scholars. The families can only get one-third of the compensation, while the Yamen and the county school where the scholars once studied take the remaining two-thirds. The reason is very simple. These drowned scholars have received support from the imperial court. Now they are dead, so the imperial court should make up for the loss.Well, the Yamen's decision is quite well justified, and businessmen often say more about it, but the biggest problem comes - more than 30 scholars need to compensate more than 300000 liang of silver. What is the concept of more than 300000 liang of silver in this era?Well, it's probably possible to build a city with 30000 people, including walls, streets and other infrastructure. All the materials and labor costs are included.In other words, if such a sum of money were placed in the 21st century, it would be tens of billions.Such a huge astronomical figure is not what an ordinary businessman, even a family that has been doing business for generations, can take out. Even if all his assets are counted together, I'm afraid it is not enough to pay such a compensation.So the businessman could only find his own organization, the merchant Federation. He hoped that the organization could help him in this matter on the grounds that he had paid dues for several generations.Under normal circumstances, the merchant Federation will not die, but this time the situation is very special. On the one hand, there is a reason, and the Yamen's punishment does not exceed the bottom line, that is, it is within the rules of the game. On the other hand, there are imperial factors. The merchant federation can't use some extraordinary means to deal with the matters concerned by the emperor, It's too easy to attract an all-round attack from the imperial court.Therefore, after some careful consideration by the local businessmen's Federation, he finally rejected the businessman's request. The network could not be used, and the organization did not help. In a rage, the businessman found the Yamen and said that he wanted to report the black scenes of the businessmen's Federation, so as to reduce the punishment.The merchant Federation still has a black curtain?Hearing the news, the Yamen immediately seemed to have picked up a pie from the sky, reported the situation, and then sent it directly to liumen.In the eyes of the yamen, the merchant Federation is a piece of fat meat, or is it a piece of fat meat with thorns? It's hard to start. Now there's finally a chance. How can the imperial court let it go easily.When liumen and the local yamen were ready to attack the merchant Federation, the merchant who was about to reveal his anger was inexplicably in the Yamen prison. After careful examination, it was found that the cause of death was bitten by a centipede and died of acute poisoning.It seems reasonable for a big centipede to appear in the prison. Logically, it can only be regarded as the businessman's bad luck. However, combined with the business of the businessman before and after, his death became a little unusual. Six doors smelled a deep smell of conspiracy. Unfortunately, without the Lord, we can only deal with the compensation first.Finally, the sale of businessmen's property is not to mention the details, but after the investigation of some members of the businessmen's Federation by the six doors Association, it is found that a considerable part of the membership fees collected by the businessmen's Federation has disappeared. No matter how the six doors can find out, how and where the money disappeared.If we only look at the amount disappearing in one year, it is almost thousands of liang of silver, which is nothing, but if this is calculated from the time when the merchant Federation was established, then this figure is quite terrible.Every year for thousands of Liang or hundreds of years, it means that the merchant Federation has hidden more than millions of liang of silver. If such a sum of money is properly operated, it may be enough to buy the whole Wuzhou.A business organization has hidden such a huge sum of money. What exactly do they want to do?
