Different from Yinzhou, although the people of Yangzhou now support Liu Zheng, legally speaking, he is not a county magistrate after all. Therefore, Liu Zheng can only temporarily govern Yangzhou as a "colony"! Since ancient times, when it comes to governing colonies,
There are several ways to achieve the goal of true rule.
First, completely eliminate them... This is too unrealistic for Liu Zheng.
Second, control and support the oligarchic government, that is, the puppet government, and try to maintain their original laws and customs. For this, Liu Zheng can only do his best to make the counselors and deacons of the county princes' mansions members of prominent families. After all, in
In this era, the rule of the noble families over the people sometimes even exceeded that of the county magistrates! As for the county magistrates, they were definitely from Liangzhou Prefecture. He couldn't do it, so he chose to evade power as much as possible!
Third, he must go to the colony to manage it in person, which is exactly what Liu Zheng plans to do! Because Yinzhou is already the territory of his father and himself, even if the Liangzhou government wants to change people, it must weigh the sentiments of the people.
Yangzhou is different. If he wants to control this place, Liu Zheng must stay here.
"Brother Liu is busy with everything, so he still has time to summon Yueru?"
Liu Zheng was thinking about something when Zheng Yueru came.
Liu Zheng welcomed her to her seat with a smile and poured hot wine.
Zheng Yueru said with a smile: "Brother Liu, I heard that a prominent family in Yangzhou has given Brother Liu a lot of help this time. What does Brother Liu think?"
Sure enough, it came!
Liu Zheng knew that Zheng Yueru, or in other words, the prominent families in Yinzhou, must be worried about this matter. Because if they help, there will naturally be rewards. What they are worried about is that Liu Zheng will get involved with the prominent families in Yangzhou.
Then wouldn't they be abandoned?
Liu Zheng smiled and said: "I came to you this time to discuss the establishment of a company."
"company?"
Zheng Yueru was confused.
Liu Zheng nodded. This is exactly the method he plans to use to rule Yangzhou! Company! The role this thing plays in history is really too important! Starting from ancient Rome, the Age of Discovery, the Netherlands, Britain, and Spain
By the late Ming Dynasty, business gangs all appeared in the nature of "companies". What is a company? To put it more clearly, a company is a new way of gathering resources and capital!
But now in the Longyan Dynasty, or since ancient times, the business models in this land are all independent individuals, with small spaces, fixed resources, and narrow vision. Even the most advanced business models are what they are now.
Prominent families, family management! But despite this, real resource integration and capital aggregation cannot be achieved. It can be said that people in this era still rely on the sky for food. If the weather is not good, they may not have enough to eat for a year.
Isn't this the case for noble families?
If you are robbed by a bandit, you may lose all your profits for a year. This can easily make a business family that relies on blood relationships become chaotic.
At this time, you really need a company!
As the famous families of Yinzhou and the famous families of Yangzhou meet, conflicts will inevitably arise. Liu Zheng can only use this method to reconcile. He is a ruler and cannot rely on guns to solve everything. He needs these people
, make money for yourself and pay taxes for yourself! Then, he needs them to live better than himself, which are complementary to each other!
"Brother Liu...can you elaborate?"
Zheng Yueru was a little shocked that Liu Zheng would come up with such advanced ideas from time to time.
Liu Zheng also explained patiently: "I plan to set up a joint-stock company in Yangzhou! Of course, you can also understand it as setting up a huge business house or chamber of commerce! There are even more than tens of thousands of people participating!"
Zheng Yueru took a breath: "A huge company?"
Which firm is the largest?
The imperial company in Jinghua is big enough, right? There are only a few thousand people there!
Liu Zheng paused for a moment. He knew that Zheng Yueru was difficult to understand, so he could only explain it in a concise and concise way.
"Yueru, this explanation may be more straightforward."
He chuckled and said: "Our Chamber of Commerce
, Anyone can invest in shares! No matter what kind of investment, we accept it, it can be silver, it can be a caravan, it can be a production workshop, it can be a supply of raw materials, or even an idea or a theory, it will all be transformed by a value