The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1701

[1701. Chapter 1618: Double the value]

Wang Bushi kept silent and stopped talking to Liu Wenzhi.

Liu Wenzhi didn’t want to bring trouble anymore and sat down silently.

As soon as the new shares were listed, as everyone expected, people immediately subscribed.

Liu Wenzhi began to sell 50% of his stocks at this time.

For Liu Wenzhi, it is enough for him to keep 30%.

No matter how much, it becomes meaningless.

Then, something amazing happened.

The value of the new shares was actually determined by the exchange to be thirteen taels of silver per share.

You must know that these 50% of the shares are 50,000 shares released. The remaining 50% is 30,000 shares for Liu Wenzhi and 20,000 shares for Zhou Tanzhi. The exchange will evaluate and price each share based on its value. Thirteen taels of silver per share.

Therefore, the value of this pig-raising workshop was directly determined to be more than 1.3 million taels.

In the blink of an eye, the value has doubled several times. Why is it not impressive?

But Liu Wenzhi had no expression on his face, could not feel any joy, and was completely quiet.

The determination of value does not depend on how much money people think a pig-raising workshop is worth today, but on how much prospects people see in the future.

There is a broad market prospect, and there is almost no competition at the moment. It is even certain that it will be difficult to find real competitors in the next few years. Based on this, Liu Wenzhi feels that the price… is not high.

As soon as the sign was put up, instead of falling back and adjusting, the stock price began to soar upward.

Come here today, no one in this exchange is short of money, but what everyone is short of is a good idea.

Investing heavily in pig-raising workshops to continuously expand production, giving them sufficient funds to allow them to continue to replicate, this method is no longer new in today’s exchanges.

When the dark horse of Pig Farm began to dominate all new stocks, more and more retail investors began to pay attention.

Then the enthusiasm started to build.

Under everyone’s attention, the stock price continued to rise, and the stock signs were constantly marked with the latest prices.

When the price reached twenty-five taels of silver, everyone began to gasp.

Today’s exchanges do not have many restrictions. Compared with later generations, they appear barbaric. Therefore, there will always be ups and downs. The vast majority of people are not very rational, and even many big businessmen like to add fuel to the fire behind the scenes. But even so , at this time, it is extremely rare for the stock price to double in a short period of time.

When Liu Wenzhi saw this, he was slightly satisfied. He smiled slightly. With such a huge amount of funds, a game of crazy expansion began.

………

Fang Jifan was sent away by Emperor Hongzhi. When he was about to leave the Meridian Gate, he saw a eunuch coming towards the Meridian Gate quickly, looking careless.

As soon as Fang Jifan saw it, he knew that he was the eunuch squatting in the exchange, reporting to Emperor Hongzhi at any time. When the eunuch saw Fang Jifan, he quickly slowed down and stood by the roadside. He waited until Fang Jifan walked over before he started to hurry. In a flash, he went back to the palace.

Emperor Hongzhi was somewhat dissatisfied with what Fang Jifan had done, but after all, he was his son-in-law, so he could scold him privately, but of course he couldn’t undermine him publicly, so he had to pretend to be deaf and dumb for now.

After sending Fang Jifan away, as usual, ministers needed to be summoned to discuss important matters. Liu Jian and others had been waiting for a long time.

This matter is already known to everyone, and many people are concerned about Wang Ao’s fate.

His Majesty originally hinted that if this matter is left to Fang Jifan, there will be a satisfactory result!

But after waiting and waiting, there was no news.

When His Majesty summoned Fang Jifan, many people had hope again.

Come to think of it, there must be an answer to this matter.

But who would have expected that when His Majesty met with the ministers and faced the expectant gazes of everyone, he would not mention anything about Wang Ao, but instead asked about the Confucian scholars’ departure from seclusion.

Many Confucian scholars suddenly lost their way out of stereotyped writing, and because of bankruptcy and loss of fame, they were desperate. However, the Ming Dynasty and the Ottomans began to trade, and many news came from the Ottomans.

It is said that in Ottoman, a large number of Confucian scholars were reused. The Confucian scholars who had traveled westward were all reused. A large number of Confucian scholars began to enter the Ottoman court and even penetrated into the Ottoman states and counties, even if they were not officials, because for the royal family, the Four Books and Five Classics With encouragement, some big nobles were willing to spend a lot of money to invite Confucian scholars to teach their children to study.

Various ethnic groups in the Ottoman country lived together and believed in different gods.

Therefore, at this time, the Ottoman emperors were quite open-minded towards various ethnic groups and beliefs, and they were not too harsh whether they were Jews, Greeks, or other ethnic groups.

In fact, what the Ottoman Empire was most wary of was its own clan and relatives.

This is actually understandable. The Ottomans were extremely powerful. After more than ten generations, their biggest enemies were precisely those old nobles within Xiaoqiang who had followed the emperor in battles. They became more and more powerful with their military exploits.

Therefore, the Ottoman Empire united other ethnic groups and appointed Greeks, Serbs, Jews, Egyptians and even Persians as officials in order to curb its own military group.

Even the imperial guards who protected the emperor actually recruited people from Serbia and other places with different beliefs.

And for any clan, they will kill on a large scale.

The reason why Suleiman respects Confucianism is precisely because he knows that controlling the balance of power in this way is only a temporary strategy, and Confucian thought is exactly what he likes.

With Suleiman’s support, Confucianism began to penetrate many aspects of the empire.

And because the power within the Ottoman Empire was inherently fragmented, and various faiths and races were intertwined, under the leadership of the powerful Suleiman, the Confucian scholars were like a fish in water.

Because if the Ottomans were monolithic, they would have no use whatsoever.

On the contrary, such a fragmented situation gave them enough space.

Through the caravans, the situation in the Ottoman Kingdom had already spread throughout the two capitals and thirteen provinces in the Guanhai Pass. Many down-and-out Confucian scholars finally saw a promising road and had to go west. They wanted to go to the Ottomans to have a look. Find a way out.

I even heard that Ottoman had begun to hold imperial examinations, and the eight-legged essay was the main one.

The road to the west was filled with many determined scholars. They followed the caravan and began the difficult journey.

In this regard, the magistrate of Lanzhou reported it.

This report was sent to the court, and there was an uproar.

Scholars, no matter how talented they are, how much they weigh, or how much they are looked down upon by the people at Xishan Academy, they are still the most privileged group in the Central Plains Dynasty for hundreds of thousands of years. Now they are traveling west in large numbers. Isn’t this right? It’s not my pearl, but it’s abandoned like a piece of shit, and the Ottomans regard it as a treasure?

Liu Jian, the chief scholar of the cabinet, felt that the situation was serious. It would be fine if only a few scholars went westward in twos and threes. But when there were more people, the impact would be huge. His suggestion in the draft in the memorial was that he hoped that the imperial court would stop it and make another move. Intend.

Emperor Hongzhi couldn’t weigh this.

Fang Jifan was happy to see this matter come to fruition. In his words, the responsibility of Confucianism was to spread holy knowledge. The Ottoman country had a large population and was the center of the world. If it could also know rituals and music, it would be unprecedented. Yes, it is a great thing to take credit for.

Why not hand over the Four Books and Five Classics to the Ottomans and take this opportunity to expand trade with them?

Fang Jifan even believed that this was something worthy of encouragement.

Facing the ministers below, Emperor Hongzhi said: “Fang Qing’s family has a saying that is quite to my liking. Our Ming Dynasty already has a large population. Furthermore, since the increase in grain production, medical conditions have improved, and many families have even died. With as many as four or five children, it will only take a few decades for the population to reach its limit. If things continue like this, there is no solution. Therefore, if some people go to sea or go west, the world can be filled with Han people. , and can spread the holy knowledge, why not? This is the hope of the saint. In order to spread the holy knowledge, the saint did not hesitate to travel around the country and teach the holy knowledge everywhere. Only in this way can we have today. But now, this hall Why do famous religious people just hide in their studies? Reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles is what Confucius and Mencius did when they were alive. Now Confucian scholars are rushing to go to the Ottomans, and even want to go. This is something worth advocating in other countries. Besides, the king of the Ottoman Kingdom sent people to pay tribute a few days ago, and he was even respectful. If I were to stop the Confucian scholars from going west, it would be stingy. Let them go.

” At this time, Jian saw that His Majesty’s thoughts were completely influenced by Fang Jifan, which was fine for him. He didn’t think highly of these people who could only write eight-legged essays.

After all, it is not because of stereotypes that his son is so promising now.

On the other hand, the mood of the other ministers was different. They all had sad expressions on their faces. However, it was difficult to say anything at this time because the news was too tight recently.

“Your Majesty…” Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Rites, said: “I heard that Prince Taifu is still raising pigs? This matter has become a big deal. The prince has devoted his whole life to the court and has a breeze on his sleeves. I heard that when he became an official, he was actually His family is surrounded by poverty, and no one in the Wang family has received any favor from him. Now, when he should have been enjoying his old age, he has suffered such humiliation. Not only must he suffer poverty, but he must also engage in lowly business and associate with pigs and dogs. Your Majesty… …I hope your majesty will remember the old feelings between the emperor and his ministers… and be extra merciful.”

Perhaps it is because the treatment of the Confucian scholars is really embarrassing, and Zhang Sheng did not dare to contradict his majesty on national policy, so he simply brought up Wang Ao’s case. .

When everyone heard this, their depressed faces just now turned ashen, and they all looked at Emperor Hongzhi with heavy eyes.

Your Majesty’s current behavior is indeed a bit heartless and unjust.

(End of chapter)