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Chapter 1367 Killing (Part 2)

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    Although it has not been opened for a long time, Shanghai has developed into the largest international city in the world, integrating finance, trade, industry, news, and publishing centers, and its every move has attracted worldwide attention.  There will be a very strong demonstration effect.

    Moreover, the conservative forces here are the weakest, the degree of acceptance of new ideas and concepts is the best, and there is the largest civic class, all of which are favorable conditions for the success of the uprising.  Therefore, since the beginning of the year, the leaders of Qionglin Party members and Taizhou Party members have gathered in Shanghai, using several groups established under various names in Shanghai as a cover to secretly plan.

    For example, dozens of literary clubs and forums such as "Shanghai Wenshe", "Xiuyetang" and "Zhengjishe" are the strongholds of Qionglin Party members, while Taizhou Party members use "Sailor's Home" and "Retired Soldiers'  Friendship Association', 'Textile Trade Union' and more than a dozen social groups as bases.

    Because this is the traditional sphere of influence of the Qionglin party members, the Taizhou party members also recognized Mr. Wenfeng and Sun Wei as the leader of the uprising, and they were basically able to obey the dispatch and cooperate with the Qionglin party members to complete the preliminary preparations.

    Not surprisingly, the Taizhou Party members are responsible for the mobilization of grassroots people and the infiltration of government troops.  The Qionglin faction put all their energy into public relations with Shanghai gentry and merchants.

    Unlike the Changsha Uprising, which mainly relied on tough folk customs and clan unity, and used brute force to tear apart the soft hinterland of Ming Dynasty, the Shanghai Uprising was more difficult.  The most important reason is that although Shanghai is a new city, it is too complicated. People from all walks of life and all walks of life have completely different interests and demands. It is difficult to use a slogan or a goal to encourage everyone.  Get up The biggest possibility is that I feel that I have agitated in place, and everyone is excited, but when I wait for the assembly, I see that there are only two or three kittens, and you are collectively let go of pigeons.

    This is because Shanghai has in fact formed a political elite representing its own interests, which is the gentry and business group headed by the 'Eighteen Guilds'.  In the political map of Shanghai, there is a slogan called "The one who wins the gentry and merchants wins the world", which means that the political orientation of the gentry and merchants determines the outcome and the fate of Shanghai.

    The word "gentry merchant" can't be found in the history books. It was only innovated by the southeast in recent years.  Gentlemen refer to gentry, and merchants refer to businessmen. In this sense, they refer to two types of people, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen.  However, in recent decades, these two enemies have become in-laws, and they have been referred to as "gentry merchants".  I just shook my head and sighed, complained a few words about "the world is going downhill", and let it go.

    This is because in the southeast, social concepts have been turned upside down. It is very common for scholars to abandon their studies and do business, and they basically have the right to speak in all walks of life.  For example, 18 industries are mainstream in Shanghaisuch as the silk weaving industry, cotton spinning industry, pearl and jade industry, foreign trade industry, grain industry, books and newspapers industry, medicinal materials industry, etc. The heads of chambers of commerce are basically gentry who are both scholars and merchants.  business.

    Of course, the so-called "Eighteen Guilds" have only turned themselves over in recent years. In the past many years, the owners of Shanghai Bund were financial capital, and industrial capital had no say at all.  From this perspective, they would like to thank Emperor Wanli. If there hadn¡¯t been that devastating financial turmoil, how could the Nine Great Families have disappeared?

    The economically severe winter also objectively requires all walks of life to hold together for warmth.  In this financial crisis, the gentry and businessmen have naturally suffered greatly, but they have factories, workers, and goods. These are all capital, but they cannot produce benefits for the time being.

    What's more, the debts and shareholders' equity that weighed on them are also frozen, which allows them to avoid being crushed by due debts and temporarily get rid of the control of financial capital Various reasons lead to the unprecedented expansion of the chamber of commerce  , These talents have the opportunity to come out to be the leader.

    However, the gentry and merchants have permanent property and are afraid of damage, so they eagerly hope to eliminate the mine supervisor and tax envoy to survive the economic crisis, but they don't want large-scale riots, let alone be classified as anti-party.  It is definitely not easy to convince these contradictory and hesitant guys.

    Until the eve of the first uprising in Changsha, Wang Yin, the Duke of Ten Yue, convened a meeting of the heads of the eighteen guilds for the reason of "discussing countermeasures and overcoming difficulties together".  The meeting was held on Chongming Island, and the content was kept strictly confidential. People could only see that after the 18th meeting, the attitude had changed dramatically.

    ? Although they did not dare to directly call for tax resistance and riots, they adopted a more strategic approach to arouse Shanghai citizens' sentiments against the mine supervisor and tax envoy.  In the newspapers under their name, they boldly exposed the corruption, tyranny, and brutal acts of mine supervisors and tax envoys in various places; they reported the severe famine in various parts of Ming Dynasty, especially in the southeast, and pointed out thatThe real central figure.

    "Get up" The one sitting in the middle is Wu Fengyuan, the supreme patriarch of the Wu family. In the last years of Jiajing, Silently invited the nine patriarchs to gather together on a painting boat.  Eighteen years had passed, and Wu Fengyuan had already given up the position of executive committee member to his eldest son, and retired to the elders' council by himself, so as not to care about world affairs.

    The rest of the old people are also in the same situation. If it were not for this critical moment of life and death, they would not have come out of their lairs and gathered in Shanghai.

    After hearing Lu Kun's report, Wu Fengyuan sighed softly and said, "It's hard not to get the feeling of being on stage."

    "Yes." Lu Kun nodded, and replied softly: "However, it is a blessing to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight."

    "This is not what the elite disciples of my nine families should say!" Zheng Liren, the grand majesty of the Zheng family, had a fiery temper and said without saving face: "There is no arrogance at all, so why are you talking about revival!"

    "Their generation is too poor." Wang Mengxiang said sadly, "Xinwu is better, after all, he has pioneered wasteland in Nanyang. His peers, especially those born in the first generation, they are still young when we are in trouble. Wait for them  I grew up, my life was so good, my business was booming, and everyone in the circle sought after me. As a result, everyone lost their heads, thinking that my own ability was too great, and I was the best in the world! But once we let go, what will happen?  It's all a loser's game!"

    The reason why the Nine Great Masters plummeted in the financial turmoil is that they have no ability to resist.  It is directly related to their obsession with the magic of finance and their extreme contempt for the real economy in the past ten years or so.  The elites of the younger generation all extremely admire Yin Ruohan's dazzling financial operations, thinking that this is the magic hand that controls the world.  As for managing the real economy, which is hard and tiring, it should be the shabby business that ordinary people flock to The difference between the two is as clear as that of the gentry and the common people in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

    When this generation took over the power of the family, they liquidated the family's physical business without hesitation, and only controlled the direction of the entire industry by holding or holding shares, and no longer involved in the operation of a certain company.  The wealth of the nine families has indeed expanded rapidly through this method - the deposits in the account have reached astronomical figures, and there are also a large number of commercial bonds and equity certificates

    No one denies that this is genuine wealth, but once the Huilian account was banned and the financial turmoil hit, they found that they only had underwear left Two hundred years of family accumulation disappeared in an instant, and they also fell into the accusation of thousands of people  The tragic situation, everything is a doomsday scene.  This was a blow to them too much, their self-confidence collapsed, and they made mistakes again and again, which forced the old guys to come out again.

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    "Remember, Lu boy," Wu Fengyuan said in a deep voice, "Our century-old family can even be traced back to the Northern Song Dynasty's Southern Crossing. Over the past few hundred years, China has changed its empire, changed dynasties, and suffered catastrophes. Isn't it greater than it is now?  The emperor has changed three families, but we are still here, flourishing! What do we rely on? The heritage of the family!"

    After listening to Elder Wu's words, Lu Kun felt his blood was a little hot, his eyes were a little moist, and the fighting spirit that had been extinguished for a long time seemed to have returned¡ª¡ª

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