In Beijing, Liu Jin is thinking about life in his study.
It has been nineteen years of Hongzhi. There is no nineteen years of Hongzhi in history. Quietly, history has undergone earth-shaking changes. The Ming Dynasty has also gone on a completely different path. No one can stop the rolling wheel of history.
"Here in Western Europe, they fought, stopped fighting, and even negotiated peace. Spain was really fierce this time. England, France, and Portugal were fighting one against three, and they were all looking for teeth."
"This peace negotiation involves ceding territory and paying compensation. I'm afraid we won't just let it go."
Liu Jin recalled in his mind the news he had just received recently. The war in Western Europe had stopped and the four countries were beginning to negotiate for peace.
There are two main reasons for this. One is that Spain has achieved a decisive victory, and the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces are no longer able to organize a decent war. Spain is also exhausted and has emptied its treasury in a war.
The second reason is that because the Ottoman Empire is advancing westward, the powerful Ottoman Empire legions have crossed Vienna and are advancing towards the Vatican, Italy, the center of Christendom.
With the mediation of the Holy See and in order to defend Christendom and the Vatican, the Holy Roman Emperor personally asked for help from his in-laws, the King of Spain, and this ended the war that lasted for more than a year.
"It's getting really lively now. The war between the Ottoman Empire and Christendom will probably be inextricable again."
"Although the Ottoman Empire is powerful, if there are many enemies, it will be very difficult. It seems that it is still necessary to cheer for the Ottoman Empire."
Thinking silently in his mind, Liu Jin laughed when he thought of the situation in Europe.
The more lively the war in Europe is, the more beneficial it will be for the Ming Dynasty. Selling arms and buying slaves can make a lot of money. What's more, the war can also greatly consume the strength of the Europeans and the Ottoman Empire. This is for the Ming Dynasty. It is very important to dominate the world.
Originally, Europe at this time should have been the beginning of the Great Navigation. With the rapid development of the Age of Discovery and the Colonial Era, Europeans rapidly developed and became wealthy.
At the same time, with the rise of the Renaissance movement, Europeans began to gradually surpass other places in the world in many aspects such as art, technology, astronomy and geography.
But now they are caught in a war. The colonial era and the Age of Discovery were also taken over by the Ming Dynasty. Their development will naturally stop, which is extremely beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty does not need hundreds of years, it only needs a few decades, a few decades. The Ming Dynasty was enough to establish its rule and hegemony over the entire world and firmly control everything.
¡°Dong~dong~¡±
Just when Liu Jin was thinking about how to add some ingredients to the Europeans, someone hurriedly knocked on the door.
"Sir, news just came out from Tianzhu that Hu Xian, the governor of Ceylon, actually wanted to monopolize the entire Western United Trading Company. He directly dismissed the heads of several important departments of the Western United Trading Company and replaced them all with members of his own Hu family. He also Dispatch the military and slave armies to take over the entire Western United Trading Company."
The servant hurriedly handed a superstitious letter to Liu Jin and said.
"What?"
When Liu Jin heard this, he stood up in disbelief, took the superstition and started reading it very quickly.
"This Hu Xian doesn't know what he is capable of, and he doesn't know the heights of the sky. He became dizzy after being the governor for a few years."
After reading it quickly, Liu Jin began to think deeply.
Although the Western United Trading Company is a trading house, it is somewhat similar to the East India Company in history. Not only does it have its own armed forces, but its rule in the colonies is also similar to the rule of the government, but all its purposes are to plunder the resources of the colonies. and wealth.
The Governor of Ceylon, as the top person in charge of the Western United Commercial Bank, holds great power in his hands and is in charge of military, financial and economic power. He is actually a native emperor himself.
But this Turkish emperor is different from others, because behind the Governor of Ceylon there are shareholders of the Western United Trading Company. This situation is a bit like the capitalist countries of later generations.
Hu Xian¡¯s problem is, in essence, a problem of the system.
Anyone who works in such a position for a few years will be drowsy with the taste of power. Everyone will want to get rid of the control of the bosses behind them, turn this place into their own kingdom, and become a real king. More than ten thousand people.
"Maybe it's an opportunity~"
Thinking of this, Liu Jin's eyes lit up slightly.
The wheel of history is rolling forward, and the Ming Dynasty will eventually be transformed into a feudalWe, the shareholders. "
"The position of the Governor of Ceylon is a bit similar to that of a king. If it is restricted, a second Hu Xian may appear in the future, trying to turn everyone's things into a world under one family."
"So I think we should set up a shareholders' meeting within Western United Commercial Bank. The members of the shareholders' meeting will be sent by each of our companies. The number of people sent by each company depends on the number of shares."
"Then the Governor of Ceylon is elected and appointed by the Shareholders' Meeting and is responsible to the Shareholders' Meeting. Then the ministers under the Governor of Ceylon are also directly elected and appointed by the Shareholders' Meeting. The Governor and the ministers must be rotated regularly, and They can only be reelected for a maximum of two terms, and the ministers of each department are served by members of each family, and members of one family cannot hold multiple important positions at the same time.¡±
"The general meeting of shareholders is responsible for formulating the laws and regulations implemented in the Western United Commercial Bank. Everyone, including the governor, must abide by them. If there is any violation, the general meeting of shareholders can directly remove the governor and ministers by voting" (Remember the website address of this site: www.hlnovel.com