The Red Mansion Is Like a Jade Gentleman

Chapter 294 Making handles

All right!After talking so much nonsense, in a word, if there is no benefit, Lin Hai will not do anything lightly.

The matter of looking for Xue Gao is the same.

Some people think that Lin Hai is crazy, but in fact Lin Hai is not crazy.

The Lin family in Suzhou has a way to operate maritime trade, but this line is a hidden line. What is a hidden line is that everyone does not know it on the surface, but it is the Lin family's industry behind the scenes.

If Lin Hai said he wanted to buy shares, there would definitely be no problem with the Lin family in Suzhou.But the key point is that Lin Hai didn't want the Suzhou Lin family to repay their favors so easily, and this part of the money cannot be brought out in the open, just like the gray income in officialdom, at certain times, it is not visible of.

On Lin Hai's side, the Suzhou Lin family had been born so many years earlier, and Master Lin was also in the officialdom, trying his best to praise the Suzhou Lin family.

Although it is impossible to draw two Lin characters with one stroke, after all, the five clothes have been released and the sects have been divided. Therefore, in some matters, everyone should settle accounts clearly with their brothers!

In fact, the law of the Feng Dynasty prohibits officials from doing business, the reason is to avoid competing with the people for profit.

But in fact, princes and generals don't follow this at all. For example, Wang Rong in the Jin Dynasty, one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, seems very elegant, but when he started "competing for profit with the people", he was unambiguous at all. Harvesting water from gardens and fields in all directions, all over the world, accumulating money, without knowing the discipline. Every time I hold my own teeth, calculate day and night, if there is not enough.” For the prosperity of the family business, it can be said to be painstaking.

For this kind of person, the public opinion at the time also criticized, but the criticism came and went, but it was just a few old tunes that the world is declining and people's hearts are not old.Or "people are respected as dukes, and they reap the benefits of the market", "you are shameless".

Is boring.Very boring.You know, in life, what you are most afraid of is a lot of money and huge profits from sales.Since it far exceeds the salary of an official, how do you teach people to resist?

Therefore, despite thousands of years of development, this official business, in general.There are three ways.

First, it is to hang under the name of one's own servant, so that it is not regarded as one's own property on the surface, and if something happens, the servant may be pushed out to take the place of the dead ghost.

But there is a bit of a downside here.Just in case the things you did at home are finished, those things will belong to the subordinates, and you will not come back.And because it is nominally the property of servants.So it's easy to get pocketed.

second.It is to buy land.The land of the official's family, that is, Zhuangzi, is not called doing business, and running Zhuangzi will not be said.

Buy a large amount of land and collect money every year without the hassle of a shop.Sounds good, but this land.It is all dependent on the sky, if it is a natural disaster for several years, it will be unlucky!

The third is to participate in shares.It is similar to our current equity participation. Officials don't need to pay money, they only need official prestige!

Then just wait for the dividends every year, because you are an official and he is a businessman, so you are not afraid of being cheated!

But there is also a bad thing here, that is, if you are not careful, you will be caught and charged with corruption.Although this crime can be big or small, if the emperor is angry at that time, it is not hard to force!

It's not that Lin Hai doesn't want to be corrupt, but that he has achieved his position. No one will believe him if he is not corrupt.Lin Hai has already made arrangements for his future!

Waiting for him to cooperate with Emperor Xuande to finish Jiangnan, he immediately asked for an official position. At this time, Lin Hai has made a contribution. Whether it is Emperor Xuande or the new emperor, it is impossible to agree to Lin Hai's request. The only possibility that the rabbit dies and the fox is sad is to transfer Lin Hai back to the capital. Of course, what to do, this is not within the scope of Lin Hai's consideration!

And he bought shares in Xue Gao's business at this time, also to confuse everyone.

To be honest, of course, Lin Hai’s achievements in patrolling salt censors are very good, and the salt tax has increased slightly every year, otherwise Emperor Xuande favors Lin Hai, without achievements, Lin Hai has no way to stay in this position for so many years.

This gave outsiders a false impression. Of course, Lin Hai was corrupt or not. If he was corrupt, why would he still take a stake in Xue Gao's business? Isn't it superfluous? He is so confident and not afraid was discovered.If there is no corruption, no one would believe it, so I got entangled...

And Lin Hai wanted this entanglement, the most important thing was that he had to let the emperor grab his braid, and this braid would not cause him to be thrown into the abyss all at once.

An official who is perfect in every way is not a good official.

As a good official, one must not only worry about what the emperor is anxious about, but also leave a little handle for the emperor to grasp, so that the emperor has a sense of security.And this little braid can't be too big, otherwise it will be troublesome if the opponent catches it!

In a word, Lin Hai was just creating a handle for himself to let the emperor catch him.

It sounds a little full and nothing to do.

But this is the unspoken rule of this era. When he invests in business, not many people go back and sue him, because the vast majority of people are doing this.If someone sued Lin Hai, it would not only sue Lin Hai, but sue all officials who invested in business.

Lin Hai doesn't want to be charged with corruption. Although there is some corruption, it can be said that it is not called corruption, it is called giving money, but the crime of corruption is much bigger than the crime of doing business, and the image in the eyes of the emperor is not good. .

During these years of ups and downs in Guanhai, Lin Hai was born in Tanhua, and served as the censor of Yanyan.Speaking of the Lin family, he is definitely a scholarly, Qingliu family. Corruption and the like have nothing to do with him. Lin Hai's official reputation is indeed very good no matter where he is.

But for the matter of salt administration, Lin Hai dares to say that, his current actual family wealth is more than that of the four major families and the Xue family. Doesn’t the Xue family claim to be rich, and he alone can top the Xue family by two or three.

Corruption in the salt government is not corruption. If the prefects and prefects want to get money, they will get a bad official reputation.The salt official didn't say anything, just acted according to the rules, and just received the tribute from the salt merchants as usual.In the three years of Qing Zhifu, one hundred thousand snowflake silver, at least a zero can be added to the end of Yanguan.

When the officialdom is so mixed up, Lin Hai basically doesn't have too many requirements for the rest of his life, his age is there, and he should be able to get mixed up with a first-rank official before he dies.

The Lin family's family motto is like this, and it is not required. The Lin family's children deliberately climb up.The official thing is a good thing, but if it is too much, it is not good!

Just like now, Lin Hai felt that his family property was about the same. After all, this was just Lin Hai's own private house before the family separation, and the Lin family property held by Mr. Lin was quite a lot.Although he has two sons, Lin Hai is not going to make money desperately!

Heshen, a senior official in the Qing Dynasty, was rich!

It is said that he was the biggest embezzler in Chinese history. At the beginning, when he ransacked his home, all his property was worth about 10 billion taels of silver, which was equivalent to the treasury revenue of the Qing government for four years.But these are just figures on the surface, and those who were squandered by He Geng and those who were stuffed into their pockets by officials who confiscated their homes are really unknown.

But what happened to He Shen? His house was ransacked and his head was beheaded.

Therefore, Lin Hai thinks that having too much money is not a good sign, and it is easy for the emperor, who has an empty treasury, to keep an eye on you.

And you have earned the money of the whole family for several lifetimes, so what are the descendants doing!In this era, there are many modern times, the more money the better, as long as you don't do anything anti-government and anti-society, you will be fine for a few lifetimes.

In this era, having a lot of money is a mistake. Shen Wansan is rich, right? The richest man in the country, but what happened?The house was ransacked!

Therefore, Lin Hai's purpose now is to confuse the emperor, making him think that he has not corrupted much in his position as the censor of salt inspection, and then he will make a fortune by the way, and wait for a sum of money that is within the limit of the emperor's bottom line In the future, whether it is Lin Ye or Lin Yu, when faced with corruption, they will always resist more.

This is also one of the reasons why some aristocratic families can last for hundreds of years.

My family is already very rich, so I naturally look down on some small money, and naturally do less about corruption!

If you do less, you will have fewer handles on your body. With a few strong in-laws on the side, no one will sue you without eyes. If you develop like this from generation to generation, you will naturally become a big family.

"Master, Master Xue has already been invited by us to another courtyard in the city?" Regarding Lin Hai's order, the book was completed very quickly, and there was good news to report to Lin Hai the next day!

"Okay, has anyone noticed?" Lin Hai asked cautiously.

Nong Shu shook his head, "No, even Master Xue doesn't know now, which adult in Yangzhou City wants to make a deal with him, but just to be on the safe side, the younger one has ordered people to monitor around the other courtyard."

Lin Hai nodded, "Go and tell Master Xue that I have a lot of things going on recently, please stay in Yangzhou for a few more days, and I will see him in a few days. By the way, did Master Xue's family come to Yangzhou City? ?”

"Yes, the family of four has come to Yangzhou!"

"Then you go and ask a doctor to show Mr. Xue's family, and say that you are afraid that he will not be acclimatized." In fact, Lin Hai remembered that Xue Gao and his wife seemed to have died of some illness, so Xue Biao went north to marry his sister Only when she was young, would she have to invite Aunt Xue, after all, if there is no elder, it would be too out of class!

Lin Hai is confident in persuading Xue Gao, so he naturally wants him to live a long life!

If possible, Lin Hai even wanted Xue Gao to work for the Lin family for the rest of his life, but of course he also knew that this was impossible.

After all, if Xue Biao really has a talent for reading, after winning the Juren, the Xue family will not be able to do business, at least on the surface!Otherwise, it will violate the laws of the country, and Xue Biao's reputation will be removed if it is serious.