Chapter 1889 the meiji restoration (5) "My name is Mitsui Gaosui, your excellency is a merchant of the qing dynasty
" He used unfamiliar chinese
During this period, businessmen would always be willing to learn some chinese
On the one hand, they would improve their status, on the other hand, they would be easy to communicate with chinese commercial ports
Until china lost completely in the war of jiawu, japan began to turn to the west and choose a new target to follow
He did not nod or shake his head, maintaining an arrogant attitude
This is a compulsory course for every descendant of an aristocratic family
However, the japanese now have very little fear and admiration for china
If not, this group of warriors would not have rushed up, but the guy named Mitsui Gaosui did not say anything, but just looked at Huang Xuan, making classmate Xiao Huang a little uncomfortable
He was weaker than these businessmen
A short, fat businessman stood up, raised his voice, and said in guan dong's words," for the sake of being a foreign businessman, kneel down and salute, and then you can leave
" He had a typical japanese nose up to the sky, his mouth tilted up, and his face was small and thin, so the meat on both sides of his cheeks drooped down, forcing him to have a round face
With a snort of disdain, he was just freed from his gaze with Mitsui Gaosui
He kicked the two people under his feet away and strode up the platform
It was specially prepared for people of status, and it was higher than the stage that the actors were performing on
The spectators looked down, but they didn't know if they could really see it clearly
A few of the warriors who came up to stop him were called away by david
Huang Xuan stood face to face in front of a group of rich businessmen and said to the fat man," you can apologize to me now
" The other party scolded him naturally
Lorraine didn't translate, and Huang Xuan didn't want to know
He gave him a finger, thought about it, and said," here's 20,000 yuan
" The man staggered and was about to fall
Huang Xuan held him up, then let go of his hand, and watched him tremble and kneel down
He was obviously unconscious
Everyone looked at Huang Xuan's hand in fear, and even Mitsui Gaosui did not know what to say for a moment
Speaking of japanese businessmen, their rise had its own special reasons-in the period of the shogunate, whether it was warriors or famous people, their property and salary were food, and the land could not be traded and traded casually
According to the academic world, this was the so-called feudal lord's land ownership
Therefore, the samurai class could only receive a fixed salary of rice, whether it was 50 stone or 1 million stone, this food could not be used to eat, and according to the rules, the samurai could not sell these goods
Thus, everyone exchanged things with the merchants, not only ordinary warriors, but also famous ones
Not only that, great names and warriors were often short of money, regardless of where they spent it, but if they wanted to borrow money, they had to go to the merchants, so modern people said that the late period of the japanese shogunate was very similar to the west, because the great names who controlled the regime were short of money
They must compromise with the businessmen who hold the power of the economy, so that their status and influence will gradually expand
In a simple analogy, big name a wanted to attack big name b, but he had no money, so he borrowed a sum from local merchant a, signed a contract, promised to pay back the money, and gave merchant a the identity of a warrior
After the war ended, daming a won
At this time, he had two choices
He either found a way to swallow merchant a, so the money would not have to be returned, or he would return the money truthfully
In the beginning, many big names would choose the first method, but it wouldn't be long before they realized that no more merchants would lend them money
As a result, the big name, who received financial support from businessmen, won the final victory
However, it would be difficult for many celebrities to pay back the money directly if they chose the second way, because his money was spent in the war, and the benefits - mainly the land rent, had not yet been obtained
As a result, they would either attack other big names according to the requirements of the merchants, or they would have to give preferential treatment to the policy and then repay the loan in kind
Later on, merchants made huge profits by selling famous goods, collecting money and other businesses, and gradually accumulated a large amount of wealth in society
Simply put, how could a businessman not be rich if he had the goods, financial capital, and unrestricted development of the entire country
So in the year of leniency (1790), someone said," fifteen out of sixteen of the country's wealth was collected by businessmen, and one out of sixteen was collected by the martial arts family
" When the fall of the curtain faction and the mufu faction duel, the businessmen became the power to decide the" sex
" The reason why the imperial army was able to defeat 15,000 Shogunate army soldiers with 5,000 soldiers was mainly because of the application of new weapons, and the reason why the british were willing to provide new weapons to the fallen army instead of the Shogunate army was because of the money the fallen army could take
The shogunate did not have that much military spending
As a result, it was another regime change
It was precisely because of the meiji restoration that Mitsui and mitsubishi made a lot of political investments that they finally made a huge profit and became the leader of the six major consortiums in japan
Now standing in front of Huang Xuan was Mitsui Gaosui, the boss of Mitsui's exchange shop
He looked around and said," are all the most famous businessmen in Osaka
"" That's right
" A middle-aged man on the side smiled
He wore a samurai bun, but still wore the blue" color" cloth of an ordinary merchant
He noticed that not only was he sitting next to Mitsui Gaosui, he was dressed more casually than anyone else
It was like watching a leader travel on a news broadcast
Secretaries, bodyguards, and low-level officials would always be dressed straight, while the prime minister," chairman," must be wearing casual clothes
Huang Xuan smiled faintly and said," how do you address this gentleman
" Sir said it was originally from japan, but it was also after the meiji restoration
I don't know if Lorraine had turned it into a" foot" or" sir," but looking at this man's smiling face, I know it's a good word
The man smiled and said," I'm Iwasaki Yataro
" With respect
Regardless of nationality, Iwasaki Yataro was also familiar with the matter, because he was the founder of mitsubishi, japan's largest consortium
In three years' time, he will be the leader of 99 Chamber of commerce in the tusa clan's storehouse (an organization responsible for storing and selling goods of great name from all over the place) and start the road of the mitsubishi financial magnate
Zhang Xinyi mentioned the name more than once
Huang Xuan could not help but shrink his hand and say," why are you in Osaka
" Iwasaki Yataro didn't answer, but asked," you know me
" Mitsui Gaosui is much more famous now than he is
Instead of complimenting him, he looked around and smiled," the fallen army has won
How happy do you all seem
" What he really thought was that this place had been occupied by the fallen army again
Roughly speaking, it was already half a month earlier
Mitsui Gaosui narrowed his eyes and looked at Huang Xuan, unable to" touch" his path, and made a high-profile appearance
Coupled with the godlike knockdown of a group of warriors, he should not be a small person, but to say his purpose, it was somewhat difficult to guess
It was a sensitive time, and the downfall army relied on the strength of the british, while the Shogunate army had actually turned to the french, so just as in the distribution of power in europe, the british were still stronger
However, from his position today, the Shogunate army may not lose
As long as the general of the shogunate can come up with a plan to satisfy foreigners, these guys with" milk" as their mothers might prefer to have some" messy" scenes
Especially during the period when the arms dealers were traveling
Iwasaki Yataro had small eyes, the size of green beans, embedded in slightly bulging eyes
His image was not very good, but it gave a very real feeling
Seeing that Mitsui Gaosui did not reply, he said," the emperor should be the supreme ruler of japan
The shogunate is unpopular
" If he was a samurai, he would definitely shout out some slogans, not to mention saying that" he should be the supreme ruler
" Only those who accepted western ideas would consider the matter this way
Not noticing this, before he could speak again, another chubby young man next to him said," there can't be only two emissaries from the qing dynasty
" Mitsui Gaosui glared at him immediately
It dawned on him that he had been wondering why the japanese had such strange eyes, and now he finally understood why
They were actually suspecting that they were emissaries of the qing dynasty
No wonder the japanese
In the whole meiji restoration, there were always some japanese who were wondering whether the qing dynasty would" intervene" as if the qing dynasty did not know japan
In fact, japan did not know much about the qing dynasty, especially those who had just come to power, and they had not had any contact with the senior officials of the qing dynasty, so, He was always worried about this problem: the dutch, the british, and the french were all fighting on this land in japan
How could the qing dynasty not come
However, the qing dynasty did not come
In 1868, the manchu masters had just solved the problem of the taiping heavenly kingdom
At this time, how could they pay attention to the fact that this was not a vassal state
He really wanted to kiss this fat guy
He was actually very smart
Maybe in another two days, he could think of the tiger skin of the qing dynasty, but by then, it would be too late
Almost" obscene" laughed twice
Huang Xuan reached out and pulled Pawn Wei over
He said loudly," I was the envoy of Li Hongzhang, the minister of the qing dynasty
This time, I came here to stand in front of Mr
Li
Unfortunately, I met with a shipwreck
" At this moment, Li Hongzhang was still in the position of Governor general of the two rivers
There were not as many people who had heard of him as there were in the later generations
Huang Xuan spoke with great emotion, and his words were not sad, but had the taste of a royal family
He was still too young
If he said he was a minister, it would be a joke
Even so, Mitsui and the others would not believe it, but the suspicion turned out to be suspicious
All the businessmen were present
Mitsui Gaosui held the idea of not offending foreigners, made a bow and said," you are
"" Huang Xuan
" Xiao Huang smiled triumphantly and arched around
Mitsui Gaosui was the business leader of Osaka
As long as he bowed, it was enough for him