Traveling through history, financial novels, power struggles, and infrastructure to strengthen the country
Introduction
Lu Mingzhe, a top investment banking elite, woke up and became Shen Wansan, the richest man in the early Ming Dynasty.
When he opened his eyes, it was the beginning of hell: Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict and ordered him to "raise" military pay for the Northern Expedition. It is clearly written in the history books that this was the beginning of the destruction of Shen Wansan's family!
All civil and military officials in the court were waiting to see how this "fat sheep" would be slaughtered. Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were unfathomable.
Lu Mingzhe smiled. Making money? He is professional.
In the court hall the next day, instead of offering gold and silver, he presented a copy of the "Special Treasury Bond Issuance Plan for the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition."
"Your Majesty, this is not a donation, this is an investment - letting the rich in the world rush to lend money to the court to fight the war!"
Zhu Yuanzhang: "... National debt?"
"The salt administration is corrupt and 70% of the annual income is lost? Simple, hold a public auction and the highest bidder will win!"
"Sealing the country under sea restrictions, Japanese pirates are rampant? Establish a Royal Maritime Company, use business to support war, and the naval guns will point to the Ming Dynasty's waters!"
With one hand, he raised huge amounts of money through national debt, and with the other hand, he rectified the government through salt auctions, launched maritime trade and built a fleet, and used modern financial means to carve out an unprecedented path of "capital salvation" during the Hongwu period when imperial power was supreme.
Sitting on the dragon throne, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the skyrocketing silver in the treasury and the increasingly powerful navy with complicated eyes: "Shen Aiqing, are you... Loyal or traitorous?"
Lu Mingzhe bowed: "Your Majesty, I just want to make a deal - use this wealth in the world to exchange for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty for a hundred years, and also exchange for me... To live with the country."
