Just after the first month of the eleventh year of Chongzheng, Xu Guangqi, the chief minister of the cabinet, received an imperial edict asking him to arrange his relatives, Xu Erdou, Xu Ermo, Xu Erlu, etc. who were far away in Nanzhili to meet the saints, saying that they had something to tell them to do. Xu Guangqi was quite familiar with his relatives and grandchildren, and was a little addicted to Western learning. Instead, he didn't learn the learning of sages well, so no one who passed the exam was able to do anything. What could these kids do, and even had to trouble the emperor to explain it personally!

Xu Guangqi thought the emperor wanted to arrange them to be officials, how could this be done? Wouldn't it be ridiculous to be in the court without fame? If that were the case, he would probably be drowned by the spits of all officials in the court! He did not want to be in danger of his integrity in his later years and be criticized for being favored and abused by the law. Therefore, after receiving the imperial edict, he did not immediately let his relatives come to the capital to meet the saint, but ran to the palace to meet the saint.

Since Zhu Cijiu learned that Xu Guangqi was selfless in his family, he became more respectful to his mentor. When he heard that his mentor had come, he not only welcomed him outside the Ganqing Palace for the first time, but also personally helped his mentor to walk to the study, and even moved the chair and placed it behind his mentor so that his mentor could sit down easily.

Xu Guangqi was even more panicked. After he pushed and sat down halfway, he immediately said in panic: "Your Majesty, you must not be so kind to me. Everyone in the court knows that I am the emperor's enlightenment teacher. I have been too favored by being given the position of Grand Tutor and Duke of the Zhu Kingdom. If you have any blessings to your descendants, I am afraid that the court and the people will continue to criticize you!"

Zhu Cijing asked with a smile: "What are you criticizing, what's there to criticize?"

Xu Guangqi also took his time and mustered up the courage and replied directly: "I criticize the emperor for not respecting the ancestral system, not judging fame, and being nepotist!"

Zhu Cijiu fainted after hearing this, and said with a wry smile: "Mr., you probably made a mistake. I didn't say that you want to be a judge and fight with you and others to be officials!"

Xu Guangqi was stunned when he heard this. After a while, he came to his senses. He couldn't help but ask curiously: "What does the emperor want them to do?"

Zhu Cijiu told a small lie and said vaguely: "There are more and more things happening in the rising business in this near future. Luo Yangxing is too busy alone, so I want Erjue and Erdou to learn from Luo Yangxing and help me take care of the business in the future."

He didn't dare to say directly that he would give the Xu family a lot of shares. In that case, Xu Guangqi would definitely not agree. He would fool the people in a vague way. As for the future, he would not be able to let his mentor!

Sure enough, Xu Guangqi immediately praised: "It turns out that this is the case. It's okay. They are just a bunch of waste firewood, and it's good to be able to plant some land to support themselves. Now it's a great fortune to help the emperor take care of the business. I'm thanking the emperor for them here."

Zhu Cijing was really scared when he heard this. This mentor was really cruel. After the chief minister of the Duke of Zhu Guo, he actually asked them to farm and not to abuse their children and grandchildren like this!

Joke, joke, in short, my mentor Xu Guangqi finally fooled me. Zhu Cijiu not only sent a sage to his mentor, but also sent a telegram to Sun Chengzong who was far away in Liaodong, and also asked him to arrange for his grandson's sacred marriage, Sun Zhifeng, Sun Zhifeng and others to come to the capital to meet the sage.

Sun Chengzong was too far away to refuse the emperor in person, so he had to tell his grandchildren to be honest when he entered the capital. If the emperor wanted to give them an official position, he would not accept it even if he died!

Fortunately, Zhu Cijing was not going to be an official for them. After Xu Erjue, Xu Erdou, Sun Zhifeng, and others arrived, Zhu Cijing immediately held a special imperial meeting in his study, and the participants were:

Zheng Zhilong, the King of Zhennan;

Loyal and diligent Hou Luo Xingling;

Bi Maokang, Minister of Works;

Dongchang Admiral Cao Huachun;

Sincerity Beschvira;

Qin Mingyue’s younger brother Qin Weiming;

Xu Guangqi's eldest grandson Xu Erjue;

Sun Chengzong's eldest grandson's slander;

The combination of these people is a bit strange. There are current high-ranking officials, former high-ranking officials, princes, marquis, dukes, princes, brother-in-laws, eunuchs, and even a foreigner. What are you doing?

Zhu Cijiu came to them not to discuss national affairs, but to discuss the management of the royal industry. Now there are many industries under his name, including Rixinglong Business, Ming Dynasty's Atlantic Commerce, so many factories under the Ministry of Industry, 200 million mu of land in the northwest, the original imperial village, etc., which must be integrated. Of course, in general, the entire Ming Dynasty belongs to him, but it can only be regarded as the public property of the Ming Empire, not his personal private property. The public property is managed by the imperial officials, so he can only arrange the private property to manage it by himself.

First of all, he clearly stated that public and private must be separated, that is, those who manage private property for him cannot serve as court officials. Therefore, Luo Yangxing's commander of the Jinyiwei was punished. As for letting the Minister of Works Bi Maokang and the Admiral of the East Factory Cao Huachun to participate in the meeting, of course, it was not about taking away their official positions, but about separating the private property of the royal family under their command.

Then, he uniformly named all private property as the royal name and subdivided it. For example, the Royal Rixing Bank of the Ming Dynasty specializes in managing currency business, the Royal Xinglong Business Company of the Ming Dynasty specializes in managing daily necessities, including the output of the Huangzhuang and the output of 200 million mu of land in the northwest. It is all managed by the Royal Xinglong Business Company of the Ming Dynasty. The Royal Western Trading Company of the Ming Dynasty specializes in managing luxury goods production. He also specially established a Royal Machinery Industry Group to manage non-military units such as machinery factories, cement factories, steel mills, etc., and is also responsible for the external sales of arms.

Finally, he clarified the responsibilities and rights of his confidants:

Luo Yangxing, the Hou of Zhongqin, was responsible for managing the Royal Rixing Bank of the Ming Dynasty, accounting for 10% of the shares of the Royal Rixing Bank of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, the Jinyiwei participated in the management of all the retirements of the bank, allowing their nephews to take over the positions of their Jinyiwei, and at the same time, they also gave them 10% of the shares, and the remaining 80% belonged to the royal family.

Xu Guangqi's grandson Xu Erjue led the third generation of the Xu family to manage the Ming Dynasty Royal Xinglong Business. The Xu family occupied 10% of the shares of the Ming Dynasty Royal Xinglong Business, and then divided 10% to the current business managers, and the remaining 80% belonged to the royal family.

Sun Chengzong's Sun Zhizhang led the third generation of the Sun family to manage the Royal Machinery Industry Group of the Ming Dynasty. The Sun family occupied 10% of the shares of the Royal Machinery Industry Group of the Ming Dynasty and distributed 10% to the current business managers, and the remaining 80% belonged to the royal family.

Zheng Zhilong, the King of Zhennan, was responsible for managing the Ming Dynasty's Western Trade, accounting for 10% of the Ming Dynasty's Western Trade, and then divided 10% to the current business managers, 10% to Chengyi Boschvira, and the rest 70% to the royal family.

Qin Mingyue's brother Qin Weiming was not responsible for managing any industry, but was responsible for checking accounts. Zhu Cijing asked him to go directly to the Daming Academy of Liberal Arts and the Daming Academy of Sciences to gather a group of masters in accounting, and then took turns to check the accounts of each business, which means asking him to look at all the industries of the royal family for him. Zhu Cijing naturally couldn't lose money in terms of treatment. His sister was the queen, and the Qin family was also a member of the royal family. Zhu Cijing simply issued an order to divide all his industries into the Qin family, whether it was present or future!

As for Schvira, naturally, it was not a 10% stake. Zhu Cijing ordered him to go back and integrate all his business, establish a formal company, and hand over 20% of the shares to the Ming Dynasty Royal Family for exchange for 10% of the shares in the Ming Dynasty Western Trading.
Chapter completed!