Chapter 993 5. Abuse of public power for private purposes
Luo Chengyun flipped through the social information, paused and asked, "Has the price of grain increased again recently?"
“Back to the Lord, yes.
According to the Bank of China’s monitoring of major grain prices around the world, grain prices in the Central Plains have increased by more than 200% in the past six months, and this trend has not stopped at all, and is still growing at a faster rate. According to our actuaries’ calculations, within ten years, the entire monetary system will collapse, and it is not just grain prices, the prices of other commodities are also increasing.”
Luo Chengyun seemed to be thinking about something, then turned to the end of the report and asked as he read, "What's the main reason?"
“Back to the head of the family, according to the analysis of the family’s internal think tank, first of all, it is the chaos in world politics that has led to the chaos in the world market.
Since the collapse of the empire, the countries and regions that have become independent from the Tang Empire have no stable political environment, which has led to the level of economic exchanges regressing to dozens or hundreds of years ago.
The unified market of the Tang Empire became almost completely ineffective as the political system collapsed.
Today's countries and regions completely lack mutual trust and are hostile to each other. This is an era of division.
In many areas, without the credit of the family bank, they would have to return to the era of barter. "
This is called an unintentional success. By not participating in the new country's political power, the Luo family gained a qualification of being neutral outside the world. Various separatist regimes relied on the Luo family as a middleman to trade with each other.
Luo Chengyun tapped his fingers and said, "As the old saying goes, strong winds reveal strong grass, and turbulent times reveal loyal ministers. In this dark and decadent era, the light of our Luo family will become brighter and brighter. After all, we have experienced darker times before, and we have never broken our promise to the world in the most difficult times."
"Master, according to the news from our family's friends in the government offices in various regions, some people want to take advantage of our Luo's bank, and they are planning to take advantage of our Luo's family.
The credibility of many government regimes is too poor, and their political prestige is constantly declining. Now some smart people are beginning to be afraid, so they hope that our Luo family can stand up for them and ensure that we maintain political and economic stability together with the government.
For this, they are willing to cede some of their interests to us, and can give us rich political rewards and give us a prominent position in the new government. "
This was quite unexpected information, but Luo Chengyun curled his lips and was about to make some sarcastic remarks when someone came into the hall and said, "Master, the Deputy Prime Minister of the new country is here to visit."
Soon, the Deputy Prime Minister of the New Kingdom and several high-ranking officials of the New Kingdom walked into the hall. They saw a bright light and when they entered the hall, they saw a man looking at him with the holy mark on his forehead shining.
"Mr. Luo is well."
"Hello, Mr. Wang."
Luo Chengyun raised his right hand and motioned the second-in-command to sit down. He did not have the attitude of an "ordinary person" when meeting the second-in-command of the new country. He treated him as casually as a subordinate.
There was a flash of anger in Cixiang's eyes. He didn't want to come at first, but the situation was too bad now, completely different from what they had expected, so he had to come.
"I wonder what you are doing here, Mr. Wang."
Without offering tea, Luo Chengyun asked directly.
This attitude made the second prime minister unhappy again, but thinking of the attitude within the party when he came, he could only suppress it and said in a gentle voice: "I came here this time to bring a great thing to the noble clan.
Since ancient times, the Luo family has been famous among the Chinese people. They have made many brilliant achievements in history and created countless deeds and achievements. We, the new school members, all admire the predecessors from the bottom of our hearts.
This time, I am here on behalf of the government to invite the Luo family to serve. As long as the noble family is willing, the government will definitely treat them with a high position. "
Luo Chengyun smiled when he heard this. This was really like speaking of the devil, as he showed up so soon. It seemed that the situation was worse than he had imagined. It could also be that their ability to withstand attacks was relatively poor. After all, it was too easy for them to gain control of the world. Without having experienced any cruel struggles, they were actually just a group of flowers in a greenhouse.
Luo Chengyun took a sip of jasmine tea, and then asked calmly: "A high position is waiting for him? I wonder what high position?"
Is there any hope?
The eyes of everyone in the New Country lit up. They had thought it would be difficult to get Luo Chengyun to give in, but they didn't expect it to be so easy and they started negotiating terms right away.
Yes, Luo Chengyun’s question was seen as a request for negotiation.
Before the people from the New Kingdom came, they naturally made some preparations. When the Deputy Prime Minister gave a look, the Minister of Commerce said directly: "Master Luo, as long as the Luo family is willing to serve, the important task of the Central Bank will still be managed by the Luo family. The appointment of the president will be decided by the Luo family, and we will never interfere."
The president of the central bank is one of the important figures in managing the purse of the entire country and can be said to be in a high and powerful position.
Luo Chengyun didn't even raise his eyelids and just drank his tea.
Several people felt a sudden tightness in their hearts, guessing that this was dissatisfaction, but the next words were for the second prime minister to say.
"Mr. Luo, the new country today is different from the previous dynasties. There are no titles or anything like that. Our power comes from the trust of the people. If Mr. Luo is willing, you can choose any position other than the consuls. One is not enough, you can choose two, or even three or four. Your family will be honored and prominent in the world."
The second prime minister said many words about revitalizing the family according to his understanding of the Luo family, and the meaning of his words was very clear.
The Luo family has been deeply involved in politics for many years, except for the years when they moved north. But now they are suddenly withdrawing from these affairs, and the family's power has plummeted. I believe they are unwilling to do so. Now, as long as the Luo family is willing, the New School Party is willing to extend an olive branch to the Luo family and let their glorious career continue.
"Is Mr. Wang done?"
After a long time, Luo Chengyun finally put the teacup on the table, and then looked at everyone leisurely, sitting upright, his face gradually becoming stern. Influenced by him, everyone in the New Country also began to feel a little uneasy.
Luo Chengyun said in a deep voice: "Some friends have told me some things these days. I heard that there are eighteen most noble families in the five thousand miles of land in the Central Plains, known as the Eighteen New Kings. They are intertwined and occupy more than 60% of the official positions and middle and upper-level occupations in the entire new country. They monopolize almost all factories, businesses, banks and other properties in the Central Plains. The eighteen families are behind the six newly emerging financial groups. Mr. Wang is from the Wang family, which is one of the eighteen families. I wonder if this is true?"
As soon as Luo Chengyun said this, everyone in the hall suddenly changed color!
These things are of course true, but these words must never be said, and almost no one outside knows about them. In the New Learning Party, their external names are not even the same as the names in the family tree.
The deputy prime minister forced a smile and said, "Master Luo, you are joking. That is just some idle people's far-fetched story. We are all officials recommended by the people. How can we occupy these high positions casually with our family?"
Luo Chengyun pretended to be enlightened when he heard this, and then said in confusion: "When I saw the deputy prime minister just now, he easily promised me a high position in the country. I was thinking, he is really worthy of being the deputy prime minister of the country, with great power. This public tool of the country can be decided by a single word. It turns out that I misunderstood. It's really a sin."
It was clearly a polite remark, but everyone could hear the strong sarcasm in it.
The deputy prime minister suppressed his anger and said, "Master Luo, I came here with the sincerity of my friends and colleagues, but I don't know why Master Luo is so rude? Is this the way Luo Su treats guests? Is this the etiquette inheritance that the Luo family is proud of?"
Seeing that the second prime minister was already a little bit exhausted, Luo Chengyun became cheerful instead. He first sneered more and more sarcastically, and then sneered: "You people are the same as those nobles in the past. You have eaten enough for a few days and acted as superiors for a few days, as if you have some kind of reproductive isolation.
You all call yourselves civilized people, but you do nothing but dirty things. You guys have been swept into the garbage dump long ago, and now you still want to bring us back? My Luo family is really ashamed to be associated with you.
The inheritance of etiquette is used to educate people to be good, but the Luo family will never forget that their status was achieved by their ancestors who fought with knives.
Besides, entertaining guests? Can you also be considered guests? If I didn't want to ridicule you today, do you think you can enter the door of my Luo family?
Are you still wishing me to grant you an official position?
If I, Luo, were willing to participate in politics and establish an independent political party, do you think your so-called New Learning Party would still have the opportunity to sit in the position of chief executive?
People with incompetent abilities will not have a miserable end, but people with incompetent abilities and poor vision will be unfortunate, and you are such a person. If all the eighteen families were at your level, it would be ridiculous."
He is quite capable to stand out from the family and sit in the position of second prime minister. The reason why he lost his composure before was largely because he was too eager to win when facing Luo Chengyun, the head of the thousand-year-old family, and wanted to show his success so much that his mentality was unbalanced.
This is not a problem that only he has. Many outstanding people in history have been like this. They wanted to defeat Luo too much, but ended up putting themselves at a disadvantage.
After forcing himself to calm down, the second prime minister saw the two sides tearing each other apart, and immediately laughed coldly: "Master Luo is really arrogant, you know that times have changed, since ancient times, I have never heard of anyone who can fight against an entire country.
At the beginning, Luo family had the confidence by relying on brave warriors who were ahead of their time. Now it is the era of muskets and artillery. I really don’t know where the confidence of Luo family got from.
Besides, I don't know where the head of the Luo family got the courage to rebuke us. In any case, we are working for the country, but we are not like the Luo family, who seek fame and reputation and stubbornly defend the power of the emperor. When the people really become the masters of their own country, they are still thinking about the imperial power that should have been swept into the garbage dump of history, and are unwilling to turn to the light!
So that Master Luo will know that even the worst republic is better than the empire!"
Luo Chengyun was naturally not at all upset when he heard this, instead he clapped his hands, "That's really well said, even the worst republic is better than the empire. During the empire era, not to mention the deeds in the distant past, in the 500 years of the Tang Dynasty alone, our Luo family has presided over six large-scale rectification actions.
Your Excellency is now in a high position with great power. You must not waste any more time here among the common people in the countryside. Go back quickly to organize a purge of the party and take care of the current corrupt situation and those corrupt officials within your new school.
Ah Jiu, show him away! "
Faced with the Luo family guards who were like an iron tower, the new students left in disgrace.
After the group left, the other members of the Luo family who had been watching coldly immediately asked curiously, "Master, why did you suddenly have such a big conflict with the New School Party?
This is really unnecessary. Their destruction is inevitable. There is no need to make them desperate before they die."
Everyone was talking to each other, asking why Luo Chengyun was behaving so out of character, but when they saw that he didn't look anxious at all, they felt relieved.
Luo Chengyun is certainly not the kind of arrogant person. When he met these new students today, he was just prepared to pretend to be nice to them and just refuse them. However, something happened in the middle of the process, which made him completely change his mind. As a result, the current situation has occurred, and this thing changed his attitude.
That is——
The ancestor is finally about to wake up.
The precursor to the ancestor's awakening is the changes in the family's inherited artifacts!
As the patriarch of the family, he was naturally the first to feel the changes in these things. With these surreal artifacts at his disposal, he naturally had nothing to worry about!
(End of this chapter)
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