In 1872, has been in the foreign affairs movement in the establishment of Li Hongzhang intends to involve in shipping, they approached Sheng Xuanhuai, want to ask his opinion. Sheng Xuanhuai thought a little straight: "This is a great benefit can not not prosper!" Meaning, so lucrative line must be vigorously developed. At that time, the imperial court every year with sandboats to transport grain through the Grand Canal, the cost has been high. Not only that, China's coastal and inland waterways were monopolized by foreigners' ships, which not only solicited passengers and carried goods, but even pulled away the court's transportation business. If you have their own shipping company, both can solve the problem of transportation, but also this profitable business from the hands of the foreigners back.
Sheng Xuanhuai wanted to learn the method of foreign investment and shareholding, through the way of businessmen's capital, the government supervised the establishment of shipping companies. But for the countrymen at that time, the shareholding system of this foreign product has never been attempted, and the government supervised the shareholding company is unheard of, Sheng Xuanhuai is definitely the first to take the risk of eating crabs. Because of this, Sheng Xuanhuai's program was firmly opposed by the conservatives.
On January 17, 1873, Shanghai Yangjingbang South Yongan Street, gongs and drums, firecrackers, Ship Merchants Bureau officially opened for business, Li Hongzhang also attended the opening ceremony. However, Sheng Xuanhuai is a bit sullen. Because the person in charge of the Ship Merchants Bureau is not him, but a person named Zhu Qiang. So, this Zhu Qiang and what is the head of it?
Zhu Qiang is Jiangsu Baoshan people (today's Shanghai Baoshan), from a family of sand boats, was a responsible for the transportation of officials, for shipping is also quite experienced. When he was organizing the shipping company, he also wrote a proposal to Li Hongzhang. Unlike Sheng Xuanhuai, Zhu Qiang proposed to create the shipping company in a purely government-run way. In order to reduce the obstruction of the stubborn, after weighing for a long time, Li Hongzhang still decided to adopt Zhu Qiang government-run program, and appointed Zhu Qiang as the person in charge.
So, since Sheng Xuanhuai was not appointed as the head of the China Merchants Shipping Company and what is his relationship? And listen to the next chapter.
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