187 1 year, Yataro bought the Chamber of Commerce and renamed it "Mitsubishi Chamber of Commerce" to engage in shipping. Under his leadership, Mitsubishi has 6 1 steamboat in 1877, accounting for 73% of the total tonnage of Japanese steamboats, and has become the overlord at sea. 1On February 7th, 885, Iwasaki Yataro died of illness, and his younger brother Yanosuke Iwasaki inherited the family business. With his efforts, Mitsubishi has changed from a "maritime kingdom" to a "land kingdom". After a hundred years' development, by 1970, the total assets of 44 companies of Mitsubishi Monopoly Group have accounted for one tenth of the total assets of all enterprises in Japan, and they are called "the strongest and largest enterprise corps" in Japan.
Masataro's mother, Mirren, is the daughter of a village doctor. She is generous, kind and hardworking. She devoted a lot of efforts to the growth of Xiao Yatai Lang. First of all, she sent Xiao Yatai Lang to her mother's house and let him learn to read and write with her grandmother. Later, she discussed with her husband to let Yataro Jr learn from the most famous private school teacher in the area. 1848, Yataro Jr. was sent to the home of his uncle Okamoto Ningpu. Okamoto Ningpu started a private school in his hometown, and Yataro became his disciple. After a period of contact, Okamoto gradually realized that although Yataro was naughty, he was a promising child. He is eager for knowledge and has a gift for poetry. So Okamoto once wanted to accept Yataro as his adopted son, but Yataro's parents didn't agree. At that time, Gong Ao Zaozhai, a former student of Okamoto Ningpu, also became Yataro's teacher.
1854, Okamoto died of illness. Gong Ao found it difficult to develop in his isolated hometown and prepared to go to Edo to find a new life. Yataro was very excited when he heard that Mr. Gong Ao had gone to Edo. For Yataro, who has been growing up at the wellhead, Edo is as far away as the stars in the sky. However, Yataro's heart is full of uncontrollable desires. He visited Gong Ao in Bouchta Village, three miles away, and begged him to take himself to study in Edo. Mr. Gong Ao couldn't beat him. Considering that he was a favorite pupil of his former teacher, Okamoto Ningpu, he agreed to Yataro's request. After Yataro came to Edo with his teacher, he learned a lot from Genzhai, a famous teacher of "Chang Ping Tang" in Edo.
1855101On 2 October, a major earthquake occurred in Edo. The "Changpingtang" student office rushed to take refuge. Only Yataro, regardless of the danger, insisted on taking care of a sick relative of Teacher Genzhai near the school. Teacher Genzhai is therefore very grateful to him and thinks that he is a very affectionate young man. At this time, Yataro got the news that his father Jiro was framed. He failed to save his father, and he was also imprisoned. As a result, he stayed in prison for nearly a year and was released in the first month of 1857. After Masataro was released from prison, his surname (only gentry had surnames at that time) and his knife were deprived, and he was also punished for restricting activities. Yataro was forced to live in seclusion. At this time, he deeply realized the social injustice, and his desire to change the dark reality was even stronger. He settled down to read many books, gained rich knowledge and improved his spiritual realm.
1864, blocking the river is farmland. That year, his grain and cotton were harvested. Since then, hundreds of acres of farmland along the river have brought rich income to Yataro, and even brought good luck to his career: Yataro was appointed as a junior official of Kochi City Institute for his achievements. Later, due to political changes, Goto Seijiro took control of Kochi's regime.
1866, Goto founded Kaichengguan, as a direct commercial pavilion in San Francisco, and Yataro was appointed as a junior official of Kaichengguan Huo Zhi Bureau. The business of opening a museum is to sell products (paper, camphor, sugar, tea, firewood and fish, etc.). ) to other Francisco. The proceeds were used as Francisco's funds to buy weapons. However, the opening of the museum was not well received. Some people jokingly call it the "Museum of Fools" and engage in the "puppet business". Indeed, government-run institutions are always delayed, inefficient and expensive. Yataro really couldn't stand this atmosphere and resigned in March 1866.
1865, Yataro's eldest son, Kumiya Iwasaki, was born. The whole family is very happy with the increase in family population. Shortly after Yataro resigned, the Tosa Chamber of Commerce, a branch of Kaicheng Library, had a dispute with foreign chambers of commerce. Goto handled it improperly and was heavily in debt. As a result, not only the "opening" of the museum closed down, but even Tosa's finances were in jeopardy. Goto began to look for someone who could clean up his mess. Everyone agrees that no one can do it except Iwasaki Yataro. Since then, Yataro has been valued by Goto again. Soon, Goto appointed Yataro as the head of Nagasaki Tosa Chamber of Commerce.
At the end of 1867, Iwasaki Yataro was promoted to faithfulness because of his outstanding work performance. In the second year, the domestic situation in Japan changed greatly. At that time, Kubo Junichi, who advocated reform, led the curtain call movement. In the battle of Fujian's birds and feathers, Tokugawa completely collapsed. During the war, a fire broke out in Nagasaki, and the Sasaki Chamber of Commerce in Nagasaki was burned down. 1September 8, 868, the new government was renamed Meiji, which was known as Meiji Restoration Government in history. At this time, Goto has been promoted to senator of the new government. 1869 1, Yataro was transferred from Nagasaki to Osaka Chamber of Commerce in Tosa due to the closure of Nagasaki Chamber of Commerce, and was appointed as the opening agent in July.
1870, tosa decided to reduce the number of "big dealer chambers of commerce" because of financial difficulties. It was also in this year that the Meiji Restoration government decided to abolish private enterprises on a large scale because it believed that private enterprises would be oppressed by private enterprises. Yataro came to Tokyo in September this year and held discussions with Goto and others. At the end of September, it was decided that the "Big Dealer Chamber of Commerce" would leave San Francisco and continue to operate in the name of "Tosa Kaicheng Trading Company". However, when the new Chamber of Commerce officially opened, the firm was not called "Tosa Kaicheng Trading Company", but called "Ninety-nine Chamber of Commerce", which was named after the ninety-nine Bay of Tosa. Although Yataro apparently didn't attend the 99th Chamber of Commerce, he was actually in charge. Obtained the right to use three ships, namely Hongye, Xiyan and Crane, in the Chamber of Commerce, and began to operate the maritime transportation industry of Osaka-Tokyo-Kobe-Kochi.
187 1 July, the Meiji government decided to abolish the vassal and set up a county, and Tosa vassal became Kochi Prefecture. The county authorities advised Masataro to turn the "Ninety-nine Chamber of Commerce" into a personal undertaking, and Masataro agreed. He bought two boats, Xiyan and Crane, with 42,000 silver. The ship's logo, like today's Mitsubishi logo, is a combination of the logo of Sambo Leaf and Iwasaki's third-order diamond.
1872 10 month, "99 Chamber of Commerce" was changed to "Sanchuan Chamber of Commerce"; 1in March, 873, Yataro changed the name of "Sanchuan Chamber of Commerce" to "Mitsubishi Chamber of Commerce", officially indicating to all circles that Mitsubishi Chamber of Commerce is his personal enterprise. Mitsubishi Chamber of Commerce owns the property of the Chamber of Commerce originally belonging to Francisco and six steamboats. There are two tugboats, 1 storage boat, sailing boat and pedal boat. Yataro has served in officialdom for a long time. Although he didn't achieve much, he didn't achieve anything. Looking back, Yataro was deeply moved. He is determined to take off his official clothes and join the shipping industry.