On the side, Wu Bochang heard the question and answer of the second daughter, and stroked his beard with a smile: "Not really, in addition to power and power, there is also respect." The ability to fight for children to turn the tide and recover the land of the Thirteen Prefectures, the prestige among the people is the real reason why the people dare not look at you. ”

Qian Jinxuan's face flushed slightly.

He bowed to Wu Bochang and said, "Thank you for your advice." ”

At this time, a messenger scout rushed to the scene and shouted, "Here we are...... Here it is, the prince's army is back! ”

Gongs and drums, suona, and cheers rose together.

Compared with Ying Tianfu's entry into the city, this time, Wu Zheng is the protagonist.

With a bright smile on the face of every soldier, is there anything more proud than a family member who comes to welcome him to victory?

Countless firecrackers and fireworks burst into the city as the army marched into the city.

Is there anything more exciting for the soldiers than going home?

At the moment when Wu Zheng greeted his father, sister, and wife, he gave an order, "Disband on the spot!" ”

"Oh......."

It's a sea of joy.

……。

On the way back to the General's Palace.

Wu Zheng noticed a small group of people following from a distance behind the group.

"Who are they?"

Mo Zhinian replied: "Back to the prince, he is a member of the Chamber of Commerce." ”

"Something is wrong with them?"

Mo Zhinian hesitated for a moment, briefly said the matter, and then asked for sin: "The old man was also forced to do so, so he adopted Qing'er's suggestion, violated the rules set by the prince, and asked the prince to punish him." ”

Wu Zheng thought for a while and said, "This is very appropriate. I set this rule just to prevent the people from being unable to afford rice and not have enough to eat, but now the people's salaries are rising day by day, and the price of rice has risen slightly, which is also reasonable. Where is the word punishment? ”

"Thank you for your compassion."

Wu Zheng thought for a while and said, "Since you have seen it, then let them enter the mansion and wait, and I will deal with this matter." In addition, I prepared two tables of wine and food, and I invited them to eat wine...... Be with you. ”

"It's ......." Don't be obsessed with a little hesitation.

Zhang Guowei said on the side: "It's just some businessmen, if the prince has a plan and an edict, he will be conveyed by Mo Lao." ”

At this time, the status of businessmen was still very low.

Although it shows that most of the merchants in Jiangnan colluded with the Donglin Party at the end of the year, so that taxes were lost and the government withered.

But the leading party of this collusion is the Donglin Party, which means that the Donglin Party is using the businessmen to make money, not the businessmen who really have the right to speak.

Merchants are nothing but tools for the Donglin Party to make money, just like a stinky night pot, take it when you use it, and discard it if you don't use it.

For example, during the Jiajing period, at the east gate of Ningbo City (the most prosperous market), there was a leather merchant surnamed Wang, who "accumulated tens of millions of gold", and knew the books and gifts, and respected Fengfang (Ningbo Furen, Jiajing Jinshi in the second year), and often gave some gifts to Fengfang, but never said anything in return.

Feng Fang was puzzled and asked the scholar, who told him, "I probably want to get your inscription." ”

Fengfang wrote the word "Yanpo" and sent it to the leather merchant surnamed Wang.

This word made a scholar at that time see it, and said, "Isn't this the skin of the king of the East Gate"?

When the merchant surnamed Wang found out, he was very happy and said, "I am in this city, like a lice, you give me the east gate, this is not too big." Besides, what's wrong with the skin, I'm storing the sheepskin, waiting for a celebrity like Baili Xi to appear. ”

At the moment, a generous gift was also prepared to visit Fengfang.

It can be seen from this that although the merchant surnamed Wang has a huge fortune of tens of millions, he can face the humility of the scholars. Fengfang wrote the word "Lang Po" as a gift, which was originally meant to be ridiculed, but it was unintentionally interpreted by the clever leather merchant surnamed Wang as a way to elevate himself.

Of course, this also reflects that businessmen are people at the bottom of society and have the desire to seek high.

Whether it is Mo Zhinian or Zhang Guowei's meaning, that is, Wu Zheng's identity, it can't give these businessmen too much face.

Wu Zheng smiled and said, "I still have something to do, I have to rely on them, do what I say." ”

Listening to Wu Zheng's insistence, Mo Zhi didn't persuade him, and responded: "Yes." ”

……。

Hearing that the prince was going to invite them to a banquet, this group of merchants retreated, and they were both happy and surprised.

Why?

They're afraid.

There are Taoist people who "have no treachery and no business", especially the ancient businessmen, who really do big, which one is not behind the scenes?

In the primitive accumulation of capital, hoarding, waiting for the price to sell, driving up prices, and cheating are still the most common.

It is not uncommon to collude with bandits, kill people and exfiltrate goods, and even collude with foreign enemies to make a fortune.

Coupled with his low social status, he has no ability to protect himself at all, so he can only protect himself by clinging to the powerful.

Therefore, what businessmen want to get close to is the government, and what they are most afraid of is the government.

They don't know when the sword will fall on their heads.

Shen Wansan is rich and rich enough, and his family is ruined overnight.

A slightly chubby businessman muttered: "Actually, it's not a big deal, even if there is a deficit of more than 100,000 taels per month, according to the financial resources of you and me, it is not impossible to support it...... Fortunately, the prince has no exceptions to miscellaneous taxes and assessments, and the right is to honor the prince. Let's not go, okay? ”

A fatter businessman on the side said: "Chen Yuanwai said that the people of the capital do not fight with the officials. What's more, the matter of food prices, it is the people who benefit, and there are people who support it, and we can't fight the government. That is, now that there is a chamber of commerce, we can complain to Mo Laofa, and if we want to change to before, we will knock out our teeth and swallow it in our stomachs...... Who called us profiteers who didn't love our grandmother and uncle. Forget it? ”

More than a dozen businessmen on the side responded one after another.

At this time, Xi Benzhen, who was the leader, said: "You are right, but since the prince has spoken, we can't push it off." If there is a way, it is safe, and it is only serious to go to the banquet first. ”

These words made the group of merchants nod their heads, although they were afraid, but it was also a temptation, at least they went to this feast, and when they went home, they had to blow the cowhide of the old nose.

How honorable it must be to be at the same table with a dignified prince?

……。

Wu Zheng, who was dressed in the black five-clawed dragon king suit, sat on the main seat.

The officials of the General's Mansion around him accompanied him.

This formation, this momentum, made this group of businessmen all silent.

How can you still have the courage to speak?

Wu Zheng smiled and swept everyone's faces.

"Is this king so terrible that you don't dare to move outside the staff?"

Yuanwailang, in the Tang Dynasty, was a close attendant of the sixth grade, an assistant under Langzhong, and in the Ming Dynasty, he was promoted to a five-rank prefect, equivalent to a Sanzhou prefect.

But since the end of the Ming Dynasty, with the reform of the official system, it has become an idle position, which has gradually nothing to do with the imperial examination, and then with the emptiness of the treasury and the sale of official beards, it has gradually been associated with wealth.

Because of this, the official outside the staff became the name of the late Ming Dynasty and the bad street for a while.

And which of these businessmen does not have the financial resources to buy a foreigner?

However, at this time, the outside is just a polite title, and it has nothing to do with the official name.