Chapter 58 New Commercial Law

In order to avoid Fu Nian from having many troubles, Li Jun still didn't let him go, but took all the articles on the crusade against Lu Ru from all the schools of thought during this time, including Confucianism, Fu Nian trembled angrily, and scolded: "Dong Zhong and Xia Houen, the two juniors, when the old man goes out, they will definitely wait with you endlessly." ”

"Hmph, if Mr. Fu still has this attitude now, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get out." He Jun snorted coldly.

"Haha, what is the commander, the old man understands His Majesty's intentions, since His Majesty doesn't want to kill the old man now, then it proves that the old man is still useful, and when the old man repents, His Majesty will definitely worship the old man as Dr. Gantang, and what about you? Commander He, you are just a dog of Your Majesty, if you are killed, Your Majesty will only leave a few tears afterwards. Fu Nian laughed and sarcastically.

He Jun was annoyed and said angrily: "Fu Nian, you are looking for death." ”

"You don't dare to kill the old man." Fu Nian said lightly.

He Jun sneered: "Old horseman, what you said is very right, I don't dare to kill you, but Your Majesty also has an explanation, if you still don't repent after three days, Your Majesty will fulfill your promise and let you stay in Jinyiwei for the rest of your life to study, old horseman, think about it, three days later, this official will come again." ”

After He Jun left, Fu Nian laughed at himself: "Your Majesty is really understanding, and you have left three days for the old man, haha, three days is enough, Dong Zhong and Xia Houen, you just wait for the old man's revenge." ”

Li Jun is really reluctant to kill Fu Nian, Lu Ru has many disadvantages, but there is an advantage that many sects cannot match, that is, there is no class.

In the future, the Northern Jin people, the Northern Liao people, the Southern Chu people, and even the Goryeo people all need Lu Ru's teachings, so as long as Fu Nian is willing to change, Li Jun will allow a new Lu Ru to reappear in the world.

Fu Nian still did not disappoint Li Jun, Fu Nian agreed to Li Jun's conditions, three days, Fu Nian's hair was all white, when Li Jun saw Fu Nian was startled, Fu Nian thanked Li Jun, accepted Li Jun's reward, and then was picked up by his disciples.

After another three days, when the white-haired Fu Nian appeared on the street, all the sons and hundreds of schools suddenly became dumbfounded, Fu Nian is now in a state of not liking things and not being sad about himself, he has already entered the Tao, this kind of Fu Nian has truly become the master of all factions, and only Yang Xiong can compete with him in this world.

After Dong Zhong got the news, he sighed helplessly and said: "Alas, this time we and the hundred schools of thought have entered the trap of Your Majesty, Your Majesty does not want to really exterminate a school, but is telling the hundred schools of thought that you must follow in his footsteps, and whoever falls behind, Your Majesty will clean up whoever is left behind." ”

And Xia Houen shouted heroically: "If you want to fight, I will fight, Xia Houen is not weaker than others in his life......"

The vigorous Ruru incident came to an end, and the three schools of Confucianism did not turn the world upside down as outsiders imagined, but a peaceful scene.

Until insiders broke out, on the night of Fu Nian's street, Dong Zhong and Xia Houen came to Fu Nian's mansion together, and the two asked Fu Nian to become the head of Confucianism again, but Fu Nian refused, Fu Nian made an unimaginable decision, that is, to lead all Lu Confucian disciples to leave the Central Plains and go to the south to preach.

Li Jun admired Fu Nian's approach very much, not only named Fu Nian as Dr. Gan Tang, but also personally inscribed the ten big characters of "It is better to read ten thousand books than to travel ten thousand miles", and also promised that as long as Fu Nian can educate the southern Minyue and other ethnic minorities, he will be crowned after returning to Chang'an to record his achievements.

Lu Ru's matter has come to an end, the capital has calmed down a lot, and people with a heart now have a certain understanding of Li Jun's temper, that is, don't go against the emperor, and follow the emperor's footsteps, which is a wise move.

And Li Jun's cronies naturally rose with the tide, such as Zhang Zhi, Zhang Zhi was just a prisoner before, because he was appreciated by His Majesty today, and now he has become a Shangshu Ling who always accompanies His Majesty, and there will naturally be a lot of people who stammer.

On this day, Zhang Zhi contracted the entire Yuchun Building, and then one by one the merchant giants came as promised, Li Jun has not forgotten the business thing, although in the feudal era, heavy agriculture and suppression of business is the main theme, but it is undeniable that the merchant has an irreplaceable role in the financial revenue and circulation of goods in the whole country.

So after the victory in Yuyang, Li Jun asked Zhang Zhi to restart the business conference, this time Li Jun is not a temptation, the last time he sent Lu Hang to test it in Hedong County, Li Jun felt that the effect was very bad, so this time it directly became a reform of business, this time the purpose of letting Zhang Zhi hold a business conference is to finally give those big businessmen a chance, either die or admit.

These business giants don't look at the usual arrogance and willfulness, but when they came to Yuchun Tower today, they didn't dare to breathe, even if they were rich and rivaled the country, what if they were rich, a holy decree of His Majesty today, all your family property will be confiscated, this is the living state of the businessmen in the present world.

When everyone was almost here, Zhang Zhi appeared in front of everyone with a smile, and everyone hurriedly got up and bowed: "See Master Zhang for the grass people." ”

Zhang Zhi said with a smile: "You are all the heroes of one party, don't be so polite, this time Zhang was ordered by His Majesty to discuss the matter of the new commercial law with you, please follow the principle of fairness and justice, just know everything." ”

Everyone immediately complimented: "Your Majesty is wise. But he scolded secretly in his heart: "Is this posture a matter of discussion, I didn't see that the two merchants who were late just now were directly slipped away by the people of Jinyiwei." ”

After the politeness was over, Zhang Zhi pointed to Gong Qing next to him and introduced: "Everyone, this is Master Gong Qing, Master Gong Qing is still a proud disciple of Mr. Lu Hang, Your Majesty also loves him very much, now Lord Gong will give you a brief explanation of the content of the new commercial law, after everyone listens, if you have any opinions, please mention it, and this official will tell Your Majesty truthfully." ”

"Then there's Lord Lao Gong." Everyone hurriedly said.

Gong Qing stood up with a smile and said: "In Xia Gong Qing, now let me introduce the new commercial law, there are three main changes to the new commercial law, one of which is to divide the goods into two categories according to the different goods sold, the first category is related to people's livelihood, mainly salt and iron, grain, cloth and other things, the other is luxury goods, mainly gold and jade and other things, these two commodities are subject to different commercial taxes and various policies. ”

"Master Gong, I don't know what the difference is?" A chubby businessman asked cautiously.

Gong Qing smiled and asked, "I don't know your surname for this gentleman?" ”

"My lord, my surname is Hu, and I am from Hongnong County."

"Mr. Hu's sentence is to the point, the new commercial law stipulates that all livelihood goods are taxed at one out of seven, which is lower than the previous one out of five, as for the luxury category, it is higher, it is one out of three, and here is a special point, Qinglou gambling hall and slave trade also belong to the category of luxury."

The three-to-one tax sounds very scary, but the people who buy and sell luxury goods and the like, which one is an ordinary person, at this time, a big man asked angrily: "Under the surname Lin, Liangzhou people, Lin's caravan is all going to the Western Regions, usually mainly engaged in jade business, three to take one This tax Lin is still acceptable, but one thing is that from Liangzhou to Chang'an, you need to go through three checkpoints, each checkpoint has to charge a fee, before five take one of us can barely make a living, now if we collect three more taxes, we will lose to death." ”

"Haha, Mr. Lin is refreshing, don't worry, take one of the three to collect a tax, Your Majesty has given an order to Tingwei and Dali Temple, from now on, the commercial law will also be included in the "Tang Law", if the local government dares to collect taxes indiscriminately, you can go directly to Tingwei or Dali Temple to sue." Zhang Zhi said with a laugh.

"Thank you, Lord Zhang, for your doubts, since this is the case, Lin Mou, who takes one of the three, agreed."

Gong Qing nodded and said, "Do you still have any questions?" If not, then let's talk about the second point. ”

"Lord Gong, please speak."

"The second point is that the commodities of the people's livelihood have a protective price, that is, the local government sets a maximum price and a minimum price according to its own local nature, and the price of the goods sold must be within this range. Gong Qing continued.

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but shudder, if everyone dared not take the emperor's words seriously, but after the victory in Yuyang, the emperor told everyone with an iron fist: Disobedient children will be beaten, King Chu, Li Yao, and Lu Ru are proof.

The crowd immediately knelt down and said, "The grass people obey." ”

Zhang Zhi is very satisfied with the performance of these people, in fact, the main core of this new commercial law is this second point, such as the grain bar, many black-hearted businessmen have raised prices during the catastrophe, forcing the people to sell their sons and daughters, and in the harvest year, the merchants will deliberately lower the price of grain, and then there will be a "grain cheapness hurts the people", which is another disaster for the people.

Zhang Zhi smiled and said, "Okay, everyone, please get up, your intentions will be told to Your Majesty." ”

"Thank you, sir."

Zhang Zhi gestured to Gong Qing, Gong Qing coughed and continued: "Everyone, if there is no objection, then I will talk about this third article below." ”

"Lord Gong, please speak." The crowd immediately spoke.

"The third is that His Majesty is going to use salt and iron to trade with the Northern Jin and Northern Liao people, so from today onwards, all salt pans and iron mines will be nationalized, and in the future, everyone can directly pick up goods from the government for sale, and it is forbidden to make iron and salt without permission, and everyone can rest assured that the imperial court will buy the mines and salt fields in everyone's hands at an average price, and it will not let everyone suffer."

As soon as this remark came out, it shocked the four, especially the merchants in Shuzhong and the merchants in Jiangnan, this salt and iron is the lifeblood of these two families, and now they are nationalized, which is picking up their roots.

Zhang Zhi stopped everyone's discussion and said with a smile: "Everyone, please listen to me and add one thing, Your Majesty once talked with this official with a smile: as long as you are willing to give up the salt fields and iron mines, Your Majesty allows the daughters of these families to participate in the harem draft." ”

Hearing this, everyone immediately had no objections, and immediately arched their hands and said, "Lord Zhang, the grass people and others agree." ”

Even if this business is rich, it is not as good as the emperor's relatives, although this hope is relatively slim, but there is a 1 in 10,000 hope, everyone will gamble once, in case the bet is right, it will be an unprecedented big profit......