The next day, after Lu Jing arrived at Xinuan Pavilion, he first went to see Emperor Yuanyong, and asked for information about the imperial merchants.

Emperor Yuan Yong immediately summoned the Minister in charge of the Internal Affairs Office, King Lian Jun, and asked him to take Lu Jing to the Internal Affairs Office to learn about the current situation of the imperial merchants.

The main organs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are seven divisions and three courts, and their main responsibilities are to manage the clothing, food, housing, and transportation of the royal family, such as royal daily food, clothing, storage, etiquette, engineering, farms, animal husbandry, household servants, mountain fishing, and receiving tribute.

The imperial merchants are under the jurisdiction of the Guangchu Division, which is in charge of the treasury of the Internal Affairs Office, and the six warehouses of silver, leather, porcelain, satin, clothing, and tea are in charge of the imperial merchants, and the imperial merchants purchase a thing that should be used by the imperial court.

King Lianjun is the third son of Prince Hexiao, Prince Hexiao is the sixth brother of Emperor Yankang, died in the 30th year of Yankang, during the reign of Emperor Yankang, King Lianjun was the minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and his behavior was extremely low-key, and he rarely interacted with people.

King Lianjun did not ask Lu Jing what was the matter of checking the information of the imperial merchants, and after taking Lu Jing to the Internal Affairs Office, he handed him over to Huang Yongzhong, the assistant minister of the Internal Affairs Office, and left in a hurry.

After Huang Yongzhong learned of Lu Jing's intention, he handed over the imperial merchant file hanging in the name of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to Lu Jing, and arranged for Yang Shi, the director of the Guangchu Division, and Fan Xu, a member of the Accounting Department, to assist Lu Jing.

Lu Jing didn't expect that on the second day after entering the Xinuan Pavilion, before he officially performed his duties, he would go to the Internal Affairs Office every day to read the information.

Most of the imperial businessmen who are named in the Ministry of Internal Affairs today are businessmen who funded Taizu when he raised the army, and there are also a very small number of businessmen who are included in the name of the Ministry of Internal Affairs due to the emperor's favor, among which the Xue family and the Xia family mentioned in the book are impressively listed.

Lu Jing spent seven days handing over the plan for selecting imperial merchants to Emperor Yuanyong.

After Emperor Yuanyong saw Lu Jing's strategy, he was extremely satisfied, and only slightly modified a few places, so he asked the Internal Affairs Office to implement the plan written by Lu Jing, and asked the General Administration Department to assist from the side.

The person sent by the General Administration Department was Lu Jing's old acquaintance, and Chen Ke, who had been to Zhejiang with Lu Jing.

After Lu Jing, together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Department of General Affairs, perfected the details, he officially issued the official document of the imperial court's re-selection of the imperial merchants, and distributed the sample registration form for the candidacy.

The scope of the selection of imperial businessmen includes two capitals and 15 provinces, and all registered imperial businessmen only need to fill out the registration form and submit it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs before July 15 to participate in the imperial businessmen selection conference.

If a businessman who registers for the first time has a letter of recommendation from the provincial governor's yamen or the chief political secretary, he does not need to pay the registration fee, and can directly bring the registration form to Beijing to participate in the election.

If you have a letter of recommendation from the state government, you need to pay an application fee of 100 taels, if you have a letter of recommendation from the county government, you need to pay an application fee of 500 taels, and if you do not have a letter of recommendation, you only need to pay 1,000 taels of application fee to participate.

Once selected, not only can they be named in the internal court, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs will also issue the Imperial Merchant Credit License to affirm them, and the recommender can also be rewarded by the imperial court.

At the end of the official document, it was stated that every five years in the future, the imperial merchants would be re-selected, and if the businessmen who participated in the election for the first time were unsuccessful, the registration fee would be halved in the next selection.

And announced the detailed selection criteria, with the reputation of the business first, the strength second, the deadline for registration is the first day of the first day of July.

As soon as this matter was announced, it immediately caused a sensation in Beijing, and gradually spread to the whole country as time passed.

After hearing the news, businessmen from all over the country immediately asked the yamen to inquire, and after confirming that this matter was true, they were all a little moved, if they became imperial merchants, not to mention that they had the internal affairs government as a backer, they would rely on the signboards of imperial merchants, their status would improve a lot, their business would be easier to do, and there would be many invisible benefits.

So they took action one after another, while asking for gifts from relationships, wanting to get a higher level of recommendation; While beckoning his family to pack up their luggage and prepare to go to Beijing to run for the election.

When the businessmen in Beijing heard the news, they were all in the market for a time, regardless of their official positions, and there was an endless stream of people visiting them, all of whom wanted to find out some inside information in advance.

Some powerful businessmen even found out about Lu Jing's key role in it, and hit Lu Jing with their ideas, secretly visiting others without telling them.

Lu Jing had expected this situation, but he didn't expect it to be so soon, so he immediately ordered Lu Bei and the others to close the door and thank the guests, and not to meet those who came to visit, and not to accept the gifts they sent.

It's just that seeing that there are more and more people visiting, Lu Jing faintly felt that something was wrong, so he sent someone to inquire about the news, and found that someone secretly spread that he was the advocate of this matter.

Lu Jing was secretly vigilant about this, and after many analyses, he came up with two more reliable speculations, either the emperor intended to test himself with this matter, or someone wanted to attract the hatred of the imperial merchants to himself, after all, the most affected by the re-selection of the imperial merchants were those with vested interests.

On the one hand, Lu Jing remained vigilant, and on the other hand, he was busy with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Department of General Affairs for the next imperial businessmen selection meeting, during which he also discussed with Feng Yanji the specific work of the issuance of treasury bonds, and suggested that the household department invite the treasurers of the money bank ticket numbers to Beijing and talk to them about the acquisition of some shares.

After all, the selection of imperial businessmen is just foreplay, and the ultimate goal is to issue treasury bonds, and at the same time, Lu Jing plans to take advantage of the gathering of businessmen in the capital this time to add the issuance of treasury bonds to the assessment of imperial merchants.

Aunt Xue of Rongguo Mansion, Aunt Xue glared at her son Xue Pan with hatred, and then looked at her daughter Xue Baochai with an anxious expression.

Xue Baochai looked at the registration form copied back by his family, and there were more than 50 items to fill in densely packed on it, and he was also difficult for a while.

Not to mention the main scope of the family business asked above, the business management model, the introduction of the main assistant characteristics, and the management experience of the person in charge of the business, that is, please explain the most successful business you think you have done.

Especially the profits in the last three years, which made her even more difficult, the Xue family's business has been losing money in the past few years, and they have been filling in the silver, how can there be any profit at all.

Aunt Xue saw that her daughter was in trouble, and complained with a somewhat irritated expression: "Okay, why would the imperial court suddenly want to re-elect the imperial merchant and fill in these messy things?" ”

"I heard that it was made by a person named Lu Jing, and this Lao Zishi was also made by him." Xue Pan stood aside, said angrily, grabbed the stack of registration forms and threw them to the ground, these days he was dizzy and upset by the content on it.

As soon as Aunt Xue heard that it had nothing to do with the emperor, and heard that Lu Jing was the culprit, she immediately scolded: "This immoral thing that has suffered a thousand knives, the net dog is nosy with rats, and our imperial businessman is doing a good job, and what is in his way is hindering." ”

"That's it, bastard, when I get free one day, I have to find someone to teach him a lesson!" Xue Pan said angrily.

Xue Baochai hurriedly stopped Aunt Xue and Xue Pan's cursing, looked at the registration form and said thoughtfully: "Everything on this registration form is listed in such detail, it would be a good thing if it was filled in, our family's business has been a little chaotic in the past few years, just compare the questions raised above, and sort it out!" ”

"There are many people running for election this time, I'm afraid some of them are no less than us, we must not take it lightly!"

Aunt Xue saw that her daughter was a little worried, and hurriedly comforted: "Daughter, don't worry, our family has your uncle and aunt to support us, and we are also old friends with the Internal Affairs Office, so I don't dare to exclude our family if I forgive that Lu Jing." ”

Xue Baochai didn't argue, just looking at the details listed above, he knew how serious the Internal Affairs Office was, I am afraid that the Xue family is really bad this time.

"It's really not good, I'll go to your aunt and ask her to go to the palace to beg the concubine!" Aunt Xue thought for a while and said.

"Don't, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, even if you are looking for a concubine, I'm afraid it's useless!" Xue Baochai hurriedly dissuaded his mother.

"Why is it so troublesome, since that Lu Jing is the in-law of the Jia family, just let the uncle-in-law say no!" Xue Pan said indifferently on the side, since they are all relatives, just say hello directly and take care of each other.

When Xue Baochai heard this, his heart was even more worried, how could the Lu family listen to the orders of the Jia family, he only felt that his brother's mind was too straightforward, and his thinking was too simple.

"If you don't know one, let's go to the Lu family and talk to Lin Yatou in person!" Aunt Xue continued to suggest.

"We don't have much friendship with the Lu family, so forget it!" Xue Baochai shook his head and said, her family knows her own affairs, and now the Xue family's business is not as good as before, this time almost all businessmen from all over the country will participate in the selection, there will definitely be many people with deep backgrounds, the Xue family is not superior in all aspects, and it is estimated that the situation is not very optimistic, but she doesn't want to ask Daiyu, bow to Daiyu, and don't want Daiyu to know her family's predicament.

At this moment, she couldn't help but compare Lu Jing and Jia Baoyu, feeling that Jia Baoyu put aside her family background, there was really nothing commendable, and when she thought of Jia Baoyu and Jin Chu'er, she became more and more disappointed in Jia Baoyu, and even faintly resisted her marriage with Jia Baoyu.

It's just that fate can't help me, marriage can't help me, and I sighed silently in my heart: "Everything is fate, and it's not up to anyone at all." ”

"I can't write anyway, I have a headache when I look at these questions!" Xue Pan looked irritable and said, in order to write this, he hadn't been happy for several days, and he had been holding back a little uncomfortable.

Then he glanced at his mother's expression, and begged Xue Baochai to say, "Since my sister is fine, I will simply leave it to you to write!" ”

"There are some things that still need my brother to come forward!" Xue Baochai shook her head and said, there are some questions she can answer, but some must be carefully asked by those shopkeepers before she can get answers.

As soon as Xue Pan wanted to refuse, Aunt Xue immediately scolded Xue Pan for not being angry, and Baochai was busy persuading her.

In the end, the three of them discussed for a long time, and finally Xue Baochai persuaded the two that no matter who they were looking for, it was only right to fill in the registration form first.

So they forced Xue Pan to understand the true situation of the family business, and then they filled it in according to the information.