Through the conversation with Siqin and Chunying, Tianqi probably understood some of the current situation. Since it is impossible for the imperial court to distribute goods fairly to every household through various magical powers like the gods, then the merchant has his reason for existence. The latest free chapters of the book can be found here. When the people bought goods with the money they had earned from their hard work, they first needed to trust the merchants and the goods in their hands, and this trust was based on the premise of the effective supervision of the merchants by the imperial court. Only when people trust businessmen will they not be afraid that what they eat in their mouths will cause them to have diarrhea, nor will they be afraid that what they wear on their bodies will break in two days, everything is based on the premise of trust.

For the imperial court, since the merchants were inseparable from the circulation of goods, they needed to be used and supervised, united and restrained, just like the officials in the court. If there is no effective means of restraint, both businessmen and officials will infringe on the interests of the people, but the officials of the DPRK and China use the administrative means in their hands to seize money, and the businessmen use economic means to take advantage of them. Only through effective supervision and restraint can the imperial court be able to limit their expanding ambitions and gain the trust of the people.

However, this trust is not single, the merchant needs the trust of the people, and the court also needs the trust of the merchant. The people's trust in the merchants is based on the constraints of the court on the merchants, so who should the merchants' trust in the court be based on the constraints on the court? Violent means such as arming the army and businessmen are not allowed, and the blessing of the Bodhisattva is also unreliable.

Due to the restrictions and contempt of merchants in the Ming court for two hundred years, the merchants also had great distrust of the imperial court, and there were no strong means to protect their own safety, so the merchants had only one way to hide. Hide the silver, hide the store, hide the workshop, and even some people hide their families, the purpose is to pretend to be poor◎ Isn't Wansan just accidentally exposed his wealth before being killed by Zhu Yuanzhang? The bloody facts forced the merchants to hide their strength, and later accelerated the acquisition of wealth.

It is said that there is a kind of squirrel, every autumn it is anxious to keep storing food, people later found that it stored enough food for it to eat for more than three years, but it still tirelessly looked for food, and finally people concluded that this squirrel has food lack anxiety disorder√ people are the same, afraid that they will return to the primitive state of poverty and whiteness overnight, so they keep making as much money as possible, although there is their insatiable greed, but the distrust of the court is also one of the reasons.

Thinking about this, the apocalypse decided to reassure the merchants and increase their trust in the imperial court, only when the merchants trust the imperial court, can the system of capping profits of 20% be implemented, and it will not cause people's dissatisfaction. In fact, people don't need to be so tired at all, as long as the profits can be guaranteed, the future is not a dark mess, and everyone can live a easier, simpler, and happier life.

The next morning, Tianqi asked Tan Jing to call King Xin, Ye Xianggao, Han Yi, and Liu Yixiao to the Yangxin Palace, and he wanted to personally explain the trust between the merchants and the imperial court. When Tan Jing went to pass on the people, Tianqi looked at the smoke in the incense burner on the table in a daze◎ One night, Tianqi personally saw Tan Jing put the box containing topaz on the iron net at the bottom of the tower and then asked someone to block it with bricks. Maybe this opportunity will not come for decades, but at least there is a dissipation, and many people have survived because of a certain elimination?

When King Xin and Ye Xianggao came to the Heart Cultivation Palace, Tianqi did not first ask about the redemption of the imprisoned households, but asked about the resettlement of the victims. The explosion half a month ago left many people homeless, and thousands of homes were affected to varying degrees, although they were able to live but were in danger. After discussing with Sun Chengzong, Tianqi urgently dispatched 20,000 horses from Zhao Shujiao to Beijing for disaster relief, and asked Ye Xianggao and Han Yi, the two assistant ministers, to pay special attention ♀ to half a month.

Tianqi first asked: "King Xin, what have the people of Zhao Shujiao been doing in the past half month?" Did you build houses for the people? Is there any disturbance? ”

King Shin said: "All the new houses have been repaired, and finishing touches such as cleaning up the soil are being done, and the houses with hidden dangers have also been reinforced, and the victims are moving back one after another. I haven't heard of anything disturbing the people, after all, the army should be able to rest assured, and I heard that Zhao led the army to govern the army very strictly. ”

When Tianqi heard that Zhao Shujiao had arranged for someone to repair all the houses, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, it was a house of thousands of people, how could it be repaired so quickly? Later, I thought that it might be a compact repair, and the dead don't need a house, plus Zhao Zhao's subordinates are not open, and 20,000 people can understand the reason after half a month, saying that it is good luck that God hasn't rained much in the past half a month, so the repair is fast, but this news is bad news for the surrounding farmers, because it indicates that the drought that has lasted for many years has not been alleviated for a while.

Tianqi asked Ye Xianggao and Han Yi about the current rations of the victims, and Ye Xianggao said that because the Liaodong Military Region had sufficient food, the food prepared by the imperial court for them would be allocated to help the victims, and after a while, everyone would start a new life, and everything would become the same as before.

Han Yi said one of the episodes, saying that because the victims were placed in tents in several school yards used to train the army, some men saw that other people's family members began to use words to provoke ♀ the matter, and after the internal guard eunuchs sent by Yang Gongchun knew about it, they immediately announced that the palace was ready to arrest some people among the victims and go to the palace to do errands, and those who harassed women were given priority, so everyone was honest.

Later, when it came to the big households, Tianqi first asked King Xin: "This big family who has made a mistake is willing to redeem his freedom with shares, which is within the scope of the administration of the Government Council, does King Xin think he agrees or disagrees?" ”

King Shin thought for a moment and said, "Their mistakes are not small or big, and they are willing to use shares to atone for their sins. The younger brother means that he can't just talk about things like this, he wants to make a break with all the private shares, and if he wants to take it back, he will take this opportunity to take it back together, of course, the matter is very important, and the royal brother is in charge. ”

Apocalypse asked, "Is this your personal idea or the collective meaning?" ”

King Xin said: "The government council has discussed, everyone's opinions are similar, other issues do not matter, this money bank originally belonged to the imperial court, and the capital involved in merchants is a little difficult to operate." ”

Tianqi nodded and said: "I don't mean to agree, when the court is very difficult, the palace, the civil chamber of commerce, the court officials, and the kings surnamed Zhu all took out silver to solve the urgent needs of the court, and the reason why they are like this is because they believe in the imperial court, believe that I will not cross the river and tear down ∞the bridge. ”

Liu Yixiao asked hesitantly at this time: "Does the emperor mean not only to release people unconditionally, but also to guarantee them that everyone will believe that the emperor's words count?" ”

Tianqi said: "Lord Liu is half right, I not only want them to trust me, but also let them trust each other. Only when the people trust each other will they not have so many scruples when they do things, and they will not hide and deceive each other. People must be released, but it is not good to make mistakes without being punished at all, otherwise they will feel that I am easy to deceive. Last year, Fan Youdao and Han Bu suspected that they made mistakes, and I asked them to go to all parts of the country to preach, and the big families listened to the fact that they had withdrawn from the land one after another, and the effect was very good. ”

Liu Yixian asked: "May I ask the emperor, what do they want to say?" ”

Tianqi said: "Let them go home and send people to all parts of Jiangnan to say that as long as they do not rebel and do not give up their business, the shares they bought from me will always be valid and hereditary!" ”