Tianqi heard Liu Yixiao say that he wanted to reduce the income of the rich people, shook his head and said: "I just want to control the gap within a certain range, not to reduce the gap, let alone reduce the income of the rich people. Everyone has the self-motivation to constantly pursue wealth and official positions, and if this self-motivation is not constrained and constantly expands, or even at the cost of exploiting the interests of others, it is bad intentions and ambitions. If he deliberately wants to obtain wealth and official position by depriving others of their right to live, then this person is not worthy of living in the world, and he deserves to die! ”

Liu Yixiao said: "The kind of people the emperor said are only a minority, most people still have the heart of worrying about the country and the people, even if a few people are confused for a while, the emperor can also send people to educate and enlighten them." ”

Tianqi smiled and said, "It's too difficult to change a person, I don't have time or interest in pondering people's hearts." As far as the price fluctuation limit of silver and grain is concerned, they have no opinion on thinking that it is profitable to be 20 percent, but it is necessary to add that when the rich households with more than 500 mu of land are taxed, the price of silver is high, and the price of silver is high, and the price of silver and grain is high; For those whose land is less than 50 acres, the tax is low or high. ”

Liu Yixiao asked in surprise: "Why is this?" ”

Apocalypse said: "There are two reasons, one is that the wind and waves are set off by the big households, and the big ones have to accept the consequences; The second is that the big families are rich, I am the Son of Heaven, and all the people in the world are my people, and I should treat them equally, and the rich son should not give his parents more filial piety than the poor son? ”

Liu Yixiao smiled bitterly: "No one's money comes out of thin air, and it is not a good thing that the rich will gradually become poor in the long run." ”

Tianqi said: "The rich people want to get rich, I welcome them and will not make them poor, and I think the idea of regular and fixed sharing of cooperative funds they put forward is very good, and allow them to invest in and cooperate in mining and running workshops to make a living, but there is a limit, that is, the profit of the money they invest in is capped at no more than 20% a year." ”

Liu Yixiao asked: "The purpose of their investment in cooperation funds is to make more money, and there are three points of interest for pure lending, is it too low to limit it to two percent?" ”

Tianqi felt very helpless at this time, and felt that it was difficult to explain the truth, what "capital came to the world, and every pore from head to toe was dripping with blood and filth" and other words, even if they were said, everyone would not be able to understand it, and besides, the person who said this would not be born until two hundred years later. After thinking about it, he said: "The central bank will immediately standardize the loan interest and prohibit private private lending, and the annual interest of the loan of all money banks in the country will be limited to less than one cent in the future, so that the 20% income of the cooperative fund will be very high." ”

Seeing that Liu Yixiao was still thinking, Tianqi said: "You tell them like this, it's okay for you to limit the price fluctuation of silver and grain to 20%, but in this way, first of all, their interests will be damaged, and let them watch how to do it; The maximum amount of money earned by cooperation funds is also very high, so don't be greedy. Everyone in the world is my people, and I want to treat them equally, so that when they find a way to make money, they will first see if they have hurt the right of others to live. In short, if anyone cuts off someone else's way of life, I will cut off his way of life first. ”

After Liu Yixiao said goodbye, he first went to the Government Affairs Yuan, and saw that Ye Xianggao, Han Yi, Zhu Yanxi and others were the only ones who could not see King Xin, so he asked, "Where is King Xin?" ”

Ye Xianggao smiled and said, "King Xin listened to the master's lecture, did Lord Liu just be reprimanded by the emperor?" ”

Liu Yixiao said: "If the emperor reprimands the lower officials, it's nothing, but I feel very confused by the emperor's big truth." ”

Han Yi and Zhu Yanxi laughed when they heard this, and Liu Yixiao asked unhappily: "Are the two adults laughing at the officials?" ”

Han Yi said: "Don't dare, I am laughing at Lord Liu, like us, who was washed by the emperor at the beginning." ”

Liu Yixiao was surprised: "Oh, can you tell me about it?" ”

Ye Xianggao said at this time: "What is there to say about old things? Master Liu, if there is any confusion, let's listen to it, maybe I can help you solve your confusion below. ”

Hearing Ye Xianggao say this, Liu Yixiao told the conversation with the apocalypse that he had started, Ye Xianggao nodded and said: "The emperor's purpose is very simple, that is, to allow the rich to continue to acquire property, but prohibit the rich from acquiring wealth at the expense of the poor people's right to live. Measures such as last year's requirement that wealthy households and clan relatives return their land, the fact that they themselves took the lead in allowing everyone to pay taxes per acreage, the immigration from the north to the south, and the immediate introduction of a loan limit of less than one cent of interest are all permeated by this principle. You explain the emperor's words to them clearly, let them think of ways to invest in categories, and from the perspective of small profits and quick turnover, the profits are already very high. ”

Liu Yixiao nodded and said goodbye and then came to the household department, before the house of Qianzhuang and the Road Commercial Bureau was repaired, everyone temporarily discussed things in the household department. Liu Yixiao told everyone the words of the apocalypse, thinking that everyone would fiercely oppose it, but who knew that many people were silent. President Li of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce asked, "May I ask Lord Liu, does the emperor really allow us to open mines and build workshops?" No more eunuchs to collect taxes and make trouble? ”

Liu Yixiao said: "I don't dare to say whether to send eunuchs to check the accounts, but the cap is 20% of the profit, which the emperor personally agreed." ”

Tan Jing, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, who was the representative of the palace, said at this time: "President Li, whether as a citizen of the Ming Dynasty or as a collaborator, it is not appropriate to doubt the emperor's words, right?" ”

Chairman Li hurriedly apologized and then nodded to each other with President Cao of the Huguang Chamber of Commerce, and President Cao said: "Since it is the emperor, the grass people and others can only abide by it, and it is also reasonable that the exchange price of silver, grain, etc., and the capped profit of the cooperation fund are limited to 20%, but I hope that there will be no changes in the future." ”

Liu Yixiao said: "The emperor is Chrysostom, everyone can rest assured." ”

President Li of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce said at this time: "In this case, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, everyone signed an agreement, and then used the Di newspaper to send it to the whole country." At the same time as the General Administration of Road Construction and the head office of Qianzhuang, the branches of various provinces also started construction at the same time, so that everyone could get rich earlier. ”

Just when the wealthy families were meeting at the household department in Beijing to discuss the affairs of Qianzhuang and the Road Merchants Bureau, Wei Zhongxian, who was far away in Nanjing, received a new order. For several months, the apocalypse did not give him any instructions, which made the busy Father-in-law Wei very unaccustomed. In the past two months, there have been fewer people who have paid filial piety, and there is no work with oil and water to be found in the cases of the government, and those big households are all very honest, and they will grow grain when they should be planted, and those who should return to the land will take out the surplus land and sell it at the local government.

Dongchang's affairs are like this, if you don't go to other people's troubles, others won't take you seriously, Wei Zhongxian decided to find a chance to do his vote, earn some extra money, and make a meritorious contribution to the emperor by the way. Now after receiving the new task, Wei Zhongxian was very excited, and immediately shouted: "Liangqing, go and call your brother quickly." ”

After a while, Wei Liangqing and Wei Liangdong came together and asked, "Uncle, I haven't seen you so happy for a long time, what's the good news?" ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "The emperor has come up and ordered us to prepare to check the money village." The emperor said that from the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, all money banks in the country must go to the government for the record, and the annual interest on the loan is not allowed to exceed one cent. ”

Wei Liangqing said: "What does this have to do with us? ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "First, if we have something to do, it means that we are still useful; Second, there is oil and water in the money bank, and you have an enmity with money? ”

Wei Liangdong frowned and said, "Didn't it start on the fifteenth day of the first month?" What's the urgency for a few days? ”

Wei Zhongxian scolded: "You stupid pig! It will be too late to inquire until the fifteenth, and you won't be able to pick up hot food when you eat. Now you send people out to find people who have borrowed money from the bank, and after recording it, when the fifteenth day arrives, you will go to see if the bank has lowered the interest, and if the interest rate is not reduced, you can extort them well. ”

Wei Liangqing asked excitedly: "Did the emperor say that he would report to the higher authorities or would our Jinyi Wei directly arrest people?" ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "The emperor is a little interesting this time, saying that the disobedient Qian Zhuang can fine them and then give them a chance to correct, and if they don't correct, they will be fined again and given another chance, only saying that they can keep fining and not saying that they want to raid their homes." I wonder if the emperor doesn't want to kill them once, and wants to grind their money slowly, but you will have to work hard for a long time. ”

Wei Liangqing and Wei Liangdong both said excitedly: "As long as we can keep punishing their silver, we are not afraid of hard work." ”