The changes in the grassland did not affect Li Jing, the situation on the grassland was already like that, no matter how bad it was, it couldn't be any worse, Jiangnan had not been pacified, and the imperial court needed a lot of money, even if the grassland was turned upside down, it would not affect Li Jing.

"This is the fold of eighty wealthy businessmen in Bianjing, what a good guy, I never thought that my Datang would be so rich, 30 million taels of silver, eighty rich businessmen have already claimed it." Li Jing put aside the fold in his hand, beckoned Gao Zhan, and motioned for Gao Zhan to open it, and saw that the fold was about several zhang long, with the names of each person written on it.

"Big grain, big silk, big porcelain, big tea, tsk, and salt merchants! None of them are pulled down. Li Jing's right hand crossed over it, and said with a smile: "Look, the current businessmen have left more, and they have actually thought of this method, and they have also learned to play the fold." ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the recitals of these people were handed over through an imperial historian." Zhao Ding couldn't see the joy and anger in Li Jing's words, and said very honestly: "When the imperial historians heard the news, these businessmen became more moved, and the imperial historians naturally knew about it." ”

"Yes! It's really a big deal, 80 businessmen in Bianjing can get 30 million taels, how many such businessmen are there in the country? Has Zhao Qing calculated? Li Jing stretched out his finger and said: "Jiankang, Bashu, Luoyang, Taiyuan and Hangzhou are all densely populated places, and there are many rich families in these places, and there are very rich people. ”

"It's not just money, it's power. can actually make His Majesty's Imperial Historian open his eyes for it. Wang Mu said with a smile: "The minister remembered His Majesty back then, wasn't it the same when His Majesty was in the previous dynasty?" There is a lot of money in his hands, he founded the dart game, and Zhao's stupidity, so in just more than ten years, there is today's Datang. ”

Zhao Ding's eyebrows trembled a few times, and finally he didn't speak, but Cao Jing said: "The main reason is that His Majesty's destiny is returned, and the Zhao family has lost its deer." Although everyone didn't come in together, Cao Jing knew what happened when they came in today, and Cao Jing was a little worried in the face of Wang Mu and others' opinions.

"Your Majesty, these businessmen can buy the imperial historian today, but they may not buy the generals tomorrow, and they can go to the book today, but tomorrow?" Zhang Xiaochun said sharply: "Your Majesty's issuance of bonds, of course, is to relieve the financial pressure of the imperial court, but it is also to regulate yin and yang, and it is also a good deal with the people, eighty businessmen seem to be sharing worries for Your Majesty, in fact, the minister thinks that this is to cut off the interests of others, and explain to Your Majesty that these people are powerful, at least, the minister thinks that this matter cannot be done." ”

Li Jing quietly looked at the twists and turns in front of him, in fact, this kind of thing is also very normal, in later generations, in the Ming Dynasty, the Jin merchants subsidized the scholars, and when the scholars came to power, they would feed back to these merchants, why did Zhang Juzheng fail, in the final analysis, it still broke the interests of the Jin merchants, so in the end, he was victimized by the Jin merchants. Therefore, it can be seen that the power of businessmen is strong, and at that time, they were already able to dominate everything in the officialdom.

"Zhu Yuanzhang's vision is indeed very powerful, did he foreshadow the horror of businessmen back then?" Li Jing did not pay attention to the battle of the ministers, but looked at the sky outside, a gray patch, there were snowflakes falling, before the Song Dynasty were encouraged to do business, perhaps acquiesced in business, and unlike the Ming Dynasty, there were many restrictions on merchants, although merchants were rich, but they did not even dare to wear silk fabrics, let alone participate in politics, and finally Jin merchants were clever and thought of this idea.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is better to be sparse, businessmen have money, the court is short of money, since ancient times, there have been no special requirements for businessmen, and this twist and turn in front of me is just an accident." Cao Jing looked flustered and said a little nervously.

"Businessmen seek profits, Your Majesty, if you can give Your Majesty a twist today, maybe something will happen in the future! Your Majesty, the minister thinks that measures should be taken against these merchants at this time, at least in some respects. Wang Mu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I want to wait for these courtiers, work hard for Your Majesty, work hard all day long, some officials can't even buy a cottage in Beijing, but those businessmen live in luxurious mansions, and in the future, which officials will seriously serve the court and do things for Your Majesty." Shinong businessmen, ministers think that it should be controlled. ”

Li Jing frowned, the capital is big, and it is not easy to live in. This is something that exists in any dynasty, and it is also the same in the Tang Dynasty. Although Wang Mu had other ideas, he had to say that what he said was also true, why would those businessmen have thousands of mansions, but the officials of the Beijing division couldn't even afford a house?

"Your Majesty, this kind of unfairness will breed unwillingness, and it will breed corruption, and the minister believes that this matter is very important and cannot but be taken seriously." Zhao Ding said suddenly: "Although businessmen make money with their own skills and contribute to the imperial court, there may be unfavorable factors in this, and the minister thinks that he has to consider it seriously." ”

"Shousuke-sama thinks how to solve this matter?" Li Jing asked.

"Those who accept bribes are guilty of the same crime as those who take the initiative to give gold and silver, this is the minimum thing, the court cracks down on corruption, but sometimes, it is only against those officials, but in fact? This official has fallen, and it is still possible for the successor officials to be corrupted by those businessmen, and the ministers have read the documents of the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Officials in the recent period, and there have been many incidents. Zhao Ding's face was solemn, and he said: "The imperial court deals with those merchants, unless those merchants do evil and violate the laws of our Tang Dynasty, they will be punished, but they have not made any decision on this matter, and the minister thinks it is inappropriate." ”

During this time, the officials headed by the Ministry of Officials, the Criminal Department, and the Ministry of Rites, in accordance with Li Jing's instructions, reformulated the legal provisions for businessmen, although there were many articles, but most of them weakened the status of businessmen, and once again pressed these people to the last class, after reporting to Zhao Ding, Zhao Ding was furious, but he knew Li Jing's thoughts, that is, he wanted the best of both worlds, these officials were jealous of the businessmen's money, and the decision they made was to suppress these businessmen to the lowest level, how dare Zhao Ding let this piece be reported to Li Jing.

Of course, some problems can still be pointed out, just like the matter in front of you, isn't it also a means to crack down on despicable businessmen? And it's above board.

"Exactly." Sure enough, Li Jing frowned and approved Zhao Ding's suggestion. When Zhao Ding heard this, a hint of joy suddenly appeared on his face. Things have to be done step by step, and he believes that he will find the best of both worlds.

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