According to Huang Yunfa's report, there are more and more businessmen coming to Beijing from the south of the Yangtze River, and they all have their own guilds in the capital, and in addition to cooperation between the guilds, there are also contradictions and conflicts.

"When we are doing business in other places, we will gather and live together when we meet merchants of the same nationality and take care of each other. Since the people living in the group are mainly merchants who sit in the business, the purpose of the group is to make their business run smoothly and make a fortune by borrowing land. ”

Gao Junshan said: "In this way, a community of merchants has been formed. ”

Huang Yunfa said: "These communities have evolved from simple merchant self-governing groups to community interest communities, adding more and more utilitarian colors. This kind of transformation is not only the need for merchants to operate in different places, but also the business consciousness of our businessmen. ”

"The purpose is still to protect itself." Gao Junshan commented.

Huang Yunfa continued: "One person has no wisdom, even if he can compete for profit, there is no geometry, and he does not do it for the big one. If we can meet and discuss from time to time, and each has its own opinions, we will be able to get clever organs and obtain huge profits. That is, if one person is beyond the power of each other, it is not difficult to work together to gather the effect of brainstorming. ”

Gao Junshan said: "This shows that today's businessmen have been able to realize that only through the guild hall can they receive brainstorming, dedication and happiness, and make the business bigger and stronger." You businessmen are not simple! ”

Then Huang Yunfa introduced the functions of the merchant guild to Gao Junshan, and he said: "As an economic community of businessmen of the same nationality, the guild is mainly manifested in the following functions: first, to determine the system and integrate the market; the second is to arbitrate disputes and coordinate interests; The third is to safeguard rights and interests and strive for interests. The guild's business affairs are related to business management functions, and it is also reflected in the overall interests of businessmen, mediating with the government and protecting the legitimate interests of businessmen of the same nationality. In the previous dynasty, the government was heavy on agriculture and suppressed business, and the officials and businessmen did not communicate with each other, and the merchants had a low status, feared the government, avoided seeing the officials, and often swallowed their anger when they encountered the government's expropriation and extortion. In this case, the guild hall played a role in protecting the interests of the businessmen of the same nationality as a whole and mediating negotiations with the government. ”

Gao Junshan said: "Merchant halls all over the country are in the ascendant and thriving. That's a good thing, but we can't let them go unchecked and regulate. I ask you to set up a chamber of commerce in the Ministry of Commerce, in order to balance and regulate the local guilds, we allow guilds to exist, but they must be under the supervision of our chamber of commerce. ”

Huang Yunfa said: "According to His Majesty's will, our Ministry of Commerce has established the Huaxia General Chamber of Commerce, and now we are drafting various articles of association. ”

"I asked you to be the president, you won't refuse, will you?"

Huang Yunfa knelt down and said: "Your Majesty loves Yunfa so much, Yunfa should do his best, how dare he refuse?" ”

Gao Junshan got up and helped Huang Yunfa up: "The previous dynasty didn't pay much attention to you merchants, so there were only six departments in the yamen, but there was no business department. I have set up a Ministry of Commerce under the Civil Affairs Yuan, on the same level as the other ministries, in order to elevate your status as merchants. People who do business can also come to the imperial court to be officials, and they are high-ranking officials. ”

"Thank you, Lord Longne!"

Gao Junshan continued: "I attach great importance to commerce in the hope of strengthening our national strength through commerce and trade. Therefore, you have a very heavy burden as the director of trade, you are very experienced in the business world, and with the development of the situation, we will do business overseas in the future and make money from foreigners. ”

Huang Yunfa complimented: "Your Majesty is far-sighted, and you can't wait for it." ”

"Have you done everything over there with Bai Ruyun?" Gao Junshan asked suddenly.

"Back to Your Majesty, everything has been done according to your will."

"We have to make good use of Bai Ruyun, these businessmen in Jiangnan, and ask them to go back and do more propaganda for us, showing that we don't need to solve the Jiangnan court by force."

Huang Yunfa said: "Your Majesty, I suggest that the drama in Jiangnan should also be mobilized, so that people from all walks of life in Jiangnan can understand Your Majesty's painstaking efforts. ”

"I've thought of that. There are many such professionals among my Chongwen disciples, and I have already sent them to infiltrate Jiangnan in batches. ”

"Your Majesty."

"If there is no foresight, there must be near-term worry!"

……

Cui Zhongping's family of three, after receiving Han Yuyan's edict, happily came to the palace in the capital, and Han Yuyan warmly received the family.

Cui Zhongping is a young man in his early twenties, because his family is poor, he has not married a daughter-in-law yet, because he can grow corn and pick up dog shit, he was called into the palace to be an official.

Their family thought that it was thanks to the blessing of the queen that they were fortunate enough to enter the capital. They were taken directly into the capital by the people of the Ministry of Rites, and they sat in a four-wheeled carriage along the way, walked on the road for three days, came to the entrance of the capital, got off the carriage, got on a sedan chair, and were carried into the palace.

"The capital is really big! I sat in a sedan chair for an hour! Aunt Cui got off the sedan chair at the door of the Qianqing Palace and sighed to her wife.

Uncle Cui reminded: "Recognize the road well, when we go back and can't recognize the road, what can we do?" ”

Cui Zhongping said: "Dad, don't worry, it was the queen who invited us to come, and I'm afraid that no one will give us a ride when I go back?" ”

"That's right." Uncle Cui agreed.

The three of them were introduced into the palace, and Han Yuyan knew that the emperor was waiting to see Ping'er, so he directly asked the maid to take Cui Zhongping to the Chuanxin Palace to see Gao Junshan, and she took the second elder of the Cui family to the West Palace to see her parents.

Gao Junshan was thinking about the problem in the imperial study of the Heart Palace, Sun Kewang came in to report, Cui Zhongping arrived.

"Invite him in!"

Before he could finish speaking, a young man in his twenties walked in, he was wrapped in a white scarf and a blue narrow-sleeved shirt, and it could be seen that he was a very poor man, because the color of his clothes had been whitened, and there were many patches, and the scarf on his head smelled of sweat.

Although the clothes are very old, they are very clean, indicating that he has prepared them deliberately.

He bowed very politely and said, "Ping'er greets the emperor!" ”

It felt strange to invite An Gao Junshan, it was the first time he had met someone to ask for him, maybe the people in their village were happy to ask for peace, he thought to himself.

"You're Cui Zhongping, right?" Gao Junshan asked.

"Back to the emperor, yes." Cui Zhongping didn't know whether he was nervous or timid, in short, he didn't know where to put his hands, he changed a few postures uncomfortably, and then put his hands behind his back, and his movements were very funny.

Gao Junshan comforted him, and pointed to the chair beside him and said, "Don't be nervous, sit down and drink saliva." ”

Cui Zhongping sat down and used his trembling hand to serve the water cup prepared for him on the table, due to nervousness, the water from the water cup spilled, and he didn't know whether to drink it or not.

Gao Junshan made a gesture of invitation and said, "Drink saliva!" ”

Cui Zhongping drank all the water in one go.

Gao Junshan asked, "I heard that you grow a lot of corn at home?" ”

"yes, my backyard is all planted with corn."

"What is the harvest of the corn you planted?"

"Very good!" Cui Zhongping said with a smile.

"How many years have you grown corn?" Gao Junshan asked again.

"I learned to grow corn from my father when I was seven or eight years old, and I have been growing corn for more than ten years."

Gao Junshan asked, "Where did your family's seeds come from?" ”

Cui Zhongping replied: "I have to ask my father about this." ”

Gao Junshan asked again: "Do you know what I invited you to do?" ”

"Yes, grow corn."

"I'll ask you another question, how many people do you need to grow corn on a hundred acres of land?"