It was late at night, Han Yi was sitting alone on the balcony, with a pot of wine in front of him, frowning, but if you believe in the face of an old man, then you are really stupid and naïve.

In fact, Han Yi is happy, happy, and excited in his heart.

Ha ha...! It's not a loss to Wu Meiniang, find the disadvantages of business development so quickly, congratulations, this road is completely correct, as long as you go down this line of thought, squeeze into the private sector, and develop the state-owned sector, there must be nothing wrong. At least for me, that's the case.

Just to be high... When the tide is high, I suddenly feel a slight warmth from my right shoulder. I heard a gentle voice again, "What are you thinking?" ”

Han Yi looked back and saw Yuan Peony standing behind him, he raised his hand and gently held her plain hand, and said in his heart, it was so slippery! But he sighed: "What else can you think." ”

Yuan Peony sat down and said, "Actually, Uncle also sent a letter today." ”

Han Yi said: "What did you say? ”

Yuan Peony said: "In the uncle's opinion, the situation in Chang'an is a bit unpredictable...... You also know that our Yuan family has always sought stability, so the uncle hopes to invest as much money as possible in Jiangnan, and even in Lingnan, which is safer than in Chang'an. ”

Han Yi frowned slightly, and said: "I won't tell you anything, in fact, the imperial court did that, I can understand, I have also told you before, the collection of commercial tax, this is a matter of course, and the greater the contribution of businessmen to the imperial court, then the more the imperial court will naturally give feedback, this is a mutual, but this timing needs to be considered, but in the overall situation, this is not wrong, only let Li Yifu be in charge of the commercial tax bureau, which makes me a little worried." ”

Yuan Peony said: "This is also where we are worried. As she spoke, she stared at Han Yi, "Husband, do you know what happened in the court?" ”

Han Yi shook his head and said: "I've always stayed with you, how do I know, but then again, whether the queen recalled Li Yifu to Chang'an, or started to collect commercial taxes, I don't think it's surprising, because Li Yifu is the queen's person, and he has made great contributions to the queen...... ”

"You think I'm going to care about that?" Yuan Peony interrupted Han Yi's words.

Han Yi said: "I just hope you don't worry too much, maybe it's just an accident." ”

Yuan Peony said: "Even if all this is an accident, I think it will have a great impact on business development. ”

Rest assured, it will be! Han Yi asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Yuan Peony said: "I have always told you that the squires and landlords are becoming more and more dissatisfied and hostile to the merchants, but when you were on the side, Your Majesty and the Empress also supported you." As for the case of Xuzhou, I think it was manipulated by those squires and landlords behind the scenes, which may have been just a temptation for them, however, the imperial court chose to levy a commercial tax, which will undoubtedly boost their arrogance, and if this situation spreads, it will be very unfavorable for us merchants. ”

In fact, at this point, except for Han Yi, she sees farther than anyone else, she saw this at the peak of commercial development, the new rising class is bound to confront the old forces, this is an eternal law. She was full of worries about this kind of thing, and it was not a mediocrity.

Han Yi sighed and said, "I won't tell you, this is actually something that I just thought about, but I think the imperial court still gave some punishments to those Diao people, and maybe it will also give them some warnings, so that they can stop in moderation, just as the so-called salute first and then soldier." ”

"But what if not?" Yuan Peony asked.

Definitely not, this is just the beginning, and the best is yet to come. Han Yi sighed: "If not, then it's bad." ”

Yuan Peony said: "Don't you have a way to stop it?" ”

Han Yi shook his head and said: "First of all, I'm just a commoner now, and secondly, if the imperial court doesn't plan to do so, then it means that the imperial court may have to change my policy, will the imperial court still accept my suggestion?" ”

Yuan Peony said worriedly: "Why did the imperial court change your policy? ”

Han Yi said: "I don't know, there is no reason for this, so I think the imperial court should stop the spread of this situation." ”

"I hope so!" Yuan Peony said again: "But I always prepare for the worst. ”

Han Yi said: "You plan to shrink Yuanxing's business? ”

Yuan Peony nodded.

Han Yi said: "But you have just raised the storage interest of the Yuan Bank, if you shrink the loan, then the income and expenditure of the Yuan Bank may be unbalanced." ”

Yuan Peony said: "I will divert the funds to invest in Lingnan, invest in cotton, and even the mines in Lelang Prefecture, I believe that I will not lose money." ”

Han Yi nodded and said, "If you say that, I guess Sang Mu will do the same." ”

"Won't you?"

Han Yi shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Don't ask me what I mean, our business philosophy is different, but no one's idea is wrong, it depends on how things will go." ”

Yuan Peony smiled and said, "You are a master of art and bold, I can't do this." ”

Although the Yuan family has always adopted Han Yi's suggestions, Yuan Peony has always adhered to his own philosophy.

However, she was not wrong, not only was she not wrong, but she also inadvertently saw through Wu Meiniang's intentions.

All these things, of course, were promoted by Wu Meiniang behind the scenes, and it was by no means an accident, or a long-standing grudge.

And Wu Meiniang's purpose is not to collect that little bit of business tax, five thousandths is really not a lot, it has no effect, and it is not much worse than not levying it, nor is it to suppress businessmen, she will not come forward to suppress businessmen, this is what she learned from Han Yi. She just wanted to use this incident to send a signal, that is, to tell the landlords and the squire class that if you must oppose the merchants, then the court will still be on your side and will still follow the will of the people.

In fact, this is the best way to suppress businessmen, using public opinion to resist businessmen, really powerful politicians, will never let themselves stand on the opposite side of the people, businessmen are also people, they will only use the struggle between the people and the people, to obtain the benefits they want, throughout the ages, this is the case, this has nothing to do with whether it is good or not, this is the characteristic of politicians.

Wu Meiniang is like this, in fact, Han Yi is also the same.

It can be said that the world is as black as a crow.

But it's very scary.

The process was just as Wu Meiniang expected, and the matter of Xuzhou spread quickly.

When the squires and landlords in various places saw this situation, they couldn't help but be ashamed, they only dared to use the township law to prohibit the people from working in the city, so as to maintain their authority, but they didn't expect that the villagers of Xuzhou would burn the merchant ships, and the court would be subdued.

It can be seen that the commercial policy of the imperial court is nothing more than a paper tiger, which will only bluff, but it is actually vulnerable.

So the gentry and landlords in various places began to unite to build momentum, propaganda, and boycott the merchants.

There is no need to think about how to publicize this, because there are too many examples of suppressing merchants in ancient times, almost every dynasty has them, and those sages are also against merchants.

As a result, the squires and landlords in various places began to hype up the theory of merchant harm, comparing merchants to locusts, rats, vermins, and so on.

Those villagers were instigated at once, in fact, they are not stupid, these people are some farmers, they work hard to plough the land, farming, it is not as good as the craftsman to invent a small tool, because now the businessman attaches great importance to technology, if the workers under their hands invent something, and can be used for production, then the businessman is very willing to reward them with a large bonus, but for the farmer, this is too unfair, said that the good farmers and businessmen, now the industrial and commercial class is better than us farmers, our farmers are still the main force to pay taxes, Who can figure this out.

This is not fair, so we have to resist businessmen, if you want to be rich, everyone will be rich, and if you want to be poor, everyone will be poor, this is actually human nature.

After the propaganda was taken, the peasants everywhere began to block the docks, block the roads, and prevent the merchant's goods from entering their territory, and once the road was already in trouble, the merchant's half life was gone.

But the burning of merchant ships has never happened again, and Wu Meiniang is not stupid, if she continues to use violence, she is also afraid that the situation will get out of control, so Li Yifu, Xu Jingzong and others gave those scholars hints in advance, don't mess around, don't break the law again, otherwise, the imperial court will send an army to suppress it, which is not allowed by the imperial court, and of course those gentry are more afraid, they just want to maintain their authority, maintain rural power, and are not allowed to develop the urban economy, not to mess up the country, if you mess up, it will not be good for anyone.

Soon, the commercial line of the Yan Canal began to appear large-scale anti-mercantilism.

And because Han Yi's commercial development has just started, farmers and landlords are still the main body of the country, and businessmen lose the support of the imperial court, how can they be their opponents, these people did not go to Chang'an to make trouble, but in their own territory.

This is nothing short of devastating for the fledgling capitalism.

In any way, destruction is always much faster than construction.

Of course, there are some places that are exceptions, Yangzhou and Luzhou are exceptions.

Yangzhou, because Han Yi is a native of Yangzhou, Han Yi helped Yangzhou resist Chen Shuozhen's rebels and protect the people of Yangzhou, and he also became the prime minister from a small farmer, and he is the national idol of Yangzhou. In addition, after Han Yi took office, he used Yangzhou as a transit station, which also made Yangzhou very prosperous, so of course the people of Yangzhou thought that Han Yi did this, just because Han Yi was from Yangzhou, so he had to take care of the people of Yangzhou, so on the other hand, Han Yi's policy must be beneficial to Yangzhou, and of course they also supported Han Yi's policy very much.

In the countryside around Yangzhou, in fact, there is a lot of anti-businessism, they also want to block the wharf and roads, but the people in the city spontaneously organized, including the villages around the wharf, the villages around the wharf have made a fortune with the prosperity of the wharf, Yangzhou's industrial and commercial class is very powerful, and there is the halo of Han Yi, which leads to everyone being very united.

But it's hard to avoid violence.

Of course, Yang Zhanfei won't care, because there are people on both sides, and it is wrong to help either side, and the royal police of the Civil Security Bureau can only dissuade them, and they don't have enough manpower, but where can they be persuaded.

As soon as the two sides fought, those farmers were immediately scattered, and ran away all of a sudden, although the farmers were strong, but they were not united, the people of Yangzhou City lived in a city, and the farmers were only a township, although the number was large, but the strength was also scattered, each had its own leader, and they were only instigated, and the merchants did not kill their whole family, and the people in the city were all for their own jobs, the mentality of both sides was not the same, the people in the city did not care, you want to smash my rice bowl, I'm the one you guys are desperate for.

Luzhou is even more funny, the people of Luzhou go directly to the next state and county to fight, there is no one in Luzhou to make trouble, even if there is anti-business, they dare not speak up.

This is all because Luzhou let Chen Shuozhen do that, basically the entire state was paralyzed, there was nothing, a scorched earth, and there was not even a leader, because the local gentry basically did not survive. As far as the situation at that time was concerned, the local squires and landlords in Luzhou were either killed by Chen Shuozhen, or they followed Chen Shuozhen to mingle, this Luzhou is Chen Shuozhen's base camp, how could Chen Shuozhen allow people with different aspirations in the base camp. However, later Chen Shuozhen failed, so there was only one way to die if she followed her to mix with the squires and landlords, and they must be the leaders, and it was impossible for the court to forgive a rebel leader.

After the war, the imperial court could not give too much subsidies, at most exempted them from taxes, and the small peasant economy was like this, with little ability to resist natural and man-made disasters. Just bumped into Han Yi's economic policy, they are not smart, and there is no other choice, if you want to engage in agriculture, the recovery is very slow, in the two years after the war, their life is very painful, and therefore Luzhou labor is very cheap, and there are many, everyone has nothing to do, businessmen began to throw money here, and the people of Luzhou rushed in.

However, the results surprised the people of Luzhou, they developed rapidly, of course, thanks to their good geographical location, today's Luzhou, has basically entered the embryonic capital society, whether it is agriculture, manufacturing, transportation, almost all businessmen are taking care of it, but this is just an exception, there are too many coincidences and external factors, Han Yi did not expect that Luzhou was not in his plan.

The next state stopped the caravan in Luzhou, and the people of Luzhou didn't say a word, so they rushed directly to the other party's territory, because they are all workshops, and this person is very united, and they respond to every call, even the local officials are invested in trading, regardless of each other, you don't do business in Luzhou, you can't make a fortune, of course the government won't care, and it can't be managed, and soon they rescued their caravan, and the people of Luzhou just let it out, whoever dares to stop our caravan, we won't live, but you don't want to live, Because commerce is related to everything in their entire state, they also rely on themselves to develop, not to say rely on the imperial court, they don't think that the imperial court is qualified to take away everything from them, and they also feel wronged, they are self-reliant, developed, and do everything right, why do you stop our caravan.

Because the people of Luzhou have just come back from the ghost gate, this kind of emotion can be imagined.

The people of Luzhou became famous in a war, and the gentry of the surrounding states and counties looked at it, I will go, this group of guys will not die, either they will not go, or they will go up to the people of the entire state, and they will not be able to beat them, and they are afraid that they will not die. It is really that the people of Luzhou are worried that they will be crowned with the title of rebellion again, otherwise, they can produce weapons themselves, and they have this ability.

In the entire Jiangnan region, only the caravans of Yangzhou and Luzhou were not stopped by anyone, and the merchants of other states and counties saw that no one dared to make trouble here, so they quickly gathered in Luzhou and Yangzhou. Of course, Luzhou and Yangzhou also welcomed it, and the merchants brought money to bring a lot of wealth and technology to the local area. Of course, they don't dare to go to the north anymore, they can be arrogant in the south of the Yangtze River, but if they go to the north, it won't be enough, and there is still a very big crack in Han Yi's north-south trade plan.

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