Of course, Yangzhou and Luzhou are just an exception, exceptions are just exceptions, and in the whole environment, they don't play a big role, and it's already good to take care of yourself.

In fact, there are some local governments, especially those on the canal, who are slightly biased towards merchants, because the merchants bring wealth to the city, but they don't dare to go against the people, and the gentry class is not easy to mess with, and the central government has to make decisions for them.

The recitals from all over the country floated to the Liangyi Hall like snowflakes.

directly forced Li Zhi out, such a big thing, can Li Zhi not come forward.

"What the hell is going on?"

Li Zhi sat on the low couch, very depressed in his heart, you waste materials are too useless, I have only been lying down for a long time, and you have made it like this.

Xu Jingzong stood up and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that this is all because I deviated from the idea of agriculture and business, which led to the current situation. ”

"Really?" Li Zhi frowned and said, "Before this, everything had been peaceful, why did so many things happen all at once?" ”

Xu Jingzong said: "Your Majesty, at the beginning, the minister didn't understand very much, but after receiving reports from all over the country, the minister understood the reason. The minister summed it up, there are probably three reasons, one is the reason why the people of Xuzhou burned the merchant ships before, and the cheap goods of the merchants caused some harm to the local people and plundered their livelihoods.

Second, the imperial court was too indulgent to merchants before, and many newspapers wrote that in order to deprive and oppress the people, many merchants used all kinds of despicable tricks to occupy the people's land and force the people to come to work under them.

Third, merchants inflated prices, first buying grain at low prices and then selling it at high prices, causing unspeakable misery to the people.

There were many, many more cases that led to the boycott of merchants everywhere. ”

Li Zhi snorted: "There are so many businessmen in Chang'an, and I have never heard of such a thing. ”

Xu Jingzong immediately said: "Your Majesty, this is because Chang'an is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, so the merchants of Chang'an dare not mess around, but the nature of businessmen is still mercenary, and they will do whatever they can make money, and there is no morality at all." What the minister said is true, and it has been written in the newspapers in various places, and the minister has never fabricated half a sentence. ”

He really didn't lie, these are all facts, any class is a black sheep, and businessmen are of course no exception, all the bad deeds of businessmen are sent to Chang'an, and it is of course very terrible to look at them together. But if you gather the bad things done by the landlords in various places and send them to Chang'an, it is also very terrible, and if you want to concentrate the bad things done by the officials, then you will basically not be able to see it until you die, but now all places are anti-business.

Li Yifu stood up and said: "Your Majesty, in the case of Xuzhou, the ministers and colleagues also thought that the people of Xuzhou were unreasonable first, but the imperial court began to collect commercial taxes in order to take into account the overall situation. However, now all states and counties have begun to oppose the merchants, and in the eyes of the ministers, the merchants themselves do have problems. ”

Li Zhi glanced at the two of them, he knew that the two of them had a bad relationship with Han Yi, and what they said should not be believed, so he looked at Xu Yushi again and said, "What does Xu Aiqing think about this matter?" ”

After reading these recitals, who will have a good impression of the businessman?

Master Xu Yushi said: "The minister also thinks that the reason why these things happened, the businessman himself is also to blame. ”

When Li Zhi saw that Xu Yushi said this, he couldn't help frowning, and said, "Then why didn't these things happen when Han Yi was here, and as soon as Han Yi left, these things happened?" ”

Xu Jingzong said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this is Han Yi's luck, and now that this situation is happening, it is obvious that the people have been complaining for a long time, but it just happened to break out during Han Yi's departure, if Han Yi's policy was really so good, it would not have caused so many people to oppose it." ”

Li Zhi's face was full of hesitation, because this kind of thing is indeed impossible to manipulate, Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu don't have such a big ability, they can manipulate so many people, if they have this ability, then they can directly become emperors, and said: "Then what do you think should be done now?" ”

Xu Jingzong said: "The minister thinks that the imperial court should obey the will of the people and return to the idea of agriculture and commerce, so that the country can get back on the right track." ”

"No!"

Wu Meiniang, who was silent on the side, suddenly spoke.

Although Li Zhi came out, Wu Meiniang was also a participant in this matter, and of course she had to participate in this meeting.

And her "no" just shouted out Li Zhi's heart, Li Zhi was very supportive of Han Yi's policy, and hurriedly asked: "What does the queen think about this?" ”

Wu Meiniang said: "Although there are also things wrong with businessmen, but the contribution of businessmen to my Tang Dynasty is also very huge, in the eyes of the concubines, it is precisely because of the thinking of the end of agriculture and commerce that all this happened." ”

Xu Yushi and Lu Chengqing all looked at Wu Meiniang in confusion.

But none of them were surprised, although Wu Meiniang refuted Xu Jingzong, but in their opinion, Han Yi was also Wu Meiniang's person, and Wu Meiniang often protected Han Yi, which was commonplace.

Li Zhi was also confused, and said, "How can you say this?" ”

Wu Meiniang said: "Regarding Nongsang, the imperial court has always had a very clear set of regulations. However, there is no clear set of rules that regulate the behavior of merchants. This is because, in the early days of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there were not many merchants, as long as the two cities were managed, but now the merchants are developing too fast, but there is no standard, which has led to the emergence of many black sheep among the merchants, and the concubines believe that the top priority of the imperial court is to promulgate a set of laws that regulate merchants. ”

This is indeed said in an impartial manner.

In the past, Han Yi discussed with businessmen, and in the way of guidance, in terms of commercial law, Han Yi also took advantage of the trend, and did not forcibly promulgate any commercial law, Shandong Group and Guanzhong Group, that are all in cooperation with the imperial court, not that they have to do this.

This is different from the peasants, who have very clear regulations, and basically everything is stipulated in the equalization system.

Xu Yushi, Lu Chengqing and others also nodded.

This is also very much in line with Li Zhi's thoughts, and he continued to ask: "Then according to the queen's meaning, how should the imperial court deal with the current situation?" ”

Xu Jingzong wanted to return to the original system, and it was impossible for Li Zhi to agree, because the rise of businessmen was also his political legacy, how could it be easily abolished.

Wu Meiniang said: "The concubine thinks that if she wants to calm down the current situation, she must first let the people accept the merchants, knowing that the existence of the merchants is beneficial to the people, to the imperial court, and even to the whole country." The imperial court could use the collection of commercial taxes to reduce the burden on the common people, so as to balance. ”

Xu Yushi said: "Some time ago, didn't the commercial tax already be collected. ”

Wu Meiniang said: "It was only symbolic, in order to appease the people's grievances in Xuzhou, it actually did not bring much benefit to the people and the court." I mean, to use commercial taxes to reduce the burden of the people, I Datang has always encouraged light taxation, the treasury is not very rich, but the country needs so much money, in this case, how to reduce the burden of the people, the only way to increase the burden of the people, if the people know that the commercial tax can reduce their burden, then naturally will not oppose the businessmen. As for the merchants, they make so much money that they are far more than the farmers, and they should have more responsibilities, so that the people's hearts will be much more balanced. ”

Li Zhi nodded frequently when he heard this, this was actually what Han Yi planned with him at that time, originally this matter should have been handled by Han Yi, but because Han Yi was not there, and the matter was more urgent, Li Zhi thought that this was a continuation of Han Yi's policy, and did not say a large-scale change, and he was very satisfied with this, and asked Xu Yushi and them: "What do you Aiqing think?" ”

Xu Yushi They also think that this is quite right, businessmen have money, use the money of businessmen, to reduce the burden of the people, this is possible, you must know that they are deeply educated by Confucianism, care for the people, and more or less have some despise businessmen, so they all agree with Wu Meiniang's method.

Li Zhi said: "Since this is the case, then this matter will be handled by the queen." ”

He handed over this matter to Wu Meiniang, mainly because he was now recuperating and didn't have so much energy to deal with these things, but this was not because of his favor in Wu Meiniang, but because he didn't dare to hand over this matter to Xu Jingzong, Li Yifu and others, because Li Zhi and Han Yi had a contradiction, and they would definitely mess up if they were handed over, he didn't know that Wu Meiniang was going to deal with Han Yi, because in his impression, Wu Meiniang had always supported Han Yi, and he hoped that Wu Meiniang could help him continue Han Yi's policy.

However, in this way, Wu Meiniang can formulate policies and promulgate policies, which is equivalent to holding Han Yi's power in her own hands. Because for a long time, the national policy has actually been dominated by Han Yi, which is also the foundation of Han Yi. Prior to this, Wu Meiniang did not have the power to formulate and promulgate any policies, she was just an agent, she could only follow the advice of the cardinal ministers at that time, and then choose the best, and now, the national policy is formulated by her, the emperor said it in front of the cardinal ministers, and the ministers also agreed, which is also justified.

I have to say that she played this trick extremely exquisitely, because it seems that she is defending Han Yi, and everyone believes it, because in the eyes of many people, Wu Meiniang and Han Yi are allies and are closely linked, and Wu Meiniang of course has to defend Han Yi.

In addition, Wu Meiniang knows that in Li Zhi's heart, Han Yi's status is very important, and Li Zhi is very supportive of Han Yi's policies, because Han Yi's new policy is completely matched with Li Zhi's mentality of eager to surpass Li Shimin. Therefore, if Wu Meiniang wants to oppose Han Yi's policy, Li Zhi will not agree, at least not for now, Li Zhi will not nod, she has no way at all, and now that the elders of the eldest grandson Wuji are dead, the imperial power is supreme, Li Zhi holds great power, and destroys Goguryeo, and the prestige is also extremely high, Wu Meiniang has to support Han Yi on the surface, and Li Zhi will give her this power.

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