Poinsettia knew best in her heart that although the imperial court spent the most money to build a new capital this time, it would be able to recover the cost in a short time, which could not affect the imperial court at all. (8) (1) ΔΔ 文网ん.『 ８⒈

His Majesty made paper money, and put the gold and silver in the hands of the state, which made the merchants really unhappy, at that time the status of the micro-merchants was low, and they could not confront the imperial court at all, so they could only obey the emperor's arrangement, and now the status of the merchants has improved and occupies an important weight, and at the same time, the merchants think that the value of paper money and the value of gold are really not equal, so they have been trying to get the gold and silver out, and all the merchants are preparing for all this.

This time, the imperial court banknotes were empty, and the merchants did see an opportunity, so they had an idea, but now that the national army is strong, who would dare to touch this brow, not to mention that the four major merchants in their imperial capital have a close relationship with His Majesty the Emperor, how could they ruin a good future because of the proposal of the Dongshui merchants.

Poinsettia rejected the merchants' proposal, and these people immediately became angry: "You are the four major merchants in the imperial capital, come to compete with us for business, we have not embarrassed you, and we have treated you well, why are you unwilling to help in this matter today, do you four merchants really think that you can be safe?" ”

Poinsettia sneered: "Stable or unstable, we know best in our hearts, businessmen pay attention to interests when they do things, our previous status was so low that His Majesty made us high, this is a good saying, **************, don't forget to plant trees in the cold, the emperor can make us improve our status, then the corresponding can also make us fall back to the bottom, and there is no good end to doing it against His Majesty the Emperor." If you want to do it, then you can do it, we will not stop it if we do it right, but if you want to pull the four of us, forget it. ”

Due to the non-cooperation of the four major merchants, the meeting of the merchants was also forced to end.

"I didn't expect these four to really not get in the oil and salt."

"That's natural, they have gained enough benefits from His Majesty the Emperor, how can they follow it, but we haven't gotten any benefits, in my opinion, it is better to take this opportunity to immediately force the emperor to release the gold and silver, if we can join forces."

"What are you going to do, and what if you fail? If the risk is too great, I still don't want to do it, although I want to get the gold and silver and throw away these banknotes, but more importantly I want to keep my current position. ”

"You, you, you, you, with such a mentality, can you do anything big?"

"You don't have a specific proposition, so what should we do, follow you and take the risk in vain?"

Shook a roll of their eyes with disdain, and then everyone went back to their respective homes, the merchants of Dongshui, although they wanted to force the emperor to open up gold and silver, but they were forced to give up their ideas because of the lack of unified ideas and the strength of the royal family, everyone knew in their hearts that if they couldn't bear the big losses, then they still didn't want to fight with the royal family, but it was okay to be a little greasy at the bottom.

When the businessmen in Dongshui broke up unhappily, Chen Chen's side had already begun the process of starting a new exhibition of the country.

"Ah, I recently heard that people everywhere are prone to this big neck disease, in fact, it comes down to the lack of iodine, those soil salt should not be sold from today onwards, now our capital has been moved to the island, so we now have such a great marine resource, then it is time to make sea salt." Chen Chen said to everyone with great interest.

"In the past, the operation of salt was mainly concentrated in the hands of major merchants, but from today on, the operation of salt is mainly concentrated in the hands of state-controlled merchants, and the price of salt must be low, so that people cannot pay too much for eating salt."

With the improvement of the status of Dongshui merchants, they are gradually restless Chen Chen knows these things, at the same time, everyone has to eat salt, this industry also has huge profits, so the state should control this profit, and in the future, overseas trade will be carried out, so the salt of Dongshui products can also be arranged by the state and sold to various places through ships.

If the major merchants are allowed to continue to participate in the sale of salt, it is difficult to prevent whether these merchants will use salt to blackmail the people, persecute the people, and even threaten the rule of the state.

What's more, salt is also a bulk product, if you want to trade with foreign countries in the future, then the bulk products will be distributed by the state, which is very time-saving. But if the major businesses continue to participate, it is difficult to achieve unified coordination whether it is the quality of the product or the quantity of the product, and it must be quite a headache to coordinate the interests therein, so it is good for the country to take over the bulk of the products.

"Your Majesty is wise, salt is indeed related to the livelihood of the people, and now that it is controlled by the state, then businessmen everywhere will never dare to act recklessly and deduct the price of salt, and there should be no private merchants in relation to the livelihood of the people and the momentum of the country." Shangguan Yu, as the prime minister, naturally understands the lives of the people better.

In the past, because the merchants controlled some products, the state was busy with construction, and could not interfere in the lives of the people at all, so it was inevitable that the people would be confused under the control of the merchants. What's more, in the construction of the new capital this time, some unscrupulous businessmen have earned a lot of black-hearted money, although the Dongshui Imperial Court has punished these unscrupulous businessmen, but Nian has only done a small punishment in their family's great business, and it is not able to deter them in essence at all. Therefore, it is imperative to put an end to these big businesses, as long as there is no participation of these merchants in some large products, then they will definitely not have the ability to make trouble again.

In recent years, the rapid development of businessmen has also led to the strength of the country, they are all in the eyes, there is nothing wrong with His Majesty's policy, but the mistake is in the people's minds, people are easy to go crazy as soon as they have money, these businessmen are like this, they have long forgotten their original intentions, and only want to obtain greater status and power, therefore, they have to guard against these people.

Now that overseas trade is about to be launched, it is even more urgent to regulate these merchants, so they have not stopped admonishing His Majesty in private, hoping that His Majesty can impose appropriate restrictions on merchants, after all, these merchants are too bold, they are just pursuing interests and pursuing personal **. It doesn't care about the life or death of the people of the country at all.

Chen Chen nodded: "I know all these things, so from today onwards, we will restrict them in some industries, and we must personally control the industries related to the livelihood of the people to prevent them from raising prices at will." ”

"But then again, although the businessman is said to be a great threat, it is not enough to shake the foundation of the country, and the foundation of the country is mainly the problem of the people." (To be continued.) )