"What is an Imperial Merchant? That is, in the future, all the materials required by the palace and the palace will be prepared and purchased by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the merchants who assist the Ministry of Internal Affairs in purchasing are called imperial merchants. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"The imperial merchants have a wide range of businesses, such as the wood needed for the construction of various buildings, the weaving of clothes by royal personnel, the planting of flowers and trees, and the rouge gouache of women. In short, all materials related to food, clothing, housing and transportation were purchased by the imperial merchants. ”

As Zhao Yuanlang explained, the businessmen present all widened their eyes, eager to win the title of imperial businessman immediately. Although there is nothing surprising about the things operated by the imperial merchants, they are victorious because of the large quantity, the variety of species, and the generous salary, which is definitely a very good errand.

Looking at the businessmen who were about to move below, Zhao Yuanlang continued: "If you want to win the title of imperial businessman, in addition to your family background, your family's assets must have a certain scale, and your liquidity must be at least 100,000 yuan. ”

"Huh?!" As soon as these words came out, the faces of nearly half of the businessmen present changed greatly, and they all became clamoring.

Looking at the chaotic scene, Zhao Yuanlang was unmoved, and proposed this regulation in order to brush off the small and medium-sized businessmen.

Zhen Che and Su Ze glanced at each other, they had expected this situation before, after all, the imperial merchants would serve all the people of the 'imperial family' in the future, and there would definitely be no problems. Compared with small merchants, large merchants are better managed and relatively safe.

"Becoming an imperial merchant will enjoy some preferential treatment, but there are also rules that everyone needs to follow. Once the relevant regulations are violated, the qualification of the imperial merchant will be cancelled, and the family will be exterminated. ”

"Okay, let's start the selection of the Imperial Merchant ......"

Soon, after several rounds of discussions, the five merchants represented by Zhen Che finally stood out, plus the five trading companies split from the Laoshan Trading Company to form the top ten imperial merchants in the new era. Except for the Zhen family, which is a declining family, according to Wei Shuo's previous instructions, there is no businessman related to the family.

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When the Yan State was busy selecting the imperial merchants, Sima Shao, who had just quelled the Wang Dun Rebellion, was busy dealing with post-war affairs.

It's just that in this way, Sima Shao let out a vicious breath, but it caused panic in people from all walks of life. Because almost all those who followed Wang Dun to rebel were almost all from a large family. Like the Shen family, Shen Chong's death caused a shock to the Wu family, worried that the Son of Heaven would take the opportunity to connect with other families.

Some people of insight in the court realized that the Son of Heaven's wanton accountability of Wang Dun's henchmen had affected the current political stability, and someone had to stand up to dissuade him.

On this day, Sima Shao summoned Wang Dao, Xi Jian, Yu Liang, Ying Zhan and other confidants to discuss state affairs.

After solving Wang Dun's confidant trouble, Sima Shao was full of ambition to reform the maladministration and revitalize the Jin family.

"Now that the internal troubles in Jiangdong have subsided, I want to revitalize the Jin family, I don't know where to start? Do you have a good plan to teach me? ”

The Son of Heaven asked, Yu Liang, Xi Jian, Ying Zhan and others had not yet reacted, but they saw Situ Wang Dao, who had become silent since Wang Dun's death, suddenly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty wants to revitalize the Jin family, you might as well introduce your Majesty to how the ancestors started their businesses first, and see if they can learn lessons from it." ”

"Your Majesty, Situ's words are the words of Lao Cheng to seek the country! As the saying goes: taking history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall. The predecessors have gone through hardships and succeeded in entrepreneurship, and there must be merits. Your Majesty has the ambition to restore the world, so it is better to learn from how the ancestors did it. ”

"Well, the two Aiqing have a point."

After listening to what Wang Dao and Xi Jian said, Sima Shao thought for a while, and asked: "Dare to ask you Aiqing, why did the Jin family, which had just gone through the prosperous era of Taikang, break out in a short period of time, so that the rivers and mountains overturned, and the four seas were boiling?" ”

"This ......" Everyone looked at each other at once, and no one dared to answer easily.

Seeing that everyone's faces were embarrassed, Sima Shao had no choice but to look at Wang Dao and asked: "The Qing family has personally experienced major events such as the Taikang Prosperous Era and the Eight Kings Rebellion, and they should have a lot of feelings. ”

Director Wang was not polite, stood up and talked eloquently: "At the beginning of Emperor Xuan's business, he relied on killing famous clans and forming gangs, and Emperor Wen also inherited Emperor Xuan's strategy and wantonly slaughtered the Cao Wei clan, which led to the future Emperor Wu opening up the country." ”

"However, due to the bane left by the founder's killing ring, the later crowd followed suit, and there was the later Eight Kings Rebellion, which in turn caused the Jin Dynasty to cross to the south."

It is said that when Xi Jian, Ying Zhan, Yu Liang and others heard Director Wang accuse Sima Yi and Sima Zhao of being cruel and setting a bad example for future generations, cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, for fear that Sima Zhao would behead Wang Dao in anger.

However, everyone underestimated Sima Shao's open-mindedness, Sima Shao was certainly unhappy with Wang Dao's accusations against the ancestors in person, but he has always taken Wei Shuo as an example, and even Wei Shuo has done not to scold people with words, how can he not do it as a son of heaven?

Therefore, even if Sima Shao is dissatisfied with Director Wang, he will not blame him, after all, what Director Wang said is not untargeted, and after thinking about it carefully, he found that there is some truth.

The reason why Wang Dao took the trouble to describe to Sima Shao in detail how Sima Yi and Sima Zhao's father and son killed famous clans, formed gangs, and killed Cao nobles at the beginning of their business was mainly to take the opportunity to dissuade the Son of Heaven from stopping the pursuit of Wang Dun's henchmen.

In fact, many ministers saw that it was not beneficial for the imperial court to strictly pursue Wang Dun's henchmen, but in the face of the grievances and anger that Sima Shao, the son of heaven, had accumulated for several years, no one dared to plead easily.

It is rare to have this opportunity today, and Director Wang made an exception to stand up and say so much nonsense.

I don't know how long it took, Sima Shaocai's face was ugly and said: "If it is really as Aiqing said, the Jin family should not last long!" ”

"Your Majesty is wise, and now that the entire court has become panicked by the liquidation of Wang Dun's henchmen, the minister implores Your Majesty to show mercy and spare the majority of the people, so as not only to set a good example for those who come after you, but also to stabilize the situation in Jiangdong."

I have to say that Director Wang talked about Sima Yi and Sima Zhao before, which made Sima Shao realize that if the killing is too heavy, it will cause unforeseen disasters, and if it is serious, it will even cause political turmoil.

"Okay, according to Aiqing's words, only a few people such as Wang Dun and Qian Feng will be held accountable, and the rest of the party members will be pardoned."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Everyone stood up and praised one after another, and at the same time had to admire Director Wang's old and spicy methods, and everyone was helpless, and he solved it so lightly.

"Alright, alright, stop boasting!"

Sima Shao sighed: "I know that what I did before was a bit reckless, and today I have to remind Situ to come to my senses." At present, Jiangdong is full of crises, and it is indeed not appropriate to engage in large-scale cooperation. ”

"From today onwards, the Wang Dun Rebellion will be completely turned over, and no one will be allowed to mention it again in the future!"

"Next, I hope that the Qing family will help me complete the grand wish of revitalizing the Jin family, so that the glory of the Great Jin Dynasty will once again envelop China."

Sima Shao stood up and paced back and forth in the hall for a few steps, then suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to the north and said, "The Yan Kingdom in the north is getting stronger and stronger, while my Jiangdong is still declining. If I want to revive the Jin Dynasty, I must no longer act in the same way, and must follow the example of Qin Xiaogong in the past, so that there is hope for the future against the powerful Yan State. ”

For Sima Shao's idea of changing the law to become stronger, everyone present was not surprised. After all, the Son of Heaven is young and vigorous, and he has great ambitions, and he will definitely not be willing to face the current predicament.

"Your Majesty wants to change the law to become stronger, I don't know where to start?"

"Land!"

Sima Shao, who had just quelled the civil strife in Wang Dun, couldn't wait to implement the new policy and implement reforms. Most of the reforms were borrowed from the policies implemented by the Yan State, the most important of which was land reform.

However, land reform is a matter of great importance, as it is the foundation for the implementation of the New Deal, and it is easy for the family to rebound, leading to the failure of the reform. Therefore, Sima Shao had to be cautious, and before implementing the new policy, he first ordered Xi Jian to secretly investigate the use of land around Jianye.

After several days of investigation, Xi Jian reported the obtained data to the Son of Heaven, but Sima Shao saw it and was immediately furious. Originally, there were 60,000 households in the vicinity of Jianye, but they occupied less than half of the cultivated land, and the remaining more than half of the land was owned by the major families.

The serious land annexation made Sima Shao determined to reform.

However, Sima Shao knew very well that the foundation of the Jin Dynasty was the big clans, and most of the land was concentrated in their hands, so if they boldly promoted land reform, they would inevitably meet with a strong backlash from the big families, clans, and magnates. (To be continued.) )