Shi Kefa did not know that the Nanjing government's orders had caused such a big turmoil, and he was discussing with several cabinet members how to deal with these dozen businessmen.

"What's so negotiable about this, just kill it directly, otherwise how can you make an example?" Lu Zhenfei said very simply.

"I think it's okay, it's not enough to kill these people! Xinghua They are desperate in the front, but they are in the rear, and the fear of not killing them has chilled the hearts of the front-line soldiers! Yuan Jixian also expressed his position.

"Although these businessmen have gone too far, it doesn't seem to be enough for capital crimes, right?" Ren Minyu said with some hesitation, he is the minister of industry and commerce, and he has the most contact with businessmen, although he can't talk about good feelings, but he also knows the importance of these people.

"Shi Ze, what do you call this? Such an act of the enemy is not enough to be a capital crime, can it be called a capital crime when they sell out the Nanjing government? Shi Kefa glared at Ren Minyu, and his tone was very dissatisfied.

Zhu Yujian didn't seem to have too many ideas, just nodded, only Liu Weimin didn't say anything, and everyone turned their eyes to him.

"No! Absolutely not! Liu Weimin, who usually rarely expresses his position at cabinet meetings, is very resolute this time.

"Xiao Liu, what did you say?" Shi Kefa looked at Liu Weimin with some incredulity, this didn't seem to be the Xiao Liu he usually knew.

"I said that we are here today to study the treatment of these people, and it is not good in itself!" Liu Weimin was very resolute this time, and he did not flinch in the face of Shi Kefa's somewhat terrifying eyes.

"You're saying that we people aren't qualified enough to study what to do with them?" Shi Kefa felt even more incredible.

"Of course not! These people have violated the law, and the judicial organ has its own judicial organ and the criminal department to try them in accordance with the relevant laws, and which article they have violated, it has its own corresponding law to punish them. Absolutely not! Liu Weimin said it categorically.

In fact, the current judicial system of the Nanjing government is not perfect, although some laws in another time and space have been used here by Luo Jian and their remodeling, but the organizational structure is basically the use of some previous judicial institutions, like the criminal department is still performing the one-stop duties of the public procuratorate and law.

Shi Kefa was just confused by anger, he didn't know the great harm of this kind of substitution of power for law, his mentor Zuo Guangdou was arrested and imprisoned by Dongchang back then. tortured to death in prison.

Although he was choked by Liu Weimin and couldn't speak, Shi Kefa was not angry with Liu Weimin, because he knew that what Liu Weimin said made sense.

"I think Xiao Liu has a point, Xianzhi, should we inform Xinghua of the situation and listen to his opinions before making a decision? Anyway, these people have been arrested, and they can't run if they want to. Yuan Jixian, the eldest in the cabinet, thought for a while before expressing his opinion.

"Okay, I'll report this to Xinghua as soon as possible. But this chamber of commerce must not let them toss any longer. "Shi Kefa made some concessions, but was very resolute about the abolition of the Chamber of Commerce.

"Supervisor, I don't think we can beat the Chamber of Commerce to death, the Chamber of Commerce is originally just a non-governmental organization, and our government has no right to remove them, if we really forcibly withdraw the Chamber of Commerce, I'm afraid it will cause more trouble." Liu Weimin continued.

"If you can't even manage a chamber of commerce, what else do you want our government to do? I'll make up my mind. If there's any trouble, just let them find me. "Shi Kefa is resolutely unwilling to budge on this issue, and it seems that the opinions that have accumulated for a long time on the businessman have finally exploded in a concentrated manner this time.

Everyone sees that Shi Kefa is so resolute. It's hard to say anything more, and the meeting broke up unhappily.

Then the consequences of the revocation of the Chamber of Commerce soon became apparent.

The first to attack was the Senate.

Since the death of Liu Zongzhou and Gao Hongtu, the Senate has been silent for a while, and the main members of the Senate have slowly changed from the widows of the Southern Ming Dynasty to mainly people from the business community.

Just when everyone almost forgot about the Senate. The Senate began to speak out on the Nanjing government's abolition of the Chamber of Commerce.

On the third day, the "Ming Pao," sponsored by the Senate and Political Yuan, published an article in which it pointed out that the Nanjing Government was able to achieve today's achievements, and that the Wehrmacht had won many battles on the front line, and that a large part of the credit for this was due to the industrial and commercial circles, and that the Nanjing Government had now directly abolished the Chamber of Commerce on the grounds that a few businessmen had violated the law. This was clearly out of prejudice against the merchants, and it was also a sign of the Nanjing government's complete unreasonableness.

This article of "Ming Pao" did not make Shi Kefa change his decision, but made him even more angry, and threw the "Ming Pao" in his hand aside, Shi Kefa personally wrote an article, listing a large list of big and small things that businessmen were profit-seeking and forgetful, and concluded that it was completely reasonable for Ming Taizu to classify businessmen as the end of all industries.

Shi Kefa's article can be regarded as a hornet's nest, the status of southern businessmen has been significantly improved over the years, almost no one regards businessmen as the last layer of society, rich businessmen often have a very high social status in society at the same time, and now the meaning of Shi Kefa's article seems to be to beat businessmen back to their original shape, so that they can accept it again, how can they accept it?

If it had been just a controversy in the newspapers, the merchants soon began to take practical action against the Nanking government.

First of all, dozens of factories in Nanjing and Hangzhou have been shut down one after another, and after the shutdown, the factories no longer even pay the basic wages of workers, and more than 20,000 workers have been forced to lay off after three days.

What happened next was that the merchant ships of all sizes shuttling back and forth between the Yangtze River and the canal, which had been extremely lively, disappeared overnight, and even the ships recruited by the Nanjing government to transport logistical supplies to the various armies disappeared.

Fortunately, the ships of Lu Wei's ocean-going trading company had not yet gone to sea, and Shi Kefa temporarily and urgently asked Lu Wei to take over the transportation of military supplies, so that the logistics of the front-line troops were not stopped.

Liu Lan realized the seriousness of the problem from the first day of the factory shutdown, and on the same day she brought Lai Fu over and asked him to inform Luo Jian as quickly as possible, if the front line can get out of the way, let him come back quickly, the matter is beyond the control of the Nanjing government, if Luo Jian does not come forward, I am afraid it will not be good.

And what Liu Lan is most worried about is that even if Luo Jian comes back, how to solve this matter may be extremely troublesome.

In less than a week, the streets of Nanjing had become extremely depressed, many large businesses began to close their doors, several major grain merchants in Nanjing even stopped moving, and grain prices in Nanjing began to rise.

Liu Weimin knew that Shi Kefa's action of canceling the Chamber of Commerce would lead to some trouble, but the development of things to this point was obviously beyond the normal range, and Liu Weimin instinctively felt that there must be something unknown in it.

Liu Lan, who was so anxious, began to exert her influence in the industrial and commercial circles, and almost every day she had to sit in a carriage to talk to some people, and it was quite smooth to find a few people, and they basically agreed to resume production.

But before Liu Lan had time to be happy, the next day these people came to Liu Lan again, saying that they couldn't do anything, which made Liu Lan a little surprised, and asked what made these people change their hexagrams, but several people were reluctant to say.

The changes of several people made Liu Lan realize that things were far more complicated than she imagined, but after talking deeply with Liu Weimin, both of them thought that this could not be the intervention of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Manchu court could not have such a great influence on these merchants.

If the Manchu court really intervened in this matter, there would always be clues, and the Ministry of Security would always get some information, but at present, the Ministry of Security has done nothing in this matter, which shows that these businessmen are organized and very tightly organized.

"What exactly is their purpose? In fact, the chamber of commerce is only a non-governmental organization on the surface, and its role can be extremely limited, and it is said that the abolition of the chamber of commerce by the Nanjing government will not have an essential impact on the interests of these businessmen, why did they react so strongly this time? ”

After Liu Weimin calmed down, he carefully analyzed with Liu Lan. This matter must be dealt with by Luo Jian, and they both want to give Luo Jian more help.

"I'm afraid there are some people who don't want to stay behind the scenes anymore and want to come to the front desk." Liu Lan said.

Her meaning is obvious, now the industry and commerce in the south are developing extremely fast, and the rapid development of industry and commerce has quickly produced a new class, to put it bluntly, a new class has emerged, that is, the bourgeoisie.

Once a new class is formed, it will inevitably want to have its own voice in politics, and now it seems that it is not smooth for them to find a spokesman in the Nanjing government or directly enter the Nanjing government, or they simply cannot wait, and the Nanjing government's move to abolish the chamber of commerce has become the fuse in their hands.

As for what kind of thing these people want to play with, Liu Lan and Liu Weimin don't know.

"But they went too far this time! The method is wrong, and the timing is even wrong! Listening to Liu Lan's words, Liu Weimin nodded in agreement, and at the same time he said with a sneer.

These businessmen thought that they could blackmail the Nanjing government into sitting down with them and negotiating with them to achieve their own goals, but they seemed to be wrong.

"The Nanjing government's dependence on these businessmen is not as great as they imagined, although there is a great development of industry and commerce, but it has not fundamentally changed the essence of our agrarian society, at least not yet into the industrial society." Liu Weimin continued.

"Yes, just look at the products produced by these factories, almost none of them are necessities, and relying on food to put pressure on the government is even more wrong, the government has begun to reserve a large amount of grain since last year, and the granaries around the country are almost full, and this year fertilizer began to be promoted, and there will be no shortage of food. I think the overseer has already started calling the grain in the granary, right? ”

Speaking of this, Liu Lan also relaxed, although this wave of things seemed to be turbulent, but it was a war in which these people chose the wrong opponent at the wrong time and place, and they were doomed to lose.

Neither of them gave Shi Kefa the analysis of the situation, they also need to think calmly, after all, the cause of this incident is the Nanjing government's mistake in the front, because several businessmen broke the law and revoked the Chamber of Commerce, obviously there is a suspicion of Lianlian. (To be continued.) )