In recent years, Zhu Youxiao has carried out a series of reforms in the north, which are nothing more than the development of industry and commerce and the integrated payment of taxes, the core of which is to open up sources of income and reduce expenditure, and to limit financial power.

Such a reform has now won the support of the majority of small and medium-sized businessmen.

The reform of the imperial court was not to eliminate private capital, but to curb the emergence of those capital predators, and the behemoths in the market could only be state-owned capital, so that the power of gold could be restricted, and the merchants would not reach out into the political field.

However, businessmen have a positive significance in the organization of production, so small and medium-sized businessmen can complete this social division of labor, and state-owned enterprises can assume the leading role in the market.

Under this model, small and medium-sized businessmen cannot reach out into the political sphere, because their capital is not strong enough, and if they rely on money to open their way, so many officials do not have the financial resources to bribe. After all, when it comes to the level of almost open black-box operations, as long as the officials who are on the side will ask for bribes.

Therefore, no small and medium-sized businessman dares to manipulate politics, at most they can only engage in secret collusion below, and the purpose cannot reach the political core.

Once a small and medium-sized businessman grows into a capital predator, it will be the target of the operation. Either accept the joint venture and become part of the state-owned capital consortium, or be encircled and stifled by the state-owned capital. There is no other reason to talk about this, once you grow to that extent, you touch the bottom line.

Because those big capital businessmen already have the possibility of reaching out to politics, and at the same time, it also endangers the existence of state-owned capital occupying a dominant position in the market.

For example, among the rich people of later generations, which one does not only own a part of the shares of his industry, and who can eat alone?

The same is true in the United States of later generations. Once a businessman outside a consortium rises. Inevitably, we can only face such a choice. No one is exempt, because these businessmen threaten the position of the consortium. In fact, the reason why the United States excludes Chinese in history is because the Chinese are too smart, know how to make money and invest, have a strong sense of crisis and development, and are not as easy to fool as whites and blacks, and have to get by, thus threatening the dominance of Jewish capital in the United States. In the twenty-first century. The richest people in the United States are the Jews, followed by the Chinese. If it weren't for the Chinese exclusion in the United States, the Chinese would have been integrated into American society for decades, and the Chinese would have been richer in the United States.

To put it bluntly, the Chinese have cultural heritage. The Jews are also a nation that has mastered a certain culture, and in a circle, cultural competitiveness is the most important, so the United States excludes the Chinese from the circle.

Nowadays, the rise of state-owned capital in the New Deal area has occupied a dominant position in the market, and those small and medium-sized private businessmen have also emerged in large numbers. The two sides can also live in peace while complementing each other.

With the deepening of reforms. The small and medium-sized businessmen who emerged were increasingly supportive of the New Deal system. Because under the New Deal system, the status of businessmen has begun to improve.

Especially after the Beijing investigation in the ninth year of the Apocalypse, the attitude of officials in the New Deal area towards local merchants has changed greatly. From the contempt and disdain of the past, it has become a welcoming gesture.

Such a change made small and medium-sized businessmen in the New Deal area very happy, and at the same time, in the ninth year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao introduced a new set of restrictions on clothing, food, housing and transportation.

After the introduction of this standard, although there are still restrictions on clothing, food, housing and transportation, they are already very relaxed, and they will not be restricted to worse than ordinary people.

In terms of travel, the horses pulling the cart naturally cannot exceed a certain specification, and the latest policy issued by the imperial court stipulates that the number of horses in the carriage of merchants cannot exceed 2. Unless there is a Minx, the highest number of horses can reach six horses, but in order for a merchant to receive Minx, he must contribute to the country, and with such a contribution, it is acceptable for everyone to show off a little.

In terms of dressing, yellow clothes are still restricted, which is restricted by any class. However, those who have the Folk Medal can wear yellow clothes, and even the lowest-ranking Folk Commander can wear yellow clothes.

There are also restrictions on housing, that is, only groups with civil honors can build and live in gardens, and according to the level of civil honors, the area is stipulated, and the maximum garden cannot exceed 10 acres.

Merchants who have not received the civil medal are not only not allowed to live in the garden, but their residential area is also limited to 600 square meters, and those who can afford to build can build a large house of 600 square meters, but they cannot build a larger house. Exceeding this range is exceeding the standard, and will be fined and forced to rectify.

In terms of wives and concubines, the laws of the past are still maintained, and the laws of the Ming Dynasty stipulate that only people such as princes and nobles can take concubines, while ordinary people need to be over 40 years old and childless if they want to take concubines. Basically, it is still a system based on the maintenance of 'monogamy'.

Merchants who have money cannot trample on such a system, unless they have more than four ranks, they can take a concubine.

As for the maintenance of the outside or something, this is really out of control, a relationship between a willing to fight and a willing to suffer, what else can be forced. Unless it is an official in the officialdom, playing with women will be punished by the rules of physique.

There are also restrictions on 'food', that is, at the wedding and funeral banquets, whether it is a businessman or a group, the table cannot exceed 30 tables, in fact, the restriction is relatively small, usually if these businessmen want to eat and drink at home, put on all kinds of delicacies and delicacies, as long as they don't come out to show off, it doesn't matter to them.

At the same time, there are corresponding specifications for receiving relatives, welcoming relatives, funerals, half-life, etc.

The improvement of the status of businessmen is the inevitable result of historical development, so Zhu Youxiao introduced a new restrictive standard, under this new standard, the life of businessmen will not be worse than that of ordinary people, and at the same time, it will prevent these businessmen from showing off in front of the people, so as not to corrupt the atmosphere, and at the same time save the loss of social resources.

For example, housing, a very large house to build, it takes a lot of manpower and material resources, but it is for a family to live in, not to mention the consumption of people's power, just say that the impact is not good, what will ordinary people think when they see such a huge gap between the rich and the poor?

At the same time, after the specifications of those weddings, funerals, and weddings are restricted, a certain degree of extravagance and waste can also be avoided, so as not to appear on a large scale, and avoid stimulating the aggravation of the contradiction between the rich and the poor in society.

Such a system is completely acceptable for those small and medium-sized businessmen. Despite the limitations, such a degree of restriction allows them to live a much better life than ordinary people. And most small and medium-sized businessmen will not go to live a life beyond such a standard. Of course, it is inevitable that there may be some strange things in this society, running out to show off pomp and wealth, and such a restrictive standard still has to be there.

If you want to exceed this specification, it is also possible, that is, to obtain the civil merit by contributing to the country, and with the civil merit, you can serve the public, and the common people will not be so disgusted when they see it. (To be continued.) )