Chongzhen did not have a favorable opinion of merchants, and in fact many rulers did not have a favorable opinion of the vast majority of merchants who only hoarded and hoarded Juqi.

In the eyes of many people, what businessmen will do can only do is buy low and sell high, relying on the price difference to make money. In fact, before the beginning of industrial civilization, merchants did such a thing, and the merchants at this time were only simple circulation merchants, not production merchants in later generations, which also led to the world's dislike of merchants.

But if you don't like it, you don't like it, but businessmen are indispensable for the normal operation of society, so Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, formulated a law to restrict businessmen. For example, forcibly reducing their social status to a minimum, not allowing their immediate family members to participate in scientific examinations, not allowing them to wear silk and satin, and so on.

But things in the world are so ridiculous, merchants have money but can't wear silk satin, the court allows the common people to wear silk satin, but the common people have no money. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, these regulations could still be enforced, but after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, these rules were almost set to be abolished, and the emergence of large landlords and big businessmen made the Ming Dynasty enter the early embryonic stage of capitalism. As long as there are enough interests, there is nothing they dare not do, Chongzhen quickly felt the horror of the gentry and merchant groups after boarding the plane, they affected the entire Ming court everywhere, Chongzhen hated them, but he had to rely on them to maintain his rule, this is what made Chongzhen feel the most depressed. Therefore, when Chongzhen heard that Yue Yang had killed a group of merchants who had fornicated with Dongnu and seized their property, he dared to feel an indescribable sense of happiness in his heart.

Seeing Chongzhen showing his hatred for those businessmen, Wang Chengen on the side also sighed: "Yes, take a look...... Thinking that Hunyuan Prefecture was just a small state capital, and that Yueyang just raided the mansions of some merchants, and found so many silver taels, the slave maid really couldn't imagine it. How rich those famous merchants were. Pity me for paying taxes a year in the Ming Dynasty is only a mere four million taels of silver, and it is the same as a few small businessmen, which is resentful to think about. It's a pity that there are still many people in the court who impeach Lord Yue, saying that he acted too rudely and killed too many people, and this move was not done by Ming Jun, and they are clamoring for him to be punished. ”

Originally, Chongzhen was angry in his heart. Now that Wang Chengen said this, he was even more angry, he clenched his fists and shouted: "What do these people know, those profiteers have suffered from the emperor's favor but don't think about reciprocating. actually did the ugly thing of fornicating with the Tartars and betraying the country, what is the use of such a person not killing and keeping? This Yue Yang killed well, and I want to praise him heavily. Didn't I promote him to commander last time? This time, I want to promote him to a general and a lieutenant in the light car. As for the martial arts...... He was crowned as the general of Zhenguo, and the general leader of the military and political affairs of the North Shanxi Road. Otomo. You personally send a competent person to announce the decree, tell Sù Yueyang, do a good job, and I will support him behind him, and see who dares to blow up the thorn! ”

"Slave obeys!" Wang Chengen hurriedly lowered his head, and took more than ten steps back in the face of Chongzhen, until he was almost at the door, he turned around and walked out. It's just that before he walked out of the door, he was stopped by Chongzhen again.

"Big companion, you tell Yue Yang again, the more than one million taels of silver let him send someone to escort him into Beijing, I am in a hurry to use it."

Wang Chengen's body shook for a moment, and he almost fell to the ground with a stumble under his feet, and then hurriedly went out......

Yueyang's will to be crowned as the general of Zhenguo and the captain of the light car soon spread throughout the government and the opposition, especially the entire Shanxi North Road, which was greatly shaken. Although this news is unhappy for those who hate Yueyang, it will not have much reaction. After all, the general of Zhenguo and the lieutenant of the light car are only Wu Sanwei and Wu Medal respectively, which is not very useful, but the position of the general of the town guarding the North Road is not a false title, this is the real job of the Eight Classics, the previous guerrilla on the North Road is only able to manage the Yingzhou Capital, Hunyuan Prefecture and more than a dozen military forts around, and now once he is crowned as a general and leads the military and political affairs of the North Road of Shanxi, this position is awesome. Theoretically speaking, from Yingzhou Prefecture to Hunyuan Prefecture, to Gaoshanwei, Yanghewei and Tianchengwei, which are close to the Great Wall, are all under his jurisdiction, and his rights have been expanded several times.

As a result, the sound of wolves was wailing everywhere on the North Mountain Road, and many merchants began to panic. Yue Yang was promoted to a general, which also meant that his tentacles had reached the edge of the Great Wall. Once Yueyang controls the three guards of Gaoshan Wei, Yang Hewei and Tianchengwei, it means that it will be difficult for them to traffick illegal materials from these three places in the future. But there are also happy, after those big businessmen in Hunyuan City were served by Yueyang, those small businessmen who were suppressed in the past also felt that the opportunity had come, after all, there was such a vacuum on the North Road, which needed someone to fill it, so when would you not go at this time? There are not many people with this kind of vision, and driven by interests, many businessmen have also rushed to Hunyuan Prefecture.

"Congratulations to ...... Master"

"Congratulations to the ......"

"I wish you a high ......"

Yue Yang walked in the mansion, and the maids and servants he met along the way all said hello to him, if you want to say who is most sincerely happy for Yue Yang's ascension, except for Yue Yang's relatives and a group of cronies and subordinates, it is the people in these mansions who are the happiest. In these years, the emphasis is on a person who has attained the Tao and ascended to heaven, the higher Yueyang's status, the greater the power, and the moonlight on the faces of these people. Although they are subordinates in the mansion, once they leave the Yue Mansion, they are not a lot of respect, as soon as others hear that they are people from the Yueyang Mansion, they have to naturally let him score three points, which is the benefit of power.

Just as Yue Yang was walking towards the inner courtyard, he saw the housekeeper Cao Youqian walking over with a few servants carrying a large plaque. Yue Yang curiously stopped them and asked, "Steward Cao, what are you doing here?" ”

As soon as Cao Youqian saw that it was Yue Yang, he hurriedly gave him a salute, and then said: "Master, aren't you promoted, the original plaque that commanded the Tongzhi Yamen naturally can't be hung anymore, we have to hang the plaque of General Zhenguo." ”

"Hey...... I haven't seen you so cool when I do anything else on weekdays, but you are quite positive when you change the plaque. Yue Yang shook his head with a little crying and laughing.

Seeing Yue Yang's disapproving expression, Cao Youqian explained curtly: "This ...... It's not to give you a long face. ”

But then Yue Yang asked curiously: "Why don't you hang the title of this official and general, but hang a plaque of a general of Zhenguo upside down?" ”

Seeing that his master was a little incomprehensible, Cao Youqian hurriedly explained: "Master, this is actually the unwritten rule of this dynasty, although you are a real general, but after all, the general is only the third rank, although the general Zhenguo is only a martial arts rank, but after all, it is from the second rank, so we naturally have to hang the high." ”

"Oh...... I know. Yue Yang understood as soon as he heard it, feelings are in the same vein as the rules of officialdom in later generations, and people in later generations generally refer to those civil servants in the physique. For example, they are obviously just a deputy director, but when he greets people, most people will automatically remove the deputy word, if they call someone so-and-so deputy director, this may make people unhappy, and people will even think that you are mocking him, thus bringing trouble to yourself.

"Gotcha...... Go ahead and get busy. Yue Yang waved his hand and beat Cao Youqian and the others away.

Soon came to a study in the backyard, Yue Yang saw Hai Lanzhu with a big belly sitting at the table looking at the information sent from below, and Xiao Man was waiting for him on the side. On the other side of the study, the Linglong sisters were quickly dialing the abacus, and there were several account books in front of them, and there were four maids next to them who were helping to sort out the account books while recording something.

Yue Yang walked to Hai Lanzhu's side and sat down, grabbed Hai Lanzhu's hand and said distressedly: "Didn't I sue you, now that your body is inconvenient, don't be so busy?" Just leave these things to the people below. ”

Feeling her husband's thoughtfulness, Hai Lanzhu smiled at him sweetly and said: "It's nothing, lying in bed all day long and suffocating, besides, the doctor also said that my body is very good, in our Horqin tribe, pregnant women still sew and mend housework at home, how can they be as delicate as your Han women." ”

"Eh! You're quite fat now, and you dare to talk back. Yue Yang glared at her angrily and then raised his hands, originally wanting to scratch her armpits, but seeing the loyal Xiaoman staring at him from the side, Yue Yang estimated that as long as he stretched out his hand, this little girl would come over and play with him.

After sneering and touching his nose, Yue Yang asked, "What, since you've been watching it for a long time, is there any news worth paying attention to?" ”

Hai Lanzhu nodded: "There is a lot of news, these days a lot of businessmen from other places are pouring into our Hunyuan Prefecture and the surrounding towns and military forts, they are precisely valuing the Fang family and many big businessmen who have been vacated by us to fill the vacancies in the market." ”

"Let them mess around." Yue Yang waved his hand indifferently, "As long as they can abide by the law and pay taxes on time, how they toss that is their business, the more merchants come here, the more prosperous we will be here, after all, there are more than 100,000 displaced people, and the demand is also large, so there will naturally be more business opportunities." Besides, there are more homeless people, so it's convenient for us to recruit soldiers! ”

"Xianggong, you're going to recruit soldiers?" Hai Lanzhu is such a smart person, and immediately heard a trace of unusual charm from Yue Yang's words......

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