It has been four or five days since the King of Chu and Qian Hui disappeared, and judging from the news fed back from various channels, they should all be heading south, approaching the range of King Huai's strength. The interception of the Imperial Forest Army confirmed this news, if the strength of the King of Chu and Qian Hui alone was not enough to pass through the neutral zone of thousands of miles, the secret power of the King of Huai in the neutral zone was also helping them complete this thousand-mile escape.

Liu Yu reported the matter to the emperor, not only was the money returned to the whole family confiscated, but the Chu Wangfu was not spared. It was on the evening of the ninth day of the eighth month.

The new emperor ascended the throne, except for a little twists and turns on the day of his accession to the throne, Chang'an City was generally peaceful. Even with the rebellion of King Jin, the new emperor probably only punished the bandit leader, and the Qian family was also the first family ordered by the new emperor to raid. And this night's turmoil made many ministers who were already skeptical of the new emperor even more anxious.

Softness and toughness are indispensable means for the new emperor to control the overall situation, and this raid on the Qian family will have a greater deterrent effect.

The next day was the first communication meeting of the Department of Commerce and Trade, in order to make the merchants rest assured of the imperial court, Liu Yu also spent a lot of time, this time the preparation of the Department of Commerce and Trade and the sale of officials, not only to solve the financial crisis of the imperial court, but also to raise the salary of the new army. The new emperor ascended the throne, King Huai was already on the move, and it seemed that King Huai Mouguo did not intend to live longer than Su Yan, a nephew.

The location of the communication meeting was set by Sui Yu, it was a teahouse, and it was also the property of the Sui family, just across the street from the Sui Mansion.

As a businessman, the Sui family is undoubtedly very successful, four or five generations in business, to Sui Yu's grandfather's generation has become one of the several wealthy families in Chang'an City, originally Sui Yi and Sui Yu's father has no ability, has made people feel that the Sui family is going to be ruined. But Sui Yu's daughter's family inherited her grandfather and propped up the lintel. Sui Yi is even more prosperous, ranking in the court class. The Sui family has now become the banner of the merchants of Chang'an City, and many big businessmen are looking to the Sui family.

The Sui family has a big business, but the courtyard is still very small, not as spacious as the official mansion. And the Sui family's own family did not live in Chang'an City, but settled in the county seat outside Chang'an City, where there was also a large amount of land of the Sui family. For the merchants, Chang'an City can't give them a solid sense of belonging after all, and they are more willing to return to their hometowns. At least the faces of the officials there will not be as greedy and ugly as the officials in Chang'an City.

In the teahouse, the shopkeepers and proprietors of some big businessmen were already waiting. Negotiate with the officials, they didn't dare to slack off, Liu Yue deliberately arrived half an hour early, but he didn't expect the businessmen to arrive. In order not to make the businessmen feel guilty, Liu Yu specially let the accompanying officials take the carriage instead of the sedan chair, and now the carriage should still be halfway there.

"General Liu, you're here." Sui Yu, as the proprietor, was originally entertaining those businessmen upstairs, but when she heard that Liu Yu was coming, she welcomed her downstairs. Holding a piece of paper in his hand, on which the opinions and feedback of the merchants were recorded. She wanted to let Liu Yue know the position of these businessmen in advance.

"Hmm. They came so early. ”

Liu Yu did not rush upstairs, but listened to Sui Yu's narration. In fact, what those big businessmen are most worried about is the authority that the imperial court can give to the Department of Commerce and Trade, as well as the issue of fixed tax rates, which are related to their practical interests.

"I have asked the emperor for a decree, and the holy purpose is here." Liu Yu took out the holy decree he asked for yesterday from his arms, and handed it directly to Sui Yu without formality, Sui Yu was shocked and didn't dare to take it, Liu Yu smiled, "It's nothing, King Yu, you have also seen it, as long as we are sincere in doing things for him, these etiquette aspects don't have to be too rigid." ”

Sui Yu took the holy decree tremblingly, opened it and looked at it, and her face was happy.

Although she had heard Liu Yu say it very well, she was afraid that the imperial court might not be able to give the Department of Commerce and Trade too much authority, but according to the holy decree, the Department of Commerce and Trade not only has absolute independence, but also can participate in the court once a month, and can also determine the tax rate and commodity franchise rights before the prelude, but at the same time it must be under the scope of the code and system.

"Decide first, then play?" Sui Yu was surprised, closed the holy decree and looked up at Liu Yu, "I really can't think of such a big authority." ”

It is also a bit bold and risky to let the businessmen set their own tax rates, but Liu Yu is not too worried. Originally, there was no limit to the taxes of merchants, and the exploitation of all levels made merchants miserable, and most of the money they earned went into the pockets of officials at all levels.

"Miss Sui, you have to work a lot."

At this time, the carriage that the officials were riding also arrived at the door, and when the officials got down from the carriage, they saw that the meeting was only held in a small teahouse in the middle of nowhere, and they all had a look of disdain on their faces, but when they saw that Liu Yu was already standing in the door, they could only suppress their opinions in their stomachs. The officials who came with Liu more and more this time are not considered nobles in the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, but only five or six officials such as assistant supervisors. Yuan Bolang is still very picky in this regard.

When Liu Yu and the officials went upstairs, the businessmen got up from their seats one after another and were about to kneel. These are all basic etiquette, but Liu Yu directly raised his hand and said: "Today is a discussion, you don't have to be formal." ”

The two sides sat down amicably and entered into negotiation mode. However, just sitting and talking with the officials, the businessmen are still not very accustomed to it, one by one or bow their heads and touch the teacups on the table, or sigh silently, in short, the businessmen just listened to Liu Yu say a few words about the original intention of establishing the Commerce and Trade Division, and no one was willing to speak.

The Department of Commerce and Trade is also an unprecedented initiative, and Liu Yue knows what these businessmen are worried about. For thousands of years, it is difficult to change the social status of Shinong industry and commerce in a short period of time. Liu Yu immediately read out the holy decree in public, and when the merchants knelt on the ground and listened to the content of the holy decree, their faces were as unbelievable as Sui Yu before.

Liu Yu explained: "The young eunuch of the Department of Commerce and Trade is tentatively designated as a fourth-grade official, and the deputy supervisor is from the sixth-grade, and the treatment of officials will be no different from that of a hundred officials in the imperial court. You need not be in doubt. ”

Although the official rank of the Department of Commerce and Trade is not high, if he can participate in the court meeting, he can directly present the book to the emperor at the court meeting. It is unimaginable for a businessman to meet the Son of Heaven in the minds of a businessman, and the status of the Son of Heaven is so high that businessmen dare not look up to it. Liu Yu meant that at the beginning of each month, the young eunuch of the Department of Commerce and Trade could go to the palace with a rotating deputy eunuch to participate in the court meeting, and the rest of the time could be directly submitted to the six yamen for approval by the prime minister or submitted to the imperial review.

This is just the starting state of Liu Yu's vision, and Liu Yu also wants to let the Commerce and Trade Department occupy a place in the Liutai Yamen in the future. In order to reduce the restrictions of the right minister Yuan Bolang on the Department of Commerce and Trade and the hundred officials of the imperial court, Liu Yu will soon submit a copy and reset the left minister, and then the department of commerce and trade will also be transferred to the jurisdiction of the left minister. (To be continued......)