After listening to Xu Qian's explanation, Jiajing finally knew the key, and he couldn't help but smile; "Only you can come up with such a ghostly idea. It's just that my certificate of commendation has become a guide for them, and three or five hundred taels of silver seems to be cheaper for them. ”

Xu Qian smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, it's not three or five hundred taels at a time, but three or five hundred taels a year." ”

Jiajing said curiously: "Why is this?" ”

Xu Qian smiled and said: "The students have made hands and feet on this certificate of commendation, and the big seal is not made of ink, but other pigments, which will be discolored after a long time, and the handwriting will be illegible, and it will be invalid in about a year." ”

Of course, Xu Qian is unwilling to suffer, if you buy a certificate of commendation for three or five hundred taels to let you use it for a lifetime, what else will you do with this transaction? How can the road administration last long? In fact, before that, he had made accurate calculations, such a 'road guide' could roughly save 400 to 1,000 taels of silver for the merchants who held the goods, after all, some were running outside day and night, escorting goods every day for 365 days a year, while some were only four or five times a year, some had to travel thousands of miles to transport goods, and some were just running around Tongzhou and Tianjin.

The basis of Xu Qian's calculation is that the big businessmen who have a lot of money in their pockets are concerned, and those businessmen who make small troubles can't afford such luxury goods for the time being. Therefore, Xu Qian set the price of the certificate of commendation in this 'reasonable' category.

Businessmen are profit-seeking, and buying a certificate of commendation can save some silver and worry, and they are no longer afraid when they go out, and it is worth spending this money a year.

Jiajing frowned and said: "If this reward is overflowing, I am afraid that the number of businessmen will increase day by day, and the people will not do their jobs, and they will follow the example of businessmen and do this opportunistic thing." ”

Jiajing is not a fool after all, and at this time, he can't help but think of the national policy of the Ming Dynasty. Xu Qian's move is undoubtedly completely shaken the Ming Dynasty's national policy of light business, the reason why businessmen are lowly is mainly to show Xiàn discrimination in policy, businessmen want to charge goods, according to the Ming law, there must be a road guide, and the road guide is issued by the government, and someone must guarantee it, although the Ming Dynasty has a lot of displaced people. The need to carry road guides when going out has become a dead letter, but the checkpoints are extremely strict for businessmen, to put it bluntly, these people do not check the homeless because the homeless people have no oil and water to fish. And the oil and water of the businessman is very large, so the homeless people do not need a road guide, the scholar does not need a road guide, the farmer industry and commerce, people only arrest you businessman, and if there is no road guide, once caught. It is indispensable to be detained and let the family take care of it; Even if there is a way out, it is indispensable to find some reasons to be difficult, and this kind of discriminatory policy makes businessmen miserable.

It is the people who go out to do business that are extremely difficult, although they look glamorous. However, there are times when meat is eaten, and there are many times when they are beaten, so it greatly restricts the development of commerce, and they are not special people. Or when the last resort comes, ordinary people will never engage in business.

At this point. The court showed a tacit attitude, because in their view, if these restrictions were lifted, the obstacles to business would be reduced, so that the number of merchants would increase day by day, and they would become the objects of imitation, and finally more and more people would engage in business, and the peasants would not want to make progress, so they abandoned their fields to do this business, which would not only corrupt the social atmosphere, but also lead to a decrease in grain production.

After all, Jiajing is a veteran who is well versed in politics, so he naturally will not avoid this question, he continued: "Given time, not to mention how many people in the court oppose it, let's just say that once the merchants are released, the palace will certainly earn money, but this ancestor's national policy is afraid that it will be unrecognizable."

Xu Qian was silent for a moment, and said: "The student has heard an allusion, there is no Zhang family selling meat, there is still the Li family selling meat, the imperial court suppresses ordinary businessmen very tightly, so that many people dare not take it lightly, but my Ming Dynasty is still not full of businessmen?" Merchants are indispensable, otherwise my Ming Dynasty has a vast land, fertile fields for thousands of miles, and countless prefectures and counties, how to communicate with each other? It is not easy for ordinary people to do business, but what Weichen knows is that some high-ranking officials and dignitaries took the opportunity to enter the huge profits and instructed their families to do business, just like Yongchun merchants, they can do it unimpeded by their own connections, and make countless profits, the law of the ancestors restricts ordinary people to do business, but it greatly encourages the court officials and the gentry from all over the country to do business, the result is that the official's family wealth is huge, and he holds the authority, calling for wind and rain in the place, and even some people have thousands of mansions and thousands of servants, Your Majesty, The scourge of the strong is fiercer than the tiger, and we have to be on guard. ”

If you say to Jiajing that businessmen are beneficial to society, and businessmen also have good and bad, Jiajing is afraid that he doesn't want to listen to it, because in the emperor's opinion, what are the benefits of businessmen and he has a fart relationship, whether there is a businessman or not, the emperor Lao Tzu is also singing and dancing, it is impossible to go for this reason, just because of any sympathy for businessmen, and eliminate all difficulties to break the national policy of the ancestors.

Of course, Xu Qian will not sue

Jiajing, although the merchant is mercenary, also has his advantages, he only needs to sue the emperor, the people can not do business, and finally the dignitaries and officials are in business, these people in the court not only hold great power, but also through guò business accumulated a huge wealth, this wealth is even more than the palace treasury, their slaves, tenants, and men add up to a considerable number.

Xu Qian continued: "Han died in Haoqiang, Sui also died in Haoqiang, these Haoqiang have a strong family background, intricate connections, rich and expensive, usually obey the orders of the imperial court, once the country is in trouble, it will be within the Xiao wall, give birth to the heart of replacement, Your Majesty, the students are all here, please consider it yourself." ”

In other words, other people, such as Emperor Hongzhi, may just laugh it off when they hear this, because Hongji is a generous person, generous to the people around him, and generous to others, and will not give birth to unwarranted speculation. If Emperor Zhengde listened, he might feel that there were some problems, but he would never have such courage, for such an emperor, it was important to have fun in time.

But there are two emperors in the Ming Dynasty, and they will never take it lightly when they hear Xu Qian's words, one of them is Emperor Taizu, this benevolent brother is very wary of officials and dignitaries, and his suspicion is also extremely heavy.

And the other is Jiajing, Jiajing is essentially the same person as Emperor Taizu, but unfortunately he was born at the wrong time, and when he succeeds to the throne, the world of the Ming Dynasty is no longer the emperor alone, and it is not that you can kill whoever you want, so although he has the same temperament as Taizu, he is both smart and wise, but suspicious and even cruel, but he will never be like Emperor Taizu to cut through the mess with a quick knife.

At this time, Emperor Jiajing's face was gloomy and terrifying, he took his hands and paced aimlessly in this room, his eyes flickering, and the cruelty and suspicion in his bones were undoubtedly revealed.

The corners of his mouth immediately hooked, unconsciously revealing a little cruel smile, and finally came to the side of a few cases, knocked a few cases with his fist, and said slowly: "Okay, you have done a good job, worthy of my humerus, this time you have made great contributions, I will definitely reward you well." ”

He didn't directly say that officials and dignitaries need to be on guard, let alone say how difficult it is to check and balance the powerful in any place, he just praised Xu Qian fiercely, but he showed his heart to the fullest, obviously, Emperor Jiajing's suspicion was hooked by Xu Qian, and at this time, he suddenly found that there was obviously no need to continue the national policy of light business. Of course, with his political status, it is absolutely impossible for him to directly jump out against the ancestral system now.

There is a saying in later generations called discounted red flag anti-red flag, that is, the more you want to oppose it, the more you have to hold high this banner, under this banner, the former concept, the previous established policy, all changed beyond recognition, the Ming Dynasty is actually the same, each emperor ascended the throne, one by one to sacrifice the ancestors, the ancestors hung on their own lips catchy, for fear that others do not know how to respect the ancestors today, how to maintain the ancestral law, but in fact, the so-called ancestral system has long been thrown into the wastebasket by them, The Ming Dynasty at the Hongwu time and the Ming Dynasty at the Jiajing time are not an exaggeration to say that they are two extremes.

After praising Xu Qian, Jiajing immediately smiled, the smile was a little weird, he said slowly: "The Road Administration Bureau must be done well, and it must not be abandoned halfway, not only the Beijing Division should be done here, but also Suzhou, Hangzhou, Liaodong and other places should also be rolled out, and the income of the Road Administration Bureau, you can keep thirty percent of it every year for expenses, and the rest will be filled into the inner treasury." ”

Xu Qian hurriedly said, "Your Majesty." ”

Jiajing stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder and said: "You have done a good job, and you are also very loyal, although you are a lonely widow, although you have countless subjects, but what you can really use is very limited, your father and son are willing to work hard, and I will not treat you badly." ”

He was silent for a moment and continued: "I'm afraid that the personnel and manpower of the Road Administration Bureau will be insufficient, so let's recruit some more, don't be afraid of people gossiping, I am your backer." Come, sit down with me for tea. ”

Xu Qian was not polite, sat down in a big way, and waited for Huang Jin to bring him tea, Xu Qian took a sip of tea, and Jiajing smiled at him: "I have drunk a lot of tea, but your tea here is deep to my appetite, what kind of tea is this?" Huang Banban, pick up a few catties and bring them into the palace. ”

Xu Qian couldn't help but scold in his heart: "The tea here is good?" Then I am willing to exchange with you, and in the future, you will eat the tea here and here, and give me the tea that is tributed from all over the world. ”

However, Xu Qian thought that even if the palace was willing to give him tribute tea, he might not be willing to eat it, and most of the time he would have to sell it secretly in exchange for some real money. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, it was really a poor man's life.

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