"Of course." Shen Wansan said, "However, this official promised to take care of your business peers in the future, not because of our previous 'friendship', but because the emperor ordered this official to do so." ”

Friendship? They didn't have any friendship at all before, okay, and the crowd was all bullied by him miserably before. However, the face still needs to be passable, so the word friendship is used.

"Did the emperor let Lord Shen take care of us?" The crowd sighed, "Today's emperor is really a saint!" ”

"Of course, the emperor is holy today." Shen Wansan arched his hand to the emperor in the distance to show respect, and said, "If it weren't for the current emperor's sage, how could this official be a businessman who is despised by the world, how could he become a member of the imperial court?" ”

"Let me tell you the truth, the emperor has seen the importance of commerce to the imperial court. Therefore, the Ministry of Commerce was specially established, and the official served as the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce. Ordinances regulate domestic commercial conduct, develop domestic commerce, and overseas trade, and preside over all matters related to merchants. That is to say, he now has a lot of power, and everything related to business is under his control.

"Boss Shen, no, Lord Shen is already a scholar? Wouldn't that soon be promoted to a second-class officer? The crowd was even more shocked, "I'm a businessman, and I can actually produce a second-grade master!" ”

I was a little afraid of Shen Wansan before, but now I am even more in awe.

"The emperor actually recognized the importance of Shangjia to the imperial court? It is really unprecedented, and the emperor is the first saint in the ages. Shopkeeper Li said, "This is a great joy for us businessmen!" ”

"Not bad, not bad." The crowd chimed in, "From now on, our status will not be so low." ”

Some people even shed tears excitedly: "The emperor is shengming! "If it weren't for the necessity, who would want to be a businessman? Now that Shangjia has been valued by the emperor, we have hope for our days. ”

At that time, merchants were forbidden to be officials, the descendants of merchants could not take the imperial examination, merchants were not allowed to wear silk, and the declaration of wealthy merchants' properties was confiscated. Once the imperial court and the local government are short of money, they will raid a wave of homes for various reasons.

Not only is the money lost when the house is raided, but the person may also be gone, and everyone is living in fear. Because the status of the merchants is too low, their children are even a little difficult to marry, the rural women are unwilling to marry the sons of the merchants, and it is difficult for the daughters of the merchants to marry, after all, no one wants to live a frightened life, so they can only digest it internally.

Shinong industry and commerce, the lowest level of merchants.

Now that the emperor has begun to pay attention to businessmen, he doesn't have to worry about being raided at any time.

"Colleagues, please rest assured, after a period of time, this official has made contributions to the imperial court in the Ministry of Commerce, and this official will ask the emperor to cancel the unfair treatment of businessmen." Shen Wansan said, "For example, you can't be an official, your descendants can't participate in the imperial examination, you can't wear silk, and so on...... As for the hidden danger of being raided, the emperor has begun to pay attention to it, and I believe that the people below will not dare to act so arbitrarily. ”

"Thank you, Lord Shen, we will definitely do our best to assist Lord Shen in making contributions to the imperial court." The crowd said. At the same time, I also understand why Shen Wansan didn't bring it up when he saw the emperor during the day, the emperor had just promoted him, of course he couldn't make any requests, it was called having no eyesight, or having to make inches. Only if he has made contributions to the imperial court in the future, can he ask the emperor to improve everyone's status.

"If you want to contribute to the imperial court in the Ministry of Commerce, you can only increase the treasury revenue for the imperial court. Let the emperor see the importance of our businessmen and see the tangible benefits we bring to the court. ”

"We will use the money added to the treasury to slap those who look down on us in the face!"

"When the time comes, we will increase the treasury revenue of hundreds of millions for the imperial court, and see what else they have to say."

"There is a long way to go to improve the status of businessmen. It is not enough to rely on the emperor's attention, but we also need to work hard to change everyone's concept. If you want to accomplish such a great cause, you can no longer put your own interests first. ”

"We also have to work together, not in silos."

"That's a good point!" The crowd agreed.

At this time, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty have condensed into an iron plate.

"After we go back, we take out the property, the bridge that should be repaired, the road that should be repaired, and the villagers who should help the villagers...... Anyway, most of the money used to be made for self-preservation, but now there is no need for self-preservation, and silver should be used to improve status. ”

The imperial court stipulated that they could not wear silk, which means that even if they made money before, they did not dare to wear good clothes, and they did not dare to eat fragrant and spicy food. Merchants were more of a means of livelihood for them, and hoarding silver was more for self-preservation. Give gifts to those officials and let them do it lightly.

"The emperor told the official that the Ministry of Commerce still lacks talents who are good at management. Let the official choose among the businessmen who are good at business, and those who study can't do the things of the Ministry of Commerce. Shen Wansan said in an official tone at this time, "If you behave well in the future, you may still be able to get an official position." ”

There is still the possibility of becoming an official!? When the crowd heard this, their hearts were ecstatic.

"Lord Shen, do you see the villain. The villain's cloth village is also running well, and the villain is willing to be a pawn for Lord Shen. Shopkeeper Zhang immediately licked his face, whether he could get an official body and completely change his fate was a matter of Shen Wansan's words.

"Lord Shen, the old man has been running the rice shop for decades, and he has a lot of experience in running the business...... "The shopkeeper Li said, "Although the old man is old, he also wants to serve the country and serve Lord Shen." ”

"Lord Shen, there is a genuine painting of Su Shi in the villain's house......" Shopkeeper He said.

"You have Su Shi's authentic works in your house, and I still have Wang Xizhi's authentic works, you are the first to rule it out." Shen Wansan said, "The officials of the Ministry of Commerce selected by this official must be people with good temperament and noble conduct, and they would rather lack mothers." People like you can only smear the face of our Ministry of Commerce. Now that the emperor has just begun to pay attention to businessmen, you are engaging in these crooked ways? ”

"In the past, when the imperial court encountered natural disasters, did you make any donations? Have you given your food to the people around you? Did you build bridges and roads before? ”

"The reason why the world looks down on us businessmen is mostly because some businessmen are mercenary."

The crowd fell silent for a moment, not without people doing this kind of thing, but very few. If a businessman is not profit-seeking, he can't seem to be a good businessman. However, there are still some good morals, and they will give back to the society after making money.

"Shopkeeper Zhao."

"The villain is here!"

"This official remembers that before you, you used to build bridges for the villagers to make up for the road, and when Tianfu experienced war, you took out some grain to help the surrounding villages. You're going to be the officer's deputy. ”

"Thank you, Lord Shen!" Shopkeeper Zhao was overjoyed when he heard this, and he was simply happy from the sky. His voice trembled a little.