"It's amazing, shocking news, early this morning, His Royal Highness proposed to remove merchants from the list of untouchables and allow merchants to participate in the imperial examination."

"What? Really? ”

"It's more true than real gold, the courtiers are against it, the four highnesses are talking to the ministers, and finally His Majesty agrees to exclude the merchants from the list of untouchables, as for participating in the imperial examination, it has not yet been determined."

“……”

As soon as the news broke, the entire Kyoto business community became a sensation.

Merchants were the last of the four peoples and had always been regarded as untouchables, and although they had money, they could not enjoy many things, and the imperial examination was one of them.

This is still on hold today, and even earlier times merchants could not ride horses and carriages, even if they had money, and could not even wear silk, but only burlap.

Although there have been improvements, there are still significant restrictions on all aspects.

The scale of the mansion built, the scale of travel, and so on.

Moreover, if the government wants to deal with you, it doesn't need any excuse at all, just do it.

This is also why, after the Southwest Business Act came out, the merchants who poured into the Southwest were like carp crossing the river.

Because in the southwest the interests of businessmen can be guaranteed.

In other places, they have to be afraid at any time, and if one is not good, they will be cut leeks.

One of the most important reasons for the failure of Ezhou New City is to despise merchants, although Zhu Kun and Zhu Tai have shown that they attach enough importance to merchants on the surface, but they look down on them in their bones, making them do something unthinkable in Lin Bai, but in their eyes, it is taken for granted.

Even Fan Renli and Qin Zhengqing didn't feel inappropriate.

If this were in the past, it might not have had much impact.

However, with the southwest in front of him, how could a businessman be willing to take risks with the two losers, so ......

Nowadays, it is conceivable that the great talents have to fight for the social status of the merchants, eliminate them from the list of untouchables, and allow the merchants to participate in the imperial examinations.

"His Royal Highness has said before that he will improve the status of businessmen, and he has really acted, he has made businessmen no longer untouchables, and he is still trying to let businessmen participate in the imperial examination."

"Not bad! As early as Jiangnan, when His Royal Highness was a scholar, he spoke for businessmen, and today it is even more ......"

"But His Royal Highness is weak in the end, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will not agree."

“……”

At this moment, in the huge city of Kyoto, countless merchants have gathered together.

Because of the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, except for the Four Highnesses and a very small number of people who supported him, the other ministers were strongly opposed.

"The Four Highnesses are helping us, helping the merchants of the world, we can't sit idly by and let the Four Highnesses fight alone."

"Not bad! We should also do something to show solidarity with His Highnesses. ”

"But we are just businessmen, we can't go to the court at all, and we can't do anything."

"Nope! We can, at least we can make the Fourth Highness more confident, the court left the mess in Ezhou to the Fourth Highness, as long as we help the Fourth Highness clean up this mess, the Fourth Highness will be more confident, and those officials in the court will not dare to underestimate us businessmen. ”

"Well said! We can't let them underestimate us businessmen, even if Ezhou is a big hole, we can plug it. ”

"That's right! Even if we don't have enough, there are all the businessmen of the world. ”

"Everyone immediately took action to spread the news as soon as possible, so that all businessmen in the world knew about it, and told them that it was up to them whether their children could participate in the imperial examination."

“……”

The news spread like the wind, spreading throughout Kyoto, across the surrounding provinces, and farther away.

The whole business world was in a stir.

For merchants, there may not be a more important day than today, because it is likely to change their fate, and of course, because it is Lin Bai who is in charge of all this.

If it was someone else, they might not have hope, but Lin Bai was the same.

In Lin Bai, they saw hope.

Because Lin Bai had given them hope.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if there is no hope now, but what about the future?

Lin Bai is the hottest prince of the dynasty, and he must be the existence of the great treasure, so they must take action, even if it is not for the moment, for the future, they must also make some actions to prove to Lin Bai, to prove to the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, that the merchants of the world are supporting the four highnesses.

And as the news spread, countless merchants began to flock to Kyoto.

"What a good idea!"

Qin Zhengqing stood in the attic, looking at the bustling pedestrians below, including many businessmen who were running.

Fan Renli also nodded sincerely, "A Ministry of Commerce, one setback, everything has not even started, the situation has been reversed, the world's businessmen have returned to their hearts, it is really incredible, we have lost unjustly." ”

I thought about a lot of possibilities.

But I didn't expect that the other party just proposed to create a Ministry of Commerce, and it was a setback.

And the merchants of the world ran for it.

The key is that the Ministry of Commerce has not yet been shadowed, and the personnel have not yet arrived, but the atmosphere presented has been turned upside down, which is incredible.

"The world's businessmen return to their hearts?"

Qin Zhengqing frowned and said, "Is Lord Fan exaggerating?" His Majesty has not yet agreed to the participation of merchants in the imperial examination, and the exclusion of merchants from the list of untouchables is only a formality, which has no practical significance. ”

Fan Renli said: "The form is enough, this is what the businessmen want, they have money, and they don't need any practical meaning at all." ”

"As for His Majesty not agreeing to the merchant's participation in the imperial examination......"

He paused and continued, "Don't Lord Qin think that this is intentional? ”

"Deliberately?"

Qin Zhengqing looked stunned.

Fan Renli said: "If it weren't for that, how could those businessmen be so active as they are at this moment? All for the use of the Four Highnesses? ”

This!

Qin Zhengqing's face was full of consternation, and it was only after a while that he finally calmed down, "You're right! We lost unjustly, a Ministry of Commerce, a setback, the court did not pay anything, but the weather turned upside down. ”

"It's ridiculous, we even want to pull him off the horse."

Fan Renli smiled bitterly, "I haven't had a chance for a long time, but you and I don't have a choice." ”

Qin Zhengqing gritted his teeth and said: "It's all Dali and Vientiane Kingdom, if they didn't say that they would help each other......"

Fan Renli said: "They are afraid, afraid that he will take the throne, and while dealing with Duan Zhenglong in Dali, they are counting on us to create some trouble for him and prevent him from taking the throne." ”

"Fan is looking forward to it now, looking forward to him taking the position, at that time, what kind of weather will it be to leave the dynasty?"

There was a glimmer in his eyes, and there was a look of longing.

Qin Zhengqing glanced at him in surprise, his lips opened, and finally he didn't say anything.

On the streets below, there seems to be an endless stream of merchants pouring into Kyoto.

……