The emperor placed great expectations on him, hoping that he could twist the separate merchants in Xijin into a rope, and then serve the imperial court.

Just being able to go to the court every day is a great thing for the Cheng family.

When Cheng Daqian and others learned the news, the Shunyi Bofu closed the door that day, and the family celebrated loudly in the mansion.

"I really never expected that there would be such a good thing, so that we not only have a place in the court, but also sit on the top spot among the merchants."

Even on the day he was named Shunyibo, he was not as proud as he is today.

Cheng Daqi patted Cheng Daqian on the shoulder, the two brothers' eyes were slightly red, with a little tear, "In the past, although our Cheng family had a few silvers, a county order dared to come to us and bite twice, and later became an uncle, and no one in the capital took us seriously, and they didn't dare to spend any money, for fear of being laughed at." ”

"It's okay now, it's okay."

Cheng Daqi took a deep breath and his eyes fell on Cheng Xiaosi, "This is all the credit of Xiaosi!" ”

Cheng Xiaosi sat on the side eating the fruit, still reviewing her performance today, if you really want to say that her performance is not good, her thinking is not clear, and she can't let go of the whole person.

Of course, this has something to do with her adaptability, and she hasn't fully integrated into it yet, and many things are still a little taken for granted, so she has to continue to work hard to adapt.

After the family was happy, they began to discuss what to do next, and Cheng Daqian first said the difficulty, that is, the merchants' perception of the imperial court was not very good, and this errand was not as easy as imagined.

"A few years ago, the imperial court fought in the south and the north, especially the attack on Beixiang, which took too long and spent too much money and food.

"The imperial court is hurting, the taxes in recent years are too heavy, especially for the merchant tax is full of tricks, the Qin family knows it, such a big merchant is forced to run away, I heard that it is in batches to run to the Dongshu, the Qin family is not only good at farming but also good at striking iron, there is craftsmanship, I heard that the Dongshu side is very welcome to this kind of merchants, as long as they go, they can be resettled, and there are many government decrees to support, the Dongshu court can shelter them."

"In addition to the Qin family and the Li family, the ancestors of the Li family dealt in gold and silver, and the gold they refined was of extremely high quality, and the jewelry they made was very popular, and they were forced to go to Dongshu, and when they heard that they arrived in Dongshu, they were taken over by the Dongshu court and restarted their old business."

There are many cases of this situation that the Cheng family knows, and I don't know how much, although the border is now under martial law, but those rich merchants have really made up their minds to abandon their families and businesses, and there is a way.

Cheng Daqi sighed, "If you weren't forced to a dead end, who wants your ancestors to run away?" ”

"Merchant taxation is indeed a big problem, but it is not easy for the emperor to reduce this piece, and the treasury cannot hold it."

Cheng Xiaosi couldn't help but interject, "The merchants' taxes went to the treasury in their original form? ”

Everyone was silent for a while, the Cheng family was originally a merchant, so they naturally knew the faces of those officials, how could they all enter the treasury?

Cheng Xiaosi said again, "If it wasn't all in the treasury, where did the silver go?" ”

"All kinds of taxes are a knife hanging over the head of the merchant, if this knife is not loosened, that is, no one believes it, hard to make money, and finally make a wedding dress for others, no one wants to, right?"

Cheng Daqi thought of the day when the emperor raided the Liu family, and thought of the things that the Liu family was copied out.

When I thought about it, I immediately shrunk my neck and felt that I was crazy.

Cheng Daqian saw what he was thinking, and said: "Xiaosi is right, if it's me, whatever you say to me, but if the tax is not reduced, I won't be interested, and I won't have a chance to spend so much money, so why work so hard?" ”

"This big brother must make it clear to the emperor, even if the emperor is angry, he can't cut down all the merchants, right?"

Cheng Xiaosi blurted out, "If you can find a few merchants who are forced to get by, the emperor will have a reason, as long as it is operated properly, and the merchants see the emperor's determination, then their confidence will definitely increase, and at this time, a few more decrees will be issued in their favor, and this matter will be regarded as the beginning." ”

"Fourth sister, your brain is really good."

Cheng Youqian felt that this method was quite appropriate, and his thoughts suddenly opened, "We know a few merchants who have strength but have been suppressed to the point that it is difficult to breathe, didn't they ask your father to come to you last time, and hope you can help them?" ”

"The position of the reported officials should not be too high, nor too low, but they should be greedy enough and fat enough, so that the emperor will calm the grievances of the merchants, and the emperor will enter the account again, and our affairs will be done, killing three birds with one stone."

Cheng Youyi gave him a thumbs up, "In this way, we can also be regarded as a gift to the emperor, at least at the beginning, let him see the silver, and trust us more and more." ”

In this way, Cheng Daqi and Cheng Daqian both laughed, and Cheng Daqian immediately said that he wanted to go back, "The ground movement is a good time for those officials to collect money, and when the merchants can't escape, I'm afraid that the previous ones will be completely unable to survive, I'll go back to them now, rather than the hard work of my ancestors is devoured, it's better to fight." ”

Cheng Youqian wanted to go back with him, Cheng Daqian waved his hand, "Didn't you say that you want to arrange for the emperor to go out of the palace to comfort the victims, at this time, you stay here to help, such a big mess can't be relaxed, this time I will go back and bring some children." ”

"The repair of the mansion must also be hurried."

Xiao He nodded, "Let's arrange this matter with our mother, you are responsible for the affairs outside, and the affairs in the house don't have to be taken care of." ”

Although he has been very tired recently, he likes this atmosphere very much, everyone is rushing forward with all their strength, and there is nothing bad about it, it can be said that he has not been so comfortable for so many years.

Mr. Cheng said with a smile: "Our affairs are one after another, and they are all big things, even if we call all the people in our hometown, it is not enough, not to mention that there are no people on the other side of my hometown, I think I still invited people from the Xiao family to help, right?" ”

looked at Xiao He, "I know that the dart game is also busy, and the in-laws are not idle, but you still send a message to the family and invite them to come to the capital to live." ”

Xiao He was stunned, her mother-in-law has never looked down on her two families, she used to be a mountain bandit, even if she is good, she will be a dwarf, her father and mother are afraid that she will be embarrassed and will easily not come to the door, but she didn't expect her mother-in-law to take the initiative to invite today.

"Then I'm going to send them a message?"

(End of chapter)