Rong Zhao returned to the household department on the same day, and it was rare that he did not leave early, but stayed in the household department to work overtime and write hard. When the household officials passed by, they all looked at her with strange expressions.

Rong Shilang overtime?

It's raining red?

They subconsciously glanced at the hourglass and made sure it was time to get off work, and they didn't feel wrong.

Is it really raining?

Even Xu Shangshu "passed by" twice, wanting to see what she was writing, but unfortunately his eyes were not good and he didn't see anything......

Rong Zhao worked overtime that day, and the whole household department did not leave. They wanted to know what she was doing.

However, when it was dark, Rong Zhao finished writing and looked up: "Huh? Your Excellency hasn't left yet?" One of the principals smiled: "Lord Rong, you ......" What is this writing?

Rong Zhao didn't wait for him to finish, he had already stood up and said with a smile: "Since all the adults are busy, then you continue, I'll go first." After saying that, she sandwiched what she had written, and walked away.

Crowd: "......"

Yes, it's all in vain.

Fortunately, the next day they knew what Rong Zhao had written yesterday. When Rong Shilang's official document was presented, the Manchu Dynasty was shocked and immediately objected loudly-

"How does this work?"

"There has never been such a precedent, how can a businessman have such a high status?" Yes, the merchant has his own local jurisdiction, so why bother to go directly to the household department?" Can the household department be busy?"

"No, Shinong Industry and Commerce, business is the end, why give them such a high status? Isn't it that Rong Shilang used to be a businessman, so he is biased towards businessmen?"

Few people say that Rong Zhao is a businessman, after all, all the industries she does are bound to the big guys. And those industries are famous and profitable, and the people praise them.

This time, he directly said Rong Zhao, obviously angry.

Local merchants have always been the direction of their exploitation, the purse of these officials, and even many merchants are almost equivalent to their slaves in order to find backers.

Now that this chamber of commerce is established, the backers of those businessmen are the central government, who still makes them slaves? It's a pity that Rong Zhao, the official document Emperor Yongming, has already read it, and Rong Zhao has also convinced him.

At this time, he said directly: "Rong Qing's proposal is very supportive, and the establishment of a chamber of commerce can better manage the merchants of the whole country and avoid the merchants from coming."

Is this to avoid the merchant to come?

This is to elevate the status of businessmen!

/ > many people know that Emperor Yongming is an excuse, he is just short of money and ruthless, and he agrees to any idea. There are still those who want to continue to oppose it.

King Jin came out and said lightly: "Grandpa Huang, my grandson supports the establishment of a chamber of commerce, and the merchants should be centrally managed, and the local businessmen are all in chaos, rather than being exploited by corrupt officials, it is better to contribute to the country.

"Now that the border war has begun, in order to end it as soon as possible, it is time to use some means to raise money, and at this time, no one should object."

The complexion of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces changed slightly.

Pei Huaibei's words have two meanings - first, corrupt officials will object, and second, in order to end the border war as soon as possible, extraordinary means can be used.

If they object, they may have something to do with them.

First, corrupt officials and corrupt officials, they don't want to be involved.

Second, they don't want to, Emperor Yongming is old and in poor health, he just wants the war to end in his own hands and leave a legacy for the ages, at this time you go to stop him, don't want to live?

The current Yongming Emperor's true sacred heart is arbitrary, and not many people dare to be tough. Everyone reacted, even if their faces were ugly, they still kept their mouths. Emperor Yongming nodded and ordered: "This matter is entrusted to Rong Shilang to be responsible, and arrange it as soon as possible."

Many things have happened in the twenty-sixth year of Yongming.

On March 10, another piece of news shook all the merchants of the Dayan Dynasty. The imperial court issued an official document and posted it in each city of the Dayan Dynasty—

The imperial court established an official chamber of commerce, and as long as merchants who paid taxes could join the chamber of commerce, and from then on, they were protected by the chamber of commerce. The Chamber of Commerce has established ten representatives and elects representatives every three years. The representative of the Chamber of Commerce is directly responsible for the Ministry of Households, and the chief of affairs of the Chamber of Commerce is established, who is the fifth official.

At the end of each year, representatives of the Chamber of Commerce enter the court and are received by Emperor Yongming.

At the same time, the representative of the chamber of commerce can report to the chief of the chamber of commerce the situation of the chamber of commerce, the problems of the merchants of the Dayan Dynasty, and propose the management strategy of the merchants.

The top ten representatives of the chamber of commerce are elected every three years, and the five merchants who pay the most taxes in the three years of Dayan Dynasty directly become the representatives of the chamber of commerce. The remaining five seats are elected by businessmen.

Merchants who pay more than 100 taels of tax annually will receive a ballot. Merchants who pay more than 20,000 taels of taxes annually become candidates for the Chamber of Commerce.

The top five people with the highest number of votes become the representatives of the Chamber of Commerce.

Merchants of the Chamber of Commerce can put forward opinions to the top ten representatives, and can also report the injustice encountered to the top ten representatives, and the top ten representatives can deal with it on their behalf, and they can report to the secretary of the chamber of commerce.

The representative candidates of each chamber of commerce will receive the "candidate pennant" stamped by the household department, and the top ten representatives of each chamber of commerce will receive the household department

Make a plaque, as well as an inscription on Emperor Yongming.

On March 10, the 26th year of Yongming, the Chamber of Commerce was established, and the tax and silver were according to this year's statistics.

The first Chamber of Commerce delegates are elected in September, giving them half a year to prepare!

As soon as this official document came out, the wild geese shook up and down.

There are only four words in the minds of all businessmen - heaven to hear. The businessmen were all excited.

"Oh my God, we businessmen are finally going to have status!"

"From now on, we have the protection of our merchants and no longer have to worry about being exploited." "Aren't you worried about the exploitation of the Ten Deputies?"

"Don't worry, there are ten deputies, there is always one who is good, and there are five positions that rely on elections, and they can always be elected after three years."

"The status of the top ten representatives is the status of our businessmen, we can see the emperor every year, and the heavens will hear it, and the businessmen have someone in charge!" There is also the chief of the Chamber of Commerce, who is a five-rank official, and can often see the emperor for us. "

"Great, really good."

"I'll see how much tax I pay, and in the future, those filial officials will use the silver taels to pay taxes, not to mention becoming a representative, as long as you become a candidate, you can get the pennant of the household department, if you become a representative, then you will be glorious!"

"Sure enough, only Rong Shizi, ah no, Rong Shilang will think about us businessmen." "Rong Shilang is still from the household department, I really want to set up an immortal card for him, as long as he lives, we businessmen can have a good life."

The meaning of this official document is very clear, in the future, the money of the merchants of the Dayan Dynasty will not be sent to the local officials, but will be sent directly to the state treasury.

If you send it to the magistrate, you may be oppressed at any time. But it is different to give it to the central government, and the central government has no time to oppress them.

Not only do you not bully them, but you also have status, instead of going around, it is better to pay more taxes and become a representative of the Chamber of Commerce, with status and face.

The big merchants were happy, because they had the possibility of becoming representatives, and if they could meet the emperor, they would have status.

Small businesses are also happy because they can have the right to vote, and if the representatives are not good, they can not vote for them next time and vote for the good representatives.

Representation is an option they can choose, but local officials are not.

- This tax, they are very willing to pay.

The merchants were all excited, and the magistrates could only suppress the fire.

Half a year later, the businessmen had a channel to reach the heavens, and they didn't dare to exploit the businessmen easily.

Those businessmen who gave them slaves and servants, it is conceivable that from this day on, they will no longer be so obedient and easy to bully.

The status of merchants has always been very low, and the family business that they have worked so hard to build is likely to be directly looted by local officials, resulting in all the merchants being trapped

Be a man with your tail.

As soon as this official document came out, it was a shot of heart booster injected into the hearts of businessmen. For a time, the businessmen were excited, and business was prosperous.

The most direct impact of commercial prosperity is the people's lives, and there are often monopolistic businessmen who rely on bureaucrats in the localities, and the prices are naturally unbearable but must be bought by the people.

Now that the Chamber of Commerce has been established, local monopolies may be broken, businessmen will be active, and the economic market will be active. This was the impact on the Dayan Dynasty.

And the impact on the imperial court is also very direct - taxes and silver skyrocketed.

Don't think that the election will start after half a year, and the household department will not receive money for the time being, on the contrary, all the big businessmen who received the news began to frantically send money to the household department to obtain the election qualification.

Half a year, not to make a name for yourself and fight for votes? Don't be a candidate for delegate first?

Merchants are undoubtedly a group of people with flexible brains, and they quickly understand this truth.

And when this group of nimble-minded people begin to pursue fame, the business environment of the entire Dayan Dynasty can become better, and the people's happiness will also increase.

From the day the official document was issued, the merchants of the capital first paid taxes to the household department, and then spread to the Linfu, and the taxes and silver in various places began to increase dramatically.

Most of them were sent directly to 10,000 taels of silver.

There are also similar to the silk merchant Guo family, the grain merchant Ke family, and the salt merchant Liu family...... These family merchants, they make sure in case

, I want to fight for the top five representatives, so I directly send a large amount of tax money to the household department.

How rich the family is, I'm afraid only they know. That is the foundation of several generations and dynasties, and many of the families are more extravagant than the royal family.

It is no exaggeration to say that from the time the official document was issued, the household department was counting the money every day.

At the end of March of the twenty-sixth year of Yongming, Xu Shangshu was speechless for a long time after reading the account book. After a while, he looked up: "Where's Rong Shilang?" Principal: "Not yet."

In the entire court, probably only Rong Zhao often arrived late and left early, without the slightest attitude of being an official. But no one said anything about her.

When the Chamber of Commerce took this initiative, they knew that there would be a lot of money coming in, but they never thought that the merchants of the entire Dayan Dynasty would be able to come up with so much money!

- This is not a tax collection, this is making money.

Since the release of the official document, the household department is no longer short of money, just yesterday

A batch of grain and grass was transported to the border pass, and 300,000 taels were given to the military department to make armor and other items and send them to the border pass.

That's it, there is still money in the account of the household department!

Moreover, there are places to send money to the household department every day, and Emperor Yongming keeps an eye on it, no one dares to be greedy for this money, and it cannot be greedy. After all, the Chamber of Commerce is about to be established, and if you are greedy for money, you can directly reach the heavens.

Emperor Yongming has been in a very good mood recently, not to mention that Rong Zhao arrived late and left early, even if she said the wrong thing, the emperor laughed.

This is a golden doll!

Xu Shangshu feels that the whole person is old again, and the household department now doesn't need him to talk to people every day, and Rong Zhao's open source effect is too good...... He let out a long sigh: "This Rong Zhao is really a character."

At this moment, he very much wanted to go back and kill Xu Mingzhi.

Obviously, their Xu family and the Rong family are in-laws, just because he spoiled his concubine and killed his wife, let the Xu family lose people, and he also had a big enmity with the Rong family...... When Rong Zhao came to the household department, the entire household officials were very polite to her.

"Hello Rong Shilang."

"Rong Shilang, you are here, how many silver taels do you guess we put into the warehouse yesterday?" How can these businessmen be so rich?

"Rong Shilang, you are too powerful, the emperor recruited you into the department, it is really the most correct decision." By the way, Rong Shilang, do you know what the emperor's attitude is towards the chief of the Chamber of Commerce? Who are you going to put in the role?

The last question is the key!

When the effect of how much money the chamber of commerce can make comes out, everyone knows the importance of this five-grade official.

Don't look at it as just a five-grade official, but this position manages too much money and is too important.

It is impossible for any emperor not to pay attention to this person, and the emperor attaches great importance to it, even if the official position is not high, even if it is only five grades.

The location of Wupin is also very well stuck. The capital is full of five products, and he is not a big official, but he has just qualified to participate in the court.

It can be seen that the emperor attaches great importance to it.

In that case, this position is about to start grabbing.

Rong Zhao spread his hands and smiled helplessly: "I don't know, the emperor has his own decision." These officials did not comply, and they continued to ask questions.

At this time, someone came to Xuanrong Zhao to enter the palace, and Emperor Yongming wanted to see her. All the officials immediately did not dare to continue to ask questions, and hurriedly dispersed.

Rong Zhao entered the palace.

Emperor Yongming was waiting for her in the study, in addition to Emperor Yongming, there was also Pei Huaibei waiting for pen and ink beside him, recently Emperor Yongming liked His Royal Highness King Jin very much, and let him accompany him at any time.

Sit.

Emperor Yongming raised his hand.

Rong Zhao was not polite, and sat down directly opposite Emperor Yongming.

King Jin is sitting next to her, but she can sit opposite Emperor Yongming, which shows how favored this household servant is now. Emperor Yongming smiled: You seem to have lost weight again in the past few days, come here, send two plates of snacks to Lord Rong."

Rong Zhao was unceremonious, and smiled at the palace people: "Father-in-law, I want to eat yam and jujube paste cake and lotus root and osmanthus sugar cake...... The Imperial Dining Room does the best of both.

After speaking, she smiled embarrassedly at Emperor Yongming.

With a smile in his eyes, King Jin poured a cup of tea and gently pushed it to her. Emperor Yongming also smiled and nodded at her: "You kid, are you still ...... young?"

Rong Zhao grinned. In front of the emperor, it is better to look innocent and pure.

She was too ruthless in making money, afraid that Emperor Yongming would guard against her.

Emperor Yongming sighed again: I really didn't expect the merchants to be so rich.

Rong Zhao shook his head, but analyzed objectively and rationally: "It's not that the merchants are rich, it's the families and the gentry who are rich, in order to compete for the five representative places, the family has contributed a lot of money, and these families will not give up their positions, they will pay for it."

And those gentry handed over the money they had everywhere to the state treasury, and the merchants were smart, and they couldn't do anything if they overdrafted their families, which shows how much money the bureaucrats in various places had extorted in the past.

The family is intertwined, and it is normal for the descendants to be officials and the side to do business. Their family background is absolutely thick, and now they are taking out the money to be a representative, which is really a drop in the bucket for them.

After all, how many years have those families been in business? When the previous dynasty fell, how much advantage did they take advantage of?

The emperor must be cautious when he moves.

It's not something that the four princes can compare with the "upstarts" who have no family background.

Emperor Yongming knew that the local government would make money and officials would exploit it layer by layer, but he didn't expect that it would be such a terrible number!

Immediately, his face was a little unsightly, and he said coldly: "The establishment of this chamber of commerce is a good thing, those officials, they shouldn't be greedy, I gave them a lot of money, and they are still so black-hearted.

At this time, the pastry was delivered.

Rong Zhao nodded while eating: "Yes, this means that it can actually be used not only for the Chamber of Commerce, but also for the entire Dayan Dynasty, so that not only can the Chamber of Commerce be gathered, but also the entire Dayan Dynasty people, play a supervisory role for local officials, and better help the entire Dayan Dynasty."

Rong Zhao mentioned the phrase "people's representatives."

Emperor Yongming really fell into deep thought. Next to him, King Pei Huaibei also looked thoughtful.

After a while, Emperor Yongming shook his head: "This matter is not in a hurry, this is a cumbersome government matter, it is better to solve the border war first."

Obviously, he is too old to have this in mind. What he is doing now is only so that when he dies, he can go down in history.

For example, take back Yanyun Sanzhou.

Emperors are the rulers of an era, the imperial power is centralized, and they do as they please. In history, many emperors were very mediocre at the end of their lives, and they had everything they could do for longevity and do whatever they wanted.

Emperor Yongming is actually a bit crazy.

He now only has the merits in his eyes that will go down in history, he wants to be a powerful saint who has been praised through the ages, and no one can stop him when he asks for a name.

Rong Zhao ate the pastry and drank the tea, King Jin calmly raised his hand and naturally refilled her cup. Rong Zhao smiled politely and continued to eat, his cheeks bulging. The smile in King Jin's eyes grew.

Emperor Yongming also smiled: "You kid is good at accumulating money, you are young, you can solve the household crisis with one trick, and you also have some ability to be an official, if you are older, you may not be able to enter the cabinet."

He shook his head and said, "It's just that you have to change your laziness and leave early, this is not a good habit for officials, do you know how many times Prime Minister Zhang Cheng has impeached you?"

Rong Zhao smiled bitterly: The minister is still young, he is hungry at the end of the day, and he can't wake up in the morning, he really didn't mean to be late and leave early! In the history of the Dayan Dynasty, she was also the first eighteen-year-old third-rank official. When you are young, it is normal to sleep more and eat more. Emperor Yongming laughed, and didn't bother to say anything more about her.

Rong Zhao filled his stomach, saw that the atmosphere was good, leaned forward, and smiled lightly: "Your Majesty, now that the household department is not short of money, and there is a border war this year, do you want to reduce taxes?"

Emperor Yongming was stunned and immediately frowned. There has always been a war to raise taxes, not only did not raise taxes this year, but Rong Zhao even proposed a tax cut?

- Doesn't this add to the situation for the treasury?

He looked at Rong Zhao and said quietly: "It's that the household department is not short of money now." This "now" is very meaningful....

To fight a war, that is to burn money.

Now the million taels have indeed solved the big crisis, and the follow-up will continue to be recorded, but it can only be selected once every three years, and the maximum amount will be recorded in the first month or two, and the follow-up will plummet.

As long as there is a war, the treasury will need money.

Where do you dare to cut taxes?

King Jin said softly: "Grandpa Huang, the war year also reduced taxes, this is not only the first case of the Dayan Dynasty, it is the calendar

There has never been a time in history that if we could cut taxes, it would go down in history and be admired by all the people.

This poked the tip of Emperor Yongming's heart.

He looked at Rong Zhao and asked, "You golden doll, do you still have a way to make money?" If you can still make money, the treasury is not short of money, and tax cuts are naturally possible. If the treasury is short of money, it will not be reduced.

Rong Zhao's shoulders immediately collapsed, and he deliberately made a bitter gourd face: "Your Majesty, that minister has to go back and think about it......"

- Of course, she has another way—— which she has thought of, to net the "business" between the emperor and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.