Chapter 636: Business is cheap

The sun is rising.

The civil and military officials entered the imperial city in a nervous and orderly manner.

In the main hall, after the hundred officials finished worshipping the empress sitting on the dragon chair, they began today's deliberations.

"At today's court meeting, there are three things to discuss!"

"First, a few days ago, Xu Boyan, the protector of the country, wrote a letter, saying that he was too old to preside over the defense of northern Xinjiang and command 200,000 soldiers and horses, so he wrote to resign from the position of generalissimo, and the position of the new marshal was held by His Royal Highness the King of Xinjiang!"

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the court.

Immediately exploded the pot.

200,000 Xu family army, Xu family has been in business for several generations, and if you say give it up, you will give it up?

The ministers secretly calculated the consequences of this decision.

When Xu Boyan handed over the position of generalissimo to the king of Xinjiang, was he expressing friendship to the king of Xinjiang?

Xu Boyan remembered that he was old and had no successor, so he handed over the Xu family army to the king of Xinjiang.

In Xu Boyan's heart, the king of Xinjiang will be the emperor of Daji in the future, so he sold it in advance in order to be able to live for a long time.

At the same time, the King of Xinjiang, who heard the news, moved slightly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Chen Chao who was sitting next to the empress, with a cold light in his eyes.

With 200,000 Xu Jiajun behind his back, he has the capital to fight with Chen Chao!

Chen Chao and Chu Yunmei joined forces and cuckolded him!

It's a man who can't bear it!

He must have the adulterer and adulteress punished as they deserve!

Feeling the gaze cast by the King of Xinjiang, Chen Chao raised his eyes to look over, and the King of Xinjiang quickly looked away and pretended that nothing had happened.

Among the officials, Chu Yunmei and other officials think differently..... Xu Boyan suddenly handed over 200,000 Xu family troops, did Chen Chao notice something? The trap deliberately set by Xu Boyan for the king of Xinjiang?

"Silence! Quiet! ”

After drinking twice, the noisy hall like a vegetable market slowly quieted down.

"Second, Chu Yunmei, the head of the household department, proposed the establishment of a national construction and development bank, and announced that all merchants in Daji can borrow money from the bank without interest if they pass the qualification examination, expand the scale of the workshop, and promote the commercial development ......of our dynasty."

"Third, the position of the chief treasurer of the national construction and development money village is held by Murong Ting, a male from Qingyuan County!"

The ministers were once again sensational.

In the past month, this money bank has been a big news in the capital territory, led by Chu Yunmei to set up and raise funds, and the empress is its largest shareholder.

But this matter is moved to the court today, and it is different, it releases a signal to the outside:

The imperial court actually encouraged the development of commerce!

Since ancient times, it has been the consensus of every dynasty to emphasize agriculture and suppress commerce.

But what is being discussed today has changed this consensus, and Daji actually wants to encourage business development?

"No!"

"Absolutely not!"

The King of Xinjiang, dressed in a dark blue python robe, was the first to stand up and stop him.

"What's wrong?"

After thinking about it, the king of Xinjiang said what he thought in his heart, and said: "Princess, this king thinks that this move is inappropriate, it is very inappropriate, since ancient times, agriculture is important, commerce is cheap, businessmen are profit-seeking, unscrupulous means, why should my dynasty change this thousand-year-old unchanged move, shake the foundation of the country?" ”

"In the long run, there is no one to wait for the crops in the fields, what to eat and what to wear?"

As soon as this statement came out, some people immediately echoed it:

"What the King of Xinjiang said is extremely true!"

"We must not put the cart before the horse, and we must not vigorously encourage commercial development, and agriculture is the top priority!"

Fang Xiu, who presided over the meeting, looked at Chu Yunmei, this proposal was handed over by her, and she had to convince the hundred officials that this policy could continue to go down.

Chu Yunmei was about to stand up and speak, but a figure was one step ahead of her, and walked out of the column to the center of the main hall:

"Wechen has something to say."

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

The person who came out was Murong Ting, and he was also the candidate for the big shopkeeper selected by Chu Yunmei. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he had to behave well, so that Chu Yunmei would put the position of the big shopkeeper in his hands.

Murong Ting looked at the King of Xinjiang and asked suspiciously: "Your Highness, judging from the development of Qingyuan County in recent years, this strategy of re-mercantilization is not wrong, not only solves the problem of population outflow, but also builds this impoverished county into the richest county in my era in just a few years, why can't it be re-merchant?" ”

"Weichen thinks that there is nothing wrong with the policy of valuing agriculture and suppressing business, but it is not suitable in some places, we are officials, we must seek truth from facts, and consider ...... local people."

"After the end of the Ten Thousand Kingdoms, orders from various countries are coming one after another, and the workshops in Qingyuan County are working day and night, and they still can't complete the orders, does Your Highness want to watch these silver taels being earned by other countries?"

"The establishment of Qianzhuang is aimed at benefiting merchants and local people, and Weichen thinks that it is feasible!"

Fang Xiu frowned...... This kid, I don't usually see it, his mouth is quite powerful, no wonder he can get Chu Yunmei's affirmation, and recommend him as the big shopkeeper of the money bank, with two brushes.

Faced with questioning, King Jiang looked embarrassed.

King Jiang flicked his sleeves, didn't look at him, and snorted: "Nonsense, it's just nonsense, business is cheap, how can we encourage development?" Nongben is my top priority! ”

Murong Ting smiled, leaned on his back to Chu Yunmei, not afraid at all, and said:

"His Royal Highness the King of Xinjiang lives in the clouds, and he hasn't been in the field for a long time, I'm afraid I don't know what happened to my agriculture now, right?"

"Presumptuous ......!" Someone shouted and raised two fingers: "Murong Ting, you are so bold, how can you talk to His Royal Highness the King of Xinjiang?" ”

Murong Ting didn't like this person at all, and talked eloquently:

"The level of agriculture in our dynasty has been in the forefront in several countries, thanks to the update and iteration of the level of agricultural tools in our dynasty, since the advent of the Quyuan plow, the efficiency of cultivated land has increased more than several times, and the fields that originally took three people to serve now only need one person, plus the excellent rice varieties carefully cultivated by Mrs. Chen Song, the mother of the Prime Minister's house, I have almost doubled the grain output of my dynasty......

"That is to say, with the current level of agriculture in our country, we don't need so many people at all, and it is a waste to use them, so it is better to devote these extra people to other construction, such as ...... Commerce! ”