Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

"Ok!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly and looked at Bao Zhao again.

Bao Zhao said directly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there is a vacancy in the Ministry of Household Affairs for the doctor of the Yunnan Qing Li Division!"

Shang Kezhou looked happy.

According to ordinary people like them who have no reputation as Jinshi and no family background, if they enter the officialdom according to the normal way and are able to govern a state in their lifetime, they will be like smoke rising from their ancestral graves.

And now, they are directly the fifth-grade officials with real power in the capital?
But it’s something they can’t even imagine!
Facing Zhu Di's eyes, Shang Kezhou was filled with excitement, "Reporting to Your Majesty, I am only responsible for your Majesty's arrangement!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly: "Then go to the Yunnan Qing Li Department!"

"I will live up to His Majesty's high expectations!"

Shang Ke Zhou Lang said.

"good!"

Zhu Di looked at Chang Guoting again.

"...Weichen is willing to go to the Ministry of Industry!"

"Then go to the Dushui Qingli Division of the Ministry of Industry!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"..."

Next, the remaining ten or so Yan officials also chose their respective places to go.

Minister of Rites, Yuan Wailang, Yushi, Yunnan magistrate, magistrate, Fujian magistrate, magistrate...

Every official looked excited.

Among them, there are two people named Guo and four officials named Liu. Guo An is also very familiar with the rest of the officials.

Subsequently.

Zhu Di hosted a banquet in the palace for Jin Zhong, Shang Kezhou and others.

At the banquet.

Jin Zhong, Shang Kezhou and others all looked grateful.

Regarding Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi's inquiries, they knew everything.

"Your Majesty, now all the people in the Yan Kingdom have identity plates!"

"Your Majesty, the ministers and others have not restricted the people of Yan State from moving around. The merchants of Yan State are prevalent, and the influence of those nobles is getting lower and lower day by day...

What makes Wei Chen and others most happy is that the people of the Yan State like to buy Ming classics, and the merchants of the Yan State are also very willing to sell the enlightenment classics of the Ming Dynasty. The Chamber of Commerce has built a bookshop in Kaicheng, specializing in printing and selling enlightenment books. Classics! "

"Can the people of Yan State afford it?"

"Your Majesty, those people seem to have become rich and can afford it!"

"Ok?"

Above, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but be startled.

"The Yan country is so poor, how can those people become rich?"

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen and others were puzzled at first about this matter.

However, after sending people to investigate, they found that although merchants were prevalent, the goods that ordinary people could buy from those merchants were also much more!

In particular, there are wild ginseng, various medicinal materials, and wild animals in many mountains of Yan State...

In the past, the people of the Yan Kingdom could only sell these wild goods to the local nobles at low prices, and the local nobles would try their best to squeeze the people.

But as our merchants from the Ming Dynasty entered the Yan State, the local merchants of the State of Yan competed with our merchants from the Ming Dynasty. The prices for the mountain products in the hands of the common people were getting higher and higher...

weekdays.

Some people of Yan State can also do some hard work and earn some money...

As a result, the people of Yan State gradually had a lot of treasure money in their hands! "

Hearing this, Bao Zhao, Jian Yi and others couldn't help but frown.

"Treasure notes?"

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi looked surprised, "How many treasure notes do the people of Yan have in their hands?" "Your Majesty, there should be more than 700 million taels of treasure notes now!"

"700 million taels?"

Zhu Di was startled and asked again: "Has the value of treasure notes depreciated in Yan State?"

Jin Zhong was a little confused and said: "May I ask Your Highness, what does depreciation mean?"

"Depreciation means that one or two treasure notes used to be exchanged for one thousand cash, but now they can be exchanged for nine hundred cash, or even less!"

"This……"

Jin Zhong, Shang Kezhou and others frowned and thought for a while, then slowly shook their heads.

"Reporting to your Majesty, this matter has not been discovered yet!"

"That's good!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

At this time, Bao Zhao couldn't bear it anymore and said quickly: "Your Majesty, there is no business without treachery. Businessmen are cunning and only care about profit and not production.

Therefore, since ancient times, all courts and kings have attached great importance to agriculture and restricted merchants.

I don’t know why, Your Majesty wants to make merchants popular in the Yan Kingdom. How can you act like a wise king? "

As soon as these words came out, Jin Zhong and Shang Kezhou's expressions darkened.

Jin Zhong bowed his hands to Bao Zhao and said, "May I ask Bao Shangshu? If I don't know Bao Shangshu, I know what the purpose of the imperial court and the king is to focus on agriculture and suppress merchants?"

Bao Zhao said directly: "It is for the sake of the people to live and work in peace and contentment, and for the stability of the country and the country!"

Jin Zhong asked again: "I dare to ask Bao Shangshu, from the Han Dynasty to the present, these courts and kings have focused on agriculture and suppressed merchants, can they allow the people to live and work in peace and contentment?
Can the country and society be stabilized? "

Bao Zhao looked angry and scolded Jin Zhong: "What does Mr. Jin mean by this? Shouldn't merchants be restrained?"

Jin Zhong smiled softly, "Don't get angry, Mr. Bao, I'm just discussing the matter!

The official only knows that from the Han Dynasty to the present, the emphasis on agriculture and suppression of business has caused a country to remain stagnant.

However, the lives of all farmers are becoming more and more difficult day by day, and they cannot make money. Their acres of land are decreasing year by year. In the end, they are all sold to their neighbors' philanthropic gentry or large households at extremely low prices, or even Take it away directly with a loan...

In the end, those people who only know how to farm all day will have to sell their entire families into the surrounding good homes...

The whole family was enslaved until death...

And in the end, the people were forced to have no choice but to rebel one after another...

On the contrary, in Yan State, there are only a few merchants left, but fewer and fewer people are starving to death, and they are getting richer and richer..."

Bao Zhao opened his mouth and his expression became serious.

He did not come from a big family, and he was honest and frugal throughout his life, serving the country and the people, but his thoughts were traditional Confucianism.

When Jin Zhong, Shang Kezhou and others, including Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi, were in the Yan Kingdom, they were all polluted by the deviant thoughts in Guo An's mind!
Otherwise, Jin Zhong would not dare to say that.

"Bold!"

Jian Yi angrily scolded, "Jin Langzhong, you dare to say such deviant words in front of His Majesty and the Crown Prince. What are your intentions?"

Jin Zhong smiled slowly and said calmly: "Master Jian, please don't be impatient. I wonder how deviant Jin's words are?
Moreover, Jian Shilang also went to the State of Yan. You should know how wise and enlightening the policies of Jin and others in the State of Yan were?

Does the behavior of Jin and others follow the path taught by saints? "

Jian Yi opened his mouth and said angrily: "Then merchants should not be allowed to flourish!"

Jin Zhong asked quietly: "I dare to ask Jian Shilang, merchants can bring benefits to the people, bring money to our Ming Dynasty, and stabilize the Yan country, why not allow merchants to flourish?"

In the hearts of the officials of the Jin Zhongyan Kingdom, they were already dissatisfied with the officials of the Ming Dynasty.

He only cares about his own family interests, is corrupt, and eats vegetarian meals all day long!

Jian Yi said: "This is what Emperor Taigaozu decided!"

Zhu Di: "..."

Guo An: "..."

... (end of this chapter)