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Chapter 612 Salt Merchant Compromise
The pros and cons have been clearly stated in the imperial palace newspaper and newspapers, and all the salt merchants are well aware of it.

When lobbying in the capital before, the emperor expressed his firm determination to reform through his courtiers, and asked the salt merchants to consider the overall situation and make compromises for the country and the people.

At that time, I didn't speak too harshly. It was also to give the salt merchants a buffer time, or to find another business, or to establish a network for salt sales.

Knowing that there would be such a day, the salt merchants also made some preparations, and today they were just trying to win for it as a fluke.

But Xia Zhongshi's words have no room for change. How can the court's policy allow you to bargain?The uncompromising implementation also dispelled the last illusion of all the salt merchants.

Not to mention the group of salt merchants, so what if there are tens of thousands of vassals, the emperor is still not polite.

Whoever dares to make trouble like a market strike, whoever is the leader, who cares nothing about his wealth, the court is eager to ransack your home and exile, how can you be used to you?

Not to mention the salt merchants, look at those gentry, many of them were high-ranking officials of the imperial court, and they still obediently follow the policy.

What kind of Confucianism, what kind of celebrity, broke the law and still exiled, it is not miserable, disgraced.

Weighing your own weight, no salt merchant dares to speak out.

If you continue to work in the salt industry, you will earn a little less.But with abundant funds and low cost of mass transportation, big salt merchants still have a lot of advantages over small traders.

What's more, everyone knows that Xia Zhongshi was the emperor Jianba from the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, and he was promoted from the seventh rank to the fourth rank in a few years, and was in charge of the salt administration.Such a person, with a magnanimous official career, can be moved by money and ruin his future?
The reform of the salt administration in the north shows Zhongxia's hard work, and the emperor's full support. This is why he dares not lie when he sits here.

Lin Xingzhao was the leader elected by the salt merchants. Although the Salt Merchant Association was not approved by the court, it was just a name, and it would not be difficult to change it.

Seeing everyone's eyes shifting towards him, Lin Xingzhao gave a wry smile, bowed his hands and said, "Your Excellency's words are very true. Any policy that benefits the country and the people, we salt merchants are greedy and selfish people, we will fully support it ,Complied."

After a pause, Lin Xingzhao added: "Long live the repeated orders, we ask merchants to love money and get it in a proper way, and don't be ungrateful for profit. We will keep it in mind and dare not forget it."

Xia Zhongshi nodded, with a smile on his face, his tone softened a lot, and he said: "I also believe that you are all righteous businessmen, as long as you are respectful and law-abiding, the court will treat you equally."

As he spoke, he signaled the clerk to distribute the documents, and said slowly, "This is the price of salt from the salt factory, and it will be implemented from today onwards."

There is no room for negotiation and no possibility of altering the file.The choice for salt merchants to continue their business is to become a large wholesaler and enjoy lower preferential prices.

All the salt merchants got the documents and carefully read the graded prices, but they had no choice but to accept them.

Xia Zhongshi just emphasized two points, one is to obey the law, and the other is to treat everyone equally.

Observing the law is the most basic thing. If you violate the law and commit crimes, you will be ransacked and exiled, and you will also do a shitty business.Equal treatment means that after the successful implementation of the salt administration reform, salt merchants, like other merchants, will no longer be suppressed by the court.

You can see that the Maritime Chamber of Commerce, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and the later Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce and the Changjiang Chamber of Commerce all received care and preferential treatment after helping the court.

Looking at the salt merchants, even the name of the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce was picked around, and the word "salt" was not allowed, and the strictness also revealed the meaning of the imperial court.

No matter how rich you are, even if you are as rich as a country, it is difficult to compete with the government.In this regard, the Maritime Chamber of Commerce, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, and the Yangtze River Chamber of Commerce can see clearly.

Moreover, the emperor seems to have abandoned donations, a common method used by feudal dynasties.Even at the critical moment of suppressing the Liao Dynasty and suppressing the rebellion, they would rather take out gold flowers and silver and raise money in every possible way than ask merchants to donate money.

This is the principle of the emperor, but also the ability of the emperor.In such a huge country, is it necessary to ask merchants for money like beggars?

Short-handed, that probably doesn't apply to the Royals.So what if he turns his face in the future, the emperor doesn't just say what he says, he can do whatever he wants.

But the emperor just didn't do this, so he kept the majesty of the court and his own face.

Then, after Ping Liao and Ping Liao, the two strong armies in the north and the south were trained, the emperor's prestige and authority reached the peak, and various reform policies were introduced, and no one dared to promote him.

Don't underestimate authority. It cannot be seen or touched, but it exists in people's hearts.

Violent means can play a role in the initial promotion of advantages and elimination of disadvantages.But when it comes to deepening and advancing reforms, popular support will play a big role.

The common people, in particular, feel the benefits brought by the reform, so they will not resist, oppose, or treat it negatively.

Therefore, the starting point of the emperor's various reform measures is very clear, to let the common people get benefits and let the common people raise their hands in favor.

This is the case with the payment of Qingtun, the liquidation of money and grain arrears, and the reform of the salt administration.

The interests of the common people have not been harmed, on the contrary, the tax has been reduced, and they have eaten cheap salt. Can they be unhappy and praise good governance?
As for salt merchants and the like, at most they just complain in their hearts, but they can't make waves, so there's nothing to be afraid of.

When it comes to organizing strikes and strikes, they put pressure on the imperial court.It happened, but it was not done by salt merchants, but when they cracked down on gentry and students with bad deeds.

To spread rumors and confuse the people, gentry and students are the most qualified and capable.

As a result, under the strict order of the imperial court, the local government did not dare to compromise at all. The Zhenfu Division and Dongchang provided information, and the army dispatched to arrest people and ransack their homes, and suppressed them with thunderous force.

The more violent the commotion, the more ruthless the arrests, the beheading and the ransacking of the house, exile, and killing a few early birds, the world will be peaceful, and no one dares to scream and move around.

It doesn't matter if something happens, it can be proved from some aspects that the local officials are doing things, which touches the interests of the gentry and students.Being able to hold back when something goes wrong is called ability.

Like Liu Lishun, although it was Jin Yiwei who helped him deal with the evil gentry students.But just because he was uncompromising in the face of these local bosses, he was promoted soon after, and now he is the Zuo Buzheng.

Similar to Liu Lishun's experience, there are several officials, some promoted, some dismissed, the court's tendency is obvious, the officials below naturally understand the spirit, and completely stopped the momentum of the gentry students.

With lessons learned from the past, how dare salt merchants make mistakes, and they have to admit it even if they pinch their noses.Moreover, they were afraid that someone would use this to cause trouble and make them take the blame!
In the middle of Xia Dynasty, the salt merchants expressed their compromise, and the hard bone of the Lianghuai Salt Administration has been gnawed down.Although this was not unexpected, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The emperor was kind to him, so how dare he repay him wholeheartedly?

The emperor regards his ministers as brothers and sisters, and the ministers regard him as his heart.The reason is so simple, but how many monarchs in the past dynasties can do it?
(End of this chapter)