Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 202 What is a Confucian Merchant
Looking at Chen Yu who was kneeling on the ground with an excited face, and other businessmen around him who were envious and jealous of him, Gao Ming once again deeply felt the embarrassment of the merchants in the Tang Dynasty.

Money has no status!

At this moment, Gao Ming became more confident about his plan.

"Everyone, the food is ready, please take your seats."

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness!"

Under Gao Ming's greeting, the five of them immediately sat down.

As the host, Gao Ming naturally sat on the main seat, while Wu Mei and Chen Yu sat on Gao Ming's left and right sides respectively. After sitting down, everyone cast their envious eyes on Chen Yu again.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Gao Ming smiled immediately, and then asked the attendants to serve the dishes. After the dishes were served, Gao Ming raised his wine glass first, and then stood up.

"Everyone, please raise your glass!"

At this moment, everyone present stood up, and after hearing Gao Ming's words, they raised their wine glasses together.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming smiled and nodded.

"Everyone, today is a day that is destined to be remembered, because starting today, Datang has an additional organization. The name of this organization is the Datang Royal Business Alliance. To celebrate the establishment of this organization, everyone drinks this cup together!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming picked up the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp. Seeing that he drank it, the other people present quickly picked up the wine glass and drank down the wine.

Seeing that everyone drank the wine, Gao Ming nodded in satisfaction again, then raised his hands and pressed them.

"Okay, everyone sit down!"

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness!"

Everyone bowed their hands to Gao Ming, and then sat down. After everyone was seated, Gao Ming immediately grinned.

"I'm afraid you don't know what is going on with the Great Tang Royal Business Alliance? Then I will explain it to you."

As he said that, Gao Ming raised a finger towards everyone.

"The so-called Datang Royal Commercial Alliance is actually an organization composed of merchants. The main task of this organization is to regulate the commercial order of Datang and set a benchmark for merchants so that other merchants can understand how to be a qualified merchant. merchant!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the other businessmen present were immediately puzzled, and in the end it was Chen Yu who had the courage to bow his hands to Gao Ming.

"May I ask His Royal Highness, what makes a qualified businessman?"

As soon as Chen Yu finished speaking, the other businessmen nodded one after another. It seemed that they were also eager to know the answer to this question.

Seeing everyone's eagerness, Gao Ming smiled and nodded again.

"There is a saying in "Li·Ziyi": Words have things and deeds have standards. No matter what you do, there must be a standard. There is no such thing as before, but it does not mean that there will be no now and in the future. From ancient times to the present, why are businessmen in every dynasty Low status? Have you ever thought about that?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, everyone in the room fell silent. Some of them really hadn't thought about this issue, and some had thought about it, but they didn't dare to say it. They couldn't say that the low status of merchants was due to the emperor's order. Bar?

Seeing that everyone was silent, Gao Ming's face suddenly became serious.

"Maybe you all think that the reason why the merchant's status is so low is because of the emperor's suppression, but haven't you thought about why the emperor did this?"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately raised a finger again.

"There is only one reason, because there are fewer qualified merchants in Datang, and such unqualified merchants are not eligible to enjoy preferential treatment!"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, everyone present showed shock, especially Liu Rong, who was sitting next to Chen Yu, immediately stood up and bowed deeply to Gao Ming.

"I also ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to give advice on how to become a qualified businessman?"

As Liu Rong stood up, other people present also stood up and bowed to Gao Ming in unison.

"I also ask His Royal Highness to give advice!"

Seeing their serious expressions, Gao Ming immediately smiled and nodded, then waved towards them again.

"Everyone, please sit down. In fact, all of you here are qualified businessmen, otherwise you are not qualified to sit in this lotus garden, aren't you?"

Hearing Gao Ming's little flattery, Chen Yu and the others felt a sense of relief in their hearts, and there were smiles on their faces.

"His Royal Highness congratulates you!"

"I'm ashamed to be ashamed!"

"Ashamed, ashamed..."

Gao Ming smiled again when he saw their secretly delighted faces.

"Our Great Tang advocates the gentleman, and the so-called gentleman is propriety, wisdom, righteousness, generosity, trustworthiness, and benevolence. These are the six virtues of a gentleman, but the interpretation of these six characters is not static."

Having said that, Gao Ming immediately pointed to Chen Yu.

"Chen Yu's business is gold, silver and jade wares. I once sent someone to dress up in disguise. Whether it was wearing silk or satin or patched coarse cloth, he always treated each other with courtesy. This is courtesy!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Chen Yu immediately knelt down for Gao Ming with a "plop".

"His Royal Highness, the crown prince, is too proud, and Chen Yu is ashamed to do so!"

Looking at the excited Chen Yu, Gao Ming suddenly smiled, and then pointed to Liu Rong beside Chen Yu.

"Liu Rong is in the cloth business. He transports tea and silk from Chang'an to the Western Regions for sale, thereby earning more profits. But what is commendable is that the price he offers is three levels higher than other cloth merchants. Don't be confused, don't care about small things, this is wisdom!"

After Gao Ming's voice fell, Liu Rong also knelt down.

"Thank you, His Royal Highness, for your kindness!"

Gao Ming didn't care about him, and pointed to the next one again.

"You, Wu Laoliu, your friend committed a crime last month, and you took out [-] yuan to run for him. This is righteousness!"

Now Wu Lao Liu also knelt down.

"I hope His Royal Highness will forgive me!"

Gao Ming ignored Wu Lao Liu and pointed at Tian Yi again.

"I don't need to say this, everyone can see clearly, Tian Yi is lame in one foot, but he has the largest car and horse dealership in Tang Dynasty in his hand, and he has helped many people, Tian Xingjian, gentleman With self-improvement, the terrain is Kun, and a gentleman carries things with virtue, this is thick!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Tian Yi knelt down towards him, but he didn't say anything, but the tears in his eyes showed the excitement in his heart at the moment.

After finishing talking about Tian Yi, Gao Ming turned his head to look at the last person, and then laughed.

"Zhao Bo, you are the biggest cloth merchant in Chang'an, but you are an out-and-out profiteer. You are mean and short-sighted. You have all the bad habits of a merchant."

Before Gao Ming finished speaking, Zhao Bo broke out in a cold sweat, and he quickly knelt down towards Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness, forgive me!"

Seeing his panicked look, Gao Ming suddenly smiled and shook his head.

"Don't worry, I'm not here to investigate your faults this time. Last year your friend Zhao Wu died of illness and his family was in ruins. His son married your daughter's fingertips, so he came to the door, but you didn't If you despise him and marry your daughter to him, I believe it, from this point of view, you are not useless."

Hearing what Gao Ming said, Zhao Bo hurriedly kowtowed to Gao Ming again.

"Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness!"

Looking at the people kneeling on the ground, Gao Ming immediately nodded towards them.

"You each have your own shortcomings, but you also have your own advantages. What you have to do is to learn from each other and learn from each other's strengths. When one day you learn from others' strengths, you will be considered successful."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, everyone raised their heads to look at him, meeting everyone's gaze, Gao Ming suddenly grinned.

"At that time, you will no longer be ordinary businessmen, but gentlemen among businessmen—Confucian businessmen!"

The Tang Dynasty advocated Confucianism. In everyone's opinion, "Confucianism" is synonymous with elegance, while "Shang" is the representative of utilitarianism and copper smell, but now Gao Ming combines these two, which surprised everyone. His eyes widened.

"Confucian businessman?"

"A gentleman among merchants?"

"Is it really possible?"

Seeing their lack of confidence, Gao Ming immediately nodded.

"Of course, and this is also my original intention of establishing the Datang Royal Alliance. Think about it, if the merchants keep this bottom line and don't do those things that make people feel the spine, then who will look down on the merchants? "

Having said that, Gao Ming raised his hand towards them.

"Okay, our Tang Dynasty is not happy to kneel and talk, you all get up."

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, everyone first bowed their hands towards him, and then returned to their seats.

Chen Yu was the last one to sit down. After he sat down, he cupped his hands towards Gao Ming again.

"His Royal Highness, then how should we join the Datang Royal Business Alliance? Do we have to buy the pass token like the Datang Royal Club?"

As soon as Chen Yu finished speaking, other people present also looked at Gao Ming.

All of them felt that since the words "Datang Royal" were glued on, it would definitely not be easy to join, so there was a sense of worry in each other's eyes.

Seeing their expressions, Gao Ming suddenly laughed.

"Haha, you don't need any brand. Since I called all five of you, it means that you all have the qualifications, but..."

Having said that, Gao Ming frowned immediately. Seeing his expression, several people present immediately showed nervous expressions.

Seeing the changes in the expressions of several people, Gao Ming's heart immediately blossomed with joy, but on the surface he sighed.

"Well, in fact, the Datang Royal Business Alliance is not an ordinary organization. It has the responsibility to formulate and govern Jinzhou's business. Because of their official positions, people in the Royal Alliance of the Tang Dynasty are not allowed to operate their own industries."

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, the eyes of the people around him widened.

"Responsibilities for formulating and governing Jinzhou business?"

"Go to Jinzhou to take office?"

"As an official?"

For a moment, Gao Ming seemed to see that the expressions of these people in front of him changed, and the eyes of each of them seemed to sparkle.

(End of this chapter)