After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 152 The Great Ming Merchants Formed Monolithic

"Of course." Shen Wansan said, "But this official promised to take care of all business colleagues in the future, not because of our previous 'friendship', but because of the emperor's decree for this official to do so."

friendship?They didn't have any friendship before, okay? They were all bullied by him before the crowd.However, the face still needs to be decent, so the word friendship is used.

"Is it the emperor who asked Lord Shen to take care of us?" the crowd sighed, "The emperor today is really holy!"

"Of course the emperor today is wise." Shen Wansan bowed his hands to the emperor in the distance to show his respect, and said, "If it wasn't for the sage of the emperor today, how could this official, a merchant who is despised by the world, become a high-ranking member of the court?"

"To tell you the truth, today's emperor has seen the importance of business to the court. Therefore, the Ministry of Commerce was set up, and this official was appointed as the Minister of Commerce. Regulations were made to regulate domestic business behavior, develop domestic business, and overseas trade, and be in charge of everything. Matters related to businessmen." That is to say, he has a lot of power now, and all business-related matters are under his control.

"Boss Shen, no, Lord Shen is already a high-ranking official? Wouldn't he be promoted to a second-rank officer soon?"

In the past, he was a little afraid of Shen Wansan, but now he is even more in awe.

"The emperor actually realized the importance of merchants to the court? It's unprecedented. The emperor is the first holy monarch in the ages." Manager Li said, "This is a big happy event for us businessmen!"

"Yes, yes." The crowd echoed, "From now on, our status will not be so low."

Some people even shed tears excitedly: "Your Majesty, Shengming!" "If it weren't for the unavoidable necessity, who would want to do such a cheap business as a merchant? Now that merchants are valued by the emperor, we have hope for our days."

At that time, merchants were banned from being officials, the descendants of merchants were not allowed to take the imperial examinations, merchants were not allowed to wear silk, and the wealthy merchants were not allowed to declare their properties and would be confiscated.Once the imperial court and local officials are short of money, they will copy a wave of homes for various reasons.

Not only will the money be lost, but the people may also be lost. Everyone lives in fear.Because of the low status of the merchants, their children have some difficulties even getting married. The village women are not willing to marry the sons of the merchants, and it is difficult for the daughters of the merchants to marry. Can be digested internally.

Scholars, peasants, industry and commerce, the lowest level of merchants.

Now that the emperor has begun to attach importance to merchants, there is no need to worry about being raided at any time.

"My colleagues, please rest assured. After a period of time, this official has made great contributions to the court in the Ministry of Commerce. This official will petition the emperor to cancel the unfair treatment of the merchants." Shen Wansan said, "For example, you cannot be an official, and future generations cannot. Participating in imperial examinations, not wearing silk, etc... As for the hidden danger of being raided, the emperor has begun to pay attention to it, and I believe that the people below will not dare to act so recklessly."

"Thank you, Lord Shen, we will definitely assist Lord Shen to make contributions to the court." The crowd said.At the same time, I also understand why Shen Wansan didn't ask for it when he saw the emperor during the day. The emperor had just promoted him, of course he couldn't make any demands.Only after he has contributed to the court in the future, can he petition the emperor to improve everyone's status.

"If you want to contribute to the court in the Ministry of Commerce, you can only increase the revenue of the state treasury for the court. Let the emperor see the importance of our merchants and the real benefits we bring to the court."

"We will use the money added to the national treasury to slap those scholars who look down on us!"

"When the time comes, we will add hundreds of millions of treasury revenue to the court and see what they have to say."

"Improve the status of merchants, and there is a long way to go. It is not enough to rely on the emperor's attention. We also need to work hard to change everyone's ideas. If we want to accomplish such a great cause, we can no longer put our own interests first. ."

"We have to unite and not fight each other."

"That's right!" The crowd agreed.

At this time, the merchants of Daming have been condensed into a single piece.

"After we go back, we take out our property, bridges that need to be repaired, roads that need to be repaired, and Zhou Ji villagers who need to help the villagers... Anyway, most of the money used to be for self-protection, and now we don't need to protect ourselves, just Use silver to improve your status."

The court stipulated that they could not wear silk, which means that even if they made money before, they did not dare to dress well, and they did not dare to eat fragrant and spicy food.Traders are more of a way of making a living, and hoarding money is more for self-protection.Give gifts to those officials and let them do it lightly.

"The emperor told this official that the Ministry of Commerce still lacks talents who are good at management. Let this official choose among the businessmen who are good at business management. Those scholars can't do things in the Ministry of Commerce." At this time, Shen Wansan became official, "Everyone. If you perform well in the future, you may still get an official status.”

There is still the possibility of becoming an official! ?When the crowd heard this, their hearts were ecstatic.

"Master Shen, do you think the villain will do? The villa's shop is well run, and the villain is willing to be a pawn for Lord Shen." Manager Zhang immediately licked his face, whether he could obtain an official status and completely change his fate, it was Shen Wansan A word thing.

"Sir Shen, Lao Xiu has been operating Mihang for decades, and he has quite a bit of experience in management..." Shopkeeper Li said, "Although Lao Xiu is old, he also wants to serve the country and serve Lord Shen."

"Sir Shen, there is an authentic work of Su Shi in the villain's house..." Shopkeeper He said.

"You have the original works of Su Shi in your family, and I also have the original works of Wang Xizhi. You are the first to rule them out." Shen Wansan said, "The officials of the Ministry of Commerce selected by this official must be people of good character and noble conduct, and it is better to be short than to waste. People, you can only smear the face of our business department. Now that the emperor has just begun to pay attention to businessmen, you are doing these crooked ways?"

"In the past, when the imperial court encountered natural disasters, did you donate money? Did you donate your food to help the villagers around you? Did you repair bridges and roads before?"

"The reason why the world looks down on our businessmen is mostly because some businessmen are mercenary."

The crowd fell silent for a while. There were not many people doing this kind of thing, but very few.If a businessman is not mercenary, it seems that he cannot be a good businessman.However, there are still some people with good character who will give back to the society after they make money.

"Treasurer Zhao."

"The little guy is here!"

"This official remembers that you used to repair bridges for the villagers to make up for passing by. When Yingtian Prefecture experienced war and chaos, you took out some of the food to help the surrounding villages. Come and be this official's deputy."

"Thank you, Lord Shen!" The shopkeeper Zhao was overjoyed when he heard the words, and he was overjoyed.His voice trembled a little.

(End of this chapter)