"Ah..." The eldest lady was greatly disappointed. Su Yuejiao kept teasing Ruyi. She really wanted to say something to her about her arrogance. If it weren't for the fact that her concern was gradually easing, she would have really wanted to say something sarcastic.

Although Feng Jiao was her own girl, Su Yuejiao had been in the army for many years and watched Xie Jue gradually grow from a young man to a military advisor. It was impossible for Feng Jiao's character to catch the attention of the second young master.

Wishful thinking!
Things at home gradually calmed down, but things in Beijing were not peaceful.

After the implementation of the New Deal, the Feng family had already set an example and donated all the land of the Feng family and the Su family. According to the New Deal, all households with registered residence were treated equally.Each household with a separate household registration has a fixed amount of land, and the excess belongs to Beining and is managed by the Ministry of Household Affairs. Everyone has the right to rent land from the Ministry of Household Affairs, but there is a limit on the amount of land that can be rented by one person.The poll tax was abolished and controls on household registration were relaxed in Bac Ninh.The original farmers and handicraftsmen could not move freely, sold their labor force, and had to accept the control of the local state capital.

Now that everything has been liberalized, all farmers and craftsmen can freely enter and exit all cities in Beining, sell their labor and knowledge freely, and on the basis of focusing on agriculture, support for industry and commerce will be increased, etc.

The Feng family is now divided into two households. Except for the fields retained by the family, the rest of the fields have been handed over. After leasing the number of acres specified by themselves, the remaining fields were converted into resources and exchanged for the jurisdiction of the shops in three streets.

Feng Yu was originally an important member of the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce, but now she directly became the president of the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce. With her encouragement and support, most merchants in Kyoto were willing to cooperate in the implementation of the new policy.

The new policy will do more good than harm to merchants. It should be said that it will do more good than harm to Beining as a whole. It is just not good for the clan.

It is equivalent to a very huge redistribution of social wealth. Although the distribution of social wealth is still uneven, it has greatly promoted population growth and food production.

The resistance of the clan is also obvious. When Feng Yu talks with members at the Chamber of Commerce about how merchants can unite and develop after the implementation of the New Deal, she will inevitably mention the suppression of merchants by the Beijing clan and the current resistance of the clan.

A shopkeeper said, "Both Mr. Cai and Mr. Li sent people to contact me, hoping that our chamber of commerce could continue to be used by him and still give them [-]% of the annual harvest. After we refused, they became angry and made harsh words, demanding that our chamber of commerce be established in Beijing. It’s hard to move even an inch.”

"Our old lady was invited to have tea with them a few days ago. Most of the talk was about passive resistance to the New Deal. We hope that things will remain the same as before. We are all cooperating with the New Deal reforms, but they are still dreaming."

……

Everyone was talking about it, and Feng Yu had already expected it.

Collusion between government and business is the norm.

The social status of merchants is low. In this new policy, not only private households can move freely, but merchants can also move, which to a large extent gives merchants great convenience.For example, if a businessman wants to do business in Kyoto, there are many relationships to manage up and down. He must climb up to a certain clan. Only by being included in their territory can he avoid layer upon layer of exploitation.

Of course, if you avoid being exploited at all levels, you cannot avoid being exploited by the clan. Merchants can only hold their noses and let the clan plunder them. After all, if you want to gain a foothold in a place and do business, you will inevitably have to negotiate with the local people. Dealing with powerful people.

If not, how could a century-old family come to be?It is not only supported by ancestral property, but also supported by power. In this way, although the merchants' money is exploited, the troubles are reduced, and if something goes wrong, there will be people behind them to support and carry them.

The greater the power of a clan, the greater the backing of merchants. Therefore, merchants are almost inextricably linked to powerful people, and sometimes they are exploited by two clans at the same time.

The Feng family and the Su family had their backs to the Zhenbei Hou Mansion from the beginning.

If you want to become bigger and stronger, it is impossible to rely solely on merchants to work alone. This is a society where power speaks for itself.

Nowadays, the clan still wants to maintain such control, but the merchants have united to resist.Because their business is backed by the Empress.

The queen does not need to exploit them yet.

It's just that Feng Yu also has a tacit understanding with them, taking things from the people and using them for the people. After the merchants gather wealth, they must also do more good deeds, and they must also cooperate with Feng Yu to stabilize prices and ensure the circulation and operation of goods.

In this way, she can seize Beining's economic lifeline.

The reason why the Yuwen royal family was sidelined was because they had no military power and no money. Now that the military power is in Xie Xun's hands and the financial power is in her hands, Xie Xun can secure his position.Anyone with a discerning eye can see Feng Yu's plan, but they are powerless to stop it. Feng Yu is now leading the merchants and the largest power center in Beining to resist the clan.

Lin Heli didn't expect that Feng Yu would be so cohesive and have such a strong personality. She would take power at the critical moment of the New Deal without giving the clan any buffer time. She was almost playing her cards right.

Shopkeepers Wang and Wen were both worried about her situation, "Girl, if we lead the merchants to resist like this, what will happen if the clan is forced to jump over the wall?"

"You can't stop trying to kill me. This is Kyoto. Don't worry. Nuanyang, Fei Ying and Zhang Da are all here, and three of the second brother's guards are by my side. They can't kill me." Feng Yu responded to this group of clans. I have long been disgusted with ambition. Although there are disadvantages to being too concentrated in imperial power, people always look and weigh the pros and cons as they go.

She stood beside Xie Xun, naturally she didn't want the clan to continue to dominate. If she stood opposite Xie Xun, she wouldn't expect the new emperor to hold the power and stick to his word. Sooner or later, one family will dominate the world. Problem, the best situation is when the three pillars stand in opposition to each other.

But among the three pillars, the imperial power must have the right to speak!

After solving the clan problem, they will discuss how to solve it when the second brother returns to the court.

Merchants have been suppressed and exploited for many years, and they have long wanted to be the masters. Now that Feng Yu is here, she is the largest merchant in Beining. They are very confident, and almost all of them are surrounding Feng Yu.

Lin Heli was so annoyed by the elders of the clan that he didn't even want to go to court. Lin Hongyuan and he were of the same mind, but they were not as tough as Lin Heli, and they became a little loose after being rubbed.However, Lin had surrendered all the extra land to cooperate fully. He could not hold back Lin Heli. He could only advise Lin Heli not to be impatient. He would not become a fat man with one bite, and a gentle policy was better.

Under the auspices of Zhang Boju, the Zhang family slowly got on the right track and fully cooperated with the New Deal. The Anyuan Hou family was a branch of the Zhou family. After he left the capital, Mrs. Hou interacted with the Zhou family's wives, but he tried to persuade them not to Resist forcefully.

The Cai and Li families resisted the most fiercely and mobilized their in-law relationships to wander away. Every family in the Beijing clan had a hard time reciting scriptures and became a mess.

Mr. Li Ge originally wanted to persuade Mr. Zhang to lobby Lin Hongyuan and others together, but Mr. Zhang lost his temper after being told by Xie Xun in the Jinluan Palace. Zhongzhou rebelled, and Xie Xun led his troops to go on an expedition. At this time, Mr. Zhang The Taifu did not want chaos in the capital, so he declined Li Ge's proposal.

The elders of the three dynasties also had a premonition in their hearts.

The situation in the new dynasty is very good. Individual efforts or the efforts of several people cannot change the trend. The queen-to-be in Beijing has made her attitude clear.

Those who obey me prosper and those who oppose me perish!


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