back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 861
As soon as this remark came out, everyone laughed at the court. The official looked more carefully, and it was indeed "Feng Jing". He made a big joke and blushed immediately.

In fact, the writing habit at this time is from top to bottom, from right to left, and it is not easy to read it wrong. However, the roll call officer got up too early this day—he got up and prepared before Yinshi arrived. At that time, there was not even a rooster. get up.

Being old and dim-sighted, it is normal to see wrongly for a while.

Also because of this interesting incident, Feng Jing's reputation has grown even greater.The folks also made up a story to satirize the power minister Zhang Yaozuo for obstructing Yuanshou's New Deal. Later, Zhang Yaozuo was really relegated to Huangzhou to watch "Tomorrow's Yellow Flower", which became a good talk for a while.

Feng Jing is a great man, and he has reached the highest level, no matter his talent or virtue, he is very respected.

But few people know that Feng Jing's family is not from farming and studying, but from merchants.

Hey, didn't it mean that merchants could not be officials before?

This is as long as a piece of cloth. To make a long story short, it is due to the "household registration book" of this era-the household registration system.If it is stated on your household registration that you are a "business registration", then you are from a merchant background, or you are a "good citizen".

The policies of the Dashun Dynasty on merchants can be summarized as guild policies, Yaren policies, and merchant policies.To set up a shop in a town, you must join a guild.Once a businessman joins a guild, he is listed in the "guild register", just like the "craftsman's register" of the handicraft industry. Once a merchant is included in the "guild register", it is not only difficult for him to escape, but also affects his descendants-this is mainly for It was ensured that there were enough registered households to take on the government's scholastic assignments, but later on the sci-fi assignments had existed in name only, but the "registration" had always been retained, as if they had been labeled.

In fact, in Dashun, not only "pedestrians" who joined the guild were businessmen.Under normal circumstances, the imperial court does not use the form of guilds to control foreign merchants, farmers who come to the city to buy and sell, and a large number of small merchants engaged in sporadic transactions in the city, and the tax collection is also extremely low. One hundred taxes two.In later generations, such small merchants and hawkers were often called "illegal occupation of roads" and would be beaten to death by urban management. However, in Dashun, the imperial court encouraged them to set up stalls to make a living and gave them help to solve the problem of land shortage.

But this is also a matter of the Yuanshou period. Since the New Deal, the agricultural tax has been reduced, but the business tax has generally increased. When it comes to five taxes and one.

Why?

You know, the western countries are still licking honey, but Dashun's exquisite white sugar only costs one penny and one tael.In the south, the cultivation of sugar cane is already very common.It has further developed to the step of deep processing sucrose. If Haimao takes white sugar to the west, it will be snatched up almost before it lands, and the price is one tael of white sugar and one tael of gold!
Such a profitable industry naturally has more taxes.

During the Yuanshou period, merchants who entered the "business registration" were strictly prohibited from participating in the imperial examination.Fortunately, Feng Jing's great-grandfather, Feng Bi, moved his family south to Longshui, Yishan, western Guangdong, and obtained agricultural registration. Later, when his grandfather fell in love with Jiangxia when he went on an outing in Mobei, he settled in Yizhou, Jiangxia, and later Feng Jing, the Sanyuan of Yizhou, was born.Feng Jing also had a deep affection for Yizhou. At the Jinshi banquet, Emperor Yuanshou asked Feng Jing about the situation in his hometown.Feng Jing replied proudly: "In my hometown, I wear a flat sky crown (Tianmen Baixiang Mountain), step on the Wannian River (Longjiang River), climb Longjiao (Longjiao Mountain) with my left hand, and move a camel (Camel Mountain) with my right hand. Kowloon comes from the front yard. Playing in the water (Jiulong Mountain), the backyard of the dragon’s tail leading to the Tianhe River (Tianhe County), thousands of people worship during the day (thousands of people go to Yishan Temple to offer incense), and thousands of bright lights at night (thousands of stars can be seen from the broken thatched roof).” Emperor. Hearing this with great interest, he laughed loudly and said, "What a hometown! Yishan is really a great place with great talents!"

That's right, they are outstanding people.Why do you say outstanding people?It is all because this is a term of geomantic omen. It is believed that the bones of the ancestors can protect the prosperity of the descendants. In ancient times, there were many burials.

Throughout the dynasties, merchants have been despised, insulted, and robbed.Even in Dashun, the chronic habits left over from more than a thousand years still restrict businessmen from obtaining high positions, but Feng Jing is different. He has been promoted step by step from a businessman, relying on his great wisdom.

Feng Jing was playful in his early years and sometimes stayed away late at night.Once he was detained by street soldiers on night watch, but Wang Su, the governor of Wuchang County at the time, tried his best to excuse him and released him.Later, when Feng Jing was envoy to Guanzhong, Wang Su was commanding troops in Weidi. When the two met, they had a very happy banquet.Feng Jing wrote a poem to Wang Su, and there is a sentence in it: "Swallowing charcoal is unforgettable, and I am ashamed to think about it later." This means that even if I change my appearance and voice, I will not forget the time when I was detained by street soldiers; Even if I come from behind, I am ashamed that it is difficult to repay your great kindness.

When a person is young, he is full of vigor and vitality, and he is informal and tolerant.After being a noble person, according to ordinary people's words, if you don't want to listen to the mistakes you made in the past, how can you take the initiative to talk about them with your old friends and write them in poems?Feng Jing is so outspoken, and publicizes his gratitude everywhere, and then, what has he gained?
Everyone knows that he is a person who repays favors, so when they can, no one will embarrass him. He has more "benefactors" in the officialdom than enemies-such a person, can he not be promoted step by step?
Most people would regret their youth and frivolity, and by the way, they would hide those ridiculous years, and they would pretend not to see those who helped them when they were young.

What's more, when some people are promoted above their former benefactors, they are afraid that others will repay their favors, so they preemptively attack and exclude those former bosses. They think that by letting these people bow down to themselves, they can control their subordinates, and then they are promoted step by step. However, they were wrong...

A businessman can win the respect of everyone in a discriminatory environment and become the first prime minister of a businessman since the Qin Dynasty. Feng Jing relies on this great wisdom. I don't know that it's all little wisdom, even stupidity, and eventually becomes a speck of dust.

Some people always think that this world is too realistic, and in reality, no one will help you when you need it most; some people think that this world is too hypocritical, and those who usually "want" to help you when you need help the most Disappeared.But some people know: How to make those who usually "want" to help themselves not turn around and leave...

Success is actually that simple - be grateful, and let everyone know your gratitude!
When Sima Guang said this, Lu Chengqi seemed to realize something.

No wonder the rest of the cabinet ministers were silent, they all admired Feng Jing as a man.

That's right, a person who is more talented than them, and whose virtue can convince the public, even if all the ministers present are bullish, there is no one who is not convinced, he has to be convinced!
If he hadn't been the emperor and had a vision beyond a thousand years, Lu Chengqi really thought that Feng Jing had the aura of a leading role, so how could he have taken all the good things by himself?But this reflects that Feng Jing knows how to be a man. Sometimes as the chief minister of the cabinet, being a man is more important than being able to do things.When it comes to doing things, there are many capable people in the cabinet, so don't worry.But if you don't know how to behave, you will definitely not stay in the cabinet for long.

Thinking of this, Lu Chengqi immediately said: "Feng Jing is the chief assistant, do you have any objections?"

"The ministers are all obedient!"

Lu Chengqi said in his heart: "With your words, it will be done!" He didn't avoid suspicion, and immediately made an imperial decree, and let the cabinet ministers read it correctly, and then asked the personal servant to declare the decree immediately.

(End of this chapter)