Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 393
Chapter 396
Although Xie Daoyun looks weak on the outside, he has a tough heart.

During the Sun En Rebellion in history, the army marched straight in, and her husband Wang Ningzhi took advantage of the chaos and left his wife and children to escape alone.

Xie Daoyun was calm and composed, and led the team to break out of the city in chaos. With a knife in hand, she rushed out on the shoulders and rushed to the street, just like her chatting and laughing behind the green silk curtain. .

This is a wonderful woman with poetic talent, courage and strategy.

Xie Daoyun is using her own method to help Ran Ming.

Like other women in this era, she only hoped that Ran Ming could take care of the outside with peace of mind, and she could take care of the inside.

Even better than Liu Mo's.

The businessman's set can be used to discuss business, but not family management.

"Husband, you can't make a garden without rules!" Xie Daoyun said: "The master is weak and the minister is strong, and the country will perish. The shop bullies the customers, and the slave bullies the master. The Duke of Zhou thinks of three kings to do four things; if there is any disagreement, look up to him." Think about it."

Fortunately, Ran Ming has been in this dynasty for a long time, and he knows a little bit of classical Chinese. Xie Daoyun's words are actually from "Mencius Li Lou Xia", which pays attention to a combination of grace and power.

Of course Ran Ming knew that Xie Daoyun was right, and this incident also reminded him that Xie Daoyun was not a woman willing to be a vase.

At this time, Ran Ming suddenly thought of Wang Zhi and Li Shi's friendship again. Li Shi was gentle, without desires, and with her good temper, no one could get angry.And Wang Zhi is an overlord flower at all. If she doesn't bully others, others will burn her incense.

Ran Ming comforted Xie Daoyun a few words, and Tiao Xiaorong listened to Xie Daoyun.Although Ran Ming did not clearly announce to everyone that he transferred his confidant to Xie Daoyun, he actually acquiesced in her right to act as the hostess.

Just when Ran Ming sent Xie Daoyun back and was about to visit Liu Wei again, he received a report from the concierge: "Emperor Jinmu asks to see you!"

Of course Ran Ming understood what Chu Suanzi meant, she let her son take the lead to solve this crisis for herself.

Ran Ming didn't want to let Chu Suanzi go like this, and he avoided seeing him these few times.

But Jin Mudi was not discouraged, he didn't see him once, and came again the next day, and he continued to come again.

He has been begging Ran Ming for five days in a row.

Ran Ming was so tempered by Emperor Mu of Jin that he lost his temper. In desperation, he wrote the four characters "Shi Po Tian Jing", handed it to the concierge, and told Emperor Mu of Jin that when he understands these four meanings, he will forgive Jin Chao!

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, Emperor Jin Mu knew that Ran Ming didn't want to see him when he saw the porter come out and the Yimen of Ran's mansion was tightly closed.Emperor Mu of Jin asked unwillingly: "Master, are you still unwilling to see me?"

The concierge handed the scroll to Emperor Mu of Jin and said, "Your Highness means that if His Majesty understands the meaning of these four words, he will forgive the Jin Dynasty!"

To let the emperor shut the door, I am afraid that only people like Ran Ming in this world dare to do so.

Emperor Mu of Jin looked at it for a while, but he couldn't figure out the meaning of these four words. In desperation, he had no choice but to go back and ask his mother for advice.

Not long after Emperor Mu of Jin left, another wave of guests came to Ran's residence. They were Zhang Xun and others who were about to return to Yecheng to take office. These people were going to bid farewell to Ran Ming!
When everyone came to Ran Ming's living room, all the merchants respected Zhang Xun faintly, followed by Wang Cheng, ranked according to their assets, from top to bottom.Before finishing a cup of tea, Ran Ming arrived.

When the merchants saw Ran Ming, their attitudes were ambiguous. To know what is the most profitable thing in this world is to operate the economy of a country. Now they have surpassed the economy of the Jin Dynasty and monopolized all kinds of materials except food. In addition to increasing their production capacity and gaining a lot of wealth, the biggest gain is that they become officials.

Although the title is a symbol of status, it does not have any power, it can only satisfy their vanity, but now they are officials who listen to the political supervision. The prefect is at the same level.

Ran Ming said: "How did you gain this time!"

"Thanks to His Royal Highness for escorting us, this business is much easier to do."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for planning for us. The business has made a lot of money recently!"

Zhang Xun also said: "Thank you for the recommendation, Your Highness, let me wait to shine on the lintel!"

Wang Chengdao: "Your Highness is really a successful reborn parent. Without Your Highness, how could we be where we are today!"

This flattery comes one after another, and I can't stop it, but how much sincerity is there is unknown.

The business is booming, which is a great joy. They are also willing to share with others. They can also use this to let other businessmen know their strength and seek possible cooperation in the future.

"Hello, everyone, that's really kind!" Ran Ming waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, then glanced at them, and said indifferently: "As long as everyone's business is prosperous, the efforts of the imperial court will not be in vain. However, there is only one problem now, I want to ask everyone, do you think this money is too much?"

"Your Highness is joking!" Zhang Xun nodded and said, "Money doesn't bite hands, who would think that there is too much money!"

"That's right!" Wang Cheng said, "Although Cheng made a lot of money with His Highness, there are many people in the family and the expenses are high. Cheng also wants to make a lot of money and is planning to enjoy his old age in peace!"

"Not bad, not bad, what Brother Wang said is very true!"

Ran Ming said angrily: "Everyone, everybody, look at this place, your food is too ugly!"

When everyone heard this, they knew that Ran Ming was dissatisfied with their greed.

"Your Highness, what are your orders?" Zhang Xun asked cautiously.

Ran Ming said: "Image, I just want you to remember one thing. From now on, you are not only merchants, but also officials of our Great Wei. Officials must have official authority and an upright image. You are all merchants. It is not tolerated by the gentry, and thanks to His Majesty's grace, you are given official positions, do you know how much pressure Your Majesty has withstood?"

Zhang Xun said: "What Your Highness said is very true, I will definitely pay attention to it in the future!"

"Be careful!" Ran Ming said angrily, "Shut up and listen to Gu!"

Ran Ming got up and said: "Open your mouth about Confucius and keep your mouth shut about etiquette. You are called a Confucian scholar. If you are in the court, you are called a Confucian scholar. With the way of Confucius and Mencius, and then he is a military strategist. He is called a Confucian general. Not only does he not despise him, but he is extremely high." Kudos. Do you know what this sub is like?"

The merchants of this era are basically knowledgeable. Their understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics may not be as good as that of the great Confucians, but Ran Ming's meaning is somewhat understood.

Zhang Xun said, "His Royal Highness, Xun knows that this Zigong, whose surname is Duanmu, was born in Weiguo in the late Spring and Autumn Period, and his style name is Zigong (the same as Zigan in ancient times). Confucius' favorite student, one of the ten philosophers of Confucianism, and a disciple of "understanding karma". One of them, Confucius once called it "the weapon of Hulian". It is famous for its words among the ten philosophers of Confucianism. Among the countries, the rich become a thousand pieces of gold, and he is the richest among the disciples of Confucius."

"That's right, that's right, I know it!" Ran Ming asked back: "Since you know, you should know that Zi Gong is also a merchant. Why is he not only not despised by others, but also respected?"

Ran Ming's words caught everyone's attention!

Ran Ming's words caused shockwaves in the hearts of all the merchants.They are a special group in themselves, with huge wealth and social resources, but no political status commensurate with their bodies.To put it bluntly, the reputation of merchants is not even as good as that of old farmers.

Of course, there are specific historical factors to this.

At first, it only refers to the survivors of the Shang Dynasty. In order to eliminate the historical traces of the Shang Dynasty, in addition to strictly controlling the nobles of the Shang Dynasty in one place, the King of Zhou also forbade the survivors of the Shang Dynasty to own land, wear silk clothes, be an official and own society. status, and basically restricted the freedom of business survivors who were good at doing business, and only allowed them to continue to do business.

Over time, this group of businessmen has become the object of the whole society.

Although merchants possessed a lot of wealth, they could not have their own political status throughout the feudal era. Even poor commoners had higher political status than merchants.The special living environment also makes businessmen have an extremely resentful psychology. They are unkind, or greedy and selfish. Anyway, businessmen are an object of contempt and a group of people who make people despise.

In the feudal era, even the emperor could not help himself in many cases. The emperor Wang Enchong and his family were merchants, and they would not be opposed by the gentry class.Ran Ming knew that before the imperial examination system was perfected, the gentry could only be weakened, not eliminated.

Moreover, the extremely greedy merchants during this period were not in the interests of Wei.

Merchants who are in line with the interests of the State of Wei must not only make outstanding contributions in the economic field, but also have the morality and intelligence of Confucianism, as well as the wealth and success of merchants.This is the Confucian merchants represented by Shanxi merchants.

Both Confucian businessmen.When it comes to Confucian businessmen, it is Zi Gong, one of the "Ten Philosophers" of Confucius' disciples. This outstanding disciple of Confucius was not only the prime minister of Lu and Wei, but also a world-renowned businessman at that time.

Ran Mingdao: "Do you know why you can't become Confucian businessmen admired by everyone in the world?"

Everyone was silent.Ran Mingdao: "As a Confucian businessman, you must first keep in mind one thing, you must establish yourself with virtue, take benevolence as the foundation, and adhere to the unity of values ​​of righteousness and profit!"

Ran Ming pointed to Zhang Xun and said: "It's you Zhang Xun, you said you are not afraid of dying, you already accounted for [-]% of the private horse trade in Wei State, and you are also clinging to the Jin Dynasty market, but I heard that , You have now established more than [-] horse trading farms in Jiangnan."

Of course Ran Ming knew what Zhang Xun meant. He was following Ran Ming's example and engaged in a monopoly. He was going to take over the private horse trading market in one fell swoop. This horse was a huge profit. In Yan and Dai, Zhang Xun could spend less than 40 yuan He bought a full-grown horse at a price of 30 yuan, and then sold it for [-] or [-] yuan, which is more than [-] and nearly [-] times the profit.

(End of this chapter)