When Pang Shanmin and Huang Zhong fought, the first thing they felt was not spies from all over the world, but businessmen in Wancheng.
For example, Zhang Shiping.
The three-character name, in the current customs of the Han Dynasty, represents the origin of a poor man.
Unlike Pang Shanmin, Huang Chengyan and others who can choose one word but don’t use it, Zhang Shiping wanted to use one word, but it didn’t work.
Just like when many children in later generations were born, they wanted to use a word as their name, but basically they were not allowed. Although it was not possible without the law to clearly state that it was not possible, it was not possible when registering a household registration.
Untouchables are untouchables, gentry is gentry, and parents are parents.
The class is strict and does not allow any usurpation.
What else are you thinking about?
Want to eat peaches?
Merchants are themselves lowly in the concept of a great man.
It's just right with the bad name of the double-character word.
The status of merchants in the Han Dynasty has never been very high. Merchants, sons-in-law and prisoners are of the same level. If you need cannon fodder at any time, you will first catch the ones of this level and die. Not only in the Han Dynasty, but also in the subsequent feudal dynasties that value the small peasant economy, they also habitually continued this concept. Everyone is equal, and professions do not distinguish between high and low, which is simply a dream.
Zhang Shiping came from an ordinary farmer family. His brother inherited several acres of thin land from his father, so he could not inherit anything. If a portion of the land was divided into two parts, no one could survive.
Zhang Shiping could only start his business journey with the little money his parents had saved for more than ten years.
From selling needles, threads, rags, wooden tubs, to lacquer boxes, bronze mirrors, jewelry, to grain cloths, war horses...
Along the way, he had seen many businessmen like him die in obscurity.
The reason why these businessmen traveled around the world, like Zhang Shiping, was mostly because their families were poor.
Because of poverty, there is no foundation to inherit, and there is no way to eat a piece of food at the original family, so I can only come out to fight for my life.
When the children of the great families of the gentry have declined, they can still get a share of money and food in the clan. When they grow up, they become the tyrants of a certain main house, or followers, and they can always make a living.
Ordinary families don’t have such good treatment. They keep the eldest son in the family to inherit the land, and the second son often takes the copper coins that the family has accumulated for several years or even more than ten years, kowtows in front of their parents, and then goes away.
Among these people, most of them were dead. I don’t know if they died in the mountains and forests and were eaten by wild animals, or they might be caught by the yamen runners who could not catch the murderer in a certain town to take the blame. The rank is the same anyway, and the county magistrate doesn’t care what the truth is, they just need to smooth it out on the surface.
Therefore, from some perspectives, in the great Han Dynasty, you can survive and become bigger and bigger, and eventually become a good businessman, with many luck and means.
Zhang Shiping thought he was lucky, at least when he came out to drink soup and eat breakfast, he smelled some ominous smell.
Wancheng is almost a city outside the territory in the traditional sense of the Han Dynasty.
It is more like a city formed by commerce and businessmen, rather than a town formed by agriculture and handicrafts in the traditional sense.
This leads to the fact that most people in Wancheng are businessmen.
Cities in a region always have their own eating habits.
For example, in cities around Yunnan and Guizhou, I like to eat various white umbrellas and slouch boards, while in Guangdong and Guangxi, I like to eat Hu Jianren, which is raw and crispy...
The current living habits in Wancheng start with a bowl of soup. Every morning, wake up, drink a bowl of mutton soup, and then eat a cake, and start your day's life. This is almost the life pattern of most businessmen in Wancheng, but on this day, there seems to be some different atmosphere spreading.
Every morning, after getting up early, Zhang Shiping would drink a bowl of mutton soup to warm his stomach, and then eat a noodle cake. Even if he was satisfied every day, he would start his busy day, but today's soup made him unable to drink...
Because Pang Shanmin and Huang Zhong blocked the four gates of Wancheng and began to search for the "rats" in the city on a large scale. All those who had no identity and were suspected were arrested. If there were any resistance, they would be killed on the spot.
Of course, there are not many people who really have the courage to resist, so the smell of blood was not too strong at the beginning, but I don’t know if Zhang Shiping’s nose was too useful, or if a gust of wind just happened to blow to Zhang Shiping.
He smelled blood.
The smell of human blood.
Wancheng can be said to be an exception in a large town in Han.
Because of Wancheng's unique geographical location and background, Wancheng has become the most tolerant place for merchants among all the cities of the Han Dynasty.
However, such tolerance did not gain the "loyalty" of the merchants.
Although businessmen themselves do not have any concept of loyalty and only have a relationship of interests, for most businessmen, being able to enjoy the same treatment as ordinary people in Wancheng is enough to make these people praise each other.
That's right, it's just "joint praise".
After all, in the concept of many merchants, Wancheng is a good person, while other places are evil people, so the attitude towards good people and to evil people is of course different. Isn’t giving good people false praise and giving evil people a practical benefit the most appropriate way to survive? And sometimes, selling news or some special goods also makes a lot of profits, which makes these merchants not as obey Wancheng’s rules as they seem.
Now these merchants who feel that there is no need to abide by the rules are starting to be unlucky...
The breath of death everywhere made many people uneasy. Especially for the merchants who had low status in the Han Dynasty, once a war broke out, these merchants who were equivalent to the prisoner of the son-in-law, even if they had not made any mistakes, their property might be confiscated at any time, and then stuffed a knife or a stick into their hands to go to the first row of the battle formation to die.
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After Zhang Shiping was silent for a long time after knowing that Pang Shanmin and Huang Zhong had started to fight.
Pang Shanmin and Huang Zhong had not cleaned the "rats" before, but they did not have such a big formation as it is now. In other words, it was like a mouse who ran to the street without opening his eyes, and of course he was beaten to death. Now it was like turning up the lid of the gutter and then cleaning it step by step.
These are two completely different concepts.
Zhang Shiping wandered around for a few times. Before Pang Shanmin and Huang Zhong found his head, he first arrived at Wancheng Prefecture and knelt in front of Pang Shanmin with a thud. "The little people are willing to follow the commander of the emperor, and only seek a way out!"
Pang Shanmin did not comment.
Zhang Shiping kowtowed repeatedly and continued: "The small people are willing to make plans for the envoy to determine the Wancheng commercial rules and prevent the current problems from happening in the future!"
Only then did Pang Shanmin become a little interested, and focus his attention on Zhang Shiping, ponder for a little, and instruct someone to see the seat.
"What did you do?" asked Pang Shanmin.
Zhang Shiping lowered his head and respectfully said, "The people did not do anything illegal."
"Hmm?" Pang Shanmin frowned slightly.
However, Zhang Shiping took out a slightly old silk cloth in his arms, then handed it to the guard, and submitted it to Pang Shanmin.
Pang Shanmin's eyes were slightly condensed and his waist was straightened a little. He knew the thing Zhang Shiping took out.
This is a silk cloth specially issued by the Cavalry to commend some people who have done good deeds, similar to the awards of later generations. It is woven into the cloth with colorful silk threads, and then paint is used as ink and red and black to describe the people and examples of commended people and examples, named "Zilu Bu".
"Is this yours?" Pang Shanmin glanced at Zhang Shiping.
Although the official did not recognize "Zilu Bu" and did not specifically promote it, the civilians who could give such awards can receive certain preferential treatment under the cavalry, but they can only be used once. Just like the military merits of ordinary soldiers and generals, they can be used to exchange money, land, or accumulate to seek greater benefits, but after the exchange, they will start from scratch.
So some people joke that this is the people's banishment...
Therefore, Pang Shanren was asking questions.
『This is not owned by Caomin…』 Zhang Shiping’s voice was a little low, 『It was left by Caomin’s friend, Su’s name is Shuang…』
"Su Shuang..." Pang Shanmin opened the Zilu cloth and saw the name on the silk cloth. "More than a thousand living refugees... Ah, it's not easy...
The silk cloth talks about Su Shuang in the turbulent era of Heluo Chang'an at that time. When many powerful families of gentry fled in those areas, or were acting as turtles, Su Shuang stood up as a businessman, sheltered refugees, organized production and self-rescue, and scattered money for these refugees, until he met Ma Chao...
Then his friend, Su Shuang, died.
Dead at Ma Chao's hands.
Because Ma Chao heard that there were refugees on Su Shuang's side, and more importantly, Su Shuang actually had some horses.
Ma Chao was about to do a big career at that time, whether it was a refugee or a horse, it was good. So he found Su Shuang and asked Su Shuang to be an angel investor.
In history, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang met the three brothers Liu Bei, which is hard to say is a good thing or a bad thing. But at least one thing is certain that angel investors in the Han Dynasty must have the realization of going to "god".
In the chaotic times, there were more people who had no rice to cook and gathered together. There were also several leaders with excellent martial arts skills. The people who had rice to cook next to them could do nothing. Will no problem happen? Only by obediently sending all the rice and saying that they were empty-handed, they would get the saying "Sir, Gao Yi, you can leave but not send it away" and barely survive.
Moreover, you have to take the initiative to give money first without taking action, so that the angel investor can be safe. Otherwise, it will not be an angel investor, but a thousand miles away to give heads.
Su Shuang almost gave birth to a thousand miles away. Ma Chao took Su Shuang's war horse and took away Su Shuang's head by the way.
Later, Fei Qian defeated Ma Chao and comforted the people in the Sanfu area of ​​Chang'an, not only comforted the soldiers who died in battle, but also commended ordinary people.
Although Fei Qian said that this move was useful for winning people's hearts, Fei Qian commended and commemorated these strangers. Including Su Shuang, there was such a Zilubu in the Heluo area in Chang'an, and those who were in charge of refugees had such a Zilubu. When Su Shuang died, he obviously did not leave any family members. It was just that because Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang were engaged in business together, and there was also a share of Zhang Shiping's war horses, Su Shuang often said that he would send them to Zhang Shiping, so Su Shuang's Zilubu was in the hands of Zhang Shiping.
After hearing the news of Su Shuang's death, Zhang Shiping sat alone for a long time. He was very sad. He thought he would cry, but he found that he could not shed a single tear. It seemed that he had long realized that people like him and Su Shuang would eventually die in an inexplicable chaos. So after he heard such news, he only had sadness, but no tears.
Su Shuang is a better person than Zhang Shiping, so he died earlier than Zhang.
In history, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang became angel investors of the three brothers Liu Bei, and they have recorded such a thing in history. However, in the current torrent of history, the sudden appearance of large stones in the Feiqian river has caused many subsequent water flows to change quietly.
"The envoy, the grass-roots people dared to use this cloth to seek advice, not for anything else, but just wanted to make a statement like the envoy," Zhang Shiping lowered his head and said, "There are good and bad people in this world, which is common sense, and businessmen are also people in the world, so there are good and bad... However, it is the same as the world. Good people often die first, because good people are rarely guarding against bad people... The envoy locks the four doors and investigates spies. It is a good thing, but... it is a little inappropriate...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! Pang Shanmin frowned, looked at Zhang Shiping, and was silent for a little time before saying: "What's wrong?"
『There is a rule if there is reward and punishment.』 Zhang Shiping still lowered his head and said,『The common people walk in the wilderness and in the wilderness, knowing that most people in this world seek profit and avoid harm... It is understandable that the thundering method is used by the king, but... it is better to follow the method of the cavalry and use some methods of spring breeze and rain.』
"Ah..." Pang Shanmin couldn't help but think.
In the feudal dynasty, what do the superiors reward the lower class people? Because in the concepts of many superiors, the authority given is already the greatest reward, but the question is how many people can authority be given? And is authority really given by the superiors? If a city does not have any lower class people, can one authority be transformed into the right pocket out of thin air, and then a lot of materials will appear inexplicably and cannot be used up?
All wealth is created by the lower class people, and the upper class officials are all food taxers. However, because the upper class officials are vested interests, they will naturally use various means to protect their status and interests.
The more punishments and the less rewards are the characteristics of the feudal dynasty. It seems that more rewards are given to the lower class, just like digging out a piece of meat from the upper class officials. In the mouths of these officials, the lower class seems to be always unruly people, and the most common truth of human nature, no matter what class it is, it will be good or bad, and it seems that these officials can turn a blind eye to it.
Pang Shanmin looked at Zhang Shiping, looked down at Zhang Zilubu, pondered for a long time, and nodded and said, "You have made sense, but... there are many people in this world who are seeking fame and reputation..."
Zhang Shiping bowed and said, "Even if you seek fame, you will at least do good things on the surface and get a good result... It's like a cow on Zilu... If you send too many cows, won't farming save effort?"
Pang Shanmin pondered and didn't speak for a while. It was not that he didn't understand the truth, but as the prefect of Wancheng, his butt was naturally different from Zhang Shiping's position. Although Pang Shanmin had planted fields at the foot of Lushan before, at that time he was more of a pastime, just like a hermit on Zhongnan Mountain, he did not really make a living by farming, so Pang Shanmin could not be considered a real grassroots citizen.
Zhang Shiping looked at Pang Shanmin and continued: "Encourt, this Wancheng... is in the north, west and west of the Han Dynasty, and is born with various conveniences. Merchants' dealings... Merchants' transactions are the most profitable..."
"Well..." Pang Shanmin's eyes fell on Zilubu on the table, pondered for a long time, and finally nodded and said, "It's reasonable. Since you have made this strategy, you must have some thoughts, so it's better to say it bluntly."
Zhang Shiping bowed again and said: "You can follow the example of Chang'an Chamber of Commerce and form Wancheng Chamber of Commerce, use the Chamber of Commerce to rule merchants and formulate industry rules, so that the good people will win rewards and the evil people will be punished. It will naturally be better than doing their own things now and not knowing the rules..."
There are chambers of commerce who do practical things with real names, and some sell dog meat under the guise of sheep. Is it hard to say that it is the latter type, but it hasn't done much.
Pang Shanmin stared at Zhang Shiping and suddenly smiled, "Do you have spies under your command?"
Zhang Shiping left the seat and knelt down, "I dare not hide it from the envoy... There is indeed a humble person in the city and he is unable to refuse... Most of the merchants in the city are like this, so the civilians know the importance of this rule. If the envoy can establish this Wancheng commercial rule, he can naturally gather the merchants who are wandering around the Han Dynasty..."
Zhang Shiping lowered his head deeply, "The grass-roots people are everywhere, and he knows that merchants are not as good as a dog in the wild... If there is any mistake in Wancheng, the one who suffers is definitely not the only one who is the envoy, but also like the grass-roots people. I hope to settle down in Wancheng and no longer be a merchant who wanders in the wild..."
The great man is not short of people.
In other words, under the small peasant economic system, the population is always overpopular. After all, there are so many acres of land in the family, how many people can they support?
Therefore, the feudal society in China will inevitably maintain a certain amount of unemployed people and use it to form an invisible inversion, forcing lower-class workers to accept more low-level returns, and there is no extra effort or time to look up from afar.
Merchants are unstable factors in the small peasant economy, so they are not recognized by the traditional geniuses in Shandong. In the eyes of these Shandong geniuses, merchants are their dogs. They enjoy the food when they are happy, and kill them directly when they are unhappy, and then change to a dog.
Therefore, Zhang Shiping's words can be said to be bloody and tears in every word.
When government officials only take money and do not work, do not formulate regulations that should have been formulated by the government, or even do not abide by the rules themselves, there will naturally be other underground aspects to supplement the rules, and this supplement is often chaotic, disorderly, and even hindering normal development.
Chapter completed!