Chapter 245 The storm is rising, entering the mountain gate
When the benefits are greater than ten times, businessmen dare to abandon everything and take risks!——
The content is excerpted from the 43rd letter between Lin Ye and An Zisheng.
Capital City, Prime Minister's Mansion.
An Zisheng, who was only in his thirties, already had a few strands of gray hair on his temples.
The woman standing at the door of the courtyard looked at her husband's lonely back with a look of distress on her face.
Outsiders only saw her husband's glory as prime minister, but only she knew the hard work her husband had put in over the years.
Every time I go home, I have to correct official documents, and I am often busy until late at night. In the first few years, I couldn't sleep at night. The first few years were better, but starting this year, my husband has returned to his old self.
The gray hair of young people is the best proof.
She is a woman, a woman who does not understand officialdom or national affairs. All she can do is manage the house for her husband.
But she knew that her husband's appetite would definitely be good today.
"He is a practitioner."
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"Is this the son of that guy An Zisheng?"
This is a memorial against An Zisheng.
The woman put down the ginseng tea and stepped forward to pat the raindrops on her husband's cloak.
On the third day, the No. 1 scholar, appointed by An Zisheng as the chief examiner, received a memorial. This memorial caused an uproar in the court.
An Zisheng was not carried away by these praises. On the contrary, his heart became more and more worried.
kill!
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Although a woman does not understand officialdom, she also knows that the status of a businessman is improved by her husband. Many businessmen even enshrine the god of their husband in their homes.
An Zisheng smiled bitterly, if Lin Ye was willing to come to the capital and become an official in the court, he would have given up the position of prime minister long ago.
"He doesn't want to be an official, let alone come to the capital."
When the benefits are greater than ten times, businessmen dare to abandon everything and take risks!
He agreed with Lin Ye's words, but the key question was how to solve this problem.
It's just that the imperial court established a new department, and it was Prime Minister An who pushed for its establishment.
"Tuogu, it's a pity that I'm not Zhuge Liang."
Hearing her husband's answer, the woman frowned. As usual, it meant that her husband had a bad appetite. In the past, when receiving letters, her husband would take the initiative to say that he wanted to eat a certain dish that he liked before.
"There's no need to look for him. In a few days, Shang'er will be sent to Canglan County."
Although she had never interfered with her husband's official affairs in the past, even the panacea of envelopes was useless. She was so worried that she couldn't help but ask.
As for how to teach An Youshang, Lin Ye thought about it and came up with an idea. He directly asked Lao Chen to take An Youshang away. He first arranged An Youshang to live in Ke Lai, waited for a while, and then brought An Youshang away.
The little guy was sent to Home Inn.
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Officials throughout the imperial court now support the reform, and scholars no longer rebuke him, but instead praise him as a virtuous prime minister, comparable to the governors a thousand years ago.
After a few good years, are we about to be brought back to our original shape?
An atmosphere of despair lingered in the hearts of the merchants, and this scene was not only staged in Canglan County, but also in every county and city throughout Dashang.
"Taking advantage of power and power to gain power, seeking power and taking bribes, rejecting party members and colleagues, controlling the political agenda, and deceiving the Holy Spirit..."
One month later!
The three carriages drove out of Canglan County and headed for the Divine Gate.
After hearing her husband's explanation, the woman realized that most of the reforms her husband had proposed over the years were the work of Mr. Lin from Shangyang City.
Lin Ye muttered, An Zisheng sent all his sons to him. It seemed like he was really in big trouble.
Is this belief no longer valid?
"Ms. sir, isn't this letter a panacea this time?"
This importance does not refer to status, but to the influence of businessmen.
"Just the same."
Guests come and go, and the people who come in and out are all dignitaries, while the Home Inn is full of peddlers and commoners, which allows the little one to understand the life of the upper class without being separated from the bottom.
Lin Ye only replied one sentence to him.
An Zisheng's envelope didn't contain much content. He just praised Lin Ye for his extraordinary talent. He didn't want his son to study with those Confucian teachers and become a sour Confucian who could only study hard.
"Canglan County?"
"Medicine... If you drink too much, you will become stubborn."
The woman didn't know why her husband suddenly asked about her son, but she still replied: "Well, I'm just going to discuss it with you. Shang'er has reached the age of enlightenment and I'm going to find him a teacher."
"There is a way, but this way..."
Starting from the first year of Dashang, the status of merchants has gradually improved, which has indeed made the capital and some counties more prosperous than before. There have been no natural disasters in the past few years, but even if there were natural disasters, the common people would not be unable to survive.
Go down.
And the day after Lin Ye left Canglan County, a group of iron cavalry entered Canglan County and went straight to the major trading houses. The people in the city discovered that the heads of the major trading houses were taken away one after another.
"Is there really nothing we can do?"
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These behaviors are not allowed. Some officials who were bribed just pretended to be invisible, while some who refused the bribe wanted to set up a Sihai Trading Company. But before these officials could take action, workers from the Sihai Trading Company gathered at the yamen gate to plead for mercy.
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An Zisheng is not worried about reform. Even if he kills this group of businessmen, the next group of businessmen will appear, but he himself will definitely be attacked.
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Xu Bo was a little worried when he saw Lin Ye asking Lao Chen to take An Youshang away. After all, he was the prime minister's son, how could he go to a restaurant and work as a waiter?
"There is nothing wrong with letting children experience the suffering of the world in advance. Just don't reveal this little guy's identity to Lao Chen."
For example, Sihai Trading Company in Beijing has as many as 3,000 workers. Behind these 3,000 workers are 30,000 families. Sihai Trading Company affects the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. In the past year or two, he has received many
Sued Sihai Trading Company for some criminal acts, bribing officials, hoarding food and even hiring hundreds of thugs...
An Zisheng looked at his wife's leaving figure and sighed. He gave his son to Lin Ye not only to let Lin Ye teach his son, but also to entrust his son to Lin Ye in a sense.
"Madam, our son is six years old this year."
"Okay, then let this little guy live here."
An Zisheng is not an official who doesn't care about the life and death of the people, otherwise he could arrest the heads of these trading houses with a thunderous strike, but he has to consider the people, and even more, the impact.
The heads of major commercial firms were taken away, causing the originally bustling commercial streets in Canglan County to suddenly become depressed, with shops closing one after another for fear of being implicated.
Although Lin Ye only had this sentence in the letter, it was also a hint to him: It is the nature of businessmen to pursue profits, and no one can change it. Only by making businessmen feel afraid can they suppress their greedy nature.
"My whole life, I have been at the top of the temple, walking on thin ice, and trembling with fear. When I look back half my life, I realize that only Brother Lin can be considered a good friend."
Over the years, Uncle Xu has also come to know that Mr. An was now the Prime Minister. It was really fate that manipulated people. Who would have thought that his own son had imprisoned Mr. An back then.
For this reason, An Zisheng wrote a letter to Lin Ye, which mentioned these issues.
However, these businessmen received a piece of news that made them desperate at the government office. The person in charge of the business firm was taken away by someone from the Commercial Supervision Department.
After her husband read the letter, the woman also brought a bowl of ginseng tea from the kitchen and walked into the yard.
"No worries, I hope you can survive."
There is collusion between government and businessmen, and powerful alliances.
The woman somewhat understood that her husband wanted to give his son to Mr. Lin to teach him.
"Sir, is there something wrong with this?"
As soon as this news came out, the businessmen were in an uproar and Prime Minister An abandoned them.
"Ms. Mr. Lin, Mr. Lin is so talented. Why don't you invite him to the capital? Even if he doesn't want to be an official in the court, he can serve as an aide and give advice to me."
An Zisheng, who was in the capital, would not have thought that when he raised the status of merchants, he was opposed by many officials, but now that he is attacking merchants, those officials are still opposed.
In the past, as long as the husband received a letter from Shangyang City, his mood would improve. Not only would he be able to sleep well, but his appetite would also increase.
A word from a cultivator will make women stop persuading.
Businessmen are becoming more and more important.
Specially monitor businessmen. If a businessman commits illegal acts, he can be arrested immediately. If there is resistance, he can be killed first and then punished.
Lin Ye knew that if Lao Chen knew An Youshang's identity, he would not dare to arrange any work for An Youshang, and would provide food in a restaurant like his ancestors.
After taking the envelope, Lin Ye opened it and read it. After reading it, he sighed.
The old vested interests are reluctant to have the rules broken, but once they are broken, these people quickly become new vested interests.
It’s easy to open the Sihai Trading Company, but how to protect the lives of hundreds of thousands of people?
Sihai Commercial Bank is just one of them. There are five or six such commercial banks in the capital, and the situation in each state is similar. These merchants kidnapped people and could compete with the court.
Lin Ye looked at the child that Uncle Xu brought into the house and was speechless. That guy An Zisheng would really find something for him to do.
But what finally made Lin Ye willing to accept An Youshang was the last sentence in An Zisheng's letter.
Kill a group of businessmen!
"My husband, please don't kill me. Businessmen are the focus of reform. If you kill businessmen, then this reform..."
"Sir, here is a letter from Mr. An."
"Ms. sir, what do you want to eat today?"
As the wife of the Prime Minister, she naturally knows that practitioners will not get too involved in the world.
An Zisheng had a wry smile on his face. He wrote to Lin Ye about the problems he encountered during the reform in the past, and Lin Ye would give him some ideas in his reply. However, this time, facing his problems, Lin Ye's letter did not have answers.
Because ordinary people can choose to work in the workshops of these merchants, and because of the rapid growth of commerce and trade, the government's revenue from the treasury is increasing year by year. Now, the annual tax revenue of the Ministry of Household Affairs is equal to that of the five years before the reform.
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"Okay, I'll go talk to Shang'er."
However, in just one day, the branches of the Supervisory and Commercial Supervision Department were assassinated by people from all over the world. At the same time, many county governments sent letters to the court, and the Supervisory and Commercial Supervision Department arbitrarily arrested merchants, which caused people to panic and merchants did not dare to do business.
, prices skyrocketed, workshops closed, and many people lost their livelihood.
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"There will be no problem with reform."
Many businessmen who were not taken away went to the government office to complain. You must know that the current Prime Minister An supports their businessmen. The government arrests people for no reason. They want to complain to the court and Prime Minister An.
He could already smell the coming rain.
An Zisheng was suddenly criticized as a powerful official in the Cholera Dynasty.
The Great Shang Dynasty, which had been peaceful for nearly ten years, ushered in its first turmoil.
At this moment, Lin Ye, who had arrived in front of the divine gate mountain, looked at the majestic mountain peaks, the resplendent mountain gate, and the rich yang energy rushing towards his face, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
It is indeed the number one martial arts holy place in Nanjiang!