Confucianism, a Confucian scholar, is like a scolding aunt, with explosive fighting power, but her charm is still there and her figure is hot.
But all those who travel through time must do something about it. If they don’t do something about this aunt, they will be embarrassed to say hello to their colleagues when they go out in the future.
Chu Qing is self-aware. He doesn't want to mess with his aunt because she is too scary. The emperor has changed countless times. The aunt is still there, like an insurmountable mountain. He should leave the scary aunt to Teacher Liao. Chu Qing Qing felt that his body type could not bear it.
The aunt can't do it, but the other little sister, Chu Qing, is a merchant.
The merchant has not yet grown into a terrifying giant dragon that roars to the sky and splits the earth. If we don’t do anything about it now, we will wait until later.
When they arrived at Jingzhao Mansion, Chu Qing and his third brother began to brag to Lao Ma about how many enemy thieves they had killed in the East China Sea with a big mo knife. On Yingdao, the Japanese thieves caught wind of it as soon as they saw Chu Qing. And escape.
Ma Rui sipped the tea, yes, yes, yes, yes, and continued to blow.
Chu Qing didn't come here specifically to brag about B, he was waiting for someone.
Less than half an hour later, sweaty merchants arrived, more than 20 people, all of whom were prominent figures in the capital.
There is a head and a face, and the face was given by Chu Qing. If he didn't come, he would still have the face, but the head would not be guaranteed.
He was very generous. Ma Rui sat in the front seat, drinking tea slowly. Chu Qing sat in the lower seat with his legs crossed. The merchants wanted to kneel down, but they couldn't, so Chu Qing asked them to sit in a row.
Twenty-six people were all members of the original chamber of commerce.
There were originally thirty-six people. Mr. Bai did not come, and Chu Qing did not inform him. Although Mr. Fu was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, he never interfered with the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce. The remaining eight people, since the Chamber of Commerce was reduced to ruins by Wang Tianyu, , closed all the shops that day, left the capital, and completely "retired ashore."
The remaining twenty-six people have big families and big businesses. They want to run away, but they can't. Maybe they are unwilling to do so. More importantly, they know that there is no point in running or not. If Chu Qing really wants to kill them, it will be useless to go to sea in a boat. Running away When they arrived in Goguryeo, they were easily captured by Da Huang. When they ran to Yingdao, Chu Qing's younger brothers could directly kill them as Ying thieves.
"Emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business is the basic economic policy pursued by most dynasties. It is inevitable to a certain extent, and at most, it is reasonable under the general environment."
The young Chu Qing is now really like a high-ranking official. He took a sip of tea and continued with a smile: "The earliest way to suppress businessmen should be Shang Yang's reform in the middle of the Warring States Period. If I am wrong, Yes, everyone can criticize and correct me."
The merchants didn't dare to let go of anything.
Don't say it was Shang Yang's reform, just say it was Shang Yang who unified the seven kingdoms and we won't say anything.
"Shang Yang's purpose of suppressing merchants is not to suppress merchants, but to emphasize agriculture. This is my commander's humble opinion. Emphasizing agriculture and suppressing merchants are a complete set of policies. At that time, the background was different and the war was in chaos. What was needed most The most important thing is the army and food. The army and food are inseparable from the farmers. They are also the foundation of the country at that time. They allow the farmers to produce with peace of mind and not abandon agriculture and business. Therefore, suppressing business is not the purpose, focusing on agriculture is. Of course , does not deny that businessmen go too far, and over-exploitation of farmers is not uncommon, so on the premise of focusing on agriculture, they use the method of suppressing business."
Ma Rui looked deeply at Chu Qing and nodded repeatedly. He agreed with these words.
The merchants also agreed, nodding their heads like chickens pecking at rice.
"Yes, yes, the commander is right."
Chu Qing smiled and said: "Don't let me say anything, freedom of speech."
"Yes, yes, that's what the Commander-in-Chief said."
"You guys are going to eat shit at noon. You can eat it."
"Yes, yes, the Commander-in-Chief has nothing... No, the Commander-in-Chief is right, we will go eat at noon."
"Okay, I'll continue. Listen, the dynasties have changed several times, and they still suppress merchants. I don't think it's necessary anymore. On the contrary, now it's time for the country to use troops. For money and food, it not only depends on the peasant uncles, but also on We must rely on merchants, merchants are indispensable.”
The merchants all raised their heads, their eyes bright and frightening. If you say this, we will be very excited.
Chu Qing smiled and scolded: "Looking at the bears you all look like, to be honest, I should pity you."
The merchants suddenly looked pitiful.
Chu Qing: "Being a businessman is reasonable and legal, and you make clean money. Why can't you stand up and be a good person?"
The merchants suddenly puffed up their chests, their faces full of greatness.
Chu Qing: "Why do you have to be so mean-spirited and use your brains to make money for your shame?"
The merchants immediately lowered their heads and showed pitiful expressions.
Chu Qing was so angry that he laughed.
Businessmen are like this, pitiful, life and death are all based on the words of the court and the words of the big shots. When you are needed, you are an entrepreneur. When you are not needed, you are a capitalist. If you want to be crushed, you can be crushed. If you want to make a round shape, make it a round shape. If you want to pull it to the middle, pull it to the middle. If it hurts, don’t dare to call out. At most, you can call out once.
But once this group of businessmen obtains enough capital and accumulates enough trump cards, they will no longer be pitiful, but hateful.
Poor people must be hateful, and this description is just right for a merchant.
Small businessmen are pitiful, but when they become capitalists, they become hateful.
Out of ten small businessmen, nine will become big businessmen, and out of nine big businessmen, eight will become capitalists, and the remaining one may be annexed because of his conscience.
"Chamber of Commerce, don't do it."
Chu Qing's eyes swept over these merchants: "On the premise of abiding by the laws of business and Chang'an, let's establish a business gang."
The merchants looked at each other in confusion, not quite understanding what this merchant gang meant.
Chu Qing also discussed this matter with his third brother until midnight yesterday.
Although merchants in ancient times were economically wealthy, their social status was inferior to others.
This also causes them to feel uneasy even if they make money, because the money may be taken away at any time. It is for this reason that they are eager to obtain rights and their desire to improve their social status becomes stronger and stronger.
"Students from poor families and sons of ordinary people can join the officialdom. I, the commander, will try my best to discuss with the court so that the sons of businessmen can also enjoy the same treatment."
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole room was shocked, and Ma Rui looked incomprehensible.
The merchants finally knelt down and kowtowed.
"Normally speaking, businessmen themselves are rich. If their children are not only rich but can also be officials, it will be easy for officials and businessmen to collude. But if the sons of businessmen are not allowed to enter the officialdom, it is still a very unfair thing. The sons of common people can Why can’t the son of a merchant become an official?”
Chu Qing smiled bitterly.
During the Taizong period of the Song Dynasty, there was an official named Xu Xiang. His father Xu Tang was a businessman and his business was doing well.
Later, Xu Tang stopped doing business because he had an extremely strong desire for an official career. In order to change his social status and the social status of his children and grandchildren, he stopped all business activities and devoted himself to training his son for the imperial examination.
There are countless such situations, which is why Mr. Fu is grateful to Chu Qing. If he had not met Chu Qing, there would be no officials in the Fu family, let alone nobles.
Chu Qing did this not only because of the merchants, but also because of the Confucian scholars.
At his current height, many things are connected.
Once "scholars and merchants" appear, it will greatly shake the status of serious Confucian scholars. With the development of the commodity economy and the increase in the strength of the merchant class, it will not only have an impact on the existing institutional structure, but also promote the development of the scholar-merchants class. flow, thus leading to a fundamental change in the thinking of focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce.
Merchants are definitely going to rise, they just need to be properly guided and supervised no longer allowed to grow wildly.
The "Top Ten Business Gangs" appeared in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and they were also business groups that were united. The business gangs were basically bound by region to keep warm. It was these merchants who, through reasonable, fair and orderly competition, greatly promoted It promoted the prosperity of the commercial field during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and even promoted the development of some backward areas. In the form of gentry, it provided spontaneous help and support to the local areas and established some reasonable and legal social orders, including education, employment, medical care, etc. They took care of everything that the government didn't take care of.
"In a word, you can earn money and you can have status, but you need to pay. This payment is very vague. For details, you can refer to the Fu family. Remember, the biggest premise is to abide by the laws of business and Chang's laws. Of course, I don't Forced, but this world is so unfair. If you want to make money and have status, you must let me, Chu Qing, make the decision for you and argue with the court. If you want me to make the decision for you, you have to pay and learn. The Fu family, even better than the Fu family, serves as a role model and sets an example for merchants all over the world. Whether it works or not, in one sentence, yes, we will discuss it in detail, if not, just leave."
