Iron Dynasty

PS: There is another chapter at 11:30. If you go to bed early, book friends can go to bed early and read it tomorrow.

Your Majesty, Tong Hongchang and other nobles in Wei have been waiting outside the Xingyuan for a long time. Are you letting them in now?

Qian Dafu's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

Xiao Ming came back to his senses, and only then did he remember the matter of meeting the Wei Dihao clan.

When Fiji came back from Jinling City, he brought these nobles to Qingzhou, but he kept these nobles aside because of the enthronement ceremony.

Now that he is free, Fiji immediately arranged for these nobles to meet him. After all, the more Xiao Ming disappeared, the more uneasy these nobles were in their hearts.

Xuan and the others will wait in the main hall. Xiao Ming frowned.

According to the information provided by Wang Xuan, these wealthy families are the actual managers of the states and counties, and they have to rely on them to collect taxes normally.

This time, the taxation of the thirteen states can be collected so easily thanks to the cooperation of these wealthy families. In his opinion, he has to rely on these people to collect taxes for a long time.

Yes, Your Majesty.

After Qian Dafu left, Xiao Ming stretched his waist. These days, his emperor was not very tired, but a little annoying. After all, there were more and more states and counties under his control, and there were all kinds of things.

After approving a few more papers in the study, Xiao Ming left for the main hall, so that these nobles and others were not aimless, but to show the imperial power.

Long live my emperor!

Seeing Xiao Ming entering the main hall, the wealthy family headed by Tong Hongchang immediately stood up and bowed to salute Xiao Ming.

At this time, the wealthy families of Wei Di were on both sides, Xiao Ming passed through the middle, his eyes swept over them one by one, and sat on the main seat, he said, Everyone, please sit down.

At this time, Tong Hongchang dared to look up at Xiao Ming. According to what they knew, Xiao Ming is only twenty-three years old now.

Before they came, they always thought that Xiao Ming was a vicious person, but now that they met, they realized that he was a handsome and handsome man.

How dare I sit in the same room with the emperor. Tong Hongchang was still standing, not daring to take a seat. At this moment, their palms were sweating nervously.

The people in front of them are in control of the future rise and fall of their family.

With a faint smile on the corner of Xiao Ming's mouth, he said, This person must be the Tong family, the only rich family in Jinling City.

When Tong Hongchang was named, he was both afraid and excited. He said, Your Majesty, Caomin is Tong Hongchang, the head of the Tong family. It's just that the Tong family and Zhang family have always been at odds with each other. I hope the emperor will investigate.

Elder Feige told me that everyone who came to Qingzhou this time is a wealthy family who is willing to serve me, and this tax payment also depends on your help.

This is what we should do. It is our honor to serve the emperor. A group of nobles said in unison.

Xiao Ming smiled when he heard the words, and he said, I can rest assured in this way, but everyone can rest assured that as long as you are willing to serve me and obey the laws in your respective states and counties, you will be able to live comfortably. As for the rumors outside. My words about killing the wealthy family are all slander, so please don’t be distracted.”

Tong Hongchang sweated slightly on his forehead. There seemed to be nothing wrong with Xiao Ming's words, he was just comforting them, but it was a needle hidden in the cotton.

On the other hand, if they don't serve the royal family and don't obey the law, they will be killed.

The calf trembled slightly, and Tong Hongchang said, We will keep the emperor's teachings in mind.

Xiao Ming also said what he should have said, so he asked: I don't know what you think of you living in Qingzhou during this time?

The prosperity of business in Qingzhou and the wealth of the people are rare in the world. There are many novelties that have opened our eyes. This trip to Qingzhou is worth it.

A noble family spoke up.

Your Majesty, we are all willing to dissolve the trilogy, but I don't know if we can do business. After all, the family is prosperous, and if there is no work, we will starve to death. A wealthy family took the opportunity to say.

Tong Hongchang took this seriously. In order to save their lives, they disbanded the noble family and handed over the occupied land. In their opinion, only business can continue the prosperity of the family.

This idea became stronger after they came to Qingzhou, because they found that Qingzhou merchants had a high status and would not be bullied by officials.

Many wealthy businessmen have extremely luxurious mansions, and they have purchased a large number of slaves to serve themselves, and their lives are better than their wealthy families. How can they not be interested in this situation.

The fundamental of Xiao Ming's governance is to rejuvenate the country through commerce. Only the prosperity of private capital can make the people rich. After all, this is a truth that has been tested for hundreds of years.

Therefore, Xiao Ming not only does not oppose the business of the wealthy family, but even encourages the wealthy family to do business. Now it turns out that the people of Dayu still lack interest in doing business, and there are very few farmers who can voluntarily give up their land to enter factories and do business.

The poisoning of small farmers' thinking cannot be changed in one or two days. The most important thing is that they also have no funds. After all, not everyone has the courage to mortgage their land to banks for business.

There have even been a lot of criticisms against Xiao Ming's policy by the people, and some people have criticized the government for just taking advantage of this to annex land.

This matter made Xiao Ming a little surprised, but it was reasonable to think about it. He looked too high on the thinking of the people in this era, and some things had to happen naturally before they could lead to a complete change.

As for the policy, he formulated and publicized it, and the rest can only be left to the people themselves.

Moreover, in Xiao Ming's view, not everyone is a business material. If a large number of people fail to do business blindly, in the end, the culprit will have to be taken by the government.

Therefore, relatively speaking, the wealthy are more proactive in doing business, because almost all of them have been involved in doing business, and their capital is strong, even if they fail, they are just looking for other business opportunities.

At the same time, Xiao Ming gradually understood that when the feudal system collapsed and moved towards capitalism by reading the materials in the science and technology library, the first to benefit was the aristocratic class, that is, the social change was basically carried out in a top-down situation.

Now Qingzhou is also in the same situation. In any case, the common people cannot compete with the traditional big merchants. The big merchants eat meat, and the common people can only drink some soup.

And after the powerful like Princess Taiping turned into commercial trade, they have an advantage over the big businessmen.

For Xiao Ming, the business pool in Qingzhou is already muddy, and he doesn't mind the wealthy family coming in to share part of the profits, because more people can avoid one family's dominance.

Otherwise, it won't be long before there will be super merchants in Qingzhou, and this is not what he is happy to see, so he said: Of course this is possible, I have always encouraged business and trade.

Tong Hongchang and others were immediately overjoyed when they heard the words. The prosperity of Qingzhou's business has made them eager to move for the past few days. Now they can finally boldly do business with Qingzhou's businessmen.

Tong Hongchang led a group of nobles, and at the same time bowed and said, Thank you, Emperor Longen.