Iron Dynasty

The golden sunlight shone on Qian Dafu's stunned face.

Xiao Ming's proposal shocked him enough, he said cautiously: The old slave can only chat with the emperor casually, and dare not criticize such an important matter.

With a light smile, he looked at Qian Dafu and said, You don't have to be nervous, you'll understand when I tell you.

The status of businessmen has been suppressed for thousands of years in the Great Yu Kingdom, and the sudden liberation must now be a big explosion. This explosion not only lies in the development of industry and commerce, but also in the explosion of businessmen's mentality.

Because they have gathered a lot of wealth, they feel that they should have some say in participating in national affairs. Of course, very few ambitious businessmen hope to be like the West.

Now, under the influence of the King of Chu, businessmen have a lot of ideas in their hearts. That's why Cao Zhengyang is like a fish in water in Qingzhou, because the businessmen regard him as a business leader and complain about the court's strict restrictions on their businessman behavior.

Xiao Ming has been paying attention to the development of Qingzhou, so he is very aware of the current situation of Qingzhou.

After thinking for a while, he continued: So, I decided to give them such an opportunity to hold a meeting every year consisting of representatives of merchants, representatives of craftsmen, representatives of students, etc., and let them put forward their own suggestions on the government of the Great Yu Kingdom. The government office has added an organization called the Government Affairs Consultative Council, and the businessmen, students, and craftsmen who join the Government Affairs Consultative Council are responsible for selecting the candidates who come to participate in the court meeting, how?

In fact, what Xiao Ming thought was basically similar to the former members of the Great Yu Kingdom, except that the members did not have the right to participate in government affairs. Now Xiao Ming has given them a formal organization, an officially recognized identity.

The most important thing is that they can put forward their dissatisfaction with government affairs in front of the emperor, or suggestions that are beneficial to the development of the Great Yu Kingdom.

The reason why Xiao Ming thought of this was also because of the inspiration from modern times. Since businessmen need the right to participate in politics, he gave an organization that seemed to be very important, but in fact, whether it was important or not depended on his attitude.

He can adopt the more favorable advice of the merchants in the annual merchants' court meeting, so that the merchants will feel that they are valued, and there is no other excuse for deeper participation in government affairs.

After all, this court meeting is basically not much different from the official court meeting.

Having said all this, Qian Dafu suddenly showed a wry smile. It turned out that the merchant court meant this, and he said, Your Majesty is wise, since the merchants like this, let's make a toss.

Xiao Ming nodded, For the sake of unnecessary turmoil, I feel that it is necessary to disclose some news about the Government Affairs Council in the newspaper.

After all, he sat down and wrote a manuscript, which was sent to the newspaper.

The next day, Qingzhou Daily roared with the great change in the status of businessmen in the millennium, about two or three things about the Council of Government Affairs.

As soon as this newspaper came out, the originally peaceful Qingzhou City became lively again.

Anyone who is willing to join the Council of Government Affairs can elect representatives of businessmen to attend the court meeting held on November 6 every year. At that time, His Majesty the Great Yu Kingdom will discuss state affairs with the businessmen together with the cabinet ministers, and take useful advice.

In the Wei family restaurant, Ding Wu was excited when he read the contents of the newspaper. After reading the newspaper, he slapped the table hard, Have you seen it, have you seen it, this is a book written by the emperor himself.

The people who can eat breakfast at the Weijia Restaurant are basically big businessmen in Qingzhou. They used to envy the businessmen of Chudi to be able to participate in government affairs, but now, this kind of happiness comes too suddenly.

This Cao Zhengyang is showing off how the Cao family is doing in Chu all day? Now that they are like this, they have nothing to say.

Ding Wu, if this government affairs consultation meeting is established, we will choose you as the chairman, and see how long Cao Zhengyang can be proud of him. Others booed.

Ding Wu heard the words and got up to thank him. Thank you for your love. If you can meet the emperor at the court meeting, I will definitely report your advice to the emperor.

Good! The merchants laughed.

Cao Zhengyang was sitting not far from Ding Wu. The blatant provocation of these businessmen made his face flush red. Now the businessmen don't care about him at all.

It's just that although he is annoyed, he is more regretful in his heart. This time he seems to have overdone some things.

Since he settled in Qingzhou, he has been too smooth here. With the improvement of the freedom of Qingzhou merchants, he has not felt the omnipresent majesty of the imperial court for a long time.

And because of the Cao family's massive investment in Qingzhou, everyone from the officials down to the people respected him very much, which made him feel a little overwhelmed.

Most importantly, he thought that the King of Chu and the court were one body and would be at peace with each other, just as they had been for hundreds of years.

But the order from the Cao family five days ago completely made him see the reality clearly. It seems that the relationship between the king of Chu and the emperor is not so harmonious.

Therefore, when he saw the contents of the newspaper, he had mixed feelings in his heart, and he wondered how his father would feel when he saw the newspaper.

But the bow did not turn back. Now that the Cao family has taken this step, there is no turning back. The silver has been shipped from Qingzhou. Once the court finds out, the Cao family's bank will be doomed.

At the same time, he has already prepared. After breakfast, he will go from Qingzhou to Dengzhou in the name of business, and then he will board a British merchant ship to Lin'an.

After eating in a hurry, Cao Zhengyang walked out of the Wei family restaurant without refuting.

The second shopkeeper understood, turned around and walked towards Dongshi, he wanted to tell them about Cao Zhengyang's whereabouts.

While Qingzhou was in a frenzy, news about the Council of Government Affairs quickly spread to the workshops outside Qingzhou City. Self-made businessmen like Zhu Wuliu cheered and cheered, all looking forward to the official promulgation of the law on the Council of Government Affairs by the imperial court.

When the businessman was excited, Xiao Ming was already discussing this issue with the cabinet. The Council of Government Affairs did not have any rights stipulated by the laws of the Great Yu Kingdom, which meant that the Council of Government Affairs existed as a kind of open-minded institution in the imperial court.

In addition to businessmen, there will also be people from other industries in Da Yu who will speak on behalf of all classes in Da Yu.

Therefore, for Xiao Ming, this organization is still somewhat beneficial, allowing him to understand the development of the Great Yu Kingdom more intuitively.

At the same time, it can also allow officials to restrain their outstretched demons. After all, the Council of Government Affairs can also serve as an eye to supervise the behavior of officials.

To brainstorm and open up opinions, this is what the Mingjun does, and the ministers and others are willing to assist the emperor in establishing this government affairs consultation meeting.

After understanding the nature of the Political Consultative Conference, Pang Yukun and Fiji agreed.