On the wedding night, the villain husband cried and his eyes turned red

From that day on, the emperor acted as if nothing had happened. As usual, he invited Wen Yidi into the palace and asked him about the status of the Wen family's business. Even for Wen Yi'an's official position of guarding the city's history, the emperor had no intention of replacing him.

"No need to worry, my dear, I summoned you into the palace today just to ask about the situation of your various shops. After all, the Wen family suddenly lost so many people, and it is inevitable that they will be overwhelmed."

The emperor spoke pleasantly, as if he was thinking about Wen Yidi. If Wen Yidi was really a flesh and blood member of the Wen family, seeing the emperor's hypocritical behavior, I would probably not be able to hide the anger in my heart.

Unfortunately, Wen Yidi was not a little offended by the emperor's words. He thought seriously for a moment and said honestly:

"Your Majesty, to be honest, the Wen family's shops are really busy these days. The shops outside Yong'an City are fine, because I have made arrangements for them on how to do business and what goods to get."

"But some of the shops in Yong'an City are really busy. The shopkeeper in this shop is not like a clerk, who can just pull a few people aside and do the work with a few words of advice."

Wen Yidi said while observing the emperor's attitude. Seeing that the emperor was indeed listening to him, Wen Yidi boldly suggested:

"Your Majesty, I have a bold idea, but I don't know whether to talk about it or not."

Hearing what Wen Yidi said, the emperor suddenly became interested. He raised his chin and said:

"Speak! If you speak well, you will be rewarded. If you speak poorly, you will not be punished."

With this sentence as a guarantee, Wen Yidi no longer worried about anything and said seriously:

"Your Majesty, I hope that you can nationalize all the shops in the world. At that time, the shopkeepers of each shop will work for the imperial court."

Seeing that the emperor did not reprimand him for his wishful thinking, but instead looked interested, Wen Yidi suddenly felt more at ease and spoke out all his thoughts.

When shops are state-owned, the income from the shops naturally becomes the state's. At that time, businessmen, like ministers in the court and soldiers on the battlefield, all work for the country.

"Your suggestion is interesting, but all the shops in the world are now under the name of the Wen family. If you follow your words, this shop will be owned by the country. Can you make this decision?"

The emperor finally asked the key to the question. Wen Yidi seized the opportunity and answered:

"Your Majesty, I can naturally be the master of this. However, since I have dedicated the shop, I naturally have to ask for something from the remaining members of the Wen family."

Seeing that the emperor did not speak, Wen Yidi continued:

"I want the emperor to remove merchants from the low status and turn merchants into an industry that everyone has the opportunity to do and is willing to do."

"The Wen family no longer have a shop and no income from operating the shop, but they can have an upright status. The shopkeepers and clerks who work in the shop can receive a monthly salary, which is enough for the family."

After hearing this, the emperor suddenly became serious. He stared at Wen Yidi for a long time before squeezing out a few words from between his teeth:

"Your kid's appetite is really big!"

Hearing this, Wen Yidi trembled all over, fearing that he would offend the emperor and attract some punishment. But after waiting for a long time, he waited until the emperor said:

"However, what you just said is indeed a good thing that benefits the country and the people. For the sake of benefiting the people, I approved your proposal."

Wen Yidi was stunned for a moment, and then realized that his suggestion came true. He quickly leaned down and said loudly:

"I thank you Lord for your kindness."

From then on, there were no despicable businessmen in Wanhua Kingdom. They were replaced by shopkeepers, accountants, stewards, clerks and other positions that worked for the country.

At first, people were skeptical about this change. But when they discovered that the goods in the shop were indeed much cheaper, they later realized that those businessmen who were plucking the geese were indeed missing.

The price reduction of goods was also Wen Yidi's suggestion. For many years, the people of Wanhua Kingdom believed that their miserable lives were caused by merchants' price hikes.

At present, all shops across the country are taken over by the state. If they are still sold at the previous price, people will inevitably complain about the state.

"Xu Aiqing's suggestion is good, but selling items at low prices is not an option after a long time. After all, Wanhua Kingdom's top-to-bottom expenses are here, and it needs enough money to maintain it."

The emperor was extremely satisfied with the public response. He was indeed right. Compared with the rest of the Wen family, Wen Yidi was indeed different.

"Your Majesty, this price increase is simple to say. All you need to do is change the packaging and name of the high-quality goods to special class, change the original medium to high class, and change the original low class to medium. .”

After listening to Wen Yidi's suggestion, the emperor suddenly laughed. There is indeed something interesting about profiteers and profiteers.

"Then if someone wants to buy it, what should you do?"

The emperor continued to ask:

"It's simple. In a batch of goods, there will always be defective ones with poor quality. Those that are picked out are inferior. The quantity of inferior goods is also limited. Once sold out, there will no longer be available. Inferior goods When it’s sold out, those people will naturally choose the medium one.”

In this way, before the people noticed it, the prices of goods quietly increased. When some people who live their lives realize it, people around them say:

"That's because you feel wrong. What kind of life did we live in the past? We ate low-grade rice and wore low-grade clothes. But what about now? We ate medium-grade rice and wore medium-grade clothes, but we still thought the quality was good. It’s not good enough!”

"But how do I remember that the original low-grade rice was of similar quality to the current medium-grade rice?"

"You must have remembered it wrong. Once this person leads a good life, he can never go back."

With more money collected, the emperor was no longer stingy, and generously provided salary to those who worked in the shop. Many people saw that after the collapse of the Wen family, these people were still living well, and they also started to have their own thoughts.

At first, after some children from ordinary people learned to read and arithmetic, they boldly asked the shopkeepers if they could work here. The shopkeeper waved his hand and said good, and this person would stay.

In just a few months, the once poor boy turned into a decent person. The news spread from ten to ten, and gradually more and more people wanted to come to the store to work.

There was no way, Wen Yidi could only conduct a unified examination for these people according to the imperial examination method, and select the best according to their scores. Later, those students who failed in the imperial examination also devoted themselves to the store examination.

The status of Wen Yidi, an imperial merchant, was getting higher and higher.