The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

The meeting was held in a lobby that could accommodate hundreds of people. There were hundreds of tables and chairs inside, enough for all the incoming guests to have a seat. There was no special arrangement for the location, first come, first served.But of course, those who arrive early will choose a good seat, and those who arrive later can only sit in a remote corner.

Most of the people who can come here today are well-known businessmen from all over the world, often representing the arrival of a family.Merchants in the same area often form business gangs and chambers of commerce, and they are merchants representing a place.

Before the start of the conference, Li Wen spent about three days reading information about merchants and business gangs from various places, and gained some preliminary understanding of these merchants from their respective countries.

From the hour of Chen, the businessmen who came to attend the meeting could enter the venue. Basically, all the guests had arrived before the meeting started.The meeting started in the middle of the day, and Li Wen didn't arrive too early. He only appeared half an hour before the meeting started, and someone shouted loudly, "Master Li is here."

Everyone just saw Mr. Li who appeared here. They all knew that Mr. Li was young, but they didn't expect him to be so young, not much older than their son/grandson.

"Caomin pays homage to Mr. Li."

"Everyone please get up."

Seeing such a dark group of people kneel down to him, Li Wen's mood at that time was really a bit indescribable. Most of the people here are old enough to be his father, and some of them can even be his father. Grandpa's age.So on this point, Li Wen had to complain about the vulgar custom of people kneeling when they see officials in this era.Sweet potato

But now is not the time for him to complain.After everyone got up, Li Wen sat down, waved his hands, and said, "Please take a seat."

There were sparse sounds from the crowd, and no one spoke in the audience.

Looking around, I saw that everyone could have a place to sit. This was already a place they tried their best to arrange.After all, this place is still too small. Fortunately, it is already August, and the weather is not hot. So many people gathered in a small place will not feel too stuffy.In the future, a formal auditorium may still be needed to hold such a large-scale meeting. I hope that the next time their business conference is held, there will be a better place to hold the meeting.

After everyone sat down, Li Wen began to speak, expressing his gratitude, "First of all, I would like to thank everyone present here for coming all the way to the capital."

He himself did not expect so many people to come to this meeting, and all the [-] tickets they sold were sold out. Just now he looked at the roster registered today, and basically everyone has come, only a few places are missing. So a lot of people really came today.

"Presumably, many of you here have heard of this official. My surname is Li, and I have a single name. Today, I have received the approval of the emperor to hold the first business meeting on behalf of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and invite businessmen from all over the world. Come to the meeting." Li Wen specifically emphasized that this meeting was approved by the emperor, and their meeting this time is a formal official meeting.

This made the merchants who came here feel very proud in their hearts. Although they did not have the opportunity to meet the emperor, they could meet the rumored Li Liuyuan today. Mr. Li, this good official who dared to kill corrupt officials is the emperor The celebrities in front of him are still fighting for a way out for businessmen like them.

Before Li Wen knew about it, his reputation among the merchants was excellent, and he was extremely trusted by these merchants, which is why there are so many people here today.

After the official opening remarks, it is time to get into the main topic. Li Wen continued, "Everyone here is a representative businessman from all over the world. I believe everyone is very curious. What is the purpose of this meeting held by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce this time? What will be said."

The merchants below whispered to the people next to them. They were really curious about what the business conference held by the court this time was mainly about.

"Then let me talk about the main theme and theme of this meeting. Since it is a business conference, it must be related to business and closely related to the businessmen present. The main theme of this meeting is mainly Discuss about the business development and future of our Dacheng Kingdom, and formulate a development plan, so I invite everyone here today to participate in the discussion on this topic." This is what he invited all businessmen today The reason for coming here, since it is a plan that is closely related to this group of people, it must be to invite people related to it to be present.

His age and experience are limited, and what he knows about the development of business is just some things on paper. The real thing is to let these businessmen participate in it, and formulate a set of preliminary business plans and systems based on the actual situation of Dacheng. To know their future business development.

As for the development of business, these businessmen must be inseparable. Only by involving businessmen can the whole business of Dacheng truly develop.

"Next, I will start to talk. This three-day meeting will mainly discuss some issues. Please listen carefully." The manuscript on the Internet, this manuscript was drafted by himself, and he basically remembered everything he wanted to say.

"The first is the debate about the identity of a businessman; the second is about the definition and role of business; the third is about the development and planning of business... This is what we will carry out and discuss next. "

Before the meeting was held, there had already been a debate about the identity of the merchants here in the capital.

Since ancient times, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and scholars are the first. Why are merchants ranked last?

From the perspective of social reasons, the feudal rulers wanted to control the population so that people could cultivate the land, and a large part of the court's taxes came from land taxes.Then everyone went to do business, so who else will farm?That will inevitably lead to the rulers wanting to control the population, and the merchants have too much mobility, which will affect the stability of the society, which is contrary to the ruler's concept.Therefore, since ancient times, rulers have been attacking and suppressing the status of merchants, controlling the development of commerce, so as not to cause the flow and loss of local population.

Of course, Li Wen wants to avoid talking about politically sensitive issues. Today he is here to determine the role of merchants, the role of commerce, the relationship between merchants and commerce, the influence and role of commerce, etc. these related questions.

On the first day of the meeting, they mainly discussed the topic of "businessman and business", how to define a businessman, the role and influence of a businessman, determine the social status of a businessman, give businessmen confidence and self-confidence, and stimulate them even more The initiative allows these businessmen to play the biggest role.

To put it bluntly, business means doing business and trading, doing business, buying and selling, whether small or large, how to do small ones, how to do big ones, the transportation and trading of goods from various places, etc., are all things related to commerce and trade. Some of the issues they will discuss in these three days.

A morning's meeting made these businessmen's blood boil, isn't it just, do you think they were wronged?They travel from south to north to do business. If they accidentally encounter bandits and bandits, they may lose their lives. They risk their lives in small businesses. They are easy businessmen!

Today, Master Li finally clarified for them what they have been wronged for so many years.

Mr. Li also mentioned just now that you must be honest when doing business. Most of the businessmen here are honest when doing business. As for the small number of people who do not speak honesty, they must find out, and they will not be like those who do not speak honesty in the future. People do business!

The imperial court has always suppressed these merchants, and the local corrupt officials seized them and squeezed them out. Although these merchants have made some money, once they offend the imperial officials, they are the merchants who are unlucky. There are not a few businessmen who died of persecution by filthy officials. These people have nowhere to seek, and they can't even find a place to redress their grievances.Now that the imperial court has established the Ministry of Commerce, it was Li Liuyuan and Mr. Li who set it up alone. It is a place where they can speak and make decisions for their merchants. How can these merchants not come here in a hurry.

After a morning's meeting, these businessmen were all holding back their inner excitement, and looked at Master Li with admiration in their eyes.

There is a one-hour break and meal time at noon. They provide a free lunch here, and everyone can go to eat or rest.

Businessmen who have been there know that the meals served here taste good after a morning meal.And the merchants who didn’t eat in the morning heard that the merchants who had eaten Chaoshi later said that the food here is so good, it’s inevitable that some people who haven’t been there will be curious and want to taste it.

At noon on this day, Li Wen sent someone to invite several representative businessmen from the Northland to have lunch together.

"Caomin has met Mr. Li."

"No courtesy, no courtesy, please get up."

The businessmen who were invited were a little flattered. The reason why they came today was for Mr. Li Liuyuan. They didn't expect that Mr. Li would send someone to invite them to have lunch together.

After seeing several businessmen, Li Wen greeted and greeted everyone one by one, and then invited everyone to sit down with a smile on his face, "Everyone, please sit down, don't be restrained."

"I know that everyone is coming to the capital, but I haven't had a chance to invite you to dinner. The main reason is that I have too much time to spare for the meeting. I can't spare time, so please forgive me. During this period of time, many businessmen wanted to see him through acquaintances and relationships, but Li Wen didn't go to see him. Naturally, one of them was really busy, but with his current status, he still had to avoid suspicion, otherwise he would see him in the first place. After these businessmen were killed, rumors spread that he was taking bribes, which would affect the convening of subsequent meetings.

But today it is different to invite everyone to meet here. First, this is the stage of the meeting, and businessmen from all over the world are here. Even if there are any rumors that are not good for him, someone will refute him.Of course, Li Wen didn't care about his own reputation, as long as he was afraid of bad influence, it would affect the holding of subsequent meetings.

"No no no."

"Master Li is busy with official duties, and the grassroots can understand 3"

Now that Mr. Li explained this with a sincere attitude, these merchants naturally accepted his words, and the discomfort in their hearts was gone.

But Mr. Li didn't see them, nor did he meet any other businessmen, and only a good official like Mr. Li didn't take advantage of this time to collect the filial piety from these businessmen. If he wanted to exchange it for a greedy one, he might be a banknote in his pocket. I can't even put it on anymore.

"Everyone, don't be cautious. Today, the official invited you here, just want to have a light meal with everyone."

"We have always heard about Mr. Li's name, and wanted to find a chance to meet Mr. Li. It is an honor for Cao Min and others to meet Mr. Li today."

"Don't dare." Li Wen said with a smile.

During the meal time, Li Wen mainly expressed his concern and greetings to the merchants in the Northland, talked about the customs and customs of the Northland, and asked about their products and sales, etc. It does not involve issues of personal interest.

The guests and hosts had a great meal, and when they left, all these businessmen praised Mr. Li highly when they went out.

Today, here are all businessmen from their own, so several businessmen from the Northland were invited to dinner by Mr. Li, and it soon became known to everyone.The merchants from the Southland were a little bit aggrieved, why did Mr. Li only see the merchants from the Northland but not them!Are you looking down on their merchants in the Southland?For a while, the businessmen from Southland felt dissatisfied and wronged.

At this moment, Li Wen didn't know that the merchants from the Southlands felt aggrieved because he met the merchants from the Northlands today but didn't see them.

Li Wen didn't expect His Highness the Crown Prince to come in person. He heard the message from the people below that the Crown Prince was coming, so he rushed over quickly. Seeing the Crown Prince here, he hurriedly saluted, "I will see Your Highness."

"Get up quickly." Yang Shaomu and Zhao Xiangyi were sitting in the side room drinking tea. The prince had been here for a while, but he knew that Li Wen was busy, so he didn't ask anyone to call him until he heard that he was there. After finishing the work around him, he asked the people around him to call him over, "Sit down."

"Yes, Your Highness." Li Wen sat down in the vacated seat.

"Today I just stopped by here to have a look. Is today's meeting going well?" As a prince, it is not suitable to show up today, so Yang Shaomu really came here today just to have a look, just to ask Li asked a few words.

For the prince's questions, Li Wen answered them one by one.