Iron Dynasty

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"The emperor, Tong Hongchang and other Wei Dihaos have been waiting outside the hall for a long time. Are you now announcing them to come in?"

Qian Dafu's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

Xiao Ming came back to his senses, only then did he think of the meeting with the Wei Dihao family.

When Fiji returned from Jinling City, he brought these tycoons to Qingzhou, but he kept them aside because of the enthronement ceremony.

Now that he was free, Fiji immediately arranged these tycoons to meet him. After all, the more Xiao Ming disappeared, the more worried these tycoons were.

"Announced that they are waiting in the main hall." Xiao Ming frowned.

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

The ability to collect taxes in the thirteen states so easily this time relied on the cooperation of these wealthy families. In his opinion, he had to rely on these people to collect taxes for a long time.

"Yes, the emperor."

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

A few more notes were approved in the study, and then Xiao Ming went to the main hall, letting these tycoons and others not aimlessly, just to show the imperial power.

"Long live my emperor!"

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

At this time, the Wei Dihao clan separated on two sides. Xiao Ming passed through the middle, his eyes swept over them one by one, sitting on the main seat, and he said, "Everyone, please sit down."

At this time, Tong Hongchang dared to raise his eyes to look at Xiao Ming. According to what they knew, Xiao Ming was now only 23 years old.

Before they came, Xiao Ming had always thought that Xiao Ming was a fierce and wicked person, but now that they saw him they knew he was a tough-faced handsome man.

"How dare we humble people to sit in the same room with the emperor." Tong Hongchang was still standing, not daring to sit down. At this time, their palms were sweating nervously.

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

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

When Tong Hongchang was named, he was afraid and excited. He said: "The emperor, the Caomin is the head of the Tong family, Tong Hongchang, but the Tong family and Zhang family have always been incompatible with fire and water. Hope the emperor will observe it."

"Lao Fei Ge told me that everyone who came to Qingzhou this time is a rich family who is willing to work for me. This time the taxation is also dependent on your great help."

"This is what I should do. It is my honor to serve the emperor." The tycoons said in unison.

Xiao Ming smiled when he heard the words. He said: "So I can rest assured, but you can also rest assured that as long as you are willing to work for me and abide by the laws in your respective states and counties, you can live comfortably. As for the rumors. All my words to kill the wealthy people are slander, please don't worry."

Tong Hongchang sweated slightly on his forehead. Xiao Ming's words seemed to be nothing wrong, but they were just comforting them, but they were hiding needles in cotton.

On the other hand, if they do not serve the royal family and do not abide by the law, they will kill them all.

The calf trembled slightly, and Tong Hongchang said, "We must remember the emperor's teachings."

Xiao Ming said what he should have said, so he asked: "You are living in Qingzhou during this period. I don't know any opinions?"

"The prosperity of Qingzhou's commerce and the prosperity of the people are rare in the world, and there are many novelties that have opened our eyes. This trip to Qingzhou is worthwhile."

A rich family said.

"The emperor, I am willing to disband the trilogy, but I don't know if I can do business. After all, the family is prosperous, and if you don't have a job, you will starve to death." A wealthy family took the opportunity to say.

Tong Hongchang believed that, in order to save their lives, they disbanded the wealthy family and surrendered the occupied land. In their opinion, only business can continue the prosperity of the family.

This kind of thinking 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 owned extremely luxurious houses and bought a large number of slaves to serve them, and their lives were even more favourable than those of the rich. How could they not be tempted in this situation.

The foundation 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 wealthy to do business, but even encourages the wealthy to do business. Now facts have proved that the people in the country still lack interest in doing business, and few farmers can give up their land to enter factories and do business.

The poison of small peasants' thinking cannot be changed in a day or two. The most important thing is that they 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. Some people criticized the government for merely annexing land through this matter.

This incident made Xiao Ming a little surprised, but it was reasonable to think about it. He took the thinking of the people of this era too highly, and some things had to happen before they could trigger a thorough change.

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

Moreover, in Xiao Ming's opinion, not everyone is the material for business. If a large number of people fail to do business blindly, the government office will have to bear the blame.

So relatively speaking, the wealthy people are more proactive in doing business, because almost all of them have participated in doing business, and their capital is strong, even if they fail, they are just looking for another business opportunity.

At the same time, Xiao Ming gradually understood through reading the materials in the science and technology library that when the feudal system collapsed and moved towards capitalism~www.wuxiaspot.com~ the first beneficiaries were the aristocracy, that is, the social change was basically from top to bottom. Of the situation.

The same is true in Qingzhou now. In any case, the people cannot compete with the traditional big businessmen. The big businessmen eat meat, and the people can only drink some soup.

After the powerful and powerful like Princess Taiping turned into commercial trade, they had more advantages than big businessmen.

For Xiao Ming, the pool of Qingzhou commerce is already muddy, and he doesn't mind if the wealthy come in to share a portion of the profits, because more people can avoid a dominance.

Otherwise, it won’t be long before there will be super merchants in Qingzhou, and this is not what he likes, so he said: "Of course this is possible, I always encourage commercial trade."

Tong Hongchang and others were overjoyed when they heard this. The prosperity of Qingzhou's commerce has kept them eager for a few days. Now they can finally do business with Qingzhou merchants boldly.

Tong Hongchang led a group of wealthy families, and at the same time bowed and said, "Thank you, the emperor, Longen."