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"Your Majesty, Tong Hongchang and other Wei wealthy clans have been waiting outside the line for a long time, do you want to announce 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 and meet the Wei Dihao family.

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

Now that he is idle, Fiji immediately arranged for these wealthy families to meet him, after all, the more Xiao Ming disappeared, the more worried these wealthy families became.

"Announce them to the main hall and wait." Xiao Ming frowned.

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

This time, the taxes of the thirteen states can be collected so easily because of the cooperation of these wealthy families, and in his opinion, he will have to rely on these people to collect taxes for a long time.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Qian Dafu left, Xiao Ming stretched his waist, he, the emperor, is not very tired these days, but he is a little annoyed, after all, there are more and more states and counties that rule, and there are all kinds of things.

After approving a few more folds in the study, Xiao Ming went to the main hall, so that these wealthy families were either untargeted, or to show the imperial power.

"Long live my emperor!"

Seeing Xiao Ming enter the main hall, the wealthy clan led by Tong Hongchang immediately stood up and bowed to Xiao Ming.

At this time, the Wei Dihao clan was divided into two sides, Xiao Ming passed through the middle, his eyes swept over their bodies one by one, and sat on the main seat, he said: "Everyone, please be courteous, sit." ”

Tong Hongchang only dared to raise his eyes to look at Xiao Ming at this time, according to what they knew, Xiao Ming was only twenty-three years old now.

Before they came, they always thought that Xiao Ming was a fierce and vicious person, but now that they see him, they know that he is a handsome man with a tough face.

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

The person in front of him is in control of the rise and fall of their family in the future.

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

Tong Hongchang was named, he was scared and excited in his heart, he said: "Your Majesty, the grass people are Tong Hongchang, the head of the Tong family, but the Tong family and the Zhang family have always been incompatible, and I hope the emperor will see it." ”

"The elder of Feige told me that all of you who came to Qingzhou this time are all wealthy families who are willing to serve me, and this tax payment also depends on your help."

"This is what we should do, and it is our honor to serve the emperor." A group of wealthy families said in unison.

Xiao Ming smiled when he heard this, and he said: "In this way, I can rest assured, but you can also rest assured, as long as you are willing to work for me and abide by the law in your respective states and counties, you will be able to live a comfortable life. ”

Tong Hongchang's forehead was sweating slightly, Xiao Ming didn't seem to have anything wrong with this, he was just comforting them, but he was hiding a needle in the cotton.

On the other hand, if they do not serve the royal family and do not abide by the law, they will be exterminated.

His calves trembled slightly, and Tong Hongchang said, "We remember the emperor's teachings. ”

Xiao Ming also said what he should have said, so he asked: "You have been living in Qingzhou during this time, I don't know what your opinions are?" ”

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

A wealthy man spoke.

"Your Majesty, we are willing to disband the tribe, 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 thought so, in order to save their lives, they disbanded the wealthy clan and handed over the land they had occupied, in their opinion, only business could 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.

How could they not be tempted by the fact that wealthy merchants had extremely luxurious mansions and bought a large number of slaves to serve themselves, and that their lives were better off than those of their wealthy families.

The foundation of Xiao Ming's governance is to rejuvenate the country through commerce, and 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 did not oppose the wealthy people to do business, but even encouraged the wealthy people to do business, and now it has been proved that the people of Dayu still lack interest in doing business, and there are very few farmers who can take the initiative to give up their land to enter factories and do business.

The poison of the small peasants' mentality cannot be changed in a day or two, and the most important thing is that they do not have the capital, after all, not everyone has the courage to mortgage their land to the bank to do business.

Even the people have had a lot of criticism about Xiao Ming's policy, and some people have criticized the government for just annexing land through this matter.

This incident made Xiao Ming a little surprised, but it is reasonable to think about it, he thinks too highly of the thoughts of the people in this era, and some things have to be done naturally to cause complete change.

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

And 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 black pot will have to be borne by the government.

Therefore, relatively speaking, the wealthy have more initiative in doing business, because almost all of them have participated in business, and they have strong capital, 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, the first to benefit was the aristocracy, that is, the social change was basically carried out in a top-down situation.

Now the same situation is in Qingzhou, no matter what, the people cannot compete with the traditional big businessmen, the big businessmen eat meat, and the people can only drink some soup.

And after powerful people like Princess Taiping turned to commercial trade, they had an advantage over the big merchants.

For Xiao Ming, the water in Qingzhou business is already muddy, and he doesn't mind the wealthy family coming in again to share a part of the profits, because if there are more people, one family can be avoided from becoming dominant.

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

Tong Hongchang and the others were overjoyed when they heard this, the prosperity of Qingzhou's commerce had made them ready to move for the past few days, and now they could finally boldly do business with Qingzhou's merchants.

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