The grain merchants and the silk cloth merchants left the county office, and their faces were gloomy. However, they know that from the end of this year, they will not be able to enjoy this kind of feast again. I am afraid that they will never be able to enjoy this kind of feast of the people lightly. Therefore, they could only leave the county office with gloomy faces. However, that unwilling thought is still fermenting in their minds, and it is obvious that they are not willing to lose a piece of fat themselves. After all, it's not so easy to get someone to spit it out when you eat something in your mouth. To be able to spit out, there are only two options, one is that there is a lot of pressure that makes him have to spit out. The other is the greater good, so that he is willing to give up the interests in it.

However, at present, the government has not given them greater benefits, so they are not willing to spit out these things at all. Therefore, they immediately went to the restaurant in Mengjin County, and then everyone held a meeting to solve this problem.

"Everyone is so willing, is it so willing to get the fat in the mouth, and spit it out like this?" A pot-bellied looking grain merchant said.

And another grain merchant said: "Boss Zhu, we can't help it!" Now that the government has changed this method of tax collection, what can we do? Could it be that we can still do things against the government? ”

But that Zhu boss Zhu Ganglie said: "Hmph, coward." Although the government seems to be powerful, it is impossible for them to directly lead troops to raid our house, right? We are just a market law, where is the government should intervene? Moreover, we did not leave a way for the people to live, they still have a lot of surplus food, we just took some profits from it, and the government actually managed so many things. If the government is like this, will they still let us eat? Who of us doesn't have dozens of people to support, don't we rely on us to make more money, and still think about relying on the sky to fall down? So. The government doesn't give us a way to live! ”

And Zhu Ganglie's words made many people silently approve. This kind of fat that has already eaten into the mouth, where is it so easy for him not to spit it out? Now, all of a sudden, one-third of the year's profit is gone, which makes them very sad. One-third, how many times can they go to the daily food semicolon in Luoyang, Chang'an to eat gluttonous feasts, how many more perfumes can be bought for their own women and concubines, and how many fine wines can be enjoyed in Guanglu Temple! So, if they lose a third of the benefits, how much will their quality of life be reduced?

From thrift to luxury. They have already enjoyed these luxuries, so they do not want to lower their standard of living. So, they all gathered for a meeting to see if there was any way to solve the problem.

"I thought, we can try to see it at the top!" Zhu Ganglie said.

"What? Confrontation with the government? This isn't quite right, right? Said the timid man.

"Yes, but they have a holy decree, can we still do anything to him?" Another timid man said.

But Zhu Ganglie said: "Holy decree? Although they have a holy decree, they don't have the words to act cheaply, do they? Moreover, there is no so-called right to exterminate our families, right? ”

Zhu Ganglie got to the point. That is, although Li Shimin gave Jingwen this holy decree, he did not have the words "act cheaply". In other words, the mandate granted by this decree is very limited and cannot do whatever it wants. So. This decree granted Jingwen the right to formulate tax policies, but there was no corresponding right to prison. If Jingwen wants to transfer troops or arrest people, he has no right to do so. This is also the reason why Zhu Ganglie is so bold. Because Jingwen is not very authorized.

In fact, the ancient decrees of cheap action were given to those of high status. And a person who won the emperor's trust. Generally speaking, only people at the level of the prime minister Shangshu can get the holy decree to act cheaply, and no one else actually has this right. Jingwen's identity is indeed not enough, and Emperor Li Shimin does not think that this reform is a whip law, and it needs to be bloody. Therefore, if you can not kill people, then do not kill people, after all, a qiē is mainly to be stable. In order to enforce this whip law, it was impossible for Emperor Li Shimin to let Jingwen do whatever he wanted. At that time, if the tax system is not changed for the better, but instead causes chaos in the world and loses people's hearts, it will be too much. Therefore, Jingwen's rights are restricted, and if he wants to do any big thing, especially the transfer of troops and this kind of arrest, he must agree to Chang'an.

"Boss Zhu, what do you want?" Someone asked.

But Zhu Ganglie said: "We just want the government to know that we are powerful." Since they don't give us food, then we will let the whole people have no food to eat and no clothes to wear. So, we need your cooperation so that the government will not dare to implement a new tax strategy. That's how we can get more money. Isn't it just some ordinary people, as long as they don't completely cut off their livelihoods, they will be fine soon? Why do they have so much money? In this world, the richest people should be us businessmen, why can ordinary farmers save too much? ”

"Okay, I agree with Boss Zhu's idea, as long as we unite, we will definitely be able to force the government to make concessions. We can't afford to give up such a large sum of money. This is equivalent to one-third of our income, where is the government to give up with a word? Anyway, Jingwen, this kid, doesn't have that much power, and the emperor won't give him the right to act cheaply. So, what are we not worried about? As long as we let them see how good we are, will they still offend all the grain merchants and silk cloth merchants in our world for the sake of ordinary people? When the time comes, they feel that the gains outweigh the losses, and they will not implement this strategy. Feng Zhishui, the second-ranked grain merchant, said.

"What about our losses during this time?" Silk merchant Zhao Yang asked.

"Simple, isn't it just passed on to those ordinary untouchables again? If the government oppresses us, we will oppress him. As long as the government admits defeat, then can't we earn it back from the people at any time? So, what do we have to be afraid of? As long as we are united, aren't we, the 'untouchables', the merchants, also able to make the government surrender? Zhu Ganglie said. (To be continued......)