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In the quiet study, the fragrance is curling and the tea fragrance is faint.

Qin Mu wanted to hand over the Longjiang Bao Shipyard to the merchants to rebuild. Because he had just heard Qin Mu's whimsical idea, Sima An couldn't refute him at first, but after thinking about it, he still felt that it was very inappropriate to hand over the official ship yard to a merchant to operate.

He said very directly: "King Qin, all dynasties and dynasties have all adhered to the national policy of valuing agriculture and suppressing business, isn't it for nothing? However, the king of Qin wanted to hand over the official ship yard to the merchants to operate, so that the imperial court would have to rely on the merchants in the future, and the merchants had to ask for it, which invisibly raised the status of the merchants. ”

It is not surprising that Sima An, as the first assistant, would say such a thing. For a long time, emperors and officials relied on political privileges to maintain their dominance and vital interests.

However, the merchants were able to live a life of luxury like a god-king by doing business and communicating with each other, and soon amassed a large amount of wealth, some of which were even as rich as the rest of the country, and which to a certain extent threatened the traditional ideas that had been propagated for a long time, and threatened the status and status of emperors and officials.

Therefore, almost all dynasties have implemented the policy of "emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business", relegating businessmen to the bottom, and there are many restrictions and suppressions on their political status.

Qin Mu pondered for a moment and said: "The policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business has a long history, at least as far back as the pre-Qin era. Mr. Sima thought about it, in the pre-Qin era, the productivity was low, the supply of commodities in the market was short, and the heavy agriculture and suppression of merchants could suppress the number of merchants and make more labor force invested in agricultural production, so it was indeed beneficial to the country to emphasize agriculture and suppress merchants at that time;

But after two thousand years of development, productivity has increased dramatically. The emergence of a large number of commodities must be circulated by merchants, which is the general trend, and any further forced suppression of merchants will only lead the whole society into regression. Therefore, this king feels that the national policy of my Great Qin should conform to the trend of society, emphasizing agriculture rather than suppressing business."

"King Qin!"

"Mr. Sima rest assured, it is certain that Shinong and businessmen, businessmen are still at the bottom, and this king's refusal to suppress business does not mean that he is laissez-faire, and he will still make restrictions on his political status, but this does not prevent this king from developing his idea of industry and commerce. Some important industries, such as salt, iron and tea, will still be controlled by the imperial court;

However, the shipbuilding industry is handed over to the merchants to operate, this problem is not big, the difference between merchant ships and warships will become bigger and bigger in the future, and water warfare is no longer the traditional string warfare, it is already the world of gunboats;

As long as the imperial court masters the steel industry and the art of casting artillery, it will always be able to control the sea. As for the gathering of thousands of laborers outside the city. If this can pose a major threat to the imperial court, then even if these thousands of people do not rebel, it will not be far from the destruction of my Great Qin. ”

Hearing Qin Mu's words, Sima An was relieved. What he cared about was not a Longjiang shipyard, but Qin Mu's attitude towards merchants, worried that Qin Mu would give the merchants too much power and too high social status. This would provoke strong opposition from the scholarly class, which would in turn shake the rule of the Qin state.

Now it seems that Qin Mu has not changed much in the policy of valuing agriculture and suppressing business. The liberalization of the shipbuilding industry can be treated as a case-by-case case, and there is nothing to worry about.

Zhu Yuanzhang also tried his best to suppress the political status of businessmen, but in fact he also encouraged industry and commerce, and the low tax rate of 50 tax and 1 is the best proof of this.

Sima An is a relatively pragmatic person, and as long as the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business remains unchanged in politics, he will no longer oppose the liberalization of the shipbuilding industry.

The next thing is the question of practical operation, Xu Yingjie has more say in this regard, just listen to him say: "King Qin, there are not a few wealthy families in Jiangnan with millions of family assets, and it is definitely not a problem for businessmen to take over the operation of the shipyard in terms of financial resources. However, the shipbuilding business was handed over to the private sector, which was unprecedented in all dynasties, so if you want to let the private person take over the operation, the first thing to solve is the credibility of the imperial court. ”

"Well, Xu Qing will tell me in detail."

"First, how to convince the merchants that the imperial court would really hand over the Longjiang Shipyard to them to operate; second, how to convince merchants that the imperial court would really place shipbuilding orders in their shipyards and pay them at fair and reasonable prices; third, how to convince merchants of the long-term policy of the imperial court because of the huge investment in rebuilding the shipyard; For example, the "Da Ming Law" clearly stipulates that those who build illegal ships with more than three masts without permission by the military and civilians will be beheaded, and if Daqin also formulates such a policy in the future, businessmen will definitely not want to operate shipyards. ”

Qin Mu bowed his head and said: "First, this king can personally make this will to win the trust of the people. Article 2: The account of the first shipbuilding payment can be paid in full in advance. As for the third article, in the early Ming Dynasty, the private sector was not allowed to manufacture large ships with more than three masts, mainly because of the policy of prohibiting the sea; This is an extremely ridiculous policy, Dayu controls the water, and it is better to know that it is better to block it, this thousands of miles of sea frontier, how can it be forbidden if you want to? There is no need to discuss this matter, and this king can tell you with certainty now that my Great Qin wants not only these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, but also the wealth of the four seas, and the matter of forbidding the sea will never be allowed to appear in my Great Qin. ”

"If this is the case, I am sure that there will be many wealthy merchants who are willing to run the shipyard."

"That's good, you'll take care of it."

After the negotiation, when the day was over, Qin Mu wanted to leave the two of them to eat in the palace, and the two of them were also interested, claiming that there were still important matters to deal with, and they said goodbye to the house together.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang forbade the meritorious relatives to build gardens, and Xu Da has always been 'respectful in front of the emperor as unspeakable', and the palace is very simple. In the early years of Jiajing, the ban on the imperial court was relaxed, and the style of gardening began to prevail. Xu Pengju, the seventh grandson of Xu Da, built a garden in the western part of the rubble field.

In the middle of Wanli, the ninth grandson Xu Weizhi is a big construction project, because the mountain builds the foundation, the drainage is a swamp, the hall is built and the pavilion is built, the pond is dug and the mountain is stacked, and the strange stones of the Quartet are purchased and gathered in the garden, since then, the garden wins with stones, the winding path is secluded, and the flowers and plants of the four seasons are not embellished;

Walking in the garden, but seeing the cloud peak like a white cloud leaning against each other, and like a fairy holding a baby, slim and elegant, reclining on the clouds, people have endless reverie.

There are also fairy peaks, Guanyin peak, Yousong peak, snow wave stone and other strange peaks and different stones, all graceful and colorful, and the mandarin tile scales and emeralds in the garden, the curved bridge overlapping shadows, the carved embroidery pavilion contrasts with each other, poetic and picturesque.

The mantle city enters the stream orange blossom hair, the jade chariot mountaineering laurel leaves are thick, the garden is beautiful, the people are more beautiful, Dong Xiaowan has already stood under the osmanthus tree in the arch, waiting for Qin Mu to return to the garden.

The beauty of the sideburns is wrapped in silk and dots of emerald gold, dressed in pine flowers and hundreds of butterflies wearing eight Hunan skirts, beautiful and natural, melting like the moon, Yingying a blessing, such as the breeze blowing willows, snow pressing red plums.

"Is dinner ready?" Qin Mu asked with a smile, took Dong Xiaowan's hand, and walked from the path in the garden to the flower hall.

"It's all ready, King Qin" Yang Zhi and the others were all waiting in the flower hall, and Dong Xiaowan, who was held by Qin Mu's jade hand, was very shy.

Qin Mu looked back at her and saw that she was half a step behind, with her head lowered, her delicate pink collarbone under her neck was clear, and her skin was like snow, which caused people to reverie infinitely. Qin Mu couldn't help but tease her: "Xiao Wan, have you missed this king during this time?" ”

"King Qin" wants to say that she doesn't want to be a lie, but her personality is relatively quiet, how can she say what she misses.

"Ahem, this king misses you, I originally wanted to stay in your room tonight, since you don't want this king, then this king has to stay in Xiangjun's room instead."

Qin Mu's voice was very soft, but it made Dong Xiaowan's heart tingle.

"King Qin, isn't a concubine?"

"What's not?"

Dong Xiaowan's shyness became thicker, she raised her head and glanced at him leisurely, then lowered her head, and said in a thin voice: "The slave also wants to be the king of Qin, but it's just that the king and the queen of Qin have been separated for a few months, and they will reunite tonight, or stay in the queen's room, and it will not be too late for the slave and Xiangjun's sister to serve the king of Qin in the future." ”

"Oh? Isn't the queen to you?"

"No, no, King Qin must not misunderstand, the queen treats the slave family and Xiangjun's sister like sisters, there is absolutely no grievance between the slave family, the queen is virtuous and virtuous, how can the slave and Xiangjun not keep their duty, the slave family is from the heart, not duplicity, King Qin!"

Dong Xiaowan was anxious, judging from her heart, Yang Zhi treated them really well, how could she slander Yang Zhi with her conscience with her kind nature.

What's more, she knows very well that with their background, they have no ability to compete with Yang Zhi at all, even if Yang Zhi falls out of favor, the position of the queen will not fall to them, and the ministers will not allow such a thing to happen.

Yang Zhi treated them well because it was also beneficial for them to maintain Yang Zhi's position as queen.

Seeing the harmony in the backyard, Qin Mu was happy in his heart, hugged her delicate side, and kissed her against the rockery.

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PS: Today is the 26th, the closer to the end of the month, the more deserted the book, for me, May is a black, is struggling, I hope the brothers give more support, encouragement.

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(To be continued......)