It was late at night, and Han Yi sat alone on the balcony, with a pot of wine in front of him, and was frowning. However, if you believe in a fraudulent face, you are really stupid and naive.

In fact, Han Yi was happy, happy, and excited.

Haha! It’s not a blessing that Wu Meiniang has found the disadvantages of commercial development so quickly. Congratulations, this path is completely correct. As long as you follow this idea, squeeze into the private sector and develop the state sector, there is nothing wrong with it. At least for me, that’s it.

Just as I was about to climax, I suddenly felt a little warmth coming from my right shoulder. I heard a gentle voice, "What are you thinking?"

Han Yi looked back and saw Yuan Mudan standing behind him. He raised his hand and gently held her plain hand. He thought to himself, it was so slippery! But he sighed, "What else can I think."

Yuan Mudan sat down and said, "Actually, uncle also wrote a letter today."

Han Yi said: "What did you say?"

Yuan Mudan said: "In my uncle's opinion, the situation in Chang'an is a bit unpredictable. You also know that our Yuan family has always been seeking stability. Therefore, my uncle hopes to invest more money in Jiangnan, or even Lingnan, which is safer than in Chang'an. In addition, they have developed very well in Shandong, so our Yuan family cannot penetrate it, just take care of the northwest."

Han Yi frowned slightly and said, "I'm going to tell you, in fact, I can understand that the court did that. I have told you before that it is natural to collect commercial taxes. And the greater the contribution of merchants to the court, the more feedback the court will naturally be. This is a mutual, but this opportunity needs to be considered. But from the overall situation, this is not wrong. Only by letting Li Yifu take charge of the Commercial Taxation Bureau, this makes me a little worried."

Yuan Mudan said, "This is also what we are worried about." As she said, she stared at Han Yi, "Husband, do you know what happened in the court?"

Han Yi shook his head and said, "I have been with you all the time. How can I know? But then again, I am not surprised whether the queen recalled Li Yi's mansion to Chang'an or started to impose commercial taxes, because Li Yi's mansion was originally the queen and made great contributions to the queen."

"Do you think I will care about these things?" Yuan Mudan interrupted Han Yi.

Han Yi said: "I just hope you don't worry too much, maybe it's just an accident."

Yuan Mudan said: "Even if all this is an accident, I think it will have a huge impact on business development."

Don't worry, this will definitely happen! Han Yi asked, "How do you say this?"

Yuan Mudan said: "I have always told you that the squire and landlords are increasingly dissatisfied and hostile to the merchants, but when you were dealing with them, His Majesty and the Queen also supported you. As for the Xuzhou incident, I think it was manipulated by the squire and landlords behind them. This may be just a test of them. However, the court chose to impose commercial taxes, which will undoubtedly encourage their arrogance. If this situation spreads, it will be very unfavorable for our merchants."

In fact, she saw this far beyond Han Yi at this point. She saw this at the peak of business development. The newly rising class must confront the old forces. This is an eternal law. She was full of concerns about such things, and this is by no means a mediocre person disturbed him.

Han Yi sighed and said, "I'm going to tell you that this is actually what I'm thinking about just now, but I think the court still gave some punishment to those troublemakers, and may also give them some warnings to stop at the right time. As the saying goes, politeness first and then military force."

"But what if it is not?" Yuan Mudan asked.

It definitely won't be like this. This is just the beginning, and the good show is still coming. Han Yi sighed: "If it isn't, it would be bad."

Yuan Mudan said: "Is there no way you can stop it?"

Han Yi shook his head and said, "First of all, I am just a civilian now. Secondly, if the court did not plan so, then that is to say, the court may want to change my policies. Will the court still accept my suggestions?"

Yuan Mudan worried: "Why did the imperial court change your policies?"

Han Yi said: "I don't know either. There is no reason, so I think the court should stop this situation from spreading."

"I hope this is the case!" Yuan Mudan said again: "But I always make the worst plans."

Han Yi said: "You plan to shrink Yuanxing's business?"

Yuan Mudan nodded.

Han Yi said: "But you just raised the storage interest of Yuanban. If you shrink the loan, then the income and expenditure of Yuanban may be unbalanced."

Yuan Mudan said: "I will move my funds to invest in Lingnan, cotton, and even the mines in Lelangzhou. I believe that I will not lose these."

Han Yi nodded and said, "After you say that, I guess Sang Mu will do this."

"Don't you?"

Han Yi shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Don't ask me what I mean. Our business philosophy is different, but no one's idea is wrong, it depends on how things will progress."

Yuan Mudan smiled and said, "You are very skilled and brave, I can't do this."

Although the Yuan family has always adopted Han Yi's suggestions, Yuan Mudan has always adhered to her own philosophy.

However, she was not wrong, not only was she not wrong, but she also accidentally saw through Wu Meiniang's intentions.

Of course, all of this was promoted by Wu Meiniang, and it was definitely not an accident, or it had been a long time of resentment.

Wu Meiniang's purpose is not to collect that little bit of commercial tax. Five-thousandth is really not a lot. It has no effect and is not much different from not collecting it. It is not to say that she will not come forward to suppress merchants. This is what she learned from Han Yi. She just wants to use this to send a signal, which is to tell the landlords and the gentry class that if you must oppose merchants, the court will still stand on your side and will still follow public opinion.

In fact, this is the best way to suppress business. Use public opinion to resist businessmen. A truly powerful politician will never let himself stand opposite the people. Businessmen are also people. They will only use the struggle between the people and the people to obtain the benefits they want. This has been the case throughout history. This has nothing to do with kindness or not. This is the characteristic of a politician.

This is true for Wu Meiniang, and in fact, Han Yi is the same.

It can be said that the world is as dark as crows.

But this is very scary.

The process was just as Wu Meiniang had expected, and the Xuzhou incident spread quickly.

The gentry and landlords in various places were ashamed when they saw this situation. They had only dared to use the township laws to prohibit the people from working in the city to maintain their authority. Unexpectedly, the villagers in Xuzhou burned the merchant ships and the court actually surrendered.

It can be seen that the court's commercial policy was just a paper tiger, and it could only bluff, but it was actually vulnerable.

So the gentry and landlords from all over the country began to unite, build momentum, promote, and boycott merchants.

There is no need to think about how to promote this, because there were too many examples of suppressing Shang in ancient times, almost every dynasty had it, and those sages also opposed merchants. If you want to quote the classics, there would be no good words from merchants. This is really simple.

So, squire and landlords from all over the world began to promote the theory of merchant harm, comparing merchants to locusts, rats, pests, etc.

The villagers were incited at once, but they were actually not stupid. These people were all farmers. They worked hard to cultivate and farm, but they were not as good as craftsmen inventing a gadget, because now merchants attach great importance to technology. If their subordinates invented something and could be used for production, then merchants would be very willing to reward them with large bonuses. But this is too unfair to farmers. It is said that good scholars, farmers, industrial and commercial classes are now better than our farmers, and we farmers are still the main force in paying taxes. Who can understand this?

This is unfair, so we have to resist businessmen. If we want to be rich, we will be rich together. If we want to be poor, we will be poor together. This is actually human nature.

After the publicity, it was an action. Farmers from all over the country began to block the docks and block the roads, and did not allow merchants' goods to enter their territory. Once there was a problem with this road, half of the merchant's life would be gone.

But the burning of merchant ships never happened again. Wu Meiniang was not stupid. If she continued to use violence, she was also afraid that the situation would be out of control. So Li Yifu, Xu Jingzong and others gave the gentry a hint in advance, "Don't do anything randomly, don't break the law again." Otherwise, the court would send troops to suppress it. This is not allowed by the court. Of course, those gentry were also more afraid. They just wanted to maintain their authority, maintain rural powers, and not develop urban economy, rather than messing with the country. If they mess up, it would be good for anyone.

Soon, large-scale anti-mercantile dysfunction began to appear on the Yancan commercial line.

Because Han Yi's business development has just started, farmers and landlords are still the main body of the country. How could the merchants lose the support of the court be their opponents? These people did not go to Chang'an to make trouble, but were on their own territory.

This is a devastating blow to the newly rising capitalism.

In any aspect, destruction is always much faster than construction.

Of course, there are some places with exceptions, and Yangzhou and Luzhou are exceptions.

In Yangzhou, because Han Yi is from Yangzhou, Han Yi helped Yangzhou resist Chen Shuozhen's rebels and protected the people of Yangzhou. He also became prime minister from a small farmer and was an idol of Yangzhou. In addition, after Han Yi took office, he regarded Yangzhou as a transit station, which also made Yangzhou very prosperous. The people of Yangzhou certainly think that Han Yi did this, because Han Yi is from Yangzhou, so he has to take care of the people of Yangzhou. On the other hand, Han Yi's policies must be beneficial to Yangzhou, and they of course also support Han Yi's policies very much.

In the rural areas around Yangzhou, there are actually many anti-mercantilisms. They also want to block the wharf and roads, but the people in the city spontaneously organized them, including the villages around the wharf, and the villages around the wharf have made a fortune with the prosperity of the wharf. The industrial and commercial class in Yangzhou is very strong, and with the halo of Han Yi, everyone is very united.

But it is difficult not to be violent in this situation.

Of course, Yang Zhanfei would not care, because both sides were people, and it was wrong to help any side. The Royal Police of the Civil Security Bureau could only dissuade them. They didn’t have enough staff, but they could not persuade them.

As soon as the two sides fought, the farmers immediately scattered like birds and beasts and ran away in an instant. Although the farmers were strong, they were not united. The people in Yangzhou City lived in the same city, while the farmers were only from one village to another. Although there were many people, their strength was also scattered. They each had their own leaders. Moreover, they were only incited. The merchants did not kill their whole family. The people in the city were all for their own jobs. The mentality of both sides was different. The people in the city didn't care. If you want to smash my job, I will fight for you.

Luzhou is even more funny. The people of Luzhou go directly to the next prefectures and counties to fight. No one in Luzhou is causing trouble. Even if there is anti-mercantilism, they dare not say anything.

This is because Luzhou made Chen Shuozhen do this, and basically the entire state was paralyzed, and there was nothing to do. It was scorched earth, and there was not even a leader, because there were basically no local gentry. As for the situation at that time, the local gentry and landlord in Luzhou were either killed by Chen Shuozhen or followed Chen Shuozhen. Luzhou is Chen Shuozhen's base camp. How could Chen Shuozhen allow the base camp to have people with different ambitions? However, later Chen Shuozhen failed, and then the gentry and landlord had only one way to die. These people must be the leader, and the court could not forgive a rebel leader.

After the war, the court could not give too much subsidy, at most it would be exempted from their taxes. This is the case with the small peasant economy, and it has no ability to resist natural disasters and man-made disasters. It just happened to be accustomed to Han Yi's economic policies. They were not smart and had no other choice. If they wanted to engage in agriculture, the recovery was very slow. In the two years after the war, their lives were very painful, and therefore, Luzhou labor was very cheap and there were many. Everyone had nothing to do, so the merchants started to spend money here, and the people of Luzhou rushed in.

However, the result surprised the people of Luzhou. They developed rapidly. Of course, this is due to their good geographical location. Today, Luzhou has basically entered the prototype capital society. Whether it is agriculture, manufacturing, or transportation, it is almost all managed by merchants, but this is just an exception. There are too many coincidences and external factors. Han Yi did not expect that Luzhou was not in his plan.

The next state stopped the caravan in Luzhou. Without saying a word, the people of Luzhou rushed to the other party's territory. Because they were all workshops, they were all very united. Even the local officials invested in the business, and they did not distinguish between each other. If you don't do business in Luzhou, you can't make a fortune. Of course, the government will not care about it, and they can't control it. Soon they rescued their caravans, and the people of Luzhou directly spoke out. If anyone dared to stop our caravans, we would not survive, but you should not think about living, because business is related to everything in their entire state. They also developed on their own. It is not to rely on the court. They do not think that the court is qualified to take away everything they have. They also feel wronged. They are self-reliant, developed and done in a legitimate way. Why do you stop our caravans?

Because the people of Luzhou have just returned from the Gate of Hell, this kind of emotion can be imagined.

The people of Luzhou became famous in one battle. When the gentry from the surrounding prefectures and counties saw me, I went, and these guys were desperate. Either they didn’t want to go. Even if they wanted to go, they couldn’t beat them. They were afraid that they would be afraid of them. In fact, the people of Luzhou were worried that they would be given the title of rebellion. Otherwise, they could produce weapons themselves, and they had this ability.

In the entire Jiangnan region, no one dared to stop the caravans in Yangzhou and Luzhou. When the merchants from other prefectures and counties saw that no one dared to cause trouble, they quickly gathered to Luzhou and Yangzhou. Luzhou and Yangzhou are of course also welcomed. Merchants brought money and brought a lot of wealth and technology to the local area. Of course, they did not dare to go to the north anymore. They could be arrogant in Jiangnan, but going to the north was not enough. Han Yi's north-south trade plan still had a very big crack.
Chapter completed!