Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn the boat.

In fact, this sentence can be used by every class. If you don’t win the hearts of the people, you will not be able to survive, whether it is your businessman or the emperor.

Why did the emperor like to suppress merchants? It is not that every emperor's body has the gene of disgusting merchants. The emperor does everything to satisfy his political needs, because merchants are born unpleasant and suppress merchants, and everyone supports them. This will divert conflicts. If you want to suppress the gentry, if there are more people who oppose it, it is to create conflicts.

Therefore, if a businessman wants to rise, his image must be changed and must be loved by others. In fact, before that, Han Yi often used various coercion and inducement to let the businessman do something that is beneficial to the people, so that the status of the businessman will gradually improve.

But Han Yi just said that he used the interests to induce it. This can only be fooled by one person, and a mature idea can fool a large number of people. Why did that article bring surprises to Han Yi? It is one reason, because it can prompt businessmen to think and change the image of businessmen.

If it doesn't change, the merchant is a group of pigs, and the emperor can slaughter them at any time. Anyway, everyone supports slaughtering merchants, and the merchants have a lot of money. The previous crisis has shown that as long as the people in power give up a little wind, everyone will bend down and push them.

During this chat, Jinxing, Yuanxing, and the Ministry of Revenue finally came here under the protection of the imperial guards. They brought all the raw materials for printing vouchers. The division of labor for printing vouchers is very detailed. All the printing tools are locked in the house, and the raw materials are in the hands of the three parties who are issuing them. Moreover, although the craftsmen here are all skillful craftsmen in the world, they can spend a year with their family when printing once, but they are not craftsmen who produce raw materials. The division is very detailed. It is necessary to ensure that neither party can print vouchers privately.

Moreover, when they come here, they have to undergo review. The raw materials are strictly restricted and cannot be brought in more or less.

The review will be reviewed until the afternoon, but the merchants and gentry who come here are not in a hurry at all. The longer you review, the more reassured they will be.

However, Han Yi did not participate in all matters. He always chatted with Qian Dafang and others, which is also a requirement. Because Han Yi's identity is too sensitive, he is both Shangshuling and the owner of Jin Xing, and he is still in a marriage relationship with the Yuan family, so Zhang Wenguan and others asked Han Yi not to participate.

Although Han Yi did not participate, Sang Mu participated. Of course, Han Yi would not agree to any of you who wanted to play tricks. This design is also for mutual supervision.

In short, the court was quite cautious about printing vouchers and tried to make it more complicated. Such things cannot be simple, as simple will lead to problems.

However, the royal family did not send anyone to supervise this time.

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Eastern Palace.

"I feel relieved when I see Honger's health getting better and better day by day!"

Li Zhi was lying on a rattan chair and looked at Li Hong, who was walking slowly with the imperial doctor not far away, and couldn't help but smile. Suddenly, he turned his head and looked at Wu Meiniang who was cooking tea. He smiled again: "This is all the credit of the queen!"

Wu Meiniang smiled and said, "How can this mother take care of her son be a good idea?"

"Yes, yes, I'm wrong." Li Zhi nodded with a smile and said, "By the way, today seems to be the day when the voucher is opened!"

Wu Meiniang nodded.

"I don't know how it goes." Li Zhi said to himself, and said, "Don't the queen plan to go and see?"

Wu Meiniang shook her head and said, "If I go, it will only cause trouble and I won't help."

Li Zhi said: "I have said it many times. I have let it go when I have something to do. Now, no one will be able to let go. I will definitely not spare him."

Because of Li Hong's relationship, the couple came to the East Palace for a long time, and their relationship seemed to have returned to the same kind of bondage as before.

"Your Majesty misunderstood, I am not saying this."

"Then what are you talking about?"

Wu Meiniang said: "In the past year, I have been idle in the palace, so I have read many books from Confucianism and Taoism. I believe that if we only govern the country, this Taoist idea is far better than Confucianism."

Li Zhi said oh and asked, "How do you say this?"

Wu Meiniang said, "The ancestors said that I am inaction, and the people are transformed; I like quietness, and the people are self-righteous; I have nothing to do, and the people are rich; I have no desires, and the people are simple. Isn't this the current situation? Your Majesty, you see that the workshops outside the city are springing up like bamboo shoots after a rain, producing a large amount of goods, which is much more than the previous small workshops, and it is much better. Even the palace started to buy toilets and cement from the people. This is wealth, and this is also a manifestation of the improvement of national strength. But was this the court asking them to do this?

This is not the case. They are all developed by themselves. The court gives them assistance and allows them to develop freely. If it is based on Confucianism, it is impossible to develop this production scale, which shows that this is a natural development. People cannot go against the will of heaven, and the court naturally cannot interfere with this natural development. Instead, they should follow the natural development, formulate corresponding policies, and make appropriate adjustments. Vouchers actually represent the inaction of the court. Because it is natural development that the court did this. If I go, everyone will worry about my existence and feel restricted, which is not conducive to the implementation of the policy. Let’s talk about the court.”

Speaking of this, Wu Meiniang sighed softly and said, "When I first revised the new policy, I used Confucianism, hoping to formulate a complete system to regulate everyone's moral behavior, educate the people, and tell them how to make a living and how to do it will benefit the country and themselves. But I never thought that the result would be unsatisfactory.

At the root of this person is still that this person cannot violate the laws of natural development. Now, although Your Majesty and I both relaxed to enjoy the joy of family life, the court is very good, its efficiency is far better than before, and everything is done perfectly. This is because the ministers are less restricted, and they can better use their wisdom, rather than asking the monarch for everything first, no matter how big or small, without exception. I believe that the essence of this Confucianism lies in education, so that the ministers and the people know how to be loyal to the emperor and patriotism, but in terms of governing the country, Taoist ideas should be adopted and governed by inaction."

"Um."

Li Zhi nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly his eyes lit up. Long Yan was very happy and said happily: "The Queen said this so wonderfully. It was because of inaction that I was able to go further. In terms of governing the country, this Taoist idea is indeed better than Confucianism. Haha!"

Wu Meiniang is a very outstanding politician. Every word she says and does everything she does has deep political significance behind it.

Her words were carefully prepared for a long time, and they didn't say them casually.

She knew that these words would make Li Zhi very happy.

Because the Li family has always respected Lao Tzu as their ancestors, whether it was Gaozu or Taizong, they always wanted to promote Taoist thought, but they could never suppress Confucian thought. Instead, they were suppressed by Confucian thought. Because since Emperor Wu of Han respected Confucianism, Confucian thought has developed greatly and has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and is difficult to shake. Many ministers still pursue Confucian thought. Wu Meiniang's words gave Li Zhi a lot of inspiration. Now that business is developing, business is rarely related to Confucian thought. So whether it can be used to reverse the adverse situation of Taoist thought is very important for the Li family.

If Taoist thoughts on governing the country are recognized by the people of the world, then the Li family's status will be even more stable.

Because many gentry do not agree that they are descendants of Lao Tzu, this is just a shameless act of Li Tang putting gold on his face. I also said that I am descendant of Confucius. But if Li Tang carried forward Lao Tzu's thoughts, then according to the inertial thinking of the ancients, the more people would agree that they are descendants of Lao Tzu, and the status of the Li family in this society will be much higher. You must know that the current status of the royal family in the people is not as good as that of Cui Lu and Zheng Wang. Otherwise, Li Shimin would not need to do the "Clan Chronicle" and use the law to stipulate that the Li family is the best in the world, but the people still do not agree.

Because the belief of the Chinese is actually their own ancestors. If you are someone who has a descendant, that would be amazing. Thinking about Di Qing of the Song Dynasty, after he became famous, some people advised him to let others Di Renjie be his ancestors, so that he could improve his status.

"Your Majesty is too much!"

Wu Meiniang smiled modestly, as if she suddenly remembered something, and said, "Your Majesty, there are so many things happening to our family recently."

Speaking of this, she sighed slightly, "Oh... I don't know if I have made too many mistakes before, which has affected Hong'er... So I want to go to Ci'en Temple next month to bathe and fast for a few days to pray for Your Majesty and Hong'er. In addition, I will send some old clothes, tables and chairs in the palace to Zhaoyi Academy to help some children, hoping to make up for the sins I have committed before."

Li Zhi hurriedly held her hand and comforted her: "Honger's body has nothing to do with you, it's all because... If you want to go, then go."

He didn't say it, but he knew in his heart that Li Hong's body inherited him. It would be great if he was like Wu Meiniang. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang inherited Wu Meiniang's longevity gene. If he inherited Li Zhi's gene, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was definitely a wise ruler, because the biggest mistake made in Tang Xuanzong of life was that he had lived too long.

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Wumingfang.

"This...is this the latest voucher?"

“This is so beautiful!”

"Yes! Who can afford to spend this voucher?"

......

Although the printing has not yet been completed, it will probably take one month. After all, it is fully handmade and not machine-printed. However, this is much faster than the previous coin minting, and the cost will be reduced by at least ten.

But Han Yi asked someone to take out several new sets of vouchers to show these merchants and gentry.

Because no matter what, this voucher must be recognized by them before it has value. After all, it is just a piece of paper.

As soon as this brand new voucher appeared, it immediately amazes these people.

The most intuitive point is that this voucher is colorful. With today's technology, this color printing is black technology. Today's printing is black and white.

Although Han Yi used color to print gold tickets, it cannot be said to be colored, it can only be said to be colored. This voucher is just a color.

This complete set of vouchers has seven denominations, one cent, five cents, one cents, one cents, one cents, one cents, fifty cents, one cents, and one cents. Moreover, it is not a single color, and the main colors are white, blue, green, yellow, blue, red, and purple in turn.

The color of a penny is actually to symbolize copper. This color is very similar to copper and has a very obvious difference from the color of a dragon robe.

It is very difficult to forge this alone.

"This...is our Chang'an City?"

Yuwen Xiumi took a voucher worth a penny and looked at the pattern on the front of the voucher, and said in surprise. It was not easy to draw Chang'an City, but it was even printed. This was simply incredible.

Han Yi nodded and said, "Yes, the pattern on the front is our Chang'an City. I won't say much about the meaning. The back is the Hexi Corridor, which is the road from the Central Plains to the northwest, which represents trade and also means that the Central Plains and the Northwest are all one family."

In fact, it was originally proposed that Yinshan be used as the back pattern, but the Tang Dynasty destroyed Jie Li's Turkic Empire with the Battle of Yinshan. The people of the Central Plains and the people of the northwest were very profound about this battle. Now everyone is a family, so it is not good to say that these things, so it was changed to the Hexi Corridor.

"It seems that this painting was written by Shangshu Yan?"

"Yes, this was painted by Shangshu Yan himself." Han Yi nodded with a smile and said, "And we also found two of the best craftsmen in the world to carve the printed version after half a year. It is unique in this world."

"The words on it look very familiar, it seems... it seems to be the words of Chu Suiliang!"

The previous vouchers stated that it was a voucher, but the latest voucher was no longer stated that it was a voucher. In addition to the face value, it was just a word, Tang. Originally, Han Yi wanted to use "Tang Yuan", but Zhang Wenguan and others considered the Yuan family, which made people mistakenly think that the Yuan family was equal to the country.

"Yes! This is indeed like the word Chu Suiliang."

Everyone seemed very surprised by this and looked at Han Yi with uncertainty, because Chu Suiliang had been demoted long ago and was from a criminal. It was impossible to use his words, but it looked like his words.

Han Yi smiled and said, "This is indeed the word Chu Suiliang, and this was decided by Your Majesty. Your Majesty is very enlightened. No matter what mistake Chu Suiliang made at the beginning, he is one of the most outstanding calligraphers in my Tang Dynasty. His calligraphy also symbolizes the brilliant culture of my Tang Dynasty."

Originally, Han Yi suggested that Li Zhi write it himself. In addition to flattering, there is no need to say much about this meaning. However, Li Zhi was really embarrassed to use his own characters, because the ancients cared about calligraphy very much. Li Zhi thought that his characters were far inferior to those of Chu Suiliang and others. If he wanted to write it out, he would definitely be ridiculed by literati all over the world. This is really possible, because Zhang Wenguan and Liu Xiangdao, the civil officials such as Li Zhi did not agree with Li Zhi to write it. Therefore, Li Zhi finally decided to use Chu Suiliang's characters, because Chu Suiliang's calligraphy was indeed very amazing. It can be said that he opened the "Tang Kai" portal. The characters on Kaiyuan Tongbao were not Li Yuan and Li Shimin's characters, but Ouyang Xunde.
Chapter completed!