Just as Zhao Jun was inspecting the people of Suzhou, on February 26, Zhao Jun's reply letter was almost simultaneously delivered to Bianliang.
The Jinzouyuan returned the letter to the Constitutional Yuan.
It is morning now and the sun is shining brightly. According to the Gregorian calendar, it is already the end of March or April, so spring is in full bloom and the flowers are in full bloom.
There was a garden outside the Constitutional Court, with birds singing and flowers blooming in the garden. The ginkgo trees in the yard had grown new leaves, the bushes were lush and green, and all kinds of precious flowers and plants were planted in the flower beds. You could smell the fragrance when you walked outside the yard.
Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and others were handling official business in the house.
At the beginning of this year, they will comprehensively implement bureaucratic restructuring and state-owned enterprise reform, with the current main priority being state-owned enterprise reform.
Li Zi is currently presiding over a state-owned auction, and the assets up for auction are almost all there.
Almost all of Bianliang's salt, wine, tea and other monopolies began to undergo semi-nationalization and semi-privatization reforms, with privatized shares accounting for the majority, and state-owned shares would not hinder private business operations.
Under such circumstances, many Bianliang merchants jointly purchased shares.
Among them, the tea business represented by Tian's Tea, the salt business represented by Kang's Salt, and the grain business represented by Liu's Grain were dominant, and the Meng Chengqi family also accounted for a certain proportion.
Basically, the state-owned shops, institutions, and monopoly licenses in Bianliang alone have already sold more than 20 million strings of cash. The tea plantations, mines, salt pans and other important natural resources have also entered the negotiation stage.
The main reason is that the economic system of the Song Dynasty was often based on the combination of folk handicraft manufacturing and government-business, and it was considered remarkable for merchants to have assets of up to one million strings of cash.
Unlike the Ming and Qing dynasties, which gave rise to a large number of tycoons who held tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of taels of silver.
Therefore, even if the imperial court wanted to implement semi-privatization reforms, the large size would make it difficult for businessmen to swallow it up in a short period of time.
However, the advantage of the business environment in the Song Dynasty was that although there were not many top tycoons, if the Ming and Qing dynasties gave birth to one hundred billionaires, then the business environment in the Song Dynasty gave birth to ten thousand millionaires with assets of one million guan.
Due to the exploitation of big businessmen, it was unusually difficult for them to break through the upper limit of wealth, which was basically compressed to the level of millions of strings of cash, resulting in a situation where wealth was quite dispersed.
certainly.
It is also possible that wealth is mainly concentrated in the hands of officials engaged in business, and there are not many large private businessmen.
But no matter what, although the businessmen did not have much individual wealth, they could unite to set up a trading company, jointly invest, hold a certain proportion, buy state-owned assets, and operate them together.
However, doing so will definitely cause some trouble. Different companies have different business methods and concepts, so disagreements are likely to arise, causing operational problems.
So Li Zi has been busy with this matter during this period. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce, led by him, coordinates the interests of various companies and allows people from all walks of life to choose a leader that everyone trusts. This person will then determine the leadership position and work together to formulate rules and business concepts.
The Constitutional Yuan is currently working tirelessly to advance this initiative, hoping to complete privatization reforms this year. Once state-owned enterprise reforms are complete, nationwide bureaucratic restructuring will be implemented to increase administrative efficiency.
After all, the reform has not been completed yet, but the national treasury has already received more than 20 million strings of cash. What will happen if the entire reform is completed?
"Prime Minister Lu, take a look at this. It was just sent over by the Imperial Court."
Just as everyone was handling their daily business, Song Shou came in from outside with documents in his hand.
He had just been to the Ministry of Finance and on his way back he happened to come across a new memorial from the Imperial Court, so he took it with him.
One of the official statements from the Jinzouyuan was a reply from Zhao Jun. Song Shou opened it and took a look on the way. The content inside talked about the situation in Bozhou and also beheaded the governor of Bozhou.
This series of actions shocked Song Shou, and he hurried over to discuss with Lu Yijian.
As Lü Yijian aged, his eyesight became a bit presbyopic. When he saw the document Song Shou handed over, he didn't read the words on it carefully. Instead, he tossed it aside and said, "What's the matter? I was reading the letter just sent from Cangzhou. The Liao army changed its front line, and there seems to be new movements."
"What new moves could there be? Han Long said that the Liao Kingdom will not march south in large numbers. We won't have a war in the next few decades. There's no need to get all alarmed and scare ourselves."
On one side, Wang Zeng casually mocked his old rival for being timid.
Without waiting for Lü Yijian to respond, Song Shou said with a wry smile, "Han Long killed Guo Chengyou, the governor of Bozhou."
"What? Really killed?"
In an instant, several prime ministers working in the room raised their heads.
They knew Guo Chengyou's background. Zhao Jun had previously sent a letter to handle the affairs of Bozhou, and they had signed an order to let him act at his discretion.
But Guo Chengyou had a close relationship with the emperor after all, and the emperor also sent a private message to Zhao Jun, hoping that he would show mercy.
In the end, Zhao Jun still ignored the matter and killed the man, which was a bit disrespectful to the emperor.
"Yes, not only did he kill him, he also sent a painting over."
Song Shou said.
"painting?"
Only then did Lu Yijian open the document, glanced at the contents, and then unfolded the world-famous painting.
I saw Zhao Jun sitting majestically in the hall, with a bright mirror hanging high above.
On the right side of the table in front of him were piles of official documents, with a few small words next to them - evidence of Guo Chengyou's crime.
There was an open letter in the middle of the table. The words were too small to make out the contents of the letter, but above the painting were a few large characters - "The Official is Pleading for Mercy."
"What's the meaning?"
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