Time passed quietly as Fu Xiaoguan was busy, and in the blink of an eye it was February 15th.
During this period, Fu Xiaoguan went to the Jixia Academy. He originally wanted to give the students a good lesson, but thousands of students from the Jixia Academy flocked to him.
This group of fanatical students filled the huge auditorium of the academy, scaring Li Chunfeng so much that he fled through the back door with Fu Xiaoguan.
Naturally, the class was not completed, but Fu Xiaoguan conveyed a piece of great news to the students:
On the third day of May, His Majesty will hold a special imperial examination to recruit officials. The Wofeng Road has just been established. As the first governor, Fu Xiaoguan will select hundreds of talents from this special imperial examination to take up their posts in the Wofeng Road!
This news immediately shocked all the students in the academy. Then, along with the imperial decree of His Majesty, it spread throughout the country. Many students from the entire Yu Dynasty rushed to Jinling.
I, your Excellency, personally serve as the first Daotai of Wofeng Road!
Lord Fu personally set the questions, marked the papers, and selected all the officials of Wofeng Road!
There is no age limit, there can be no favoritism or corruption, and it is absolutely fair and strict!
What an honor it is to be able to work under Lord Fu!
What an honor it is to be able to follow a small official to realize his ambitions and create a prosperous era!
Students all over the world danced for it, and even ordinary people were excited about it:
Young Master Fu is the governor of Wofeng Road. Under his leadership, Wofeng Road will surely prosper. Since Your Majesty has issued the decree for immigration, should we head to Wofeng Road to seek a worry-free future?
Starting from both sides of the Yellow River, many people left their hometowns with their families at a speed that Fu Xiaoguan had never expected, and they all headed towards Daqiu.
Suddenly, the roads of the Yu Dynasty were filled with carriages and pedestrians. People would gather at certain places, their faces filled with joy. They would not ask each other's names, but would bow and ask, "Are you going to Wofeng Road?"
"Exactly! Brother, you must be going to Wofeng Road as well?"
"You are obviously scholars. Why don't you go to Jinling to participate in the Enke and run the Wofeng Road?"
"To be honest, sir, we went to Wofeng Road for business."
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At Yingqiu in the eastern part of Jiangnan, the Sima family received a letter sent back by Sima Nan.
After carefully reading the letter, the old patriarch Sima Yi Qiu held the first family meeting of the year.
Afterwards, Sima Hui, Sima Yiqiu's eldest son and Sima Nan's father, set off for Ximayuan with his second son Sima Tao and more than ten shopkeepers under his command.
Sima Yiqiu's second son, Sima Run, took his son Sima Jue and an old housekeeper to Jinling. They went to Sitong Money House to learn about the unfamiliar thing of stocks.
The next day, Sima Nan's daughter Sima Che disguised herself as a man, took a maid with her, left a letter, and secretly left the Sima family, heading straight for Jinling.
After learning that Lord Fu was appointed as the governor of Wofeng Road, the five major business families of the Yu Dynasty sent their main talents to Daqiu.
When this news reached Fu Xiaoguan's ears, he was very surprised. He originally thought that it would take a lot of effort to mobilize these people to migrate - after all, no one would be willing to leave their hometown unless it was absolutely necessary.
But now, many people in the thirteen roads have spontaneously moved to Wofeng Road. Although this has solved one of Fu Xiaoguan's problems, it has also brought another trouble.
He has not yet prepared how to distribute these people, which means that he is still alone and it is impossible for him to send anyone to resettle these people.
How to do this?
Sitting in the office of the Ministry of Commerce, Fu Xiaoguan had a worried look on his face. Li Cai, holding the Ministry of Commerce's plan for the next year, looked up at the young Lord. What kind of problem in the world could stump Lord Fu?
This thick stack of business plans is simply a business treasure!
It describes in detail the framework of the three commercial laws, as well as the plan to establish commercial bureaus at the level of the thirteen prefectures of the Yu Dynasty, the responsibilities and missions of the Ministry of Commerce and its subordinate commercial bureaus, arbitration of commercial disputes, interpretation of commercial laws, commodity market supervision, and the rights and obligations of the commercial bureaus, etc.
It can be said that any country, with this plan, can quickly establish such a department. If it can implement the regulations in the book, it will be able to regulate business behavior, restrain unfair competition, and create an excellent business environment.
So in Li Cai's view, this is not a plan, but a business bible!
Lord Fu, who was able to write this, now looked constipated. Li Cai was very curious, so he asked, "Lord, are you worrying about the world before you worry about yourself?"
"Ah..." Fu Xiaoguan sighed, "I didn't expect so many people to go to Wofengyuan!"
So that was the matter. Li Cai laughed. Lord Fu had hastily conscripted able-bodied men to form the current Ministry of Commerce. He couldn't hastily conscript another group of people to fill up Wofeng Road.
"It's just a matter of resettlement. The barbarians have withdrawn from Wofeng Road, and those houses haven't grown legs. At most, the houses are empty. Since Wofeng Road governs three prefectures, why don't you appoint three special envoys to go there? You are His Majesty's son-in-law, and the Crown Prince is currently in Wofeng Plain. If you write a letter to the Crown Prince and ask him to send soldiers to assist the special envoys, I think there won't be any major problems in resettling these people."
Fu Xiaoguan's eyes lit up. "Yes, Li Cai, that's a good idea... The Commerce Bureau needs a lot of people. Remember, anyone assigned to a local Commerce Bureau must undergo two months of training at the Ministry of Commerce. They must understand these laws and thoroughly grasp the concept of serving the people and merchants."
"You have to remember, the people in the Ministry of Commerce are a group of people who serve the economy of the Yu Dynasty! We are not officials, and this official position is not a permanent job. If anyone dares to smear the Ministry of Commerce, tell him, I will personally peel off his skin!"
Li Cai nodded quickly, "Don't worry, my lord. If anyone dares to put on airs, I'll skin him first to avoid dirtying your hands!"
Fu Xiaoguan has been instilling this idea into the Ministry of Commerce. He has successfully brainwashed this group of young people, including the middle-aged man Li Cai.
The Ministry of Commerce and the other six ministries of the Yu Dynasty are somewhat incompatible. People in the Ministry of Commerce look at the other six ministries and think they are all people who are just sitting there doing nothing, while people in the other six ministries look at the Ministry of Commerce and think they are all a bunch of idiots.
If it weren't for a figure like Fu Xiaoguan guarding the Ministry of Commerce, Li Cai had no doubt that these young people would be impeached by those officials and would never be able to recover.
"Go call Gongsun Ce, Shang Liang, and Ma Xingkong. I won't feel at ease until our own people go in person."
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