There is a big red lantern on a pleasure boat on the Ten-Li Ping Lake that is still lit.
Nine people were sitting on the third floor of the pleasure boat.
They are Wang Sun Wuya and his six companions, and now there are three more, namely Sima Tao, Yun Xiyan and Zhuo Donglai.
They had already known each other at Wofeng Road. Sima Tao had been waiting outside the imperial city gate. Finally, when it was dark, he waited for Yun Xiyan who was dismissing from court. Yun Xiyan grabbed Zhuo Donglai. The three of them wanted to go to Liuyuntai for a drink, but they didn't expect to meet Wang Sun Wuya and others here.
The nine young men boarded the pleasure boat named Dongtian, but they did not listen to any music. They just ordered a table full of food and wine, and sent the maids and singers in the boat to the second floor.
All the policies of today's grand court meeting will be announced to the world, so Yun Xiyan and Zhuo Donglai did not hide anything. At this moment, they have finished explaining all the new policies of His Majesty today. There was silence in the painting boat.
Wang Chaofeng and others did not expect that Fu Xiaoguan's actions would come so swiftly.
"It's even more intense than the snowstorm outside!" Yu Xingjian sighed, breaking the silence. He added, "But I like it! Your Majesty has completely loosened the shackles on private capital, encouraging everyone to enter the market with great fanfare. This means everyone should go all out on this stage!"
"Isn't it too sudden? Salt and iron have been the country's strategic materials over the years. If he completely lets go of them, will there be any sequelae?" Zhang Qiyue asked.
No one answered this question, because even Yun Xiyan and Zhuo Donglai didn't know how to answer it.
They only know that this is an unprecedented change, and they cannot predict what consequences it will produce.
"Your Majesty said this is a market economy. A market economy is one where all commercial activities are subject to the market, where the fittest survive. Only excellent companies producing high-quality products can gain a foothold in the market."
Yun Xiyan paused, then continued, "In short, the spring of merchants has arrived. His Majesty has repeatedly emphasized today that government at all levels must serve the people. The Ministry of Commerce will also be established on Huanhua Street to directly meet with all merchants."
"My personal opinion is that your family should register a company with the Ministry of Commerce as soon as possible. While running your own family business, if you have spare money, now is the best time to enter the road and bridge, grain transport, salt and iron, and even grain and timber industries."
"If my predictions are correct, after the new policies are officially announced at tomorrow's Grand Court meeting, the Ministry of Commerce will be incredibly busy. Under this influence, I estimate that within a year or two, tens of thousands of companies, large and small, will spring up like mushrooms in the Wu Dynasty."
"Because His Majesty will vigorously support small and medium-sized enterprises and handicraft workshops, the purpose is probably to allow them to gain a foothold in the fierce market competition and to prevent large capital from monopolizing the market."
Yun Xiyan confidently and unreservedly revealed his understanding of today's court meeting. This was not rash, but because he knew Fu Xiaoguan better.
Fu Xiaoguan held a meeting all day today. The central idea was actually just one point - to promote the market economy and completely liberate productivity!
As for how much the group of teenagers in front of him could understand, he didn't care.
Now, it is no longer an era that requires relying on the five major business families to lay the foundation of business. He firmly believes that a large number of businessmen with keen sense of smell and the ability to seize opportunities will emerge. This group of businessmen will be the new rising star of Wu Dynasty's wealth.
Those who cling to the old ways will eventually be eliminated in this wave of business.
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That night, the light in Chen Suyuan's study on East Street in Guanyun City was on all night.
There were three other people with him, namely Zhou Zuolin, the transport envoy, Han Xunyan, the director of the weaving department, and Lü Mingxian, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
Of course, His Majesty did not appoint them to official positions today, but he also did not issue an explicit decree to deprive them of their official positions.
As the outstanding descendants of the four major families of the Wu Dynasty's seven thousand-year-old sects, they gathered together at Chen Suyuan's home after the court was dismissed.
The food was cold, the wine was finished, and all four of them were a little drunk.
"That kid is really ruthless! Brothers, are we just going to sit here and wait for death?" Han Xunyan knocked on the table and continued, "There are seven thousand-year-old clans, and his Wu clan is the head of the seven. Five hundred years ago, our ancestors founded the Wu Dynasty. The Wu clan ascended the throne and distributed these benefits to our ancestors. How long has he been back? Could it be that he wants to attack us?"
Lu Mingxian smiled faintly, "With today's changes, among the officials appointed by the new emperor, only our four families have been eliminated. The meaning is clear, but this is not the main point."
"I have been in the Ministry of Revenue for many years, and I understand that the national tax revenue is indeed swallowed up by the Seven Sects, but it is enough to keep the country running."
"The most powerful strategy he adopted today is to completely liberalize everything! Brother Chen and Brother Zhou's family business in salt and iron may seem like a good thing, but if you look at the long term, you'll understand that disaster is imminent!"
Chen Suyuan was shocked. "Brother Lu, what do you mean by that?"
Lu Mingxian took out a small paper bag from his arms and opened it. Inside was snow-white refined salt.
"This thing is called white salt. I'm sure you've all heard of it. It's produced in the Chi Le Chuan Autonomous Region. Come, try it. It's sold for the same price as green salt. Compare it. If this salt were to enter the Wu Dynasty market, I'm not exaggerating, but all the salt wells under the Chen family's name would be bankrupt!"
Chen Suyuan pinched a little with his fingers and put it in his mouth to taste for a moment, and his face suddenly became extremely serious.
"That's why the young emperor is so vigorously promoting the so-called market economy. He's hoping to use these commodities to completely destroy your industries... The same goes for iron. The young emperor mastered steelmaking technology during the Yu Dynasty. Your Zhou family's iron mines and blacksmith shops will also be eliminated."
"As for the canal transportation, why would he also open up the canal transportation? Haven't you seen the giant ship he built at the shipyard in Yu Chaoyao County?"
"I saw it. It's right at our Jiangcheng dock. That's a warship; converting it into a civilian merchant ship is a piece of cake. Emperor Wu had already built the Jiangcheng dock before the little emperor returned. I still remember us discussing it back then, wondering what that huge dock, which cost millions of taels of silver to build, was used for. Now I understand. Therefore, my Lu family's grain transport will also be eliminated."
"As for the weaving of your Han family, Brother Han, one of the young emperor's wives is the daughter of the Sima family of Yingqiu in the Yu Dynasty. The Sima family came to the Wu Dynasty last year, and the location of the workshop is in Jinghua Prefecture in the Southern Seven Provinces."
"The weaving of the Yu Dynasty is world-famous. I can guarantee that once the new policy is announced tomorrow, more weavers from the Yu Dynasty will come to the Wu Dynasty, so your Han family will not be spared."
Lu Mingxian's words made the three of them feel cold in their hearts.
"Brother Lu, how do you think we should deal with this?"
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