"The four heads of the family, don't you have anything to say to the old man" Yang Mansion, study, the dull atmosphere was finally interrupted by Yang Biao's opening, looking at the four heads of the family in front of him, Yang Biao had an urge to kill them.
It was because of the guilt of these four people that the morale of the scholars was completely dismantled this time, and after this incident, the collective petition of the scholars this time also seemed a little ridiculous because of the internal disagreements.
"Too Fu forgives sins."
The head of the Qian family sighed, looked at Yang Biao, and said bitterly: "It's just that Taifu is afraid that he doesn't know, just today alone, the business of my four families has shrunk by three percent, and the royal business house has begun to move, they directly cut off the channels for us to pick up the goods, whether it is refined salt or colored glass, the royal business house no longer provides it, does Taifu know what this means?"
"What does it represent" Yang Biao frowned, although the Yang family also has a business team, but the main source of income is still land, and he naturally doesn't know the way of it.
"My Qian family has followed the royal business house in recent years, and it has grown stronger and stronger, but the money is invested in the shops in various counties, once the royal business house stops supplying, it means that my Qian family will be completely short of more than 80 stores opened in Guanzhong, there is no supply, although we have shops, but they are only empty, and they have to pay a lot of taxes every month, even if they exhaust their family resources, I am afraid they will not be able to support March."
In order to encourage commerce, Liu Xie specially planned a special business area in the county bazaars, and the shops in it were only rented, but not sold, and the Qian family in order to expand the scale, almost all the property earned by the royal trading house plus the savings of the Qian family were invested in the shops, once the royal trading house stopped supplying, there was no supply, and it was impossible to earn profits through these shops.
In order to further expand the family's heritage, when there are goods on weekdays, the difference in the price earned every month will be invested in new shops, so the Qian family is now, waiting for the goods of the Royal Merchant House to come down and make profits, once the Royal Merchant House stops supplying, these more than 80 shops can no longer earn funds for the Qian family, although the monthly rent is not much, but the sum of more than 80 shops may not be anything to a big family like the Yang family, but for a small family like the Qian family, it will collapse if it can't support it for a few months.
At this time, either bow to the imperial court, or give up a large number of shops, leaving only a few, but if this is the case, there will be nothing left of the entire Qian family.
Yang Biao was stunned when he heard this, and then reacted and looked at the other three family heads, who also had the same expression.
"I still hope that Taifu will forgive my sins, it's not that we don't want to help, it's really a last resort, and the family needs to survive."
The head of the Qian family smiled bitterly and bowed to Yang Biao.
Yang Biao looked at the four of them in a daze, did not speak, and waved his hand for a long time before waving his hand and saying, "Go ahead." ” "Mrs.
Xie is considerate."
The four of them didn't say much, and after bowing respectfully to Yang Biao, they left silently.
"Father, this matter" Looking at the backs of the four of them leaving, Yang Xiu couldn't help but worry, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yang Biao.
"Go down."
Sitting on the rattan chair, Yang Biao seemed to have aged a lot all of a sudden.
Yang Xiu looked at Yang Biao, but in the end he didn't say anything, Sima Fang and the others had already left, he silently closed the door, and in the empty room, only Yang Biao was left.
"Good means" Yang Biao leaned weakly on the rattan chair, looking at the room in front of him blankly, but his gaze was not focused.
For a long time, he thought that Liu Xiexing set up the Royal Commercial House just to balance the family's control of the economic lifeline and no longer rely on the family financially, however, now it seems that this is obviously not the case, and he thinks a little too simply.
The benefits brought by the royal trading house are well known, but Liu Xie kidnapped the scholars step by step through commerce.
That's right, in Yang Biao's view, this is kidnapping, after all, there are rich returns, it is difficult for any family not to be moved, although Confucianism has always believed that businessmen are unjust, but profit-seeking is human nature, Liu Xie is using people's nature to pursue profit, little by little will be a lot of Haoqiang and even small families like the Qian family tied to their chariots.
Now it seems that Liu Xie has succeeded, no matter whether the small families of the Qian family agree with Liu Xie's views or not, but under the kidnapping of this kind of interests, in order for the family to develop better and obtain more resources, they have to betray the scholar class and attach themselves to Liu Xie.
Big families such as the Yang family and the Sima family are huge, and they also have a strong appeal in Shilin, but no matter how strong this appeal is, it cannot provide them with actual benefits, so that at least in Guanzhong, in addition to the big families like the Yang family, the Sima family, and the Ding family, they can still insist on themselves, and even if the rest of the people oppose it, for the interests of the family and the survival of the family, they can only stand on Liu Xie's side.
I have to say that this hand is too ruthless, which is equivalent to separating a part of the small family and a large number of heroes from within the scholar class, these people, under the binding of interests, can only become Liu Xie's most loyal lackey, lose themselves, lose the spirit of the scholars, as soon as he thinks of this, Yang Biao feels a burst of depression surging upward, making him feel breathless.
Previously, even if the entire military and political affairs in Guanzhong were controlled by Liu Xie, Yang Biao was not afraid, governing the world is inseparable from scholars, as long as the scholars are united internally, it is impossible for Liu Xie not to care about the attitude of scholars.
It's just that now it seems that he thinks the problem too simply.
Chengming Palace, top floor.
Liu Xie casually put on a robe and sat next to the bright window, looking down at the crowd outside the palace below that was gradually dispersing, and a sneer pulled up at the corner of his mouth.
Any strong fortress is broken from the inside, and now, the strong fortress of the scholar class, finally let him be driven by interests, and give birth to cracks from the inside, this is a good start, although it is only a small part, but the circle of the family is so big, and the interests involved in it are also there after all, but they have not erupted before.
The scholars at the bottom, in fact, in addition to the family inheritance, may not be much stronger than the Hanmen, under the oppression of the big family, struggling to survive, and now Liu Xie has given them a way out, where to go, these people should know how to choose.
Although Liu Xie's actions did touch the sensitive nerves of the scholars, if even the family could not continue, how could the entire scholar class be discussed The next step for Liu Xie is to pull a hand on those small families or heroes who are struggling on the edge of the scholar class, although these people are in the middle of the road, but their cultural heritage is enough, not to mention any great talents, but there are still some talents who can help them manage the place, and most importantly, there are enough of them.
Although it is not as good as the Yang family and the Sima family, these small and medium-sized families are the foundation of the scholar class, and Liu Xie's actions are equivalent to pouting the foundation of the family.
"Your Majesty, the four family heads have already left the Yang Mansion."
Wei Zhong came to Liu Xie's side, bowed slightly, and said, although the four of them left the palace, they naturally couldn't escape the eyes and ears of the court for the next movement of the four people.
"Very good, tell Zhen Yao to observe for a few more days, if there is no problem, you can unblock the supply of goods for these four families."
Liu Xie nodded lightly.
Wei Zhong bowed and slowly retreated.
"What about the family" Liu Xie stood up, looked at the sky outside the window, stretched lazily, and sneered, under the condition that he continued to discourage the family, at least this Guanzhong family is already difficult to have any impact on the court.
"Yuxiu, someone will inform the court of civil and military, starting tomorrow, the early dynasty will remain the same, and another notice will be given to Wenhe, let him come to see me."
Liu Xie said to Yuxiu beside him.
"Oh" Yuxiu respectfully agreed and went to give the order.
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