Steel Dynasty - Chapter 831

[Chapter 830 The art of deception]

The golden sunlight shone on Qian Dafu’s astonished face.

Xiao Ming’s proposal shocked him enough, and he said cautiously: “I can only chat casually with the emperor, and I dare not criticize such an important matter.”

He smiled softly, looked at Qian Dafu and said: “You go first Don’t be nervous, you’ll understand when I tell you. “

The status of merchants has been suppressed in Dayu for thousands of years. The sudden liberation must be a big explosion. This explosion is not only due to the development of industry and commerce, but also the explosion of businessmen’s mentality. .

Because they have amassed a large amount of wealth, they feel that they should have some say in participating in national affairs. Of course, a very few ambitious businessmen hope to be like the West.

“Now, under the influence of the King of Chu, businessmen have many ideas in their minds. Because of this, Cao Zhengyang is very comfortable in Qingzhou, because the businessmen regard him as a business leader, and they complain about the imperial court’s strict restrictions on their business behavior.”

Xiao Ming has been paying attention to the development of Qingzhou, so he knows the current situation of Qingzhou Mansion very well.

After thinking for a while, he continued: “So, I decided to give them such an opportunity to hold a court meeting composed of business representatives, craftsman representatives, student representatives, etc. every year, so that they can put forward their own suggestions for the government of Chongqing. At the same time, in How about the government adding an organization called the Government Affairs Consultative Council, and the businessmen, students, and craftsmen who join the Government Affairs Consultative Council are responsible for selecting candidates to attend the court meeting? “

Actually, what Xiao Ming thought of is basically what happened before the Great Yu Kingdom Yuan Wai Lang is somewhat similar, except that Yuan Wai Lang does not have the right to participate in government affairs. Now Xiao Ming has given them a formal organization and officially recognized status.

The most important thing is that they can express their dissatisfaction with government affairs in front of the emperor, or make suggestions that are beneficial to the development of Great Yu.

The reason why Xiao Ming thought of this was because of modern inspiration. Since businessmen need the right to participate in politics, then he should give it to an institution that seems to be important, but in fact whether it is important or not depends on his attitude.

At the annual merchants’ meeting, he can adopt the more favorable suggestions of the merchants. In this way, the merchants will feel that they are valued and have no other excuse to ask for more in-depth participation in government affairs.

After all, this court meeting is basically not much different from the court meeting of officials.

After saying all this, Qian Dafu suddenly showed a wry smile. It turned out that this was what the businessmen’s court meeting meant. He said: “Your Majesty is wise, since the businessmen like this, let’s give it a try.”

Xiao Ming nodded, “For the sake of Unnecessary turmoil, I think it is necessary to reveal some news about the Political Consultative Conference in the newspaper.”

After that, he sat down to write a manuscript and sent it to the newspaper.

The next day, Qingzhou Daily roared with “A major change in the status of merchants in a thousand years, and a few things about the Political Consultative Conference.”

As soon as this newspaper came out, the originally peaceful Qingzhou City became lively again.

“Anyone who is willing to join the Political Consultative Conference can nominate businessmen representatives every year to attend the court meeting held on November 6 every year. At that time, His Majesty the Great Chongqing and the cabinet ministers will discuss state affairs with businessmen and adopt useful suggestions.”

In the Wei family restaurant, Ding Wu looked excited as he read the contents of the newspaper. After reading the newspaper, he slammed the table, “Did you see it? Did you see it? This is written by the emperor himself.” Can

he be in the Wei family’s house ?

Most of the people eating breakfast in the restaurant were prominent businessmen from Qingzhou. They used to be envious of the businessmen from Chu for being able to participate in government affairs, but now, this kind of happiness comes too suddenly.

“What if Cao Zhengyang shows off how the Cao family is in Chu all day long? Now that they are doing this, they have nothing to say.”

“Ding Wu, if the Political Consultative Conference is established, we will elect you to be the president. Then we will see how Cao Zhengyang still behaves.” How proud can you be?” Others booed.

Ding Wu stood up and thanked him. “Thank you for your kindness. If I can see the emperor at the court meeting, I will definitely report your suggestions to the emperor.”

“Okay!” the businessmen laughed.

Cao Zhengyang was sitting not far from Ding Wu. The naked provocation of these businessmen made his face turn red. Now the businessmen did not care about him at all.

Although he was annoyed, he felt more regretful. This time he seemed to have gone too far.

Since settling in Qingzhou, he has been too smooth here. As the freedom of Qingzhou merchants has increased, he has not felt the omnipresent majesty of the imperial court for a long time.

And because of the Cao family’s massive investment in Qingzhou Prefecture, officials and common people all respected him, which made him feel a little elated.

Most importantly, he thought that the King of Chu and the court were one and would live in peace, just like they had for hundreds of years.

But the order from the Cao family five days ago made him see the reality clearly. The relationship between King Chu and the emperor did not seem to be so harmonious.

Therefore, when he saw the content in the newspaper, he had mixed feelings in his heart. He didn’t know what his father would think when he saw the newspaper.

But there is no turning back. Now that the Cao family has taken this step, there is no turning back. The money has been shipped out of Qingzhou. Once the court finds out, the Cao family bank will be in ruins.

At the same time, he has also made preparations. After breakfast, he will go from Qingzhou to Dengzhou in the name of doing business, and then he will board a British merchant ship to Lin’an.

After finishing the meal in a hurry, Cao Zhengyang left the Wei Family Restaurant without any retort. At this time, the restaurant owner glanced at Cao Zhengyang and the waiter in the same store made eye contact.

The waiter understood, turned around and walked towards Dongshi. He wanted to tell them Cao Zhengyang’s whereabouts.

While Qingzhou fell into a frenzy, news about the Political Consultative Conference quickly spread to the workshops outside Qingzhou city. Self-made businessmen like Zhu Wuliu all cheered and looked forward to the official promulgation of the law on the Political Consultative Conference by the imperial court.

When the businessman was excited, Xiao Ming was already discussing this issue with the cabinet. The Political Consultative Conference did not have any rights stipulated in the laws of the Great Chongqing Kingdom. That is to say, the Political Consultative Conference existed as an institution for the court to open up opinions.

In addition to businessmen, people from other industries in Dayu will also participate, and they will speak out on behalf of all walks of life in Dayu.

Therefore, for Xiao Ming, this organization still has some benefits, allowing him to understand the development of Dayu more intuitively.

At the same time, it can also allow officials to restrain their grasping. After all, the Political Consultative Conference can also serve as an eye to supervise the behavior of officials.

“Bringing together wisdom and broadening the scope of opinions is what a wise king does. I am willing to assist the emperor in establishing this political affairs consultative conference.”

After understanding the nature of the political affairs consultative conference, Pang Yukun and Fiji agreed.

(End of chapter)