Daqin started with offering immortal medicine

Li Yang shook his head: "This court cannot help you improve your status, but you can improve your status yourself."

"Oh? Ourselves?"

Immediately, the five people were stunned again, completely unable to understand what Li Yang meant.

"I hope the headmaster will enlighten me!" Everyone bowed their hands.

Li Yang laughed lightly, and then said: "You merchants have been extremely suppressed since Shang Yang's reform, and business is even regarded as a cheap industry by the world. Why?"

Ba Shi smiled wryly and said: "Since Shangyang, agriculture has been emphasized and business has been suppressed. People in the world regard us as merchants who don't do production, but only make a living by reselling to make a living. They are regarded as traitors and are despised by the world, so... hey!"

Having said that, Ba Shi sighed helplessly and aggrieved.

The other businessmen also lowered their heads without any anger.

Li Yang smiled: "What the world says is true, if you don't do production, who can think highly of you."

Ba Shi and others: "..."

Dean, why do you say that about us?

A few people are stupid.

At this time, Li Yang said: "Why not do production, because there is no demand, the people of the world only need food, other salt and iron horses are all the needs of the country, you and other merchants traffic and resell them for profit, can the world respect you? "

"This……"

Everyone was at a loss for words, because what Li Yang said was true.

Li Yang snorted coldly, and continued: "Just think about it, when the common people have needs for basic necessities, food, housing, and transportation, your days of relying on reselling will come to an end. What will traders rely on in the future? Relying on production, producing goods related to clothing, food, housing, and transportation. If you are a person who does not engage in production, the prosperity of a country depends on the hands of merchants like you, how can the status of merchants not increase?"

Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly realized.

Everyone's eyes were bright, and they immediately cupped their hands and saluted: "I heard the words of the dean today, it really makes people clear the clouds and see the sun, let me wait for the enlightenment, and I will be enlightened."

Li Yang waved his hand: "I don't need to talk about flattery. In short, today's land reform is to create a future commercial society. In the future, you businessmen are the ones who decide, so you have to take a long-term view. Five years soon, slow Then ten years, within ten years, you will believe what this court said today."

Everyone nodded like smashing garlic, and said: "That's it, that's it, how can we not believe the words of the dean."

Li Yang nodded in satisfaction, waved his hand and said, "Okay, it's good to know, let's go back!"

Everyone hurriedly saluted again: "President Xie, I'll go back and persuade my colleagues after this."

Just like that, this group of guys ran over with complaints and grievances, but they were scolded by Li Yang, and finally left with gratitude...

However, when Ba Shi was about to leave, Li Yang stopped him.

"Brother Ba, Mi'er... has she really returned to Bashu?" Li Yang asked.

Bash nodded and sighed.

Li Yang felt heavy for a moment.

After a long time, he raised his head and said to Ba Shi: "I promised to marry her, and I will definitely do it. After I settle the matter at hand, I will definitely go to find her."

In fact, Ba Shi really wanted Li Yang to find his younger sister. Hearing this, he couldn't help but feel warm, and said, "If the young master is really able to marry Mi'er, I would like to give the young master the address."

Li Yang nodded: "Thank you, Brother Ba."

Speaking of this, Li Yang continued: "Brother Ba, the matter of land reform cannot be taken care of, but what I said today is not a lie. As long as I, Li Yang, are still in the court, I will definitely create a commercial society. , will surely become a business empire.”

Hearing this, Ba Shi nodded excitedly: "My Ba family has never doubted the young master."

Li Yang smiled, full of gentleness, like a family member...

Chapter 192

"Dean, something is wrong!"

As soon as Li Yang sent the businessman away, Li You hurried to the Prime Minister's Mansion, as if something important had happened.

Today, although the three prime ministers are officially worshiped as deans, their honor as prime ministers has not been revoked, so Li Yang's mansion is still called the prime minister's mansion.

Because Li Si and Feng Quji are the vice presidents of the National Political Council, but they are called the presidents, so their official positions are suspected to be unknown.Therefore, in the entire court, Feng Quji and Li Si were still called Feng Xiang and Li Xiang by everyone, but Li Yang was called the dean by everyone to show that he was in charge of the State Council and the leader of the court.

"What's the matter, what's the matter?"

Li Yang rarely saw Li You in such a hurry, it was obvious that something had happened.

Sure enough, Li You pointed in the direction of Xianyang Palace, and said: "A lot of old Qin people gathered outside Xianyang Palace, and want to ask His Majesty to abolish the New Deal, saying that you are wronging the country, shaking the foundation of Qin State, and shouting to kill the court. In the long run, you will be safe in the world."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Li Yang suddenly realized, no wonder Li You was so anxious, it turned out that something like this happened.

To be honest, although Li Yang knew that the new policy of land reform would be opposed and resented by the old Qin people, he never thought that they would dare to gather crowds to block the outside of Xianyang Palace.

After pondering for a while, Li Yang asked, "How many people are there in total?"

Li You thought for a while and replied: "I'm afraid there will be nearly a thousand people, all of whom are from Guanzhong, and some of them came from Shangyu."

"Guanzhong? Isn't the land in Guanzhong all the fiefdoms of some old clans and royal clansmen?" Li Yang frowned, because the old clans and royal clansmen were basically in the court, and they had promised before, The original fief can be kept, and only the merged land can be taken over. Why are they still fighting?

Guanzhong refers to the alluvial plain of the Weihe River at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi Province (the area around the Weihe River Basin).

Guanzhong leans against the Qinling Mountains in the south, and the Weihe River passes through it.There are natural terrain barriers on all sides, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Since the Warring States Period, there has been a saying "the country of the four fortresses". , thousands of chariots ride, fight against a hundred trades, fertile fields for thousands of miles, and accumulate a lot of people."

It is precisely because of this that this fertile land in Guanzhong is the fiefdom of the old clan of Qin and the descendants of the Ying clan.

Clans are different from gentry clans. Clans are tribes with different surnames who created a foundation together in the pre-Qin period, such as the three famous generals who accompanied Qin Mugong to achieve hegemony: Meng Mingshi, Xiqishu, and Bai Yibing.The descendants of the three of them are the three largest tribes in Qin State, called the Mengxi Bai tribe.

At this time, Li You said: "Several old clans and clansmen of the Ying clan, no one took the lead in making a fuss, and only the children of these old clans and clans below the clan of the Ying clan came, because outside the pass, the surrounding counties Most of the land has been annexed by them."

"I see!"

Hearing this, Li Yang suddenly realized.

In other words, the fiefdoms in Guanzhong are actually just their small heads. Even if they keep these fiefs, they don't have many. The real big head is the land acquired by the merger of surrounding counties.

Today, the Land Reform and New Deal is tantamount to taking away their big head.Naturally they were unhappy, and naturally they had to make trouble, and because they had their backs from the old clan and the Ying clan, that's why they clamored to see the emperor.

Li Yang thought for a while, and then asked, "Isn't the land of Shang Yu the fief of Shang Yang?"

Li You nodded: "During Qin Xiaogong's time, the land of Shang Yu was indeed granted to Shang Yang. But after Shang Yang was overthrown by the old clans, it became the fief of the old Qin people. By the way, the land of Shang Yu today, at most The fief is the Wang family."

"The former prime minister, Wang Wan?"

Li Yang asked.