God-level Great Hunjun System

Ever since, the atmosphere of the next auction became even more heated, and the merchants threw tens of thousands or even 10,000+ of silver like running water.In some of the more critical positions of the official position, there are still people fighting for it.

The ministers of the Shangshu Province on the side were stunned when they saw this scene, and shook their heads and sighed: "Absurd, absurd! Your Majesty, as the monarch of a country, actually presides over the sale of officials and titles in person, making the palace look like a vegetable market. An unheard of spectacle in Wei!"

Only Ge Jianzhang was thoughtful, and he understood that although Yan Hao's approach was unseemly, it could charge an unknown amount of taels of silver more than what he had done just now!

Chapter 42

With the advancement of time, the sales official meeting has also entered its final climax!

Yan Hao said: "Everyone, be optimistic. The official titles and titles I'm going to sell next are all the most important. You will definitely look good when you buy them back!" Yan Hao didn't care about his status as a king. Come on like a salesman.

"Nanyuan County male, baron, the starting price is 50 taels of silver!"

As soon as these words came out, all the merchants present went crazy.

Baron, this is a baron!

Although the baron is the lowest title among the princes and uncles, this is an honor that businessmen have never even thought of!

In theory, a baron has the right to report his thoughts and requests directly to the emperor. When a baron sees officials below the 3rd rank of the court, he does not need to give a big ceremony. Even when the baron's parents die, the local chief executive needs to attend the funeral.What an honor this is for a businessman who is bullied by bureaucrats and aristocrats on a daily basis!

Almost as soon as Yan Hao finished speaking, there were bids one after another from below.

61, 62, 65, 70, the bids of the merchants rose steadily like sesame blossoms.

At this time, a voice that was determined to win came over: "80! This title, I, Jiannan, Chen Lipin, are going to decide!"

Everyone looked up and saw that this person was tall, with a towering nose, and he had a kind of heroic demeanor. This person was Chen Lipin, a famous businessman in Jiannan Road.

Just when everyone thought that the baron title was about to fall to the Chen family, a man in white suddenly stood up from his seat.

"100 million!" The man said an explosive number, concise and to the point, without a single extra word, but enough to shock everyone.

Chen Li frequently saw that someone was able to compete with him in front of the emperor, and suddenly felt that he was losing face.You must know that the reason why he made a high-profile bid to buy this title is not only the title itself is attractive enough, but also an important reason, that is to attract the attention of Emperor Yan Hao!

These businessmen are so good at dancing, and they can accumulate wealth to the point where they are today. It is impossible to say that they do not have extraordinary eyes and long-term vision.They understand that as long as they can attract even a little attention from the emperor and win a little favor, it is possible to make a qualitative change in their fate.

Therefore, Chen Lipin immediately shouted back at the man in white: "Then I will give out 120 million taels of silver!"

In Chen Lipin's eyes, this duel is no longer a competition for the title, but a competition for who can show the most profound strength in front of the emperor.

The man in white looked at Chen Lipin. He looked far less sharp than Chen Lipin, but his eyes were as firm as anyone else's. Obviously, he couldn't give up the title!

So the man in white immediately reported another number: "200 million!"

"You're crazy!" Chen Li cried out frequently.It is easy to pay a huge sum of 200 million yuan for a baronship, even if his Chen family almost monopolizes half of Jiannan's tea business, it still feels very difficult.

Chen Lipin hesitated again and again and did not quote a higher price.

"Who is this person who can force Chen Lipin to back down?"

Many people below were also shocked by the wealth of the man in white.

"You don't know him, he is one of the most famous horse traders in our northwest, Ning Ke!"

"Yes, there are few people who do business in our northwest who don't know him. But he is low-key, unassuming, and has always been very mysterious." A businessman from the northwest explained to everyone.

Yan Hao glanced at this person and nodded slightly. He also understood the purpose of this white-clothed businessman's high price, and he immediately became interested in this person.

"200 million for the first time, 200 million for the second time...deal!"

In the end, under the envious eyes of everyone, the title of baron fell to Ningke, a horse merchant in the Northwest.

Chapter 43 The Role of the Merchant

Since then, several heavyweight official titles have been auctioned one after another, but the transaction amount did not exceed 200 million, but the price basically around 100 million is already ridiculously high.

Several officials in charge of statistics in the Shangshu Province were already trembling. They never thought that they could use this unheard of way to auction official titles, and the final accumulated amount was an astronomical figure.The few officials who were secretly mocking Yan Hao's actions just now did not dare to speak again.

Shang Shupu shot Ge Jianzhang looked at Yan Hao who was sitting high on the dragon chair with reverent eyes, his Majesty is really unfathomable.

1427 million taels of silver!This is the final figure obtained at the auction.

You know, the treasury's current deficit in terms of military pay is only 2000 million taels of silver. The more than 1400 million taels of silver is still the income from the sale of officials held in the Hall of Eryi. This number is multiplied by 2.In other words, Yan Hao solved the problem of military pay by selling an official, and eased the urgent financial needs of the Great Wei.

At this moment, no matter how shameless officials are in their hearts for Yan Hao's degrading behavior, they can't help but admit that this act of selling officials has played a role in filling the national treasury.

When the official sales meeting ended, all the officials knelt down in front of Yan Hao and shouted long live.

As for the merchants, they regard Yan Hao as the blue sky and the bright moon. In the highly hierarchical Wei Dynasty, having officials and titles, even if they don't have real power, will help their future career development and personal safety. And metaphor.

Seeing the fiery eyes of the merchants looking at him, Yan Hao immediately felt that this was a good opportunity to get closer to him and the merchant class.

Familiar with history and the modern economic system, he understands that the merchant class plays a vital role in the production relations of feudal society, but their role has long been despised by the ancient Chinese government. The reason for the inability to develop new relations of production.

Of course, as a modern person, Yan Hao would not be foolish enough to reform capitalist production relations in Wei. With systematic help, he would be able to develop a world-leading superpower within the framework of the feudal system.But it is also necessary to change the backward thinking of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business.

So Yan Hao gave a speech to these important merchants of the Great Wei Dynasty amiably. The general idea is that the country has treated the merchants badly for a long time, and will protect the interests of the merchant class more in the future. government cooperation.

The merchants never thought they would be treated so amiably by the high-ranking emperor, of course they were grateful and kept kowtowing to show their loyalty.

After the meeting, the white-clothed businessman Ning Ke was stopped by a eunuch.

"Lord Ning, Your Majesty invites you to the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

Ning Ke showed a surprised but expected expression, nodded and said, "Follow the order."

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, when Ning Ke saw Yan Hao, he immediately knelt down and bowed his head: "Your Majesty, you are really the savior of us merchants."

Yan Hao asked, "Where did Ning Qing say that?"

After listening to Ning Ke, tears welled up in his eyes: "Your Majesty, if you didn't have your policy of selling officials, how could I, Ning Ke, a lowly trader, get the word 'Qing'!"

So next, in the conversation with Yan Hao, Ning Ke poured out to Yan Hao the difficulties encountered by the merchant class in the Great Wei Dynasty like an inverted bamboo tube.

Its content is nothing more than being exploited by onerous commercial taxes, being harassed by bureaucrats, discriminated by regulations, and unsupported by policies.

Yan Hao nodded while listening, which was not too different from his original idea.

In fact, in a feudal society, stable agriculture was the basis for a country's governance, but to achieve a highly developed economic system, two aspects were needed.

One is naturally productive forces, and productive forces are the foundation of social progress. There is no doubt about this. For example, agricultural tools and iron tools in the feudal economic period, steam engines and diesel engines in the era of capitalist mass production, etc. Strong productive forces are the key to a country's prosperity.

But it does not mean that with productivity, the economy will naturally break through. If the social environment is too repressed in all aspects, it will restrict the role of new productivity.For example, simple weaving machines appeared in the Song and Ming Dynasties in China, but their development momentum was stifled by the deep-rooted ideas of small-scale peasant economy.

The merchant class is the key to breaking the shackles of the small peasant economy. With a strong merchant class and large-scale commercial circulation flourishing across the country, the new productive forces can have a strong impetus to promote economic development.

For Yan Hao, there are countless props in the system mall to improve the country's productivity, such as advanced weaving machines, advanced smelting technology, advanced transportation technology, etc., all of which can strengthen the strength of Wei, but without corresponding policy support, these Props can not maximize the effect.