Otaku Engineer in Great Tang Dynasty Chapter 406: Businessman situation!
"Hehe~! Boss Cao doesn't need to be polite~!"
Li Zexuan gave him a hand, smiled courteously, and then said: "Boss Cao previously threw two thousand pennies to cheer up the new carriage of Qiqu Pavilion, and the day before yesterday he threw a thousand pennies at my wedding banquet. There are hundreds of Luoyang Reds, but I haven’t thanked Boss Cao for his righteous deeds yet? Why should I blame it~?"
When Cao Wendong heard the words, he felt a little loose in his heart. He secretly said that the previous money was not spent in vain. With a good atmosphere at the beginning of the conversation, the rest of the matter will be easily discussed.
"Lord Sir Don’t want to betray Cao. There are thousands of points. To Sir Sir Alex, I’m afraid it’s just a drop in the bucket. Besides, Cao really likes the new style carriage of the Strange Fun Pavilion. It's in the bag, so I really don't deserve Sir Alex's thanks."
Cao Wendong arched his hands and was polite to Li Zexuan. The ranks of the scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are strict, so he can't help but be rude.
Before he was in Qiqu Pavilion, he did intentionally "raise a hand" for Li Zexuan's new carriage, but this kind of thing can't be said, otherwise the effect of "gifting" will be greatly reduced, and it will even have a counter effect. !
Cao Wendong, who has been in the bottom of society for so many years, still knows the officialdom very well.
Sure enough, Li Zexuan showed an unmarked smile on his face. Previously, he used to retreat as an advance, which really meant to test Cao Wendong.
Whether it is the initiative to raise the price of Qiquge’s new carriage or the extravagant act of giving thousands of peonies at the wedding, it is Cao Wendong’s volition, not what Li Zexuan insisted. Pictorial", then Li Zexuan can only send off guests!
This kind of person who is full of scheming, he is not willing to make friends.
Fortunately, Cao Wendong's response made Li Zexuan quite satisfied. He knew how to advance and retreat, reasoned things, and current affairs, so he should be a handsome man!
"Hehe~! Boss Cao is really an open-minded person! However, in any case, Boss Cao did a great deal at my wedding. I am grateful in my heart, but I don’t know, Boss Cao today Why are you here?"
After a little experimentation, after thinking that Cao Wendong is a pretty good person, Li Zexuan stopped obscuring and said straightforwardly.
"Um~!"
Cao Wendong was stunned. Li Zexuan got to the subject faster than the officials he had contacted in the past. This is quite different from the current officialdom's "subtle and euphemistic" conversation style!
"Returning to Sir Alex, I’m not telling you anything. The old man came here for one thing only, thinking that Sir Alex could come forward and organize a chamber of commerce. The members of the chamber can cooperate with each other first. Sir Alex’s scooter, Shenxianzui, Wenrouxiang, "Datang Daily" and all the books of Bizarre Culture, Cao has always wanted to work with Sir Alex, but he has no way to go, so he can only be anxious at home."
Since Li Zexuan didn't make any rounds, Cao Wendong decided not to chirp anymore, so he went straight to the subject and replied.
Li Zexuan raised his eyebrows in surprise. Cao Wendong asked him to cooperate. He could understand. After all, his business is monopolistic. Many people want to come in and get a share of the pie, but not everyone has it. Qualified to come in. To his surprise, Cao Wendong actually wanted to let himself come forward to organize a chamber of commerce. Does this guy want to do something?
"Why did Boss Cao think about forming a chamber of commerce~?"
Cao Wendong struggled for a moment, and said, "Cao had had several business dealings with his father Li, but he did not expect that there would be a young hero like Sir Alex in the Li family. Within a few months, he jumped. Becoming the founding male of my Datang County and taking up the important position of the State Supervision Supervisor, breaking the iron rule that "merchants and their children cannot enter the DPRK as officials"!"
"Cao and other businessmen have all worshipped, thinking that Sir Alex is the hope of our merchants, so Cao today boldly asked Sir Alex to lead us merchants to do something important to eliminate the princes and The prejudice of the people of the world towards businessmen~!"
Cao Wendong said, holding his fists, he bowed to Li Zexuan deeply, and kept his upper body in a posture of ninety degrees bent without getting up.
Li Zexuan was speechless. It was the first time he heard that merchants in the Tang Dynasty could not be officials. He had heard of the low status of ancient merchants before, but he did not expect to be so low. All the classes in the world are crowded out together!
According to historical records, the division of the four classes of scholars, agriculture, industry, and commerce came from the Spring and Autumn Period, when the state minister of Qi was in charge. He advocated dividing the people into four classes of scholars, agriculture, industry, and business, and living together in fixed areas according to their respective professions. This specialized commodity economic model has been respected as the basic form and guiding principle since the Han Dynasty.
On the surface, the "four people division of industry" is an inheritance of the ancient system of Yin and Zhou, but in fact there is a big difference. The fundamental difference is that the "business" and "senior farmers" are placed side by side and regarded as both "The Stone People of the Country". Therefore, Guan Zhong did not distinguish between superior and inferior at the beginning of the division of the scholar, peasant, industrial and commercial class~IndoMTL.com~
The ancient Chinese did not seem to be light businessmen. The Shang people who founded the Shang Dynasty in the Xia Dynasty were actually the earliest merchants. This is also the root of what we call businessmen merchants. During the Yin and Shang Dynasties, people were willing and good at doing business and engaged in manual manufacturing.
Later, when the founders of the Zhou Dynasty reflected on the lessons of the demise of the Shang Dynasty, they believed that the demise of the Yin and Shang Dynasty was because the people were keen on industry and commerce, which deserted agriculture, causing impetuous people’s minds and unstable national foundations. Therefore, they turned to despise industry and commerce. Intensive agriculture policy. In the weekly system, the status of industrial and commercial workers became very low, and "baigong" was often juxtaposed with concubines (male and female slaves) who were in slave status.
In the subsequent dynasties, as the rulers continued to suppress merchants, the status of merchants became lower and lower.
During the Qin Dynasty, merchants were not allowed to wear silk clothing even if they were wealthy. In the Han Dynasty, merchants were not allowed to be officials, and handicraftsmen were "untouchables". Their property had to be declared to the court. If the declaration was not true, the property would be confiscated. In the Tang Dynasty, merchants were not allowed to enter the dynasty as officials. It was not until the Ming and Qing Dynasties that the status of merchants changed, from a wealthy businessman with no way to career to a wealthy businessman. The Chinese businessman Xianyu succeeded.
So, Li Zexuan was able to obtain official status as the son of a businessman. It is really an unprecedented fluke. The main reason is that he has done enough credit, and Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin have always treated him as juniors, constantly In addition, he was a close disciple of Lingxu, a master of the world. This identity almost completely cleared his identity as a businessman. He added a lot of impression points to Li Er, so he was able to With the current status of baron.
It can be said that his success cannot be replicated for the thousands of businessmen in Datang, and Cao Wendong is envious and envious~!
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