The Chinese merchant class has been a suppressed group from ancient times to the present. In the traditional Confucian moral concept, merchants do not do production but transport goods from east to west, and from south to north to exchange for wealth and wealth.

The grain was not produced by them, and the goods were made by craftsmen. Why did they make several times the profit without leaving them?

No one is willing to study the positive role that merchants play in human history, and no one is willing to study the benefits of money throughout the world to people's livelihood. In the eyes of Confucian scholars, merchants are all a group of liars. Even if there are only a few charity merchants occasionally, they cannot change the overall appearance of this group.

Faced with the suppression of the merchant class by the entire society, businessmen not only endure humiliation but also bow their heads and find ways to integrate into the value system advocated by Confucianism.

Don’t you advocate picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence to see the pastoral scenery of the southern mountains? Then we can follow the example of buying land and building a house. The local owner will do it.

Don’t you literati think that wealth is all Aba, so I will dig a cellar to hide all the gold and silver. Even if I die, I will not let the wealth flow.

Didn’t you say that everything is inferior to those who are good at studying? That’s better, I won’t let my son learn business anymore, and let him take the scientific exam as well. No matter whether it’s the material or not, at worst there is a shortcut to donating an official.

In China, the business class has completely compromised with the bureaucratic class. Even a powerful businessman like Hu Xueyan has to rely on the huge entity of the Shangxiang Army to survive and develop.

The amount of bitterness in the hearts of the merchants is really not worthy of being told by outsiders, so today Hu Xueyan burst into tears after seeing the olive branch thrown by His Majesty the Emperor.

Not to mention that the old man in his forties was crying and dying, we should know that it was the Qing Dynasty where the monarch was the most serious in the centralization of monarchs for thousands of years. The people's fear of imperial power for thousands of years was unimaginable.

The thoughts of the king Quan and Tianshu have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The little concern in Hu Xueyan's heart just now was replaced by fanaticism. Even if the emperor took away all his property, he would not say a word.

The little emperor has really experienced it, and perhaps because he is at an age that is easy to accept fresh ideas, he can actually see what Hu Xueyan is thinking at a glance.

"Do you think I just want to ask you for money? Do you think I want to kill a chicken to get eggs? You are wrong. What I want is not you send your family wealth. What I want is to shelter you from the wind and rain, let you make a lot of money and then support me in training an iron army..."

"Look at how the Prime Minister's new army was trained. Didn't we just set up Lotte Foreign Company first and equipped this army with the huge profits of the foreign company?"

"My dear, you have to know that I am nominally the lord of the Qing Dynasty, but I have very little power. Before I took power, I didn't even have the right to mobilize thousands of taels of silver... Besides, even if I take power in the future, you think that the officials in the world will listen to me."

"You are the God of Wealth in Jiangnan. You should see more things in the officialdom than me. You can see many dirty and dirty things that I can't see clearly. Are those officials really loyal to me? Wrong, what they are loyal to is money, rights, and small groups."

Zai Chun sighed, "Hu Aiqing, thanks to the master who rescued me from that Sifangtian, I only realized today that I had been in prison for more than ten years before, and I was tied up by lies and could not move."

"So I want to become independent, and you also see that I have walked into the training camp to personally experience the new military training. I want to be a pioneering and reform leader who can go on horseback and help the people..."

"My guards have also entered the training camp. A few days ago, I received the award from the Prime Minister. My eunuchs are rushing to Sijiu City. My officers' regiment have begun to gather in Ryukyu. The master taught me that I never hide my own personalities. The master can bring out a new army that is invincible and invincible. Can I practice an iron army if I live in the entire Qing Dynasty?"

"But the army has moved forward before the food and grass is moved. You, Hu Xueyan, understand this principle. After thinking about it, I can only rely on you..."

Zai Chun said with a wry smile, "I have been completely disappointed in several battles. I hope those Han officials and Confucian scholars will only let me die in the Forbidden City to learn various rules... Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and city farmers and workers can no longer count. Now I can only borrow the power of you businessmen..."

Hu Xueyan was stunned. He was trembling with excitement. Emperor Tongzhi even said this to this point. This is to give himself a great support.

The little emperor was the cleanest and purest of all the emperors of the Qing Dynasty. He had no brothers or brothers, and he was the only son of Emperor Xianfeng. The inheritance power could not be more upright.

No one can tell the truth about the great righteousness and reputation. Face is firmly grasped by the emperor. Now the little emperor wants the inner world and the real power. Isn’t this natural thing?

"Your Majesty." Hu Xueyan knocked on the ground with one head, "How dare I not use my life? I will achieve Your Majesty's wish even if I die."

Zaichun stood up and reached out to support Hu Xueyan, "Okay, okay, if you don't leave me, I will never give up. I am definitely not the kind of monarch who only gives me difficulties. In fact, I have already made a plan for you..."

At this time, Big Sixi and Xiao Sixi had already brought food from the cafeteria and even gave Hu Xueyan a serving.

"Mr. Hu, just make do with it. Rough food cannot be watched by your eyes, but this is the meal His Majesty eats every day..."

Hu Xueyan looked at the two trays placed on the eunuch on the table, and the food on it was so simple that he was shocked. "A chicken leg, a tea egg, a spoonful of roasted eggplant, a small portion of ancient pineapple meat, a rice and a bowl of seaweed egg flower soup... Your Majesty, you eat these things every day."

Zaichun pushed Hu Xueyan's portion over and took a sip of the soup. "It's a pity that there is no wine, so I can't entertain you anymore, but the old shopkeeper will definitely have a banquet for you in the evening, and there will be fine wine at that time..."

"You mean to dislike these simple meals. You, Hu Xueyan, are also from a poor family. You could eat these meals every day when you were a child. I have never seen the sufferings of the people in the Forbidden City before. It is understandable to say a few words that don't eat meat. You, Hu Xueyan, came from herding cattle and now you look down on such meals."

Hu Xueyan didn't expect that he was taught a lesson by the eleven-year-old emperor. He sweated like a slurry. "No, I mean that such meals are too simple for Your Majesty. I... feel sorry for you."

As soon as this sentence was expressed, the emperor said nothing, but two eunuchs, both of them, cried. In the past, they served the emperor for more than 100 dishes. At the most simple time, they had to make 18 dishes and set a table full of them.

But today, the emperor ate the same meal as the soldiers, and there is no leftovers. You can ask for less, but you must not waste it. After wasting two taels of food, you will have to be hungry for a meal and then add ten laps to a long-distance race.

"Your Majesty is living a hard life... Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo

The little emperor is really old. Children who grow up can eat it. With high-intensity exercise every day, he can eat pickled vegetables and rice at this time.

"Xueyan, our Qing Dynasty said that it was rich and that it was very rich, and that it was poor and that it was very poor. It was already very miserable to fight the people for years. There were also some things about selling children and daughters. Now it is not a waste of time."

"There are many people who are arrogant and extravagant in the court, but I don't make such a person. There are more than one hundred dishes and hundreds of taels of silver in a meal. Do you know which silver is enough to arm many new recruits?"

"Let me tell you, the Prime Minister armed a new army, from military uniforms to weapons and pieces of equipment, a total of only 200 Yingyangs. I will eat a future recruit in one meal. If you don't feel sorry for me..."

"Even if two new recruits are eaten in one day, the equipment of more than 700 new recruits a year will be eaten by me if one strengthened battalion..."

At this time, the little emperor was already excited, "Do you know, the Prime Minister brought only three hundred people when he went on an expedition to Europa, only three hundred people."

Zai Chun's roar shook Hu Xueyan. He finally understood that the emperor was here to be true. The emperor who could speak such a slang can only prove that His Majesty really wanted to cheer up.

"Saint Lord, Saint Lord... Your Majesty can think this way, that is a blessing for all the people in the world. I am willing to break the family and support Your Majesty in training soldiers..." Hu Xueyan was excited and burst into tears.

Hu Xueyan doesn't believe that the little emperor is acting. If an eleven-year-old child can have such skillful acting skills and show off and deceive himself, then such an emperor is even more worthy of his resignation. His Majesty's career will be unimaginable in the future.

Looking at the sweet look of the little emperor eating brown rice, Hu Xueyan knew that this could not be a show, all of this was the emperor's truth.

"My dear, I have nothing to help you. I begged my master many times. Finally, the Prime Minister ordered Jiangnan's silver coin exchange business to contract you. From now on, Lotte Foreign Company will only exchange silver coins with you..."

"You also know how popular Yingyang, contracted by Lotte Foreign Company, is on the market. It has exquisite patterns, unified weight, and is durable. In the future, you can withdraw 10% of the money and interest from it. This is the starting capital I give you..."

"You have to use this money to earn more money for me. How big my career will be in the future depends on how strong your ability is..."

Before Hu Xueyan could thank him for his gratitude, Zaichun took out a bright yellow jade rifle from his arms and pointed out, "Hu Xueyan, this is the jade rifle left by Emperor Gaozu. I will give it to you today. When you encounter danger, it can save your life... And with this treasure, it means you are doing things for me..."

"In the Qing Dynasty, no one will be allowed to interrogate you unless you commit the crime of treason and the serious crime of five tyrants."

"Emperor..." Hu Xueyan fell to the ground and choked up unbearably. The surprise he threw down today was already at a loss. Being able to underwrite Yingyang's exchange rights in Jiangnan was already a big deal without any money.

Now he even rewarded Emperor Gaozu's bright yellow ring. Isn't this a gold medal to avoid death? When did the merchant have such a political status? With the protection of imperial power, what else should I, Hu Xueyan, be afraid of?

From this day on, Hu Xueyan became the most loyal lackey of Emperor Tongzhi and became a member of Emperor Tongzhi's secret court.

The cunning Aisin Gioro Zaichun wanted to establish his own civil and military team in a secret place that others could not see. He wanted to establish his own invisible small court.

One day, he will hold up the banner of great righteousness and return to the Forbidden City with tens of thousands of iron troops. He will use his strength to ascend to the throne of power, and he will use the iron-blooded stick to transform this declining dynasty.
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