From the Song Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, when the imperial examinations were prospered, the wealthy merchants and wealthy people at the end of the four people had devoted their financial resources to hire famous teachers for their descendants. In order to be able to get a title on the list, the family's attributes were changed from a merchant family to a scholar's family. Tomato w`w`w-.|x`.|

Such examples are not uncommon. Zhang Siwei, the chief minister of the cabinet at the same time as Wang Shimin's grandfather Wang Xijue, was born in the Puzhou salt merchant family.

The status of salt merchants in ancient China was not much different from that of later oil tycoons. As far as Chen Wen knew, the two great wealthy people in the north and south are now, and the foundation of these two families are salt merchants. Among them, Ji Zhenyi, the current head of Nanji, was also the magistrate of Lanxi, which was the time when Chen Wen visited Jinhua Prefecture. Shen Shixing, who served as the chief minister, was closer to Wang Xijue, and his family was also a wealthy businessman in Suzhou City.

This is the case with the prime minister, and the gentry below have such a background. This is actually impossible.

In ancient China, farmers emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce. Merchants had a high economic status, but their social status was much worse. Just like a child who carried money to make trouble, wealth accumulation came quickly, but they also went quickly in front of the government. There was even a phenomenon of relying on fabricating charges to kill wealthy merchants and households to solve financial problems when national economy was in trouble.

If a businessman wants to change his social status, it is the best way to support his children in his family to take the imperial examination. In addition, he naturally has to become an official, and he can operate business in his hometown and even become a local rich man by accepting bribes and the status of officials.

In this way, one has money and the other has power, and there is a safer channel for connecting power and money transactions. Confucian scholars and merchants often have one-to-two, two-to-one existences. For example, the Donglin Party, academies and a group of scholars who like to discuss current affairs can form a party that affects the direction of Chinese history? This is impossible.

Among them, interests are the key. Behind the Donglin Party are the existence of Southeast gentry, mine owner, maritime merchant, and workshop owner. Therefore, when the Donglin Party was in the opposition, it would definitely slam the behavior of Emperor Wanli in collecting industrial and commercial taxes. Therefore, when the Donglin Party came to power, it would have to exempt industrial and commercial taxes. It would be the same.

The Wang family was a wealthy man in Jiangnan. Now it was the Ming and Qing Dynasties. As a survivor, he had free time. Wang Shimin, like most of the survivors, focused on cultivating his descendants' studies and putting nine sons in his heart. Later, he became an official in the Qing court. Among them, the eighth son Wang was the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion and the Minister of Rites. In his spare time, he was obsessed with poetry and painting, and learned from Dong Qichang. He even founded the Loudong School of Painting and was also a famous painter in the early Qing Dynasty.

However, all of this in the Wang family is based on the interests of merchants and gentry. Now that Chen Wen’s two decrees were issued together, the Wang family suffered many injuries. At this moment, they can no longer draw according to their temperament and teach their children.

"Look, this is Suzhou, and there are no less than one million Dingkou in the prefecture and the location of the capital. We will stop the market and not allow those vegetable farmers to enter the city. In less than two days, these hungry people alone can completely destroy the credit of the Qi Palace among the people. Jiangnan is still our world."

The Hu Hill outside the window, the people in front of the shops gathered and dispersed, but the complaints had already spread across the Shantang River, and they were like fairy music in their ears.

This is true for Huqiu in the northwest corner, and the same is true for other places inside and outside the city. However, the shops everywhere have sold out signs, as if they were under the same order.

Suzhou was the economic center of China during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and its status was no less than that of Shanghai, the later Far East demon capital, and even the prosperity of Shanghai in later generations was closely related to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom approaching Suzhou. Local gentry and merchants fled with their property and were protected by foreigners.

Because Suzhou has such an economic status, Wang Shimin and others have no reason to have confidence. It is difficult for the feudal bureaucratic system to deal with the slaughter of such a giant city. This was the case before and in later generations. This is the killer move for merchants to survive in such an environment, and its power cannot be underestimated.

On the first day, the people of Suzhou still had some vegetables and vegetables at home, and the rice jar was not completely empty. However, when they were in the city, the food was transported from outside the city. While the people were dissatisfied, they still hoped to reach a compromise between the government and the merchants. At least they could open the market tomorrow, so they would not be able to buy food and be hungry. However, on the second and third days, the market was still on the verge of the market, and all the shops in the city were closed.

Not to mention New Year’s goods, nowadays, I can’t even buy food, but the people these days don’t have the habit of garrisoning grain, especially in such big cities, who buy grain every few days. Although it is the third day of the strike, many rice jars in their homes have already reached the bottom, and the insults of the people who have returned without success are becoming increasingly high.

The resentment inside and outside the market became increasingly high, but the gentry and wealthy people in Yuelou were content and looked at the anger in the city with great interest.

"There is no food for three days, and the vegetable farmers outside the city dare not leave the village. The people in the city can hardly bear it."

"Haha, that's true. It's all because of the chaos in the Qi Palace. Otherwise, scholars would be at ease to study and wait for the opening of vocational schools to win the vocational schools. We businessmen would be at ease to do maritime trade. How could we do this now?"

The wealthy businessman bowed to the gentry there. In recent years, he has been searching for famous scholars, but his private salt dealer was born and had a bad reputation and could never find a suitable teacher to teach his two sons at home. Now, together with this matter, he tried his best to squeeze in, so that his son could gain a good reputation. In the future, his son could get a good reputation and his family's property could be completely cleaned.

The "private salt dealer" Yan Houli also gave him enough face, which really made him happy. At this time, the short and fat grain merchant sitting next to him took over the conversation and told him what he had seen and heard in the past two days.

"You guys may not know, it's ridiculous. The day before yesterday, the mansion master was stern and forced the shop to open the door. Today, the mansion master still insisted on calming down, but the door has been reduced by eight degrees. He also expressed his willingness to explain to His Highness King Qi on his behalf. Haha, that face is really ridiculous."

"That's why Mr. Tang can stick to the principles, otherwise he wouldn't have seen this ugly situation."

The grain merchant laughed, and others agreed. But when he heard this, Gu Shu seemed a little absent-minded on the gentry. He pondered for a moment before saying to everyone: "You guys, King Qi is cunning, Cao Yunlin doesn't mention it, and people like Huanglizhou are all fooled. We should be careful."

Gu Shu had suffered a loss. Now the Gu family's reputation in the countryside has not yet recovered. Seeing that the Suzhou government is so passive, it would be fine if a prefect is fine, but there is still a governor in the city, which was from the Qi palace. There was no movement, which really made people feel uneasy.

"Brother Gu, don't worry too much. Now the merchants in Suzhou City are working together. The goods are in our hands. Can the government kill us? How can the transactions in Suzhou City be maintained in the future? If the government wants to support it, only the Changquan position can be maintained for a while. At that time, a private placement will be enough for them to bear. And even if Changquan position is moved, Suzhou is a million men, women, young and old, and can last for a few days. If we transport grain from Changquan position in other places, we will just make this matter happen. The government can only surrender to this path."

The businessman Zhizhu was holding it. Gu Shu looked at the local Suzhou gentry beside him, and he looked confident, but he was relieved.

"Tomorrow is the fourth day, and it's time to go out and guide public opinion. Our goal is not to starve the local people to death, but to let the government hear our voices. Tomorrow is the best time."

"Xun Weng is kind. If Xun Weng holds the country, the world will inevitably be ruled. How could there be any incident in which the Tartars enter the pass?"

"I can't do it, I can't do it. I'm just doing something for the villagers. I can't let the thieves and rural villagers from eastern Zhejiang ride on the heads of our Suzhou people."

Once the principle is established, tomorrow is also at the critical moment, but there is no need to stop having a banquet. They are all responsible people, and tomorrow's performance will be followed by the people. Those who work hard will govern others, and those who work hard will govern others.

There was laughter and joy in the moon building. The sky was from daytime to bright moon in the sky, and accompanied by the softness of the Jiangnan female musicians, and the glimmer of light gradually emerged from the sky. The older ones left the seat early, and the next morning, everyone else went home to rest, waiting for the afternoon bargaining.

It was dawn, and a large number of people had already gathered in front of the grain-selling shop in Huqiu. Seeing that the shop was still not open, there was anger and scolding sound. He even had a more irritable temper and squeezed directly to the door and patted the door panels heavily.

This situation was not the same two days ago. However, the shopkeeper of the shop received the order from his boss and was determined to be a turtle. Everyone was at most venting some resentment and eventually returned in vain. However, this time, after taking a few shots, the door panel was removed, and a clever guy came to the window where he sold food on weekdays and told the story of the shopkeeper's professor.

"What are you taking? Didn't you see a sold-out brand?"

A living person suddenly appeared. The man closest to him was stunned at first, then shouted sternly: "I took the photo. You sold out the day before yesterday, sold out the day before yesterday, and sold out yesterday, and today it is still sold out, are there still there?!"

The man was like this, but the guy was not vague: "Do you think we are willing to do this? Put your heart in mind. Shops are businessmen, so how can they make money without selling goods? We are all locals. Let's be honest. Now the government is making a big fuss in the countryside. It's not easy to collect food. Now the sea is banned. We run shops and do business, and we can't make tricks. Could it be that we can still make a difference?"

"When will the door be closed? The family is still waiting for the rice to be put into the pot!"

Seeing that the people outside were lowering their doors, their momentum suddenly increased, they pointed to the direction of the county government and said loudly: "When will the government stop making trouble? We can collect the food and open the door to business. If you are dissatisfied, you will go to the county government to make trouble. If the government does not ask us to do business well, we can't do anything."

The guy has a good reason, so after that, he closed the door panel again and once again became a turtle that was shrunk like the previous two days.

The government has strengthened its efforts to clear the land and crack down on smuggling, and there are also some news in the city. I thought it was just a dispute in the countryside and cats and mice between the government and the sea merchants, but it was in the city and had been in trouble for so many days, but now it has seriously affected the lives of the people in the city.

There was a sold-out brand in front of me, and my heart was hungry parents, wife and children at home. After taking a few more shots, the man shouted loudly and took the lead in walking towards the county government. As the people surrounded him more and more, they also shouted and shouted and followed him. Only inside the store, the shopkeeper and the guys listened to the outside movement, and confirmed that those people were heading for the county government. The shopkeeper sent someone to leave from the back door and informed the east side of the house that this was as expected.

Suzhou has two counties attached to Guo, Wu County is in the south, Changzhou County is in the north, and Huqiu is in the northwest of the capital city, within the jurisdiction of Changzhou County. After a group of people left here, they headed straight for the Changzhou County Government. There were more and more people along the way, and they even joined several brigades. By the time they arrived at the county government, there was already a crowd of people there.

When you open your door to live a life of seven things, you will inevitably have to live in the seven things: firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. People live in the city, and all of this depends on the supply outside the city and the sale of shops in the city. Now local merchants are shutting down under the banner of government chaos, and the people have nowhere to vent their vents. Under the guidance of those who are interested, they have to go to the county government to ask for an explanation.

"The student was a student of the 15th year of Chongzhen. Now that I am here, I am no different from all the elders. They are all because of the market strike."

The gentry opened his mouth and expressed his identity and position, and immediately won the response of the people present. Scholars read books of sages, and they are mostly gentlemen, and they have fame and fortune. They are officials' reserve teams, and even the government must listen to their voices. Since this, things will naturally be much easier.

"... All the elders are in the city, and they don't know the outside world. There are evil evil in the Qi Palace bewitching His Highness. Now those corrupt officials are harming the gentry and people in the countryside in the name of Qingzhang's land, and some garrisons are using this to kill good people. In addition, the government has forced levies and taxes on the coast in the name of preventing smuggling and preventing the Tonglu, resulting in the failure of business travel, and the shops in the city have to close their doors and close their businesses."

"Your Highness the King of Qi lost his name and was so powerful that he was the world. If you don't have the power of Your Highness the King of Qi, you should not be able to reappear the grand occasion of the Han family like this today. However, the evil will deceive Your Highness the King of Qi. As the people, we, for personal plans, Suzhou, and for the world, we should fight against those corrupt officials to the end, so that Your Highness the King of Qi can get rid of those evil deceptions!"

The students spoke righteously, and even though a group of gentry who came together agreed, their plan for the best wishes was very meticulous. Now Chen Wen is in a big situation and it is obvious that fighting with him is an unwise choice. Since this is the case, he simply put the black pot on an unknown "treacherous" in the Qi Palace and praised Chen Wen high. His words also gave Chen Wen enough face. Except for not changing the four high-ranking King of Qi to the emperor, the other contents are clearly classic passages of gentry, merchants resisting taxes and striking the market.

The scholars are passionate and the people are also angry. On the contrary, the yamen runners outside the county yamen are all timid, clearly with a villain who is "fearing justice".

However, just as the call for justice became more and more powerful than evil, the gate of the county government opened, and the magistrate of the county walked to the edge of the steps in a blue official robe. He pushed the gentleman who was just giving a speech away, picked up a tin horn and shouted loudly to the crowd:
Chapter completed!