Chapter 1033： The world knows

  Because of Mu Yangling's repeated reminders and the popularity of Western countries as "explorers", Fan Zijin always tries to figure them out with the greatest malice. For him, it is not a good thing for him to come to England.

Qi Haoran is much simpler. He believes in the supremacy of power. Their national strength is strong, so they will not be afraid of other countries' calculations. Although he can't immediately recover the lost land occupied by Dajin and Xixia, he can deal with England. But not a problem.

So his answer was simple and rude, "Ask them what they want to do, do it if it's beneficial, and refuse if it doesn't."

Fan Zijin twitched the corners of his mouth, what did he do to ask him this question?

But Fan Zijin still did as he said. While receiving the envoy, he sent someone to inform the Ministry of Rites and the emperor.

The reason for the English envoys here is very simple. They hope to formally establish diplomatic relations with Daqi and provide good conditions for the trade between the two countries. The specific matters will be negotiated in Beijing.

Fan Zijin heard the words, and even dared not to give this matter to the Ministry of Rites. It involves business. If it was handed over to the nerds of the Ministry of Rites, would they have to die?

Fan Zijin asked people to **** the envoys to Beijing, and at the same time asked to hand over the matter to the Ministry of Rites. The Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Shipping were jointly responsible. The Ministry of Rites was only responsible for receiving the envoys and various etiquette. The matter of negotiation was left to the Ministry of Households. And Shibosi, this is the professional.

Qi Haoran saw that he was uneasy, so he said: "If you are afraid that the officials of the Ministry of Household and Shipbuilding Department will look down on business affairs, why not nominate a few cunning businessmen to negotiate with them. Isn't there a businessman in the foreigners' negotiating team this time?"

"Customs and national conditions are not the same, how can we learn from them?" Fan Zijin was still worried that Daqi would suffer, and how cheeky and cunning Westerners were, but he, a negotiator, knew very well, "In Western Europe, counts are all If you can be a pirate, the duke can go out to do business with a boat in person, but in my Daqi, scholars, peasants, industry, commerce, and business are the last, and their status is not high. Still look down on businessmen and business affairs, and let them work with businessmen, it is more uncomfortable than killing them."

Don't think it's hypocritical, it's a value. Mu Yangling didn't understand it for a while. While these people let their servants do business and enjoy the benefits of doing business, they looked down on business activities.

She has done research on this and found that this kind of cognition is artificially promoted. The division of scholars, peasants and businessmen was artificially promoted by everyone after the Han Dynasty. Naturally, it was not because businessmen pursued profits. In this era, whether scholars or businessmen, they Basically, there is a precious quality—integrity. The reason is that commercial activities can bring greater benefits to people, while agricultural activities have little profit, and people take food as their priority. Who will cultivate the land, and how can there be a grain tax to collect?

What are you eating?

Therefore, for the sake of national stability, the imperial court could only suppress the development of commerce. In addition to the layers of tariffs, the status of merchants was greatly degraded. Even from the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examinations for merchants were restricted. Even now, Daqi still restricts the imperial examinations for merchants. If they can also enter the officialdom, I don’t know how many people will give up arable land to do business.

So when Qi Haoran mentioned this suggestion, Fan Zijin immediately rejected it, not only because he was concerned about the mood of the courtiers, but also to limit the development of business.

Although Fan Zijin was also a businessman, he did not look down on businessmen, but as he grew older, he gradually understood the importance of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, and he was not willing to break this rule.

Qi Haoran touched his chin and said, "Since the foreigners want to talk about business, it's okay to let the businessmen listen in. They can make suggestions with the court afterwards, and the people from the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Shipping will negotiate with the foreigners after sorting out their opinions. Well."

Fan Zijin thought about it too. He didn't give the merchants the qualifications to negotiate, but he could let them sit in and not let Daqi suffer.

This matter involves their vital interests, and no one cares more than them.

Fan Zijin immediately wrote a note to Qi Xiuyuan, but he wrote to him in private to ask him to remember to select a few officials who can accept opinions and have no prejudice against businessmen.

Once the news of    got out, the merchants went crazy with joy and rushed to the capital, hoping that they would be fortunate enough to be selected as an observer.

Because the envoy was halfway there, Qi Xiuyuan didn't have time for everyone to choose slowly, so he ordered five or six merchants' names from various local chambers of commerce in the capital and asked them to negotiate with the envoy.

And four of these six people were Fan Zijin's creditors, that is to say, they used their financial resources to support the construction of Daqi, and the emperor had a good impression on them.

Many people couldn't help stomping their feet. Fan Zijin asked many people to borrow money back then, because they all knew that although Fan Zijin lent the money, it was for the emperor's use. Fan Zijin's money is only five or six people.

Now it seems that they have the right treasure, because not only have the money owed have been paid off, but they have also left a good impression on the emperor. Look, the six families have all become imperial merchants, and now there are four that can directly Listen to government affairs.

And the other two family owners who were far away couldn't help stomping their feet. Why did they run out to do business? They should stay in the capital, so that they also have a place in the audience.

This big earthquake among the merchants was very calm in the court, because it was not a big deal for them to receive the English envoys or let the merchants join the negotiation. The Western Ocean was too far away, and the courtiers did not pay much attention to it.

Their attention is now on the credentials of Daikin and Xixia. The two countries demanded to open up more fields, and the credentials listed in the credentials totaled twenty-seven.

And now there are only thirteen farms on the border of the Three Kingdoms, and twenty-seven are added, even in the Tang Dynasty. He Xixiahui dispatched envoys to come, and recently the DPRK and China have been arguing about this.

Who can remember the English envoy who was about to arrive in the capital?

At this time, the emperor's attention was that the royal family was about to add another child. He happily said to the empress: "Haoran has been looking forward to this child for many years. You can send them more things. By the way, pack up a few small pearls. The clothes are sent to A Ling, isn't there a custom of putting boys' clothes under the pillow to give birth to a boy, Haoran and A Ling are looking forward to the girl, so they put the girl's clothes under the pillow."

Li Jinghua answered with a smile, and with Wen Cui rummaged through boxes and cabinets to find many small clothes from Mingzhu's past, packed them up and sent them to Mu Yangling.

Qi Xiuyuan opened the inner library and gave him a lot of things.

The Imperial Palace has always been the place that attracts the most attention. Even if Qi Xiuyuan did not issue an decree, at this time, the Imperial Palace pulled out three or four carts of things and sent them to Guangzhou, which attracted everyone's attention.

As a result, the courtiers, who were so noisy, discovered that the emperor's attention seemed to be wrong.

As soon as I inquired, I knew that Princess Rongjun was pregnant.

As a result, Mu Yangling was pregnant all over the world, which was not much better than that of the queen, Princess Huai Mingzhu.