"May I ask Your Highness..." Finally, a man who was not afraid of death had the courage to go out and asked: "What is the price of this protection, Your Highness hopes?"

Liu Che glanced at him.

This man was about thirty or forty years old. He was wearing silk and satin and looked pretty decent. He was obviously a member of a certain family in Guanzhong or someone closely related to that family.

In this era, of course there are loyal people.

In the previous life, during the Wu-Chu Rebellion, countless loyal and trustworthy people were willing to give up their own lives and even the lives of their families just for a promise!

For example, Liu Che remembered that King Zhao Liu Sui rebelled, and all his prime ministers and internal officials died for the country.

King Liu Wu of Chu rebelled, and his palace was filled with blood.

Even King Wu Liu Bi had loyal ministers.

Zhou Qiu, Liu Bi's diner, just to repay Liu Bi for taking him in, single-handedly captured Xia Pi County for Liu Bi, pulled out an army of 30,000 people, and then marched north to Jianghuai, plundering several counties, and fought all the way to

The Chengyang Kingdom had a fierce battle with the Chengyang Kingdom's army. They were defeated and the troops besieged Chengyang. They almost turned the whole situation upside down.

Wrong, at that time, after hearing about the crisis in Chengyang, the Han army stationed in Hengshan for disaster relief and the soldiers of the Hengshan Kingdom came to the rescue. In addition, the Wu and Chu army had been destroyed in the decisive battle and were defeated.

Seeing that the situation was over, Zhou Qiu was disheartened and joined forces at Xia Pi. Halfway there, he suffered from back gangrene and died.

Just such an insignificant diner almost opened the way between Wu Chu and Qi Zhao.

but……

Are there any loyal people among businessmen?

Be funny!

Isn't the essence of businessmen deception, blackmail, greed and insidiousness?

Maybe there is?

But Liu Che can be sure that at least there is no such person among the big businessmen in Guanzhong.

For a group of businessmen who regard profits as currency and have used any means for decades, what is loyalty? Can it make money?

Therefore, Liu Che put this person on the blacklist of "Li Ling Zhi Fa" without even thinking about it.

the reason is simple.

Liu Che is the prince.

High above, below one person, above ten thousand people, this is the home of the nine states and all directions, the barbarians from all over the world, and the future emperor.

A small tyrant actually dares to stand up and ask the question, "What is the price of protection?"

Did he think that the aloof royal family, the ruler of the world, would discuss and negotiate with a group of businessmen who were not even officials?

If this is really the reason, then he is a fool!

Obviously, Liu Che didn't think that an elite among businessmen of this era who was in charge of a powerful market would be a fool.

Then there is no doubt that he was so confused that he actually had hallucinations!

Throughout the ages, when did the imperial court need to consult and negotiate with businessmen when doing things?

Thunder, rain, and dew are all your grace.

The royal family spoke, and the merchants just listened.

Especially now that Liu Che has definitely eliminated most of the arrogant powers and most people have been united to his side.

Well, perhaps, the eighty-five powers present and the families behind them could unite and pose some threat to Liu Che.

Now...hehe...

Now Liu Che's attention has shifted from how to win over these powerful people for his own use, to how to establish authority, and how to make these powerful people who have now wavered and come to his side realize that only obedience and obedience are the conditions for survival.

Every time there is a war, the generals will grab a few examples from the army and kill them for sacrifice.

This is what the ancients called killing the chicken to scare the monkey.

Liu Che chuckled, looked at him, and said lightly: "Well, this is still a secret of the court for the time being, and documents will be delivered to you by then..." Liu Che looked at him and asked: "Sir, do you have any opinions?"

The man's soul almost flew away when Liu Che laughed.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but unfortunately his teeth were chattering.

Liu Che shook his head and said: "All of you are the pillars of the market in each county. I am here to let you know. It will be the end of the year soon. I plan to report to my father and add one to the market in each county in Guanzhong."

The rule, this rule is called "the last one is eliminated", is the same as the performance appraisal in the current officialdom. There will be Shaofu officials, together with the Yushi Dafu Yamen, to evaluate the order, experience and law-abiding status of all Guanzhong markets, and those who are ranked last

All the top ten powers must be re-elected, and those who have been deposed cannot stand for election again within three years! Of course, if there is a punishment, there will be a reward. The powers who are in the top three in performance evaluation will be heavily rewarded. As for how to reward,

I still need to ask the Pope, but I can guarantee that I will at least have a place as a Marquis of Guannei!"

As soon as Liu Che said these words, the powerful people immediately felt that their eyes were darkened and they felt like the world was spinning.

The rank of military meritorious lord in the Han Dynasty was the same as that in the Qin Dynasty.

There are twenty levels in total.

The pinnacle is Chehou.

But what is different from the Qin Dynasty is that the Qin Dynasty’s military meritorious service was implemented in conjunction with the famous land and house system.

Therefore, in the Qin Dynasty, each level of title had corresponding restrictions.

For example, the land limit that can be owned and the size of the house are completely different between the first level and the second level.

In other words, in the Qin Dynasty, even if you had money, you could not own land or houses if you did not have a title.

But in the Han Dynasty and after Emperor Hui, the Mingtianzhai system basically existed in name only.

When the late emperor was in power, he made even more drastic changes, causing the Mingtianzhai system to completely disappear.

So at this time, among the people, even if you are a person with only a first-class title, as long as you are rich and willful, you can buy as much land as you want and build as big a house as you want, even in a remote wilderness.

Ling, even if you build a palace and call yourself "I", as long as no one finds out or reports, that's fine.

However, these are only low-level titles.

In fact, high nobility of level 17 or above will begin to have some political privileges.

The Marquis of Guannei is the twentieth-level title, second only to the Marquis of Che.

Has many political privileges.

For example, if the Marquis of Guannei commits a crime, a lower-ranking local official or the like cannot try him. He must be tried and convicted by a high-ranking official at the level of two thousand shi, and then the crime must be approved by the Tingwei.

In addition, the Marquis of Guannei also had a settlement, although it was basically between one hundred and five hundred households, and it was not a fixed place. The court just paid money to the Marquis of Guannei every year according to the number of households in the settlement. Unlike the Marquis of Che,

The fiefdom was fixed. In the fiefdom, Chehou was the local emperor and could even appoint some local low-level officials.

However, this is enough!

At this time, there was no merchant-born Guanneihou in the entire world!

There are even very few people who regard commoners as Guanneihou.

Most of the marquises within the Guan Nei Kingdom are knighted for military merit.

Liu Che looked at these businessmen with a smile on his face.

Facts have proved that the only people who can really deal with businessmen are businessmen.

In the previous life, Xiaozhu's salt and iron government-run policy was established with the help of businessmen.

Kong Yu, Guo Xianyang, and Sang Hongyang took over and completed the work.

Even the Chinese dynasty of later generations would not give businessmen the title of CPPCC member or something like that.

You can't ask the horse to run and not eat grass, right?

"My carrot is not bad..." Liu Che proudly observed the expressions on the faces of these powerful people, feeling proud in his heart.

As for giving a businessman the title of Marquis in Guannei, can Dad approve it?

Haha, the Han Dynasty has always been a pragmatic regime.

In the previous life, Xiaozhu dared to give officials to businessmen.

Da Si Nong, one of the dignified Nine Ministers, has been a businessman for three consecutive terms!

National economic policy comes from the hands of businessmen.

As long as it was beneficial, Liu Che didn't think his father would be reluctant to give up the title of Marquis of Guannei and the tens of thousands of dollars in food money every year.

"Okay, today's business is finished, please help yourself..." Liu Che said with a smile: "I have prepared fine wine and delicacies for you in this Sixian Garden. As for me... I still have something to do, so I will excuse myself for a while...

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"Wang Dao..." Liu Che turned around and told Wang Dao: "I'll leave this to you!"

"promise!"

"Mr. Cheng Zheng, please come with me..." Liu Che ordered Cheng Zhengying again.

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Liu Che took Cheng Zhengying to his palace in Sixian Garden.
To be continued...