Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, in the feudal era many powerful people looked down on businessmen. However, the powerful people had big businesses and wanted to maintain a luxurious life, so they had to secretly support businessmen to help them make money.
Typical of both acting and standing.
Salt is a necessity of life, and countless powerful people in the entire Dakang Province make money by selling salt.
The emergence of Xihewan refined salt has completely subverted the entire industry.
Regardless of appearance, quality, or price, Xihewan refined salt outshines the black coarse salt of salt merchants.
People are not fools, so they naturally know which one to buy.
How can salt merchants respect the powerful if they can't make any money?
The powerful class complained and hated Jin Feng and the Ninth Princess to death.
In fact, not only the wealthy and powerful, but also the Ninth Princess's innovation has touched the interests of almost all wealthy families.
Canceling all kinds of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes has cut off many channels for local officials to plunder the people.
Once the bandits are suppressed by specific individuals, the government soldiers will no longer be able to shirk their responsibilities, and the possibility of collusion between wealthy families and bandits in various places will be eliminated.
Now that the official salt controlled by high-level dignitaries has been destroyed by Jin Feng, how could they not hate Jin Feng?
However, Jin Feng came to the capital not to be in cahoots with the powerful, and he didn't care whether the powerful would hate him or not.
He only cares about whether the people's lives are better.
At present, his goal is being achieved day by day.
The people praised the innovation endlessly, and people from other places could not come to the capital to thank them, but the most indispensable thing in the officialdom was sycophants.
Seeing that the people's mood was so high, many local officials organized people to write a book of all people praising the emperor's new policy.
In recent days, letters from all over the world have been arriving in the capital, which made Chen Ji extremely happy.
After being the emperor for decades, the recent period has been the most industrious period. I have to go to the imperial study several times every day.
No, after Jin Feng and the Ninth Princess had breakfast, they saw Liao Yin standing at the door as soon as they arrived at the imperial study.
After the incident of the crown prince's forced palace, the vitality of the Imperial Army was severely damaged. Although Qin Peng, the original commander of the Imperial Army, did not die in the assassination, he was blinded in one eye, so Chen Ji handed over the commander's position to Qin Zhen.
Liao Yin took Qin Zhen's previous position and became Chen Jixin's personal bodyguard and confidant.
Jin Feng and Ninth Princess were preparing to enter the royal study, when a middle-aged man came around the corner of the corridor next to them.
The middle-aged man was extremely thin, his official uniform was wrinkled, and he was holding a stack of memorial documents in his arms.
Seeing Jin Feng and Ninth Princess, the middle-aged man quickly bowed and saluted: "I've met His Highness, I've met the Imperial Master!"
"Lord Zhong, did you stay at the Privy Council again last night?"
Jin Feng noticed that the middle-aged man's eyes were full of exhaustion, and said helplessly: "If you continue to endure like this, you will die!"
"If you can do something practical for the people, even if you die, your subordinates will be happy!"
The middle-aged man answered with a smile.
"You should live a good life, so that you can do more for the people."
Jin Feng stepped forward and took the memorial document from the other party's hand: "I will help you take the memorial in. You can go back and rest quickly."
"The Privy Council also..."
"Hurry back and rest. If you let me know that you are working in the Privy Council again, I will transfer you back to the Inspectorate!"
Jin Feng didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking and interrupted him directly.
"yes!"
When the middle-aged man heard what Jin Feng said, he could only nod helplessly.
He bowed to Jin Feng and Ninth Princess again, turned around and left.
Jin Feng looked at his back with a hint of admiration in his eyes.
Zhong Wuji originally worked in the Inspectorate and was a third-grade deputy inspector. His job was to supervise officials and advise the emperor.
He is only in his early forties, but has extremely rich life experience.
Zhong Wuji was originally the third son of the Zhong family, an aristocratic family in Beijing. When he was two years old, he followed his grandmother out of the city to burn incense. At that time, they caught up with the temple fair. Zhong Wuji got playful and got separated from his servants. He was adopted by an old couple outside the city.
The old couple's three sons all died in the war, and their two grandsons also died in infancy. They regarded Zhong Wuji as their own.
The death of their three sons made the old couple realize the importance of reading, so they tightened their belts to provide Zhong Wuji with the opportunity to read and write.
When Zhong Wuji was nine years old, he followed the old couple to the capital for business. When he passed the gate of the Zhong family, he suddenly felt that this place was very familiar, so he returned to the Zhong family.
Zhong Wuji, who had endured hardship, cherished his hard-earned life even more, and studied harder than other children of the Zhong family. He passed the examination at the age of seventeen and was called one of the four most talented people in the capital.
With his own hard work and the support of the Zhong family, Zhong Wuji could have been very successful in the officialdom, but unfortunately this was not the case.
When Zhong Wuji was young, he lived with an old couple outside the city and saw the poverty of the people.
After becoming an official, I always wanted to do good things for the people.
Given the official atmosphere before Dakang, it was difficult for a character like Zhong Wuji to gain a foothold.
He started working as an official at the age of nineteen, and in the more than ten years until he was thirty-five, Zhong Wuji was demoted several times because he spoke out for justice.
If it weren't for the Zhong family, he might not even be alive.
With more experiences of being demoted, Zhong Wuji began to mature and his ideas slowly began to change.
People speak softly, and Zhong Wuji knows that if his official position is too small, no one will listen to his words.
If you want to change the great prosperity, you must be an extremely human minister and be the person who is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people.
After the Zhong family brought him back to the capital, Zhong Wuji became calm and learned to live in harmony with others.
Although he did not join forces with other powerful people, he was no longer as sharp as before.
Zhong Wuji himself is a capable person, and he no longer takes the initiative to offend others. With the support from the Zhong family, his official position is getting higher and higher, and he was promoted to the third rank last year.
But before he could become a highly respected minister, the prince forced the palace, Jin Feng came to the capital, and the whole capital became turbulent under the iron-blooded wrist of the ninth princess.
However, Zhong Wuji was not afraid, but became even more excited.
Ever since "Compassion for the Peasants" reached the capital, Zhong Wuji began to pay attention to Jin Feng.
As he learned more and more about Jin Feng, Zhong Wuji became more and more convinced that Jin Feng was the same type of person as him, and they both wanted to do things for the people.
With the support of Jin Feng, the Ninth Princess took control of the court, and Zhong Wuji knew that his chance was finally coming.
Sure enough, he was quickly recruited to the Privy Council by the Ninth Princess. Although his official position remained unchanged, his power was much greater.
When Chen Ji's several imperial orders were issued, Zhong Wuji was so excited that he almost jumped up and started working desperately.
Although Jin Feng was not interested in government affairs, he felt admired after hearing what Ninth Princess said about Zhong Wuji.
When the Ninth Princess saw Jin Feng looking at Zhong Wuji, she smiled and asked, "What do you think of Zhong Wuji, husband?"
"What's going on?" Jin Feng was stunned.
The Ninth Princess's question reminded him of Guan Xiaorou.
When Guan Xiaorou saw a girl she could still see, she would ask Jin Feng, "Master, what do you think of this girl?"
But Zhong Wuji is a man. What does the Ninth Princess mean by asking this?
"How would your husband feel if I asked him to be the prime minister?"