The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

French scholar Xie Henai said: "From the 11th to the 13th century, the overall structure of Chinese society gradually changed. Between the upper elite and the people's group, a very different and extremely active class appeared and began to occupy the increasingly important part of the group.

In an important position, this class is businessmen. This emerging force has slowly weakened the foundation of Chinese society.

In this sense, the modern dawn of China has been revealed in the Song Dynasty. As we all know, the Song Dynasty made great progress in its understanding of the merchant class. It can be said that the situation has changed drastically, and its status is no longer as lowly as the previous dynasty.

Rules such as not being allowed to wear silk clothes, not being able to ride horses and carriages have long been abolished, and the ban on businessmen and their descendants being unable to participate in the imperial examinations and becoming officials will no longer be implemented, and people are not ashamed of doing business. But this is not the case. Although the status of a businessman is

There has been a change, but after all, Song was a society based on agricultural economy, and merchants were unable to fundamentally change the status of the "low man".

First of all, businessmen are the target of government exploitation and exploitation, and are also the target of extortion and extortion by officials at all levels. They are still in a position of enslaved. The government in the early Song Dynasty did adopt a policy of protecting commercial circulation, so the commercial tax was lighter, but once the political situation was stable

After the business became active, the government no longer reduced taxes, and even doubled the extortion, establishing a national commercial tax network from Bianjing to the market. Sometimes, if you don’t leave a county, you can sometimes encounter more than ten personal income tax cards.

Secondly, in terms of daily life such as food, clothing, housing and transportation, the government has clear regulations on clothing and transportation of all classes. Merchants are ranked after "workers" and are treated as lower-level social classes. Only two people are allowed to ride in the sedan chair.

Even though the businessmen later broke these regulations, they realized it when the government turned a blind eye.

Furthermore, merchants can participate in the imperial examinations, which was actually strictly prohibited in the early Song Dynasty. It was only during the reign of Emperor Yingzong that it was relaxed, but it was not unlimited. It was stipulated that it must be a 'wizard and strange practitioner'. Therefore, you must use yourself or

If you are not ordinary talents in your later years, you can imagine the difficulty of this. At the same time, you will be free from the merchants and their children without showing any expression!

So although some big businessmen have changed their status through legal or illegal means such as buying officials, imperial examinations, marriages, etc., business is for profit after all, which inevitably makes people put them in the wrong place.

The list of villains is righteous, rude, rude, wise, and not sincere. Even if there are many people who have done good deeds, it is still difficult to change the society's evaluation of businessmen - the status is still very low in people's minds...

"Xu Biao, are you still not convinced?" Zhao Qi turned around to deal with Xu Biao, but when this kid was brought over, he was thrust with his neck and his head tilted, his head tilted when he was brought over.

He looked at it, but he still looked unhappy.

"Prince, I am not convinced!" Xu Biao shook his head and said. "Prince, I don't care if you are willing to give way to these people who do business, but who doesn't know what kind of people they are. Even the donkey who sends manure to the field is

Even the car won't give way to them!"

"Haha, what you mean is that my car is not as good as a donkey cart for delivering manure?" Zhao Qi said with his hands behind his back and circled around him. He knew Xu Biao very well, and he was not afraid of doing it.

This kid is also a natural soldier. His personal skills and tactics are beyond words. He is afraid of leading troops and training troops. As long as he doesn't like it, no one dares to contradict things. When he was in the Northern Palace, he dared to provoke everyone and have a good deal of his own.

.And he is willing to use his brain and has many "wrong ideas". Zhao Qi also likes him very much and plans to let him take over the position of Long General.

"I didn't say that, but if the prince thinks that, I have no objection!" Xu Biao said angrily, still like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.

"Oh, you've learned to criticize others!" Zhao Qi saw Xu Biao answering like this, and raised his hand and knocked him hard on the head.

"Prince, there is a order in the army that 'Don't beat and insult the soldiers for no reason'. Prince, you have committed two crimes at once!" Xu Biao rubbed his head hard and said with a grin.

"You still know that there is this one. Then why don't you obey the general order and beat those merchants!" Zhao Qi shouted, lit up Xu Biao's nose.

"I am trying to safeguard the dignity of our loyal and brave army. If you want to meet those businessmen, you have to give way. We have fought all the way from Hedong to Lingzhou. Whoever saw that we were not allowed to avoid it immediately, but now we are running for a group of people.

As soon as you give way, your face fell to the ground!" Xu Biao said, wiping the saliva that was spraying on his face.

"Dignity?! Only you have dignity in the world, but those businessmen have no dignity? If I didn't stop it just now, would you still have to shoot!" Zhao Qi said with a sneer.

"Maybe, look at them nodding when they see rich people, and those who don't have money will be cold-hearted, and they will speak coldly. If they earn money that is not conscience, they still have dignity. Dignity has been put under their feet long ago!" Xu Biao

He made a fuss again and became more active with the prince.

"Xu Biao, don't talk nonsense. You have been staying in Xiangyi Zhuangzi. Do you know nothing? Isn't it all brought by those merchants when Zhuangzi is prosperous and prosperous?" Zhao Zhi said with great success when he saw Xu Biao.

The more distorted he was, he hurriedly spoke.

"Of course I know, but that's different!" How could Xu Biao not know? The difficulties of the prince when he founded the army were obvious to all. The guys he wore and in his hands were all obtained by the prince's business and earning money.

There were no horses at that time, and later they all came back from the northwest through caravans. It can be said that the prince is actually a big businessman! After Zhao Zhi mentioned this, he suddenly remembered, wasn’t he even scolding the prince if he said this?

But as far as he talked about this, he was unwilling to admit defeat and could only speak hard.

"What's the difference? Am I even more shameless? My face fell to the ground and made people step on it. If you want to scold me, just say it!" Zhao Qi said coldly.

"No, no, prince, I don't mean that. You are doing business for the country and the people, for our loyal and brave army, they are just for money. How can you be like them? Besides, I am your person, am I just scolding you.

You are yourself!" Xu Biao didn't expect the prince to be so sympathetic. He dared to contradict the prince and would never show that he was unfaithful to the prince. He hurriedly explained.

"Xu Biao, businessmen are profit-oriented, otherwise there would be no business saying, but seeking profit and avoiding harm is human nature, but everyone's pursuit is different. Businessmen pursue money; as a soldier, you are pursuing victory over the enemy

, The official position is granted a shady son, right?" Zhao Qiong said to Xu Biao seriously. He nodded to show his recognition and said, "You think we fought in the northwest, Hedong, and the rivers last year due to war, the fields were deserted, the grain harvest was poor, and the harvest was flooded again

There are tens of thousands of refugees, and we have no food and money, how to deal with it? I think you have been hungry, so I don’t need to say what it feels like!”

"Well, since I can remember until I entered the palace, I have never had enough food. I thought I could have a full meal as long as I could have a full meal for me!" Xu Biao nodded and said, if he could have a full meal, he would have no choice but to eat.

He will not be sold to the royal palace by his family.

"The northwest cannot be said to be useless. We have salt here, but people cannot live by eating salt alone. To exchange these for money and food, it requires transaction exchange and merchants' help. If they don't have them, don't say you will still

If you can be energetic and show off your power on the road, you will have hungered down long ago!" Zhao Qi said, "Zhao Zhi, don't he hate businessmen? In order not to let him starve to death, he will freeze to death, and his military pay will be all next month's month

Replace it with food and cloth to save it from being embarrassed!" Zhao Qiong said and turned around and walked away.

"Prince, don't, don't do this. Isn't it okay if I'm wrong? I'm really convinced this time. If you don't feel relieved, you'll beat me up with twenty military sticks..." Xu

Biao became anxious when he heard this and shouted loudly that the Song Dynasty and the previous government mainly relied on collecting food, cloth and other physical items from the people and distributing them, but distributed money. Xu Biao had a salary of 120 guan a month, if

If it were food, it would be more than one thousand kilograms. It would cost him his life to bring him a grain to marches in war every day!

"Stop yelling, you're just a bad mouth. You're obviously a good horse, but you're just selling a donkey. This time you angered the prince again. I think you're going to suffer again!" Zhao Zhi grabbed Xu Biao and grabbed Xu Biao

Said whisper.

"My commander, I have admitted my mistake. Actually, I also know that our loyal and brave army relies on several caravans in the mansion to support us. I am a little dissatisfied with the prince's attitude towards them. Why bother to give them a slander

Let the way?" Xu Biao looked at the prince's back and touched his head and said with a bitter face. He secretly regretted it. He just now, he dared to say anything. He forgot that the prince's tricks were full of tricks. If he couldn't do it well, the prince really knew how to do it.

He got him a big cart and asked them to take food around every day. At that time, the general riding a horse became a driver who drove the car, let alone the so-called dignity.

"Okay, the prince must have a deep meaning in doing this. You really have to take good care of your temper and speak in the future. Otherwise, how can you lead a general in the future?" Zhao Zhi sighed and said, he was helpless with this live treasure.

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"I will just command the commander and lead a general!" Xu Biao said with a smile, but suddenly realized that something was wrong, "Master, are you going to leave too?"

"Where can I go? The commander of the Dragon General is just a temporary agent. When you return to Taiyuan, you will definitely care about your food, drink, defecation and sensation. The prince originally wanted you to take over me, but you not only violated the general's order,

He even scolded the prince in a roundabout way! This matter may be overwhelmed, and it may fall on Zheng Ping's head!" Zhao Zhi said with a smile.

"Actually, I am not willing to do this, but if Zheng Ping is asked to take care of me in the future, I have to talk to the prince again!" Xu Biao was shocked. Zheng Ping and him were always dissatisfied with each other.

If I become the commander of the city, how can I do anything in the future?

Zhao Zhi looked at Xu Biao, who was like a fire butt, and went to find the prince, and shook his head with a smile. He had always been worried about his lack of ability in leading troops in the past, but today he suddenly figured out something from the conversation with the prince, and defeated it.

The enemy does not necessarily have to be on the battlefield. These caravans passing by in a hurry can also become their own army. The goods in their hands can also be turned into shells shot at the enemy. They want to open up a new battlefield to find their way back as a soldier.

dignity...