Chapter 59 Emerging Class!~)
"Do they want us to organize a meeting? Does it mean to set up a chamber of commerce?"
The next day, Lu Caiwei found Ouyang Bian and told the matter, Ouyang Bian was a little surprised.
Lu Caiwei smiled and said, "I didn't say much, I just wanted to give them a chance to communicate."
Ouyang Bian rubbed his forehead. He drank too much yesterday and his head hurt a little when he woke up today.
Seeing this, Lu Caiwei stood up, put Ouyang Bian's head on her chest, and gently kneaded Ouyang Bian.
Ouyang Bian closed his eyes.
After a while, Ouyang Bian said: "This is a good thing. There is a guild in the Song Dynasty, but this guild is only limited to this guild.
For example, a spice merchant is only a fragrance shop, and he has to wear the unique decorations of the fragrance shop, which makes people look like a spice.
The incense shop has a hat and a back; the quality warehouse manager is in charge of the house, and a soap shirt and a horn belt. The street shop sellers have their own clothes and headscarves, and each can identify who they are.
This non-division is really absurd. Although it has regulations and management, it also limits the vitality of the economy.
There is a lack of communication and integration in the industry, and many technologies are inspired by communication. If it is limited to this industry, it will be too rigid..."
Lu Caiwei nodded, she had a deep understanding of Ouyang Bian’s statement.
She is in charge of the Agricultural Bank of China and invests in industries with potential, especially innovative enterprises, so she has a very deep feeling about this.
Guilds are controlled by the government, and merchants need to obtain approval from the government to join the guild.
Moreover, once you join the "bank registration", Bu Fei will withdraw at will without permission from the government.
This is mainly because there are enough businessmen to bear the government's official responsibilities.
Because of the heavy duty, merchants often flee, which will have a great blow to the economy.
The government has very strict management of "business registration". "If you enter a household, you will be able to get rid of your name and your descendants forever."
In other words, if a person has a "trade to business", his descendants will be "trade to business" and must not be separated.
This makes many people have doubts about joining the guild.
Because most people still don’t want their descendants to live on the name of a businessman.
Ouyang Bian opened his eyes, raised his head, and stood up. Lu Caiwei couldn't help but feel empty.
Ouyang Bian walked a few steps behind his back, which was his usual action when he was thinking.
He thought for a while and said, "It seems that the economy has developed to this point, and they are also thinking about going further.
This is a good thing, but it is not enough, they need to be richer!"
Speaking of this, Ouyang Bian's eyes lit up.
After years of cultivating the economic market, he has finally achieved some results.
In Ouyang Bian's plan, he wanted to use change to make the Song Dynasty prosperous and powerful.
It is just driving the vested interests to take their lives... This may not be a bit of a matter of course.
So Ouyang Bian has been careful.
As for the matter of clearing the land of Zhangzhang, Ouyang Bian held hearings one after another, and continued to win over all forces.
Even so, a large number of counterattacks may be caused in the subsequent execution.
Now all the forces that seem to agree to Qingzhang, if Qingzhang Tianmu touches their interest groups, they may turn around and deal with themselves.
Ouyang Bian understood that there was no firm class behind him who supported him.
The soon-to-beneficiary did not realize it, nor would they unite and stand behind him.
They may even be blinded and incited to fight against the reforms he has implemented.
If there was an emerging class behind him who was firmly supporting him, things would have become different.
Now the scholars who control the regime in the Song Dynasty, all of whom belong to the same landlord class.
So is the royal family, and it is the largest landlord in the world.
So they will stand firmly together.
Of course, their interests are one in the general direction, but there are still differences within them.
Therefore, Ouyang Bian can also carry out partial reforms.
But the fundamental reform is to think about it, and Ouyang Bian dare not think about it. He still wants to live well.
And these merchants, they actually do not belong to the landlord class, they are the emerging bourgeoisie.
They have money, but not only do not have power, they are not even particularly good in reputation.
So they have a lot of motivation to change.
But now they don't have this awareness.
The oppression over the past thousand years has made them dare to approach the bureaucratic group carefully.
What they want is to be able to rely on letting their children study and then get rid of their status as a businessman.
Rather than letting the identity of a businessman be recognized.
But this doesn't matter. Ouyang Bian is not an impatient person. He has time to wait.
What he has to do now is to expand the power of the bourgeoisie!
Ouyang Bian had no prejudice against the bourgeoisie. He knew history well and knew that the evolution of history was not achieved overnight.
In later China, capitalism was a relatively backward system.
But at this time of the Song Dynasty, capitalism was a more advanced system than the feudal system.
Ouyang Bian wanted to change and measured the balance of strength, he felt that cultivating a new class might be a more thorough method of change.
This is the conclusion he came to when he was a daily negotiator.
So, he wants to empower businessmen!
"Caiwei, go and tell Yang Dechang and the others that the meeting will be chaired by me personally.
It will be held in three days and you will be responsible for the preparation of the meeting.”
Lu Caiwei nodded excitedly. She has been following Ouyang Bian for so many years, and it is rare to see Ouyang Bian so excited.
The last time I was planning to organize the central bank, a super giant was born.
This time Ouyang Bian is so excited, will it give birth to another super giant?
Lu Caiwei is looking forward to it.
Lu Caiwei is familiar with things like preparing for a meeting.
She did it from Ouyang Bian's secretary, and this kind of work was very simple for her.
"The venue is arranged in Chengyuan or West Lake City?"
Lu Caiwei confirmed.
Ouyang Bian thought for a while and said, "Xihu City has many people, so it's better to arrange it in Chengyuan. It's empty and beautiful, so it's suitable for this."
Lu Caiwei left excitedly.
Ouyang Bian cleaned up, said hello to his newlywed wife Fu Jianjia and went out.
Fu Jianjia was a little sad. This was the first day of marriage, and Ouyang Bian was about to get busy again.
But she also understands that men should be more professional.
Her father was Fu Bi, the prime minister's family, and of course he knew that the glory of the family came from the officialdom.
Her husband is also a rising star in the officialdom, so it is normal to be more busy.
If she, the eldest lady of the official family, cannot see clearly at all, it would be too unqualified.
Moreover, Ouyang Bian said that going to meet the saint is a great thing.
Sure enough, my husband has a very good relationship with the emperor. As soon as he came, he gave himself a wife of imperial decree. It was really good!
The rich reeds are so happy.
Chapter completed!