C1718 Ministry of Commerce (1/2)

The concepts of the Ministry of Public Affairs, Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of War, work department and Ministry of Justice had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people since ancient times. The concept of the six divisions had been deeply rooted in the minds of the people since ancient times.

Not to mention what exactly Xiao Letian was doing, just the words business could cause all the merchants in the world to cry. This was a very obvious signal, first there was a merchant council, and then there was a Ministry of Commerce.

One was a forum for discussing current affairs, and the other was a government department that had authority, which meant that Xiao Letian's policy of valuing merchants would never change.

How could such happy news not be agitated? The political status that many generations of merchants yearned for had finally been granted. A nation's people finally opened their eyes and opened their hearts wide to acknowledge the meritorious services rendered by merchants. How could they not cry with joy?

For thousands of years, China's misconception of the merchant was simply too deep. You could find tales of ten thousand merchants who were heartless, but could only find examples of a few merchants who valued righteousness and righteousness. People hated the businessman to death for his family, but no one had ever imagined how much effort the businessman had put in.

In the past, most commercial activities were done in the form of trading goods. The coastal salt was sent to the grassland, to the central plains, and the gold and iron mines in the mountain range were transported to the city.

No one wanted to know how dangerous it was, how bitter it was. No one was willing to count how many merchants had been killed by bandits, and under the long suppression of the traditional scholar-officials class, the citizens could no longer see the hardships and risks they had to pay, and could only see their greedy looks as they ate the meat.

The goods were all in the world, they were all in each other's possession! This is the most important contribution that merchants bring to the human world. Even the communication between civilizations is accomplished by merchants. We can eat watermelons, walnuts, sesame seeds, tomatoes, potatoes … All these new species were brought to China by merchants.

The Silk Road was not cut off from the outside world, it usually took two to three years for a merchant to travel the length of two to three years. If a merchant could walk the Silk Road more than ten times in his life, that would already be his limit.

Most merchants could not walk that many times. They either died in the desert, or they died in the hands of bandits, or they went into bankruptcy and went into exile. Only a small number of people could earn money and live in peace.

The survival of human society is inseparable from the work of merchants, but this group bears the greatest moral condemnation.

Actually, this was just a typical civilian's mentality of a thief eating meat but not getting beaten up. They just saw the merchant's wife, Great Mansion, a fat pig that ate and drank spicy food.

But no one thought about it. If it weren't for the businessman, then his life wouldn't have lasted for a long time. What do the salt-free people of the interior eat without a salt merchant delivering it to you? No iron merchants trade iron. Where do people go to buy kitchen knives and farm tools?

Not to mention the daily necessities of life, not every region was as self-sufficient as a peach blossom. Without the help of merchants, the living standards of the people would quickly collapse.

It was inseparable from merchants and even scolding them. This was also a reflection of the dark and dirty psychology of humans. Those people who scolded the most fiercely were often those who lacked the ability.

They knew very well that they would never be able to enjoy such a life of wealth in their entire lives, because if they really gave him a chance to go into business, he wouldn't even be able to do so.

They could not read, did not know the way, did not know how to negotiate the price of the goods, did not know how to deal with the government, or were unable to say anything except kowtowing when they met bandits and bandits … That is to say, the worst business practices they have scolded were, in fact, unfamiliar territory for them.