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To put it simply...
If you become an official, you cannot engage in business, and if you engage in business, you cannot become an official.
Upon seeing this, Yan Fei immediately understood that the new emperor must still harbor resentment towards her, and that this resentment was definitely deeper than the sea!
This is trying to drag her down with them!
If she were in charge of issuing these regulations and legal documents, she didn't know whether those businessmen would dare to make a move against Lin Jiu'an, the new emperor, but she, this little Xie Zhi, would definitely die without a burial place!
"Not radical at all."
Lin Jiu'an took a sip of black tea and smiled gently.
"I'm just trying to reason with them."
Chapter Fifteen: The Feast and Three Things (6K)
Alin's reforms have not yielded ideal results.
At least that's what Lin Jiu'an himself thinks.
Qunyu Pavilion.
Ningguang reported on the recent work situation to Lin Jiu'an like a secretary.
It has been some time since Lin Jiu'an brought Yan Fei here.
The legal code that she and Yan Fei jointly compiled according to Lin Jiu'an's will, as well as the rules and details of the new system, have been revised and the effects after their promulgation are very obvious.
Many people are quietly asking her if she has been kidnapped by the new "Emperor".
"Your will is being implemented very well in Liyue so far."
Ningguang wasn't lying.
Although the bill caused a huge uproar in Liyue after it was enacted.
after all.
The merchant-run government model has been in place in Liyue for over three thousand years.
It's not just the businessmen who have vested interests.
Even ordinary people in Liyue have become accustomed to the merchant-run government model. Even when food prices soared, this continued. It is difficult to eradicate a habit formed over a long period of time.
Suddenly he announced that businessmen were forbidden from engaging in politics.
From businessmen to workers, no one could accept it immediately.
However, given the immense power Lin Jiu'an displayed when suppressing the "Vortex Demon God," even the merchants whose fundamental interests were directly threatened dared not go too far, only daring to make moves in secret.
The problems we are currently facing include, but are not limited to, those mentioned above.
one.
The public spontaneously organized a protest in front of the General Affairs Department and Yuehai Pavilion against the implementation of the new policy.
Lin Jiu'an's response was to have Ye Lan arrest the ringleaders and troublemakers and execute them at the entrance of the market as a warning to others.
The effect was also very obvious.
After Lin Jiu'an killed three groups of people.
When the businessmen tried to recruit people to protest and disgust Lin Jiu'an, the other party said, "I'd rather earn money than live to spend it. I wouldn't do this job no matter how much you offer!"
Second.
Workers at many factories and facilities, including many shipyards, have announced strikes.
Lin Jiu'an's response was even simpler.
In this time of war and chaos, when food prices are high, you want to go on strike with me?
Sigh, if you don't want to do it, there are plenty of people who do!
What Liyue has in abundance is people to do the work!
Many workers in Liyue lost their jobs due to rising prices, and Lin Jiu'an, along with unemployed people from Mondra, quickly filled the vacancies left by the striking workers.
What happened next was quite delightful.
When the workers realized they had lost their jobs by going on strike, they quickly turned against the foreman who had organized them and reported him.
Under interrogation by the "Xuanwei," a special force established by Lin Jiu'an and led by Ye Lan, the other party quickly revealed the businessmen who had instigated him to organize the workers' strike.
The news enraged all the workers.
Good grief, the boss gives you a million Mora, and you turn around and give your brothers 100,000 Mora, right?
The workers treat you like a brother, but you treat them like idiots?
Third.
The secretaries and officials of the General Affairs Office and Yuehai Pavilion were on sick leave on a large scale.
The businessmen's thinking was very simple.
You can hire any low-level worker you want, but you can't possibly find these highly educated and highly skilled clerical staff, can you?
Then they watched as Lin Jiu'an brought a group of pre-trained personnel directly from Mondra and put them to work.
Did you take leave before?
Lin Jiu'an has always been a considerate man.
Since you're feeling unwell and can't handle such a heavy workload, then don't try. Just stay home and rest.
Fourth.
Having exhausted all other options, they resorted to a media war that the news would welcome.
To spread Lin Jiu'an's 'crimes' in Liyue, and to help Mondstadt 'invade' Liyue.
They even started spreading rumors such as, "Morax was killed by this new 'Emperor,' and the will was forged," and "He was the one who released the 'Vortex Demon God,' and he orchestrated the whole thing himself."
Lin Jiu'an offered no explanation.
They simply used Ningguang's money as their own and, with the help of grain transported from Mondstadt, began to suppress the rising grain prices back to their previous levels.
In an instant, all the negative public opinion against him disappeared.
The common people aren't stupid.
They don't know anything else.
They have nothing to do with things like the Rock King Emperor, immortals, or merchants.
All they knew was that after the new "Emperor" took the throne, the high grain prices that had troubled them for so long dropped!
Killed Lord Yan?
Has the "Vortex Demon God" been released?
Was it all orchestrated by him, all to become the new "Emperor" of Liyue?
Does that matter?
That's not important at all!
To put it bluntly, what does the life or death of Prince Yan have to do with ordinary people like them?
Most of them will never even see Lord Yan in their lifetime.
You want the common people to avenge the emperor's death? Are you out of your mind?
As for the Vortex Demon God?
So what if he did it?
They suffered no damage during that crisis.
Not to mention that these are just opinions.
As for policies like prohibiting businessmen from engaging in politics, they are neither businessmen nor politicians, so what does it have to do with them? It's just something to talk about over tea or after meals.
On the contrary, grain prices and commodity prices have actually come down since he took office, which is a real and tangible result!
all in all.
Through a series of countermeasures and responses during this period, everything is thriving.
荣！
Both can bring honor!
Although the reform progressed very slowly due to the obstruction of businessmen, there is still plenty of time, isn't there?
Although Ningguang was forced by Lin Jiu'an to legislate and promote reforms, she reformed herself.
Her actions, such as using her own money to lower grain and commodity prices to help him win people's hearts, were disgusting, but what could she do?
"good?"
Ningguang's heart skipped a beat, and she tentatively asked, "Is there a problem?"
Lin Jiu'an toyed with the teacup, slightly raised his eyes to look at her, and smiled faintly.
Ningguang felt a chill run down her spine from that smile. She felt as if her little thoughts had been seen through, so she lowered her head and pursed her cherry lips.
There was indeed something she hadn't told Lin Jiu'an.
There are actually two main problems facing Lin Jiu'an, this "Emperor," in his reforms.
One group, naturally, consists of the businessmen who have been openly and covertly fighting with Lin Jiu'an and are unwilling to relinquish power.
But there's actually a hidden problem.
That was the Thousand Rock Army.
The ordinary soldiers of the Chiiwa Army were alright.
They were no different from the workers; Lin Jiu'an's anti-commerce policy had no effect on them at all, but they were just like ordinary Liyue citizens who were easily swayed.
They are actually quite easily swayed.
Unlike ordinary people and workers, the influence of instigating them is different.
The upper echelons of the Thousand Rock Army are similar to the political scene in Liyue.
Those people have long been accustomed to managing both the military and business.
It is quite normal for the military to participate in trade in the commercially prosperous Liyue.
During that food crisis, some high-ranking officers of the Chiyan Army couldn't resist the temptation to sell their own grain at a higher price, whether they tacitly approved or actively participated in it.
The reforms have continued until now, but the knife hasn't fallen on them yet; they've just remained obedient and haven't jumped out.
Ningguang adhered to the principle of 'If he doesn't ask, I won't say.'
In any case, his policies did not involve military reforms of the Sen'iwa Army for the time being, but only political reforms.
Lin Jiu'an didn't say anything, and took a small sip of black tea.
"too slow."
Ningguang breathed a sigh of relief, her cherry lips slightly parted but she couldn't speak.
Is that slow?
Apart from dynastic changes, "reforms" in peacetime are measured in years.
Ningguang's speed is honestly not slow at all.
If this trend continues, and there are no major changes or external interference, in another ten or twenty years, after these 'spirited' businessmen have either died, grown old, or resigned themselves to their fate...
She's about to successfully revolutionize herself!
"So what do you think we should do?"
Ningguang neither dared nor needed to question it.
Let's put together a test!
Whatever extreme measures he chooses to take, if it works, it works.
If things don't work out, and you're defeated by those businessmen who control the political and military spheres, then when you're both exhausted, that's when she'll come out to reap the rewards.
"I'm going to hold a banquet at Qunyu Pavilion. Please make the preparations."