hsntnovel Chapter 2363 Do you want to renounce your citizenship?
Chapter 2363 Do you want to renounce your citizenship?
As the saying goes, all parents in the world are compassionate. Li Shen could also see that Zhao Guang was very good to his daughter.
They are not the kind of parents who want to sell their daughter for a good price.
Moreover, having experienced the baptism of the new era, Li Shen actually did not think that there was anything wrong with his idea.
Zhao Guang himself was born into a merchant family. Although his status was low, he lived a rich life. Aunt Zhao must have been spoiled since childhood.
They would let their daughters marry into poor families and live a life of working from sunrise to sunset.
Since ancient times, people have paid attention to the matching of family backgrounds.
If Zhao Guang was a commoner at this moment, he would want to marry his daughter into a wealthy family, even as a concubine.
Li Shen would think that Zhao Guang was not a good father, but now Li Shen had no reason to refute.
Li Shen turned the token in his hand, his mind racing. It was actually very simple to make them a match.
As long as Li Shen gave them some money, 1,800 strings of cash would be enough for them to do some business and live for decades.
One thousand eight hundred strings of cash is a drop in the bucket for Li Shen, just like the richest man in the world giving you millions.
But Li Shen couldn't do that. If he only helped in emergencies but not in poverty, there would be more poor people in the world.
If someone heard about Li Shen's story, would anyone also think of getting something for nothing?
Merchants and scholars.
"Huh?" Li Shen's eyes lit up.
"Zhao Guang, do you have other children at home?" Li Shen asked softly.
"Your Highness, I have two sons and one daughter at home."
Zhao Guang replied.
"Zhao Guang, have you ever thought about leaving the city?" Li Shen said a crucial question.
City registration, which is the hometown of merchants, is also called lowly registration.
Many people don’t understand what “jianji” means. It’s not just a name.
It includes many things including social status and national welfare benefits.
Otherwise, the Tang Dynasty's election decree stipulated that merchants and their relatives were not allowed to participate in the imperial examinations.
It also explicitly prohibits enlistment in the military.
Even Li Shen's father once said: The miscellaneous people in business and industry can only be given generous money and property, but must not be granted high official ranks, and must not stand shoulder to shoulder with the wise gentlemen of the court, or sit and eat with them.
In other words, merchants were classified as a special category and were not allowed to eat in the same place as court officials and literati.
What’s worse, merchants were prohibited from riding horses or wearing silk and satin, which were symbols of their status, and their social status was obviously lower than that of ordinary farmers.
If Li Shen had not strongly advised to abolish the last two items, merchants would probably have an even lower status now.
The reason why Li Shen abolished it was not for the sake of merchants, but to allow merchants to consume and spend money.
If they don’t spend money, where will the people’s wages come from?
Li Shimin agreed reluctantly after hearing Li Shen's idea.
Imagine a situation like this. Which merchant doesn't want to change his place of origin? I don't know how many merchants have tried every possible way.
He tried his best to build close relationships with princes, generals, civil and military officials in order to seek a position to change his social status.
These merchants even began to work together to fight against some unreasonable aspects of the imperial laws that targeted merchants.
It is recommended to retract some unreasonable decisions made by merchants.
If it weren't for Li Shen's suppression, the situation would have escalated.
Li Shen wanted to improve the status of merchants so as to promote economic development and increase people's income.
But Li Shen did not want businessmen to be officials, as this would lead to abuse of power and use of power for personal gain.
Until now, all the properties of Prince Ji’s Mansion have been declared to be Wang Hongfu’s properties.
Although everyone in the world knows that this belongs to Prince Ji’s Mansion and Prince Ji.
But no matter what, Li Shen also had a reason. He was a prince and an emperor, and he could not compete with the people for profit.
This shows how low the status of merchants was during this period.
Just like why Wang Hongfu followed Li Shen so wholeheartedly, it was because after following Li Shen, he achieved a status that no other businessman could achieve.
While making money, he could also chat and laugh with the literati. All the officials below the fourth rank in Beijing would politely call him "Manager Wang".
Not to mention that Li Shen helped his children to escape from the city and pass the imperial examinations, which was something that could not be achieved even with money.
So when Li Shen asked this question, Zhao Guang remained silent.
"To be honest, Your Highness, I do want to leave the city, but... my thoughts are a bit unrealistic."
Zhao Guang was just an ordinary businessman, and an annual income of one or two thousand strings of cash was considered good.
Not to mention in the eyes of Li Shen, even in the eyes of the big merchants in Chang'an City, Zhao Guang was just a small businessman.
How could he escape from his citizenship?
Li Shen smiled lightly:
"Zhao Guang, since you want to renounce your citizenship, then this is your chance, isn't it?"
"Opportunity? Please let Your Highness Prince Ji tell me clearly." Zhao Guang was stunned. Where was the opportunity?
"Oh, you don't understand this, Wang Lianzhi, he is a scholar, and as a businessman, don't you know that the Tang Dynasty is eager to seek talents?
Scholars are given great importance, not to mention those who are the top scorers in high schools, even ordinary scholars are regarded as treasures.
If your daughter marries him, won't your nephew be freed from citizenship?"
Li Shen saw that Zhao Guang didn't understand and couldn't help but remind him.
"Is this...is this also possible?" Zhao Guang asked doubtfully.
"Zhao Guang, the Tang Dynasty law states that the children of merchants cannot take the imperial examinations, serve as officials, or join the army, but it does not stipulate that the relatives of merchants cannot take the imperial examinations.
As long as your relatives are not merchants or lowly people, you can pass the imperial examinations."
Wang Xuance's timely reminder immediately brightened Zhao Guang's eyes and his mind became active.
"Really? If that's the case, why not let Wang Lianzhi marry into our Zhao family, that's right..."
"But he can't pass the imperial examination. Zhao Guang, put away your thoughts.
This law has been discussed by His Majesty and so many ministers. How could you find a loophole?
After Wang Lianzhi marries into your family, he will be a member of your Zhao family, and his children will also have the surname Zhao. Your descendants will not be allowed to take the imperial examinations.
It's also not easy to get rid of my citizenship." Li Shen shattered Zhao Guang's fantasy. "If you take advantage of this loophole, wouldn't it make me look incompetent?"
If it weren't for Li Bai's status, he might have become an official, and there would be no such person as Wang Lun.
It's a bargain for him to be remembered in history just for a little money.
"But...but Wang Lianzhi has failed the high school entrance exam several times. It's still unknown when he'll be admitted."
Zhao Guang had thought that if Wang Lianzhi became the top scorer in the imperial examination, he would marry his daughter to her.
But for several years in a row, Wang Lianzhi failed the exams one after another.
This made Zhao Guang very disappointed, and Wang Lianzhi himself was a little disheartened.
(The little bird said good morning, good morning, why are you carrying your schoolbag?)