C295 The nobles are not allowed to do business

"Just one more question." Suddenly, Wang Xuance spoke to Xiao Wen. His eyes were filled with worry and doubt. From his psychological and microemoticon perspective, Xiao Wen could see that Wang Xuance was sincerely trying to help his teacher, the daughter of an old friend.

Thus, Xiao Wen also revealed a puzzled expression and asked, "Is there something that I have forgotten?"

He seemed to be very helpless.

He pointed to Xiao Wen's clothes. Although he wasn't particularly extravagant, this was his first time at work, so he looked like a noble. "I heard Wan'er say that Brother Xiao is now a good man of the Han Empire," he said. Although there were many titles bestowed in the Han Dynasty, there were still over a hundred titles that could be awarded, even if they were dukes. It was far from the value of the Qin's title. However, among them, there were still many nobles who kept a low profile and were weak. From what I've seen of Brother Xiao's actions, I realized that even though you're a good person, if a conflict broke out, you could even beat a weaker one.

"In fact, I've already defeated a mighty man." Xiao Wen silently said in his heart.

However, he knew that defeating Dong Zhuo was just a coincidence. If Dong Zhuo hadn't risked his life, he would have exposed a huge weakness. Moreover, behind the conflict of interests between him and Xiao Wen, there was also the shadow of a fight between nobles.

If Xiao Wen wanted to, he could use the connections of the aristocrats in the East to defend against Dong Zhuo.

In other words, if he had a conflict with an Eastern noble, it would not be so easy for Xiao Wen to solve it.

Thus, Xiao Wen did not mention anything about him and Dong Zhuo. He only continued to ask, "I'm a decent aristocrat. But, is there a problem with that? "

Wang Xuance helplessly said, "Brother Xiao. The aristocracy's business is disgraceful! "

Hearing this, Xiao Wen stretched out his hand to pat his head. But when he thought about it, he thought it might improve the hairline. He was not a programmer or doctor. Raising his hairline would not improve his skill. Therefore, he patted his thigh and said, "So that's how it is. Thank you for the reminder, Brother Wang. I was so anxious to make money from the liquor earlier that I forgot about this. "He truly does not know the true face of Chang An, and is only here in this city!"

"To not recognize the true face of Chang'an, is it only because of you being in this city? "Good poem, good poem. I never thought that mister would still be a poet." Hearing this, Wang Xuance nodded his head in praise.

Xiao Wen chuckled dryly. He had only changed the poems of the predecessors so that he didn't feel awkward forcibly quoting them. Not much of a poet...

But Wang Xuance still reminded Xiao Wen. In ancient China, the division of industry and commerce was very strict.

If a merchant had the guts to go around wearing silk clothes, even if the value of the clothes was a drop in the bucket compared to his wealth, the authorities would seize them and punish them in a way that merchants could not bear.

In addition, the direct relatives of merchants were not allowed to participate in the imperial examinations and become officials.

If a noble wanted to do business, his position would allow him to do as he pleased. Moreover, as long as he did not rebel, he would not be punished too harshly no matter what he did.

However, Xiao Wen knew that this kind of punishment wasn't something he didn't care about.

This was because this punishment came from all sides.

First, there was the impeachment from the censors.

This group of officials similar to those officials from the future generation of disciplinary committee would not deal with any government affairs or other matters. The only purpose of their existence was to supervise officials.

If any official or member of the nobility defied the moral law, the censors would impeach him.

In serious cases, the emperor would also appear to demand that the person who violated the moral law should cease his or her actions.

Under such political pressure, few can continue to do evil. After all, the emperor had already spoken, yet you still didn't stop. Are you going to defy the imperial edict?

On the other hand, since officials do not do business with decency, not only will the Censors make trouble for you, but those in your social circle will despise you as well.

Imagine what your friends would think of you if you ran naked into the news in the middle of the twenty-first century.

In ancient times, the result of an official business explosion was actually similar to the news of people running naked on the streets in the 21st century.

This didn't change because you made a lot of money in business, just like you ran around naked on the street. Even if you had a lot of length on your crotch, people would still feel ashamed about it.

At most, they would secretly ask about it.

But on the surface, no one will speak up for you.

Of course, officials and nobles were also people, and they were people who spent a lot of money in the ancient society. Therefore, it is impossible not to run some industries.

As a result, every noble family would arrange some shopkeepers who were not related by blood to help them manage their businesses.

And this act of not going down personally to bargain with others over profits was also permitted.

Thus, although Xiao Wen had come up with an ingenious plan that would allow him to earn more money, he knew that he still needed to find a shopkeeper to take care of his own business.

It was impossible for Wang Xuance to do so.

When he was in private, he would discuss with Xiao Wen about how to earn money. But he was still an official of the Tang Dynasty.

Thus, like Xiao Wen, he couldn't do business.

And Xiao Wen's shopkeeper had one, which was Zhuo Wang Sun.

Although Zhuo Wangsun was already his subordinate, Xiao Wen also believed that with his ability, he could help him manage a winery.

However, there was one problem, and that was that Zhuo Wang Sun was still in the clouds. He had to help Xiao Wen manage the businesses in the clouds.

On the other hand, this was the bridgehead where the big man resisted the invasion of the grasslands, and every year, large and small wars would take place.

On the other hand, it was also a window for the burly man to communicate with the countries of the North.

After Xiao Wen had discussed a bunch of business with Rao Dun and planned out the goat-eating textile industry, it became a very important place in the clouds.

This place was extremely important, to the point that Xiao Wen needed to have a famous merchant in history to guard it. Only then would he feel at ease.

And right now, the only big businessman under his command was Zhuo Wangsun, so Xiao Wen naturally wouldn't let him come here to Chang'an to give him an official liquor store. After all, this was a waste of talent, wasn't it?

However, at this moment, Anthony walked over.

The Eastern Roman, though native to Greek and Latin, spent a long time in Korea. As a result, he was able to understand the 'complicated' Chinese of Xiao Wen and Wang Xuance.

He walked over, put the dagger back in its scabbard, and put the weapon that was even more lethal to him — the shield — to the side. He asked Xiao Wen in a harmless tone, "Sir, from your tone, it seems that you want to find a merchant to help you with your business, is that true?"