Chapter 1621 Z Change Plan!
“Putting the country first? What a great way to put the country first!”

“Since you said that you want to put the country first, then who do you think is the best candidate?”

Facing Ye Mingsheng’s question, Jia Gong hesitated for a moment, but under Ye Mingsheng’s gaze, he gritted his teeth and said:

“Among His Majesty’s five sons, the Fourth Prince Jingxuan is the smartest and has the least ties with the conservatives. He is the best candidate to inherit the throne!”

Ye Mingsheng had long expected Jia Gong’s answer, but when he really said it, Ye Mingsheng was still filled with disappointment!
After a long while, Ye Mingsheng slowly said:

“There is a vacancy for a county magistrate in Huainan. Jia Gong, you should fill it!”

Hearing what Ye Mingsheng said, Jia Gong was stunned for a moment. Just when he wanted to say something, Ye Mingsheng no longer wanted to listen to him. He simply got up and left the room, leaving Jia Gong alone in the room in a daze.

Ye Mingsheng also felt a little restless when he left the room. Seeing that it was getting dark, he had no intention of returning to the imperial study to deal with the memorial. After a little hesitation, Ye Mingsheng walked towards the southeast of the palace. Half an incense stick later, Ye Mingsheng arrived at Pei Zhixiu’s courtyard.

At this time, Pei Zhixiu was having dinner with his son Jingxuan. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng also joined the dinner and casually ate some light side dishes.

Just when Ye Mingsheng picked up a cucumber dish, he suddenly found that the palace maid serving beside him looked familiar, as if he had seen her somewhere, but for a moment Ye Mingsheng couldn’t remember.

Seeing Ye Mingsheng’s puzzled look, Pei Zhixiu couldn’t help but ask:
“Your Majesty, what’s wrong with you?”

Ye Mingsheng shook his head and said nothing, and continued to eat. To be honest, he was a little tired of eating big fish and meat every day, so in his mouth, Pei Zhixiu’s light dishes seemed particularly delicious, giving Ye Mingsheng a refreshing feeling…
After dinner, Ye Mingsheng didn’t want to check Jingxuan’s homework. He knew that Jingxuan was very talented and could do well even if he didn’t check. But what he didn’t expect was that Jingxuan suddenly asked him:
“Dad, what do you mean by market?”

Ye Mingsheng didn’t react for a while, and asked with some doubt:

“What market?”

Upon hearing this, Jingxuan found a newspaper and pointed to an article on it and said:
“Dad, this is the article you wrote in Yijing Daily. In the article, you mentioned the market and said that you should reduce the interference of government offices and let all businesses and shops compete in the market, and let the market decide the survival of the fittest!”

Ye Mingsheng took the article and took a look at it. He saw that it was an article titled The Importance of Market Mechanism, signed by Fengshan Daxia!

Ye Mingsheng glanced at the article. The content was indeed advocating reform, which was his consistent idea. However, as far as Ye Mingsheng could remember, he had never written this article.

Seeing that his father didn’t speak, Jingxuan couldn’t help but ask tentatively:
“Dad, did you write this article?

Ye Mingsheng hesitated for a moment, and then did not directly answer Jingxuan’s question but asked:
“Jingxuan, who told you that I wrote this article?”

Jingxuan said without hesitation:
“I asked Director Ye of the Attendant Department, and Director Ye said that this Fengshan Hero is your father’s pen name…”

“Hero Fengshan? My pen name?” Ye Mingsheng’s expression became more and more confused.

Just when Ye Mingsheng was thinking about when he would write an article under the pen name Fengshan Daxia, Ye Mingsheng saw the date on the newspaper. The article was published in, which was probably when Ye Mingsheng split up the Dadongsheng Company.

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng seemed to have thought of something, and his expression was a little strange. Ye Mingsheng has always attached great importance to public opinion propaganda, and after creating the newspaper, Ye Mingsheng also deliberately and actively seized this public opinion high ground.

When Ye Mingsheng was determined to split up the Dadongsheng Company, in order to promote the importance of this approach, Ye Mingsheng also wrote some things about market competition and asked Ye Cheng to find a writer in the Coordination Office to polish these words and publish them in the newspaper.

After arranging this matter, Ye Mingsheng forgot about it. Ye Mingsheng remembered that Ye Cheng later handed the written article to him, but because he had a lot of things to do at that time, he did not read the article, so he did not respond to Ye Cheng!

I think when Ye Cheng saw that I didn’t respond, he thought that the matter was fine, so he took the initiative to publish it in Yijing Daily under the pen name Fengshan Daxia.

Ye Mingsheng felt that what he thought was most likely the truth of the matter, but this was actually just a small matter, so it didn’t matter whether it was the truth or not!

Feeling Jingxuan’s curious gaze, Ye Mingsheng pondered for a moment and said:
“Some of the ideas in the article are summarized from some Western books I read, but this article was polished by other people…”

Hearing Ye Mingsheng say this, Jingxuan nodded and asked:
“What does the market in Dad’s article mean? Is it the vegetable market we saw during our incognito visits?”

Ye Mingsheng organized his words and said:

“Those wet markets are also markets. In the West, there is a discipline called economics. In economics, the definition of a market is a place or mechanism for the exchange of goods and services. It is a system that promotes producers and consumers and the efficient use of resources!”

After saying this, feeling Jingxuan’s somewhat confused look, Ye Mingsheng smiled and said:

“Jingxuan, what do you think a producer is?”

Jingxuan thought for a moment and said:
“A farmer who grows crops?”

“That’s right! Farmers who grow crops, women who weave cloth, etc., are all producers. As long as they are producers, they can be producers!”

“In fact, not only those who produce goods, but also those who produce services are producers. Although those who sing operas, tell stories, and perform crosstalk don’t give you anything, what they do can be called a service, and they are also producers!”

“It’s even simpler to say consumer. According to my own understanding, anyone who spends money to buy things is a consumer!”

“After the farmer sold his grain, he got silver in exchange, and then used the silver to buy salt, cloth, and livestock. He changed from a producer to a consumer. Consumers can also be producers. The two are not contradictory…”

“Look at the definition I just gave you. The place and mechanism for the exchange of goods and services is the market, so those vegetable markets are a kind of market. Farmers or small vendors buy things there, and they also sell things there. This is the exchange of goods and services!”

“Jingxuan, do you understand?”

Jingxuan nodded slightly, and seeing this, Ye Mingsheng continued:

“We just talked about the venue, now let’s talk about the mechanism. This market mechanism may be relatively complicated to understand!”

“The definition of market mechanism in those Western books is the way of allocating resources through market competition!” “For example, when we go out to eat, we will definitely go to a restaurant that has good food, good service, good environment and affordable prices!”

“Comparing the food, service attitude, environment, and price is market competition! And the restaurant we go to after comparison is actually allocating resources! This is the market mechanism!”

“So Jingxuan, do you know what a non-market mechanism is?”

Facing his father’s question, Jingxuan thought for a moment and said:

“Will the government intervene?”

Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly and said:
“If the government intervenes too much, the market mechanism will inevitably be disrupted, which will inevitably make the problem of G-commerce collusion more serious. By then, all businesses will no longer think about improving production levels and service quality, but will only think about how to conduct G-commerce transactions, thus losing their spirit of innovation!”

“I think the most important point from the Western books I read is that science and technology are the primary productive forces! If we want to lead the trend, we must constantly promote innovative technologies and make innovation the greatest driving force for development…”

“It would be tragic if everyone thought about collusion with G-commerce instead of innovation!”

Hearing Ye Mingsheng say this, Jingxuan blinked and asked:
“Dad, what are those Western books you read? Can you lend me one?”

Faced with his son’s question, Ye Mingsheng was stunned and didn’t know how to answer, but facing Jingxuan’s curious eyes, Ye Mingsheng still answered vaguely:
“Books on economics, engineering, etc., I’ll give you one someday!”

“Well! Thank you for your teachings, father!”

Looking at his son’s expectant look, Ye Mingsheng’s expression did not change, but he was secretly distressed in his heart. According to the timeline, the people who wrote those books might not even be born yet!
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng secretly felt a little regretful. As a former online writer, he always felt that he should respect originality. So when talking about economics and political science knowledge, Ye Mingsheng basically would not say that he came up with it himself, but said that he learned it from Western books.

At first, the people around Ye Mingsheng didn’t notice anything wrong, but as Ye Mingsheng talked more, everyone became curious about what kind of Western book this was, and they started asking Ye Mingsheng questions.

Ye Mingsheng didn’t know how to answer these questions, so he could only choose to be perfunctory. However, this did not solve the problem. Seeing that she couldn’t smell anything from Ye Mingsheng’s mouth, An Miaoyi commissioned a businessman to buy a lot of Western books, wanting to see what these Western books said…

Ye Mingsheng was very helpless about An Miaoyi’s practice but it was difficult to stop her. Now Ye Mingsheng could only keep it secret for one day. After all, as the emperor, no one would dare to force Ye Mingsheng to tell the truth as long as he didn’t want to.

After chatting with Jingxuan for a while, Ye Mingsheng finally got some time alone with Pei Zhixiu.

Feeling the change in Ye Mingsheng’s expression, Pei Zhixiu also asked tentatively:

“Your Majesty, are you worried?”

Ye Mingsheng sighed and said:
“Someone advised me to appoint another crown prince!”

Pei Zhixiu seemed to realize something after hearing this, his eyes suddenly changed and he advised:
“Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is the heir to the throne, how can you move without authorization?”

“What’s more, the current queen is virtuous and kind, and she is also your Majesty’s first wife. The crown prince Jingren is loyal and honest, and is the best choice for the crown prince. Your Majesty, please don’t listen to the slander of the villain!”

Hearing Pei Zhixiu’s serious attitude, Ye Mingsheng couldn’t help but feel provocative, and then said meaningfully:
“Jixiu, don’t you want to know who they advised me to make the crown prince?”

Pei Zhixiu immediately stood up from the sofa upon hearing this, knelt in front of Ye Mingsheng and kowtowed:

“Your Majesty, please stop the slander of villains! Jingxuan must not be the crown prince!”

Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised by Pei Zhixiu’s intense reaction, and immediately helped Pei Zhixiu up and said;
“Ji Xiu, what are you doing? Don’t worry, I’m not confused! I won’t let Jing Xuan be the crown prince!”

Pei Zhixiu was relieved when she heard Ye Mingsheng say this, but she still repeated:
“Your Majesty, the Queen and Crown Prince Jingren are both very good people. Don’t listen to other people’s nonsense…”

Ye Mingsheng smiled and said:

“Don’t worry, I know all this!”

“If I dare to change the crown prince, An Miaoyi will fight me to death. Can you imagine what she will do?”

Facing Ye Mingsheng’s question, Pei Zhixiu couldn’t help but feel moved, but still said:

“I don’t know!”

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng pinched Pei Zhixiu and said teasingly:

“Jixiu, you don’t know, or you don’t dare to say it?”

Pei Zhixiu did not speak in the face of the question, but just leaned on Ye Mingsheng’s arms. At this time, Ye Mingsheng also said to himself:
“If I touch the crown prince, let alone take action, even if An Miaoyi senses this, her first step will be to make a fuss about you, Zhixiu. She will never give up until the whole city knows about it!”

“Then she will ask her 200-odd assassins to start assassinating people and mess up the situation. Then she will pass the blame to others. Then she will use this as an excuse to purge the emperor’s court, saying that I was deceived by the traitors and start transferring troops from the Liangzhen camp!”

Hearing Ye Mingsheng say this, Pei Zhixiu said with some surprise:
“Without your Majesty’s order, can the Queen transfer troops from the Liangzhen camp?”

Ye Mingsheng smiled, and then said quietly:

“Theoretically, it’s not possible, but An Miaoyi has a close relationship with those people in the Ye family. Those bastards in the Ye family are even more stupid pigs who are obsessed with money. If An Miaoyi just makes some empty promises to them, these idiots will definitely fall for it!”

“By then, with the support of these people, An Miaoyi can completely launch a rebellion. If she cares about the relationship between husband and wife, she might spare my life and lock me up as the emperor. If she doesn’t care about the relationship between husband and wife, she might just give me a cup of poisoned wine and send me to hell…”

After saying that, Ye Mingsheng scratched Pei Zhixiu’s nose and asked:
“Ji Xiu, if I am killed by An Miaoyi, what will you do?”