Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 678 Wealth redistribution is an important duty and mission of the imperial court
One month after the end of the first cabinet meeting in Chongzhen in 12 years, Zhu Youjian received the inscription submitted by Sun Chuanting from Zhejiang.

In the title book, Sun Chuanting reported on the progress of the New Deal in Zhejiang.

Sun Chuanting said that the implementation of the new policies in Zhejiang is now extremely smooth. Governments at all levels took advantage of the slack time and organized most of the officials to go to the villages and towns under their jurisdiction. According to the land deeds of the big gentry families, they measured and verified the land ideas under their names, and finally Then issue the verified new land deed as the basis for paying taxes during the summer harvest this year.

During this process, most of the big gentry actively cooperated. According to the feedback he got from the unannounced visits to the censor and Jin Yiwei, he did not find any incidents of bending the law for personal gain, and he himself often dressed in casual clothes with escorts. Go down to the country and visit it yourself, lest anyone take advantage of it.

According to the current situation, Sun Chuanting predicted that in a month or so, the land clearing in the whole province of Zhejiang would be completed, and he would leave Zhejiang and return to the capital by then.

At the end of the title book, Sun Chuanting specifically mentioned Sihai Wine Industry, and said that if the conditions are suitable, he implores Zhu Youjian to open winemaking workshops in some places, and then determine the output of the winery according to the local grain harvest and storage conditions. Increase the income of people in poor areas.

Within a few days, the cabinet sent the title book jointly signed by the chief officials of the guarding county of Pingliang Prefecture to the palace. After Zhu Youjian browsed it, he understood why Sun Chuanting suddenly mentioned the matter of Sihai Wine Industry a few days ago.

However, judging from the content of the question book, the thinking of Weihu County officials is still very commendable, and the actual local conditions mentioned are also very reasonable.

In the case of two years of bumper harvests, as long as there is enough grain in the official granary and the farmers’ own granary, the excess grain will go bad if they are not sold quickly. Instead of selling it to grain merchants at a low price, it is better to sell it to the world at market price The wine industry then converts the shot into a higher value.

The measures mentioned by Weihu County officials in the title book to help farmers increase their income are not only to open wineries, but other measures are also very feasible. From this point of view, many grassroots officials still want to do something practical.

No matter what their purpose is, as long as they dare to think and act, they are worthy of great praise, and they will not hesitate to reward them after they make political achievements in the future.

The capable go up and the mediocre go down, this is the basic principle of official administration, and no one is allowed to change it.

Zhu Youjian then ordered Wang Chengen to take a map and check it out, and found that the geographical location of Weihu County is relatively superior: it is connected to Xi'an Mansion in the east and Fengxiang Mansion in the north. Some surplus grain in the surrounding area is used as raw materials, and after the new wine is produced, it is sold to the west and north, which will save the manpower, material resources and time costs of transporting from the capital to the northern border for sales, and allow the new wine to obtain higher profits.

That being the case, let's do it.

A distillery was set up in Weihu County, and the hired staff were paid on time every month. The standard was the same as that of the workers in the Gyeonggi distillery.

As for whether the new wine process is kept secret, this issue does not need to be considered at all.

What about process leaks?

Under the current situation, who dares to build a workshop to produce and sell new wine in large quantities, then wait for Jin Yiwei to come to the door.

In order not to let the low price of grain hurt farmers, Zhu Youjian will order that no matter how the price of grain in the market changes, when the government buys grain from farmers and stores it in the warehouse, the price will be one cent higher per shi than the market price.

Zhu Youjian knows that on this land, farmers have always paid the most, and are also the group that suffers the most.

Working hard with the loess on the ground and the sky behind the sky all the year round, even in a good year, you can't lose a lot of money. Once something big happens at home, you will only despair in the end.

It is not difficult to change this extremely unfair phenomenon, as long as a huge amount of money is allocated from the national treasury for subsidies every year.

Now that there is an industry such as liquor that consumes a lot of grain, after the government collects and stores a large amount of grain, it can take out the old grain to make wine and sell it, and finally earn more profits. This is also a virtuous circle. Farmers Both the government and the government can benefit from it, so why not do it?
There is nothing surprising about this method, but no one has done it for many years.

The reason may be that no one thought of it, or it may be that the finances of the previous dynasties were not rich.

But Zhu Youjian felt that this had a more direct relationship with the emperors and generals in the feudal society who never paid attention to farmers.

Caomin, this title can more intuitively reflect the status of farmers.

Zhu Youjian's approach is actually to take out things that have not been considered by the past dynasties for thousands of years, and gradually change the Ming Dynasty from the subtleties, so that more new things and systems will be born in this era, and change in a subtle way. this era.

The winery in Weihu County is just the beginning. Next, Sihai Wine Industry will choose to open wineries in other areas to consume more and more food. While providing more taxes for the court, it will indirectly help farmers increase their income.

The phenomenon of private brewing by large households in the south will be banned in the future, and all drinks must come from Sihai Wine Industry.

Zhu Youjian is not opposed to the development of private enterprises, but there is no need to encourage private operation in some special industries, and brewing is one of them.

Alcohol does not promote the development and progress of society. If you personally run a winery just for profiteering, how can it promote the whole society?Will you use it to subsidize farmers when you make a fortune?
Winemaking must be government-run, or state-owned, and the imperial court can redistribute wealth after obtaining more profits. This is something that no individual can and will not do.

Wealth redistribution can effectively curb the serious problem of wealth polarization, which is also an important duty and mission of the imperial court.

This system must be fixed in the form of law to form a long-term mechanism to fundamentally limit the emergence and development of more social injustices.

Let the laborers who pay more get benefits that can reflect their own value.

Zhu Youjian has been putting this problem into practice.

Such as artisan groups.

This is a group that generates value, so let them have a sense of gain and enjoy more of the value they create themselves.

Now the income of craftsmen can be counted in the whole Daming.

Liu Laoliu, the sixth-grade worker with the highest salary in the Military Weapons Supervision, his annual income is not much less than that of the highest-ranking clerks in the yamen. Many, in terms of monthly salary, they can't compare with Liu Laoliu.

Among all the industries under the name of Sihai Commercial Bank, whether it is an apprentice or a more advanced type of work, the income is very high throughout the year, and there are major festivals every year, such as the winter solstice, the new year, etc., there will be additional benefits, such as rice noodles, rapeseed meat, etc. Cloth, these are the necessities of every household. If they are not distributed, they will cost money to buy.

Only high salary and high benefits will make people feel more belonging to this group, and they will be willing to contribute more for this high income.

It is precisely based on this concept that Zhu Youjian will spend a lot of money, and the effect is quite good.

Some officials in the government may complain to Zhu Youjian in private because their vested interests have been damaged, but because of Zhu Youjian's subsequent subsidy measures, this kind of complaint will not rise to the level of hatred .

Most of the grassroots officials are the direct beneficiaries of the New Deal, and they support Zhu Youjian very much. As long as there is no problem with the people who deal directly with the people, a small number of officials will not be able to make any troubles at all. Come.

　Thank Xiaocheng 12138 for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)