Steam Daming: Stop calling me to supervise the country

Chapter 80 The Road to the River and the Sea ([-])

"Chen Zongbing, salt industry, raw silk, silk and satin, if I know well, these things should be intensively produced in certain areas."

Chen Xuan nodded: "For example, raw silk, silkworm farming in Huzhou Prefecture is prosperous, and the output of lake silk is large and of good quality. It has the title of lake silk all over the world. The industry is developed, and there is a dedicated sericulture farm almost separated by a few villages.”

"Who are these raw silks sold to?"

Chen Xuan was a little embarrassed to speak, but the crown prince saw his embarrassment: "Chen Zongbing, you can speak bluntly."

"The raw silk of good quality will be included in the royal tribute, but only part of the tribute, most of the raw silk flows into the major commercial houses in Huzhou Prefecture. After all, these silkworm farmers do not have the ability to produce high-quality silk, nor the ability to transport raw silk for sale. ."

Zhu Zhanchang knew that these raw silks would eventually go to major commercial houses, some would become silk, some would be traded with raw silk as goods, and some would even be smuggled out of the country.

In this era, Dongying, Korea, and the countries of the South Seas all had demand for silk, especially Dongying, whose demand was quite large, but they did not have the ability to breed silkworms, and good raw silk had to be shipped from Daming.

In order to plunder the Ming border and smuggle demand, the shipbuilding skills of Dongying are also constantly improving at this time.

Farmers at the bottom who raise mulberry and make silk have no bargaining power, and even in good years they are often forced to lower prices. Because the sericulture industry in the south of the Yangtze River is well-developed and there are many employees, the prices are lower.

Large firms have sales and transportation capacity, and the initiative is in their hands.

But even so, silkworms still make more money than ordinary grain crops, so there are still many practitioners.

"When is Mr. Chen free, can you take me to visit the village where silkworms are raised and silk made?"

"If your Highness is convenient, you can do it tomorrow."

Zhu Zhanchang looked at Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Gaochi asked first, "What are you going to see?"

"Father, I think of a new way of production."

"In what way?"

"The Collective Economy."

"What is the collective economy?"

"The village is the collective, the village elders and the patriarch are responsible. For example, if a village deals in silk, all the peasants will collect the silk into the collective, supply and sell the silk together, send people to negotiate the price with the business, and even charter a boat to transport it to other cities to sell more A good price, the income obtained, is divided according to the output of each household.”

Hearing this practice, several people are quite surprised. Zhu Zhanchang's method is to stimulate the economy, in order to break through the oligopoly and increase the tax revenue by commercial prosperity, but it will obviously infringe the current gentry and landlord class. It will be very difficult.

Their Zhu Zhanchang's ideas are ahead of their time, but Chen Xuan estimates that it will be very difficult to implement, and further discussions are needed.

We can't take too big steps. At this stage, we must first stabilize the original Jiangnan gentry and stimulate the economy.

Zhu Zhanchang himself does not think so. Once the steam engine can be mass-produced, it is not only the role of shipping. With the entry of steam engines, the productivity of all walks of life will be greatly improved.

Silk spinning, weaving, agricultural irrigation, coal mining, material transportation, and other industries will be greatly improved.

If productivity is greatly improved, the productivity of society will be improved, and the national economic capacity will be improved.

Business needs will increase, and these original industry oligarchs or industry monopolies may face a reshuffle.

In a short period of time, Chen Xuan could not think of a good solution to the problem of the monopoly of the nobility in water transportation and commerce. He had to think about the tax issue first. Tax was the most important thing for the imperial court.

After thinking about it, Zhu Zhanji said: "The existing water transportation tax, commercial tax and door-to-door tax are easy to be evaded. Can we use severe punishment and strict arrest to stop it."

"No." The prince directly denied his idea: "Now we want to stimulate commerce, increase the prosperity of water transportation and shipping, and increase taxes. Although the clans and clans have leaked, as big taxpayers, they can't be directly suppressed now, otherwise people will be shocked. Instead, it suppresses commerce.”

"But those who escaped are the wealth of the imperial court." Zhu Zhanji still despised these businessmen who were cheating and cheating, not to mention that they dared to violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

"In extraordinary times, practice extraordinary methods. It has been many years since the matter of the gatekeepers. Your Majesty has also turned one eye and closed one eye. Now you can't move it lightly."

"Father, if you don't move, you won't change." Zhu Zhanji's thoughts on this matter are similar to Zhu Zhan's, but Zhu Zhan's thoughts are more advanced.

When society faces a major change, the original mainstay may become a stumbling block in the new era.

The development of Daming requires the participation and promotion of private capital, and there is indeed a sense of capital awakening in the late Ming Dynasty in history.

But natural disasters and man-made disasters, plus these rising capitalists have no sense of family and country, and there are also those who betray their country and seek glory. In the torrent of history, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties entered customs, suppressing the rising capital, and the feudal dynasties enslaved the people in this Manchu dynasty. reached its peak.

Thus missed an opportunity to dominate the world.

These clansmen, landlords and gentry are the capitalists of this era. We must use them and let them promote and participate in the development of society, but we cannot let them go.

Anyone who can become the leader of the family or the owner of a big business in this era is a smart person. Only if they can make good use of them can they promote the money of Daming.

The steam engine is the power of the giant ship of the Ming Dynasty. The surging power of this giant ship needs people who look forward, need a helmsman, and also need people who trade the commercial resources along the way.

Zhu Zhanchang suddenly found the key to the problem.

They don't have such an urgent need to change taxes, to change private production, to catch clans, and to tighten tax laws.

Instead, we need to tell everyone, let's do business, let's trade, and let our rivers and seas be full of ships.

Cancel the class label of scholars, peasants and businessmen in people's hearts.

Formal business is not ashamed, trade is not speculative, let the store open, let the hawker not have to hide in Tibet, let the people who want to do small business dare to do it.

Countless small traders will have new big capital and new production methods. They will continue to find ways to improve their products, whether it is food or tools, use new products and create new demand.

Unlike Europe, China has looked down on businessmen since ancient times, especially the scholar-officials in power.

But look down on them, they still have to rely on them to pay taxes, and also rely on them for officials to corrupt.

Now we have to think about making the class of businessmen no longer discriminated against. Ordinary people dare to do business and start small businesses.

Then tell them: It's an honor to pay taxes.

"Chen Zongbing, which company paid the most taxes last year?"

"Yangzhou Prefecture Yang Xing."

"Apply to Your Majesty, award him a memorial archway of merit, and give him a golden decree as a reward, and announce his name and tax amount to the whole government, so that all women, children, children, and children will know that he will be invited to the military parade next year, and he will be ranked below the hundred officials."

The three of them stared at Zhu Zhanchang in disbelief.

"And all the top ten taxpayers do the same."

Give you the glory, the glory from the court, give you the status, the status from the court.

However, if you evade taxes next year, you will not only be punished, but what will you do with your face? The archway of merit and virtue will be taken away. In ancient times, it was more uncomfortable than killing him.

Even if you want to escape a little bit, can it be less than this year?The first time this year and next year didn't make it to the top?Can I take this?
Stand on the moral high ground and kidnap capitalists.

This won't solve all problems, but it can solve some of the current problems.

With the pressure of public opinion, the original oligarchs can pay more taxes, reduce their profits from unfair competition, and at the same time improve the status of businessmen.

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