Xuande

Chapter 268 Loyalty and Incomparable Liu Xuande

The so-called money can turn ghosts, this rule applies everywhere.

Of course, the diversity of human beings makes this truth occasionally inaccurate.

But for a VIP emperor like Liu Hong, there are no exceptions.

As long as the money is enough, you are his VIP user. He really helps you with things, and the after-sales service is also good. For high-quality customers who have cooperated with him many times, he can also give discounts as appropriate to make the business flourish.

There are really not many emperors who talk about business rules and abide by business rules. I really have to thank my ancestors for putting one on the table for Liu Bei.

Therefore, if you want to achieve great things, you must first fill Liu Hong's mouth so that his mouth is full of oil. In this way, Liu Bei can run a chariot in the rules of the game of the Han Empire.

So Liu Bei decided to satisfy Liu Hong and give him face.

Liu Hui slowly stated Liu Bei's conditions.

"If this is done, you will only need [-]% of the profit from selling salt, of which [-]% will be taken by you, [-]% will be used for Liangzhou's governance, military training and conquest, and the remaining [-]% will be dedicated to His Majesty, who will dispose of it."

"Oh?"

Liu Hong looked at Zhang Rang in surprise, and Zhang Rang was also a little surprised.

"Xuande has been busy for this, and he still has this hand-made salt skill. As a result, he only needs [-]% of it, so the [-]% is still used to govern Liangzhou?"

"It is not for the purpose of obtaining more wealth, but because of the difficulty of using the country. If Liangzhou is to be governed well, it will cost too much."

Liu Hui said slowly: "Your Majesty always says that as a subject, you should share the worries of the country and the ruler, not cause trouble for the ruler, so if you can deal with it yourself, you should deal with it yourself. If you really have no other way, you will ask The court asked for help.

Now that I have this idea, I also want to increase the revenue of Liangzhou's finances. If Liangzhou can solve the financial expenses by itself, it will not need to bother the court and embarrass His Majesty.

As for the envoy himself, he said that if the sale of salt is successful, [-]% of the money will be enough for him to enjoy, and [-]% will be used to govern Liangzhou. It is a matter of course, in this way, you can share your majesty's worries and solve the difficulty of Liangzhou's insufficient expenses. "

Zhang Rang listened and looked at Liu Hong.

After hearing this, Liu Hong was silent for a moment, then let out a long sigh, and repeatedly slapped the table in front of him.

"If the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty had a heart of loyalty to the emperor and the country, why did the big man come to this? How did he come to this? Sigh..."

Facing Liu Bei's heart of "loyalty to the emperor and the country", and facing such unparalleled loyalty and loyalty to Liu Xuande, Liu Hong has nothing to say.

Don't get entangled, don't want more, just leave it like this, otherwise, how can you be worthy of Liu Bei's sincerity?

Speaking of this, even the greedy Liu Hong couldn't help but feel moved for Liu Bei.

So he agreed to Liu Bei's opinion and decided to follow Liu Bei's plan. In the future, the income from selling salt will be divided in the form of [-]% or [-]%. Liu Bei will take [-]% and Liu Hong will take [-]%.

As for how to divide the [-]% of the profits among the big eunuchs such as Liu Hong and Zhang Rang, that is their own business. He took more than Liu Hong on the face.

However, this matter is only a preliminary agreement. Many issues mentioned by Liu Bei need to be considered, such as the cost issue.

Liu Hong likes business affairs, and has done some research on business affairs. He knows that if the cost is too high, the profit will decrease accordingly. Salt is mainly made by buying more people. If the price is too high, everyone would rather eat cheap but unpalatable. I will not come to buy the delicious Liangzhou fine salt.

Therefore, the price of Liangzhou fine salt should not be too high, at least not much more expensive than the old salt currently on the market.

But in this way, it involves the issue of cost.

Transporting the salt from Liangzhou to Luoyang requires a lot of freight and security fees, plus the checkpoints along the way and the checkpoints set by the local government, which will definitely push up the cost of Liangzhou fine salt. price cannot be lowered.

Regarding the issue of self-interest, Liu Hong began to resent these damn tax collection gates, especially those tax collection gates set up by the counties themselves in private.

That was literally making his money!
his money!
All his money!
They were all taken away by those corrupt officials, and they didn't share the profits with him at all!
His money! ! ! ! !

As soon as Liu Hong thought of this, his heart ached, and he was extremely annoyed at the exploitation by corrupt officials in the imperial court and the local government.

But he can't abolish the tax collection gate just for this, otherwise the ministers in the court will definitely argue with him, and the opposition will be too loud, which will be very troublesome.

So what to do?

To say that the eunuch was flexible, Zhao Zhong, who was pulled into a small group to solve the problem, gave Liu Hong an idea.

That is to define Liangzhou fine salt as a royal tribute, and then ask Liu Bei to transport fine salt to Sanfu and Sanhe for sale in the name of tribute, so as to avoid tax collection barriers.

Liu Hong didn't understand this.

"The tribute doesn't need so much salt, does it? That's the salt that will be sold to millions of people. The quantity must be huge. The tribute? Will anyone believe it?"

Zhao Zhong smiled.

"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. The important thing is that it is a royal tribute. Who dares to tax the royal tribute? Just let them know that it is a royal tribute, let them know that it is His Majesty's stuff, what can they say? "

"What if there are officials who publicly object?"

"That doesn't matter, let them object if you object. As long as His Majesty ignores them, what can they do? Can they still send people to intercept or rob the royal tribute? If they really dare to do this, then they will be punished, Dongyuan It’s not for dry food.”

Zhao Zhong glanced at Zhang Rang.

Zhang Rang grinned, looking particularly hazy.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Hong felt that it really meant that.

The important thing is not the quantity, but the name of the tribute. With this name, it is a duty-free product specially provided by the royal family. No matter how large the quantity is, it does not matter whether it is for sale or what. Neither the court checkpoint nor the local county checkpoint can collect taxes.

Otherwise, it would be blatantly slapping the emperor in the face.

Slap the emperor in the face?
How many heads do you have?

Moreover, the tribute is mainly a name. The emperor said hello and did not allow the checkpoints to collect taxes. How dare the checkpoints violate orders?

Giving the name of a tribute, although it will inevitably be controversial, at least it sounds nice.

As for the nonsense about competing with the people for profit, Liu Hong has heard a lot of it over the years, and he doesn't really care about it. His love for money is not a daily thing. He knows that the outside world has criticized him for his love of money. Fame is almost as bad as it gets.

At worst, let Dongyuan's vicious dog out to bite for a while, divert the conflict, and the problem will be solved.

When it comes to making money, no matter how troublesome it is, Liu Hong can find a solution patiently and implement it. As long as he has real money, there is nothing Liu Hong can't do.

Besides, if Liu Bei can use this money to govern Liangzhou, reduce the burden on the court, and share the worries of the king, then he, Liu Hong, can also use this money to "govern the world", right?
So Liu Hong felt happy and praised Zhao Zhong fiercely.

When the matter had a clue, Liu Hong explained the matter to Liu Hui, and asked Liu Hui to go back and tell Liu Bei, and then discuss some details with Liu Bei, and then return to Luoyang to tell him the news after the discussion, so as to implement the matter as soon as possible up.

"Go back and tell Xuande that he puts me in his heart, and he has never forgotten his loyalty to the emperor even in Liangzhou. I am very moved by this kind of heart, and I will also take him to heart. If there is anything more embarrassing in the future, you Let him speak, if I can help, I will definitely help."

The king of a country was bribed by profit, and when he said these words, Liu Hui was also frightened by Lei.

But Liu Hong said so, and Liu Hui fulfilled his mission, and soon returned to Liangzhou to report to Liu Bei.

(End of this chapter)