I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 433: His Majesty asked the general when he would marry his wife

Li Heng meant that Chang'an's decline was only temporary and could be restored.

We must not only look at the present, but also look at the future.

In this era, no city in the North China Plain was suitable for being the capital.

Including Youzhou.

Youzhou became the capital of the Yuan Dynasty because the Yuan Dynasty changed the route of the Sui-Tang Grand Canal, abandoning Luoyang and going straight to Dadu.

This was the lifeline for Beijing to become the capital of a great dynasty in ancient times.

Needless to say, Jinling, which is located on the most difficult dividing line of the North China Plain, is not suitable to be the capital of a unified dynasty.

To the west of this triangle is Luoyang, which enters the Western Henan Corridor.

Luoyang is now in the hands of Cao Wei.

"How to manage?"

"How many?"

"Why is it said to be unstable?"

Li Heng asked: "In the imperial trading companies, have any officials embezzled state assets in recent years?"

Dong Yun said: "Weakened the big businessmen and brought some industries back to the imperial court."

"Do the officials of the imperial court create wealth?"

Fei Yi didn't ask much about the reason. He just wanted to get an answer from Li Heng.

"Then how should the princes of the imperial court manage it?"

"This..." Dong Yun hesitated and evaded.

“Does it create wealth?”

"The merchants just resell... Oh, the merchants also produce cloth, which can be regarded as creating wealth."

"Let's talk about business first. Can business increase wealth?"

"The officials of the imperial court are all dedicated to the people, and they are all for..."

"Okay." Dong Yun replied.

"The third question is that now Jingzhou and Yangzhou have been recovered, but there are many big businessmen in Yizhou and Jingzhou. Some people in the court think that these big businessmen have too much money and have too much influence in the local area. They are unstable. Yes, the imperial court wants to control it appropriately, what does the general think?"

"What is the current profit of the weaving company? How much manpower does a weaving company need to invest and how much cloth is produced? How does it compare with folk textiles?"

"Some big businessmen use illegal means to drive up prices and speculate."

"Have."

"The imperial court also has a weaving department, which was established by the general."

“Can businessmen create wealth while participating in business operations?”

Therefore, in the long run, it can only be Chang'an.

"Compared to folk textiles..." Dong Yun paused. He knew that talking about business would not fool the general in front of him. "The court's trading company can spin 10,000 pieces, which is more people and materials than the private investment. "

"Why?"

Dong Yun sighed and said: "Well, the imperial trading companies belong to the imperial court. Unlike private trading companies, the money they make is all in their own pockets. How can the officials of the Weaving Department really urge them day and night?"

"For private merchants, all losses belong to them, and they will do everything they can to make up for the losses. But for imperial trading companies, all losses belong to the imperial court, and officials don't care."

"Yes."

"But the imperial court's trading companies also make money. They can make money for the imperial court. It doesn't matter if they make less."

This is the typical ancient feudal dynasty thought.

In ancient times, the relationship between the court and the people was that of ruling and being ruled.

In the civilized era of the 21st century, the world belongs to the people. Every penny spent by the court belongs to the people and is tax paid by the people.

The government in modern civilization must be responsible to the people. What does it mean to make money for the court and make less?
To make money for the court, make less money. In this argument, the beneficiary is the court. To make less money means that you could reasonably make more, but because someone is embezzling or taking advantage of the situation, the productivity is low. The government is taking people's money to do something with very low productivity and supporting a lot of idle people. Taxpayers will definitely have objections.

But in this era, it's different.

In the feudal dynasty, there was no concept of taxpayers. The taxes paid by the people were an obligation that the people, as subjects of the emperor, had to fulfill.

The court does not need to be responsible to the people, it only needs to keep the people on the line of not rebelling.

In short, all interests start from the court.

As a time traveler in the 21st century, Li Heng's thinking habits are naturally different from Dong Yun.

After all, Li Heng is a modern man and his thoughts are not feudal.

But he also knew that Dong Yun's thoughts were very normal in this era.

In ancient times, when they had not experienced ideological enlightenment, people could not realize that the relationship between the government and the people was one of responsibility and obligation.

Li Heng thought for a while and decided not to talk to Dong Yun about those complicated theories.

He only said one thing: "If the court wants to increase revenue, it can increase the amount of commercial taxes and increase the types of commercial taxes. Why do it by itself? If it is done by itself, in the end the officials will embezzle half, the court will get a small half, and the private interests will be all Being squeezed dry, but still complaining, it enriches corrupt officials, weakens the court, and makes the people miserable. "

"Those big businessmen..."

"We will set different tax amounts based on their income. Small businessmen will receive 10%, moderate businessmen will receive 20%, and large businessmen will receive 40%. Businessmen who die will receive a 50% tax on inherited property. Can they still make trouble? ?”

"Some businessmen have so much money..."

"After all, they are a minority, a minority group, and they use special methods to manage them. For example, if there is any slight disturbance, the judicial teeth will come out to beat them according to the law, so that they do not dare to mess around."

"That's right!" Dong Yun figured it out immediately, "The general is really a wonderful man! I actually object to the imperial court arresting everyone."

"Raise those idle officials who are fat and oily. In the end, the court will not get money and the people will not benefit. The idle officials will also bring in a lot of relatives and friends. If left to the private sector, businessmen can still hire people. The Wealth of Nations by the General I have seen it.”

Li Heng did not continue because this matter was actually very complicated.

Dong Yun only mentioned the conflict of interests between businessmen and the court, but behind this was actually the game of interests of the entire country.

To be more precise, it is a game between the bureaucracy and the private sector.

Of course, in this game, the private sector is more like a piece of meat on the chopping board.

It's just that Li Heng's status is unusual now. If Yizhou wants to use a knife on this kind of thing, Liu Chan will definitely come to ask him for his opinion.

"Anything else?"

"The fourth thing is that your Majesty asked about General Sima's marriage. It is understood that the general has not yet married a wife. Your Majesty..."

"I already have a sweetheart."

Dong Yun's eyes suddenly widened and he couldn't help but ask: "Who is it?"

Li Heng burst out laughing: "At present, the important matters of the country come first, and the children's matters are trivial. How dare you trouble Mr. Dong to worry about them."

"General, this matter..."

"Dong Gong, come and drink."

"Okay, I respect you, General."

"Don't dare."

Li Heng naturally does not have a sweetheart, he actually does not want to marry a wife.

It's not that he's not interested in women, but he feels that after marrying a wife, he will have many more political concerns.

After all, his governing philosophy is different from that of most people.

He wants to obtain political capital through marriage, but it is almost difficult to achieve the results he wants to achieve in the future.

His current political capital relies on military merit, Zhuge Liang's trust, and the governance of Jingzhou.

As for getting a wife, we will talk about it later.

(End of this chapter)