Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 244 244 I really don’t want to attract investment

Prime Minister Hu Weiyong held in his hand the tax brochures about Jiangnan sent by the Ministry of Revenue in recent years.

Tian Fu is notoriously heavy.

Now His Majesty has even increased the business tax. It seems that those people have made His Majesty unhappy again.

This is because since the Tang Dynasty, the economy of the Jiangnan region has become a "core" position, and these places are fertile and have a strong commercial atmosphere, which can support more people.

There are Taihu Lake in the south of the Yangtze River, the Yangtze River and many rivers interconnecting each other. The Grand Canal passes through the north and south. The land is connected by post roads and large and small channels. The water and land transportation within the territory is very smooth.

“Xiang Hu, the Taihu Lake Basin is blessed by the right time and place and is rich in resources.

The people have worked on this land for a long time and accumulated rich experience. It can basically be divided into four major production areas. "

Chen Ning had served as an official in the Jiangnan area, so he knew the place very well.

Hu Weiyong believed in Chen Ning's ability to govern, so he simply put down the book in his hand:
"Please tell me in detail which are the four major production areas."

Just to adjust taxes, it should have been adjusted long ago. Why wait until now?
Hu Weiyong has been confused about the emperor's policy adjustments recently.

Otherwise, he would not have suffered the stigma of "Chen Branding Iron" in order to make the people pay enough food to supply Zhu Yuanzhang for the war.

After hearing this popular science, Hu Weiyong nodded repeatedly: "So if you are familiar with Suhu, you are the best in the world. It is really not someone else's boast, but a fact."

As for asking Wang Buli to sit next to His Royal Highness and talk, Hu Weiyong didn't think it was Wang Buli's doing.

Hu Weiyong thought it was impossible for Wang Buli to do it so openly without the emperor's instructions.

It is not as good as the silk weaving industry has entered the production of workshops or factories with mechanized manual labor such as looms and technical division of labor;
The third is rice farming. This is traditional agriculture, but it has been upgraded from a farming system of intensive farming and increasing yield per mu to comprehensive utilization, using land and water on site to develop sideline businesses:
Such as planting water chestnuts, growing wild rice, raising fish, growing mat grass, growing ginger, and taking advantage of the long growth period of rice to develop side businesses;
The fourth is the mountain forest bamboo, tea and oil industry, which uses mountainous areas to plant bamboo, wood, tea, oil, fruits, etc. in mountainous or hilly areas.

In other words, Wang Buli didn't want to hide it at all, and this kind of thing couldn't be hidden.

Dongting merchants have been grouping together since the Northern Song Dynasty, and now they have long become the main body of Suzhou merchants.

Chen Ning also had no intention of showing affection to the Jiangnan landlords. They were all members of the Huaixi Group.

Hu Weiyong raised his eyebrows slightly. This group of people was engaged in long-distance transportation of cotton and grain all over the country. They could even enter Yunnan, and they could make a lot of money in one round trip.

“The first is to develop the sericulture industry in Jia, Hu, and Su counties along Taihu Lake, mulberry fields, fish ponds, and fish and animal husbandry (Hu sheep).

The fundamental one is that they develop comprehensive commodity circulation according to local conditions, especially planting high-value crops and leaving their hometowns to sell their skills and make a living in business. "

It's just that the Jiangning County government officials replaced Yaren and assisted the merchants in selling goods and collecting taxes, and Wang Buli did not hide the fact that he paid them money.

Damn it, why are all our men so short-sighted? Hu Weiyong cursed secretly.

If you want to take advantage of such a small advantage, you are really a bunch of pig teammates.

Of course Chen Ning knew this was true.

"Prime Minister Hu, although this Jiangnan area is rich and prosperous, you still have to make a decision on how to collect business taxes according to His Majesty's wishes."

On this basis, the silk weaving industry was developed, which is the most vital industry in this region and the most prosperous area in Jiangnan;

Now that they finally had Ye Qinhuai as a sign, they still wanted to poach people. If they hadn't found out that Xiaoyao Pills and ice cream were produced at Wang Buli's house, they would have taken them away long ago.

Second, the cotton industry was developed in the Changsha and Songsha land areas, and a large amount of cotton was planted. On this basis, the cotton weaving industry was also developed.

With so many people, there will always be those who speak loosely.

They sold silk, silk fabrics, cotton cloth, and tea from the south of the Yangtze River all over the country, and shipped back rice, dyes from the Yangtze River, and cotton from Qi, Lu, and Henan.

After all, the emperor opened a brothel and invited those wealthy businessmen to come and have fun, but some nobles followed suit and took away all the business of the place opened by His Majesty.

Zhu Yuanzhang had been recuperating for so many years, and some areas in Jiangnan had long been his territory, so the population had already risen.

In addition to the extremely heavy land tax, wait until the whip method is implemented.

Tu Jie whispered that this was the tax adjustment formulated for the Dongting business gangs in Jiangnan.

After all, when Wang Buli ordered the arrest of Yaren, many people came to him to beg him, but they were all rejected by Hu Weiyong.

Your Majesty just beat these lawless people, not like killing Liao Yongzhong. Hu Weiyong felt that His Majesty was showing mercy.

These people are really greedy and don't know how to advance or retreat.

It was difficult for those government officials to find wives in the past. As soon as this incident came out, many matchmakers came to the door and wanted to introduce good girls to them.

It seemed that the emperor wanted to formulate a policy again, but Hu Weiyong thought about it and couldn't figure out the intention behind it.

"According to His Majesty's wishes, small traders selling goods in the countryside do not have to pay taxes.

Those who operate fixed businesses on the street have to pay stall fees, while those in large stores have to pay door fees. The goal is very clear. "

Therefore, even though the six prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River were heavily taxed, they were still not too poor to survive.

Both Zhu Yuanzhang and Hu Weiyong adjusted agricultural and commercial relations from the perspective of agriculture, and did not understand commerce from the perspective of developing a commodity economy.

The Jiangnan area almost relies on the Zhedong Group for its efforts, but some family bosses support Zhedong, and the other brothers will hook up with the nobles of the Huaixi Group. This can be regarded as a way to protect themselves.

However, most of the cotton weaving industry is still in the household stage of home textile weaving, and only the dyeing and processing part is quite large-scale.

Chen Ning put his hands together and said steadily:

In order to avoid taxes, these businessmen began not to invest in land, but turned their assets into business, and this was the beginning of capitalism.

Hu Weiyong heard about all these things.

Today's businessmen still look for opportunities to buy land after making money. After the Hongzhi period, Jiangnan merchants stopped buying land and transferred their wealth to merchants.

The finished products are sold at a high price and the raw materials are collected at a low price, so there is a slogan among the people of "Zhuitiandong Lake". In modern times, it has become a comprador in Shanghai.

The most famous Huizhou merchants have not yet risen. They have been dominant for the longest time. They were born in Hongzhi of Chenghua. Their rise and prosperity during the Jiajing period lasted until Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty, until they declined after the Opium War.

"Hu Xiang, your Majesty has given this to you to take a look at."

Kang Changmin gave Hu Weiyong the memorial written by Wu Wei, the magistrate of Jiangning County, for reference.

After Hu Weiyong read it, his eyes widened. He knew at a glance that this method was done by the Prince Consort Bu Li.

Of course, this does not rule out the idea that His Majesty wants to abolish the tooth industry.

At first, most of the tooth people acted as intermediaries in the horse market transactions. An Lushan was a tooth man in the horse market.

Hu Weiyong looked at the last comment. The emperor wanted to abolish private fanmen, train relevant personnel in the county government, and set up imperial stores to allow merchants to sell goods and collect taxes, replacing the intermediary functions of private fangs.

"Hu Xiang, not just anyone can be this fan!"

After reading it, Chen Ning felt that it was a bit fanciful. People in the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to the role of dental people in business, and they were almost inseparable from the dental people and the dental industry.

Not everyone can act as a fan, and you must have a certain amount of property as a guarantee.

Official teeth have dental veneers, but private teeth have very few.

The laws of the Ming Dynasty strictly control dental shops legally. Private dental shops are not allowed to be opened, prices are not allowed to go up, and the market is not allowed to be manipulated.

Hu Weiyong also knew that what Chen Ning said made sense, so he was extremely curious about the scribes in Jiangning County acting as teethers.

Ordinary dentists earn a commission of 1% to 10%, and they will also take the initiative to take people to find goods, or directly take the goods to tooth shops to sell them on their behalf.

Not only do you need to be familiar with the products, but you also need to check the quality to avoid being deceived and selling substandard goods, thereby losing your reputation.

As for the Ya people in Suzhou and Hangzhou, they compete with each other to entertain customers well. They not only kill geese on the spot to entertain them, but also recruit prostitutes to perform for the entertainment.

The most important point is that the Yaren will collect taxes and fees and hand them directly to the government.

"The Yaren obviously do a lot of bad things."

Hu Weiyong didn’t find it strange:
"Wang Buli has imprisoned so many traitors that he has already had experience in preventing them. In addition, he has made the traitors in prison serve crimes and integrate them into the county government's scribe system. He is able to achieve this kind of results. It’s fair to say.”

"Nowadays, what Jiangning County is doing is good for the court, but it is still too simple. Once problems arise, it will make business people worse. What we have to do is collect taxes, not destroy trade routes."

Chen Ning also has a vision for development. The unique geographical location of Jingxian County means that the Jiangnan region can compete with each other, and the taxes collected may be even higher than this.

As for the rest of the county governments, after they serve as custodians, it is inevitable that they will do many evil things because the government will take the blame.

Tu Jie stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Yeah, but this move directly stopped them from colluding with the government, framing merchants, raising prices, collecting commissions, undercutting prices, using fake silver to deceive business people, extorting heavy goods for low prices, and using high prices for high prices. Means of under-reporting, snatching goods, defaulting on arrears, and not paying back debts for a long time.

Wang Buli really tried to accuse them of crimes, but he also left these people speechless. "

"The key is that Wang Buli, a classic, is in charge. His name still has a certain prestige in the local area, and businessmen will trust his character, which is why he has achieved this political achievement.

I just wonder if the emperor really wants to pass on this system, and whether the officials in the county offices in various places will still be able to do their jobs, instead of competing to be the guardians. "

"You don't need to worry about this matter. Wang Buli has already reported to the emperor on the specific reward and punishment system."

Hu Weiyong made the final decision. Since the emperor wanted to do it and those people were still potential opponents of the Huaixi Group, he would find a way to do it well.

Although Wang Buli did not join the small circle of the Huaixi Group, he was the emperor's son-in-law, and he always hung out in the large circle of the Huaixi Group.

Targeting businessmen in Jiangnan and other places was the most normal move in Hu Weiyong's opinion.

"Your Majesty showed us Wu Wei's memorial to give us reassurance and not to think about other things all the time."

Hu Weiyong put Wu Wei's memorial on the table. It seemed that Wang Buli was also a potential "prime minister" who was cultivated by the emperor.

But Hu Weiyong felt that the emperor was a prime minister trained for the prince, and by that time, he, Hu Weiyong, should abdicate long ago.

After all, Hu Weiyong also understood from Wang Buli's exchange that Wang Buli hugged the emperor's thigh tightly and then didn't show much. He would not move unless the emperor or prince asked him to do something.

Is this guy with such a lazy temper just an act, or does he really think that as the emperor's son-in-law, he can just live and die and have no desire to make progress?
According to Hu Weiyong's understanding, since the emperor has extended an olive branch to you, you must seize it and express yourself, otherwise the opportunity will be lost. When will you be able to sit in the position of prime minister?
Hu Weiyong was not in a hurry. He felt that maybe Wang Buli had not married the princess yet, so he kept a low profile and did not reveal his ambitions.

This guy is very thoughtful.

Hu Weiyong vaguely smelled the same kind of scent on him.

After Wang Buli sent Zhu Biao away, under the leadership of cell leader Tian Liugen, he began to inspect the cells, mainly checking the cleanliness and avoiding the occurrence of any diseases.

As for the sounds of begging for mercy coming from his ears, he ignored them.

"Prince-in-law, we supervise the prisoners' work every day, take turns cleaning, emptying the toilets, and cleaning the latrines to ensure that there are no health problems. We have made a duty schedule."

"Yeah." Wang Buli responded: "Even if the weather gets cooler, you still have to pay attention to hygiene. Brothers are not willing to stay in the smelly working environment every day.

And I found that the temperature in this prison has begun to drop. I took my warrant back to the Ministry of Punishment to get prison uniforms and firewood for the winter. Deng Laifa is from the county government, so he won't embarrass you. "

"Little understands."

Prison leader Tian Liugen has a smile on his face. He is very motivated now. For these prisoners in prison, they are all potential customers of the brothers.

There is no need to secretly eat dirty money, it is all "subsidy" in an open and honest manner, so these jailers, whether they are working or not, are all full of energy.

But for now, the prison room is still a bit empty.

After all, the emperor settled the case very quickly, without waiting for any damn Qiu Jue.

When it's time to kill, when it's time to distribute, distribute immediately.

As a prisoner, you don't have any human rights. You have to wait for the weather to get warmer before going to the north to guard the border.

It's a pity that there are too few people committing crimes now, and Jiangning County looks like a banquet in the sea and rivers.

For this reason, Tian Liugen had to tell the yamen and policemen to patrol Shangyuan County under the pretext of going to the Prince Consort's bookstore and the Imperial College, trying to catch a few troublemakers and put them in jail.

Only in this way can the brothers make progress.

After all, with the number of prisoners decreasing day by day, the brothers have to rely on tax collection to maintain their subsidies, so it is obvious that the subsidies will be smaller next month.

The most important thing is that they don't dare to arrest people randomly.

Otherwise, if you report it to Mr. Dianshi, you may not be able to wear the skin anymore, and you will have to go to jail and spit out twice as much meat as you have eaten in your mouth before.

The benefits are not proportional to the risks, and Wang Buli's strong handling of the case has curbed the idea of ​​​​the Jiangning County yamen jailers' collusion to make money indiscriminately.

After inspecting the cells, Wang Buli walked out slowly, paying no attention to the people in the cell who were complaining about injustice.

You are really wronged and falsely wronged, how can I not be clear about it?
When we returned to the Dianshi Hall, there were a group of big businessmen who had paid enough taxes, as well as some representatives of small and medium-sized merchants.

Wang Buli couldn't stand the requests of these people, so he simply met them.

After all, the government directly intervened in the Yaren, giving them a lot of advantages.

With Wang Buli's brand name, there is no need to humbly offer some favors to those nobles.

The commissions they charge for the people they support are really not low at all.

"Prince-in-law."

When everyone saw Wang Buli arriving, they quickly stood up and saluted.

Wang Buli just nodded slightly and told them to sit down without being restrained.

In fact, this was not the first time for these big businessmen to meet Wang Buli. As frequent visitors to "Ye Qinhuai", they often saw the prince-in-law taking people to the building for business.

Moreover, Wang Buli also wrote the poem that made the Romance of the Three Kingdoms famous in Qinhuai at night.

"Thank you for receiving it. Your Majesty highly appreciates businessmen who are willing to take the initiative to pay taxes. This shows that businessmen also care about our Ming Dynasty."

Wang Buli set the tone first, and the group of people listening had smiles on their faces.

This little money is worth spending!

Big businessmen like them are not afraid of spending money. What they are most afraid of is how much money they spend without even making a splash.

"If you have any difficulties in doing business, just tell me and I'll see if I can mention it to His Majesty."

Wang Buli's second sentence immediately followed, like a bomb, which made the group of people a little confused.

As the lowest status businessmen, even though they are rich, their political status is nothing!

But no one dared to speak. However, Xice, a small businessman sitting at the end, stood up, bowed and said:
"Prince-in-law, a large number of people like me have left their hometowns and lack experience and knowledge in doing business. There are also some students who will have to take exams in Beijing and have to travel long distances. It is difficult to distinguish directions such as water and land routes.

If the imperial court could publish some books introducing local commerce, geography, and water routes, it would be of great convenience to us. "

Wang Buli was used to using electronic maps. After coming to Daming, the furthest he could go was Yong'an Village. He still had someone to guide him. On weekdays, he really didn't go beyond thirty miles from the city, and his range of activities was extremely small.

Now that they are going on a long trip, they naturally need maps and the like.

"Well, that's a good suggestion."

Wang Buli responded first, and Xi Ce had a clear look of joy on his face. This was a practical difficulty he encountered. Once he went the wrong way, it would increase risks and expenditures.

However, Wang Buli didn't think Lao Zhu would approve of this matter.

After all, according to his ideal concept, it is best for everyone not to move around. Thirty miles from where you live is considered extremely far away.

It was not until the mid-Ming Dynasty that the commodity economy stimulated the economy. Many scholars did not take part in the imperial examinations, but went into business.

When scholars and businessmen change positions, the potential power of money has been reflected, and social status will naturally change.

"I will write to His Majesty about this matter and ask him to make a decision."

(End of this chapter)