Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 634 Family Business Advice

The reason why the aristocratic families in the past were powerful was that they monopolized all aspects of knowledge, mastered huge land resources, and had a huge clan system. They have strong competitiveness, so they have accumulated more wealth and resources, and they have been living a life of superiority.

But now, their monopoly of knowledge has been broken.

The land resources under control are due to the expansion of the country and the improvement of the productivity of the people. The era of exploiting the labor force of the weak and small groups of people is gone forever, and it can no longer bring them much wealth.

With the development of industry and commerce, commodities are gradually enriched, and the consumption of the people is also increasing. If the huge population of their clan does not go out to open up industries, they will continue to share the benefits won by the elites of their clan, not to mention How unwilling those elites will be, at least, they must no longer have the kind of life of a master in the past, and the status of ordinary clansmen in the clan will become lower and lower because their output contribution is not high , In this way, the outbreak of internal conflicts is a matter of time.

Prior to this, the various families in Shannan Road had caused conflicts because of Sun Xiangfu's suppression. At the beginning of this year, they became the first batch of separated families in Datang.

When all the people of a clan can become stronger and enjoy a better life by holding together for warmth, they are naturally willing to rely on this model to survive, and when this model can no longer allow them to live a good life, Moreover, when the status will become lower and the living standards will be lower than those of the common people who work alone, don't expect them to be so foolish to listen to greetings and swallow their anger to hang around in the clan. This is human nature, who They are all willing to pursue better.

After the release of the new policies like those in Jiuyuan County, only when families are separated can they enjoy the right to distribute land and homesteads, which will accelerate the disintegration of these clans in the land, because, for most ordinary clansmen, they choose to go it alone , they get more and more freedom.

In the past, many members of the big families in Yingzhou left the clan and went to Jinan County and Zhongxiang County to work on the embankment construction sites, and were assigned to their own embankment and houses. In two years, they will be like now Like the people in Jiuyuan County, they have hundreds of savings, cattle, cars, and boats. They live a new life that is much better than staying in the clan, unable to act independently, and most of the property is controlled by the clan. After all, the clan also has some rigid disadvantages, that is, it is difficult for non-direct descendants to stand out, and direct or collateral descendants, no matter how talented you are, you will only contribute the benefits you create to the family, to the direct descendants, If your descendants are mediocre, after two or three generations, they can only live the most ordinary life.

It is no longer an isolated phenomenon for people at the bottom of the aristocratic family to leave the clan, but it is gradually becoming a common scene, because now the entire social model has begun to change, and what the court can give them, or what they can get for themselves, has gradually surpassed what the clan can do. Give them more.

In Sun Xiangfu's view, the elimination of the family has never been about getting out and killing the rulers of the family. After all, they are also part of this country, and they are the orthodox Han family.

Instead, it is necessary to change the model to make them harmless, and even beneficial to the country.

The political model based on system management can prevent the aristocratic family from monopolizing power in the court, as in the past, using power to exploit others.This kind of situation has gradually taken over the mainstream, which has led to the fact that the aristocrats are not keen on the court now, because, the more they go on, the more they are like serving the people as public servants, which is not in line with their original intention of pursuing fame and fortune.

Under this new trend, poor people who have mastered knowledge will gradually enter the court. Over time, the situation where the family and clan dominate everything will naturally disappear.

"I believe you have already seen the current situation of several families in Shannan Road. If you can't let the clansmen in the clan live a richer life than the people in Jiuyuan, Jinan, and Zhongxiang counties without consuming the family's wealth life, then it is inevitable that they will be separated from your clans."

Sun Xiangfu just said simply that the representatives of each family were hit hard in the chest just like when the patriarchs of the several families in Shannan Road heard Sun Xiangfu's suggestion to let them separate.

The representatives of so many aristocratic families present are all at the management level of the clan. It is impossible to say that they have not noticed this situation within the clan. In the end, they found that unless they rebelled and broke Li Tang's rule, there was no solution to this phenomenon.

It was precisely because they had already felt such a crisis before that they were so easily fooled by Wang Hao and Wang Xu, and wanted to stick together to prevent this situation from continuing to develop.

"Then what good advice does Brother Zhengming have?" The topic Sun Xiangfu brought up now obviously exceeded Wang Xu's expectations, but he still did not forget his mission.

"My suggestion can't be said to be very good, but if you really follow it, it may be better than the current situation of sticking together and breaking up in the end."

Sun Xiangfu's words were so straightforward, but more people present showed embarrassing expressions. They came here this time, besides asking advice, they didn't come to add trouble to Li Shimin's heart.

"Brother Zhengming, please explain in detail." Wang Xu continued.

"First of all, each of you should take out the stuff at the bottom of your own box and make it into an industry as soon as possible. I know that in the field of medicinal materials alone, there are many of you with unique cultivation and brewing secret recipes.

Now, you take out these secret recipes and cooperate with the people and government in some areas suitable for planting these medicinal materials to make it bigger and make it an industry that others cannot compete with you in this field. It is better than it being researched by others later. , It is better to become worthless.

Secondly, it is no longer advisable to increase the competitiveness of the clan in society by concentrating the productivity of the clan members, because, under the old clan management system, a clan member planting one mu of land is equivalent to planting one hundred mu of land. Tian, ​​the field yields one stone per mu, or ten stones per mu, there is not much difference in what they get.This model will make the productivity of your clansmen far behind that of ordinary people who work alone. This truth, I have also told several families in Shannan Road before, and it has been confirmed.

Of course, I am not suggesting that you give up this model of concentrating strength to strengthen competitiveness, but use a newer model that is more in line with everyone's interests to better develop and grow.

After all, the aristocratic family is also a part of this country, and the imperial court also hopes that your clan children will become better in the great development of the country. "

"What new model?" Everyone heard the point and asked aloud.

"It's very simple. Just like Overseas Exploration Investment Co., Ltd., a joint-stock family business is established. When each of your clan members holds a certain amount of shares in the family, the more benefits they help the family earn, the more they can share. When there are more people, this will avoid the situation that no matter how much you do, you will get the same amount, which will lead to inertia, and it will also allow those clansmen who do not do anything to be automatically eliminated by the family..."

Family business still exists in a large area in the technology era of later generations. Sun Xiangfu talked a lot about how to manage and operate this family business model. In the final analysis, he helped them make a fancy separation plan.

In Sun Xiangfu's proposal, all families can liquidate the family's assets and convert them into shares, and give each direct line, direct line, collateral line, and branch lineage a certain amount of shares, and give all the family members in charge of managing the family property. Some people, or ordinary working clansmen, formulate salary systems such as salary, or business sharing.

The formation of this entire system may pose some threats to the authority of the family head who can now decide everything. However, as long as they obtain more than [-]% of the family assets, they can still obtain the absolute right to speak in this family business. However, once the shares After the finalization, it can only be inherited by a single family. That is to say, the head of the family who only took [-]% of the shares may distribute his shares to his multiple sons, resulting in an uncertain situation of absolute right to speak. Clan members with a small amount of shares can also divide their shares into many shares and give them to their children. Moreover, the shares can be sold to each other or even to the outside world. It depends on their own choices in the future.

Needless to say, although everyone is listening to Sun Xiangfu's idea carefully, they should not consider it unless it is a last resort. They don't know that after Sun Xiangfu gave the suggestion of dividing the family to several families in Shannan Road, it just passed. After more than a year, many families have reached the point where they have to be divided.

The meeting continued. Sun Xiangfu and the others gave some suggestions from their own development model to the future industrial management model. There is only so much he can do for the family. Sun Xiangfu did not refuse to cooperate in the development of new industries.

For example, in farming, there are many planting industries, which can be subcontracted to them. Many commercial crops, as well as the planting of medicines, must be planted in specific areas in order to grow well. Let them with strong organization do it, not only He can help the people in these different places get rich, and can also promote the development of the industry faster. He has really done what he said, and supports all things that can help the people get rich.

After a whole day of talks, Sun Xiangfu was invited over by Li Shimin at dinner time.

The dinner Li Shimin prepared for him was very simple, with three dishes and one soup, all of which were fish, meat and vegetables from No. [-] Yuan, a local specialty.

"Zhengming has worked hard today, let's talk after we have a full stomach." Li Shimin pointed to a vacant seat in the hall.

"Then I won't be polite." In private, Sun Xiangfu has been able to be very casual in front of Li Shimin. This is Li Shimin's request, and Sun Xiangfu himself feels more comfortable this way.

Li Shimin nodded, then turned his face to chat with Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji who were sitting at the same table. They had eaten for a while before, and now they are slowly drinking wine and talking about business. Then Fang Xuanling whispered, "Wei Xuancheng suggested that the system of cooperation between localities and aristocratic families should be legislated, and Minister Ma Zhou of the Ministry of Commerce also suggested that a complete set of regulations should be established for the Jiuyuan Chamber of Commerce and some similar joint-stock industries. The crown prince has already approved management, but they only have a general direction on how to set up these laws. They are not sure how to set up better. The minister suggested that they follow the model of Jiuyuan County to formulate rules and regulations, Convene people from all walks of life to hold a hearing to collect public opinions and some suggestions from ordinary people, and perhaps the detailed rules can be finalized as soon as possible.”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Mr. Fang's words are reasonable. I intend to regard Jiuyuan County as a benchmark for all states and counties in the world, and organize all officials and interns to come here to study. What do you think?"

"I think it's feasible."

"I also think it's feasible." Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji nodded in agreement, and then looked at Sun Xiangfu who was feasting.

"Well, I'm just a farmer. Although I'm farming according to the order, it's better not to express my opinion on this kind of national affairs." Sun Xiangfu, who was chewing food, was stared at by three pairs of eyes, a little embarrassed road.At this moment, he was complaining in his heart, didn't he agree to let me eat first before talking?
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