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Chapter 498 Letter to Xu Guangqi ([-])

"The second thing: The immigration center needs to be moved again. My plan is to place the current immigration center in Shanghai County, which is the hometown of Master Xu..."

"...The disaster situation in the north this year may not be younger than before. Continued emigration will be a national policy for the next few decades. This must be implemented unswervingly. Except for Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and other places that need emigration due to disasters this year, Shandong, There are also a large number of disaster victims around Suncheon who need to emigrate. The number of refugees fleeing from Liaodong is as high as one million. They are all gathered in Gyeonggi, which is very easy to cause problems. These need to be properly arranged. These immigrants from the east and north must leave. Sea route, therefore, it is not enough to focus on the emigration in the northwest, and it is not enough to put the emigration center in Nanjing..."

"... There is another reason why I put the immigration center in Shanghai. Master Xu probably knows that I have recruited the pirate leader Zheng Zhilong. They resettled and settled down again. The destinations of the previous immigrants were only in China, such as Dongting Lake and other big lakes. Now it seems that these big lakes can only solve temporary problems. If there are such large-scale immigrants every year, even if there are eight hundred There is absolutely no room for so many people. What's more, the Great Liuqiu can easily do three crops a year, and does not need too many clothes to avoid the cold. This can greatly save immigration costs. Compared with emigrating to the Great Lakes, I don’t know how much money is saved, but I heard from Zheng Zhilong that immigrants will come in February and March, and the cattle and tools will be distributed, and the fields will be demarcated. In June and July, they will be able to harvest. The problem of food for the immigrants can be solved in a very short period of time. It is more cost-effective than emigrating to the Great Lakes to ensure that the immigrants’ food for one year is cost-effective. As long as there is the first batch of harvest, there is no need to invest again, which can greatly save immigration costs. There is almost no snow in the Great Ryukyu, and it saves clothing for shelter from the cold. Great Ryukyu is at least [-]% to [-]% cheaper than immigrating to the Great Lakes. Therefore, future immigrants will all use the Great Ryukyu as their destination. Persuading immigrants to go to Daliuqiu, you can suffer less..."

"...Immigration from the Great Lakes to the Great Liuqiu, whether the victims of disasters from Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, or even Huguang want to emigrate; whether the refugees from Shandong, Shuntianfu, or Liaodong want to immigrate, Shanghai has become the inevitable center. This is also the reason why I asked Master Xu to move the immigration center to Shanghai. It is quite difficult to raise money now. It is good to save one more person with the same money. Immigrants can save more than [-]% to [-]% of the money. I don’t know if it can be done now How many people have been saved... I only hope that the spirit of the ancestors in the sky will protect my people and the people of China..."

"...Immigrate to the Great Liuqiu, Master Xu, don't worry,...I know that the Great Liuqiu is a place of smoke in the eyes of the world, but Zheng Zhilong has already immigrated there before, and summed up some defensive smoke Miasma's method works pretty well. Over there, the victims only need to settle down a little, and they can eat and wear clothes. They cook three times a year. As long as they are not too lazy, they will never go hungry. As long as they persist there For more than a year, there is even grain sold. If it is transported to Tianjin or the coast of Liaodong by large ships, the current high grain price can be greatly reduced. I believe that in the future, the Great Liuqiu will definitely become my granary..."

"... Regarding the problem of miasma, Master Xu must strictly demand, urge and even severely punish immigrants to form good habits. Do not drink raw water, eat food must be cooked, wash hands frequently, take a bath frequently, and excrement must be collected properly. To deal with and discover cases, they must be dealt with and isolated as soon as possible, so as not to harm the crowd... Regarding epidemic prevention, I will not be wordy. I think Master Xu also has experience. My request is as strict as it can be, and it must be strictly implemented. Anti-epidemic measures...Moreover, Master Xu must prepare enough mosquito nets. For families of five who immigrate, two to three additional mosquito nets will be provided. Mosquito nets can prevent mosquito bites. This is the key point of epidemic prevention. Please do not, Master Xu Afraid of cost, Daliuqiu is different from Neihu Lake, according to Zheng Zhilong, the mosquito bites there are very severe, if there are not enough defensive measures, I am afraid that there will be big problems..."

"... There is a difference between immigrating to Daliuqiu and emigrating to Neihu. The treatment for immigrants is different. I heard from Zheng Zhilong that when he immigrated, he gave three taels of silver to each person, and a cow to three people. I will give the details to Master Xu separately. Send it, so I won’t be wordy here..."

"Third: Regarding the issue of Shanghai, I feel that I still need to discuss it carefully with Master Xu. Shanghai may be the key to my solution to the difficulty of tax collection. All my strategies are tied to Shanghai..."

"...Shanghai today is just an ordinary county. However, I think that this place will be extraordinary in the future. This place faces the ocean to the east, guards the mouth of the Yangtze River, and is an important traffic route connecting the north and south with sea and land. The convenience of the inland river, so it is not an exaggeration to call it a bright pearl. If this place is developed a little, it will definitely become the economic center of Jiangnan in the future. If this economic center can be controlled in my hands, it will be easy for me to control the world's industry and commerce. Instead of being like today, facing the world's businessmen, I can only be speechless, unable to act, and feel sad alone..."

"...Earlier, I have established the Fishery Administration Center here. The fish caught along the coast and the dried fish are all transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture through this place. Countless fishing boats gather here, which is already quite large... ..."

"... Now, I plan to move the emigration center to Shanghai. In this way, Shanghai will definitely become the emigration center of Ming Dynasty. I don't know how many people come and go every year..."

"...Furthermore, I also intend to build Shanghai into a salt industry wholesale and transshipment center in the southeast, and gather the salt industry's wholesale places in Shanghai, so as to gather popularity for Shanghai and help Shanghai develop..."

"...Moreover, I also intend to build Shanghai into a shipping center. This place guards the estuary of the Yangtze River and sits on the north-south axis. It is a natural transportation hub. The north-south shipping must be centered on him. In the future, immigrants will travel to and from Ryukyu. Lu, this place is also a must pass, so Shanghai is a natural shipping center..."

"...In addition, I plan to move the shipbuilding industry to Shanghai and make Shanghai one of the centers of the shipbuilding industry. I will inform Zheng Huaizhong about this matter. It is not enough to just put the shipyard in Nanjing. In the future, shipping will definitely develop greatly, and shrinking in Nanjing will not work..."

"...In addition, I also plan to open a shipping company in Shanghai to accept business travelers from home and abroad, gather popularity for Shanghai, and lay the foundation for Shanghai's development..."

"...The most important thing is that I want to build Shanghai into a center of industry and commerce and trade, a material distribution center in the world, and an economic center. I want Shanghai to occupy a dominant position in the world's economy. I will then use Shanghai as a medium to indirectly control the world's industrial and commercial industries. It is only natural to accept labor, trade, and tariffs, instead of being reckless like today... This is not as simple as moving a few yamen to Shanghai. As for how to do it, please read my plan carefully, Master Xu. If there is something inappropriate, please ask Master Xu to point it out..."

"...I have recruited Zheng Zhilong. This person is so useful. It can be said that it is not an exaggeration to say that he can be connected with the fate of the country. It is not that I praise this person too much, but that this person has such a weight. ,transport……"

"...I have already negotiated with Zheng Zhilong. He will concentrate on being a general at sea. I will protect his family's wealth and he will give up doing business. Then, the overseas trade line of Japan that he runs will be exclusive to me. My plan is Support a group of obedient businessmen, that is, businessmen who pay taxes voluntarily, give them Japanese trade privileges, and support them. Of course, the premise is that they are obedient, pay taxes voluntarily, and are unwilling to pay taxes, or steal and play tricks. I have my own way to deal with them..."

"...Master Xu may find it strange. What if other businessmen want to go this route to do business? How will I supervise? It's actually very simple. Zheng Zhilong has already surrendered, and my navy has begun to take shape. Those disobedient, thinking Merchants who can go to the Japanese country will definitely be sunk by the pirates without the escort of the navy. I think, after so many times, everyone knows that without my franchise, this Japanese country’s trade cannot be done. If you want to do the Japanese country’s trade , You have to listen to the greetings, you have to pay taxes voluntarily... Although this is a bit not open and aboveboard, but all things at sea are done like this. Whoever has a powerful warship has to listen to whoever is at sea, far from It is comparable on land, and for the sake of the people of the world, I have no choice but to do this, even if I leave some infamy, I will recognize it..."

"...In addition to the Japanese trade line, I am also planning to decree that North Korea will open ports, allowing merchants from our dynasty to do business, and then open several ports in the north of our Ming Dynasty, such as Tianjin, such as Shanhaiguan, such as Dengzhou Yantai, Jiaozhou Qingdao and other ports have initially formed a maritime trade network in the north. This maritime trade network will be used to support businessmen who listen to my call and are willing to pay taxes voluntarily, so that they can grow up. The center of this maritime trade network is tentatively located in Shanghai. ..."

"When my navy is stronger, I will clean up the trade lines in Nanyang. In this way, the maritime trade can be completely controlled in my hands. Those merchants who are unwilling to pay taxes and do not listen to greetings want to do sea trade. This is impossible, I figured it out, just for the sea trade lines in the north, I can receive a lot of 'tariffs' every year, if I can control the sea trade lines in the South Seas, the tariffs alone, I preliminarily estimate that in More than ten million taels, if the hands are slightly heavier, it is not impossible to collect 2000 million..."

"...I believe that through this continuous support, the group of merchants in my hands will definitely be able to dominate the world's industry and commerce, and will definitely be able to overwhelm those merchants who do not want to pay taxes... Some people in Jiangnan are really hateful. Unwilling to pay taxes, while changing the grain fields to mulberry fields for profit, this directly led to the imperial court having no money for relief in disaster years, and it also led to soaring grain prices in disguise, which created difficulties for the imperial court relief, and the people were displaced. Without their share, those people, if they don’t get them down, knock them down, or clean them up, it won’t work..."

"...Actually, as long as the navy masters the sea trade lines, these people will be easy to deal with. For example, many of the raw silk they grow are sold to Japan and North Korea. If their trade lines can be broken , so that they can’t trade on their own. The things they produce can only be sold to the sea merchants under my control at a low price. As long as I keep lowering the purchase price, they will naturally not be able to make a profit. Under heavy pressure, Apart from shrinking their hands, they just follow my path, and those who are disobedient and want to do maritime trade by themselves will never go back..."

"... I believe that there must be some difficulties at the beginning. If you can persevere, then this strategy will definitely succeed... Master Xu may be worried that this will not be good for my reputation. Master Xu, don't worry, leave this matter to Zheng Zhilong It’s no problem to do it. He is an old pirate for many years. How to deal with these things is easy to grasp. For all merchants under my control who voluntarily pay taxes, I will definitely send sailors to escort them. The naval escort was robbed by pirates, no one can guarantee it, and it is not a day or two since the pirates plagued our dynasty..."

"...Let's talk about the issue of paying taxes and accepting my support for businessmen. It is not ordinary to pay taxes to get my support and to do business. If this is the case, the management will be extremely chaotic, and there will be countless Loopholes can be exploited, and it is almost impossible to effectively manage and control trade. It is undoubtedly a daydream for me to use these controlled merchants to collect labor, business, and tariffs,..."

"My plan is like this... Master Xu should have the impression of the invoice I issued in the south a few days ago. I gave [-]% of the subsidy to those shipbuilding. To get the [-]% subsidy, you have to have Invoices, to obtain invoices, you have to file with the tax supervisor and pass it. If you want to file with the tax supervisor and get approval, then you have to reach an agreement with the tax supervisor and pay taxes voluntarily. , That is to cancel the qualification for filing, that is, to stop giving invoices, so that he can no longer continue to do business, and even be severely punished by the tax supervisor... What I mean is to selectively cultivate a group of reliable and easy-to-handle businessmen by setting up thresholds. Let those businessmen pay taxes automatically and independently instead of passively collecting taxes, which can greatly save manpower, reduce tax collection procedures and links, and reduce unnecessary expenses..."

"...I plan to only register and record the merchants selected and supported by me. Naturally, only these people can get the invoice. If they can get the invoice, it means that these people have paid taxes. Then, there will be trade through the sea trade line. The navy will naturally take care of them. Others, etc., I will neither manage him nor force him to pay taxes. I will still uphold my consistent principles and pay taxes voluntarily. I will never charge them. Regarding taxes, as for them wanting to pay taxes, it depends on whether the tax supervisor is willing to let them pay taxes..."

"...Only in this way can we hold the initiative in my hands. If I want to lower the purchase price of raw silk, I only need one sentence. Merchants who have filed with the tax supervisor and can issue invoices must do so. Otherwise, their The filing will be cancelled, the invoice will be withdrawn, and there will be no right to trade by sea. Although I will not prevent him from going to sea, I will not guarantee his safety at sea... In this way, the receipt of work can be guaranteed to the greatest extent. , merchants, and tariffs can also ensure that there will be no tax evasion to the greatest extent, and can also suppress those disobedient businessmen. If it lasts for a long time, it will become a practice to file with the tax supervisor, receive invoices, automatically declare taxes, and automatically pay taxes. Everything will come naturally. , there is no need for me to abdicate again..."

"... Erxizi, I have already ordered him to shift the focus to the tax supervisor. Erxizi is also starting to find and select reliable support candidates, but the progress is not satisfactory..."

"...Speaking of candidates for support, I'm going to talk about the salt merchants this time again. Many of these salt merchants are on the list of my support, such as Wang, Liang, Guo and others. People, I have made concessions, their crimes need to be dealt with, and house raids are necessary. However, in addition to their crimes, they also need to talk about their merits. They have contributed to stabilizing the people in the world. They are in the list of my support, and it will not be difficult to make a fortune in the future, and they will definitely reappear before the eyes of the world. Therefore, today's salt merchant case cannot be left behind. Their relationship with the salt merchant must be cleared up. Even if they make a fortune in the future, Others can't blame him just because his family was a salt merchant in the past. Master Xu should handle this matter according to his discretion. When I think about the situation, I still feel scared when I think about it. The confiscation of the property of the salt merchants will never be as much as it is today, and they are all almost intact; besides, without the help of the few of them, I want to take over the world. The industry will not be so smooth. Now Liulizhai has taken over the salt industry. Thanks to their assistance, it can be so stable. These are all their merits. Of course, some of them cannot be said. I can trouble Master Xu to deal with it..."

"...For these salt merchants, I insist on letting Master Xu educate them and let Master Xu be in charge. The main purpose is to select another batch of merchants worthy of support from this batch of salt merchants. This batch of salt merchants, Now that they have been completely trampled into the mud, and cut off from the salt industry by me, if they want to make a fortune, they can only do other businesses, and overseas trade may be their future way out..."

"...This group of people has gone through the salt business case, and they have been stepped into the mud. They have reached a low point, and they should be relatively easy to control. Master Xu can pay attention to who to choose, and Erxizi will be responsible for the review and selection..., There are still many capable people among these salt merchants. If they are given a chance, they will definitely be able to open up a new situation in a short time. This is also one of the main reasons for the compromise between me and the salt merchants. It is certainly more reliable to start a group of merchants, and it is better than selecting people from salt merchants to support them, but time waits for no one, and I can’t afford to wait for such a long time. Now that the expenditure is skyrocketing every year, if we don’t find a way to make up for the shortfall as soon as possible , What is waiting for me is the ruin of the country and family. Therefore, I have to take some risks and choose from these salt merchants. Although these salt merchants have lost their wealth, they still have connections, knowledge, and abilities. I am willing to support, so that I can rise in a very short time, so that I can dominate the world's industry and commerce in the shortest possible time, and I can receive enough taxes... I want to go through the salt business case, after I rub it Bian Ruyuan, these salt merchants should also know how powerful they are, and they should also have winks...these are so powerful, I hope Master Xu can understand, so I won't go into details..."

"...For these salt merchants who need to be educated, Master Xu first educated them in Nanjing for a period of time, and then took them to Shanghai to educate them there. I know that these salt merchants have hidden their wealth. Wait for the salt merchant case to pass for a while. After cooling down, you can tacitly allow them to build residences and shops in Shanghai, or do some small business, so as to promote the development of Shanghai. What should I do specifically? Then let them contact and discuss some knowledge about maritime trade and overseas, so as to enhance their knowledge in this area, so as to prepare for selection. This businessman's education class may need to be held all year round, so it should not be disbanded in a hurry. Educating salt merchants is the main thing. In the future, Master Xu can find a reason to let go of his mouth gradually, and bring other merchants who are interested in this way into the education class for selection..."

(End of this chapter)