After being summoned by Zhu Yunwen, Grianqi, a foreigner who was proud of the spring breeze, drove directly from Nanjing to the Hangzhou Canal Wharf at the fastest speed by taking the Longjiang Estuary.

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor, your most loyal servant, Grianch, is honored to be summoned by you."

The sycophants of Europeans sound far more sensual than the Ming Dynasty.

This gave goosebumps to the words of one of the little eunuchs in charge of the translation.

Zhu Yunwen was not idle in the past few days waiting for Grianqi, and sorted out all the information from Quanzhou up and down, inside and out, and as soon as Grianqi arrived, he took them out.

"This is the information of Quanzhou, I have ordered someone to compile it for you, you take a closer look, I plan to introduce relevant and clear commercial legislation to regulate the business behavior of Quanzhou, I hope you can provide some constructive advice."

After Grianqi took it, the whole person quieted down, Zhu Yunwen didn't urge him, he copied a book by himself, and the two of them sat quietly opposite each other, busy with their own work.

In this way, it took more than an hour for Grianci to put down the stack of books in his hand.

As soon as he was about to speak, he saw the 'man' called the eunuch behind the emperor make a silent gesture at him, and Grianch immediately kept silent.

Zhu Yunwen is fascinated by this.

If it weren't for the time in the middle, Shuangxi added tea once, and Zhu Yunwen forgot that there was a foreigner sitting opposite him.

"Done?"

"Yes."

"You're not authentic."

Zhu Yunwen quipped: "For this pile of materials, I have been writing for a few hours, and the compilation has been busy all day, and you can finish reading it in a few hours."

In your words, this is called disrespecting the fruits of other people's labor. ”

Everyone in the room laughed.

"Now that I've finished reading it, let's talk about it, how do you feel."

"Breathtaking."

Grianch exclaimed, "It's incredible, Great Your Majesty, what a powerful and rich country you have, and what a group of intelligent subjects you have.

In this city called Quanzhou, the merchants of your country are creating a miracle of commerce.

I have always believed that only the merchants of Europa are the real merchants, they are smart, cunning and greedy, but the merchants of your country are obviously even more. ”

Zhu Yunwen's face darkened when he said this: "Is this a compliment?" ”

"Of course."

Grianch doesn't see anything wrong with his expression: "For a businessman, these words are compliments.

Businessmen are supposed to be greedy and cunning.

Because the very act of business is a form of fraud.

There is a saying in your country that 'the princess sells melons and boasts about herself'.

Isn't it a fraud to boast about fruits that are not sweet in the first place? ”

Zhu Yunwen was speechless for a moment, his words were not rough, and there was really nothing wrong with what people Grianqi said.

"Any industry has industry standards, and the virtue of honesty and trustworthiness cannot be applied to every corner of society.

If there were no lies between heaven and earth, then you would not like it. ”

Grianch was amazed by Quanzhou's development, and he never imagined that a port city could be on such a large scale.

"Quanzhou, a city of miracles.

The commercialization of the city here has taken full shape, and the people of this city are constantly striving to grab wealth.

This is the greatest respect for business, and it is the best interpretation of the identity of a businessman, all for wealth. ”

Seeing that Grianqi did not leave a single word of money in three sentences, Zhu Yunwen waved his hand a little irritably.

"I'm not here to listen to you preach your theory of the supremacy of capital, I want to hear if you have any good ways to pour cold water on Quanzhou's current overheated commercialization."

Pouring cold water on Quanzhou's business system?

Grianch felt that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was simply crazy!

Such a fully mature economic system does not want to continue to expand, but wants to suppress it?

"The great emperor, Quanzhou, is a capital city beast located by the sea, and the open port dock is the blood basin of this gold-swallowing monster.

With your god-like eyes, you can see that this city is absorbing an immense amount of wealth for your empire.

Why suppress him? ”

"Because the greedy nature of capital is never-ending."

Zhu Yunwen said in a deep voice: "They are absorbing all the wealth and benefits they can see, and in the future, when this beast grows stronger, it will infinitely suck the flesh and blood of the people."

In my country, they only have the right to control and enjoy wealth, and should not have the right to make the rules of the economic system.

If they don't put this beast in a cage now, they will get their hands on things that they shouldn't be thinking about in the future. ”

Grianch touched his nose, a little unable to understand Zhu Yunwen's thoughts.

In this world, the law of the jungle is applicable to all aspects of society, what is there to worry about and worry about?

"Well, Your Majesty the Great Emperor, everything in this country belongs to you, and I will do my best to help you what you wish."

Grianch chose to compromise, and it wasn't him who was being suppressed anyway, so he didn't care.

"First of all, we must limit the inflow of non-Ming capital, and not allow the proportion of non-Ming capital to increase to the point where it may threaten local capital."

Zhu Yunwen put forward the first request, and the joint investment of Japan and Arabia made Zhu Yunwen very unhappy.

This gave him the feeling that the country's money was in the pockets of foreigners.

"Secondly, as you mentioned earlier, with the expansion of the trade surplus, it will inevitably impact the economic system of our Ming people, causing the exchange system of copper coins and silver to collapse. At this point, you have to figure it out.

Finally, I feel that at the moment my businessmen have been pursuing the quantitative expansion of assets, rather than encouraging the quality of technology.

Isn't it still going round and round down just by hiring people and recruiting more labor? ”

Faced with Zhu Yunwen's three requests, Grianchi's face twitched.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty is so difficult to serve.

"Restricting non-domestic capital inflows can be addressed by law, or by introducing restrictions on registration and licensing."

Grianchi pondered for a moment before he spoke: "Your country has strict regulations on commercial authorization, and unapproved business practices are prohibited, which can be slightly supplemented, such as the proportion of non-domestic capital in a chamber of commerce, once it reaches a certain percentage, it cannot be registered.

If the capital is introduced after registration, the local commercial management department can conduct an annual review and cancel the commercial license if it violates the regulations.

As for the second point, it is easy to deal with, the cash obtained through trade, or the merchants of Nanyang and Japan came to the Ming Dynasty to purchase.

For large transactions that reach a certain amount, it is forbidden to directly use all the cash to settle with the local chamber of commerce, and the cash in this transaction can be deposited in the local bank in proportion to the bank, and the equivalent bank can be used with the bank's equivalent bills.

That is, the payment method of cash silver plus coupons to complete commodity transactions.

As long as the credit system of the banks does not collapse, it can be fully tolerated, and the central reserve bank can be increased. ”

Grianchi's answer made Zhu Yunwen nod frequently, and then asked urgently: "What about the third point, how to guide it?" ”

The enthusiasm of capital is expansion and progress, Zhu Yunwen only knows that Europa is after the great rise of capitalism, the level of science and technology has been rapidly jumped, and the current Ming Dynasty, capital has begun to show its ferocity, in terms of wealth, the whole Europa tied together is not necessarily richer than the Ming Dynasty.

It doesn't make sense that productivity has been standing still.

"There can be no third point if there are the first two points, which are in conflict."

Grianch spread his hands helplessly: "Your Majesty the Great Emperor, if you want to achieve the third point you requested, you must encourage and support capital to continue to grow stronger, and this is exactly the opposite of your original intention of suppressing capital. ”

This answer was unexpected by Zhu Yunwen, and he was stunned.

"Why?"

"Great Emperor, don't you think that your empire's manpower is a little too inflated?"

Grianch expressed his inner thoughts in his usual exaggerated body language: "God, a mighty empire of 70 million people is like a dying old woman, how can she walk and fly when it is not easy to move?" ”

The productivity is not progressing, and there is a woolen relationship with the population!

Zhu Yunwen was a little confused when he heard it, but fortunately, he had a good temper and knew that he was not ashamed to ask.

"Don't sell it, hurry up."

"To put it bluntly, it is the lack of progress caused by too cheap labor."

Grianch said a point that Zhu Yunwen never noticed: "Since the value of labor itself is not high, with the characteristics of capital, they will of course pursue the quantitative expansion of assets, rather than shift the focus to the quality of technology."

That's why you'll find that the Imperial Merchants Association, which has a wealth of hundreds of millions, uses so many wealthy people to eat, drink and have fun, rather than invest in technical research.

The source of wealth of the Imperial Merchants Association is actually eating the dividends of the policy, or rather, the dividends of the golden sign on their heads, not how much ability they have. ”

Cheap labor restricts the aggressiveness of capital and magnifies the greed of capital.

This answer really made Zhu Yunwen feel refreshed.

And the current performance of the group of clan relatives of the imperial merchants is exactly as Grianch said?

"Double happiness, the next arrangements for today have been canceled, send someone to the Bay Restaurant to buy some good dishes and come back, I will ask for advice today."

Kublai Khan was able to salute the Green Sect Corporal and summoned him to build a palace for himself, and as a minister of the court, Zhu Yunwen had a good stand.

"I am flattered by your open-mindedness, and your brilliance is equal to that of God, and as your humble servant, I dare not ask for advice."

"You're welcome, drink tea."

Zhu Yunwen waved his hand.

"It's up to you to teach me a good lesson today."