No matter how fun the Bay Restaurant is, Zhu Yunwen can't stay here for long, to be precise, he just had a meal here.

After listening to a song and eating a meal, I walked around the garden here, climbed high and looked at the blue sea view, and left here.

You can't really spend the night here to provide material for folk anecdotes.

After two hours of a meal, when Zhu Yunwen asked Gu Yu how much it was worth, he was surprised by the answer he received.

"This meal, at least two thousand taels."

This is eating dragon meat and phoenix gall, and you can't open your mouth like this.

Of course, no one asked the emperor for this money, and even if Zhu Yunwen wanted to show his proximity to the people, he couldn't really pay for it in this era.

It's a cheeky overlord meal.

"If someone is willing to spend this money, they will dare to charge this fee here."

Gu Yu said: "In the boundary of Quanzhou, the Bay Restaurant was established by all parties, mainly led by the Quanzhou Chamber of Commerce and Quanzhou maritime merchants, and then the prefect's yamen, imperial merchants, and shipping divisions all came to join in, which is a common industry in Quanzhou."

Backed by a big tree to enjoy the shade, in Quanzhou, all the eating, drinking and banquets are held here, and it is rumored that how to develop Quanzhou is negotiated on the table of the Bay Restaurant. ”

"It's also bred there."

Zhu Yunwen, who returned to the temporary walk, pushed open the window, and could see the fierce beast lying on the riverside under the bright moon several miles away.

As soon as he left, the voices of the Bay Restaurant were boiling.

"At the beginning, Geng Jiang of the Quanzhou Shipping Department was dismissed, and hundreds of officials were implicated, which was directly related to the action of the Ministry of Taxation to check the local accounts.

An official of the imperial court can come to this Bay Restaurant more than ten times a month, spending nearly 10,000 taels, and today I look at Li Qingquan's familiar appearance, and it is estimated that he will not come less.

A good sentence about how to develop Quanzhou is a policy set in this restaurant.

In my opinion, it is such a group of officials of my Ming Dynasty, you have a cup of me, and the kung fu of pushing the cup and changing the lamp will leave the conscience of the national law behind. ”

With a sigh, Zhu Yunwen turned around and motioned for Gu Yu to sit down.

"It's just you and me in the house, don't be restrained, add your own tea and drink."

There is a saying since ancient times, you get what you pay for.

Expensive things naturally have their own reasons for being expensive.

The environment and service of the Bay Restaurant, and even the variety of dishes, can be said to be the end of the imagination.

And such a luxurious place can be so busy with guests that it is endless.

The financial resources of Quanzhou merchants can be called abundant.

"You were in charge of the Imperial Merchants Branch in Quanzhou here before, how much do you have to spend in the Bay Restaurant for a month?"

"If you don't go to sea, it will cost you more than 10,000 taels a month."

Zhu Yunwen was silent for a while: "I never ask about your business, and Zhu Zhi has always been in charge."

But now I have to ask if what you told me about what Wang Yusen, the prefect of Suzhou, said earlier, is true.

The port of the shipping department is not only out of Quanzhou maritime merchants' goods, and the goods of Quanzhou maritime merchants are provided by the imperial merchant branches of various provinces. ”

Seeing Gu Yu nodding, Zhu Yunwen raised his head and sighed.

"You, you have earned so much money, why are you not satisfied, don't patronize yourself to eat meat, and occasionally give others a mouthful of soup to drink.

How many times have I warned you that the greater the gap between the rich and the poor, the more the contradictions will intensify. ”

Seeing that Gu Yu was silent, Zhu Yunwen lightly knocked on the table a few times: "Tell me, you are all operating." ”

Monopoly has never been a thing that can be achieved by saying hello and approving a note.

Even if the imperial merchants are backed by a group of Zhu Ming royal families, they can't be discouraged, in the final analysis, this is just a group of idle princes, with no soldiers and no power in their hands, and in the face of huge interests, those businessmen may not be afraid to interfere with interests.

If the cabinet and the clan relatives do not wear a pair of pants, it is impossible to help the clan relatives grab benefits.

The crux of the problem must be somewhere else.

"When Yongcheng waited for Xue Ke to lead the army to conquer Nanyang, Meng Jiong, the king of Chu's army, accompanied the army, which was the first step for the imperial merchants to get involved in the overseas market."

With Gu Yu's eloquent narration, in recent years, the reasons for how the imperial merchants have become big step by step have begun to be revealed.

The imperial merchants did not implement monopoly operations in the country in advance, but seized the source from the dumping ground.

A bunch of countries in Southeast Asia have supported the pro-Ming faction, and if you want to become the spokesperson of the pro-Ming faction, you must reach a cooperation agreement with the imperial merchants.

Then the imperial merchants who grabbed this piece began to fight a price war in China.

The goods of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, the order price of the imperial merchants, has always been higher than the local chamber of commerce.

Then, the imperial merchants who got the goods found the maritime merchants in Quanzhou, and when they got rid of them, they turned around and turned to lower prices than the domestic chambers of commerce.

In other words, this time in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial merchant lost money.

The so-called wool comes out of the sheep.

With this money, the royal merchants can earn it back from Southeast Asia.

After the Quanzhou maritime merchants took the goods and went to sea, the price dumped out was not up to the Quanzhou maritime merchants, and the imperial merchants had to set the price. Before each transaction, the imperial merchant paid a deposit to the Quanzhou maritime merchants, and if the goods could not be sold out at this price or had to be sold at a reduced price, then the losing part of the imperial merchants would be supported.

The royal merchant will take seventy percent of the money earned.

Over time, as long as the goods can be sold, the imperial merchants and the cooperative Quanzhou maritime merchants have made a lot of money, and the win-win cooperation between the two parties can be described as a great joy.

With the deepening of cooperation, the current Quanzhou maritime merchants, including the Quanzhou Shipping Division, which was responsible for inspection before going to sea, simply signed a long-term contract with the imperial merchants.

Since the signing of the agreement, Quanzhou Port has completely become a private port for imperial merchants.

There is no chamber of commerce that can sell goods from Quanzhou.

"I have a problem."

Although Gu Yu had already explained very clearly, Zhu Yunwen was still a little puzzled: "Since the Nanyang countries have reached an exclusive cooperation agreement with your imperial merchants, and your imperial merchants also have their own ships, why do you still want to cooperate with the maritime merchants in Quanzhou?"

You can pick up the goods and ship them yourself, so you don't have to share the money with the maritime merchants, right? ”

Hearing this question, Gu Yu smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty doesn't know, we really planned to do so at the beginning.

However, the amount of goods in the future was too large for the ships of our imperial merchants to transport at all, and the interests in this were too great, and the maritime merchants in Quanzhou were not very happy.

When we ship, they will receive the goods from the local chamber of commerce, and when we go out of Nanyang, they will send them to Tianfang.

Later, as soon as the king of Liao calculated, it was better to cooperate with the maritime merchants, so that we would let the meat out, and the entire overseas would be occupied. ”

After saying this, Zhu Yunwen completely lost his temper.

Just now he reprimanded the imperial merchant for not knowing how to be satisfied, but now it seems that the imperial merchant still knows how to regress.

It's just that the regression of capital will only be retreated if it is forced to do so and if it can be exchanged for greater benefits.

"You guys."

Zhu Yunwen pointed at Gu Yu, and after a few moments, he smiled silently: "I don't have any trouble with you." ”

Seeing that Gu Yu could still smile shyly, Zhu Yunwen's face immediately changed.

"Although I have nothing to do with you, the law can always control you, and monopoly is absolutely impossible, so I want to introduce an anti-monopoly law."

Gu Yu's face suddenly turned into a bitter melon.

Although he doesn't understand what the anti-monopoly law is, he can still deduce a thing or two from Zhu Yunwen's previous questions and meanings.

The emperor is going to break the monopoly of the imperial merchants in overseas trade.

"Your Majesty, imperial merchants are also doing business, they don't steal, rob or cheat, they are all serious business methods, there is no need to introduce a special law to restrict it."

"Serious business?"

Zhu Yun sneered and laughed.

"Now they can still do serious business, that's because I'm still here, and when I'm gone, they should be rich enough to rival the country, and at that time they are still willing to do serious business, who knows."

These words frightened Gu Yu's face to change, and he hurriedly left his seat and knelt down and paused: "Your Majesty is upright in the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period, where do you start with this." ”

Emperor Lao Tzu has just been established this year, and he has even begun to worry about the aftermath?

"People who have no long-term concerns must have near-term worries."

Zhu Yunwen frowned: "And right now, there are long-term worries and near-term worries." ”

If he didn't come to Quanzhou, Zhu Yunwen never believed that the development of capital could be so rapid.

Quanzhou is full of wealthy businessmen, tens of millions of furniture for the super-rich, and tens of thousands of small rich families.

When the people get rich, it may not be all good things.

Poverty among the people is not necessarily all bad.

At least for now, Quanzhou's high wealth is an unstable thunder for the Ming Dynasty!

The trade here is connected to all provinces in the country and to overseas countries, and the ties of interests are intertwined.

It affects the country's fiscal revenue at the top, and the price of the people and the daily life of the people.

This is the tiger sitting on the ground, and in the future, it will be a wolf that eats meat and does not spit out bones!

"Alright, you can step down first."

waved Gu Yu away, Zhu Yunwen pinched his eyebrows and thought for a long time before calling Shuangxi to take the pen and paper.

Spread it out and pick up the pen.

With the stroke of pen and ink, the articles of association began to leap onto the paper.

"In order to comprehensively encourage the liberalization of the private economy and deepen the reform of coastal commercial behavior, and improve the efficiency of commercial economic operation. Ten basic principles of prohibition are specified, and four are principles of encouraging openness.

It is forbidden to sign agreements that interfere with normal transactions.

It is forbidden to impose price disparities on different sales targets.

It is forbidden to enter into exclusive agreements.

It is forbidden to use the method of price reduction and dumping to compete for the market and suppress competitors.

It is forbidden to monopolize the market by means of unfair competition and fraudulent practices.

It is forbidden to combine chambers of commerce with chambers of commerce, or between chambers of commerce, and between the same fields, which may lead to multi-party monopolies.

Prohibit the abuse or adjustment of market dominance among chambers of commerce, including but not limited to arbitrarily raising or lowering commodity prices; restricting the quantity of goods produced or sold; Resist and exclude the distribution of products by foreign chambers of commerce.

Chambers of commerce are prohibited from monopolizing the sales market or the raw material procurement market.

It is forbidden for chambers of commerce to accept foreign capital without the approval of the Ministry of Commerce.

It is forbidden for the Chamber of Commerce to violate other provisions applicable to specific periods as stipulated by the Cabinet.

Encourage open cooperation across fields.

Encourage moderate competitive behavior in the market

Encourage the market economy to dominate commercialization.

Encourage cross-regional expansion. ”

One item and one paragraph appeared under Zhu Yunwen's pen, and then, Zhu Yunwen read it again before taking out the jade seal he carried with him and printing it.

This is only a draft of the Monopoly Law, which only stipulates what cannot be done and what is encouraged.

Specific punishment measures, Zhu Yunwen plans to meet at the Zongren Mansion after returning to Beijing!

I haven't sat with these family members in years.