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Zhao Junchen is now well aware of the way of power, and his every move contains deep meaning, so naturally he will not talk nonsense for no reason.

Under the doubts and gaze of the merchants in Huizhou and Zhejiang, Zhao Junchen continued with a smile: "Since the official began to run the household department, it can be regarded as fruitful, before the official became the head of the household department, the treasury only had an annual income of about 47 million taels of silver, and after leaving aside the expenditures of the army, military expenses, water engineering, construction, daily expenses, etc., there is often only a balance of less than two million taels of silver left every year, which seems to be a lot of money, but I have a vast country, as long as there is a slight accident in the government and the opposition, whether it is a disaster among the people, Or if there is an accident in the frontier, the two million taels of silver will be consumed in an instant, so the money and grain of the household department have always been embarrassed and unable to make ends meet, and there will be a shortage every year! But today, the situation of the household department has been greatly improved, the annual income of the state treasury has increased to 53 million taels, after the rectification of the officials, the expenditure of the state treasury has also been reduced, the annual balance has been as high as more than 7 million taels of silver, not only gradually made up for the deficit over the years, but also the circulation of money and grain of the imperial court has gradually become more and more comfortable, even if there is an unexpected situation in the government and the opposition, the imperial court is no longer as helpless as in previous years. ”

Zhao Junchen's words were quite boastful, and the businessmen of Huizhou and Zhejiang naturally cooperated to show their due admiration.

However, the admiration of the businessmen in Huizhou and Zhejiang is not purely to please Zhao Junchen, and the achievements of Zhao Junchen's household department are indeed very remarkable.

After all, Zhao Junchen's control of the household department is still short, it is only more than three years ago, and in just over three years, the income of the household department can increase by nearly two percent, and the balance has increased by more than three times.

After all, during this period, the economic foundation of the Ming Dynasty did not change, and the income of the household department increased, all thanks to Zhao Junchen's open source and financial management skills!

In addition, officialdom and shopping malls are different after all, officialdom will be constrained by all aspects, and the relationship between interests is incomparably complicated.

The most important thing is that a series of figures listed by Zhao Junchen are only superficial figures, and now everyone knows that the household department has long been the largest corruption group in the Ming Dynasty, and a large part of the annual income of the treasury has been secretly embezzled by Zhao Junchen and the household officials, if the annual balance on the household account is as high as more than 7 million taels of silver, then the actual annual balance of the household department will be doubled again!

This also means that since Zhao Junchen became the head of the household department, the actual income of the treasury has increased by at least more than 30%, and the actual balance has increased by at least seven or eight times!

This kind of achievement is even more amazing!

Although the Huizhou and Zhejiang businessmen present are all veterans of shopping malls, and each of them has extraordinary financial management skills and business methods, they ask themselves, but none of them can achieve such an achievement as Zhao Junchen!

As a result, Zhao Junchen's boasting also made the Huizhou and Zhejiang businessmen present suddenly realize a fact that they had been ignoring, that is, Zhao Junchen was not only the most well-known corrupt official and the youngest powerful minister in the Manchu Dynasty, but also the "best financial management in the world" appointed by Emperor Deqing!

Judging from Zhao Junchen's actual results, Emperor Deqing's evaluation does not have any exaggeration!

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While thinking about it, the Huizhou and Zhejiang businessmen present were all thoughtful, and many people had vaguely guessed the hidden meaning of Zhao Junchen's words.

At the same time, the businessmen of Huizhou and Zhejiang also seized the opportunity to compliment Zhao Junchen one after another, and praised Zhao Junchen's skills and achievements, and for a time it was a scene of compliments.

"Lord Zhao's exploits are really brilliant in history and rare for thousands of years, I am afraid that only the Guan Zhong Sage in the Spring and Autumn Period can be compared!"

"Your Majesty thinks that Lord Zhao's financial management skills are the best in the world, and now it seems that such an evaluation is indeed appropriate! Although our Huizhejiang businessmen have a little experience in financial management, compared with you, Lord Zhao, it is no less than the difference between cloud and mud, and the difference is far from it, and it is ashamed of itself! ”

"The imperial court is inseparable from the treasury, and the treasury is inseparable from Lord Zhao, it can be seen that Lord Zhao is definitely the pillar of the country, the imperial court can be without a cabinet for a day, but it cannot be without Lord Zhao for a day!"

In this way, under their flattery, Zhao Junchen has become the first capable minister, the chief hero, and the indispensable Optimus Prime Stone of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years......

Similar compliments, Zhao Junchen has already heard countless times, and has long been accustomed to it, at this time after hearing the compliments and flattery of the businessmen of Huizhou and Zhejiang, Zhao Junchen is still indifferent, and does not see any color.

Only after the compliment and flattery of the merchants of Huizhou and Zhejiang came to an end, Zhao Junchen said slowly: "Thank you for your praise, but the official is really ashamed, the household can have today's achievements, of course, there is the reason for the proper management of the official, but the main reason is that His Majesty's wisdom and wisdom, the court's great help, and the resources and heritage of the household, if there is no Your Majesty's knowledge, the official can not control the household, if there is no policy of the imperial court to help, the development of the household can not be smooth, If the household department does not have the right to tax and the treasury is accumulated, the official can only start from scratch, and there will be no today's political achievements. ”

What Zhao Junchen said was still true, so after the businessmen in Huizhou and Zhejiang were slightly stunned, they were surprised by Zhao Junchen's modest statement, but they were also thoughtful.

Then, Zhao Junchen changed his words again and said with a smile: "However, since you are willing to come to the capital to meet with this official, it means that you are already willing to cooperate with the imperial court and form a joint ship with the household department!" After the official establishment of the United Shipping Company, the various advantages of this official, whether it is the support of His Majesty, the preferential policies of the imperial court, or the abundant resources of the household department, will also become the advantages of our United Shipping Company! In addition, all of you are experts in the business world, as long as you can work together and work together, this official firmly believes that the annual dividends of all of you here will also increase year after year, doubling several times like the balance of the national treasury, and the growth rate will be much higher than that of the household, and at that time, the net worth of all of you here will inevitably multiply! ”

After speaking, Zhao Junchen's expression became meaningful, and he concluded: "So, you must seize the opportunity!" ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's speech, all the Huizhejiang businessmen present were in high spirits!

At the same time, the businessmen of Huizhou and Zhejiang finally understood the deep meaning of all Zhao Junchen's words!

First of all, Zhao Junchen regarded himself as a businessman, claiming to be the same kind as the merchants of Huizhou and Zhejiang, and even described the household department as a large commercial house, which implied that the cooperation between the household department and the merchants of Huizhou and Zhejiang would be equal business cooperation, and Zhao Junchen would not rely on the imperial court to bully the merchants of Huizhou and Zhejiang.

Secondly, Zhao Junchen told in detail about his exploits in running the household department, and secretly reminded the Huizhou and Zhejiang businessmen - although I, Zhao Junchen, am an official of the imperial court, but in terms of business vision, business methods, and financial management skills, it is stronger than you, the Huizhou and Zhejiang businessmen, so when the two sides cooperate in the future, you should not think about deceiving the official and secretly making small moves. -- This is undoubtedly the elimination of some people's luck thoughts.

Finally, Zhao Junchen reminded the Huizhou and Zhejiang businessmen of the importance of the support of the imperial court, and took the household department as an example to show what kind of great development and how beautiful the prospects will be if a commercial bank is fully supported by the imperial court, so as to strengthen the confidence of Huizhou and Zhejiang businessmen to form a joint shipping company!

In this way, Zhao Junchen's speech that seems to have nothing to do with the theme actually implies so many deep meanings, but they are all based on facts, so that people have to believe, and in just a few paragraphs, it is not only to eliminate the worries of Huizhou and Zhejiang businessmen, but also to suppress the bad intentions of some Huizhou and Zhejiang businessmen, but also to strengthen the confidence of Huizhou and Zhejiang businessmen in the future prospects.

Therefore, as Zhao Junchen's words fell, the Tianhai Building suddenly resounded with bursts of applause from Huizhou and Zhejiang businessmen.

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When the mood of the businessmen in Huizhou and Zhejiang calmed down, Zhao Junchen finally got to the point!

"All of you have come to the capital from thousands of miles away, naturally all for the purpose of cooperating with the imperial court and forming a joint shipping company. Therefore, this official will no longer talk nonsense and get straight to the point! The establishment of the United Shipping Company is to change the status quo of the court's commercial tax erosion, but it was proposed by the official on his own initiative, and he has also obtained the grace and support of His Majesty, and the official will be fully responsible for this matter and has the right to act cheaply! I won't hide it from you, but now there are many officials in the imperial court who are hostile to the United Ship Company, and in order to obstruct this matter, they even do not hesitate to send someone to assassinate their own officials! However, the assassination could not frighten the official, but strengthened the official's determination! The official also assures you that as long as the official is still an official in the DPRK and China, then the relevant policies of the United Shipping Company will never change! The official is still young, and His Majesty also trusts the official, so our two sides will be a long-term long-term cooperation, the official's position will not change, and the court will never change the order, from now on, the official is your backer, the court is your backer, and Your Majesty is your backer, so you can rest assured! ”

In the midst of applause, Zhao Junchen finished his opening remarks, which further strengthened the confidence of Huizhou and Zhejiang businessmen.

Then, Zhao Junchen said: "Since the imperial court has agreed to the matter of the joint shipping company, and you are also willing to cooperate with the imperial court, it is imperative to form a joint shipping company!" I am hosting you tonight because I want to discuss with you some details of the formation of the United Shipping Company! In this regard, this official already has some immature ideas, so I will take today's opportunity to speak out and discuss with you! If you are not satisfied, we can make further changes! ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's words, all the Huizhejiang businessmen present were concentrated and quietly waited for Zhao Junchen to explain in detail.

In all cooperation, the focus is always hidden in the details!

And today, the purpose of the meeting between the Huizhou and Zhejiang businessmen present and Zhao Junchen is also to discuss the details of the cooperation between the two sides! In this regard, they all have many doubts and want to get an answer from Zhao Junchen.

Then, under the attention of everyone, Zhao Junchen told his idea of forming a joint shipping company again.

Compared to the last time I was in Yanzhou Taierzhuang, the content is not much different.

I saw Zhao Junchen say unhurriedly: "You all know the erosion of the imperial court's commercial taxes, and although everyone here is a rich giant, everyone knows how to get your net worth!" If it is investigated, the erosion of our commercial tax situation, you are also 'indispensable'! Therefore, for hundreds of years, every time I rectify commercial taxes and smuggling, there will be many merchants in Huizhou and Zhejiang who have been affected, not only the thousands of family wealth that have been accumulated by the fortunate will be confiscated, but even their lives cannot be saved...... And the attempt of this official to form a joint shipping company is not only to reverse the status quo of commercial taxation in the imperial court, but also to consider the future of you! ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's words, although the businessmen of Huizhou and Zhejiang had already been mentally prepared, and even many people had heard Zhao Junchen say similar speeches when they were in Taierzhuang, but at this time their faces still changed, or embarrassed, or weird, and even a little angry, but they couldn't refute it.

Zhao Junchen ignored the change in the expressions of the Hui Zhejiang merchants, and just continued in a clear manner: "And the key to the formation of a joint shipping company lies in the cooperation between the imperial court and you!" Among them, the imperial court provides preferential policies, while you provide ships, manpower and financial resources, and then rely on the advantages of policy and scale to join hands to monopolize the business of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and the Yangtze River waterway! The official might as well open the skylight and say something, the essence of this cooperation is to legalize your smuggling activities! Then the silver spent by the officials on weekdays to buy officials and open joints will be turned into the commercial tax revenue and dividend sharing of the imperial court......

In this way, you have become a collaborator of the imperial court, and after the preferential policies of the imperial court, although your ostensible income is slightly lower, it also saves the expenditure and energy of making connections and buying officials, and the actual income has increased! And this is only the initial income, after we monopolize shipping, the income will inevitably increase exponentially! At the same time, the imperial court can also get a large amount of commercial tax income and dividend sharing through the joint shipping company! Therefore, this kind of cooperation is a win-win way, and for the imperial court, it increases the revenue of the treasury! For you, from now on, you don't have to worry about the imperial court's repeated rectification of commercial taxes, but it is also a long-term foothold......"

After a pause, seeing that the merchants of Huizhou and Zhejiang were all thoughtful, Zhao Junchen said: "The preferential policies provided by the imperial court for you, I think President Lin has already told you, that is, in addition to the most basic goods tax, ship money and door tax, the rest of the complicated taxes, such as lottery points, toll tax, temporary donations, etc., are all exempted!" In addition, following the example of the early days of our dynasty, if you transport the basic daily necessities of the people and agricultural tools, even the most basic excise tax can be exempted! In addition, after this ship company gets the support of the imperial court, it can also avoid the private embarrassment of local officials, deduct card penalties, and reduce a lot of troubles and costs! Therefore, the interests of all of you can be guaranteed absolutely, and there is no need to worry at all! ……

And the specific means of cooperation is not to completely integrate your shipping companies, your shipping companies only nominally become a branch of this joint shipping company, and they also have the same interests and act together on weekdays, but in fact you are still the decision-makers of your own shipping company, but you have formed an alliance with other shipping companies, used the same name, and received the participation of the imperial court! So you don't have to worry about losing control of your ship! In addition, according to the assumption of this official, this United Shipping Company will elect seven deacon shareholders every three years to integrate, manage, and formulate the business direction of the United Shipping Company's affairs, and among these seven deacon shareholders, there will only be one deacon shareholder to represent the imperial court! To put it simply, the imperial court is only responsible for providing preferential policies and collecting dividends, and you are still responsible for the operation! ……

As for the distribution of share earnings, it depends on the specific situation! The more ships, manpower and funds you provide, the higher the shares you will have, and the more dividends you will pay! Theoretically, the imperial court's holding of each shipping company will not exceed forty percent! In addition, if you have additional credit, then the imperial court will also give additional preferential treatment to further increase your share dividends! ……”

In all directions, Zhao Junchen told all his ideas.

Then, Zhao Junchen asked the Huizhou and Zhejiang businessmen present: "This official's idea is roughly these, if you still have any questions, even if you ask the official, the official will definitely know everything!" ”

As soon as Zhao Junchen's words fell, he saw a businessman from Huizhejiang standing up and said to Zhao Junchen: "Lord Zhao, I have some questions, and I hope Lord Zhao can advise!" ”

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PS: Well, it's still a two-in-one chapter!

In addition, in view of the fact that during this period of time, readers have been asking about "Rebel Minister", and Bug here specially explained that around the end of this year, Bug will finish "Regent", and then will continue to update "Rebel Minister"!

All in all, I dug the pit with my own hands, and even if the grades are not good, I have to fill it all up! (To be continued.) )