It's no wonder that the two of them are one of the top merchant owners in Suzhou who don't have the same bearing at all, and they speak so dejectedly, it is really too restrictive for businessmen in Zhu Yuanzhang's era. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

For Zhu Yuanzhang, punishing corrupt officials, dealing with officials who deceive superiors and subordinates, and eliminating businessmen who are unkind to the rich are the three major pursuits of his life, and it is no exaggeration to say that most of Zhu Yuanzhang's energy during his 31 years of reign was devoted to these three things.

Among them, the luck of the businessman is better. After all, it is the most difficult to check the wealth of merchants, and no matter how small the Ming Dynasty is, the economy of small farmers also needs businessmen, and daily necessities such as needles, threads, and brains are all uncontrollable by ordinary people. The Li family and the monk's family struggled to survive in this small crack and kept their family business.

But now that the emperor didn't know what to think, he suddenly fell in love with their little property that was very small compared to the imperial court, and it was no wonder that the two of them were so afraid.

Today's agreed time is the beginning of the day, but the two of them got up at the beginning of the day, and Shen came to this restaurant at the beginning of the day.

The two of them talked a few words here, and the more they talked, the more frustrated they became. Even if the emperor wants to confiscate all their property now, they can only give away all their wealth with both hands in order to survive. The expressions of the two of them were better, and the younger generations of the family who followed were full of grief and indignation.

I don't know how much time passed, a laugh came from the door of the second floor and said, "The head of the Li family and the Shang family came so early? It's mine, it's not me, I let the elders wait for me, a young man. ”

Li Yuanli and Shangming heard the voice from outside, and knew that it was Yang Zirong, a member of the Zhongshu House who was going to talk to them today, who was coming, so he hurriedly stood up and waited.

As soon as the two of them stood up, they saw a handsome man in civilian clothes, about thirty years old, walking in.

Li Yuanli and Shang Ming immediately knelt down and said, "I've seen Lord Yang." The younger generations of the family behind them also knelt down.

Yang Zirong said with a smile: "Hurry up, both of you are also gentry, how can it be like this." "All of them have people in their families who are officials and promoters, so even though they are merchants, they are also considered gentry.

Li Yuanli and Shang Ming saw that Yang Zirong's attitude was not bad, and they were a little relieved. However, the two of them did not dare to hold it up, and only stood up after bowing again.

After the three of them exchanged a few words, Yang Zirong was calm and not in a hurry, and Li Yuanli and Shang Ming were not in a hurry to speak, but just chatted with them.

But then the two of them understood: they are businessmen, and Yang Zirong's natural identity as an official is not equal, how can there be a reason for officials to speak first? So the two of them glanced at each other, and Li Yuanli gestured to Shang Ming with his eyes.

Shang Ming's family business is not as good as Li Yuanli, so he reluctantly said: "Yang Zhongshu, I don't know if you want to tell us what you want to tell us when you call the two of us to come today?" As long as we can do it, even if we want our family to serve the court, we are willing to offer it. ”

Yang Zirong said with a smile: "How can you ask for your ten thousand family wealth? The sage once said that it is the proper duty of businessmen to pursue profits, and many of the merchants' family wealth is also saved through hard work, as long as it is not a clever robbery, the government will never ask for your money in vain. ”

Although Yang Zirong said that 'the sage has words', it is not what the sages said, and who else can be called a saint by Yang Zirong besides the sages? So Li Yuanli and Shang Ming were immediately completely relieved. The confiscation of all their family wealth is just a matter of words, how can they be deceived by lies?

Shang Ming thanked Tianen in his heart, and then asked, "Yang Zhongshu, since this is the case, what does the imperial court want the grass people and others to do?" ”

Yang Zirong said: "That's the case, the court thought about such a thing......"

What Yunxi wants to implement in Suzhou is something similar to the 'high-tech industrial park' of later generations. In this era, due to the limitations of technical conditions, it will not be useful to launch things like 'industrial parks', but silk, tea and other highly specialized and high value-added products can still be produced on a large scale.

The general content is to set up a special 'high-tech industrial park' in Suzhou or in the suburbs, and the imperial court will sell the land to them at an extremely cheap price, so that they can relocate the entire production and processing industry chain to the 'park', and reduce the production rate of defective products through large-scale production.

At the same time, the industries in the industrial park are subject to a special tax rate, which will be lower than the tax rate outside the "park" on the whole, assuming that they do not evade taxes outside the "park".

More importantly, the industries in the 'park' can escape the fire consumption, and they can also be exempted from harassment by the officials or the Suzhou police in the future, so that more money can be saved.

In addition, the tax of the industries in the 'park' is counted as part of the tax of the Suzhou government, which can increase the annual tax of the Suzhou government - in the feudal era, it was definitely a great achievement for a local official to increase the tax paid to the imperial court by a local official without increasing the agricultural tax. In this way, the magistrate will not only not object, but will be willing to set up a park.

In addition, the taxes in the 'park' were directly paid to the emperor's inner treasury instead of the treasury of the household department, so that the merchants who set up industries in the park were similar to imperial merchants, and the local government did not dare to touch them at will.

The only disadvantage is that the industries in the park are exposed in broad daylight, and if the emperor moves other thoughts in the future, he can't even escape.

There are pros and cons to this matter, but Li Yuanli only thought about it for a moment, and immediately said: "The grass people will definitely support the imperial court's measures. After the establishment of this park, the grass people immediately moved their silk industry to the park. ”

"The grass people also want to thank God for treating us and other businesses so kindly." He also knelt down and said.

Yang Zirong said with a smile: "Mr. Li, get up, you don't have to do this." ”

But Shang Ming hesitated. The Shang family is different from the Li family, although the Li family is mainly engaged in silk, silk only accounts for 50% of the Li family's industry. The Li family also privately took charge of the sales of tea in the city of Suzhou, operated several jewelry stores, and even had a branch that had been separated from the family and also operated the salt industry, regardless of official salt and salt, even if the silk industry was lost, it was still one of the largest merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

But they can't do it. Ninety percent of their family's income comes from the tea industry, and their family will only engage in the tea industry.

However, Shang Ming secretly glanced up at Yang Zirong, can he say no now? No, I can only say yes. So Shang Ming also knelt down and said, "The grass people also support the imperial court's initiatives. Grass people wait until this park is set up......"

Yang Zirong said with a smile: "Since the two gentlemen have agreed to move into the industry after the establishment of the park, then the matter is settled, and I will go back to my life." ”

Li Yuanli said with a smile: "Yang Zhongshu, it's early noon now, and the grass people know that the roast goose in this shop is very good, so it's better for Yang Zhongshu to stay and taste the roast goose before going back." ”

Yang Zirong hesitated, but still said: "No need, I'll come back to eat this roast goose when I have free time another day." Two gentlemen, leave it at that. With that, he walked out of the restaurant.

Li Yuanli and Shang Ming said a few more words and went home separately.

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"Although they said that the industry will be relocated to the park, it is difficult to say how much it will be relocated, and it depends on how well the policy I mentioned is implemented." Yun Xi thought for a while and said: "Yang Zirong, you stay in Suzhou Mansion for the time being, and you are also the magistrate of Wu County and the 'head of Suzhou Park', I will write you an edict, and you will transfer some people from Suzhou Wei to form a 'park police' to manage the order of the park and collect taxes." ”

Yun Xi casually appointed Yang Zirong to temporarily act as the magistrate of Wu County and to serve as an official position he had just established.

Yang Zirong is also mentally prepared: the officials of Suzhou Mansion are not suitable now, and the most suitable person around Yun Xi to hold this position is him Yang Zirong, so at this time he bowed calmly and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Later, Yun Xi looked at the map of Suzhou and thought to himself: "After the establishment of the 'high-tech industrial park', as long as the policies I mentioned can be implemented, the products produced by the industries located here will be far more competitive than those produced in other places." ’

Later, similar industries in the surrounding areas of Changzhou, Huzhou, Songjiang, Yangzhou and even Hangzhou will have to be relocated to the 'high-tech industrial park' in order to be competitive. As for the farther one, it is impossible. ’

However, a single flower is not spring, thousands of purples and thousands of red spring gardens, only in Suzhou Mansion to set up a park? ’

Yun Xi thought for a while, and ordered someone to call Zeng Guoyong, the commander of Suzhou Wei, and told him about the selection of disabled soldiers on the battlefield and a small number of healthy soldiers in Suzhou Wei as the police in the park.

Zeng Guoyong didn't know what the 'park' was, but he knew that the police set up in the capital to replace Xu officials a while ago could give the disabled soldiers on the battlefield a place to live, and it would also be good for him. Therefore, he did not resist the establishment of the police, and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, when the minister returns, he will count the wounded soldiers of the Benwei and the literate and literate people of the Benwei. ”

Yun Xi said a few more words to him and told him to step down.

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When Li Yuanli returned home, his second son Li Xiaoming, who didn't go with him today, came up and said, "Dad, what did the emperor let our family do?" ”

Li Xiaoxing, the eldest son who followed Li Yuanli who had just returned, scolded: "Didn't you see that my father just came back!" ”

Li Xiaoming hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty. Li Xiaoxing reprimanded him a few more times before he stood up.

After a while, the people in charge of all the heads of the Li family came to the family's meeting hall, and dozens of pairs of eyes looked at Li Yuanli, although they didn't speak because of the family rules, they all wanted to know what Yang Zirong said today.

Li Yuanli took a sip of tea, glanced at the people from all the rooms, and said, "Since everyone has arrived, I will say it." Then he told what Yang Zirong said today.

There was a low murmur below. Everyone's reaction was mixed, some were worried, others felt that this was a very good opportunity.

After a while, Li Yuanli coughed, and the hall immediately fell silent. He opened his mouth and said, "No matter what, since the orders from above have come down, we must do them." In the third room, first move the silk reeling factory and weaving machine room in your room to the park, and see if what Yang Zirong said can be implemented. Rest, more on that later. ”