Chapter 264: Convening of the General Assembly

After two more days, the conference finally came to an end. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Before the closing, the meeting voted on the motions of Xu Lang, Shi Xianyang, and the Military Commission. The congress adopted the decision to establish the General Staff and appointed Xu Lang as the chief of the General Staff of the Yulin Army, and began to prepare for the Japanese question.

But Xu Lang was a guerrilla general canonized by the Ming Dynasty government, and if he didn't return to Beijing, would Chongzhen have any ideas. In response to this issue, another discussion was held at the crossing conference. Someone suggested that when Han Wantao returned to Beijing, he told the imperial court that Xu Lang was sick, so he stayed in Yulin Bay to recuperate. But this proposal was vetoed by Xu Lang himself, because there must be people from Jinyiwei or Dongchang in Yulin Bay, and they can't hide Chongzhen by pretending to be sick. In the end, Sun Tianhao came up with an idea, anyway, Zhao Zhiruo was about to give birth, so let Xu Lang take advantage of this to stay in Yulin Bay in advance, if the Ming Dynasty government had any reaction.

For Xu Lang's second proposal, the congress reluctantly passed by a narrow majority, and in the current situation, it is necessary to strengthen cooperation with the Ming government to fight against the Manchus. As for the direction of the transformation of the Ming Dynasty in the future, the congress decided to adopt the constitutional monarchy as the goal, and try to let the Ming Dynasty government develop in this direction. However, the congress rejected the plan to carry out land reform in the Ming Dynasty, and it was not suitable to reform the Ming Dynasty in this way, at least until the Manchu Qing were eliminated.

Regarding Shi Xianyang's motion, the General Assembly made a resolution to establish the Yulin Bay Court and implement a second-level final adjudication system. The Commission and the Bureaus would be independent from the Cross-Passage Assembly, but the Cross-Crossing Assembly adopted a new Fifteenth Amendment to the Convention on the Pearls of the East China Sea:

"Any joint application of more than (including) 30 people must convene an interim crossing meeting. As the supreme authority in Yulin Bay, the General Assembly has the right to veto the resolutions and measures of the Commission, the Military Commission and various administrative bodies. ”

This time crossing meeting was the longest since landing, and it was held for half a month. After the closing, most of the traversers had a sense of relaxation that they had not felt for a long time.

But Xu Lang and Cheng Yiyi were even busier than when they were in a meeting, because Zhao Zhiruo was about to give birth. Xu Lang sent Zhao Zhiruo to Yulinwan Hospital, and the two maids accompanied them in the hospital, Xu Lang and Cheng Yiyi could only run at two ends.

"Yiyi, when will you give birth to one?" Only Xu Lang and Cheng Yiyi ate dinner at home.

"What, I didn't give birth to you, you're uncomfortable?"

"You said you were a person, I just asked casually." Xu Lang disguised.

"I don't want to have children just yet." Cheng Yiyi said, "Now that the bank and tax bureau are busy enough, how can I have time to have children." ”

"You think it's 400 years from now?" Xu Lang smiled, "How can there be a woman who is married and does not have children now." ”

"I'm just a woman who is married and doesn't have children." Cheng Yiyi replied, "If you are not satisfied, you can find another one." ”

"Okay, let's not talk about it." Xu Lang knew that it would be easy to quarrel again, "Xu Ru went to you." ”

"Yes, it's already here." Cheng Yiyi's attitude improved, "Thanks to you for reminding me, now that she helps me, it's a lot easier." ”

"Then how are you going to thank me?"

"What do you think?" Cheng Yiyi smiled, "How are your General Staff preparations?" ”

"Alas, I'm still the commander of the light pole." Xu Lang sighed, "There is no suitable candidate. ”

"Didn't you ask Wang Hua?" Cheng Yiyi suggested, "Aren't there many graduates in his military academy?" ”

"I asked, and now these cadets are more willing to go to the army, and they are promoted faster. No one wants to come to me. ”

"How can the General Staff be so slow to be promoted?" Cheng Yiyi asked, "What level are you now?" ”

"I'm just a colonel, what rank can I have, regimental level." Xu Lang said with a smile, "According to the military commission's expansion plan, several independent brigades or an independent division may be formed as mobile troops. We should have brigadier brigade commanders and major general division commanders soon, so no one wants to come to this regimental staff headquarters. ”

Cheng Yiyi didn't quite understand the affairs of the army and didn't answer again.

"Forget it, don't think about it so much." Xu Lang said, "Let's talk about it slowly, now I have to think about the invasion of Japan, and I can't let the Manchus get ahead of us." ”

After the closing of the conference, Xia Yang presided over the meeting of the general meeting.

The current representatives of the United General Assembly are basically full, and after these days of continuous edification and education, these representatives of the Ming Dynasty more or less know their power.

The purpose of this summer meeting was to inform the Federation of the resolutions made by the General Assembly, especially the collection of taxes and the public bidding of private product enterprises.

"Mr. Chang Gung, members." Xia Yang sat on the rostrum with Song Yingxing, Cheng Yiyi, and Li Lin, "I have already told you about the resolution of the Yulin Bay Crossing Conference just now, and you can put forward any opinions on the issue of collecting taxes in Yulin Bay now, let's discuss it together." ”

There was a chatter in the crowd below, and it was the representatives of Sister-in-law Wu who were more concerned about the issue of tax collection, because it directly involved their interests.

"Master Xia." Sister-in-law Wu was the first to stand up and asked, "Do we only need to pay taxes from the tax bureau, and are there any other taxes?" ”

"Nope." Xia Yang replied, "Any goods sold in Yulin Bay only need to pay a tax of five percent, which is worth five percent of the tax. If it is a commodity to be sold outside of Yulin Bay, it is only subject to a 5% tax. In short, as long as you sell something, no matter where you sell it, it is worth five out of 100. Other than that, there are no other taxes. ”

"Master Xia." Huang Yuansheng's relative Huang Sanxiang stood up and asked, Huang Sanxiang has been staying in Yulin Bay, and he was also elected as the representative of the federation, "How to calculate this value of five out of 100, and how many things our shops sell in a day still need to be reported to the tax bureau?" ”

"I'll answer that question." Cheng Yiyi, as the director of the tax bureau, replied, "For any goods sold outside Yulin Bay, it is necessary to declare to the customs according to the actual quantity, and the customs will also verify it." For the goods sold in Yulin Bay, our tax bureau will set a tax amount according to your general business situation, and adjust it every three months. ”

On the issue of how to calculate taxes, Cheng Yiyi discussed with Li Lin and Xia Yang. It is easy to say that the goods in and out of Yulin Bay can be used in the mode of customs declaration, but it is not so easy to verify the goods sold in Yulin Bay, because the current Daming shops do not have a strict accounting system. Even if there were, it would probably be a two-book approach. Therefore, Cheng Yiyi finally decided to adopt the method of tax assessment in later generations, which is also a way to do it.

Everyone asked a few more questions, and Ye Sunquan and Ma Qiji didn't have any feelings about tax collection, because they didn't run shops. Although a few people still had grievances, the matter was settled through the convention, and the delegates of the federation knew that it was something that could not be changed, and the matter of collecting taxes was thus passed.

"Next, let's discuss the bidding of private product enterprises."

As soon as Xia Yang's voice fell, several people raised their hands at the same time and asked to speak.

"Sister-in-law Wu, let's talk first." Xia Yang gave the first opportunity to Sister-in-law Wu.

"Master Xia, how much silver do you need for bidding? Can I get a loan from a bank? Sister-in-law Wu asked about money bluntly.

"Sister-in-law Wu, the question of silver depends on which company you want to bid for." Xia Yang replied with a smile, "We have about a dozen civilian product enterprises to be assigned to individuals this time, but this is conditional." First, you and us can compete fairly, and we, the remnants of the Song Dynasty, can also bid, regardless of each other. Second, the winning bidder can only own half of the assets within three years, and the partnership model is adopted. After three years, we will decide whether to completely let it go to the individual. ”

"As for whether you can borrow money from the bank." Cheng Yiyi continued, "Of course, you can, but you have to have collateral, and the amount of the loan cannot be higher than half of the mortgaged assets. ”

"Can't be higher than half? That's outrageous, isn't it? There was another discussion in the room.

"Everyone, be quiet." Xia Yang explained, "This regulation is also made by us taking into account the development of the enterprise in the future, if you want to make money, you must invest first, and there is no pie in the sky." ”

In fact, the reason why Cheng Yiyi bet the loan amount so low is because there is no money in the bank, and Cheng Yiyi is worried that once every winning bidder comes to take out a loan, it may hollow out the bank. Of course, this reason cannot be said to these Ming Dynasty people.

"Master Xia, can I also bid?" Wang Kezong's family member Wang Qi stood up and asked.

Wang Qi has been staying in Yulin Bay since he became the representative of this federation in Yulin Bay and was elected to the presidium. Although it is very easy to be a representative, and there is a subsidy, you don't have to worry about food and clothing. But Wang Qi had seen the prosperity of commerce and trade in these days in Yulin Bay, and he really wanted to be like Sister-in-law Wu, who could earn thousands of taels of silver a year.

"Absolutely." Xia Yang replied, "As long as it is in Yulin Bay, anyone can bid." ”

As soon as the federation was finished, Cheng Yiyi saw Bihe running in in a hurry.

"Bihe, how did you find this, is something wrong?"

"Big grandma." Bihe gasped, "The second grandmother is about to give birth, and I didn't find Mr. Xu, so I came to you." ”

"Let's go." Cheng Yiyi didn't bother to clean up her things, and pushed the documents on the table in front of Xia Yang, "Tianyang, help me tidy up, I have to go to the hospital, Zhi is going to give birth." ”

"Go ahead." Xia Yang nodded, "I'll help you find Xu Lang." ”

Cheng Yiyi and Bihe rushed to the hospital together, and happened to bump into Ouyang Zhengping at the door.

"Ouyang, is Zhao Zhiruo born?" Cheng Yiyi asked.

"Not yet, but soon." Ouyang Zhengping replied, "You guys go and accompany me first, I have a patient here who may need surgery, and I have to prepare immediately." ”

"You're not delivering babies, are you?" Cheng Yiyi grabbed Ouyang Zhengping, "I don't feel at ease without you." ”

"My Director Cheng, President Cheng." Ouyang Zhengping said with a smile, "Giving birth to a child is not a disease, there is an obstetric doctor watching it." I'm going to deliver each of them myself, so I don't have to do anything else. ”

"That's fine." Cheng Yiyi didn't insist anymore, "You go get busy first, I'll go in and take a look, and I'll come back to you if I have something." ”

Cheng Yiyi and Bihe entered the delivery room together, Zhao Zhiruo was lying on the hospital bed, and the pain made Zhao Zhiruo bite her lip and couldn't speak.

Cheng Yiyi had no experience in this kind of thing, so she had to ask the doctor on the side: "Why don't you care if she hurts like this?" ”

"President Cheng." The midwife replied, "It's like this when you give birth to a child, just wait for the baby to be born." ”

"Mom." Bihe stuck out her tongue on the side, "I don't want to have children in the future." ”

"Hehehehe." Bihe's words caused the people in the room to laugh.

A little nurse walked in from outside: "President Cheng, Chief of Staff Xu is here, waiting outside." ”

"I see." Cheng Yiyi said to Bihe and Ziyun, "I'll go out and have a look." The two of you are here with the second grandmother. ”

"How's it going, are you alive?" As soon as Xu Lang saw Cheng Yiyi come out, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"It's useless if you're in a hurry." Cheng Yiyi said, "It's almost life, and we can't help, so let's wait now." (To be continued.) )