Chapter 273: The Tea and Horse Trade (5)
"Chen joined the army, how is the matter with the war horse this time? Has the court replied? Cui Xiuxiu asked.
Cui Xiuxiu came to Chen Fei every day during this time, obviously hoping that Chen Fei could get the news as soon as possible, and then let Cui Xiuxiu feel at ease. And Cui Xiuxiu pinned all this on these war horses, and if the cleavage and these war horses were lost, then I am afraid they would not be able to obtain the capital to seize the head of the family. Therefore, Cui Xiuxiu is really impatient, if this problem cannot be solved, then Cui Xiuxiu's ending may be miserable.
"Chen joined the army, and news came from Chaogang." The leader of the masked men said.
Chen Fei immediately opened the message sent by the eagle, and immediately showed a helpless smile.
"Miss Xiuxiu, it seems that we can't monopolize this tea and horse trading method, the emperor already knows this channel. And this time, the imperial court will spend money to buy those war horses, but in the future, we will not be able to enjoy the profits alone, and we must have competitors. said.
Chen Fei didn't expect that the profiteering period of this tea and horse trade would be so short that it would be ended in just one time. And then Li Shimin is afraid that he will personally organize a government-backed tea and horse trading team, and then go to the Turks to exchange for war horses. And it is also the priority to exchange the war horse from his own team, which can also be exchanged for the war horse at a relatively low cost, and then it can be exchanged for a huge amount of income for the Tang Dynasty, which looks like a sure-fire deal. And Chen Fei himself, I'm afraid that the skills of roasting tea will also be handed over.
"Fortunately, these horses have not been lost, and the money can finally be obtained, so the next position of the head of the family will be nine out of ten!" Cui Xiuxiu said.
Cui Xiuxiu doesn't care about the future, he is now concerned about the position of the head of the family of his father, so that with the money of this war horse, the position of the head of the family can basically be stabilized. As for the future, we will talk about it later. If you can't become the head of the family, then there is nothing to do.
"Okay, Chen joins the army, then I'll go back first, I think the imperial court will send money soon, and I will start making the last effort!" Cui Xiuxiu said.
"And what about our money after that?" Chen Fei asked.
Chen Fei is really speechless, he can cooperate with Cui Xiuxiu and then get huge profits, will the tea and horse trade belong to the Tang Dynasty in the future? This is not a huge loss for Chen Fei, because of such a good deal. was taken back to the imperial court like this, so Chen Fei really lost the old nose money.
"The imperial court wants to trade in person, I'm afraid there is a problem with this!" Chen Fei thought.
Chen Fei's first thought was that the central court actually planned to personally organize caravans with government backgrounds to trade with the Turks, and then manage the techniques of planting tea and roasting tea in a unified manner, and then use them to trade with the Turks. However, this is also a government-run enterprise equivalent to later generations, and it is also a monopoly enterprise that uses government privileges to interfere in market transactions, which obviously makes Chen Fei feel unhappy. Because this kind of government-run enterprise must have many drawbacks from the experience of later generations.
Moreover, government-run enterprises are prone to corruption, which can then cause many problems. Therefore, Chen Fei will definitely not support this kind of official office. This is not because Chen Fei's recipe was robbed, but he is deeply aware of the harm of this situation. Once there is collusion between power and capital, the final result will inevitably be the collusion between officials and businessmen, and finally a situation in which the monopoly of officials and businessmen is formed to trap the people and harm the people. Since Chen Fei wants to do something meaningful for the people. That naturally won't allow that to happen.
Judging from later generations, if these officials are allowed to directly interfere in the market, the final result will definitely be that the appetite of those bureaucrats will grow more and more. Today they have tasted the use of their privilege to monopolize the tea and horse trade, and they will most likely reach out to other industries in the future. Chen Fei never underestimated the greed of these bureaucrats. Once they have obtained a large amount of capital from this privilege, they will use their power to obtain capital at an accelerated rate. Once the bureaucracy has succeeded in using its power to acquire wealth that should not belong to them, they are becoming more and more ambitious. They will never be willing to just want this industry, they will think about other industries.
Chen Fei knew that the earliest was from the situation of the salt and iron official camp, which originated in the Han Dynasty. During the Han Dynasty, in order to increase national income and curb the power of merchants, the system of salt and iron official camps was implemented. Although the Han Dynasty was able to limit the power of the merchants and obtain huge financial revenues, in the end, because of the monopoly of rights, the quality of the salt and iron was not flattering. Because of the monopoly, the salt and iron of the Han Dynasty lacked aggressiveness, the quality of the products was poor, the specifications did not meet the requirements, the price was expensive, and the people were forced to buy it. This is all because privilege has joined the production and operation, and this is completely destroying the entire market order.
Chen Fei will never be optimistic about any enterprise directly operated by the government, because the government should not be directly involved in industrial operation in the first place. On the one hand, the bureaucratic mentality will ruin the enterprise, on the other hand, because there is no distinction between the government and business, the bureaucracy will often use the privilege to force the people to buy, and then those enterprises that are backed by the government will have the support and monopoly of privileges, so that they will not have any enterprising spirit. In this way, they will die in peace, and finally they will be greatly deprived of vitality in the big waves.
Chen Fei can see from the experience of later generations when they were just beginning to reform and open up, those small state-owned enterprises that have not been able to adapt to the market, and even many large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises have collapsed in the reform and opening up. Many private enterprises have also taken advantage of the situation to rise and gradually become industry giants. The lesson in this is not profound, so Chen Fei knows that the government has never been suitable for directly operating the industry, and if the government has to run the industry, then it is best to use the method of later generations, and the right to operate and the ownership are separated. In later generations, state-owned enterprises have gradually begun to separate, and state-owned enterprises have gradually transitioned to the management of professional managers.
But Chen Fei didn't expect that Li Shimin would actually want to monopolize through the privileges of the government, which would do more harm than good. Chen Fei must definitely oppose this matter, otherwise it will definitely be harmful to Datang in the future. In particular, it is not possible to open this opening, and once this opening is opened, those bureaucrats will definitely swallow all the industries in the country like gluttonous monsters. In this way, the whole country is dead, and it will be miserable. In later generations, there will still be a great man to turn the situation around, but whether such a great man can appear in ancient times, Chen Fei deeply doubted. (To be continued......)