Chapter 507: "Ticket War"
Today's platform, in addition to Zhu Shun, there is also Yang reform's father-in-law Tian Hongyu, the previous Imperial Army, because of the Jin Shang case and suspended, now, it's time to restart the index, rationing system, this businessman, tax supervisor, Imperial Army, these things, have to be fused into one, to make the index and rationing system become the driving force to control and promote the development of the Imperial Army, in the future, on the grassland, grain stamps, cloth stamps, tea stamps, sugar stamps, etc., will become the lifeblood of the Mongols. This book is from.
Not long after Zhu Shun arrived, Tian Hongyu also arrived, and after a salute, Yang Gengai also asked about the situation and encouraged him.
"It's been a long time since I've seen my father-in-law." Yang Gengai said with a smile.
"The minister is terrified." Tian Hongyu hurriedly said with sincere fear. Although Tian Hongyu is also a relative of the emperor, it is rare to see the emperor, and he has seen the emperor's methods of fiddling with salt merchants, and now he looks at the emperor differently, and the whole person is cautious, trembling, for fear of some loopholes.
"Hehehe, the old man's affairs in the garment factory last year were done well, and he appeased the border soldiers, and he really made a great effort for me." Yang Gai praised.
"Back to Your Majesty, this is what a minister should do." Tian Hongyu hurriedly humbled and became proud, recalling the before and after taking over this matter, Tian Hongyu could only sigh that he heard that seven or eight hundred thousand cotton clothes would be made in a few months, and the whole person was about to die, thinking that this was impossible, and even cried to his daughter, expecting that if it was not completed, his daughter could ask for a favor for herself, and she could blow a pillow wind or something, but now, if you want him to make a million pieces, he will never blink, never frown, he has found the trick to do things, now, He is worried about finding so many clothes to make there, which is good, at least this year the emperor still has 800,000 cotton clothes to make here.
"How's that talk about finding a reliable merchant last year?" Yang Gengai encouraged him and asked again.
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has already found some reliable businessmen, some are old acquaintances of the minister in his early years, and some are reputable time-honored brands, these people are all reliable, and they will not disappoint Your Majesty." Tian Hong met the emperor and asked, and hurriedly replied that Tian Hongyu also started in Shaanxi in his early years, but he knew a lot of businessmen from Shanxi and Shaanxi, and now the Jin merchants have completely blackened the brand, Tian Hongyu also hurriedly drew a line with the Jin merchants, and now they are all businessmen from Shaanxi.
"Well, that's good, now there is such a big thing in the border pass and the border market, because the merchant captivity has caused a series of fiascos outside my court, the policy of the border city should be significantly adjusted, and the management of the border market must be strengthened, especially Ji and Xuanduan, and the merchant must be strictly prevented from being captured again, therefore, I need a group of reliable merchants to serve as new border merchants, and I let you find some reliable merchants, which is the purpose,...... These merchants can be relied on best, I don't want them to follow in the footsteps of the current Jin merchants, and if they are directors, I will not let them down. Yang Gengai glanced at Tian Hongyu and said lightly.
There is such a big case as the Jin merchant case in this city, the policy of the border city must be adjusted, how to adjust, it must be the same as the south, those who can get invoices, can be recorded, they are allowed to do trade in the border market, there are no invoices, those who cannot be recorded, naturally can not do trade, as for why, this is very simple, because I am afraid that you will be captured, if you are not satisfied, you can go to Jinyiwei to sue, you can go to the emperor to sue. Mixed with food stamps, sugar stamps, cloth stamps and other "tickets", this Guanwai Mongolia is considered to be strangled to death, in the future, the ticket is the lifeblood of the Guanwai Mongolians, you can lose the sheep, you can lose the cow, but you must not lose the "ticket", if you "lose" the ticket, but don't want to buy anything, even if it is real money. And the one who issued this ticket was Yang Reform, that is, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty wanted whoever lived a more nourishing life, who could live a more nourishing life, and there was only one way to get these votes, that is, to work hard to fight for the Ming Dynasty emperor.
This operation can indeed strictly limit the Mongols, but it also needs a reliable mechanism to control, if there are businessmen who see the money and sell things to the Mongols privately, this mechanism, even if it is in vain, therefore, businessmen need to wear a halter, that is, the tax supervisor, the tax supervisor can raise the threshold of entry, whether to lose the right to do border business because of the sale of a few things without permission, I believe, it is worth thinking about many people; You can also receive more taxes, which is a double win. ,
Of course, as for the printing and control of all kinds of "votes", this belongs to the General Staff, how many "votes" can be obtained by that tribe, this, must be judged by the General Staff, and it has to be linked to the merits of the warIt became an engine that drove the Mongolian Imperial Allied Army to fight bravely.
"I understand." Tian Hongyu replied carefully, his heart was really excited, last year the emperor asked him to do the business outside the border, he only wanted to get a few silver flowers, he was ready to use the identity of a relative, and the emperor was behind his back, ready to be a crosser of the river, where I knew that the Jin merchant case broke out, and then the salt merchant was uprooted, the business outside the gate fell into the hands of the emperor alone in a blink of an eye, the emperor wanted to let whoever did it, and when he thought that the business outside the gate was all done by him alone, Tian Hongyu jumped up in anger.
"It's good to understand, the old man gathered those reliable businessmen, and then set up a business to specialize in the business outside the customs, and the business in this side of the customs can only be handed over to those trustworthy and reliable people to do, I can rest assured, and I will bother the old man, in addition, I will contribute 300,000 taels of silver to this business, accounting for half of the shares, is there a problem?" Yang Reform directly said things according to his own arrangement, as for Tian Hongyu's feelings, now, Yang Reform doesn't need to think about it so much.
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister understands, there is no problem." Tian Hongyu immediately replied quite happily, he was very surprised to get the 300,000 taels of silver, in his opinion, the emperor did not pay a penny, directly asked for half of the shares, he and his businessmen will also do it, not only will not complain, only happy, there is the emperor's name on it, but it is worth more than anything, now it is different from before, in the past, if you donate 300,000 taels of silver, the poor Haha Emperor may be excited for a long time, and regard you as having a great conscience, but now you give 300,000 taels of silver, It's all the same thing if the emperor ignores you or not.
"It's good to understand, what about the wool?" Yang Reform asked Tian Hongyu again.
"Back to Your Majesty, there are some eyebrows, but the progress is not much, mainly because of the heavy snow blocking the mountain, it is estimated that the situation will be much better this year." Tian Hongyu replied cautiously.
"Well, the wool matter, you also have to step up, this matter is very important, now the strength of the Ordos Department on the grassland still exists, it is a big force on the grassland, I don't want to have a big conflict with them for the time being, therefore, when you make friends with them, you go to buy their unique wool, it is an important means, this matter, you need to set up a separate business, to plan this matter alone, the silver needed for this matter I will allocate the full amount to you, how much you need to collect wool, I will give as much ......as I want" Yang Reform did not wait for Tian Hongyu to come back to his senses, It was a straight conclusion.
"I understand." Tian Hongyu thought about it for a while, and then agreed.
"The wool is harvested, made into wool, cloth, all kinds of clothing products, but also to step up, the wool is excellent, the warmth effect is excellent, it is a rare cold-proof item in the world, if it can be made into clothing, it must be very good, I will sell it to you again, it must be a rare good business." Yang Reform also explained that now that he is the emperor, accustomed to the eyeball economy in the 21st century, and Yang Reform, who has been harassed by advertising, will naturally not let go of any opportunity to advertise, and his own big plan, the businessmen who can pay taxes will overwhelm the businessmen who can't pay taxes, and they should naturally start from little by little.
"I understand." Tian Hongyu happily promised that the emperor would make money, and it was true.
Yang Reform thought for a while, and then said: "Look at this, this, it is a variety of tickets issued by the General Staff, and the names are called 'food stamps', 'cloth stamps', 'sugar stamps', 'tea stamps'......" Yang Gai introduced some neatly stacked various "tickets".
Food stamps? Cloth tickets? Sugar stamps? Tea ticket? This thing,...... Tian Hongyu and Zhu Shun are both confused, could it be the same as that military ticket, can they still be silver envoys? The two of them took the various tickets and looked at them over and over again, this paper is made of hard paper, and the paper is almost the same as the military ticket, of course, the size and style and pattern are different. ,
Seeing this, Tian Hongyu looked like he had figured it out, and suddenly realized: "Well, the minister understands, Your Majesty, this is the same as a military ticket, used to buy things, right?" Does Your Majesty want to give the Mongols a limit on the number of things they can buy and sell? Tian Hongyu said happily.
"No, these are not military tickets, but they must be used to buy things, and they are indeed valuable, and they can be exchanged for silver...... Yang said with a smile. This "ticket" is a good thing, once the "ticket" and the war exploits are bound together, this "ticket" has become the lifeblood of the Mongols, China has a "ploughing war", the Mongols will also have the word "vote war" from now on.
Sun Chengzong stood on the side quite calmly, leaving Tian Hongyu and Zhu Shun inexplicably.
"According to my idea, in the future, when buying things outside the customs, every thing, every catty of things, must be matched with various bills issued by the General Staff, such as buying a catty of sugar, in addition to the silver needed to buy a catty of sugar, you also need to take a catty of sugar stamps issued by the General Staff, and the merchant can only sell this catty of sugar after receiving a catty of sugar stamps, if there is no sugar stamp, even if you give more silver, you can't sell it, once you find that the merchant violates the rules, you will be severely punished according to the crime of captivity, which is why I let you find a reliable businessman, Now it is precisely because those Jin merchants are unreliable that there will be a matter of capture, and there will be a succession of defeats of our dynasty outside the Guan, and I want to find some reliable people to do this......" Yang Reform said calmly.
"Ah......" Tian Hongyu and Zhu Shun now understood, it turned out that this was the case, this had indeed been discussed beforehand, it seemed to have been passed on for a while, it seemed to be proposed by someone in the staff department, think about it carefully, it seems that it was proposed by a guy with some reputation, and now looking at the emperor's "ticket", it seems that it is indeed going to implement the original person's plan.
"This ticket, the General Staff will be converted into annual or quarterly indicators according to the merits of the Imperial Army, and it will be allocated to the Imperial Army, and to each tribe. If anyone has any objections to this rule, I don't need to take care of it, there are naturally tribes with great military achievements to settle it, they have more votes, because of the profit from the votes, they will naturally maintain it, so I can easily control the Mongolian Imperial Cooperative Army, based on the Mongolian Imperial Cooperative Army, and gradually eliminate other Mongolian tribes, and control the entire grassland in my hands, so you can understand? Yang Gengai explained and said.
"I understand." Tian Hongyu came down in a cold sweat. Rumors are rumors, but when it comes to their own heads, they feel that the pressure is as great as the sky, and the fate of those Mongolians is given between the emperor's words, thinking about the emperor's means, thinking about the silver money in the emperor's hands, Tian Hongyu does not think that the Mongolians can escape the emperor's "clutches", when he thinks that the Mongolians are fighting for life and death for a few pieces of paper, Tian Hongyu feels that this day is very "dark", and he does not dare to breathe at the moment.
"The slave understands." Zhu Shun also replied very seriously, he was not as afraid as Tian Hongyu, they were eunuchs, life and death were the emperor's people, what the emperor wanted to do, they would naturally do it, as for the rest, they didn't have to think about it so much, to say that he was afraid, but because the southern Xi Gonggong gave him a lot of pressure and was afraid, afraid of falling out of favor.
"It's good to understand, that's why I'm calling you here today, to implement this index system, to implement the system of purchasing by tickets, this must be carried out by reliable people, the general staff, businessmen, and tax inspectors must unite to form a whole, a mechanism, otherwise, it will fall short, and my plan to control Mongolia will be frustrated, and the imperial army will not be able to rely on, which is extremely unfavorable to our dynasty, therefore, this matter can only succeed, not fail, fail, even if I want to forgive, but in the face of national affairs, In front of Sheji, it is difficult for me to be extrajudicial and gracious, so it is important to make money, but this matter is even more important, you must keep it in mind, you must not be dizzy because of some money, let this indicator system be illusory, at that time, even if you have more silver, it will not be able to save you......" Yang Reform put a tight spell on the two of them. ,
"The minister understands, respects the teachings." Tian Hongyu agreed in a cold sweat, this tight spell is really scary, it seems that this silver is important, but if it is bad for the emperor's business, I am afraid that there will really be no good fruit to eat, and the majesty of the emperor is getting heavier and heavier day by day.
"The slave understands that it will not harm His Majesty's affairs." Zhu Shun also agreed.
Yang Gai looked at the faces of the two people, and he was quite satisfied, but at this time, it can only be like this, as for the effect, he can only see later.
"I'll talk about how it works...... Yang Reform has been thinking about this issue for a long time, and many details have been considered, this matter is too important, and it is related to his own control of the Imperial Army, the control of the entire Mongolian steppe, and even the Northwest Desert, more land and resources, so this matter has to be taken seriously and talked about more.
“…… In this matter, initially, when Xiaoshunzi, your tax supervisor checked, anyone who wants to do business in the border market, should be filed with you, and if he can't be recorded, he is naturally not allowed to do business outside the customs, and if he dares to do it privately, he will be dealt with as a crime of complication. Who can get it? Naturally, it is trustworthy, willing to pay taxes on their own, and only these people can pass the record, get invoices, if someone is not satisfied, you can let him go to Beijing to sue the royal court, or ask him, is it a figure, passed the record, when the invoice is given, let them declare and pay taxes by themselves, pay attention, to them to declare and pay taxes by themselves, not the tax supervisor to collect taxes for every thing, every batch of goods, the tax supervisor does not have so much energy, there are not so many people, how does the south do, do you know? Yang Reform was afraid that Zhu Shun would not know, and carefully taught this of his henchmen how to collect taxes, the Jin merchants fell, the border market was reshuffled, and the tax supervisors were not inserted into it, it was simply sorry for themselves, the businessmen who "can pay taxes" overwhelmed the businessmen who "can't pay taxes", this is their own planning, and it is the hope of the new life of the Ming Dynasty, how can Yang Reform miss it? Even if the courtiers had some opinions, so what? Now that the Jin Shang case is so serious, and the consequences are so serious, how can it be done without strict management? Unless you are willing to endorse those merchants, you cannot oppose the intervention of the tax superintendent. Now those bureaucrats have finally been picked out of the salt merchant case and the Jin merchant case, how can they be willing to jump into that fire pit?
"Back to Your Majesty, the slave maid has also heard of some practices in the south, and knows some" Zhu Shun said as if he was facing the enemy, the pressure on him from the southern Xi Gonggong was too great, they were both the emperor's henchmen, and they rose together, and they also had a competitive relationship, and now the Xi Gonggong has left him far behind, if he doesn't work hard, then he is estimated to be a waste in the eyes of the emperor, and his current status has plummeted.
"Understand that those businessmen must have a halter on their heads, and this halter is the tax supervisor, and for those businessmen who dare to make false reports, conceal reports, and make false reports, they should only be severely punished, and even their licenses revoked,...... And my father-in-law, I also want to say that it is important to make money, but it is also important to pay taxes, don't forget, don't forget to pay taxes, understand? I don't want to be punished for tax evasion and evasion,...... I know that paying taxes is really not a habit for the merchants of my dynasty, but since I follow me, then I have to follow the real rules, and those who dare to break my rules, but don't blame me for not remembering the old feelings when the time comes, besides, in fact, paying taxes is not plucking the hair on the body of the businessmen, and the money for paying taxes is not on the heads of those who buy things, am I right? …… Therefore, I hope that the old man can make it clear to those businessmen, don't hit me with crooked ideas, what they should get, it will be theirs, but if you return to me, you must not stretch your hand too long......" Yang Gai said to Tian Hongyu again.
"Yes, yes, yes, the minister understands, the minister must explain clearly." Tian Hongyu hurriedly agreed, and had doubts in his heart, those merchants, those merchants, according to the emperor, the business in this city is not exclusive to his family, but there are many businessmen who can participate, although the emperor has formulated very strict rules, but as long as those businessmen have enough sincerity, it is not difficult to participate in the border market, this, you have to think of a way, Tian Hongyu looked at the Shun father-in-law beside him, and he had an idea......
"The slave understands." Zhu Shun also agreed.
“…… Okay, it's good to understand, if you have a file, you can naturally do business, at this time, you only need to pay attention to all kinds of tickets when doing business, and ship them according to the tickets, and if you don't have tickets, you must not sell things, that's it, and the rest, it's nothing...... "Yang Gai thought about it and said, the rest, such as the determination of indicators, the issue of distribution, this has to be formulated by the General Staff, such as the smuggling problem, which belongs to the border army and Mangui, and they are responsible for it, but there is no need to talk to them in detail. ,
“…… By the way, there is also a certain amount of control over the trade commodities in the border market, and not everything can be sold in the border market. Yang Reform explained again.
“…… Got it. Tian Hongyu and Zhu Shun agreed again.
"Again, old man, now you can start buying sweet potatoes......" Yang Reform suddenly remembered something.
"Your Majesty......, harvest sweet potatoes now?" Tian Hongyu looked at the emperor in surprise, it's only been a few months, this is the purchase of sweet potatoes? There are not even seedlings in the ground.
"Yes, we will start buying now, I know that it is still spring and it is not time to plant sweet potatoes, but we can sign a purchase contract with someone in advance, so that those farmers can plant sweet potatoes according to the contract, and agree on the price and quantity of the purchase, so as not to have ......enough sweet potatoes when we get it," Yang Gengai explained.
“…… Your Majesty, this ,...... Do you want to wait for the sweet potatoes to ripen? Tian Hongyu asked inexplicably.
"Hehe, you do what I say, you know, the bulk of the trade with Mongolia is wine, and now it seems that it is impossible to rely on grain to make wine, when sweet potatoes are used to make wine, this is the right way, therefore, when you buy sweet potatoes in advance, now you don't sign a purchase contract with farmers in advance, when it comes to other days, where can you find sweet potatoes? This year's sweet potato planting area is limited, sweet potatoes have many uses, when the time comes, you can't grab it, and what can't get by, and you can't get along with the silver hahahaha...... "Yang reform for a while, haha, this is also an effort to promote sweet potatoes, no matter what, the yield of sweet potatoes in these two years, must be doubled tenfold, hundredfold the number, so that the disaster can be alleviated at the end of the Ming Dynasty, for the promotion of national policy, Yang reform is sparing no effort, this means of relying on economic means to stimulate sweet potato planting, It is more effective than promoting sweet potatoes through administrative means.
"Ah, I understand." Tian Hongyu immediately replied, as soon as the emperor said this, he immediately understood, this has to be so, what can't get along with, can't get along with silver, is it a fool not to make money? Thinking of his exclusive monopoly on the wine trade outside the Guan, Tian Hongyu felt refreshed.
“…… By the way, Master Xu, do you have anything else to add to the border market? "Yang Reform has been busy with this city recently, the Imperial Association Army and the ticket, he is busy and dizzy, and his brain is not very bright, and he often forgets things, and he needs Sun Chengzong to remind him.
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Your Majesty said about this city, the trade outside the customs, should also add a ......" Sun Chengzong thought about it and said, his expression was calm and indifferent, as if he was indifferent to this plan to control the imperial army and control the entire Mongolian steppe.
"Oh, that one?" Yang Gengai asked, talking to Tian Hongyu and Zhu Shun just now, he was already dizzy, and he could guess what Sun Chengzong was thinking.
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister felt that at this time, the great war outside the border was at a critical juncture, therefore, the implementation of this law, the reopening of the border market, when strictly forbidden any merchant to go out of the border pass, all trade, when carried out in the border market, can not allow any merchant to lead a caravan out of the customs, to prevent the leakage of news, to prevent the recurrence of the incident; Second, it can also be self-clearing, in case there is a recurrence of the war outside the border in the future, and His Majesty will dictate the border market with one hand, it is inevitable that some people will make irresponsible ......remarks" Sun Chengzong's faint expression was very serious.
"Well......" Yang Reform pondered the pros and cons of this, this problem is indeed a problem, even if they are looking for their own people now, but there is no guarantee that all the merchants will not have any problems, if the merchant caravans enter and exit the border gates, then, the spies of the East Capture are easy to mix into these caravans, this has to be ......prevented, now it is really cool to control the border pass with one hand, but in case of problems in the war, the consequences are also very serious, I am afraid that many people will move out of this merchant at that time, And the border market trade is in their own hands......
"Well, Master Sun is worthy of being an old man seeking the country, I almost committed a big taboo, it should be so, I hereby decree that all trade must be carried out in the border market, and no merchants and caravans can enter and leave the border gates, once discovered, they should be punished as a prisoner...... Yang Gai said.
“…… However, Master Sun, is this also a bit of a problem, I am a businessman, the people do not go out of the grassland, this grassland, and it will always be someone else's......" As soon as he finished saying the above words, Yang Reform remembered the following problem, the common people of the Ming Dynasty, the merchants did not go out of the border and did not take root outside the pass, wouldn't this grassland never be their own? You know, the bigger the territory, the better, and it will be a resource in the future
"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter, this is just an extraordinary period at this time, and the war with the Donglu is at a critical juncture, so it should be stricter, and the situation outside the customs will be greatly improved in the future, and this restriction can be lifted. Sun Chengzong immediately explained.
"Yes, yes, yes, I'm confused, I should do this, I should do this, then be so." Yang Gai immediately came to his senses.
He also explained some policies and details of the border city, and Yang reformed to let these two people go.
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After explaining how to do things with his two henchmen, Yang Reform can be regarded as a little relaxed, recently for this indicator, votes, but it hurts his brain, and now, he has finally started this indicator system. The businessmen who "can pay taxes" overwhelm the businessmen who "can't pay taxes", and they themselves have made efforts to push forward......
"Huh, ......, I hope it will succeed." Yang reformed for a long time and let out a long breath.
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