Chapter 500: Letter to Xu Guangqi (2)

"The second thing: the center of immigration needs to be moved again, and my plan is to place the current immigration center in Shanghai County, which is Master Xu's hometown of Shanghai County......"

“…… This year, in addition to Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and other places that need to emigrate due to disasters, Shandong, and Shuntian also have a large number of people who need to emigrate, and the number of refugees who fled out of Liaodong is as high as one million, all gathered in Gyeonggi, and it is very easy to break out of problems. It is not possible to put the center of immigration in Nanjing......"

“…… I put the immigration center in Shanghai has another meaning, Master Xu probably also knows that I have recruited the pirate leader Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Zhilong before Zhao'an, has organized tens of thousands of people to go to the Great Ryukyu to reclaim the famine, and settle down there again, the previous immigrants, the destination of the immigrants is only in the country, it is Dongting Lake and other big lakes, now it seems that these big lakes can only solve temporary problems, if there are immigrants of this scale every year, even if the big lake is 800 miles, it will never accommodate so many people, not to mention, In this way, you can greatly save the cost of immigration, compared to immigrating to the Great Lake, I don't know how much I can save, I listened to Zheng Zhilong's words, in February and March, the immigrants passed, distributed to the cattle and tools, and the fields were demarcated, and in June and July, they could be harvested, and the problem of immigrants eating could be solved in a very short time, far more cost-effective than immigrants who needed to ensure that immigrants ate for a year, as long as there was the first harvest, there was no need to invest again, and the immigration costs could be greatly saved, and it hardly snowed in DaryukyuTherefore, the immigrants in the future will take the Great Ryukyu as their destination, of course, the immigrants who have already said before will go to the Great Lake, where will they still go, but they should try to persuade the immigrants to go to the Great Ryukyu to suffer less......

“…… Immigrants from the Great Lake to the Great Ryukyu, from Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and even Huguang to the disaster victims to emigrate; It is still Shandong, Shuntianfu, or Liaodong refugees to immigrate, Shanghai has become a certain center, which is why I want Master Xu to move the immigration center to Shanghai, now it is quite difficult to raise money, the same silver, it is good to save one more person, immigration to Ryukyu can save more than three or four percent of silver, I don't know how many people can be saved,...... I only wish that the spirit of our ancestors in heaven would protect my people and the people of China......"

“…… Immigrating to the Great Ryukyu, Master Xu should not worry,...... I know that in the eyes of the people of the world, Daryukyu is a land of smoke miasma, but Zheng Zhilong has already emigrated there before, and summed up some means to defend against smoke miasma, and the effect is not bad, over there, the victims only need to settle down a little, they can eat, they can wear clothes, three crops a year, as long as they are not too lazy, they will never go hungry, as long as they persist there for more than a year, and even have grain to sell, if they are transported to Tianjin or the coast of Liaodong by big ships, they can greatly reduce the price of grain that is still high today, I believe, In the future, the Great Ryukyu will surely become my granary......"

“…… Regarding the problem of smoke miasma, Master Xu must be strict, supervise and even severely punish the immigrants to develop good habits, do not drink raw water, eat must be cooked, wash hands frequently, bathe frequently, feces must be treated properly and centrally, and if cases are found, they must be dealt with and isolated as soon as possible, and the people must not be harmed...... Regarding epidemic prevention, I won't be wordy, I think Master Xu also has experience, my requirements are as strict as they can be, and they must strictly implement epidemic prevention measures,...... Again, please Master Xu must prepare enough mosquito nets, for a family of five immigrants, give two to three additional mosquito nets, there are mosquito nets to avoid mosquito bites, this is the focus of epidemic prevention, please Master Xu must not be afraid of breaking the bank, Da Ryukyu and Neihu are different, listen to Zheng Zhilong said, the mosquito bites over there are very powerful, if there is not enough defense means, I am afraid that there will be a big problem.........,

“…… There are some differences between immigrants in Ryukyu and immigrants in Neihu, and the treatment given to immigrants is different, I heard Zheng Zhilong say that the immigrants on his side are people who give three taels of silver, and three people give one cow, and the specific details, I will send them to Master Xu, so I won't be verbose here......"

"Third: It's about Shanghai, I think I still need to talk carefully with Master Xu, Shanghai may be the key to solving the difficulty ......of tax collection, and all my strategies are all related to Shanghai."

“…… Today's Shanghai, is just an ordinary county, however, I think that this place will be extraordinary in the future, this place faces the ocean in the east, guards the mouth of the Yangtze River, and is the main road connecting the north and south water and land, there are sea ships and inland rivers, so it is not an exaggeration to call it a pearl, if this place is slightly developed, it will definitely become the economic center of the south of the Yangtze River in the future, if this economic center can be in my hands, I want to control the world's industry and commerce, it will be easy, not today, I can only be speechless in the face of the world's industry and commerce, I don't know where to start, and I am alone ......"

“…… Previously, I had already set the fishery administration center here, and the fish caught along the coast and the dried fish made were also transferred to the Si Nong Division through this place, and there were countless fishing boats gathered here, which has become quite large-scale......"

“…… Now, I plan to move the center of immigration to Shanghai, so that Shanghai will definitely become the center of immigration for my Ming Dynasty, and the number of people who come and go every year is ......."

“…… In addition, I also plan to build Shanghai into a salt wholesale and transshipment center in the southeast, and gather the wholesale land of the salt industry in Shanghai, so as to gather popularity for Shanghai and help Shanghai's development......"

“…… In addition, I also plan to build Shanghai into a shipping center, which guards the mouth of the Yangtze River and sits on the north-south axis, which is a natural transportation center, and the north-south shipping must be centered on him, and in the future, immigrants will travel to and from the interior of the Ryukyus, and this place is also a necessary place, so Shanghai is a natural shipping center......"

“…… In addition, I also plan to move the shipbuilding industry to Shanghai and make Shanghai one of the centers of the shipbuilding industry......

“…… In addition, I also plan to open a business in Shanghai to welcome domestic and foreign business travelers, gather popularity in Shanghai, and lay the foundation for Shanghai's development......"

“…… The most important thing is that I want to build Shanghai into an industrial and commercial and trade center, a distribution center of materials in the world, and an economic center, so that Shanghai can occupy a dominant position in the world's economy, and then I will use Shanghai as a medium to indirectly control the world's industry and commerce, and it is natural to collect labor, commerce, and tariffs, instead of being as ......brutal as today, this is not as simple as moving a few yamen to Shanghai, as for how to do it, please Master Xu carefully look at my plan, and if there is anything wrong, please ask Master Xu to point it out......"

“…… I have already recruited Zheng Zhilong, this person's usefulness is so great, it can be said that it is not an exaggeration to be connected with the fortunes of the country, it is not that I praise this person too much, but this person has such weight, this person has the ...... of time and luck."

“…… I have already negotiated with Zheng Zhilong, he concentrates on being a general on the sea, I protect his family's wealth, he gives up business, then, the overseas trade route of the Wa Kingdom he operates, will also belong to me alone, my plan is to support a group of obedient merchants, that is, merchants who voluntarily pay taxes, give them the privilege of Japanese trade, and support them, of course, the premise is that they are obedient, voluntarily pay taxes, unwilling to pay taxes, or cheating, I have my own way to cure them......"

“…… Master Xu may find it strange, what if other merchants want to take this line to do business? How do I regulate it? In fact, it is very simple, Zheng Zhilong has surrendered, and my sailors have begun to take shape, those disobedient businessmen who think that they can run the Japanese country, without the escort of the sailors, will definitely be sunk by pirates, I think, so many times, everyone also knows that without my license, the trade of the Japanese country cannot be done, if you want to do the trade of the Japanese country, you have to listen to the greetings, you have to voluntarily pay taxes...... although this is not very fair, but the things at sea are also done like this, whose warship is powerful, you have to listen to whoever is at sea, Far from being comparable on land, for the sake of the people of the world, I have to do this, even if I leave some infamy, I also admit ......"...,

“…… In addition to the trade routes of the Japanese state, I am also ready to issue an order to let the Korean state open a port, allow the merchants of our dynasty to do business, and then open up several ports in the north of our Ming Dynasty, such as Tianjin, such as Shanhaiguan, such as Dengzhou, Yantai, Jiaozhou, Qingdao and other ports, and initially form a northern maritime trade network, with this maritime trade network to support merchants who listen to me and are willing to pay taxes voluntarily, so that they can grow, and the center of this maritime trade network is temporarily set in ......Shanghai."

"Wait for my sailors to be stronger, and then clean up the trade routes of the South Seas, so that the trade at sea can be completely in my hands, those merchants who are unwilling to pay taxes and do not listen to greetings, want to do sea trade, this is impossible, I calculated, just the sea trade line in the north, I can receive a lot of 'tariffs' every year, if I can master the sea trade line in the South Seas, just the tariffs, I initially estimate that it is more than 10 million taels, if the hand is a little heavier, collect 20 million, it is not impossible......

“…… I believe that through this continuous support, the group of businessmen in my hands will definitely be able to dominate the world's industry and commerce, and will be able to overwhelm those businessmen who are unwilling to pay taxes...... some people in Jiangnan are really hateful, while they are unwilling to pay taxes, on the other hand, in order to make a profit, they will change the grain fields to mulberry fields, which directly leads to the lack of silver money relief in the disaster year, not to mention, but also in disguise has led to the soaring price of grain, creating difficulties for the imperial court's relief, and the people are displaced. You can't do it if you don't clean them up......"

“…… In fact, as long as the sailors master the trade routes at sea, these people will be easy to clean up, such as the raw silk and other things they grow, many of them are sold to the Japanese country, North Korea, if they can cut off their trade routes, so that they can't trade on their own, the things they produce can only be sold to the maritime merchants under my control at a low price, I just need to keep lowering the purchase price, they naturally can't make a profit, under the pressure, they can only shrink their hands, that is, take my way, those who are disobedient and want to do their own maritime trade, None of them will go back......"

“…… I believe that there must be some difficulties at the beginning, if you can persevere, then this strategy will definitely succeed ......, Master Xu may have to worry about this bad reputation for me, Master Xu rest assured, this matter, leave it to Zheng Zhilong to do, it is no problem, he is an old pirate for many years, for how to deal with these things, hand to hand, all the businessmen under my control, voluntarily pay taxes, I will definitely send sailors to escort, unwilling to pay taxes, naturally there is no sailor to escort, robbed by pirates, no one can guarantee it, the woes are in our dynasty, it is not a day or two……”

“…… Speaking of the question of paying taxes and accepting my support to merchants, it is not an ordinary tax payment that can be obtained by me, and you can do trade, if this is the case, the management will be extremely chaotic, there will be countless loopholes to exploit, and it is simply impossible to effectively manage and control trade, and it is undoubtedly a pipe dream for me to use these controlled merchants to collect labor, commerce, and tariffs,......

"My plan is like this...... a few days ago, Master Xu should have the impression that I gave a twenty percent subsidy to those shipbuilders, and in order to obtain this twenty percent subsidy, you have to have an invoice, and if you want to get an invoice, you have to file with the tax superintendent, and pass, if you want to file with the tax superintendent and get it passed, then you have to reach an agreement with the tax superintendent to voluntarily pay taxes, and there must be no concealment or omission, once discovered, the filing qualification will be cancelled, that is, the invoice will be stopped, so that he can no longer continue to do business, and even be severely punished by the tax superintendent, …… What I mean is that by setting a threshold, we can selectively cultivate a group of reliable and easy-to-grasp businessmen, so that those businessmen can pay taxes automatically and independently, rather than passively collecting taxes, which can greatly save manpower, reduce the procedures and links of tax collection, and reduce unnecessary expenses......"...,

“…… I intend to register only the merchants I have selected and supported, so that only these people can get invoices, and if they can get invoices, it means that these people have paid taxes, so they have the right to trade through the sea trade routes, and the sailors will naturally take care of them, and the others will neither care about him, nor force him to pay taxes, but still uphold my consistent principle, pay taxes voluntarily, and I will never mention taxes to them, and as for them to pay taxes, it depends on whether the tax superintendent is willing to let them pay taxes......"

“…… Only in this way can I take the initiative in my hands, I want to lower the purchase price of raw silk, just one sentence, in the tax superintendent for the record, can issue invoices, must be pursued, otherwise, their filing will be canceled, the invoice will also be withdrawn, there is no right to maritime trade, although I will not prevent him from going to sea, but will not guarantee his safe ...... at sea, so that not only to the greatest extent to ensure the receipt of industry, commerce, customs duties, but also to the greatest extent to ensure that there will be no tax evasion, It is also possible to suppress those disobedient businessmen, if the days go by, then it will become a common practice to file with the tax superintendent, receive invoices, automatically file taxes, and pay taxes automatically, and everything will fall into place, and there is no need for me to abdicate to force ......."

“…… On Erxizi's side, I have already instructed him to shift his focus to the tax superintendent, and Erxiko's side is also beginning to explore and select reliable candidates for support, but the progress is a little unsatisfactory......"

“…… Speaking of the candidates for support, I have to talk about the salt merchants this time, among these salt merchants, many people are among my support, such as Wang, Liang, Guo and other families, these people, I have made concessions, their crimes need to be done, and it is necessary to raid the house or something, but in addition to their crimes, they also have to talk about their merits, and eat salt for the court to stabilize the people in the world, this is meritorious, they are among my support, and it must not be difficult to make a fortune in the future, and they must reappear in front of the world, so, Today's salt merchant case can't leave a tail, their relationship with the salt merchant must be cleared, even if he makes a fortune in the future, others can't accuse him because his family used to be a salt merchant, this point, please Master Xu handle it as appropriate, this matter is very important to me, without their few secret maintenance, the salt merchant is afraid that he will strike the salt market, if the fish dies and the net is broken, that kind of situation, I think about it now, I am still afraid; The confiscation of the salt merchant's wealth will never be as large as it is today, and it will be nearly intact; Moreover, without the assistance of several of them, I want to take over the salt industry in the world, and it will not be so smooth, now Liulizhai is already taking over the salt industry, thanks to their assistance, it will be so stable, these are all their merits, of course, some can not be said, specific matters, can only trouble Master Xu to deal with it......"

“…… For this group of salt merchants, I insist on letting Master Xu educate them and let Master Xu be responsible, and its main purpose is to select a group of merchants worthy of support from this batch of salt merchants, these salt merchants have now been completely stepped into the mud, and I have been cut off from the salt industry, if they want to make a fortune, they can only do other businesses, overseas trade, may be their future way out......"

“…… This group of people has experienced the salt merchant case, was stepped into the mud, has reached a low point, it should be easier to control, who to select, Master Xu can pay attention, specifically by the two Xizi side is responsible for reviewing and selecting ......, these salt merchants, there is still no lack of capable people, if they can give them a chance, they will definitely be able to open up a situation in a short time, this is also one of the major reasons for the compromise between me and the salt merchants, slowly from a small to support a group of merchants, this is of course more reliable, than from the salt merchants to select people to support, but time waits for no one, I can't afford to wait for such a long time, now the expenditure is skyrocketing every year, if I don't find a way to make up for the deficit as soon as possible, waiting for me, it will be the ruin of the country and the family, therefore, I have to take some risks and choose from these salt merchants, these salt merchants, although they have no family wealth, but the connections and knowledge are still there, the ability is still there, as long as I am willing to support, I can rise in a very short time, so that I can dominate the world's industry and commerce in the shortest possible time, and I can receive enough tax ....... These salt merchants should also know that they are powerful, and they should also have eyes...... This is powerful, I hope Master Xu can understand, I won't go into details......"

“…… This group of salt merchants who need education, Master Xu first educated in Nanjing for a period of time, and then took them to Shanghai, where he educated them, I knew that these salt merchants also hid their family wealth, and after the salt merchant case had cooled down, he could acquiesce to them to build residences and shops in Shanghai, or do some small business, so as to promote the development of Shanghai, what to do, I also said that the subject of education, first of all, is loyalty and patriotism, and then the importance of paying taxes, and then let them contact and discuss some knowledge about maritime trade and overseas, Enhance their knowledge in this area, in order to prepare for selection, this businessman's education class, may need to be held all year round, not hastily disbanded, at the beginning to educate salt merchants, in the future, Master Xu can find a reason, gradually open his mouth, other businessmen who are interested in taking this path into the education class, in preparation for the selection of ......" ......,