Chapter 356: For My Use
If Yi Feng wanted to forcibly apportionment to the merchants this time, they would have no choice. But Yi Feng didn't want to do this, his plan was that businessmen could compete for the qualifications of the three sponsors, and each level of sponsors had a set number of places and spent their own standard money. Eligible to become a sponsor and receive the corresponding title.
The most important thing is that these titles are not only titles, they can also enjoy a lot of corresponding benefits, one is the right to advertise, sponsoring the military drug program can get advertising opportunities, but this is not the most important, the most important thing is that after sponsoring the military, the title they get will have many practical benefits, for example, in the future, their shop caravans, can be marked with the Dasui military drug partners, sponsors, suppliers and other signs, and can also enjoy the same conditions to give priority to military drug orders, Sponsors who violate the law must be interrogated by the state government and eventually reported to the central court for verification. This article is equivalent to improving their social status, and they have prepared a number in the imperial court, so they don't have to worry about being blackmailed by any bull, ghost, snake and god in the future.
As soon as Yi Feng explained this, the Yan Wen brothers present immediately understood the gold content of this sponsor title.
The sponsor's products can be marked with the mark of the Great Sui Military Drug Partner, which is an excellent advertisement, which is simply a golden signboard, not to mention, there is also a priority right to purchase military drugs under the same conditions. These two items alone have obvious benefits for the merchants' business. Not to mention, after becoming sponsors, they will be on the list of the imperial court's attention in the future, and they will not be oppressed by local officials and clans at will.
This is indeed a very preferential benefit, and for the imperial court. These things are given to sponsors, which is simply a matter of benefit and no expense. It doesn't cost a penny.
This is a truly mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation.
Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, merchants have been suppressed and suppressed. In fact, in Yi Feng's view, although it is necessary to focus on agriculture, there is no need to suppress business at all. The benefits of merchants to the state are self-evident, as long as they can be managed well, the court can get a large amount of benefits from the hands of merchants. It is a pity that the Sui Dynasty was completely like free-range for merchants, basically unmanaged, and the commercial tax revenue, which was extremely important for later generations, was not available in this era. There was a commercial tax, no customs duties, no business tax, and almost all kinds of taxes that later generations were familiar with in this era, and merchants generally only paid the city tax, a tax paid when opening a shop in the city market, and the tax rate was very low. It can be said that during the Northern and Southern Dynasties before the Sui Dynasty, there were also municipal taxes, customs duties, commercial taxes, etc. In the Tang and Song dynasties after the Sui Dynasty, there were many tax items, and after the Tang Dynasty, the customs clearance tax was 20. In addition, there is a tax on bamboo, wood and salt, a tax on tea, a tax on mines, and a tax on houses. and a qiē transaction of money and goods to charge five percent of the money, etc., in the Song Dynasty. The various tax items are more complicated, and everything is taxed.
Arguably. The merchants of the Great Sui are actually really happy. In fact, in Yi Feng's view, the imperial court suppressed business on the one hand, but on the other hand, it was really stupid to do this, not only offending businessmen, but actually not getting the slightest benefit.
According to his idea, there is no need to be harsh on the exploitation of merchants, but it cannot be left alone, and the necessary taxes must still be collected. The merchants made a lot of money one by one, and the imperial court did not collect his taxes, but instead collected those poor and poor people who faced the loess all day long, which was completely inconsistent with the law of development. Of course, although he is the grandson now, it is not his turn to speak for this kind of court policy. And he also knows that many of today's big businessmen are actually backed by those nobles and nobles, and rashly offending them is to offend those powerful people, and there is no need. Therefore, this time, Yi Feng took out a sponsor plan, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, everyone is mutually beneficial, and everyone gets what they get.
"Specifically, the higher the level of the sponsor, the more sponsorship fees they pay, and the more rights they can enjoy."
Yi Feng said this, and the Wen Yan brothers nodded frequently, they were not the kind of nerds who didn't know mundane things, but they were all people with extremely high IQs, and as soon as they heard this, they all immediately praised this plan. "How much does the sponsorship fee cost?"
"I plan to be the highest-level partner, according to the sponsorship fee, the highest level of partner sponsorship fee is the lowest 10,000 yuan, the sponsor is 3,000 yuan, and the lowest supplier sponsorship fee is 1,000 yuan."
"What exactly is the difference between them?" Wen Yanbo immediately grasped a question.
"The more sponsorship they pay, the higher the sponsor level they get, and the more benefits they can enjoy. As for the specifics, they still need to be refined. "Anyway, it's a plan to pit money, and if you give more money, of course, you can enjoy the benefits of high-level cooperation, basically some policy preferences, status protection, etc., without letting the court pay a penny. As for this hierarchy, it is just to reflect the differences.
Yan Silu immediately thought that this sponsorship program was not only applicable to this medical plan, but in fact, it could be applied to many other imperial court purchases. Give those merchants from all walks of life a title that is not costly, and then the court can get a large amount of sponsorship. He even thought that at that time, the military partner could be upgraded to the official partner of the Great Sui, or even the title of the royal supplier of the Great Sui, with such a title, wouldn't it be a golden sign for the businessmen. Merchants were sure to be able to make a big deal with this sign, and the imperial court could easily collect a large amount of sponsorship. Thinking of this, Yan Silu couldn't sit still, he couldn't help but take out a notebook with a wasteland from his arms, and a pencil with a wasteland, and quickly wrote down these thoughts without anyone at the moment.
Yi Feng saw it at a glance, but he didn't stop it. In fact, if you select a few advantageous merchants in each industry and give them the title of official designated supplier or official partner or even royal supplier, it is completely okay, even if the businessmen have to pay a lot of money to the imperial court, but such a sponsorship fee can fully recover the investment. However, he did not intend to play this idea to the Son of Heaven himself, he knew that the Son of Heaven did not like businessmen, nor did he like this kind of sponsorship program with a strong commercial flavor. Of course, there are also some worries, and he is also a little worried that such a well-intentioned plan will eventually collude with officials and businessmen, and finally create a group of monopoly government and business interest groups. Even if you want to get it, it's not now, with Yang Jian, the emperor who hates businessmen, such a plan, no matter how attractive the prospect is, it is destined to be difficult to implement. Don't think so far at the moment, let's eat this crab first, if the plan turns out very well, maybe the emperor will change his mind a little.
Originally, Yi Feng just made a rough idea of this sponsor system, but now that he has these outstanding celebrities and talents, of course, he no longer needs to do it himself. He handed over this matter directly to the six Yan Wen brothers, which was the first task for their new appointment.
Later that day, the eight princes' mansion also came to meet Yi Feng, these are also the same handsome and talented people such as the Yan Wen brothers, but they are younger than them, and they don't have much experience as officials, so they can be regarded as high promotions and heavy use at this time. When I first saw Yi Feng, I was still a little restrained, but after Yi Feng chatted with them casually for a while, he was very satisfied with them, especially Li Baiyao, who had originally been a member of the Ministry of Rites, and was also a talented person who had been praised by a large number of people such as Yang Jian, Yang Su, and Niu Hong. However, in addition to Li Baiyao, the others are not simple, Feng Deyi turned out to be Yang Su's staff, and Yang Su was deeply valued, and even married his niece to Feng Deyi, and Chen Shuda is Chen Shubao's younger brother and Chen Wan's uncle. Xiao Yu is the younger brother of Princess Xiao of Jin and the uncle of Xiao Sumei.
And Kong Yingda is the descendant of the Confucian sage, and Yu Shinan is the younger brother of Yu Shiji, the servant of the internal history. Wang Qi was the nephew of Wang Cheng, the king of Han and Yang Liang, who joined the army, and Du Yan was a student of Wang Tong. In short, these people are all handsome and talented in their prime, but they are not easy to come from. Yi Feng didn't dare to trust them immediately, so he simply asked these eight housekeepers to follow Wen Yan Six Bachelors, responsible for assisting him in presiding over the medical plan and doing some copywriting work.
The sponsorship plan soon spread, and the former Jowang Beppu, which was renamed Taesunfu, became even more lively, and for a time it can be said that many merchants gathered, and the first to come were merchants from the Gyeonggi area, bringing gifts from large carts and small carts.
Wei Chi Gongcheng biting Jin and other flag guards got Yi Feng's order, and they were not polite to these people, and directly said that the grandson had a word, and he stopped them at the door without seeing the guests.
The merchants left a little helplessly, but soon another group of people came with gifts to ask for a meeting, but this time most of the people who came were from the wealthy families of the capital masters, and Yi Feng was no longer good at stopping them directly.
For these people, Yi Feng had to meet them one by one. In fact, the purpose of these people coming here is also very simple, although each family is a wealthy family, but the wealthy family also does business, and often the business is still very large. These people rushed here, but also to take advantage of this procurement, or also want to get the title of a military partner, although they themselves are also wealthy relatives, but after all, there are still a lot of scruples when doing business, if you can really get a title of partner, it will be much more convenient to do business in the future. Of course, there are many people who actually saw Yi Feng as the grandson, so they took the opportunity to come to visit, strengthen some relationships, and place some chips in advance, and some of them want to cooperate with Yi Feng, after all, Huaihuang's business is now very prosperous, there are many profitable transactions, and no one wants to get a piece of the pie. (To be continued......)