"Your Majesty, the minister is not a little bit of the ability to turn stone into gold. There is no earth-shattering ability, and what he does is just pushing the boat down the river, and the melon is ripe. ”

Gu Zhenhua smiled carefully on his face, and said in a loud voice: "In recent decades, the maritime trade has become more and more prosperous, and the silver flowing into the Ming Dynasty every year is no less than 10 million taels. As the saying goes, if the way of heaven is more than enough to make up for the shortage, they should be taxed to fill the state's needs. With all due respect, the first emperor failed to act like this, but instead begged for fish because of wood, which increased the burden on the peasants, forcing the small people in Shengdou to die and become a rogue. In the final analysis, the problem of Daming is the financial dilemma, and the financial dilemma lies in commerce, in the southeast, and on the sea. Instead of digging, he put the gold and silver mountains away, but grabbed food with the people who asked for food, and was bitten by dogs, so he couldn't complain about others! ”

The words were harsh, but Zhu Cihong listened to it with relish, and when he said that since he became the emperor, he was constantly reflecting on why the dignified Celestial Empire had fallen to the point of losing the country, which was simply incomprehensible. Hearing Gu Zhenhua's words, Zhu Cihong seemed to have touched a little way.

"King Liao, is the benefit of industry and commerce so great? But why are there always ministers and I saying that business is the last business, and the collection of taxes is to look up to them, and to promote these mercenary people? ”

Wu Kaijie said: "Your Majesty, do you need to say this, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, the scholars in the world, there are businessmen behind them, and they simply say that they run their own workshops." ”

Zhu Cihong also nodded abruptly: "The courtiers only have themselves in their hearts, there is no country and society, and they ignore Jun'en, no wonder my father said that they can all be killed." ”

"陛xià. The courtiers are selfish, so there is no need to say more. Wechen just wants to say that industry and commerce are not the end of the industry, which contains unparalleled power. Please look at this! ”

Wu Kaijie took a freshly cleared account book from the side and sent it to Zhu Cihong.

"This is the production capacity statistics of Nanyang Arsenal last month. A total of 120 field bronze cannons, 1,700 self-generated guns, 200 mini guns, 1 million catties of gunpowder, and countless other armor and armor were produced. Enough to supply 5,000 elite soldiers. ”

Zhu Cihong looked through the account books, and immediately frowned, as the crown prince. He has received a standard Chujun education and knows the situation of Daming well, and the production capacity of Nanyang Factory for one month can almost catch up with the output of a workshop in Beijing for a year. Whether in terms of money, food or weapons. Henan is a corner of the enemy and a country. There is still a victory.

Wu Kaijie accompanied the little emperor all the way, and also understood Zhu Cihong's temperament, this one is still quite studious, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the Nanyang factory has this ability, mainly because it has mobilized the power of businessmen and adopted a new style of management. All kinds of parts are outsourced to merchants, and those craftsmen are rewarded according to their performance. The more you do, the more you get. ”

Dai Ying on the side couldn't help but ask, "Vice Chief Wu." Let the businessmen participate, what if these people are greedy for profit and bluff with shoddy things? ”

"Hahaha, my father-in-law asked well, it's just a supervision! The specifications of the production products are set, and strict inspection and control are carried out when purchasing. Each part has a serial number, and if something goes wrong, it will be strictly traced. Although I dare not say that there are no loopholes, the products of all arsenals are several times stronger than those of previous workshops. ”

Seeing Zhu Cihong and Dai Ying fall into deep thought, Yan Yingyuan also said: "Your Majesty, the production capacity of the arsenal has skyrocketed, and so are the workshops that also produce silk porcelain. Growing grain is only one season a year, and there are only two seasons at most in the south, but textiles can be done every day, and there are taxes when there is business, so that the financial revenue will naturally increase tenfold! ”

Zhu Cihong finally understood a little, but there were more questions in his heart.

"King Liao, I heard the gentlemen say that there is one wealth in the world, and if the court takes a little more, the people will have less.

"His Majesty is merciful, but the truth may not be so. In the long run, the wealth of the world is actually growing, take overseas as an example, so much silver flows in every year, can it only be used for one year? And in the short term, wealth is indeed limited. But it was not only the court and the people who shared the wealth, but also the gentry group in the middle. They relied on their own privileges to bully the court and oppress the people, enjoying huge profits alone. Now that An** has brought up the taxes, it is not that the warehouse is not used, we need to purchase military supplies, we need to repair bridges and roads, and we need to build schools. The money was given back to the people, and eighty percent of the tax was taken from the people and used for the people. Only one or two percent were used in the army, but even one or two percent was much more than the original! ”

As a person who has mastered hundreds of millions of wealth, Gu Zhenhua knows very well that wealth can only have real meaning when it flows, and control is more valuable than owning!

Wealth is a kind of power, which is expropriated and spent, which is the manifestation of the power of the state. It's just that the Ming Dynasty is a little very sad, Lao Zhu has always been taking care of the Ming Dynasty with the simple concept of a peasant, like taking care of the fields.

Lao Zhu thought that if the tax came up and went down, it would be like taking off his pants and farting, so he simply let the local government intercept enough and hand over the rest. As a result, the financial congenital deficit was created, and the future generations had no way to reverse it.

The qiē that Gu Zhenhua showed to Zhu Cihong was, to put it bluntly, a comparison between two civilizations, industry and agriculture!

With the power of Henan Province, it is not a fool's dream to compare with the entire Ming Dynasty. Take Britain and the Manchu Qing Dynasty before the Opium War, in 184o, the annual fiscal revenue of the British Empire was close to 9ooo million pounds, which was converted into Chinese Kuping silver at that time, about 2.4-270 million taels, while the fiscal revenue of the Qing Empire at that time was 450,000 taels of silver, and the British fiscal revenue was about 6 times that of the Qing Dynasty, and its annual military budget was exactly equivalent to the annual fiscal revenue of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, Britain was only the size of a province equivalent to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

As for what later generations said that the Manchu Qing "chicken fart" was the first in the world, it would be even more unbelievable. The so-called first is estimated on the basis of purchasing power parity, which is of little significance when comparing national strength. And the agricultural "chicken fart" and the industrial "chicken fart" are completely two things, one is a freshly dug potato from the ground, and the other is a tall potato chip, which is pretty much it!

In addition to the fact that the output value of industrial society is much higher than that of agriculture, there is also a more powerful point, that is, it is more efficient.

In the Ming Dynasty, which is dominated by agricultural taxation, there are two taxes in summer and autumn a year, and the cycle is measured in years. However, industry and commerce have not been interrupted almost every day, and taxes can be paid and lowered at any time, and the efficiency has been improved dozens of times. Therefore, it can be a large-scale construction project, and the scale of the stroke is simply staggering!

Zhu Cihong silently flipped through a few account books, and his heart was subjected to a strong impact. He looked up at the sky, and finally calmed down before asking: "King Liao, in my opinion, if you want to manage such a complex business, I am afraid that the manpower required is quite amazing, and I am afraid that this will have a bit of an impact on the light and thin endowment?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has the courage to say, what is a good court like, it's like a little second in a restaurant!"

This metaphor Zhu Cihong had never heard of, and suddenly laughed: "King Liao, how can you talk about this?" ”

"Sitting in the restaurant, the most comfortable little two is when you need it, and it immediately appears in front of you. You can't call it at all, and you can't dangle it back and forth around when you don't call, which is disgusting! ”

Dai Ying thought about it, and couldn't help but stroke his palm and smile: "What His Royal Highness the King of Liao said is incisive, the little slave thinks what he said is just a degree!" The things that the court should take care of must be managed, and you can't shirk the responsibility just because you are lightly paid! ”

"Father-in-law Shengming, the gentry group has robbed too much of the power of the imperial court, and as a result, there is a gap between the imperial court and the people of the world. The Manchu Dynasty and the princes, the people in their mouths, are the gentry and the scholars. And the rest of the people are almost like slaves, they can ask for and take, so that the rogue can not be rampant! ”

Zhu Cihong sighed: "As the saying goes, the officials force the people to rebel, it seems that it is really the Zhu family who is immoral, so that the people have to rebel." Thinking about thieves and sacrificing thieves like this is not a crime that is unforgivable, the King of Liao left a whole corpse for the sacrificial thief, and it should be! ”

"Thank you for your understanding!"

Gu Zhenhua accompanied Zhu Cihong around the Government Affairs Yuan, and then went to the staff headquarters opposite to take a look.

The whole operation system is like a sophisticated Western table clock, and all kinds of data are sent in and processed layer by layer. The staff think tank formulates the corresponding strategy, and the officials in charge consult and evaluate, make choices, report to the public, and after implementation, evaluate the benefits and disadvantages, and further decide how to adjust.

Seeing this, Zhu Cihong finally understood, no wonder Gu Zhenhua dared to say that he would hand over the military power to himself!

In fact, Gu Zhenhua has already had the confidence to operate independently with such a perfect system. Compared with the six cabinet ministries of the imperial court, it is more complete and more effective. The management system has always been advanced and backward, and how can backward annex advanced! Even if you grab it yourself, you won't be able to play it at all!

Walking down in a circle, Zhu Cihong can be regarded as understanding what is the gameplay of the industrial age, and from the heart out, he completely accepted a baptism.

"King Liao, I still have questions, the gentry and bureaucrats also run businesses and chase profits, why are they a scourge! And once the businessman rises, what should he do? ”

"Your Majesty, take the salt law of the imperial court as an example, salt merchants rely on the nest that has been passed down from generation to generation to make profits, in the final analysis, it is just a privilege. Such businessmen have spent all their energy on buying off officials to escort them, so how can they have the heart to run them well and make the world profitable! As for the merchants, just like the water of the Yellow River, the dikes on both sides can be controlled, so that the people of several provinces can benefit from irrigation. If you can't control it, you will drown countless people and suffer heavy losses. In the final analysis, it is still a test of the ability of the imperial court, and because of this, Weichen advocates that the admission of officials should be examined and learned, and they must have real skills. With four books and five classics in one mind, you can't fight wits and courage with profiteers. The two lists of Jinshi I have listed in the imperial court have been fooled and deceived by the small officials under my subordinates, Hanlin Cichen, Kedao Yanguan, the so-called Qingliu, are not good ministers and good looks! ”

The words are deviant, but the truth is three points, Zhu Cihong gradually lowered his head and thought about every word!

"I want to implement a new policy, is the King of Liao willing to help me?" (To be continued......)

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