The third day of the lunar month.

Originally, I didn't plan to go out today, but I was helpless, because I wrote a note for the Tan brothers yesterday, but as a result, I got a notice just in the morning that Lao Zhu let him go to the palace.

The topic is related to joint ventures.

In the east pavilion on the left side of Fengtianmen, Zhu Yuan explained his thoughts to Lao Zhu in more detail: "...... The museum is a platform, and I originally planned to mention the red glaze in this issue of Daming Monthly, because it has already been finalized, and I can only wait for later. At the end of the day, it's just a commercial hype. If we do it properly, we can sell it at a high price even if it is of very low value, not to mention the red-glazed porcelain this time, which is difficult to fire and has naturally expensive properties......

The old Zhu behind the book finished approving a piece of music with two hearts, and after listening to Zhu Yuan's words, he nodded and shook his head: "You kid, you drill this money all day long, but it's not good."

"Ancestor, I'm all thinking about our family," Zhu Yuan deliberately showed a somewhat aggrieved expression: "If I really get into the eyes of money, I should stuff it into my pocket."

"It's our family again...... Lao Zhu changed a piece of music and opened it, and looked up and glanced over: "...... Tell me about it?"

"I should have told my ancestors," Zhu Yuan said, "The purpose of opening up this business is fundamentally to promote the circulation of social wealth. Ancestor, the rules you set were actually very wrong."

"Huh?"

"That is, merchants are not allowed to wear silk or the like," Zhu Yuan thought for a while, but he couldn't remember everything, and then continued with a little example: "This is actually a bit stricter in Hongwu, and in the next one or two hundred years, no one cares about these rules. The problem is that because of these rules, many things have lost their legitimacy, just say that you are not allowed to wear silk, your court is not allowed, merchants can only buy secretly, do it secretly, and wear it secretly, because it is not so justifiable, and the court wants to collect more taxes from high-end consumption such as silk, and it becomes less justifiable, because it is the law of the ancestors. Oh, the same kind, there is also a ban on the sea, because there is a sea ban on the surface, as a result, the sea trade can only be done secretly, the sea trade of the Ming Dynasty, because of the opening of European routes, is larger than that of the Song Dynasty, and lacks legitimacy, the imperial court cannot collect taxes, which is equivalent to a loss of 5 million to 10 million tariffs per year."

"Why did you get to the sea again, I can't help it this time," Lao Zhu said, "Say...... Just that...... Cycle, I remember some of your previous statements, take this ceramic as an example, and then give me a reason, you should review the old and learn the new?"

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Zhu Yuan is also very patient with similar topics, and said seriously: "This ceramic joint venture is actually similar to the business related to Zhiyongzhai and Shangshanju. Ancestors, "The way of man, the loss is insufficient and the dedication is surplus", to put it mildly, that is, any time, with the development of time, social resources will gather to the top of the pyramid, which involves the most fundamental human nature, which cannot be reversed, can only be eased. In order to prevent the lower classes from becoming too "insufficient" or even unsustainable, we must find ways to redistribute the social resources gathered to the upper classes. Taxation was discussed with the ancestors, and it was also said that commerce, for redistribution, was dissected, and one thing was to encourage the rich to spend money, not the restrictions that the ancestors used to not wear even silk."

Lao Zhu paused to browse the movements of the movement, thought for a while, and said, "I also pondered in private, so I thought, heh, you are ...... Always go in the direction of arrogance, but it's not good."

"The problem is that in any dynasty, when the national strength reaches its peak, it will be like this," Zhu Yuan said: "For example, in the Song Dynasty, Liu Sanchang's "Southeast Shape Victory, Sanwu Capital, Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times", a poem, and even the introduction of the gold lord led the army south, just to take a look at the "Three Autumn Guizi, Ten Miles of Lotus" in the south of the Yangtze River, and ...... Let's Daming, in the last years, the chaos was also in the north, and the people couldn't eat, so they could only rise up, but the land south of the Yangtze River was still "smoke and willow painting bridges, wind curtains and green curtains, and 100,000 households". My attitude is, Ancestor, since the trend cannot be changed, we must take the initiative to get involved in it, to control, to guide, and to benefit from it, on the one hand, to act as a state use, and on the other hand, to subsidize the bottom."

Lao Zhu read a few sentences on a piece of music in front of him, and said, "Yuan'er, is it ...... Not really

Is there a way to have it both ways?"

"There is a double dharma in the world," Zhu Yuan read the sentence, stopped the second half in time, and then said: "In the later archaeological dynasties, such as Bianliang and Chang'an, it is often found that the money cellars of the rich and rich, gold, silver and copper coins, because they can't be spent, are buried in the ground tons and tons, and because of various changes, there is no follow-up when they are buried, so that it is a thousand years later to see the light of heaven again. Ancestors, if there is no reasonable method of wealth guidance, we will only be like this in the future, the rich hoard money from cellar to cellar, and the poor want to buy rice to satisfy their hunger but their pockets are empty."

Lao Zhu listened to Zhu Yuan's description of some scenes, and finally stopped reading the movements, paused, found the notebook he learned from Zhu Yuan, and re-wrote a sentence "The way of man, the loss is insufficient and the dedication is more than enough", thought about it and remembered a sentence "It is better to be blocked than sparse", and then said to the next one: "Don't you stop, take it?"

Zhu Yuan continued: "So, as I said before, it's not enough to just use fasting, Shangshanju or official shark fins, we need to make luxury consumption for the rich a ...... Well, there are many industries, and they secretly guide and encourage the rich to consume. In this process, luxury goods are subject to higher taxes than general consumer goods aimed at ordinary people. I don't want to talk about the 30 tax here, on the side of the city, the two tax rates I set before are low, and the tax rate for luxury goods should even be above 50%, that is, the rich spend 10,000 taels of silver for luxury consumption, and the imperial court must collect at least 5,000 taels of tax."

Lao Zhu's originally calm expression was shocked, and he looked over: "How can a businessman be willing to pay the fifty percent tax, and besides, if he pays it, I'm afraid he won't lose money, who will do this loss-making business?"

Zhu Yuan smiled and said, "The ancestor forgot to use the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" theme pen again?"

Lao Zhu was stunned.

That money-grabbing thing!

Suddenly.

The "Classic of Mountains and Seas" theme fountain pen, the cost is at most one or two hundred taels, but it sells for 1,888 taels, if you pay more than 900 taels according to the fifty percent tax, it is still a big profit.

However, Lao Zhu immediately shook his head: "You...... It's different."

"It's all the same. I chatted with the Tan brothers yesterday about the in-depth study of the porcelain burning process, in the future, 10,000 taels of porcelain, even if you count the loss, maybe the cost will be less than 100 taels. 100 times the profit, the imperial court collects 50% of the tax, which is still a great profit." Speaking of this, Zhu Yuan thought of one, paused, and said with a smile: "Ancestor, if you do this, first of all, you must make sure that you can't be so distressed that you are reluctant to pay taxes?"

Lao Zhu was puzzled, and then understood.

Speaking of the glass business, the royal accounts for a large part of the company, and various other group companies, Lao Zhu also thought about cutting a part of the shares to the royal family in the future.

These businesses will certainly not lack luxury types.

Because of the records of the "Book of Heaven" and some explanations of Zhu Yuan, Lao Zhu made up his mind very early on that the royal family would also have to pay taxes legally in the future, however, thinking about it now, his own business had to pay fifty percent of the tax to the treasury, and he was really reluctant for a while.

After a little consideration, he saw the young man opposite with a sudden appearance, and then laughed: "You, you want to put me in."

"It's good that the ancestor can see it," Zhu Yuan saw Lao Zhu's expression and knew that he didn't change his mind, and said, "Money can never be earned, if you want to be rich and rich for a long time, you must go through the long stream. The royal family earns less than fifty percent, and maybe the Zhu family's wealth will last for another 500 years in the future, this is the reason. Because God also has an abacus, its algorithm is "God knows, the loss is more than enough to make up for the deficiency", if the "surplus" resolutely cannot "make up for the deficiency", God will launch the most drastic means to help you "make up", and when the time comes, it will be too late for the "surplus" to regret it."

Lao Zhu nodded slightly.

I remembered another paragraph, when the rich and noble ministers of the city were served one by one and squeezed out 70 million taels of silver like boiling lard, would they regret it, and felt that they only donated 200,000 taels to defend the city, was it too little.

I knew earlier, perhaps, should I donate more?

Scold......

I knew it earlier......

I knew it early on......

In the words of his precious twenty-third grandson, well, this is called "

humanity".

That's not a good word to listen to.

So he looked at it again and imagined, "You ...... Fifty percent of the harvest is immediately received, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right?"

"Well, things have to come step by step, the so-called luxury industry has not yet been formed, of course not, it is too early to harvest, just like a few fish in a fishing net and start pulling the net," Zhu Yuan said, after thinking about it, he continued: "Wait for more than ten or twenty years, ancestor, when the time comes, you will deliberately lose your temper, thinking that the society is too arrogant and extravagant, and the atmosphere is not good, so you have to take care of it." For example, let's let the wind out first, and say, well, that and that...... Zhiyongzhai, selling such an expensive fountain pen, the impact is not good, I will ban it for you, and you are not allowed to sell it again in the future. Then, when a female businessman like me heard it, no, ancestor, you are open, hundreds of people in the family have to be fed, when the time comes, I can help make a show, enter the palace and cry and beg for a while, you push the boat down the river, see that my family is so pitiful, I can't help it, but I can't let it go, so I will raise the tax and collect fifty percent. Fifty percent, also dig into the heart and lungs, but think about the business is still there, the profit is still so high, the big deal, originally sold 1888 taels of pens, I raised the price to 2888 taels, the profit is still so much, just pass on the cost to the people who buy these, as for those who can afford luxury goods, 1888 taels and 2888 taels, the difference is not big, they are all used to it, if you don't buy it, people surnamed Wang use the Shanhaijing series, my surname Li doesn't use, isn't it going to be looked down upon? And so, it happened. I remember what an idiom says, well, three days and four nights, but this is more exciting than three days and four days, similar to "empty gloves white wolf".

Lao Zhu: "......"

What a baby bump!

Lao Zhu also thought of the recently watched "Dream of Red Mansions" for a moment, saying that Lin Daiyu "has more heart than work, and is as sick as Xizi wins three points".

Look at the ...... again

How...... So apt?!

Zhu Yuan finished speaking on a whim, seeing that Lao Zhu had a strange expression, thinking that he didn't say anything wrong, and he didn't commit any taboos, could it be that he was abnormal again.

Decided to open: "Ancestor, that's probably it, if nothing else, I want to ...... Just go back first?"

There are still happy events today.

Lao Zhu subconsciously waved his hand, but stopped again: "The joint venture company is your ......."

"Ancestor, the proposal has crossed the line, I didn't want to stick at all," Zhu Yuan hurriedly refused, and also suggested: "Otherwise, you let Zuo Xiang work hard, I don't mind being picked."

Lao Zhu saw that his baby twenty-third grandson looked lazy, and he wanted to laugh and scold, but he was reluctant, but he just said, "It's you, Baifang...... He...... According to you, you can't do it without a pattern."

Lao Zhu said this, Zhu Yuan knew that he couldn't push it off, so he nodded reluctantly: "Then I'll help me occasionally mention a few words, Ancestor, talk about it...... I happen to have another luxury business, the name is all right, it's called "Guan Ju Fang", which mainly sells jewelry, bags and so on for women, can you ask Niang Niang to write a plaque, because it is sold to women, it is not appropriate for you to write it again."

Lao Zhu wanted to nod casually, but reacted, and asked with a smile: "This, I wrote it for you, how many shares do you have to count?"

"Ancestor, this time it's a small business, so it's not divided," Zhu Yuan was confident: "However, I actually only plan to light a spark, how to say that word, a spark can start a prairie fire." I hope to form a dedicated industry in the future, not only "Guan Ju Fang", but also many, many similar companies, because the market is huge, and Royal can also quietly invest in it and create other brands."

Lao Zhu didn't seem to understand it, and shook his head resolutely: "I didn't understand you, I want the queen's plaque, so I will score shares, and I can't let you take advantage of it."

When his ancestor said this, Zhu Yuan no longer insisted, and spread his five fingers happily: "Since this is the case, ancestor, I will make it bigger, and divide it into five and fifty." This Guan Jufang is the parent company, and in the future, it will open up some sub-brands, "The Book of Songs" is there, "Pujia", "Miao", etc., just come casually. Well, since that's the case, I'll also customize it again, about the name, this time it's best to use the seal character, the kind that can't be recognized at a glance, and then design it a little, and the glyph should have a feminine softness. Ancestor, let's do it, I'll go back and sketch it, and then send it to the palace, so that the mother can put pen to paper, how about it?"

Lao Zhu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and when he was finished, he couldn't help but ask, "Your business...... How big can it be, and how big is it than that joint venture?"

"How big?" Zhu Yuan pondered for a moment and said: "Let's put it this way, there is a ranking of consumption power in later generations, that is, the most able to buy things, called "women" are greater than "children" and "old people" are greater than "dogs" and are greater than "men".

Lao Zhu couldn't imagine how terrible the spending power of the "woman" was, but he noticed one of them: "What is that "dog"?"

"It's literal," Zhu Yuan said, "We men are miserable, we are desperate to make money to support our family, we do the most, spend the least, and we are not as good as the family dog."

Lao Zhu: "......"

I want to laugh and scold a crooked reason, but, after thinking about it carefully, I feel ...... Pretty reasonable.

Let's just say that since a group of cats have been added to the palace, my own daughter-in-law, who has too much leisure in her daily life, is very concerned, and occasionally sees Ma's close appearance of holding cats, and he, who is a husband, will inevitably eat it.