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Today, Zhao Junchen is a qualified politician, and his vivid lies and acting with falsehoods are easy and almost instinctive for Zhao Junchen.

However, this time, Zhao Junchen's speech to the Hui businessmen was mostly Zhao Junchen's true thoughts.

After all, the Hui merchants are all cunning and cunning like ghosts, and ordinary lies can't deceive them at all, Zhao Junchen can only really convince them if he tells the truth and analyzes all the pros and cons to them clearly.

The matter of the crown prince Zhu Heyu's rectification of commercial taxes was all because of Zhao Junchen's secret promotion, but Zhao Junchen also knew that after Zhu Heyu rectified the commercial tax, he would certainly plant a big heel, but the mess he left behind still needed to be cleaned up by himself after all.

If Zhao Junchen can't properly clean up this mess, then the next person to be planted is Zhao Junchen himself!

Therefore, Zhao Junchen has long had his own perfect plan for rectifying commercial taxes and smuggling.

It's just that, perhaps because of his background in later generations, Zhao Junchen's plan is rather peculiar, and even a little rebellious.

That is, since smuggling cannot be eradicated, and the profits of smuggling are extremely high, then the business of smuggling is monopolized by the imperial court!

In this way, the loss of the imperial court in terms of commercial taxes can at least make up for a large part of it through smuggling business!

Therefore, Zhao Junchen proposed cooperation to the Hui merchants - the imperial court provided preferential policies, and the Hui merchants provided ships, manpower, and financial resources, and the two sides jointly formed a large-scale shipping company. Then rely on this shipping company to monopolize the river transportation business of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and the Yangtze River waterway!

Among them, the so-called "preferential policies". It was the imperial court that reduced most of the taxes of this ship company, so that it came. The transportation business of this shipping company is no different from smuggling, but it has obtained the permission of the imperial court, and it can be "smuggled" in a bright and bright way!

To put it simply, it is the legalization of the imperial court's shareholding and smuggling!

Prior to this, in order to smuggle smoothly, smugglers always had to give a part of their profits and dividends to officials from all walks of life, so as to open up joints, buy officials, and find backers! But according to Zhao Junchen's plan, from now on, the imperial court will be the only backer for these smuggling merchants, so the smugglers only need to give the shares and dividends to the imperial court!

Furthermore. As Zhao Junchen said, he will not cooperate with all the smugglers, in this plan, Zhao Junchen adopts the strategy of co-opting some smugglers and then suppressing the other part of the smugglers; Only those powerful and influential smugglers can get Zhao Junchen's "friendship"!

As for those smugglers who are not strong enough, or those who are unwilling to cooperate with Zhao Junchen, Zhao Junchen is the target of Zhao Junchen, and after embezzling their market share, this joint shipping company can greatly increase its profits and truly monopolize the shipping business. By the way, you can also kill chickens and monkeys to deter those forces that are ready to move.

In addition, after the imperial court confiscated the funds and ships of these smugglers, they could also be invested in the United Shipping Company. Increase the imperial court's stake and voice in the United Shipping Company, and further increase the income of the imperial court!

According to Zhao Junchen's estimates, through such a method. The financial revenue of the imperial court will increase by at least tens of millions of taels of silver every year!

Of course, the imperial court will not take all of this silver for its own use. In the form of subsidies, a part of the silver will be distributed to the local yamen along the way. It is used to make up for the losses of the local yamen and calm the dissatisfaction of the local yamen.

At that time, it can not only increase the income of the imperial court, but also suppress the smuggling phenomenon that has been repeatedly prohibited, and also reduce the current situation of indiscriminate tax collection in various places, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone!

The most important thing is that Zhao Junchen's move to rectify commercial taxes will not only not offend all stakeholders, but will also form a huge interest group, drawing the Huishang group and local officials along the way to his side, so that they can become Zhao Junchen's interest community, and at that time, Zhao Junchen's power will also expand to a very amazing point!

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Most of the Hui merchants were smart people, and they quickly understood what Zhao Junchen meant, and analyzed the pros and cons of Zhao Junchen's proposal.

Then, those Hui businessmen who were interested in cooperating with Zhao Junchen raised their doubts one after another, hoping to get a detailed answer from Zhao Junchen.

As Zhao Junchen's words fell, a Hui merchant couldn't wait to ask, "May I ask Lord Zhao, how wide is the business scope of this shipping company?" But can any commodity be transported? ”

Zhao Junchen had a plan in his heart, and immediately replied: "I have always been an official business, so except for these two, any goods are within the business scope of the shipping company...... Of course, as long as you are willing to cooperate with the imperial court, then even if it is salt and iron, the imperial court will give it appropriate convenience......"

Zhao Junchen's words can be described as a naked hint - as long as you are willing to cooperate with the imperial court, then the imperial court will not touch the profits of your salt and iron smuggling - of course, the profit share still has to be collected!

After hearing Zhao Junchen's answer, many Hui businessmen who were originally still wavering in their attitudes immediately increased their interest.

Then, another Hui merchant asked: "Lord Zhao, you said that the imperial court will provide preferential policies, so what are these preferential policies?" And how strong? ”

Zhao Junchen still replied immediately: "In addition to the most basic excise tax, ship money and door stall tax, the rest of the complicated taxes, such as lottery points, toll tax, temporary donations, etc., are all exempted!" In addition, following the example of the early days of our dynasty, if you transport the basic daily necessities of the people and agricultural tools, even the most basic excise tax can be exempted! In addition, after this ship company gets the support of the imperial court, it can also avoid the private embarrassment of local officials, deduct card penalties, and reduce a lot of troubles and costs! The official has already calculated before, according to the official's proposal, the merchants can reduce the cost of transporting goods through this ship at least seventy percent, and even lower than the cost of smuggling! With such an advantage, this shipping company can monopolize the business of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and the Yangtze River waterway in the shortest possible time! ”

After getting Zhao Junchen's answer. A group of Hui businessmen are in a commotion again!

The preferential treatment given to them by Zhao Junchen seems to be greater than imagined!

But. Even after getting these discounts, there are still a large number of Hui merchants who are hesitant.

Ultimately. Lin Yunpu, president of the Salt Merchants Association, asked an extremely critical question: "Lord Zhao, your proposal is naturally beneficial to the country and the people, and it is also profitable for us and us, but once this joint shipping company is established, the scale must be extremely large, but because of this, even if our businessmen provide more ships, manpower and funds, I am afraid that each person will not be able to occupy much of the shares, so as to do so." Haven't we become insignificant shareholders and completely lost the decision-making power of the shipping company? In this way, we and other businessmen contributed money and efforts, but in the end we ended up in a situation where we were controlled by others......"

Before Lin Yunpu's inquiry was finished, he was interrupted by Zhao Junchen: "Boss Lin is too worried, this joint shipping company is just an alliance in the final analysis, not a complete integration of your shipping companies, your shipping companies will nominally become a branch of this joint shipping company, and they also have the same interests and act together on weekdays, but in fact, you are still the decision-makers of your own shipping company." It's just that they formed an alliance with other ship companies, used the same name, and got the imperial court's shares! In addition, the United Shipping House elects seven deacon shareholders every three years to manage the affairs of the United Shipping Company and set the direction of the United Shipping Company's operations. There will also be only one deacon shareholder representing the imperial court! To put it simply, the imperial court is only responsible for providing preferential policies and collecting dividends, and you are still responsible for the operation! ”

Heard Zhao Junchen's answer. Most of the Hui merchants further let go of their worries.

Before that, they were most worried about the establishment of the United Shipping Company. They will lose their autonomy altogether and will remain an insignificant shareholder.

And then. Bai Mingyu asked another key question: "After we wait for the merchants to form a shipping company jointly with the imperial court, how will the proceeds be shared?" After all, the imperial court only provided preferential policies, while we had to provide ships, manpower, and funds, and if our merchants held too low shares, it would inevitably outweigh the losses......"

Zhao Junchen smiled slightly and explained in detail: "The distribution of share income depends on the specific situation!" The more ships, manpower, and money you provide, the higher your shares! Theoretically, the imperial court's holding of each shipping company will not exceed forty percent! In addition, if you have additional credit, then the imperial court will also give additional preferential treatment to further increase your share dividends! ”

Bai Mingyu's eyes flashed, and he asked again, "Oh? But I don't know what you mean by extra credit, sir? ”

Zhao Junchen smiled lightly and explained: "After the establishment of the United Shipping Company, the imperial court will naturally punish those smugglers who have not joined the United Shipping Company, and you are all experts in the smuggling industry, so you are naturally well aware of the current situation of your peers!" At that time, if you can provide their incriminating evidence, so that the court can easily wipe them out, then you will naturally be credited to the court, and the court will also make concessions in terms of income dividends! ”

Zhao Junchen's tone was flat, but it had the greatest effect!

Peers are often competitors, they know each other the most, and the competition is the most cruel!

Many Hui businessmen who were already willing to cooperate heard Zhao Junchen's words were full of enthusiasm and enthusiasm, ready to collect the criminal evidence of their peers, so as to increase their future interests!

And those Hui businessmen who were originally unwilling to cooperate, after hearing Zhao Junchen's words, they were in a cold sweat - now, the imperial court is about to rectify smuggling, they are unwilling to cooperate with Zhao Junchen, and they are also holding a fluke mentality, feeling that the imperial court may not be able to find themselves, but after Zhao Junchen's words came out, they knew that if they did not participate in cooperation, it would be impossible to escape the punishment of the imperial court! After all, the imperial court may not be able to collect evidence of their smuggling crimes, but the other smugglers know everything about them! With the help of other smugglers, if you blindly resist, you will definitely not survive!

For a while, these Hui businessmen, who were originally reluctant to cooperate, also changed their minds one after another, intending to accept Zhao Junchen's "friendship" and become part of the United Shipping Company!

Looking at the changes in the expressions of the Hui merchants, Zhao Junchen smiled slightly, knowing that his goal had been achieved, after his own words, the Hui merchants had completely lost their resistance mentality, and now there was only one way to cooperate with the imperial court!

In fact, Zhao Junchen's plan to "drive away the wolf and devour the tiger" has another intention, that is, by collecting the criminal evidence of the smugglers, he will take the opportunity to grasp the criminal evidence of those smugglers bribing officials from all walks of life!

At that time, there will inevitably be many officials who are corrupt and bribery in the hands of Zhao Junchen, and after Zhao Junchen gets these criminal evidence, he will naturally be able to "prosper and perish those who follow me"!

Zhao Junchen has been planning for a long time for the rectification of commercial taxes!

Therefore, when Zhao Junchen got the authority to rectify the commercial tax, Zhao Junchen was destined to soar into the sky!

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PS: Thank you for your concern to several new and old readers, I have been seeing a few of you tipping and voting recently, so that this book can maintain a certain popularity, and I am very moved!

To be honest, this book is difficult to write and requires a lot of time and energy; The income is very low, and the manuscript fee is not enough to even spend pocket money......

Because of repeated interruptions, the bug is also embarrassed to ask everyone to subscribe to the genuine version, reward and vote, and can only taste the bitter fruit, invest all the free time, and try to save popularity, but unfortunately the starting point has given up this book, so it has little effect......

However, the motivation for the bugs to persist has always been there, and that is you!

Therefore, this book will not be eunuch, nor will it be unfinished, and the worms will write it quietly.

Above.

…… (To be continued.) )