The three businessmen sitting in front of Li Zicheng were indeed the residents of each family, named Huang Qing, Su Fu, and Zhou Xianglin, and even Shi Kefa, who was very close to them, didn't know how big their furniture was.

Li Zicheng naturally wouldn't be eyeing their family property, glanced at the three of them, and said, "The three proprietors, I'm afraid they have a lot of complaints about Huaxia's collection of commercial taxes, right?" ”

"The grass people don't dare!" The three of them couldn't figure out Li Zicheng's thoughts, and they were very careful, they understood their identity, that is, no matter how big the family property was, they were just lowly businessmen, and it was already an emperor's grace to be able to sit in front of Li Zicheng.

"I know your thoughts," Li Zicheng said, "I will tell you the truth, I have summoned you today because I value your influence in the business world, and I want to tell all businessmen through your mouth that no one can be exempt from business taxes." ”

"The grass people obey!"

"I summoned you, but I still want to tell you two things," Li Zicheng smiled indifferently: "You may know Huaxia's "Tax Law", but there are often two misunderstandings about commercial taxation. ”

“……”

"First, the commercial tax is not to collect your family property, but to tax the annual turnover!"

"Turnover?"

"Yes, the turnover has nothing to do with your family property, and I don't care how much property you have," Li Zicheng said with a faint smile: "The turnover is your annual sales income, which is levied according to the fifteenth tax, and it must not be concealed or omitted, otherwise, the government will severely punish it." ”

Huang Qing, Su Fu, and Zhou Xianglin glanced at each other, all of them were happy, if only the annual turnover was taxed, the amount would be much smaller.

Every time a new dynasty is established, the merchant will fade the skin, can keep the family property is very small, when Emperor Hongwu established the Ming Dynasty in Nanjing, the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River Shen Wansan, but donated money to build half of the city wall of Nanjing, after the family wealth was scattered, the family is still dead, exiled exile......

If Li Zicheng only taxed the turnover of the merchants, so as to let go of their Wanguan furniture, this would already be a blessing for the merchants, but I don't know if Li Zicheng still has a backhand.

"You don't have to worry about your own family property, and I won't keep an eye on your family property," Li Zicheng seemed to have insight into the thoughts of the three of them, and said with a light smile: "As long as you pay taxes according to the law, accumulate yin virtue on weekdays, and help the people get rich together," he glanced at Mu Qingshan and said: "The truth of common prosperity between businessmen and the people, you can ask Mu Dongzhu later." ”

The three of them were all born rich businessmen, they only thought about making money from others, and never thought about making the people prosperous, Wen Yan glanced at Mu Qingshan, saw Mu Qingshan nodded slightly, and thought that Li Zicheng would seek to rob their family property in another way, however, Li Zicheng asked Mu Qingshan to pass the word, they always had to understand Li Zicheng's thoughts, even if it was to make a show, they had to ask Mu Qingshan for advice later, so they gave their hands to Mu Qingshan.

The truth of common prosperity between businessmen and the people, Li Zicheng had already told Mu Qingshan, and he didn't want to waste time educating these businessmen in Nanjing, he looked at the three of them and said: "Second, the imperial court does not levy commercial taxes, but industrial and commercial taxes!" As you know, the difference in one word has a very different emphasis. ”

"Different?" The three of them muttered quietly, all of them taxing merchants, but they didn't understand what they were all about.

Li Zicheng said: "The three proprietors, what project do you focus on on weekdays? ”

Industry? What is the main business of business? It is nothing more than grain, tea, cloth, daily necessities...... The three of them looked at each other, but they didn't know how to answer.

Mu Qingshan bowed his hand to the three of them and reminded: "The emperor is asking, are you mainly a merchant on weekdays, or do you set up a factory." ”

Only then did the three of them understand, and they hurriedly said: "The grass people are all merchants!"

Li Zicheng frowned, in later generations, the history textbooks of middle schools did not say that in the south of the Yangtze River at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there had been the germ of capital, and there had been a workers' strike.

Nanjing is the richest place in the south of the Yangtze River, is there no factory? Or maybe the history textbook is deceiving all the students......

He sighed lightly and said, "If they are all merchants, where do the goods for sale come from?" Is it only dependent on the output of the people from the land? After a pause, he said: "You should have seen Lord Mu's goods, only strange goods can be sold at a good price!"

"Proprietor's goods?"

The three of them naturally saw Mu Dongzhu's goods, but no matter what way they used, Mu Qingshan just refused to hand over the production process, they didn't know that these strange goods were all produced in Li Zicheng's factory, and Mu Qingshan did not master the production process.

"Yes, you can also produce these goods of Mu Dongzhu, and even produce more goods," Li Zicheng smiled indifferently: "If the merchants in Jiangnan implement the division of labor, some people are in charge of production, and some people are in charge of sales, that is, merchants in the traditional sense, can they make more money?" ”

"That's good!" Huang Qing's eyes shone with essence, and he unconsciously glanced at Mu Qingshan, and the essence in his eyes slowly disappeared, "Your Majesty, the grass people and others have no relevant production technology, and the proprietor Mu refuses to reveal the slightest ......."

Li Zicheng laughed and said, "Actually, you also have the goods you produce, such as cloth, which are produced by the factory, right?" It's just that the scale of production is not large, and it is a manual operation, and everyone is concentrated in the same field, so the profit will be meager......"

Huang Qing felt that he was groping in the dark, obviously there was a glimmer of light in front of him, but he couldn't find the path to the light, he thought for a while, and finally said: "Your Majesty, how do the grass people do it......

"It's very simple, expand the scale of production, the use of machine operation, will reduce the production cost of cotton cloth, profits will increase," Li Zicheng said: "Of course, not all people can be concentrated in the textile industry, vicious, disorderly competition, will make some people bankrupt, each industry, should be three or five industrial and commercial households......

Huang Qing and the three of them, they naturally don't understand Li Zicheng's words, they still understand the things on the scale of production, but the "machine" doesn't know what it is, besides, only three or five merchants are allowed to operate in each industry, can others listen to themselves? As long as there is money to be made in the textile industry, there will be people who will continue to add it......

Li Zicheng didn't have time to talk at length, he just said a general idea, including improving the production efficiency of workers, and let them ask Mu Qingshan about the rest of the things.

Although Mu Qingshan didn't talk much, in Li Zicheng's eyes, he actually became the master of the Jiangnan giant businessmen, and he was very useful in his heart, as long as the merchants in Jiangnan saw that his relationship with the emperor was not ordinary.

Li Zicheng will not sell his technology to merchants in Nanjing for the time being, and when the war is over, he will conduct inspections, and only merchants with high moral character and social benefits will be supported.

He looked at Huang Qing and the three of them and said, "You are big merchants in Jiangnan, do you know that those places in Jiangnan are more concentrated?" ”

Huang Qing arched his hand and said: "As far as the grass people know, the land south of the Yangtze River is headed by Nanjing Yingtianfu, Suzhou, Songjiang, and Hangzhou, supplemented by Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Jiaxing, and Huzhou. ”

Li Zicheng unfolded the map of the march and found that the area Huang Qing mentioned was basically the Taihu Lake Basin, which was connected, "Are these areas, except for merchants, mainly based on the textile industry?" ”

Huang Qingdao: "In addition to Yangzhou, which became rich because of salt, the land south of the Yangtze River is indeed dominated by the textile industry. ”

"The goods are too single, once the textiles are unsalable, the wealth accumulated in Jiangnan will be ruined!" In Li Zicheng's heart, he was already prepared to promote industry and commerce in Jiangnan, of course, after the war ended and China was unified, he would be idle and give industrial guidance to the merchants, but Huaxia was so big that industry and commerce could not be concentrated in Jiangnan.

The north represented by Jingshi and the west represented by Lanzhou and Xining are also the focus of development, and if these three places become rich and developed, they will soon be able to drive the whole of China to industrialization.

"The emperor's ......" Huang Qing saw that Li Zicheng was approachable, and his courage gradually grew, Li Zicheng's words made him excited, but for a while, he didn't know how to start.

"Don't worry, Huang Dongzhu, when the war is over, I will personally guide the development of industry and commerce in Jiangnan," Li Zicheng bowed slightly, and already had a simple plan in his heart, as long as the merchants in Jiangnan have an enterprising heart, Jiangnan will definitely be the first in the country to enter the industrialization stage, "Several proprietors, you must also be prepared, silver, workers, factories, etc., must be prepared in advance." ”

"The grass people obey!"

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "I am not afraid that you will be rich and rival the country, as long as you abide by the laws of Huaxia, especially pay the industrial and commercial tax in full!"

It happened that Gao Hongtu, the head of the household department, came to invite everyone to the banquet, and Li Zicheng ended the conversation.

The banquet is placed in the most prosperous Qinhuai River in the south of the city, the name of the restaurant is very special, called "No. 18 Banknote Street", I don't know whether it is to borrow the street to increase popularity, or it is a scenery on the banknote street.

Li Zicheng naturally sat in the chief, in addition to Ma Shiying, Shi Kefa, and Mu Qingshan as accompaniment, there were also the pseudo-Ming household secretary Gao Hongtu, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Qian Qianyi, the criminal department Shangshu Zheng Sanjun, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Guo Weijing, the right capital Yushi Xu Shiqi, Zuo Maodi is the right attendant of the military department, originally he was not qualified to sit in the chief, but he went on several envoys, and Li Zicheng was the most familiar, so he sat down at the last seat.

After Ma Shiying introduced them one by one, Li Zicheng frowned slightly and sighed: "It seems that someone is unwilling to serve Huaxia!"

Shi Kefa was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Shenyan, the secretary of the ministry, is seriously ill, and I am afraid that in the past two days, he will not be able to get out of bed......"

"Ao," Li Zicheng said: "Ma Aiqing, after the banquet, you go to see Lord Zhang on behalf of me, this is so lively, you can't snub Lord Zhang!"

"Obey the order!"

Shi Kefa hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Jiang Yueguang, a scholar of the East Pavilion University and the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and Liu Zongzhou, the imperial history of the left capital, have resigned......

Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said: "Regardless of him, everyone has their own ambitions, this is their own choice, I will not blame them, let alone you, come, let's drink!"

After three glasses, the speed of drinking slowed down, Li Zicheng basically did not drink, but everyone at the general banquet pulled up the family routine, although it was not pure education, but it made the officials understand: The country of China was born from heaven and must protect the interests of the people.

Li Zicheng also left the banquet and went to sit at other tables, and they talked very kindly, without the majesty of the emperor at all, and some merchants took the opportunity to have a few words with Li Zicheng.

Returning to the original chairman again, Li Zicheng announced in public: Gao Hongtu will be the president of the Jiangnan Provincial Court, and Xu Shiqi will be the president of the Jiangnan Provincial Supervision Yuan!

Although Gao Hongtu is older, he has a good official reputation, is loyal, and is the best candidate for the president of the court, Xu Shiqi was originally the imperial history of the right capital, belongs to the official, and supervision is his profession, but Li Zicheng specially warned him that the wind and the wind and the shadow of the music will be left in the middle and not sent, Huaxia is different from the Ming Dynasty, everything is based on "facts, and the law is the criterion"!

Zheng Sanjun, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was already full of silver hair, and Li Zicheng couldn't bear to let him work hard, so he allowed Zhishi; Guo Weijing, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was retained and served as the director of the Jiangnan Provincial Department of Communications; The right attendant of the military department, Zuo Maodi, was born as a civil official, and when he was the magistrate of Han Cheng in the past, he was very sympathetic to the people and was appointed as the new prefect of Nanjing, and Su Guansheng was appointed as the president of the Nanjing Court.

At this table, in addition to Shi Kefa, only Qian Qianyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and Rites, was left, Li Zicheng felt that this name was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it for a while.