Guan Zhuofan said: "Zuo Jigao's letter, the most important sentence, is about this, well, 'Salt is a national plan, not a baht; It is a temple plan, not a copper plan. ”

For a while, everyone didn't speak, they were all turning their minds: What does Zuo Zongtang mean by this?

In the middle of the sound, Wen Xiang took the lead in breaking the silence: "Zuo Jigao seems to be ...... Do you disagree with Tao Wenyi's 'outline change vote'? ”

In these 20 words, there is not a single word that mentions Tao Shu's "program change vote", but several big military planes, people with the same heart, all thought of this, but they were not too embarrassed to pierce this layer of window paper. Wen Xiang was the first to speak, and everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

King Gong smiled and said, "No wonder Zuo Jigao said 'not enough for outsiders to ......'"

The word "Dao" did not come out, and he stopped with a smile.

Tao Shu is Zuo Zongtang's benefactor, close friend, and in-law, and Zuo Zongtang's slight words to Tao Shu are naturally not good for public.

Guan Zhuofan nodded and said, "That's right. ”

This sentence is not only said to Wen Xiang, but also a response to King Gong.

He paused slightly, and continued: "Zuo Jigao's words, although they are euphemistic, the meaning is very clear: although the salt affairs must be changed, no matter how it is changed, the imperial court must grasp it in its own hands. ”

The crowd was shocked.

Guan Zhuofan said: "I have such a simple opinion: salt tax, after all, can be regarded as a kind of ...... Ding tax -- people have to eat salt. If you eat salt, you have to pay taxes! Maybe. More than fifty or sixty years. The country is really rich, and there is no need to fight the idea of small people on salt, and it is impossible to completely abolish this 'salt tax'? However, now that everything is in ruins, and all the money is needed, it is impossible not to strip a few more children on the small people-alas. There's no way around it! ”

Regard the salt tax as a Ding tax, this insight is really profound!

Everyone looked at each other and slowly bowed their heads.

Cao Yuying said: "Tao Wenyi's 'program to change votes' is undoubtedly beneficial to the people, but there is a possibility of a sick country. ”

Guan Zhuofan nodded and said: "'Benefiting the people and the sick country' - Zhuo Ru said it well, these are these four words!" ”

At this point in the meeting, the "program was abolished and the votes were changed", and the imperial court once again dominated the production and sale of salt -- to take the present words. It is a foregone conclusion that "the monopoly system of restoring the monopoly system of edible salt" will be restored.

"Abolish the 'program to change votes'". It does not mean that the "vote is changed back to the program", as mentioned above, the "program salt system" has long been unable to sink, so in which direction should the new salt law be changed?

Guan Zhuofan said: "The 'Gang Salt System' is ruined, of course we can't eat this Huitou grass!" That class of salt dogs is really useless! I thought, how complicated is it for such things as salt to be dried and fried by stove households, and then the salt farms to buy, transport them to the shore, and set up shops to sell them? And how many great tricks are there? Why do you have to do it with a fake hand? Why can't the court do this by itself? ”

King Gong showed a surprised look on his face: "Yixuan, are you talking about 'official luck and official sales'?" ”

In the early Qing Dynasty, "official transportation and official sales" were used in Yunnan, Liangguang, Fujian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang and other salt areas, especially Yunnan.

Wen Xiang's expression was also a little stunned: "Lord Wang, 'official luck and official sales' will not work!" ”

After a pause, he said: "At the beginning of the year, I might be able to deal with it, but such a good day will not last a few days!" As time goes by, it will surely ...... People are superficial, redundant people are full, the lower the utility, the heavier the cost! Take this with the rulers of today...... It's really helpless! ”“

After a pause, he said: "If it works, the imperial court doesn't need to change to 'official supervision and commercial sales'!" ”

Guan Zhuofan waited for him to finish speaking, and said with a smile: "Sixth brother, Bochuan, you have misunderstood, where can the old antique of 'Guanyun Guanpao' be dug out of the ground and used?" ”

King Gong and Wen Xiang glanced at each other and said apologetically: "Yes, we are a little anxious, Yixuan, please speak." ”

Guan Zhuofan said: "Whether it's 'official transportation and official sales', or 'official supervision and commercial sales', not to mention anything else, this 'official' word must be unacceptable first!" As soon as the official faction comes out, how many things will change their taste? What could have been done can't! ”

King Gong and Wen Xiang both showed puzzled expressions: You just said that "the court is its own" - "the court is its own", isn't it an "official"?

Guan Zhuofan smiled slightly and said, "I don't understand my words, well, let's go back to Zuo Jigao's words first-"

cleared his throat and continued: "Zuo Jigao is right, salt affairs are indeed a 'national plan' and a 'temple plan'. However, to take the words of the ranks, 'national strategy' and 'temple strategy' are all considered 'strategies', and they are all generalized terms; when it comes to 'tactics', running salt affairs is a kind of hard work and meticulous work -- you have to earn a lot of money, and you have to pay a lot of money! ”

I heard something about it.

"I think that the establishment of a 'salt company', a qiē system, a qiē operation, including accounting, including personnel, all according to the rules of the 'company', that is, all in Western law! However, the capital belongs to the imperial court, at least, the imperial court wants to control it! At that time, this 'salt company' will be responsible for all the affairs of the two Huai salt farms -- frying salt, buying salt, transporting salt, and selling salt -- and all the salt taxes of the imperial court will be paid by this 'salt company'! ”

It's truly groundbreaking.

People who don't know the details in advance are of course dumbfounded; People who have greeted each other in different ways in advance and know a little bit about it still feel turbulent when they listen to it at the moment.

Guan Zhuofan has not finished speaking: "The Yanzheng Yamen is only responsible for supervision, and will no longer be involved in practice. ”

In the "conference room" of the military plane, there was silence for a while. Outside the house, the footsteps of the guards could be faintly heard.

After a while, King Gong sighed softly and said, "Yixuan, what a big stroke!" But ......"

After hesitating for a moment, I felt a thousand clues, and for a while, I didn't know where to ask.

Wen Xiang frowned slightly, and Zhuang Rong said: "The power of affairs is unified, interlocking, like a heart, responding quickly, and it is a good move!" In addition, there is no need to divide profits layer by layer, there is no need to dot up and down, and the 'floating fee' will also be greatly reduced -- all kinds of drawbacks of the 'gang salt system' seem to be swept away! Well, indeed good! Just ......"

He hesitated for a moment and said: "Since it is a 'company', it is natural to set up a 'general manager', the 'general manager' of this 'salt company', the power is great, the responsibility is heavy, unprecedented, ability, ethics, all have to be the best choice, this goes without saying, well, his appointment and dismissal ......"

Guan Zhuofan said: "The imperial court is the majority shareholder of the controlling shareholder, and the right to appoint and dismiss the 'general manager' is naturally in the hands of the imperial court. ”

After a pause, he said: "In addition to the salt administration and yamen to be responsible for supervision, the 'salt company' must also set up a 'board of supervisors', independent of the 'general manager' and 'director', and specifically supervise the behavior of the 'general manager' and 'director'. In addition, the imperial court also had to check the accounts of the 'salt company' on a regular and irregular basis, as well as the general ledger and the detailed accounts. ”

Wen Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and said, "That's good." ”

Guan Zhuofan said: "This 'salt company' is not called 'official transportation and official sales', let alone 'official supervision and commercial sales', well, what should it be called?" ”

Everyone knew that what he said was "asking and answering himself", so no one spoke, and they all waited for the following.

Sure enough, Guan Zhuofan paused for a moment, and then said: "I think that the capital of this 'salt company' belongs to the imperial court, that is, the state, and can be described as 'state-owned'; Well, can it be called a 'state-owned enterprise'? ”

"State-owned enterprises"?

Cao Yuying said: "Okay! The name is not right, the word is not good; If you don't go well, you can't do anything -- the four words 'state-owned enterprises' are justified, the responsibilities and rights are clear, and the old is truly removed and the new is discarded! ”

Xu Gengshen said to Guo Songtao: "Yun Weng, please ask, since it is an 'enterprise' and a Western law, should you say this: This 'salt company', a year's 'sales', nearly 10,000 taels of silver, a year's 'tax payment', millions of taels?" ――I don't think that even though the Tessie countries are strong, they may not have such a large 'company', right? ”

The reason why I want to "consult" with Guo Songtao is because Guo Songtao is in charge of the "advisory committee", and the following "treasury bond stocks", "railway stocks" and "Feng'en Fund" all adopt the Western system in finance, and the terms "sales" and "tax amount" are the most familiar to everyone here, except for Guan Zhuofan.

Guo Songtao nodded and said, "Yes!" That's exactly what it says. ”

After a brief pause, he continued: "Uncle Xing is right, this 'salt company' is the largest enterprise in the world - the real number one in the sky!" ”

Hearing these words in my ears, the hearts of those sitting there are all hot.

Guan Zhuofan said with a smile: "When the 'attraction' of salt is acquired, it is worth no more than six or seven dollars of silver, and when it is transferred to the 'shore', the price becomes more than ten taels of silver!" How deep is the water here? It's scary! Salt merchants seek profit from their capital, and after deducting taxes, centimes, leather fees, bad rules, and donations, this 'profit' is at least one or two times the cost, or even more! ”

After a pause, he said: "That is to say, after the 'salt company' is set up, the benefits of the imperial court, in addition to the annual salt tax of several million taels of silver, will also belong to the imperial court!" This, but tens of millions of taels! ”

Several big military planes are all on fire, and some people even feel a little unable to sit still.

Guan Zhuofan continued: "Such a large piece of fat is left there, if someone stops the court to get it, it will be unpleasant to say-"

There was a slight hideousness on his face: "It's really the death of the one who stops me!" ”

The sneering smile was fleeting, and in an instant, Guan Zhuofan was already a spring breeze: "So, that Li Shizhong, under Jiuquan, it's really not good to complain about anything." ”

*(To be continued......) R1292