Mi Zhu saw that the momentum was not right, and hurriedly retorted: "Even Gaozu said: Wealth and nobility do not return to their hometowns, such as brocade clothes walking at night." The businessman eats and sleeps in the open, and he is afraid to run around and work hard, isn't it for Xuanhe's family? Is there any reason not to go home in order to avoid taxes? ”

"Besides, except for my Hebei, other regions all pursue the traditional policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, and the lord's kindness to businessmen is like reconstruction, even if businessmen no matter how much they value profit and ignore righteousness, it is impossible to be completely untouched, right? Merchants are also human beings, and there may be some forces, but they are by no means all wolf-hearted people! ”

Although Li Yi has been in charge of Northern Xinjiang for many years, before Mi Zhu, no one has been good at business, and Mi Zhu joined Northern Xinjiang relatively late, and his status among Li Yi's many staff members is not high, so that at this moment it seems quite weak.

Jia Xu also spoke: "Zizhong's argument based on the inherent goodness of human nature is itself problematic; Looking forward to others with gratitude and hope is even more suspicious of seeking fish from wood, which is not the basis of legislation. ”

As an old fox, this guy Jia Xu rarely speaks when discussing politics, but only listens with his ears. However, he was not a thoughtless person after all. The previous few times, it was basically Li Yi who was saying that just digesting the novel ideas he heard was enough for Jia Xu to be busy, and today Li Yi is obviously more inclined to let everyone express their opinions, and Jia Xu naturally did not hesitate to speak.

His speaking angle is different from that of Guoyuan and others. Because he is a believer in Legalism, he advocates the inherent evil of human nature, and the main refutation is also the argument of Mi Zhu's sophistication in human feelings.

"If you don't go home, you can save more money, and naturally more people will want to leave home. If the tax is paid in return, then the businessmen will presumably put a price on the favor, and when the payment is over, they will evade the tax again, and there will be nothing to worry about. ”

Mi Zhu stagnation. Guoyuan and others put forward their opinions from the perspective of valuing agriculture and suppressing business, and he naturally had to fight on the basis of reason, even if he did not hesitate to put credit and qualifications; But Jia Xu said it from the perspective of legislative implementation, which involves a lot, where can he think clearly for a while? And Jia Xu's status in the general's mansion is also extremely high, when Mi Zhu was debating with him, he fell into a disadvantageous position in terms of momentum, and could only ask: "That...... Mr. Nawenhe, how should you deal with this matter? ”

Jia Xu said with a straight look: "There is no other way but to strengthen the ties between places." The Commercial Division, which was proposed by the Lord, was separated from the local government and cooperated with the local government, but was not fully subject to it, and was dedicated to the management of merchants in various places, collecting taxes and punishing profiteers. ”

"But in this way, the labor cost is too great." Guo Yuan and Wang Xiu both frowned, "Personnel exchanges, the consumption is not small, according to Mr. Wenhe said, there are still a lot of materials in various places, and in the Department of Commerce, there are also a large number of clerks who are good at calculating and planning. ”

The object of their questioning was Jia Xu, but it was Li Yi who looked at him.

"In addition," Tian Feng, who had been quiet, also spoke, "If the Commercial Department is really to be established, the criminal law must also follow up, otherwise, even if the Commercial Department is operating normally, it will not be able to prevent a small number of profiteers from bribing officials to the public, causing the latter to harm the public and private interests." ”

There are many people, and these people present are all highly intelligent people, although they hold different views and ideas, but you and I have said everything related to commercial tax. Let Li Yi recall by himself, he really can't figure it out for a while, and now that he is being discussed by everyone, his thinking is gradually becoming clearer.

When everyone said that they couldn't put forward new opinions, Li Yi raised a finger and said meaningfully: "There is no free lunch in the world, and if you want to make a profit, you must invest, so the establishment of the Commercial Department is imperative." Although the worries of the Zini are justified, you have ignored one thing, that is, the standard for judging the scale of commercial tax is the past, the past when the anti-business policy was implemented, not the future of all-round development of commerce! ”

Guo Yuan's eyes revealed a hint of confusion. He couldn't imagine what the great business development would look like, because there were no examples to learn from in history.

Take the Mi family as an example, yes, the Mi family in the East China Sea is a well-known rich man in the world, but who knows that the Mi family's family business is created by the efforts of several generations?

The answer is five generations!

Generally speaking, twenty or thirty years can be regarded as an era, and the development of the Mi family can be traced back to the Guangwu Zhongxing period of the Eastern Han Dynasty. From an ordinary Haoqiang, he obtained the position of a local official, and then worked hard to operate, after more than 100 years, this has the current scale of the Mi family.

This is the usual development mode of Huaxia's Haoqiang.

What seems like a huge amount of wealth is actually nothing if it is spread over more than a hundred years. The Mi family's support for northern Xinjiang is very powerful as a kind of political investment, but if it is exchanged for the transaction tax advocated by Li Yi, the wealth that the general's mansion can get from the Mi family is not considerable.

The Mi family is still like this, although the world is big, how many Mi families are there?

Therefore, Guoyuan is not very optimistic about Li Yi's plan to mobilize the public, he believes that unless he makes a lot of money like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, this so-called commercial department will only create a group of redundant members. Now, when Li Yi was suddenly asked such a question, he naturally couldn't answer it.

Seeing that Guoyuan couldn't answer, Li Yi turned to Mi Zhu and said, "Zizhong, what do you think?" ”

"If there is no previous inhibition, with the current situation of my Hebei, twenty years is enough to create a Mi family! If the wealth overseas is really as the lord said, why is it difficult to create a Mi family in ten years? When the world is peaceful in the future, where the Han Dynasty is headed, even overnight, it is not impossible for such a huge wealth as the Mi family to appear! Mi Zhu replied loudly, his expression and tone were full of confidence.

There was a commotion at the scene, and the staff were all frightened by Mi Zhu's words.

They pay little attention to business and therefore don't have a very clear concept. But everyone has a very deep understanding of Mi Zhu's personality. This person has a good eye, full of courage, and is quite elegant, and he does not see in him the philistine of an ordinary businessman. What he said was reliable, and what he said in such an affirmative tone, if not completely, would not be too far off.

If there really is such a huge amount of wealth in circulation, then the tax rate set by the Lord is not only not low, but very considerable.

Li Yi's prestige, coupled with Mi Zhu's character guarantee, the establishment of the Commercial Department is finally on the agenda.

If this matter had been changed before July last year, I am afraid it would have been difficult to get passed, because at that time, the main position of the imperial court was still occupied by the old courtiers of the previous Luoyang and Chang'an courts, and these old stubborns would never agree to Li Yi's proposals.

However, last year, because of the marriage of the eldest princess, there was a major earthquake in the Jicheng court, and the old ministers were almost wiped out in that turmoil.

Although among the new courtiers, in order to balance Li Yi and the Northern Xinjiang line, the eldest princess Liu Jing appointed many surviving ministers, such as Zhen Ju, Yang Biao, Sima Fang, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and Kong Rong.

However, although these people are all in such a high position as the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries, now they can no longer affect Li Yi's control of the imperial court.

Or it can be said that this is a self-deception by the Son of Heaven and the eldest princess in order to paralyze themselves, saying that the Jicheng Imperial Court has not yet been completely controlled by Li Yi.

The positions held by these people actually can't do anything at all, because after purging the people of several major families, the people who really do things below are all from Northern Xinjiang.

In such a situation, these people are just a bare-bones commander, if they don't go against Li Yi's will, it's fine, once they do, then no one under them will listen to them at all.

In fact, with the current situation in Hebei, if Li Yi wants to pass any resolution, it is enough to give an order, and there is no need for repeated consultations and discussions.

Up to now, Hebei's various decrees have basically served the war. The purpose of the tuntian is to accumulate grain and grass, the improvement of industry is to improve the armed forces, the development of commerce is to raise more wealth, and the purpose of education is to cultivate talents. It's all about getting a head start in the race for the world.

However, there is a difference.

Education and tuntian are the easiest, and the simplicity here does not mean that these two jobs themselves are simple. As a matter of fact, tuntian requires a high level of organizational ability and understanding of agriculture, and those who cannot even distinguish between millet and wheat will find it difficult to play an important role in tuntian work, even if they have knowledge.

Education is even more complicated, as the saying goes, ten years of trees, a hundred years of people, all matters involving people, there is no simple, cultivating talents is much more complicated than farming.

The key reason why it is simple is that there are many precedents for this kind of thing in Chinese history, and there are also mature experiences to learn from. In Tuntian, there are talents like Guoyuan and Wang Xiu who have studied Tuntian very much, and in education, there are Zheng Xuan, Cai Yong, Guan Ning and other great Confucians who have taught countless students to help. In these two things, Li Yi only needs to establish a strategy and let his subordinates do it.

Even in terms of industrial problems, the complaints of the staff members are mainly focused on the technical concepts put forward by Li Yi, and there is no big problem in organizing production or something.

There was a precedent for concentrating craftsmen and organizing production during the Qin Dynasty. Li Yi may not have much research on the Qin Dynasty, but he always has the ability to draw cats and tigers.

In this regard, for the sake of stability, Li Yi's change is not big, and the prospects can be expected. It is to treat craftsmen as scholars. This kind of transformation is a matter of concept, and as long as the thinking is clear, it is very simple to do. (To be continued.) )