Xinshun 1730

Chapter 867 I'm here to supervise you ([-])

"In the past, King Yanzhao paid thousands of dollars for his talents in order to seek talents."

"This dynasty opened the door to Japan by force, but still allows Japanese trade to be run by merchants rather than the government.

"If someone is smart, as early as the dynasty started to train sailors for long voyages, they should have thought that one day they would expand Western trade. They could have imagined that they should invest more in shipbuilding, silk reeling and other industries, but they didn't have any."

"This time the Western trade started, the imperial court is really worried about you. I just think it depends on you, how do you understand the meaning of capital? It's just living in the nest, saving money, buying land and hoarding land."

According to Liu Yu's words, it seems that the imperial court is planning a strategy, and it is as if they have prepared for a rainy day and started preparing for Western trade more than ten years ago.

This is of course nonsense.The imperial court doesn't have that brain at all, it's not that the officials are stupid, it's that they don't understand the new era at all.The best dinosaurs, the ones that evolved to perfection, must have died the fastest in the new era brought about by that big bang.

As for the last sentence, the satirical businessman doesn’t understand what imperialism and capitalism are at all, and the businessman doesn’t understand much, but he also roughly understands what Liu Yu said that the meaning of capital is the essence of doing business?After all, capital and righteousness, they both understand these two words, which is also the wonder of Chinese.

What the merchant heard in his ears was the warning implicit in the last sentence, besides the bone of a thousand pieces of gold.

The merchants certainly understood that the imperial court did not like merchants buying and hoarding land with the profits earned from overseas trade.

Although Liu Yu basically didn't talk about this matter, the businessmen present also understood that Liu Yu's reticence was not because of support.

It was because Liu Yu knew too much about profit-seeking, and felt that it was useless to say fart, so he didn't say it at all.

Now Liu Yu's words are purely like giving these businessmen some warning from the perspective of the imperial court.

The merchants thought that since ancient times, selling and buying land has been a matter of course, and no one can control it.

Besides, if I don't buy the land, those poor households who are eager to sell the land to pay off their debts may starve to death. Who is to blame?

The imperial court didn't care about the land rent, Jun Tian Jing Tian shouted for decades but didn't do anything, so if I don't buy land, others won't buy it?
At that time, the obedient will suffer losses, and the disobedient will get rich. Isn't this bullying honest people?

Even if you can control Songjiang Mansion, can you control other places?
But these words are just whispering in my heart, and I dare not say it at this time.

Several businessmen who were interviewed by Liu Yu thought to themselves: No wonder the Duke wants to talk to us about Nanyang reclamation first. This is to send all our money to Nanyang, afraid that we will leave all the money in the country to buy land?Does he think that all the capital should be transferred to the Northeast, Ezo, and Nanyang, so as not to stay in the country and aggravate land annexation?

These few people who consciously figured it out, quickly echoed: "What the Duke said is true. It really made us feel ashamed, and also made us understand the good intentions of the court."

"The success of this trade is all due to your majesty's great fortune and foresight; the Duke of the country is far-sighted and considers things first; the military master uses his life and bravely seizes them. We are just eating what is ready-made."

"Since the Duke of the State is here to supervise, we can't get what we want. Who would think it's wrong? Without the supervision of the Duke of the State, we really don't know what to do."

"Moreover, these years we have been taught by the Duke of the State, and we also understand the deep meaning of monopoly. Of course, we have to donate a lot of money to support the imperial court. Without this, we cannot monopolize the benefits of Nanyang."

When the rest of the people heard this, they thought they had grasped the essence, and echoed, "That's right, that's right. This has military obligations to the Japanese trading company. Naturally, we also have military obligations."

Liu Yu waved his hands and said seriously: "You guys are wrong about what you said."

"A businessman's talk of profit is nothing more than asking the price and paying back the money on the spot."

"As far as you are concerned, what I like the most is that of course you don't need to pay a penny to raise soldiers. Besides, there are no other countries in Nanyang to rob spices, and no other countries to collect spices to raise prices."

"It's all normal."

"Humans, without dreams, what is the difference between them and salted fish? If I were a landlord, I would also dream that the court would not collect a single tax, and the county magistrate would never target small farmers because of the court's policy of suppressing annexations; if I were a businessman, I would also dream of Dreaming that the imperial court will not collect any business tax, and it will not prevent hoarding goods, speculating on food prices, etc. "

"It's good to have dreams."

"But dreams belong to dreams, and reality belongs to reality. The reality is that this is impossible, so a balance method is needed-you accept it, and the court also accepts it; you benefit, and the court also benefits."

"Why do you say that you benefit? Let me put it this way. The imperial court dismantled the fort in Malacca and withdrew the patrol fleet from Gaolangbu. Tomorrow, the British East India Company will be able to go to Sulawesi to collect cloves and nutmeg. , can you still make money?"

"If it is said that the trading company to Japan has to bear non-essential military obligations, this is not a military obligation at all, but a pure commercial investment, which is a normal cost."

"If the name is not correct, the words will not go well. The matter must be made clear, otherwise you will still feel wronged in your heart, and you will feel that the court has taken advantage of it."

Liu Yu firmly disagrees with businessmen who feel that paying for soldiers is a kind of imposed feudal obligation, similar to hard labor.

This is a matter of principle, and he must make it clear.

It is neither on the side of the imperial court nor on the side of the merchants, but from a fairly fair point of view, explaining that the company's money to raise soldiers is for themselves.

He said that the Japan Trading Company had undertaken too many military obligations that were not within its obligations. This is not a lie.

The basis of the monopoly of trading companies in Japan is not the monopoly power granted by the imperial court, but the country-locking policy under the five-port trade that the Japanese shogunate continues to continue. It is under the control of the shogunate.

Now the shogunate's lock-up has nothing to do with Catholicism. It just wants to monopolize customs revenue and domestic sales of Chinese goods, so as to ensure enough economy to suppress the rest of the vassals.

The relationship between the shogunate and Dashun is quite good now.

The shogunate counted on Dashun to suppress the feudal vassals and did not dare to disagree; Dashun counted on the shogunate to control the comprador business and supervise the other feudal smuggling.

Now, if there is any rebellion among feudal vassals, Dashun will absolutely fulfill the obligation of the suzerain, jumping high and turning around to suppress it.

Without the cooperation of the shogunate's policy of locking up the country, the monopoly of Japanese trading companies would be a joke.The smuggled ones can go all the way from Vladivostok to Guangzhou.

But Western Trading Company is quite different.

The smuggling problem they face is much more serious.Not talking about the area west of Cape Cape of Good Hope, just talking about Southeast Asia, if there is no court cruise, all kinds of smuggling can make them go without a penny; all kinds of pirates can pay protection fees every year for what they rob.

The Dutch killed the British on Ambon Island; and more than 5 people were slaughtered because the Nanyang people sold clove nutmeg to the UK in private, for these two words.

monopoly.

For Japanese trading companies, it is mandatory to use soft-sail long-distance ships, to train sailors, to use large cargo ships that can sail to Europe, etc. These are all unnecessary for the company, similar to the compulsory feudal corvee sexual obligation.

In other words, it is a special kind of contract: accept it or leave, and someone will accept it.

If they don't do this, can't they sell the goods?No, not only can they still sell goods, but they can also use the previous Fuchuan in the early stage to take the Ryukyu route without the need for new ships, thus reducing a lot of costs without affecting their profitability at all.

And the Western Trading Company has to pay for its soldiers, which is purely a necessary commercial investment.If they don't, it will seriously affect their profitability.

The non-essential obligations undertaken by trading companies to Japan are the basis for the easy formation of a trading fleet to Europe.Taking advantage of today, Liu Yu felt that it was necessary to explain it clearly to them.

The businessmen in Dashun are not stupid, but they are really spoiled by the wisdom and hard work of the working people accumulated by the Chinese government in 2000.

It seems to be able to toss, but in fact it is still collecting money on the ground, and there is no sufficient level of competition at all.

If it is really freed to go out, as long as they go abroad, they can be beaten out by people.

Just like the French businessmen who are ridiculed by Liu Yu all day long, what they have to consider is how can their own woolen cloth compete with British woolen cloth?How does your own wine compete with Portuguese wine?

Before the sea merchants in the previous dynasty had to consider one thing: Should I ship the tea, silk and porcelain to Batavia or Manila?

As long as it is shipped, someone will collect it.There is no competition in any commercial sense.

Since the previous dynasty, maritime merchants have faced the biggest choice problem, that is, "Should I send this shipment to Manila? Or to Batavia? Manila's profit margin is 60.00%, but there are pirates recruited by the Netherlands in the middle." ;Sending to Batavia is safer, but the profit margin is [-]%. Oops, it's so hard to decide."

So, in this era of crazy sailing and commerce among countries, is it worthy of being called a business problem?

It should be said that the Dutch merchants are thinking about how to break the British navigation regulations, that is the problem; and many of the problems that the maritime merchants worry about here, in this cold era, are simply moaning in the greenhouse.

Many things are tempered.It has been raised in the greenhouse, which lacks ability at all.

This is the reason given by Liu Yu and told to businessmen that they must be supervised.

He tried his best not to overwhelm people with his official status, but hoped to be able to explain the truth.It's one thing to listen or not, but it's another thing to explain clearly.

He is not a fool, he would not foolishly think that shouting a few slogans can make these people give up their nature and distort the nature of capital seeking profit.

Reasoning and using means go hand in hand.

After talking about "fallacies and heresies", many businessmen really thought about what Liu Yu said.

Whether they say these words or not, they can't get rid of the fate of paying money to support soldiers.

But if they don't tell them, they feel that the court is cheating them.

Having said that, some people will feel that the money is for their own benefit.

However, even after talking so much, even many businessmen present felt that what Liu Yu said was indeed reasonable.

But in fact, what really convinced them was the annual interest rate of at least 12% that Liu Yu had promised over the years.

Some businessmen were quick-witted, thinking that Xing Guogong had long promised an annual interest rate of more than 12%. In fact, we didn’t care much about how much money we needed to support the army. Anyway, the shareholders shared it on a share-by-share basis.

Ordinarily, there is no need to talk about these reasons.

But now that it's been said, it's really a good thing.

Does this mean that Xing Guogong said that after a few years of supervision, the imperial court will not be so comprehensive in supervision, but it is actually true?
It seems that Guogong really wants to train us to be the successors of the righteousness of capital.

We hope that after he leaves in the future, we will be able to do well.

(End of this chapter)