Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 209
Yuhang is adjacent to Zhejiang Province. In addition to its geographical advantages, there are many fertile fields and abundant products nearby, which are not much different from those around Taihu Lake.

But it is precisely because of such superior conditions that Yuhang has also attracted a lot of attention. As early as Soochow, there were still a large number of troops stationed here, so there was no rise of too powerful people.After the death of Wu, a large number of Wuzhong people came here to operate, and now it is only a small success.

Compared with other families in Wuzhong who often occupy hundreds of hectares of fields, lakes, and farming mulberry and fruit, these families in Xizhong do not have much advantage in manor management.But it doesn't mean that these families are disadvantaged groups. They occupy the convenient location and get a lot of benefits for breeding and transshipment. Although the local land is not climate-friendly, they have a lot of floating wealth.

Although the Shen family was the most powerful family in Wuzhong earlier, they had nothing to do with these Yuhang families.

However, with the strong rise of the Shen family in the countryside, coupled with the addition of a large amount of family property from the Wucheng Yan family, Wu Xing was gradually connected into a whole, and it was difficult for these families in Yuhang to maintain their detached status.To maintain the vested interests of the past, it is necessary to make adjustments with Wu Xing as a whole.At the end of the day, the roots are not deep enough and too easily affected by the situation.

This is like the overseas Chinese gate of Nandu, which is too dependent on the fluctuation of the political situation.Once the political advantage is gone, it will also decline rapidly.Nandu Baishi, there are very few who can really survive this test. In the past, most of the high schools lived in the cold.

Therefore, every famous family in Yuhang has a shareholding in the business alliance.Because of such a social status, one needs to have a sharper sense of touch. Once one fails to keep up with the general trend, one may fall behind and be excluded at any time.

Shen Zhezi also knows that at his age, he lacks some convincing power to be entrusted with his business, so although the business alliance was conceived by him, his uncle Shen Ke has always been the host in the open.

So during the meeting, Shen Zhezi was just a listener and didn't express too much of his own opinions while listening to various companies talk about the current situation of goods collection in Yuhangzhou City.Even if there is something inappropriate, I will silently write it down in my heart, and order it to be revised later with a letter from the business alliance, so as to avoid embarrassing people directly.

Generally speaking, the situation of collecting goods in Yuhang Zhoushi is still optimistic.Originally, these people here depended on it for a living, maintained their family business, and had their own supply channels.After joining the business alliance, the customers they faced were no longer merchants all over Jiangdong, but directly supplied to the big customer of the business alliance, and the channels they originally owned were transformed into an extension of the business alliance.

Such a combination is a good thing for each other.The business alliance can use this to expand rapidly and expand its influence, while people like Yuhang can greatly shorten the cycle of goods exchanges, and the risk of original collection of goods is also reduced.

After listening to these people talk about the situation in Zhou City, Shen Zhezi said with a smile: "Cargo farming is your business. If you work together to take on the task, the business alliance will surely prosper. Everyone shares the blessings and misfortunes. The blessings of the people in our county."

"Zhe Zilang Jun is young and intelligent. Although we are idiots, we dare not speak deeply in front of you."

One person in the seat complimented him with a smile, it was Qian Ju from the Yuhang Qian Clan, and he was also Qian Feng's younger brother.Because of the deep friendship with the Shen family, although the Qian family has not moved to Yuhang for a long time, as the Shen family has gradually prospered, the momentum of development has also been very rapid in recent years.

Because of Qian Feng, in addition to the two shares of his family in the business alliance on the surface, there is also a part of Shen Zhezi's allocation from his own shares to support Qian Feng's family, which are also deposited in his family's name.

Hearing this, everyone else laughed and agreed, no matter what they thought in their hearts, at least they dared not show contempt for Shen Zhezi on the surface.

Hearing such words a lot, Shen Zhezi didn't take it to heart, and let it go after hearing it.After exchanging pleasantries with everyone, Shen Zhezi talked about the key points of this meeting again: "This time passing through Yuhang, apart from meeting you, there is also one thing my uncle told me, which is related to Yuhang Zhou City. You have lived in this village for a long time, so you naturally have your own opinions on this, and I need to ask for your opinions."

As he spoke, Shen Zhezi raised his hand to signal the servants to place the letters on the table in front of everyone.As early as at the meeting of the Wucheng Business Alliance, everyone saw this method, and they were not surprised at the moment. Hearing that Shen Ke, the president of the business alliance, did not dare to neglect the matter, they all picked up the letter and read it carefully .

After seeing the content of the letter clearly, shocking expressions appeared on everyone's faces. Qian raised his hand to hold the letter, and said solemnly: "Let the Shangmeng come forward and act as the agent of Yuhangzhou City for the imperial court... Brother Ju's idea , It is really unprecedented, thought-provoking, and soul-stirring!"

Shen Zhezi smiled when he heard the words. The content of the letter was his idea about Yuhang Zhoushi, that is, the Shangmeng came forward to request the imperial court to subsidize taxes for Yuhang Zhoushi.

The tax package system has both advantages and disadvantages. For the weak imperial center, it can obtain a stable fiscal revenue at the cost of giving up the taxation rights of a locality.In history, this kind of rush-buying system originated in the Southern Dynasties and prevailed in the Five Dynasties. It was a method of compromising rights and interests without a stable centralized center in the separatist and chaotic times, allowing the regime to obtain a fairly stable income.

As early as the beginning of the year, Shen Zhezi had been thinking about how to bring this place under his own control after he went south to Kuaiji and visited Yuhang and saw the prosperity of Yuhang Zhou City.But at that time, Dad's position in the internal history of Kuaiji was not stable, and even if he had an idea, he didn't have the power to match it.

The reason why Yuhangzhou City should be taxed, Shen Zhezi also went through a lot of weighing and consideration.The two most important reasons are that the first is to let the business alliance control the management of Yuhang Zhou City through the tax package rights granted by the imperial court, which is of great significance to the initial development and growth of the business alliance.

As for the other reason, of course it is to add another layer of insurance to the family and seek new bargaining chips.The emperor's life is not long, the current situation will change, and Yu Liang's power is about to reach its peak.Right now, because of the princess, the relationship between the Shen family and Yu Liang has eased.

However, political considerations are never shifted by emotional preferences. Once Yu Liang is in power, he will inevitably have the need to centralize power. A local tycoon like the Shen family is not only a relative of the emperor, but also a business alliance. giant.There will be conflicts and even hostility between each other, which is inevitable.

Although Shen Zhezi married the princess, he won a political advantage for his family, but at the moment, the prospect of this advantage is greater than the reality.Whether it's him or the princess, if they want to have a big impact on the current situation, they are still a little too late just based on their current age.In other words, the Shen family wants to fight for a political mountain, to take up the banner of the Southerners, and become a real ruling family. Although the road has been paved, there is still time to climb it.

Therefore, Shen Zhezi wants to win more cards for himself when Yu Liang has not yet monopolized the power, get rid of his political attachment and seek self-reliance.

The taxation of Yuhangzhou City is an important source of Taiwan capital, and it has a great impact on many Taiwanese provincial officials who have no permanent property and rely on salary rewards to survive.If the Shen family can control this place, on the one hand, it will make Wuzhong's basic situation more stable, and on the other hand, it will have the means to directly influence the center.Although this impact is still very weak, it is already a huge leap forward for the Shen family.

There has never been such a case of dividing the power of the central government by the tax package system. However, Shen Zhezi weighed many things and felt that it is very likely to succeed in this season.

Now Shenjia's reputation has reached a peak, and although the business alliance used to make a sound is only a preliminary one, it involves many things.The most important thing is that this matter is not only good for the Shen family, it is also quite beneficial for the center.

In the current Yuhang Zhou City, the management is extremely chaotic.Although the imperial court and the county government set up a city supervisor here, it was occupied by various families in Wuzhong, and the imperial court could exert little influence.Previously, relying on Wucheng Yan's family and his family's control of Zhoushi, most of Zhoushi was in decline, and it has only recently recovered.From this, it can be seen more and more that the imperial court is powerless to control the locality.

Shen Zhezi proposed this tax package plan to double the tax contribution based on the average value of the previous few years.It really depends on the self-determination of Taiwan Province whether to stick to this nominal restraint, or give up the fragmented taxation rights in exchange for a long-term and stable fiscal revenue.

In fact, to gain control of Zhou City, for Shen Zhezi, relying on the business alliance's patient management for a few years, it can gradually be swallowed up.But the disadvantage is that the time is too long, and the rebound is too large.Yuhangzhou City connects the north and the south and the east and the west. With the current business alliance, it can only affect the Wuzhong line between the north and the south. As for the westward Jingjiang and Jiangxi commercial routes, the influence is also huge.

Moreover, Taichung's attitude must also be taken into consideration. If Taiwan Province supports Jing and Jiang and suppresses Wuzhong, there are still many obstacles in order to fully control Zhou City.This is not impossible, Jiangzhou governor Ying Zhan Renshang died of illness a month ago, and Yu Liang's good friend Wen Qiao has left the capital to serve as Jiangzhou governor.

For Shen Zhezi, the problems that can be solved with money do not need to be blush.If Taichung does not agree to this request, then you don’t have to be polite. The Zhongshu government cannot come to Zhoushi to sit in person. It is too simple to evade taxes at home. He can guarantee that this year’s income from Taiwanese capital in Zhoushi will drop sharply or even no income!
Although Shen Zhezi is not lacking in gratitude to the emperor, and his relationship with the princess is also a love affair with adultery, but when it comes to political considerations, it will not be too polite to divide the power of the Sima family.Later, my brother-in-law's enthronement ceremony was too ugly, so he could look at the princess's face and give some private subsidies, but this kind of political bargaining chip competition, it is absolutely impossible to shrink back because of personal emotions.Even if you don't go back to your room to sleep, there is no room for negotiation on this matter.

And if they want to obtain the management rights of Zhou City through tax packages, they have to rely on these local people in Yuhang.So taking advantage of passing by Yuhang today, and all the families gathered here, Shen Zhezi threw out this plan.If this proposal can be achieved, it will be of great benefit to them and others.

　Sorry, let's do two updates today. The originally smooth train of thought suddenly broke down, and it's a bit messy. I'll tidy it up.The remaining update today will be added one day next week.

　　
　
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