Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 305 White Lies
Came to Lao Zhu's study room next door, screened back to the left and right, Zhu Yuan put the two account books he brought on the desk in front of him, and just sat down on his special desk and chair, he saw Lao Zhu opposite him looking at him with a strange expression.

Knowing what Lao Zhu was thinking, Zhu Yuan spread his hands directly: "My ancestor, you told me to say that I can't say that the general can become the principal because of his literary and military skills, right?"

Chang Yuchun was fierce, and generals honed on the battlefield could also fight.But...the distance from 'Wen Tao Wu Lue' must be much worse.

Old Zhu said, "Then... Wu Sha?"

"Ancestor, I just said it casually," Zhu Yuan said frankly: "Besides, this is not a fake. According to the original historical trend, the general will indeed have a catastrophe next year. I call it... well, a white lie after a little processing. .”

"Lies," Lao Zhu laughed, staring at his baby's 23rd generation grandson opposite: "I just thought about it, you are here with me, do you have any white lies?"

"This...really not," Zhu Yuan immediately showed a pitiful and weak expression: "Ancestor, you know everything about me, so I don't need to lie."

Old Zhu didn't believe it: "You child, you can talk too much."

Zhu Yuan still wanted to defend himself, and noticed the two account books that had just been put down.

Have it.

Push it directly: "Ancestor, look at these two account books."

Old Zhu Ben didn't mean to hold on to it, he thought Zhu Yuan changed the subject, so he took it, and immediately reacted: "Two copies?"

"My ancestor, just look at how honest I am with you." Zhu Yuan was still pitiful, aggrieved and weak: "The following people are so small that they only sent one account book of 'Shangshanju' over yesterday, but I think , the accounts of "Zhiyongzhai" should also be shown by the ancestors, and I brought them specially today. It is said that the wealth should not be exposed, the ancestors, Zhiyongzhai also makes a lot of money. Whoever reads it, the first reaction is that they can't Let outsiders know. If I really have something in mind, I should hide this account, or change it, make the profit figure smaller, and then show it to you, but I never thought of doing this. I only read it in the morning However, I brought it to you immediately. And, using this as an example, what I want to say is, let you tax more businessmen like me to adjust the distribution. Ancestor, you have seen someone running in front of you to hope Are you taxing yourself more, I'm afraid they want you to reduce taxes?"

Lao Zhu flipped through the Zhiyongzhai account book that he had never read, and listened to his baby's 23rd generation grandson chanting, the doubts that were only very shallow in his heart disappeared immediately, and he waved his hand to interrupt: "Okay, okay, I just said a word, and it made you talk too much."

Zhu Yuan is still pitiful, wronged and weak.

However, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Pass!

The fake 23rd generation grandson can only tell the truth!

On the other side, Lao Zhu flipped through the account book, glanced at the opposite side, thinking that he had really wronged the child opposite him, and couldn't help adding: "Someone notified you in the morning, since you like those...you can choose as you like, no matter how much you like." , just pay attention to your body and don’t indulge in it.”

Zhu Yuan nodded slightly: "Well..."

This is a gesture.

Lao Zhu glanced at it in disgust, then looked away, and quickly turned to the final Zhiyongzhai ledger.

Still surprised.

A small stationery shop has made a net profit of 31 taels of silver in less than a year.

This……

Speaking of which, at the beginning of the year, when Lao Zhu saw Zhiyongzhai’s single-day income of up to 1.6 taels of silver on the first day, he had already expressed emotion. Need 600 million taels?

Open two shops, and the income can be regarded as Daming food.

However, I also understood at the time that things cannot be counted in this way. On the first day of opening, there must be more people cheering, and it is still unknown how it will be done in the future.

Now... I know.

From March at the beginning of the year to the twelfth lunar month at the end of the year, in less than ten months, this small shop made more than 37 taels of turnover, and even made a net profit of 31 taels.

then……

If you know how to make a living, why would you need to join the army?

Become a businessman!

Therefore, Lao Zhu thought about seeing the account book of "Shangshanju" after the dinner with the ministers last night.

At the beginning, Lao Zhu was still a little drunk, but after watching him, he woke up.

In five months, a glass business had a turnover of more than 200 million taels.And the net profit was a full 190.6 million taels, which was much higher than the salt tax that had been settled this year.

In the first year of Hongwu, compared with 137 million taels in the first year of Wu, the total salt tax revenue this year was 153 million taels. According to some comparison methods given by the 23rd grandson of my own baby, this is called... an increase of 11.6% year-on-year.

Lao Zhu was very satisfied at first.

Until... I saw the harvest of Shangshanju last night.

Lao Zhu didn't know if his eyes were red when he woke up, but he thought that his own wife who had been chasing after the ledger had red eyes and obviously didn't believe it, and rarely wanted to pay attention to the rules. , Urging Lao Zhu to send someone overnight to ask about the increase.

Although Ma Shi knew the huge profit of glass, but...it was too thick.

It's only been less than five months.

Lao Zhu's first reaction felt like it was fake, but having witnessed all the magic of his baby's 23rd generation grandson, Lao Zhu understood that there was no reason for that child to send a fake account book to entertain himself .

If so, it must be true.

After that, Lao Zhu was a little confused.All of a sudden, there is such a large amount of money... um...how should I spend it?

At first...

The 23rd generation grandson of my treasure originally distributed [-]% to the royal family and [-]% to Yinghaisi. Lao Zhu was also a little cautious and felt that there was no need to keep so much for Yinghaisi, so he finally allocated [-]% to his own family. Only [-]% was left for Ying Haisi.

Now think about it...

too much.

Only counting the 114% dividend, it is 190.6 million taels.What's more, the total net profit turned out to be [-] million taels.

Such a lot of money, if... I don't want to divide it according to the previous rules, um, I must give it to my child. The child obviously expected the huge profit of glass, and insisted on only asking for [-]%. So sensible, how can I be wronged.

other……

However, I didn't sleep well all night. In the early morning, I heard the courtiers discuss the follow-up of the incident in the middle of Shu, and learned that there were still a group of criminals to be paid. Lao Zhu immediately thought of his precious 23rd grandson .

Speaking of which, after returning to Jinling, when Zhu Yuan was exhausted that time, Lao Zhu quietly asked Sun Shouzhen and Dai Sanchun about them.

A doctor can see many things.

Both Sun Shouzhen and Dai Sanchun made it clear that although there are many women around their baby's 23rd generation grandson, they are not addicted to them, but are very restrained.The fainting that time was just because the body was too weak and tired.

After Lao Zhu heard it, he was both distressed and relieved.

Therefore, this time... since I like having so many women around me, I must give it to her.

Thinking of this, Lao Zhu finished flipping through the Zhiyongzhai account book in front of him, and looked at the opposite side: "Yuaner, according to these two account books, can you talk about your thoughts first?"

"Let's talk about the name first, Ancestor," Zhu Yuan said with a smile, "Daming Royal Assets Management Group, or Jinling Dongcheng Assets Management Group. Sure. Next year, because of the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce, even if it is the royal family, the corresponding institution will have to be officially registered. I think my ancestors will have no objections... Well, my attitude, ancestors, should be a little more low-key?"

Old Zhu was serious at first, but when Zhu Yuan mentioned this, he also laughed: "Okay, just like you, let's choose the latter one, Jinling Dongcheng Asset Management Group."

Since Zhu Yuan didn't say anything, because of the account books he saw last night, some thoughts had already arisen in Lao Zhu's heart.

Just as Zhu Yuan said just now, wealth should not be revealed.

Lao Zhu didn't experience it before, but this time...it was very profound.

Zhu Yuan continued: "My ancestors, do you still remember the purpose of taking back [-]% of the shares from various maritime merchants?"

"Naturally remember."

Zhu Yuandao: "Jinling Dongcheng Asset Management Group can be said to be an example. Next, after the Great Seal, my idea is that every noble family should also have a family asset management group. Ancestor, what do you think?"

Lao Zhu's first reaction was to frown slightly, and then he quickly relaxed: "You... this..."

I feel that I understand, but for a while, I don't understand.

"Jinling Dongcheng Asset Management Group needs to be registered with the Ministry of Commerce, which means that the royal family accepts the supervision of the imperial court to a certain extent. In the future, the royal family will pay the taxes that should be paid, and the royal family will also abide by the rules that should be observed. Ancestor, yours The first reaction may be that I feel uncomfortable, but what I want to say is that this rule is fundamentally to protect the existence of Daming. And whose family Daming belongs to, it belongs to our Zhu family, that is to say, our own Obeying the rules, in fact, is also to protect our own country. To put it more clearly, ancestors, this is also to prevent future generations from having unscrupulous descendants. Just like the ancestral precepts left by our ancestors, the idea is actually correct. It's just...in another life, you don't have me as your staff."

Lao Zhu thought about it for a while, and said: "This...or what you said, I think the rules can't be set too rigidly?"

"That's right, if it's an emergency, some rules can't be too strict," Zhu Yuan said, "Yuan'er's consideration is that we cannot change some fundamental things, such as the king, relatives and teachers of heaven and earth, such as benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness. Changed, it is the collapse of ritual and music. This is one of the "rituals". The other is one of the "forces", "production" and "distribution", two fundamentals, one to improve production, the other to promote distribution, these two things do It’s definitely not wrong. However, other than these, others can be adjusted according to reality.”

As Lao Zhu listened, his thinking expanded greatly: "This... the word 'ritual', if it is urgent, you can let it go, just like me, a vulgar person, if you can't reason with you, then you can't explain it. You have to use your fists first."

Zhu Yuan pecked at the rice, then shook his head lightly: "Ancestor, this analogy is inappropriate. You are an elder, and you don't need to use your fists to convince me."

"Hey..." Lao Zhu smiled, and didn't continue, but said: "The name has been decided, keep a low profile, can you take it?"

Zhu Yuan went on to say: "Let's talk about the commercial tax. Yuan'er still has the same attitude when he talked about salt and tea. The commercial tax of about [-]% is actually more reasonable, instead of [-]%. No. Take tea as an example, what we should do now is to encourage tea production first, increase tea production to even exceed that of Song Dynasty, and gradually adjust the tax rate in the process.”

"I know the truth. It's still yours. First increase the 'production', and then promote the 'distribution'."

"That's right," Zhu Yuan said, "The current state of the Ming Dynasty can be described as a waste of time, and the eagerness to collect taxes will only inhibit the development of productivity. However, just like this glass, there are stationery for Zhiyongzhai, um, and The profits of overseas trade, such as these, are too high, and we can't let such huge profits flow into private hands like that, ancestors, what should we do?"

"Heh... you also said that," Old Zhu said, "Let the imperial court take care of these things. You mentioned that... the ceramics that are already being made, isn't that the case?"

Zhu Yuan patted his hands lightly: "That's right, that's it."

Old Zhu laughed again: "Since that's the case, you are willing to set an example first, then give some of Zhiyongzhai's shares to the court?"

Old Zhu was joking, even after reading the account book, he didn't think about it, after all, he had Shangshanju as a foundation.All I can think about is that my child has some money, so don't squander it too much, it's better to do some practical things.

However, Zhu Yuan nodded immediately: "My lord, I thought about it when I came here. I still only keep [-]%, and don't want the rest."

This time, Lao Zhu was silent.

Silly boy.

This……

How can it be so good?
After a little deliberation, Lao Zhu felt that this was really not good, and he remembered one thing: "Let's talk about... the land matter earlier, thousands of acres of fertile land, if you say you don't want it, then you don't want it. I publicized it, saying that I didn’t want to be that example. I didn’t tell people too much. However, some people knew about it. This time, you have made a lot of money by using food, and you have to give it away...and count the Shangshanju , This... is really bad. If you do too much, you will, uh, put others on the shelf. If other people make a good living, you have to think about whether to send it to the court. , to the royal family, then no one will do these things anymore..."

Old Zhu was stuttering, thinking and talking, and as he became more and more transparent, he made a decision: "That's it, Zhiyongzhai, you still keep it, Shangshanju, [-]% of it No matter how much money you have, I believe you will not squander it recklessly. In the future, if there are many other livelihoods, ah, just like the Guanjufang in preparation, or more, by then, So the imperial court, the royal family, nobles... everyone pooled their money to do it together. Yuan'er, what do you think?"

Zhu Yuan thought for a while, then nodded: "My ancestor's method seems to be better."

If the shares of Zhiyongzhai were given away, to be honest, Zhu Yuan didn't feel bad about it. After all, he could develop more livelihoods in the future, but if he could keep it, he would not push it out forcibly.

Moreover, I thought of 'Zigong redeeming people' again.

You can't do too well, otherwise, others won't want to follow.

Then there is.

Sitting like this, next, is tantamount to gradually linking the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.

Everyone does business together and makes a lot of money. Then, if some reasonable restrictions are added, the top of the traditional pyramid will no longer keep its eyes firmly on the land.

(End of this chapter)