I'm really not doing business

Chapter 351 There are no nobles in the Ming Dynasty
Sun Kehong's intention was very clear. The imperial court would not allow Ming Dynasty's grain to go to sea, but it would allow overseas grain to be transported to Japan and be exchanged for silver, so as to continue to seek huge profits. Sun Kehong understood this very clearly from the imperial edict.

So what are these businessmen crying and howling when they come to his house?I cried that the imperial court refused to let them strip the common people of their rations in exchange for silver. They cried that it would be more troublesome to search for food overseas. I cried that the imperial court controlled it so leniently and quickly. The emperor banned this business before it was stable. .

If it's just a ban, what if it's accompanied by an order to sue the person for confiscation of assets?This paper ban is not a blank piece of paper, but it has great effectiveness.

"Overseas, is it easy to say? The sea is very windy and rough, and there are frequent pirates. If you are not careful, the ship will be destroyed and people will die. Even if you barely reach the shore, you will have to be exploited by various small foreign countries. You can still make profits. What?" A merchant still felt dissatisfied and shouted loudly.

Sun Kehong tilted his head and looked at the man, and said with a sneer: "This is Songjiang Ocean Trading Company. You, me, and others are all maritime merchants. This is not a newspaper poster, nor is it a yamen court. Do you need to pretend to be pitiful like this? ? Nowadays, sea-going ships tossing in thousands of miles of seawalls are like flopping in a bathhouse. They will capsize? Are you questioning the ship quality of Songjiang Shipyard? "

"There is also the theory of pirates. Your ship ran out of the Strait of Malacca and ran to the east of Nagasaki before pirates appeared. Are there really pirates in the big port? I bet the Ming Dynasty Navy will eat the same thing as you You’re so fat and can’t do anything?!”

"The little country of Fanyi shows off its power even if it is treated lightly. It wants to break into other people's palaces and rob them all. You tell me, you have been exploited by the small country of Fanyi. How much have you paid to the small country of Fanyi? Silver tax?! You don’t want to pay the Ming Dynasty!”

"Stop farting in front of me!"

Sun Kehong's words were very, very rude. When he faced Ming officials such as Wang Daokun, Guo Rulin, Zhao Shizhen, etc., he was cautious and polite, looking like a refined and easy-going gentleman. However, in business, with such a large family fortune, he was not ruthless. How can I stand firm?

"Mr. Sun, what you said means that you are standing with the imperial court. You are the chief merchant of our merchants!" The merchant was scolded in the face and immediately retorted loudly. Everyone is a merchant. How could Sun Kehong, the business manager, speak for the court? Instead of reacting to the court's tyranny, he allowed the businessmen to adapt themselves? !
Sun Kehong slammed the table, pointed at the man's nose, and said sternly: "I, the business manager, were appointed by the court, not you!"

"Speak for you?! How can I speak for you? Why did the court issue this order? I said it over and over again: I have to pay taxes, I have to pay taxes. My family even pays taxes for the boat business, what about you! Safe and sound Pay taxes honestly, why are there so many stupid things?!"

"Draw a six out of [-] values! Draw a six out of a hundred values! They are all cheap people. Do you have to ask the court to increase taxes to the point where you draw three or five out of ten values?"

"You are using tricks to evade taxes, and you are hurting the interests of me, a tax-paying businessman! Tomorrow I will compile an account and send it to the Songjiang Mansion Yamen. I will give you some credit first and make a windfall!"

After Sun Kehong finished speaking, he was stunned. The more he thought about it, the more he thought this was a good idea. He turned to his boss and said, "Sun Sheng, go immediately. With the account tomorrow, let's go to Songjiang Mansion Yamen to report the case. With this windfall, our Sun family is sure to make a fortune!"

"What are you looking at! Get out of here and go home to raise money to pay the fine!"

Sun Kehong told all the merchants to get out. They had better make up the tax. It doesn't matter if they don't make up the tax. The imperial tax inspection institute will investigate on their own. As for whether they have offended these merchants, everyone is a maritime merchant. Originally, There is a dispute over interests, and they have already offended each other. Just because they laugh and laugh on the surface does not mean they are friends.

"Big boss, do you really want to sort it out?" Sun Sheng waited until the merchants left and said with an embarrassed look, "Are we going to be the target of public criticism?"

"The one who is the target of public criticism?" Sun Kehong's expression suddenly changed, and his whole person became very angry, and even his facial features were a little distorted. He ferociously patted his wasted leg, gritted his teeth and said: "So what if the people are the target of public criticism?! When Xu Jie discounted my leg because of some cloth business, didn't they just follow Xu Jie to pursue and beat my old Sun family? At that time, weren't our old Sun family the target of public criticism? "

"If I, Sun Kehong, gain power today, I won't let them have an easy day!"

Because Sun Kehong's leg was crippled by Xu Jie, his temperament changed drastically. He was unstable and would get angry if he made the slightest mistake. Sun Sheng heard Sun Kehong's anger and thought about the situation at home. Indeed, at that time, their old Sun His family was already a target of public criticism, and it became even more so after he surrendered to the imperial court.

"Big boss, I'll take care of it right away." Sun Sheng stopped trying to persuade them and they all ate in the same trough, eating more when they kicked others.

"That's right!" Sun Kehong's face gradually became normal. After taking a sip of tea, he began to miss the time when Sun Keyi was still around. When his younger brother was around, Sun Kehong's mood would be more stable because someone would take the lead. .

The next day, at dawn, Sun Kehong did not run to the Songjiang Prefecture Yamen with his account books. Instead, the Songjiang Prefecture Yamen rushed to the Sun Mansion with more than a thousand naval officers and soldiers. The land of Songjiang Prefecture seemed stable, but The undercurrent was so strong that Sun Kehong was worried that it would not be safe for him to go out with the account book, so he asked Songjiang Governor Wang Daokun to pick it up.

As soon as Wang Daokun heard that he had made great achievements, he immediately rushed to the Sun Mansion with his people and successfully obtained the account book.

All the merchants who were watching, and even those who were planning to do something, could only lament. Behind Sun Kehong's seemingly arrogance, he was extremely cautious and did not give anyone any chance.

Songjiang Prefecture New Port is the city shipping company with the largest throughput in the Ming Dynasty. More than a thousand three-masted plywood ships enter and exit the city shipping company every day. The other city shipping companies, at most, only have more than 120 ships a day, and the Zhangzhou City Shipping Company in Fujian Moon Harbor.

Songjiang Ocean Trading Co., Ltd. is the largest trading house in Songjiang. The account books in their hands contain details of the distribution of goods in the Ming Dynasty. With such account books, they will not be afraid of tax losses.

"Mr. Sun Shang is loyal to His Majesty and embodies the excitement of the imperial court. As a home of hairpins, rituals, music, poetry and calligraphy, it is as it should be, so there is no need to be formal." Wang Daokun signaled to Sun Kehong that he did not need to attend the ceremony. He was physically inconvenient and did not need to go through so many red tapes.

Sun Kehong, a businessman, actually ordered the governor of Songjiang to run back and forth. This was a violation of the rules. In the Ming Dynasty, the most powerful officials were the most powerful.

Of course, with such great achievements every day, Wang Daokun is willing to keep running!

"Thank you, Governor Wang." Sun Kehong finally got up without struggling anymore. Since the emperor gave the hairpin to the home of ritual music, poetry and calligraphy, he finally no longer has to lie on the ground in embarrassment to meet the official. At least he can maintain his dignity, and The court officials were also willing to give him dignity.

Wang Daokun said with great satisfaction: "In the past, the court had no choice but to do tax collection. We, the coastal defense inspectors, did not have the authority to collect arrears, call for payment, audit, and investigate, so we were somewhat passive. Now we are better." Well, the Tax Inspection Institute has finally expanded, and our coastal defense inspections finally have a place to use."

"Ever since Yu Shuai established the navy and coastal defense inspections in Songjiang, I have been worried that the navy and coastal defense inspections are not a long-term solution. After all, for the court, this is a place to spend money, but the benefits are general. , broad, not specific, now it’s better, coastal defense inspections can really reduce the court’s tax losses, so there is a need for its long-term existence.”

Sun Kehong said with a smile on his face: "Governor Wang has a good opinion. The coastal defense inspections were also in a dilemma before. The sea tax is the most difficult to audit, and the coastal defense inspections have no authority. Anyway, our family follows the rules and never lacks the tax."

Not only did the Sun family not steal, leak, or evade court taxes, but occasionally they would feel uneasy about their conscience because they earned too much, and would donate money to maritime schools or shipyards. Regardless of such a big label as loyalty to the emperor and the country, the Sun family The rewards for giving to the imperial court are extremely huge.

Just the boat painting business is enough for the Sun family.

In the seventh year of Wanli's New Deal, the Taxation Bureau was expanded, and the trend of comprehensive investigation and investigation of customs tax arrears first started in Songjiang Prefecture. At this time, the administrative power of the imperial court was far stronger than during the Jiajing period. This strong wind blew through Songjiang. , blew through Nanya, blew through Fujian, and blew to Guangdong and Guangxi.

On the tenth day of February in the seventh year of Wanli, the Songjiang Prefecture Tax Office began to issue tax reminders. This meant that the accounts had been completely settled. Who owed how much, how much should be paid, and how much should be fined. The court's debt collection had officially begun. .

On this day, a five-masted ocean-going ship came from the direction of Yuegang and slowly approached the new port. Guided by the barge, it slowly docked. The flag hung by this ship was not the seven-star flag of the Ming Dynasty. It is not the red cross of the West, but the lion and sun emblem.

Wang Daokun completely did not expect that the fleet of the Mughal Empire that had left in August last year would return to Songjiang Prefecture again in February this year. In just six months, it had completed a round trip. The Ming Dynasty was clearing up Wanli Seawall. The pirate attack is still in progress, and the sea route is not smooth along the way.

Of course, in front of the five-masted ocean-going ship, the idle pirates must also consider whether they can eat it, instead of being bombarded to pieces by the cannons on the ship's side. The five-masted ocean-going ship and the giant beast crossing the ocean are not only He has a strong ability to resist risks and is armed to the teeth with firearms.

This time, it was still Shah Maimaiti who led the fleet. Shah Maimaiti, the big customer who added 300 silver to each ship and bought two ships, returned to the Ming Dynasty again. This time, he brought Nearly 200 million silver in cash arrived, as well as more than [-] million silver in goods, including cotton and grain, which were specialties of the Mughal Empire and sold well in Central Asia.

Shah Maimaiti purchased a large number of Taiyue grain boxes specifically for grain trafficking.

"These are four big food horses from Yuewan. They are hard-working and have endurance. Such handsome horses are given to the Ming Emperor as a gift. His great, wise and supreme emperor will definitely like them." Shah Maimai Ti introduced the four horses behind him.

This was a gift from Emperor Akbar to Emperor Ming. Thanks to Emperor Ming's generosity, he sold him two large ships, allowing him to save some face in the face of the increasingly pressing Taixi people.

Shah Maimaiti highlighted two horses. One was maroon, with a touch of snow-white eyebrows. It was tall and mighty, with extremely developed tendons. It looked like it was good at running. The other horse had eyes wide apart and energetic. And Sharp stood there, scanning constantly with a look of disdain.

Shah Maimaiti smiled and said: "This one is called Feiyi. It runs much faster than other horses, and this one is called Shengjian. It is extremely fierce on the battlefield and is a bit sharper than a sword. These four horses Even in the Ming Dynasty, it can be called a thousand-mile horse."

A good general assists a wise master, and a BMW supports a hero.

Shah Maimaiti knew that the Ming Emperor practiced martial arts and was very good at martial arts, so he gave him four horses as a gift.

"Do the Mughals have many horses?" Wang Daokun looked at the four horses with a solemn expression. Recently, the Ming Dynasty officials in the Wenhua Palace have had a huge headache over the source of the horses. The Tatars do not sell them, and there are none in the Western Regions. Except for the Ming Dynasty, Outside the military horse farm, there was no channel to obtain military horses, which was an important obstacle to the formation of the Ming Dynasty cavalry.

And now, Shah Maimaiti came with his BMW!
"I'm very happy to hear the word Mughal from the mouth of Ming officials. As you said, if the Mughals don't have horses, are they still Mughals?" Shah Maimaiti said with a smile on his face. .

The last time he was consecrated in the Wenhua Hall, he asked this question specifically. The Ministry of Rites clearly knew the origin of the Mughal Empire and insisted on translating it into Mughal. This made Shah Maimaiti very dissatisfied. Although His Majesty said that Ming Dynasty had its own national conditions to prevaricate it.

If someone else said that the ancestors of the Han people were the Huns, the Ming Dynasty would not be happy. Just like the Ministry of Rites repeatedly corrected Shah Maimaiti, the Ming Dynasty was the Ming Dynasty, not the Khitan.

Now, the Ming Dynasty finally corrected this translation error, which made Shah Amaimaiti very happy, and he scattered coins whenever he was happy.

"Take it for tea." Shah Maimaiti took out a bag of silver coins and handed it to a clerk from the Shipping Department. After weighing it for a while, he found that there were at least more than 50 silver coins!
The clerk refused to take it, so Shah Maimaiti said with a smile: "My boat is in your hands. You can keep an eye on it and clean it for me. I hope that when I see it again, it will be as beautiful as before."

Wang Daokun nodded, and then the clerk accepted the silver coins and led people to clean Shah Maimaiti's boat. "Governor Wang, take this for tea." Shah Maimaiti took out a bag of gold coins from his belt and handed it over.

"I can't take it. If I take it, I'm being bribed. Envoy Shah, please come inside." Wang Daokun refused to accept the gold coins and took Shah Maimaiti off the trestle.

Shah Maimaiti was really very happy. This time, every time he saw someone, he threw out a bag of silver coins. There were more than 50 taels of silver coins, and more than ten taels of silver coins. He had two A servant, full of bags.

"Is this your custom and etiquette?" Wang Daokun asked with a frown. This was really the first time he had seen such a strange etiquette.

"That's not true. I just came to Ming Dynasty again and was in a good mood." Shah Maimaiti didn't know what Wang Daokun said at first. It wasn't until someone else reminded him that Shah Maimaiti suddenly realized what the problem was. , this is a cultural difference.

Shah Maimaiti said solemnly: "Governor Wang, I stayed in Ming Dynasty for more than a year before I met the supreme Lord of the world. What shocked me most during this year is that Ming Dynasty did not Nobles, as the highest king of the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty lived a slightly extravagant life, but he was criticized verbally and written by his ministers. Is this reasonable? This is not reasonable at all. "

"There are no nobles in the Ming Dynasty. Princes, generals and ministers cannot do whatever they want. Even if you are the prime minister of the empire, once your family commits a crime, you will become a target for everyone."

What is nobility?The nobles are capable of killing and seizing everything, and they are omnipotent!What is nobility?He is the one who sets the rules and can ignore them.

When a noble kills someone, he actually has to face punishment, and even if the emperor refuses to forgive, he will pay the price with his life. In their Mughal empire, when a noble kills someone, and the other party doesn't come to apologize, the noble will continue to pursue him. Only then It's a nobleman, that's how hierarchical it is.

In the Mughal Empire that implemented the four-class system, nobles were the real nobles, and the nobles of the Ming Dynasty also had to follow the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

Shah Maimaiti was a master of the Ming Dynasty. During the year of the Ming Dynasty, he survived the catastrophe of life and death. He was very curious about the Ming Dynasty. From his understanding, there were no real nobles in the Ming Dynasty, only carnivores.

For example, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, and his son-in-law Ouyang Lun were beheaded by Emperor Gao, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, because they were greedy for huge profits, indulged in the domestic slave Zhou Bao, and beat up the tax collector of the Heqiao Department of Lantian County. Prime Minister Yang Shiqi was dismissed from office because his son Yang Ji was arrogant and committed violent murders.

Shah Maimaiti did not think that there were nobles in the Ming Dynasty, they were just meat eaters.

After Wang Daokun thought for a moment, he shook his head and said, "Envoy Shah was joking. It won't take a year for Envoy Shah to come to Beijing again this time."

After Shah Maimaiti rested in Songjiang Mansion for three days, he boarded the Ming Dynasty's new trimaran hydrofoil sailboat and started heading north. This is a new type of hydrofoil sailboat. It is about three feet long and has three masts. It is an improvement of the painted sailboat. version, the boat speed is slightly lower, but the comfort has been greatly improved. The boat speed is slightly lower compared to the hydrofoil sailboat. The trimaran hydrofoil sailboat still only took three days to reach Mizhou, Shandong.

Five days later, Shah Maimaiti's envoy arrived in the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Sanniangzi stayed in the capital for a month. She was mainly in the capital to discuss various details of the wool business. Sanniangzi was also very aware of the lack of horses in the Ming Dynasty. Although Wang Chonggu expressed some euphemisms to let Sanniangzi play some role. Thoughts came to mind, but Sanniangzi thought about it over and over and finally did not take the initiative.

There is an essential difference between the capitulation faction and the peace negotiation faction. Sanniangzi is not convinced. After she became a capitulation faction, there were still several people supporting her.

When Shah Maimaiti checked into the Siyi Pavilion, he made some noise, letting everyone in the capital know that Shah Maimaiti was back.

When Shah Maimaiti was happy, he threw his money bag around, and by chance, it happened to be thrown on Cai Jixun, a Han Shaoqing from the Seyi Palace, and this Han Shaoqing Cai Jixun happened to be a real Qingliu. The kind of clear stream that would rather die than accept the food that comes, Shah Maimaiti threw the bag of silver over, Cai Jixun became furious on the spot and walked away.

Everyone in Shah Maimaiti was dumbfounded. This was the cultural difference. After understanding the reason, Shah Maimaiti no longer dared to throw away money to people in official robes. No matter what, Shah Maimaiti I didn't expect that there are people who really don't like silver.

This incident caused quite a stir, mainly due to Cai Jixun himself, who was at the forefront of the storm. He opposed the imperial court's intensification of tax collection, and opposed Zhang Juzheng's decree to expand the Tax Institute and sue the government, and caused a lot of trouble. The movement is coming.

Most of the Qingliu still supported Cai Jixun. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty also specially observed Cai Jixun. He was a Han Shaoqing from the fifth rank of the Siyi Palace and was extremely knowledgeable. In addition to being a Jinshi in the 44th year of Jiajing, he worked in the Siyi Palace and was proficient in Tatar. Tartar, Xifan Tibetan, Indian Sanskrit, Hui Hui, Baiyi, Gaochang and Latin.

Cai Jixun was not short of money, and he was not willing to live in poverty. He translated several Thai and Western novels and made a lot of money at the book club.

The logic of Cai Jixun's anger is that a gentleman loves money and gets it in a wise way.

His political tendency is to support the Ming Dynasty's opening of the sea, and to support the full opening of the sea, but he is opposed to amassing profits. This time he opposed Zhang Juzheng's two new policies for this reason.

The reason is very simple. Cai Jixun believes that excessive accumulation of profits is a great harm to the country, especially the continuous increase in tax collection. Because the Ming Dynasty has a right-wing tax collection, these taxes will inevitably be collected in various forms. It became a knife used to peel off the people, and the Ming Dynasty gained profits from it. The meat-eaters would not suffer any losses. They would put all the costs on the people's heads.

Cai Jixun's views were recognized by many people. Shah Maimaiti happened to bump into him, and the matter immediately became an uproar.

On February [-]th of the seventh year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun summoned Cai Jixun in the side hall of Wenhua Palace, which made countless people happy!The fact that His Majesty is willing to meet the courtiers makes some cheap scholars gnash their teeth with hatred, because being announced means being scolded, and makes some people with lofty ideals rejoice, because this means that His Majesty is always open to all rivers and accepts good words.

"I pay my respects to your Majesty. Long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty." Cai Jixun knelt on the ground and bowed his head.

"Cai Shaoqing excuses himself." Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "I read Cai Shaoqing's article in the newspaper. What Cai Shaoqing said is very good and makes sense."

Cai Jixun glanced at Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng was looking at his eyes, nose and heart, without much change in his expression.

In the eyes of different people, Zhang Juzheng looks different. At least in the eyes of Cai Jixun, Zhang Juzheng is Huo Guang, Wang Mang, or Dong Zhuo. He bullied His Majesty's young ministers and usurped divine weapons. Even before meeting His Majesty, he thought Zhang Juzheng will stand beside the emperor. The emperor cannot speak, and Zhang Juzheng will preside over everything.

After entering the palace, Cai Jixun found that this was not the case. Zhang Juzheng had no intention of interfering with His Majesty. Your Majesty agreed with Cai Jixun's views, and Zhang Juzheng remained silent and did not make any comments.

This means that His Majesty is in charge, not Grand Tutor Yuan Fu.

"Your Majesty, I believe that opening up Haizi is a national event, communicating what is needed at home and abroad, learning from hundreds of schools of thought, and promoting culture and education to stabilize the country. It is the reason for the rise and fall of all nations in ancient and modern times, and The Great Return will be ruled by Heaven." Cai Jixun reiterated his point of view.

His support for opening up the sea was to support cultural exchanges, to eliminate the essentials and absorb the missing elements of Ming culture, so as to lay the foundation for the prosperity of culture and education and educate all peoples. To put it on top of silver is to abandon the fundamental and pursue the inferior.

"Does Cai Shaoqing know how much money the imperial court spent on military affairs last year?" Zhu Yijun did not refute, but asked a question.

"I don't know..." Cai Jixun was stunned, bowed his head and said, if you know it, you know it, if you don't know it, you don't know it. He has never paid attention to the cost of military affairs in the Ming Dynasty, so naturally he cannot discuss it.

Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "Last year the Rongshi silver was 920 million silver."

"Ah?" Cai Jixun frowned. He knew a lot, but he never expected that there would be so many. It was also thanks to the Ming Dynasty that the court was now rich. Otherwise, it would be difficult to afford the military service alone and would have to owe wages.

"Does Cai Shaoqing know that last year the imperial court only paid how much civil and military officials in the world?" Zhu Yijun asked another question.

"I don't know." Cai Jixun bowed his head again, already a little ashamed.

"430 million [-] silver." Zhu Yijun told Cai Jixun that it was very, very expensive to maintain the normal operation of the court, and the expenditure of these silvers related to the strength of the Ming Dynasty's administrative power. Dao Ye prided himself on ruling by doing nothing. Without money, he could what to do?

Zhu Yijun said earnestly: "Cai Shaoqing, as the saying goes, you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are when you are not a family member. My husband is Yuan Fu Taifu. When he opens his eyes, there are two places where he wants money. Money is needed here and money is needed there."

"The soldiers cannot get their pay and they have to fight for it. The officials in the capital have to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to scold them if they can't get their salary. The local officials can't get their salary, so they join in the troubles with the local gentry and make a living for themselves."

"The Ministry of Industry has no money, and even the imperial mausoleum can't be built. The palace has collapsed, and there is no money to build it. Isn't this also the face of the court? The Ministry of Household has no money, so it asks for loans from internal funds. If there is no money from internal funds, it also asks The household department begged for food, begging came and went, but everyone was so poor that they couldn't get anything."

"The six ministries stretched out their hands and asked Yuan Fu, the leader, for money. What can Yuan Fu do?"

"What do Cai Shaoqing think?"

Cai Jixun was stunned for a moment. He thought about a question, what could he do if he were Yuan Fu?There seems to be no solution at all, because in his view, culture and education are the reasons for the rise and fall of all nations in ancient and modern times, and culture and education also require money!And it costs a lot of money!

"I don't know." Cai Jixun thought for a long time and could not find a suitable answer on how to maintain the normal operation of the court without amassing profits.

Zhu Yijun sighed and said: "Cai Shaoqing, the imperial court can't do anything without money, and who still believes in the imperial court that can't do anything? When the imperial decree arrives, it's like a piece of waste paper. How can the luxury households and the gentry... Aren’t they going to do whatever they want and do whatever they want? The imperial court is trying to stop them in every possible way, but their swords that peel off the common people are still so sharp. What’s the day when the imperial court can’t stop them?”

"Cai Shaoqing, the world is trapped in mergers and acquisitions, so it should be savored carefully."

　Ask for a monthly ticket, woohoo! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
　　
　
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