The Young Master Is Fierce Chapter 444: Asking for advice

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This early morning meeting was over by now.

But this morning meeting released several extremely important signals:

His Majesty did not alienate Fu Xiaoguan because of his identity, but instead used him more!

It seems that as long as Fu Xiaoguan does not leave the Yu Dynasty, he will definitely have a bright future.

Of course, if he left the Yu Dynasty, he would be the king of a country in the Wu Dynasty.

So no matter what, you should have a good relationship with Fu Xiaoguan. This is a common belief among many officials.

The tax reduction and exemption policy to boost business has been clearly announced throughout the world. This means that the conservatives led by Qin Huizhi have been completely defeated. Then we can take advantage of this opportunity to let the family or the businessmen under them take action - —

I heard that Fu Xiaoguan's Xishan industry has now been launched in Quyi County, Pingling. This guy ran to the front again, and he had to catch up quickly.

After all, only six counties in the huge Yu Dynasty have been included in the pilot project. When the news spreads all over the world and businessmen all over the world flock to it, if it is too late, they may not even be able to take a sip of the soup.

The most excited among these officials is Li Cai.

He is now in his early forties, and he stayed in the Jinbu Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs for a full twenty years before he got the position of Right Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Speaking from the bottom of his heart, he is a businessman. His father manages Baolong Bank, the largest bank in Yu Dynasty, his elder brother Li Jia manages Xinglongtang, the largest pawnshop in Shangjing, and his third brother Li Wan manages the largest jade shop in Shangjing. In Jade Cauldron Tower, the fourth brother Li Guan is also the head shopkeeper of Huichun Hall.

Li Cai had known Fu Xiaoguan last year, when he first came to Beijing and was made an idle civil servant of the fifth rank by His Majesty because of his disaster relief measures, but he was allowed to work in the Ministry of Household Affairs.

In Li Cai's view, His Majesty has sent a signal that Fu Xiaoguan will be of great use in the future.

I was indeed right. Now Fu Xiaoguan has risen and is unstoppable!

He actually wanted to see his father... I guess it was because of the New Deal. He wanted to ask his father about the money coming in and out or the dispatch.

Of course this matter had to be done well, so he hurried back to his house after leaving the court.

But after Fu Xiaoguan retired from the court, he was once again retained by His Majesty. He followed His Majesty to the Imperial Study Room, accompanied by Yan Beixi and Dong Kangping——

Two father-in-laws and one father-in-law and his father... Fu Xiaoguan followed behind, feeling quite uneasy. Could it be because the wedding banquet was too casual?

He naturally thought too much. In the imperial study, Emperor Xuan sat in front of the dragon platform, looked at Fu Xiaoguan, and asked: "I and Prime Minister Yan think that we will add 20 pilot counties at the beginning of next year. But Dong Shangshu thinks it is inappropriate and feels that it is too hasty and should be done slowly, so I ask you, what do you think?"

Fu Xiaoguan was startled, what the **** is saying to offend someone, you are the emperor, you can do whatever you want!

But after thinking for a moment, he still said what he was thinking, "I think we should make a compromise!"

Emperor Xuan asked in astonishment: "What's a compromise?"

"I believe that ten additional counties can be added next year."

Yan Beixi frowned and asked doubtfully: "From the perspective of Yao County, there is no problem with this strategy. Judging from what you did in Pingling and Quyi, this strategy not only solved The issue of how people in the two places survive the winter also lays the foundation for a good momentum next year. Why can't we increase it more?"

"My official believes that this is because only Xishan is currently in operation among the three counties, which does not reflect the shortcomings of this policy. Today, His Majesty issued a decree to exempt businessmen of a certain scale from taxes for three years... Your Majesty Just wait and see with Yan Zai and Dong’s father-in-law, many businessmen will go to these six places to invest on a large scale.”

"Isn't this a good thing? This policy is just to enable these businessmen to take action!"

"Go back to Yanzai and let them get started. But don't underestimate the businessmen. Our supervision can't keep up. They will find loopholes and exploit them like crazy."

Emperor Xuan frowned, supervising...it seemed like he hadn't thought about it yet.

Yan Zai thought for a moment and asked: "What kind of loopholes will appear?"

"For example, I invested 100,000 taels of silver in Pingling and recruited 100 workers. Does this meet the conditions for tax exemption for three years? The Pingling County Government naturally has to give me tax exemption, but this When you found me, you are my father-in-law's father, and you said that you would sell the products you produced to various places through the workshops under my name. I definitely had no choice but to agree. Your products were sold like this, and I got There is no tax exemption, but you haven’t invested a penny in Pingling.”

"Is this a vulnerability?"

Yan Beixi was stunned, and he immediately thought of many things. Not to mention the whole country, even if the merchants in Jiangnan used this method to avoid taxes, the court would be unbearable in tax losses. If all the merchants in the country were like this...where would they be able to pay for it next year? How much tax is there to speak of?

Emperor Xuan looked at Yan Beixi. The two looked at each other, and then they understood in their hearts that there was such a serious disadvantage.

"This is just one aspect..." Fu Xiaoguan spoke again, "There are also other aspects, such as whether the investment structure of each place is reasonable?"

“To give a simple example, I have set up many workshops in Pingling, which require 40,000 workers. Now there are roughly 80,000 laborers in Pingling, but we cannot let all 80,000 people work in the workshops. , because the fields still need to be cultivated.”

"That's just right. I'll recruit 40,000 farmers from Pingling, and the remaining 40,000 will be engaged in agricultural production, which is just right. But if more businessmen come and open more workshops, the number of workers will increase greatly... This will inevitably lead to fields becoming barren - people all want to go to the workshops to earn cash, so who will have the heart to serve the crops?"

"When things unfold like this in various places, it will only take three to five years before we will find that rural areas in many places will gradually wither. As time goes by, many villages will even disappear."

“These farmers who went to work in the workshops have indeed earned the money in front of them, and their living standards have indeed been improved, but... when one day the business is sluggish and they want to go back to the countryside, they will find that there is no way. Home can be returned.”

"Taking a longer view, even if business has been booming, their descendants have also embarked on this road. When the workshops in this county are full, they will go to other counties and leave their hometowns for several years. Countless villages have disappeared, and the price of food has The prices of daily necessities are bound to rise, but these second-generation farmers can never return to the countryside - they don't even have basic farming skills. They have become accustomed to the rhythm of making quick money, and no one is willing to go back to serve them. That barren land."

"In addition, disordered investment will only lead to the same products. You and I both weave cloth and make clothes... Who will sell the clothes that fill the market in the end?"

"So, what the court needs to do now is not to add more new pilot projects, but to avoid all foreseeable business disadvantages. This needs to be regulated in advance!"