Yu Wenkai smiled and said: "My wise brother, the measures taken by Jingzhao Mansion today is to extract huge taxes from merchants, and 90% of them are turned over to the court, while the rest are privately intercepted. Could it be that such a method is also used against the wealthy merchants? "
Qin Meng shook his head and said, "No, brother. If you just squeeze out taxes, there will be a sum in the end, so how much money? What the younger brother wants. It is at least half of their net worth!"
"Half of his net worth?" Yu Wenkai took a breath as he heard it: "Well, isn't this a blatant looting?"
"It's not plundering, but the redistribution of wealth!" Qin Meng's eyes were filled with firm gazes: "Brother, since ancient times, merchants have been indifferent. But why can they accumulate the wealth of the enemy country? Buying is expensive and selling, for high profits. But Jiarong farmers, craftsmen, work hard and earn little, is this fair?"
In fact, Qin Meng came through later generations, knowing how much business has contributed to the entire human society.
It's just that, in the ancient farming civilization, in order to encourage people to engage in agricultural production, we have to say so.
This kind of rhetoric is also the common opinion of almost all classes except the merchant class. It can be regarded as a consensus.
"Well, focusing on agriculture and over commerce has been the top priority for the stability of society since ancient times." Yu Wenkai is obviously also a firm supporter of this argument.
Qin Mengyi said rightly: "Businessmen are very wealthy. If you want to send your children to the academy for training talents in the Sui Dynasty, it is clear that the wealth obtained by opportunism will benefit the people who worked hard in the Sui Dynasty. They must pay a corresponding price if they want their offspring to enter the academy!"
Yu Wenkai knows that Qin Meng has any new intestines. He did not speak, but encouraged Qin Meng to continue speaking with his eyes.
"Brother, if you want to enter the academy, your ancestors must have contributed to the country's society. Whether it is a court official or a farmer's child, they have made their due contribution to the country. What did the merchants do? , Is one of the five beetles. Therefore, the descendants of merchants who want to enter the imperial court to open academies must have a citizenship, and this citizenship is the least. Can't they charge one hundred and eighty thousand taels of silver?"
Yu Wenkai almost choked on a sip of wine. He knew that Qin Meng had many ghost ideas, and he knew that this kid had a dark heart, but when Qin Meng offered a bid, he felt that he still underestimated Qin Meng.
But soon. Yu Wenkai thought of another question.
"Brother virtuous, as you did, extorting the wealthy merchants is so miserable. If they lose their wealth, will they still stay in the capital?"
Qin Meng smiled and said, "Brother, it's okay. Although we extorted their wealth, we can still provide them with opportunities to make money. What do you think is this place? Capital. The most prosperous and wealthy place in the world, The chances of making money here are much higher than other places. We can find a place. The establishment of a commercial trade zone is similar to the border trade trading place that the younger brother established when he was in Wuwei. We provide all the services. The venue, the formalities, Security, they just ship the goods and find the buyer. Even though they are still profitable after going through a series of procedures, they do not believe that they are not obedient."
Yu Wenkai was dumbfounded. It wasn't that he had no talent or vision, but Qin Meng's theoretical methods. But it is derived from the business model theory of later generations, which Yu Wenkai does not possess.
"Well, this handwriting is a bit big." Yu Wenkai felt a little bit courageous thinking about Qin Meng's crazy idea.
"Brother, what is there to be afraid of? This matter. Don't say it is the Jingzhao Mansion. Even the three provinces of the dynasty may not be able to be linked together. However, the various functions of the court are under the feet of the emperor, even if there is a big man in his hand. Power, I don’t dare to go too far. Nowadays, with a few more official offices, everyone is doing things and making money, and this thing will happen!"
Yu Wenkai grinned: "Brother virtuous, I have long heard that you are very bold. When I saw it today, the people around you are full of courage from the sky, and you are full of courage. It’s easy to say, but do you know? There are countless functional officials in each yamen, each in charge of a share, and it’s hard to make it clear one by one."
Qin Meng smiled slyly again: "Brother, if you want to get things done, why bother to make it all right? Of course, officials have power, but after all, they are small officials. As long as the small officials can talk to each other, they can talk to each other. Cooperating with each other, you don’t need to go to the level of an official at all for ordinary things. Even if the official approval is required, the most familiar officials of the small and medium-sized officials in the government know how to get through the joints, unless it is a major event in the sky, in general, it can be done."
Yu Wenkai was really frightened by Qin Meng. This whole train of thought was really exhaustive and almost invulnerable.
It's just that, listening to this plan, why is it more and more like concealing the sky, doing it in private? (End of this chapter)