198. Chapter 198 Lifting a rock and hitting yourself in the foot
Three thousand tigers and warriors, holding the emperor's hand, no longer have the officials to hold their elbows!
Facing such an attack, Zhu Houzhao really had no big resistance. The best of a million troops, if used properly, can easily defeat ten. Such a new army is placed in the capital, and it is placed in his
Around him, even if the former Mongolian enemies arrived at the gate of the capital again, he would still have the confidence to lead this army and inflict heavy losses on the enemy.
"To raise another pro-army, will the money come from the inner treasury?" Faced with Qian Wubing's suggestion, Zhu Houzhao shook his head in pain. He knew very well what the inner treasury's family background was like. The money needed to build the leopard house
, it was all Liu Jin who came from all over the place. If the internal treasury is full, would it be difficult for him to use it?
"It doesn't have to come from the inner treasury!" Qian Wubing laughed. He had already made a plan in his mind. As long as he got the emperor's permission to open the Nanjing Sihai Guild Hall in Beijing, there would be no difficulty. He could do it in Nanjing.
He is a small imperial guard with only one eunuch, Wang Yue, as his backer. He can still do something impressive. But now in Beijing, he has the emperor as his back. If he can do worse than Nanjing, then he can really wipe his neck.
Went.
A letter from his father-in-law in Nanjing told him that the current monthly profit of the Sihai Guild Hall is around 10,000 yuan, and 10,000 taels of silver is more than enough to support a force of 3,000 people, even for the Royal Forest Army.
Of course, as for the expenses such as weapons, armor, and horses, they are not included for the time being. The money is a big sum, but it does not have to be done in one step. When the profits increase, you can naturally put it back slowly.
"It seems that you have an idea?" Zhu Houzhao thought hard for a while, but couldn't find a solution. Seeing the smile on Qian Wubing's face, he suddenly realized that this guy had already made up his mind.
"I dare not say that I have an idea, but I am willing to give your Majesty a try and prepare these military resources!"
"If it's the methods of your Jin Yiwei, don't talk about it!" Zhu Houzhao obviously thought aside, "It's good that you have this loyalty, but if the Jin Yiwei does too much and the officials impeach me, I will protect you
If you stay here, you will have a headache for a while!"
"Of course not, but there must be a place for Jin Yiwei to be used in this!" Qian Wubing smiled and shook his head, briefly recounting his experience in Nanjing. Of course, the most important thing is that he will make this Sihai Guild Hall normal.
The profits after operation were reported to the emperor without any reservation.
"There are so many?" Zhu Houzhao whispered in disbelief, "Isn't it true that your annual income from this little bit of property is equal to the tax of a state capital of the imperial court?"
The Ming Dynasty divided the regional administrative planning according to the amount of tax and grain. If the grain was more than 200,000 shi, it was the Shangfu. If the grain was less than 200,000 shi, it was the Zhongfu.
For two shi of grain, the price of grain outside the capital was naturally lower. Zhu Houzhao marveled that the income of a small Sihai Guild Hall was equivalent to the taxes of the imperial court and a state capital, which was well-founded.
"Your Majesty, the taxes in our Ming Dynasty are already low, but what is outrageous is that the commercial tax is even lower. Emperor Taizu Gao once set the commercial tax at thirty tax per cent. In my opinion, this amount of money is of great value to the merchants.
For me, it’s just a drop in the bucket, but even with this little money, they are unwilling to pay it to the court!”
"Just talking about my city, the sons of rich people are better than each other. The ones above are as big as ten thousand, and the ones above are as big as hundreds of thousands and millions. This is what I heard from a well-known scholar in Jiangnan!" Qian Wubing paused and said.
: "The wealth of these businessmen among the people is far from the
It's beyond your Majesty's imagination. The rich are worth millions and millions, and the middle-rich are worth hundreds of thousands. This is definitely not a conjecture. With my little property and a net worth of only tens of thousands taels, I can only walk around in the hall.
Come on, you’re not even qualified to go up to the second floor for a cup of tea!”
"Add more gifts, add more gifts! We must increase our gifts!" Zhu Houzhao murmured to himself, with a look of gnashing his teeth. The ministers and the common people were extremely rich. As an emperor, he had to have slaves go around looking for money to build a house. This contrast
Get up, the gap is too big.
"This is a major matter for the imperial court. I dare not say anything more!" Qian Wubing looked at Zhu Houzhao: "However, I think that these merchants are not far away from paying the commercial tax of thirty to one tax. If they forcibly increase the tax, I am afraid that there will be more tax."
It’s impossible. This taxation is the foundation of the country. Your Majesty, you’d better be careful!”
"Then how can we turn their money into my money?" Zhu Houzhao was a little obsessed. Just hearing these words, if he hadn't known that he was the emperor, Qian Wubing would have thought that he was the king of some mountain village.
Specializes in capital-free transactions.
"It's nothing more than one willing and one unwilling. If they don't want to, we can just do what they want and make them willing to ask for money!"
Qian Wubing explained: "Although Xiangchen's Sihai Guild Hall is called a guild hall, in fact, it mainly serves businessmen from various places and provides them with convenience. To put it bluntly, it helps them make more money.
These businessmen not only don’t resist, but also go after it. How can anyone in the world despise someone who has a lot of money! Why don’t you get up early if you don’t have any profit, Your Majesty!”
"They have benefited, and we have some beatings. One is willing to fight, and the other is willing to suffer! It's just that in the past, I was a small banker, but now it is your Majesty who will be the banker. If Your Majesty wants to do it, of course he will be the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
A big banker will make this business go to the extreme, and then use the profit money to enrich the internal treasury. At that time, your Majesty will no longer have to tie his hands to whatever he wants to do!"
"How much money can I get in that year?" Zhu Houzhao calculated. In Nanjing, Qian Wubing could earn more than 100,000 taels a year. Now in Beijing, such an industry can be done under the guise of the royal family. This young man
It would have to be increased five to ten times. If there really was so much money, the new army would not only have enough military resources, but also be rich. After all, there are only three thousand people. Even if these three thousand people are all wrapped up in silver,
You can’t spend hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year!
"I don't dare to speak nonsense, but I think there should be no problem with the military resources of the new army!"
Zhu Hou looked at Qian Wubing with a hint of cunning on his face. If Qian Wubing gave him such advice at this time, he would be a saint if he had no selfish motives. However, if he could really make a lot of money for himself,
It doesn't harm people's livelihood. It doesn't matter if he earns a little of this kind of money. He can regard it as his own reward.
"One and a half million taels!" He decided to speak loudly: "While there is still some time before the martial arts test, you can set up this property for me. If you want people, I will give it to you. If you want land, I will give it to you.
You, it is regarded as the royal property, you will take care of it. In the first year, it is enough for you to send 1.5 million taels of silver to my inner treasury. If you have the ability,
If you make more, then treat it as a reward from me, and we will re-order it the next year; if you don’t have the ability, and you are short of one hundred thousand taels, we will lower the official hat on your head, and now you
It's the fifth grade, right? You can do the math for yourself. If you only pay five hundred thousand taels next year, you can just be a bad captain for me!"
"This... this is too much!" Qian Wubing bent his fingers and calculated, with a frown on his face. It was really like this. How could this little emperor be so shrewd all of a sudden?
"Not much. Didn't you say that it is normal for a middle-class businessman to have a net worth of hundreds of thousands, and for a big businessman to have a net worth of millions? You only need to eat up one big businessman in a year, and the job is done!" Zhu Houzhao
He laughed: "However, what you said is that these businessmen should be willing to take out the money. I don't want to hear any bad comments. Otherwise, I will still ask you."
It seems that there is still a bit more! Qian Wubing is almost on the verge of tears. He did not expect that he and the emperor's vision were so different. Also, what he could see was his own mess, the emperor's.
He can see the whole world. If he thinks about it, he can still build a Sihai Guild Hall in the capital with three to five million taels a year. If it is more, it will depend on luck.
"Okay!" Zhu Houzhao couldn't bear it when he saw Qian Wubing's miserable look. After all, Qian Wubing abided by his duty as a minister and made suggestions for himself. This shot himself in the foot. If he didn't
Give him some benefits, I'm afraid if something embarrassing happens next time, Qian Wubing will be as serious as those boring officials: "I am scared, I don't know! Your Majesty is arbitrary in the world, your Majesty is wise!"
As a matter of course, he drew a big cake for Qian Wubing: "This new army must be commanded by me personally, but I am so busy on weekdays, so I have to find someone to train them for me when I am busy. If you
Don’t be afraid of having too many things to do, just share your worries with me on this matter!”
This is a real benefit! There are many more things to do than standing up to make more and lose less. Commanding an army is a real authority, even if it is only in name for the emperor.
"But I have an errand in Jin Yiwei..." After kowtow to thank him, Qian Wubing asked with some worry.
"Let's go ahead and be a prison chief. You're still addicted, aren't you? No one cares about your position. Besides, the new army will have to pick up the candidates after they perform martial arts. I'm not in a hurry now. What else are you doing?
Urgent, finish the errands at hand first!"
The two of them had been talking about this matter since they first met. When the matter was finished, Qian Wubing remembered the purpose of his visit.
"Your Majesty, all the rebels from the White Lotus Sect have been recruited. Except for the leader named "Ninety-Five" who escaped, the others were all arrested!"
"Well done!" Zhu Houzhao was also very happy, "Did you find out the reason why they dealt with Feng'er? Did I implicate her?"
"I think it should be like this!" Qian Wubing nodded: "The leader seems to know His Majesty's whereabouts very well, and it doesn't seem like it was done by an outsider. I speculate that this person is not an official of the imperial court, and at least he has insider information in the imperial court!
"
"Got it! Go ahead!" Zhu Houzhao's face darkened, he was stunned for a moment, and then he waved his hand nonchalantly. He knew that Qian Wubing said it tactfully. This insider should be in the palace. It seems that
, whether it is the palace or the leopard room, it needs to be cleaned up.