In the early years of Jiajing, there were two major merchant forces in the capital, Hui merchants and Shanxi merchants.
Shanxi merchants are old and powerful. They were the most powerful merchant force when the Ming Dynasty salt and grain introduction system was established. They took advantage of the geographical advantages and owned a large number of commercial farms in the northwest, especially Xuanfu and Datong, in order to exchange for salt and grain and conduct business.
The world.
However, after the reform of the method of producing salt in the Hongzhi period, Shanxi merchants gradually declined. Huizhou merchants took advantage of the convenience of salt-producing areas such as Lianghuai and Huaihe River to quickly amass wealth.
The two sides gradually began to fight each other.
Shanxi merchants have always been close to the core power levels of the DPRK. They have money and power, and if they want to become bigger and stronger, they will naturally try their best to exploit the core power levels. Only upstarts like Hui merchants will go to Xinjiang.
A newly rising power like the Emperor is moving closer.
In Zhu Hao's view, since Yang Tinghe proposed to bid for several coal mines owned by the Zhang brothers and wanted to take the opportunity to suppress the new emperor's power, he would definitely use Shanxi merchants.
On the way back to the city.
Zhu Hao tells Tang Yin about the grievances and grievances among the merchants in the capital.
Tang Yin asked in surprise: "Are even the internal relationships among merchants so intricate? Zhu Hao, how did you learn about these things?"
Zhu Hao said angrily: "Sir, you insisted on mentioning it to my mother and gave me a cousin, but now you always call me by my first name. Isn't it too disrespectful?"
"you……"
Tang Yin was speechless.
When discussing business matters, calling you by your real name casually is a habit.
I didn’t expect your kid to care so much about these things?
Tang Yin collected his thoughts and asked: "You said it involves the issue of collecting mining taxes. How do you deal with it? Don't tell me that you plan to collect some discounts from the Zhang family's coal mine after selling it, or you want to collect it all."
Zhu Hao smiled in response and showed an attitude of "The mountain man has his own clever plan", leaving Tang Yin speechless.
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When the two entered the city, they first went to see Sun Jiao.
Sun Jiao specially entertained Tang Yin, who had returned from Xishan, at his residence, but he did not expect that Zhu Hao would accompany him.
Seeing Zhu Hao... Sun Jiao's face didn't look good.
Sun Jiao had a lot of things he couldn't see through about this son-in-law. He always felt that Zhu Hao was a conspirator, and he didn't know what Zhu Hao was doing for the new emperor. He was full of mystery.
Even Sun Jiao's cunning was unable to see through this young man, and Zhu Hao's political leanings were extremely vague, which made Sun Jiao not want to have deeper contact with Zhu Hao.
"Bohu, why did you bring Jingdao?"
After the two parties met, Sun Jiao directly questioned Tang Yin in front of Zhu Hao.
Tang Yin said helplessly: "When Mr. Sun asks about mining matters, it's better to ask Jingdao directly. There are many things... I don't know much about."
This time it was Sun Jiao's turn to be speechless.
Good guy.
You, Tang Bohu, went to Xishan to mine on behalf of the emperor, and you actually said you didn’t understand?
Then what are you going to do?
After both parties sit down.
Sun Jiao asked: "The Ministry of Household Affairs has been discussing the candidates to take over the management of the official fields and recommended several officials, but your Majesty has been slow to make a decision... Bohu, do you know who your Majesty prefers?"
Another tough question.
Tang Yin stepped down from the post of head of the household department in charge of the imperial village. The job has been vacant, and the emperor has not said who will take over. This makes the officials in the court who are qualified to transfer to this position have uneasy feelings, and they all want to get a piece of the pie, not only in politics
I want to make some achievements, but also want to gain some benefits.
Tang Yin acted very directly...
He looked at Zhu Hao again.
That little look seemed to say that only Zhu Hao could decide on this matter.
But this time Sun Jiao said that he couldn't understand it at all. I asked you a question, and you actually looked at Zhu Hao again? Did you mean to ask Zhu Hao to answer me?
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Mr. Sun, let's discuss the matter of mining. I heard that the imperial court is going to sell off the coal mine that originally belonged to the Zhang family's relatives in Xishan. I don't know who will bid for it, and I think the price should be high.
Bar?"
Sun Jiao frowned.
Zhu Hao, this kid, is obviously a little fox, actually pretending to be confused about bidding for coal mines?
Sun Jiao was too lazy to talk to Zhu Hao and ignored Zhu Hao's question. He turned his head and looked at Tang Yin: "Bohu, you are opening a coal kiln in Xishan. Is everything going well?"
Tang Yin nodded: "Yes."
Sun Jiao was puzzled: "That means everything went well, but I don't know how far it went?"
Tang Yin's eyes drifted towards Zhu Hao unconsciously.
Sun Jiao almost wants to hit someone!
Why do you look at Zhu Hao when I ask you a question?
Don’t you want to answer sincerely?
"Bohu..."
Sun Jiao was furious and almost scolded Tang Yin, the "rising star", in person.
Tang Yin sighed and interrupted Sun Jiao: "Sen Laobu Tang, tell the truth, Jingdao was planning this matter from the beginning to the end. I, half dead, am just following orders... If you have any questions, please ask Jingdao directly.
That’s all.”
"What?"
Sun Jiao originally thought that Tang Yin's previous words were just an excuse, but he didn't expect that he was really following Zhu Hao's orders?
Sun Jiao then looked at Zhu Hao and found that the boy was smiling. Even though Sun Jiao had been "rude" to him before, the son-in-law's mentality was still very good.
Sun Jiao's face was full of gloom and he asked: "Jingdao, please tell me."
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Mr. Sun finally remembered that this junior is here. This junior wants to speak but is not allowed to do so. It's really worrying."
"Uh-huh."
Sun Jiao and Tang Yin cleared their throats almost at the same time, which probably meant that if you are asked to speak, just speak quickly and stop pretending to be official here.
Zhu Haodao: "Years ago, I said I would go to the border for a visit, but actually I went to Xishan to explore coal mines. I looked at a few places and thought they were pretty good. Will I ask Mr. Tang to take people to mine in a few years? Will there be progress?
It should be good, right?”
"Um!?"
Sun Jiao turned to look at Tang Yin.
Tang Yin nodded: "Although several newly discovered coal mines are located in remote areas, the actual measured output is better than the existing coal mines in Xishan! And the mining is not difficult, and there is no need to dig deep wells, and some even
It can be surface mined.”
"you……"
Sun Jiao didn't even know what to say.
Tang Yin explained again: "That's right. Zhu Hao is not only proficient in writing and calligraphy, but also good at Kanyu Xuankong. When he went to Xishan this time, he easily discovered several coal mines. It seems that they can all be profitable for the court."
Sun Jiaodao: "Bohu, tell the truth, aren't you prevaricating to prepare for the next bid for the Zhangjia coal mine? Zhu Hao is so young, can he find coal mines just by going to Xishan? Or just a few? This...
…I absolutely don’t believe it.”
Tang Yin smiled bitterly and said: "Lao Butang Sun, in fact, over the years I have been with Zhu Hao, I have gone from unbelievable to having to accept reality too many times. After being in contact with him for a long time and seeing a lot, I don't feel that
It’s amazing that I can face everything calmly.”
Sun Jiao: "..."
A man wants face and a tree wants skin. Tang Yin, the teacher, is really shameless. How dare he say this in front of his own disciples?
Sun Jiao was so angry that his hands trembled non-stop, feeling that the master and apprentice in front of him were fooling him.
He wouldn't believe it to death that Zhu Hao could discover coal mines just a few days after leaving the capital, and he didn't believe that Zhu Si's purpose in letting Tang Yin return to the capital was not to bid for the coal mines.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Mr. Sun must be very curious about what the purpose of Mr. Tang's return to the capital is, right? It's actually just a show... We don't plan to buy the Zhang family's coal mine. We will return the money sold to the Zhang family to make up for it.
Their loss."
Sun Jiao sneered, and the more he spoke, the more outrageous he became.
If you didn't take advantage of the Zhangjia coal mine, why would you do so many things?
Zhu Hao continued: "On the contrary, not only do we not buy coal mines, we also plan to sell many coal mines that are not very productive and hand them over to businessmen for development."
"snort!"
Sun Jiao scoffed, what about fooling ghosts?
Tang Yinze picked up something, and probably thought that what Zhu Hao said should be related to the mining tax mentioned before, so he smiled and said: "Zhu Hao... respectfully, please tell Mr. Sun about it in detail."
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "That's right. The imperial court has always wanted to levy taxes on private mining, but when implemented, the effect was very poor. There are two reasons. One is that private mining is inherently difficult, and the mines are very difficult.
It is easy to be occupied by the powerful, and many of the miners themselves are powerful people. They tried their best to exclude the imperial court, bribed the literati on the grounds that the imperial court and the people were competing for profits, and strongly opposed the imperial court's tax collection."
"Um."
Although Sun Jiao didn't want to listen to Zhu Hao's nonsense, the reality was that it was undeniable.
Taxation difficulties have always been a stubborn problem of the Ming Dynasty. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the finances collapsed and even the country was destroyed. Wasn't this the reason for the disputes?
Those who strongly advocated commercial taxation were nailed to the pillar of shame by the literati, and the destruction of the Ming Dynasty was attributed to natural and man-made disasters, especially the eunuch party's disorderly government...
In fact, the fundamental reason is that the emergence of capitalism in the Ming Dynasty led to the rapid development of social handicrafts and commerce, but there was no supporting tax system to keep up. As a result, the Ming Dynasty's finances collapsed and became unsustainable.
Zhu Hao said: "Collecting mineral taxes by force is obviously not feasible, so we need to change our objectives and methods."
Sun Jiao frowned.
Tang Yinze asked expectantly: "How to change?"
"Um?"
Sun Jiao looked at Tang Yin again.
What are you masters and disciples doing asking and answering questions?
Didn't Zhu Hao make it clear to you, the husband and executor, before he did these things? Or are you deliberately playing a double act for me, an old man?
In fact, Tang Yin really didn't know anything about it.
Tang Yin has a strong thirst for knowledge. After working for a long time, he must know what he is doing, otherwise he will treat me, Mr. Tang, as a fool?
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "The output of existing mines, including coal mines, iron ores, etc., is not good, and taxes are collected. My idea is that in the future, the imperial court will be responsible for exploring mineral deposits and discovering good mineral deposits."
, such as coal mines, iron mines, copper mines, etc., were sold by the court and a certain fee was charged at one time, and a bidding system was adopted.
"And after the bidding is successful, the imperial court provides advanced mining and smelting technology to collect taxes. It collects 10% to 30% of the output of finished ores from all mining areas as taxes."
When Sun Jiao heard this, he almost wanted to curse.
Next to him, Tang Yin couldn't help but question: "Zhu Hao, how can you guarantee that merchants will come to bid and accept your offer? Also, if the private sector explores rich mineral deposits on their own, wouldn't your plan be in vain?
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