What Gao Jingshi said may be a bit confusing. His youngest brother-in-law Gao Wuruo obviously didn't understand, so he couldn't help but ask: "Brother, I am stupid, please give me the details."
As a family of Practical Learning sect, it is a family tradition that brothers, friends and brothers should be respectful. In addition, Gao Wuruo was only sixteen years old, so Gao Pragmatic naturally had to be friendly, so he asked with a kind face: "What don't you understand?"
"I... don't quite understand." Gao Wuruo was honest and said calmly: "The eldest brother said that it is not difficult to solve the problem of food and clothing for millions of water workers, but the younger brother does not understand. The eldest brother said that there is still something between the Jiangnan Chaebol and Shu Yinglong.
I don’t understand other stories either.”
"Haha, it doesn't matter if you don't understand. Brother Yu will clear up your doubts." Gao Pragmatic nodded and said: "Let's talk about the 'millions of Cao workers' clothing and food dependence' first. First of all, the term 'millions of Cao workers' is quite problematic. The Cao army has been around all year round.
The number is maintained at 120,000. Although there are shifts, they all come from various guard posts.
The guard posts originally had land. Although the system is now very bad, these guard posts are still guards after all. Even if the soldiers in the guard posts do not go to the Cao Army for shifts, they can still make a living in the guard. Of course, it is just a living. They
Working as a Cao Army is actually an extra income, but you have to know one thing: when they work shifts as a Cao Army, their real income is not the salary for transporting grain, but the revenue from privately carrying goods.
In other words, if the imperial court stops water transportation, all they really lose is the opportunity to take the goods privately under the pretense of water transportation. So let’s think about it conversely, what if the imperial court stops water transportation, but allows them to continue to take goods privately?”
Gao Wuruo was completely confused and wondered: "But if the imperial court has stopped water transportation, under what name can they secretly bring goods?"
"It's nothing more than a name. Can't we just give them a name?" Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "For example, the Cao Army will be changed to the 'Canal Dispatching Department'. From then on, it will face the general public and accept all kinds of cargo transportation, while the Dispatching Department will
What’s wrong with charging corresponding fees?”
Gao Wuruo thought for a moment and said hesitantly: "But if this is the case, the imperial court will gain nothing from it. If the imperial court gains nothing, how can it maintain canal dredging and other management?"
"Good question!" Gao Pragmatic praised his younger brother with admiration, and then explained: "We need to adjust the tax rate here - simply put, it is to set a point to tax. In principle, the court must first
Traffic volume will be controlled throughout the canal to avoid vessel congestion.
This requires that the entire canal be divided into many small sections. Each section must be controlled according to a certain amount of boat entry. Vessels entering the canal need to declare their destination and approximate arrival date in advance. The date can have a certain amount of redundancy.
, to avoid delays along the way.
At the same time, the imperial court levied taxes on each section of the canal, but there must first be an overall canal tax rate. In this way, the tax rate for each section can be divided proportionally, so that the total transportation cost can be controlled and the tax rate can be avoided from being too high and making the ships traveling between them unprofitable.
Figure, which in turn led merchants to abandon canal transportation.
In addition to supporting the tax collectors and supervisory tax collectors, the excess tax collected will be mainly used for canal maintenance. Even if there is a surplus in the future, it can also be used for river widening and other purposes.
In this way, the imperial court not only saved hundreds of thousands or even millions of taels of river management expenses every year, but also gradually expanded the canal, and even relied on the canal to feed more people, drive more business exchanges, and strengthen economic exchanges between the north and the south.
Especially the economic exchanges along the canal, which achieves multiple things with one stone, is so beautiful!"
Gao Wuruo suddenly understood, but Cao Ke, the business secretary next to him, had some doubts and asked: "Teacher, if canal freight is profitable, what about sea freight?"
"Are you worried that water transport will take away the sea transport business? You are worrying too much." Gao Pragmatic shook his head and said: "Not to mention that the canal only connects the capital to Jiangnan, but it is difficult to cover Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. Even from the capital to Jiangnan
The canal cannot completely handle this line - you have to know that the transport capacity of the canal is limited after all, and the canals on the river are much smaller than sea ships, so the more goods there are, the more suitable it is for sea transportation.
What's more, taxes are collected along the canal, and there are seaport parking fees for shipping (because most of them are private ports). These two taxes and fees can be adjusted according to the situation. If the canal is congested and shipping is insufficient, the canal tax rate can be increased;
If maritime transport is prosperous but canals are in distress, seaport berthing fees can be increased. In short, we can achieve a certain balance in river-sea transport through these adjustments."
When Gao Pragmatic said this, Cao Ke understood and bowed to show that he was taught.
Seeing that the others had no doubts, the senior official on the side continued: "Then the eldest brother just said that the Jiangnan Chaebol and Shu Yinglong..."
"Although this is a guess on my part, it is not difficult to understand." Gao pragmatically said: "Although Shu Yinglong and the Jiangnan Chaebol have reached some private agreements, their interests are not exactly the same.
Of course the purpose is different.
What Shu Yinglong wants is to accumulate political capital. Originally, the governor of water transport was only trying to accumulate political capital to ensure the safety and orderliness of water transport, but this was too slow. He has been the governor of water transport for several years, and so far he has not had the opportunity to enter the center of the imperial court.
, it can be seen that the upper level of the Xin School is too fixed, and it is really difficult for the people below to take the lead.
Then if he hopes to be promoted to the central committee, he needs two prerequisites: first, someone from above must give up the throne, and second, he can take advantage of the situation. When something as big as the Cajun riot occurs, once the emperor wants to be held responsible, where does the responsibility lie first?
You may think that if something happens to the Cao Army, the Governor of Water Transport will naturally be the first responsible person, right? But unfortunately, no. The Cao Army is essentially the soldiers of various garrison stations along the line. The Governor of Water Transport only arranges and uses it, and is not responsible.
Training, drills, and whether the battle goes well or not have little to do with him.
The Cao Army's riot in Nanjing was caused by a Japanese pirate attack, but the number of Japanese pirates was far lower than that of the Cao Army. No one can say that Shu Yinglong, the governor of water transport, made a mistake in using troops, which gave the Japanese pirates an opportunity to take advantage of it - twenty to thirty thousand people were killed.
When more than a thousand Japanese pirates attacked him like this, it was hard to blame him as the governor of water transportation.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! So who is responsible? Naturally, it is the Ministry of War, or even because the Ministry of Revenue has the Customs Department and the Tax Police Corps, it may have to bear some responsibility.
So from Shu Yinglong's point of view, if things come to this point, Shen Yuanfu and Wang Ge Lao will definitely put the shit basin on the head of the Ministry of War, there is no doubt about it.
Not long after Zhou Benbing took office, there seems to be no good reason to attack him for this matter, but someone has to be responsible for what happened, right? So if the Heart School manipulates it properly, the blame may fall on Mr. Liang Ge (Liang Menglong), even if it does.
If it's not too successful, maybe the Ministry of War or the Ministry of Household Affairs will also sacrifice a minister - in this case, the Xin School may also seize the opportunity to promote one of their own people.
At this moment, if Shu Yinglong quells the Nanjing Cao Army riot again, will he have a good chance to fill this vacancy, and from then on, he will be promoted from a local official to the central government and become a high official?"
Although some local officials have high status and great power, the style of the Ming Dynasty is that Beijing officials meet at the third level of the National People's Congress, and third-grade ministers often have a higher status than second-grade local officials. Therefore, even if Shu Yinglong only returns to the capital to be a minister, he will be more powerful than a second-grade minister.
The Governor of Water Transport was closer to the emperor - being close to the emperor meant an increase in status.
Moreover, it is often common for the Minister of Personnel to directly enter the cabinet (usually only the Minister of Personnel does this). As long as he obtains the status of Minister of Personnel first and has the opportunity to become the Minister of Personnel in the future, he may skip the rank of Minister and directly join the cabinet.
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Although the above may sound complicated, it is actually linked to each other. As long as you really develop in this direction, the final result will almost come naturally.
Gao Wuruo suddenly understood, nodded repeatedly, and finally asked: "Then the purpose of the Jiangnan Chaebol is just to cut off water transportation and win the business of transporting grain by sea?"
"This is the most direct purpose, but it is not complete." Gao Jingshi shook his head slightly and muttered: "I think the Jiangnan Chaebol...may not be as determined as before in confronting Beijing.
To a certain extent, it is a test for me."
"Testing brother?" Gao Wuruo said in astonishment: "What do they want to test?"
Gao Pingshi said: "From a superficial level, it is naturally to test whether I can allow them to take an extra share of the shipping pie. But from a deeper level, it may be to test whether I have the intention to annex them."
Gao Wuruo didn't react for a moment, but Cao Ke next to him said "Ah" and said in surprise: "They actually started to consider surrendering? This shouldn't be the case. They are the financial backers of the Xin School, which now controls the leadership.
Why would they even think about surrendering if they are in the position of assistant?"
After all, Cao Ke was the chief disciple who had followed Gao Jingshi for a longer time and had accompanied Gao Jingshi to Guangxi. His reaction was indeed faster. However, what he said was still a bit exaggerated. Gao Jingshi did not think that the Jiangnan chaebol's behavior must be "
"Consider surrender", maybe they are just considering signing a "non-aggression pact" with themselves.
As for why they did this, Cao Ke didn't understand the reason, but Gao Pragmatic thought it was very simple.
After all, it is the Jiangnan Chaebol. What is the essence of the chaebol? It is nothing more than capital. Capital only cares about interests. As long as anything else conflicts with interests, it can be discarded like worn shoes in the eyes of capital. Such is the etiquette, justice and shame, allies.
The same goes for thugs.
There are two classic dialogues in "Yes, Minister": "I want to have a clear conscience." "When did you have such extravagant thoughts?" - when applied to capital, it is actually perfect.
The Gangnam Chaebol had been fighting against Gao Pragmatic for so many years with the support of the Heart School. Although the two sides almost broke up several times, in the end, because both Shin Shixing and Gao Pragmatic had typical politician attributes, they finally maintained the "fight without breaking"
Decent.
However, how they fight at the political level is not actually what the Jiangnan chaebol really cares about. What the Jiangnan chaebol really cares about is their own interests. Over the years, Jinghua's strength has become stronger and stronger, and Jiangnan's commercial tax collection has finally become a problem.
It was pushed forward little by little.
Seeing that the Dexin School was still unable to protect its own interests despite repeated fights, the Jiangnan Chaebol, as the financial backers behind the scenes, of course had no choice but to find another way.
Since you can't eliminate your opponent, let's try to see if you can negotiate. Not to mention the Jiangnan chaebol, even those capitalist countries in later generations that pride themselves on being gentlemen, who doesn't have this kind of virtue?
Because of this, although Shu Yinglong and the Jiangnan Chaebol did not know how they came together, that was not important. What was important was that although they had united, they had their own agendas.
Gao Pragmatic laughs at the "unity" of the Heart School because now Shen, Wang, Shu Yinglong, and the Jiangnan Chaebol seem to be one, but in fact they each have their own little plans, which is simply more divided than the internal divisions of the Real School.
Although the pragmatic school is divided into two factions, Gao Pragmatic's faction is obviously stronger. The main shortcoming is that Gao Pragmatic himself was unable to join the cabinet due to age and seniority, thus creating a double core in politics. And as long as he is defeated
After the victory in the Yuan War, Gao Pragmatic was enough to gain the title and force Xu Guoyi to accept his leadership.
In essence, although the Practical School is divided into the so-called "radicals" and "conservatives", their political goals are basically the same, and what they compete for is nothing more than leadership. As long as one party has a clear political advantage, the other party will
Even if you give in, it's no big deal.
The Heart School is now more complicated. The interests of the central leadership and local officials are inconsistent, and the interests of the courtiers and the sponsors behind them are also inconsistent. It seems that as long as someone adds a little spark, they will have an internal quarrel. It is something worth looking forward to.
When it comes to "adding fire", Gao Pragmatism, who is always impatient, naturally does his part.
"The emperor has handed over the matter of quelling the Nanjing riot of the Cao Army to Wei Guogong, and I want to support this matter." Gao pragmatically ordered: "Let the Zhili authorities in South Beijing take action and provide convenience to Wei Guogong to the best of their ability.
At the same time, they must find a way to spread rumors, saying that I am considering changing the Cao Army into an organization similar to the 'Beijing Production and Construction Corps' in the next step of reform - roughly what I just said is that the Cao Army is responsible for its own profits and losses.
To develop for commercial freight and so on.”
Cao Ke, as secretary of commerce and trade, immediately wrote down Gao Pragmatic's words. Intelligence secretary Gao Qi went without saying, silently remembering every word of Gao Pragmatic's words.
However, if it only stops here, it is obviously not enough to add fire, and Gao Pragmatic must take other actions.
He first told Cao Ke: "Draft a memorial for me, saying that the capital has enough food and grass, and the incident in Nanjing will not affect the conquest of Yuan Dynasty. Please don't worry, Your Majesty." Then he paused, and turned to Gao Qi again.
: "Inform Secretary-General Liu of today's situation and ask her to arrange for South Beijing to be directly under the Central Government... No, arrange for Wu Xun from Ningbo to discuss a deal with Jiangnan Chaebol on my behalf.
That is to say, in addition to handing over the grain transportation quota currently controlled by the water transport to them, I also plan to significantly increase the quota for grain transportation and sales from southern Xinjiang to Japan. The transportation of these rice can be handed over to them, and I, Jinghua, are willing to pay the freight.
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Cao Ke and Gao Qi both responded first, and then Cao Ke asked again: "Teacher, will Japan's large-scale sales of southern Xinjiang rice cause the Toyotomi family to hoard food as a..."
"It doesn't matter, this is exactly what I want, just do as I'm told."
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