It took half an hour for both parties to determine the issue of profit distribution.
Contrary to Xie Xin's expectation, Xun Shuang only left half of the shares, half of which was given to the Chen family of Yingchuan in Xie Xin's name, and the last 10% was given to the Yuan family of Yuzhou.
“The inventors of papermaking are too complex, so we cannot further acquire shares in them. This is also a helpless problem.
However, if someone wants to buy shares from them in the future, I hope my nephew will advise them not to stick to such a small number of shares, and giving up most of the shares is an act of self-protection." Xun Shuang finally said to Xie Xin seriously.
"Uncle, the Chen family is fine, but why do you want to give 10% of the shares to the Yuan family?" Xie Xin asked.
"The reason is very simple. The Yuan family controls 30% of the Han market. Without their shares, under their operation, your paper would not even be able to leave Zunyi Township." Xun Shuang replied nonchalantly.
"Thirty percent?! But, isn't there the other 70%?" Xie Xin still didn't quite understand.
"Do you think that the fourth and third sons of the Yuan family all relied on land rent and salary to live their lives? From the day we became a noble family, caravans were naturally formed. After so many generations, caravans spread all over the Han Dynasty, and there were more than five agent families.
"Xun Shuang stared at the thank you letter with an expression of 'you don't know anything'.
"Are all aristocratic families like this?!" Xie Xin asked with a wry smile.
"Unless you are a fool who pays land rent and salary according to the rules, almost all families that can become aristocratic families are like this.
And those fools generally can't form a family, and they will decline after relying on the emperor's favor for at most three generations. Not to mention that when there is a change of dynasty, they will be the first to be exterminated." Xun Shuang answered helplessly.
"Well...my nephew has always had a question..." Xie Xin said suddenly.
"You, my uncle and my nephew, if you have any problems, just ask us!" Xun Shuang smiled lightly.
"When I used to read books, my ancestors spoke in a formal manner. Why do I still speak so directly and even use some swear words?!" Xie Xin finally asked this question that he had always wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask.
"Pfft... Haha..." Who would have thought that Xun Shuang couldn't help laughing as soon as he finished speaking.
After laughing for a while, he suppressed his laughter and explained: "Who writes history? Naturally, it is historians. Who writes local unofficial histories? Naturally, they are also writers.
To protect the image of the saints and the taboos of the saints, all the foul language used by our ancestors must be deleted. This type of writing technique is called the Spring and Autumn Writing Technique. Has your nephew forgotten it?!
The conversation between the two, if the language is straightforward, seems to be recording rather than writing. Therefore, in order to show off their literary talent, those literati naturally had to use rhetoric, so there were those dialogues and literature that are elegant and profound in meaning.
Nowadays, when you and I are talking, if every sentence is the same, quoting scriptures, etc., not to mention that it sounds troublesome, and it is easy to misunderstand the other party's intention, isn't it?
Under normal circumstances, those things are only used when testing each other or debating each other. It is mainly to test the other party's knowledge level, and secondly, it can also make the meaning to be expressed unclear, so as to make the other party understand.
Mistakes, to the point of revealing flaws.”
Well, Xie Xin finally understood why their history teacher said to them when they were in history class: "Anyone who completely believes in history is definitely an idiot!"
After all, history is recorded by literati, and the content to be recorded has been processed. In every dynasty, kings naturally hope that history will better meet their own needs, so as one generation after another, the original history may have been lost.
Most of them, and some may not be consistent with the real history.
If it is enough to completely believe in historical records, then why should we study archeology?!
The two discussed the issue of profit distribution again, and finally the thank you letter asked a little: "Your Majesty does not give shares, is there really no problem?"
Of course he knew there was no problem, but he still wanted to know it from Xun Shuang's mouth.
"As the king of a country, he has actually been allocated his profits early on. You must know that when you sell paper, you have to pay taxes, and these taxes go into His Majesty's pocket.
"Should it be the national treasury instead of internal funds?" Xie Xin asked.
"I said before, this world belongs to His Majesty alone, what is the difference between the internal funds and the national treasury? Of course, the foolish king will use the internal funds and the treasury money. But when the wise monarch tried to use the internal funds as much as possible, what emergencies did he encounter?
Why don't you use money from the treasury if you need it?!" He looked over again with an expression of 'Are you an idiot?'
"Regardless of whether the Han Dynasty is a country of one family, your Majesty will not be jealous if we make money by making paper?" Xie Xin quickly raised a key question.
"Unless you are not a human being, unless you are a saint who is not greedy for money, there is no one who would not be jealous." Xun Shuang answered frankly, but changed the topic: "So, we want to win over the Yuan family."
Seeing that Xie Xin still didn't quite understand, he further explained: "For example, in the Chamber of Commerce, the boss naturally cannot take everything into his arms. It is inevitable to hire or promote managers.
People's hearts are restless, so when the boss appoints a steward, he also draws a bottom line. As long as the steward does not cross this bottom line, he will not get involved in anything he does in private.
But once the boss is jealous of a certain manager's way of making money, he is still the boss and can still seize this channel by force. But if this channel has been allocated by all the managers, even if the boss is jealous, there is nothing he can do.
After all, he didn't get nothing. This way can achieve the effect with the help of his chamber of commerce. Even if he can't get the bulk, transportation and management. So compared to those who can only watch, but can't eat or drink.
He said that he could still drink some soup and be content.
It should be noted that once he is so jealous that he wants to confront the stewards and thus loses them, not to mention who among his servants is willing to take on this precarious position, but also the chaos caused after all the stewards leave, is enough for the Chamber of Commerce to break up.
It was even annexed by other chambers of commerce."
"Then if the management class is conscientious, takes it as their duty to abide by their duties, and is not greedy or possessive, wouldn't the boss be jealous?!" Xie Xin said with a smile.
"As I said before, a die-hard loyalist must rely on his master's favor. Once the master's life is over, it is one thing whether the new master likes him or not. The people below are already waiting to remove him from the position of management.
After all, there are only a few positions in management, but there are tens of millions of people looking after them. How to keep one's position is a big question.
Our family is rooted in the land of China and has lasted for thousands of years. Do you think we can do this just by relying on family knowledge and martial arts?
After all, there are many people who want to be officials, but only a few are qualified to be officials. So how can we keep our official positions, or even go one step further?
Socializing! Entertaining! To put it bluntly, it means drawing each other in, suppressing each other, and setting off a war that has no smoke but is more tragic than the real battlefield in a place that is generally invisible.
The most important thing in a war is logistics. Without money, everything is empty. So in order to keep your position, you must first make money. Land rent and salary can only cover daily expenses at most, and there may be a slight surplus at most, but they are definitely not suitable for political fighting.
Only by occupying more funds and resources can we gain a more secure foothold in the officialdom. The higher the power, the more things can be obtained. It is unclear whether this is a virtuous or vicious cycle.
Families with official positions fight in the court. Families without official positions need to pay a high enough price to be qualified to continue. This price cannot be maintained by renting land.
To put it bluntly, my nephew's "Economics" is an unprecedented work, but it has actually offended the entire Han family. If it weren't for our ability, His Majesty would not be able to implement the commercial tax reform. I'm afraid you, my nephew, would have already done so.
You will bring death to yourself." Xun Shuang somehow managed to say everything he wanted to say.
After hearing Xun Shuang's words, Xie Xin finally reacted.
Economics is certainly a good thing for the country to generate income, but it involves the interests of the aristocratic families.
Why did the Ming Dynasty in later generations lighten commercial taxes and ban the sea?
In the final analysis, it was because the aristocratic families wanted to take advantage of the imperial court's policy to collect a large amount of money for themselves.
Is it difficult to do business in this era? In fact, it is not difficult.
Chambers of commerce with backends will have special stamps, and soldiers will be notified in advance when passing through checkpoints, and their duties will not be charged.
The emergence of tariffs and other miscellaneous taxes mainly exists to trap ordinary vendors and private chambers of commerce. Only by infinitely expanding their costs can their chambers of commerce ensure that they earn enough profits.
If one follows Xie Xin's economics and cancels all tariffs and replaces them with transaction taxes, the only consequence will be fair competition for everyone, which will naturally make the aristocratic family that has enjoyed privileges for many years very dissatisfied.
Is it a good idea to provide relief through work? Of course, it saves a lot of money.
But it is not good for the aristocratic family. They can neither take advantage of the opportunity to recruit cheap slaves, nor can they use the refugees to raise the price of food to make profits.
The highest secret of the family is to use the imperial court to take the blame and use various harsh policies to gain more benefits for themselves. And those so-called tolerant policies are all implemented against their family.
It can be said that in feudalism, economics was simply a gift to the imperial family, but it was also a poison that harmed the fundamental interests of the family.
In this era when the country is owned by the king, the bureaucratic class enjoys privileges, and the law cannot be implemented, economics cannot be promoted. Noble families will not allow economics to be promoted.
If this is the case, then why can it be promoted in western Liaoning?!
Because there are only a few people in Youzhou, and with fewer people there are fewer markets, so even if the income from a small territory is small, it won't be much less. Moreover, the few aristocratic families are completely dependent on the Gongsun family.
The Gongsun family is the actual ruler of western Liaoning, so their promotion of economics as bosses is naturally extremely welcome to the Gongsun family.
And Mao Jie and others either came from poor families, or their families were not in Youzhou. Even if they later settled in Youzhou and formed a famous family, they were already accustomed to that policy. As long as it did not further harm their interests, then they would not
There will be too much of a backlash.
The aristocratic families in other prefectures and counties have enjoyed privileges for many years. If they were completely reformed, their interests would be greatly harmed. If they don't get angry and even pay for murders, they can already give Xie Xin face.
All in all, in the feudal period, economics was most suitable to be formulated during the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it should not be changed easily, otherwise it will be difficult to implement it in the future.
This is reality, ruthless reality.
In the final analysis, it still comes down to the word ‘profit’!
After returning to the guest room from the side hall, Xie Xin was still in a daze.
I thought that with "Economics", a subject that had no knowledge in the Han Dynasty, I was the founder of it. However, I never thought about the possibility that "it never appeared because there was no market."
Hundreds of schools of thought contended in the Spring and Autumn Period, but all the contenders were scholars, and the dissemination of knowledge also relied on scholars. Therefore, what was beneficial to aristocratic families was passed down, while those that were not beneficial to aristocratic families dissipated in the torrent of history.
among.
In feudalism, economics was only suitable for monarchs to study and discuss. For aristocratic families, if monarchs were proficient in economics, then they would have no means of deception. Once there were no means of deception, the huge profits that had been obtained in the past by relying on power and policies would
, will shrink significantly.
All behaviors such as making friends, wooing, and party disputes require a lot of money to back them up. Profits have shrunk significantly, so there are many things that need to be done, and there is not enough money to do them.
In other words, it has completely touched the bottom line of interests of the wealthy families.
But in fact, it doesn’t matter. If there are no problems in history, the feudal princes will still compete for hegemony in the end.
A large number of kings with real power were born. As long as they were not stupid and incompetent, they would naturally realize the benefits of "Economics" in increasing taxes under their rule.
Even if there are aristocratic families who will block it, as long as the owner is courageous, these obstacles can often be removed.
As far as Xie Xin knows, there are at least four people who meet this condition.
One is naturally Cao Cao, whose recruitment order has already offended all the wealthy families. But this man also knows how to adapt, so there will be no obstacles in starting an economy.
Two of them are Sun Jian and his son Sun Ce, both of whom are kings of the Iron-Blooded Sect. If anyone under their command dares to stand in their way, they will definitely be killed and shed blood.
The last one is Gongsun Sheng, who rose up in the bitter cold land of Youzhou. His subordinates and civil servants are all newly promoted and have no actual interests in Youzhou.
More importantly, as time goes by, Huaxia Academy will export a lot of talents to Youzhou every year, and these talents are proficient in basic economics.
With the cooperation of the two brothers, the comprehensive reform of Youzhou will reduce a lot of troubles. At least Gongsun Sheng has soldiers, and Xie Xin can provide enough talents to serve as officials.
At this point, it is no longer important whether those aristocratic families resist the Gongsun family. After all, there are only a few official positions, but their families are rooted there. If they don't want to be relegated to the world from now on, they must keep pace with the times.
the best choice.
"Let's keep our future plans in mind!" Xie Xin didn't feel a little more energetic until the middle of the night.