Zhu Youxiao quickly told them all the basic plans of the Chamber of Commerce, as well as the reward and punishment system.
The assets of the chamber of commerce and the assets of each of them must be strictly divided.
All the assets of the Chamber of Commerce belong to the emperor. They only manage them on their behalf and must not be mixed with their private property.
After all, the Royal Chamber of Commerce is his own, so Zhu Youxiao must give it some privileges and different policies and treatments so that it can develop and grow rapidly.
Moreover, the civil servants and military officers recruited by Datong must be mainly based on their own confidants, and even if they are not good enough, the entire royalist party will be involved.
The purpose is to secretly provide convenience to the Chamber of Commerce. If they use the banner of the Chamber of Commerce to do their own private affairs, wouldn't they be raising thieves?
If the differences are clear and the accounts are clear, the little things in their hearts will never be realized.
How much land, houses, shops, etc. each family owns must be registered with Jinyiwei.
But if there is a secret, he will be punished for the crime of deceiving the emperor, his family will be confiscated and his family will be exterminated, and he will not be forgiven.
If there are any inputs, all of them must be reported to Jinyiwei to indicate the ins and outs of the inputs and whether they are legitimate input income.
If during the review, it is found that the actual situation does not match what is on the register, regardless of the reason, the family will be confiscated and the entire family will be confiscated.
Looking at their panicked faces and strange eyes, Zhu Youxiao comforted them:
"Since I have left you behind, I will not pursue those past events for the time being. I hope you can learn from them and not do it again."
"Starting from today, I don't want to hear any more news that you are still doing those sneaky things, oppressing the people and taking advantage of others."
"Once investigated and found, I will not let you go, and the outcome will not be any better."
"I understand."
These merchants agreed flatteringly, and with the emperor's statement and guarantee, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"I am also protecting you with this move. You know in your heart that the things you do, the Yi clan and you are all in contempt."
"You are now my retainers. Life or death depends on my thoughts. As long as you are loyal to me, I can protect your whole family from worries."
I don’t know if what the emperor said is true or false, and I don’t know if it counts.
But now that we have reached this point, we can only obey to the end.
As the saying goes, accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger. The emperor needs them now, so it certainly sounds nice to say so.
But if one day he is no longer useful, I am afraid that a genocide will inevitably happen. You must know the crimes they committed and the reasons for them. Jinyiwei has records and evidence.
Hu Dayuan sighed secretly in his heart.
But it is better to save the lives of the whole family now than to be sent to the execution ground and suffer the punishment of being cut into pieces by a thousand knives.
At this time, he could only comfort himself silently in his heart.
Before he could recover, the emperor's voice sounded again, and what the emperor said next made him no longer so sad.
Among these fifteen companies, three will be elected as presidents and vice presidents, each of whom will be in charge of the affairs of the chamber of commerce.
Other merchants are ordinary members and obey the instructions and distribution tasks of the president and vice president.
The positions of the president and vice president are not fixed, but change every two years.
Once the two-year term is up, a suitable person must be selected to take over. Those who are qualified to stand for election must have outstanding performance in the past two years and make sufficient contributions to the chamber of commerce.
The elected president also has the right to continue to stand for election. As long as he has the ability and can create value contributions to the chamber of commerce, he can still be re-elected.
However, it is a bit difficult, because Zhu Youxiao wants to maintain the balance of power in the association, and it is impossible for one family to dominate.
No matter how strong your ability is and how great your contribution is, you must abdicate after three terms and six years, and wait for one term before you can be eligible to continue running.
As for those merchants who are living there waiting to die and have no value or contribution to the chamber of commerce, they also need to be cleaned up every two years.
This cleanup is not as simple as kicking out the chamber of commerce, but half of the family's property and assets must be handed over, otherwise the family will be confiscated and exterminated.
And you are not allowed to quit. If you want to quit, you have to leave the house. Except for the house and compound you live in, everything must be handed over to the Chamber of Commerce.
For the sake of fairness, the Chamber of Commerce will adopt an election system, and each company has the right to vote, whether it is to elect the president or to clean up the gangsters.
Of course, it is ultimately up to the emperor to make his own decision.
Although Zhu Youxiao will not take care of specific matters, he will naturally take care of the general direction and some key issues.
Otherwise, what is the difference between it and the court?
At the same time, there will be people from the Jin Yiwei who are responsible for supervision. Jin Yiwei has the right to inspect all accounts, whether they are expenditures or inputs.
Where the money and food came from and what the expenditures were used for, everything must be written clearly, rather than just remembering the numbers.
Zhu Youxiao himself would also conduct surprise inspections from time to time to prevent the local Jinyiwei responsible for supervision from joining forces to deceive him.
But Zhu Youxiao would not tell them this.
"There is a popular saying among the people, as the saying goes, no emperor needs hungry soldiers."
"I still understand why you want a horse to run and eat grass for the horse."
"Although you are all doing things for me, I don't want to treat you badly."
"I will take 70% of the annual dividends, the president and vice-president will take 10%, each of you will get 10%, and the remaining 10% will be reserved as a public fund and stored in the chamber of commerce for emergencies."
"If there is someone who has outstanding achievements and outstanding contributions, I can allocate part of this public fund to reward them."
"Also, anyone who is affiliated with the Royal Chamber of Commerce can recommend an outstanding son-in-law to me every five years. Regardless of whether they are famous or not, as long as they have the ability, I can directly appoint them without exception."
"If there is an outstanding person, it is not impossible that he will be the governor of a province, or serve as a minister, or even the six ministers in the future."
As soon as Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, these merchants began to become restless and restless.
Although they have never thought about the split, for the small 20%, although they don't care, it is still very good.
Of course, the most important thing is what the emperor said at the end.
Being an official is not just a dream for scholars, it is a dream for everyone in the world.
Whether it is a small family like them or a wealthy family, even those with great wealth and no shortage of money want to enter the officialdom even if they have their heads squeezed.
Even if there is no official in the family, they will try their best to win over those who are, no matter how much money they spend.
Why? Isn’t it just for peace of mind and safety?
Some even seek out the children of poor families and personally train them, just as a protective umbrella.
But when you have an official in your family, it's different. If a big official in the capital comes out, you don't need to go to all the trouble of trying to curry favor with those officials and seek shelter like a dog.