This is the distinction between state-owned and privately owned.
Although the current situation of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce is summarized under the name of internal funds, it is actually still within the scope of Zhu Ying's personal operations.
It sounds like there is no difference.
After all, the world belongs to Zhu Ying and Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather and grandson, so aren't these British chambers of commerce just switching from left to right?
In fact, this is not the case.
Currently, all the managers and shopkeepers in the Qunying Chamber of Commerce are not yet part of the Ming Dynasty official system. Their status is still as businessmen.
As of now, the status of a businessman is extremely humble.
In two years, even with Zhu Ying's many influences, it cannot be said that the businessman's status suddenly rose.
Perhaps only the capital has changed a lot, as in those slightly more remote areas, it is difficult to say that the inherent ideas can be changed all at once.
It is precisely because of this reason that all the merchants in the Qunying Chamber of Commerce know that this is the property of His Highness Taisun. How can even the most honest official resist being wooed by people in this chamber of commerce?
Don’t you want to hang out with His Highness the Grand Sun?
Even many local officials who colluded with people from the Qunying Chamber of Commerce took it for granted that they were adhering to the wishes of His Highness the Grand Sun.
Fundamentally speaking, ordinary officials cannot afford to offend the Qunying Chamber of Commerce.
Because of the different models, the entanglement of interests within the chamber of commerce is more realistic. Whoever can make more money and earn more money for His Highness, the higher his status.
A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. Everyone wants to climb up, especially in the Chamber of Commerce, which not only means more money, but also means higher power.
While facing such a behemoth as the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, if an official is offended, it is easy to convey the news directly to his superior through some past relationships.
Usually it is necessary to save face, but compared to local officials, the news from the Qunying Chamber of Commerce was conveyed faster, and it was grasped at once.
If someone encounters a tough problem, it's easy. Just make some false accusations to make him lose his hat.
Without the official status, it is not just a matter of casual rectification.
Is this true? This is what Zhu Ying did before. Now that Zhu Ying has fucked his grandson, the people below have not changed their temper yet.
Does loyalty to the emperor and patriotism conflict with my desire to make money and profit?
It seems not.
This has led to the fact that the old people who followed Zhu Ying in the first place have now become a cancer in the Chamber of Commerce.
There seems to be an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
That's right.
Zhu Yuanzhang also experienced such a thing back then.
When the Ming Dynasty was founded, the heroes and generals who followed and conquered the world were not the same as the current Qunying Chamber of Commerce.
Zhu Yuanzhang knew this very well, so when the first report involving his eldest grandson was passed from Jin Yiwei, he understood that he had walked the same old path, and his eldest grandson might have to follow suit.
Thanks to Jin Yiwei, if it were an ordinary person, it would be impossible to pass this news to Zhu Yuanzhang.
The Qunying Chamber of Commerce is committed to the development of intelligence and has very detailed control over various situations in various places, but the only missing link is Jinyiwei.
After Zhu Yuanzhang learned about this situation, he did not tell Dasun directly.
Instead, he secretly issued an edict to ask Jin Yiwei to collect more incriminating evidence about the Qunying Chamber of Commerce.
This is not to say that Zhu Yuanzhang wants to overthrow the Qunying Chamber of Commerce and control it from the perspective of overall interests. The current Qunying Chamber of Commerce is an extremely important part of the Ming Dynasty.
Because the previous business was destroyed by the chaos of the late Yuan Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang's hatred of some profiteers, the development of Ming's commercial economy has always been greatly limited.
There is also an agricultural factor in this. The Ming Dynasty, which had just founded the country, needed more stability for the refugees, demand for food rations, and the recovery of agriculture, rather than relying on speculative businessmen.
Zhu Yuanzhang had a very thorough understanding of these. The recovery of business in the Ming Dynasty was also based on high-yielding crops.
If there were no high-yield crops to protect the entire Ming Dynasty, whether it was conquering the Japanese country or developing commerce, it would definitely be prohibited by Zhu Yuanzhang.
After all, no matter how life changes, eating is the prerequisite for everything.
Jin Yiwei secretly investigated and found that it had nothing to do with Zhu Yuanzhang going to get the eldest grandson.
It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang is worried that his eldest son will not be able to make some decisions because of friendship matters, so the more cases he collects, the better. Only then can his eldest son make up his mind to carry out drastic reforms and inspections of the entire Qunying Chamber of Commerce.
"There have been some changes in our eldest grandson's place in the past two days."
Next to Xuanwu Lake, Zhu Yuanzhang was holding the fishing rod leisurely. The spring sunshine was very comfortable and warm on his body, making him feel like he wanted to sleep.
Liu He, the eunuch and eunuch in charge of the ceremony, heard His Majesty's question and quickly replied: "Your Majesty, yesterday His Royal Highness Taisun called Uncle Zhang from the Qunying Chamber of Commerce to Kunning Palace for questioning for half an hour, but there was nothing else.
movement."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly: "What about today."
Liu He replied: "After the morning court today, His Highness Taisun returned to Kunning Palace. There was no sound until His Majesty came out."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "It seems that Dasun is going to do something big. He is so calm and calm, which is indeed a bit like our style back then."
"The current group of British Chambers of Commerce is really beyond our expectations. It has only been a few years, just over two years, and it has developed to such an extent all of a sudden."
"This is a bit more brutal than when we conquered the world. Like a hurricane, it only took two years to quickly sweep through the entire Ming Dynasty."
"It's the Ming Dynasty, and all the small countries outside have been radiated. This feeling is just like when we first saw the White Lotus Sect. Anyone who comes into contact will be bewitched by it."
"Two years, only two years. Just from what we found, millions of treasures have been lost. This is just the tip of the iceberg. If we really count the entire chamber of commerce, wouldn't it be that tens of millions of treasures have been lost?
So much."
At this point, Zhu Yuanzhang's tone began to turn sad.
Tens of millions of treasures.
This is completely different from printing treasure money for oneself. It was earned by serious people, but someone was greedy for money and enriched their own pockets.
The only one who can compare is Guo Hengyu who lived in the 18th year of Hongwu.
In total, there are more than 24 million shi of grain there.
But compared to the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, it pales in comparison.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion, this time the Qunying Chamber of Commerce is probably much higher than Guo Hengyu.
These are just money calculations, like the large quantities of goods handled by the Qunying Chamber of Commerce. If someone tampered with it, it is estimated that there would be as many as Guo Hengyu.
The most important thing is that Guo Heng's more than 20 million stones were not accumulated in one or two years, but over ten years.
It involves a large number of top officials.
The hidden dangers of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce are more difficult to define than before.
"It depends on our eldest grandson, what we are going to do."
With the current situation, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the only solution was to conduct a thorough rectification from top to bottom, which may have great changes in the economy of the Ming Dynasty in the future.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's expectation, a large number of people would naturally be executed before this matter could be concluded.
However, when Zhu Yuanzhang returned to Qianqing Palace after fishing, Zhu Ying had been waiting here for a long time.
"What's wrong? Dasun can't make up his mind, or wants us to be the villain."
After changing clothes, Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.
Execution of so many people at once, even if he acted fairly and in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, would leave the impression of a tyrant, so Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Dasun did not want to bear this reputation.
It doesn't matter to me. I have spent most of my life killing, and killing a few more people will have no impact.
Zhu Ying smiled bitterly.
He knew that in the old man's place, it was basically a simple and crude solution.
Anyone who dares to intrude will be directly executed.
Kill as many as you have, and you will never waver in the slightest because of the large number of people.
At that moment, Zhu Ying took out a written memorial from his arms, handed it to the old man and said: "These are some of my grandson's thoughts and ideas about the current chamber of commerce. If there are any shortcomings, please correct me and check for any omissions." fill a vacancy."
Zhu Yuanzhang took the memorial, and he knew that it was probably the method that Da Sun came up with to deal with it.
Open it and take a look.
On the letterhead it says 'On the Nationalization of Qunying Chamber of Commerce'.
Seeing this line of writing, Zhu Yuanzhang subconsciously raised his head and glanced at Da Sun.
He did not expect that at this time, Da Sun's solution would be to include the entire Qunying Chamber of Commerce into the imperial court.
Then Zhu Yuanzhang carefully read the contents inside.
The content is not complicated at all. In fact, it is to completely integrate the current Qunying Chamber of Commerce into the Ming Dynasty system according to the model of a post station.
In terms of position, it belongs to officials, not officials.
The huge Qunying Chamber of Commerce will also be renamed the Daming Chamber of Commerce. Each section of the chamber of commerce will be divided separately, instead of the current unified management model.
With your county as the unit, establish local state-owned assets management departments.
The State-owned Assets Management Department is an official unit responsible for the administration of state-owned assets in the local county, which is now the Qunying Chamber of Commerce.
Its main responsibility is to supervise all local assets belonging to the current Qunying Chamber of Commerce, and undertake a series of tasks such as guidance, promotion, system establishment, etc.
Mainly responsible for tax collection and ensuring the transfer of internal funds.
Personnel appointments, assessments, promotions, etc. within the industry.,
The State-owned Assets Management Department is not a separate complete system, but vertical management falls under the jurisdiction of the local magistrate.
This is equivalent to cutting and dividing all the plates of the entire Qunying Chamber of Commerce in Daming.
When this set of reforms is implemented, the huge Qunying Chamber of Commerce will become fragmented.
After Zhu Yuanzhang read it, he was silent for a long time.
He asked: "Dasun, you are equivalent to joining the entire chamber of commerce under the officials of the Ming Dynasty. If you let those officials control such a huge profit, aren't you afraid that they will intercept it?"
Zhu Ying sighed lightly and said: "My grandson naturally understands this truth, but the current Qunying Chamber of Commerce has exceeded my grandson's expectations."
"This plate is too big, and everyone is doing business in it. If we really want to pursue it, there will be too many people involved."
"I thought about it and found that there was no place to start."
"Even if an order is issued, the people below will rely on various involved relationships, perhaps creating some scapegoats to bear the blame."
"No matter how many people are killed, the root cause will not be eradicated, and the same situation will happen again in the future."
"The fundamental reason is that these powerless stewards and shopkeepers now have too much invisible power in their hands. Even the appointment and removal of officials are under their control."
"If this continues for a long time, once someone with both ability and ambition appears, he may use the platform of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce to reach an uncontrollable situation, and even endanger the entire Ming Dynasty, causing great turmoil."
"Rather than breaking it up into parts, completely decentralizing it, and keeping it in the hands of the county magistrate, this is currently the best way."
"In the future political achievements of the county magistrate, local economic development and tax payment must also be taken into account."
"Don't be afraid of corruption. No matter how large the scope is, it will be limited to a county, rather than affecting such a wide area like today."
This is the method Zhu Ying had thought of long ago.
Naturally, with the help of past life memories, I was able to come up with such a strategy to solve it.
It cannot be said to be a complete solution. Things like corruption have never been completely avoided since ancient times, or even in later generations.
All I can say is that we try to reduce the losses to the minimum level.
After Zhu Yuanzhang listened, he thought for a long time and finally nodded lightly.
He smiled and said: "Dasun, you are really willing to give up. Such a big chamber of commerce disbanded without any hesitation. If it were us, you would really be reluctant to part with it."
"This change is equivalent to the great grandson breaking his own arm."
"But the method you are proposing now seems to us to be good. If it is put under the command of the county magistrate, it will be okay."
"Now that the military power in the hands of the county magistrate has been taken away by the Department of Public Security, if we divide the Chamber of Commerce among them, we won't be afraid that they will go too far."
"On the contrary, the ambitious people that Grand Sun just mentioned are probably worried that Qunying Chamber of Commerce will continue to develop as it is now and find another owner."
Hearing the old man's teasing, Zhu Ying smiled bitterly and nodded.
He was really afraid that Qunying Chamber of Commerce would find another owner.
This possibility, if the Chamber of Commerce is not disbanded, is not impossible, it is even very possible.
Of course, Zhu Ying cannot see the appearance of this boss. As long as Zhu Ying is here, the Chamber of Commerce will not have any problems with loyalty.
But if Zhu Ying is no longer here, can this future king of the Ming Dynasty contain such a huge power of the Chamber of Commerce?
Sitting in this seat, Zhu Ying can now especially understand why Zhu Yuanzhang in history wanted to kill famous generals such as Hu Weiyong and Lan Yu.
Mainly because I'm too worried.
If he is worried that his descendants will be controlled by them, then this Ming Dynasty can still be the Ming Dynasty of the old Zhu family.