Chapter 1541, giving them money can also promote consumption
Emperor Hongzhi glanced at everyone silently, feeling very clear in his heart.
Each of these has many factories, with tens of thousands of people working for them. The difference between annual wages and monthly wages, everyone knows which one is more beneficial to them.
It's just that this is beneficial to the big capitalists and big factory owners. With huge funds in your hands, you can do anything. But for ordinary people, this is not necessarily the case. For Ming Dynasty, this also involves huge risks.
Money is only your own money in your own hands.
If you put it in the owner's hands, it will be the owner's money.
As Liu Jin said, when the market is good, there is no need to worry about not being able to pay wages, but what about when the market is bad?
Or what about when funds are misappropriated to make other investments and there is a shortage of funds?
Once there is a situation where wages cannot be paid, will things like Nanjing happen again?
As the emperor, Emperor Hongzhi had to consider this matter.
Hundreds of thousands of people rioted in Nanjing. This was a terrible thing. Fortunately, it was handled in time and it did not cause a catastrophe. However, not every official has Wang Shouren's ability and courage.
If this matter occurs in other places, if it is not dealt with in time, it may cause serious troubles, and wars may spread, and the foundation of the Ming Dynasty may be shaken.
As Liu Jin said, if wages are paid monthly, one month's wages will not be paid. Even if the workers are resentful, they will not cause much trouble, and the court can easily mobilize funds to remedy the situation.
However, if a year's wages are paid and a large number of workers are involved, the capital requirements will be very large, and it will be easy to get started.
After some comparison, Emperor Hongzhi naturally admired Liu Jin even more.
They are all capitalists, but Liu Jin is different from others.
I can always consider more comprehensive things. I have always been paid on a monthly basis. Once I make money, I spend my money differently than everyone else.
Others were intoxicated and greedy for enjoyment. Most of Liu Jin's money was spent on education, vigorously building various schools, promoting and supporting new education.
When considering problems, you can think about the overall situation and the long-term.
"Your Majesty, Liu Jin is here~"
At this time, Xiao Jing came over and whispered a reminder.
Soon, Liu Jin came to the Shangshu room, saluted Emperor Hongzhi and sat down.
"Liu Jin, you're here at the right time. Everyone has expressed opposition to your proposal to introduce a law requiring all factories, workshops, firms, etc. to pay wages in full every month when hiring workers."
When Emperor Hongzhi saw Liu Jin, he immediately laughed and said:
Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, Liu Jin was not surprised at all. In fact, he had already expected that everyone would oppose this matter. Liu Jin was too clear about the urinary nature of capital.
"Liu Jin, we all rely on reputation when doing business. It will be enough to pay everyone full wages at the end of the year. There is no need to force everyone to pay wages on a monthly basis, right?"
Zhang Mao looked at Liu Jin and said.
"Yes, yes, everyone has a very large need for funds when doing business, and funds are relatively tight. If this is paid out on a monthly basis, the funds in hand will be even tighter."
"Moreover, if the wages are paid monthly, workers will spend their wages randomly. It is better to wait until the end of the year to pay them all together, so that everyone's money will be accumulated."
Li Dongyang also nodded and said.
"Anyway, everyone basically gets food and lodging, and the food and lodging are all in the factory, so the workers are not disadvantaged."
Liu Jin looked at everyone, smiled and replied: "I know what everyone is thinking. I also have many factories under my command, and I need a large amount of funds every month to pay wages."
"This annual wage payment is naturally beneficial to factory owners and employers. With money in hand, you can do a lot of things."
"But have you noticed a phenomenon? In normal times, various products are not very popular, but at the end of the year and during the annual holiday, everything is very popular."
"Many merchants need to start stocking up on sufficient goods long in advance. At the end of the year, sales in just a few days account for 30 to 40 percent of the entire year's sales."
"Have you ever thought about this question?"
"Isn't this simple? It's the end of the year because everyone has a holiday and gets paid, and they have to go home to celebrate the New Year. Naturally, they have to do a lot of shopping."
Zhang Mao pouted and said.
"Mr. Zhang is right. It's the New Year. After a year of hard work, it's natural to celebrate the New Year well. We need to buy a lot of clothes, shoes, and food to take home."
"However, have you ever thought about a problem? Such intensive sales will bring you a lot of trouble."
"First of all, a large amount of funds are intensively concentrated at the end of the year, which is very unsafe in itself."
"Secondly, the big sales at the end of the year require a lot of funds to stock up on goods. At the same time, too concentrated sales will make the flow of people extremely dense in those days."
"What's more important is that the seemingly hot sales at the end of the year are actually not high in proportion to everyone's income. This also means that everyone's consumption power has not actually been released, and most of the workers' money has been lost.
I took it back to my hometown, stored it in a jar, and buried it underground."
"This is not good news for us."
"This means that the huge wealth has turned into iron lumps and been buried in the ground, without any use or meaning."
"But if wages are paid monthly, workers will naturally spend money when they have money. Whether it is selling clothes, buying food, or buying gold and silver jewelry, etc., the money will always be spent unconsciously."
"Taking the simplest clothes as an example, in spring, summer, autumn and winter, you always have to buy new clothes every season. When you go out to play during the holidays, you can't also wear the factory uniforms."
"If we don't give everyone wages, they will just tolerate it and get over it. But if they have money, they will naturally buy new clothes. This means that the cloth consumed by everyone will be greatly increased, and our factory will naturally be able to obtain more cloth."
Lots of orders.”
"Paying wages monthly is also to stimulate consumption, and it is also to balance consumption, making production capacity, transportation, and consumption more balanced."
Liu Jin knew that in order to convince them, he still had to consider their interests. Paying wages on a monthly basis was not only for the sake of the workers, but also for the good of everyone.
When workers have money in their hands, they will naturally go back to consume, eat, drink and have fun. This is human nature. If they don’t have money, they will naturally not be able to do anything. Once they have money, consumption will naturally keep up.
When Liu Jin said this, everyone was slightly stunned.
Everyone has a factory, so the situation is naturally clear to them.
In the past, the month before the Chinese New Year was the busiest, with so many orders that we could work 24 hours a day. However, the months after the Chinese New Year were often the slowest, with insufficient orders.
Not enough work started.
That is to say, Ming Dynasty still has a huge overseas market, and foreign trade accounts for a very important part. If it relied on Ming Dynasty's local market, the fluctuations would be more obvious and the impact would be greater.
Everyone had not thought about this issue before, but now that Liu Jin said it, they immediately understood it.
"So it turns out there is still something like this."
Zhang Mao pinched his mustache and said.
"It makes some sense."
Liu Jian also nodded.
This is child's play compared with the various tricks used to stimulate consumption in later generations.
In order to stimulate women's consumption in later generations, those capitalists did all kinds of unscrupulous things. The most important one was to promote that every woman is a little princess. Since she is a princess, she must be exquisite. This dress
Bags, cosmetics, etc. are definitely indispensable.
There are also artificially created various festivals, such as White Valentine's Day, Red Valentine's Day, Green Valentine's Day, Black Valentine's Day, Rose Valentine's Day, Chinese Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day abroad, etc.
The purpose of capital's publicity and deliberate production is not to stimulate consumption and empty your pockets, but it has simply reached the point of being crazy.
The capital of Ming Dynasty has not yet realized this and the importance of consumption.
"Of course, the introduction of relevant laws and regulations is also for the stability of the Ming Dynasty."
"The Nanjing incident is enough to show that under the one-pay-a-year wage model, there are huge risks. There are huge risks in relying solely on credibility, whether it is deliberate or there are real problems."
"For our Ming Dynasty, we cannot allow such risks to exist, because if they are not dealt with in time, it will most likely lead to huge disasters and shake the country and the country."
"Protecting the legitimate rights and interests of workers is not only safeguarding the interests of workers, but also safeguarding the interests of everyone. It is also for the prosperity of Ming Dynasty and for the continued virtuous cycle of society. In the end, it will be Ming Dynasty that benefits.
everyone."
Liu Jin concluded that everything is inseparable from interests, and the butt determines the head.
Different people from different walks of life naturally have different thinking perspectives. These big guys present have actually transformed into capitalists in the new era.
They can oppose the traditional conservative forces, but when it comes to their own interests, they will be the same as before. In the final analysis, it is still the old saying, interests determine everything.
"Well said~"
After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but praise him.
The Ming Dynasty was able to achieve its current situation because the distribution of benefits was from top to bottom, allowing everyone to taste the huge dividends of capitalism and colonialism, and everyone could get their own share from the huge dividends.
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The most basic development of capital is achieved by squeezing workers' labor, continuously extending working hours, and lowering labor prices. However, with the continuous development of capital, you will gradually find that it is useless to just produce products and find buyers for the products.