"Mr. Li seems to look down on southern businessmen?"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he thought for a moment and then said.
"It's not that I look down on them, it's just that I don't agree with their approach and I'm not on the same path as them."
"Our factories, workshops, trading houses, etc. in the north all want to follow the example of Liu Gong, the current Minister of Civil Affairs, and the principles they adhere to are also advocated by Liu Gong."
"As the saying goes, a gentleman loves money in the right way. When we do business, we do business in a down-to-earth manner. What we pay attention to is a win-win situation for our family, country and the world."
"We have made money by opening factories, and we have to pay every penny of the taxes we should pay, because only when the court has money can it do better things for our people and do long-term things."
"Just like building bridges and paving roads, I used to do some grain trading, specializing in selling millet from Shanxi to the capital."
"At that time, the roads were really difficult to walk on. They were all yellow mud roads. When it rained, it was so muddy that it was impossible to walk on them. The roads were winding and winding, and there were very few bridges."
"It's not like now. The imperial court is rich and vigorously builds cement roads and bridges and paves roads everywhere. In the past, it took at least ten days and a half to transport several kilograms of millet to the capital. Now that there are roads, it takes more than three days.
The time is enough, and the train has been opened, so it can be transported over the same day."
"This is really convenient and convenient for those of us doing business."
"And when I was out in the past, there were so many monsters, ghosts, and snakes, including thieves who cut the trails, road bandits who blocked the road, and bandit mountain kings, etc."
"When doing business, you have to spend money on transportation along the way. If you go to Shanxi to buy some millet, you won't make much money at all."
"Now that the imperial court has money, it is rectifying the civil service, and is constantly cracking down on gangsters, cracking down on bandits and bullies, etc. We businessmen no longer have to be afraid of these things, and we no longer need to spend money to buy roads."
"These are all real benefits. In addition, now that the imperial court is rich, it will reorganize its military affairs and our tomorrow's army will sweep across all directions and expand its territory."
"Not only does this provide us with a large amount of land to immigrate people, but it also means more markets for those of us who do business. Now, a large part of the cement from my factory is sold to Nanyun.
In provinces such as Ha Trung and Western Region, I am planning to go to Nam Van Province next year and open a few more branches here in Ha Trung."
"Think about the past. My hometown is in Datong, Shanxi. Every winter, the Tatars invaded the country, burned, killed and looted. I don't know how many people died."
"How wonderful it is now. We live in harmony with the grassland people, and we are all subjects of the emperor. We exchange grain and cloth for their cattle and sheep, and they exchange their own cattle, sheep and horses for our grain, salt and cloth. Everyone can live.
That’s good, what’s wrong with that?”
Li Mao is also a talkative person and talks endlessly.
Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Zhang Mao, Liu Jin and others also listened carefully and nodded while listening.
"In the past, the imperial court was so poor that even the treasury could starve to death."
"At that time, the south was the richest, far away from the border, and had a stable life. It stands to reason that they should pay more taxes so that the court would have money to do some big things."
"But everyone in the world knows that the people in the south of the Yangtze River have more money than the emperor. Those salt merchants who threw the gold leaves directly into the Qinhuai River would blink their eyes. They are all so rich that they can rival the country."
"But as for the common people, the salt they eat is not only of poor quality, but also very expensive. The court does not receive any money, but it only enriches the salt mountains, food and the like."
"Later, Mr. Liu took the lead in engaging in industry, building factories, going out to sea to fish, and making a living. We, the young and old men in the Beijing and Tianjin areas, also followed suit and slowly grew bigger and bigger, and gradually we reached our current situation."
"Liu Gong is a son of a master. He sees the long term and understands the principles of his family, country and world."
"This country has become prosperous and powerful, so that we can all enjoy a dignified and stable life. Over the years, our Ming Dynasty has become stronger. The heavenly army swept across the four directions, wiped out the Japanese pirates, beat our country to surrender, swept through Nanyang, and won for us
He established plantations, conquered the Tatars in the north, and eliminated the threat from the nomadic tribes in the north."
"Let the nomadic tribes in the north live in harmony with us, and have huge pastures, a steady supply of horses and meat, and sweep the Western Regions to open up territories, making our Ming Dynasty have fertile fields thousands of miles away."
When Li Mao saw that Emperor Hongzhi and others were very interested in his conversation, he immediately became more energetic in what he said. Most of these things he read from newspapers.
The Ming Dynasty Daily talks about these things and these roads almost every day. Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the country and the country. When the country is strong, every Ming Dynasty talent can live a better life.
Daming Daily also cited many examples. In fact, everyone has seen them and all know them, but now listening to Li Mao talk about them, this is a different feeling.
"Ahem, all of this is the result of the emperor's great talent, foresight, and dedicated efforts to serve the country and the people!"
Liu Jin's face turned red and he coughed but also interrupted.
"Yes, today's emperor is the eternal sage, and he is a blessing to hundreds of millions of people like us."
When Li Mao heard this, he nodded solemnly.
"Without the expansion of territory over the years, how could our Ming Dynasty have immigrated in large numbers overseas and outside the customs? Now Liaodong has become the granary of our Ming Dynasty, the Western Regions, the rivers, and the grasslands have become the meat warehouse of our Ming Dynasty, and Nanyang has become our granary.
The Ming Dynasty's cornucopia, these are not all things that I was able to snatch from the barbarians because the Ming Dynasty became stronger."
"In the final analysis, it is because our Ming court has money that we can do some long-term things that truly benefit the country and the people."
"Like in the past, even if the emperor wanted to govern the country, it was because the treasury was empty that many things could not be done. Many major events could not be done. Border defenses could not be consolidated and strengthened. Few roads and bridges could be built in a year. The Yellow River overflowed every year.
There is no money to repair it either.”
"It was really difficult in Ming Dynasty at that time."
"What makes people angry is that those southern businessmen, gentry and landowners are so rich that they would rather spend a lot of money on the Qinhuai River or bury their money down low to get moldy and smelly than to spend more money on it.
Paying a penny in taxes makes the court poor and weak."
"Without strong financial support, even the Holy Emperor is powerless."
In the end, Li Mao returned to the tax issue.
"The newspaper said it well. This tax is taken from the people and used by the people. I didn't feel it very personally before, but now I think about it, it is true. The imperial court built bridges and roads, built reservoirs, built rivers, dredged canals, and
The railways are connected to the trains, and the country is sweeping all over the world, opening up new territories and expanding its territory."
"Under the many great policies, everyone in the Ming Dynasty has benefited immensely."
"When our business is running smoothly, we don't have to worry about this or that. The people at the bottom can easily find something to do. Just go to work in a factory and earn dozens of taels of silver a year.
Whatever you do is enough to support your family and live a life of plenty of food and clothing.”:.
"It's nothing like before. Even small landowners are not as comfortable as ordinary people today."
"So, those of us who run factories and business houses and enjoy the benefits brought by a strong country naturally have to give back to the country and society."
"Like Mr. Liu, he has many properties under his command. He pays tens of millions of taels in taxes every year. When he earns money, he does not enjoy it himself. He gives back tens of millions of taels to the society every year."
"Building bridges and paving roads everywhere, and building schools everywhere to provide free education for people. I don't know how many children of ordinary people have benefited from this. Many people don't know how many generations have been illiterate. Now the children have benefited from this and can read and write, which is very important to Liu Gong."
It’s gratitude.”
"We people are all learning from Mr. Liu. We do business properly, work hard, and pay taxes according to regulations. After making money, we also need to think about giving back to the society."
"I'm not afraid of your jokes. I also funded the construction of a primary school in my hometown. Although the capacity is limited, it still provides enough space for hundreds of children to study and study."
When he said this, Li Mao raised his chest slightly.
"Mr. Li is really a role model for our generation, I admire him, I admire him!"
Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jin while listening, a little doubtful whether this Li Mao was deliberately arranged by Liu Jin, but since he was walking around casually this time, it was definitely impossible to say that Liu Jin arranged it, and Liu Jin always
Nor would I do such a thing.
Thinking about it carefully, Liu Jin is indeed as Li Mao said, everything is practicing this principle, the family, the country and the world, but he did not expect that many people in the north are learning from Liu Jin.
This kind of thought and concept continued to spread with the spread of newspapers. In later generations, this was the awakening of national consciousness. The germination and development of patriotism had surpassed the original idea of loyalty to the emperor.
"Haha, ashamed, ashamed~"
When Wen Wen heard Emperor Hongzhi's words, he immediately smiled even more happily.
"You have to pay this tax, and this tax is actually not heavy at all. 10% of profits is actually a very light tax. You must know that in the past, just to open up trade routes, Xiao Jing's parties were all bullshit.
It’s a huge expense, and coupled with the poor roads, the various expenses involved are extremely costly.”
"It's great now. You can just pay taxes according to regulations, and you don't need to worry about other things. After all, the tax is actually very light, very light."
"When the country has money, it is easy to do things, and we people enjoy many benefits. This is a win-win situation. But it cannot be like before, when the country has no money and is always bullied, and the people suffer, which is to enrich those who cheat and cheat.
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