After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but shake his head. Fan'er thought things were too simple!
"Fan'er, it's not that my father doesn't agree with your idea, it's that you don't understand people's hearts. You imposed the price of food. Are those businessmen fools?
What if they don’t sell it?”
Emperor Chongzhen said in a deep voice.
"Father, why don't you understand?
They don’t sell grain, so why don’t they want such a huge family property?
Don’t you have a wife and family to support?”
"There are so many servants, how can we let them starve?
Those people are all businessmen, they are all so shrewd, and they will never do anything for nothing!"
"Moreover, I allow them 50% profit, which is already a very high profit. How can they make such a high profit if they go into other businesses?"
"I just turned their profiteering industry into a normal business. They will be firmly opposed to it at first, but as long as we hold on, they will obediently obey!"
"Not only that, I can guarantee that if the price of food is calculated as a whole, they will take the initiative to reduce the profit to 30%, or even less than 30%."
Lin Fan said confidently.
Emperor Chongzhen put his hands behind his back. He still somewhat agreed with what Lin Fan said before. After all, those merchants had great businesses and would never give up this profitable business.
However, the condition Lin Fan actively gave to those businessmen was to allow them to earn 50% of the profits. Now he said that those businessmen would actively reduce the profits to less than 30%. This shouldn't be true...
"Fan'er, you said they will continue to sell grain. I believe that if this is less than 30%, they are not fools, right?"
Emperor Chongzhen said in a deep voice.
Lin Fan smiled slightly and said: "Father, it is precisely because they are not fools that the profit is less than 30%."
"Think about it! They will definitely fight against me this time, and the imperial court's granary is not short of food. They give it to the people to eat. The grain merchants can't hold on anymore, so they have to sell the grain!"
"You think about it, if they no longer sell grain, what will the small grain merchants who provide them with grain do?
Will they show up to sell food?"
"As I just said, although the market is complicated, it is controllable. I have fixed profits for the grain market. If they don't sell, others will come to sell!"
"And the market is so big. If other people get involved, it will be difficult for them to sell grain as before. In order to kick out all the small grain merchants, they can only lower the price!"
"In order to survive, small grain merchants will also lower their prices in order to grow and develop. In this way, the people who gain the advantage of their competition are the people."
hiss!
After Lin Fan said this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but take a breath of air. Fan'er's brain is too powerful!
This century-old problem for the aristocratic family was just solved by him?
No! The problem of grain merchants is easy to solve, but what about other noble families?
"Fan'er, this is just to solve the problem of grain merchants, what about other noble families?
For example, those coal mine merchants, those iron ore merchants, etc."
Emperor Chongzhen said in a deep voice.
"Haha! Father, food is fundamental. As long as there is no problem with food, if there is any problem with other things, it will not have any impact on the people."
“If it doesn’t affect the people, what do we have to fear?
The most important thing is, didn’t my father notice that the nobles from the aristocratic families only signed a joint statement but did not dare to take any action?”
Lin Fan said with a sneer.
"Yeah! That's right! Those grain merchants didn't say a word, and they released the news that they were going to burn the grain, but there was no news about it among the noble families!"
"Even the goods they sell to the outside world are still at the same price as before, without any change at all!"
Emperor Chongzhen said in a deep voice.
"It seems that my father also sees the fishiness in this, because they don't dare. Once they dare to do this, I will dare to support the new aristocratic family and let them lose more than they gain!"
"Just like a coal mine, this thing can be used for cooking and heating in winter. It is also a very important material for the people!"
"In my opinion, private mining of this kind of material should not be allowed. If they dare to threaten it with this material, I will dare to issue an order not to allow them to mine it!"
"Let them guard the coal mountain, but they can't dig it out. Then, keep an eye on them, make them unable to do business, and force them to sell the coal mountain to the court!"
"Hmph! There are too many ways to deal with them, and the same goes for iron mines. I can issue an order now that no private diggers are allowed to dig iron mines!"
"I can even order that any mining operation in the mountain must go through relevant procedures with the court. Mining without formalities is illegal!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
kindness!
Emperor Chongzhen looked at Lin Fan in shock, this boy's methods are really ruthless!
If he really does what he said, then big changes will happen to the Ming Dynasty. Who knows how many noble families will perish, and who knows how many noble families will rise.
"Fan'er, my father knows that you care about the world, but as a ruler, sometimes you still have to think more about yourself!"
"The things you do are likely to shake your status!"
Emperor Chongzhen said in a deep voice.
"Father, if you blindly give in to those nobles from aristocratic families, you are shaking your own position. If all the officials in my court are bribed by those nobles from aristocratic families, who will listen to us?"
"So, if you want to make the imperial court the richest, all the noble families combined will not be able to compare with the imperial court. That's the right thing to do!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
Emperor Chongzhen's eyes were deep and he nodded and said: "Fan'er, whatever you want to do, just go ahead and do it. My father will fully support you!"
"Well! Father, don't worry. Those nobles from aristocratic families cannot be my opponents. One hundred thousand Xuanjia troops are almost equipped, which is enough to suppress any rebellion within the Ming Dynasty!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
Xuanjia Army!
Emperor Chongzhen was shocked when he heard this. He had almost forgotten that Fan'er had the Xuanjia Army in his hands, trapped in the camp, and had tigers and leopards riding on him!
"Okay! I understand. I will review the coupons handed over by those officials one by one and tell those people not to submit such coupons to me again, otherwise the nine tribes will be punished!"
Emperor Chongzhen said coldly.
Then, he left with Wang Chengen. After talking to Lin Fan today, Emperor Chongzhen was completely relieved. Wang Chengen couldn't help but feel happy when he saw that Chongzhen was happy.
Afterwards, all the certificates handed over by the officials were reviewed and returned the same way. When the officials saw the returned certificates, they were all shocked.
"This! His Majesty actually wants us all to shut up. If anyone dares to hand over such a secret, he will be killed without mercy!"