Song Huizong smiled slightly and looked at Gao Qiu with interest.
Gao Qiu was depressed. He smiled at Song Huizong, but glanced at Li Qi, as if to say, why are you still standing there stupidly? Speak up quickly.
When Li Qi saw Gao Qiu's troubled look, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he suddenly turned to look at someone and said, "Shilang Liu, do you still remember the last Cuju competition, when Captain Gao asked you to be the referee?"
This person is none other than the black-faced judge Liu Haozheng.
Liu Haozheng was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "Of course I remember."
Li Qi smiled slightly and said: "It was from this cooperation that I came up with a way to alleviate redundant officials."
Gao Qiu frowned and said, "Do you want those officials to come to the Cuju Alliance to help?"
"Exactly, exactly." Li Qi chuckled and said loudly: "I believe everyone knows that since the Cuju competition started, it has been widely praised by the people, its scale has become larger and larger, and the profits are naturally very considerable.
First of all, the ticket revenue for each game is not a small amount. Secondly, many businessmen are rushing to buy tickets to let the name of their store fly over the Cuju field, which is a lot of money. Thirdly, it has driven the surrounding area.
The consumption of many businessmen has helped them get rich very well. Regarding this, the best representative is the old man buying juice outside the Cuju venue. Before Wei Chen went to the Kingdom of Jin, he had a few words with the old man. He told Wei Chen
Chen, in fact, he has been selling fruit juice in that generation for a long time, but the business has always been very average, barely making a living. But since the Cuju League started, his daily business has increased nearly ten times, and now a family
All four families have come here to do business. All in all, the Cuju League is now more than just a Cuju competition, it has become a business alliance."
"Business alliance?"
Song Huizong was startled, pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "You are right, business alliance may be more appropriate."
"Your Majesty," Li Qi handed over his hand and said: "However, this is just the beginning. In the future national competitions, and even the later world competitions, the Cuju League will only get better and better, and its scale will also become larger and larger.
The bigger you get, the wider the fields involved, and the more talents you need. The most basic ones include accounting talents, management talents, and well-written articles. These are things that ordinary people
But it can't be done, but among the officials of the Song Dynasty, all kinds of talents have overflowed. There are too many. There are even many officials who can't find anything to do all day long, which is equivalent to getting their salary for nothing.
Everyone is unfair, we should help them develop their talents. In addition, since the Cuju Alliance has become a business alliance, it also belongs to the service industry. If you find some people in the market, the export is market slang, then how can it be done?
They are some knowledgeable people. Also, the Cuju Alliance is planning to hold a buying and selling conference recently. They will auction the surrounding stores. These are prime stores. Investing in business by yourself is also a way out. We can even give them some preferential policies.
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Not only that, you should know that this Cuju Alliance is just one of them. There are many businesses that require a large number of talents, such as the newly built casino in Hongwan Gambling House, the newly built factory building in Zhoujia Silk House, and Zuixianju and its surrounding areas.
The trade of neighboring countries requires many talented people, but it is definitely not something ordinary people can do. Therefore, if too many officials from the Song Dynasty can be introduced into these fields, their lives will not change.
, the remuneration is determined based on your talents, which is fair and reasonable. Secondly, it reduces the pressure on the treasury. Thirdly, talents are not wasted. It can be said that everyone performs their duties and achieves them with one fell swoop. Isn't it wonderful?"
Gao Qiu nodded and said: "You are right. Now the Cuju Alliance is almost managed by you and me, and the manpower is already dwarfed by that. Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked Liu Shilang to help me last time.
What I am ashamed of is that I did not pay Shilang Liu at that time, I am really sorry."
Liu Haozheng squeezed out a smile on his dark face and said: "Where, where, the Taiwei is out."
Song Moquan snorted: "This is just your wishful thinking. Who would leave an official job and run to do business?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "This is why I said earlier that the first step of this plan is to allow businessmen to take the scientific examination. In fact, the scientific examination is fair to everyone. If you have the ability, you will naturally be able to take the exam. If you don't, you can take the exam.
You can't afford the exam, so it's not a big deal to open it up to businessmen. And allowing businessmen to take the exam is equivalent to building a bridge between officials and businessmen. You might as well think about it, if businessmen can become officials, why can't officials go into business?
, This move is not to belittle anyone or improve anyone, but to break down the barrier between officials and businessmen, in order to reduce the pressure that redundant officials bring to our country's finances and achieve the purpose of enriching the country and the people."
Song Huizong nodded frequently and said: "Yes, redundant officials have always been the most urgent problem that needs to be solved in the Song Dynasty."
Zhao Kai clasped his fists and said, "Father, my son and I also agree with what Li Qi said."
Li Bangyan stood up again and said: "But what if you can guarantee that the people of the Song Dynasty will not all go to the business world?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Businessmen and farmers do not separate their families."
Li Bangyan asked curiously: "What do you mean by this?"
Li Qidao: "Businesses are also farmers, and farmers are also businessmen. In other words, farmers can also do business, and businessmen can also be farmers."
Song Huizong frowned and said, "You should be more affectionate."
Sweating! I can't say enough. Li Qi sighed depressedly. After saying so much, his mouth was already dry and he suddenly said: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen said he is thirsty.
Can you please give me a cup of tea?"
As soon as these words came out, Wang Fu and others rolled their eyes, and some ministers couldn't help but laugh. This man is really the best.
Song Huizong was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses, waved his hand and said: "You really have a lot of things to do, please come and give me some tea."
This was the first time that the eunuch saw a minister openly begging for tea. He was not used to it for a while and seemed to be in a hurry. It could be said that he had to go through a lot of hardships to get the pot of tea to Li Qi.
Li Qi drank three cups of tea in a row before he recovered. He was about to drink three more cups when he suddenly heard Song Huizong say: "I'll tell you when you're full." There was a hint of warning in his voice.
Day. I just drank a few cups of tea. You must be stingy. Li Qi smiled and said: "No, no need."
Song Huizong said in a deep voice: "Then tell me quickly."
"yes."
Li Qi coughed lightly and said: "Farmers also need to eat and drink, and they also need other daily necessities, so the food they grow is not only for themselves to eat, they also have to sell it, but... they don't
If you know how to do business, good rice of the first generation may not be sold at a good price. At this time, you need help from merchants. Farmers sell the grain to merchants first. After merchants process or promote it, they then sell it to customers. The profit in the middle is much lower than the original price.
The price is much higher. As long as the merchant's goods are sold well, the price of raw materials will naturally increase accordingly, because there is no one-person merchant in the world. If other merchants want to make more, they will try to grab more.
If there are a lot of raw materials, if someone grabs them, the price will naturally rise, and the income of farmers will also increase greatly. Let’s take Zuixianju as an example. Zuixianju has signed contracts with many fruit growers and farmers to purchase their grains at high prices.”
Song Moquan suddenly stood up and interrupted Li Qi's words, saying: "Zuixianju is yours, so it would be inappropriate for you to use it as an excuse."
Day. Your mother is sincerely trying to get in trouble with me. Li Qi said angrily: "Then I won't say anything. I also asked Academician Song to find a way to solve the million-dollar matter."
Song Moquan was completely stupid, no, it should be said that he was going crazy.
In fact, don't talk about him. Those conservatives were all fuming with anger. They had plenty of reasons to stop Li Qi, but Li Qi did it with just one move, a million dollars plus a shame.
They had no temper at all and could only watch helplessly as Li Qi boasted about the wonderful benefits of his reforms.
Now that Song Huizong heard about the million strings, he felt funny in his heart. He said with a straight face: "Scholar Song just has a few questions. Just answer them for him. Don't look around and talk to him."
"Yes." Li Qi smiled at Song Moquan and said: "I believe you all know that Zuixianju and Jinlou have always been at odds with each other, so I will use Jinlou as an example. This is finally fair. Jinlou now launches a series of cured meats, among which
Cured pork heads are particularly popular, and it is precisely because of this that the price of pig heads in Shazhu Lane has increased by nearly 30% compared to before, almost surpassing that of mutton. This is a reason."
Song Huizong smiled slightly and asked Song Moquan: "Scholar Song, do you still have any questions?"
Song Moquan's face turned red, he nodded and said, "Report to the Emperor, there are no more minor ministers."
A smile flashed in Song Huizong's eyes, and he said to Li Qi: "Li Aiqing, please continue."
Li Qi sang, and then said: "Improving the status of merchants is only the first step. The second step is to improve the environment for merchants. Wei Chen thinks that the policy of supporting merchants adopted by Emperor Taizu was very appropriate, and it only needs to be slightly modified.
Already."
In the early Song Dynasty, Song Taizu adopted a policy of supporting merchants, which allowed commerce to develop rapidly. The most important thing about the policy of supporting merchants in the early Song Dynasty was to establish a fixed, lower commercial tax, and to regularly reduce or reduce transaction taxes on some commodities.
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Everyone's expressions changed drastically.
Li Bangyan frowned and stood up and said: "Policy to support business? If this policy is implemented, wouldn't it mean lowering business taxes? Finances are already very tight now. If we reduce taxes at this time, wouldn't it increase the pressure on the national treasury even more?
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"Commercial taxes must be reduced, but Wei Chen believes that as long as commercial taxes are reduced reasonably, it will only enrich the national treasury."
"How do you say this?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Let's put it this way, there are ten businessmen in total, and they are taxed at 50%. If they earn the same amount of money a month, then each person will pay a tax of 500 yuan, and the total tax will be 500 yuan.
, but if there are a hundred businessmen, each of whom makes two thousand dollars a month, even if I impose a 10% tax, it will be much more than the 50% tax. Wei Chen believes that we should take a longer-term view and try our best to open up new opportunities for businessmen.
A fair and just environment allows them to thrive, and they will definitely repay Da Song more effectively in the future. In addition, once their business becomes big, they will have to ask people to help. If necessary, they will naturally use their brains.
It also requires hands-on work. However, there happen to be many refugees inside and outside the city. Businessmen can gather them together and increase production. For those refugees, let alone wages, as long as they have food and shelter, it is simply heaven.
This gift can be said to be a win-win situation. After all calculations are completed, the country wins, the people win, and we, the Song Dynasty, win." (To be continued...)