"Master, another group of people came outside asking to see you."
The old housekeeper of the palace bowed slightly and stood in front of the bed and said respectfully.
"No, no, sir, I won't see any visitors all day today. I'll let them go back wherever they came from. It's not like I run a charity, so why do they all come to me when something goes wrong?"
I saw Wang Fu lying on the bed with a hot towel on his forehead. This time he was really sick, and he was also sick from anger. As soon as he got home yesterday, he got angry and smashed the front hall to pieces.
Didn't eat lunch or dinner.
Wang Xuanen, who was sitting by the bed and taking care of Wang Fu, raised his hand to the old housekeeper, telling him not to leave yet, and then said to Wang Fu: "Dad, yesterday the cook kicked out half of the weapons supervisory officials, some of them
They are Daddy's people, and they must be panicking now. If Daddy doesn't make the decision for them, it may make them feel cold, and then their hearts will collapse, which may not be good for Daddy."
Wang Fu sighed and said: "Dad also knows this, but there is nothing he can do about it. Now that the Ordnance Supervisor has become independent, dad has no way to intervene at all. It really pisses me off. Daddy will still be in Cai Yuanchang's hands for the rest of his life."
It was a big loss, but I have never been in such a miserable state before. That stinky cook is really disgusting."
A flash of resentment flashed in Wang Xuanen's eyes, but it was fleeting. He smiled and said: "Dad, I think we don't need to take a mere arms inspector seriously. Besides, the arms inspector has little relationship with us. He has always been
The Third Division is in control, so we don’t need to be angry."
"Daddy also knows this. Daddy just can't swallow this breath."
As Wang Fu spoke, he suddenly let out a long sigh, waved his hands and said, "That's all, that's all. Go and tell them on behalf of my father that I am currently ill and unable to see them. Let them go back first, and I will give them an explanation in two days."
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Compared with the mournful Young Zaifu, Li Qi's side is full of glory.
The reform has finally begun. The imperial court promulgated the Merchant Law this morning, reducing business taxes on a large scale and encouraging people to engage in business. For example, "travel is not allowed in any place, and those who don't have money to do business in disguise are not allowed to search in baskets." Again
For example, "The tax regulations for merchants are set in the Wumen, and they cannot be modified without authorization to increase losses or generate income." There are also "Except for business travel currency, trivial transactions between merchants and women are not allowed to be collected." It also abolished the original Cai Jing's reform.
There are some discussions on the commercial law on giving merchants wider rights to operate goods.
In addition, officials at all levels are strictly prohibited from extorting money and making things difficult for merchants, and punishment regulations are stipulated.
These were all formulated by Taizu and Taizong.
There are also new provisions, the most important of which is the large-scale changes to tariffs, which reduce export taxes and increase import taxes, especially for some manufactured goods, as well as luxury goods such as pearls and corals.
The tax increase is really not small.
Anyway, only the rich can afford to sell these luxury goods. No matter how expensive they are, some people will buy them, which is equivalent to the court changing its direction to make money from the rich.
In terms of organization, a commerce bureau has also been added, with the economic envoy at the helm. This commerce bureau is similar to the Municipal Affairs Bureau established during Wang Anshi's reform. It is also used to regulate market prices, issue loans to businessmen, and also regulate national commercial taxes.
, prices. Control market balance.
In other aspects, Li Qi did not dare to compare with Wang Anshi, but in terms of economy, Wang Anshi really cannot compare with Li Qi. After all, this is his major. You must know that one of the reasons for the failure of Wang Anshi's reform was the lack of publicity.
Li Qi would naturally not violate basic common sense. He had started large-scale publicity a long time ago, so before the new law came down this morning, almost all the businessmen in the city were standing guard in front of the palace gate, waiting for the imperial edict.
arrival.
On his first day in office, Li Qi did nothing else but issue a fatal order to rectify commercial taxation.
The commercial tax in the late Northern Song Dynasty was already very deceptive, but even so, there were still many officials who blackmailed merchants, made profits from them, and even directly robbed them. Li Qi hated this, so he took on this arduous task.
He handed it over to Qin Hui and strictly ordered him to investigate the matter thoroughly and make sure to put an end to this kind of thing.
Although Li Qi hates Qin Hui as much as anyone in the world, but then again, Qin Hui's methods are still very good. Let them deal with those corrupt officials, which can be said to be fighting violence with violence.
, facing the future number one treacherous official of the Southern Song Dynasty, those little corrupt officials are undoubtedly nothing but clouds, and the only thing we can do is to mourn for them.
Of course, Qin Hui happily accepted this task, and even borrowed a team of troops from Li Qi for his use. This was his favorite thing to do, and he also knew that Li Qi was at the peak of his powers now. If he didn't
Relying on him to show his face quickly and increase his status may lead to unexpected changes in the future, so he also made up his mind to make a big move this time.
Li Qi readily agreed to him and transferred a pair of troops from the Long Guard Army to him. Anyway, he was going to fight those corrupt officials and would not involve the common people. In addition, he also sent commercial spies that he had trained long ago.
All over the country, especially in big cities with developed commerce, once evidence of arbitrary tax collection is found, Li Qi will immediately send Qin Hui to deal with them.
At the same time, Li Qi also started to reform the weapons supervision. However, the first step of this reform was investment. Fortunately, Gao Qiu had already agreed, which also greatly reduced the pressure on Zuixianju. Although Zuixianju
Xianju has several shareholders, but Li Qi still has the final say in everything, but Wu Furong feels that the money is too much and feels a little distressed.
After finishing the capital matter, Li Qi first expanded the workshops and converted those workshops into military factories. He also conducted a major internal purge and dismissed all the craftsmen who were in their 70s and 80s. If there were any contributors, they would be given appropriate retirement benefits.
Gold, but people like those who used to rely on connections to get into the military prison to eat and drink, will be expelled regardless of age, and will never be tolerated.
While cleaning, Li Qi also posted recruitment notices, hoping to recruit talented people, especially technical craftsmen, and he always gave them higher treatment.
Compared with previous reforms, Li Qi's series of actions were even more swift and violent, almost like an order issued in one day. Even though the conservatives had expected it, it still felt a bit sudden for them.
Of course, this is still the first step, and Li Qi also left some room. Except for the tariff on luxury goods, this reform has not violated the fundamental interests of those wealthy people. Not only that, Li Qi also provided them with excellent investments.
plan to help them make money. Compared with Wang Anshi's reform, this can be regarded as a highlight of this reform.
At noon that day, Zuixianju Group Company.
"Farewell."
"Good to go."
"Thank you, thank you very much."
"You're welcome."
"Doctor Li, listening to you is really better than ten years of studying. Wang has learned a lesson."
"What's the use of studying? If I can make ten times more money, then my words will not be in vain."
"Haha, it makes sense, it makes sense."
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I saw a man in luxurious clothes walking out of the conference room of Zuixianju, and Li Qi stood in front of the door and said goodbye to them. These people are incredible, all of them are high-ranking officials, including many of them.
There is a lack of children from scholar-bureaucrat families.
Naturally, they came here not to drink tea with Li Qi, but to discuss business.
In order to add fuel to this reform, Li Qi put all the plans that Zuixianju had been preparing for a long time on the agenda. These included the manor in the south of the Yangtze River, the opening of printing plants and paper mills across the country, and the opening of bars in other places.
etc.
In addition, Li Qi also invited Cai Minde, Zhou Qing, Hong Bajin and other businessmen to build bridges and promote cooperation between them.
After seeing them off, Li Qi breathed out heavily and said, "Damn, I'm really exhausted."
Bai Qiannuo served a cup of tea very considerately and said with a smile: "Brother, you are really awesome. I also know some of those people just now. They all value money more than life, and in their eyes
Only farming is the most profitable, but my eldest brother was always stunned by what they said, and he wanted to take the money out of his pocket right away. I almost laughed when I saw their faces."
Li Qi took the tea and said hehe: "Qiniang, you are wrong about this. In fact, it is not me who is great. If you put a pile of gold mountains in front of them, they will look like this, but I am not that vulgar.
If I just give them a cornucopia that will make money, how can they not be happy?"
Bai Qiannuo chuckled, "That's true."
At this time, Wu Furong and Zheng Yi also came out.
Zheng Yi cupped his hands towards Li Qi and said, "Zheng Yi admires Doctor Li's great talent."
Li Qi rolled his eyes and said, "Second brother, you are too shabby. If you say this in front of me, my wife will have objections."
Zheng Yi smiled bitterly and said: "Don't mention this matter. I'm begging you."
Li Qi laughed a few times, then changed the subject and said, "But your accounting department may be very busy these days."
"It's not like you don't know. I'm here to help you. The busier the better. However, there is something I would like to ask you for advice, and I hope Dr. Li will give you some advice."
"What's up?"
Zheng Yi said sternly: "Wang Xianxiang's economic reforms were all aimed at suppressing the wealthy and changing the phenomenon of poverty. However, your reform seems to be contrary to Wang Xianxiang's approach. This."
Sweat! Wang Anshi was not targeting the rich. His reforms offended almost every class, and all the money was made by the court. Li Qi smiled and said: "I know what you want to say, but since ancient times,
Which dynasty does not have big rich men and big families? This proves that their existence is a natural law. If you want to make everyone the same, it is simply impossible. There is no such thing as fairness in the world. The only way I can
What we do is to first provide ordinary people with a good living environment. I dare not say that everyone will have food to eat, but I hope that most people will have enough to eat. On this basis, we can find ways to shrink the economy as much as possible.
The gap between the rich and the poor, but because the wealth of the rich always increases faster than the poor, the effect will not be too great. We officials can only give everyone an equal opportunity based on the original gap, improve the system, legal system, and taxation
, balancing prices, etc. So now, instead of being an enemy of those wealthy people, I have to rely on them and use their money to create wealth, employment or entrepreneurial opportunities for the people. Only when opportunities increase, wealthy people will
Gradually it increases. Moreover, at this initial stage, the funds are in the hands of a small number of people, which is easy for me to control. If there are more people, it will add a lot of difficulties to me."
After hearing this, Zheng Yi and Bai Qiannuo both looked thoughtful.
"Brother Li, Brother Li."
Suddenly, Chen Anan's hurried shouting came from downstairs.
The three of them were startled. Li Qi walked to the wooden fence and said, "Anan, I'm here, what happened?"
Chen Anan said anxiously: "Brother, it's not good, our Zuixianju is surrounded by people."
"What?"
The first reaction in Li Qi's mind was those officials he had fired. He thought, I am so popular now, you dare to mess with me, you are really looking for death. He rushed up with anger, and said angrily: "Maqiao, you
Immediately go to the Dragon Guard Army and send people to capture all those people."
"No, no, brother, it was Gao Yanei and the others who did it." (To be continued...)
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