Emperor Chongzhen heard this and considered it seriously.
For ancient people, collecting taxes was not an easy task, and the labor and time costs required were very high. However, the matter of stock taxation, according to Liu Weichao's description, seems to be quite easy.
In addition, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to choose stock issuance from the beginning, so he didn't think much about it, and finally nodded and said: "This is possible!"
Liu Weichao listened, nodded with a smile, and reminded him: "Actually, under the patent system, it will be more successful to engage in stocks and securities. Those who have patents want to implement them but lack funds.
You can do it this way. You can use stocks to raise funds, but you need to be supervised by the court to prevent scammers from using this to defraud!"
"This is simple!" Emperor Chongzhen said with great interest after hearing this, "If you want to do this, you must be clean and have a guarantor. Once you find out that you are cheating, I will confiscate their entire family to compensate!"
"..." Liu Weichao was speechless. Was his house confiscated again?
But when he thought about it carefully, he found that such a heavy punishment was okay!
At least in my era, many companies do not aim at truly developing the company, but only aim to make money by going public. Therefore, financial fraud, issuers and the like even partner with them, so that many companies go public at the highest point of their stocks.
Do you know how many investors you cheated?
If this was done according to Emperor Chongzhen's practice, once it was discovered that all the people who started the company and publishers had their houses confiscated, then they would probably not dare to falsify property just for the sake of listing, right?
Thinking like this, Liu Weichao's interest became even higher, and he immediately said to Emperor Chongzhen: "I will make a plan for you about your first wired telephone company's stock issuance plan, as well as the entire stock trading system, and then you
Then change it according to the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty, and it will be easier!"
"Okay, okay, okay!" Emperor Chongzhen was very happy when he heard this and said hello repeatedly!
But what he didn't expect was that he suddenly saw Liu Weichao shaking his head and sighing. He was a little surprised and asked quickly: "What's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"
Seeing that he was a little worried, Liu Weichao knew that his untimely expression had worried him, so he quickly smiled and said: "No, I just suddenly remembered that regarding this stock, I helped you open the golden finger, and I will give it to you in advance.
Ming Dynasty has done it, but after all, it is still not number one in the world, which is a bit regretful!"
"Not number one in the world?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised when he heard this, and asked quickly, "Who did it first?"
Upon hearing the question, Liu Weichao went to the computer to do a random search, and then answered him: "The Netherlands is the Netherlands that cheated the Ming Dynasty and stole the steam engine blueprints. They made it in 1609, during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.
It was done. The first stock was to establish the Dutch East India Company, which was mainly used for colonization and to go around the world to grab things..."
Listening to his introduction, Emperor Chongzhen was quite surprised. He didn't expect that a bandit could do this? These Western barbarians are indeed barbaric!
Thinking like this, something suddenly occurred to him and he immediately asked: "What about Tsarist Russia? Didn't they colonize the Pacific coast before? Did they also raise money by issuing stocks to rob?"
"That's not true!" Liu Weichao shook his head after hearing this and said, "At present, except for the Netherlands, the colonization of other countries is led at the national level. Over the Tsarist Russia, it is more about sending prisoners and the like. The British
On the other hand, it is to issue plunder licenses to pirates..."
Listening to what he was talking about, Emperor Chongzhen felt that he had refreshed his three views. These Western barbarians could actually do this! At least in the eyes of the Central Plains Dynasty, this was definitely impossible to do, and he had to learn from someone famous!
But stocks are really possible. Not only is it a tax issue, but I also learned some financial knowledge from my previous chat with Liu Weichao.
For example, today's wealthy people in the Ming Dynasty like to hide their money in cellars to grow moldy. Although there are already banks, there is still a limit to stirring up this part of the money hidden in the cellar. And this part of the money hidden in the cellar is
, which adds up to a very large sum of money. It is absolutely not allowed to let mold grow in the cellar!
If Ming Dynasty wanted to develop rapidly, the use of money was one of the key factors. Stocks allowed the people to use money to establish more companies, which not only increased tax revenue but also increased employment, which was very positive for society.
Emperor Chongzhen's mind flashed with the knowledge that Liu Weichao had instilled in him, and he urged Liu Weichao to help him advance this matter.
In response to this, Liu Weichao smiled and said: "I have almost sorted out the matters related to the "Yongle Dadian", and now I am ready to publish some publicly. During this time, I just have time, so I will prepare it for you. However,
When "Yongle Dadian" is released, it will definitely cause controversy, and I will need your support later to refute those objections with reference to scriptures."
If this thing is really done, it will not be that easy. However, this is a major event and can be regarded as a grand ceremony for cultural inheritance in Chinese history.
For Liu Weichao today, he has achieved financial freedom, and what he pursues is spiritual value. This matter, even if there is great resistance, is worth doing, so that the world can understand what the five thousand years of Chinese civilization is.
How about that!
If the resistance is too great, he still has a trump card. But he doesn't intend to use it unless it is absolutely necessary.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard what he said, he nodded immediately, indicating that the Ming Dynasty could provide support at any time.
So, in the next few days, Liu Weichao compiled a prospectus based on the limited telephone information provided by Emperor Chongzhen. Of course, it must be different from his world, and more suitable for the era of the Ming Dynasty.
After Emperor Chongzhen got it, he excitedly conveyed the decree and convened an imperial meeting of the cabinet and the six ministries and nine ministers.
In the Wenhua Hall, after the ministers had finished their greetings, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the ministers below with a smile and said: "I have received many memorials and heard the voices of the people about the wired telephone. Many people are interested in this wired telephone.
I think so. For this reason, I decided to set up a telephone company and use shares to take charge of this matter."
He was influenced by Liu Weichao, and his speech and words tended to be later generations. And he was the emperor. Under his influence, his ministers who dealt directly with him were naturally affected. For some later generations, they used words and so on.
, and there are no cognitive impairments anymore.
After all, it is impossible for his ministers to correct the emperor's words, saying that what you said was unpleasant, that the word was too remote, and so on.
At this time, hearing that Emperor Chongzhen was talking about something new, these most senior officials of the Ming Dynasty immediately concentrated their attention, because they already had experience, and this would definitely have a great impact.
Emperor Chongzhen was still there and said to them: "...the majority of the shares in this telephone company must be controlled by the imperial court. The remaining half of the shares can be auctioned and purchased by the private sector. The one with the highest price will get..."
At this time in the Ming Dynasty, people already knew about shares, and it was not a new thing. They could also think of the benefits of doing so, that is, in the future, the court would not have to pay for the construction of telephones, and private funds could be used to promote this matter.
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Ni Yuanlu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, liked it the most, but before he could get happy, he heard Emperor Chongzhen continue to say: "Your Majesty, you can first understand that this is the share composition of the telephone company, its future operating scope, and its profit expectations.
, dividend expectations, etc. Note that in the future, the court will encourage private companies to establish similar joint-stock companies, but similar prospectuses must be required."
Having said this, he asked his chamberlain to distribute the prospectus he had prepared to the ministers.
Seeing them watching, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "In addition, the imperial court wants to establish a securities and stock exchange, which will be located in the capital, under the yamen of the Account Registration Department, and supervised by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Factory Guards. Any securities and stock transactions must be in this exchange
For all transactions carried out, the imperial court will draw a commission from the transaction..."
The ministers in the Wenhua Hall were looking at the materials in their hands and listening to the emperor's explanation with their ears raised. They were all like students, listening very carefully.
Emperor Chongzhen said at the end, and then said to the officials below: "The former Railway Department will also be reorganized and changed into a joint-stock company of the imperial company. The same will be done for building official roads. In the future, new inventions invented by the imperial court will be patented.
As long as there is money, we will do it in this way to reduce the pressure on the national treasury."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ni Yuanlu's face was full of excitement, and she was the first to go out and say: "Long live my emperor, my holy Ming, long live, long live, long live!"
At this time, in his eyes, Emperor Chongzhen was the God of Wealth!
He could imagine it. According to the prospect described by the emperor, the court's expenditure would really be reduced a lot, and he wouldn't have to worry about spending money like water!
Of course, there are gains and losses, and if you make money later, you still have to pay dividends. However, he is more willing to do this than draining the national treasury.
As for the Securities and Stock Exchange, it was not a point of excitement for him. In other words, except for Emperor Chongzhen because Liu Weichao explained it, no one else had realized how big an impact the Securities and Stock Exchange would have.
According to Liu Weichao's naturalization, the securities and stocks of the Ming Dynasty were first listed by state-owned enterprises, and profitable companies were listed, setting an example and building confidence, and then driving private enterprises to go public for financing, thus moving towards formalization.
Not to mention anything else, at least as far as the phone company is concerned, it is definitely something that the people of Ming Dynasty are looking forward to.
The news soon spread from the capital to all over the world. Especially the wealthy people in Jiangnan rushed to the capital one after another, wondering if they could buy shares in the telephone company.
At this time, the prisoners from the Battle of the Grassland were escorted to the capital.