Iron Dynasty
Chapter 697 State-owned capital
There was silence in the hall.
This series of decrees caught the officials by surprise. At this time, a minister came out and asked, Your Majesty, officials are not allowed to do business. Can the relatives of this official do business?
No. Xiao Ming said categorically. In his opinion, once an official is allowed to do business, it is equivalent to letting an official do business in a disguised form, because at that time the officials will inevitably seek their own rights for the sake of their relatives.
The ministers fell into silence for a while, the emperor wanted to completely eliminate the opportunity for their public tools to be used privately.
Looking around at the ministers in the court, Xiao Ming continued: In addition to supporting the establishment of private workshops, the court should focus on establishing a number of official workshops to control the lifeline of the country, and I asked Pang Shoufu to allocate the six million taels of silver. , most of which will be used to build official workshops, which involve the management of ordnance, shipbuilding, salt, and tea.”
Pang Yukun asked: Your Majesty, if this is the case, there will be many government-run workshops. Who will manage these government-run workshops and whether officials should be appointed?
The establishment of a state-run workshop this time is a plan that kills two birds with one stone.
The development of private capital will inevitably bring great changes to the Great Yu Country. If Xiao Ming completely handed over the business of the Great Yu Country to private capital, he would be very passive in the future, and even like the West, the lifeline of the country is controlled by businessmen.
Therefore, since capital is vigorously developed, it is better to create its own national capital at the same time, so that he can represent both officials and capital. He is the emperor and the biggest capitalist at the same time. Ability to use state-owned capital to regulate the market.
Merchants pursue profits. In the country where he lives today, many merchants take the opportunity to make money and make money. For example, due to the spread of a certain disease, the price of salt has risen sharply due to false rumors, and private salt has been hoarded by merchants and sold at high prices.
In this case, if the salt industry is not in the hands of the state, it will inevitably lead to the deterioration of the situation.
It is precisely because of these personal experiences that he encourages capital and ties it with a chain.
At the same time, the second purpose of this official workshop is to help him digest the royal family. This time Xiao Ming's so-called opportunity for the royal family is to completely put an end to the royal family's ambition to engage in politics.
According to the statistics of Pang Yukun a few days ago, there are currently 470,000 people in the royal family of the Great Yu Kingdom. This is the data after the vassal kings slaughtered a lot of the royal family after the Northern War.
Xiao Ming was taken aback by such a large number of people. At this time, he really understood why the royal family was called the biggest wealthy family.
According to Xiao Ming's understanding, the Great Yu Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty made the same mistake, which is to support the royal family for free.
It has only been reproduced for hundreds of years, but this has gradually become a serious problem in the Great Yu Kingdom, and now this problem has fallen into his hands again.
If he is not a royal family, he will naturally not need to care about these people if he starts from scratch and conquers the world, but he is inheriting the throne.
During this time, Li San has been paying close attention to the dynamics of these royal clansmen, and now it seems that these royal families who are incapable of making a living are about to cause trouble with him.
So taking this opportunity, he plans to solve this problem completely, bringing these royal families into the official workshop, making them employees in the official workshop, giving them an iron rice bowl, and exchanging labor for money.
Of course, this iron rice bowl is only within their two generations, and the third generation will not receive such treatment, thus completely resolving this big problem.
Of course, this is only for those ordinary royal families, because the relationship between these royal families and the royal family is already very distant, and they are infinitely close to ordinary people. They will be happy to enjoy this kind of treatment, and their number is also the largest.
As for people like Song Guogong, they will naturally not be willing to be ordinary craftsmen, so this time Xiao Ming plans to bring Princess Pingyang into the official business ranks, and no longer let her engage in her own private business in the private sector, thus preventing the royal family from doing business privately.
The reason is very simple. In fact, it is to turn the pig farming model into a part-time job model, and at the same time, Princess Pingyang and others who have benefited will also become interest bundlers with him.
With the status of officials and businessmen, they can also get profit dividends. They can only enjoy all this by supporting Xiao Ming. If they are still not satisfied and make trouble, he can only use a knife.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ming expressed his thoughts.
Fiji and Pang Yukun listened quietly. The more they listened, the more excited they became. As soon as Xiao Ming's voice fell, Fiji said loudly: Your Majesty is wise, so the problem of the royal family has been completely solved. A huge expense, but also to avoid the dissatisfaction of the royal clan.
Pang Yukun nodded, but he raised some concerns, Your Majesty, please forgive me for being disrespectful. According to the minister's understanding, royal relatives like Song Guogong are just scumbags. If they are allowed to enter the official workshop, what will they do?
I let them enter the official workshop, but I didn't say that I would let them hold power. The position of this official workshop is naturally reserved for those who can. I believe that most of the royal family are still willing to change. As for the stubborn, I will not cover up. When the time comes, what should be brought to justice will be brought to justice. Xiao Ming said.
Pang Yukun nodded, and now he felt at ease. Just as he thought, Xiao Ming's real purpose was to resolve the problem of the royal family.
Among these royal families, there are lazy people and diligent people. This time, the official workshop is like a sieve to separate the good and the bad.
People who are virtuous and useful are naturally more trustworthy than outsiders, and those who are pedantic and useless can be kicked out at that time.
And most importantly, these people will therefore remain under their supervision at all times.
The main task of the early court was completed today, and Qian Dafu announced his withdrawal from the court at Xiao Ming's signal.
Xiao Ming was very satisfied with the reaction of hundreds of officials in the court this time. He had to say that after he ascended the throne, he felt that these officials treated him with contempt.
After all, he was young, and these old foxes thought they could sway his decision by playing some tricks.
But after Yu Ming was dismissed, these officials suddenly realized that the emperor in front of them was also a ruthless character, and only then did they put aside their contempt and face the distinction between ruler and minister.
If you have something to play early, if you have nothing to retreat to the court!, with the sound of Qian Dafu's shrill voice, the early court ended.
Baiguan shouted long live, got up and prepared to leave, at this time Xiao Ming left Fiji and Pang Yukun behind.
What is the emperor's order? Fiji bowed.
The most taboo thing about reform is that officials violate the yin and yang, and the decree does not go out of the palace. This is why Xiao Ming kept Fiji and Pang Yukun.
After ascending the throne, his mentality is also slowly changing. Five years ago, he was just a modern ordinary young man. Five years later, he became the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom.
His psychology has also gradually changed in the past five years. Now that he is the emperor, he must respect himself and do what he says!
The chaotic political affairs of Xiao Wenxuan's time cannot be repeated in him.
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