Chongzhen Undergraduates

A group of people were sweating in anxiety. Most of them really thought that they were here to deliver good things to the emperor. No one expected such a scene.

"Don't worry about it, the inner court won't accept your gifts at all. The emperor has a sacred metaphor, and he will buy all the internal affairs in the future, and no longer pay tribute. Long live is worried that you will hold this exhibition like in previous years. It will," said one source.

"Dare to ask this master, is there any particularity in this?"

"Can't you see it? The imperial court now wants to list commercial tax and agricultural tax, just to let counties and prefectures sell more products. The more they sell, the more commercial taxes they pay. The more taxes you pay , the evaluation of the gentlemen will naturally be better. This is a good way to increase the income of the court without increasing taxes."

"Ah!" A group of people were stunned.

The reason is very simple, but the concept needs to make a 180-degree turn.

The transformation from pure agriculture to industry is not as simple as a traverser climbing the technology tree and inventing something.If you think that you can open up the market immediately by inventing something in Daming, and you will accumulate wealth to marry Bai Fumei and reach the pinnacle of life?

Dream on you!

First raise the status of business tax and link it with the future of officials, so that business ideas can be established.When there is commercial awareness, industrial products will be launched.

A very simple reason: If a county magistrate finds that there are no strong commodities in his jurisdiction and cannot generate tax revenue, what will he do?

Of course it is to find a way to create new products!Industrial products are commodities that are more attractive than traditional products.In this era of pure domestic demand, don't worry about any national industry, just do it boldly.

At this time, if the county magistrate is courageous, he may be a governor in a few years.

"Do I need to buy a booth for every item?" an eighth-rank official asked carefully.

"In principle, one county needs to buy one booth, but if you want, you can also buy two or three counties together." The Ministry of Households replied.

"Then let's buy it together!" the Eighth Grade Officer suggested to the people around him.It just so happened that some people around him were worried that it would be difficult to go back to the business because of the cost issue, so they agreed.

"My dear friend, do you want to buy together?" the eighth-rank official looked at a young nine-rank sesame official and asked, he guessed that the other party would definitely agree, as the other party looked like, he must be a poor county.

"No, I'm going to buy a separate booth." Jiupin Zhima official replied.

"Hmph! Overthinking one's abilities." The eighth-rank officer gave the other party a hard look.

It is said to be a commodity fair, but it is actually an industrial product fair in Jiangjunshan.The scale of the exhibition was unprecedentedly large, and the preliminary publicity alone took a full month to publicize, especially for the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions.

That kind of propaganda notice with pictures was posted all over Jiangsu and Zhejiang. At first, the common people thought that the imperial court was arresting some Jiangyang robbers, because only the wanted criminals would draw pictures.

The most sensitive and developed areas of China's industry and commerce are Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which is a natural home field.

The day before the fair, Zhu Youjian personally summoned Xing Hongyan and Fang Yizhi.As the main force of the trade fair, Zhu Youjian would definitely not expect those native products to drive the explosive point of the whole trade fair. Only by taking action from Jiangjunshan could it be possible to excite the merchants in the entire Ming Dynasty.

"How many booths did you send out this time?" Zhu Youjian asked.

"From light industrial daily necessities to heavy industrial machinery, our two bought half of the booths and all the luxury booths, a total of 360."

"How many individual booths have been purchased by merchants?"

"Less than [-]. According to reports, there are quite a few merchants from Nanjing, but not many are willing to display their products. Most of them are waiting and watching."

It was the first time for the imperial court to engage in this kind of commercial activity. As private owners, merchants instinctively chose to keep a low profile, which is quite normal.The Taizu of the Ming Dynasty stipulated that merchants are not even qualified to wear silk clothes. Who dares to show this face? Do you want to learn from Shen Wansan?

"Fang Aiqing, how many booths are still unsold?"

"There are still more than 120 booths." Fang Yuegong thought to himself, if the general hadn't gone to the front of the mountain, the bustle would have become a real joke.

"Wang Chengen, can you help me again?" Zhu Youjian turned his face and asked Wang Chengen behind him.

"The old slave will do it right away." Wang Chengen turned and left, and the remaining few people were very puzzled, wondering what else Zhu Youjian could do to solve more than 100 booths at once.

This booth is not a grocery store where you can place random things. If there is no real thing, the merchants will naturally understand the reason.

"One more thing, there is a county's Jiupin master who bought three booths at one time. It is said that in order to raise money for the booths, he sold a few mules assigned by the county magistrate, and lived in Jiaolizhu. Roadside store."

"Oh! That's strange. How can he have several mules? And even if he bought three booths, there's no reason to sell all the mules?" Zhu Youjian was curious.

"In this exhibition, many counties thought it was a tribute to the emperor, and along with it, many local products came to Nanjing to give gifts to various ministries. The master also brought a lot of local products, but he didn't even send a single sweet potato. , all of which were planned to be sold at the fair. In addition, he made a little trick and invited a few girls from the Qinhuai River..." Fang Yuegong shook his head, he had never heard of such a rare thing.

"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed.

"Talent! Since this person is so capable, I have to support him, how about this, I will go to his booth to have a look in person the day after tomorrow..."

The fair lasted for five days, which is actually very short in this era. It is estimated that many small businessmen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang would not be able to catch up with the news, but what Zhu Youjian wanted was to send a signal that he should pay attention to business, and I didn't expect much fruit from this first exhibition.

Zhu Youjian predicted that it would be cold on the second day, because the bustle of the first day was mainly the industrial products of Jiangjunshan, and the daily necessities that most attracted this era were only started to act because of Wang Chengen, so he needed to personally come forward to stimulate the atmosphere .

Chapter 431: Fair II

The fair was officially opened amidst the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers, which was personally hosted by Daming Chief Assistant and Hubu Shangshu Fang, and personally hosted by Daming's hottest female official, Xing Hongyan.

No matter if they came to see the elegant demeanor of the chief assistant of Ming Dynasty, or came to watch Xing Hongyan lewdly, anyway, the whole venue was crowded with people.

The people who came to the scene on the first day were all in official uniforms, and the people in civilian clothes can only be said to be a very small part.No matter the officials from various places participating in the exhibition, or the officials in the city of Nanjing who came to see the excitement, they all raised their heads high, or nodded and bowed their heads in a busy way.

Zhu Youjian's guess is right, these people completely regard this place as an intersection dance party, they are not here to buy and sell goods at all, they are here to run officials and contact the network.

The court officials held their heads high and their chests held high, while the local officials lowered their eyebrows and were pleasing to the eye, and they were all very busy.Surrounding the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty in such a tight space, who would dare to come to other merchants and ordinary people who have normal business needs?

Fang Yuegong, who had been squeezed for two hours, finally couldn't take it anymore, he could only run away, announcing that he would not show up at the fair tomorrow.

"Your majesty, you have made trouble for the old minister." Fang Yuegong complained while fanning his fan desperately, his clothes were so wet that water could wring out.

"Haha, Fang Aiqing really announced that she will not appear tomorrow?" Zhu Youjian stared at Fang Yuegong with a smile.

"No, the old minister is old and doesn't like to join in the fun, it's too noisy." Fang Yuegong was telling the truth, and he could clearly see that these officials were purely trying to curry favor with him, the new Chief Assistant.

"Then ask Fang Aiqing to take these people to another place tomorrow! It's best to be as far away from the fair as possible." Zhu Youjian smiled wickedly.

Fang Yuegong was taken aback for a moment, and then called out with a bitter face: "One more day of tossing, the old minister's life will be over."

Fang Yuegong didn't understand Zhu Youjian's intention. The emperor wanted to let himself absorb all these officials today, so as to leave space and opportunities for the fair to buy and sell.

So, that night, Nanjing City spread this "secret": Mr. Shoufu will go to Yanziji tomorrow to visit the refugees in Jiangbei, and encourage everyone to work hard and rebuild their homes.

This news quickly spread wildly among officials at all levels who had nothing important to do tomorrow. Everyone agreed that this was a godsend opportunity. They must continue yesterday's enthusiasm and try their best to show themselves in front of Mr. Shoufu.

As for the fair, it seems to be the same, most officials didn't take it seriously, many eighth-rank officials left, and the ninth-rank officials stayed at the booths, and the ninth-rank officials stayed at the booths over the servants or petty officials. No one planned How many specialty products are sold.

Doing business, at least on the bright side, is a shameful thing in this era, it is better not to do it.

Ordinary people who have passed the scene on the first day are even more reluctant to go to the fair.What's the matter with a group of people crowded among a group of officials?In this day and age, common people kneel when they see an official. So many officials, why don’t their knees get broken?

On the second day of the exhibition, there were only a few people at the opening, which could not be compared with the grand occasion of the previous day.

Wearing casual clothes, Zhu Youjian led Chen Yuanyuan and the two children to the venue. Behind him was Wang Gonggong, the first manager of the palace, and after that was a whole team of royal nobles and nobles who remained.

That's not to mention, behind these people is a huge purchasing group composed of Ouchi and the household department. There are hundreds of people holding the account books alone, and the soldiers carrying the silver boxes are even more so. It's jaw-dropping.