Take the mall to Datang

The subtle changes in the court made all the ministers start to ponder. This change is not groundless, what link is wrong.

Careful people have found that the military generals who have made a contribution seem to be indifferent to the affairs of the court. Why is this? Didn't the military generals always want to dislike the civil servants? Why has it stopped so recently.

Furthermore, they found that some officials from the imperial court and the local government came back to fill the vacancies when they were older. They were all young fresh-faced scholars. different again.

From this point of view, it is found that the imperial examination system of the Tang Dynasty cares more about ability than poetry, songs, Fu, four books and five classics. If the officials of the Ministry of Finance are careful, they will find that the treasury spends a lot but collects more taxes.

And they don't know that His Majesty's small treasury is full of gold and silver. There are salt hands in Lingnan, as well as income from shipyards, military inspections and other industries. In fact, elites such as the Yulin Army and Feixiong Army in the Suwei are all developing towards the Beiya Forbidden Army.

Li Shimin intends to form a system of professional soldiers in the Tang Dynasty in at least 20 years, completely divorced from politics, just to protect the country, and military affairs will form an independent system, careerists will not be able to shake the army that protects the people, and the treasury. Expenditures will be categorized into fixed development funds, economic construction, military, research and development, people's livelihood, etc., as well as special financial allocations.

Many things are changing subtly. Wei Zheng's incident gave them a warning. It's nothing to do with His Majesty the Emperor. Now that His Majesty needs a capable minister to govern the world, don't come forward if you don't have any skills.

A kind of admonishing officials who have always been looking forward to Wei Zheng's leadership are clear in their hearts. If it continues, I am afraid that they will not be able to have a job.

When Wei Zheng returned to the mansion, his mood sank to the bottom. The beautiful wives and concubines at home greeted him one after another and greeted them one after another. The people who came out today were quite complete, but his appearance immediately aroused the concerns of the girls.

"Hey!" Wei Zheng sighed.

Mrs. Pei came out and asked face to face: "Husband, what happened today, have you offended His Majesty again?"

Wei Zheng sighed, and said in a deep voice, "It's not just about offending me, now I've become a servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Pei asked: "It's fine for the Minbu, as a woman, I don't understand your court, but it's good to be able to be the servant of the Minbu in peace and stability, and I won't offend anyone."

Wei Zheng smiled wryly in his heart, it would be great if he could do that.

He didn't want his wife to know about the court affairs, and hearing about it didn't help the matter, and only added to her troubles.

Now that His Majesty does not see him behind closed doors, he must be still angry. He decided to go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to see the situation in two days at night. If he has a firm foothold above, Donghaizhou is determined to be the personnel director. Wouldn't it be better if he could be transferred there.

Wei Zheng had his own calculations in mind, and the hall broke up immediately. Tang Jian asked people to prepare everything for Wei Zheng's work in the Ministry of Civil Affairs that day.

Yuan Shan was as laid back as ever, but it was not enough to manage the affairs of the economic and development department from time to time. Let's take the small shop as an example. After Liu Lizheng's success, he also opened a chain store, which surprised him.

What can he say if he has a brain, but this kind of good thing is not just to look at, when Yuan Shan returned to the mansion, Xue Kai happened to come to see him.

After exchanging greetings and getting to the point, Xue Kai smiled all over his face, and said politely: "Mr. Lan, who takes care of everything every day, even proposed a plan of a 'small shop'. I have heard of it and went to see it. It's very good. I don't know such a business. Can our Xue family do it?"

"Of course, as long as you meet the conditions, you are responsible for the amount of investment and the profit and loss. What the Ministry of Economic Development can do is to provide the source of goods." Yuan Shan said.

"So simple?" Xue Kai asked softly with some doubts.

"That's right, the Ministry of Economic Development's encouragement of business development is not just lip service, but village-level 'small shops' may not always make money. Shopkeeper Xue needs to be cautious when investing." Yuan Shan kindly reminded.

It is easy for a big business like them to open a small shop, but whether it can really make money and appreciate it depends on the living standard of the village at present. However, selling alcohol seems to be a good benefit. Make good use of other products It doesn't matter if you don't make money.

But Yuan Shan didn't want to see that these people were selling alcohol for the sake of selling alcohol.

Yuan Shan hadn't even thought about the matter of private small shops. Now small shops must be graded by the Ministry of Economic Development, otherwise they are not allowed to open. I went looking for a house.

The biggest advantage of finding the Ministry of Economics and Development is that opening shops in the village will not be subject to the control of the local county government, so the role of the Ministry of Economics and Development is huge, and now businessmen generally cannot do anything without opening a business Department, any troubles will be found.

After Xue Kai thought for a while, he wanted to speak. Yuan Shan first said: "It's okay to open a small store, and it's okay to set up a chain, but it can't exceed the scope of this village. Once it exceeds, there will be taxes. You have to think carefully about it." .”

Xue Kai just swallowed what he wanted to say, thinking about it, a store can open more stores in a row to distribute the goods of a store, and if the sales volume reaches the level, it can be subsidized by the Ministry of Economic Development, which is a good idea. However, there are only two or three villages in a village, and not many can be opened, and the good wishes are instantly shattered.

"The business of the small shop is for the convenience of the people, so things are sold on a daily basis. Our country understands your situation. In principle, there is no problem with Xuejia Mall wanting to use the small shop to distribute goods, but in order to ensure the interests of the people With the reputation of the small shop, the selling price of your private goods cannot exceed half of the minimum value of the goods, as for wanting to buy more, there is no problem, as long as you need to apply for more." Yuan Shan said.

As soon as Xue Kai heard that he was worthy of Duke Lan, others could see what he was thinking, without blushing and heart beating wildly, he said calmly: "Master Lan is still smart, if that's the case, then let's go Go through the relevant procedures.”

"Okay, you can apply for as many goods as you need, and the payment can also be adjusted according to the three-month use, and the payment will be settled after three months." Yuan Shan said.

"Thank you Lord Lan." Xue Kai said.

Yuan Shan said solemnly, "It's all the same, there is no specialization."

Chapter 891 Continue to Maritime Trade

In the next few days, Xue Kai acted very quickly, and the small shops directly "occupied" the villages in the counties around Chang'an City. If the payment cannot be received in time, it is not a small amount of worry.

As soon as Xue Kai's action came out, many businessmen became active, and they were all researching whether to set up a small shop. They all went to Wulizhuang to see that the high-end products sold in the small shop were relatively cheap. The long-term supply is stable, and the payment for the goods has not been pressed in the first three months.

The reason for attracting attention is that Xue Kai himself is quite cautious, and the business circle has never seen him do anything with great fanfare. The first thing that shocked him was the Yonghefang Mall, which was basically modeled after the Hepingfang Mall. The second thing is this small shop. I didn't expect it to be quite large all of a sudden.

The good people are watching the excitement, and the calm businessmen are watching the effect. There are many villages in Datang.

Xue Kai is very steady in his work. It can be said that he is solid. In a few days, he has planned more than 30 shops, all of which are located in villages with good locations. Most of the villages are not too far away from each other. A lot of money has been invested, and the cement house is all used for speed. The house is not small. The front hall is for business, the middle hall is for people, and the back hall is for storing goods.

The Building Materials Chamber of Commerce took over the job, and the project volume was not small and the speed was very fast. The engineering team had already started to prepare materials, but the whole Xue family was mobilized. The eldest son, the second son, and the third son all started to take charge of their own affairs, and the work was in full swing.

The Ministry of Economic Development has put together a large list for these stores, and the degree of discount is reduced again, depending on the purchase volume.

The popularity of small shops made the villagers enjoy convenience for this purpose, and Yuan Shan was happy to see the success. When Xue's family decided to start this business, the Ministry of Economics and Development did a lot for them.

Many merchants think that if people don’t go to the market to exchange goods, it will affect the development. In fact, there will be some impact but not too much. The business in the market can be delayed for some time. The price will be cheaper than usual. After all, with a small shop, many daily small commodities can satisfy the nearby villagers. Selling daily necessities in the market will outweigh the gain, unless the price is cheaper.

There are many reasons why the bazaar will not be affected. One of them is that some scattered craftsmen will take their handicrafts to sell, but in fact, the Ministry of Economic Development is gradually converting this kind of one-man handicraft into workshop work, and the income is stable. .

Now it is only a small impact. In Wulizhuang, there is no impact because most of the people in the village go out to work, and their family conditions are not bad, but the situation in other villages in the county is not so good.

Yu Jingming came to the teahouse firmly, and now he is almost exercising Yuanshan's authority to manage regional affairs. After the division, he is really not too tired. The situation of each district is based on the annual performance. Directly replacing or demoting managers, many people are working hard, especially the regional leaders want to feel some achievements.

Yuan Shan Nan came to the office, Yu Jingming chased after him and began to explain the situation to him, Yuan Shan didn't refuse but just listened.

"Lan Guogong, the development of the Ministry of Economic Development in the south is not bad. Recently, [-] new local distributions have been established in the state capital. The comprehensive shopping mall has begun to be established at the county level. The announcement of the small shop in the village has been issued. Little effect." Yu Jingming said.

"You can handle these things as you see fit. You need to keep an eye on the development and distribution of things, but you can't rush forward. We still have to take it one step at a time. First, we will try to make statistics on the situation in each state, and try to drive local wealthy businessmen to develop business, so that the people can get more benefits." The actual benefits are the only way to do it, and it’s not the first time for us to continue to develop.” Yuan Shan said.

Yu Jingming suddenly changed the subject and said, "Wei Zheng came over two days ago, and he brought people from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to investigate some things about the economic development of various state capitals."

Yuan Shan knew that Wei Zheng had become active recently, and there was no way the emperor would not give him a chance to intercede. His only way out was to get things done, and the 35 immigration quota was his nonsense.

If Wei Zheng really made a one-size-fits-all approach and forcibly transferred all the poor people to Donghaizhou Island, he would have nothing to say. Anyway, the population is just a number to him. How many people are accepted by the number of people, as long as he does not let him handle the specific matters. However, the position of personnel director of Donghaizhou Island was personally appointed by His Majesty, so I hope that this will not cause trouble in the future.

"He came here when he came to the Ministry of Economics and Development. He found his situation by himself. No wonder others. I really hope that he can settle this matter well. The population of Donghai Prefecture continues to fail. The faster the replenishment and construction, the faster it will be. The faster the common people gain strength," Yuan Shan murmured.

Yu Jingming just listened, these things have nothing to do with him, he is only in charge of the economic and development department, and immediately said: "Yes, otherwise, the money invested by the merchants has interest, and the longer the delay, the more they will lose. Have you figured out how to fill this hole?"

Yu Jingming's worry was not unrelated. The main players were in several shipyards, and the investment was huge, so he didn't know when the ship would be built.

"Isn't there still Silla and Baichuang in maritime trade? Now we can focus on these two places." Yuan Shan said.

"Well, Mr. Lan has a great opinion. Recently, according to the feedback from his subordinates, Silla and Baichuang have a particularly large demand for Lingnan grass, especially their royal family, who are all fascinated by this fragrant leaf." Yu Jingming said.

Yuan Shan smiled, how could this kind of thing be banned, the products given by nature must be used for the benefit of mankind, and said with a smile: "Since they need it, let's transport it in large quantities, maybe we can talk to their royal family Carrying out negotiations, large quantities are favored, and some price adjustments can be made appropriately, so that the nobles of the royal family can benefit, and we will naturally benefit."

In fact, what Yuanshan didn't say was that sooner or later, the problem of Goryeo would make them enemies of Datang.