After I was reborn, I became a plug-in for the country

Kangxi naturally wondered why.

He asked people to advertise in newspapers before the shops in various places opened. It stands to reason that the reputation of the Royal Supply and Marketing Cooperative has spread all over the place.And all the commodities sold are lower than the local prices, why is the profit so small?

But at the beginning, he only thought it was because of the poor management of the shop after leaving the capital.After all, most of the courtiers' shops in the capital are old servants, and those who can help their masters stand on the grounds of the capital, it can be seen that their ability is also extraordinary.

And when this supply and marketing cooperative opened to other places, the people employed were mixed, and it was not good for the imperial court to take the effort to screen out the employees one by one for one or two shops, after all, it was not the selection of officials.

I remembered that I had to check the reason carefully, or it was because Kangxi left the ledger in the study of Zhaoren Hall when he was busy with government affairs, and Yinfeng looked at it twice when he went to ask for peace.

He finished class early this day, thinking of going to Qianqing Palace to have lunch with Khan Ama.

Perhaps because he is following the system to study accounting courses recently, Yinfeng is particularly curious about the few ledgers that are prominently placed.Seeing that Khan Ama had no time to take care of himself, he picked it up and looked through it, and at the same time compared the accounts in his mind to see if there were any mistakes.

Kangxi was busy reading the booklet, and he caught sight of his son's actions out of the corner of his eye, and asked in surprise, "Do you understand the booklet?"

"My son doesn't quite understand." Yinreng shyly said, "I was just curious about what this account book looks like."

Kangxi nodded, but didn't take it seriously.He didn't send anyone to teach the child to read the ledger, it would be strange if he could understand it.

The closer to the end of the year, the more busy the government was, and almost all the staff in the six departments were so busy that they didn't touch the ground. Naturally, he also had a mountain of papers to deal with.Just as he was about to tell his son that he would go back to study if nothing happened, Yinfeng hesitated to speak.

"Just say what you have to say." Kangxi said in a deep voice.

Yinfeng thought about it for a while, and said bluntly: "Khan Ama, although I don't understand the specific meaning, the figures in the previous few months are far from the later ones in the accounts. Although it may be that the business is not good, but the poor Is there any other reason why it is so big?"

"Except for the capital city, the profits of shops in other places are meager." Kangxi continued to write, "It seems that the subordinates are not doing well. I will send someone to investigate after the new year."

It is related to the national treasury and military expenditure, so he naturally wants to investigate the reasons in detail.

Yinfeng didn't say anything more, since he knew what Khan Ama knew, he had nothing to worry about.

It was said that it was Chinese New Year, but Kangxi still dispatched manpower before the year to go to various places for detailed investigation.

On November [-]th, the spies reported that the business of the shop opened by the imperial court was good at the beginning, but for some reason, merchants from all over the country united to fight against the imperial court and tried their best to keep prices down.Under the temptation of prices, the common people defected one after another, so the business of the Royal Supply and Marketing Cooperative was in jeopardy.

When Kangxi received the secret report, his first reaction was that this matter should not be as simple as it appears on the surface.With the escort in the name of the royal family, even if the businessmen use some means secretly in pursuit of profit, they will not be so bold in the face.

There must be reasons he doesn't know.

So he continued to ask people to investigate carefully, emphasizing that they should start from all aspects of the family affairs and relationships of these wealthy businessmen.

Half a month later, Kangxi got the news that the businessmen were outraged not only because of the imperial court's meddling in business, but also because their children were rejected in different ways in the provincial examination last year.

Rich merchants everywhere thought they were being played by the court.

The common people say that the people don't fight with the officials, and they understand the truth because they have been chasing profit all the year round, so they let themselves suppress their dissatisfaction.

But the imperial court intervened in business again, which happened to suppress their bottom line.The interests have been robbed and the descendants have no hope of making progress. The rich businessmen almost thought that they were going to be driven out, so all their patience broke out together.

The cause of this incident has been found out, how to deal with it is of course the first priority.

When Kangxi talked about the situation discovered by the spy in the early court, he immediately lost his temper.How the way to advance in business status was blocked was not the main reason for his anger. He was angry that the officials below deceived the top and concealed it, and colluded with each other, so that it affected the court's plan to raise military expenses.

The courtiers were also shocked. Although they were opposed to participating in the imperial examinations with merchants at the beginning, they really didn't dare to think about it. After all, everyone is a Beijing official, and sometimes it is really wrong.

The official standing at the end of the hall sighed with emotion in a low voice. Sure enough, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. There is really nothing that local officials dare not do.Then he was stabbed by a colleague around him, motioning him to keep his voice down.The official immediately silenced and dared not speak any more.

After Kangxi finished his fire, he was ready to issue an order to punish all officials involved in the incident in all provinces.

But as soon as the meaning was finished, someone immediately warned: "Your Majesty, although the local officials are not capable enough, the Emperor will punish them for a few months, and it's nothing more than a small punishment and a big punishment."

It's not that they can't be fined, it's just that there are too many people. If the punishment is too severe, where will the court find so many replacements.

Although Kangxi was still angry, at least he didn't let his anger cloud his reason.After thinking about it carefully, I found that what the courtier said was indeed true.It's nothing to fine the salary and reduce the salary. If these officials are really to be rotated again, the loss of the court will not be small.

It's fine to take the punishment lightly, but how to make up for the business status and tell them not to fight against the court anymore, they should think about it carefully.

Mingzhu listened to the words of the recommendation, and continued, "It is impossible to reopen the imperial examination for these people now. Since the royal shops everywhere need manpower, why not set up a special office for the sons of these oppressed merchants?" An official position, let them continue to serve the court."

Isn't it just to be an official?Just give you an official position.Not only official positions, but also salaries.What are you still not satisfied with?

Kangxi's face was gloomy at first, but after hearing his words, his heart moved, and his face eased a lot after a while, and he thought it was very feasible after thinking about it.

"That's fine." This saves officials from all over the country from complaining about the court's increased competition.

"Not only that, the emperor also announced this matter widely, so that the people all over the world will know about the imperial court's kindness to merchants." Mingzhu said again.

Kangxi nodded, this is inevitable.It is time to let the people of the world know how magnanimous he is.

So he immediately ordered someone to write an article, and after preparation, he would print it in newspapers and tell the wealthy businessmen in all provinces that it was an imperial decree that their sons could be given an official position, under the sole management of the household department, receiving the imperial salary, and managing business for the imperial court.

The ministers did not object this time, and now the imperial court has also found professionals, and they can get official positions without taking up their posts.

No one raised objections, only the system was secretly complaining.My good guy, I had the opportunity to be a cadre, but now I have changed from a cadre to a store manager.

But even Yinfeng recited its complaints, so naturally no one would hear it.

At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, Kangxi's decree spread all over the country. The news that the officials involved were punished and the business students who were delayed could directly become officials was vigorously publicized by the government in all the newspapers within the territory ruled by the Qing Dynasty.

After the wealthy businessmen heard the news, they didn't immediately believe it.The imperial court also said that perhaps they had passed the imperial examinations, but later it was not a promise.They unanimously decided to wait and see what happened.

Until the local official office posted an official notice, another official came to the door in person and showed the official documents of the court to the wealthy businessmen to confirm that their sons could help the court.And to persuade you gently, although there is no official uniform, this official position is the same as the seventh rank, and there is also a salary.If they do well, they are allowed to invest in the imperial court and open shops.

It's nothing without official uniforms, rich businessmen can understand.But the fact that they can directly invest in the business of the imperial court really makes them very excited.

The imperial court wanted to make up for them, and gave them face.Thinking of my own child, other talents may be lacking, but the business is passed down in the family, so how can it be inferior to others?

In the end, they decided not to lower prices to confront the imperial court, and sent their son to report to the Royal Supply and Marketing Agency as soon as possible.

With the compromise of the rich businessmen, the drama of the struggle between the people and the government finally came to an end.In the end, everyone is happy.

But when the merchants went home to settle their accounts, they really lost a lot of money in order to suppress the court's shop.But there are still a few who regret this. After all, in the end, the children also embarked on official careers as they wished.Although this official career has shrunk a bit compared to imagination.

There is no reason to be wrong, the folks are stable, and the business of the Royal Supply and Marketing Cooperative continues smoothly.With the help of these businessmen with family background, the business is indeed much better than before.

And later, in order to prevent themselves from being liquidated again, these shrewd wealthy businessmen, under the tremendous pressure of their family's deficit, bought all the goods of the supply and marketing cooperative wave after wave like buying goods.

The huge sums of money that the rich merchants poured down caused a lot of surplus in the accounts of the Ministry of Accounts.At the end of the 23rd year of Kangxi, the imperial court even made the treasury revenue soar because of this.

Their original intention was to make up for the previous mistake of lowering prices, but local officials thought it was a disguised support for the imperial court.It can only be said that this is probably the so-called misunderstanding by accident.

The good news came back to the capital, and Kangxi greatly appreciated the "support" of these wealthy businessmen.Even Jinkou Yuyan said that he had to personally write a pair of words to give to the wealthy businessman who gave the most money as a reward from the court.

After Yinreng reported the calculated surplus to the household department, he secretly read the account book again when he was sweating about Ama Longyan.

It has to be said that even Yinfeng was shocked by the final number of the ledger.This is really not a small sum.

Yinreng stared at the ledger, rubbed his fingers over the words on it, and thought that perhaps it was time to suggest that Han Ama raise the business tax a little bit more.

After studying the system for a long time, he realized that the name of the imperial court collecting commercial tax was too simple, and the ratio was still low.

In the future, we still need to find more excuses and charge more commercial taxes.And this charge must be a little higher than the agricultural tax ratio, so that more money can be squeezed out of the treasury to ensure future wars.

But he didn't think about how to say it, so he put the account book back without a trace.

He thought Kangxi didn't see it.

In fact, Yinfeng didn't know that all his actions had been seen clearly by his Khan Ama.He Khan Ama just didn't expose him on the spot.