Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1540, Sending money to them can also promote consumption

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at the crowd silently, and his heart was very clear.

There are quite a few factories here, and tens of thousands of people work for themselves. Everyone knows the difference between annual wages and monthly wages, which is more beneficial to them.

It’s just that this is beneficial to the big capitalists and big factory owners. With huge funds in your hands, you can do anything, but for ordinary people, this is not necessarily the case. For Daming, this also has huge risks.

Money is your own money only in your own hands.

Put it in the hands of the boss, that is the money of the boss.

As Liu Jin said, when the market is good, it is natural that you will not be able to pay wages, but what about when the market is bad?

Or when the funds are misappropriated to make other investments and there is a shortage of funds?

Once there is a situation where wages cannot be paid, will things like Nanjing happen again?

As the son of heaven, Emperor Hongzhi had to consider this matter.

Hundreds of thousands of people rioted in Nanjing. This was a terrible thing. Fortunately, it was dealt with in a timely manner so that no catastrophe was caused. But not every official has Wang Shouren's ability and courage.

If this matter happens in other places, if it is not dealt with in time, there may be a major incident, and if it is not done well, there will be flames of war, and the wind and rain will shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

As Liu Jin said, if wages are paid on a monthly basis, if the wages are not paid for a month, even if the workers have resentment in their hearts, they will not cause much trouble, and the court can easily mobilize funds to remedy it.

However, if a large number of workers are involved in one year's wages, the capital needs are very large, and it is easy to be born.

After some comparison, Emperor Hongzhi naturally appreciated Liu Jin more.

Both are capitalists, but Liu Jin is different from others.

I can always consider more comprehensive things. I have always been paid on a monthly basis. After earning money, spending money is different from everyone else.

Others are intoxicated and greedy for enjoyment. Most of Liu Jin's money is spent on education, vigorously building various schools, promoting and supporting new-style education.

In terms of considering problems, we can consider the overall situation and the long-term.

"Your Majesty, Liu Jin has arrived~"

At this time, Xiao Jing came over and whispered a reminder.

Soon, Liu Jin came to Shangshufang, saluted Emperor Hongzhi and sat down.

"Liu Jin, you came at a good time. Everyone expressed opposition to your proposal to introduce a law requiring all factories, workshops, and commercial firms to pay workers in full monthly wages."

When Emperor Hongzhi saw Liu Jin, he immediately laughed and said the same thing.

Hearing what Emperor Hongzhi said, Liu Jin didn't feel the slightest surprise. In fact, he had already expected that everyone would oppose this matter.

"Liu Jin, everyone's business depends on their reputation. It's enough to pay everyone a full salary by the end of the year. There's no need to force everyone to pay their wages on a monthly basis, right?"

Zhang Mao looked at Liu Jin and said.

"Yes, yes, everyone needs a lot of funds to do business, and the funds are relatively tight. If they are distributed on a monthly basis, the funds in their hands will be even tighter."

"And if it is paid monthly, workers will spend their wages indiscriminately. It is better to wait until the end of the year to pay them together, so that where everyone's money is accumulated."

Li Dongyang also nodded and said.

"Anyway, everyone is basically provided with food and lodging, and the food and lodging are all in the factory, and there is no loss to the big workers."

Liu Jin looked at everyone, smiled and replied: "I know what everyone thinks. I also have many factories under my command, and I need a lot of money to pay wages every month."

"The annual payment of wages is naturally beneficial to the factory owners and owners. With money in their hands, they can do many things."

"But have you noticed a phenomenon? Usually, all kinds of products are not very easy to sell, but at the end of the year, during the annual holiday, everything is very easy to sell."

"Many merchants need to start hoarding enough goods long in advance. At the end of the year, the sales volume in just a few days accounted for [-] to [-]% of the annual sales volume."

"Have you ever thought about this question?"

"It's not easy. Isn't it because everyone has a holiday at the end of the year and gets their wages, and they have to go home for the New Year, so naturally they have to make a lot of purchases."

Zhang Mao pouted and said.

"Mr. Zhang is right. It's the Chinese New Year. After a year of hard work, it is natural to have a good New Year. You have to buy a lot of clothes, shoes, and food to take home."

"However, have you ever thought about a problem, such intensive sales will bring you a lot of trouble."

"First of all, a large amount of capital-intensive concentration at the end of the year is inherently unsafe."

"Secondly, the big sale at the end of the year requires a lot of money to stock up on goods. At the same time, too concentrated sales will make the flow of people extremely dense in those few days."

"What's more important is that the seemingly booming sales at the end of the year, in fact, generally speaking, the money spent on everyone's income is not high. This also means that everyone's spending power has not been released, and most of the workers' money is spent I still brought it back to my hometown, stored it in a jar, and buried it underground."

"It's not good news for us."

"This means that the huge wealth has become an iron lump and buried in the ground, without the slightest effect and meaning."

"However, if wages are paid on a monthly basis, the workers will naturally spend money if they have money in their hands. Whether it is selling clothes, buying food, or buying gold and silver jewelry, etc., the money will always be spent unconsciously."

"Take the simplest clothes as an example. In spring, summer, autumn and winter, you always have to buy new clothes every season. When you go out to play during the holidays, you can't also wear the factory clothes in the factory."

"If you don't give everyone wages, everyone will bear it and let it go, but if you have money, you will naturally buy new clothes, which means that everyone's consumption of cloth will increase greatly, and our factories will naturally get more. Lots of orders."

"The monthly payment of wages is also to stimulate consumption, and at the same time to balance consumption, so that production capacity, transportation, and consumption become more balanced."

Liu Jin knew that to persuade them, he had to proceed from their interests. The monthly wages were not only for the workers, but also for the good of everyone.

When workers have money in their hands, they will naturally go back to consume, eat, drink and have fun. This is human nature.

Hearing what Liu Jin said, everyone was taken aback for a moment.

Every family has a factory, and the situation is naturally the clearest.

In the past, the month before the Chinese New Year was the busiest, and there were so many orders that we could not wait to start work 24 hours a day. However, the months after the Chinese New Year were often the weakest season, with insufficient orders. Underemployment.

That is to say, now Daming still has a huge overseas market, and foreign trade occupies a very important part. If it relies on Daming's local market, the fluctuation will be more obvious and the impact will be even greater.

Everyone didn't think about this question before, but now when Liu Jin said it, they immediately understood.

"It turns out that there is another time."

Zhang Mao pinched his mustache and said.

"It makes sense."

Liu Jian also nodded.

Compared with the various ways to stimulate consumption in later generations, this is simply child's play.

In order to stimulate women's consumption in later generations, those capitalists have done all kinds of unconscionable things, the most important of which is to promote that every woman is a little princess. Since she is a princess, she must be exquisite. This dress Bags, cosmetics, etc. are definitely indispensable.

There are also artificially created various festivals, such as white valentine's day, red valentine's day, green valentine's day, black valentine's day, rose valentine's day, Qixi Festival is valentine's day, foreign valentine's day and so on.

The hype and deliberate manufacturing of capital is not aimed at stimulating consumption and emptying your pockets. It has reached the point of madness.

Now Daming's capital has not realized this, and realizes the importance of consumption.

"Of course, the promulgation of relevant laws and regulations is also for the stability of the Ming Dynasty."

"The incident in Nanjing is enough to show that there are huge risks in the model of paying wages once a year, and there are huge risks in relying on reputation alone, whether it is deliberate or there is a real problem."

"For us in Ming Dynasty, we cannot allow such a risk to exist, because if it is not dealt with in a timely manner, it is very likely to cause a huge disaster and shake the country and the country."

"Protecting the legitimate rights and interests of laborers is not only protecting the interests of laborers, it is also safeguarding the interests of all people, and it is also for the prosperity of Daming and the continuous virtuous circle of society. In the end, it will be Daming who will benefit everyone."

Liu Jin gave a conclusion that everything is inseparable from interests, and the ass determines the head.

Different classes naturally think from different perspectives. These bigwigs present have actually transformed into capitalists of the new era.

They can oppose the traditional conservative forces, but when it comes to their own interests, they will be the same as before. In the end, it is still the old saying that interests determine everything.

"Well said~"

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but praise.

Daming is able to achieve today's situation because of the distribution of benefits, from top to bottom, so that everyone can taste the huge dividends of capitalism and colonialism, and everyone can get their own share from the huge dividends .

The development of capital is achieved at the very beginning by squeezing the labor of workers, extending working hours, and lowering wages. However, with the continuous development of capital, you will gradually find that it is useless to just produce products and find buyers for them. And the market is the key.

(End of this chapter)