Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1541, about the cake

In Daming's current situation of paying wages once a year, although Daming people have the highest income in the world during this period, their spending power has not been released.

As far as it is concerned, the Chinese nation has advocated diligence and thrift since ancient times, saving as much as possible, thinking more about future generations, and leaving as much wealth as possible to future generations.

Now wages are paid every year, and this large sum of money is put in the hands, that is, to buy new clothes and shoes for the elderly and children in the family, and to buy some new year's goods. Most of the wealth is still buried in the jar , buried in the ground.

Daming's consumption capacity has not been greatly increased and improved, otherwise, with Daming's population of hundreds of millions and high income, the domestic demand of Daming itself will be extremely large, enough for the capitalists in Daming to obtain enough market.

If wages can be paid once a month, although there will still be a lot of money saved, the spending power will definitely be stimulated.

Clothing needs to be purchased throughout the year, and eating, drinking and entertainment are also indispensable. Adding some other expenses and other expenses, this domestic demand can naturally be stimulated.

The benefits of stimulating domestic demand needless to say. When the economy is not good in later generations, it is always said to stimulate domestic demand, which shows the importance of domestic demand.

Of course, the reason why Emperor Hongzhi applauded the case was because of Liu Jin's heart of serving the world. Although he was the biggest capitalist, he was able to always think about the ordinary people below and consider the long-term future of Ming Dynasty. This is extremely rare.

They are also capitalists and important ministers in the court. Compared with Liu Jian, Zhang Mao, and Li Dongyang, they are still more determined and opposed to paying monthly wages, because it is very unfavorable to big capitalists like them.

Can't they see the disadvantages of paying wages annually?
Of course not, the people who can reach this position are all smart people, and they are not lacking in foresight, but this matter is against their own interests, so naturally they have to be opposed.

After all, it is a question of interests.

"Hearing what you said, it seems to make sense."

As soon as Zhang Mao rolled his eyes, the old fox immediately changed the direction of the wind.

Zhang Mao had a lot of money, and there was no problem in paying workers wages on a monthly basis. The British government itself was the representative of the Ming dynasty, with a solid foundation accumulated over generations.

He was also the first to follow Liu Jin to set up factories, go overseas to colonize, etc., and some of them were silver, unlike Li Dongyang and Liu Jian, who started late and had a weak foundation. If it is paid out on a monthly basis, the capital chain will be even tighter.

There is no way, and they also set up many factories and bought a huge family business. The stalls are here, and the money is also tight.

"For a country to achieve development and prosperity, it actually involves two issues. One is how to make the pie bigger, and the other is how to distribute the pie."

Looking at Zhang Mao, Liu Jin smiled, and then continued to talk about a very famous theory in later generations, that is, the problem of making and dividing cakes. Of course, here, Liu Jin changed it into cakes.

"Make the pie bigger?"

"How to divide the pie?"

Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard it. This Liu Jin was always able to say something strange, but there was something that contained great truth, and everyone listened seriously.

Especially Emperor Hongzhi, who is in charge of the world, knows that being the emperor is not an easy and easy task, and not everyone can bear the burden of hundreds of millions of people.

He loves the people like a son, has always been diligent in government affairs, worked hard to govern, and wanted to build a strong Ming Empire.

So he made good use of virtuous ministers, stayed away from treacherous villains, and thought of various ways to govern this huge empire.

It's just that in the past, he found that even though he was the emperor, he still had too much, too much helplessness. Even though he tried his best to govern, the lives of the people of Ming Dynasty did not improve much. Torn to pieces.

Although the appointed ministers were loyal and upright, they didn't have any great talents and could not really change the fate and situation of Ming Dynasty.

It was not until Liu Jin appeared that he saw the hope of changing the fate and situation of Daming. Every time Liu Jin proposed policies and methods, he could always solve the existing problems very well and make Daming more prosperous and stronger. .

This is also the reason why he has always reused Liu Jin, because Liu Jin brought hope and new life to this huge empire, and brought new glory to this ancient nation.

For many things Liu Jin talked about, especially things related to the national level, Emperor Hongzhi would be extremely attentive, listen carefully, and then carefully figure out, combined with his own experience in governing the country to understand.

Now that Liu Jin was talking about making and dividing cakes, he became more energetic and listened carefully.

The same goes for everyone else. Liu Jin is a child of a high-ranking person, and he can always make some remarks that everyone has never heard before. What he said is definitely worth thinking about and trying to figure out.

"Let's talk about making cakes first."

"It may be easier to understand a country by narrowing it down to a small area. Assume that in a country, there is an aristocrat who is also an official and is responsible for managing the country. There is also a gentry landlord and eight peasants."

Liu Jin looked at the crowd and continued.

Everyone listened carefully, and when they heard Liu Jin's words, they immediately understood that the aristocrat undoubtedly represented the ruling class, the gentry and landowners represented the middle class, and the peasants represented a large number of low-level ordinary people.

"In this country, farmers are responsible for making cakes. In the past, farmers could only make ten cakes a day. These ten cakes are just enough for ten people in this country, and each person gets one piece of cake."

"However, this piece of pie is obviously not enough to eat, and it is the nobles and gentry who want more pie, because the nobles and gentry have the final say on how to distribute these pies."

"So the nobles and gentry will share an extra piece of pie, and each will get two pieces of pie, which will be enough to eat, and the remaining six pieces of pie will be distributed to eight peasants."

"These eight peasants were full with one yuan each. Now that they have lost two yuan, they are even more full, but they can barely eat enough to avoid starvation."

"However, if the nobles and gentry are too greedy and feel that eating two pies is not enough, if they want to eat one more, then the remaining four pies will not be enough for eight peasants, so these peasants will Some people starve to death, and when others starve to death, they will naturally not continue like this, they will make trouble, and they will try to snatch the pie from other people's hands."

Liu Jin was explaining in simple and popular words, while Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, and Li Dongyang were listening carefully.

They are all smart people who know what Liu Jin said about the nobility, gentry, and peasants here, and they also know that this cake represents the wealth of the world.

At the same time, when they heard that farmers would starve to death and rob other people's cakes, everyone couldn't help but feel a chill. Although what Liu Jin said seemed plain, everyone knew that if it was zoomed in on the national level , what does it mean once this step is reached.

This means the peasant uprising, it means the flames of war are everywhere, it means the change of the dynasty, and it means the turmoil of the country and the country.

"But this person eats a piece of cake a day, it is indeed not enough to eat, the nobles and gentry can't eat enough, and the peasants can't eat enough, how can we break the situation?"

This idea came to everyone's minds, because everyone knows that people's desires are endless, don't expect nobles and gentry to be so noble and noble, and don't think that farmers are easy to be satisfied, you must know that nobles and gentry are also The peasants have changed.

"In the past, farmers made cakes by hand. Eight farmers could only make ten cakes a day. One day, these farmers suddenly mastered new cake-making technology, using machines instead of manpower, and they could make twenty cakes a day. Pie."

"Suddenly there are ten more cakes. Not only the rules and gentry can eat enough, but even the peasants can eat more and be fuller."

"If thirty pieces of cake can be made a day, even if the rules and gentry eat five pieces of cake a day, there will still be enough cake left for the peasants to eat."

Liu Jin continued, when it came to this point, everyone's eyes lit up, and they immediately understood what Liu Jin meant.

It is nothing more than to say that the appearance of machines has greatly improved labor efficiency. In the past, one person could only plant ten acres of land, but now with machines, it is possible to easily cultivate hundreds or even thousands of acres of land. The food produced is naturally different.

There are also a large number of factories, and the production efficiency of the factories is extremely high. In terms of cloth, the efficiency has increased by more than dozens of times compared to before.

"Of course, people are greedy. The nobles and gentry will definitely not distribute it in this way. They must find ways to occupy more pies. It's just that the huge number of farmers also need pies."

"Make the pie bigger and make more, and there will be room for distribution."

"But at the same time, a correct distribution system must be established. It cannot be said that the nobles and gentry eat too much, so that there is not enough pie for the peasants."

"Under a good distribution system, even when there are ten loaves, the whole country can maintain a good delivery order. Under a bad distribution system, even if one hundred or one thousand loaves are produced a day, the nobles and gentry occupy too much If there is too much, the peasants will still not have enough to eat, they will starve to death, and there will be turmoil in the country.”

"A perfect distribution system should first ensure that everyone in the country from top to bottom can have a bite of pie, and then consider the question of who will get full first when there are surplus pies left."

(End of this chapter)