Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1553, Family Country World

"Mr. Li seems to look down on businessmen in the south?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he pondered for a while and said.

"It's not that I look down on it, it's just that I don't agree with their approach, and I'm not on the same path as them."

"Our factories, workshops, commercial firms, etc. in the north all want to follow the example of Liu Gong, the current Minister of Officials, and the principles they follow are also advocated by Liu Gong."

"As the saying goes, a gentleman loves money and obtains it in the right way. We do business by doing business in a down-to-earth manner. What we pay attention to is the win-win situation for everyone in the family, the country, and the world."

"We have made money by opening factories, and we have to pay every penny of the tax that should be paid, because only when the imperial court has money can we better do some big things for our people and do some long-term things."

"It's like building bridges and paving roads here. I used to do some grain business, specializing in selling millet from Shanxi to the capital."

"At that time, the roads were really difficult to walk. They were all yellow mud roads. When it rained, they were so muddy that they couldn't move at all. The roads were winding and winding, and there were few bridges."

"It's not like it is now. The imperial court is rich and vigorously builds concrete roads, bridges and pavements everywhere. In the past, it took at least ten days and a half months to transport several thousand catties of millet to the capital. Now that there are roads, it takes more than three days." The time is enough, and the train is opened again, and it can be transported on the same day."

"This is really convenient and convenient for those of us who do business."

"Besides, when I was away from home, there were as many ghosts and monsters as a cow's hair, such as path cutters, road bandits and bullies blocking the road, and bandit mountain kings and so on."

"To do business, you have to spend money to buy the road. If you go to Shanxi to buy some millet, you won't make much money at all."

"Now that the imperial court has money, it has to rectify the administration of officials, and continue to fight against gangsters and bullies, etc. We merchants don't have to be afraid of these things anymore, and we don't need to spend money to buy roads anymore."

"These are all real benefits. In addition, the imperial court is rich, and the military affairs are rectified. Our army will sweep all directions and expand the territory."

"This not only obtains a large amount of land, which can immigrate people, but also means more markets for us to do business. Now, a large part of the cement in my factory is sold to Nanyun, Hezhong, Western Regions and other provinces, next year I plan to go to Nanyun Province and Hezhong to open a few more branch factories."

"Thinking about it, my hometown was in Datong, Shanxi. Every year in winter, the Tartars detained, burned, killed, and looted. I don't know how many people would die."

"How good it is now. We live in harmony with the grassland people. We are all subjects of the emperor. We exchange grain and cloth for their cattle and sheep, and they exchange their own cattle, sheep and horses for our grain, salt and cloth. Everyone can live a happy life." Well, there's nothing wrong with that."

Li Mao is also a talkative person, talking endlessly.

Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Zhang Mao, Liu Jin and others also listened carefully, nodding while listening.

"In the past, the imperial court was so poor that the treasury could starve rats to death."

"At that time, the south side was the richest, and it was far away from the border, and their lives were stable. It stands to reason that they should pay more taxes, so that the court can have money to do some big things."

"But people all over the world know that the people from the south of the Yangtze River have more silver than the emperor. Those salt merchants would blink their eyes when they threw gold leaves directly into the river. They are all rich like an enemy."

"But the common people, the salt they eat is not only of poor quality, but also very expensive, and the imperial court can't collect money, it just enriches those mountains of salt, food and so on."

"Later, Mr. Liu led everyone to start a business, build factories, go fishing, and make a living. Our young and old in the Beijing-Tianjin area also slowly grew bigger and bigger together, and gradually got the current situation."

"Liu Gong is the son of a high-ranking man. He sees the long-term and understands the principles of family, country and world."

"This country is prosperous and strong, and only we can enjoy a dignified and stable life. Over the years, my Ming Dynasty has become strong, the heavenly army has swept all directions, wiped out Japanese pirates, defeated our country, bowed its head and surrendered, swept Nanyang, and won for us The plantations were destroyed, the Tartars were attacked in the north, and the threat of the nomadic tribes in the north was eliminated."

"Let the nomadic tribes in the north live in harmony with us, have a huge pasture, a steady stream of horses and meat, and sweep the Western Regions, expand the territory, and make my Ming have a fertile land."

Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi and others were very interested in his conversation, Li Mao immediately became more energetic. Most of these things were read from newspapers.

The Daming Daily is talking about these things almost every day, about these roads, the family and the world, everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country, and when the country is strong, every Daming talent can live a better life.

The Da Ming Daily also cited a lot of examples. Everyone has actually seen it and knows it, but now listening to Li Mao say this, this is another feeling.

"Ahem, all this is the result of Tianzi's great talent, foresight, and dedication to the country and the people!"

Old Liu Jin blushed, coughed and interrupted.

"Yes, today's son is the eternal sage, and he is the blessing of hundreds of millions of people like us."

When Li Mao heard this, he also nodded solemnly.

"If it weren't for these years of expanding the territory, my Ming Dynasty would not be able to immigrate in large numbers to overseas and outside the customs. Now Liaodong has become my Ming's granary, the Western Regions, Hezhong, and grasslands have become my meat warehouse, and Nanyang has become my. Daming's cornucopia, all of these, aren't they all snatched from the barbarians because I, Ming, became stronger."

"In the final analysis, it is because our Ming court has money that we can do some long-term events that truly benefit the country and the people."

"Like before, even though the Son of Heaven wanted to govern the country, it was because the treasury was empty, many things could not be done, many important things could not be done, the frontier defense could not be consolidated and strengthened, roads and bridges could not be repaired a few times a year, and the Yellow River flooded every year. There is no money to fix it.”

"Daming at that time, it was really difficult."

"What makes people angry is that those southern businessmen, gentry and landlords, all of whom are rich and rich, would rather spend a lot of money on the Qinhuai River, and would rather bury their money in the bottom to become moldy and smelly than spend more Pay a penny of tax, so that the imperial court is impoverished and weak."

"Without strong economic support, even the Holy Son of Heaven is powerless."

At the end of Li Mao's speech, he returned to the matter of taxation.

"The newspapers said it well. This tax is collected from the people and used by the people. I didn't have any personal feelings before. Now that I think about it, it is true. The imperial court built bridges and pavements, built reservoirs, built rivers, dredged canals, and built The railway is connected to the train, sweeping the world, expanding the territory."

"Under the many great policies, all the top and bottom of Ming Dynasty have benefited infinitely."

"Our business is easy to do, and we don't have to worry about this or that. The people at the bottom can easily find jobs. If they go to work in a factory casually, they will earn tens of taels of silver a year. Casually is enough to support the family and live a life of adequate food and clothing.”

"How is it like before? Even small landlords are not as comfortable as ordinary people today."

"So, those of us who set up factories and commercial banks have enjoyed the benefits of a strong country. Naturally, we want to give back to the country and society."

"Like Liu Gong, he has many properties under his command, and he pays tens of millions of taels of tax and silver a year. When he earns silver, he doesn't want to enjoy it himself. He spends tens of millions of taels of silver every year to give back to the society."

"Building bridges and paving roads everywhere, and building schools everywhere, providing free education for people. I don't know how many children of ordinary people benefit from it. Many people don't know how many generations have been illiterate. Now children benefit from this and can read and write. It's thanks to Dade."

"All of us are learning from Mr. Liu. We do business according to our duties, work hard, and pay taxes according to regulations. After making money, we still want to give back to the society."

"I'm not afraid of your jokes. I also invested in the construction of a primary school in my hometown. Although the ability is limited, it is still enough for hundreds of children to study and study."

When he said this, Li Mao raised his chest slightly.

"Mr. Li is really a role model for my generation, I admire, admire!"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jin while listening, a little doubting whether this Li Mao was deliberately arranged by Liu Jin. Will not do such a thing.

Thinking about it carefully, Liu Jin is indeed like Li Mao said, everything is practicing such principles, the family and the country, but I didn't expect that there are many people in the north who are learning from Liu Jin.

This kind of thinking and concept is also constantly spreading along with the spread of newspapers. For later generations, this is the awakening of national consciousness and the germination and development of patriotism, which has surpassed the original idea of ​​loyalty to the monarch.

"Haha, ashamed, ashamed~"

Hearing what Emperor Hongzhi said, politely laughed even happier.

"This tax should be paid, and this tax is actually not heavy at all. 10% of the profit is actually a very light tax. You must know that in the past, it was just to open up business routes. It’s a big expense, and with poor roads, all of those things are extremely costly.”

"How good it is now, you can pay taxes according to the regulations, and you don't need to worry about other things. After all, this tax is actually very, very light."

"The country has money to do things easily, and our people enjoy many benefits. This is a win-win situation. It can't be like before. The country has no money and is always bullied. businessman."

(End of this chapter)