Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2024, too many people have offended
Listening to the ministers clamoring for the mining franchise, Emperor Hongzhi's face became gloomy.

Who doesn't know that Zhu Houzhao, the son of Emperor Hongzhi, is now the major shareholder of Daming Petroleum Company, the largest oil company in Daming, and the annual profits that this can bring are beyond the imagination of outsiders.

Others don't know it, but Emperor Hongzhi knows it clearly.

Now clamoring for the imperial court to monopolize it, it seems that it is for the great Ming court, for the sake of the country, and it is talking about hype, but Emperor Hongzhi knows it clearly.

These people have taken a fancy to the huge profits of oil!
The price of oil has always been high, the market demand is getting stronger and stronger, and the growth is very fast and stable. It can be predicted that in the next few decades or hundreds of years, oil will be an important resource and wealth.

Now there are many people who see oil money, but ordinary people are naturally desperately looking for oil to make a fortune in various places in Ming Dynasty, but these people are ingenious, and they even say that they want to be monopolized by the imperial court.

The slogan is very good, for the imperial court, to regulate the market, to protect cultivated land, water sources and so on.

But in fact, it is only for their own interests.

If it is really private, it will fatten officials at all levels, large and small, and those oil management officials. It will be less and less, and in the end it may not be as much as the tax money received by oil companies.

Of course, these are big aspects. On a small level, this will greatly damage the interests of his son Zhu Houzhao. He can earn a lot of money every year by mining oil by himself. Isn't it good to put it in his pocket?

"Humph!"

"These people don't have it themselves, but they have a big appetite and a very heavy burden. They are not afraid of death if they snatch food from the tiger's mouth."

Emperor Hongzhi looked coldly at these ministers one by one, yelling at the benefits of the imperial court's monopoly.

I am becoming more and more disgusted with these conservative officials.

I didn't feel that way before, but now the more I look at them, the more unpleasant it is.

You can't do anything bad, you can think of bad things, and fighting for power and profit is the most powerful.

"It's really a group of greedy and brainless people. Oil, gold, silver, copper and iron are all subject to the monopoly of the imperial court?"

"I don't even look at whose hands these resources are now in. Even if the court can pass, when it comes time to execute, I'm afraid there will be countless resistance."

"Aside from other things, on the Golden Continent alone, those gold mine owners and silver mine owners will definitely not agree. Why should the gold mines and silver mines that have been found and excavated so hard be handed over to the imperial court? "

"What's more, can this really end up in the hands of the imperial court?"

"In the end, I didn't say it was cheap, you people."

Han Wen has been silent, thinking quickly in his mind.

It sounds nice on the surface, but it's not for my own benefit.

I don't even look at how many people's interests will be harmed by this policy.

In this court alone, the complexions of many ministers have become extremely ugly, especially the military generals and nobles, their eyes are all red, and they look like they are about to kill.

Duke Zhang Lun of England, Duke Xu Guangzuo of Dingguo, Duke Zhu Fu of Chengguo, Duke Yang Yun of Australia, and many civil servants, all of them have a lot of property in various parts of Ming Dynasty.

Among them are oil, gold mines, iron mines, copper mines, etc. For people like Liu Jin, Zhang Lun, and Xu Guangzuo, even if there is less oil, it doesn't matter much, it's nothing more than one less Industry, the impact is not very big.

But for some ministers, the family may be supported by a few oil fields, a few gold mines, iron mines, copper mines, silver mines, etc. If you say that you want to implement imperial monopoly, it doesn’t move them. lifeblood?
"Minister, I object!"

"Oil mining encroaching on fertile land and polluting water sources only need to be strictly regulated and punished. Naturally, such things can be avoided. There are problems in all walks of life. Are all industries under the exclusive control of the imperial court?"

"For those things that bully men and women, buy and sell by force, I think this must be the inaction and acquiescence of local officials, or some bullying. Regarding such things, the court should strictly investigate and deal with them, crack down on bullies, and eradicate adultery. Get rid of violence and eliminate harm for the people."

"It's not just that such things happen in the oil field, there are people like this in various places in Ming Dynasty, and in various industries. The key is that our officials at all levels in Ming Dynasty must do something, and we can't condone adultery, or even cover up and condone."

"The monopoly of the imperial court will only be the same as the previous salt industry. The imperial court does not receive any tax money, but the people eat the extremely expensive coarse salt. In the end, it is the salt merchants and officials at all levels in charge of the salt industry who really benefit. official."

"Later, the imperial court opened up the salt industry. Not only did the imperial court receive considerable taxes every year, but the common people also enjoyed good quality and cheap salt."

"More than [-] years ago, a catty of salt cost tens of pennies, and it was coarse salt, soaked in sand. However, now, the best snowflake salt is only a few pennies per catty. The industry tax can always be maintained at a few million taels, which is truly for the sake of the people, and both the court and the people have benefited."

"Once the monopoly of oil is implemented, not only the production of oil will drop sharply, but the price of oil will inevitably remain high, and the silver that the court can get will definitely fall in two years."

"In the end, it will only be cheaper for those moths who are like salt merchants!"

A minister stood up and said extremely angrily. When he looked at the conservative officials, it was as if he saw a deadly enemy. He compared them to the former salt merchants.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks what Li Gong said is reasonable!"

"The imperial government's monopoly cannot solve the problem. There are various problems in all walks of life. The key is for the imperial court to issue laws and regulations to regulate them. Officials at all levels must effectively implement the imperial court's policies and regulations."

"In the past, the imperial court specialized in salt and iron. The output of salt and iron was limited and the price was high. The imperial court benefited little, but the people suffered unspeakably. In the end, it was nothing more than fattening those salt merchants and related officials at all levels."

"It was precisely because we saw the disadvantages of the monopoly of salt and iron that the restrictions were lifted and private individuals were gradually allowed to enter. This is how we are prosperous today."

"Today, the output of salt and iron in my Ming Dynasty is ten times or a hundred times that of before. The imperial tax and silver have been increasing steadily, the needs of the people have been met, and the price is cheap, which has greatly promoted the prosperity and prosperity of our Ming society."

"Firstly, the monopoly of the imperial court will cause the output to drop year after year due to the monopoly of the imperial court, which cannot meet the needs of the people. Second, it will not benefit the court or the common people. It will only make some people as rich as the salt merchants in the world."

"Thirdly, the oil, gold, silver, copper, iron and other mineral industries in my Ming Dynasty are very important, involving many industries and a large population, and are related to the livelihood of millions of people. How can we act recklessly!"

Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu stood up and looked at Yang Ting and these conservative ministers coldly.

Ma Dan wants to take away Lao Tzu's oil mines, gold, copper mines, and iron mines, and see if I don't tear you up.

Zhu Fu has a large number of oil wells, gold mines, railways and copper mines under his command. Not to mention the oil, it is a good business to collect money. Gold and silver are dug out for money.

The current prices of copper ore and iron ore are also quite good, especially now that Daming has a very strong demand for steel, and iron is needed in all aspects, which also makes the prices of steel and iron ore quite good.

Not to mention the value of copper, especially now that the power industry is developing rapidly, the demand for copper is getting stronger and stronger, and the price of copper has been soaring.

These people just opened their mouths and said they wanted to return to the imperial court. If they were sincerely for the imperial court, they would have nothing to say. The key is that these people's peeing nature will definitely find a way to get it into their own pockets in the end.

Do you really think that you can transfer the hard-earned property of others to your own pocket by just talking about it?
Don't know how to die by then.

There are countless people who have gold mines, silver mines, iron mines, copper mines, and oil in the ruling and opposition parties. Maybe you can still be arrogant on the mainland of Daming.

If this is in Daming Overseas, outside the customs and other places, the mining owners in these places can teach you how to be a man in minutes, and they want to steal everyone's property, just dream.

Everyone does not steal or rob, pay taxes to the court honestly, rely on your own property, if you move, you will definitely fight desperately with you people.

Now when it comes to franchising, the threat is not limited to these industries, and it will definitely pose a huge threat to other industries.

Today we engage in oil, gold and silver, etc., but tomorrow we will take back our plantations and pastures for exclusive use, and the day after tomorrow, will we even take back our factories and commercial banks for exclusive use?

Do you really think that you civil servants can really decide everything in the world if you are an official in the government and the opposition?

"Your Majesty, Duke Cheng is right!"

"The franchise will not benefit the imperial court or the common people. It will only benefit some of the Ming moths, turning them into the same moths of the Ming Dynasty as the salt merchants. In the end, they will eat away my country and society."

"Your Majesty, what the imperial court has to do is to regulate all walks of life and maintain social order, fairness and justice, not all industries and industries are involved."

"If oil, gold, copper and iron are all owned by the imperial court today, will factories and commercial firms in various industries also be acquired by the imperial court tomorrow?"

"Does the imperial court have so many officials to manage it?"

"Can these officials manage these industries well?"

"In the end, it will only harm the interests of the common people, and it will be useless and meaningless to the imperial court. It will only make those big Ming moths eat their brains full of fat~"

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One after another, ministers of the practical faction and military generals stood up to express their strong opposition.

(End of this chapter)