Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2255, restricting the industrial development of overseas vassal states and colonies
Wang Shouren has a headache, and the textile industry has a lot to do with it.

Although the current Ming Empire is developing rapidly and a large number of emerging industries are rising, the textile industry is still a very important industry and field.

"If Liu Jin was here, he would definitely be able to think of a way to deal with it."

Wang Shouren thought of Liu Jin again.

There are very few people who can make Wang Shouren admire, and Liu Jin is one of them.

Wang Shouren admired Liu Jin's talent, character and other aspects, especially when Wang Shouren himself took the position of the chief assistant of the cabinet, he could better understand the decisions and systems that Liu Jin made before. How useful and wise.

Among other things, it is just the evaluation system for officials. Under this system, officials need to focus most of their energy on their own performance. Only when they have made political achievements can they have the opportunity to be promoted.

So many things, the underground officials will find a way to do it well, such as building bridges and paving roads, attracting investment, etc. In the past, these officials under their hands are not only dead bodies, but also only thinking about helping people. Forming factions, building relationships, intrigue and so on.

When the entire court revolves around these things, it not only delays important national events, but also greatly consumes the energy of the main decision makers such as the emperor, cabinet ministers, and six ministers, leaving them no time and energy to deal with them. Really think about the major events and directions of the entire country.

It doesn't matter whether Liu Jin is lazy or smart, anyway, under Liu Jin's system, there are actually not many things that the cabinet needs to deal with every day, and only big things come here.

The previous memos such as flattery and greetings have been greatly reduced, and even basically disappeared. The written content is also as concise as possible, and it is no longer smelly and long like a dead woman's foot wrap.

Wang Shouren thought of Liu Jin, and thought of how he would deal with the current situation if Liu Jin was in this position.

"Maybe it's time to send a telegram to Liu Jin. I don't know where Liu Jin is going to visit the mountains and rivers now?"

"He really knows how to choose the time. At this critical time, he resigned from office and went to visit mountains and rivers. My old man in his 60s is working hard here, and he in his 50s actually started to travel in mountains and rivers. It's water."

"His life plan is really unexpected!"

Thinking of Liu Jin, Wang Shouren couldn't help shaking his head. This Liu Jin always does things that people can't imagine.

If it were someone else, in their 50s and in good health, they would definitely continue to work in the position of Chief Assistant of the Cabinet.

What's more, the emperor trusted Liu Jin very much, and there was no reason to resign from office at all.

But Liu Jin is not an ordinary person, and his life plan is different from others.

It doesn't matter whether you know how to retreat bravely from the rapids, or you can enjoy life, in short, Liu Jin is so unique. He started to travel around the world when he was in his 50s, enjoying life and life.

As for power, let it go as soon as you say it is put down, so straightforward and straightforward, without the slightest nostalgia, even after resigning, Liu Jinna was indifferent to the affairs of the government and the opposition, and did not give himself this old man. A friend wrote a letter or something.

I have to send telegrams and write letters to Liu Jin by myself. If other people find out, they will think that they are at odds with Liu Jin, and they have no correspondence with each other.

While Wang Shouren was worrying about the upcoming thunderstorm in the textile industry and thinking hard about how to deal with it, on the other side, at the Wangyue Tower in Beijing, many leaders in the textile industry of the Ming Dynasty also gathered together to discuss the current relationship with the entire textile industry. The future of the industry.

"Hey, my warehouse is now full of goods from several large warehouses, and they haven't gone out at all. The total of these goods is more than 200 million taels of silver. This is produced when my factory only works for half a day every day. of."

"If I can't sell it anymore, I will have to suspend work. If those skilled workers leave by then, it will be difficult to start it again in the future."

Li Zhenting breathed out and said that the Li's Colorful Textile Factory he opened is one of the top ten leaders in the textile industry in the Ming Dynasty. It mainly produces cloth, garments, and shoes, and employs more than 10 skilled workers.

"You're fine, your family is big, your business is big, other businesses are still doing well, and you still have working capital, so I'm miserable, all my money is on it, and now several big warehouses are all full, and I dare not stop. "

"Another loan on Yinhe's side is due soon. If I can't repay the loan with money, I will go bankrupt."

Hu Wanli, the owner of Jinxiu Textile Factory, who is also one of the top ten in the textile industry in Ming Dynasty, also said with a sigh.

His worrying hair is all white now, thinking of the bank loan that is about to expire, he is so worried that if it is not paid, then the house, land, manor, plantation, etc. will all be given by the bank. take away.

"I don't know what's going on, our products just can't be sold."

Someone then said: "The current price is even cheaper than before. Even if we sell at a loss, we can't sell it. Some of my old customers don't buy my products now."

"They said that in some overseas colonies and vassal states, the goods here are much cheaper than our prices."

"It's okay if you don't say it, but I get angry when I talk about this period."

"Those textile factories in overseas colonies and vassal states use slaves in their factories, as long as they stutter, the cost is of course very low."

"It's different for us. Our Daming's labor is too expensive. A worker has to be paid at least 100 taels a year, and they only work eight hours a day, and they have to rest on holidays and so on. They also take weekends off."

"The factories in overseas vassal states and colonies are different. They all use slaves. They don't pay wages at all. They can work 12 hours a day, all year round."

"No matter how cheap our goods are, we can't compare with them. They still make a good profit at the price we sell at a loss. There is no way to compare."

When Li Zhenting heard this, he immediately said helplessly.

Of course, they are also very clear about the situation of those textile factories overseas, because they all know each other, and even many people have transferred part of the textile industry to overseas colonies and vassal states.

"If this continues, we will all be played to death by them. We will open factories on the local side of Daming, pay taxes to the imperial court, and increase employment."

"Those overseas vassal states and colonial factories didn't pay taxes in our Daming at all, but their cloth can be sold back to our Daming Empire, stealing our market."

"This is very unfair to us. I think we should jointly write a letter to the imperial court to let the imperial court restrict the industrial development of overseas colonies and vassal states, and not allow overseas colonies and vassal states to operate factories."

"Otherwise, in the future, not only the textile industry, but also other industries will be completely shattered by the overseas colonies and vassal states. They have extremely cheap labor, while our local labor in Daming is getting more and more expensive."

Hu Wanli also said in deep agreement.

"It doesn't matter if there are no restrictions, but we must also be allowed to use slaves, otherwise we won't be able to do it at all."

"Or it is necessary to reduce workers' wages, extend working hours, cancel holidays, etc. Otherwise, if our employers can't survive, they will close down at that time, and their workers will have nothing to eat."

Li Zhenting thought for a while and added.

In fact, on the local side of Ming Dynasty, there has always been a strong call for the liberalization of slave restrictions, especially in these labor-intensive industries.

The rising labor wages in the Ming Empire put pressure on capitalists like them, especially labor-intensive industries, which were increasingly affected.

Many overseas colonies and vassal states have no such restrictions. They can use slaves, and the labor cost is extremely cheap, and it can even be said to be negligible.

These cheap products not only rob the overseas market, but also hit the local market of Ming Dynasty, causing the capitalists of Ming Dynasty to complain endlessly.

However, there is free trade between the mainland of the Ming Dynasty and the overseas colonies and vassal states, and there are no restrictions on each other, and no additional tariffs will be imposed.

Even the currency is unified, so far overseas vassal states and colonies have not issued their own currency, because even if some vassal states and colonies issued their own currency, everyone did not accept or recognize it, and the market could not circulate In the end, they still had to use Ming's silver coins and banknotes.

"If the imperial court doesn't think about us, then we can only move to overseas colonies and vassal states, otherwise we won't be able to survive at all."

"Yes, if there is no other way, they will definitely have to move out. By then, the court will have to pay a lot less tax, and a large number of workers will lose their jobs."

"I think we should express our thoughts to the imperial court together, and see if there will be any measures from the imperial court."

"I think it's okay. The entire textile industry of our Ming Dynasty is related to the livelihood of tens of millions of people, and it is related to the employment of a large number of people and a large amount of tax revenue. The imperial court must attach great importance to it."

Numerous capitalists are constantly discussing and discussing the matter of petitioning here.

For them, based on their cognition, they attribute the problem to the unfair competition from overseas markets, but they do not fully realize that the main reason for the problem is that Overcapacity, the cause of serious imbalance between supply and demand.

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(End of this chapter)