Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2257, Can't treat foot pain

"Your Majesty, I think that the national policy formulated by the imperial court is based on the long-term prosperity of the entire Ming Empire. How can you easily change the national policy because of the crisis in the textile industry!"

"If there is a crisis in other industries in the future, can they also use this to coerce the court to change policies and formulate a system that is beneficial to their industries?"

As soon as Li Kun finished speaking, Zhong Fan immediately expressed his objection.

"In terms of tariffs, our Ming Dynasty did not impose additional tariffs on overseas vassal states, colonies, and vassal states, and they also did not impose additional tariffs on our Ming products."

"All the industrial products of our Ming Empire can be sold all over the world. If we look at the meaning of the textile industry, should these vassal states and colonies also impose additional tariffs on the industrial products of our Ming Empire for the sake of their own industrial development? ?”

"At that time, other steel, cement, chemical, automobile, machinery and other industries will also be greatly affected, and overseas markets will become volatile."

"Tariffs are relative. Our Ming Dynasty is exempt from tariffs for overseas vassal states and colonies, and they are also exempt from tariffs for us. Generally speaking, it is our Ming Empire that benefits."

"Because we can obtain cheap raw materials and vast markets from overseas colonies, vassal states, and vassal states, the products of our many industries can be dumped all over the world."

"The main problem in the textile industry now is that there are too many factories and too much production capacity. The market doesn't need so many clothes and shoes at all."

"Wait until some factories close and the number of factories decreases, then the market will rebalance."

"Even if we raise tariffs and restrict the entry of overseas textiles, our local textile factories in Daming will still face the same problem."

"This is basically a solution to the symptoms rather than the root cause. What's more, the people of Daming overseas are also the people of the emperor, and they are also the descendants of our Daming. They have always been treated equally."

As expected of Zhong Fan, who has been with Liu Jin for many years, his research and understanding of economics is more profound than that of ordinary people, and he is better able to see the essence and root cause of the crisis.

"Makes sense!"

When the others heard it, they also nodded.

The Ming Empire not only had a textile industry, but other industries were also very large, such as steel and cement-based infrastructure industries, machinery, automobiles, and motorcycles-based machinery industries, and electricity, telephones, telegraphs, electrical appliances, etc. electrical industry, etc.

The scale of these industries is larger, the output value is higher, the number of employees is also huge, and the average income is much higher than that of the textile industry. They also need to rely on the huge global market.

"What Mr. Zhong said makes sense."

"The textile association's request is very unreasonable."

"The rest and bathing system is a very reasonable system. It works eight hours a day and works five days a week. This is strictly calculated and considered, and it is in line with people's living and working habits."

"It is also a system formulated for the health of our Daming people and to promote people's consumption."

"If the workers are just locked up in the factory to work all day and night without rest for a year, the workers will definitely not be able to bear it at that time, and if they keep locked up, the workers will have nothing to consume, and the entire market will go further. Shrinkage, all walks of life will be greatly affected."

"At that time, no one will shop in the mall, no one will watch football in the stadium, and no one will watch movies in the cinema. All industries will be affected."

"This is a very undesirable method, and it is also a way to kill the chicken and get the eggs."

After Wang Shouren pondered for a while, he also expressed his opinion.

The people of these textile chambers of commerce are really short-sighted and have no vision at all.

Why did Liu Jin formulate the rest and mu system?

It was not to stimulate the consumer market. At the beginning, workers worked in the factory all day long, and the money they earned was not spent, so the market could not rise.

Later, the eight-hour work system gave you two days off on weekends. If you have nothing to do, you have to walk around and have a look.

When I encounter clothes and shoes I like, I will always buy them. Maybe one pair was enough before, but now I may buy 10 pairs and feel that it is too little.

When you come across something you like to eat, you will always go out, and you have time to watch football games, theaters, and movies, and the consumption power of the entire market can be greatly improved.

As the market improves, the life of enterprises will naturally be easier, and the products produced will not worry about selling.

Now he actually said that he would do the opposite, and in the opposite way, he would have to live the previous life again.

Believe it or not, the crisis will only get worse by then, and now only the textile industry is in crisis. Once the rest system is abolished, then all walks of life may be in crisis.

If no one goes to eat in restaurants and restaurants, it will be more difficult to do business. No one goes to watch movies, ball games, and operas in stadiums, theaters, and movie theaters. These industries will also become withered.

No one goes shopping on the commercial street, how can these shops survive?

"Makes sense!"

When everyone heard it, they also nodded.

"Your Majesty, what the prince said is right!"

Others also expressed their support.

Ma Dan, abolishing the rest and bath system, do you want everyone to get up in the middle of the night like before to catch the morning morning?

Or should it be the same as before, after becoming an official, there will be no rest days throughout the year, and you will have to focus on the government affairs of the court?
Are you having an uncomfortable day now?
Or is it that the operation of the Ming Empire is worse and less smooth than before?

Each of these textile industry owners knew the difficulties and problems in front of them. How could they see the situation of the entire Ming Dynasty?

"Increasing tariffs and removing the holidays are not going to work."

Zhu Houzhao said firmly after thinking about it.

The Son of Heaven is not only the emperor of the Ming Empire, but also the emperor of the vassal states, vassal states, and colonies of the Ming Dynasty. This alone must be maintained.

This is also the principle that all vassal states, vassal states, and colonies have always followed.

This is actually more free and convenient than the free trade zone of later generations. Generally speaking, it is beneficial to everyone, and the one who benefits the most is actually the Ming Empire.

Because the Ming Empire is now the largest industrial country, almost all industrial products are available in the Ming Empire, and they are all the largest and most sound.

Relying on its powerful industry, the Ming Empire could continuously plunder wealth from all over the world.

Overseas vassal states, vassal states, and colonies mostly acted as the raw material origin and consumer market of the Ming Empire.

If the Ming Empire starts to play tariff protection, then other vassal states, vassal states and colonies will follow suit. Do you think these overseas vassal states, vassal states and colonies don’t know this?
Or are they willing to just be the source of raw materials?
Obviously there are many people with ambitions and ideas, but under the system established by the Ming Empire, everyone can only do things according to the current system.

For these colonies, vassal states, and vassal states, they don't need to develop too comprehensive industries, they only need to become bigger and stronger in one field.

Relying on the huge system of the Ming Empire, they can live a very nourishing life.

For example, some small colonies and vassal states, they only need to simply grow cotton and sugar cane to live a good life.

Because cotton and sugar cane can be exported to Daming, and then buy a large amount of goods they need from Daming, if everyone plays tariffs.

At that time, if additional tariffs are imposed on the cotton and sugar cane of small colonies and small feudal states, they will not be able to survive.

The whole system is dominated by the Ming Empire, and the system in which numerous vassal states, vassal states, and colonies revolve around the Ming Empire was the system formulated by Liu Jin at the beginning.

Unified currency, unified language and writing, all kinds of weights and measures, etc. are also unified, and even social customs and many other things are unified.

Such a wide range of free trade is beneficial to any of them.

Everyone performs their own duties and plays their respective roles well.

Relying on its own advantages, industries with development advantages can lead a good life.

If you have mines, you can mine them. If you have good natural conditions, you can develop agriculture, such as planting sugar cane and cotton. The Ming Empire has a good industrial foundation, good education, and advanced technology, so you can develop industries.

Such a system is beneficial to everyone.

Only a fool shoots himself in the foot.

As for the Xiumu system, of course it is impossible for Zhu Houzhao to cancel it. He himself is a lazy person. If he goes to court every day, Zhu Houzhao will also go crazy.

You have to rest for two days a week, and you have to rest for a few days on holidays. Isn’t that good? Everyone can rest, and they can go around to play, spend, and spend. What a wonderful time.

Of course, in the eyes of these capitalists, workers are just tools, not people. It doesn’t matter whether they rest or not.

"Your Majesty, but the textile industry is related to the employment of 2000 million people, so we can't ignore it."

Li Kun thought for a while and continued.

"At that time, these textile factories and so on may all be relocated to overseas colonies and vassal states. Our Ming Dynasty will have a lot less tax revenue, and the common people will also lose a lot of jobs."

Hearing Li Kun's words, everyone frowned again, not knowing what to do.

"It would be great if Liu Jin was here, he must have a solution."

Zhu Houzhao immediately thought of Liu Jin.

PS: Ask for tickets~~
(End of this chapter)