Da Ming Tai Shi

Chapter 445 Beware of Official Capitalization
Regarding the issue of technical patents, Yang Shiqi and Hu Sizong failed to give Chen Yunfu any substantive suggestions in the end. They knew about seven or six of them, and only one of them knew nothing about it.

No one gave any advice, and Chen Yunfu himself was struggling, so he simply put it on hold, planning to put it away for two years before reading it.

At least Guangdong is developing very well now, isn't it?

Pragmatism is still very popular, and China has not had the idea of ​​patent protection for thousands of years, and the industry and commerce pursues the doctrine of borrowing, otherwise there would be no such saying.

Learn from the barbarians to control barbarians.

Although this sentence only existed in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, this kind of thinking has been passed down for thousands of years.

Learn from other people's good things and in turn defeat others.

This is true for being an official, fighting a war, and doing business to make money.

Guangdong is still too small, at least compared to the whole country and Kyushu. As a pilot province, Guangdong must be given some time.

After staying in Guangzhou for another two days, Chen Yunfu called all the officials and merchants of the Guangdong Federation of Industry and Commerce to hold a meeting. The content of the meeting was to discuss business tax reduction and exemption.

The original four taxes and one tax will be reduced to six taxes and one tax, but the deduction method will be abolished.

That is to say, in the future, the various tax departments in Guangdong will no longer be able to use real objects to offset national taxes, and all of them will be replaced by gold and silver.

This can also be regarded as Chen Yunfu's preparations in advance for the implementation of a whip method across the country in the future.

"Guangdong's situation is clear in my heart. Gold and silver are the most scarce. The imperial court needs gold and silver to stabilize the value of copper coins as private currency and ensure that there will be no uncontrollable inflation in the future."

After staying in Guangdong for a few years, Hu Sizong can understand what inflation is. This chief envoy now feels more and more like a post-modern official, and the traditional bureaucratic local taste and decadent old feudal taste are getting more and more serious. light.

"That's it, I'm gone."

Chen Yunfu didn't delay any longer, and after explaining all the things in Guangdong, he boarded the car and left. Hu Sizong sent him ten miles away from Guangzhou. Before the final parting, Chen Yunfu talked to Hu Sizong again.

"Guangdong has developed very well and rapidly in the past few years. The more this is the case, the more you have to pay more attention to it, and you need to know the truth that things must go against each other."

Hu Sizong nodded solemnly: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely remember it."

Seeing off Chen Yunfu, Hu Sizong picked his head and went back to the yamen. As soon as Wu Shigao, the prefect of Guangzhou, entered the door, he couldn't wait to say: "Fantai, Guangdong Federation of Industry and Commerce will hold a banquet tonight, saying that we want to thank the imperial court for reducing their taxes."

Hu Sizong interrupted him before he finished speaking.

"Prefect Wu, do you want to invite me to a banquet with you?"

"I don't know if Fantai is willing to honor it?"

Hu Sizong didn't say a word, just held the tea boat and fell silent, then looked at Wu Shigao thoughtfully and said: "Prefect Wu, I found that since the establishment of the Federation of Industry and Commerce, officials at the provincial level seem to be getting closer and closer to the Federation of Industry and Commerce. It's getting closer."

Wu Shigao's face froze, and he said with a sneer, "Is there any? It's not because after the establishment of the Canton Stock Exchange, it's because of fear that criminals will exploit the people's wealth. The lower officials and others also want to strengthen supervision."

When there was no Federation of Industry and Commerce before, Chen Xi and the others were just businessmen. In order to avoid suspicion and prevent local rumors of collusion between officials and businessmen, local officials like Wu Shigao approached Chen Xi and other wealthy businessmen very cautiously on weekdays.

But it's different now, now that Chen Xi and the others have official identities, it's easy for everyone to sit together and talk to the outside world.

The main purpose of discussing Guangdong's future economic development is to enrich people's livelihood, shouldn't it?

Wherever we drink wine, it's all about worrying about the common people.

"You go, I won't go."

After Hu Sizong said this, he closed his eyes and stopped talking to Wu Shigao, and at the same time he was thinking about what Chen Yunfu said when he left.

It seems that Chen Yunfu had a foresight long ago. After seeing the rapid economic development of Guangdong, he predicted that the collusion between government and businessmen would become more and more serious, so he told Hu Sizong to be more careful.

While encouraging the prosperity of capital, we must be more careful about corruption in the way of collapse.

The extremes of things must be reversed, and the extremes of things must be reversed.

Once the officials are capitalized, they are not far from accidents.

The faster Guangdong is developing now, if something really happens, it is very likely that it will go back to ten years ago.

Even more terrifying.

Thinking of this, Hu Sizong raised his eyelids again, only to find that Wu Shigao had left at some point, and the hall was empty.

It seems that these officials are rushing to have a drink with Chen Xi and the others again.

This is indeed the case, Wu Shigao and other officials went straight to the Federation of Industry and Commerce after they left the Yamen, where they celebrated with wealthy merchants such as Chen Xi.

"The imperial court reduced and exempted commercial taxes, and our industries are bound to develop more rapidly in the future. With more revenue, the financial statements will look good, and the stock price on the Canton Stock Exchange will also rise."

Zhang Yu shook his head excitedly, as if seeing a bright future ahead, Le's mouth grinned wide.

"President Zhang, don't be too happy too soon."

Chen Xi, who is always heavy, is not as smug as Zhang Yu, but said in a deep voice: "A few days ago, some Arab friends of this old man brought a news that Quanzhou Shipping Department is developing very fast now, and I have a lot of confidence. The rear is catching up with our momentum in Guangzhou."

"Quanzhou?"

Zhang Yuchi let out a sneer: "Last year, the tax revenue of the Quanzhou Shipping Department was only over 370 million taels, which was less than 2000% of that in Guangzhou. What a threat. Besides, with the Canton Stock Exchange this year, by the end of the year, The tax that Guangdong pays to the imperial court is expected to exceed [-] million taels, Guangzhou and Quanzhou, which one is more important and which one is less, the old man King Yu still can't figure it out?"

"That's it."

"President Zhang is right."

A large group of people at the banquet were clamoring to support Zhang Yu's statement.

"Twenty percent of the world's finances and taxes come from our Guangdong province, not to mention that the imperial court still owes our Guangdong tens of millions of taels of national debt. Without our Guangzhou Shipping Department, officials in the world will have problems eating."

"Don't tell me, we in Guangdong have raised all the officials in the world for the imperial court."

Chen Xi frowned slightly: "This kind of thing is not allowed to be said in the future, all the officials in the world are raised by the imperial court, and are raised by King Yu, not only the officials, but all of us here are also raised by King Yu and the imperial court.

Without the imperial court, where would there be a Shibo department, and where would we have to talk with our brains. "

Wu Shigao was sitting at the top, beside Chen Xi, who had been silent before, but now he also spoke.

"Before my official came today, Fantai also made a special statement, and his attitude seemed to be a little unhappy that the Guangdong officialdom and your Federation of Industry and Commerce got too close.

Mr. Chen, collusion between government and businessmen has always been a taboo. Although we are now discussing the state affairs together, we still need to be careful in some places, and don't ruin the good situation because of some gossip. "

Chen Xi nodded, and then gave Zhang Yu a hard look.

The latter buried his head in embarrassment, but his heart was 1 unhappy.

Mountains of gold and silver, I don't believe it can't satisfy the appetite of the imperial court!

(End of this chapter)