The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 276 Monsters of the Future - Royal Renaissance Corporation
After figuring out the colonization problem, Mo Zibu discovered that paying money was the only way to solve it.

The window of relative peace between him and the Qing Dynasty is now three years at most, and five years at most.

Because in five years at most, Mo Zibu would be able to unify Annan and border the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time reach an agreement with the newly enthroned Louis XVI to destroy the Netherlands to a certain extent and stabilize the rear.

By then, the relationship between Mo Zibu and the Qing Dynasty will definitely become very bad. If you still want to lure people to Southeast Asia so easily, that is definitely impossible.

Therefore, we should take advantage of the fact that the Governor-General's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi and the Governor-General's Office of Fujian and Zhejiang still have some relationship and recruit people to go to Southeast Asia.

Regardless of whether these people were suitable for colonization or not, they were first pulled down and then sent to Qui Nhon for study and training, and then sent to various places in Southeast Asia to colonize.

This also has another advantage. When the Chinese people arranged by Mo Zibu arrive in various places, it is equivalent to receiving his favor.

For example, if the immigrants were resettled in Borneo, and when Mozibu's sons grew up, they could be arranged to be kings there, and the people would be able to accept it.

Under the current situation, if Mo Zibu appointed one of his sons as king in Songcheng and gave it to Wu Rang, Wu Rang would definitely not be convinced, and in the eyes of others, it would be an ugly act of greed.

Thinking of the next measures, Mo Zibu couldn't help but smile bitterly while writing letters to Huang Zhongtong in Guangdong and Chen Xu in Fujian to convey the order.

Unexpectedly, Mo Zibu would eventually have to buy piglets. Originally, he did not want to do this at all. That feeling was too painful for the Chinese.

But reality does not give us any chance to choose. As history has proven, the most convenient and fastest way is the one that is most convenient and fastest. Although it may not be so moral, it is more efficient.

What Mo Zibu could do was to try his best to improve the conditions of the ships that brought people south so that the immigrants would suffer less.

Watching Mo Zibu finish writing the decree, Lin Tong said to him, "Your Majesty, our Xingtang Palace is now considered a great country in the south of the world, and this involves the issue of buying people from the mainland to show our favor.

I believe it is time to clearly separate the king's private property from the national treasury."

Mo Zibu nodded. He had also thought about this matter. As the territory gradually expanded, he certainly could not do everything at once like before.

So, what are the private properties that currently belong to Mo Zibu?
Tin mining privileges in Ha Tien, tin roughing plants in Ha Tien and Pattani, tin transport fleet, Pattani First Arsenal, and Nakhon Si Thammarat Second Arsenal.

The bird's nest industry shares that Wu Rang of Songcheng presented to him, the shares of the Jeddah Tin Mine that Ye Fengchang presented to him, and the jade industry that he cooperated with the Fucha family.

All industries and taxes in the entire Tancheng area, all tin and gold mines on both sides of the Pahang River, and the newly built Pahang City.

Mo Zibu calculated carefully and found that the annual profit of these industries was about one million and four hundred thousand taels of silver.

The main profits came from the monopoly of the Nanyang tin trade privilege, which brought about 700,000 taels of profit, the nearly 100,000 taels of profit generated by the two arsenals, and the jade industry profit of about 80,000 taels per year.

I don't know, I was taken aback.

If it were divided, the financial revenue of the entire Xingtang Prefecture would drop sharply from the current two million and ten taels of silver to seven or eight hundred thousand taels. After supporting the navy and army, there would be little money left.

Moreover, the Qing Dynasty is too important to him. It accounts for more than half of his total income, and this does not include the profits from the merchant ships controlled by the Hexian Mo family's trade with Guangzhou.

In addition to these things that generate profits every year, Mo Zibu also has several properties that need to be divided up and their use and ownership clarified.

One was the various treasures, antiques, silks, gold and silver wares, and various gold and silver currencies he had looted from the Konbaung Dynasty, the Tây Sơn Army, and the Bắc Hồng Army, with a value of about three million taels of silver.

Second, there are about 300,000 taels of designated military notes issued in recent years. Some of these military notes have been exchanged, while some have not. They are military salaries and rewards that have been issued but not redeemed immediately.

In addition, the Tiangong Institute and its laboratories, which were established by Mo Zibu with donations in the name of two arsenals, are even more important assets.

The montmorillonite powder in the laboratory can be mass-produced soon, and significant progress has also been made in the preservation of allicin. It is estimated that it will be possible to make it into a medicine within three years at most.

At the same time, the extraction of quinine can also be produced on a small scale.

Compared to these, the minor improvements in gunpowder formula and other things are almost negligible.

It can be said that the pharmaceutical company established in the future relying on the Tiangong Institute laboratory will definitely become a cash cow in Mo Zibu's hands.

Because montmorillonite powder, allicin and quinine water are the weapons and guarantees for colonization.

It seems that I really need an Internal Affairs Department, Mo Zibu thought, touching his chin.

However, this cannot be turned into a privileged official business like the Imperial Household Department. The Qing Dynasty has already proved how bad this thing is.

The only option is to establish a company directly controlled by the royal family, like the British East India Company.

Although it is also very prone to corruption, it is at least a little more advanced than the Imperial Household Department model.

Mo Zibu immediately started to reform the financial system. After completing the basic design, he asked his ministers to discuss it.

King Mo incorporated the trading industry, including all tin mining-related companies and trade-related industries, into the trading company.

These companies, which had previously paid no taxes during the Hexian era and only turned over their profits to the Mo family, would also have to start paying taxes. This was also a signal sent by Mo Zibu: if he had to pay taxes, no one else's company would be able to evade taxes either.

Even the vassal's property is the same, it's just a matter of tax rate.

The other two arsenals were incorporated into the arms company. The two arsenals have separate accounting systems and are independent of each other, but they are also included in the tax calculation.

Of course, the remaining gold mines, tin mines, and jade industries also belong to Mo Zibu himself, and he established a mining company.

Then, trade, arms, and mining, plus the pharmaceutical company that could be established based on the laboratory in the future, were all incorporated into a large group company.

Mo Zibu planned to name this large group that was about to be established Fuxing Company.

In the future, Fuxing Company will become a tool for King Mo to make money, and it will definitely grow into a monster that includes various categories.

But this monster will provide Mo Zibu with abundant means and funds for the future Northern Expedition, colonial competition and even the promotion of industry and commerce.

Until history no longer needs it, Mo Zibu will dismember this big monster with his own hands.

Of the three million taels in the treasury, Mo Zibu took one and a half million taels and put them into his private vault.

The remaining financial goods and the military bill system were used to establish money shops, with plans to establish a central bank in the future, and then gradually unify all currencies and control the right to mint coins.

Prime Minister Pei Jiannan glanced at Mo Zibu and understood that this was inevitable.

In the past, Hexian was a port city-state, so there was no public or private distinction, because Mo Tianci was Hexian, and Hexian was Mo Tianci.

But he certainly can't do that now. If he continues like this, the country will not be able to function. Moreover, his status has changed now that he has become the prime minister, so naturally he has to consider more for the government.

"Your Majesty, in this case, I suggest establishing a Transportation Department to be responsible for collecting commercial and franchise taxes, while the Ministry of Revenue will only be responsible for agricultural taxes and taxes on entry and exit from ports."

After saying this, Pei Jiannan knew without turning around that someone was staring at him with hostility, because the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue was from a high-ranking family in Hue, Jinghan.

Mo Zibu smiled slightly and agreed immediately without waiting for others to express their opinions.

The commercial taxes and franchise taxes he allocated were quite a lot. If they were given to the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry would have too much to manage and too much power.

The establishment of a Transportation Office is exactly what Mo Zibu wants.

After much discussion for more than a day, we finally settled on the general framework.

Mo Zibu also knew that in order to collect taxes from others, he had to collect taxes from himself first, so he made a lot of sacrifices in some aspects.

After the reform, the court's income must have increased a lot. Basically, when not fighting, it can support the current scale of land and sea forces to maintain the operation of the court.

When the country was at war, the war expenses were paid partly by the imperial court through the Ministry of War, and partly by Mo Zibu through the Five Military Commanderies.

The part that Mo Zibu proposed will focus on wartime salary increases, post-war rewards, and arms procurement costs.

This ensured that the financial power of the army was in the hands of Mo Zibu, while at the same time handing over the daily military pay, which seemed meager but added up to a considerable amount, to the court.

As for the establishment of the Central Money House and so on, the ministers didn't care at all.

It’s not that they are completely ignorant, but they didn’t expect Mo Zibu to make a big fuss about this.

Mo Zibu was also happy that they were confused. No matter whether they were really confused or pretending to be confused, he would put it aside for now and wait until the time came when the central bank needed to appear before making the division. There was no need to attract their attention now.

It’s just that it’s not easy to choose the executive director of this Fuxing Company. Originally, the Internal Affairs Minister Liu Zhisan would definitely be the best candidate.

But if you ask a key figure in communication between the inner and outer courts, who manages the attendants and civil servants, and who thinks of himself as the chief eunuch of the Imperial Household Department, to be an executive director, he will definitely not do it.

After much thought, Mo Zibu felt that only Zheng Xiu, the civil servant who was once Mo Tianci's confidant, was the most suitable candidate.

Zheng Xiu was an orphan raised by Mo Tianci, like an adopted son. He also married the younger sister of Xu Shengwen, the husband of Mo Zibu's eldest brother, and was almost like one of Mo's own brothers.

So, Mo Zibu immediately wrote a letter to his father Mo Tianci. He thought that the old man might not be very happy because there were not many people around Mo Tianci who could be used.

But Mo Zibu needs it even more. Things like Fuxing Company cannot be used casually by anyone except those who are absolutely close to it.

Moreover, Mo Zibu also selected a deputy, who was Holdyke, the current secretary of the Dutch East India Company.

This white-skinned native who was born in Batavia is quite capable, but he is still wavering and has not completely turned to Mo Zibu. It is just right to lure him with the position of a senior official in the Renaissance Company.

(End of this chapter)