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Chapter 499 Letter to Xu Guangqi ([-])

"...Master Xu must be careful about the merchant education class. This is very important, and it is the key to my strategy. According to my estimation, there will only be two types of merchants in the world in the future. One is 'able to pay taxes' merchants; the other is merchants who are 'unable to pay taxes'...the merchants who are 'able to pay taxes' naturally refer to merchants who can get invoices from me and pay taxes; merchants who are 'unable to pay taxes' are Refers to those merchants who have not passed the selection of the tax supervisor, who are not in my hands, and who cannot get the invoice, they will naturally not be able to pay taxes. If the merchants who are "unable to pay taxes" overwhelm the merchants who are "unable to pay taxes", it is our great fortune, and our dynasty will be able to extend; Speaking of it, this matter is declared a failure. Without money to pay for the army, how can we resist foreign humiliation? Without money to pay for relief, how can we calm down the people? Without money to pay for the various expenses of the court, my 200 years of Ming Dynasty will come to an end..."

"...to support the businessmen who can 'pay taxes' to overwhelm those who can't pay taxes. I still have a detailed plan, so I won't repeat it here. I will tell Master Xu later. This is just a general policy..."

"The fourth thing, which is also quite important, is also related to Shanghai..."

"... If I want to control Shanghai, I must have a reliable person. I am most assured of Master Xu. However, Master Xu is already a cabinet minister, and it is impossible to take charge of Shanghai County. Therefore, I plan to send Master Xu Shi Kefa next to him was sent to Shanghai Dangzhi County to take over Shanghai. This person was valued by Master Xu, and he was taken by his side to teach him. Presumably, his character is no problem. I have met this son before, and I feel that he is a loyal and reliable person. However, he is a bit pedantic and lacks courage, but he needs a lot of teaching from Master Xu and more training. In the future, he will definitely become a talent and become a pillar of the country. I chose this son as the Shanghai County to serve as the core of the Shanghai plan. , I also have another consideration. I am assured of this person's loyalty to the emperor. In addition, this son is a disciple of Donglin Zuo Guangdou, and he is inextricably linked with Donglin. Ling, it is perfect to be the eye of the Shanghai plan. If I want to have this person as the magistrate of Shanghai, even if I do some outrageous actions in Shanghai, it will not cause too much opposition from Donglin. It is a good lubricant, but Acting as a multi-faceted buffer, it is an important role in maintaining multi-party relationships... There is no need to remove this son's errand in Sinong, and let him also hold it. I will think that Shanghai is an immigration center, and the county magistrate also serves as Sinong. It must not be too difficult, so that Master Xu can control the situation in Shanghai... In addition to the seat of county magistrate, there are also official positions such as county magistrate, master secretary, and county lieutenant , I also plan to replace people. The replacement candidates should be selected from those immigration officers who are reliable and capable. The candidates must be honest, capable, and able to endure hardship. Going to Shanghai is a big construction and a big development. It must be hard work, I don't like those who only know how to read, recite poems and enjoy themselves, so please master Xu to choose carefully..."

"... In addition to the limited chief officials in Shanghai who need to be replaced by immigration officers in charge of immigration, those officials must also be replaced by my people, reliable and capable people. These officials can learn from those who participated in immigration. I have made promises to those people before that I will give them a way out. Although I am going to Shanghai County to work as an official, the court has previously made a conclusion that those Guozijian students can work with official rank. The errands of officials, that is to say, those officials in Shanghai County can carry official official ranks in the future, that is to say, after Shanghai, a large number of people will change from officials to officials, and officials will become officials. Normality, this is also one of my ideas... I plan to expand and promote this model, reform the current structure where there are only three or five official officials in a county, and plan to expand some officials into the official structure. Formalize the government and expand the small 'government' into a big 'government', so that this 'government' can fully complete the various tasks assigned by me, otherwise, let three or four chief officials in Shanghai County be in charge of the huge Shanghai county It is obviously impossible to collect tens of millions of taxes every year. If this is the case, they have to hire masters, rely on officials, and organize helpers. These people have no hope of promotion and no way to get in. How can they be sincere in doing things? They must procrastinate , must find a way to embezzle, etc. Master Xu must also understand the disadvantages of this, so I won't say more, it can be regarded as a pilot for me to reform the structure of my government..."

"...expanding the 'government', reforming the structure of our dynasty, allowing officials to bring official titles, officially becoming officials, regularizing officials, and allowing officials to be promoted. There is another reason. I need a lot of officials to come. "Wholesale" is for those who follow me, and I am not afraid to tell Master Xu that if I want to change my current state of fatigue, change my current state of decadence, and change this world that is about to slip into the abyss, I must have a large number of people People who work hard with me and help me...especially scholars, if the people who follow me do not get developed, they will definitely abandon me, and they will definitely not support me, and they will not be able to support me. Therefore, I need A large number of official hats go to "wholesale", and today's official position is a radish and a pit. If I want a few official hats, it is not difficult, but it is extremely difficult to "wholesale" a large number of official hats. Therefore, I can only put my mind on the idea of ​​changing officials from officials to officials. Fortunately, the court has already agreed on this matter before, so I don't need to bother with it. At this time, it will not be difficult for Shanghai to follow this rule. This is also my opinion. The method of winning people's hearts, although this method is somewhat dark, Master Xu will definitely scold me, but in this extraordinary period, I have no choice but to do it like this..."

"...When the new Shanghai 'government' is formed, I believe that with my full efforts, within two years, the economy of Shanghai County will develop rapidly, and the annual taxation will easily exceed that of a state or a prefecture. By then , and then turn Shanghai into a prefecture, and after another three to five years of operation, Shanghai’s tax revenue will definitely be the highest in the world. At that time, Shanghai can be easily turned into a government. It can be changed into a government directly under the central government, which can be at the same level as the province... This is my initial idea. When Shanghai becomes a "province" from a county, the official position can be changed from seventh rank to third rank, or even second rank. The promotion channel for those officials and officials who follow me will make them feel that they have a chance to follow me. In this way, they will be serious in their work and willing to work hard, and I will have a place to draw on. Otherwise, relying on me With a few masters and a few people, even if it is a great ability, there is no power to recover..."

"When the Shanghai model achieves certain success, the Shanghai model can be promoted to other regions, such as Tianjin, Yantai, Qingdao, Guangzhou and many other sea trade outlets. To lay the foundation for more tax revenue; on the other hand, it also provides more room for development for more scholars who follow me..."

"...The success of the Shanghai model, I think, is inevitable. I think it is hard to think about it without my full efforts behind it. Once Shanghai succeeds, it must be extraordinary. I want Shanghai to bear [-]% of the world's tax with one county. If the income is enough to make Shanghai a model for the world and the pearl of the empire, it is not difficult to transfer the officials in Shanghai to other places. In this way, in addition to broadening more room for improvement, it is also possible to spread the Shanghai model to the whole world. Promotion, thinking about it at that time, collecting taxes from all over the world is not a problem..."

"...All these strategies will be tied to Shanghai. If Shanghai succeeds, I will be lucky; if Shanghai loses, the country will lose. The success or failure depends on one action. I hope Master Xu will pay more attention..."

"Besides, I'm rambling on some trifles, and I need to bother Master Xu..."

"... Regarding the property of the salt merchant, according to Master Xu, there are more than [-] million silver, and the rest are fields, houses, shops, boats, etc. Those fields can be sold slowly. The question of who to give, this, mainly depends on who gives the most money. If you can’t afford the money, you’d rather put it there. Anyway, the fields won’t run away. It’s best to sell it to those merchants supported by me to help those merchants grow ... I said that in the future, there will be a battle between two types of merchants, and the merchant who can 'pay taxes' must win... However, I prefer not to sell, and Master Xu's Siongsi can temporarily Taking care of these fields, the land rent collected can be directly used as food for immigrants and disaster relief. With so many fields in my hands, I am not afraid of his food prices skyrocketing. This is also beneficial to suppress food prices. Don't panic', what to do, Master Xu will decide for himself..."

"...As for the control of the 'paying tax' merchants, this is left to Erxizi. His tax supervisor will naturally have a way to identify who has problems among these people and who is playing tricks. Master Xu just sells..."

"...About the store, it can be completely sold. It is best to exchange the store for silver. Similarly, the priority should be given to selling to merchants who can 'pay taxes'..."

"...As for houses and residences, I'm not busy for the time being. I, Lin Qian, and Liu Zongzhou have promised to support them in running schools, and invest no less than 200 million taels a year. This time they are fighting against the salt merchants, and they are also out of it. I have done a lot of hard work, and I will be my helper in the future. I will be a good person to the end. I will allocate the houses and houses of the salt merchants to them to run schools and serve as schools. The house is for the people of the world to cultivate future generations, and it can be regarded as the end of a cause and effect, a good story, Master Xu can pay attention to it, leave a house suitable for a school, wait for news, and hand it over to them to run a school in the future. This is a century-old plan , it is worth investing more now..."

"...As for the boats, it's the same. They are all sold to support my businessmen..."

"...Master Xu, please pay attention, Wang, Liang, Guo and other families, I said earlier that we need to extract them from this arrest case. I also need to show their merits. Master Xu can refund some at his discretion. The family property is given to them, mainly the shop, to help them recover quickly, land and houses, etc., just say, don’t give too much, especially the land, it’s best not to give it. In addition, all the property sold by the salt merchant this time, even if it is To support merchants who can 'pay taxes', you must never sell this batch of family wealth to any salt merchants, so as to avoid unclear and unclear things from happening... This time, I brought the salt merchants to Shanghai to educate , planning to select some of them to support, but it is also necessary to support an additional group of merchants who are more reliable, relatively clean, and easy to master. Otherwise, it is not a good thing to let these old salt merchants dominate alone. These old salt merchants , I need to be supported, and I need to be on guard. Now I have no choice but to support small merchants since I was a child. It is too time-consuming to keep up with the trip. There is no way to do this. This matter needs to be considered by Master Xu..."

"...After the sale, it is estimated that there should be 4000 million taels of silver. First, 500 million taels of silver will be allocated to Master Xu to make up for the immigration funds owed last year for Master Xu to emigrate. The rest of the silver will be used to issue banknotes. Reserve silver, I have already operated a small banknote system, that is, military tickets. Previously, my reserve silver was insufficient, so I did not dare to act too much, and could only operate in a small range. Now that there is enough reserve silver, it is possible Try to issue banknotes in my Ming Dynasty. Although the range of military tickets was small before, they can be paid in full and in time, and they have a certain reputation. The common people are not too resistant to military tickets. I plan to expand on the basis of military tickets. The scope of issuance and the scope of circulation, thinking about the northern war this year, the cost may be as high as tens of millions of taels. If all the money is used to pay for it, it will really hurt my heart. If I can pay with banknotes such as military tickets, then I may Just spend 500 million silver to go out..."

"...These silver, after the sea is navigable, I will send a new army to escort it. In addition to the 500 million taels of silver for Master Xu, an additional 1000 million taels of silver will be left in the Southern Bank for backup by the bank and other items. The other 500 million taels will be shipped to Beijing. I am going to build a huge glass case with glass outside Liulizhai, and pile up the silver in the glass case to show that my reserve silver is sufficient. There is enough silver in the military ticket to cash in, and we will start to promote the promotion of banknotes. Although this method is a bit too childish, it is also the fastest and most effective method at present... I think this year the war in the north has started, and it will cost nearly a thousand dollars. If ten thousand taels of silver go out, if all the silver is used, I will feel pain, and I have no choice but to use the fastest way to pass military tickets on a large scale, otherwise, the 2000 million taels of silver will really not take two years... Of course , I have no intention of letting paper money replace silver all at once....Silver, copper coins and paper money will definitely coexist at the same time. In order to promote the circulation of banknotes, I understand the disadvantages of using banknotes in the Ming Dynasty before, and I will pay attention to these, and will not force or force everyone to use them. Please rest assured, Master Xu, that I have the confidence and means to control..."

"...Originally, I was going to send a new army to Jiangnan to transport silver a long time ago, but Master Sun has been trying to prevent me from sending a new army to Jiangnan, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings and intensify the situation in Jiangnan. It will be delayed until now, thanks to Master Sun's persuasion, otherwise, the matter of the salt merchants would not be as peaceful as it is today... Alas, I said that the salt merchants have gone to him, so I won't say much..."

"...By the way, the navy will also use Shanghai as one of its home ports. Shanghai will have to bear the burden of tens of millions of taxes in the future. Naturally, safety issues cannot be ignored. I plan to send a navy to Shanghai to avoid problems in Shanghai. After the navy transports the new army to the south this time, it will build a military port in Shanghai and guard it locally... In addition to the navy, I will leave an extra new army in Shanghai to protect Shanghai..."

"...Finally, let me talk about the planning and development of Shanghai..."

"...Shanghai is just an ordinary small county now. To become the pearl of the empire, a super city with an annual tax revenue of more than [-] million must be carefully planned, such as how wide the streets should be and how the drainage and flood prevention systems should be laid out. , The port should be there, commercial areas, residential areas, factory areas, etc., all need a good layout and division, in order to better meet the development needs of Shanghai, otherwise, it will not be able to meet the needs of urban development, year after year Reconstruction will definitely delay the development of Shanghai, so we should pay attention to the layout and planning in advance..."

"... Regarding the planning of Shanghai, Master Xu was born in Shanghai and grew up in Shanghai. He must be very familiar with Shanghai. The planning is naturally entrusted to Master Xu. I just give some opinions. After the draft plan is out, In more detail..."

"...About my requirements for the new Shanghai, here are the points for the time being: First, the streets must be wide. As the jewel of the empire, the streets must be able to walk at least four carriages at the same time. If it is a main road, it must be able to walk. Six or even eight horse-drawn carriages, otherwise, it will definitely hinder future development. When Shanghai is regarded as a super city with an annual tax income of tens of millions, the population must be millions; Yes, the road for people to walk, I call it the sidewalk. I think the Pearl of the Empire is full of traffic every day. People and cars go together, and collisions are bound to happen all the time. Therefore, it is necessary to separate people from the carriageway; third, it is necessary Drainage and flood control measures, let’s not talk about drainage. I don’t want to soak the Pearl of the Empire in the water when it rains or the tide rises. Once the city is flooded, the loss will be immeasurable. Therefore, this must be taken seriously, even if you spend more money in advance. Worth it; fourth, about the city wall, what I mean is that Shanghai does not build the city wall, and builds a new type of open city to save money. I will give the new army and navy the heavy responsibility of defending Shanghai. I trust them. I have always thought that active defense is better than passive defense. It is best to nip the problem in the bud, instead of waiting for the enemy to knock down the door of the house before passive defense. I think that if the enemy comes, even if there is a city wall, This pearl of the empire will also be dusted, so I have decided that the new Shanghai will not build a city wall..."

[After hesitating for many days, I finally decided to be wordy. Some book friends feel that the treatment of salt merchants in the book is too gentle. For this, I can only smile wryly. At the beginning, I also planned to let the protagonist be tough to the end, iron blood to the end, and kill to the end. However, after deciding on iron blood, I deduced the future development and found it was chaotic. The result of the deduction is that the handling of things is too blunt, and there are too many troubles, so it has been revised several times to change it to the current state, which has to be compromised.Before that, I didn’t know enough about the consequences of the turmoil in the salt industry. I thought that as long as the people’s hearts were on my side, as long as the army was in my hands, and righteousness was on my side, it would be no problem to deal with the salt merchants. After the Japanese nuclear leak this year, the "salt farce" in our country can only be a wry smile. The previous method of iron and blood to deal with salt merchants is really not advisable. It is too impulsive. Think about it. Even today, with such developed transportation and communication, eating salt The slightest disturbance of the problem will immediately become a nationwide problem. If it is not dealt with in time, it will become more and more serious.The problem of eating salt, even today, is still quite fragile. Then in the Ming Dynasty, when transportation and communication were underdeveloped, and in the Ming Dynasty, where it took half a year to travel from south to north, once there was a disturbance in the problem of eating salt, I don’t know if there would be trouble. No matter how far you go, book friends have also experienced this year's "salt farce". You might as well start from here, deduce the "salt problem" of the Ming Dynasty, and substitute the consequences of the salt turmoil in the Ming Dynasty. Smile..., eat salt Problems are far more fragile than imagined and cannot withstand wind and rain. 】

[I have talked with some book friends about this issue, and some book friends also expressed their agreement and understanding, thank you very much for this!This book has come to this day only with the support of everyone. 】

[As for the "hehe" question, I will try to type as little as possible in the future. I have no choice but to write to the happy place, and I typed two haha, everyone forgive me! 】

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