cut costs?
Officials knew that Zhang Yue often did things that others could not do.
He planned to let Zhang Yue shine in front of everyone, so he said: "Zhang Qing, tell me carefully."
Zhang Yue said yes.
Zhang Yue said: "The ministers followed the law of the court, and implemented the law of government-civilian cooperation in the prison carving workshop."
Hearing what Zhang Yue said, Wang Anshi's face moved slightly. Lu Huiqing was bursting with jealousy at this moment, because Zhang Yue had proposed to use the method of cross-examination to replace the current green seedling method.
Wang Anshi once asked Lu Huiqing whether Zhang Yue's method was feasible.
Lu Huiqing was worried that Zhang Yue would outshine him, so he replied to Wang Anshi that Zhang Yue's method was just a variation of the buying method.
The method of buying money was the tax farming system, which today is similar to contracting.
In the Song Dynasty, wine, vinegar, ponds and other court-run businesses were often put out for private bidding.
For example, if several government-run wine shops were sold out to private merchants due to poor management, the court would only be responsible for collecting a certain amount of money each year, and the rest of the profits and losses would be borne by the private merchants.
Such businessmen are called Jiuphu, or Jiupaihu.
But this system has its imperfections. Therefore, Lu Huiqing used this to deny Zhang Yue's approach in front of Wang Anshi, and believed that it was just a first-rate purchase, and there was nothing novel about it.
Wang Anshi was in charge of the overall situation, but Lu Huiqing was responsible for the details of the reform.
Since Lu Huiqing said this, Wang Anshi responded in full. The specific operations are all decided by Lu Huiqing.
But Zhang Yue said to the officials: "Your Majesty, when Ouyang Xiu, who participated in politics, once talked about tea and salt cooking, he did not specialize in making profits. If he specializes, he will lose. If you want to get ten percent of the profit, all the profits will go to the public, but if you are ten percent, you will lose three points. , it is better to share it with Shang, and divide it fifty-fifty, so that you can always get five."
Sima Guang on the side nodded slightly, Zhang Yue's words were exactly what he meant.
Lu Huiqing saw that the officials were also thinking, so he questioned: "According to the regulations, private interests must trump public interests?"
Zhang Yue thought to himself that Lu Huiqing was unwilling to let the businessman earn even a penny.
Zhang Yue is now facing Lu Huiqing's second challenge. He took a step back during the banquet last time, but he will not take a step back today.
Zhang Yue said: "I don't know Lu Shushu, but do you know the difference between Guanjiu Wufang and Pumai Winery today?"
Lu Huiqing said: "You know, most of the world's elite officials and wine merchants are among them. Among the two capitals, Hangzhou accounts for 90%!"
Lu Huiqing summed it up in one sentence: Guan Winery makes more money than Pumai Winery!
Zhang Yue said: "Official wine shops are located in prosperous places, while Pumai wine shops are mostly in remote places, even in the countryside, where official wine shops are difficult to reach."
"There are not many skills in making wine, but why Pumai Winery can outperform the official winery? First, the number of employees is less than that of the official winery. Secondly, the loss of wine is less than that of the official winery. Therefore, Pumai Winery's The cost is lower than the official wine service.”
"For the same bottle of wine, the official wine shop and Pumaifang both sold it for twenty cents, but the official wine shop only made a profit of ten cents, while Pumaifang made a profit of twelve or thirteen cents."
The officials were suddenly surprised after hearing this. Today, Zhang Yue used the book carving workshop to discuss government affairs with the officials.
Another political participant, Zhao Bian, walked into the book engraving workshop thoughtfully and looked carefully.
Lu Huiqing sweated slightly on his forehead, and tried his best to look like he was not arguing with Zhang Yue and said: "It's just as Zhang Daizhi said, but even if you buy a wine shop for twelve cents, you will be 50/50 with the imperial court. It’s only six points, not as good as ten points from Guanjiu Fang.”
"The owner of this property has lost money and is also in the court. How can it be easier to annex the family?"
Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing often talked about the harm of annexing families when they were advising officials.
There is a saying in it: "In ancient times, mergers were for the benefit of the people, but today's mergers are also for public taxation."
In the past, taxes were collected from the money of Lao Bai when you merged with your family. Today, you are even evading state taxes.
In fact, Zhang Yue believes that the focus of the annexers is to crack down on those who evade national taxes. Although Pumai Winery makes money from the common people, it is also a major taxpayer of the country. You, Lu Huiqing, don't even let this go. In fact, the impact is too great.
Zhang Yue was about to retort: "As Lu Shushu said..."
At this time, Zhao Wei said: "This character board seems to be different..."
The officials looked at it and found that the stereotyped characters were much simpler than the printed characters.
Zhang Yue explained the so-called "Song style" to the officials: "Your Majesty, this is an engraving style..."
Zhang Yue popularized the benefits of engraving calligraphy to everyone. Usually, engravers using regular script can only engrave one page a day, but using engraving calligraphy can engrave two editions a day, which invisibly saves costs.
At the same time, Zhang Yue also said: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, there is a man named Bi Sheng among the people..."
Zhang Yue briefly talked about Bi Sheng's movable type printing.
In the Song Dynasty, there was no research institution like the Chinese Academy of Sciences, so all inventions and creations came from the private sector. For example, Jian Ke Fang had no way to compete, so it was already bankrupt when Zhang Yue came.
Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing were arguing in front of the emperor, but the officials and officials were looking at this and that in the book engraving workshop, which was quite novel.
Sima Guang walked up to an engraver and asked, "How many plates can you engrave in one day?"
Sima Guang was approachable and did not put on airs. Historically, he had an old servant who had been with him for thirty years. Until Sima Guang became prime minister, he didn't even know how big his official position was.
The carver said: "You can carve three plates in one day."
Sima Guang asked doubtfully: "Three? Are they shoddy?"
The engraver said quickly: "I don't dare to do that. Everyone can see whether the printing is good or not. Who dares to fool others?"
"Then why do others engrave two plates a day, but you engrave three plates a day?"
The engraver said: "There are instructions for the seal to be made. If thirty editions are carved in one month, another three hundred coins will be awarded. If one engraves fifty editions, one will be awarded six hundred coins. If one engraves eighty editions, one thousand coins will be awarded."
"So the villain worked hard. In the past, if the officials hadn't pressed hard, it would have been so much money for the villain to carve one page a day, and it would have been so much money to carve three pages a day, so why bother working so hard."
Sima Guang asked: "Are you so tired? Is Kefang's move too harsh?"
The craftsman said with a happy smile on his face: "I'm tired, why don't I be tired, but it's worth it. I've made hundreds of dollars more than before. I just had a baby in my family, what can I do if I don't work hard? I'm going to get ripped off by my mother-in-law." of."
After hearing this, Sima Guang reported what the craftsman had just said to the officials, Wang Anshi and other Hanlin scholars.
Many officials were dumbfounded and could not even say a word for a long time.
Zhang Yue's move broke everyone's common sense. Shouldn't the monthly salary of craftsmen be reduced to reduce costs? Why does the more money the carving workshop pays the workers, the lower the cost?
The censor Zhongcheng Lu Gong, who had been silent all this time, said: "Money is like honey, every drop is sweet!"
All the officials nodded.
It's true that the lady doesn't say anything, and her words must be true.
Righteousness can also be achieved by taking advantage of human greed.
This is also what Wang Anshi often said, "Benefit comes from the harmony of righteousness, and solid righteousness is benefit."
When Lu Huiqing heard this, he secretly thought, This is an act that is mean to the craftsmen and the people, so can they be complacent?
But this time, Lu Huiqing didn't say anything, but a gloomy expression hung on his face.
He could see that the officials and officials were very satisfied with this inspection of the carving workshop.
He felt that the differences between him and Zhang Yue were getting bigger. If they were secretly rivals before, now they have different opinions and have gone astray.
It's really hard to reconcile here.
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