Xu Hua was the former second-in-command in the government of Shandong Province. When Guangxi Province was first established, Xu Hua was elected as the first-in-command in Guangxi Province because of his outstanding political achievements and took charge of Guangxi.
When facing many difficulties in Guangxi Province, Xu Hua noticed the existence of Guangzhou Shipping Company. He wanted to have a commercial relationship with Guangzhou Shipping Company and sell some local specialties of Guangxi Province. go.
No matter how difficult it is, we can still take advantage of the strong business atmosphere of Guangzhou Shipping Company to reach a series of cooperation with businessmen in Guangdong and open up the sales of Guangxi products.
After his field research in Guangxi Province, he found that there are still many local specialty products worth mentioning, such as the famous Nixing pottery, Zhuang brocade known as carbon cloth, and Hepu Nanzhu.
These things are all famous tributes, originally belonging to the ranks of luxury goods, and there is no need to worry about buyers anyway.
It was just the war between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty that caused the feudal ruling class, the bulk buyers of these products, to be wiped out by the Ming Dynasty.
There are no buyers, and luxury goods have lost a large number of purchase orders, leaving local people engaged in these industries in trouble.
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty did not want tributes. A large part of the added value of these products came from their status as tributes. Products that were not sold well are now even more depressed and in a crisis of life and death.
Xu Hua conducted an on-site inspection and believed that these products have high artistic and historical value. Even if they were not consumed in the Ming Dynasty, they should not sit back and watch the skills be lost and the locals lose their livelihood.
So he made a decision to support these industries and at the same time find Guangdong to discuss business cooperation and strive to reopen sales.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been many considerations on financial issues.
Su Yonglin worked hard to establish a public-owned economy, but he also paid attention to the financial relationship between the central and local governments. At the same time, he made some adjustments to financial issues with reference to the loss of control in the Tang Dynasty and the excessive hardship of the Song Dynasty, as well as the construction of a collective economy.
Expand the control of the Ministry of Finance over the lifeline of the country's economy at the central level. The Ministry of Finance is huge and controls an extremely large state-owned economic system.
Specifically at this level, Su Yonglin considered that the central government in the Song Dynasty excessively controlled financial power, which made local areas poor and unable to perform even basic functions. The money-use process was extremely troublesome, which was not conducive to national development.
For example, when Su Shi was in office in Hangzhou, he wanted to repair the dilapidated buildings of the government offices and official warehouses. After careful calculation, he found that 40,000 yuan was needed.
As a result, the government in a traditionally prosperous area like Hangzhou couldn't even come up with 40,000 yuan. He begged his grandfather and grandma to try his best, but he still couldn't do it.
This kind of thing cannot be done, and projects that cost more money, such as road construction, water conservancy construction, and city wall construction, are also out of the question.
What else can local governments do to benefit the people?
The local difficulties in the Song Dynasty became a dead end.
On the issue of revolutionary construction, nothing can be done once and for all. What needs to be adjusted must be adjusted, and the power that needs to be given must also be given. Therefore, Su Yonglin learned from these experiences and lessons and delegated some financial authority to local governments.
The Ministry of Finance directly controls the country's important economic lifeline.
And branch products of the same category but less famous that belong to certain products in the economic lifeline can be governed by the financial departments of local provinces.
Local provinces can establish public economies of the same nature, build local economies, develop people's livelihood, and increase fiscal revenue in order to better build local areas.
So looking at the dilapidated Zhuangjin, Nixingtao, Hepu Nanzhu and other industries that were in dire straits and faced the dilemma of having no rice to cook, Xu Hua convened a provincial financial meeting and put forward suggestions, which were passed and the first group of Characteristic industries of Guangxi Province.
He used the fiscal budget allocated by the Ministry of Finance to Guangxi Province to acquire these valuable industries that were on the verge of life and death, reorganized them, introduced the Ming Dynasty's advanced production system and management system, maintained old skilled workers, and recruited and trained new technologies. Worker.
So far, we have only integrated resources. After investing in funds to resume production, the local digestion capacity is limited, or almost impossible to digest locally. We must open up sales and find big dogs willing to pay the bill before we can start the industry.
The Ming Dynasty lacked large-scale domestic enterprises, and the only powerful government procurement power was in the hands of the central Ministry of Finance, which was under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance. Local governments did not have this authority, so exporting was the inevitable way.
When Xu Hua approached Xie Yuanliang to discuss cooperation, it happened to be the time when Xie Yuanliang was inspecting local specialty products and preparing to increase local economic strength in addition to agriculture.
Xu Hua's actions made Xie Yuanliang feel that he had found a senior, so he asked Xu Hua for advice on how to do things in this area. He then said that Guangxi and Guangxi would not be separated, and he would be happy to help Guangxi open product sales and increase fiscal revenue.
Anyway, those big dog investors from overseas have a very big appetite. Basically, if you come here once, it’s like you will die if you don’t buy it. They spend a lot of money to buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, and they have very strong purchasing power.
As long as these products catch their eyes, at most lower prices and open up sales, the local economy will be able to operate.
Then, Xu Hua also discussed with Xie Yuanliang and felt that it was not enough to rely solely on export sales. He felt that it was also necessary to open up domestic sales.
Xie Yuanliang expressed doubts about this.
"These products are not simple products. The process is complicated and manual production requires a lot of time. The cost cannot be low enough for ordinary people to purchase it, and government purchases are strictly controlled by the Ministry of Finance. This is obviously a How to break the deadlock?"
Xu Hua shook his head and smiled.
"You can't say that. It seems like this is a dead end, but in fact it is not. Of course, it takes a long time and a high cost to produce those gorgeous items, but the key is that we want to let ordinary people also Can afford it.
Our sales target is not the old bureaucrats and gentry, not the upper class, but the people. Do the people need such luxurious items? They can't afford it, and we can't sell it. In that case, why do we have to produce such high-end items?
In recent years of tax reform, farmers have a lot of copper coins in their hands, especially in the Central Plains, Shandong and Henan, places that were liberated earlier. Regardless of the shabby clothes of the old farmers, there are really a lot of copper coins in their hands, and they are basically There is nothing to spend money on. "
Xie Yuanliang thought for a while and asked doubtfully: "You mean to sell the brocade to farmers? Is this possible?"
Xu Hua spread out his hands and looked at Xie Yuanliang with an expression that said you didn't know how to open up the situation.
"Why not? Can't people wear brocade? Aren't farmers worthy of wearing brocade? Since the founding of our country, have there been any regulations on national clothing?"
Xie Yuanliang thought for a while.
Hey, don’t tell me, it’s really not.
In the past dynasties, even the Song Dynasty, which seemed to have the most relaxed policies, had many restrictions on national clothing and daily life. There were regulations on what colors and materials people of what class could wear clothes.
No matter how wealthy businessmen or landowners are below the level, they cannot wear brocade, use special colors, or live in large houses. If you wear, use, or live in it, it is transgression, and you will be punished and lose your head.
This is true among the people, and it is also true among the officials. Each level has regulations for each level. Not only the color of clothes, but also all aspects of clothing, food, housing and transportation have strict restrictions.
This is not only a manifestation of the feudal hierarchy, but also directly limits the consumption capacity of the people and restricts commercial development.
Luxury goods are only for the enjoyment of the ruling class. In other words, only the ruling class is qualified to enjoy these things. As for whether these things themselves are so valuable, it is not important.
Because luxury in this era is essentially a privilege.
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