Chapter 68 Ding Xian’s New Deal
Huang Zicheng said: "Then you can clean up the officials in Yingtian Mansion? Act according to what Beijing does, and issue new laws to ensure the interests of merchants. Collect commercial taxes legally?"
Ding Xian smiled bitterly and said, "This can't be done."
Without him, the involvement is too broad. Nanjing is not Beijing.
Beijing was built by He Xi. It’s a tall building rising from flat ground. There is no interest relationship. If there is, He Xi is the biggest interest relationship. Beijing is He Xi's territory, and all interests must be distributed by He Xi. But Nanjing is different.
Zhu Yuanzhang ran Nanjing for more than 30 years. I don’t know how many veterans who fought with Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world live in Nanjing.
Ding Xian didn't know who was behind a certain yamen officer in Nanjing Yingtian Mansion.
Yes. Ding Xian is now the chief minister, the first civil servant. With Zhu Yunwen's endorsement, he can manipulate many people. But this is for one person, but what if the whole Nanjing is a local snake? Zhu Yunwen may not be able to withstand the pressure.
Not to mention, not all people in Nanjing can be dealt with by him.
For example, the Duke of Wei, the Duke of Song, the Duke of Korea, the Duke of Ying, even the Duke of Cao, the Lu family, etc. A lot of people.
He carried out drastic reforms and offended all these people. Even if it succeeds in the future, what good consequences will it have? He is not someone who is willing to commit suicide for the sake of Zhu Yunwen and the sake of the world.
Huang Zicheng said: "Then what can you do?"
Ding Xian said: "Of course it's time to set up a factory."
Huang Zicheng said: "Establishing a factory?"
Ding Xian said: "Today, only factories are the most profitable. The reason why I came to power was because the court was useless. So after I came to power, the first thing I did was to manage the world's finances first."
Huang Zicheng thought to himself: "Financial management, in my opinion, means making money."
Huang Zicheng looked down upon Ding Xian.
He is qualified to do this. In his opinion, what He Xi does is financial management. And many of the so-called financial ministers in history were actually just trying to make money. Ding Xian is obviously going to follow his old path.
Huang Zicheng poured cold water on it without hesitation and said: "You haven't thought about one thing, that is, where does the money come from? It costs money to set up a factory. In Liaodong back then, the court invested millions of yuan."
Ding Xian said: "It's hard to say how many, but there are still millions."
"It's not enough." Huang Zicheng said: "It was then, and it is now. Back then, there was no competition. When many things were produced, people would buy them. Even before they were produced, people would order them. But what is it like now? Goods from the north. , it’s already everywhere. If you want to have an advantage, the amount of money you need to invest is definitely not a few million. I don’t think it’s worth tens of millions.”
Ding Xian said: "That's tens of millions. I'll find a way to spend the money."
Huang Zicheng said: "Think of a way? What way can you think of?"...
Ding Xian said: "The imperial treasury does not have this money, but others do, such as the nobles who were doing business in Beijing."
Huang Zicheng frowned, a little confused.
Destroying a person's wealth is like killing his parents. Does Ding Xian dare to bring this matter to the table? This is already an open secret. If you try to move here, the backlash you will encounter is no less than if you move to Yingtian Mansion.
For a moment, Huang Zicheng didn't understand what Ding Xian was thinking.
Seeing that Huang Zicheng didn't understand, Ding Xian smiled and said, "I don't want to touch these people, but I want them to set up factories near Nanjing. In this way, they make money, and the court can find a way to get a share of the pie, that's all."
Huang Zicheng couldn't help but feel moved after hearing what Ding Xian said. I have to admit that Ding Xian's bottom line is much more flexible than Zhu Yunwen's.
The nobles who have fought in Beijing have certain experience in doing business and setting up factories. Even if you have no experience, you can still find ways to get experienced people from Beijing. Thereby replicating some factories near Nanjing.
After the factory made money, the court tried to find a way to get a share of the pie, whether it was through taxes or shares. It's okay to get a charter to make up for the gap in the court.
Now, Beijing wants to stop
I guess it can't be stopped.
After all, these nobles have deep connections in Beijing. If Beijing blocks it, it is very likely that they will be severely offended. Politically, we lost a lot of points.
Huang Zicheng said: "It's a good idea, but if you want to do it, just do it yourself. Why do you come to me?"
Ding Xian said: "Of course I want you to come out. After all, I need a knowledgeable helmsman."
Huang Zicheng said: "I know, if I don't agree, I won't live in peace today. But I will not betray the teacher. Let's do this. If you have any questions, send someone to ask me. I will tell you everything I know. But Just let me do something for you and don’t even think about it.”
Ding Xian wanted to say something else. Huang Zicheng waved his hand and said, "If you don't agree, use all means. I'll wait."
Ding Xian was silent for a while. His relationship with Huang Zicheng is actually very ordinary. If it weren't for the fact that only Huang Zicheng could do this, killing Huang Zicheng would be just a matter of words.
He heard the determination in Huang Zicheng's words. I also know that I can no longer force myself.
He smiled lightly and said, "Okay. That's it."
Huang Zicheng also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He said firmly, but in fact he was prepared to die. If before, he actually felt that the outcome between the north and the south was unpredictable, now he has felt that the north seems to have a better chance of winning.
He was not without resentment towards He Xi, but no matter how great his resentment was, it had almost dissipated in the past two or three years. He also has to think about his future.
He was worried about doing too much for Ding Xian and getting too close to Ding Xian. There will also be problems in the future.
This limit is already the bottom line given by Huang Zicheng by balancing all aspects.
He was also happy when Ding Xian agreed. After all, he didn't want to die. However, there was one question that he couldn't help but ask, saying: "I think Master He is very methodical in doing things. He thinks about all kinds of things before doing things. The development of factories is a tax for the court. If the money is used It is never easy to collect taxes reasonably and legally. If you do this, there will be big loopholes."
Ding Xian smiled and said, "Thank you, senior brother, for reminding me. Don't worry, I have a solution?"
Seeing this, Huang Zicheng wanted to say something, but suddenly thought to himself, "That's right, I'll just remind you. Why are you talking so much?" Then he shut up.
Ding Xian actually saw what Huang Zicheng was thinking. It's just that their starting points are completely different, and the things they consider and worry about are also different.
The reason why He Xi first established a complete tax system before opening up private factories. It is for the imperial court itself. If there is no comprehensive taxation method, it would be too easy to tax industry in the same way as agriculture.
Whether it is too much or too little, it is still a problem. What is even more frightening is that the court has lost control of industrial development. If the imperial court cannot take a share of the industrial development and absorb manpower and material resources from the rapid industrial development, it will definitely be counterattacked by the capitalists in the future.
The ability to tax is actually the ability to manage industry, and the ability to manage industry represents the ruling power of the court. This cannot be taken carelessly at all.
But it's not that Ding Xian doesn't understand this, but his starting point is different.
He lacks loyalty to both Daming and Zhu Yunwen. He is only loyal to himself. When he thinks about something, he doesn't think about the long-term issue at all. He only thinks about the present, himself and the Ding family.
He wanted to establish a government with industrial management capabilities, but the resistance was too great.
It was beneficial to the court, but not beneficial to himself. Instead, it would cause a lot of hatred. As for the development of factory bans, to be precise, there are no factory bans in Nanjing. However, without government support, developing industry will encounter many problems, which cannot be solved by powerful families.
Ding Xian got involved, and with the power of the chief assistant, he could naturally sort out many problems, so that these people's factories could be opened.
As for tax collection. As a co-founder, Ding Xian can ensure that he can get money from these people in various ways. As for what to do in the future? What does it have to do with someone else? By then, someone else will no longer be the chief assistant.
In other words, do you want Ding to solve this problem, this position of chief assistant? Do you want him to sit still?
