Ma Enhui doesn't understand what capitalism is, but she knows that as long as she completes more contract shares in the shorter period of time, the more money will flow into her hands.
To complete 300,000 boxes within two years, the number of boxes produced per day needs to be no less than 400.
But now, there is only sixty, which is far from enough.
When Zhu Yunwen entered Kunning Palace, Ma Enhui had already sent several groups of maids. It seemed that the queen planned to free up Jingyang Palace, Yonghe Palace, and Yanxi Palace to set up a textile factory.
I don't know if the queen did it on purpose. She couldn't see the many spacious places such as the inner palace supervisors and the inner palace treasury, but she continued to encroach on her Eastern Sixth Palace.
According to this trend, don’t even think about having concubines in the twelve palaces of the East and West...
Capital, indeed, makes people love and hate it.
"Your Majesty, I am thinking about how to expand production, but the harem is short of manpower. What should we do?"
Ma Enhui saw Zhu Yunwen coming, and after greeting him, he asked.
Zhu Yunwen took Ma Enhui's hand, sat down and said, "If it's not enough, you can transfer some people from the art troupe. Didn't Murong Jing'er also say that the art troupe is too big to manage and does not do good things."
Ma Enhui curled her lips slightly, pulled Zhu Yunzhen's arm and said, "When the emperor speaks, I will feel relieved. Your Majesty, the cultural troupe is a huge profit, and it won't take long before it will be richer than Kunning Palace."
Zhu Yunwen secretly took a breath of cold air, hearing these words did not make him happy.
Could it be that the Queen is jealous of the art troupe?
It’s not the queen’s fault. Ever since the Lantern Festival Art Troupe became famous in the capital, the art troupe has completely embarked on a commercial operation model.
No matter you are a relative of the emperor, a first-rank official, a seventh-rank official, or a wealthy businessman in the capital, you can perform for two hours at a fixed price of five hundred taels of silver.
I heard that the cultural troupe's performances have been scheduled until May, with a minimum of two performances per day, and a daily income of up to a thousand taels of silver. During this period, the income has exceeded 10,000 taels.
The art troupe belongs to the inner palace, so it stands to reason that there is no need to pay taxes.
But Zhu Yunwen not only asked the cultural troupe to pay taxes, but also set a heavy tax of one tax per fifteen.
Naturally, the Ministry of Household Affairs welcomed him. Anyway, the cultural troupe was owned by Zhu Yunwen, and the 15-year tax was also set by Zhu Yunwen. No one else could blame him. You can still get more than a thousand taels from the art troupe tax every month, which is enough to support more than 30 subordinate officials in the county government for a year. Why not?
In the harem, the art troupe is quite special.
Although Ma Enhui is the Empress of the Ming Dynasty, it is not convenient for her to intervene in the affairs of the art troupe.
The predecessor of the Art Troupe was the Jiaofang Division. Later, Zhu Yunwen abolished the Jiaofang Division, leaving behind this group of people who had nowhere to go. They reorganized it into the Art Troupe and appointed Murong Jing'er as the chief seal to take charge of the affairs of the Art Troupe.
Regarding the commercial operation of the cultural troupe, Zhu Yunwen gave the oral instructions that Murong Jing'er was solely responsible.
In other words, although the cultural troupe managed by Murong Jing'er is nominally under the management of Ma Enhui, in fact it has a high degree of independence. The artistic troupe itself has the final say on personnel, finance, programs, accepting and rejecting performances, etc.
Ma Enhui didn't mind at first. After all, a performance by the cultural troupe was a sky-high price of five hundred taels. How many people in the capital could afford this price? Who would waste so much money to watch a performance that lasted only two hours? ?
But Ma Enhui still underestimated the enthusiasm of the people in the capital. Not to mention that princes like King Liao and King Min like it, but other officials also like it. What's more, there are many wealthy businessmen in the capital. Who doesn't want to see the style of the art troupe? ?
You know, the art troupe has to perform for the emperor and queen. We have the opportunity to enjoy royal treatment, so why spend some money?
As for five hundred taels of silver, yes, it is very expensive. Those who can afford it in one go are big households. For small households like us, it is better to keep a low profile. Call a few censors, and a family can pay him seventy or eighty yuan. Two, wouldn't it be enough to form a group?
Ma Enhui was unhappy. The art troupe only needed to organize one or two hundred people to perform on stage, and it could earn tens of thousands of taels in more than half a month. But what about herself? It requires hundreds of people, consumes countless materials and effort, and works day and night. It would be good if the medical gauze obtained can be accounted for several thousand taels a month.
Comparing the two, Ma Enhui felt a sense of frustration. What made her even more sad was that the art troupe's money was not her own money...
Zhu Yunwen was about to comfort Ma Enhui with employment and social value. The maid walked into the palace and announced that Murong Jing'er asked to see the queen.
Ma Enhui took a deep look at Zhu Yunwen and asked, "I don't know why she came."
Zhu Yunwen stood up and said with a smile: "Since I am looking for the queen, I will stay away first and see what she will say."
Ma Enhui chuckled, how could the emperor be hiding and eavesdropping?
Zhu Yunwen didn't care so much, went behind the screen, moved a chair and started to doze off.
The law of whipping, official rectification, and curbing mergers only hurt the interests of the gentry group. The officials in the capital took care of it themselves, but what about the local governments?
What attitude will those gentry groups, the so-called landlords, adopt?
Against the imperial court?
I wonder if they have the courage, and whether the shadow of the massacre of the Hongwu Dynasty is engraved in their bones.
rebel?
Forget it, the gentry only has a few thugs and cannot rebel.
Without widespread peasant participation, most rebellions would not be possible.
Now that we are working for the benefit of farmers, there is no reason for them to oppose us.
In this way, no matter how dissatisfied the gentry was, they could only obediently cut off their flesh.
As long as the problem of living security for officials and officials is solved through salary and salary, a whip method will be fully spread.
A very important reason why Zhang Juzheng's reforms were short-lived in ten years is that the reforms harmed the rights and interests of officials, and he failed to win the understanding and support of officials. There was also a lack of supervision and correction of the implementation process, which led to serious deviations in many reforms.
He has a greater advantage than Zhang Juzheng. The first advantage is that he is the emperor, while Zhang Juzheng can only be regarded as the first assistant "emperor".
The second advantage is that I am aware of the existing problems such as the one-stop rule and curbing mergers, and have taken a series of safeguard measures. I am using version 2.0 of the reform. There is no reason to be worse than version 1.0.
There is another advantage. Zhang Juzheng died after ten years of reform. He is only in his early twenties this year. As long as he does not let himself go and does not take elixirs, he should be able to live to his sixties or seventies. If he devotes thirty years to it, he will not believe it. Uncertain underlying fields and governance issues.
Just when Zhu Yunwen was sleepy, the conversation outside the screen made Zhu Yunwen wake up.
After Murong Jing'er greeted Ma Enhui, she took out an account book and handed it to Ma Enhui respectfully, saying: "Queen, this is the account book for the first month of the Art Troupe. After excluding taxes and silver, the balance is fourteen thousand taels. All silver taels have been sealed. Put it in a box and transport it to the gate of Kunning Palace, and ask the queen to inspect it."
"What?"
Ma Enhui looked at Murong Jing'er with some surprise. She didn't keep any secrets at all and completely handed it over to her?
"The Emperor has said sincerely that the cultural troupe can independently control its revenue and does not need to deliver it to Kunning Palace."
Ma Enhui suppressed her confusion and said.
Murong Jing'er smiled lightly and replied: "Queen, the cultural troupe is here to do things according to orders. The 2,600 people in the cultural troupe all rely on the grace of the emperor and the empress for today's stability. Everyone in the cultural troupe is willing to make the revenue Leave everything to the Queen's disposal."
Ma Enhui felt that her face was a little burning. She felt that she was too stingy and was trying to be a villain, making random assumptions. She smiled lightly and said, "In that case, I will take care of it."
