In the imperial study room of the palace of Xingqing Mansion, Zhou Shengcai came up with his own business plan, in fact, with the deepening of Zhou Shengcai's report, this plan can no longer be regarded as a simple strategic reserve plan, in fact, Zhou Shengcai is taking advantage of this opportunity to implement his own business plan, since being arranged by Li Liangzuo to engage in smuggling activities, Zhou Shengcai's business talent has been fully reflected.
However, in this era of heavy agriculture and suppression of commerce, the development of commerce was very limited, although the commerce of the Great Song Dynasty was very prosperous, but the imperial court still attached importance to traditional commerce, and the same was true in Western Xia, although Li Liangzuo tried his best to promote the development of commerce, but still focused on agriculture, in this case Zhou Shengcai could only use other opportunities to implement the business plan that had been bred in his heart for a long time.
Zhou Shengcai's plan blinded all the other cabinet members, under the dominant idea of heavy agriculture and suppression of business, the other members of the cabinet did not agree with Zhou Shengcai's plan, Zhou Wentai first objected: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the establishment of strategic reserves is enough, although the commercial tax now occupies a large part of the tax, but the businessman pursues profit once the imperial court opens this opening; All the people have gone to do business, what can I do with the crops in this field, the people all go to business instead of farming, and there will be problems with the rations of the people of Western Xia. ” "Lord Zhou Wentai is reasonable, and the old minister asks Your Majesty to think twice."
Wei Ge Ning Ling also objected.
The rest of the people were all opposed, everyone saw that Li Liangzuo did not speak, so they all turned their eyes to Li Liangzuo, Li Liangzuo thought deeply for a long time, although Li Liangzuo knew that the plan proposed by Zhou Shengcai would have great gains, but the opposition among the courtiers could not be ignored, after all, Li Liangzuo had to consider this matter from the overall situation.
This is not a simple plan for modern society, if Li Liangzuo wants to support Zhou Shengcai to do this, it will be equivalent to the beginning of the Western Xia to change the basic national policy, from the national policy of heavy agriculture to heavy business or heavy agricultural business, which will involve the future development direction of Western Xia, and will also involve the interests of some people.
More importantly, Li Liangzuo was afraid of causing instability in the hearts of the people and turmoil in the imperial court, once such a thing happened, it would shake the national capital of Western Xia, after careful consideration, Li Liangzuo asked Zhou Shengcai: "How sure are you that this plan can succeed?"
"At least seventy percent."
Zhou Shengcai said firmly.
Li Liangzuo continued to ask, "If I agree, how long will it take to see results." ” Zhou Shengcai said without hesitation: "One year, at most one year will see results." ” Li Liangzuo shook his head and said, "A year is too long, and I will see results in six months at most." ” "Okay, Weichen takes the order."
Zhou Shengcai took the holy decree.
"Okay, I'll give you your back."
Li Liangzuo said to Zhou Shengcai; "You can choose a trial site in the Hehuang region, and I will cooperate with General Li Yanzong to support you in whatever you need."
Zhou Shengcai immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "Your Majesty." ” "Your Majesty think twice," Wei Ge Ning Ling stood up and insisted on objecting.
Li Liangzuo stopped Brother Ning Ling and said: "Uncle Huang, and all Aiqing, you listen to what I said, I know that this decision is difficult for you to accept, it is true that this plan is very bold and risky, you are afraid of hurting the country of Great Xia, you should be; But I want Zhou Aiqing to choose a place for you to try, let's see how it works first You don't have to worry about the people going to do business in the future, because business is not something that anyone can do, doing business is actually like fighting a war, one wrong step and losing all the plates, as for whether this plan can be fully implemented, it depends on the results after half a year; If Zhou Shengcai does well, I will give strong support, and if he does not do well, he will directly cancel this follow-up plan; However, in any case, the preliminary plan still needs to be carried out, and I hope that the various ministries of the cabinet can cooperate with each other as soon as possible to establish this warehouse city. ” "Your Majesty Shengming, Your Majesty Shengming" Li Liangzuo's choice of this compromise method was unanimously approved by the cabinet members, and they all opened their mouths to praise Li Liangzuo.
After the meeting, Li Liangzuo left Zhou Shengcai behind, and the two came to the imperial garden of the palace, and Li Liangzuo was very interested in the plan proposed by Zhou Shengcai, but as the king of a country, he had to take care of the influence of all aspects, and he couldn't decide anything by himself, after all, as an emperor, he also needed to get the support of the courtiers and the people.
On the path of the Imperial Garden, Li Liangzuo said to Zhou Shengcai as he walked: "I am very interested in Aiqing's proposal, but Aiqing also needs to understand me, after all, this is an unprecedented innovation, and I can't give you all the support at once." ” "Wechen understands that His Majesty can give Wechen a chance to practice, and Wechen is already very grateful."
Zhou Shengcai said to Li Liangzuo; "In fact, Wechen also knows the seriousness of this, if it doesn't succeed, Wechen is willing to take full responsibility."
Li Liangzuo smiled and said, "Aiqing, don't have so much pressure, I believe that your plan will succeed, I believe in you." ” "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Zhou Shengcai was very grateful; "Is it just Your Majesty, there are still some difficulties in this, mainly the problem of introducing technology from the Great Song Dynasty, after all, the Great Song Dynasty looks at these things very closely."
Li Liangzuo smiled and said: "I will find a way to solve the technical matter, and someone will cooperate with you to complete it in a few days, and if you can solve it with money, try to solve it with money." ” "Wechen understands."
Zhou Shengcai said.
Li Liangzuo continued to ask Zhou Shengcai: "It seems that you didn't finish what you said just now, do you have any other ideas?"
"Your Majesty."
Zhou Shengcai first patted the sycophants; "Wechen does have other ideas, what Wechen means is that for unimportant strategic materials such as silk, can the imperial court be completely handed over to the private operation, as long as the technology can be guaranteed not to leak, so that not only can make full use of the people's money, but also reduce the risk of the imperial court."
Li Liangzuo shook his head and said: "No, once all the people are below, it will inevitably cause fierce competition for commodities, so that the price of commodities will fall, and the profits will be reduced, at least it is not suitable for us now, what I want is to obtain a large amount of money to replenish the treasury in a short period of time, and prepare for the next step of army expansion and expansion; For example, the court and the merchants jointly establish a workshop, the court can provide technology and land in it, and the remaining four to five components are given to different merchants, so that the merchants are responsible for raising funds and recruiting workers, and the benefits obtained are distributed by the court and the merchants according to their proportional shares; In this way, the merchant is tied to the imperial court, not only can the risk of the merchant be reduced, but the imperial court can also control the price of goods, and the technology can also be effectively kept secret, so that both the court and the merchant can make a profit, and it is a win-win situation for both parties. ” Li Liangzuo's proposal is actually modeled on the state-owned enterprises of later generations, but it is different from the state-owned enterprises, this is a disguised monopoly in the case of the use of merchants, and the result of monopoly is that the wealth in the treasury can grow rapidly in a short period of time, of course, the merchants who cooperate with the imperial court still have to pay taxes, but the taxes are less than those of other merchants.
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