Chapter 693: State-owned capital

There was no sound in the hall.
This series of decrees caught the officials by surprise. At this time, a minister came out and asked: "The emperor, officials are not allowed to do business. Can the relatives of this official do business?"
"No." Xiao Ming said categorically. In his opinion, once allowing officials to do business, it is tantamount to letting officials do business in disguise, because officials will inevitably use their rights for personal gains.
The ministers fell silent for a while, and the emperor wanted to completely eliminate the opportunity for their private use of public weapons.
Looking around at the ministers in the court, Xiao Ming continued at this time: "In addition to supporting the establishment of private workshops, the court should focus on establishing a number of government-run workshops to control the lifeline of the country. I asked Pang Shoufu to allocate these six million taels of silver. Most of them will be used to build official workshops, which involve ordnance, shipbuilding, salt, and tea operations.
Pang Yukun asked: "The emperor, if there are such official workshops, there will be no small number of them. Who will manage these official workshops? Should officials be appointed."
The establishment of a state-owned workshop this time was a plan of killing two birds with one stone for Xiao Ming.
The development of private capital will inevitably bring great changes to Great Chongqing. If Xiao Ming completely handed over the commerce of Great Chongqing to private capital, he would be passive in the future, and even the lifeblood of the country would be controlled by businessmen just like the West.
Therefore, since we vigorously develop capital, it is better to produce our own national capital at the same time, so that he can represent both the official and capital. He is the emperor and the largest capitalist at the same time. The government will not change due to the interference of the merchants, even he Can use state-owned capital to control the market.
Merchants are chasing profits. In the contemporary country where he lives, many merchants have taken the opportunity to make money. For example, the spread of a certain disease has caused salt prices to rise sharply due to false transmissions, and private salt is hoarded by merchants and sold at high prices.
In this case, if the salt industry does not control the state, this situation will inevitably worsen.
It is precisely because of these personal experiences that while encouraging capital, he also tied a chain to capital.
At the same time, the second purpose of this government-run workshop was to help him digest the royal clan. This time Xiao Ming's so-called opportunity for the royal clan was to completely eliminate the imperial clan's aspirations to enter politics.
According to statistics from Pang Yukun a few days ago, there are currently 470,000 royal family members in Dayu Kingdom. This is the data after many royal families were slaughtered by the vassals after the Northern War.
Such a large number of people really shocked Xiao Ming. Only then did he truly understand why the royal family was called the largest family.
According to Xiao Ming's understanding, the Great Yu Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty made the same mistake, which is to provide for the royal family for free.
After only a few hundred years of reproduction, this has gradually become a serious problem in the country of Da Yu, and now this problem has fallen into his hands.
If he is not a royal, he would naturally not care about these people from scratch, but he would inherit the throne. If he is not handled properly, it will inevitably cause a turmoil between the royal families.
During this period of time, Li San has been paying close attention to the dynamics of these royal family members, and now these imperial families who are unable to make a living seem to be making trouble with him soon.
So he took this opportunity to solve this problem completely, incorporating these royals into the government-run workshops, making them "employees" in the government-run workshops, giving them the treatment of an iron rice bowl, and exchanging labor for money and food.
Of course, this iron rice bowl is only in their two generations, and the third generation will no longer receive such treatment, thus completely resolving this big problem.
Of course, this is only for the ordinary royal family, because the relationship between these royal families and the royal family has been very distant, infinitely close to ordinary people, they will be happy to enjoy this treatment, and their number is also the largest.
For people like Song Guogong, they would naturally not be willing to be ordinary craftsmen, so this time Xiao Ming planned to include Princess Pingyang in the ranks of official businessmen, and no longer let her engage in private business among the people, so as to prevent the royal family from doing business privately.
The reason is very simple. In fact, it is to turn the pig raising model into a part-time job model, and at the same time, the princess of Pingyang and others will become interest-binders with him.
With the status of official businessmen, they can still get profit dividends. They can only enjoy all this if they support Xiao Ming. If they are still unsatisfied, he can only use a knife.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ming said his thoughts.
Fiji and Pang Yukun listened quietly. The two of them became more excited as they listened. As soon as Xiao Ming's voice fell, Fiji said loudly: "The emperor is wise, this will completely solve the problem of the royal family. Since the treasury has been reduced. A huge expenditure also avoided the dissatisfaction of the royal family."
Pang Yukun nodded, but he raised some concerns, "The emperor, I am sorry for the disrespect of the officials. According to the officials' understanding, the royal relatives like Song Guogong are just idiots. What if they are allowed to enter the official workshop?"
"I let them enter the government-run workshop, but I did not say to let them be in power. The position in this government-run workshop is naturally occupied by the capable. I believe that most of the royal families are still willing to change. As for the stubborn, I will not cover it. When the time comes, the law will be handled by law," Xiao Ming said.
Pang Yukun nodded, and now he was relieved. Just as he thought, Xiao Ming's real purpose was to resolve the problem of the royal family.
Some of these royal families are lazy and diligent, and some are diligent and motivated. This time, the official workshop is like a sieve to separate the good from the bad.
Those who are virtuous and useful are naturally more trustworthy than outsiders, and those who are pedantic and useless can be kicked out.
And the most important point is that these people will remain under their supervision at any time.
The main task of the early dynasty was completed today, and Qian Dafu announced his withdrawal from the dynasty under the signal of Xiao Ming.
Xiao Ming was very satisfied with the reaction of the hundreds of officials in the court. I have to say that after he became the throne, he felt that these officials looked down on him.
After all, he is young ~EbookFREE.me~ These old foxes think they can influence his decision by playing tricks.
But after Yu Ming was dismissed, these officials suddenly realized that the emperor in front of them was also a ruthless character. Only then did they put away their contemptuous minds and face up to the distinction between monarchs and ministers.
"If you have something to play early, nothing to leave the court!", as Qian Dafu's shrill voice sounded, the early court ended.
Baiguan shouted long live and got up to leave, when Xiao Ming left Fiji and Pang Yukun behind.
"What's the emperor's order?" Fiji bowed.
The most taboo of reforms is that officials violate the rules of the government and do not leave the palace. This is also the reason why Xiao Ming left Fiji and Pang Yukun.
After he became the throne, his mentality has gradually changed. Five years ago, he was just a modern ordinary young man. Five years later, he became the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom.
His psychology has gradually changed in the past five years. Now that he is the emperor, he must be the emperor and do what he says!
The chaotic political affairs of Xiao Wenxuan's period cannot be repeated on him.