New Shun 1730

The emperor knew nothing about economics, but he was confident about the Nanyang expedition.

So the emperor thought that once the Nanyang expedition was resolved, Liu Yu would be given a dukedom and Liu Yu would never have to touch the gun again.

The emperor needed two hands.

One hand was the gun.

The other hand was the purse.

The emperor's purse was not the Shangshu of the Household Department, but the purse of the court, not the emperor's purse. There was a huge difference.

Liu Yu's age was also quite awkward.

If he was born a few years earlier, the emperor could have killed Liu Yu with a little effort, and then he would have stopped court for three days and was infinitely mournful.

If he was born a few years later, he would have been suppressed and not used, and the grace of recognition would have been left to the prince, either as a purse or a gun.

He was awkwardly younger than the emperor, but not so young that he could be left to the prince as a gun or a purse.

So the emperor was going to take Liu Yu away before he left.

Once the Nanyang issue is resolved, Liu Yu will not be able to touch the gun barrel at all, and the money bag is expected to be supported by Liu Yu.

To hold on to the end, leave enough inheritance for the prince, and then take Liu Yu with him.

Many Westerners who have contact with Liu Yu and know something about the Dashun government think that Liu Yu is the behind-the-scenes foreign minister of Dashun. In fact, this is a completely wrong perception.

According to the emperor's attitude, the Western countries are thousands of miles away, so why should I worry about it?

Going to Nanyang requires diplomacy with various countries, but the purpose of diplomacy is to go to Nanyang, and the purpose of going to Nanyang is to make money.

So, to be precise, Liu Yu's identity is more like the emperor's financial consultant behind the scenes.

The money of the household government is the old three.

Land tax, salt tax, and internal customs commercial tax.

The emperor's money is trade, monopoly transfer, and newly added industrial tax. Dashun has few imperial farms. As the lesson of the previous dynasty, the emperor wants to spend money in many places, forcing the emperor to find a way. It's not that the emperor didn't want to be the largest landlord in the country, but the fact that Dashun started his career meant that the emperor didn't want to have too many imperial farms. Not to mention considering the people, at least it felt unlucky.

The emperor obviously didn't intend to hand over the income from going to Southeast Asia to the household government, and he also felt that the household government didn't really understand it.

Therefore, this time when Liu Yu went to Southeast Asia, he was more of an imperial decree, and he had great authority on economic issues.

The emperor didn't know what to do with many policies, but basically acquiesced that he would support what Liu Yu did, at least he would take a look first, and would not directly reject it.

The emperor didn't intend to discuss many things about the emperor's own money bag through the court meeting. Discussions would definitely lead to quarrels, and the Confucian political correctness of the Celestial Empire would be carried out. Speaking with political correctness, there was really no way to refute it. Even if the emperor didn't believe it himself, he had to pretend that he believed it.

The emperor's own ability was limited, and it was impossible for him to understand everything. For such things that he had never touched before, he would rather let Liu Yu try it out, see the situation, and decide later.

This is also Liu Yu's confidence in telling Niu Er to just go ahead and do it.

This time, facing Lian Fuguang and others, Liu Yu directly used the order to move to Maoling as an analogy, which can be regarded as an ultimatum that cannot be changed.

It is useless to ask anyone for mercy, and they can't find anyone with status in the court.

After patiently explaining the details of what the court is going to do with them, Lian Fuguang and others are still unhappy, but they can accept it to some extent.

According to Liu Yu, their real estate and other things will be auctioned, and they will take the silver and property and live in Songjiang Prefecture.

There, they can continue to invest, continue to do business, and even invest in plantations in Nanyang, but they can't move their families elsewhere.

And relatively speaking, Songjiang Prefecture is one of the prefectures and counties with the most special policies on the Dashun side at this time. Jiangnan is a land of fish and rice, quite rich, and not a wild place, let alone a poor place like Shaanxi where they were moved to Maoling.

Liu Yu also talked about a series of commercial activities involving private capital, such as trade with Japan, grain transportation, and the development of Ezo, which sounded okay.

Of course, it would be best if they could stay in Nanyang, where their roots are.

But this is obviously impossible. Lian Fu Guang also knows when to advance and retreat. Although he is still uneasy about the future, he has to thank him and accept it.

Liu Yu comforted him: "You have money, so where will it be different? Jiangnan is a good place, with no shortage of delicious food and beautiful girls. It is not as hot as Batavia where it is easy to get sick, and there are opportunities to invest and make a fortune. How can it not be better than Batavia?"

"I might as well tell you that there is no benefit for you to stay. First, it is impossible to package taxes, and second, many of the industries you are engaged in are not allowed by the court. So what can you do if you stay? There is no place to buy land, and trade is expected to decline in the future in Batavia."

"The sugar industry, I think it will be difficult in the next few years. In the future, you can be at ease in Songjiang Investing and raising shares are not impossible. "

"Does the court love your money? Of course it loves it. But the court is not the kind of miser who is comfortable with money. Money is needed to spend."

"Some things, as long as the purpose is achieved, what is the difference between the court spending money and you spending money? It's nothing more than some losing business, you can't invest money, for example, let you go to the Western Regions to buy land and hire people to immigrate, will you go? You definitely won't go."

"But if you go to the Whale Sea to immigrate, catch fish and shrimp, and sell seafood to the Japanese, will you invest money? If you can make a profit, you will definitely be happy to invest money."

"But for the imperial court, what they want is for the increasing number of immigrants from the Whale Sea to be controlled by the imperial court. You pay for it, and the imperial court pays for it. Of course, the imperial court hopes that you will pay for it."

"There are also like setting up workshops to accommodate refugees to work. Of course the court does not want unemployed refugees to be everywhere, but the court is either government-run or emulates the system of the Song Dynasty and is incorporated into the army. They are still government-run workers. Judging from the experience of previous dynasties, it is also Not very good.”

"So don't worry, and don't think it's a sheep entering the tiger's mouth. If I really want to eat you, I can eat it here. Why go to Songjiang to eat it?"

"Besides, if you have been to Songjiang, you will know how many people are several times richer than you. What does your industry mean? Many in Songjiang are monopolizing trade with Japan and engaged in rice transportation. Which one is not better than You don’t have a lot of money, so what are you afraid of?”

Either to comfort, to intimidate, or to reason, Liu Yu tried his best not to solve this problem in such a rough way.

If it is too rough, although the purpose of relocation can be achieved, the purpose of making them trust the court and boldly invest instead of buying land for farming and studying will not be achieved.

It is easy to confiscate the houses based on the crime, but it is difficult to say how much of the confiscated gold and silver will be used for the development of industry in the hands of the emperor.

Lian Fuguang was still worried. At this time, he could only say: "If this is really the case, we are also willing to obey the court's arrangements. The rest of the land and other properties can be sold. But this ancestral house, please show your favor. I only I hope to arrange for some old family members to keep watch here and pay homage to them from time to time.”

Liu Yu said with a smile: "You don't have to think about being exiled. It's not like you are not allowed to come back. The court has already stipulated that those who are registered as extremely wealthy can go to sea, but they must return within two years. As the saying goes, a monk who can run away cannot run away from the temple, I am confident. "

"At that time, most of the money in your hand will be converted into stocks and bonds. If you go elsewhere, it will be just waste paper, and you will take the initiative to keep it for a long time."

"If you really want to run away, there's no place to go. Right? When you go to Europe, although you know Dutch, you are still outsiders after all. Not to mention that you gave the imperial court a certificate to capture Batavia. There is no such thing. Even if you go there, you will be oppressed.”

"I have already considered asking you to move away. Your resistance to moving away will not be too great. As long as the court's policy is clearly explained and you are saved from all kinds of dark speculations and uneasiness, it really doesn't matter."

"You said before that you are not powerful. That is not entirely wrong. After all, you are not the powerful people of the Han Dynasty with tens of thousands of land. You are mainly engaged in business, and most of your assets are running water, cash, and debt. And you won’t have much land under Dutch rule.”

This is quite right.

These people are not considered the landlord class. In fact, they do not have much land and other real estate. Including sugar factories and the like, which have not made much money in recent years, they have all been rented out and resold.

They were considered a special class under colonial rule. It might be said that they were compradors, but they were not; it might be said that they were scoundrels, which seemed a bit harsh.

In short, most of their income was dependent on the rule of the colonial government.

Liu Yu wanted to make drastic changes to the land issue in Java, and it was not these Chinese who were affected, but the local indigenous nobles, who had little to do with these wealthy Chinese.

Liu Yu talks about the sprouting of capitalism all day long, and it can be regarded as an attempt to "destroy the sprouts and encourage them to grow".

Even Fuguang didn't expect that a court official like Liu Yu could think of this level. Seeing that what Liu Yu said was reasonable, he finally felt relieved.

"What Marquis Jing said is right. The land we are waiting for is indeed not much. As for the sugar factory and the like, it is not profitable now. It is okay to sell it at a low price."

"Now that Marquis Jing knows these details, we feel relieved. If we go to Songjiang Mansion and there are really investment channels, of course we are willing to make a fortune. According to Marquis Jing, it can be regarded as contributing to the imperial court and achieving the imperial court's goals. We also made money, and this good thing made us worry too much before.”

"I will go back soon and submit the land deeds to our respective fields, sugar mills, etc., and everything will be obeyed by the imperial court."

Although I said this, I thought in my heart, it’s okay not to listen. Looking at the attitude of the court, it would be great if we can leave with money. What else do we want to do with the land?

It was said to be an auction, but if the imperial court really took it back to the government, would it be possible that we would still be crying to get it back? It's better to be sensible and hand it over voluntarily. If you can give me a few dollars, give it; if you can't give it, then sell it as a favor and give it to the court. It's better than being forced to go to the Yamen and being charged and taken away.

With this Kapitan statement, the remaining Lei Zhenlan could only express his statement along with Lian Fuguang, saying that he would go back and get all the land title deeds, and soon move to Songjiang Mansion in accordance with the imperial decree.

Before leaving, Liu Yu said something that completely reassured them.

"If it is done, it must be done as soon as possible. Since the imperial court has obtained Nanyang, the spices and the like must be sold. Maybe they will follow the Dutch approach and set up a monopoly and exclusive company. By then, they will definitely raise shares in Songjiang Prefecture. . If you go late, you may miss this opportunity."