Compensation and funding for self-employed and middle- and lower-level commercial households undoubtedly allowed the Ming Dynasty court to not only obtain understanding from the people of Jiangnan, but also won the gratitude of self-employed and middle-level commercial households.

Such measures naturally reduce the obstacles to the future imposition of commercial taxes, and at the same time, they also allow business owners who were forced or actively registered with the Ministry of Revenue to taste the sweetness of registration, because the court's subsidies are compensated according to the list and funds at the time of registration.

However, the so-called registration at this time is not yet mature, and the process is very simple. At most, it is to register a store name or product name. The company registration and trademark registration are still in a state of confusion.

However, it is precisely because it is simple and basically not much money (the cost of receiving a certificate and a license from the entire household registration department is only one silver dollar), so most shops and workshops in the Jiangnan region are compensated.

However, there were those who were unwilling to keep pace with the times or were too stingy to spend money, but they were not compensated. Those who did not register with the Ministry of Revenue naturally regretted it, which also laid the groundwork for the deepening of economic reforms in the Ming Dynasty and the support of a large number of commercial households when carrying out company registration and trademark registration.

Minister of Works, Huo Weihua, Right Minister of Works and Ordnance Department of Bi Maokang, and other leaders of the Ministry of Works, Royal Academy of Engineering, Ordnance Department, Royal Industrial Company, Royal Bank, Huangzhuang and other Royal Capital Groups also arrived at Jinling City this time, and as soon as they arrived at Jinling City, they were invited by Zhu Youxiao to the Forbidden City.

Ho Weihua and others came here naturally to solve the negative impacts caused by the intervention of Royal Weaving House and Royal Industrial Company in the Jiangnan region and the change of the economic structure of Jiangnan, and to deal with the large number of unemployment problems caused by the acquisition of a large amount of profits and the squeeze of countless peers as workshops.

"Yesterday, the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue submitted a discount to me about the latest data on the unemployed and landless people in the ten prefectures of Jiangnan. The number of unemployed people in the ten prefectures of Jiangnan has reached 2 million, and this data is quite large!

If these two million people really rise up and form an army of two million. The total number of regular troops of our Ming Dynasty is not that big, so the situation is very serious. This is also the fundamental reason for the demonstration of this congregation. They must have work and food to eat!

In this way, it is beneficial and harmless for both their own family and the entire Ming Dynasty.”

Zhu Youxiao said, "Now, I ask you to come together to discuss how to solve the survival problem of two million people. You are now in charge of my millions of industries, each of which is rich, more profitable than the Salt Administration and Copper Administration, and therefore have to bear certain social obligations."

"Your Majesty, I have been in charge of this world project since the sixth year of the Tianqi revelation. There is a big problem that has emerged, that is, the world post station needs to be renovated, expanded or even increased.

With the emergence of four-wheeled carriages, the long-distance transportation of bulk goods is more convenient and the demand is becoming more and more intense. However, the world's galloping road is still suitable for two-wheeled carriages, especially between the two capitals, which urgently needs a highway connecting the north and south. This can reduce the pressure on the canal transportation and avoid the interruption of the canal transportation once it is blocked and the flooding of the Yellow River is caused by having to risk taking the sea route."

The first person to speak was the Minister of Works, Huo Weihua.

Huo Weihua's idea was to build a national highway across the north and south between the capital and Liudu. Now, with the four-wheeled carriage developed by the Royal Academy of Engineering, after the calibration of Zhuyou, it was not only used for military purposes, but has been sold to the people in the pass since this year.

The reason why it is sold is because many important parts are not able to be copied by the people. Gong Yonggu, the shopkeeper of Royal Industrial Company, only sells a complete set of four-wheeled carriages in order to make money, and does not sell a set of core parts separately.

As soon as the four-wheeled carriages were opened to the private market, they were greatly welcomed by the people. As the Minister of Works, Huo Weihua said, the transportation of bulk goods among the people on the 6th route has become much more convenient, but the narrow post road does restrict the economic development of the four-wheeled carriages after the emergence of the four-wheeled carriages.

"Your Majesty, I have done a calculation. If you open a road between the two capitals, you can not only share the pressure of the canal transportation, reduce the status of the canal transportation, and reduce the impact of the corruption in the canal transportation on the Ming Dynasty. It can reduce the cost of the imperial court on the canal transportation by about three million silver dollars every year, but also promote the sale of goods between the north and the south. According to the current canal transportation scale, the scale of six million silver dollars can be increased.

If Locks are set up everywhere, the court can increase the revenue of 4 million silver dollars per year, while the cost of the initial period is only about 20 million silver dollars, and the annual maintenance cost is about 1 million silver dollars, and you can make a profit within four or five years."

The engineering idea proposed by Hovehua has to be admitted that it is indeed a very touching idea. Building a highway between the two capitals in the north and the south is equivalent to building a national highway. This is a great event that is beneficial to the future, both military and economically.

But Zhu Youxiao did not immediately make a statement. After all, such a large project requires a lot of manpower and material support. If the national strength can be maintained, it may be prosperous, but it may also be dragged down by this.

After all, if you spend the 20 million silver dollars, it will take four or five years to start making money. But who knows what will happen in four or five years, will there be a major natural disaster, and will there be a big war, just like Emperor Yang of Sui, who ended up with a country destruction.

"I would like to ask you, if this avenue is built, how many families can livelihood problems be solved, and how many people can your project satisfy?"

How much employment can a project solve is a problem that Zhu Youxiao is more concerned about in addition to making money. After all, as a state capital, starting a project is not only about profit, but sometimes it also needs to consider how much stabilizing the society can play.

"It takes about 300,000 people. If it increases, it will not be repaired in 20 million." After Huo Weihua finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao said with a final say: "Five hundred thousand people, if your project meets 500,000 workers under the premise of 20 million silver dollars, and can build this national highway into two four-wheel lanes and two double-wheel auxiliary lanes, and the workers' wages remain unchanged, can you do it? If so, I agree with you."

Huo Weihua shook his head without thinking and bowed to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, the 20 million silver dollar is the result of me being carefully calculated. Now it is too difficult for me to make 500,000 people build a two-lane road at the same time, unless you add 10 million to me."

"Okay, you really sell vegetables in the vegetable market. Bargain with me!"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but scold Ho Weihua at this time. Ho Weihua's old face turned red. He felt that this was impossible and he was unwilling to give up such a big project. After all, he had investigated from the north to the south and spent so much effort. If he didn't do it, he felt that he was the Minister of Works, nothing worthy of glory.

So, Hovey finally gritted his teeth and said, "If Your Majesty adds another five million silver dollars, the old minister will follow the order, and do as your Majesty said. If it cannot be done, Your Majesty will chop off the old minister!"

Huo Weihua estimated in his mind that it was impossible to manage 20 million silver dollars and 500,000 people in any case. Adding 5 million can be considered as doing his best, and maybe it can be completed.

"You are immortal." Zhu Youxiao wanted to kick away the Minister of Works, Ho Weihua, who was bargaining with him. However, thinking that he was indeed in a difficult situation, he agreed to Ho Weihua's request and asked Yang Shouchun to be in charge of the Royal Bank: "Can the Royal Bank now take out 25 million?"

"Report to Your Majesty, since the income from the treasury and treasury in the Royal Bank, and the salaries of civil and military officials and vassal kings and soldiers were deposited at the Royal Bank, the funds for the Royal Bank's activities have increased a lot, but it is too much to spend 25 million silver dollars at one time, so I must find a way to get it together."

Yang Shouchun's words are obvious. He can get it, but he can't ask for it anymore.

As the steward of state capital, he was unwilling to lend money to national projects easily, because because His Majesty had to take care of these national projects, the loan interest rates for these national projects were low and the recycling costs were slow. He hoped that his Royal Bank could make more money.

Huo Weihua had a move that wanted to beat Yang Shouchun.

Today, the Ministry of Revenue basically does statistics and archive management, collects money, grain and national taxes, but the flow of funds is in the hands of Yang Shouchun, and the salaries of officials are also in his hands. Even the military pay of the Imperial Guards and the wages of workers are uniformly released by the Royal Bank.

The Ministry of Revenue has now been unable to embezzle salary, and the Ministry of Works has been unable to embezzle salary. It is difficult for the generals and officials to eat blood within the Imperial Guards, and it has also avoided the control of soldiers by military officers and the emergence of private soldiers.

The Guards and Border Army have not done this yet to avoid causing a huge rebound from military officers, so they are only targeted at the Imperial Guards.

But in this way, whether it is the six ministers and nine ministers who are in power or the commander of the Imperial Guards who are commanding troops outside, they must look at his face and hate him to the core, but they cannot touch him, because everyone knows that he, the backstage boss of the Royal Bank, is the current emperor and the senior generals of the Imperial Guards, and the powerful and important officials.

"You Royal Bank now has a bank deposit of at least 300 million silver dollars. Now you are so stingy if you only get an extra five million silver dollars." Ho Weihua whispered a few words in his heart, but didn't say anything more.

Zhu Youxiao nodded and came to Gong Yonggu, the head of the Royal Industrial Company, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

"Gong Yonggu, isn't your Royal Industrial Company going to establish branches in Jiangnan, Huguang, Sichuan and other places this year? How many people can livelihoods? If necessary, I can use the place to help you immigrate these people from Jiangnan to other places, which can also reduce the problem of imbalanced population distribution in our Ming Dynasty."

Royal Industrial Company now monopolizes the upstream Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Academy of Sciences' research results, and downstream ranges from the new Ming soap made in the Ming Dynasty, which is closely related to the people, to four-wheeled carriages, large steam-powered pumps and other advanced equipment.

It can be said to be the first-level technology company in the Ming Dynasty.

Now in less than a year, the profits made are enough to offset the treasury income of the Ming Dynasty last year.

At the same time, more than a dozen factories and affiliated training institutions that have been built and under construction under the name of Royal Industrial Corporation also support tens of thousands of families.

When the Ming Dynasty wealth list released by Daming Daily in June, Gong Yonggu's total personal wealth was already ranked third, surpassing several vassal kings, but the first one was still the King of Fortune.

Gong Yonggu was a little embarrassed. This Royal Industrial Company is not only His Majesty's property, but also His property. He is willing to make more profits for His Majesty's, but he is not willing to turn his Royal Industrial Company into a welfare institution and pay a lot of costs to support more ordinary people for no reason.

Moreover, His Majesty has long stipulated that employees of Royal Capital Enterprises, whether officials or common people, enjoy three times the salary of other private workshops, and have to establish files, provide various subsidies and reimbursements, and even year-end rewards.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people who would rather not take the imperial examination than join the Royal Industrial Company.

But in this way, one more person joins the Royal Industries Company means that the Royal Industries Company will have to spend a lot of money.

But Gong Yonggu did not dare to directly answer that he was reluctant to give up money. In order to relieve Zhu Youxiao's worries, he said tactfully: "Now the Royal Industrial Company has increased its demand for transporting a large number of goods, and is in need of a large number of grassroots porters, escorts and packers. Weichen and several other responsible persons discussed it and it was initially estimated that it would take about 30,000 people."

"Fifty thousand people! Judging from the research results of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Academy of Sciences this year, Royal Industry Corporation will have to open up at least eight million-level industrial chains this year. It is the time when people are urgently needed. Don't wait until the Western and Eastern transactions are opened. You don't know who can be used. You have to hurry up and train now. If you don't have enough money, you can borrow from the Royal Bank first. You are my brother-in-law at least. The person surnamed Yang will not give you face."

Gong Yonggu looked at Yang Shouchun with resentment and thought to himself: "Okay, don't say that he is the prince consort, even if King Fu wants to build a Huayue Building this year, he wants to borrow from the Royal Bank, but he still has to take out 30,000 acres of land as collateral? He just wants to build a factory warehouse in Chengdu Prefecture. This guy also has to provide himself with a proof of profit in Sichuan, otherwise he will not give himself money, and he is very angry."

Yang Shouchun of the Royal Bank did not speak. He knew that because he was from a Shanxi merchant and had no fame, he was shorter than these officials in his status. Now he was in charge of His Majesty the Emperor's wallet, controlling all the wealth reserves of the Ming Dynasty, and blocking the wealth paths of countless people, which made him so hateful. This was impossible to avoid. As long as His Majesty still needed to use him, he could not retreat.

When Zhu Youxiao saw that these people were full of resentment towards Yang Shouchun, he couldn't help but cough a few times. He knew that these guys hated Yang Shouchun, who was a stingy iron cockerel, but Zhu Youxiao liked this shopkeeper who was born in Shanxi merchants very much, because although this person abides by the rules and is almost old-fashioned, he can be free to face financial favors and bad phenomena such as loans and investments.

Because Zhu Youproofreader Yang Shouchun's protection, no one else dared to say anything else, even Gong Yonggu could only swallow his anger.

Zhu Youxiao was very happy to do this. If these new chaebols who were supported by themselves were not a good thing to mix oil in honey.
Chapter completed!