Chapter 165 Public-Private Partnership

Zhao Jun saw everyone speaking out enthusiastically and was very satisfied with their attitude.

We are not afraid that businessmen will make money by doing business, but we are afraid that businessmen will even lose their most basic conscience in order to make money. They say that they are not interested in money, but in fact they will do anything to make money.

This is the case for many capitalists in the West.

Because many Western capitals actually don’t care about the country at all. Under the wave of globalization, their national consciousness has become very indifferent. They feel that as long as they have money, they can’t go anywhere.

Therefore, later generations can often see that once the country experiences some turmoil, domestic capital will flee in large quantities, causing economic collapse.

In fact, both scientists and businessmen should uphold the spirit of "Science and economy have no borders, but scientists and businessmen must have countries." If they don’t even love their own country, then why should they be expected to love the world?

"The country needs a capable and responsible government, but at the same time it also needs many responsible and responsible people. Businessmen, scholars, traders, and pawns, as long as they unite, they will be stronger than anything else."

Zhao Jun said to everyone: "So we, the Song Dynasty, will support a group of patriotic businessmen and enjoy some special treatment. For example, they can be exempted from certain taxes, have the right to directly obtain all kinds of goods for sale, and can also do business on the road. They can enjoy various conveniences, but they must also bear certain responsibilities.”

"What responsibility?"

Someone asked subconsciously. After asking, he was a little frightened and realized that he might have been rash.

But Zhao Jun did not blame him, but said with a smile: "This responsibility is to provide full support when the country is in crisis. For example, even if there is no more negotiation and import, you must still complete a certain share of transporting grain to the border every year. Even more than others to prove that you are more patriotic.”

This is very straightforward. To put it simply, the country can support your business to grow, but you should also shoulder the responsibilities you have to do. In addition to ensuring business conditions and alleviating social conflicts, we must also contribute to the country and share the worries of the war.

Although it would be boring to speak too clearly, in ancient times it was unrealistic to expect everyone to have such a high level of awareness. Therefore, it is better to clarify some things in advance and make them a rigid rule.

"That's natural."

"Whenever the Political Yuan issues an order in the future, we will go all out."

"We will never refuse to work in China to transport grain from now on."

Everyone had already promised with their chests just now, and naturally they responded one by one this time, saying that there was no problem.

"Okay, now that we've discussed everyone's responsibilities, let's talk about the content of this restructuring."

Zhao Jun took a sip of tea and continued: "I believe you have guessed that this time the government's sales reform is to transfer part of the sales channels, tea farm and salt field operations, processing workshops, government-owned shops, etc. to you ”

Everyone's breathing suddenly became rapid.

At best, this restructuring is called public-private partnership and reorganization of state-owned assets. At worst, it is actually the sale of state-owned assets.

In the Song Dynasty, Quesui was actually a state-run enterprise, but it was still not separated from the government. From sales channels to production locations and processing, it was all purchased by the government. The people who handled it were not employees of state-owned enterprises, but real and high-level people. Officials.

Therefore, compared to the commercial atmosphere, the official atmosphere is stronger. Under such circumstances, corruption is bound to be rampant. These officials themselves are engaged in their own small businesses and are in charge of the country's big business. It would be strange if they are not corrupt.

Zhao Jun must consider reorganizing the government and business operations, learn from the advanced experience of later generations, introduce private enterprises, and encourage the development of private enterprises to better promote the business environment.

"After the transfer, you no longer have to worry about being suppressed by the government or being blocked in the source of goods. And from now on, apart from the government only holding a certain proportion of commercial shares, all other large and small matters will be handled by you yourself, and the management rights will be in You are responsible for your own profits and losses.”

Zhao Jun said: "But you should also understand that compared to the private sector, the sites, assets, shops, and authority sold by the government are much larger than you think. If you want to take over, your capital alone is obviously not enough. of."

"Then how do we take over?"

"This is a good question, so I will divide this part of the assets and auction them at a price. The equity is 10%, and you can get up to 60%. As for whether you will bid together as a joint stock or as one family, that is another matter. "

"If it involves official matters, what should we do if local officials and inspections along the water transport line question it?"

someone boldly asked.

"Of course someone will help you solve this problem."

Zhao Jun smiled and said: "After the Ministry of Industry and Commerce is established, the "store book" will no longer be handled by the government, but at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and local industrial and commercial bureaus, and business licenses will be registered."

"Industrial and Commercial Bureau?"

Everyone looked at each other. They had actually heard of this department.

It is the latest department established in Bianliang, but this department has only just been implemented. The outside world still does not know what it is responsible for and what it does.

"Yes."

Zhao Jun nodded and said: "This department will be responsible for all future businesses, including taxation, operations, inspections, supervision, etc. In the future, from small stores to large merchants, they must have permission from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. If it is a joint venture with the government, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce will send When people come in, they will firstly settle the accounts, and secondly, they will also help you solve your officialdom troubles.”

In ancient times, there were business licenses. Starting from the Han Dynasty, merchants had to obtain permission from the government to engage in commercial activities. Before the Song Dynasty, merchants had to choose a store and could not change it, and then they had to check the goods regularly. After the Song Dynasty, restrictions were lifted, which promoted the prosperity of commerce.

This business license was called "store book" at the time, which was basically a store license. Now that the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has been established, merchants are allowed to register companies and form private enterprises.

"What about the specific bidding method?" Tian Chang asked the question he was concerned about, and said, "Is it a direct bidding?"

"Yes."

Zhao Jun said: "The government will evaluate the current monopoly assets, and you will bid for it, and the highest bidder will win. But the court must hold at least 40% of the shares, and then I will establish the Song Dynasty National Assets Department, and these 40% of the shares will belong to the state. The remaining 60% of the shares belong to you, and you can also set up a trading company to purchase it jointly, and determine one person to lead the operation."

Because of the monopoly of tea, salt, iron, alum, wine, spices and other items, the Song Dynasty controlled the daily necessities, textiles and wine and beverage industries, resulting in its own extremely large state-owned industries.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce these days, the assets of various salt fields, tea fields, iron and alum mines, wineries, etc. add up to hundreds of millions of guan, not counting the government-run shops across the country and institutional industries such as "food and tea business" and "wine business".

If all of them were sold, just with more than ten of them, even if they were the largest private merchants in Bianliang, they would not be enough to buy them all.

So they can only split and sell.

And it is still a small part of it, and most of the state-owned assets will be temporarily retained and gradually transitioned in the future.

It can be said that this is just a pilot to allow Bianliang merchants to participate in state-owned enterprises.

After the pilot is successful in the future, the scope will be expanded to the whole country, and the state-owned institutions throughout the Song Dynasty will be dismantled, and the entire official reform can be completed.

Although doing so seems to be selling state-owned assets, the current state-owned assets are already a burden, and selling them is not a bad thing.

When the economic environment improves in the future, we will follow the example of later generations and establish a direct-operated department completely controlled by the state.

In this way, private enterprises and state-owned enterprises will first form joint ventures, while driving the vigorous development of private enterprises and guiding the correct operation of state-owned enterprises.

When the right time comes and capitalism enters its embryonic stage, Zhao Jun can formally promote the reform of steam engines and enter the steam age.

In addition, before that, a lot of preparations can be made, such as improving spinning machines, promoting cotton planting, looking for silver inflows, etc.

As for the current abundant human resources, there is no need to worry about the problem that merchants have no motivation to reform steam engines.

First, there are official promoters, and second, when Europe and the United States entered the steam age in history, there were also black people who were slaves, but they also entered the steam age.

Demand means motivation, and when capital is really put into operation, it can only move forward. And what the court needs to do is to put a tight ring on its head when it develops fiercely.

After hearing the plan given by Zhao Jun, the more than ten businessmen below each found their familiar friends and began to discuss in a low voice.

In short, this reform is that the court took out part of the state-owned operating rights and sold them in a package.

But the overall state-owned business is still too huge for them to handle, so they will sell all the state-owned departments in Bianliang, including one or two tea mountains, salt fields, mines, winery management rights, and shops and channels in Bianliang to them.

They can form a group to take it, or if they have strong funds, they can bid individually. For example, in the case of tea, a tea plantation, tea shop, and tea processing factory can be directly handed over to merchants, and they can take it away in one package.

The prerequisite is that the state must own 40% of the shares, and this part of the shares will not interfere with their business. The management is fully handed over to them, and they will be responsible for their own profits and losses.

At the same time, since the court holds this 40% of the shares, it will also help them deal with the deliberate difficulties in the officialdom. As long as it is reasonable and legal, then if they want to do business in the future, they will no longer be subject to the various restrictions of officials, merchants, and local governments as before.

This is obviously a good thing for them.

Because when they were suppressed before, their upper limit was to have assets of one million guan. Now not only is there no suppression, but they can no longer only receive a certain share of commodity management rights every year as before.

In this way, there is no upper limit to their business, and the source of goods is no longer as constant as before. As long as they manage properly, it is only a matter of time before their assets exceed one million guan.

After understanding this, everyone no longer hesitated and immediately said to Zhao Jun: "We will all rely on the dean!"

"Okay."

Zhao Jun nodded and said: "During this period, you go back to take care of your own housework and see how much money you can come up with. At that time, Li Xiang will host the auction. You go back and wait for the notice."

"Thank you, dean!"

Everyone stood up and bowed.

This time, all walks of life are involved, and the Bianliang monopoly is estimated to be worth tens of millions or nearly 100 million guan. Even if they are wealthy, they certainly can't afford so much money.

So they must go back to discuss it. At that time, see whether to bring friends in or form a group by themselves, which is another matter.

The description of capitalists in the previous chapter is definitely biased, because not every capitalist is evil, but at least the image of capitalists in society is definitely negative at present, and everyone roughly knows what it means.

Recently, I have had some mental problems and have been under a lot of pressure. Even if I write, I definitely don't think about it. So far, there are no major mistakes and no major problems, so I am temporarily satisfied. If there are any omissions, please point them out and give me some suggestions for revision. Because I am in this mental state, I probably can't think so much. At least I don't know how to revise the last chapter.

In addition, the group was reported and closed. I told them to stop politicking, but they refused to listen. I can't make any comments. If you don't commit suicide, you won't die. You have ruined my group. I am speechless.