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Chapter 57 Where does the money go?

Li Xu, who was adding wine, said: "Yes, once the money hidden by the people is spent in a short time, the things on the market are not expensive. Moreover, Ducao also counts real estate and land as households, and cannot buy houses. So what else can be spent in a short time? I think, most of the rich have no place to spend money with money. And cattle, horse, donkey and mule are not included in households from next year. In the future, I don't know how many people in the countryside will raise these livestock. Now the official cattle, official horses, and horses are the ones."

Xu Ping drank the wine from the cup in one sip and said with a smile: "What you said makes sense. Indeed, if you force out the money from the people, you should arrange a place for them. This is the same as breaking the dam and releasing water. Suddenly digging the dam will inevitably lead to flooding and devastating creatures. If you dig the channel in advance and lead the water to the built dam, you will be worry-free."

Zhao Xu said: "Has Yun Xing already thought about where to go to money? If so, it would be okay to go to the household in cash."

"The private households cannot have money in their hands. If they are not allowed to use it, money will not be money. But it is also moderate, and it is based on sufficient daily use. Without restrictions, it will become a bottomless pit. No amount of new money will be of no help. Therefore, you should consider this matter. First, according to households, etc., there can be an amount of cash, which is used as daily use, and not included in households. Furthermore, in order to prevent the sudden circulation of money and the price soaring, two must be arranged for them.

The place to go. One is an official money house. The cash is deposited and issued to the certificate to refer to the story of Jiaoziwu in Xichuan. These money is not included in households, so of course, for the convenience of households, and no longer charges various fees. I heard that Jiaoziwu collects 20 cents at 1,000 yuan, which is similar to the actual money collected by the goods department, so the money house we set up will not be charged. But when the money is entered, it is only changed from being hidden in the people to being hidden in the government. It is useless not to spend it."

Li Shen said: "It's not only useless, but also capital is needed to keep the copper coins in check and prevent theft and rust of money. It's even more cost-effective to move cash between prefectures and counties. In the past, it was the intention of collecting twenty thousand documents. Now, if you don't collect these twenty thousand documents, do you have to pay the government to subsidize the money house? To be honest, it's a bit difficult to transport money from all over the country."

Xu Ping naturally knew that it was difficult to get the government to subsidize money houses. In fact, except for some public welfare undertakings that had to be done, such as education, roads, canals, etc., it was not easy to let the official subsidize any business. If the money house wants to survive, it must have its own profit channels. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, it mainly relied on handling fees, transportation fees and small tricks such as scraping silver. Xu Ping had already blocked this road, so he had to come up with new profit methods.

After looking at the few people, Xu Ping smiled and said, "How can you make a lot of cash in hand? How can you not make any profit without interest?"

After hearing this, Wang Yaochen's heart thumped and said to Xu Ping: "Yunxing is saying that if the money house lends money to make profits? This is the government lending. I said that in front, this is a bottomless pit, either losing all the money or causing the people to live in poverty!"

Li Shen said: "Isn't this much different from Qingmiao Loan? A few months ago, Du Cao said that Qingmiao Loan has endless troubles and is not suitable for it. Why is it now?"

Xu Ping signaled Li Wei to pour everyone's cup full of wine, and took a drink, then said: "Earning interest and profits may not be the official lending, especially not lending to the public, otherwise it will cause great trouble. I understand."

"Where does it come from interest if you don't lend? If you don't lend to the private sector, then who will lend to? Besides, the original intention of setting up a money house is not to prevent cash from flowing into the market. If you lend, then it will flow out again."

Xu Ping said: "So, there must be a place where you can borrow money from a bank and prevent money from flowing into the private sector. This is what I plan to prevent the government from running all the business and let the private sector set up business. To prevent confusion with existing small workshops, it can be called a company. This company can be invested by one person or held by several people, and the assets are not included in the household, etc. What do you think?"

Wang Yaochen asked, "Why do you need to call a company?"

"The Master said: The public means the wealth of several people, and the officials means operation. It is called a company, which means it is established specifically for money to make profits. This money is both private and not private. The government collects taxes from it, and the private person takes dividends from it. In addition, unless the company goes bankrupt, the money is not allowed to be withdrawn from it at will." (See the note here)

Wang Yaochen, Li Wei and others looked at each other and shook their heads together, but they still didn't understand what the company meant.

Companies and enterprises, such independent economic legal persons, emerged in an adaptable manner to the commodity economy, in order to make capital the dominant chain of commodity economy production, exchange, consumption, and expansion and reproduction.

Under natural economic conditions, the company has no meaning, it is just a handicraft workshop in another situation.

But under the conditions of commodity economy, it is completely different. Only when capital is independent of money or funds in the ordinary sense and becomes a link in the commodity economy can it complete the tasks assigned to it by the commodity economy. The company will adapt to this role and make capital the dominant of society. Once funds enter the company and become capital under the conditions of commodity economy, they will no longer be the money of the specific person, but are just the cornerstone of the startup of the commodity economy chain. In this sense, the capital of the company has social significance, not just the property of a person, and is not allowed to be separated from the commodity economy chain at will. Once funds are withdrawn from the chain of commodity economy on a large scale, leave the company, start buying houses, land, luxury goods, and carry out various capital accumulation activities, there is no doubt that there will be major problems in the social economy.

Once the funds in your hands are invested in the company and become capital for industry and commerce, the nature of the funds will undergo fundamental changes. Simply put, these capitals are both your money and social money, and have dual natures. This dual nature makes capital no longer available to individuals at will, even if the company is owned by you alone. The part of the money you can use can only be the publicly allocated part of the profits generated by capital. Capital must operate according to the laws of the commodity economy. Rights and obligations have always complement each other. Only by fulfilling the social responsibilities of capital can you obtain rich returns from the commodity economy.

The company should have the meaning of making the funds in private hands become capital under the conditions of commodity economy, thus having social nature and no longer being controlled by private people at will. The more the official emphasizes the social nature of capital and insists on restricting the personal power of capital owners, the more capitalism will be tilted towards the state, and the extreme is naturally that capital is owned by the official. The more it emphasizes the power of the individual owners of capital and emphasizes the protection of this power, the convenience of the official becomes the puppet of the capital owners.

But no matter which direction it leans, society is always controlled by capital, and capital, not capitalists, are the masters of the world.

These dualities of capital are very different from wealth under the previous natural economic conditions. After completing this transformation, society will undergo a complete transformation. The wheel of the commodity economy will roll forward and crush all obstacles. This is the necessity of capitalism to replace feudal society. Capital dominates everything and has nothing to do with making some people become capitalists.
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