Chapter 1463: University Hall

After speaking, he saluted Gao Taotao: "What I just discussed are some of my humble views on the discussion between Academicians Sima and Academicians Lu. I also have suggestions for the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty."

Gao Taotao was still digesting Su You's long speech just now, and he sighed with emotion for a while: "It is said that what Situ has learned in his life can be summed up in three words: fine, fine, and pure. The sparse materials are actually so fine and comprehensive. Tell me about you.

Please give me some advice."

Su You bowed and said: "I believe that if the country wants to develop, the most important thing is to improve the people's basic living security, and the second is to vigorously cultivate talents."

"The Song Dynasty has been studying for decades since the Qing Dynasty, and it has already achieved outstanding results. However, I think it can be improved to a higher level."

"The academics of the imperial dynasty are already facing breakthroughs, but those who are as good as Mr. Hengqu in philosophy and as good as Chen Zhaoming and Zhao Zongyou in science and engineering are still too few."

"Literary affairs and medicine are mostly out of the wild."

"The Empress Dowager, I would like to donate all of my shares in Sitong Company and Huangsong Bank to the Huangsong Charity Fund."

"How can this be done!" Gao Taotao's body behind the curtain couldn't help but trembled: "This proposal is inappropriate!"

Gao Taotao is the head of Huangsong Bank and Sitong Trading Company. Only a few people, including her, know what a huge fortune it is.

Although Gao Taotao is possessive, she does not have a high desire for wealth. What she likes is power. In the process of managing wealth, she controls those who manage wealth for her.

Huangsong Bank and Sitong Company were the two behemoths that controlled the economic lifeline of the Song Dynasty. They were also the culmination of Su You's hard work since childhood.

After Su You became an official, he shared this part of the wealth with the royal family and nobles, and took the initiative to hand over control.

And now that Suyou is preparing to completely withdraw from these industries, doesn't this mean that the royal family is seizing the property of its ministers?

Gao Taotao is someone who attaches great importance to and maintaining the reputation of the royal family. Even the career and salary of the Gao family have been suppressed by her for a long time. How could he do such a thing? He was opposed at the first moment.

Su You's tone was very calm: "Empress Dowager, please listen to what I have to say."

"Sitong and Huangsong Bank now have too many businesses, too complex structures, and too large volumes, making them very inconvenient to manage."

"The Empress Dowager and Your Majesty have just taken charge of the government. The people in the world are so busy with government affairs, and they will definitely not be able to take care of this aspect."

Gao Taotao said: "Let the Su County Lord, the Empress Dowager, the Empress, and several eldest princesses come and help with the cooking."

Su You bowed and said: "They each have their own charity affairs now. The Empress Dowager, I believe that the affairs of the world are ultimately done by everyone in the world."

"Sitong has attracted royal family members and relatives of nobles to become shareholders. The purpose itself is not for wealth, but to find a livelihood for the children of the clan branches without becoming a burden to the country."

"We can't forget the original purpose just because Sitong has developed to what it is today. The Queen Mother, now it's time to split the industry."

"I believe that from now on, the royal family only needs to control the two core banks and military industry of the Song Dynasty's economy and military."

"And the rest of the property can be handed over to the clan members and relatives who are already familiar with the business."

"There are many benefits to doing this. First of all, the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty have taken charge of the government for the first time. They have given officials official posts and exempted the common people from taxes. However, they cannot do without a little favor for the clan members."

"By splitting these industries to them, the Queen Mother and Her Majesty will definitely receive their greatest support."

"The second is the issue of energy. Your Majesty is still young and needs to study, observe politics, and try to handle government affairs, while the Queen Mother has to supervise the ministers and make decisions, and the affairs are complicated."

"The third is to greatly simplify the huge and bloated organization, only outline the main points and abandon the details, which can achieve the effect of strengthening sensitivity."

"The fourth is to continue to train the clan and nobles so that they can contribute their talents to the Song Dynasty."

"To handle this matter well, there must be a person in charge. Firstly, this person must be familiar with Sitong's business. Secondly, it is best not to have any assets in it to avoid suspicion of partiality."

"I think that if I donate my assets, I can barely be considered the best candidate."

"Mingrun..." Gao Taotao was a little moved and even called Su You.

"The Empress Dowager, Su You has not asked for salary several times since he became an official. Now he has accumulated 150,000 yuan in his salary package. There is no need to worry about Su You's life."

"But I also have requirements for donating these assets."

Gao Taotao said: "Mingrun, please speak."

Su You said: "I mentioned in the "Ethical Training" that 'when a crown is placed on the body, it must bear its weight.' When the clan members obtain these properties, they must make corresponding contributions to the country."

"This contribution is tax. They can no longer enjoy tax-free treatment as relatives of the clan. Instead, they need to work hard to run these industries and pay the taxes they should pay."

"Your Majesty, have you ever calculated how much these taxes are?"

Gao Taotao said: "According to Mingrun's first report, the officials and I came to collect statistics from various places. In addition to those in the court, there are also properties under my own management."

"The annual income of Sitong and Huangsong Bank, haha, is now more than 150 million guan, of which commerce, mining and metallurgy, shipping, machinery, salt industry, chemical industry, grain and oil, and wool spinning are the bulk."

Su You asked: "Then how much of it is tax-free?"

Gao Taotao hesitated: "I haven't counted this."

Su You said: "The world belongs to the royal family. I estimate that among these industries, in addition to the ordnance, armor, mining and metallurgy that are encouraged by the state and should be tax-free, the scale of the remaining income is tax-free due to the clan's nobles.

No less than 60 million strings, right?"

"Sitong has gone through both channels from production to sales. In other words, with the two taxes, we calculate it as one-tenth of the total. Once the taxes are paid, the national treasury will have an extra six million yuan in surplus every year out of thin air!"

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, in the fourth year of Yuanfeng, although the country's tax revenue exceeded 200 million guan, it also spent a lot of money. The difference was offset by the expenditure, and the surplus was only 20 million guan."

Su You's hint was straightforward enough.

What Gao Taotao lacks now is not money, but political performance. In the first year of taking power, the country's surplus increased by one-third. The effect is far more than a hundred times stronger than soliciting outspoken opinions and opening up channels for expression!

The key is that the Song Dynasty was originally owned by the Zhao family, and the meat was always in the pot when it rotted. This political achievement was completely for nothing!

Suyou continued: "However, after the industries are dispersed, how to ensure that these industries can always have strong profitability requires maintaining the advancement of their technologies."

"Technology requires constant innovation and creation. I would like to ask the Queen Mother to implement a decree called the Patent Law."

"There is actually a precedent for this in the Song Dynasty. For example, the formats of books produced by Cheng Sheren Bookstore need to be filed with the government first, and then the government will protect them. If other bookstores want to steal them, they will be sanctioned."

"There are also similar regulations for brocade design and color management."

"I would like to ask the Queen Mother to extend this decree to more fields. For those useful inventions, such as new spinning machines and shuttle machines, their value to the technological advancement of the textile industry in the Song Dynasty is immeasurable. Their inventors

Or the inventing institution should derive profits from it."

"This law is to imitate the exclusive rights of book printing plates and protect this part of the income of the inventor."

"The advantage of this is that these wisdom highlights have practical value. The inventor can obtain the benefits of the invention by collecting patent fees, and does not necessarily need to use the invention to engage in production activities."

"After Sitong's industry is divided, if we want to maintain technological leadership, we must pay attention to invention and creation to continuously improve efficiency and reduce costs. The investment will be huge."

“To encourage these investments, we must ensure the returns from these investments.”

"It is unlikely to directly prevent others from using it. Therefore, it is a reasonable measure to allow workshops that use the inventor's technology to pay a fee to the inventor."

"There are also checks and balances on foreign countries. With this decree, if the Liao people want to produce or purchase our machinery, they should also calculate this part into the cost, forming a barrier to their technology and trade."

"Of course, in the final analysis, these are not the foundation. The foundation lies in the cultivation of talents."

"Therefore, after donating part of my assets to the Huang Song Charity Fund, I hope that the funds can be earmarked for special use."

"Special funds for special use?" Gao Taotao is now very pleased with Su You, a boy who spreads money around.
Chapter completed!