Two days later, a newspaper came out of the palace.

"The officials of the two capitals and thirteen provinces have all increased their salaries by 30%, and with it comes a new commercial tax, which will pay silver in the future instead of collecting goods, and the gate beach tax and commercial taxes of unknown origin will be abolished."

When the officials saw the newspaper, they were shocked and raised their salaries?

I looked at it again and again in disbelief, the news was so exciting that it suddenly increased my salary by 30%.

There is no warning of a big pie falling from the sky!

"Got a lot of money?" When Du Xing, the catcher of Shuntian Mansion, saw the newspaper of the palace, he was overjoyed, and the Yulu in January was three stone rice, and a few people in the family were enough to eat.

If it rises by 30%, you can save some money.

"My lord, look at today's newspaper!"

Liu Qing was drinking tea in the yamen, and almost choked to death when he saw the palace newspaper, put down the teacup and looked at it again, the court actually gave the officials a salary increase?

As a member of the imperial court, the monthly rice is 35 stones, and the increase is 30%, which is about 10 stones.

"What are you laughing at, sir?" Fu Cheng, who had just come over, asked.

"The old man has risen!"

……

Not only the officials, but the merchants of Shuntianfu were also surprised when they saw the newspaper, "The commercial tax is changed to collect cash, not goods?" ”

How much money you have to pay!

When the merchants were angry, they saw Di Bao bowing his head: "I don't collect beach tax and fine tax, I only collect it once when I go to the government, and there are more bills?" ”

The impact is not great, and the goods can be exchanged for silver if they are sold, as long as the tax does not rise.

How much silver will this save compared to before?

The news of Di spread to Hejian Mansion, and the reaction was similar to that of Shuntian Mansion.

The officials were taken aback, and the price went up?

The gentry were also surprised, the stall tax and some other small taxes were not collected, and the commercial tax was still thirty and one was taken, as long as the silver was paid.

There were also gentry who resisted and complained, and made trouble to the yamen, but the salaries of the yamen officials had risen, and if the new commercial law was not implemented, wouldn't the boiled ducks fly?

So the officials said righteously: "This is the new tax law implemented by the imperial court, and you still want to rebel!" ”

If the gentry were really unsatisfied, they were imprisoned and contained.

Yan Fu,

Yan Chengjin saw the Di newspaper, and sprinkled thousands of words, which can be summed up in only two sentences.

For the officials: give you a salary increase, keep an eye on the commercial tax;

For the gentry and merchants: I will give you some exemption from the commercial tax, and it will be changed to silver.

"The new commercial tax is actually a whip law of Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Juzheng can implement it as a minister, let alone Hongzhi as an emperor."

Yan Chengjin was just trying to convince Emperor Hongzhi from beginning to end.

Emperor Hongzhi was in power, with the full assistance of three cabinet members, and the implementation of the new commercial law was far easier than Zhang Juzheng.

The salary increase for officials is not to keep them from corruption, which can not be eradicated by any dynasty, but to let them not interfere in the implementation of the new commercial tax.

The reduction of the door-to-door tax and the small tax to the merchants was not to give them benefits, but only to relieve the pain.

To put it bluntly, it's a slap in the face and a candy to eat.

The commercial tax is still the original thirty and the tax is one, and not too many people will resist.

"The Imperial History of the Thirteen Provinces of the Two Capitals will have one more job in the future, to check the invoices of the local commercial tax, in order to prevent the officials of the tax department from being greedy for ink." Yan Chengjin looked at the newspaper carefully, and the intervention of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was proposed by him to Dai Shan.

Just like selling salt, when a merchant arrives at a place, he has to hand over the invoice to the yamen before he can buy or sell.

As soon as the imperial history checks the invoices of the tax department and the merchants' invoices, he knows if there is any shortage.

"The silver received by each government is handed over to the imperial court and returned to the Tai warehouse, and when all localities need relief silver, they will ask the court to beg and distribute the relief silver." Yan Chengjin put down the newspaper.

The commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty is divided into two types: tax and residence tax.

Tax clearance is the transport of goods in transit, to pay the customs, banknotes, etc., the new commercial law tax only once, customs can be presented to show the invoice.

No matter which tax is collected, in the end, the silver will be paid to the Tai warehouse.

Housing tax is the tax to be paid when goods are stored and sold. It is mainly collected from collapsed houses and warehouses, and the same is only collected once, and an invoice can be issued.

Yan Chengjin took a sip of wolfberry tea, and his mood was much more relaxed.

It turned out that the commercial tax was less than silver, and it was enough to feed the Ming Dynasty, but now that the new merchant tax has silver, the treasury will be more abundant.

Since today, the new commercial law has been implemented in Suncheonfu, and even the officials guarding the door have become smiling.

The gentry didn't react much, and they took one out of thirty, and paid the tax and the living tax only once with the invoice, and they couldn't pay a few pieces of silver.

The newspaper has been transmitted to Nanzhili.

Ning Wangfu,

After Zhu Chenhao saw the newspaper, his brows furrowed slightly: "The imperial court actually changed the commercial tax and wanted to collect cash?" "The astronomical telescope last time made him very confused, what is Your Majesty going to do this time.

The strategist on the side said: "There will definitely be people who disagree with this move, Lord Wang, why don't we secretly send someone to make trouble?" ”

"No!"

Zhu Chenhao is quite smart, now Emperor Hongzhi is in his prime, he is in power, and he has not bought any of the officials in the cabinet and the six ministries.

With the few small fish and shrimp that were bought, they didn't make any noise in the court, and they were tracked down by His Majesty, but they were exposed.

"The new commercial law seems to be abrupt, but it can give officials a salary increase, and also abolish some old taxes, which not only appeases officials, but also appeases the gentry and businessmen, but I am afraid that other places will also implement them." Another strategist.

Zhu Chenhao nodded, the court received the silver, which was not a good thing for him.

……

Huizhou Mansion,

In the pavilion of his own bamboo forest, the scholar was grinding ink, and the sound of birdsong came from everywhere, and the next person suddenly sent a newspaper.

Cheng Minzheng opened it and saw that the imperial court wanted to change the commercial tax, and also give the officials a salary increase and cut the excess commercial tax?

A quick glance at it, there is no news of a good country.

The Cheng family was a well-known Huizhou merchant in Huizhou, mainly dealing in silk, tea and porcelain.

I heard that after Yan Chengjin resettled the displaced people in Liangxiang, there were many strange commodities there, so he sent people to Liangxiang to trade once.

After the shopkeeper came back, he was surprised, which made Cheng Minzheng very curious.

He will take a look at the newspaper from the capital.

As for the new commercial law implemented by the imperial court, he carefully read it.

"Master, Liangxiang has already implemented a new commercial law." The butler said.

Cheng Minzheng nodded.

………

At noon, the sun outside the hall was dazzling, and Yan Chengjin was walking outside in a regular suit, but it was a little hot.

Slowly walked down the jade steps, ready to go to the yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Now there is a surplus at the end of summer, a bumper harvest in various places, and the treasury is full.

"By the tempo, the Tatars should be coming to loot."

It is necessary to repair the book to the father, let him strengthen his vigilance, every year when the harvest is good, the Tatars will go south to plunder, this is a secret that both the Tatars and the Ming know.

Now that the imperial court is implementing a new law, if the Tatars invade the nine borders, the imperial court will no longer be able to take care of the implementation of the new law.

What Yan Chengjin didn't know was that the Tatar army had reached the border of Ningxia.

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Ningxia border,

Three days earlier, the Tatar army had been stationed on the river beach ten miles outside the city.

Yan Ke ordered the soldiers to return to the city, the fortified wall was cleared, the general Hongyi was erected on the wall, and the Song telescope monitored the movements of the Tatars outside the city.

The Ningxia border army plus the 3,000 Shenji battalion could not open the door to a battle.

However, the imperial court sent the general Hongyi and ordered the nine sides to retreat and defend the city, and not to take the initiative to fight the Tatars, unless the Tatars attacked the city.

A cavalryman rushed from a distance, and Yan Kesong looked through the Song telescope and saw that it was Lin Song.

Lin Song rode into the city, climbed the city wall, and said to Yan Kesong: "The captive general stationed outside the city is Dayan Khan, with his subordinates' understanding of him, he rested for three days, and he should soon attack the city." ”