Seeing that the apocalypse asked everyone to discuss what business to do, and this business was still secretly done in the name of ordinary people, everyone thought it was fun, so they gathered around and discussed. Even Tu Xuanzhi and Tang Xuanzhi, who have always sat next to them, couldn't bear the loneliness and gathered around to join in the fun, it seems that the young man likes to be fresh and lively. The latest free chapters of the book can be found here. Sanang shouted at this time to let everyone pay attention not to touch her stomach, the queen specially arranged her and Chunying to the side to let the others stay away from the two of them to be relieved, only Feng Siqin sat next to the apocalypse and looked at the apocalypse with interest.

Tianqi was furious by her, and asked: "It is said that you are a female Zhuge , why don't you join in the fun at this time and come up with ideas?" ”

Feng Siqin said: "The concubines must have an idea in their hearts, so why bother to hurt God again? Besides, there are two big bellies there, and it will be a bit crowded for the concubines to go again. And the concubine has always had a question in her heart, and wants to take advantage of the fact that no one asks the emperor to confirm it. ”

Apocalypse looked at her and asked, "What do you want to ask?" My head is not as good as yours, so it's better to ask something simpler. ”

Feng Siqin shook his head and said: "The concubine's intelligence is small on the outside, and the emperor is wise and foolish!" The concubines only wanted to ask two things, one was that the ministers in the court had heard that they were going to collect business taxes, as if they were going to kill them, why did they all agree without a word now? Second, how could the two officials of the DPRK and China get involved with those who oppose the emperor? And I heard that one of them is almost seventy and is about to retire, are they stupid or old foolish? Or is it something else? ”

Looking at Feng Siqin's slightly mature face, as well as her slightly sly eyes, and the corners of her slightly upturned mouth with a smile, Tianqi reached out and touched her forehead, then touched her face and finally stopped on ♂ her neck and asked softly, "Do you want to listen to the story?" ”

Feng Siqin nodded, with an expectant look in her eyes.

Apocalypse thought for a moment and said, "Once upon a time there was a cat who grabbed a mouse and took a knife and put it on the mouse's neck, and then asked the mouse, 'What is one plus one?' The mouse trembled with fright and replied, 'Wait, it's two!' The cat slit the mouse's neck with a single knife and said, 'You know too much!' 'Is this story funny?' ”

Feng Siqin folded his eyes and asked: "The emperor compares his hand to the neck of the concubine, will he give the concubine a knife?" ”

Apocalypse withdrew his hand and said, "I'm not a cat, and you're not a mouse, so how could I give you a knife?" ”

Feng Siqin sat up straight, looked at the apocalypse and said, "In that case, the concubine also told the emperor a story, do you think it's okay?" ”

Apocalypse said, "Tell me." ”

Feng Siqin said: "Once upon a time, there was an emperor who suddenly came to his senses after many years of confusion, but at this time he found that the enemy had repeatedly violated the border guards, and the army was helpless in many civil strife in the interior. ”

Apocalypse nodded and said, "This emperor is unlucky enough." ”

Feng Siqin said: "This is not unlucky, the unlucky one is that the emperor came ♀ up with some methods after careful thinking, such as training troops and selecting generals, purchasing equipment, disaster relief and so on." But now he found that he had come up with a solution, but he could not carry it out, for it required a large amount of silver, and his treasury was empty. ”

Tianqi nodded and said: "It's hard to kill a hero with a penny, you can't do anything without money, and the emperor is no exception." ”

Feng Siqin said again: "But the emperor is the emperor after all, at least there are people without money." He found some excuses, selected a few people from the eunuchs, ministers of the court, and large private households, and raided their homes to obtain a batch of silver to solve their urgent needs. ”

Tianqi said: "As the saying goes, 'hunger and cold make a thief', and the emperor is also a layman when he is in a hurry." ”

Feng Siqin also said: "The emperor found that there was no way to raid the house, and the fundamental way was to collect taxes, especially business taxes, but none of the Manchu ministers supported him, because these people were either vested interests in business at home, or nerds who did not want the emperor to compete with the people." ”

Apocalypse said: "To hurt one's own interests is to cut one's own flesh, and no one likes to be cut by others." Folk men and women have been weaving for many years, and many families rely on weaving some cloth to sell money for their families, although those nerds do not understand the economy, but they care about the hearts of the people are still commendable. ”

Feng Siqin said: "This emperor thought about it for a long time and finally came up with a good way. It is puzzling that he first searched the family assets of all officials in the name of anti-corruption officials, but also turned a blind eye to those who were clearly in trouble. ”

Tianqi nodded and said: "There is a truth in controlling corrupt officials and controlling water, if the river embankment is washed away by water, you only need to strengthen the river embankment to avoid it from collapsing again, and there is no need to catch the water that has broken down the river embankment to punish the crime." The same is true for corrupt officials, who only need to ensure that future people gradually become more and less corrupt until they are not greedy in the end, and there is no need to clean up the previous people, which is thankless and extremely difficult to succeed. ”

Feng Siqin nodded and said: "After cleaning up the family property of all officials, this emperor took the lead in paying taxes to the imperial court, including Huangzhuang and Huangdian, forcing all officials, gentry, and royal families to pay taxes the same. Forcing everyone to pay taxes is to make everyone understand that if you don't pay in the name of commercial tax, you have to pay taxes in other names, and no one can be an exception if you have to pay taxes anyway. ”

Tianqi said: "Everything in the world is like this, not suffering from poverty but suffering from inequality, the emperor takes the lead in paying taxes, who will think that he is above the law than the emperor?" Cleaning up the family property is to cut off their way to continue to make a fortune through corruption, and if there is no way, they will have no heart to continue to run forward. ”

Feng Siqin said: "When everyone's heart about obtaining silver has calmed down, through sudden events to elevate the status of merchants, so that those who regard themselves as the protectors of merchants are psychologically unbalanced√ people make mistakes must have to think of self-protection, not to mention the collection of business tax, even if they want to collect half of his family property, as long as they can save their lives, they are willing to √ people are willing to pay business tax, the officials are naturally not good to say anything, plus there is sympathy and did not wish to change, naturally the decision to collect business tax was passed." ”

Tianqi said: "It is said that in the Spring and Autumn Period, there were three very good people under the command of Qi Jinggong, and if someone wanted to get rid of them, he used two peaches that represented the status in the king's mind to let them fight, and they ended up together under the struggle for status. Officials and businessmen were originally closely linked, but a hereditary succession of favors and expenses could disintegrate their alliances, so everything is a matter of profit, and there are many examples of fathers and sons turning against each other and becoming enemies between husband and wife, let alone ordinary people? ”

Feng Siqin said with a smile: "It seems that the emperor already knows that the concubine is talking about you, so do you think it's worth doing this for a commercial tax?" ”

Apocalypse nodded and said, "It's worth it!" Don't talk about commercial taxes, even if you pay all the taxes on the acres of land, it's not a big deal. The current acres of land in Daming are about 70,000 mu, and the average yield per mu of one stone is calculated as a tax of 10 percent per mu in exchange for silver, and the tax should be 70 million taels per year. Even if there are many disasters in the north of the country, as long as there are people planting in every acre of land, there should be more than 30 million taels of √ tax is several times the tax per acre, if you can make everyone move, the commercial tax can reach ten times or even a hundred times the tax per acre, do you say it is worth it? ”

Feng Siqin opened her mouth wide and said, "What is the emperor going to do next?" ”

Tianqi shook his head and said: "Those eunuchs in the Kaihuangdian are unreliable, and if you really want to let the people have something to do, those merchants are also unreliable∞ and they are ready to set up a company, and invest money in agriculture, industry, commerce and other projects to recruit people to do experiments." If I can find a Mu with promotion value, I will promote and replicate, and my purpose is to let the people of the Ming Dynasty have something to do through the promotion of these Mu, so that the country will be prosperous and strong. ”