Chapter 13 is drastic

Xiao Ershao scratched his head, took out his pure gold abacus from his arms and began to calculate.

"Tongda Carriage and Horse Dealer receives more than 22 million taels of money every year, discarding all kinds of costs, the balance of silver is less than 10 million taels, and then throwing away the 2.2 million taels of taxes paid by the imperial court, and the final balance is about 7.5 million taels. If the imperial court doubles the tax, then the amount to be paid is 4.4 million taels, and the final balance is 5.3 million taels, which is ....... ”

After calculating, Xiao Ershao's voice slowly disappeared. Ten taxes and two, that's half of the profit.

Shen Chongming smiled, knowing that he had calculated this account clearly, and said: "This is just that we are familiar with the carriage and horse traders, ordinary cloth merchants, porcelain merchants, and the cost is much higher than this ratio." Now that Zhang Juzheng is doing this, it is clear that he is forcing people to go bankrupt and go bankrupt! The tax revenue of the imperial court has increased exponentially, but this is tantamount to a dry fish and a fish, once the foundation of commerce and trade is damaged, the result is unimaginable. ”

"I didn't expect that this would only increase the tax by 10%, and it would lose so much profit." Xiao Ershao sighed again and again, and then smiled a little gloatingly: "But once these ten taxes and two are implemented, I am afraid that the people's grievances will boil, and he Zhang Juzheng will not have a good end in the future." ”

Shen Chongming shook his head and frowned: "His fate is secondary, I'm afraid that some signs of prosperity in my Ming Dynasty just now will turn into a virtual shadow after this incident, and if it causes any chaos because of this, it will be tantamount to making things worse." ”

Saying that, Shen Chongming couldn't help but stand up and shouted: "Erdan, pen and ink are waiting, this official must stop Zhang Juzheng from doing anything wrong, lest he spoil the country!" ”

Brother Erdan was in a hurry, and he was busy and began to lay paper and ink for Shen Chongming. Picking up the pen, Shen Chongming hesitated again.

Now it is different from the past, although his fold can be sent to the emperor through Brother Liu, but such a major event, the emperor will definitely discuss it with Zhang Juzheng, and at that time, with his skills, he will be able to refute his ideas one by one. And the emperor's ears are soft, and the possibility of changing attention is also very large.

Sighing, Shen Chongming threw aside the wolf pen in his hand, and said with a wry smile: "That's it, if you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government, just let them toss it around." ”

As soon as he heard this, Xiao Ershao stopped doing it, and said hurriedly: "Brother Shen, now that my Ming Dynasty is prosperous in commerce and trade, and the imperial court has sufficient taxes, this is all due to your hard work in the past few years, how can you let Zhang Juzheng suffer so easily?!" ”

Shen Chongming smiled bitterly and said, "Are you willing to do it?" But don't you know the current situation, the overall situation of the government is controlled by Zhang Juzheng, and the emperor trusts him, and his brother is out of reach in Nanjing, even if Zhang Juzheng frames me in front of the emperor, I have nothing to do. ”

"My lord, as long as this matter is explained clearly to the emperor, no matter how much he Zhang Ju coincidentally speaks, he can't reverse right and wrong, right? Maybe after this incident, it's not impossible for you to return to the court. Xiao Ershao said with great interest, this is indeed a godsend.

Shen Chongming shook his head, "How can things be so simple, there is a way that three people become tigers, and now most of the people in the court are Zhang Juzheng's henchmen, and then everyone will stand on his side and crusade against us in unison, but I am afraid that if the matter is not done, it will cause trouble in vain." So the best thing we can do now is to ignore it. ”

Xiao Ershao thought about it carefully, Shen Chongming's words were reasonable, and a sentence came out of the mouths of many people, so others couldn't believe it.

"But Brother Shen, haven't all your years of hard work been wasted?" Xiao Ershao asked with a puzzled expression.

Shen Chongming sighed and forced a smile: "What if you don't do this, let it be fate." ”

There was a moment of silence in the room, after all, no one wanted to see the good things they had done with all their might be burned. But now, no matter how much unwillingness there is, there is also a lack of power.

After being silent for a while, Shen Chongming laughed. "Okay, there are pros and cons to everything, didn't you also say that Zhang Juzheng would be disappointed if he did such a thing? Moreover, although business is prosperous now, but the exhibition is too fast, there must be a lot of hidden dangers, this time we will let Zhang Juzheng toss, and take a good look at what problems will be exposed. ”

"Brother Shen, do you really think so?" Xiao Ershao asked with a look of disbelief, Brother Shen is a well-known bargainer, how could he be indifferent to the family business he had finally accumulated?

It's not that Xiao Ershao thinks so, Brother Erdan, who has never dared to interject on the side, also blinked and looked at Shen Chongming's expression, hoping to show clues.

Shen Chongming smiled bitterly, if he didn't feel sorry for this family business, he was simply lying to himself. But at the moment, my identity is really powerless about this matter, since this is the case, it is better to look at this problem from a different angle.

"Don't talk about this, you have a snack these days, and inform Chen Xiao in addition, so that he can send more people to closely monitor the movements in various places, and any changes must be summarized to me." Shen Chongming made a decision, and he was busy again.

As Shen Chongming expected, the current government is already in the hands of Zhang Juzheng, not to mention that he is a grandfather who lives in Nanjing City, and even the high arch of the capital is helpless against Zhang Juzheng. And he is also old, and he no longer has the spirit to fight in vain, just waiting for his precious student to re-enter the court one day and raise his eyebrows. For this kid, Gao Gong has a lot of confidence, although he has suffered a major setback in front of him, but it will not be difficult for this kid.

Looking at the world, there is no opponent, and what Zhang Juzheng wants to do is also extremely smooth, especially this kind of good thing that can double the tax revenue of the imperial court, and the ministers who have read the books of the sages are all in favor of raising their hands.

is still the old rule, the imperial court passed the resolution of ten taxes and two taxes on commercial taxes, and the first knife was cut to Tongda Carriage and Horse Dealership. If it is said that Shen Chongming is the leader among the merchants, then the Tongda Carriage and Horse Shop is the best in the business world, as long as this mountain is captured, the rest of the merchants will not dare to disobey.

Shen Chongming had already made a decision, and after receiving the official document from the imperial court to increase taxes, Xiao Ershao handed over a large sum of money with a wave of his pen, and it was regarded as this month's tax payment in advance!

As soon as the news came out, the merchants from all over the country who were already panicked were dumbfounded, and even the business giant Tongda Carriage and Horse Dealer recognized it, do we have any other way?

All of a sudden, the world's merchants were gloomy, the heart of a big family was like a drop of blood and gritted their teeth and could still persevere, and the small merchants who were barely making a living once returned to the pre-liberation period, which was really crying without tears.

However, Zhang Juzheng, who was in a high position, did not understand their suffering, and seeing that the income of the imperial court was increasing day by day, his heart slowly became more and more steady. Solve this problem that has been worrying, the reform of the administration of officials in the previous stage has also cooled down, and now they can completely carry out drastic changes, three years only, must return the people of the world a bright future!

Zhang Juzheng, who had made up his mind, soon came up with a draft, convened six ministers in the cabinet to discuss, and once it was mature, it was submitted to Emperor Longqing for review and then announced that the world began to implement it.

The first thing to do, Zhang Juzheng's proposal is about purging the rule of officials, and the rule of officials is not clear about the world, which is the idea of the predecessors, and it is also something that Zhang Juzheng has been thinking about for so many years.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, Taizu set up strict punishments to punish those who were greedy for ink, and implicated his family members by picking up the skin and daylilies, all of which were prohibitive punishments for being vicious to himself. But as a result, less than ten years after the founding of the country, there were many corrupt officials, and so many people were willing to risk their heads to embezzle and accept bribes.

Some people believe that the reason for this is that Taizu was too harsh at the beginning, and it was difficult for officials to maintain their monthly salaries even at home, and many people were forced to do so.

But later, with the strengthening of the country's strength, the salaries of officials also increased again and again, not to mention supporting the family, even if they raised a dozen or twenty slaves, it was no longer a problem, and this was only a small county order with a low salary. However, the salaries of officials with higher grades are also increasing step by step, and it is not impossible to buy a house and fertile land.

However, even so, the phenomenon of greed for ink did not decrease over time, but increased day by day, until it reached the point where the people said that there were no officials and no greed.

Zhang Juzheng once seriously thought about this matter and came to a conclusion of only seven words: people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants!

Nowadays, if we want to rectify the atmosphere of officialdom, although it is one way to continue to increase the salaries of officials, it is also extremely necessary and the most effective to restore the punishment of corrupt officials when Taizu was restored.

After all, officials now don't have to worry about their livelihood with their monthly salaries alone, and most people don't risk killing their heads to do this. Even if you have yourself, you are not afraid, but you can catch a few typical examples and punish them ruthlessly, which will definitely deter others.

In addition, in the future, the annual evaluation of an official's performance will also be re-arranged, and not only his personal integrity should be considered, but the integrity of subordinate officials will also be directly linked to his own political performance.

In this way, the responsibility will be pressed down layer by layer, and the implementation of the court's governance of corruption will definitely be doubled several times, and the effect at that time can be imagined.

For these thoughts of his own, Zhang Juzheng is completely sure that he can save the officialdom morality that is on the verge of collapse.

As for how many people will be offended by doing this, Zhang Juzheng also has a plan in his heart. I won't pursue the past, what I want is the performance of the officialdom in the future, I obviously gave them a chance but some people don't know how to grasp it, and when the time comes, if they are convicted, they can't blame themselves!