Chapter 175 - Tax Audit (1) (Page 1/1)

In July of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Zhu ordered the cabinet to elect the director of taxation. The original director of taxation was concurrently held by Bi Ziyan, the secretary of the household department, but the household department had many tasks, and Bi Ziyan proposed to the emperor that he was too old and infirm to bear such a heavy workload, and hoped that the post of tax commissioner would be handed over to other young officials.

After the cabinet was elected, Lee Ming-rui was appointed deputy director of the tax department, responsible for the daily work of the tax department. This is because, first, Li Mingrui's qualifications are shallow, and he is worried that he will not be able to hold back the position, and second, the tax office is an extremely important department of the household department, and it is the largest part of the household department's input, and many officials hope to separate the tax office from the household department.

Li Mingrui was born in the second year of the Apocalypse, and with his fame, he was able to sit in the high position of deputy director of the tax office four years later, which made the officials see clearly the emperor's eclectic use of people. Li Mingrui's advantage is that he is serious in his work and clear-sighted, and he was appreciated by Xu Guangqi and Sun Chuanting and others when he was Zuo Zhongyun before.

At the same time that Li Mingrui was the deputy director of the tax office, Wei Zhongxian brought Luo Sigong and Luo Yangxing in. In the Ming Hall of the East Factory, Wei Zhongxian asked Liang Luo to sit down, and Luo Si humbly gave in for a while before sitting down. Luo Yangxing does not sit alive, but is only willing to stand behind his Lao Tzu.

Wei Zhongxian didn't care about him, and said with a smile: "Inviting the two commanders to come here today is a big matter to do. ”

Luo Sigong hurriedly stood up and said, "Although the factory boss commanded, he didn't dare to ask for it." ”

Wei Zhongxian smiled: "Sit, sit." The tax revenue in the south has always been unsatisfactory, and this Luo Commander knows it. However, since Fang Zhenghua and others killed them, they did not openly resist taxes, but colluded with the local government to evade taxes in large quantities, the most serious of which were Nanzhili and Zhejiang. The commercial tax of Nanzhili for a year is only three-and-a-half of that of Beizhili, and the commercial tax of Zhejiang is even less than that of Shanxi. Is this possible? ”

Luo Sigong said: "The only business object in Shanxi is the Mongolians, and the profits from Jiangsu and Zhejiang going to sea are far greater than those of Shanxi." Factory father, did the saint agree with us to attack Jiangsu and Zhejiang? ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "Shengshang has always been worried about the instability of the south before, and the actions of our factory guards in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will be used, which is an idea of seeking perfection and stability, which shows Shengshang's concern for Jiangsu and Zhejiang." However, after the persuasion of the cabinet elders in many ways, the saint decided to attack Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but asked us to pay attention to the impact and not to cause a big incident and cause unrest in the entire south. ”

Luo Sigong said happily: "The Holy Lord is finally willing to let us move Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which is great." Is it just our factory guard? ”

Wei Zhongxian shook his head and said: "I don't know why, the saint always thinks that our factory guards have a bad reputation among the people, which is really wronged. Sheng Shang said that the factory guards are the mainstay, but the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the Economic Investigation Bureau should send additional observers, that is, supervisors who only watch and do not do anything. ”

Luo Sigong frowned slightly: "This is a bit of an obstacle." ”

At this time, Luo Yangxing interjected: "Factory father, father, the younger one thinks this is a good thing for us." The factory guards are dedicated to the saints, and everything they do is unavoidable to be said to others, and someone is supervising them, so that someone can report the loyalty of the factory guards to the saints, which is much stronger than what we say. ”

Wei Zhongxian laughed and said: "Commander Xiao Luo can see far and think deeply, this is really better than blue." ”

Luo Sigong said: "Sometimes I am lucky to see a little bit of a star, and the factory should not praise him too much." ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "In terms of factory guards, the Sprinkle family wants Guigongzi and Sun Yunhe to lead the team, one goes to Nanzhili, and the other goes to Zhejiang. Let them understand that the south is also under the rule of the Ming Emperor, and the taxes that should be collected cannot be less, and the taxes that have been evaded must also be paid to the tax office according to the interest. Cao Huachun has already gone to Nanjing first, first give you a front station, Xiao Luo commanded the envoy to get closer to him, no matter who it is, how high the official position is, as long as it involves this matter, it can be taken by the Sprinkle family. But remember, the Holy Father has said that you can't do anything that condemns people to sin, as long as you have solid evidence, you can do anything. ”

Luo Yangxing said: "Factory father, is this only about commercial tax, not agricultural tax?" ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "The agricultural tax in Jiangnan is also getting less and less, and listening to the report below, there are all kinds of strange methods, such as sprinkling, trickery, and falsehood. The matter has also been reported to the saint, and the saint said that the matter of agricultural tax is implicated in all kinds of tax-free fields, and this can only be cleaned up one by one after the death of the imperial court. This time, let's check the commercial tax first, and after the commercial tax is checked, the imperial court will promulgate a law to redefine the tax-free field, and then the turmoil may be greater, and then we will re-measure the acres of land, and we will use our factory guards. ”

In September, the emperor decreed that all merchants and merchants should not be exempted from commercial taxes, and all local checkpoints, with a weight of more than 50 catties, must be inspected, whether they are merchants or officials and pedestrians, they are all treated equally.

In fact, the emperor had already made a similar decree before. This will is better in the North, but it is only a will in the South. Officials travel naturally needless to say, that is, as long as there is a flag in front, they can ignore all kinds of tax cards, especially in the southern river checkpoints, you can often see a few boats, hanging the same kind of flag, tax collectors go to stop the boat, then say that it is XX government or XX county official business, openly pass from the checkpoint, leaving a string of wild laughter.

The emperor's new decree did not arouse the vigilance of the southern officials, but made everyone sigh that the emperor had exhausted his donkey skills, and could only reiterate the decree again.

On the morning of September 13, the Huai'an banknote was switched off. The owners of the boats, who had already gotten up to get ready to pass the customs, cursed and drove their boats to prepare for the customs. Li Shengjin, the head of the Huai'an Banknote Customs, had a pale face, and Liu Sicheng, director of the Huai'an Banknote Customs Special Taxation Bureau, was standing next to him, with a smile on his face. The stark expressions of the two men surprised some of the shipowners.

The lock opened, and one after another the boats rushed in, and the tax collectors went on the boat one by one to check it, and then reported: "Wang Baoji has a boat, 500 materials, and the goods are silk, a total of 5,000 catties." There are also 1,000 bowls and 500 teacups. ”

The tax collector recorded the ship's materials and goods, and then reported the taxes payable, Wang Baoji's proprietor took out a piece of paper and said: "It has already been calculated, this is a check from the Daming Royal Bank, and the password is 37953, please check and mark it with the official." ”

This is a new business of Daming Royal Bank, merchants deposit money in the bank, the bank will issue a check of the required denomination according to their deposit, and after the check is delivered to others, others can hold the check to obtain the corresponding money in the bank. This method is very popular for both banks and merchants, so as not to carry a large amount of silver coins around, which is convenient and has a certain degree of security.

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