There is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. Nanzhili Suzhou Fudongchang Branch.

That night, Cao Huachun and Fang Zhenghua were drinking, Cao Huachun was originally Wang An's belly, after Wang An's downfall, he relied on the relationship of his former brother Wei Zhongxian into the East Factory, in charge of the East Factory in Nanzhili, and Fang Zhenghua was the head of the Suzhou East Factory. Although the two are superiors and subordinates, they are also brothers, and they have an excellent relationship on weekdays, and they will have a few drinks together when they have nothing to do.

Fang Zhenghua smacked his lips with satisfaction after taking a sip of wine: "Senior brother, you said that the Holy Lord asked us to monitor tax matters in various places, do anyone dare to resist taxes?" ”

Cao Huachun ate a peanut, put down his chopsticks and said with a smile: "Senior brother is young, you don't know that when Wanli Ye was in the past, there were cases where the tax supervisor was beaten to death, and it is not a bad thing to be careful." ”

Fang Zhenghua retorted unconvinced: "This senior brother told me before, but at that time, it was the central envoy who collected taxes, and the taxes went to the internal treasury, and the central envoys collected taxes indiscriminately, and there was a reason to resist taxes. ”

Cao Huachun picked up the wine glass and said, "Come, let's drink one of our brothers." The two drank a glass together, Fang Zhenghua hurriedly picked up the wine jug and filled it for his senior brother first, but his eyes looked at Cao Huachun.

Cao Huachun pointed at him with a smile and said, "You are too anxious, you should pay attention to it in the future." Of course, you have heard the saying that wealth moves people's hearts, and I have also heard a saying that it is called cutting off people's financial routes, which is like killing parents. Most people in this world regard wealth as their fate. Isn't it true that the Holy One is now collecting commercial taxes and cutting off some people's financial routes? Do you think they will pay their taxes willingly? Even if they don't dare, do you dare to say that they won't do it in secret? The factory governor specially instructed that Nanzhili is the most prone to this situation, and Nanzhili is the most likely in Suzhou, you know, Suzhou people have not always liked the imperial court, and some people instigated it, maybe there will be an uncontrollable situation. ”

These words really diverted Fang Zhenghua's attention, and he asked, "Senior brother, why don't the people of Suzhou like the imperial court?" ”

Cao Huachun smiled proudly: "In fact, it is said that Suzhou people don't like the imperial court, and now it's just a saying, the age is too long, when the grandfather raised the army, Suzhou was Zhang Shicheng's territory, and the confrontation against the ancestor was long and fierce, so after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, I collected heavy taxes from Suzhou, of course, so that the people of Suzhou did not like the imperial court." ”

Fang Zhenghua found a loophole again: "But Suzhou has a lot of products and high prices, isn't it natural to overcharge taxes?" The saint said that collecting taxes is to make up for the deficiency of the surplus and the loss, and if they are not taxed heavily, will they collect the bitterness of Shaanxi haha? ”

Cao Huachun smiled bitterly: "That's the truth, and the reason is the same, but do you think there will be people who like to pay more taxes than others?" If you want to pay more and others pay less, you will not want to. ”

Fang Zhenghua thought about it carefully and said: "If I have more money than others, I will be willing to pay more taxes, the court always needs money, the poor family has no money, and if they collect more taxes, they may starve to death, and the rich family has more surplus wealth, and collecting more taxes will not reduce the property much." ”

Cao Huachun happened to be drinking, and when he heard this, he choked and coughed, and after coughing, he pointed at Fang Zhenghua and said, "You Fang Lengzi, it's really a Lengzi." Not everyone has the same understanding as you, you must know that good money is hard to give up. ”

At this time, someone outside shouted: "Second master, Chen has something to report." ”

Fang Zhenghua immediately got up and said, "Let him in." ”

A fierce man in his thirties walked in, saluted, and whispered, "My subordinates have found out that someone is secretly assembling, as if they are coming to the tax office. ”

Fang Zhenghua immediately changed color and said: "What is good, the saint said, don't use ambiguous words, we do this kind of thing, the news must be accurate." ”

Cao Huachun hurriedly played a round: "Chen stall, you can't enter the venue, so you can't find out the exact news?" ”

Chen said gratefully: "That's right, they are very strict, you must be a local to enter, and it is based on this that you can judge that it should be related to the tax bureau." ”

Fang Zhenghua said: "That's your fault, continue to investigate, report at any time as soon as there is progress, don't care what I'm doing." In addition, Li Yibing was asked to be prepared so as not to be in a hurry. ”

At the same time, Taibaiju, the most famous in Suzhou, focused on a group of the richest businessmen in Suzhou. Everyone greeted each other with a smile and a calm demeanor, just like an ordinary party.

After everyone arrived, the shopkeeper locked the door, entered the hall, and nodded at Shen Cuili. Shen Cuili coughed lightly, and the noisy hall was immediately silent.

Everyone looked at Shen Cuili, Shen Cuili first made a circle, and then said: "I called you today, because the imperial court wants to collect some commercial tax, everyone is a businessman, you should know that it is not easy to do business, three watches, five watches, the goods may be intercepted by officials, the payment may be owed by others, to be honest, everyone earns a little hard money." “

"Yes, yes, Shen Sanye is exactly what he said. Thinking of me Lin Fat, I am busy every day, people have lost weight, barely able to make a living, if I really collect any commercial taxes, then I can only go to ask for food. The one who spoke was a tall fat man, looking at him at least two hundred pounds, it was the largest salt merchant Lin Xincheng in Suzhou.

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and even Shen Cuili laughed and scolded: "Okay, you fat man, you have to go to ask for food, so what should we do." “

Then he said with a solemn face: "Don't say more jokes, our money didn't fall from the sky, and we can't do it if we want to collect our taxes!" Today, let's think about how to deal with this business tax. “

Lin Xincheng cautiously asked, "Third Master, why is there a sudden commercial tax on it this time?" There are so many ministers in the court, why no one opposes this idea of lacking virtue and smoking. “

"It's all because of that weekly newspaper, which turned out Li Shangshu's actions back then, and Yang Lian, this guy is too inauthentic, he even disregarded the overall situation, let Li Shangshu's family property be exposed in front of the people, and finally let the three parties of Zhejiang, Qi and Chu take the lead, but I Donglin couldn't argue because of Li Shangshu's matter, and finally had to agree to collect commercial taxes." Between his words, he called Yang Lian by his name, but he had no respect.

"Yang Lian, this person is an unfamiliar Chu dog after all, mixed in my Donglin, I'm afraid that I am going to do something unfavorable to Donglin, such a person can be killed!" It was Zhang Zhenghuan, a wealthy businessman in Suzhou, who spoke.

Shen Cuili hurriedly stopped: "Brother Zhang can't say that, if you want me to be Donglin, I don't take the region as the boundary, and those who take the country and the people as their purpose can be Donglin people." It's just that Yang Lian really didn't do much in this matter. Okay, I think someone will always give an explanation for this, now let's think about an idea and see how to deal with the tax bureau. “