The third volume sailed in the Ming Dynasty

As soon as Hong Dixin's voice fell, Yan Yingyuan explained the agricultural tax situation of Daming one by one with a calm face.

He has a strong temperament, and Hong Dixin's personality is a hidden needle, so the two often raise the bar, but their personal relationship is good, just on the basis of facts.

"Yuan Heng, I don't think that commercial taxes should not be levied, but I just say that it is too difficult, and it is just necessary to make a good living.

You must know that when Emperor Wanli asked for a commercial tax, a governor in the south of the Yangtze River ignored his will, and in order to clear his name, he made a commercial tax box and put it outside the government office, and let others pay it, and only collected twelve taels of silver a year.

The emperor personally decreed that this is still the case, can you think of the hardships of Qin Du?

Everyone knows that those who open mines, sell tea, and sell wine, especially the salt merchants in Yangzhou, colluded with the nobles and civil officials in the court, and they were so rich that they handed over a mere 120,000 taels of silver to the imperial court.

At the beginning, Emperor Wanli sent eunuchs to supervise the handling, and only received 500,000 taels, but there was a lot of scolding.

Some time ago, Governor Qin mentioned this matter to Governor Zhang, and he didn't dare to talk to him, so you can know how tricky this matter is. ”

Hong Dixin smiled bitterly and once again explained the difficulty of the matter.

Yan Yingyuan's face was solemn, and he said fiercely to everyone: "They took most of the taxes away, but they were dignified and asked for their lives for the people.

Today is exempt, tomorrow is almsgiving, and the day after tomorrow the imperial court is forced to take back the mine supervisors, and under the slogan of competing with the people for profit, the imperial court is forced to exempt or reduce the commercial tax.

At the same time, the tax is passed on to the people, how can the Ming Dynasty be safe? ”

"But no, during the Apocalypse, there were still people who thought that building slaves was a small trouble, and the Son of Heaven sent internal officials to compete with the people for profit, resulting in the failure of the people, which was the top priority of the Ming Dynasty.

They argued that not only should salaries not be raised, but that taxes should be reduced again, especially for fishing vessels and maritime merchants. And said that the small people risked their lives to fish and trade to struggle for their lives, and how could they survive if they were forced to pay taxes?

He also said that he asked the Son of Heaven to recall the internal officials, reduce or exempt the salt and iron tea tax, so that the people could afford to use iron tools to farm the land, eat salt to survive, and the tea farmers would get some benefits to survive.

What a shame on you! ”

A hint of sneer flashed across Wu Feng's mouth, and he retold the recitals of these court bigwigs at the beginning, and he was overwhelmed with emotion.

It turned out that when he was in the Guozijian, he was also a member of the slogan of competing with the people for profit, but how did he know that the truth was so unbearable?

"Governor Qin, the commercial tax in the south of the Yangtze River, the border tax in the border customs of the nine regions, the trade tax of the maritime merchants, and the national salt and iron tea mine tax have always been the most complex and difficult to solve.

According to the opinion of the lower officials, instead of using iron-fisted means to forcibly expropriate, it is better to collect illegal evidence from several large households and eradicate them in the same way as the Jin merchants.

In this way, the silver taels obtained may not be less than the commercial tax levied, but the attack surface is much less, and it is also free from criticism, what does Qin Governor think? ”

When Xu Jie was in Xuanda, he had seen Qin Haoming's methods to eradicate the Eight Great Jin Merchants, and he wanted to draw a gourd according to the scoop, which was simple and effective.

Some people in the chamberlain nodded their heads, thinking that this was a good idea.

Qin Haoming, who was at the top, shook his head, "This time and that time." To be honest, Ben Du was originally in Xuanda, and he knew that he would not stay long, so he used the method of cutting the numb with a random knife.

Moreover, I don't plan to seriously manage Xuanda's mind.

But Fujian and Guangzhou are different, this is our base, we must work hard and consider for a long time.

What's more, the governor once promised the Son of Heaven to use these two places as a pilot, and then promote them to Jiangnan, and then the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Also, don't think that a few households can compare with the commercial tax levied.

Not to mention anything else, the customs, oh, it should be called the city shipping department, I don't know how much income there is every year? ”

The people present were all henchmen, Qin Haoming spoke with a little less concern, and told the truth.

However, when it comes to Ichiboji, his originally vague ideas gradually take shape.

"You must remember that in the good world, the literati have a ruler in their hearts, which they use to measure the hearts of the people in the world and set the rules.

And in the heart of the martial artist, he must have a knife, this knife is too sharp, but it can't be done without it.

When those rules are old and inappropriate, and the world has gone awry, the warriors will cut it off with a knife, so that new rules will come out.

Because people who practice martial arts, their hearts are the most sensitive, and they are angry and blood is splashed ten steps. The knife in people's hearts is the blood of conscience, right is right, wrong is wrong.

The literati set the rules, but they only tinkered, and they had a bunch of reasons for doing something wrong. But conscience is the most direct, if you are wrong, something must be wrong, and you should break him to make better rules! ”

There are civil and military personnel in the attendant room, Qin Haoming is a little dissatisfied with the practice of a literati like Xu Jie, and he has a feeling of covering his ears and stealing the bell, so he has this to say.

As for how to collect commercial taxes, he now has a clear idea in his heart.

In the midst of everyone's loud promises, this meeting is over.

Actually, it's more appropriate to have a meeting than a meeting.

In the early morning of the next day, Qin Haoming took Hong Dixin to the tattered official office of the Smelting Bureau again.

"Raise the craftsman's fortune?" Chen Meichun asked cautiously.

"Yes." Qin Haoming nodded in affirmation.

He has learned about the current monthly salary of the craftsmen in the Smelting Bureau, and it is really hard to imagine that the craftsmen, as the backbone of the Smelting Bureau, only have about 60 taels of silver per year, while the experienced craftsmen have increased by 20 taels on this basis.

In this regard, Qin Haoming was speechless, you must know that from a craftsman to a craftsman, the years consumed are not more than seven or eight years, but the moon is so unbearable.

As for the civil servants in the Smelting Bureau, the monthly salary is generally not high, take Chen Meichun, who is the director of the Smelting Bureau, for example, his annual salary is only 180 taels.

The rest of Wang Lin's three Lang officials have a salary of about 80 taels to 120 taels according to their qualifications, and as for ordinary officials, their salaries range from 30 taels to 50 taels according to their qualifications.

With the rising prices of the Ming Dynasty, what can a monthly salary of five or two a month do?

Although it is enough for a family of five to eat, drink and wear, I believe that there is absolutely no savings left, so once you get sick, you can only resist, and you don't even have the money to see a doctor and take medicine.

"From now on, the monthly income of everyone in the Smelting Bureau will be doubled!

In addition, the Governor has said in advance that this is only a preliminary increase in the monthly income, as long as the development of the Metallurgical Bureau in the future is in line with the Governor's wishes, even if the monthly income is increased several times, it will not be a problem. ”

When he said this, Qin Haoming couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

These people are equivalent to members of the Academy of Sciences, and the productivity they can exert is sometimes surprising.

"All in all, if you do a good job, the faster your monthly income will increase."

Under Qin Haoming's money offensive, not to mention what would happen to the craftsmen in the smelting bureau after hearing about this, at least the enthusiasm of the four civil officials in the house had been mobilized.

"What does Governor Qin want us to do?"