Guangmiao once divided his younger brother Rui Wang Chang Hao in Hanzhong, Gui Wang Chang Ying in Hengzhou, and Hui Wang Chang Run in Jingzhou according to the will of the temple, but because the palace was not built, he was currently staying in Beijing and did not take up the domain. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

According to the system, not only will the palace be built for several uncles, but most of the land will be reserved for the vassal kings, which will make the already not rich Taicang even worse; If he is not allowed to become a vassal and is kept in captivity in Beijing, it is not in line with the ancestral system, but also has the hidden danger of plotting for a big position.

Zhu Youxiao took a break in the apse of Wenhua, and had a headache about this matter, and wanted to find someone to nag and solve it, but he found that he had no friends to make friends, which may be the sorrow for the king.

"Long live the Lord, Li Jinzhong has been seized in the East Factory." The celebrant Wang An left Wu Jinzhong, Liu Kejing and others and whispered.

Zhu Youzheng stared at the teacup in a daze, and when he heard that he took the opportunity to hand the teacup to Wang Chengen, he almost forgot about it and asked, "Alive?" ”

"Alive, in the Waidong Factory."

Zhu Youxiao knew that although the culprit of the death of the Virgin Mary was Xi Li, it was indeed Li Jinzhong and others who hurt people, and he held the right hand of the throne handle and clenched it gently, and said coldly, "Raid the house and help the side, and kill with a stick." ”

Wang An thought that Zhu Youxiao didn't understand the rules, so he reminded, "Master, according to the system, the criminal department will make a crime." ”

Zhu Youxiao also remembered that the rule of law in "Han Feizi" is not an empty word. If this time, in order to take revenge, he bypassed the criminal department and executed him privately, which would be a bad start, so he asked, "Is the evidence of stealing the treasury conclusive?" ”

"Master, it is a collection of generations, and human and physical evidence are gathered, and there is no leakage."

Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment about the meaning of passing on the treasury, and said goodbye to Li Jinzhong and the others who were indeed guilty, that is, they were as innocent as water, and Dongchang could also collect a series of crimes, and smiled, "Then Liu Xun, Tian Zhao and other thirteen people will be handed over to the Criminal Department to convict them." ”

Wang An figured out the intention to be accurate, but the Wang Guochen, who had been carefully cultivated, was suddenly sent to Nanjing, and he was uneasy. At this moment, seeing that the Son of Heaven was full of advice, he also asked someone to support him and send someone to deliver the decree.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Wang An's stiff back, and couldn't help but think of Yuan Keli, who was over half a hundred years old, who he had seen in front of the Xinuan Pavilion of the Heart Cultivation Hall a few days ago.

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"Your Majesty, this is the tax reform article written by Wei Chen after secretly visiting his colleagues in the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry, combined with the archives of the six dynasties and his own knowledge, please read it for Your Majesty."

Zhu Youxiao took the recital from Wang Chengen, looked at the thick pile, and said to Wang Chengen, "Give Yuan Sicheng a seat." Then I read it word by word.

First of all, the sources of Taicang silver in the household department are listed, and there are many names. Among the 3.8 million taels per year, rice, wheat, cloth, horse grass, wax, sulfur and other physical goods are converted into silver, accounting for 50% of the total; Salt accounts for 30%; Chongwenmen Xuan's tax silver, banknotes, fishing and other silver accounted for one into five.

The class can be understood as a tax, that is, the commercial tax, the Jingshi in Chongwenmen and Zhangjiawan set up the Xuanjiao Division, the Fuzhou Prefecture Tax Division, and the county set up a tax bureau to collect the tax deeds of merchants, slaughterers, doorkeepers, miscellaneous markets, and the sale of land and houses; Banknotes are located along the canal, and taxes are levied according to the size of the boat; The fishing tax is a tax levied on fishermen.

Because of the sea ban, the canal has become the main channel for the circulation of goods in the north and south, the banknote is set up for the implementation of the Ming treasure banknote, can be regarded as the high-speed toll station after the use, now there are still seven in the Ming Dynasty, respectively, Hexiwu, Linqing, Jiujiang, Huai'an, Yangzhou, Hushu (north of Suzhou), Beixin (Hangzhou).

Zhu Youxiao saw that there were many names in the commercial tax, but the silver collected was pitiful, and the courtiers and the common people were still clamoring for reduction, so he knew that the problem must lie with the collection officials. As long as there is power, corruption cannot be eradicated, and another way has to be found.

Zhu Youxiao saw that Yuan Keli wanted to measure the acres of land again, and he felt that it was not feasible, and one of Wanli's whip laws had to be terminated because it violated the interests of the gentry class, so he said that "Tian Fu and other items will not be moved for the time being, what about Aiqing's views on commercial taxes?" ”

Yuan Keli stood up and replied, "Your Majesty wants to increase the commercial tax?" Liao's salary from the leap April of the 46th year of Wanli to last month for a year and a half has issued a total of more than 1,051 taels, even if the commercial tax increases by 10 times to more than 500 yuan, it cannot be supported, not to mention that it is not feasible at all. Weichen still thinks that all the fields should be converted into silver, and then a whip law should be carried out. ”

Zhu Youxiao didn't think about it, but most of the silver is in the hands of the rich, "all the silver will inevitably lead to an increase in the price of silver, which will not work, and there is only one Zhang Juzheng...... If it is not possible to do it according to the current way of taxation, I have a new method of taxation. ”

Then Zhu Youxiao explained what is income tax, value-added tax, business tax, and consumption tax, and then said, "The income tax is levied on the profit of the merchant rather than the price of the commodity, and the more the surplus of the merchant, the more tax will be paid, which can not only ensure its profitability, but also ensure that Taicang is full." Of course, there is no basis for what I say, I want you to go down and pilot the income tax first, is Aiqing willing? ”

"Where does Your Majesty want to set up the pilot?" How could Yuan Keli not know Zhang Juzheng's fate, and after thinking about it, he felt that it seemed feasible, so he asked.

It is necessary to encourage industry and commerce to cooperate with a series of policies, such as household registration management, population flow, urban construction, and so on. Zhu Youxiao knew that he had to follow the steps, so he asked rhetorically, "Where in the world is the most active industry and commerce, it will be located." ”

"Nanzhi or Zhejiang?" Yuan Keli saw Zhu Youxiao smiling and silent, and persuaded, "Your Majesty, although Suzhou and Hangzhou are prosperous by hand, it is afraid that it will backfire if the immature income tax law is implemented, not to mention that it violates the ancestral system." ”

Zhu Youxiao disagreed with the ancestral system, thinking that the emperor had implemented the mining tax for so many years in the opposition and condemnation of the whole world, and there was no reason why he could not follow suit, "The ancestors have no trouble in Liaodong, and they can't always use the ancestral system as a reason to hold on to the defects." However, I do not want to take advantage of Suzhou and Hangzhou, but want to use Songjiang Mansion as a pilot, where the coastal area is still immature and more promising than Suzhou and Hangzhou. ”

Songjiang Prefecture is Shanghai, which is located in the Yangtze River Delta, and its location is very important at a time when land transportation is underdeveloped.

Zhu Youxiao knew that more than sixty percent of the courtiers were from Jiangnan, and this move would definitely attract his opposition, but he was confident that he could resist for a while, and encouraged Yuan Keli, "As long as Aiqing can choose reliable officials, he will release the tax and silver to the Beijing division before the New Year's Day in the second year of the Apocalypse, no matter how much or less." ”

"How is the tax rate determined?"

"Porcelain and textiles are 30 percent, and the rest of the industry is 20 percent."

"Your Majesty, is it too high?"

Zhu Youxiao didn't dare to move out of the company system when he didn't receive the full amount of commercial taxes, so as not to make too many enemies, so he said, "Except for income tax, the rest of the taxes are all exempt, let's try it out first, see if it really doesn't work, and then discuss." ”

"Minister, obey the order."

Seeing Yuan Keli's stiff response, Zhu Youxiao felt funny, and took the opportunity to say, "I also want to set up a city promotion department in Songjiang, so Aiqing will take care of it together." ”

The full name of the Municipal Shipping Division is the Municipal Shipping Promotion Division, which is originally filled by the minister, and it consists of officials such as promotion, deputy promotion, and officials. The Municipal Department of Shipping integrates the functions of foreign trade and customs, is in charge of tributary trade, and is responsible for taxing tributary ships, purchasing imported goods needed by the inner court, and managing tributary goods.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were four cities in Taicang Huangdu, Zhejiang Ningbo, Fujian Quanzhou, and Guangdong Guangzhou.

The sea ban in the Ming Dynasty was a national policy, and the sea ban was not lifted during the Longqing period, but a pass was opened in Fujian to strictly restrict ships going to sea. At present, the sea ban is even more abandoned, and it is useless, and coastal residents go to sea without permission. In order to ensure the safety of goods and ships, even artillery was used to arm sea ships, which was a great threat to the Ming Dynasty.

In order to avoid a large influx of silver mines in the Americas, Zhu Youxiao did not dare to completely lift the ban, so he followed the example of Emperor Longqing to open an opening and incorporate the city tax into Taicang, and also to see how crazy coastal smuggling was.

As for the distribution of silver between the internal treasury and Taicang, there is no need to worry about it, as long as the power to appoint and dismiss the army and officials is in his own hands, Zhu Youxiao will not worry about the shortage of silver in the internal treasury, not to mention that he still has many methods to make money in later generations that have not yet been implemented.

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On that day, on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, two three-zhang long official ships were three hulls away from each other, sailing against the wind.

On the stern of the front ship, there is a white background with red characters and red edges of the "Qingdao" and "Golden Drum" flags, and there are two leopard tail flags on the black spears of the bow barn door, which are common flags in the army, and this is the guard of honor of Yuan Keli.

In the front warehouse of the ship, Yuan Keli, who was wearing a black Dongpo scarf and a dark green suit, shouted to Wang Guochen who was standing at the bow of the boat and looking at the scenery along the canal, "Princess, it's cool outside, let's go into the cabin and drink two cups to warm up." ”

The kingdom minister wearing a three-mountain hat and a royal python robe glanced at the brocade guards that were faintly visible on the boat behind him, and then bowed his head and entered the warehouse according to his words, looking at Yuan Keli, who was eating a side dish and tasting the imperial bamboo leaves, and said, "Our family has been sent to stay in the capital, so Yaxing, who came to drink, should still be drunk by Lord Yuan." ”

The Wang Guochen who wanted to enter the back warehouse was stopped, and when he turned around, he saw Yuan Keli, who had already gotten up, and said with a smile, "How many times have I told my father-in-law, this is not a distribution, but the Nanjing garrison eunuch is left to guard the capital, and he is a relative of the Son of Heaven three thousand miles away, which is reused." ”

The garrison eunuch has jurisdiction over the 24 yamen of the Nanjing Inner Government and the supervisor of the Xiaoling Shrine, and is the official of the ceremonial eunuch. It means promotion to others, but it is degrading to Wang Guochen, after all, Ke Yinyue is still in Beijing, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to get together again in this life.

Wang Guochen wanted to go back and continue to sleep, but when he heard this, he stopped and sat down, drank all the wine poured on the table, smacked his lips, put down the white porcelain cup and said to Yuan Keli, who was nearly twenty years older than him, "Lord Yuan, don't bother our family, Nanjing has always been a place for ministers to retire, we are less than forty, and we have never neglected to serve, I don't know who chews the root of the tongue in front of the emperor." ”

Yuan Keli was noncommittal, and filled the cup, "My father-in-law's words are wrong, if my father-in-law does his best to take care of Nanjing, and now he will become a great unification at a young age, won't he imitate Emperor Jiajing's southern tour?" ”

Wang An, the king's father-in-law, also mentioned it, but he always felt that there was little hope, and his eyebrows furrowed, "Hey, how many years and months will this have to be." ”

"Three or five years in short." Yuan Keli only said half of it, and explained, "The old man is not afraid when he is over half a hundred years old, and he is just in his prime, so why be sentimental." ”

Wang Guochen has gotten along well with Yuan Keli in the past few days, and joked with a smile, "Lord Yuan is the head of the household department, Zhejiang Qing official Shilangzhong and the prefect of Songjiang to prepare for the establishment of the city's Bo Tiju Division, but Lao Ji is in the bush, tsk, our family admires it so much, come to drink." ”

Yuan Keli heard his words, shook his head and smiled bitterly, the Son of Heaven insisted on letting the foreign minister raise the city, and he couldn't help it.

Looking at the wine jug carried by Wang Guochen, he remembered his wife's prohibition of alcohol, and secretly laughed at himself, he would not be subject to the order of the foreign monarch, although he had overdosed today, he still sent the cup up.