In the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, commerce was predatory and destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty, so Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, announced tax exemption for most of the commerce in order to restore commerce. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The emperor's edict to the household department said: "The traitors and traitors gather, taxes and finesse, I am very ashamed, from now on, the military and civilians marry and mourn the things of the funeral, boats, cars, silk cloth, etc., are not taxed." ”

Not only are most businesses exempt from taxes, but even if they are levied, they are very light (all commercial taxes, take one out of thirty, and those who pass them will be regarded as violating the order. )

Even these tax-exempt industries continued until the Wanli period, when commercial taxes were re-introduced.

The overall tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty was about 75% for agricultural tax, about 10% for salt tax, and about 5% for the rest of the Huangzhuang income, plus the messy tribute, but only about 10% for commercial tax.

The commercial tax in the Ming Dynasty was actually very unreasonable, and Zhu Yuanzhang set the commercial tax at 1/30 because he did not understand business.

The status of merchants in the Ming Dynasty was very low, and the merchants were the last class of businessmen and merchants.

But the lowest-ranking businessmen are the richest.

Why this is happening, everyone understands very well, isn't it just the collusion of officials and businessmen.........

The collusion between officials and businessmen in the Ming Dynasty was not only unprecedented, but also possibly unprecedented.

As long as the emperor wants to collect the commercial tax, then the whole world public opinion (the scholar class is fully controlled) will jump out to oppose it.

Whatever is competing with the people for profit, and what is expropriating and expropriating, it will be given to you.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and the peasant uprising was not because the taxes were too heavy?

However, these industries controlled by scholars have ever spit out a little bit?

Even if the treasury is empty, and the imperial army is retreating, seeking these merchants to raise donations, they can only get a month or two of pure profits.

You know, the peasants at the bottom have to take out their savings for several years every time they are taxed.

Now that Li Hongfei is in charge of the military power in Suzhou and has reintroduced taxes, it is tantamount to directly opposing all the scholars in the world.........

Fortunately, Zhu Youzhen is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he has seen the faces of those literati in Beijing before, and he has fled south for two months, and he has been brainwashed by Li Hongfei to preach, and Zhu Youzhen, who plans to break the kettle and sink the boat, has nothing to worry about.

At least the infamy of competing with the people for profit will not be more piercing than the title of the king of the fallen country...........

"Master Li, you can't talk nonsense, everyone here is a law-abiding person, when did you leak the taxes of the imperial court!" Lu Bin was the first to blow up.

They really don't do much about tax evasion, but most of the money they earn is split with local officials, and this kind of thing is tacitly acknowledged, but what does the newly appointed prefect want to do?

Challenging the entire Suzhou officialdom?

Challenging all Suzhou merchants?

Challenging the world's scholar class?

"Mr. Li first entered Suzhou, may not be very familiar with our side, business has not been easy to do in recent years, most of them are losing money to make money, and there are more people who go south this year, and the business is only a little better, don't believe you ask Boss Zhou, he knows our business here best." The brothel boss burned the war to Zhou Furen.

Anyway, everyone is not clean, Zhou Furen is the richest man in Suzhou, and in terms of tax evasion, he must be heavier than others.

Zhou Furen saw that the flames of war had burned on him, although he did not attack on the spot, his expression also became indifferent, and he did not help Li Hongfei speak, but watched coldly from the sidelines.

As for the other bosses, it was also you who started to heckle me word by word.

Seeing that the scene was a little out of control, without waiting for Guo Sheng to come forward to suppress it, he saw Li Hongfei take an account book from Wu Hao again, and read it unhurriedly: "In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the annual operating income of Suzhou Lichun Courtyard was 53,780 taels of silver, and the government reported a tax of 500 taels. ”

"In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the annual operating income of Suzhou Lichun Courtyard was 59,450 taels of silver, and the government reported 600 taels of taxes."

"Chongzhen Fourteen Years ........."

“........”

"Juwei Zhai, Chongzhen's fourteen-year operating income, eight thousand four hundred taels of silver, and eighty-four taels of taxes reported by the government."

"Juwei Zhai, Chongzhen's fifteen-year operating income, six thousand eight hundred and fifty taels of silver, no tax paid!"

"Juwei Zhai, Chongzhen 16 years .........."

“.........”

"There's a lot left, do you need me to read them all down?" Li Hongfei only read the two books, then closed the ledger and threw it on the large pile of ledgers next to him.

Because there is no need for him to read anymore, the crowd that was noisy just now has long been silent.

This little bit of tax, not to mention one-thirtieth of the tax, even one percent, there are still people who have not paid it.

"You........ You have arrested us and delayed us for so long just to check our family's ledgers! A boss, who was about forty years old, pointed at Li Hongfei and shouted angrily.

Can he not be angry, he is the boss of Juwei Zhai, and what he just talked about is his family's account book.

"That's right, when I invited you over in the morning, I asked Lord Wu to take away your account books by the way, Lord Wu used to work in the household department, and he was still familiar with clearing a few accounts in the morning."

"Of course, some of you have hidden the account books more closely, and they haven't been able to find them for a while, but as far as the account books found so far are concerned, in terms of tax evasion, one is counted as one, and the official can play the Ming Sheng, thoroughly investigate the Suzhou shopping mall, and once verified, you can be beheaded according to the crime of defrauding the king!" Li Hongfei said coldly.

"Choke!"

As if to cooperate with Li Hongfei's words, Guo Sheng and several soldiers next to him drew their sabers one after another.

"Adults are angry, there is something to say!" The old bustard of Lichun Courtyard took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve and stuffed it to Li Hongfei, hoping that the big thing would be small.

However, Li Hongfei didn't take these silver tickets, what kind of jokes, so many people are here, he won't do this kind of blatant bribery.

"Humph! Lord Li is not very old, but his tone is not small, how can you cure this crime of bullying the king casually? Even if we want to govern, we have to govern the officials of Suzhou first, and then the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and then it will be our turn to be businessmen, but .......... I'm afraid you don't have the ability to do this! Lu Bin didn't accept Li Hongfei's set, but directly threatened the other party with all the officials in the DPRK and China.

The issue of commercial taxation, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, has a history of more than 200 years, and even today's saints dare not break it, Lu Bin does not believe in a small prefect, dare to disrupt the existing pattern.

"Boss Lu is right, I really don't dare to govern the hundred officials in the court, but in the realm of Suzhou, there is no one that I Li Hongfei dare not govern, General Guo, please Shang Fang Sword!" Li Hongfei said coldly.

Since the other party wants to be tough, Li Hongfei doesn't mind teaching them how to behave.

As soon as Shang Fang's sword came out, as soon as the emperor came in person, all the merchants and sergeants present knelt on the ground to ask for peace.

"Boss Lu, do you still think that this official doesn't have the ability to govern you?" Li Hongfei said to Lu Bin with Shang Fang's sword.

"This ........." Lu Bin didn't dare to blow up for a while.

"Lord Li, with all due respect, although this Shang Fang Sword can be cut first and then played, and has supreme authority, it can kill us inconsequential merchants, it will not be beneficial to you or the Holy Lord!" At this point, Zhou Furen had to come forward to make peace, not only to help these businessmen, but also to save his own life.

"To tell the truth, not only in Suzhou, but also in the entire Ming Dynasty, few merchants in the world are clean, if Lord Li wants to kill all the merchants in Suzhou, then the daily life of the people in Suzhou is not chaotic?"

"Lord Li invited us here today, just to raise military funds, we can't fight and kill, what's the matter, we can discuss it carefully, what does Shopkeeper Lu think?" Zhou Furen threw the question to the thorn Lu Bin.

"Boss Zhou is right, how to do it, please show me." After Lu Bin saw Shang Fang's sword, he had to compromise.