“....... There has been a lesson from the past, Dongnu has raised troops since he came, and he relied on meticulous work to seize many cities in my Ming Dynasty. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe incident on the East Road a while ago was also instigated by the Tatars, but fortunately, General Dingguo was decisive and wise, and he calmed down the matter at once. This also reminds us, and everyone present, that the Tartars are rampant."

"Our east road is close to Biansai, and not far away, is Beiyu. In the past, those Mongolian Tatars had already taken refuge in the Manchurian Tatars, in case they used spies, the consequences would be unimaginable due to the invasion of foreign alliances, and all of you here would also end up ruined....."

Therefore, in order to prevent spies, all merchants on the East Road, all states and cities, must follow the example of Shunxiangbao and implement the merchant registration system, and only after registration and examination are allowed to open the market. The shopkeepers also need to check the guys under their names, and what are the thieves. If the origin is not clear, you must pay attention, otherwise you will be affected in the future....."

"If foreign merchants want to settle down and operate on East Road, they must have a local innocent person as a guarantor, and implement joint sitting, and if something happens to those merchants, the guarantor will be guilty together..."

The hall of the General's Mansion is full of gentry and merchants from all over the East Road, because there are too many people, so there are only some local famous people who have seats, and the rest can only stand. The crowd of black crushed people stood from the inside of the lobby to the outside steps, and even from the steps to the outside field. The businessmen and gentry stood together without suspicion, and there was no look of rejection between them, and no gentry looked at the businessmen beside them with contempt. This is because, in the Ming Dynasty, especially at the end of the period, those gentry officials were themselves merchants, or spokesmen of merchants, how could they reject themselves and despise themselves?

They listened intently to Tian Changguo, the head of the business department, who was standing straight at this time, and his two big bubble eyes shone brightly. The look that seemed to be awake in the past has been insulated from him.

Finally, Tian Changguo's business has been perfected, and there are many Tian Changguo's meticulous Wang Luodan talents, who are quite skilled in business management. And taking advantage of the opportunity a few days ago, Wang Dou decided to improve the management of merchants on the entire East Road, and this important task certainly fell on the shoulders of Tian Changguo, the director of commerce.

Tian Changguo is determined to make a big show and leave a deep impression on the heart of General Dingguo. In addition, General Dingguo and Ma Guoxi sat on the main seat and listened, and at this time the voice was a little louder.

All the businessmen in the province were included in the management, and everyone at the meeting was mentally prepared, because of the surprise of you. Hearing that foreign businessmen must have local guarantors, the merchants on the East Road looked at each other and saw the joy on each other's faces.

In this way, the site of East Road is for local businessmen.

They listened more carefully to Tian Changguo's next words.

So many people listened carefully to their own words, thinking that they would all be under their own management in the future, Tian Changguo was even more radiant.

He coughed and continued, ".... Registration and audit, this is the first step, I Daming, as early as the time of Emperor Taizu Gao, set up a tax bureau, draw some taxes, and take one out of thirty. When the emperor was revealed, the purchase price was less than forty taels a year, and it was tax-free...."

"In order to encourage the merchants, General Dingguo decided to continue to pursue the benevolent government of Emperor Xian, and the purchase price of less than 40 taels a year is still tax-free, and not a cent of tax is levied......

As soon as Tian Changguo's words came out, the faces of many small businessmen and gentry below showed a look of joy, as long as they obeyed the law in the future, it would be easy to do some trading and make a living on the East Road in the future. "For the above, there are no branch merchants, sitting merchants, and the commercial tax varies from three points to one percent. Here, I have formulated a detailed "Commercial Tax Regulations", how to levy taxes, which is clearly written and clear, will be posted in front of each venue, and everyone can take a closer look. ”

Wang Dou decided to levy a commercial tax, but the highest was only one percent, that is, 1o%, and the tax rate in later generations was generally 17% to 25%, and there were many additional taxes, etc., which were very light compared to later generations.

However, as soon as Tian Changguo said this, there were still many businessmen below who had a bitter face, compared to their previous penny, it was obvious that Dingguo had made the commercial tax set by the general, and it was even three times higher than the commercial tax routinely collected by the Ming Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, everyone worked hard to make a fuss, Wang Dou still had to collect commercial taxes, and the tax burden was heavier, could this be the punishment of General Dingguo for their previous troubles? Wang Dou Yuwei was in front, and they didn't dare to speak out against it, but just looked at each other with bitter faces.

Tian Changguo sneered: "There is a good saying, it is glorious to pay taxes according to law, and it is shameful to evade taxes." When the business is established, it will be strictly supervised, and who dares not to pay taxes and make trouble.... Hum ......",

"It is glorious to pay taxes according to the law, but it is shameful to evade taxes." This sentence was actually said by Wang Dou in passing, Xu Su was recirculated in his system, and Tian Changguo hurriedly said it with a learned understanding.

Wang Dou has also seen relevant historical materials, it seems to be Zoucheng County in Shandong, during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the land tax and the person tax were about 14,000 taels of silver a year, but the relevant commercial tax, dozens of goods are counted, only more than 900 taels a year, this is still a relatively rich place in the mainland.

Not to mention the taxes collected, he also wore the big hat of "competing with the people", and was attacked and plotted like a tide, so the treacherous and cunning Ma Guoxi put the responsibility on the general's office, and the implementation of all policies was carried out by the general's office. Ma Guoxi privately supported spiritually.

Ma Guoxi was grateful to Wang Dou for his willingness to give him a part of the commercial tax, but he didn't think so, what did he do with those few taels of silver?

As far as Wang Dou is concerned, he dares to fight against the businessmen and humanities in the province, and he is still afraid of complaining about "competing with the people for profit"? Commerce must be set up, business taxes must be levied, no matter how much money can be collected, it is to let the subconscious of the people under the rule have an idea that they must pay taxes like ordinary people when they make profits from businessmen and people. Soon, Wang Dou will also clean up the acres of land of the officers in the administration, so that they can pay grain according to the mu like the new military households, from the ninth year of Chongzhen, Wang Dou Town guarded Shunxiang Fort, all the officers and ordinary military households, after they divided the fields, now they are all paying taxes per mu, there is no reason for those old officers to pay a grain in their fields.

This army, as well as a large number of family members behind them, is Wang Dou's greatest support.

Different from the old army of the Ming Dynasty, this army is vigorous, knowledgeable, and everyone can read, to put it bluntly, this is a fierce army composed of landlords, homesteaders, and a large number of intellectuals, Wang Dou is the largest landlord on the East Road, and hundreds of thousands of acres of military land under his rule actually belong to him.

After the completion of Xintunpu, the fields under the name of Wang Dou, a "big landlord", will be as high as millions of acres.

Wang Dou understood very well why the Shunxiang army won, all the old armies in Baoan Prefecture had been reorganized, and with the support of their own army, it was just a logical thing to clean up the fields under the names of those old officers. In addition, this time, Wang Douzhen suppressed the merchants and literati on the East Road to make trouble, and no one dared to touch his edge.

After reorganizing all the armies and the old officers' fields on the East Road, Wang Dou's army will be more "pure". All in one. A small soldier in the border army of the Ming Dynasty,. Bugs are hand-beaten.

What made Wang Dou happy was that the officers under his name, including Wen Fangliang, Zhang Gui, Tian Changguo, Lin Daofu and others, had made suggestions to him for several days, and they were willing to present the field books under their names, and collectively return to the East Road Military Land Books, and pay grain according to the mu.

Wang Dou also proposed that Ma Guoxi inspect the fields of the squires in the country, but Ma Guoxi was so frightened that his face turned white at that time, and he only pushed that "the matter is big, and it needs to be discussed in the long run".

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As soon as he saw Tian Changguo's words, many merchants and gentry were bitter, and their eyes fell on Ma Guoxi, who was beside Wang Dou. Ma Guoxi didn't move, only slowly drank his tea, I don't know if it was because of the hot weather or the commercial tax, many people were sweating profusely on their foreheads. 、、

Tian Changguo snorted a few times and slowed down his tone: "You are reasonable people, of course you will not do such things that violate the law. ”

"And everyone knows that General Dingguo and Bingxian have greatly revitalized civil affairs, and in the future, this place on East Road can be said to have unlimited business opportunities. Hundreds of thousands of people have moved here, how much grain and rice will they need in the future? There are also oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, wood and cotton, etc., how much money can you earn?"

"Not to mention anything else, under the command of General Dingguo, as well as the officers and soldiers everywhere on the East Road, the food, cloth, iron, and coal needed are massive, and the commercial tax is a small profit, how can it be compared with these?"

"In the coming year, Tuntian will be prosperous, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians on the East Road will be able to produce how much food can be produced? How many pigs and sheep are raised? In the current world of the Ming Dynasty, there are as many cattle and sheep as there are, and as much grain and rice as there are, and the business opportunities between them ..........."

"Not to mention that there is General Dingguo here, the East Road is peaceful, you just have to operate with peace of mind, and put it elsewhere in Daming, can you have such peace?