Yang Yi was stranded in Hangzhou, and some people thought that he felt wronged and was angry and did not return to Beijing. In any case, the money shortage of the Great Song Dynasty is expected to be solved, Yang Yi has contributed a lot, and now he will be impeached, and he can't think about it.

Some people believe that it is a sign of retreat, like a turtle that instinctively retreats into what it thinks is the safest hard shell after being attacked from the outside.

On the contrary, there are more and more people impeaching him, Yang Yi is too dazzling, and attacking such talents has a sense of accomplishment, so that he seems to be more upright.

In the end, even Liu Zheng joined the ranks of impeaching Yang Yi in the matter.

The Great Song Dynasty was not a seven-grade petty official like the Ming Dynasty.

After the reform of Shenzong Yuanfeng, he was reinstated as a ministry official in the middle of the matter, and he was divided into four products and four people, divided the daily official affairs of the province, reviewed the internal and external cashiers' documents, refuted the official decrees, and awarded the wrong officials. There are five cases: upper, lower, sealed, admonished, and annotated, which are divided into miscellaneous affairs, and lead the way into the division and into the theater.

Even the prime minister's decree has the right to refute it, and the recitals of hundreds of officials must be recorded by their daily records, and they are in the fourth grade, such a character is not simple.

His authority is not much less than that of the imperial envoy, and Liu Zheng, like Huang Lu, is also one of the people who went to Baowen Pavilion to force the palace with his head in the first place.

Yang Yi couldn't help but sigh: It seems that some people can really share weal and beg, but they can't share prosperity.

Zhang Dian has not yet made a statement, because Yang Yiren is still in Hangzhou, and the Empress Dowager Liu will also temporarily suppress the impeachment of him. After all, Huang Lu's impeachment of Yang Yi was only based on hearsay rumors, and there was no real evidence.

Although, Yang Yi got back so much silver, based on this, he can roughly judge that those rumors are true. But Yang Yi is a scholar of Sanpin University, so he can't even give him a chance to refute, and he can't be punished.

Before Yang Yi returned to Beijing after his "illness", it was reasonable for Empress Dowager Liu to suppress the impeachment of him, and no one could say anything.

And knowing that Zhang Dian had not expressed his position on this matter, Yang Yi smiled!

Some people, some things, not to take a stand is the best statement.

Just let the bullets fly a little longer!

Since last year's pilot seedling throwing in Hangzhou, Li Gui and his wife have been staying in Hangzhou to take care of this side of the industry, last year's seedling throwing effect is good, the harvest is no different from the transplanting of seedlings, but because it can save a lot of labor, without Yang Yi to promote, many large landlords have taken the initiative to adopt this simple method of farming.

This frees more labour from the land, which may cause problems for some sharecroppers in the short term, turning them into unemployed vagrants.

Yang Yi is not worried about this, the trees are dead, the people are alive, these tenant farmers have no land to cultivate, and they will definitely transfer to industry and commerce.

The opening of the Hexi Route, and the imperial court allowed private individuals to order sea vessels from the official ship yard, which further stimulated the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty trade, and the industry and commerce of the Great Song Dynasty were now in a strong upward stage, and workshops sprung up all over the country, which could completely absorb these landless tenant farmers.

And now, Yang Yi also wants to fight the idea of these landless people.

He instructed Li Gui to buy a few side dishes, add a pot of daughter red, and then invite Li Nantong, the big shopkeeper in Hangzhou.

Li Nantong is only thirty years old, with a Chinese face, beard, and a burly figure, but he can give people a restrained and easy-going feeling.

Tokyo, Hangzhou, and Lanzhou are the three commercial terminals that Han Bier focuses on. Li Nantong was able to take He Honghai's hand at a young age and sit in the seat of the big shopkeeper in Hangzhou, Yang Yi was a little more interested in him.

"Nantong doesn't have to be polite, sit down, I'm looking for you today, just a casual chat."

"Thank you, my lord, how can there be a place for a villain in front of adults? The villain is standing, and the adult should show him whatever he commands. ”

"Alright, sit down, you stand, I have to tilt my head and talk to you."

Li Nantong heard him say this, and only then sat down after a long bow. Yang Yi asked him some questions in a whimsical manner, and Li Nantong could answer them fluently, and Yang Yi couldn't help but secretly bow.

The three places of Kagoshima, Iwami, and Sado Island have been ceded to him by Emperor Horikawa. When the contract was signed, it was in the name of the owner of the Diaoyu Islands, that is, from the beginning, Yang Yi did not plan to take this contract back to the Great Song Dynasty for publicity.

So far, only Wang Yong and Lu Zhen know that this contract exists.

In order to strengthen his control over Japan, in addition to using Reiko and Hatoyama Yuki to install people in Heiankyo, Yang Yi felt that it was necessary to start the management of Iwami and Kagoshima, and make a few more moves, so that he could echo Heiankyo.

"Nantong, I want you to do something for me."

Li Nantong immediately got up and arched his hand: "Please command, my lord." ”

Yang Yi waved his hand, asked him to sit down anew, and then said: "From today onwards, you use the business channels at home to recruit those people who have nothing to live and take them to Japan with the ship. ”

"This ...... Adults, how much do you want to recruit? ”

"There is no upper limit, the more the merrier, but in order not to cause waves, this matter should not be too big, when you go slowly, remember, this matter must not be detected by the local government."

"My lord, our family now has shops all over the place, recruiting people who have nothing to live on, it shouldn't be difficult, but it's ......"

"Don't worry, I will say hello to the Hangzhou government and the city shipping department, and the city shipping department will relax the inspection of our merchant ships, but you must remember, don't evade taxes because of this, our family doesn't want that money." Otherwise, once it is discovered by the people of the city, I am afraid that it will be difficult for people to speak. ”

"Don't worry, my lord, Madame has ordered this matter before. At this point, the villain can guarantee that our business will never evade taxes. ”

Yang Yi smiled, poured a glass of wine and handed it to him: "That's good, as for what to do in the mainland, it's up to you!" ”

"Yes, my lord, the villain will definitely live up to the trust of the adult."

After instructing this, the two of them ate a few bites of side dishes, and Yang Yi then asked, "How is the situation over there in Nanyang?" ”

Yang Yi's attitude was easy-going, and Li Nantong gradually let go, no longer so restrained, he replied with a smile: "My lord, last year, our ships were all going to Japan, and we only went to Goryeo by the way, and we haven't gone through Nanyang yet, but there are seven or eight ships in the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce." ”

"Oh, where have you been?"

"Jiaozhi, Champong, Zhenla, Mayi, Boni, and Three Buddhas all went, and the main things they brought were porcelain and silk, and the ones they brought back were gold and silver, pepper, coral, rhino horn, tortoiseshell, ivory, ambergris, agarwood, etc., whether it was the items brought or the items brought back, the price was usually at least ten times or more......

Li Nantong talked eloquently, Yang Yi learned a lot of new knowledge, at least he knew that tortoiseshell is a kind of turtle shell, the pepper from the Nanyang origin can buy ten catties of silver, and it will be sold for two halves of silver when he returns to the Great Song Dynasty. The profit during this period is measured in hundredfold.

Not to mention ambergris and ivory, ambergris is a spice that only the royal family and the wealthy can afford.

Ivory was used to make wat boards used by officials to go to court, and in addition to making various exquisite handicrafts such as seals, beautifully carved ornaments, pendants, incense burners, and balls.

These things were highly sought after in the Great Song Dynasty, and the porcelain and silk, silk cloth, lacquerware, jewelry, etc. of the Great Song Dynasty were sold to these places at the same price of ten times or dozens of times.

It can be said that as long as it goes well, it is definitely not an exaggeration to earn half a boatload of gold and silver back and forth.

Yang Yi and Li Nantong chatted a lot, and unconsciously drank a pot of wine and added another pot, Yang Yi realized a problem from it, most of the goods imported from overseas are luxury goods such as pearl agate, ivory ambergris.

Is this beneficial to Da Song?

It is impossible to prohibit the inflow of luxury goods when there is a need in the market, but with the increasing prosperity of maritime trade, the issue must be given sufficient attention.

Yang Yi didn't know much about this issue, but in later generations, consumption tax was levied on imported luxury goods, which was almost a common tax law in all countries.

And Da Song does not have this tax law now, so it caused Yang Yi to think, and his fingers began to tap on the table again, thinking carefully.

Luxury goods are not ordinary commodities, ordinary people cannot afford to consume, only those high-income people can consume, and consumption tax is levied on luxury goods, that is, on the rich; This should be a good means to regulate income distribution, and the resulting increase in income from the imperial court will be used in the form of secondary distribution to reduce taxes and subsidies for low-income groups, so as to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor, which is conducive to social fairness and prevents polarization as much as possible.

For high-income earners, they will not refuse to buy luxury goods because of the high price after the tax increase, on the contrary, the feeling that most people cannot reach is satisfying their "conspicuous consumption" psychology.

A beautiful thing is not considered beautiful if it is not expensive. This mindset is the same at all times.

The more high-income earners buy, the greater the income of the imperial court, and the more they can afford to subsidize low-income groups, for example, by providing free schooling to children from poor households, or giving them tax cuts to reduce their living burden.

And a few days ago, the commercial tax income of the Great Song Dynasty was too low, which has always been a problem for Yang Yi to think about, he checked some files in the household department, during the period from Taizong to Dao, the commercial tax was 4 million, the annual income was 22.24 million, and the commercial tax accounted for 18%.

During the Jingde period of Zhenzong, the commercial tax was 4.5 million yuan, and the annual income was 47.21 million horses, accounting for about 9.6% of the commercial tax, and at the end of Zhenzong Tianxi, the commercial tax was 8.04 million yuan, and the annual income was 150.85 million yuan, accounting for 5.3%.

In the early years of Renzong's Qingli, the commercial tax was 19.75 million yuan, and the commercial tax was 153.59 million horses, accounting for about 12.8%, and during the reign of Emperor Renzong, the commercial tax was 7.86 million. The annual income was 125.25 million yuan, and the commercial tax accounted for 6.2%.

In other words, the commercial tax of the Great Song Dynasty never exceeded 20% of the total fiscal revenue. For the Great Song Dynasty, which had such a developed business and trade, Yang Yi thought that this tax ratio was very unreasonable.

The merchants were very wealthy, but they did not bear heavy taxes, and the farming people had to pay most of the taxes.

Yang Yi had thought about this problem before, but he was worried that the increase in commercial taxes would make the industry and commerce of the Great Song Dynasty stagnate, so he never proposed it, and now it should be a feasible way to tax luxury goods.

After Li Nan announced his retirement, Yang Yi returned to the study alone, wrote and sketched, classified and sorted out the vague and scattered ideas in his mind, and gradually drafted the charter......

(To be continued)