"And," Zheng Lang said.

"And?" Zhang Fangping immediately understood, and asked again: "Commercial tax reduction." ”

It's not a merger, but a merger, 50,000 goods, will be a huge quantity, a single transaction will not be much, there are, very few. However, if several or more than a dozen join forces, and those who have the right to make trouble are all wealthy and big businessmen, then it is easy to reach 20,000 or 50,000 yuan of goods. Moreover, Zheng Lang refers to a single transaction, not a single piece. Qianmi, salt, cloth and tea, several companies have joined forces, is it difficult to make up 50,000 yuan?

Commercial taxes will inevitably fall sharply.

Zheng Lang said: "Antao, wrong, even so, it is better than not handing over." ”

Zhao Ji shook his head and smiled on the side, smiling a little bitterly.

is not as pessimistic as Zhang Fangping thought, Zheng Lang has long thought about this problem, some people say that equalizing the land, cracking down on the strong, and clarifying the rule of officials are the foundation of the Song Dynasty's strengthening. But is that possible?

Not to mention that it was only the people who starved to death when they were hungry, and they didn't see the cadres of that brigade starving to death, what kind of average era was that, and the average was not actually achieved!

Even if it is reached, in this era, what kind of ideology and concepts do people have, even if the country is overthrown, a few decades later, the people will recover, and the gap between the rich and the poor will widen again. It can only be said that if the imperial court is sober, it can use some positive means to bring more vitality to the poor people and reduce the grievances of the people, and the government will be considered clear.

Historically, the old party is to safeguard the interests of the powerful, and the new party is not to crack down on the strong and powerful, but the essence is to eat the old and the young, and the strong and the strong are good, or the poor households are good, and they collect wealth together. Cai Jing is different, he is strict about accumulating wealth, not accumulating wealth, so he seems to have succeeded, and he is much stronger in maintaining his wealth.

None of them are good practices.

Zheng Lang's approach is to help poor households and give more opportunities to some wealthy households. A more equitable institutional environment. Haoqiang is slightly exploitative. But at the same time, the eunuchs are humble. The richer he is, the more "proud", the heavier Wang Anshi is, so the opposition is serious. In fact, how can Wang Anshi extract geometry from Haoqiang? Suspicious.

Therefore, Zheng Lang corrected Wang Anshi's practice. This time is earlier, such as the exemption money, Wang Anshi also divides the property to collect, and the more property, the more he collects. Zheng Lang, on the contrary, has seen a declining proportion of more and more property.

This commercial tax concession is still a similar reason.

It is necessary to highlight the position of the strong and powerful, so that they feel that the policy still makes them superior, so that they still have a sense of superiority. Otherwise, even if it is passed, it will inevitably be overturned in a few decades, and there will be more overthrows at that time.

In fact, it is better than the original levy, at least let them change from meaning to cut a small piece of meat and spend it for the imperial court.

It seems very unfair, and this concession can only benefit Haoqiang. Small and medium-sized businessmen may have a single payment of 50,000 yuan, that is, a few families. It's good to be able to make up 5,000 yuan. But there is one thing, Zheng Lang did not say, flexible and mobile!

Big businessmen can avoid three-quarters of taxes, if not more. However, the quantity of goods is huge, and the speed of purchase and sales is sluggish, which is not as flexible as that of small and medium-sized merchants. The truth can also be applied to the steel supervisor, after the steel supervisor technology matures, the imperial court will successively add dozens of steel supervisors, that is, the original steel mills, which seems to have damaged small and medium-sized blacksmiths everywhere. However, small and medium-sized blacksmith households also have their own advantages, which can meet the needs of customers to make iron tools, without transportation and tax costs, as long as they adjust in time, they can still survive.

That is, everyone avoided three-quarters of the tax, and as long as there was no tax evasion, the commercial tax of the Song Dynasty would still not be reduced. But this is impossible, no matter how you let it, there are still people who continue to think about it and don't want to pay a penny in taxes. No matter how much is allowed, most small and medium-sized businessmen who really pay taxes may not be able to enjoy this welfare treatment, but can only enjoy the residential tax minus one percent.

However, after this way, the imperial court will occupy the moral height, and with the cooperation of the reporting system in various places, the number of tax evasion will be greatly reduced. Comparatively speaking, the commercial tax will not necessarily be reduced.

Tossing and turning is to let the whole country implement a new commercial tax system that is more healthy and reasonable, and that is recognized by the majority of people. Commercial tax will become more and more important in the future, not to mention the trivial effect brought by the prisons, that is, how much the bank plays a role in promoting business, and there is also the exemption law, and other policies, which further support the development of commerce. At this time, the commerce of the Song Dynasty was prosperous, and it can be said that there was no era in the history of the Song Dynasty. And it is progressing every year, if it continues to maintain healthy development, it is possible to reach the commercial level of the Qing Dynasty in the middle and late Qing Dynasty before Zheng Lang dies. So we need a healthier business tax environment, and if you don't pay a penny in taxes, how can you be healthy?

The small and medium-sized merchants in the back did not say anything, Zheng Lang only said the front in front of Zhao Ji and Gao Taotao, and Gao Taotao said for most of the day: "Gong Zheng, you have a heart." ”

Gao Taotao thought that Zheng Lang had a heart, so he secretly tacitly supported it, and Zhang Fangping also had to admit that Zheng Lang had a heart.

Zheng Lang said again: "Antao, prepare gold and silver." ”

"The superintendent of banks?" Zhang Fangping immediately reacted, what Zheng Lang was going to do.

"Exactly."

"It's too early."

"My plan is to expand the shares in two more times, this is just a plan, can't it be divided into three, four, five?"

"I'll arrange it."

"Don't give it away."

"I know that."

The two left the inner palace with the edict.

The edict was issued, and a group of merchant representatives left happily.

Zheng Lang was unhappy because he gave in too much, so he took a three-day vacation and stayed at home all the time. On the fourth day, when he went to Zhongshu, Fu Bi looked at Zheng Lang and sighed: "Why bother." ”

Not only did the imperial court back down, but there was also better news.

Hangzhou Steel Supervision was established, and after years of research and improvement, the steel-smelting technology was matured. With equal defense, the weight of the armor was really reduced to thirty catties. At the same time, the production speed is faster, and the smelted steel can be officially used as armor weapons after a little second hammering, so that the cost is further reduced. So the imperial court issued an edict to transform the Huazhou Steel Supervisor, and officially placed an order with the Steel Supervisor next year, which also means that the Steel Supervisor will produce a large number of dividends.

But there is one thing that Zheng Lang is not very satisfied with.

Or smelting technology and mining technology, there is no shortage of ore sources in the hands, prospecting technology in the Song Dynasty is also quite developed, but the real smelting technology and mining technology has not reached the point that he is satisfied, and the research progress of detonators is not large, on the contrary, research and development of detonators. Several craftsmen were sacrificed.

Want industrial progress. In addition to the various technologies. There is also a term, the Iron Age. New technologies were introduced to the Ping An Prison, but Zheng Lang estimated that the total iron output of the Song Dynasty would not exceed 100,000 tons. The number is far from sufficient, let alone the Iron Age.

But you have to take your time. I can't be in a hurry for a while.

However, others don't have the ability to think of any shortcomings, and think it's good, as for where the merchants think about the Iron Age, how about the Song Dynasty hundreds of years later. All they think about is the profit that comes from the maturity of the technology. Two pieces of good news came out, and the complaints finally subsided.

At the end of the year, a new measure was introduced.

There will be controversy about this measure, but it will not be huge.

It is aimed at the edge of the three ways.

The most densely populated area in the Song Dynasty was the southeast, followed by Jingdong Hebei, which was actually the southern region, and the north was still not densely populated. As for the large areas of Hedong and Shaanxi Road, they are still empty for various reasons, such as the mountainous terrain and the fear of invasion by Western Xia and Khitan. Cold weather, and so on.

Zheng Lang is targeting these areas.

It's all populated. It's just a little rare, but many places are half-cultivated and half-barren. In some cases, when the soil and water deteriorated, people left. Some of the soldiers' camps were opened, and they were poorly managed and barren. There are also small benefits, resulting in a scarcity of local people.

Some time ago, Zheng Lang sent four senior officers to investigate the hidden fields of the four roads, accompanied by various officials, which caused a lot of opposition.

Hidden Tian will definitely check it.

But it's not just Hideda, it's also the plan this time.

To further develop some special terrain, first of all, the local population must be sparse, so that the imperial court can make proper arrangements. Secondly, there are mountains, rivers and small river valleys, and there is no water, so there is no interest value, so we can only adopt the mountain closure system to simply protect the water and soil. It must be in a semi-deserted state, with use value, because the imperial court is not organized, and the local people are like slash-and-burn farming, and the cultivation is not appropriate, so the value generated is not large. It cannot have military value, and if it involves military factors, it cannot be moved.

Let the inventory officer check these areas together to verify and measure.

Then for its auction, the imperial court provided a condition, and contributed manpower to open up a road for each auction site to open up exchanges with the outside world, followed by the auction of the right to operate for fifty years, and within fifty years, the imperial court was not allowed to levy any taxes.

In fact, the nature of the pits and workshops that were auctioned is similar.

The government ran at a loss, but it was handed over to businessmen, and it immediately became a money-making project.

These areas are handed over to small households to cultivate, which is of little value, but they are handed over to large households to operate, and they have capital in their hands, and they plant mulberry and hemp fruit trees and bamboo trees on the mountain, and alfalfa on the ground, and then raise a large number of livestock, and the livestock can be sold for money, and animal manure is the best fertilizer, which can be used to fertilize the mountains and the bottom to fertilize the river valley and grow grain, forming a cycle. Don't transport far, hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops are stationed on the three routes, including family members, and related personnel, which can reach more than one million people. Then you can make a profit.

But it can only be run by large households, they have capital in their hands, and they can afford to wait, like small households, can they wait ten or eight years to achieve full results?

It may not be necessary to raise much money, not for money, but for the logistics of border defense and the development of border areas. Run by these big merchants, soon many parts of the border area will be able to turn waste into treasure, and the grain or livestock they produce will mainly be supplied to the soldiers, which is actually equivalent to making money. Buying grain and meat from the local area was only a transportation loss, which virtually saved a lot of money for the imperial court. In addition, the mode of production in the border areas is not very good, and the advanced mode of production will lead more people to learn, the production efficiency of the entire border region will increase, the people's living standards will improve, and the dependence of the supply of soldiers on the south and the Central Plains will also be further reduced. The development of the border area will be tempting to the people of Khitan and Western Xia.

Kill several birds with one stone.

But there are a few prerequisites.

It must be densely populated, Zheng Lang organized several groups of immigrants on a large scale, only for propaganda, and did not dare to forcibly immigrate. Someone did, such as Wang Mang, forcibly immigrating, causing chaos in the world. Yang Guang also did it, forcibly immigrating criminals to Qinghai, which also made the world complain.

Zheng Lang still dares to use forcible means?

What is offered is only to open up the road, and the immigrants do not mention it, and do not care. How the merchants deceived the people is the merchant's business. However, if it were not densely populated, and the eradication of tenants caused the land rents of the people in densely populated areas to rise wildly, or the merchants were bewitched, they would not have succeeded. If there are no tenant farmers to cultivate and reclaim for them, even if the court does not want money, there may not be merchants to go.

The second is that there are sufficient funds in the local area, and I don't know where to put them. Put the bank, the interest is not very heavy, not too cost-effective. Repayment in two years. Several roads have distributed nearly 100 million yuan of money. Lianghe and Shaanxi alone distributed more than 50 million yuan. With ample funding. In order to make some wealthy people have the heart to participate.

Finally, the horizon of cultivation is broadened, such as alfalfa under the leadership of Zheng Lang, more and more people see its role, and then the increase in grain production. So that Zheng Lang proposed this farming model can be realized.

With the past, there is the present. With the present, there is a greater future......

This model is also a good foundation for the future.

At the same time, there were two edicts, as for the original minority of the people in the original area. If an agreement is made with the owner, he is encouraged to stay, and if he cannot reach an agreement, the court will send officials to resettle. To recognize the ownership of the forest after the expiration of the lease period, when the new landlord arrives, he must negotiate the value of the original forest with the original landlord.

The original landlord could not get the full value of it, except for timber, like mulberry fruit trees, which, once cut down, could only be used for firewood. However, if it was a later landlord, it was harsh. If the original landlord is angry and cuts down, the later landlord will lose even more. How to fix it. Let them negotiate for themselves. Further consolidation of surplus value due in fifty years. At the same time, it is also given the right to transfer. In case of financial difficulties, these estates can be mortgaged or transferred in order to obtain scarce funds.

After listening to Zheng Lang's explanation, everyone looked at each other.

It will definitely disturb the people more or less, but it doesn't seem to be a big problem, so they acquiesce one by one.

In fact, these years have been tossing every year, every time they toss, every time they are humble, and gradually everyone has slowly developed a habit. Maybe Zheng Lang didn't toss that year, but their hearts may not be stable.

The New Year is coming.

Xining four years.

The New Year's War Rises Again,

Xixia built a city in the north dripping cliff of Funing County, Suizhou in the original, the cliff is high and steep and pulls out more than ten zhang, and it is adjacent to the Wuding River, and the Xixia people call it Luowu City. In order to control the cross-mountain rush. After hearing this, he conspired and said: "The land of Hengshan wants to return to the Han Dynasty, and if the soldiers go out of the realm to take Luowu, the land of Henan can be dying." ”

Zhe Jishi thought too optimistically, what he said about Henan was not Guihuizhou, but the entire Nanhetao including the six states of Yinsui Youxia Shilong, and it was impossible to get these six states if he got Luowu City, so Western Xia was equal to one-third of the country.

The Hengshan Zhuqiang may not all want to submit to the Song Dynasty. It must be better than in history, and another bitter character, Fan Chunyou, under the guidance of Zheng Lang, did not go home to guard filial piety in a roundabout way, and played the light and heat, he had a very hard time in the past two years, but he had quite a political achievement in Suizhou pacification, and was praised as a small fan by the Qiang people of Suizhou. There were more tribes that showed favor to the Song Dynasty, and the release of prisoners of war also made the tribes further bias their hearts towards the Song Dynasty. However, it is impossible for all tribes to favor the Song Dynasty, especially Yinxia, which is the lair of the Li family, and it is easy to defect.

In fact, it's all a cover-up, that is, let's fight.

Gotta make an excuse for yourself.

As soon as he heard the agreement, he said to Han Jiang, suggesting that Suizhou should send troops to Luowucheng, and then build Liuzhai to Tonglin Mansion, not only covering hundreds of miles of land, but also having auxiliary vehicles in Yanyan Road and Hedong, which is enough to control the Xia Kingdom.

Han Jiang was a radical, radical in reform and militarily radical, and immediately agreed.

He ordered 20,000 of his subordinates to go out of the Wuding River, and all the generals were restrained.

The forward army reached Tiezhigou, the two armies met, and fierce battles resumed. There was another reinforcement in Western Xia, and Wu Liang came to help with 10,000 horsemen, but he was very sad. Zhang Shiju and Zhi Kexing had already been ordered by the seed to snipe at them, because the time was tight, Zhi Kexing led the army to arrive successively and lay in wait in the mountain pass. When Wu Liang's army was half a pass, he ambushed and killed. Babao Wu Liang was caught off guard, his army was defeated, and Babao Wu Liang himself was killed. At this time, the forward army of the seed was gradually defeated, outnumbered, the army began to collapse, Ningzhou regimental training made Liu Yu personally after the palace, led the sharp cavalry to fight, the flying arrows covered the body, and the Western Xia heard the news of the defeat of the Wu Liang army, so there was no further pursuit, and the forward Song army did not end up with the whole army.

The first battle ended, and the second battle began.

Du Rome Wei and his four subordinate generals reorganized the army and ambushed the Mahu River in the north of Luowu City, preparing to attack the main force of the plantation. Let the seed get it, personally led 3,000 light horsemen to go, and suddenly sneaked to the Mahu River to launch an attack on the Western Xia people. The three armies of Duroma were defeated, and one general was beheaded by the Song army. Only then did the main force of the Song army slowly follow, and the garrison was immediately rewarded. The Xia people were afraid of their fierceness and did not dare to fight against them. He gave three pieces of women's clothes to his three generals, humiliating and cowardly. There was just a strong wind, the wind and sand were blind, with bursts of whistling and wind roaring, I don't know if it was the Xixia coward who shouted: "The Han soldiers are the best." ”

As soon as the front shouted, all the three armies of the Western Xia fled in a hurry.

The cultivation of the city of Luowu smoothly, the Western Xia has not been repaired, continue to repair, and named the Wuzhai again.

It was another great victory, and when the news reached the capital, many people felt angry.

Zheng Lang also heard the good news, but smiled. It's not as good as you think, but it's not as bad as you think. During the whole process, Zheng Lang did not intervene at all. The problem of Luo Wucheng is not serious, and it is serious Yongle City in the north of Suizhou and the southeast of Yinzhou, and he will stop it at that time. Whether this is true or not, it is also a matter of the West Mansion, and it has nothing to do with the East Mansion, so he did not say anything, and entered the palace with last year's financial statements to meet Zhao Ji.

For this, almost all the monarchs and ministers are concerned.

Zhao Ji opened the file and was overjoyed after reading it. Zheng Lang said: "Your Majesty, this report cannot be made public this year. ”

"Why?" Zhao Ji asked in front, and when he saw some numbers in the back, he also smiled and didn't ask again. Indeed, although this statement is happy, it is not a public financial statement. (To be continued.) )