What is Nanjing Liubu?

In the costume dramas he has watched, Bai Minghe has always thought that Nanjing Liubu is a decoration, which is a place for retirement.

Ketong guò is such a big thing, at least in the eyes of the white crane, this is definitely not a small matter. But in Gao Gu's eyes, this is a very ordinary trivial matter in the Ming Dynasty, and it should not even officially appear in the recital to the Ming Emperor. Moreover, the six departments of Nanjing, a place like the elderly, can be written all over the country.

So, what potential does Nanjing Sixth have to tap?

Seeing that Bai Minghe was thinking deeply, Gao Gu whispered: "Even during the Yongle year, Nanjing Bao Shipyard was also managed by the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, and it is the same until now." There are some people in the Nanjing Ministry of Industry who built treasure ships back then. ”

The white crane rolled his eyes and counted in his heart.

"Thank you, Elder Gao!" The white crane bowed and was about to leave, but was grabbed by Gao Gu's wrist: "The white crane, there is also a line in it, and if you cross the red line, you will die." The old man has made you unlucky because of this kind of thing, you should pay attention to yourself, don't rush everything, and write a letter to Banzai every month. ”

"Thank you, Elder Gao!" The white crane thanked him again.

The people of Daming are really virtuous, even if they disagree with Bai Minghe's political opinions, but Gao Gu will not use third-rate methods to harm himself, but is helping himself.

Bai Minghe called into the carriage and hurriedly went to Nanjing No. 6.

The six departments in Nanjing are not together, but they are not far away, and the first place where Bai Minghe wants to go is the most idle place in the world, the Nanjing Ministry of Rites. Because the Ming Emperor almost never came to Nanjing, the Ministry of Rites had nothing to do except for the triennial township test.

"Your Excellency. There is still a street corner from the Ministry of Rites......" the guard in charge of the carriage said. As he spoke, he pulled the horse violently. The horse's front hooves were already standing up, and several guards next to him rushed forward quickly. The white-named crane was even more frightened. Because the curtain was down, I didn't know what was going on.

When I got out of the carriage, I saw that several of the guards were in a dilemma.

Not to mention that the guards are embarrassed, even the white-named crane is in a cold sweat.

A man in his fifties, dressed in a second-class official uniform, shouted that he was going to die in the carriage to prove his name.

"Nanjing Hubu Shangshu." One of the guards whispered a word beside the white crane.

"Have I offended him?" Bai Minghe asked rhetorically.

Zeng Tao caught up from behind, and after seeing the situation, he approached Bai Minghe: "The student knows the reason, the household department of Nanjing is in charge of the taxes of the four provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, and the salt in the world." This time, because of the salt matter, the most killed were except for the two salt divisions. It is the people of the household department in Nanjing, and the book of the household department has also been strictly investigated. Originally, the household department of Nanjing was a normal function, but at present, the taxation of the four provinces south of the Yangtze River was taken over by the household department of the capital, and the salt affairs were taken over by the military department. ”

"What a feud!" Bai Minghe sighed.

"White Crane, you hairless child!" Tobe Shangshu pointed at the white crane and scolded.

"The surname is Xiao, you are a bully when I am a white crane. It's all dedicated to the public, why are you scolding me. Am I making you lose a penny, or am I making you less black money. Or is it because you took the opportunity to embezzle and I cut off your money, you have to die or live. There has to be a reason. ”

Xiao Rong, brainless and cautious, in the first year of Jingtai, Zhu Qiyu, the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty, moved the idea of changing the prince. He tried to persuade him, but Zhu Qiyu ignored him. He was about to resign, but was jointly retained by a number of officials. Zhu Qiyu not only let him resign, but also added him to the office. Let him enter the Wenyuan Pavilion, and prepare to add the right attendant of the household department.

But it was annoying to see him. He was sent to Nanjing.

As the head of the household department in Nanjing, he is busy every day, and his life is happy, but Bai Minghe ruined his life.

The whole thought in my heart, is it because Bai Minghe is trying to curry favor with the Ming Emperor, because Bai Minghe is the main force to change the crown prince, and he is a cronie of Banzai today, so he came to rectify himself.

I think about it every day, and the more I think about it, the more I think it's just that.

Therefore, when I saw once again that the Nanjing households were idle and didn't even have the taste to drink tea, I came to the street and walked around. I happened to see the carriage of the white crane, and without the slightest hesitation, I crashed into it. If you want to fight to the death with the white crane, even if you die, you have to pull the white crane into the water.

Seeing that Bai Minghe dared to yell at himself, Xiao Rong was also anxious.

"The old man has been an official all his life, and a few days ago he did better for the household, so that the new bookkeeping method that has been circulated let the household learn hard. You may be holding a grudge against the old man and learning your new accounting method privately without consent, so I let the Nanjing household only sit in the official office every day. ”

Modern bookkeeping.

After hearing these five words, Bai Minghe's mouth was like a string of beads: "A borrowed 100 quintals of yarn in the warehouse, and then transferred 30 quintals to B, and B once built a new warehouse for the warehouse, and the uncollected accounts were 80 taels, and a tael of silver was converted into 10 taels." When A returned the yarn, he only returned seventy taels. The rest is written off by B, how to solve it? ”

"Inventory account piecework, minus a hundred, after the balance. After that, the accounts receivable were recorded as a loan of 100 quintals, 1,000 taels of silver, and a balance of 1,000. After repayment, the loan is 70 taels to the top. The balance of thirty was also recorded again, and at the same time, from the ......accounts payable, Xiao Rong almost didn't think about it, and quickly solved the problem of the white crane.

This thing is very easy to know, and it is the most basic financial and accounting knowledge.

Then he found a rather complicated account, with four corners of debt plus depreciation and monthly apportionment, Xiao Rong was also embarrassed, but after taking out a small book and pencil to write and draw, he still calculated it clearly for Bai Minghe.

"Xiao Lao, please get in the car, let's talk about something!" The white crane held Xiao Rong by one arm and helped the old man to get into the carriage.

This attitude is completely a 180-degree turn, not to mention that I don't understand the excitement, even Xiao Rong himself is a little dizzy. However, this will have calmed down, and it is impossible to fight to the death with the white crane, just now it was completely hot.

On the way to the Ministry of Rites, Bai Minghe said directly: "The accounts on the dock have been a little messy recently, and there were some small troubles a few days ago. You always know that these people in Dongchang are a little rude, and some tax items on the wharf are a little different from the owner of the goods. First of all, no matter who is right and who is wrong, the government has overcharged the owner of the goods. This is bullying. If the owner of the goods pays less to the government, it is tax evasion, and if it is for this kind of thing, it will be a fight. It's always bad. ”

"What do you mean?"

"The Nanjing household department will take care of all the taxes at the entrance, and let the people in the East Factory only check what contraband is. Those rough people, the level of auditing is not good. It's just that the speed of counting goods is very fast, but you always have to know that the accounts are clear before you can collect taxes, and it is just a matter of confusing taxes once or twice, and the amount of tax collected is not good. ”

From south to north, there are only two docks in Daming that have no merchants. One is the Qinzhou Wharf in Guangdong and the other is the Tianjin North Wharf. In addition to these two pure military wharves, it is the original treasure ship wharf in Nanjing. The warehouses built around this will stretch for more than ten miles.

Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangnan provinces, north, Liaodong. There are more than a dozen wharves of all sizes, including six wharves in Nanjing, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Fuzhou, Guangzhou and Tianjin, and each wharf has a daily cargo throughput of more than 200,000 stones. With such a huge volume of goods, even a person like the Nanjing Household Department can't even keep an eye on a wharf.

"We don't have many people in the household department right now."

"It's easy to handle people, isn't it going to be an exam!" The white-named crane smiled happily: "This is a big job." ”

"Let the old man think about it for a moment or two!" Xiao Rong also knew in his heart that the status of Nanjing's household department was guaranteed, and it was estimated that it would be more beautiful than when he was in charge of the four provinces in the south of the Yangtze River.

The white crane gave the job to the household department of Nanjing. In modern terms, it is the customs and taxation director of foreign trade of the Ming Dynasty.

Naturally, there are two types of tariffs: export tax and import tax. The export tax is predetermined, and each type of goods has a name and a tax rate. There are also import taxes. But the difference is huge.

The import tax on rice is 5/1,000 tax, which is actually equivalent to paying a 5/1000 terminal management fee.

The next highest tax is on gemstones, the like, called the Luxury Tariff. Up to 10% tax is paid. Because of the large profits, this 10% tax is also acceptable. Don't say it's 100%. Even if you charge twice the tax, goods such as gems are also hugely profitable.

The highest tax is on handicrafts from Da Nang and Goryeo.

For example, Korean cotton cloth is directly taxed by 50%. The white crane moved to protect the weavers of the Ming Dynasty. There is also porcelain, and Goryeo porcelain is subject to a customs duty of 70%. Of course, the special category is only five thousandths, for example, in the directory, those ordered low-value porcelain vases are in this category.

Fifty percent and seventy percent of the large tariffs, several large ports have not received once.

Daming's linen cloth is already excellent, it is cheaper and better than Goryeo's, only crazy or stupid people will buy Goryeo's linen back, and they are facing huge tariffs.

Even if you can't sell it without raising taxes, no one will buy it back at all.

Not to mention porcelain, how can the fine porcelain of the Ming Dynasty be comparable to the Koreans, the same reason. It's expensive and poor to buy back, and there are huge customs duties stuck there.

For a long time, many people thought that such super-huge tariffs were just a joke. However, the people of the head of the house have once again added a large number of high-tariff goods, such as imported wood is a low tariff, but wood products are highly tariffed.

Then, the export of raw silk, the export of many primary products such as dyes, the tariffs are frighteningly high.

Someone has calculated that a load of raw silk has paid the full tax, and after it is pulled to Da Nang, it will be 30% more expensive than the woven silk. When the merchants were at the wharf, they gave up this stupid behavior, turned around and pulled the goods back, and would not load such things on the ship. No one will do anything that is hard work and does not earn money.

Slowly, the merchants began to analyze the style of the white crane, and after a long time, many people understood.

At this time, the intention of the white crane was understood by the world.

The street is not long, and you will come to the side of the Ministry of Rites after turning the corner. The quarrel between Xiao Rong and Bai Minghe also spread to the Ministry of Rites, and many officials of the Ministry of Rites except for Shangshu greeted them at the Erdaomen, and Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites was waiting in front of the main hall.

Such a welcome specification is indescribably high for Bai Minghe, a sixth-grade official. (To be continued......)

PS: Two consecutive shifts.

Don't be in a daze too often, you'll really get into a daze.