After several revisions, the chapter of commercial taxation entered the palace, which was immediately sealed by the celebrant and the celebrant of the Holy Decree, and promulgated to the world.

The tax supervision yamen was established, and at the same time, official documents were sent to all provinces and governments, and the collection of commercial taxes was officially implemented.

When the holy decree came out, naturally some people applauded, some people scolded for a while, and the people who scolded were Wang Xuemen, in their opinion, the court was a naked robbery, and the so-called tax supervisor yamen was actually similar to the eunuch guarding the town.

It's just that the eunuchs are appointed by the palace to enrich the treasury, while the tax supervisors are appointed by the cabinet to enrich the treasury.

At the same time, in the cabinet, the two ministers couldn't help but sigh when they looked at the newly handed book.

This recital comes from Zhizhejiang, and it is written by Wang Daozhong, the governor of Zhizhejiang.

After the holy decree was transmitted to Zhizhe, Zhizhejiang was shaken, and for a while, it was boiling, not to mention the ordinary people, but some gentry and officials were strongly opposed.

Such a heavy tax, can be said to be rare, the Ming Dynasty has never collected the rules of commercial tax, but I can't think of this collection, it is so ruthless, most of the gentry are planting cotton mulberry, originally Xu Qian was there, but also to collect heavy taxes, it stands to reason that these silver, but it has changed its name, it was handed over to the governor's yamen in the past, and now it is handed over to the treasury, although the silver paid is more, but their interests should not be damaged too much.

However, it should not be forgotten that at the same time as the cotton mulberry tax was levied, there was also a separate tax on the wharves and workshops. On the surface, it seems that the interests of the gentry have not been damaged, but the production cost of the workshop is getting higher and higher, so that many workshops have problems, if the price skyrockets, consumption will inevitably decline, those ordinary people, may not be able to withstand such an impact, when the time will inevitably have to cut back on food and clothing, and once the goods produced by the workshop may be backlogged, and the sea route pacification envoy side, many merchants see that the price has risen sharply, and many goods because of the sharp decline in profits, naturally there is no more large-scale purchase**.

But if the price is maintained, the profit will inevitably be meager, and the profit Weibo, on the one hand, some workshops are difficult to maintain, so they simply go bankrupt. There are also some who can barely afford it, but the demand for cotton mulberry in the market has plummeted, so the price of this cotton mulberry has to be pushed down desperately.

The price of cotton mulberry has already fallen by 20%, and if nothing else, it will plummet in the coming months as local governments begin to impose taxes.

Therefore, the gentry realized that although the tax they paid had not increased much, their income had been cut in half, and the terrible thing was the loss of confidence. As a result, the countless lands and mulberry planted by these great gentry were unexpectedly uncared for, and the lively scene of the past was no longer there.

The interests of the gentry have been harmed by the strictness, and it is natural to make a voice through the Guò Shilin Qing Discussion, and on the Zhejiang side, all kinds of voices criticizing commercial taxes are endless, and the lively Cheng dù can be seen.

In addition, there are officials, and it stands to reason that although the local officials have the right to collect commercial taxes, this practice may not be good for them, and once the workshops are unsustainable, many of their own private workshops have also been greatly affected, and these are the golden hens that have invested tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, pointing to it to lay golden eggs, and now it has reached a precarious point.

In addition, there are many relatives of officials who buy and sell timber, coal, silk and cotton, because the demand for the workshops has plummeted, so that many people have the raw materials they have purchased, but it is almost impossible to sell them.

This kind of loss is definitely not small, officials secretly engage in business in Zhejiang has formed an unspoken rule, some people even put their old books in the family, once they mess up, then they will really become poor.

For this reason, there was a lot of trouble in the officialdom of Zhejiang, and even the governor of Zhejiang directly released an announcement, saying that Zhejiang's commercial tax would not be in a hurry to collect.

It's just that this practice is not very useful, because everyone knows that the holy decree has been issued, and if it is not levied today, it will be levied tomorrow, no matter how you delay, everyone's confidence has collapsed, so that many landlords who originally wanted to join the workshop could not help but start to watch nervously at this time, and the merchants who sold goods did not dare to go to the workshop to buy goods at will. Even the business of the shipping companies has become much bleaker, and many people are sad for fear that in the future, the government will pay taxes to their heads, and because of the sharp obscenity of commerce, many shipping companies are on the verge of closure.

The expansion of the shipping company at that time was really powerful, due to the shortage of supply, so the continuous purchase of ships, but the real money is only so much, so many shipping companies have been around for loans, and now all of a sudden the ship in the hands can not make profits, once it is not on the account, I am afraid that when the time comes, the prospect is also worrying.

The whole of Zhejiang, a boiling, Wang Daozhong said triumphantly: "The new deal of Zhejiang is vulnerable, it can be seen that the new deal is just a rootless duckweed, and it must not last long." Then he said unworriedly: "It's just that recently, many officials and gentry have criticized the imperial court, and even!" There is disrespect for the will, and the lower officials are worried that sooner or later, someone will jump over the wall in a hurry and cause a big disaster.

On the one hand, Wang Daozhong was very satisfied with the influence of the Divine Decree, which confirmed that the problem of the New Deal was very strict, and it was just right to eradicate the New Deal. But at the same time, he also clearly realized that there are many people who are not convinced in their hearts, and they may make trouble, and they are not afraid of making trouble, after all, as long as there are military horses, they are not afraid of turning over the waves, and the most important thing at the moment is that the local officials of Zhizhejiang are influenced by the new policy, and they are all yang and yin against him, the governor and the court, even if it is some officials of the old school, at this time, they can't help but complain, saying that the court is doing this, which is really a bit excessive.

In this case, Wang Daozhong is not so much to inform the recent situation of Zhizhejiang as to ask for power, and he, the governor of Zhizhejiang, must have enough power to suppress these officials, so that these officials can obediently obey the will of the imperial court and obediently implement the collection of commercial taxes.

After Yang Yiqing sighed for a short time, he shook his spirits and said: "After staying up for so long, today is the most enjoyable, then Xu Qian boasted about the new deal, what about the new deal, you see, the result is really the same as what is said in the royal road, it can't last long." This is fine, the long-term pain is better than the short-term pain, and the new deal should be completely suppressed now. ”

Yang Tinghe nodded: "Wang Daozhong really lives up to expectations, and right now, he has said a lot of difficulties, what does Di An think?" ”

Yang Yiqing groaned: "Actually, this is not a difficulty, he can't adjust the officials who are lowered, but he can't be deterred, the old man heard that there are many officials in Zhizhejiang who order their relatives to open workshops to make profits, hum, the dignified court officials are appointed to do such things, what is the difference between corruption and bribery?" Therefore, the old man's meaning is to let the officials send a messenger to Zhejiang in the name of purging the officials, and assist Wang Daozhong to stabilize the situation. ”

Sending people from the Ministry of Officials to Zhejiang, on the surface, it is to suppress corruption, but in fact, it is to supervise the formation, and those who are disobedient will be investigated and investigated, not afraid that you will not be fishy, and they will be directly punished when the time comes. In this way, who would dare to be disobedient?

Yang Tinghe also seemed to think it was appropriate, and said: "Yes, Recently, His Majesty has also had a lot of dissatisfaction with the rule of officials, so it is better for the old man to write a letter, and say that let the officials, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate send officials to inspect the Quartet and picket illegality. ”

Yang Yiqing nodded: "This is a method of drawing salaries from the bottom of the kettle, there is Wang Daozhong in the governor's office, and there are military horses in Zhejiang, and now the personnel of the Ministry of Officials, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple are dispatched, and they are not afraid that these officials of the Wang Party are not honest, not honest, and the big deal is to investigate directly, whoever is the first to do this, will first use whoever will kill the chicken and make an example of the monkey, especially the governor of Zhejiang, Zhao Ming, this person is Xu Qian's henchman, so let's start with him, it is reported that this person has a huge family business, and his waist is more than 100,000. ”

Yang Tinghe said slowly: "Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry to do it first, you can check it, but don't be in a hurry, the knife hanging on the neck can bluff people and kill people, it will not help, and it will cause the dog to jump off the wall, as long as this Zhao Ming knows how powerful, if he is willing to abandon the secret and turn to the light at that time, for Xu Qian, this is the real fate." ”

In the cabinet, the two cabinet elders were very excited, and after they cleared their minds, they immediately ordered someone to hand a note to Zhizhejiang while preparing to write a recital.

Compared with Xu Qian, the letters from Zhejiang can be described as overwhelming, these days, almost every hour, there are a few letters delivered, there are some officials, there are also many big businessmen, and there are many gentry.

They have only one purpose, which is to cry.

can't live, if you let it go, everyone will be finished, looking at the posture of the imperial court, it is clear that it is to kill everything, it is to strangle the new deal in infancy, and for these people who are closely related to the new deal, even more so, they naturally put their expectations on Xu Qian, Xu Qian is their backbone, and he is the head of the household, everyone has long regarded Xu Qian as an omnipotent person, at this time, one by one came to cry, one by one asked Xu Qian to think of a way.

It was Xu Fu who also came to him, saying that the current business of Jubaolou was bleak all of a sudden, and there was even an incident where a businessman went bankrupt and hung a beam directly in Jubaolou.

"Lord Xu・・・・・・ many people ask me to ask, if there is no way, if there is no way, I am afraid that when the time comes, I don't know how many people will hang their necks, this is fatal, it is the treasure building here, it will not take long, I am afraid that it will be greatly affected, this business, will not be done in the future

Xu Fu cried with a sad face, almost crying.