The servant of the ministry, this is a real important minister of the court, a mere tax collector, he actually did something to the family of the servant of the ministry, and he also killed people, which made everyone unimaginable.

In the eyes of countless people, the tax collectors threw their flying claws and climbed towards the big ship, and although there were still many rich slaves on the big ship, no one dared to resist.

The tax collectors were not polite to these slaves, and with a wave of fire in their hands, they knocked them to the ground and tied them up. Another tax collector rushed into the cabin, and then the screams and curses rang out in the cabin, and then the son of the soldier was arrested, and he cursed endlessly with a pale face.

"If you dare to make a noise again, you will throw it into the river." The tax collector said angrily.

The scolding stopped abruptly.

Soon the tax collectors finished the inspection and reported the results to the tax collectors, in addition to the dozens of people on the ship and the utensils carrying daily items, the bottom warehouse also contained dozens of loads of tea.

"You and others even forcibly rushed through the checkpoint, resisted the search, carried a large amount of goods in an attempt to resist taxation, and in accordance with the regulations of the Department of Taxation, detained people and ships, and confiscated all goods." The tax collector announced loudly.

Everyone on the boat nearby gasped. Not to mention the murder and forcible inspection, the ship's crew must be detained, and all the goods will be confiscated, which is really too heavy.

The question is, does the tax department have the right to deal with the gentry's house in this way? Even Lin Qing Zhizhou didn't dare to do this, who gave them such courage, weren't they afraid of angering the court bosses?

Lin Qing, Huang Hanwen and others were deeply puzzled, it was really the toughness of the tax department that surprised them. Perhaps it was true, as the tax collector had said, that they even dared to inspect the ships of the Cabinet Scholars.

Although they were puzzled, no one had the heart to resist the inspection. The son-in-law of the Ministry of Servants has still suffered such a fate, how dare they have a hard fight with this tax department?

Let's bear with it for the time being, and wait until later.

Lin Qing and Huang Hanwen's boat ride soon arrived for inspection.

The purpose of Lin Qing's trip was to do business, and there were 2,000 horses of new silk and 3,000 horses of Songjiang cotton cloth on board, and this trip was to deliver goods to the silk and satin cloth shops in Beijing.

"According to the Ordinance of the Department of Revenue, the goods of passing trade are taxed at the rate of eleven. Therefore two hundred horses of silk and three hundred horses of cotton cloth were levied, and according to the market price, a total of three hundred and fifty taels of silver, do you pay the tax in silver or in kind? The tax collector asked.

"The gentry have always had preferential rights, and when do they need to pay commercial tax on the things they carry with them?" Lin Qing argued. Having been in business for more than ten years, how could he have paid business taxes, and he still paid so much at one time?

"The preferential exemption of the gentry is the preferential exemption of land tax and forced labor, how can it be preferential to exempt commercial tax, and there is no such article in the Daming Law. Besides, this is not something you carry with you, but it is used for trade, so you naturally have to pay business taxes. The tax collector said solemnly.

Lin Qing was speechless. The Ming emperors of the past dynasties did not attach importance to commercial taxes, and there was naturally no saying that the gentry were exempt from commercial taxes in the Ming law, but the gentry did not have to pay taxes, and it has always been a common practice.

With so much silver, Lin Qing naturally didn't want to pay it, because it would undoubtedly make the profit a little less. But this tax department is so tough, and Yin Jian, the servant of the ministry, is not far away, and Lin Qing is afraid that if he resists taxes, he will end up in the same fate.

The quantity of goods sent to the Jingshi silk and satin cloth shop was agreed in advance, and to reduce the breach of contract, Lin Qing could only choose to pay the silver.

After the tax collector collected the money, he issued a receipt to Lin Qing and told Lin Qing that he would no longer have to pay taxes when he arrived from here. Lin Qing pursed his lips.

Huang Hanwen went to Beijing to be imprisoned, but he still carried some goods on board, including 1,000 knives of paper, 500 pieces of loose ink, and so on. The Huang family is also a businessman, and the profits from the sale of these goods brought by Huang Hanwen to Beijing are enough for him to study in Beijing for a year.

"These are all things that are used for reading, and they are generally not taxed." Huang Hanwen muttered.

Books, paper, pen and ink and other materials have always been free of taxation, which is also a common practice.

"You will definitely not be able to use up these things alone, since they are goods used for profit, you naturally have to pay commercial taxes." The tax collector said lightly.

"It's insulting, it's insulting, this tax department even collects the tax of pen and ink, and it's just in the eyes of money, aren't you afraid of provoking the anger of the world's readers?"

After passing the customs clearance, the ship anchored at a wharf, and the two went ashore to find a restaurant to eat. Huang Hanwen scolded angrily while eating.

"Brother Hanwen doesn't know, this tax department is sent by His Majesty, in order to collect money, what do you care about whether you are sven or not?" Lin Qing said lightly.

"What about what Your Majesty sends, you can't be unscrupulous." Huang Hanwen said angrily.

Lin Qing shook his head, he was a person, he was qualified to read the Di Bao, and he knew what virtues this emperor had. That's for the sake of the silver to slander the emperor's uncle and rebel, and for the sake of the greedy king who can act on the nobles who will die with the country, what is the tax on pen and ink?

I felt uncomfortable, and after eating, the two got on the boat, and I didn't have the heart to go to the Qinglou to play. The ships started and continued northward, arriving at Tongzhou a few days later.

After arriving in Tongzhou, another tax officer of the tax department boarded the ship for inspection, and after seeing the bill issued by the Linqing tax department, the quantity of the goods was the same as the bill, and he was released.

However, the ship arrived at the end of Tongzhou, and from Tongzhou to Beijing, except for the imperial court ship that transported money and grain, other ships were not allowed to go further.

The goods were unloaded from the ship and transported to Beijing by horse-drawn carriage. Tongzhou is a transit terminal in Beijing, and a large number of goods are transported from Tongzhou to Beijing every day, so there are a lot of cars here, and there are tens of thousands of strong men who make a living by carrying goods.

Naturally, the steward was in charge of hiring a carriage to carry the goods, and Lin Qing and Huang Hanwen sat down to drink tea and rest in the teahouse opposite the dock, when a conversation suddenly aroused their interest.

At the table next to them, several businessmen were talking excitedly.

"The establishment of this tax department is really good governance, originally from Lin Qing to Tongzhou, there are several tax customs in the middle, not only the imperial court sent tax envoys to collect taxes, but also the king of Nade Lu also has tax customs, only hundreds of miles, tax cards have seven or eight, under the layers of peeling, ten percent of the goods went to three or four percent, that is, transported to Beijing, and only a meager profit. And now, in addition to the tax department, there are no other tax customs, from Linqing to Tongzhou only to pay the tax once, although it is the eleventh tax, but it is a lot less than usual, this time at least dozens of taels of silver can be earned. A merchant said happily.

"Yes, I heard that some time ago, King De and others were still setting up tax cards on the canal, but they were directly driven away by the tax collectors of the tax department, and the slaves of King De's family still wanted to resist, and I heard that they were shot several on the spot." Another merchant laughed.

"The king of mere virtue, he dares to compete with the tax envoy sent by His Majesty, he is simply impatient!" The first merchant said.

"Of course, Your Majesty has been on the throne for three years, and you have beaten all the slaves, Your Majesty loves the people like a son, and is the first benevolent monarch in the world."

"If the tax department can drive all the way along the canal to Hangzhou, our business will be able to do Jiangnan."

"Yes, in the past, those gentry never paid taxes because of their status, which caused us to transport goods at too high a cost to compete with them. Now I have heard that the goods of the gentry have to pay the same taxes on the canal, so we are still afraid that they will do something, and we can also make it bigger, and we can compete with them in the future. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, we have no money and no power, how can we fight? The gentry will collude with the government to swallow our business, don't think about it, just make a little money. ”

The sound of discussion continued to reach the ears of Lin and Huang, and the two looked at each other. Unexpectedly, the tax department, which they hated very much, turned out to be benevolent among these businessmen!

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