Nanjing, Diqiao South City.

Two officials came to post notices, and hundreds of thousands of people crowded to watch.

"How? How so? ”

"What kind of charter is the pleasure that you can see earlier?"

"Is there a tax cut?"

“……”

After the officials posted the notice, one of them turned around and shouted, "Silence, silence, I'll read it...... From the beginning of August, all shops inside and outside the city should go to the industrial and commercial offices of the county government to apply for business licenses. Before the first day of October, there is no tax on shops and businesses in the city. Since the beginning of October, all lines of taxation have been reduced, if there is no business license, heavy fines! ”

"Long live Mr. Zhao!" The merchants shouted in unison.

The key word they heard was "tax reduction," and Nanjing's industrial and commercial taxes were extremely heavy, and they had only increased since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Even if the new emperor ascends the throne and orders a temporary tax reduction across the country, he will add an additional sentence: "The two capitals in the north and south are not in this case." ”

The official messenger shouted again: "From now on, the errand office, requisition, and conscription will be abolished." The government city survey, random inspection from time to time, the interval between the city survey is at least one month or more! ”

As soon as these words came out, all the businessmen were stunned when they heard this, and then they knelt down towards the notice.

There are all kinds of shouts, some let the Bodhisattva bless Zhao Han with a long life, some simply call Zhao Han a living Bodhisattva, and some cry and kowtow madly to the notice.

Errands, requisition, and conscription...... These contents are equivalent to the government robbing in the open, which can pit businessmen to bankruptcy.

Market survey, once every three days.

The original intention is good, survey prices, survey scales, rulers, buckets and other commercial tools, to avoid businessmen cheating and raising prices. But the implementation is pure nonsense, which is equivalent to every three days, industrial and commercial law enforcement officers come to extort.

"Bang bang bang!"

Today, the sales of firecrackers in Nanjing City are very good, and the firecrackers are directly sold out, and all the merchants are cheering and celebrating.

The merchants know very well that in the whole world, except for Zhao Han, no one can give such preferential treatment.

In Zhao Han's eyes, it is a matter of course not to exploit merchants indiscriminately. But in the eyes of the merchants, this is an unprecedented good governance, and Zhao Han is his own person who helps the merchants speak.

Merchants flocked to the county office to get a business license, which they had to register anyway.

The industry, people, and business conditions should be clearly written, and according to the industry, location, store size, and revenue, they are compiled into three classes and nine rules, and each level is levied with different taxes.

In ancient times, many of the city's merchants were industrial and commercial.

That is, the front shop and the back shop. In front is the store, which is responsible for sales; In the backyard is the workshop, which is responsible for manufacturing.

The world's wealth is endowed with Jiangnan, and Jinling is its association, and Nanjing is the commercial center of the entire Jiangnan region.

During the Chongzhen period, there were hundreds of thousands of people in the inner city alone. There are more than 9,000 out-of-town residents registered with the government, and these are all permanent residents with hukou. In addition, there are many people living outside the city.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the total population of Nanjing will inevitably exceed one million!

There are more than 100 types of merchants. Each type of merchant can range from dozens to hundreds.

There are more than 500 pawnshops alone, and the most powerful pawnshops opened by Hui merchants, followed by Fujian merchants.

There are also large and small restaurants, six or seven hundred; Large and small tea houses, more than 1,000 places.

Nanjing is dominated by the service industry, followed by freight.

Hou Fangyu walked through the streets, listening to the cheers of the merchants everywhere, and sighed and walked towards the tea house he frequented.

Halfway through, another official came to post a notice, and after a while, there were even more terrifying cheers.

This time it's the whole city cheering!

Reform the workshop system and cancel the workshop chief and the box chief.

Abolish the fire armor system.

No matter where you have a household registration, except for the guest house, you must apply for a household registration or temporary household registration.

Hou Fangyu stared at the notice for a while, and sighed: "Nanjing is fixed!" ”

Two notices were posted, and merchants and households became Zhao Han's diehards. Even if the imperial army counterattacked, Zhao Han temporarily lacked troops in his hands, and the people of the whole city would spontaneously help defend the city.

The fangxiang system, ignoring the differences, can be regarded as the city's Lijia system.

There are workshops in the city, and there are compartments outside the city, and the head of the workshop and the chief of the chamber have to collect taxes. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the head of the square and the head of the box all became local snakes, not only exploiting the people, but also raising domestic slaves and thugs.

What is even more deformed is that inside and outside Nanjing, the local population is very small, and the foreign population is several times larger.

There are few locals, and they have to pay taxes.

There are many people from other places, and no taxes are paid.

The locals suffered a lot and often caused riots.

At the same time, both sides have to be compiled into characters to shop fire armor, that is, to serve as an errand for the government for free. Fighting fires, clearing gutters, cleaning streets, and sometimes catching thieves have to help. These things should have been done by the Five Cities Terracotta Division, but the Five Cities Terracotta Division was doing things for the powerful and officials for free.

Now Zhao Han treats everyone equally, sets up police stations in various fangxiangs, and the people can pay the security money every month, and they don't have to worry about other things.

Nanjing's security money must be higher than that of Ji'an, because the prices here are also higher.

It seems that outsiders have to pay an extra security fee, but they don't have to deal with messy errands, and they actually have an easier life than before.

Everyone benefits.

These benefits have been taken away by the powerful, officials, officials, and landlords in the past.

"Well caught!"

"Chop off the head, grab and chop off the head!"

At the end of the street, there were people cheering and shouting, and Hou Fangyu turned to look, but it was a workshop chief, and his thugs were arrested.

The deformed urban grassroots rule the ecology, resulting in the head of the fang must be the head of the snake. A fang leader is a gang leader, and the bigger the city, the more serious the situation.

Zhao Han personally ordered to arrest the head of the workshop and the head of the box, and without going through interrogation, he directly beheaded and raided his house.

As for those gangsters, after the trial, they will be punished according to the law.

A large number of people followed, and they wanted to see with their own eyes what happened to the chief. After passing through several streets in a row, he finally arrived at the execution site, and the official took out a rope and hanged the head of the workshop.

The beheading is too dirty, and it has to be disinfected with lime, and it is more convenient to strangle it with a rope.

The gangsters who used to roam everywhere seem to be suddenly extinct. Catch some of them, hide all the others, or simply flee Nanjing.

By September, Nanjing's household registration and industrial and commercial registration had been basically completed.

The security fee paid by the residents alone amounted to 3,000 taels of silver a month.

And the silver collected by the Ming Dynasty is only more than 500 taels a year.

Zhao Han collected 3,000 taels of taxes in a month, and Daming collected 500 taels of taxes a year. But all the people felt that Zhao Han was exercising benevolent government. The Ming Dynasty collected ultra-low taxes, but often caused civil riots.

Isn't it weird?

Where did the seventy-two times difference go?

Restaurants.

Ma Shiying watched all this coldly, suddenly drank the wine in the toast, and muttered: "This person is really the reincarnation of Taizu, I don't dare to be an official under him." ”

Ruan Dacheng sighed: "I don't dare to be an official anymore, so let my children and grandchildren become officials." You also have to be admonished to live well, and you must not fill your own pockets, otherwise you will be ruined. ”

"But I'm not reconciled," Ma Shiying said, "The world of Dingge is once in a hundred years." You and I coincide with the event, do you just sit back and do something without getting involved? ”

Ruan Dacheng asked: "It's only now that you are a Qing official, isn't it...... Is it too late? ”

Ma Shiying smiled: "How old are you?" ”

"Fifty-three." Ruan Dacheng replied.

"I'm only forty-eight years old," Ma Shiying said, "and what I did in the old dynasty, the new dynasty won't care." Tomorrow I will go to see Zhao Han and ask to be a town official. ”

Ruan Dacheng was shocked: "Brother Xian to be a town official? That's a shame! ”

Ma Shiying said with a smile: "If you want an official directly, will Zhao Han give it?" Then simply start from the bottom and leave a good impression on Zhao Han. As long as you do things seriously, you will inevitably be promoted quickly. I can see clearly, what is the eunuch party, the Donglin party, and the restoration society, in Zhao Han's eyes, they are all the same thing. He doesn't look at his background, he only looks at whether he is effective. Whatever he wants, I'll do. If I want to be a clean official, I will be a clean official; If he wants to be a minister, I will be a minister! If he wants to be a minister, I will go to Wei Zheng! ”

"Brother Xian is really talented," Ruan Dacheng sincerely admired, and then shook his head, "Let me start as a junior official, I can't pull my face, let me be the magistrate of the county." ”

Ma Shiying smiled silently, he had completely figured it out.

To serve different monarchs requires different ways of being officials.

He is old, and he joined the gang relatively late, and before he died, he could become the prefect at most, and if he lived longer, he might be able to reach the level of participating in politics (provincial department). This is enough, paving the way for children and grandchildren, and the Ma family can continue to prosper.

The more Ma Shiying thought about it, the more feasible he felt, and he pointed to the excited crowd on the street: "Nanjing is already surnamed Zhao, and the hearts of the people in Nanjing are also surnamed Zhao." At most, in three or five years, Mr. Zhao will be able to sweep the world. Haha, brother goodbye, foolish brother is going to be an honest official. ”

"Goodbye!" Ruan Dacheng stood up and arched his hand.

Ma Shiying suddenly felt relaxed, he had lived in Nanjing for the past two years, and he was terrified by the Fushe.

Instead of messing around all day, it's better to fight hard.

He admits that he is a villain, but as long as the emperor is happy, he can become a gentleman at any time, because he was a gentleman before. He can also become a godlord at any time, because he was a godlord before.

It's so simple, it's just going back to the old business.

The next day, Ma Shiying asked to see him, but Zhao Han did not refuse to be summoned.

"You want to be a petty official, and a town servant?" Zhao Han smiled a little strangely.

Ma Shiying said righteously: "Many of the good governance of the headquarters in Nanjing are in the eyes of the lower authorities. On the occasion of this Ding Revolution, and the wise lord, although he is only shallow in learning, he is also eager to devote himself to it. I don't know much about the politics of Jiangxi, so I want to start from the township officials, please ask the general town for permission! ”

"It's rare that you have this heart," Zhao Han said approvingly, "Go to Chunhua Town to help divide the fields." ”

"Thank you Zongzhen, I will make every effort to divide the fields in Chunhua Town properly." Ma Shiying bowed out.

Chunhua Town is located in Jiangning County, not far from Nanjing, where many noble lands are located.

It's not difficult, Xungui is finished, it's just a springboard for promotion.

Since Ma Shiying is sensible, Zhao Han doesn't mind giving him a chance, and he can even be set up as a model: the traitor of the Chongzhen Dynasty is a capable minister under me!

(Thank you to the penguin boss, the Silver League of the Immortals, and thank you to the Beetle, I am the black brother of the Republic, and the leader of the alliance of the purple clothes.) ）

(Said the fourth watch, I won't break my promise, maybe the update is very late, so don't wait.) ）