"Since the Ming commercial tax was levied, I want to know... How much income did relying on this alone bring to the imperial court? ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Bi Ziyan on the side with great interest, and then took a sip of the tea in his hand.

"Back to Your Majesty. . . Since the collection of the Daming commercial tax, a total of commercial taxes have been collected, which is equivalent to about 163 million taels of silver in the Ming Dynasty! ”

"Poof!"

Zhu Youzhen was a little stunned, and hurriedly asked: "Bi Aiqing.. Isn't there a miscalculation? More than 160 million? ”

"Your Majesty, the commercial tax that was levied at the beginning was mainly due to the fact that it was still within the scope of the pilot, but now it is different....

If a merchant wants to open the door to do business, he must be registered with the Daming Industrial and Commercial Bureau, and the shopkeeper and the storekeeper are required to go to the tax bureau to learn the knowledge of account records.

"The Daming Royal Taxation Bureau has drawn up a special loose-leaf tax voucher, as long as you can collect a certain amount of tax vouchers, you can offset a part of the taxes you should pay."

"Since then... Daming's taxation has been implemented in almost every corner. ”

Zhu Youzhen finally understood why the royal treasury could be filled day by day under such a huge expenditure of the Ming Dynasty.

It turns out that the reason behind it is the collection of commercial tax.

But how can the decision that has been made have the meaning of revising it, Zhu Youzhen immediately said again: "I want to know... Do the people have any opinions on the collection of commercial taxes? ”

Bi Ziyan thought about it again and again.

Still didn't dare to hide it from Zhu Youzhen, so he said directly.

"Your Majesty . . . This point is still there, the collection of commercial tax undoubtedly makes the cost of operation increase significantly, and many stores choose to interrupt their operations because of this, but in general... The gradual development and integration of industrial industries such as steam engines has allowed the collection of commercial taxes to remain at a stable level...."

Listen to what Bi Ziyan said so much.

Zhu Youzhen was in his heart, and silently sorted it out automatically, in fact, the general meaning is that after the commercial tax of Daming began to be collected.

Many firms can only choose to close their doors, but most of them can still rely on the low-cost raw materials thrown out of the market by the imperial court, and continue to operate after reducing costs.

He nodded slowly.

At the beginning, the commercial tax was set so high, in fact, Zhu Youzhen himself had a certain saying, you must know that in later generations...

Some tax rates can even reach about 50 percent, which is far from being anything compared to the commercial tax collected by Zhu Youjian now.

"I decided to gradually reduce the commercial tax rate since the fourth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, the most important of which is to change the commercial tax rate on the coast from three taxes to one of four taxes; And inland areas where industry and commerce are underdeveloped: Implement the policy of five taxes and one profit. ”

After hearing this, Bi Ziyan hurriedly bowed down and answered yes, but after hesitating for a moment, he said again.

"Back to Your Majesty, now the Ming Dynasty is building infrastructure everywhere, which can be said to be a lot of investment. If the commercial tax is reduced, the income of the imperial court will also be much less. ”

Zhu Youzhen knew that what Bi Ziyan was considering was the huge expenditure of the imperial court today, that is, he needed stable fiscal and tax revenues.

Otherwise, it is easy to collapse in an instant.

Zhu Youzhen smiled and waved his hand and said, "Aiqing.. Although I didn't say it, didn't you see it?

The development of commercial trade is not only reflected in the tax revenue contributed to the imperial court, but most importantly, through their vigorous development, they can drive the production, manufacturing and other links of the Ming Dynasty to gradually industrialization. ”

Bi Ziyan deeply agreed with this, and hurriedly said: "What Your Majesty said is very true, at the beginning, many businesses felt that they could still maintain according to the model of handicraft workshops, but with the improvement of the quality of life of the people...

The workers who could work all night for them as long as they stuttered were gradually gone..."

"When production doesn't go up, they only have one thing...

That is, you can't come up with enough goods to sell in the market. Eventually, this vicious circle will persist indefinitely, dragging them into bankruptcy. ”

After listening to what Ziyan said, Zhu Youzhen's expression relaxed a lot.

Nowadays, many officials in the Ming Dynasty like to go to various universities to listen to lectures, which has to be said to be a very good thing.

First of all, there are some books from later generations with a lot of later thoughts, among which the most widely circulated today is about some management and economics ideas, which are regarded as the model by many officials in the Ming Dynasty.

Addicted to it all day long, many officials sighed after reading it: "If you want to develop, you must understand the economy... The officials of the Ming Dynasty will not only stay in the temple and stay in the government in the future. ”

Inside the yamen are officials, and outside the yamen are also officials of the Ming Dynasty.

After the business tax matter was almost discussed, Zhu Youzhen thought of another thing, when he was sick before, he rolled several times in front of the ghost gate.

So he made up his mind to develop modern medical technology in later generations in Daming.

Combining the modern medicine of later generations with the traditional Chinese medicine of the Ming Dynasty, the original development of this matter has been very smooth.

But lately I've been in a lot of trouble.

The first thing is that with the landing of the prince, the investment in the Daming Royal Medical College has begun to become less, and more importantly, Zhu Youzhen himself is very clear.

It's been a long time since I've used the Huaxia library system in my mind to buy some new technology for Daming.

So, he didn't think much of it.

He directly summoned the system in his mind, opened the exchange mall and began to search.

After a while, Zhu Youzhen found what he was looking for.

["Diagnostics" redemption points required 1.. 】

Buy!

["Clinical Internal Medicine" redemption required points 1...】

Keep buying!

Zhu Youzhen bought seven or eight medical books for later generations.

The development of medicine in the Ming Dynasty is much more brilliant than that of other countries now, although there are still many deficiencies in the development of medicine in later generations.

"To build a reasonable medical system, to integrate thousands of years of medical knowledge accumulation in China, plus the modern medicine of later generations as an aid, I believe! Huaxia's medical skills will allow many diseases that are difficult to diagnose to be treated! ”

Subsequently, Zhu Youzhen once again drafted his will, announcing that Daming would continue to invest in medicine, and once again established several Daming medical colleges.

And all the existing imperial doctors were restructured, and all the imperial doctors were incorporated into the Ming Royal Medical College to serve as medical officers and teach what they had learned.