The Imperial Study.

It rained heavily from day to night, and Cheng Yuan proposed his disaster relief plan to Zhu Gaochi, Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong both agreed, and each took out silver taels from their homes, plus Cheng Yuan's 30,000 taels, it was good to be able to provide disaster relief for a few days.

The most rare thing is that Chen Ying actually took the initiative to donate another thousand taels of silver, thinking that if Zhenguo Gong wants to provide disaster relief, he should vigorously support it, otherwise His Majesty and Queen will not be there, and they will all suffer at that time.

Xia Yuanji also asked the household department to start preparing for the opening of the warehouse and the release of grain.

There are still two days left before the disaster relief, and Cheng Yuan will suspend the theater for one day, and then gather all the merchants in Yingtian City.

"Thirty taxes and three, why don't you grab it!" After hearing Cheng Yuan's proposal to collect thirty taxes and three taxes on business, everyone was dissatisfied and shouted at the moment.

Shi Kai shouted, and the merchant stopped.

"Don't make any noise, you have earned all the silver in your pockets in the past few years, and now you are asked to pay business taxes, none of them are willing, and they always say that the court treats merchants as cheap industries, but you do not reflect that the court has to be you.

Being an official, you can govern the country, and farming is what the people rely on to survive, but business - in the eyes of everyone, it is dispensable.

Have you ever thought about this, although I proposed thirty taxes and three, but I also paid taxes on my property to the imperial court! ”

Cheng Yuan didn't speak for a long time after speaking.

"Zhen Guogong, we do business on weekdays, I respect you as a good hand, but you are Your Majesty's uncle, and it is filial piety to do this, we are unwilling!"

"Yes, I don't want to, the commercial tax is decided by Emperor Taizu, it's not that you can change it casually, we won't pay the thirty taxes and three."

"Dare us pay taxes? Then let's march through the streets! ”

"Don't pay! Too much deception. ”

Cheng Yuan smiled: "It's serious, but even if you want to die, you have to pay the business tax before you die!" If you don't pay it, ask me first, Cheng Yuan will agree or not. ”

"We are against it!"

Ying Tiancheng's grain store, the boss of the cloth shop stood up at the moment to leave, and scolded and said: "The villain who gave birth to a son without an asshole, the dog fights the human power, so deceitful, and there is no heavenly reason!" ”

"Didn't they all say it, when the time comes, they will give preferential treatment to businessmen, and in the future, the Ming Dynasty will no longer have any cheap businessmen, and some of the rules of doing business will be relaxed."

Cheng Yuan's initial guess was right.

As long as the merchants stand on the same line and resist this, it will be difficult to collect the business tax.

Chengguo Gong Zhu Neng said: "Brother Cheng, I think these businessmen will not succeed today, they are so resistant, I am afraid that they will not be able to accept it." ”

Cheng Yuan said: "Even if you take it in, it can be regarded as a start." If we disperse today, it will encourage the arrogance of the merchants, and they will not take us seriously. ”

Zhu Neng listened and thought thoughtfully.

Cheng Yuan's words are right.

The more people there are, the more they gather, the more difficult it will be for them to collect their business taxes and twist them together.

The 30 commercial tax has been implemented for so many years, and if I want to change it for a while, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult, and the theater has invited the big merchants of Ying Tiancheng.

These rich families are like the emperor of the soil, with a very big posture, and they don't take the matter of collecting business taxes to heart at all, and they have no respect at all.

Cheng Yuan said: "Cheng Guogong, you are here today, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Neng thought about it, but shook his head, this involves the sufficiency of the treasury, and it is not something he can propose casually.

I just admire this town very much, and he dares to take the lead in paying taxes by himself, which Zhu Neng didn't expect, he is a man.

Then, at the beginning, Emperor Taizu thought that the thirty taxes would be completed, anyway, he was just a cheap businessman, so naturally he gradually became a cheap businessman.

If Zhu could have been troubled by so many people in the past, he would have drawn a knife and cut it a long time ago, and today he has a big head.

For these are the people.

If it had been a widow, he would have cut it down a long time ago.

The chairs and benches below shook the sky, and they were all shouting that they were leaving.

"Don't pay, don't pay!"

"Yes, we won't pay it!"

Cheng Yuan took off the saber from Zhu Neng's waist, pulled it out and said, "Whoever dares to take a step out of the gate today will end up like this." ”

The heavy back of the knife directly split the wooden table in two, and with a bang, the entire lobby of Nuoda instantly fell silent.

Zhu Neng looked at Cheng Yuan for a long time, he didn't expect that at this juncture, Zhen Guogong would be so mighty.

He understands Cheng Yuan, because he has been with him for many years in Beiping, and he rarely blushes with the people like this, but today he is powerful.

Zhu Neng looked at Cheng Yuan adoringly, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up and said, "Zhen Guogong, good job!" ”

Cheng Yuan met the frightened eyes of the merchants, and said solemnly: "Commercial tax is a national policy, and it will be implemented these days and even in the future.

Unless I'm dead, this business tax must be carried out to the end, and the coffin is not.

Either I lie down in it, or you lie down and fall asleep, and there must always be one side to lie down in order to accept the weight of this country.

Those of you who resist, those who form gangs, are like this wooden chair, which must be broken.

If we work together, we will make this business an important line with agriculture, and then we will see who dares to say that you are doing cheap business! ”

When the businessmen heard this, they were silent, but they didn't want to pay the business tax, they still didn't want to pay, they were as stubborn as a stone.

When Zhu Neng heard this, he sighed slightly, he understood Cheng Yuan, what Cheng Yuan said, he would definitely do it when the time came, and he would never do anything without faith.

Seeing Cheng Yuan's angry appearance, Zhu Neng actually thought he was very cute.

Unconsciously, it has been several years since they were martyred.

This is something to celebrate.

The merchants elected representatives to come out and consult with Cheng Yuan.

Can you thirty tax two.

Cheng Yuan didn't allow it.

Later, there were businessmen to negotiate, and Cheng Yuan was determined that his thirty taxes would not waver.

Within a few years, new productive forces will emerge in the Ming Dynasty, new classes will emerge, and interests will eventually connect these classes.

Another example is the huge wheel that keeps moving forward, mighty and unstoppable.

The merchants were noisy and objected.

"If you don't pay it, if it's thirty taxes and three, you won't pay it."

"We don't pay it."

"Objections are invalid!" Cheng Yuan said like an angry leopard: "If you don't pay, how can I help merchants fight for other national policies, you don't just focus on paying business taxes." ”

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Coming out of the theater, I watched those merchants scolding and saying that they were going to sue the royal court, and they were going to tell the imperial history to impeach Cheng Yuan.

Cheng Yuan shook his head, doing this kind of thing always requires infamy.

The rain was so heavy that the people were not on the streets, only the people who had fled and hid under the eaves shivered, and the hungry people looked at them as if they had appetites.

Cheng Yuan saw Zhu Neng leave, and then turned over into his own carriage.

It's raining, but fortunately I have a home to go back to, a carriage to sit in, and a princess to wait.

Sitting in the carriage, Cheng Yuan looked at the wind and rain outside the carriage, the curtain was wet by the rain, he looked out, and suddenly found a familiar figure in the rain, wearing a cloak and turning into an alley.

A woman came out of the alley, holding a huge oil-paper umbrella, welcomed Chen Ying in, and then closed the door again.

Cheng Yuan secretly thought that this must be Chen Ying's concubine outside, and next time he is arrogant, he will impeach him with this.

Thinking like this, it didn't take long to arrive at the gate of the Zhenguo Mansion.