But to collect tolls from merchants? What is this?!

Although in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, businessmen have always been inferior.

But even if they are inferior, they are the people of the Ming Empire!

The imperial court bought road wealth from these merchants?

It's like banditry!

Who will trust the government in the future?

Looking at Hu Changan, Zhu Yuanzhang was very displeased: "Hu Shilang, how can you collect money from businessmen to buy roads?" ”

"This is no different from the bandits who occupy the mountain!"

"Thinking that you are still young, I will not care about you."

"But you must not do this!"

"This is simply ruining the reputation of my court!"

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was a little angry, the ministers were also silent and did not dare to raise any more objections.

However, when Hu Changan himself heard this, he was relaxed.

Even, Hu Changan was a little unimpressed: "Your Majesty, this is a bad word." ”

"Why can't the imperial court collect tolls from merchants?"

"Those ordinary pedestrians are fine, but those merchants, almost all of them have a long convoy."

"With such a heavy frame, the wear and tear on the road surface is definitely greater than that of ordinary passers-by."

"In that case, I don't think it's too much to charge these merchants some road maintenance fees."

"What's more, with this cement official road, these businessmen can definitely make a lot of money."

"What was originally a three-day journey may only take one day to get there."

"I'm sure these merchants would definitely be happy to trade some silver for faster shipping."

"Take my Hu family as an example, my Hu family not only has a shop in Yingtian City, but also has a façade in the nearby Suzhou Mansion and Hangzhou Mansion."

"If this road is completed, my Hu family will definitely be able to earn a few hundred taels of silver every day."

"I don't think it's too much to draw a dozen taels of silver as a toll in it."

Zhu Yuanzhang was also a little surprised when he heard this.

Zhu Yuanzhang is not a businessman, so naturally he doesn't know how big the business comes and goes.

As long as the official road is repaired, these businessmen can earn a few hundred taels of silver more every day?

This completely shocked Zhu Yuanzhang.

Hu Changan looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's somewhat surprised eyes, smiled slightly, and added a handful of firewood to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, you must not be too good to us businessmen." ”

"At present, the net profit of our Hu family every day is at least five hundred taels of silver."

"But how much does our Hu family pay in a month's business taxes?"

"Last month, there were so many shops in our Hu family, and we only paid a total of twenty taels of silver in business tax!"

"This is still a tax paid by the minister without stealing and cheating."

"If the minister lies about the accounts again, maybe the business tax paid by the minister can be lower."

In the Ming Dynasty, the commercial tax was indeed very low.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born as a farmer, so he naturally did not pay much attention to business.

At the time when the Ming Dynasty was first established, all industries withered.

Business, in particular, has simply fallen into total paralysis.

Therefore, when the Ming Dynasty was just established, the commercial tax could not be collected at all.

As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang also paid less and less attention to commercial taxes.

Zhu Yuanzhang never expected that the profits earned by this businessman would be so amazing.

Zhu Yuanzhang made up his mind that in the future, he must rectify the commercial tax.

If this commercial tax can be collected, why shouldn't Daming be rich?

Regarding what Hu Changan said about collecting tolls, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer rejects it.

Anyway, the only ones who are charged tolls are those merchants who carry goods.

Ordinary people walk on the pipes and don't have to pay at all.

And those businessmen are so rich that they can get a little money?

It's just a little bit of business tax.

Anyway, if they don't want to pay for the pass, they can also take the muddy roads in the countryside.

Looking at Hu Changan, Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded: "Yes, since this is the case, then the matter of repairing the official road will be handed over to Hu Shilang." ”

"But you are not allowed to swallow the money collected later!"

"I look at the money collected from merchants in the later period, how about you and the court only split twenty-eight?"

"Imperial Court Eight, You Two."

When Hu Changan heard this, he also nodded.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang's distribution method is more biased towards the imperial court, this market is still very large.

There are absolutely countless official roads in the country.

If all the official roads were repaired, the daily toll fees of the merchants would definitely be a considerable amount of income.

Even if it were two-tenths, it would be an astronomical amount!

Hu Changan is confident that he will recover all the principal of repairing the official road within three years.

After three years, you can sit back and wait for profit!

Seeing that Hu Changan should go, Zhu Yuanzhang was also very satisfied.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it, and assigned a new task to Hu Changan: "Hu Shilang, or you will also tax the business by the way." ”

"You and Fan Shangshu of the household department will sum up and see how you can collect the commercial tax."

"If you can raise the business tax, I will be rewarded!"

If you want to talk about this commercial tax, Zhu Yuanzhang actually wanted to collect it for a long time.

Now that the old things are brought up again, Zhu Yuanzhang is even more itchy.

If the commercial tax is raised, the household department will definitely never be short of money again!

When Hu Chang'an and Fan Min, the head of the household, heard this, they also spoke in unison.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Hu Changan and Fan Min, and commanded: "Hu Shilang, Fan Shangshu, you will not use to go to the early dynasty in the future." ”

"In the near future, please take full responsibility for business taxes."

"If you have any needs, just mention them!"

"As long as it is a reasonable request, I will meet it."

When Hu Changan and Fan Min heard this, they also responded in unison.

Hu Changan couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.

It seems that this court is really short of money.

Zhu Yuanzhang is afraid that he will be ruthless this time and will collect commercial taxes!

......

Early the next morning, Hu Changan came to the household department on time.

At this time, Fan Min, the head of the household, was already waiting for Hu Changan in the hall.

Fan Min looked at Hu Chang'an and said, "Regarding the collection of business taxes, I don't know what Hu Shilang has to say?" ”

Although Fan Min is not very easy to speak, he is an upright person.

Fan Min thinks she doesn't know how to collect business taxes.

Therefore, Fan Min naturally wanted to ask Hu Changan's opinion.

After all, this matter of collecting business taxes was the first to be brought up by Hu Changan!

Faced with Fan Min's question, Hu Changan also calmly took a sip of tea and said, "Master Fan, what do you think is the biggest problem in collecting business taxes at the moment?" ”

Fan Min thought about it and gave Hu Changan's reply: "I think the biggest problem at the moment is that these merchants will move around. ”

"The agricultural tax is very good. After all, these farmers have been facing the loess with their backs to the sky all their lives, and they will not move their nests. ”

"Just send officials to the village to collect taxes from house to house."