"Alas, I'm just worried about it!"

Chang Sen looked left and right to make sure that there was no one, and then sighed: "It is said that our Chang family is a relative of the emperor and should support commercial taxation. But I heard them say that the commercial tax rate reformulated by the imperial court is that the more you earn, the more taxes you pay."

"And the property under the name of our Changfu is not much in the first place, and we pay heavy taxes... Alas..."

As he spoke, he sighed again.

In fact, the Changfu initially supported the imperial court to levy commercial taxes, not only because the Changfu was a relative of the East Palace, but also because the commercial tax rate was not high. I can't do it for a little silver, and I hurt the relationship between the royal family and the Changfu.

But now, according to the rumored re-established tax rate of commercial tax, the Changfu has to pay not a little silver, but half of the total income of the government's industries.

Paying so much silver tax, Changfu was a little unhappy.

But he was worried that he would not pay taxes and commit serious crimes, and the Chang government was a little entangled.

Lan Bin understood, Chang Sen, or Chang Fu supported commercial taxes, but he was a little unwilling to pay too many taxes. I don't support commercial taxes, and I'm afraid of offending Longyan.

I couldn't help but say, "Cousin, what's so worrying about this? No matter what the imperial court does, we just need to support it directly. What do you want to do so much?"

"To put it mildly, if it is really according to the rumors, you will earn more and pay more. What kind of business do you have, and the money you earn is not enough to pay taxes!" Chang Sen didn't have a good airway.

Lan Bin smiled and said, "Cousin, let me ask you, is it the silver that is important, or the title?"

"This is still a question, of course it's a knighthood..."

Chang Sen just subconsciously said a word, and immediately reacted, and said tentatively, "Cousin, do you have any inside information?"

In the past, he and all the Huaixi nobles thought that if the emperor conferred the title and rewarded the gold medal for avoiding death, they could sit back and enjoy peace of mind and enjoy all the glory and wealth.

Later, when Hu Weiyong's case came out, they found out that the knighthood and the gold medal for avoiding death did not seem to be as effective as they thought.

The emperor who has committed a crime and is enraged, even if he has a gold medal for avoiding death, he still has to die, and he is still ***.

When he heard Lan Bin say this, he immediately thought that if he opposed commercial taxes, he would be cut by the emperor.

If the consequences of opposing commercial taxes are so serious, they can't be killed.

"Cousin, you think too highly of me, I don't have any inside information!" Lan Bin hurriedly said, "I just think that we have received the emperor's favor and enjoyed all the glory and wealth, and we can't do it against the imperial court for a little silver!"

Speaking of which, Lan Bin really didn't know how Zhu Yuanzhang would deal with the nobles, civil and military officials who opposed commercial taxes. But he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was a wolf, and he liked to be simple and rude.

Once he can't push what he wants to do, he likes to raise the butcher's knife, clean up the obstacles, and then continue to push it.

And the collection of commercial taxes has taken root in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

Any noble, civil and military who stands in front of the collection of commercial taxes, if they can't see the situation clearly and insist on blocking it, the final outcome will not be better.

Chang Sen looked at Lan Bin and said with some suspicion: "Cousin, your family's business is much better than mine's, and it's not an exaggeration to say that you are making money every day. Are you willing to pay so much tax?"

"Why not?"

After Lan Bin asked rhetorically, he patiently advised, "Cousin, listen to me, don't take silver seriously. We are hereditary nobles, and we are retired with the country."

"The Ming Dynasty is prosperous, and we and our descendants can have a good life."

"No..."

The latter words are not spoken, but the meaning is self-evident.

Chang Sen looked at Lan Bin deeply and sighed, "Okay! I'll talk to my eldest brother about it."

"Well, the eldest cousin has made a decision, let me know!" Lan Bin also knew that the person in charge of Chang Mansion was not Chang Sen, but Chang Mao, who attacked Zheng Guogong.

He wasn't sure if Chang Mao would figure it out and support business taxes.

However, he didn't care whether Chang Mao would figure it out or not, he would not allow Chang Fu to become a stumbling block for the imperial court to collect commercial taxes, let alone watch Chang Mao make a wrong decision and lead Chang Fu into the abyss.

Chang Sen knew that Lan Bin was concerned about Chang Fu, and nodded, "This is natural."

Lan Bin didn't say much, changed the topic, and chatted with Chang Sen.

Not far away, a eunuch glanced at Lan Bin and Chang Sen, and lowered his head to be busy with his own business. …………

Not long after, the birthday banquet began, Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma, surrounded by the princes and grandchildren, appeared at the front of the banquet, while the Manchu Dynasty civil and military officials were divided into civil officials and military attachés, and they were seated according to their ranks.

Lan Bin and the second generation of Xungui naturally sat on the table of the military attache and the nobles.

It's just that Lan Bin and the second generation of Xungui are of low grade, and they can participate in the birthday banquet because of their ancestors, so they can only sit on the table at the back of the military attache and the nobles.

After everyone sat down, Zhu Yuanzhang said a few words happily and ordered the banquet to start.

Under Zhu Yuanzhang's order, the eunuchs and palace ladies sent the delicious dishes that had already been prepared to the table.

At the beginning, at the beginning of the emperor's current situation, the civil and military officials all maintained their own demeanor, eating and drinking, and they were all graceful. But after drinking two glasses of wine, the image of the civil and military officials changed.

The civil servants are better, holding their own identities, paying attention to etiquette, and there is no outrageous phenomenon. However, most of the military attachés and nobles crawled out of the sea of corpses and blood, and their temperament was straightforward.

After two glasses of wine, he forgot the occasion and was uninhibited.

Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang knew the virtues of the military attachés and nobles, and even if the civil officials present were dissatisfied with the military attachés and nobles for their gaffes in front of the emperor, they remembered that today was Zhu Yuanzhang's Halloween, and they did not stupidly stand up and sue Zhu Yuanzhang to block it.

So much so that Zhu Yuanzhang turned a blind eye to the various outrageous phenomena of military attachés and nobles.

Gradually, the birthday banquet ended, Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma and others left the table first, and the civil and military officials left the table one after another.

After Zhu Yuanzhang and the others left, Lan Bin watched people leave the table, so he raised his wine glass and toasted the second generation of nobles at the same table, and hurriedly said, "Everyone, you eat slowly, I'll go first!"

"Lan Bin, what are you doing in such a hurry? Sit down for a while!" A noble second-generation at the same table said with a smile.

"No, my dad is drunk, I need to go check it out!"

Lan Bin shook his head, put down his wine glass, saluted again, and walked towards the front of the military attaché column, where Yongchang Hou Lanyu was.

Not long after he entered the table, he saw Lan Yu drink two glasses of wine, and his voice was much higher, so that he could hear him even sitting in the back.

At that time, he was afraid that Lan Yu would drink too much and say something that should not be said, but fortunately, although Lan Yu had a loud voice, he didn't say anything forbidden, which made him let go of the heart he had been carrying a lot.

Now that Zhu Yuanzhang and the others have left, and everyone has eaten almost, he is ready to take Lan Yu away, so as not to get Lan Yu drunk and cause trouble.

After a while, Lan Bin came to the place where Lan Yu was sitting, and after saluting Fu Youde, Lu Zhongheng and others who were at the same table as Lan Yu, he stepped forward to help Lan Yu, who was drinking and drinking with a red face and had been burping, and said, "Dad, are you okay?"