Chapter 237 Commercial Taxation is Feasible

Tan Wenhua was scolded by Huang Shijing like this, and suddenly felt like an idiot, didn't he say that he was just a puppet in Qingpu?

If this continues, Chen Cao will have to change the county governor of Qingpu again.

"Father-in-law Wei, my father-in-law remembers that you have been collecting business taxes since the fourth year of the Apocalypse, I don't know how to do it?"

Wei Zhongxian bowed: "Back to my grandfather, the commercial tax collection in North Zhili and the north is still good, the southern land, especially Zhejiang and South Zhili and other places are the most difficult, the businessmen pay the least tax, and the matter of the anti-tax riot in Suzhou last year is also unresolved, if the grandfather wants to handle the business tax in the south Zhili, the slave wants to have some iron-fisted means." ”

Chen Cao looked at Zhao Xin: "Have you checked the things that asked you to check?" ”

Zhao Xin turned around: "Back to my grandfather, I found out, the Suzhou tax resistance riot was a young man named Zhang Pu, and a group of them organized a literary society in Suzhou, called the Fu Society, which specializes in commenting on the current affairs of the imperial court.

By the way, Gu Bingqian presented 100,000 taels of silver to atone for his sins, and returned to his hometown Kunshan after being removed from the imperial court. ”

Wei Zhongxian's first strategist, Gu Bingqian, the original secretary of the ministry, heard this, Wei Zhongxian's heart moved, but Chen Cao nodded thoughtfully: "The commercial tax starts from Songjiang Mansion, and when it is successfully implemented, it will extend to Suzhou Mansion. ”

Chen Cao's meaning couldn't be more obvious, extending to Songjiang Mansion, that is, if anyone is disobedient, all they have to wait for is a cordial greeting from the musket.

"The lower official is willing to obey the dispatch of the grandfather, please ask the grandfather to command..."

"Hey..."Chen Cao smiled in surprise: "Why did the wind direction in Tan Zhixian change so quickly, you are not afraid of the imperial court scolding?" ”

"The subordinate is just acting according to orders..."

"Hmm..."

Chen Cao touched his chin, after so many years, he still didn't grow a beard: "It's okay under the rule of Huating, with Lord Huang in charge, I believe that we can speed up the matter of checking these acres, in addition, the commercial tax of Songjiang Mansion, let's do it from Shanghai County first, after all, Shanghai is full of fishermen and people, and it is not a big problem to do it. ”

Chen Cao said and looked at Tan Wenhua: "Tan Zhixian, don't make a big deal about it after you go back, just check it in private, don't startle the snake, lest when the army of this duke arrives, it will be all murderous..."

Tan Wenhua let out a sigh: "Grandpa let it go, the lower officials must be cautious and cautious." ”

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Shanghai County Governor Yamen

"This matter of recycling tax is directly led by Gonggong Wei, Xia Yunyi is responsible for assisting, of course, the Songjiang Commercial Tax Bureau will be established immediately, starting with Shanghai..."

Chen Cao beckoned Zhao Xin to approach as he spoke: "Go, call all the people with heads and faces in Shanghai County." ”

Shanghai County is dominated by fishermen, and the gentry with heads and faces are just fishermen, and Zhao Xin is not stupid, so when he found that something was wrong, he found two or three thousand people from Shanghai County, and all of them gathered outside the governor's yamen.

The Dingwu Army is responsible for law and order, and these people are still very honest.

"In Shanghai's new construction, the most contributors are those displaced and untouchables, even now, they are still in full swing of construction..."

Chen Cao held an earthen horn in his hand and pulled his throat: "My father knows that you are the landlords and gentry of Shanghai County, and you are used to the tradition of not paying taxes and grain, but this tradition has been completely gone since my father came to Songjiang. ”

The local landlords and gentry in Shanghai County who were close to the Yamen were in a hurry at the moment, what does this mean? Although there have not been a few masters in Shanghai County, there are more than a dozen of them, and their own land is basically under the names of these talents.

"Liang Guogong, forgive the grass people for being rude, in the three hundred years of the dynasty, the monks have never competed with the people for profit..."

This sentence is in disguise to remind Chen Cao Xiucai's preferential treatment.

It was impossible for Chen Cao not to know this, so he immediately replied: "My father knows what you mean, and everyone present must listen to these words next, and this prince announced the decree of the governor of Songjiang Yamen;

From now on, Shanghai County clears the acres of fields, rebuilds the household register, how many people in each household, how many mouths must be carefully reported, in addition, after the measurement of acres is clear, Shanghai County began to implement the policy of equalizing the fields..."

Ooh...

This is a big deal, which coincides with the purpose of Zhang Juzheng's implementation of a whip law back then, and the ultimate goal is Juntian.

"You all present have heard clearly, this is an administrative order issued by this duke in the capacity of the governor of Liangguo and Songjiang, and you will think carefully after the rich gentry and wealthy families go back, in addition, the people present are more or less fishermen tenants, after returning, the fishermen can go ashore to register and make a register, and after counting the number of household registrations, the governor's yamen will distribute the fields of Shanghai County;

The tenants took the initiative to report to the governor's yamen, if anyone is unwilling to implement or pass the buck, don't blame the prince for turning against you at that time..."

The commercial tax of Shanghai County is completely legitimate, because there are too few merchants in the old Shanghai county, after the capital brought by the Daming Foreign Trade Group and the Taixi Mission under the name of Chen Cao settled, businessmen from all over the coast have come to invest, and most of the Hui merchants are the majority, and it is very simple to collect commercial tax from scratch.

In addition, due to the new construction of Shanghai County, the commercial tax established by Chen Cao has changed from the 50 tax that is now popular in the Guo Dynasty to 15 tax 1.

Not in business?

Okay, if you don't do it, wouldn't it be better for Liang Guogong's family to be dominant.

If Chen Cao didn't want to diversify and introduce capital, he would naturally not make great efforts to attract investment.

"Tax stamps?"

Wei Zhongxian curiously took a document stamped with the seal of the Shanghai County Commercial Taxation Bureau, and then looked at Xia Yunyi: "Lord Xia thinks this document is feasible?" ”

Xia Yunyi nodded: "Father-in-law Wei don't worry, this is taught by the grandfather, but whoever has paid taxes, will be issued a tax stamp, with which you can do business normally in Shanghai County, if there are green-skinned hooligans and others who come to collect the so-called protection fee, with this bill, the county government must give fair protection, once it is found that favoritism is bending the law, it will be strictly dealt with according to the law..."

Wei Zhongxian knew in his heart that Chen Cao looked up to him and asked him to be the official of the Commercial Taxation Bureau, because he took a fancy to his ability to make money.

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Shanghai County's commercial tax matters are not to worry, the most critical is the beginning of the field, although Shanghai County to fishermen and the common people, but the small number of landlords and gentry still control the land in Shanghai County, plus the Wanli period and a few talents, after the dedication of the county will no longer have official land, private land.

"Grandpa, a few gentry landlords told those tenants that the tax will go up after our court equalizes the land, and none of the people came to report after hearing this, but those fishermen have come, and they want to go to sea as well as land."

Zhao Xin said and took the registered household register to Chen Cao: "There were originally thousands of people, but now there are only more than 1,000 left." ”

"Didn't I say the exemption yet?"

Zhao Xin was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Grandpa, if you say that Juntian is exempt, the imperial army will be overwhelmed, and those gentry will become a thorn in the side of the people..."

The tax and the endowment of the Ming Dynasty were two different things, the tax was handed over to the household ministry and belonged to the state, and the endowment was handed over to the internal affairs government and belonged to the emperor's private internal money.

If Chen Cao said on behalf of the imperial court that he would not pay money, would it not be a disguised refusal to give money to the emperor? If this plot is light, it is arrogance, and if it is heavy, you are waving the flag and shouting to rebel.

"Zhao Xin, you said that if my father shouted the slogan of Juntian exemption and the people are exempt from taxation in Shanghai County, how would they react?"

Zhao Xin thought for a while: "Judging from the number of wealthy gentry in Shanghai County, it is estimated that they will not be able to resist. ”

"What if you look at the entire Songjiang Mansion?"

Zhao Xin touched his chin: "If the gentry landlord stops it, it is estimated that the people will be killed, but in this way, those scholars who accept the donation will lose their source of livelihood, and their subordinates think that they will join forces to rebel;

But what was made was also the grandfather's rebellion, and they would write to the court and let the court deal with it. ”

"Is it feasible?"

"Big... It's huge..."

Zhao Xin's head is like pounding garlic: "In this way, the people will definitely be grateful to the grandfather and regarded as a reborn parent...

But grandpa, the people are like ants in the eyes of the wealthy gentry, how can they succeed? ”

"You don't understand," Chen Cao looked serious: "They always say that the people are water, the court is the boat, and the boat is overturned, only in an instant, under the surging emotions of the people, not to mention killing a few brocade guards, it is to destroy the other party's whole door;

Besides, taking the people as the foundation is our basic plate..."

There were too many fresh words, and Zhao Xin couldn't digest them, so he simply didn't respond.

Chen Cao said and walked around the house: "The operability of this matter is still relatively large, when the time comes, the road of the two passes will be closed, and the army of Dingwu will be pressed, hehe, whether he Huating or Qingpu, he has to honestly tie my hands and arrest me, Songjiang Mansion, I have to have the final say." ”

"Grandpa, should we pay the taxes to the court or not?"

"Pay..."

Chen Cao's face was shocked: "Why don't you pay?" I'm not a chaotic minister and thief, I'm the largest taxpayer in the country, so it's not good to send money to the emperor to the court?

Besides, I'm just saying that Songjiang Prefecture is exempt from paying taxes, and their taxes are just for me to help them pay them. ”

Zhao Xin's eyelids twitched: "Grandpa, if we continue to give like this, how much tax do we have to pay in a year?" ”

"Hahaha..."

Chen Cao raised his head and laughed: "You idiot, the autumn grain payment of Nanzhili in the sixth year of the Apocalypse of the Kingdom Dynasty is only 2.3 million taels of silver, or the entire Nanzhili, and it only increased by 400,000 taels in seven years, not to mention anything else, I will pay the imperial court the market price of 1 million taels at the summer closing price of this summer, I want to see if the imperial court has any excuse to say that I Chen Cao is not;

If there is, then I'm sorry, you just forced me to rebel, and then Bengong rebelled and showed him a bunch of fools. ”