Liu Fangyuan was standing at the bow of the boat and looking forward to himself, thinking that he would be able to scare the other party into retreating if he said something, but he didn't want to be scared back by the other party's words! At that moment, he was furious and said loudly, "Nonsense! It is already a big mistake for you to collect taxes indiscriminately, and this official is kind and considerate of you, and he still knows his mistake and does not change it!"

He Lishui not only didn't get angry when he heard this, but said directly: "Lord He, you said that I was wrong, then I also want to ask, this cao boat is a vessel used by the imperial court to transport grain, and the imperial court has a strict order to strictly prohibit the entrainment of goods, don't you even know this as an official?" And who among us is wrong?"

The reason why He Lishui, a cell boss, dared to speak like this was that when Liu Haojia sent him to the canal to collect taxes, he told He Lishui all the reasons that could be considered, so he didn't care about what Liu Fangyuan said at all! Because after listening to Liu Haojia's teachings, he felt that the imperial court had collected less taxes in the canal for so many years, which was a big loss! Look at the book

Since ancient times, the grain production in the north has been lower than that in the south, and a large amount of southern grain is needed, so Caoyun came into being! And there are many officials and wealthy businessmen who buy the goods of Cao Yun! When there is less, there must be at least 30% or more cargo on a ship, and when there is more, the whole ship is full of cargo!

In this way, both sides made a lot of profits, but this situation seriously affected the transportation of grain. Moreover, the cao ship could not intercept and collect taxes, so these entrained goods were exempt from taxation, which caused great losses to the imperial court, so the imperial court once strictly prohibited the entrainment of goods by the cao boat.

But as the saying goes, there are policies and countermeasures! Although the imperial court strictly forbade the entrainment of goods by boats, the wind of entrainment was still intensifying! The reason for this is simply because in the whole event, the Cao Yun side, the officials and businessmen, and the party that inspects and collects taxes are all profiting from it, and naturally it cannot be stopped! But don't forget, the ban on carrying cargo on ships is still in place!

So Liu Fangyuan was directly stunned by He Lishui's words, and it was not easy to talk back! Because He Lishui is talking about the decree of the imperial court, you can violate this decree, but you don't want to be pointed out, otherwise it will be a problem! But Liu Fangyuan was a little hard to give up his good fortune after all, he refused to give in and didn't say anything, but said loudly: "The things on these ships are the furniture of this official! If this official wants to go to Beijing to be an official for a long time, it is only right to bring more furniture!"

He Lishui sneered and said, "Lord Liu, it just so happens that my people are back, why don't they talk about it and see if it's furniture or entrainment of goods!"

The person He Lishui said was a few other Jinyi guards, who had already boarded the back of several boats and opened the cabin to take a look. Liu Fangyuan blocked the first ship, and no official on the other ships dared to stop Jinyiwei, so they naturally took a look at the things in the cabin!

The first Jinyi guard to run over said, "My lord, the second boat is full of high-quality rice paper and lake pens! There are thousands of pens alone!"

Then another came up and said, "My lord, the ship behind is full of porcelain and lacquerware!"

Several other people also reported the things on the ship one after another, and it turned out that the six ships were full of all kinds of best-selling goods!

He Lishui slapped his face and said, "Lord Liu, the Ming people don't say dark words, don't say anything else, just those lake pens are not your furniture! Those lake pens are enough for you to write for a lifetime, let alone other goods!"

Liu Fangyuan snorted and said, "So what? This official is an official status, and he has the privilege of tax exemption, and it is also legitimate to transport some goods! Quickly open the water gate and let me go!"

He Lishui laughed and said, "I don't know when the imperial court will give you tax exemption?"

Liu Fangyuan went crazy when he heard this, pointed his finger at He Lishui and said, "You are really an ignorant fanatic! The officials and gentry are the pillars of the state, and naturally they are exempted from taxes, just to cultivate more righteousness, what do you coarse people know?"

He Lishui raised his eyes and sneered and said, "Lord Liu, this is nonsense! The imperial court has never given officials the privilege of tax exemption, but only granted exemption from military service! If you don't believe it, will I argue with you about the laws of the kingdom in front of everyone?"

Liu Fangyuan heard that a brocade guard wanted to talk to him about the law, and when he heard this, he was already so angry that his face was red and his neck was thick! In his opinion, officials and gentry were exempt from taxes

It's a matter of course, how can it just be exempt from service! So he snapped, "You're talking nonsense! What do you know as a martial artist!"

He Lishui sneered and said, "I'm talking nonsense? Also, today this official will teach you the laws of the court! Back then, the great grandfather was determined to ...... the world."

In fact, He Lishui said that it was true, the gentry and officials did not have tax exemption privileges, nor did they have exemption privileges. Only "official households" have the privilege of exemption from military service, but this privilege is not only available to "official households", but also to all special households such as military households and horse households.

In the final analysis, this kind of privilege in the Ming Dynasty was "status", not hierarchical. That is, the treatment of the individual. Exempt from service, on the other hand, refers to miscellaneous service.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang established a system to push many government expenditures and public services to the people. The people were required to serve in order to reduce the expenses of the imperial court. This is the handyman.

To give an example: a certain Qin sent to a certain county to do business, a certain county should set up a banquet to entertain, in the Ming Dynasty, "banquet" is a miscellaneous labor, should be provided by the county land number of acres of the family free of charge.

Why did the Ming Dynasty exempt some status households from miscellaneous labor? It's because these people are already in service. For example, if an official is from Suzhou, it stands to reason that his family should be responsible for the work of keeping watch in Suzhou City, but since he has already served in Beijing, there is no way to work in Suzhou, so the emperor can directly exempt his family from miscellaneous servants.

And this kind of behavior has been called the norm of the imperial court. There is no need for the emperor to decree it. In other words, when this person becomes an official, he is automatically exempted from this miscellaneous service. But beware, it was only after he became an official that he had this right! If you don't have an official position, even Jinshi is inevitable!

Of course, this example is rough, but the general meaning is fine. But after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, miscellaneous labor became a heavy burden! One reason is that the local government arbitrarily apportions all the increased expenses to the people. As a result, the burden on the local people is getting heavier and heavier.

And then there are the consequences of the monetization of miscellaneous labor. It's better to say that if someone doesn't want to serve, he will discuss with the yamen whether he can hire someone to serve at his own expense? The local yamen naturally agreed. Over time, the local yamen felt that it was too troublesome to send servants, so it was better to convert it into money uniformly, and after collecting the money, the yamen hired people to serve, and the wages could be lower, and they could earn a little!