At this time, the Ming Dynasty was still dominated by agricultural taxes.

Since the beginning of Wanli's "Three Great Marches", the imperial court has been plagued by external troubles, and its finances have almost collapsed.

However, in the south of the Yangtze River, especially in the coastal areas, due to the vigorous development of industry and commerce, many officials and businessmen have become rich!

If it is described as "rich and rivaling the country", it is not an exaggeration!

Just like Zheng Zhilong's huge fleet!

Even if the Ming Dynasty does everything, I'm afraid, it won't be able to build such a fleet!

Therefore, letting Zheng Zhilong return to the Ming Dynasty can not only win Xiong Wencan's 100,000 taels of silver, but also stabilize the vast coastal area, which is harmless to trade!

In other words, it is harmless to make money for yourself!

"Hehehe...... The fake beard of the factory is enough to make it real! Wang Li smiled and quickly led the topic elsewhere:

"Master Zheng, you must have inquired a long time ago!

In Zhejiang, as long as there are ships and merchants, all trade practices are legal!

Do you continue to be a pirate, or do you want to be a Shunmin of the Ming Dynasty?

Do you want to continue smuggling, or do you want to trade openly at sea? ”

"Really?"

Zheng Zhi still smiled indifferently and stared at Wang Li intently: "I need a batch of porcelain, about 200,000 pieces!"

If I can successfully load the ship in Haining, let me be a Shunmin of the Ming Dynasty, it is not impossible! ”

"The factory has said that as long as you run a ship and lead by business, and then pay taxes according to law, no one will stop you!

In Zhejiang, there are no restrictions on "forty-four boats", there are no restrictions!

I wish you could sell 200,000 pieces a day!

As long as you pay taxes according to the law, fools will stop you from loading the ship! ”

"Oh? I still have to pay taxes, how to collect them? ”

"On the other side of the Moon Harbor, there is a tax of ten cents per piece of porcelain; In Zhejiang, thirty dollars per piece is taxed!

Do you want to think about it? ”

"Anyway, just give it a try, and it doesn't hurt to charge an extra twenty dollars!"

The tariff was tripled, but Zheng Zhilong agreed to it!

This, in Wang Li's expectation!

On the Yuegang side, due to many trade restrictions, no matter how low the tariff is, it is meaningless!

Because, overseas trade is monopolized by officials - even a big caravan like Zheng Zhilong can't get a ship and a merchant guide!

And in Zhejiang, all trade activities will not be restricted!

Through the extensive water and land transportation, the goods from all over the south of the Yangtze River converge in Haining, and no one dares to obstruct them along the way!

Not to mention levying thirty yuan, even if it is fifty or eighty yuan, Zheng Zhilong will agree!

"Master Zheng, you only run a hundred ships? It doesn't match your strength! ”

"What? Do you want to go back? ”

"No, no, no! Our factory says that there is no reason to regret it! ”

Wang Li patted his chest and assured that he wanted to die!

Alas, a loss!

It's a big loss!

Where would Wang Li have thought that Zheng Zhilong's ship is too big!

One of his ships is worth dozens of other people's boats!

And the ship is still a thousand taels of silver!

Alas!

That's it, that's it!

Big ships also have the benefits of big ships!

The tariffs he paid on a boat were dozens of times higher than others!

Tariffs are the main income of port trade!

The water flows for a long time, and it keeps flowing!

……

Zheng Zhilong, really did Shunmin!

His fleet is docking at the port of Haining at this time!

Upon learning the news, Xiong Wencan hurried from Fujian day and night.

"Factory father, let's say okay, 100,000 taels!"

Xiong Wencan almost nodded, respectfully handed over the silver ticket, and his face was about to laugh!

Wang Li smiled faintly and took it unceremoniously!

Leave your name in history, I'm bah!

How much can history be worth?

The most important thing is to be rich and noble in this life!

Silver, only silver!

Other than that, everything is a floating cloud!

……

Two months later.

With the support of Xiong Wencan, in Pinghaiwei, Fujian, countless big ships set sail to sea!

Wang Li counted the silver tickets all day long, but Zhu Youzhen of the Beijing Division was in a hurry!

"Your Majesty, the drought in Shanxi is a once-in-a-century experience!

Thousands of miles of red land, no grain harvest, hungry people everywhere!

If we don't allocate money for disaster relief, the people will be even more violent! ”

"Your Majesty! The drought in Shaanxi is worse than last year! The bark of the grass roots and trees has been eaten by the hungry! There are countless people who change children and eat!

Since last year, after the mob Wang Er killed the magistrate of Chengcheng, there have been countless responders!

Today, Wang Er has not been exterminated, and Wang Jiayin has incited the mob to make trouble!

If we don't provide disaster relief, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

Shanxi Governor Geng Ruqi and Shaanxi Governor Lian Guoshi wept bitterly, and the corners of Zhu Youzhen's mouth moved, but he didn't speak, and moved his gaze to Bi Ziyan.

"Your Majesty, the household department really can't allocate any money!

Last year, the national tax receivable was 5.6 million taels, but the actual tax was only more than 2.8 million;

Your Majesty, this silver can only be used in Liaodong! Xia Guan really doesn't dare to use it indiscriminately! ”

Zhu Youzhen sighed helplessly, and then moved his gaze to Wei Zhongxian.

Seeing this, Wei Zhongxian fell to his knees with a thud:

"The old slave also wants to share the worries of the Long Live Lord, but the thieves are really rampant! The old slave is really powerless! ”

"Humph! The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, no one can share my worries! What is the use of you? ”

In the indignant scolding, Zhu Youzhen brushed his sleeves and left!

Last month, Wei Zhongxian returned to Beijing.

However, the "one million" taels of silver embezzled by Mu Zhikui, the former governor of Shanxi, did not all arrive in Beijing!

Because, a large part of them was robbed by thieves!

Not only that, the criminal officer Mu Zhikui, as well as more than 200 Dongchang Jinyi guards, were also poisoned by thieves!

Wei Zhongxian "tried his best", so he escorted the only remaining 100,000 taels and returned to Beijing by luck!

In fact, the "Wang Ermin Change" in northern Shaanxi was in full swing as early as last year!

At that time, Zhu Youzhen had just ascended the throne, and he was busy consolidating his power, thinking that the "trouble" would pass, but he did not pay attention to it.

In other words, Zhu Youzhen did not pay attention to it, but selectively ignored it!

The reason for this is nothing more than two words: no money!

Send troops to encircle and suppress, ask for money!

To appease the mob, also ask for money!

The household department of the imperial court, there is no money!

The 100,000 taels of silver that Wei Zhongxian brought back was just a drop in the bucket!

This money can only be handed over to the household department and used for the expenses of Liaodong!

Zhu Youzhen's small treasury doesn't have much money!

The draft originally scheduled for the beginning of this year was also canceled due to lack of money!

Zhu Youzhen and his harem concubines can only eat meat once in three days!

Now, Wang Er's civil rebellion has not subsided, and there is another Wang Jiayin!

How Zhu Youzhen is not in a hurry!

However, there is no money to send troops to encircle and suppress, and there is no money to recruit and reassure the rebellious people, so what's the use of being in a hurry?

"Hooray, do you want to ...... Transfer Wang Ergou back? Hear from him? ”

Wang Chengen's words made Zhu Youzhen's eyes light up!

If you say that the person who spends the most money and can get things done, I'm afraid the only one is Wang Ergou!

Last year, he was only given 30,000 taels of silver for the "upfront cost", and he rebuilt the West Factory!

Until today, more than half a year, the West Factory has grown to more than 2,000 people, but he has not asked for another tael of silver!

He went to Zhejiang and Fujian to collect taxes on a pilot basis, not only did not arouse the opposition of the courtiers, but also handed over 100,000 taels of silver!

Even Zhang Yandeng, the governor of Zhejiang, and Xiong Wencan, the governor of Fujian, were full of praise for him!

I heard that Xiong Wencan can appease the pirate Zheng Zhilong, and it is also Wang Ergou who is making suggestions behind his back!

Such a capable minister should be entrusted with a heavy responsibility!

So, an edict was urgently sent to Fujian.

……

"Factory father, you copied Qian Qianyi's house, in addition to the 50,000 taels handed over to the household department, another 200,000 taels have not been registered;

You issued ships in Zhejiang and Fujian, and received a total of 1,300,000 taels of silver, and you only reported 100,000 taels to the Lord of Long Life;

In addition, you received 140,000 taels of silver from Liu Tingyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, but you went back on your word!

If I hadn't helped you settle this matter, you would have been impeached a thousand times!

So, what you discussed with Gonggong Wei was ......"

Cui Chengxiu is aggressive, but Wang Li is not afraid!

"Brother Cui, I didn't ask Gonggong Wei for money, how can you complain to the wicked?"

Cui Chengxiu was just about to speak, Wang Li raised the wine bowl again, and smiled: "Brother Cui, you raided Mu Zhikui's nest and made a total profit of three million taels, but only reported 100,000 taels to the household department!"

If you are "robbed by thieves", you can only deceive the Lord Banzai and the courtiers, but you can't hide it from me!

So, according to the principle of five or five points, I should divide one hundred and four hundred and fifty thousand taels, right?

As you said, deduct the 820,000 taels I should give to Father-in-law Wei, and your stepfather should make up 630,000 taels for me! You say yes, right? ”

Cui Chengxiu held the wine bowl, but the smile on his face froze!

Unexpectedly, this guy is far away in Fujian, but he knows everything that happened in the DPRK and Shanxi!

"Brother Cui, the Fujian Ordnance Bureau is a small yamen, and it can't make a few dollars a year!

Xiong Wencan has no opinion on his side, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry and the Fujian Political Department of the Southern Capital, I bother you to help me settle it!

These guys come to the door all day long to find trouble, if they come hard, I am afraid that it will hurt the harmony of the two factories, you say yes! ”

"Father-in-law, a small Fujian Ordnance Bureau, I will give it to you! But that's not how you do it!

Haining Port and Pinghai Port, so many ships enter and exit every day, how to calculate the tariff collected?

How to calculate the commercial tax in Zhejiang and Fujian?

Is it wrong for my stepfather to ask you to make up the money? ”

"No, no, no!" Wang Li shook his head again and again, and said: "In fact, the tariff can't be collected much, and the commercial tax is the big one!"

It's a pity that the West Factory has always been understaffed, and it is difficult to collect commercial taxes! ”

"Princess, someone once said "your heart is not ruthless enough"! Cui Chengxiu smiled mysteriously and raised the wine bowl: "Or, I'll help you collect the commercial taxes of Zhejiang and Fujian?"

We're still splitting the account, what do you think? ”

Scold!

That's what Wang Li was waiting for!

A port was opened in Zhejiang and Fujian, and the "special military port" became a commercial port.

After all, the decree was relayed by his confidant Wang Cheng'en, and drafted and issued by the celebrant of ceremonies!

He also thought that he was drunk and his language was unclear, which made Wang Chengen mistaken!

The most important thing is that the 100,000 taels handed over by Wang Li were not handed over to the household department, but into Zhu Youzhen's small treasury!

Moreover, the military port has become a commercial port, and businessmen and officials have all benefited from it!

The voice of singing merit and praise on the main hall made Zhu Youzhen's self-esteem very satisfied!

This matter is settled in such a blur!

However, if it is really necessary to levy commercial taxes, Wang Li will be cautious!

With the alliance of the east and west factories, the commercial tax will definitely be collected!

In this regard, Wang Li has enough confidence!

However, this will offend a large group of civil servants!

The twists and turns of impeachment and smearing will surely fly to Beijing like snowflakes!

Without Zhu Youzhen's absolute trust, Wang Li would not dare to take risks easily!

Unexpectedly, Wang Liwei was afraid of things, but Cui Chengxiu patted his chest!

It just so happened that Liu Tingyuan's matter offended him!

He didn't mention it to his face, but he could feel his dissatisfaction!

Since he's interested in taxation, let's be a favor!

Let him take the risk, he will carry the black cauldron, and I will just collect the money!

What's so bad?

So, the two hit it off!

In the drinking room, several eunuchs who were the celebrant hurriedly entered the temple.

"Factory father! Shaanxi riots are not stopping, long live the edict to return to Beijing urgently! ”

"Huh? Someone is making trouble? Wang Li opened his mouth wide and hurriedly took the holy decree: "Who is making trouble?" Isn't it Li Zicheng? ”

Li ...... Li Zicheng? ”

The eunuch looked confused, and said truthfully: "Princess, the troublemaker is your own family, and both of them are surnamed Wang!" ”