Chapter 175: Tax Collection, Inspecting the People's Situation!
The relationship between Yang Jing and Zhao Mian should be not bad.
Just now, the two of them came in together.
Unexpectedly, he wanted to join Zhao Mian.
Ouyang Lun, the commander of the horses, is even more of a relative of the emperor, and it is not a trivial matter to join him.
Zhao Jing handed over the recital.
Zhu Yunxi opened it and took a look, only to see that it was written that Zhao Mian took advantage of his power to accept bribes from businessmen, issue false invoices, and make profits from it.
Ouyang Lun's courage was even greater.
His family did not apply for tax certificates or pay taxes to the imperial court when they were in business, and when the inspection tax department blocked the road for inspection, his servant Zhou Bao also beat the tax department severely and left.
"Is there any evidence about the two of them?" After reading it, Zhu Yunxi put down the chapter and asked Zhao Jingdao.
"The two of them, one is an important minister in the court, a secretary of the criminal department, and the other is a relative of the emperor, a lieutenant of the horse, without His Majesty's will, the Taisun decrees, and the officials dare not investigate without permission."
"Zhao Mian's matter, someone testifies, whether it is true or not, you will know it after checking."
"Ouyang Lun's servant Zhou Bao committed murder and beat the inspection tax department, with the tax department as evidence, and many people witnessed it with their own eyes."
"As for Ouyang Lun's business without a tax certificate, there are also people who testify."
"The lower officials heard that it was not only him, but also the nobles and meritorious heroes of the DPRK and the emperor, and the relatives of the emperor, except for applying for a tax certificate at the beginning, and then did not apply for invoices and tax returns in accordance with the regulations."
"They're running a huge business, and they're paying almost zero taxes."
"His Royal Highness Taisun's newly established tax system has disappeared in just a few months."
"The huge deficit in the household department also has something to do with it."
Zhu Yunxi's face couldn't help but change.
Although he had expected that these people would try to evade taxes, it was still a bit unexpected for him to be so bold.
If the nobles and relatives of the emperor do not pay taxes, it will not only affect the tax revenue of the imperial court, but also directly destroy the normal operation of the entire commercial economy.
After all, ordinary businessmen have to pay taxes, and they don't have to, which means that their business costs are much lower than ordinary businessmen.
How, then, can ordinary businessmen compete with them?
Bad money will eliminate good money, and it won't be long before a large number of ordinary businessmen will be directly out of the game.
This situation must be resolved as soon as possible.
"Zhao Mian is preparing for the issuance of treasury bonds, and his case needs to be investigated, but it can only be investigated secretly."
The household department is in charge of both tax collection and treasury withdrawal, which is a defect in the system.
Revenues and expenditures must be separated, two lines.
Daming needs to set up a special tax department.
"Ouyang Lun's case must be handled seriously and quickly. Lingzongren's Mansion ......"
Zhu Yunxi suddenly thought that the people in the Zongren Mansion were afraid that there were many people who were in business, and most of them also evaded taxes, so let them investigate Ouyang Lun, I am afraid they would only try to cover up.
"Order Jinyi Wei to command Jiang Zhen to come to see Gu quickly."
As soon as he gave the order, a murderous intent appeared in his eyes.
In order to let those royal relatives and noble heroes pay taxes honestly, they must know the benefits and disadvantages, and let them know that they cannot afford the consequences of not paying taxes.
Kill chickens and honor monkeys.
Since Ouyang Lun jumped out, he just happened to kill the chicken.
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Jinling City.
As soon as the notice of the imperial court's issuance of treasury bonds was posted, it immediately aroused the discussion of hundreds of people.
"The imperial court has no money, and it still has to borrow money from our people?"
"Actually, it's not a strange thing, during the Han Dynasty, the imperial court had no money and sold a large number of officials, everyone should have heard of it when they heard about the Three Kingdoms, right?"
"Hahaha, it's still a lot better to raise money in the name of treasury bonds than to sell officials."
"There is still interest on this national debt, two percent a year?"
"Yes, the money at home is hidden, so why not take it out to buy treasury bonds?"
"But the interest rate is too low, only 2 percent, and now the profit of the money is 200 percent a year."
"Can this compare? It is illegal to print money, and if you find it, you will be killed. Besides, that thing is also lacking in morality, and it is not stable. ”
"The national debt is good, but I don't know, can I get the money smoothly when it expires? What if after the expiration, the court will not give the money, but can it be done yesterday? ”
"Don't worry, it's the treasury bonds issued by His Royal Highness Taisun to raise funds for the new army, His Royal Highness Taisun is the Lingxiao God of War, how can he not pay back the money he owes to the people?"
"The new army is so powerful, after it is built, are you still afraid that you will run out of money?"
"It makes sense, others can't believe it, but I can still trust His Royal Highness Taisun."
"I also signed the petition of all the people to elect His Royal Highness Taisun, I must believe him."
"His Royal Highness the Taisun will not let me down."
"Then what are you waiting for, buy treasury bonds!"
Amid the discussion, the crowd began to scramble to buy Treasury bonds.
There are seven types of treasury bonds issued this time: one-year, three-year, five-year, ten-year, 20-year, 30-year, and 50-year.
To buy treasury bonds, it can only be silver, and the rest are not recognized.
This is because although the issuance of government bonds is under the pretext of building a new army, it is actually to raise reserves for monetary reform.
The amount of gold is too small, so naturally it can only be silver.
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At this time, Zhu Yunxi was walking on the street with Xixi, Xu Miaojin, and Jiang Xuan, the commander of Jinyiwei.
Ouyang Lun, the concubine, and Zhao Mian, the head of the household, decided to come out to investigate in person.
Second, I also took a look at the lives of the people of Jinling and how they thought of their grandson.
Never get out of the grassroots.
The report you hear from others is different from being on the front line in person.
Xixi kept clamoring to come out to play, and Zhu Yunxi took her with her.
Xu Miaojin heard the wind and rushed over.
Jiang Zhen was specially arranged by him.
If you want to visit, you must have a purpose, not a headless fly.
Besides, he also needs strict protection when traveling.
Witnessing the smooth issuance of treasury bonds, Zhu Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief.
He was still a little worried.
The common people do not necessarily believe in the imperial court, and it is also unknown how much silver the people can come up with.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the notice of the issuance of treasury bonds was posted, it was snapped up.
The silver poured into the treasury like flowing water.
That's right, too.
People in this era do not have any channels for financial management.
Wealthy families would often dig holes in the ground and hide all their money.
It's a bit of a tyrannical thing.
After all, money can only create its value if it is in circulation.
Later generations will be deposited in the bank, which appears to be an extra fixed deposit, but in reality, the money will still flow through the bank.
But if you put the silver in your home and hide it, it really doesn't have the effect of circulating value.
Originally, the silver production of the Ming Dynasty was seriously insufficient, and everyone hid the silver, and there was even less silver on the market.
No wonder even the imperial court couldn't get much silver.
Now, through the issuance of treasury bonds, a lot of silver has been collected, and only then can we have the confidence to do things.
Zhu Yunxi was in a good mood, talked and laughed with Xixi and Xu Miaojin, and went straight to the Yangtze River wharf.
Jin Yiwei had already found out that Ouyang Lun's family, the commander of the horses, had a batch of goods that had just arrived from other places and were being unloaded on the dock.
It was here that Yang Jing impeached his servant for beating up the Inspection Department.
He had been here before in search of sweet potatoes.
Now that I have revisited the old place, I find that the pier is more prosperous than before.
There are more people coming and going, business travelers, than before.
There are also a lot of temporary stalls on the roadside for guests to drink tea and rest.
The imperial court opened up the qualifications for doing business, and it was no longer limited to household registration, and the people poured into the business, countless, and the popularity was of course stronger than before.
Zhu Yunxi was tired of walking, so he found a popular tea shed and wanted to sit down and drink a cup of tea.
The tea shed is crowded, and basically every table is full.
Jiang Zhen saw that there was only a man in Tsing Yi in his twenties at one of the tables, so he walked over and said, "Tired boy, I don't know if we can set up a table together?" ”
Zhu Yunxi traveled, and there were many people who were secretly protecting, but they were all lurking around.
On the bright side, it seems that there is only one adult, Jiang Xuan, with three children.
The man in Tsing Yi smiled heartily and said, "Mr. is polite." In this tea shed, everyone is setting up a table randomly, not so particular, sit down. ”
Jiang Zhen thanked him, and Zhu Yunxi and the other three sat down separately.
He didn't want to be noticed, so he had already secretly instructed Jiang Zhen to come out this time, and he would pretend to be an "elder".
"Listening to the accent of Childe, it seems that he is not from the capital?" After Jiang Xuan sat down, he asked if he had a match.
The grandson traveled, one for the purpose of investigating the case.
Second, it is also to inspect the people's situation.
He knew it in his heart and took the initiative to act as a "mouth substitute".
"Sir, good eyesight." The man in Tsing Yi said: "Under is the Jiangxi Yuanzhou people's family, who has studied since childhood, and has no history, but has no fame. ”
"I entered Beijing this time because the imperial court wanted to compile the "Hongwu Canon", and I came thousands of miles to get a position as an editor."
"I see! Childe is still a scholar, disrespectful, disrespectful. Jiang Zhen gave up.
The compilation of the Hongwu Canon was a very huge undertaking that required the concerted efforts of thousands of people.
The imperial court issued an edict that scholars from all over the country could go to Beijing to be hired, and those who passed the examination could participate in the compilation of the canon.
This is much higher than the acceptance rate of the Jinshi and the examiner.
After the announcement was issued, there was an endless stream of students going to Beijing, and the man in Tsing Yi was one of them.
While they were talking, there was a sudden commotion outside.
Several soap servants in official clothes swaggered in and shouted, "Shopkeeper, this month's tax should be paid, otherwise, close the store immediately." ”
(End of chapter)