"Got it, brother."

"However,

There are no ways to eradicate them, but there are still many other tricks. ”

Zhu Xiongying looked at Zhu Yuanzhang,

"Grandpa~"

Zhu Xiongying said grandfather, and directly called Zhu Yuanzhang's heart,

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't sit still at all, so he quickly got up and said,

"Big grandson! What's the matter!

Say!

Grandpa does it all! ”

Zhu Xiongying said with a smile,

"Grandpa, can you let go of the profits of the Lianghuai Salt Factory.

So that all the salt merchants in the world can get the salt of the two Huai salt plants? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned when he heard this, and then frowned,

"Let the salt merchants of the whole world?"

originally

Zhu Xiongying's Shangtun method, coupled with the rich salt of the third Zhu Li, has improved the status of the merchant.

but

Lao Zhu still holds the salt introduction qualification very tightly, and basically boils salt and salt factories.

Like the salt factories that dry salt, they are all big, and businessmen are absolutely not allowed to interfere, and they are basically directly operated by the imperial court.

It can be said that

Zhu Xiongying's proposal is directly contrary to Zhu Yuanzhang's salt law.

But

Lao Zhu only paused,

When Zhu Xiongying was not yet the national prince, Lao Zhu gave the entire salt industry of the Ming Dynasty to his eldest grandson.

Such pampering, it is simply unheard of,

Lao Zhu picks on others, but he is absolutely generous to his eldest grandson,

He was worried that these businessmen were mercenary, shaking the society and deceiving their eldest grandson.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed,

"The eldest grandson, you hold the merchant too high,

Then everyone goes into business, who still farms and studies? ”

Zhu Xiongying got up and hugged Zhu Yuanzhang's arm,

Laughed

"Grandpa, don't worry about this!"

"Great grandson, if you can solve this problem.

Your method is definitely easy to use.

Anyway, the two Huai salt factories, no matter how they are divided, in the end it is the imperial court that collects taxes.

A few families share profits, and we also collect that money,

Hundreds of families share profits, and we still collect that money.

If you can contain the merchants, we will support them with both hands! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his two hands, although Lao Zhu's judgment on economic issues was mediocre,

But Lao Zhu's heavy agricultural strategy is absolutely fine,

To restrain merchants is to prevent everyone from doing business.

Everyone is a businessman, where does this social production come from?

Zhu Yunxi also sat aside with a frown, thinking of a way for his brother.

Using businessmen to share profits can indeed suppress the corruption of the two Huai salt factories in the short term.

But

In the long run, it is the promotion of the status of businessmen.

Shangtun, Kaizhong, Zhu Xiongying's various industries,

have provided great soil for merchants,

If the rapid expansion of businessmen is not suppressed, it will cause even more serious consequences.

So

Zhu Xiongying's method looks no different from drinking water to quench thirst.

Zhu Xiongying said,

"Grandpa, grandson has a way.

Just raise taxes on merchants. ”

As soon as Zhu Xiongying's words came out,

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunxi's brows did not stretch out a bit,

"Eldest grandson, let's all get a whip method into one eye,

If you raise taxes again, it's an opening.

In the future, all kinds of miscellaneous taxes will come, isn't this lifting a stone to shoot yourself in the foot? ”

Zhu Xiongying said,

"Grandpa, a whip law is an agricultural tax and a population tax,

Commercial tax is commercial tax, and the two are not the same.

If overseas commerce prospers in the future, we will also have to levy entry and exit taxes, which must be included in the commercial tax. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little dizzy by Zhu Xiongying, and motioned to Zhu Yunxi with his eyes to call Xia Yuanji,

Zhu Yunxi got up and responded, and after a while, Xia Yuanji was brought in.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness."

"Hmm,

Do you know about the Lianghuai Salt Factory? ”

Xia Yuanji nodded and said,

"Tell Your Majesty, Weichen knows.

I've already figured out how much silver is missing. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly shocked when he heard this,

"You've figured it out?!"

Xia Yuanji nodded, his face was not smug at all, but his face was also full of sadness,

Obviously, the matter of this Lianghuai Salt Factory broke Xia Yuanji's heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his eldest grandson and made a shrugging expression,

We don't understand these things, so let's just listen to them.

Zhu Xiongying looked at Xia Yuanji,

Straight to the point,

"I want the Lianghuai Salt Factory to release salt."

Xia Yuanji nodded when he heard this, obviously he had also thought of this method,

Opening,

"Your Highness, but the merchant is too heavy."

"Tax increases."

"That's a tax separate from a whip law, and it doesn't seem impossible."

Natsuhara fell into deep thought,

Taxes, especially important,

The imperial court can stabilize all classes by regulating taxes,

This is the heaviest weapon of the feudal dynasty and the source of life,

"Your Highness,

It's not that the commercial tax can't be opened, but there is a problem.

The profits of each merchant are different, and it is unfair to carry out this commercial tax uniformly.

And compared to what they get, paying a little tax is nothing, if you want to suppress the merchants, you have to pay a heavy commercial tax,

But the commercial tax is heavy, and no one wants to come to the Lianghuai Salt Factory to get salt.

It's a dilemma. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang listened and nodded,

In the end, you have to be a professional,

Although Lao Zhu thinks this is not good, it is only through his keen political sense,

If you want Lao Zhu to say a thing or two about taxes, Lao Zhu can't understand it at all.

Xia Yuanji has been a Tobe squire for five years, and he has strength!

Zhu Xiongying took a breath,

Now that Daming Haikou has been opened, international trade is the trend of the times.

If you don't do a good job in this business tax matter,

The Ming Dynasty will flow out countless silver in vain and flow overseas,

This is absolutely not allowed,

Just like during the Opium War, the Eagle Kingdom wanted to open the Qing market, but not only did it not make money, but also flowed out a lot of silver.

When the Eagle Kingdom saw that this was not working, they came up with opium.

directly buried the foreshadowing of the beating of the Qing Dynasty,

The Qing Dynasty was cleaned up with thirteen moves, and it was land cutting and compensation,

None of this can hurt the roots,

What really hurts the root is that the rights and interests are ceded abroad,

People hold your lifeblood, and you can play as much as you want,

To put it simply,

The right of interest is much more harmful than the compensation for land cession.

Opening your mouth to do business is also a double-edged sword,

This commercial tax reform is particularly important.

"I'm going to get a value-added business tax."

Zhu Xiongying's eyes flashed, and he said directly.

As soon as the four words of value-added commercial tax came out,

Zhu Yuanzhang, Xia Yuanji and Zhu Yunxi looked at each other, staring at each other with big eyes.

This thing has no experience from the past, so I don't know what it is.

Xia Yuanji said curiously,

"Your Highness, can you be more detailed?"

Zhu Xiongying explained,

"Binning.

To put it simply,

Earn more, pay more taxes.

Earn less, pay less taxes. ”

As soon as Zhu Xiongying's words fell, there was silence in the Fengtian Palace,

Xia Yuanji opened his mouth wide and froze in place.

The tax law of the past dynasties has always been one-size-fits-all, and the poll tax, agricultural tax, and commercial tax are all levied in fixed amounts.

But

A flexible tax collection law like Zhu Xiongying's mouth,

Indeed, it has never been seen and unheard!