The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 617
"Your Majesty! I think that if a new tax law is added, it is better to increase the previous tax. There is no difference between the two."

In fact, Zhang Shuo was not entirely because his teacher disliked Gu Chengyu, but because he also lost the interests of many officials, including him.

"Your Majesty, the implementation of the tea tax is not easy. The most important thing is that the imperial court cannot take care of every tea merchant and tea farmer. How will the imperial court know about the private transactions?"

The words put forward by Li Wei, Qing of Taichang Temple, can be said to hit the nail on the head.

What he said was well-founded, there was no personal emotion involved in it, and he just stated the facts objectively.

Xia Qing couldn't help but be very satisfied, Li Wei is indeed his favorite confidant, this question is clever.

"Besides, the tea tax consumes a lot of manpower. If the tea tax is not as high as the money spent by the court for this matter, wouldn't it be ridiculous?"

The emperor frowned. These issues had been mentioned in the memorial, but these people still insisted on it. It seems that there is something inside.

When the second prince heard it was proposed by Gu Chengyu, he couldn't help but feel moved.

This person was recommended by an aide before, and he also sent someone to investigate this person's deeds.It is said that the literary talent is good, and the policy theory written can be regarded as pragmatic.

However, he really didn't pay much attention to this person before.Because he knew that there was someone behind that staff member, and he died in a strange way in the end.

It's just that when he realized that he wanted to investigate, the staff member was already dead, and he didn't know who was behind it.

The second prince didn't pay much attention to Gu Chengyu. After all, Gu Chengyu was not the number one scholar at that time, so he couldn't attract his special attention.

However, the tea tax proposed by Gu Chengyu today made him somewhat interested in Gu Chengyu.

"Father, my son thinks that there is a lot to be done. Tea is popular in the Dayan Dynasty, and even the common people who have a little money will buy some hospitality. Therefore, the implementation of the tea tax will definitely ease the crisis of the treasury. Maybe it's under the salt tax!"

The second prince thought about it seriously just now, the majority of the taxpayers are tea merchants and tea farmers, and there are very few people.

People whose families are not well-off are reluctant to buy good tea, let alone buy more, so even if the tea merchants increase the price of tea, the people will only pay a little more than before.Besides, it's too expensive, so don't buy it.

Those who can buy more and are more expensive are naturally those with wealthy families, and these people are not short of this little money.

Therefore, he thinks that the tea tax is much better than increasing other taxes.Those taxes must be paid, and there is no way to avoid them.

The third prince thought that this was not feasible, and those tea merchants paid him a lot of tribute every year.

If this law is implemented and those tea merchants lose their interests, wouldn't it be chaos?
The Chayin mentioned just now has a lot of Taoism in it. If a special yamen is set up, the benefits he can get will definitely be much less.

All the benefits here have been shared out, which he disagrees with.

Gu Chengyu couldn't help feeling resentful as he climbed the long stairs.This ladder is long enough, when the emperor summoned people, he didn't know whether to wait in a hurry.

After entering the hall, Gu Chengyu didn't look left or right, stepped forward and knelt down on the ground, shouting: "Gu Chengyu, who was compiled by the Imperial Academy, will see the emperor! Long live my emperor!"

He didn't need to look to know that the courtiers standing on both sides must all be looking at him.

A sixth-rank official in a blue official uniform must be very conspicuous among these people.

The emperor immediately shouted in a pleasant manner, "Gu Aiqing is dead!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Gu Chengyu stood up now, still standing still in the center of the hall.

"Gu Aiqing, everyone was discussing the tea tax before, please tell everyone about the implementation of the tea tax."

The emperor's attitude towards Gu Chengyu was noticed by those courtiers.Unexpectedly, such a small official from the sixth rank is quite valued by the emperor.

"The minister obeys the order!"

Gu Chengyu paused, and then said: "My lords here must already know the content of the memorial written by the lower official."

"I will first talk about the difference between the tea tax and other tax laws. The people who implement the tea tax are tea merchants and tea farmers. I believe that all adults have no objection to this point, right?"

Gu Chengyu planned to solve them one by one first. Since the emperor said so, it means that some officials disagreed.

"Gu Xiuzhuan, do you think the implementation of the tea tax is only for tea merchants and tea farmers? As we all know, merchants value profits. If they increase the selling price, the people will suffer a loss? This is one point, or they will use these It is all counted on the tea farmers, and the price is lowered to death, so how can the interests of the tea farmers be guaranteed?"

Zhang Shuo saw the Lord right now, so of course he would not let it go.

Gu Chengyu smiled, "My lord! The tea tax is different from the salt tax. You said that the common people suffered a loss, which is indeed true. But the common people can choose not to buy it if they can't afford it, and those who suffer more are of course rich and powerful. Families, these people should not be too fussy."

Those fat-minded merchants and officials in the court will send money to buy tea?

This point coincides with what the second prince said, even the second prince nodded secretly.

"Then I want to ask you, what if the tea merchants don't come to the government to buy tea Yin, but trade privately?" The eldest prince turned around and asked Gu Chengyu.

Gu Chengyu heard the eldest prince asking, and quickly replied: "Returning to Your Highness, this memorial has already listed a few points. One is to set up tax cards in the prefectures and counties where tea is produced, and the other is to set up cargo services for large tea farms. , dealing specifically with tea politics. Third, of course we must formulate relevant penalties.”

Gu Chengyu thought of the salt tax, so he used it as an example.

"Take the salt tax as an example. The salt tax is the most important tax in this dynasty. The most important reason is that salt is the daily need of the people. Second, it is because of the strict enforcement of the salt tax. Smuggling salt is a felony , although there are still people who take the risk, but such people are very few after all."

"In the same way, if every tea merchant or tea farmer is not to trade privately, it depends on how the local yamen implement it. Wei Chen believes that such phenomena are always rare. Catch a few to kill chickens and monkeys, and it will also make people These people are more honest."

The third prince looked Gu Chengyu up and down. He didn't expect that there were such talents among the newly promoted officials in the court. He hadn't noticed it before.

"Gu Xiuzhuan, according to what you said, it is really convenient that the purchase place, weight, selling date, tax payable and tax situation along the way are written on the tea guide. However, those tea merchants were used to being free before. , the imperial court has such a control, and it is still so strict, can those tea merchants be willing?"

In fact, Li Wei also knew the thorns they could pick out, and Gu Chengyu had already written it very clearly in the memorial.

But if none of them raise any objections, wouldn't it appear that they are too incompetent?
Besides, Xia Shoufu would be unhappy in his heart, he always wanted to make a statement.

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