nine thousand years old

Chapter 294 Jiangnan Lin Family (Part [-])
With the strong support of the six ministries, the reform system formulated by Su Hanyun spread throughout the entire Great Zhou at the fastest speed. In just a few months, all the government offices in the Great Zhou had already received the news, and those near Chang'an City had already At the beginning, under the supervision of the six departments, it was really implemented.

The first is the commercial tax. Chang'an City was the most prosperous and prosperous place in the Wu Zhou Dynasty. The number of merchants and wealthy merchants is almost the sum of other places, and most of them are rich and noble. The mood can be imagined, but, as people from Chang'an City, they are well aware of the methods of the governor.

Unexpectedly, no one dared to stand up to oppose it. Although some people used some means of tax evasion overtly and covertly, overall, the implementation of the policy was not bad, and the officials of the household department did not encounter too much resistance.

Secondly, it is the change of the land system. This system can be said to have shaken the fundamental interests of many landlords and meritorious classes. However, for the same reason, everyone knows that this policy comes from Su Hanyun, who holds the power of life and death in the Great Zhou Dynasty. The governor, they have experienced the methods of this governor, and they also know that Dongchang must have evidence of his own crimes over the years. Dongchang wants to bring you to justice, it is easy.

Therefore, no matter how unwilling or unwilling they are, they dare not resist in the slightest, except secretly using some innocuous tricks, hiding some land privately, reporting less land, etc., or selling some land urgently, etc. These measures basically support the land reform policy.

At the same time, the implementation of the land went smoothly. The people near Chang'an City, especially those who had no land in the past, were really ecstatic. They got the land for no reason. It can be said that they have a foundation in the future. The court's gratitude is beyond words.

Coupled with the publicity and promotion of this policy by the disciples of the Great Zhou Academy, the common people also know that this policy comes from the governor of the East Factory, Su Hanyun, and the dean of the Great Zhou Academy, Zhang Tinghai. As the savior parents, in some places, they even started to build ancestral halls for these two people!
However, in places far away from Chang'an City, Dongchang's reputation and control are far inferior to Chang'an City, and there are some difficulties in the implementation of land and tax policies, especially in the rich and prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River, where there are many fields. There are countless landlord and gentry classes, and the commerce is relatively more developed than in the north, and there are many merchant families, including the Lin family who is known as the richest merchant in Wu Zhou!
The Lin family is in the south of the Yangtze River, and they are truly powerful.

It has been operated by several generations and started as a grain farm. Its business has gradually spread across various industries such as grain, silk, salt, and mining. It even established the first bank system. Today, Tonglin Bank, which can be seen everywhere in Dazhou, is the largest bank in Dazhou. It belongs to the Lin family, and it can almost be said that there is a circulation of goods, which will pass through the hands of the Lin family.

"Lin……"

In the Yamen of Dongchang Mansion, the light was a little dim, and the cold atmosphere was rippling in the air. Su Hanyun looked at the file sent by Zheng Yunming, with an unconcealable coldness on his face, and asked,

"You mean, Jiangnan is rich, and the reason why the land and commercial tax system can't be implemented is because the Lin family is taking the lead in making trouble?"

"Not bad!"

With a gloomy and cold face, Zheng Yunming cupped his hands and said,

"The current Patriarch of the Lin Family, Lin Tongzhi, became the Patriarch of the Lin Family three years ago. Compared with the previous Patriarchs, this person is short-sighted and short-sighted. People now openly stand up against the land and commercial tax system, and I am afraid that they will also be instigated and used by other Jiangnan families, wanting him to be the first bird to test the attitude of the court!"

"Wu Zhou's richest businessman, the Lin family, don't they even have a sensible person?"

After pondering for a moment, Su Hanyun put down the teacup in his hand, and asked in a low voice, with an unconcealable seriousness in his tone.

"it's not true!"

Zheng Yunming's eyes flickered, and he quickly took out a dossier from his pocket. He has been with Su Hanyun for many years, and he has a very clear understanding of the latter's thinking methods and so on. After a clear investigation of the situation, this file contains some of the people who support the land commercial tax system, and they occupy a high position in the Lin family.

"Lin Yuzhi is a branch of the Lin family. In recent years, [-]% of the Lin family's silk business has been managed by this person. This person has excellent business talent and has a long-term vision. He is the one who strongly supports the land and commercial tax system of the Lin family. , However, this person has always been feared by Lin Tongzhi, and now because he supports the land commercial tax system, Lin Tongzhi and several principals of the Lin family have even seized the silk business."

"I just hid in an old cloth shop and went to relax!"

"Ha ha……"

While listening to Zheng Yunming's introduction, Su Hanyun looked at the dossier. After a long time, he put the dossier on the desk with a trace of disdain on his face. He glanced at Zheng Yunming lightly and said with a smile,
"What to do, you should understand?"

"There are still a few obvious merchants and landlords who are in the early stage. If you find a reason, they will all be wiped out, and the house will be ransacked!"

"Think of a way to support Lin Yuzhi and tell him to be obedient, and the Lin family can continue to be the number one richest businessman in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Otherwise, our family will let the Lin family be removed from the Great Zhou Dynasty!"

"My subordinates understand!"

Zheng Yunming cupped his hands slightly, his face showing a deep sense of solemnity and sternness, and then he respectfully withdrew from the government office. Not long after he left, Zheng Yunming sent a message with a pigeon and went straight to the south of the Yangtze River.

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Jiangnan, Suzhou City.

As one of the most affluent and prosperous cities in the south of the Yangtze River, the scale of Suzhou City is not small compared to Chang'an City. The streets are full of people and traffic, and because the weather here is warmer than that in the north, the north is still steep. In the cold winter, it is already the March of fireworks here, and the grass and trees on the road are sprouting new buds, while the people are full of laughter and excitement.

Looking into the distance along the ancient bluestone road, it is a dilapidated and old cloth shop. Although the cloth shop is old, there is still a lot of passenger traffic, most of them are elderly people. At the door of Zhuangzhuang, a middle-aged man with a thin figure and a few wrinkles on his face, with a dignified face, was lying on a rocking chair in a daze.

Those eyes were full of depression and worry.

The land and business tax reforms implemented by the Wu and Zhou Dynasties had already been carried out in full swing in the north, but now in the south of the Yangtze River, they were blocked by merchants and country gentry headed by the Lin family, and there were signs of further trouble. Feeling extremely uneasy.

Dongji Incident Factory, although it has not yet set foot in the south of the Yangtze River, but the governor, in addition to Xiong Yuting, Zhou An and other three families, also pacified Guanlong, Ma stepped into the rivers and lakes, etc., that incident was not about killing and rolling, and he was famous now. To implement this system, the mere Lin family might not be able to resist it. If they could resist it, how could the rich gentry and businessmen in the north be so peaceful?
"The Lin family is going to suffer!"

Lin Yuzhi murmured to himself, the solemnity became more and more obvious, and when he was thinking hard about a good plan, a low and slightly majestic voice came from the door of Buzhuang.

"Excuse me, who is shopkeeper Lin Yuzhilin?"

(End of this chapter)