Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 671 Tax Deductions and Share Changes

Following Zhu Youjian's instructions, Wu Youxing and others selected specimens from corpses of different ages and genders during the entire dissection process and drew human structure diagrams in different sections for use in future lectures. Epoch-making.

This large-scale purge event in Nanjing was the only major event seen in the Ming Dynasty in the 200 years since Taizu Taizong. Its impact was far-reaching and extensive, far exceeding Zhu Youjian's original imagination.

After the end of the purge operation, just as the yamen opened, many officials in the yamen held the mentality of survivors, and responded tremblingly, for fear that they would be accidentally caught by the superiors and then show their power in public.

Because on the first day of the 12th year of Chongzhen, many familiar faces were missing in many government offices.

The local officials all knew that those people had completely disappeared from this world.

Everyone knew in their hearts that these people were usually backed by local big backers, and they were obedient to the orders of the Grand Master, but this time they were uprooted by the seemingly weak and deceitful Grand Master.

The bloody reality was in front of everyone, and some people who had high self-esteem knew how to deal with it in the future.

Closely united around the Grand Master, this is the only way out.

In line with the principle of striking while the iron is hot, Lu Xiangsheng issued an order in his capacity as an imperial envoy on the day when all the government offices were on duty: from now on, the work of clearing up the farmland in Jiangsu Province will be fully rolled out, and all local governments must complete the clearing within two months, and the gentry will be integrated. Grain collection has officially started since the summer harvest this year.

The progress of the matter was not unexpected. After a few days of preparations, the local governments immediately began to clear the fields of the officials and gentry under their jurisdiction.

Wherever the officials went, these elders who had never paid attention to the court and the government in the past obediently presented all the land deeds in the mansion, and arranged for the servants in charge of the mansion to lead the way, for fear of being accompanied by them if they took a step forward. What crimes did the monitoring Jin Yiwei charge?

While the rabbit died and the fox was sad, the gentlemen in the south of the Yangtze River were finally completely afraid.

In the face of swords and guns, all the previous methods are pale and powerless.The sky in Daming has changed. If you don't know the current affairs, the prosperity and wealth in front of you may disappear in the blink of an eye.

The Nanjing incident made the Zhejiang New Deal presided over by Sun Chuanting also go very smoothly.

The core backbone of the Donglin Party in Nanjing was completely destroyed, which instantly silenced the Hangjiahu area, which is dominated by large gentry families.

No one dared to come forward to complain for the officials and gentry in Nanjing, and no scholars took to the streets to protest. The New Deal in Zhejiang was officially launched in this dull and strange atmosphere, and the process was the same as that in Nanjing.

Sun and Lu sent people to fly to the capital to report the smooth development of the new policy of gentry and gentry paying grain.

This move means that the Jiangnan area, which has been semi-independent for nearly 200 years, has been completely under the rule of the Ming court since the 12th year of Chongzhen.

After discussing the problems that may arise during the implementation of the New Deal and the strategy of how to prevent and punish them, Zhu Youjian announced that after the consultation, the cabinet will consider a comprehensive ban on land mergers and report to the palace after formulating relevant documents.

With the cabinet ministers full of doubts, the discussion turned to the second topic: tax cuts and the change of shares in the Universal Commercial Bank.

The cabinet ministers were puzzled by these two questions suddenly raised by the emperor.

Isn't the implementation of the New Deal just to increase taxes?Why hasn't the tax been started over there yet, and you plan to cut taxes here?Isn't this dismantling one's own desk?
"The tax cut I'm talking about is not a reduction of the land tax. The reduced tax is the tax of the industry. In fact, it is equivalent to a conditional reduction of the business tax."

Seeing the question marks on the faces of all the ministers, Zhu Youjian first explained the purpose of tax reduction.

"The tax rate of [-] one tax for the circulation of goods in the Ming Dynasty will remain unchanged, but for merchants with businesses under their name, the tax rate can be changed to fifty one tax.

The so-called industrial tax reduction means that its property is not only commercial shops, but also real industries such as workshops and manufacturing, that is, it has the qualification to integrate production and sales.

This kind of business must go to the local government to report, and the government will send staff to confirm that it is correct and then register it. Afterwards, when it is distributed between various places, the tax rate will be changed to [-] tax one. "

Zhu Youjian immediately stated the object of the tax reduction and exemption, and the cabinet ministers suddenly realized.

These two strategies are decisions made by Zhu Youjian after repeated thinking. The purpose is to promote the development and progress of the national industry of Ming Dynasty, and stimulate merchants to invest the profits obtained from business operations into the real economy instead of turning them into silver melons and fields. These fixed assets are stored.

The big families in Ming Dynasty all have the same habit: they store the money they earn in the cellar, and then look for opportunities to turn it into fields and land deeds.

In their eyes, only silver melons and fields are the most realistic property, and nothing else is important.

Isn't the purpose of making money is to accumulate a large number of acres and produce more food, and then pass it on from generation to generation?

This kind of inertial thinking formed over thousands of years is deeply rooted, and the idea of ​​trying to persuade them with great principles is tantamount to nonsense.

Zhu Youjian has thought about how to make money from these big households countless times, but it is very difficult to do it under the existing conditions.

Because these people have almost everything in their homes.

The main reason for all this is that the current industry is too backward and the types of goods are too single. Without a large number of new industrial products coming out, it is difficult for these rich and powerful households to pay for a large amount of consumption from home.

The large circulation of commodities in the later generations is also based on the highly developed manufacturing industry. The massive variety of commodities and materials is dizzying, and the rich are willing to spend money on consumption. Only consumption can stimulate the overall economy to enter a virtuous cycle. The state is more conducive to the progress and development of society.

But now there are too few items that can make big households willing to spend money.

Take the various high-end restaurants in the later generations as an example. In order to satisfy their appetites, local tyrants don't care about the price at all. As long as they eat happily, tens of thousands of yuan for a meal is a normal phenomenon.

Daming's wealthy families are incomparable to the local tyrants of later generations. Whether it is in terms of enjoyment or class, the local tyrants of Daming are even better.

Take food and drink as an example. In the capital where there are many restaurants, you can't see any big gentry among the crowd who come to consume and feast.

Why?

They have cooks at home, and the meals they cook are no worse than those of high-end restaurants, and most of them are even better than a little.

In their eyes, going to a restaurant to eat and drink banquets seems too cheap.

It's such an elegant thing to talk about banquets, recite poems and compose odes in your own pavilions, rockeries and green waters. How can you go to a restaurant to be with those who are not on the stage?

(End of this chapter)