Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 357 The Anglo-French Arms Race Commercial Tax Reform (Please subscribe!)
French diplomat Carrière then signed a loan agreement with Daming Bank, and then signed an agreement with the Daming General Manufacturing Bureau to purchase warships.

As Louis XIV's most trusted diplomat, he was empowered to make decisions on behalf of the French king in overseas trade.

Therefore, Daming does not have to worry that France will not admit it.

And soon, the content of Mingfa trade was learned by the British Viscount Thomas through the "Huangming Daily".

Thomas was horrified when he found out.

He also learned domestic news that the war between the Anti-French Alliance and France was imminent. At this time, Daming and France had reached a trade agreement at such a sensitive moment. side.

This is not possible. Relying on his years of trading experience in Daming, he quickly found out about the purchase of warships by Kaliel with a loan from the Bank of Daming.

Thomas suddenly realized that he finally knew where the French money came from.

"What a Carriel, the French are really as cunning as foxes, thinking of borrowing money to buy warships to enhance their own strength! Despicable! Shameless!"

Thomas was very annoyed by this, and consciously opened his eyes. He didn't expect that the French would play like this, and that countries could still do this.

The British are no strangers to buying and selling transactions, and they are even best at buying and selling transactions.

But this really wronged France, and this idea came from Daming.

Therefore, Thomas didn't want his British maritime military strength to lag behind that of France, so he decided to buy warships from Ming as well!

But the British treasury has money, and they rob Dutch coachmen at sea every day. Can they not be rich?
Therefore, after Viscount Thomas applied to the British East India Company, he directly purchased four second-tier battleships from Daming in full!
Zhu Kezang did not refuse.

Now the Anping Armory has overcapacity, and the sailboats it builds are renewing relatively quickly. Therefore, it is necessary to increase foreign orders for warships to increase the income of the Armory, and then support most of the ordinary craftsmen in the Armory.

In short, the arms race between Britain and France ultimately benefited Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the business and tax reform plan has been completed. This is the plan drawn up by Wei Chen and others through the conference of the Confucian University Scholars. Please have a look."

Early in the morning, Chen Yonghua hastily handed over the newly drafted charter for discussing reforms to Zhu Kezang.

Zhu Kezang nodded after reading it, and told Yang Ying, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs: "It is very appropriate to start with Yingtianfu to collect new commercial taxes. It happens that the guards are all in the capital now. , with the guards here, they can also deal with it, and the troops of the Jinyiwei are also there, and Chen Weiguo will be at your command at that time, so that it is convenient for you to implement the new commercial tax, Yang Shangshu, implement it immediately!"

"Yes!" Yang Ying replied.

As a result, Chen Yonghua has more confidence in the next business tax reform, because of the strong support of the emperor's son-in-law.

This reform has touched the cake of many people, and it is very sensitive.

"It's rare for the monarch and ministers to be united. I promise that after the commercial tax reform is successful, once the commercial tax exceeds half of the agricultural tax, the world will be exempted from corvee! This will liberate the people's power and make them more energetic to create their own wealth."

Zhu Kezang said with a smile at this time.

To develop the economy, it is necessary to liberate the power of the people.

Otherwise, as an ordinary citizen, if you spend most of your slack time working for the government, you will not be able to increase your income for yourself, and while actively farming, you will also be actively engaged in factory work.

After hearing what Zhu Kezang said, Chen Yonghua and Yang Ying became even more excited.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty! The minister dares to set a life and death certificate. Once the new commercial tax is successfully implemented, the tax amount will definitely be more than half of the income from the Xia and Autumn Two Grain Taxes!"

Yang Ying said confidently.

Zhu Kezang nodded and smiled: "Then I will wait for your business and tax reform results!"

Next.

Yang Ying immediately invited Li Bai, the chief officer of Yingtianfu Taxation Bureau, Chen Weiguo, the governor of Jinyiwei, and Huang Zongxi from the Metropolitan Procuratorate to the meeting room, and said: "The emperor has promised that once the effect of commercial tax reform is achieved Every year, if the amount of commercial tax is more than half of the amount of land tax, it will be decreed to ban the corvee in the world! Gentlemen, from my own point of view, this condition is easy to meet based on the current loan amount provided by Daming Bank, even in the first half of the year. It can be achieved, and once the world is freed from corvee forever, it will really be the greatest good governance for the people since the implementation of the two tax laws at the end of the Tang Dynasty!"

"So, what I mean is that in order to achieve this goal as soon as possible and accomplish a great thing for the common people in the world, next, please be sure to strictly implement the business tax reform, don't be afraid of offending people, don't be obedient, and don't be perfunctory , don’t be afraid of stirring up incidents, let alone get greedy and lose your face, and do things that are easy to be confiscated and stripped of your face!”

Yang Ying continued to speak, and asked again: "What do you think?"

"If the world can be exempted from corvee forever, it will be a great thing for the people. Landlords regardless of size will reduce their burden of corvee, and the land rent will also be reduced, which will help tenant farmers increase their income. This will inevitably increase the enthusiasm for land reclamation, and the grain will inevitably be reduced. The increase in production has never been such a good governance since the past prosperity. It is enough to be recorded in the annals of history. The things we can promote can be regarded as living up to our lifelong ambitions. Yang Shangshu can rest assured that the lower officials dare not guarantee it for others, but the lower officials can guarantee it. This tax reform, the tax bureau will never hold back! If anyone messes up, I will definitely go to the court and ask him to fire him!"

The Great Confucian Li Bai said righteously.

Both Li Bai and Huang Zongxi were well-known Confucian scholars in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. With the vigorous development of the new Ming Dynasty, these survivors of the Ming Dynasty were naturally willing to go out to work for Zhu Kezang.

Zhu Kezang's willingness to be exempted from corvee forever after the commercial tax exceeds half of the land tax is indeed a booster, so that the important officials who are big landlords are more motivated to reform the commercial tax.

Chen Weiguo did the same, and said: "Shangshu, please rest assured, Jin Yiwei's side, the lower officials will personally watch, no one is allowed to embezzle tax money, no one is allowed to cover for tax evaders."

Huang Zongxi also said: "The Metropolitan Procuratorate will also keep an eye on it. When the time comes, the Ministry of Household Affairs, Taxation Bureau and Jinyiwei, if anyone shows any signs of corruption, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will directly impeach them regardless of favoritism. Please don't complain."

Yang Ying stood up because of this: "Since that's the case, then I'll leave it to you gentlemen!"

The commercial street outside Jubaomen of Yingtian City.

The new business tax is collected from here.

Jinyiwei, Taxation Bureau, Household Department, and Metropolitan Procuratorate each sent a team of officials, sergeants and grassroots civil servants here, and began to collect new commercial taxes from the first store.

Zhu Kezang once recruited a group of basic civil servants capable of accounting and auditing. The curtain of commercial and tax reform kicked off, and they finally came in handy.

And the first store to be subject to the new commercial tax is a restaurant.

The store is not small, with a full three-story building, named Pinxiang Building, plus an independent courtyard dedicated to the entertainment of distinguished guests, occupying a storefront of more than a hundred steps in the Jubaomen commercial street where land is expensive.

Anyone who looks at it knows that the person who can open such a big restaurant here has a strong background.

(End of this chapter)