Daming: Distribution of Lingnan, you develop the Pearl River Delta?

Chapter 101 Horrible Taxes
Zhu Fang gave the truth to Zhu Biao.

After this, Zhu Biao understood.

How is this confession?
It's clearly showing off!

So many people are so rich.

So where does the money come from?

It must be Zhu Xi who let them earn it!

"Is this where the seafarers under my second brother live?" Zhu Biao asked.

It should be like this.

Who can afford a house worth 11 yuan?
"They, they have generally moved to Xin'an County now. People like Luo Hang and the others are relatively low-key. The Luo family still lives in the ancestral house, but they renovated the ancestral house and got through again. It’s just electricity.”

Zhu Xi's answer surprised Zhu Biao.

So Zhu Biao asked curiously, "Then who are the people living here?"

"There are some workshop owners, shopkeepers of shops in the city, and some are individual traders. It can only be said that they are quite profitable, but it is no surprise that no matter how much money they make, they still owe money. My money." Zhu Xi grinned.

This is not a lie.

Zhu Biao asked again: "How do you say this?"

"Whether they buy a house or a shop, it all belongs to me, so I have to pay back money to Prince Qin's Mansion every month. In addition, I have to spend money on various electrical appliances, tap water, electricity, and gas. . Moreover, there are property fees to be paid every month!”

Zhu Xi pointed at this villa area and made an enlarging gesture: "As long as they live in my territory and I make any new inventions in the future, these people will be harvested by me. In fact, don't look at it. This is a wealthy area, but in fact these wealthy people cannot save much money to maintain their daily expenses."

"It's like saying that they actually live in better houses and have a higher status, but in fact they are just like ordinary people and are in debt?" Zhu Biao seemed to understand the meaning of Zhu Xi's words.

"You could say that, but they do have money."

Zhu Fang said: "The banks under me don't encourage people to save money, so they don't give any interest. The same goes for borrowing money, and the interest charged is also very low. In addition, the market is very active, so most people's assets They are all of a circulation nature. In this way, the market will be circulated, the transaction volume will be larger, and more taxes will be collected every year."

"How much more is it?" Zhu Biao still didn't understand Zhu Chong's words.

However, he felt it made sense.

The market is active, everyone has money and they spend money.

Then, everyone can make money again.

In the end, more taxes will be collected...

It seems that this is really the case.

Look at the Ming Dynasty again, a big Ming treasure banknote basically killed the market.

People even prefer bartering.

In this way, a vicious circle is formed.

First of all, the random printing of Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes led to repeated depreciation of the value of the treasure banknotes, and then caused people to panic and dare not use them, which reduced transactions, so the market became a pool of stagnant water. Once the market dies, commercial taxes will not be collected, and the revenue of the national treasury will be reduced. …

It is completely the opposite of Zhu Xi's Panyu Mansion.

"In the first quarter of this year, the result of the commercial tax audit was more than 600 million taels." Zhu Xi smiled.

"600 taels!"

Zhu Biao was shocked and said: "This is higher than the taxes in Jiangsu and Zhejiang!"

"Jiangsu and Zhejiang?" Zhu Feng said with a smile: "That's a provincial highway, and what I'm talking about is just a city in Panyu, not including Dongguan County and Xin'an County. This year, Dongguan County's commercial tax is the lowest, but In the first three months, there were 300 million taels. Xin'an County had 480 million taels."

Zhu Biao was completely speechless.

So much money!
No wonder the father pays more and more attention to his second brother.

Where is the King of Qin?
He is clearly the God of Wealth of the Ming Dynasty!

"God of Wealth...oh no, second brother!"

Zhu Biao smiled apologetically and asked: "Will all these taxes be paid to the imperial court? Then, will the imperial court be rich in the future? By then, the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes..."

"Don't even think about it!"

Zhu Ping interrupted him directly and said: "Don't think that if I tell you how much tax I collect, I will pay it to my father. As for the taxes in Lingnan, I have already said that most of them will be used to continue For development and construction, the maximum that can be handed over to the court is [-]%.”

"Twenty percent? Haha, two means two percent, that's a lot, more than the whole of Jiangsu and Zhejiang." Zhu Biao seemed very satisfied.

However, if he is satisfied, can Zhu Yuanzhang be satisfied?
Not satisfied, nothing to do.

why?
Because, Zhu Fang is the vassal king.

Even if he doesn't hand it over to the court, it's still reasonable.

After all, he was sent here when he came to dominate Lingnan, and from that time on, Zhu Yuanzhang handed over all the military and political power and taxation of Lingnan to Zhu Pang.

Why did Zhu Yuanzhang do this?

The reason is also very simple.

In a place that only pays tens of thousands of taels of silver a year, why should he pay this little tax?
But who would have thought that after arriving in Lingnan, Zhu Feng, a guy who was very ridiculous before, actually worked hard and invented many novel gadgets, which suddenly made Lingnan extremely rich...

Now, Zhu Yuanzhang was jealous of the taxes here. If he wanted money, Zhu Fang had to give it.

But if Zhu Yuanzhang wants them all, then he is wrong.

Zhu Xi suddenly asked: "Brother Huang, have you ever thought about it? In fact, the emperor's visit to Lingnan this time may not be solely because of you."

"What do you mean by that?"

Zhu Biao suddenly thought of something, so he asked: "Could it be that... my father came here because of Lingnan's taxes?"

"It wouldn't hurt to talk to you about it."

Zhu Xi simply suspended Zhu Biao's visit, and went to a restaurant with him to find a place to chat, but because the topic was more taboo, other people were not allowed to participate.After Zhu Xing took his seat, he said to Zhu Biao alone: ​​"This time, my father brought all the officials here, and I will definitely ask for an audit. When the time comes, I can hand over all the tax account books to him. However, I can only hand over the tax to the court. [-]%!"

"Why?" Zhu Biao was shocked.

[-]%!
He knew Zhu Yuanzhang's temper.

As a result, the father and son must make a fuss!

Therefore, he had to figure out the reason for Zhu Ping's behavior.

Zhu Fang said: "Huizhou Prefecture has started construction. It has eight counties. How much will it cost? In addition, there are Shaozhou Prefecture, Nanxiong Prefecture, Chaozhou Prefecture, Zhaoqing Prefecture, Deqing Prefecture, Gaozhou Prefecture, Huazhou Prefecture, Leizhou Prefecture, Lianzhou Prefecture, Qinzhou Prefecture, Qiongzhou Prefecture and Lianzhou, eleven prefectures and one prefecture, all still need development and construction. When the basic construction of Huizhou Prefecture is completed in the first half of the year, I will start the comprehensive construction of Lingnan. Next The focus will be on Qiongzhou Prefecture. How much resources and money will be needed by then?"

"But……"

Zhu Biao was worried.

(End of this chapter)