Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 243 243 Business is a piece of fat, we just know it

Zhu Biao really didn't expect Lao Wu to think this way.

However, he thought about it carefully and found that this was indeed the case.

No matter what, Lao Wu has no chance of inheriting the throne and enjoying a wealthy life in a fiefdom.

If there was a war, it wouldn't be his turn.

Therefore, the situation where he just wants to enjoy a wealthy and healthy life for a long time can really be considered.

In addition, the father specified that he would not treat his sons badly, and he did not let Lao Wu go to guard the border. The fiefdom was in the richest land of Wu.

What's Lao Wu doing if he doesn't live a good and carefree life?
Wang Buli and he are both the same, and they don't want them to play together.

The fourth child, Zhu Di, is also a king of scrolls, and he has never stopped going on excursions to train troops.

Although the second and third brothers were thoughtful, Zhu Biao thought he could suppress the two brothers, so he didn't take it seriously.

Although Zhu Biao is currently absolutely suppressing his younger brothers, the brothers have grown up, each has his own thoughts, and they will never be the same again.

In any case, local officials must draw up a market price list based on actual market conditions in the first ten days of each month as a basis for managing local market transactions.

How great would it be if these were all from the Ming government?

The emperor first raised his troops from Huaixi, relying on the manpower and financial resources here to send troops to the left of the Yangtze River, capture Taiping, and cross the river to capture Yingtian, Zhenjiang, Ningguo, Guangde and other places.

It is impossible for business to stop and not develop.

Although Lao Zhu highly praised static self-sufficiency, he also had some basic understanding of business and gave merchants a certain degree of freedom to engage in the acquisition, transshipment and sale of items other than the few types of goods monopolized by the imperial court. .

This is a typical national fiscal revenue structure in an agricultural society.

Zhu Biao watched Hu Weiyong lead a group of people and listened to Lao Zhu talk about raising commercial taxes.

Jiangnan is tantamount to the most stable financial support for the emerging regime that has just experienced war.

Due to the development of the commodity economy and the fertile land in the Jiangnan region, the channels for them to accumulate wealth are not just on the land, but also on many industrial operations.

Among them, 25% of the tax revenue, including customs duties, still accounts for the bulk, and huge profits such as salt and tea are simply few and far between.

Because according to the income of the Ming Dynasty, the current income from land tax is close to 90, and salt tax and other commercial taxes and miscellaneous taxes account for very little.

Later, the center of governance was moved to Yingtian, and relying on the financial resources of this five-prefecture "land to rejuvenate the king", he competed with Zhang Shicheng of Jiangnan and Chen Youliang of Jiangxi in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

But the reality of rural life was very different from what he imagined. Women also had to work in the fields to ensure harvests. As for weaving, older women had to complete it, or they could take some time off to weave during the day.

Besides Zhu Biao, who will be taken by Lao Zhu?

Especially Lao Zhu's tough attitude, that is, you all should not worry about this position, which is where your eldest brother sits. You can just go to the frontier to defend the royal family.

No one expected such a thing to happen.

And both men and women must exchange their own products for the products of others that they need.

Economically self-sufficient, women stay at home to produce the cloth needed by the family, and men go out to tend the crops. Men farm and women weave. It is best not to interact with each other between villages.

Whenever a price dispute arises, it is up to local officials to determine a fair market value.

Hoarding, manipulating the local market, and making huge profits from it will be punished by eighty days of cane punishment.

The early Ming Dynasty was different from the Yuan Dynasty, which focused on monetary and financial management. Instead, it focused on physical collection and "tax and servitude finance" with obvious "primitive" characteristics.

Then send it to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Lao Zhu will check from time to time whether the local prices have outstanding performance. If there is any outstanding performance, he must pay special attention to it.

Such a picture is in line with the ruler Zhu Yuanzhang's desire for long-term peace and order to achieve political stability.

After finally winning the battle for hegemony, he relied on Jiangnan's financial resources to support his Northern Expedition, and finally unified the world.

Just to avoid wasting lamp oil at night.

These data are until the Hongzhi period, when it is estimated that Tian Fu accounted for 75% of the total revenue of the Ming Dynasty, with other taxes accounting for the remainder.

To further protect consumers, he stipulated that merchants could only use standard weights and measures, and they must be genuine.

The registration of merchants that Zhu Yuanzhang was most concerned about had to be reported to the county magistrate for review once a month, and what he valued most was commodity prices.

Lao Zhu did not try to set the price of a certain commodity, but only asked merchants to buy and sell at equal prices.

It is precisely because of the existence of this unified sequence and the transfer of dependent regions that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, when Zhu Yuanzhang formulated a series of political and economic systems, there was an order of reward for "meritorious" regions.

It can be said that after adulthood, everyone has their own circle, and the prince and other princes are two different classes.

After all, the wealthy families in Jiangnan, represented by Shen Wansan, are damn rich.

Therefore, once the land tax of the Ming Dynasty could not be collected in taxes, all of it was intercepted by the officials, gentry and landlords, and the Ming Dynasty could not survive, and it would naturally reach the point of collapse.

Since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the Jiangnan region has been second to none in terms of economic development and also has an absolute advantage in cultural status.

Lao Zhu actually doesn't care much about business. The ideal rural life in his mind is a relatively stable and isolated village existence.

When Hu Weiyong thought that His Majesty would raise business taxes, he would definitely attack the Jiangnan area again.

Prime Minister Hu Weiyong stood aside, and he also understood what the emperor meant.

"Laws of the Ming Dynasty" stipulates that merchants who drive up prices must be punished according to speculation, and the severity of the punishment depends on the degree to which the high price they sell deviates from the market price.

He experienced first-hand the inflation of the late Yuan Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang made the stabilization of commercial prices a major goal of his regime.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the political center coincided with the economic center of gravity, allowing Zhu Yuanzhang to directly and effectively manage Jiangnan's wealth.

In the long run, the cultural status of Jiangnan will also occupy an absolute advantage, and Jiangnan people will inevitably gain an advantage in the ruling class soon.

After the emperor opened the imperial examination to obtain scholars, in order to prevent the "southern people" mainly from Su, Song, Jiangsu and Zhejiang from completely occupying the imperial examination quota, the imperial examination has now been stopped and replaced by the imperial examination.

Because when these people become powerful, they will control everything in the city where they live, including official positions, income, and consumption.

They have all become ancient aristocrats and use all means to strip off the people around them. This is something that the emperor cannot tolerate.

After Lao Zhu died, these people inevitably developed and expanded their economic activities directly to maritime trade.

Most of the wealthy households in Jiangnan earned their income from industry and commerce, and agriculture was mostly fixed. Even people like Xu Jie did not own 100,000 acres of land in one fell swoop.

This is Hu Weiyong's inner thoughts at this time.

After all, you are too wealthy, and His Majesty will be concerned about you.

The most important thing is that Hu Weiyong and Zhu Yuanzhang were of the same mind at this time.

Jiangnan is not his hometown. His Majesty can treat him however he likes.

He wanted to let many people board the pirate ship and keep his position as prime minister, but he did not want to unite to overthrow Lao Zhu's rule.

Hu Weiyong himself did not dare to think of this idea.

In terms of fighting, he couldn't beat Lao Zhu at all.

Not to mention there are so many proud soldiers, why should they listen to him alone?
Counting on the few marquis who served as his younger brothers, Hu Weiyong didn't think they could defeat Xu Da and others, and maybe even Li Wenzhong couldn't defeat them.

Rebellion, he really hasn't thought about it at the moment.

He could not break through the palace gates.

Because Hu Weiyong is familiar with Lao Zhu.

He worked as an official under Lao Zhu for many years, and then he climbed up step by step and became the second-in-command of the Ming Empire, under one person and above ten thousand people.

Those difficult opponents such as Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youliang, Wang Baobao and the even more difficult Mongols were all defeated by Zhu Chongba. He, a Huaixi petty official, was really no match.

Hu Weiyong even understood Zhu Yuanzhang's governing philosophy.

The emperor wants to restore and develop the small-scale peasant economy.

The big landowners in the south of the Yangtze River will naturally be attacked. It is best to let them all become small farmers, and more wealth will be collected by the Ming Dynasty.

On this point, Hu Weiyong supported Zhu Yuanzhang.

Because the court really has no money.

Poor.

Just make more money.

Money does not come out of thin air, it can only be plundered from others quickly.

Suppressing the big landowners in Jiangnan is the fastest way.

At the same time, opening a brothel for wealthy businessmen to come and spend money was also a way for the emperor to actively contribute to them.

As a result, they didn't give him any face. If Ye Qinhuai hadn't come out of nowhere, these people would have been written down in Lao Zhu's notebook. Hu Weiyong felt that the emperor probably thought that the money was coming very slowly, so he thought of raising business taxes.

At present, the emperor has been asking various local officials to renovate post roads and post stations in order to better convey news and control local news.

The most important thing is that the emperor further expanded the organization of the Zhayan Department, renamed it the General Affairs Department, and ordered that everyone can write directly to the emperor, regardless of civilians or government officials, as long as the matter is important.

The common people no longer need to come to the capital in person to beat the drums. If you want to sue your parents, just submit a letter directly to the inn, and I guarantee that it will be sent to the emperor's desk as quickly as possible.

Zhu Yuanzhang was just on guard against Hu Weiyong's situation of connecting up and down, teasing the emperor together, and knew nothing about the affairs of the people.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he found that the Chief of General Affairs had not reported several trivial matters, so he became furious and punished him severely.

These things must be reported in newspapers and recorded in the actual records in the future.

After the emperor reviewed the memorial, it was compiled into the "Chaobao" together with the imperial edict, and the summary was also required to be published in the "Dibao" and disseminated in the form of manuscripts.

These memorials and edicts took up most of the space of Di Bao, but in addition, other news related to state affairs was also reported.

The rise and fall of officials, military affairs, diplomacy, natural disasters, etc.

Local officials outside the capital were very keen to know what was happening in the political center of the capital.

Therefore, some provincial yamen set up special offices in the capital, hired people to copy the "Di Bao" and sent it to the provincial capital for copying by local officials there.

Transcripts of Di Bao were archived in the two capitals for use by those who compiled the actual records, which recorded the court's laws and policies and began compilation after the emperor's death.

Now that the imperial court began to use printing, the Di newspaper basically said goodbye to handwriting and was directly delivered to various provinces through inns. The provinces were then responsible for distributing to various prefectures and counties.

Ensure that everyone at the county level can receive news from the central court to prevent anyone from distorting and spreading rumors.

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang was very concerned about the affairs of the inn.

It was not only a channel for people to complain to the officials, but also was responsible for the transmission of information. It also had the multi-faceted function of transporting grain and other tax collection items, and dispatching soldiers and laborers.

And Zhu Yuanzhang has not yet discovered that when he ordered the renovation of post stations and post roads, he developed the transportation system in disguise, thereby improving the speed and environment of the flow of people and goods, business will only become more active.

In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang played a positive role in liberating productivity for his own rule, so Jiangnan agriculture was prosperous, and the commodity economy naturally developed rapidly.

Although merchants belong to the lowest level of the four people, and merchants are the least valued profession, their power is still growing.

Feng Mian, who participated in politics, immediately raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, how much will the business tax be increased?"

"You go discuss it and divide it into files. Naturally, there will be more large-scale transactions and less small-scale transactions. Once you get the appropriate amount, submit it to me."

"Yes."

After everyone responded, they quickly retreated to discuss.

Zhu Yuanzhang also dug out the memorial sent by Wu Wei, the magistrate of Jiangning County a few days ago, which detailed the process and results of the county government officials acting as tax collectors.

There are 13 large ones in the city alone throughout the day, and there are no statistics on the ones outside the city.

To buy seasonal fruits, go to Sanshan Market to buy fish and vegetables.

Go to Xinqiao City or Beimenqiao City in Hongwumen: buy clothing materials, tea, salt, and paper.

Go to the market outside Qingliangmen to buy bamboo, and go to Laibin Market outside Jubaomen to buy charcoal.

Go to Longjiang City outside Jinchuan Gate: buy food.

Go to Jiangdong City in the southwest suburbs: buy wood for building houses, and buy aquatic products at the riverside market outside Yifeng Gate in the northwest corner.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with these folk affairs.

So when he saw the final tax reported by Wu Wei, his eyes widened even more.

In one month alone, it created an income of 24,789 taels, which is just the tax revenue of Jiangning County.

Although Wang Buli boasted at the beginning that the emperor could only collect 30% of the tax, it was not him who had the final say in paying taxes.

The magistrate is watching from the front.

Wu Wei was even better at being a good person. He saw that after Wang Buli paid subsidies to people in the county government, he only kept a fraction and handed over the rest.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with this.

This is called knowing how to think about the court.

If you, a prince-in-law, take so much tax that belongs to the imperial court and give money to the people below, sooner or later you will be criticized.

Wu Wei did a good job in this matter.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very pleased.

Of course, due to the flood, all the business in Shangyuan County was siphoned to Jiangning County. This situation cannot be ignored.

Zhu Yuanzhang is now not so disdainful of Wang Buli's "subsidy" to those humble government servants.

He didn't know about this money before, most of it was earned by the Yaren.

I couldn't blame Wang Buli for ordering all the people from the two counties to be imprisoned. Many nobles could not sit still and wrote to impeach Wang Buli. Some even went to the county government to cause trouble, but Wang Buli lost face.

Instead, there was a story about Wang Buli who looked like Cao Mengde and put up a five-color battle at the gate of the county government office, and came to give Wang Buli eye drops, saying that he had heroic ambitions.

Isn't this just trying to kill someone with a borrowed knife!
Wang Buli's move has touched some people's skin. Can they not be anxious?

What's more, can I not know whether my son-in-law has heroic ambitions?

"Ha ha ha ha."

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately handed the memorial to Zhu Biao and asked him to take a closer look.

Our son-in-law is indeed an administrative wizard. He can earn so much tax revenue for the court with just a little use of his brain.

Even if the other county governments do not have as many commercial transactions as the county governments in the capital, the Jiangnan region will definitely be able to collect more commercial taxes due to the prosperous commerce.

This is so much revenue without raising business taxes.

If business taxes are raised further, the imperial court will not remain poor.

After Zhu Yuanzhang saw the data, he really paid attention to the meat of business and thought about how to better swallow this piece of meat instead of giving it to others.

Of course, the small-scale peasant economy that Lao Zhu paid most attention to was unshakable in his eyes. After all, land tax was a matter of national importance.

After Zhu Biao read it, he was also stunned.

He only knew that Wang Buli was generous and benefited the government officials and clerks under him, so that they could better work for the Ming Dynasty.

But now that the data was compiled and placed in front of Zhu Biao, it really gave him a heavy blow.

Business is so profitable.

The tax rate of thirty to one tax set by my father is simply too low. I can't blame those rich people who spend a lot of money in Ye Qinhuai without blinking an eye.

They are the real ones who come back after all their money is gone!
It was so big in Nanjing alone. In the more prosperous Suzhou and Hangzhou areas, Zhu Biao didn't even dare to think whether they were really making money every day!

"Dad, if this continues, the tax revenue from Jiangning County alone will be equal to the imperial court's tax revenue for a year."

Zhu Biao's eyes widened and he said with some disbelief: "The business tax we have set is indeed low. Wang Buli is not just talking nonsense."

"Ah."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly. Although the commercial trade in most areas could not compare with Jiangning County, once there was an increase in commercial tax revenue from other areas, the court would have more money available.

"Our son-in-law has made a good start, but it has also made supervision more difficult."

Zhu Yuanzhang paced slowly with his hands behind his back: "In the face of such huge interests, few people can grasp it. Unlike our son-in-law, he doesn't look down on these real gold and platinum at all."

Zhu Biao nodded repeatedly. At this time, he was a little envious of Wang Buli. At least he was out of vulgar taste.

But Zhu Biao also came to his senses.

Once a new tax policy is implemented, few people below will not reach out.

But how to prevent it is a question that needs careful consideration.

"Such a huge business cake is placed in front of us, we must not let it go."

Zhu Yuanzhang squinted his eyes slightly. He underestimated this way of doing business and simply thought that they were hoarding and selling when there was scarcity.

But Wang Buli used the experimental method of kicking out the middlemen and directly collecting taxes from the government to make him realize the importance of business!
Why didn’t I take this piece of fat seriously before?
If we had started from the place where the dynasty was established, many wars would have been carried out smoothly.

Zhu Yuanzhang regretfully slapped his own thigh.

(End of this chapter)