Win the Ding 1617

The problem that has troubled everyone for many days finally has a solution direction, that is, to be soft when it is time to be soft.We have enemies with Li Shouhan and the Nanyue Army, but we are good friends with Marshal Zhao Gong and Brother Kong Fang!

Although some people kept yelling, "Since Emperor Taizu Gao established the Jinling, how did the gentry pay taxes in the country for more than two hundred years?" However, under the temptation of those yellow and white things, they had to endure it for a while. Qi.

"Master Qian, you are my Jiangnan Wendan, and you are called my Tianqiaoxing in Donglin. Look, how should we contact Li right now?"

After discussing the matter of surrendering and bowing their heads, everyone had to argue about the technical details of tax payment.In any case, Donglin will not accept the value-added tax and income tax system, especially the income tax system, implemented by Shouhan in Nanzhong, Guangdong, and Guangxi, red man!What kind of progressive system is there? Those who earn more profits and more money pay more taxes!Such a tax payment plan is simply outraged by both humans and gods. What is the reason for it? !

Therefore, everyone discussed and burned incense to swear that even if the tariffs are paid more and there are more routines for nobles, then the so-called value-added tax and the income tax of the unified progressive tax system are absolutely unacceptable!

However, a new problem arises, who will untie the bell on the tiger's neck?Going to bargain with Li Shouhan, an upstart who is so popular and so arrogant?Fighting over the tax rates of Jiangnan merchants?

There is a saying that the person who needs to tie the bell to untie the bell, the old man with long beard saw Qian Qianyi, who was behind the crowd, watching his nose, nose and mouth, holding his breath like an old monk in meditation, "What did you do that day?" A woman and a group of brats offended Uncle Li, and now everyone in the south of the Yangtze River has lost countless gold and silver. I have to go to you! You should!"

"That's right! With the talent of eloquence and sharp writing style, who in the south of the Yangtze River is better than Qian Gong?"

"The well-being of the people in the south of the Yangtze River lies on Mr. Qian alone!"

The voice of praise and entreaty is unanimous at the moment.

With that exquisite heart with seven orifices, how can she not know what everyone in the south of the Yangtze River is up to?

There was a bright smile on the corner of his mouth, giving full play to the personal charm of the literary and artistic youth. If there were any ignorant young girls who were pregnant in spring, there would be a few of them who would be confused.

"Seniors, this matter is Qian's duty, for the livelihood and well-being of the people in the south of the Yangtze River. It is a frying pan and a sharp knife, so what does Qian have to do? However, Qian has something to ask you, so that he can do things easier."

"Tianji Xing, please tell me. But it's okay!" The short-bearded old man grinned.

"You are all senior merchants, similar to Tao Zhugong, Bai Gui and others. You must know the principle of asking for a lot of money and paying back the money on the spot. I wonder if you have any advice on the tax rate?"

Qian Qianyi kicked the ball back to the feet of everyone in Jiangnan.It's okay to let Lao Tzu negotiate, but Li Shouhan can at most torture and mistreat me, and he won't kill me.But if you don't have a bottom line for negotiation, then don't blame me!When the time comes, he will say a number casually, and I will agree straight away. Don't blame me then!

he wants.It is just an authorization, the identity given to him by Jiangnan Group, and the other is the export tax rate that Jiangnan Group can accept.Of course, he had to use his hands to make a profit from it, otherwise, how could he do such a risky job?

"As long as you don't implement the tax system implemented by Li Jueshuai in Guangdong, Guangxi and Nanzhong in Jiangnan. I must have a lot of affection for Mr. Qian in Jiangnan."

"In addition, as for the export tariffs in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River, it is natural that they cannot be implemented in accordance with Nanzhong and Guangdong and Guangxi. However, this tax rate..."

The leading figures in various industries of the entire Jiangnan Group once again fell into controversy. People from various industry guilds of tea, raw silk, silk, and porcelain were blushing and neck thick arguing about their profits and the tax standards they should pay. call each other brothers.At this time, when real interests are involved, the mask is immediately removed.

After arguing for a while, the leaders of various industries finally came up with a plan that everyone was not satisfied with, but they could reluctantly accept.

As long as the tax rate does not exceed eight cents.Everyone can barely accept it.If the transaction can be made at three points, the Jiangnan business community will give Shui Tai Leng [-] silver dollars every year for a period of five years.If the transaction is within this range of more than three cents and less than eight cents, for every one cent lower, the Jiangnan business community will give Shui Taileng [-] silver per year.

"Tan Hua Gong, all the people in the south of the Yangtze River are in full swing!"

"Tan Hua Gong, all the people in the south of the Yangtze River are in full swing!"

After negotiating the price, Qian Qianyi was naturally full of confidence. Seeing his determined look, the short-bearded old man couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.

"Hey! A group of people with bad money, how do they know the secret of this scholar's work?"

Qian Qianyi had heard rumors that Meixianglou's mother, Li Zhenli, had some affair with our Uncle Ningyuan, when the turmoil in Nanjing was in full swing. For this matter, he even quietly sent people to Dabaoen Temple and other places to inquire about it. After a while.Although the monks in Baoen Temple didn't know who the proprietress of Meixiang Building was, the two women beside Uncle Ning Yuan made a deep impression on these monks that day.

A woman who can be seen as a barbarian from the North at a glance, against the background of another Jiangnan Meidai who is easy to wear and flattened, looks more and more beautiful. For this woman who disguises herself as a man, although the masters who become monks have strict discipline, But it is also necessary for the teasing little monk to come out and knock on the wooden fish.

He took out Li Zhenli's portrait and asked all the monks who were present that day to identify him. On different occasions, the monks all confirmed with one voice, "That's right, this female benefactor came to offer incense together with Uncle Ning Yuan that day! Everyone thought she was a female family member of Uncle Ningyuan's mansion!"

That's it!

Qian Qianyi found a secret channel to communicate directly with Li Shouhan.That's Li Zhenli's pillow style in Meixianglou!

Under Qian Qianyi's soft and hard paving, Liu Rushi, who had been fighting fiercely with him during this period, couldn't stand the affection, so he had to agree to go to talk on his behalf.To build a bridge for him and the Jiangnan Group behind him to connect with Li Shouhan's Southern Guangdong Army.

When I saw Li Zhenli in the Meixiang Building where all idlers and other people were screened out, Qian Qianyi was still taken aback. He hadn't chanted the wind and played the moon on the Qinhuai River in just a few months. I didn't expect Li Zhenli to become like this!

The entire Meixiang Building is inlaid with large pieces of crystal glass. Under the background of the lights, it seems to be in the world of glass.With white gauze floating everywhere, there are huge golden silk glass lamps for lighting at every corner.

It is surrounded by a cage net woven with thin gold wires and covered by a huge glazed lampshade.The thick candle casts soft light outwards, and through the spotless glass lampshade wiped by servants and maids, the soft light is scattered on the body of the hostess here, Li Zhenli.

This year's rainy season came earlier, although Li Zhenli no longer wore leather robes, she still wore a silk robe, which was simple and casual.However, there is a hairpin made of emerald green ice jade on the top of the head.There are two smooth and round pearls by the ears, an emerald ring on the right hand, and two pairs of malachite bracelets on the two wrists like lotus root joints. Qian Qianyi couldn't help thinking to himself: : "Sin! Sin! In the past Song Taizu saw that the lord of Shu used seven treasures to decorate the drowning vessel, and it was nothing more than that! Such extravagance! Such a tyranny, such a waste of material resources. It is unreasonable for Li to be undefeated!"

He swallowed hard, and tried to move his eyes away from the whole piece of glass.

During this period of time, Li Zhenli's life was quite comfortable.

When Shouhan left Nanjing, he originally wanted to take her back to Guangzhou, but Ao Lei Yilan also couldn't bear to part with this older sister who had taught her a lot of good tricks in Fang Weiyan, so she also persuaded her to go back to Guangzhou together.

"Gong Bao Jue Shuai. You already have so many pets by your side, and the little girl is not alone. Besides, the little girl's background is well known in the world. Once she enters the mansion, it may damage the reputation of the Jue Shuai. It's better to let the little girl stay in Liudu, and if the marshal comes to Liudu on official business in the future, the little girl will definitely sweep the couch to welcome her."

People don't want to be a concubine with an unknown ranking for you!

Shou Han had no choice but to take Ao Lei Yilan southward in resentment, but.Shouhan's boat left Xiaguan Wharf in the front, and merchants from Nanzhong followed.

With a whole piece of glass, a box of jewelry, all kinds of exquisite and ingenious things are dazzling.

Meixiang Building immediately became the most obvious landmark building on the entire Qinhuai River.Because no matter how elegant or luxurious the decoration of other houses is, you need to enter the lintel to get a glimpse of the interior, while Meixiang Building can be seen from a few miles away.There is no other reason, the entire Meixiang Building is above the second floor.All replaced with floor-to-ceiling glass windows.

"This window, my uncle said, is for the little lady to enjoy spring flowers, autumn moon, summer rain and winter snow." Long Shengxing's steward finished installing the glass windows.Explain to Li Zhenli respectfully.

And after the turmoil in Nanjing, everyone in the city of Nanjing is aware of the affair between the proprietress of Meixianglou, the commander of the Nanyue Army, and Uncle Ning Yuan, and the two gangs of Yancao are watching covetously. May I ask, which green-skinned gangster who doesn't want to live will come here to seek death?

And countless descendants of Nanjing Xungui regard this place as a place to show off their status and their network of contacts.

Today is the young master Chang hosting a banquet here, and tomorrow the eldest son of the Liu family will bring a few friends here to listen to music and drink tea.

And many merchants entrusted someone to dig the door, intending to establish contacts with the popular Longshenghang and other shops in Nanjing through the foreign house of Uncle Ning Yuan in Nanjing. No other business is required, and the goods are transported to Nanjing and Songjiang. Selling some rice to them is enough to make these people earn a lot of money.

There are also those fine cotton cloths with exquisite weavers and exquisite printing of various colors. Compared with Songjiang fine cloth, the weaving is far superior to Songjiang cloth, and the exquisite printing and dyeing is even beyond the reach of Songjiang cloth.

Faced with these people every day, Li Xiangjun was worried but complained to his mother tirelessly, why are these vulgar things here?The Yaxing of the villain in vain!Regarding her daughter's ignorance of the world, Li Zhenli just smiled and told her: "Let them spread those gossips outside! The more gossips they spread, the more peaceful our mother and daughter will live here!"

"But!" After all, Li Xiangjun hadn't combed it yet, and he still couldn't say some words.But she heard the rumors in the market that in order to curry favor with Uncle Ning Yuan, her mother not only donated her body, but also gave herself a piece of rain and dew. "Uncle Ning Yuan's taste is different, not only a young man like Li Xiangjun can't escape, even a middle-aged lady like Li Zhenli will not refuse anyone!"

However, what I didn't expect was that today, Qian Qianyi, the former minister of the Ministry of Rites and one of the three great masters in Jiangzuo, would also come to visit.

Hearing Liu Rushi's tactful remark about the future, Li Zhenli was fine, and Li Xiangjun's smile immediately turned frosty, "It turns out that the husband is here to share the joints!" After finishing speaking.He turned around and left, embarrassing Qian Dacai.

"My daughter is spoiled too much by me, and she is a little rude. I hope Tanhua Gong will forgive me."

Hearing Li Zhenli's words of apology, Qian Qianyi couldn't help cursing in his heart, "If I have such a powerful godfather who is as powerful as gold and silver, I can throw face at anyone! Alas! Brother Hou Shi, I pity you for being infatuated." , I'm afraid, your Confucian crown is a little green at the moment!"

Even though his heart was full of complaints and dirty thoughts, Mr. Qian had a smile on his face. "Where are you talking! Miss Xiangjun is cute and cute, she is just innocent and innocent!"

He could hear what Qian Qianyi said about his visit.Of course, Mr. Qian would not say that my main purpose is for that huge benefit, but is full of compassion, "Madam, please think about the millions of Lizhou heads in the south of the Yangtze River, and the livelihood of tens of millions of people in the southern Zhili. Just don't give up!"

"My concubine is a woman! How can I take on this important task? Mr. Qian just made fun of the little woman. There are a lot of talents in Jiangnan, and there are as many talented and famous people as the sands of the Ganges River. How can it be the turn of the little woman for such an important matter?" Did a woman from Qinhuai speak?"

Li Zhenli played Tai Chi very well, and mellowly rejected Qian Qianyi's offer.

"However, if Mr. Qian is willing to plead for the lives of tens of millions of people in the south of the Yangtze River, the young lady has a little opinion at the moment. I wonder if Mr. Qian is willing to listen?"

"Madam's opinion must be a far-sighted move! Qian will just listen to it!"

"Who is the biggest buyer of the products produced in Jiangnan?"

"This?" Qian Qianyi twirled his beard.He pondered a little.

As the so-called authorities are obsessed, the biggest buyers of raw silk, silk, tea, porcelain, Songjiang white cloth, tung oil and other things produced in various places in the south of the Yangtze River are the various companies under Longshengxing!Shanxi Merchants only ranked second!

"Ma'am, what do you mean?"

"Long Shengxing's shopkeeper Chen Da is currently in Jinling. If your lord wants to make a living for the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River and benefit the common people, you might as well join him here tomorrow." Alcoholic wine is really lovely under the light.

"Master Qian, please!"

then.Under Li Zhenli's go-between, the confrontation between the Southern Guangdong Army and Donglin stopped for the time being, and the negotiations between the two sides entered the intermission secretly started in the Meixiang Building.

As soon as they met, Qian Qianyi said. "The system implemented by Jue Shuai in Guangdong and Guangxi, where officials and gentry pay food as a whole, and fire consumption is returned to the public, is not included in this meeting."

Shopkeeper Chen Da of Long Shengxing smiled when he heard the words, "We are discussing the export tax rate that should be paid for the goods exported from the south of the Yangtze River. How can we talk about paying the grain and returning the fire consumption to the public? The land of the south of the Yangtze River is not under the jurisdiction of my lord. ?”

With this result, Qian Qianyi was determined.This time I came out to negotiate, and I won’t be unable to deal with business when I go back.At least one thing can be used to cover the whole.

Next, a difficult and lengthy negotiation began.

The Jiangnan Group represented by Qian Qianyi is only willing to pay three points of the export tax, which means it is worth three points out of a hundred.The shopkeeper, Chen Da, proposed on behalf of the Nanyue Army that at least [-]% of the tax should be paid.It's also a [-] percent tariff.

In the early years of Chongzhen, the tariff was increased by one tael for every tael, and the eight gates of Chongwenmen, Hexiwu, Linqing, Jiujiang, Hushu, Yangzhou, Beixin, and Huai'an increased their income by 5 taels, and soon they added another two qian.

Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, proposed "increasing the tax amount of Nanjing Xuanke Division from [-] to [-]." This move was strongly opposed by Zheng Sanjun, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs of Nanjing. Countermeasures to counteract the increase”.

In the end, the outcome of the game between the two sides was to increase the tariff revenue of 20 taels, but it ended up with a historical evaluation of "the businessmen and the people are getting poorer".

(Damn it! When Duoduo went to the south of the Yangtze River, any rich family could steal hundreds of thousands of silver. In a place known as a wealthy place, the annual tax collection of 20 silver made the merchants poor? This The lethality is too big!)

It can be seen from this that the Jiangnan Group reacted strongly to the Nanyue Army's proposal to immediately collect [-]% of the price of the goods as a tax measure, regardless of the type or region, as long as it is exported.They are not even willing to increase the tax at one customs office.What's more, it is located in the golden waterway, guarding the Wusongkou and Hangzhou Bay, which are the key points of sea trade and shipping?

However, the shopkeeper Chen in front of him is a master negotiator, knowing the truth that if you want to get what you want, you must give it first, so he threw out a big, thick and shiny meat pie first.

"Mr. Qian, please convey my Southern Guangdong Army's respect to all the gentlemen and gentlemen in the south of the Yangtze River, Qiyue. If this negotiation goes well, our Southern Guangdong Army is willing to give you the right to sell grain, rice, oil, salt, etc. in Nanzhili, Zhejiang, etc. Gentlemen!"

This huge bargaining chip was thrown out, no less than a 32-pound cannon bombarded Qian Qianyi and the family members and long-term followers selected for him by the Jiangnan masters behind him.

From the year of Longqing to the end of Chongzhen, with the development of overseas trade, hundreds of millions of taels of silver flowed into Ming Dynasty from America and other places.However, there are often famines in the south of the Yangtze River. This is a strange phenomenon. The main reason is that in places such as Suzhou and Hangzhou that once had the reputation of "Suhu is cooked, the world is full", the crops in the farmland, the original rice and other food crops were eaten by raw silk. , Raw cotton and other economic crops to replace. "Suhu Shushu, Tianxiazu" has quietly become "Huguangshu, Tianxiazu".

Someone in the Ming Dynasty once wrote: "Suzhou, in the past, there were very few people chasing after the end, but now the number of people who go to agriculture and change to industry and commerce is three times that of before. It's two or three. Roughly speaking in terms of ten of the common people, six or seven of them have gone to farming."

The temptation of huge commercial profits led the local people to switch to cash crops or to engage in handicrafts. The cotton spinning and processing industries in Songjiang, Hengtang and other places came into being during this period. Finished Songjiang cloth.These areas are no longer engaged in food production, but rely on the profits obtained from selling raw silk, cotton yarn, cotton cloth, etc. to buy food.In this era of relatively backward transportation, buying food across regions can easily cause a food crisis, especially when there is a food shortage caused by natural disasters, the affluent Jiangnan area will also suffer extremely severe blows.

During the period of Zhu Yuanzhang, the price of one stone of rice was two cents and five cents of silver, which was equivalent to 250 cents of copper coins. In the middle of Ming Dynasty, it rose to five cents. This price remained for about a hundred years, and did not rise to seven cents until the end of Wanli. , unless there is a catastrophe, never more than one or two per stone.

From the 12th year of Chongzhen, the price of rice in Suzhou, Hangzhou and other places has been hovering between two and three taels. It is a normal year to buy a tael of rice for two silver, and it is a little nervous. If a tael of rice exceeds one tael of silver, famine often occurs.