Chapter 96 Business taxes increased tenfold!Business has ushered in spring! ! 【Please subscribe】
An older businessman stood up and said: "The imperial court was able to cut even the prince's salary, and the King of Qin was imprisoned in Fengyang, which is enough to show the determination of the imperial court.
When we are in a prosperous age, we should make a difference. What do you think? "
The man in brown clothes said: "Now, of course, we will go south to Suzhou and Hangzhou to buy a large amount of silk and sell it to Liaodong.
The wealthy locals there have been struggling to buy fine silk from Suzhou and Hangzhou. Now that they have such a good opportunity, they naturally want to sell the silk from Suzhou and Hangzhou to Liaodong.
When you return, you can sell ginseng, deer antlers and mink skins from Liaodong to the Central Plains.
Although the journey is long, the profits are huge. Dear friends, would you like to go with me? "
The man in blue laughed: "People say that if you have never passed the test in your life, you are not considered a man. How can you waste such a good opportunity?"
A few people drank tea and laughed.
This is just a microcosm of today's world, and traders are ushering in spring.
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Beijing.
Here, Xia Yuanji and Shen Liqian led tens of thousands of victims and poured into collapsed houses around the capital.
Among them, about [-] young and middle-aged people were directly incorporated into the construction team of public facilities.
Among them, some craftsmen were promoted to foremans with their skills and began to train young adults. For a time, they were working in full swing.
The two young men, Xia Yuanji and Shen Liqian, have been fully trained.
After a month of rectification, the victims had no complaints.
The people in the capital were also surprised to find that the lively and prosperous markets that should have dispersed after the Lantern Festival are now becoming more and more prosperous.
Business people from all over the country seemed to have sprung up overnight.
There are snacks and food from all over the place, and there are even more vaudeville troupes, circus troupes, opera troupes, and even beggars.
Originally, the entire capital had a population of no more than 30 households, or [-] million people.
However, people from all over the world gathered in this month, which directly caused the entire capital's population to more than double.
The capital is bustling with activity every day, and the gathering of goods has reached an unprecedented level.
When it came to business, the imperial government and the government were unanimous. After the restrictions on traders were reduced, countless traders brought goods from all over the country to the periphery of the capital for sale.
And those people who were affected by the disaster received ten cents a day, and they were surprised to find out.
Due to the food in the capital, a steady stream of food was brought in from various places for sale during this period, but the price was reduced a bit.
Therefore, their daily wages of ten cents can not only feed and drink the family for a day, but can even make a surplus of four or five cents.
On the one hand, this money allows them to buy some new clothes in the capital or take a look at the vaudeville troupe or the circus troupe's performance.
Sometimes you can even throw a penny or two into the money basket used by Jianghu artists.
They also tried it and gave people the pride of rewarding them.
This taste is indeed much better than waiting for charity in my hometown, queuing up every day to drink some porridge.
During this period, with the wages they received every day, in addition to buying rice, they could even buy some meat to take home and eat meat.
Suddenly, they were originally affected by the disaster, but their lives were much better than before.
And they found that they had mastered a new technology - craftsmanship. They learned very quickly, and after practice, they immediately became qualified craftsmen.
They didn't even realize that the imperial court had actually broken the household registration system.
In the past, there was a clear boundary between craftsmen households and civilian households, but now there is no such thing.
Unconsciously, they had already changed the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty.
Even Zhu Yuanzhang and the others did not expect this effect.
in the hall.
The Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate were all reporting on the changes in the capital and the world during this period.
Zhang Mian, the Minister of Household Affairs, lived a very miserable life during this period.
It should be said that there is no problem with his belief in being an official in a slick way.
Just after the New Year, we encountered a snowstorm. This kind of disaster is related to the luck of the year. If it is not solved well, it may lead to loss, so we cannot accept it easily.
If His Majesty the Emperor appoints himself to take over, then His Majesty the Emperor also has a problem, and everyone will bear the blame when the time comes.
But he never imagined how this matter could turn from a disaster to a good thing.
These days, their household department has become the logistics team for the two young people, Xia Yuanji and Shen Liqian, helping them with statistical work every day.
How many merchants are there in and out of Beijing?
How many migrants are there in the capital?
Statistics: How much tax will be generated from transactions because there are more people?
Help Xia Yuanji and the others pay wages to the craftsmen every day.
Ten cents a day, this is wages that many ordinary families cannot earn in a few days.
This has caused many people in the capital to wonder whether God can destroy their own family.
The most annoying thing is that it was their department of household affairs that was supposed to solve this kind of problem. This was their own job, but they were pushed out by me.
As a result, I am bleeding every day when I receive statistics from my subordinates.
If these political achievements were placed on his own head, just such a magical method of turning corruption into magic would be enough to be famous in history.
But now, he could only cling to the statistics aggrievedly and help Xia Yuanji and the others claim credit.
This is really frustrating.
Zhao Mian was seen holding the ivory wat board and stood up under the expressions of the two old men, Qin Kui, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Shen Jin, the Minister of the Ministry of War, who were gloating at the misfortune.
"Qi Zou Your Majesty, I have a book to play!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "Ai Qing is here to play!"
Zhao Mian looked at the reminder posted on the ivory wat board and said: "Your Majesty, since the seventh day of the first lunar month in the 24th year of Hongwu, the order was issued to lift some restrictions on merchants and provide work-for-relief, which has been very effective.
According to statistics from Shangyuan County and Jiangning County, from the first month to the sixth day of April, there were 200 more merchants in the capital than last year.
There are 120 [-] stores;
The population flow is more than 16 more than last year.
The commercial tax collected was more than ten times higher than that of the same period last year, with a total of more than 56 yuan collected in commercial tax.
Among them, grain trading, silk, tea, snacks, and building materials are the main ones.
In Lishui County and surrounding counties, the impact of the snow disaster has been basically solved through the work-for-relief program, and [-]% of the victims have returned to their hometowns one after another.
The renovations of the Imperial Ancestral Temple and the altar of sacrifice in the capital have been completed. "
Every time Zhao Mian, the Minister of Household Affairs, read a paragraph, the officials were shocked.
Unexpected, really unexpected.
The work-for-relief program was so effective that the imperial court did not spend any money, and many roads in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Sheji Altar, Confucius Temple, Gongyuan, and the capital were people who stayed here took the money happily, those who returned to their hometowns returned to their hometowns, and those who stayed in the capital to deal with the aftermath were doing the aftermath in an orderly manner.
Coupled with the lifting of some restrictions on traders, the capital seemed to have changed. The extra 10,000+ people made the traders in the capital go crazy.
Businessmen outside also saw the opportunity and came to the capital to do business, and everyone made a lot of money.
Even the imperial court received a lot of business taxes.
The officials were all shocked. Is it so easy to earn business tax? Why haven't I seen these traders so willing to pay taxes before? This is also nonsense.
It is said that the human heart is made of flesh, so compare your heart with your heart.
When did officials treat businesspeople as human beings before? It's not just random humiliation.
Of course, the businessman would feel bad if he was given half a copper. If he can evade taxes, he will evade taxes.
But it's different now. Doing business now is allowed by the court, and you can go anywhere after paying taxes.
Buyers and sellers may not be politically sensitive, but they are well aware that the government's attitude toward them has changed.
They understand that if they pay taxes well, they can do business well, so why don't they pay them yet?
Other officials were shocked at best when they heard this, but to Zhao Mian, every number above was a naked mockery of him.
These numbers seem to keep saying - you have no vision!No vision! But he had to speak again.
Because many things are the affairs of their household department.
“Since the imperial court lifted some of the bans on taking office, grain and rice from Zhenjiang and Changzhou have been transported to the capital in large quantities, lowering the price of rice in the capital.
After the ban on merchants not wearing silk was lifted, the sales volume of silk and silk silk in Suzhou, Hangzhou, Huzhou, Jiaxing, and Songjiang increased sharply. The Hangzhou Weaving Bureau asked the silk supply from internal funds this year. Can the silk supply be reduced by [-] pieces? "
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately replied: "I can reply to the Hangzhou Weaving Bureau now. There is no need to supply internal funds for this year's silk."
Upon hearing this, the Minister of Rites stood up immediately: "Your Majesty, 21 vassal states will pay tribute this year. Silk is a gift from the emperor and the face of the Ming Dynasty. Without silk, the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty will be afraid... "
Zhu Yuanzhang became angry when he heard this: "If they don't obey, they will send troops to attack. Even though they receive so many rewards from the Ming Dynasty every year, they are not more obedient."
From now on, all diplomatic relations will be granted based on the offerings of the vassal states, and they must not be allowed to treat the Ming Dynasty as a fool who is fighting against the autumn wind. "
After Zhu Yuanzhang listened to what Chen Han said, what the Ming Dynasty wanted to increase now was domestic demand, instead of just letting foreign countries use some stones to exchange the good things of the Ming Dynasty.
As for this so-called tribute, those vassal states took worthless things every day in exchange for a large amount of porcelain, silk, and tea from the Ming Dynasty.
Nothing is so good these days.
A look of embarrassment appeared on the face of the Minister of Rites.
Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly: "The products of Ming Dynasty will be provided to the people of Ming Dynasty first."
The officials all agreed upon hearing this.
Previously merchants were prohibited from wearing silk wrappers.
For example, the wealthy businessmen in Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Songjiang are all rich, so they can only wear them at home secretly.
I don’t dare to buy or sell on a large scale, for fear that people will see it, be reported, and then be fined, or even the whole family may be finished.
So there was no silk or silk silk at home.
In fact, it’s funny to say that silk and silk are originally things that only the rich can afford, and aren’t the majority of businessmen the rich?But they are not allowed to wear silk.
Those people who have no money want to wear something they can't afford, but those who have money can afford it but can't, is indeed contrary to common sense.
After the ban was lifted this time, some wealthy traders seemed to have started spending in retaliation, buying up almost all the new silk produced in Suzhou, Huzhou and Hangzhou.
Suddenly, all the small workshops in Suzhou and Hangzhou were very busy. The raw silk and finished products they had hoarded were to be sold to the Weaving Bureau.
Unexpectedly, this time they bought out the goods directly.
Even some silks were consumed in retaliation by the wealthy before they even had time to be dyed.
The entire silk-producing areas of Suzhou, Hangzhou and Huzhou have entered a peak season for silk production.
Rich people are like hungry beasts in a cage. They finally have a full meal, and soon there is a lot of business.
At the same time, Songjiang's cotton fabrics also entered a prosperous stage during this period.
Because restrictions on a large number of traders were relaxed, Songjiang cotton was already famous at home and abroad. Many traders did not need to worry about difficulties from the government and sold in large quantities.
Many Jiangnan merchants came directly to Songjiang and sold Songjiang cotton to distant places such as the west, northeast and so on.
Some brave ones even want to sell cotton cloth to the Uzang area along the Tea Horse Road.
There are many Buddhist monks there who are actually very rich, and they have a lot of supplies at their disposal. However, due to the imperial ban, many things cannot be transported at all.
The only things they transported up through the Tea Horse Road were tea, salt and some homespun cloth. They could not buy high-quality Songjiang cotton cloth, such as Fanbu, Sansuo cloth and other high-quality products, as well as Jiangnan silk.
Of course, the most famous Sichuan Shu embroidery in the southwest is also being dumped in large quantities from Sichuan to the mainland.
A large number of traders sensed these business opportunities, spread out, and began selling things all over the world.
The whole world seems to be busy because of the lifting of these two prohibitions.
Even the local government began to use the inns as inns in order to generate income. As long as you pay, you can use them.
The station was originally used to deliver documents to the public, but the usage was small after all.
Therefore, when some officials petitioned for permission to open inns to receive traveling merchants, inns all over the world opened this door.
In the past, the expenses of the inn were borne by the local wealthy households, but now the inn is completely self-sufficient.
Even the inns in the Jiangnan area have made a lot of money in the past two months, which has boosted the local catering and catering industry. Even the chef industry has seen the emergence of many talents.
The post station has changed from an organization that previously provided money to local governments.
In this process, grain reselling and transportation became the most profitable businesses, triggering a commercial boom throughout the world.
This period lasted until March of the 24th year of Hongwu, when spring was about to begin, and then it finally stopped a little.
Because after the beginning of spring, everyone will enter spring plowing.
But those traders did not stop.
A large number of caravans and business gangs began to travel in groups all over the world. They were probably afraid that the imperial court would take back their orders. They seized this opportunity and began to do business on a large scale all over the world.
Originally, in Zhu Yuanzhang's imagination, traders traveling around the world would definitely bring a lot of harassment.
But what is surprising is that these traders hope for peace in the world more than anyone else.
Because only on the peaceful road in the world will there be fewer bandits.
Because the people in the world live and work in peace and contentment, they have spare money to buy their things.
Therefore, big businessmen who really cross provinces and regions are more honest than the local government.
They abide by the law and bring a lot of culture and food from different regions to all parts of the world.
Share single specialties from all over the world with the whole world.
Especially the high-quality tea, silk, and porcelain produced in the Jiangnan area are sold in large quantities to the northwest, northeast, and southwest.
Specialties from the northwest, northeast and other places are also sold to the Central Plains through them.
As Chen Han said, in fact, since the baptism of business in the Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty, everyone has this awareness, and everyone wants to make money...
(End of this chapter)