Chapter 624

"... in fact, Cang Sheng knows etiquette, and if he has enough food and clothing, he knows honor and disgrace. Your majesty, I think commercial tax can be levied, but the people still have no surplus money, so we must eliminate the daily necessities of the people."

"Daming does not need the country to be rich and the people to be poor. The country and the people should go hand in hand. The people are rich and the country is rich. Taxation is a tool to regulate the rich and the poor. It should be used with caution, but it must not be used..."

The eunuch came to read this memorial in person, but when he read it here, he paused a little, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "I heard that life is equal. I believed it at first, but after experience, I felt it was a great fallacy. Starting from those who live high in the temple, followed by officials, then literati, four merchants, five for the people, six sergeants, and seven craftsmen and cheap books..."

All the officials below coughed uneasily, but the eunuch continued to read: "fortunately, the imperial examination can pass through the sky, but how many people can it carry? These seven people have no circulation up and down, and the estrangement arises from themselves."

"Tax is the means to rob the rich and help the poor. Daming should maintain relative fairness as much as possible, otherwise the richer the rich, the poorer the poor. Just like a dry wood pile, natural and man-made disasters are Mars..."

After reading the memorial, Zhu Di said, "all the people in Yangzhou have been captured. The navy has moved south and North by water and sea, and the salt administration has subsided."

The following officials blinked and waited for Zhu Di to express his views on the memorial.

But after Zhu Di dry said a few words, he let people disperse.

Out of the hall, Yang Shiqi and Hu Guang walked together. He said with a smile: "xinghebo's move is menglang. He probably saw the hope of open source in Yangzhou Prefecture, but he extended his knife to the dignitaries and the rich. Do you really think he is invulnerable!"

Hu Guang suddenly stopped and said sideways, "since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been different opinions on taxation. Up to now, the policy of emperor Gao, the emperor Taizu, is no longer feasible. Focusing on business first and then taxation, Fang Xing means to let the water flow first, collect into a river, and then scoop water from the river in the middle of the court! Understand?"

Yang Shiqi suddenly realized, "does Fang Dehua want the central government to set a tax holiday to encourage the world to do business and levy taxes after the businessmen have more money?"

Hu Guang nodded and shook his head and said, "that man probably wants to enrich the people, but it's not easy! I never thought about it. However, Daming should be based on agriculture. Encouraging businessmen is putting the cart before the horse. Xinghe took it for granted."

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"No, I don't think encouraging merchants is putting the cart before the horse."

When Fang Xing received a letter from Jin, he smiled and analyzed, "businessmen, whether they have everything or not. For example, the north produces wheat and the south produces rice, but the North likes pasta. Is rice really not delicious?"

Huang Zhong thought: "uncle, I think it's still a price problem. Before the opening of the canal, the rice from the South was sent to the north. After layers of consumption, the price is not as cost-effective as the wheat planted by the north."

"This is the role of businessmen."

Fang Xing said with assurance: "if this is done by a businessman, he will naturally analyze the needs of the north, what can make money and what will lose money, and then he will directly or indirectly pass this information to others. At that time, those people will naturally produce or plant according to the needs. This is a kind of progress, explore the needs, guide production and activate the market!"

"As for worrying about the people abandoning farming, do you think it's easy for merchants to make money?"

Fang Xing said with a smile, "the people of Daming are the most cautious. If they guard the land, they feel that this life is enough. If there is no big temptation, do you want them to change their career? That's a dream! And if the people are bewitched, it's easier to directly use taxation to regulate the market."

Huang Zhong asked, "what if merchants make a lot of money?"

"Ha ha ha!"

Fang Xing pointed to Huang Zhong and said with a smile, "Bolu, Bolu, you are in the bureau! If the merchants have made a lot of money, I must be very rich. Won't the court raise the price of grain?"

"Hey!"

Huang Zhong patted himself on the forehead and said with a smile, "if you are extremely rich, you must have more money in the hands of the people. Raising food prices can make farmers feel at ease to farm, and even share more land, so that farmers' income can catch up."

Fang woke up and smiled without saying anything. At that time, of course, Daming's territory is more than that. A peasant family will own a lot of land.

"Master, Lord Fu, please see me."

Xiao Dao practiced calligraphy outside the door and watched the door. After reporting for Fu Xiantong, his eyes turned straight.

"Please come in. You continue to practice calligraphy!"

Fang woke up and heard Fu Xian's laughter before he reached the door.

"Uncle, the last batch of salt has been shipped. I'll go now."

Fu Xian's laughter is very infectious and can make people feel better inexplicably.

Fang xingxu gave him a hand and said with a smile, "although there is no war merit this time, if you can send the salt everywhere in time, the credit will be great. Your majesty will be punished at that time."

Fu Xian said with a grin: "last time I was in Taizhou Prefecture, I knew that I had meat to eat with uncle. Besides, I also had fate with uncle! The fleet happened to practice nearby and met uncle in Yangzhou. This is not fate! Ha ha ha!"

After sitting down, Fang woke up to Fu Xian's tight schedule and asked, "what are the recent activities of the Japanese pirates?"

Fu Xian said: "very few. Since the first battle of Taizhou Prefecture, those Japanese pirates seem to be a little timid. Occasionally they can meet a few small groups. They catch them and ask them. They say it's uncle. Your name can stop crying among the Japanese pirates. Unless you go to the North, those Japanese pirates will not dare to come again."

Then Fu Xian looked at Fang Xing with reverent eyes.

But Fang woke up and just smiled: "the shogunate is still unable to convince the public. The struggle in Japan must continue for some time, and the corresponding number of Japanese pirates will be more and more, which can not be underestimated!"

Fu Xian nodded and Fang Xing continued, "how about North Korea?"

"North Korea has a good relationship with the Zong family of Duma Island, but according to the lower official, Zong's is seeking skin from a tiger."

After seeing Fu Xian off, Fang Xing said to Huang Zhong, "Daming can't start against North Korea for no reason, unless North Korea destroyed the Jianzhou Sanwei, so now we have to look at the means of the SPO family!"

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The SPO family was in turmoil at this time.

SPO Yichun sat alone in the courtyard, looking at the withered flowers and plants outside the pavilion, he couldn't help sighing: "my father is not happy in gaoye mountain, and the monks didn't give him dignity. I really want to burn it!"

Shangtian Bing, a courtier on the side, bowed and said, "Lord, be careful. You should know that walls have ears."

SPO Yichun smiled bitterly and said, "since I was transferred to the position of leader by the general, I have been like death. If Yiyuan hadn't known the TAISUN teacher in the Ming Dynasty, I would have wanted to leave here and stay away from all this."

Shangtian soldier said coldly: "Lord, the SPO family has a foundation after all. Look at the meaning of xinghebo. As long as we give benefits, can we..."

"No!"

SPO Yichun shook his head and said, "even if the Ming people come to help, how many people can they come? Who can they rely on for food supply? How can we deal with ourselves after failure? If the Ming people don't go after victory? I can't figure out these problems. I don't dare to have this heart."

Shangtian soldier said, "Lord, Ming people are far away from our country. If they come and don't go, can they withstand consumption?"

In this era, if we want to garrison troops in distant places, if supply is difficult, it will not last.

"As long as the Ming army can't stay for a long time, why don't we dare? If we fail, we'll go to the islands. When we see the Ming people fighting with the shogunate, we can be invincible!"

SPO Yichun sighed slightly, "let's see about it, but Yiyuan's letter should be coming soon. Look at the meaning of Xinghe Bo. Eh! Have those butterflies changed?"

Fang Xing moved spo Yichun with a sentimental story, but he was restless after all, so he didn't have time to see the legend that it was a pair of butterflies incarnated by men and women.

Shangtian soldier was stunned and said, "Lord, my ministers have been going everywhere recently. It seems that no one has taken care of that field for a long time."

SPO Yichun said with a wry smile, "well, that xinghebo must be a temporary emotion. Let the moths live and die!"

A cold wind blew and the trees in the courtyard rustled.

Winter is coming!