Chapter 640

Today, after dispersing the dynasty, Hu Guang ridiculed Fang Xing. Those words spread all over Jinling City in an instant.

Civil servants above the fourth grade are not allowed to engage in business, but Wu Xun has no such taboo.

The key is that Hu Guang pointedly pointed out the essence of Fang Xing: your baby likes to lift the banner of Daming's interests in everything, but you are making money every day in business, and all your money goes into your own pocket. Where are Daming's interests?

"Xinghebo is bound by himself this time. Lord Hu is too powerful!"

"He keeps saying that literati are shameless, but where can he get? It's not the same as fighting for profits with the people!"

"Do you really think he is a saint? They are birds of a feather!"

"Yes, hypocrite!"

“……”

Of course, Xia Yuanji knew the material discussions outside, so when he heard Fang Xing's question, he said, "it was set by Emperor Gao of Taizu. It is not allowed to operate the door shop. All of them are concentrated in the collapsed house. Up to now, in fact, these prohibitions have long been abandoned, otherwise your restaurant can't open."

Fang Xing smiled: "emperor Taizu Gao didn't suppress businessmen, but wanted to control businessmen in his hands, but the way of centralized trading is not desirable after all."

Zhu Yuanzhang was not allowed to open shops in Nanjing. The merchants had no choice, so the goods were stacked on the ship and outside the city. As a result, it was cheaper for the Chinese.

Finally, the boss felt that it was not normal, so he built more than ten buildings for businessmen to trade here.

"Thirty taxes and one, which is very appropriate for people's livelihood material transactions, but for some industries, Lord Xia, I think it's low."

Fang woke up and said, "the low tax rate of Taizu when he was the emperor was to revive business, but now it is still so low. In many industries, it can only be cheap for those merchants."

Xia Yuanji said with a wry smile, "do you think I don't know? But who is running those industries? Who is behind them? Wu Xun doesn't collect taxes. Civil servants rarely pay taxes when they do business behind their backs. I don't want to collect the business tax of the year of the Ming Dynasty when it is sent to the household department!"

Seeing Fang Xing still wanted to talk, Xia Yuanji got up and said, "your topic is too big for me. Otherwise, you can talk to Hu Guang or write a memorial directly."

Fang woke up and said, "today's commercial tax is equal to nothing. All the burden is on farmers. Lord Xia, in some places, a stone of rice has to pay eight Dou of tax. There have been refugees!"

Xia Yuanji shook his head. "You have to go to your majesty about it. No one else dare to move."

Fang woke up and said, "there's something you can do, for example, take my family's tax first."

"You're looking for death!"

Xia Yuanji said angrily, "I'm going to get a salt merchant. Are you going to let those civil servants hate you? Eh!"

Xia Yuanji looked suspiciously at Fang Xing and said for a long time, "you, you don't use the salt merchant as a guide. In fact, you want to cut the business tax?"

Fang Xing took the posting book and said, "nonsense, Lord Xia, as the Minister of household, collect taxes!"

"I won't accept it."

Xia Yuanji didn't want to take over the hot potato, so he hurriedly prepared to flash.

Fang woke up and didn't stop him. He just sat in his chair and said with a smile, "if you don't accept it today, I'll settle down here!"

Xia yuan gibbon went to the door, looked back and saw Fang Xing's determined appearance. He stamped his feet and said, "get up and go to meet the saint with my official."

"No need."

Fang Xing opened the wooden box he had brought, pointed to the treasure note inside and said, "Fang believes that the tax rate of the first fresh should be set at 20 taxes and 1. This is the account book. As for the land tax, Fang is finished."

Fang Xing squeezed Xia Yuanji out of the door and left.

But Xia Yuanji was foolish with these treasure notes and account books.

to accept? Under what name?

If he didn't accept it, he couldn't make sense, so Xia Yuanji felt that he was in the wax.

After thinking about it, Xia Yuanji picked up the wooden box and took the account book to find Zhu Di.

If you have difficulties, find the boss. This is the hidden rule of Ming officialdom.

Zhu Di was dealing with political affairs with several bachelors. When he heard that Xia Yuanji was coming, he smiled and said, "this old Xia is coming to complain to me? Let him in."

After the Ministry of household became rich, all yamen began to ask for money. Finally, Xia Yuanji had no choice but to let them come to Zhu Di.

Xia Yuanji saluted, got up, looked at Hu Guang, and then said the whole story

"Your Majesty, xinghebo voluntarily pays taxes according to the standard of 20 taxes and 1 tax. The front ones are all here."

I said!

When Yang Rong was shocked, he immediately looked at Hu Guang and thought that you would wake up after the run, but people would hit you back immediately.

Zhu Di's expression was a little complicated. He looked at the account book on the imperial case and said faintly, "how's it going? You can try it later."

Everyone looked at each other, Yang Shiqi lowered his eyes, Jin Youzi stopped talking, Yang Rong was eager to try, but Hu Guang couldn't help talking.

Take back the water you spilled yourself anyway.

Looking at the account books and treasure notes on the imperial case, Hu Guang said bitterly: "Your Majesty, I don't think it's too urgent. I should slowly figure it out."

This is ridiculed in the morning and slapped in the face in the afternoon!

It was indeed Fang Dehua's magnanimous way of doing things.

"Are you hesitating?"

Zhu Di sneered, "the commercial tax is in vain. Don't you have anything to do?"

Salt merchant!

The word came out of Yang Rong's head. He just felt cold and looked up and saw that Yang Rong was also surprised.

Hu Guang bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, it's difficult to collect business tax. As long as you open a hole, the bottom officials will be like wolves. At that time..."

"Your Majesty, xinghebo has a memorial to the."

Hu Guang a spirit, and then saw that the memorial was sent to Zhu Di's hand.

Zhu Di looked at it and handed it to the eunuch: "read it."

After coughing, the eunuch read: "... Although I have enough to use tomorrow, nine times out of ten comes from the rent of farmland. Your majesty, the reclamation of farmland has been eroding. The civil and military collude, eat empty wages, collect the benefits of escaping from service, and even embezzlers..."

Hu Guang was in a daze. He felt that Daming was comparable to Zhenguan and Kaiyuan at this time, and Yongle prosperity would leave a heavy mark in the annals of history.

But... Fang Xing's memorial was like a slap, which hurt his face.

"... southeast China has the highest tax burden, but culture and education are the same..."

Yang Rong was a spirit exciter. Looking at Hu Guang with his head down in front, he felt a little sympathy in his heart.

This is a living unveiling of the so-called prosperous era in Hu Guang's mouth!

"... our Dynasty gives preferential treatment to literati. All candidates, scholars and officials... Can not pay taxes. As a result, there is a strong wind of investment and contribution, and the tax land is becoming less and less. However, the taxes collected from this place by the dynasty are still not reduced every year, resulting in the poverty of the poor. When paying taxes, most of them borrow money, repay them with land when due, and the whole family fled..."

This is a battle denunciation criticizing the shameless literati!

Zhu Yuanzhang gave preferential treatment to the gentry, but that was conditional: those whose families were poor and unable to complete grain could be exempted by local officials.

But now the policy of helping the poor literati has long become a tool for the gentry to collect money madly, and land annexation comes from it.

Zhu Di waved, temporarily stopped the eunuch, and then asked, "when did Daming exempt the taxes of the whole people in the world?"

The hall was silent