Chapter 1686: envious

Chapter 1686: envious

Chapter 1686 Envy

In the Mingwei Hall, Mr. Pei Ge was a little anxious: "Your Majesty, the taxes in the past two years have been heavy enough. We only increased the anti-war tax a few months ago, and now we have to increase the taxes on shops in various places. I am afraid that there will be complaints from various places. Its better to think twice before acting on this matter.

Emperor Jingyuan was waiting for this sentence. He looked at Mr. Pei Ge and asked, "What good idea can I use to replenish the national treasury? Should I copy a few more nobles, or should you, a wealthy family, donate a few more gold and silver?"

This question was so murderous that Pei Ge's legs went weak. After forcing himself to calm down, he said: "Your Majesty, the Shen and Sun families brought all the people from Dachu to present silver to the court a few months ago. I'm afraid that I will do so again." Thats it.

boom!

Emperor Jingyuan was so angry that he smacked the table and pointed at Pei Ge angrily: "After that? Wait until the bandits come and slaughter your entire clan before you scream too much?!"

Then he pointed at the various elders in the hall and said: "I tell you, now that the war has begun, gold and silver must be used to support this war of resistance. If we cannot resist, everyone will die, no one will be able to resist." If you want to be on your own, I wont allow anyone to have second thoughts at this time!

These words are very serious, almost saying that they want to rebel if they don't give money.

Thump, thump, thump!

Everyone in the palace, including Ming Cong, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I have no doubts about your Majesty and Da Chu!"

Heh, absolutely no two minds?

It is strange that Emperor Jingyuan would believe it.

The emperor's grandfather had said back then that he should be wary of aristocratic families and kill them whenever he had the chance.

It is also the case that Dachu needs ministers to govern the country, otherwise he really wants to kill all the wealthy families.

Pei Ge Lao shook his body and glanced at Ying Ge Lao secretly...Old thief, your grandson-in-law is the emperor's confidant. Please speak up and object quickly. Even if the emperor is furious, he will not hurt you too harshly for the sake of your grandson-in-law's face.

Yingge Lao understood it, but he didn't want to say anything more.

Ming Cong had long told him that if the war between Da Chu and Da Rong continued, the treasury would be even more empty. If the treasury was without silver, the emperor would definitely raise his sword and ask for money from the nobles of the great families. The family must give or die.nove(l)bi(n.)com

Ming Cong also said: "Your Majesty, Master Ouyang is right. You must seek stability first. If the treasury is insufficient, you can collect more."

But if someone makes trouble from the beginning, then the matter of collecting taxes from shops will not be able to continue.

After hearing this, Mr. Pei Ge smiled inwardly.

Hehe, he is not an idiot. He expected that other adults would agree, so he said that he would charge 10% of the tax for three years.

"What do you think, Master Fang? If you collect the method like this, will the money be enough to fight against the enemy?" Emperor Jingyuan still trusted Master Fang and asked.

Lord Fang was also unambiguous. He directly asked for pen, ink, paper and inkstone, made some rough calculations, and replied to Emperor Jingyuan a quarter of an hour later: "Your Majesty, if the soldiers can withstand the attack of the army and thieves, defend Long'an Mansion, and there are no big ones in Chu." Natural disasters, these shop taxes are enough to support the war against the Japanese this year and next."

Added another sentence: "The south is rich and has many shops."

This is the reason why Emperor Jingyuan placed Master Fang in the position of Minister of Household Affairs. Master Fang is still very useful for making money and saving money.

Very good! Emperor Jingyuan was very happy and put down his worries. As long as he had enough money, he could raise troops, let the soldiers fight against the army, and even step into the army and destroy the entire army.

but

Ouyang Zhang said: "Your Majesty, when localities collect shop taxes, they should send supervisory censors to accompany them to prevent tax collectors and local officials from doing public evil and harming the people everywhere."

Ouyang Zhang was talking about common people, not the shops whose owners were aristocratic families.

He added: "We must check the store's accounts for the last year before we can collect taxes according to the store's income, so as to prevent someone from underreporting the accounts and wanting to pay less tax; while someone falsely accuses other people's stores of making too much money and deliberately harms others. shop."

Emperor Jingyuan nodded after hearing this: "What Ai Qing said is true, so this is what we will do."

Emperor Jingyuan discussed with the ministers until it was completely dark before settling on the matter of collecting 10% of the tax from shops in various places. He asked Zhongshu Sheren to write an imperial edict and rush it over 800 miles to the various governments for promulgation.

Following the imperial edict to various places, there are also prescriptions for insect attractants.

Emperor Jingyuan said: "Pesticides have appeared in the capital, and there must be hidden patients in various places. The prescriptions for insect attractants must be sent to various places as soon as possible, and medicines must be stepped up."