Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Xu Yan sighed secretly:

I suffered a loss because I didn’t enter the officialdom earlier!

I also suffered from the fact that I didn’t perform well at the beginning, because I was so incompetent among everyone!

Otherwise, he would have become a feudal official long ago.

I didn't see that Shen Zhanran and Huang Nilu, who were both from the Imperial College, were fighting to get off the hot air balloon and pull Wang Zhang up.

His Majesty was impressed.

The two of them are already the magistrate and county magistrate of Ye County!

This is an official!

Not to mention still in a strategic location like Ye County...

As long as there is a local battle, the two of them will prepare the logistics...

Do not!

The two of them ensured the food, clothing, housing and transportation for more than 4000 million refugees and sent them safely to Nanyang. This was a great achievement!

The two of them have already accumulated a lot of merit.

Your Majesty did not promote them at this time, just because he was afraid that rashly transferring unfamiliar people would disrupt the reception of the refugees.

These two people will definitely be promoted!

Even becoming the prefect of a certain place is not impossible!

That's a fifth-grade high-ranking official!

Unlike him, he is still an official...

Xu Yan decided to seize this opportunity!

Based on his glorious experience of following His Majesty all the way south, as long as his name appears on His Majesty's desk, he will not immediately get the opportunity for promotion!

When Ding Tieniu heard what Xu Yan said, he hurriedly said:

"Master Xu is saying that the little old man is confused!

Mr. Xu please! "

Ding Tieniu supported Xu Yan and sat down at the dining table.

Mrs. Ding had already gotten up and went to the kitchen to get busy.

With a smile on her lips, she shouted to her two apprentices to quickly light the fire, while quickly starting to put away the dishes.

Good luck!

The son of the Royal University came back. In order to give him a good meal, the family bought pig trotters, chickens and ducks, and even two yellow croakers weighing more than a pound.

Although the dishes are not that outstanding, they contain chicken and meat, so they are of high quality.

Especially the Loess Gongzi produced in Hanshui, this is a special feature!

The upper reaches of the Han River are famous for Danjiang fish.

However, anyone who knows how to eat knows that the most delicious fish are the fish from Shilihan below the Danjiang River and above Laohekou.

Because it has a sandy bottom and a wide river surface, it is basically only about two miles long.

The river is more than ten or even tens of meters deep, and the water is so clear that you can see the bottom at a glance.

Therefore, the fish in this section has no earthy smell at all, and even the anus is light pink.

(Everyone who eats fish knows that the lighter the color of the anus, the less impurities are eaten. This is the most important point).

The small yellow croaker is famous for its tender meat and excellent taste.

In this era when transportation of aquatic products is inconvenient, it is really impossible to buy it even if you have money.

Mrs. Ding originally felt sorry for her son's heavy studies, so she bought it to nourish her son's health.

But just in time!

Otherwise, I'm afraid it would be embarrassing.

At this time, there was no one at the vegetable market...

Even if she wanted to buy it, there was nowhere to buy it!

The two sons and daughters followed the marching crowd and have not returned yet.

The two apprentices were busy in the kitchen with the woman.

Ding Tieniu confessed his crime, got up and went to the next door, asking the families of his two apprentices to buy two jars of good wine.

He returned to the oil shop, served cigarettes and tea, and chatted with Xu Yan.

Not long after, the food was served and the wine was bought.

The apprentice and Mrs. Ding sat in the side room to eat, while Ding Tieniu and Xu Yan sat in the main room.

Xu Yan came here just to seize the opportunity, and immediately put away his official tone.

He asked thoughtfully:

"Shopkeeper Ding is new to the capital, have you ever gotten used to it?"

"Get used to it, get used to it!"

"Master Xu, this is the loess that I bought specially this morning. It's still a live fish. Master Xu, try it.

My wife's craftsmanship is not good, so Mr. Xu should be patient. "

Ding Tieniu invited Xu Yan to eat fish and said:

"Although the little old man is just a businessman who is not a high-profile businessman, he can still see that His Majesty's various systems are really excellent for us ordinary people.

If nothing else, it would be the best thing if this eating and drinking was strictly prohibited. "

Xu Yan took a bite and nodded:

"Well, Madam, with your skills, you can even open a restaurant.

Shopkeeper Ding is so humble! "

He smiled and continued Ding Tieniu's topic:

"Your Majesty has set a business tax of one in ten taxes. What does Shopkeeper Ding think?"

Ding Tieniu raised his glass and touched it with Xu Yan. After drinking it in one gulp, he poured Xu Yan's wine and said:

"Master Xu is an official, and I am a citizen. Let me say something that I shouldn't say——

We ordinary people are not afraid of paying taxes, but we are afraid of paying unknown amounts of money!

Your Majesty's business taxes, although compared to the past when almost no taxes were paid, are very heavy.

However, Mr. Xu also knows that although we did not pay taxes on the surface before...

However, that is not giving money to the emperor!

It’s not like you don’t have to pay miscellaneous taxes!

The money we paid is quite a lot!

How can we, small traders with no foundation, avoid the miscellaneous taxes imposed by officials at all levels?

After all these exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the profit is more than [-]%! "

What Ding Tieniu said was just for the occasion.

The Ding family is indeed not a gentry family, but they are still from the local Tu tribe.

Although he could not avoid exorbitant taxes, he was one of the rich local families after all.

The taxes imposed on them are not as much as [-]% of the net profit.

Counting all aspects of management, his family basically makes [-]% of its net profit every year.

……

but--

Now you only need to pay [-]%!

Calculated in this way, this little tax money given to the emperor...

What a fart!

Hard expenses are reduced by 50%!

The most important thing is that there is no need for officials to set up cards everywhere. This is the best thing for businessmen!

Apart from anything else, in the past, I wanted to open a shop in the capital.

Spend some money up and down, even if it is a small workshop, it can't be made without a few hundred taels of silver!

If you do well, you will be robbed by officials!

What now?

Ten silver dollars!

Submit for review, and once it passes, you can start the business.

The land that was reviewed was still owned by the family.

Which one is better and which strategy is better can be known at a glance!

Xu Yan nodded slightly.

Of course, he knows this since he often goes in and out of various shops.

What he said to Ding Tieniu was mostly the same.

The merchants in Handu all support His Majesty's policy.

Ding Tieniu saw that Xu Yan was listening carefully and was not speaking in an official tone.

He instantly understood that this person wanted to find out the people's true plans.

He didn't hide it either.

Xu Yan wanted to befriend him, so why didn't he want to be friends with an official figure?

Ding Tieniu immediately followed the topic and spoke the truth:

"Master Xu, I am a commoner, and my vision is not as high as yours.

However, we are also literate people, and we understand the truth.

Say something bad.

I would rather this money be collected by His Majesty than go into the official's personal pocket!

Officials came, plundered, and then ran away. When their term was up, they took the money and got promoted.

Who cares about the life and death of your common people!

Even if the front line was defeated and territory was lost, they were pushed down at that time.

When the disciples made a noise, they still became officials!

This is not uncommon!

On this earth, only the royal family can last forever.

We are the emperor's people, and only the royal family cares about us ordinary people.

Just like this Northern Expedition.

Your Majesty went to fight in person so that ordinary people like us could live a stable life!

We pay money to His Majesty, and he will protect us!

We pay the officials, but when disaster strikes, they slap their butts and leave us, leaving us robbed by others.

Do you think this is true?

To be honest, for today’s parade, not only my two children donated more than ten silver dollars..."

Xu Yan sighed, what Shopkeeper Ding said was not official practice!

He nodded in agreement, cupped his fists slightly and saluted:

"Shopkeeper Ding understands the righteousness well. Xu takes the place of the Ming court and thanks the shopkeeper!"

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