The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Dong Nuan Pavilion, early morning.

The weather was getting colder and colder. Yan Chengjin didn't wear much. He had a down underwear inside and a Qilin Shifu on the outside, which was very warm.

In the main hall, the ministers were as fat as ducks, wearing thick cotton-padded jackets in their official uniforms.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites will return as a gift five hundred pieces of Korean raw silk and one hundred volumes of "Da Tong Gong"."

"Well, please give me some more tea leaves."

Yan Chengjin's face moved slightly. "Datong" often appeared in the Ming Dynasty's return gifts to various countries.

The habit of sending calendars actually started in the Ming Dynasty.

Besides that, there are some books.

There are certain reasons why Korean folk customs and culture are extremely similar to those of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Qin Hong, the minister of the Ministry of War, reported: "The Ministry of War received an urgent report from Jizhou that the Tartars invaded the territory of Jizhou and plundered. Three soldiers were killed and wounded, five were taken prisoner, and the amount of rice and grain they looted may reach ten thousand stones. "

"Who is the guard?" Li Dongyang asked.

"Commander Bai Zong and Supervisor Guo Shun."

Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "These two will be fined for one month. If they fail again, they will be taken back to the capital for accountability."

Yan Chengjin regretted letting his father go to Xuanfu.

"Dad has set off for Xuanfu, but the Tatars plundered Jizhou and missed the military glory."

The Tatar cavalry were erratic and often invaded the nine sides. No matter how strong his memory was, he could not remember all the historical data.

There is only one father, so he will definitely have endless military exploits.

The hall fell silent.

There are no more reports from the officials.

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes flashed brightly, and he turned to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and asked narrowly: "In the Yanqing family, Yang Zhanshi impeached Zhang Xian, the magistrate of Liangxiang County, and pretended to be a ghost, teasing the scholar. As the censor, do you know about this?"

Yan Chengjin thought about it carefully and said, "I know."

His Majesty asked lightly, how could he not know that it was he who built the Adventure House.

"Shut it down. Don't let this matter get caught by anyone with ulterior motives."

What Your Majesty is talking about is the Blood Moon incident caused by the White Lotus Sect. They are pretending to be gods and ghosts, and they may create another moth.

Han Wen moved slightly, looked at Emperor Hongzhi, opened his mouth, but stopped talking.

"I obey the decree!"

"But... I have included the tourism tax in the tax books of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Can you please ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to remove this tax item?" Yan Chengjin insisted.

There is something very strange about the Ming Dynasty Law.

As long as this tax item is opened and recorded in the tax book, you will have to pay taxes every year, regardless of whether you open or close.

Some prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River that grow mulberry have introduced a mulberry tax. The following year, the land is converted to cotton. If mulberry is no longer grown, the mulberry tax must be paid, and the cotton tax must be paid at the same time.

Yan Chengjin insisted and removed the tax items from the tax books.

Li Dongyang sounds fresh, tourist tax?

Emperor Hongzhi was about to nod when a voice broke the calm.

"No!"

Han Wen said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the tax collected from this tourism tax is no less than the mining tax of a government. It cannot be banned!"

The ministers' expressions changed slightly.

The mining tax is collected into the internal transportation treasury and used to support the expenses of the palace.

A mining tax collects about ten thousand taels of silver every year.

Emperor Hongzhi was surprised: "So much money?"

Yan Chengjin secretly calculated that the tickets were only one tael of silver, the employees were all refugees, and they would only take care of food for the time being, and the props could be reused...

The money received was more.

The eyes of the Zhang brothers shone, and they were no longer sleepy. "A thousand taels of tax money alone? You've made a fortune!"

"Brother, when His Majesty closes the Adventure House in Liangxiang, we can open it in the capital!" Zhang Yanling said excitedly.

"Shh..."

Zhang Heling glared at him.

When Emperor Hongzhi and his ministers were frightened, Han Wen hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, the new commercial taxes of the Thirteen Lords' Mansion have been settled."

Emperor Hongzhi's expression tightened and he felt a little uneasy. The new business tax was being tried out. Under tremendous pressure, the salaries of officials all over the world were increased by 30%!

If new businessmen can't get enough money from taxes, they will have to pay it out from the treasury or internal funds.

"Has the new business tax been calculated?"

The ministers' eyes were straightened and their gazes fell on Han Wen.

Yan Chengjin was distraught. New merchants were unable to raise money through taxes, and the court was faced with the decision to abolish the salary increase.

Whether the reform can be successful or not depends on this experience.

Han Wen sighed sadly and remained silent for a long time. Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but remind him: "Han Qing's family?"

However, Han Wen knelt down with a thud: "I...have committed the crime of being unforgivable!"

Emperor Hongzhi's expression changed slightly. All the 30% of the salary I paid to the officials in the world was wasted?

Li Dongyang wondered: "Is it possible that... there are not even ten thousand taels?"

There is no precedent for the implementation of the new commercial law, so there is no way to speculate.

Therefore, people such as Li Dongyang and Liu Jian don't know how much money they can receive.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yan Chengjin had already taken out the gold medal for immunity from death.

Han Wen looked ashamed and loudly said: "New business tax, tax money for entering the capital warehouse, one million, eighty-three thousand four hundred taels of silver!"

Emperor Hongzhi's heartbeat slowed down a beat, and his hands and feet became cold from fear.

But the next moment.

A warmth spread from his chest and swept through his whole body. He looked directly at Han Wen, because he was too shocked to react...

Li Dongyang and others felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar. The first thing they felt was not joy, but shock!

Yan Chengjin silently took the death-free medal back into his arms without anyone noticing.

"How...why do you have so much money?"

Emperor Hongzhi murmured, as if "I'm so rich, why didn't I know?" He was demented for a long time and couldn't react.

The autumn harvest, including rice, silk, tax silver, etc., was all converted into silver, about 20 million taels of silver.

More than 1 million taels of silver is not much more than the autumn harvest.

However, it is far more than the commercial taxes collected in previous years.

The commercial taxes of the Ming Dynasty have never collected so much silver.

Han Wen lowered his head and said sadly: "I have been thinking about it these days, and I even went to Liangxiang on purpose. Now I finally figured it out. The root of the problem lies in Liangxiang.

Merchants from Jiangnan and Northwest China need to hire carriages and assistants to purchase in Liangxiang. If they make an empty trip, they will spend a lot of silver. Therefore, when merchants come to Liangxiang, they bring goods from other places, and when they go back, they take away goods from Liangxiang. After a round trip, the customs received silver!"

Yan Chengjin felt that Han Wen was wrong, or incomplete.

Liangxiang stimulated the business of the Ming Dynasty, which is very similar to the prosperity of the Silk Road.

The French and Arabs liked the silk, tea, porcelain, etc. of the Ming Dynasty, so merchants brought silk and other commodities to sell in various countries.

The Belt and Road, back and forth, the Silk Road prospered.

In the Ming Dynasty,

the gentry liked Liangxiang's monocular telescopes, down quilts, down underwear, hot water bags, etc., which stimulated the activities of merchants, just like the Silk Road.

Liangxiang, as the righteous bird of the Ming Dynasty, played this role.

Whether merchants go to business or not depends on value. If the silver earned is more than the taxes paid, they are willing to go to business.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned deeply: "I still can't figure out what it has to do with Liangxiang?"

"I...I'm afraid I can't explain it clearly." Han Wen was ashamed.

Yan Chengjin felt that the economy could not be explained clearly to His Majesty, and he did not intend to analyze it in the hall, "Your Majesty, Liangxiang's tourism industry?"

"Your Majesty, I think the Qiyu House should be banned."

"Yes, I also think it should be banned!"

Shouning Hou and Jianchang Bo said seriously.

"..." Yan Chengjin.

It's been a long time since I made money from these two brothers. How about... making some more money from them?