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Chapter 1424, Paying taxes is glorious

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    The next morning, accompanied by the cold wind of early spring, in the streets and alleys of the capital, newsboys were walking in the streets and alleys carrying full newspapers, shouting loudly as they walked.

    ¡°Sell newspapers~Sell newspapers!¡±

    "Taxation is taken from the people and used for the people. Taxation is a way for everyone to show their loyalty and filial piety to the emperor of tomorrow and the empire of the Ming Dynasty. It is the obligation of every citizen!"

    "It's honorable to pay taxes, it's shameful to evade taxes, and resist taxes with force, which seriously violates the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and the whole family will be exiled thousands of miles away!"

    "The taxes collected by the imperial court, each main item begins to show in detail that the taxes are collected from the people and used for the people. Only when the imperial court has money can it arm a strong army and expand its territory to the outside world, instead of letting others  Hazing.¡±

    ¡°Only when the imperial court has money can it organize large-scale infrastructure construction, build roads, railways, ports, dams, reservoirs, dredge blocked rivers, facilitate transportation, prevent floods and water storage, increase employment, and promote the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.¡±

    ¡°Only when the imperial court has money can it vigorously build schools and hospitals so that more children can receive cheap education and more people can enjoy better medical services.¡±

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    With the shouts of the newsboys, the entire Beijing-Tianjin area began to gradually wake up. A large number of people came out of every corner and quickly bought the newspapers from the newsboys.

    What happened in the court yesterday has already spread in the capital. The young and old men in the capital are waiting for the newspapers to report on it in order to know in detail what happened yesterday.

    A good morning meeting turned into a vegetable market. A heated discussion started between the two parties around whether to levy commercial tax and whether to abolish the tax yamen.

    At the same time, this matter also involves the attack on the tax office in Nanzhili, which is worth seeing.

    ??For young and old men in the capital, these are all things that need to be clarified, otherwise you will not know anything when you sit down, and you will have nothing to talk about.

    In a teahouse in the capital, many tea-goers were having morning tea and reading newspapers. At the same time, they were quietly listening to the newspaper reader explaining today's newspaper.

    ¡°Everyone, today¡¯s newspaper revealed a lot of information~¡±

    "The first thing we have to think about is what I and everyone talked about a few days ago, when the officials from the border areas went to Beijing to report on their duties."

    ¡°The most important thing among them is the dismissal of Feng Shiyong, the chief envoy of Southern Zhili, from his post.¡±

    "Where is Nanzhili?"

    ¡°It has always been the most important taxation place in our Ming Dynasty and the most fertile area in our Ming Dynasty.¡±

    "At the same time, Southern Zhili has produced talented people and beautiful women in large numbers since ancient times. The saying that half of the entire court was from Jiangnan means that more than half of the officials in the entire court came from the Jiangnan area."

    "The position of Chief Envoy of Southern Zhili is a second-grade official position, and it is an important position that holds real power. It is also a fertile position in the land of Jiangnan."

    The newspaper reader paused slightly here, took a sip of tea, collected his thoughts, and continued. ãá 75z*w. &#99&#111m ãá

    "The reason why Feng Shiyong was dismissed was mainly because he didn't know anything about the situation in Southern Zhili during the debriefing meeting, and at the same time he criticized the imperial court's assessment system."

    "In addition, over the years, the development of Southern Zhili has been slow, and Northern Zhili has caught up. Last year, Northern Zhili paid as much as 200 million taels of silver in taxes per year, but Southern Zhili was only half of Northern Zhili. Both sides  The gap is huge.¡±

    "This is enough to show that Feng Shiyong did not do well in the position of chief envoy of Southern Zhili, and it is normal for him to be dismissed."

    "Why do I need to contact the previous official report meeting of the feudal officials?"

    "Because the fierce quarrel that occurred at the court yesterday has a lot to do with the arrangement of the position of the Chief Envoy of Southern Zhili."

    "A few days ago, I had already made an estimate. The position of chief envoy of South Zhili is most likely to be Zhong Fan, chief envoy of Guangdong, or Wang Shouren, the tax governor of South Zhili. One of these two will take over.  ."

    "No matter who of these two people takes over the position of Chief Envoy of Southern Zhili, it means that Southern Zhili will undergo a huge change, because both Zhong Fan and Wang Shouren are officials of the practical side. Zhong Fan is in Guangdong  What he has done is remarkable, and Wang Shouren¡¯s achievements in collecting taxes in Nanzhili are even more remarkable.¡±

    "If one of them takes over, Southern Zhili will inevitably undergo a major change."

    "Let's talk about it again"Let¡¯s talk about this tax issue.  "

    ¡°Officials from Southern Zhili have always been the ones who levy separate business taxes.¡±

    "Because since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the salt merchants, grain merchants, cloth merchants, tea merchants, etc. in South Zhili have almost monopolized some of the most profitable and important businesses in the Ming Dynasty."

    "Taking salt merchants as an example, in the past, salt merchants were as rich as the country. They spent huge sums of money on the banks of the Qinhuai River. I am talking about these salt merchants, as well as the famous Hui merchants. The names of Hui merchants are common throughout the Ming Dynasty."

    "These businessmen are very rich, but they basically don't have to pay any taxes. The Ming Dynasty Morning Post has a special report on this matter. What impressed me deeply is that in a wealthy county in the south of the Yangtze River, the taxes paid in a year are less than  To one hundred taels of silver, it can be seen that these businessmen basically paid no taxes."

    "At that time, the imperial treasury was empty. There were Tatars and Jurchens in the north, Japanese pirates were raging along the southeast coast, and the chieftains in the southwest were capricious. The emperor wanted to rectify military affairs, but he suffered from an empty treasury and no silver."

    "However, these salt merchants, Anhui merchants, grain merchants, cloth merchants, etc. in the south of the Yangtze River are extremely rich and wealthy. They can spend a lot of money in the land of fireworks, but they are unwilling to pay a tael of silver to the court.  As a result, our Ming Dynasty is suffering from internal and external troubles and has no money to solve many problems." Mi He Mi

    "This is why Liu Jin and Liu Gong carried out tax reforms back then. Because the court needed money to do things, and it was naturally impossible for the court to tax the poor people, because even if you sold the poor people, they would not be taxed.  There are not many taxes that can be levied, so we can only levy commercial taxes on these rich people and businessmen."

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    The newspaper reader stopped and took a sip of tea. The whole teahouse fell silent, everyone listened quietly, even the waiter listened with gusto.

    Because the Beijing-Tianjin area is located at the foot of the emperor, it has the most exposure to this aspect, and it can be regarded as the most concerned about national affairs. Regarding matters in this area, it is always the most(remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com
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