At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, everything was in trouble.

Only by developing agriculture can the people have food and the court have food.

As a closed agricultural society, it is necessary to suppress business and vigorously develop agriculture.

After all, which emperor has not suppressed business in all dynasties?

But now the maritime ban has been opened and foreign trade is being improved.

The preliminary conditions have been met to raise the commercial tax.

Zhao Ce then wrote this policy statement, which was enough to make himself reluctant to speak freely.

After all, with the current timeline of the Ming Dynasty, in a few decades, the country's borders will still be opened, and capitalism will also begin to sprout.ωωw.

At that time, even if others stop the business tax matter, it will not be stopped!

It was just because of Zhao Ce's intervention that this matter was decades ahead of schedule.

That's why the resistance is so great.

But no matter how big the resistance is, in the face of this irresistible interest, it is all bullshit!

As long as Mr. Zhu took the data in his hand and went back to the emperor, he told the emperor that as long as he collected commercial tax, he could receive millions of taels of silver a year.

How can the emperor not be moved?

If you are in addition to business tax, like maritime tax, develop some other tax types.

Just as the current level of business, it seems that it is not impossible to collect 10 million taels of silver a year in commercial taxation.

For the sake of profit, no matter how Taizu's legacy is left to the civil servants, it is useless!

Seeing that Mr. Zhu seemed to have figured this out, Zhao Ce was so determined that he was so determined that he asked people to continue to investigate all the shop data in Tongzhou Prefecture City.

Two more small officials who came with him were sent to ask them to start sorting out the data now.

He will definitely be able to fight a beautiful battle when he goes back this time!

"Business tax, corporate income tax, value-added tax, urban construction tax, various surcharge tax..."

Zhao Ce was thinking about how to improve other tax issues, but the people sent by Zhu Houzhao to investigate the disaster relief situation have already returned.

Behind this man was a man in an official robe.

This person is Lord Lu, the governor of Tongzhou.

As soon as Lord Lu saw the two people in the room, he took a look at Zhao Ce first.

It seems that I am still thinking about which one is the prince.

Zhao Ce's eyes moved slightly to Zhu Houzhao on the side.

Lord Lu then turned to Zhu Houzhao, saw him wearing regular clothes, and said carefully: "My master?"

"The lower official is the governor of Tongzhou."

Of course, he, the prefect, knew that the people sent by Zhu Houzhao had created such a big battle in Tongzhou Prefecture City.

Early in the morning, many businesses came to the door to cry.

Lord Lu sent someone to check it out and found that the other party was indeed the one sent by the prince.

He could only turn a blind eye and comfort the merchants vaguely.

Now that he saw someone bringing the prince's to the government office with the token of the prince, Lord Lu immediately rushed over without hesitation.

Zhu Houzhao said "yes" and greeted him warmly.

"Mr. Lu is here?"

The smile on Zhu Houzhao's face made Lord Lu feel that he had done some great achievements that made His Royal Highness look so kind to him.

"Haha, why don't you let me notify me before I come? The official has been neglected."

Zhao Ce saw them talking and did not disturb him.

He sat down on his own, and Liu Jin next to him quickly poured him a cup of tea.

Zhao Ce nodded slightly, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Lord Lu glanced at Zhao Ce next to him again.

It seems to be thinking about who this person is.

Why did even the close servants of His Highness the Crown Prince pour him tea?

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "Lord Lu."

Lord Lu quickly took his eyes back and said respectfully: "There is the official."

"Before I came, I saw a lot of refugees outside the city, but I didn't see anyone from the yamen in it."

"Why didn't Lord Lu open the warehouse to provide disaster relief?"

As soon as he heard this, Lord Lu suddenly felt a bell in his heart.

Could this prince be a patrol by Dai Tian to inspect the disaster here?

Lord Lu thought about it before saying, "Reply to me."

"The disaster in Tongzhou has just begun in the past few days. The official is discussing disaster relief with all parties in the past two days."

"It's just that the snow disaster last year was too severe, and there was not much surplus in the granaries of our government office."

"This year's autumn tax has been recovered, and there is really not enough food."

"The officials have submitted memorials to the court and asked the treasury to help with disaster relief."

After Magistrate Lu finished speaking, he glanced at Zhu Houzhao with some anxiety.

Zhu Houzhao thought that the court still had nothing to do to help with disaster relief.

His father was so worried that he frowned every day for this matter.

In the end, the soldiers on the frontier were temporarily hungry and squeezed out some money.

Looking at the numbers in my hand, I couldn't sit still anymore.

No matter how gorgeous the data is, it is just a piece of data.

What he wants is real money!

When Zhu Houzhao thought of this, he suddenly felt aroused in his heart.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhao Ce, and Lord Lu looked over unconsciously.

"Disaster situations are not waiting for anyone. Why don't we go back now and ask His Majesty to order the commercial tax to be collected immediately?"

Zhao Ce naturally doesn't care.

Lord Lu felt even more relieved after hearing this.

This great Buddha is here, and it is really inconvenient for him to do anything.

He sent Zhu Houzhao and the others out of the restaurant.

He walked ahead to lead the way, glanced at Zhu Houzhao walking side by side with Zhao Ce without any concern.

Lord Lu was even more confused.

What is this person's identity? How dare he walk side by side with the prince?

And His Royal Highness didn't mind at all.

He also knew many nobles and high-ranking officials in the capital. It seems that he had never heard of any young man from a family with such a big face?

Just as he was puzzled, the group walked out of the restaurant where Lord Lu had just cleared the scene.

There were many officers and soldiers guarding the streets outside, and the pedestrians around were blocked from afar.

Lord Lu stood in front of the carriage and bowed: "The emperor sent someone to see me back."

Zhu Houzhao looked around him a few times, thinking that after all his actions, he didn't know if Zhao Ce was doubting his identity.

He also wanted to give himself a name for easy explanation.

Among the blocked pedestrians, a loud sound of pushing and shoving suddenly appeared.

"Doctor Wu, what are you doing?"

"Stop rushing, I can't get past the front. Lord Mansion seems to be sending farewell to the distinguished guest."

"Hey, I've stepped on my feet!"

The sounds that followed attracted the attention of several people.

Zhao Ce took the lead and saw a man dressed in a doctor in the crowd rushing forward with all his might.

"Master Master Fu Zun, I am Doctor Wu from Jishitang, Chengxi. If you have any urgent matters, I will report it!"

Lord Lu's eyelids twitched, and he felt a little bad.

The Buddha has not been sent away yet, and now he says he has something urgent to report?

Before he could say anything, Zhu Houzhao, who was curious over there, had already spoken.

"What's the matter? Let him in."

Doctor Wu was brought to the front of several people, and he had no time to salute and did not have time to pay attention to Zhao Ce and his two dresses were not like ordinary people.

He anxiously said to Lord Lu, "Master Fu Zun, it's not good!"

"Caomin gave free medical treatment to the victims outside the city today and found that there was a very likely plague among these victims!"

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PS: Two chapters today ~
Chapter completed!