Temporary Han Palace.

Guo Zi hurried into this luxurious palace and complained deeply about Zhu Gaoxu in his heart.

Damn, this Western Palace is the imperial palace, and King Zhu Gaoxu of Han really lived in like this.

I don’t know what kind of expression the emperor would look like when he learned about this.

Under the leadership of Guo Deng, Guo Zi quickly came to the study and saw that King Zhu Gaoxu, the Han Dynasty, was watching something attentively.

"Sir Guo Zi, please see His Highness the King of Han!"

"Okay, Old Man Guo, stop making up these false gifts."

Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and signaled Guo Zi to sit down.

As the Minister of the Xingshi who was standing in Beiping, Guo Zi is now more concerned about what the King of Han wants to do.

According to the news he received, as soon as the King of Han arrived in Peiping yesterday, he would meet a merchant from Peking, named Zhan Yuquan.

Guo Zi had no impression of Zhan Yuquan. After all, this guy was just a lowly businessman and could not catch his eye.

However, the actions of King Zhu Gaoxu of Han made Guo Zisheng suspicious.

What exactly did the King of Han want to do when he was so anxious to meet a merchant?

So today, when he heard that the King of Han summoned him, Guo Zi rushed over immediately.

"Old man Guo, I want to consult you with something!"

"After all, you, the Minister of the Ministry of Education, are a well-known financial and tax expert, and are good at managing money and grain."

When Guo Zi heard this, he felt a little uneasy instinctively.

Money and food?

What money and food?

What kind of money and food does the King of Han want to attack?

"Ahem, Your Highness has praised you, and the lower officials will definitely speak out."

"Well, I am going to restructure the commercial tax and establish a tax bureau, which is specifically responsible for levying taxes from merchants!"

Guo Zi: "???"

What?

Taxation Bureau?

Commercial tax reform?

Specialized taxes from merchants?

I'm so mad, you're going to be crazy!

Guo Ziren was stunned and shouted: "King of Han, the commercial tax has been customized since the Hongwu period. This is the ancestral teaching!"

Before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, merchants were levied on "official shop money", and the tax rate was 15 tax per day. After the founding of the country, it was 20 tax per day, and soon it was 30 tax per day.

The sale of private production tools, living materials, cultural supplies, and wedding and funeral and sacrifice items will be exempted from taxes.

This is a stimulating incentive policy made by Emperor Taizu Gao Zhu Yuanzhang, who saw that people's livelihood was difficult and unemployed.

To this day, the commercial taxes formulated by the Ming Dynasty can be roughly divided into two types.

One is business tax, that is, commercial tax of thirty taxes and one; the other is pass tax, that is, customs tax when goods pass through the Guanjin Ferry.

These two types of commercial taxes are generally extracted in proportion to the physical items.

In addition, the county has a tax bureau and the government has a tax department, which is responsible for collecting commercial taxes, which are managed by the Beijing Tax Department.

When merchants go to various places to do business, they need to obtain the "business indices" that the government has tested, a kind of road indices.

The merchant citation states the types, quantity, and distances of goods sold. If there is no "merchant" in the trafficking process, it is considered a "vagacious" crime.

In other words, the Ming Dynasty has been customized to date and there is no need to change it at all.

Sudden restructuring of commercial tax will only cause unnecessary unrest and uneasiness, and who will bear this responsibility at that time?

What's more, your King of Han, Zhu Gaoxu, is just a mere prince, not the Emperor of Ming, not even the Prince of the Crown Prince. What qualifications do you have to reform the commercial tax?

Isn’t this a dog treats rats and meddling in other people’s business?

Guo Zi couldn't understand it very much and wanted to get up and leave.

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head lightly when he heard this, and asked with a smile: "Old man Guo, why do you think the Emperor suddenly let me come to Peking?"

Hearing this, Guo Zi was stunned and then cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

The emperor suddenly ordered the King of Han to come to Peking. Is it just for the purpose of commercial tax reform?

This shouldn't be!

Even if the commercial tax reform is to be restructured, isn’t it okay to directly issue a new tax system?

Why do we have to do this in Peking first and have some trouble?

Or is this the proposal of King Zhu Gaoxu of Han, and the emperor has no confidence in this matter, so he ordered the King of Han to come to Peking to try it out first?

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Guo Zi in a mess and felt extremely funny.

No matter how cunning you are, you still have to drink my foot wash!

Zhu Gaoxu will do it even if he pulls the tiger's skin and pulls the big flag.

In fact, before Guo Zi came, Zhu Gaoxu figured it out that it was not easy to fool Guo Zi.

After all, Guo Zi was an old minister who joined the official position in Hongwu year. He then served as the Left Senator of the General Secretary of Peking, and directly surrendered to King Yan Zhu Di.

This old boy not only has outstanding talents, but also has all his vision and insight. In addition, he is now Zhu Di's confidant, so it is basically unlikely that he would fool him.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu could only change his thinking and let Guo Zi think that this was what Zhu Di meant.

As for whether the matter will be broken, Zhu Gaoxu is not afraid.

He had submitted a memorial to Zhu Di and discussed his business plan in detail.

As long as Zhu Di's cheating thief is not stupid, he will order Guo Zi to cooperate with him and make this attempt.

After all, Emperor Yongle, who is wise and divine, cares most about civil and military skills!

The civil and military achievements he wants need a steady stream of money and food to achieve them!

Therefore, there is great potential for this matter.

"Old man Guo, Yingtian is the imperial capital after all, and the situation is complicated, so it is not suitable for a pilot project to complete the commercial tax reform!"

"As the new capital of the future, once the commercial tax reform is completed, His Majesty the Emperor will move the capital as the situation and implement the new tax system in the world. No one dares to raise doubts at that time. This is the real purpose of my king coming to Peking."

"So, I hope that Shangshu Guo will cooperate with this king with all his strength. After all, if this matter is done, Shangshu Guo will be worthy of the ages and be remembered forever!"

Guo Zi: "!!!"

Fame forever!

Falling forever!

I have to admit that Guo Zi was moved.

But he also knew that once this matter is not done well and is not successful, it will not be remembered forever, but will be infamous for thousands of years!

After a long silence, Guo Zi looked at Zhu Gaoxu and asked in a deep voice: "Your Highness, what should we do?"

After receiving Guo Zi's affirmative answer, Zhu Gaoxu felt relieved.

"Simple, you can clean up all the city foxes and dushi in the city in Peking first, and strictly prohibit them from asking for money like merchant shops, and sending out a signal!"

The so-called "city fox and du rat" are actually the ancient version of street gangsters.

These street gangsters are backed by big figures, so they act without any scruples and charge protection fees from shops and shops for many years!

Just as Zhan Yuquan said, high-ranking officials and nobles ate big heads, and they ate meat, but only merchants themselves could only drink soup.

Guo Zi nodded after hearing this. This was not a difficult task.

Those gangsters are arrogant and domineering in their daily lives, and they are the time to rectify the people!

As for those people behind them?
Chapter completed!