Five hundred and fiftieth chapters the fate of the genius
The rated tax of Suzhou Prefecture is two million taels. Wang Kui's 150,000 shi Guazhou Warehouse receipt can be used to offset the tax, so it can be easily absorbed. As expected, the net profit is 30,000 taels.
The ready-made examples are here. If there are no imitators yet, it would be a shame for the word Suzhou Prefecture. Not to mention the locals, even some Huizhou businessmen have started to do this business.
Of course, it is impossible for others to gather 50,000 taels of silver as capital like Wang Kui. The less is one or two hundred, and the more is three to five hundred, but all of them add up to a lot.
Seeing this situation, Fang Yingwu felt relieved. The guidance of administrative forces is always temporary, and the long-term solution is to form market practices.
This model takes advantage of the rapid development of reclamation in Huguang, the price of rice is cheaper than in Suzhou and the abundant supply, and the low-cost Huguang rice is used to offset Suzhou's tax grain.
Moreover, this model cannot actually increase the total number of rated tax grains, but it can reduce the arrears caused by the troublesome tax payment process or insufficient local grain stocks.
Reducing arrears, compared with the large amount of arrears in previous years, is equivalent to an increase in income. And this model not only affects Suzhou Prefecture, but can even affect other surrounding prefectures and counties.
The related work went smoothly and the collection progress was satisfactory, so Fang Yingwu felt better. He took the account book and silently calculated. Last year, due to the flood in Suzhou Prefecture, the rated two million stone was forced to be reduced by 700,000, but the actual collection was only 700,000.
1.3 million stone.
And if I can guarantee the full collection of 2 million shi in Suzhou Prefecture this year, plus the 200,000 to 300,000 shi obtained from persuading donations and clearing fields, then completing the 2.3 million shi this year will not be a big problem.
The 2.3 million dan increased by 1 million dan from the 1.3 million dan last year. The growth rate is magnificent. Even compared to previous years when there were no disasters, the actual amount collected was also hundreds of thousands more dan.——Local
Money and food are the most important thing in affairs, which is already a relatively impressive result.
The tax system of the Ming Dynasty is extremely complex. The details are different in each place, and Jiangnan Cao Liang accounts for the majority of the supply to the capital. In other words, all tax grains from Suzhou Prefecture must be transported to Taicang, the capital. Fang Yingwu thought quite complacently,
In this way, the hole in the household can be patched up for the time being.
He even thought more aggressively. If it were anyone else, he might not be able to achieve such high efficiency in a short period of time. If all the officials in the imperial court can successfully receive their salaries next year, it is all because of their favor!
When he was enjoying himself, he heard the report that Tang Guangde was visiting. Fang Yingwu ordered him to be let in and asked: "How is my reputation in Suzhou Mansion these days?"
Tang Guangde answered truthfully: "Outside views on the Imperial Envoy are very contradictory. Some people hate you very much, while others admire you very much. It's really mixed."
Fang Yingwu laughed loudly, "I was ordered to go south, and I came here specifically for money and food. To put it more bluntly, I wanted to collect money and food from the south of the Yangtze River. This is a thankless task, and I originally planned to be full of slander.
, it’s an unexpected joy that it can be praised and praised now!”
Tang Guangde laughed a few times and said, "Master Fang is open-minded and I admire you very much." Then he added: "I heard that the Grand Master is about to visit Suzhou Mansion..."
The arrival of the Grand Master means that there will be various examinations. The most important examination in non-provincial examination years is naturally the academy examination for admitting talents.
Fang Yingwu understood Tang Yuanwai's thoughts very well. He said casually: "After the grand master's appointment, he usually locks himself in the Gongyuan and does not meet with outsiders before the examination. I also have to avoid suspicion. But you can rest assured that I have long been with you.
Senior Shang has approved the letter, guaranteeing the honor of being a member of the Young Master!"
Tang Guangde said: "Master Fang misunderstood, how dare I not believe it? It's just that I came here on someone else's behalf..."
Fang Yingwu was a little surprised, but not surprised, so he asked: "Someone asked for you? Who is it?" Tang Guangde replied: "It's Mr. Fan An."
The name of the ancients is trouble, and who is Fan An... Fang Yingwu drank tea with an expressionless face. Tang Guangde and Fang Yingwu had been dealing with each other for such a long time, so they had a tacit understanding. He quickly added:
"It's Mr. Li Yingzhen, whom you met a while ago."
It turned out to be him. Fang Yingwu finally knew who it was. Looking back, he had a pretty good impression of this old gentleman. "I guess he found you for his son-in-law?"
Tang Yuanwai nodded and said: "His son-in-law Zhu Yunming is a famous talent in Suzhou Prefecture. He lost his father and ancestors one after another last year. It is really pitiful that Mr. Li is the only elder.
Therefore, Mr. Li focused on planning the future for his son-in-law. The following year, Shang Tixue took the Nanzhili Township Examination, and Zhu Yunming was going to Nanjing to take the exam... I heard that I can speak a few words in front of you.
So Mr. Li came here again to ask me to take care of him."
Fang Yingwu couldn't help but ask again: "Then Zhu Yunming is only in his twenties, so why is he so anxious?"
Tang Guangde explained: "Zhu Yunming and Yang Xunji were friends, and you have all seen them before. In the spring of this year, Yang Xunji has been awarded the second-class Jinshi in high school. In comparison, Zhu Yunming is still a scholar, so can we not be anxious?"
As a time traveler, Fang Yingwu couldn't help but laugh or cry. He had just lifted Tang Bohu, and in the blink of an eye he was going to lift Zhu Zhishan again?
The nepotism among scholars these days is really...the legendary four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River are half enough. Fang Yingwu couldn't help but murmured to himself: "It will take two days to learn Chinese."
Will Zhengming come to your door again?"
Tang Guangde's ears were very bright. He immediately opened his eyes wide and said in surprise: "Wen Zhengming? Sir, are you talking about Wenbi Wen Zhengming?"
He is also a disciple of Mr. Li. He is the same age as Quan Zi, but he is not well-known at the moment. How do you know, sir? Does he have any magical powers? "
Fang Yingwu was extremely speechless. As soon as he said something about Wen Zhengming, it suddenly came out that the four great talents from Jiangnan who were famous in the field of history were about to come together. However, the last of the four great talents, Xu Zhenqing, was still young, maybe only five or six years old now.
I will definitely not trouble myself.
Seeing Fang Yingwu's expression, Tang Guangde probably felt that he had gone too far, and said with a look of shame: "But Mr. Li was too embarrassed to cause too much trouble, so he didn't mention Wen Zhengming this time."
Fang Yingwu only had one word for his mood, weird!
Speaking of the four great talents in history, Tang Bohu was fine in his early years, while Zhu Zhishan and Wen Zhengming were in tears.
Among them, Zhu Zhishan failed the examination seven times, and Wen Zhengming's hair turned white and he was still running for the imperial examination. He could only write the sentence "talking about fame with dust on his head" (it was also plagiarized by a time traveler).
Do you want to push their destiny in your own hands? This feeling is really strange. Fang Yingwu wandered across the world, traveling across the past and present. After a long while, he recovered his thoughts and nodded: "I understand, it is the right thing to serve the country.
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Of course, Fang Yingwu also had his own political considerations. The Suzhou Gang would flourish in the next few decades and produce a lot of prime ministers and ministers. But it was not necessarily good for him to always be at odds with the Suzhou Gang. It would be a good idea to have the opportunity to be kind to others.
, it’s not a bad thing to plant some favors in advance, it’s just a handy thing anyway!
PS: Make up for yesterday’s first, there are still more today.
