The cabinet was rarely reckless. After several revisions, the seal of the Commercial Taxation was entered into the palace, and the seal was immediately added by the Sili Supervisor, and the imperial edict was issued and promulgated to the world.
The tax supervision office was built, and at the same time, the official documents were sent to various provinces and governments, and the commercial tax collection was officially implemented.
When the imperial edict came out, some people applauded, and some people shouted and scolded, and all the people were Wang Xuemen. In their opinion, the court was naked robbery, and the so-called tax supervision yamen was actually similar to the eunuchs in custody.
It was just that the eunuchs were appointed by the palace to enrich the treasury, while the tax supervisor was appointed by the cabinet to enrich the national treasury.
This incident caused a stir. At the same time, in the cabinet, the two cabinet ministers couldn't help but sigh as they looked at the newly handed memorial.
This memorial was written by the Governor of Zhizhe, Wang Daozhong.
In the memorial, all the words were said to have been passed down to Zhizhe, and Zhizhe was shocked and it was a sensation. Not to mention ordinary people, even some gentry and officials strongly opposed it.
Such heavy taxes are rare. The Ming Dynasty has never had the rules to collect commercial taxes, but unexpectedly, this collection was so ruthless. Most of the gentry planted cotton mulberry. Originally, when Xu Qian was there, he also collected heavy taxes.
The money was just a different name. It was handed over to the governor's yamen, but now it was handed over to the treasury. Although the money paid was more, their interests should not be damaged too much.
But don't forget that while collecting cotton and mulberry tax, all docks and workshops have also imposed taxes. On the surface, it seems that the interests of the gentry and gentry are not damaged, but the production costs of workshops are getting more and more
Higher prices have caused problems in many workshops. If prices soar, consumption will inevitably decline. Ordinary families may not be able to withstand such an impact. At that time, they will inevitably have to save money. Once they save money, the goods produced by the workshop may be backlogged.
Moreover, many merchants in the sea route comforting commander saw the price increase sharply, and many goods naturally had no desire to buy them more because of their sharp decline in profits.
But if the price is maintained, the profit will inevitably be meager. On the one hand, some workshops are difficult to maintain, so they simply go bankrupt. There are also some that can barely afford it, but the demand for cotton mulberry on the market has dropped sharply, so
·The price of this cotton mulberry must be pressed down desperately.
The price of cotton mulberry has fallen by 20%. If nothing unexpected happens, the price will plummet in the next few months as governments in various places begin to impose taxes.
Therefore, the gentry realized that although the tax they paid had not increased much, their income had been cut in half. What was terrible is the loss of confidence. Everyone knows that cotton mulberry will plummet, who dares to continue purchasing cotton
Mulberry? As a result, the cotton mulberry planted by these gentry on countless lands were no longer cared about, and it was no longer as lively as before.
The interests of the gentry were seriously damaged, so naturally, they had to make a sound through the Qing Dynasty of the Sinica. In Zhizhe, there were endless voices of criticizing commercial taxes, which showed the level of excitement.
In addition, there are officials. Logically speaking, although local officials have the right to collect commercial taxes, this practice may not be a good thing for them. Once the workshop is unsustainable, many of their own private workshops have also been greatly affected.
With a big impact, these are all golden hens that have invested thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, pointing at them to lay golden eggs, and now they have reached a precarious level.
In addition, there are many other trades of wood, coal and silk cotton made by relatives of officials. Because the demand for workshops has dropped sharply, many people are pressing on the purchased raw materials, but it is almost difficult to sell.
Such losses are definitely not small. Officials have formed unspoken rules in secretly working in Zhizhe. Some people even put their old capitals in them. Once they mess up, they will really become paupers.
For this reason, the officialdom of Zhizhe was very fierce, and even the governor of Zhejiang even issued an announcement saying that Zhejiang's commercial tax would not be rushing to be collected.
But this approach is not very useful, because everyone knows that the imperial edict has been issued. If you don’t enroll today, you will enroll tomorrow. No matter how you delay, everyone’s confidence has collapsed, so many people originally wanted to join the workshop.
The landlords couldn't help but start to watch nervously. The merchants who were selling goods did not dare to go to the workshop to purchase goods at will. Even the ship business was much more bleak, and many people were frowning, afraid that in the future, the government would take taxes to their own heads.
And due to the rapid vulgarity of commerce, many ships are on the verge of bankruptcy.
The ships expanded very well at that time. Due to the shortage of supply, they kept buying ships, but there was only so much real money and silver. Therefore, many ships had borrowed money everywhere, but now the ships in their hands cannot make profits and cannot be paid back.
, I'm afraid that the prospects will be worrying at that time.
The whole of Zhejiang was in full bloom, and he said proudly in the memorial of the kingly way: "The new policy of Zhejiang is vulnerable, it can be seen that the new policy is just rootless duckweed, and it must not last long." Then he said without worry: "It's just recently
Many officials and gentry criticized the court, and even refused to resist the order, and the officials were worried that sooner or later, someone was in a hurry to jump over the wall and cause a disaster.
On the one hand, the influence of the imperial edict in the kingly way was very satisfactory, which confirmed that the problem of the new policy was very serious, and it was just possible to eliminate the new policy. But at the same time, he also clearly realized that many people were dissatisfied and dissatisfied, and that was possible
It's not afraid of trouble, but it's not afraid of trouble. After all, as long as there are military horses, you won't be afraid of making waves. The most important thing at the moment is that the local officials in Zhizhe have been influenced by the new policies, and they are all slanderous to him, the governor and the court, even some old studies
The officials couldn't help but complain at this time, saying that the court did this, which was a bit too much.
In this case, Wang Daozhong is not so much a letter to inform Zhizhe about the recent situation, but rather a person who is here to ask for power. As the governor of Zhizhe, he must have enough power to suppress these officials and allow these officials to be allowed to
Obediently obey the will of the court and obediently implement the collection of commercial taxes.
After a short sigh, Yang Yiqing cheered up and said, "I have been able to endure for so long, and today is the most enjoyable. Xu Qian boasted about the new policy and said what the new policy is like. You see, the result is indeed the same as what the kingly way says, and it cannot last long.
.It’s better to have a short pain than long pain. You should do your best to have a short pain right now and completely suppress the new policy.”
Yang Tinghe nodded: "The kingly way is indeed worthy of expectations. Now, he has talked about many difficulties. What do Sui'an thinks?"
Yang Yiqing pondered: "Actually, this is not a difficult situation. He can't move the officials below, but it's just not shocking. I heard that many officials in Zhizhe ordered their relatives to start workshops to make profits. Humph, the imperial court ordered officials,
What is the difference between doing such a thing and corruption? So what I mean is to ask the Ministry of Personnel to send personnel to Zhejiang in the name of eliminating the administration of officials to help the kingly Daozhong stabilize the situation.”
Send people from the Ministry of Personnel to Zhejiang. On the surface, they are fighting corruption, but in fact they are supervising the formation. If they are disobedient, they will investigate them all. Don’t be afraid that you will not get involved in the fishy smell. Then the law will be done directly. In this way, who dares to disobey
?
Yang Tinghe seemed to feel it was appropriate and said, "Yes, Your Majesty has also had a lot of dissatisfaction with the administration of the government recently. It would be better for me to write a letter, saying that the Ministry of Personnel, Dali Temple, and the Censorate will send officials to patrol the four sides and pick up illegally. As for this
The first stop of the inspection was Naozhe. In this way, others couldn’t find anything to pick on. Does Sui'an think it’s appropriate?”
Yang Yiqing nodded: "This is a way to remove firewood from the bottom of the pot. There are royal family members in the position of governor and military horses in Zhejiang. Now, the Ministry of Personnel, Censorate and Dali Temple are sent to the Ministry of Personnel, Censorate and Dali Temple. We are not afraid that these royal officials will be honest or not.
At worst, just investigate and deal with it directly. Whoever is this is the first to kill the chicken to warn the monkey, especially the governor of Zhejiang Zhao Ming, who is Xu Qian's sidekick, so I just started to investigate it first. It is said that this person has such a big shot.
The karma, the wealth is more than 100,000 yuan."
Yang Tinghe said slowly: "Don't be anxious, don't rush to do it first. You can check it, but don't rush to do it. Only by hanging a knife around your neck can you scare people. Killing someone will be useless and will make you anxious.
Zhao Ming knew it was amazing. If he was willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, this would be the real death for Xu Qian."
In the cabinet, the two cabinet masters were very excited. After they cleared their thoughts, they immediately ordered people to hand in the letter to Naozhe, while preparing to write a memorial.
Compared to Xu Qian, letters from Zhizhe are overwhelming. In the past few days, almost every hour, there are several letters, including some officials, many big merchants, and many gentry.
Their purpose is only one, which is to cry.
I can't live anymore. If I let it go, everyone will be finished. Judging from the court's attitude, it is clear that I want to kill all the new policy and kill the new policy in its infancy. For these people who are closely related to the new policy, it is even more
In this way, they naturally put their expectations on Xu Qian. Xu Qian was their backbone and was also the Minister of Revenue. Everyone had long regarded Xu Qian as an omnipotent person, and they came to cry one by one.
He asked Xu Qian to think of a solution.
Even Xu Fu came here, saying that the current transactions in Jubao Building were bleak, and some merchants even went bankrupt and directly hung beams in Jubao Building.
"Mr. Xu... Many people asked me to ask if there is any way? If there is no other way, I'm afraid that by then, I don't know how many people will hang their necks. This is a fatal one, Jubaolou
It won't take long, and I'm afraid it will be greatly affected. Will this transaction be done in the future?