Not to mention the Ming Dynasty, even if we look at the history of thousands of years, this private donation is the largest in scale, and the amount is so large that it is difficult to measure.
Two million taels of gold, seven million taels of silver, and countless other pearls, diamonds, and jewelry. In addition, there are gold Buddha statues and various rare and ancient books.
All in all, I'm afraid it's more than 50 million taels!
People have to sigh at Zhu Ying's amazing wealth.
This guy destroyed several Nanyang countries, and Nanyang countries are generally rich in gold and silver, and with many temples, they have accumulated countless wealth. Most of them were looted by Zhu Ying, and then transferred to Grand Master Zhang.
I have to say that this pair are not real brothers, but more like real brothers. They are really enviable and jealous!
Master Zhang really made a lot of money when he picked up this brother.
Various newspapers were reporting on it, but Zhang Ximeng was not happy at all.
Even when Lao Zhu came to him to drink and celebrate, Zhang Ximeng had a sad face.
"Sir, that boy Zhu Ying is so rich, but he didn't give it to us. Instead, he gave it to you. Your brotherhood is better than that of father and son!"
Zhang Ximeng gave Lao Zhu a look of helplessness and said, "Master, how about I give it to you now?"
Lao Zhu was startled for a moment, then waved his hand quickly, "No, we don't want to cause any trouble."
trouble?
Are you still having trouble with this?
Indeed, because the amount Zhu Ying donated to Zhang Ximeng was too large, taxes would have to be paid anyway. If Zhang Ximeng transferred it to Lao Zhu again, he would have to deal with it again.
After all this trouble, most of the money will be left to the court.
In fact, Zhongshu Province has already sharpened its sword... The most important confrontation about finance and taxation in the Ming Dynasty is about to begin.
Chen Diyi has actually made it clear that the royal property must be clearly understood, and the part that should be taxed must not be less. Those who are extremely wealthy must also pay tax on gifts and inheritances, and the highest tax rate is set at
Five percent!
This is a very mysterious tax rate.
The source is still Zhang Ximeng.
Because Zhang Ximeng said in summarizing Chen Di's remarks, it was the Ming Dynasty that created the rich. You relied on the times to accumulate extraordinary wealth, not because of your own abilities. The achievements of the times ranked second.
One person.
In this case, this spirit must be reflected when setting tax rates, so it is natural to set the highest tax rate at 55%.
Taishi Zhang definitely has the supreme authority to make the world law with just one word.
It's just that within a few years of this law being promulgated, it was first used on Zhang Ximeng. And it was his good brother Zhu Ying who brought it to his door.
How to calculate this tax is definitely a big project and extremely troublesome.
Lao Zhu didn't want to get involved because he was afraid of getting burned.
Who knows how troublesome this thing is.
Zhang Ximeng can only cry out in vain. What has happened has already happened. What else can he do except bite the bullet and continue! The law he made falls on his own head. This seems to be the inevitable outcome of legislators.
For example, how can Shang Yang's reform be considered a success?
It was not that Qin was prospering and swept across the six kingdoms, but that he was torn apart by five chariots and committed suicide... No one can escape this set of laws, and no one can be an exception, which means there are no loopholes.
Only in this way can it be considered a success.
Now this matter has fallen on Zhang Ximeng himself. Can you understand such a huge property?
The attention of everyone, both the government and the public, and even many people from the vassal states, overseas scholars and barbarian merchants, all focused on this important event.
Zhongshu Sheng, which had been silent for a while, began to take action. They dispatched a group of people and began to count the property. And by chance, among this group of people, there was a boy named Zhang Chengtian!
That's right, the second son of the Zhang family was transferred to the capital, and as a local fiscal and taxation official with some achievements, he helped handle this major matter.
How could Zhang Chengtian not understand that this is obviously a big pit.
Ask him to check his own property. Even if he checks it clearly, it still won't be clear!
These people in Zhongshu Province are so evil.
To this day, Zhang Chengtian has to believe that his father indeed has no private parties in the court. There are even many people who want to ruin Grand Master Zhang's reputation and leave at least a little stain.
After all, only in this way can they feel a little more at ease.
Otherwise, Grand Master Zhang would have retired after achieving great success, leaving behind an impeccable example.
There will be too many people in future generations who will use Grand Master Zhang's standards and demand that the next officials be clean and honest and be honest. This is something that many people cannot accept from their hearts.
Therefore, it is reasonable to pour some dirty water on Taishi Zhang.
Zhang Chengtian has studied with his father for many years, and has been working for such a long time. Although there is still a gap between him and the old fox, he has his own unique insights into many things.
"Uncle, you cheated my dad, do you know that?"
Zhang Chengtian was very rude to Zhu Ying, and then he took a hard bite of the duck leg, making it sizzling and oily. When it comes to roast duck, Yingtian's is the best and authentic!
Zhu Ying's smile never diminished, "Silly boy, if I don't take out this money, won't someone use me to slander big brother in the future?"
Zhang Chengtian was slightly startled, but was speechless.
Zhu Ying slowly rolled up a roll of duck meat, put it in her mouth, and chewed it slowly.
"The eldest brother has come to this day, and his civil and military skills, as well as his character and achievements, are all impeccable. He is a sage in this world, and I just want to clear up some things as soon as possible so as not to make him uneasy... The eldest brother should live a more comfortable life.
In his peaceful life, he shouldn’t worry about unimportant things.”
Zhang Chengtian was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Uncle, I just realized that you are the one who cares about my father the most. Your relationship is so good!"
Zhu Ying stretched out her hand and knocked Zhang Chengtian on the forehead, "Silly boy, do you think you are very smart? You still have a long way to go! How are you going to deal with this time? Are you sure?"
Zhang Chengtian chuckled and said, "I can't say how sure I am, but I have handled several lawsuits over the division of property and property. This time the situation is not complicated, it's just that the amount of money is a bit too much. I know it well!"
Zhu Ying was overjoyed, "Then I'll see how you perform."
After the two people communicated, Zhang Chengtian decisively joined the ranks of liquidating Zhu Ying's property.
One day, two days, half a month later.
The officials dispatched by Zhongshu Province finally came up with preliminary results. The imperial court still needs to transfer a tax refund of 5 million yuan to the Taishi Mansion, so both parties can settle the matter!
"What?"
Faced with this result, Sun Yan was dumbfounded, and so were Luo Furen and others.
How is this account calculated?
The imperial court couldn't get anything out of it, so why did it still need to pay back the money?
Isn't this unscientific?
"Call everyone here, we want to check the files."
Soon, the people below delivered more than a dozen wooden boxes, and Zhang Chengtian followed among the officials, with a confident smile on his face...
Forget it, you are guaranteed to suffer a loss.
Because the real wealth of Zhu Ying is not the tens of millions of frivolous wealth, but his real estate is astonishing.
First of all, Zhu Ying first stationed troops in Guangzhou. At that time, he had millions of acres of sugar cane fields, which was used as a source of military expenses for the invasion of Yunnan.
At that time, Zhu Ying provided the court with millions of dollars in military expenditures. Later, after marching into Yunnan, although there was no sucrose, there was more valuable Yunnan copper.
Most of the copperware on the market now comes from Yunnan.
This is another amazing wealth.
Later, Zhu Ying eradicated many chieftains and collected the properties of Nanzhang, Burma, Siam and other royal families, including countless palaces, land and slaves.
In addition, he successively destroyed hundreds of large temples.
The wealth collected from these temples is also earth-shattering.
If all were discounted, Zhu Ying's wealth would definitely exceed one billion taels, enough to put He Shen to shame.
This time it was equivalent to abolishing Zhu Ying's feudal status and letting him return to Beijing.
Zhu Ying came back happily and donated his property to the Taishi Mansion.
Zhang Chengtian argued hard here and got the most critical explanation. This was not how much money Zhu Ying donated to Zhang Ximeng, but that Zhu Ying transferred the ownership of the property to Zhang Ximeng and authorized the Taishi Mansion to handle it for him.
This is also in line with the rules. Otherwise, how would Zhu Ying calculate the land for so many farms?
You can't collect the inheritance tax here and then continue to settle the score with Zhu Ying, right?
Even if he continues to settle accounts, after Zhu Ying donates a huge amount to the court, he can still get a tax-free amount, and it is very large... The reason is very simple. For example, you only need to pay 10,000 yuan in tax this year, but you paid 100,000 yuan.
Guan, there must be an explanation for the extra money!
According to the Ming Dynasty Law, donations to the country can be encouraged, including a considerable tax exemption.
So Zhang Chengtian seized this point. Anyway, Zhu Ying gave the Taishi Mansion full responsibility, which meant transferring the tax exemption to the Taishi Mansion.
At this time, the imperial court wants to control the Taishi Mansion to collect taxes, and the Taishi Mansion also wants to settle accounts with the imperial court!
The result of the calculation is that the imperial court needs to supply the Taishi Mansion with another five million guan.
"Prime Minister Sun, you can rest assured that this calculation has been based on the land price ten years ago. If it is based on the current market price, the price of land in Guangdong and mines in Yunnan will be at least 30% higher. As for the land price in Myanmar and other places
, I'm afraid if it's twice as high, the money the court needs to refund at that time will be more than 20 million."
Sun Yan's face turned dark, "Grand Master, Grand Master cares about the people of the world and always puts state affairs first. Now the court's expenses are tight and there is a huge gap. He should be considerate of the court..."
Zhang Chengtian chuckled, "The Grand Master will naturally be considerate of the imperial court, but the imperial court must also abide by the laws, and cannot just take advantage without suffering a loss, right? What's more, taking this opportunity to clarify the property of the Grand Master's Mansion will be a good thing for everyone.
Prime Minister Sun should know that in fact, by settling accounts like this, the imperial court has already taken advantage of it, so don't push it too far and take advantage of it!"
Sun Yan was stunned for a long time and sighed helplessly, is this just shooting himself in the foot?
After repeated confirmations, the final result was that the imperial court paid a tax refund of 4.85 million yuan to the Taishi Mansion.
Combined with the property transferred to Zhang Ximeng by Zhu Ying, the total amount is 60 million yuan.
It is almost equivalent to a quarter of Ming Dynasty’s annual income.
Such a large amount of property is really drool-worthy!
"Take this money and set up a bursary to reward poor students!"
Zhang Ximeng said with a smile that his destination ahead was Longchang, and Zhu Yuanzhang also wanted to visit the southwest and meet the people of all ethnic groups here.