People need some pressure to feel fulfilled. Compared with the boring work in later generations, being an official in this era is relatively leisurely. The official duties of Sinong Temple are really not too much trouble for Ye An.
Now he also has the task of promoting tea service, which is finally full.
The three departments worked hard to cooperate, and Fan Yong even dispatched officials who were familiar with the compromise method, sticking method and cross-reference method to assist Ye An.
In fact, the tax law of the Song Dynasty cannot be said to be useless. At least the government had an estimate on the purchase price under the monopoly. Only the tea after the estimate could be sold. In this way, the court was for the benefit of tea farmers and for its own tax revenue. , and will not deliberately lower the price of tea.
The officials of this era were pretty good, at least in most places they could fulfill their duties. The Confucian idea of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism is not simply a matter of words, but a spiritual imprint.
The most obvious thing that the government is questioning about purchasing is the "Jiaoyin Law". Tea merchants in the southeast are not allowed to cross the river to sell tea. Except for the tax discount, all the tea is purchased by the government. Tea merchants need to pay money and silk to the capital to sell tea, and they must go to the river to sell tea. Purchase from the imperial court.
Because after paying gold and silk in the capital, merchants went to the areas along the river to buy tea with cross-quotation as evidence, so this method of tea purchase was also called the "cross-quotation method."
In Ye An's opinion, the compromise method is too cumbersome and involves too many procedures, so it is not suitable for tea taxation at all. As for the pasting method, it is a major innovation to the cross-citation method.
After the implementation of the cross-citation law, conflicts often broke out between the court, tea merchants and tea farmers due to uneven distribution of interests. However, the tea farmers had to bear the pain themselves. The only thing they could do was to make less tea and would rather buy less for themselves. They don't want to be taxed heavily by the court, and they don't want to be sold to the four major tea factories in the southeast to be profited by tea merchants.
Looking at Ye An who was frowning and thinking, Qin Mumu handed over the hot tea and sat down and said: "Is the post-shooting method really bad?"
The transition between autumn and winter, a cup of fragrant tea in your mouth, and Ye An moaning comfortably.
"It's not bad, but it's too advanced. The sticking method allows merchants to trade directly with farmers, allowing merchants to go out of the tea state officialdom to calculate the purchase, which not only saves transportation, but also allows merchants to obtain new tea, and the court pays for it When the law was introduced, the net profit of tea was collected as interest, which can be said to be a benefit to all three!"
"If it's so good, why is it opposed by Mr. Sun? I heard that his family is one of the four major tea merchants in the Southeast Tea Farm! This way they can get more benefits."
"Because human nature is always greedy! The imperial tax will be deducted from their heads, so they lower the price difference in disguise. The transaction amount is small, and the tea tax will naturally be reduced."
Seeing Ye An's helpless look, Qin Mumu frowned and said, "If that's the case, why did he want to abolish the sticking method?"
"This is not a long-term solution! Although it is fun to collect wool for a while, what will be lost is the people's support. Once time goes by and the court's tax revenue is hit hard, a thorough investigation will be carried out. By then, the money they have earned will be gone. Kill the life-threatening knife!"
Qin Mumu said in surprise: "That's why he wants to replace the pasting method with the cross-reference method? But it can't be said that he is doing it for his own selfish reasons. After all, the pasting method also has disadvantages, doesn't it?"
Ye An chuckled and said: "If that's the case, the biggest problem why Mr. Sun's personal ethics has been attacked by others is not that his shooting technique is not good, but that he wants to take all measures even though there is a possibility of improvement. He denies the shooting method, saying it has hundreds of harms and no benefit. This is Sima Zhao’s mentality and everyone knows it!"
Qin Mumu nodded in sudden realization and said: "So that's the case, then his reputation will probably be in jeopardy. Now the city of Tokyo is full of crusade against him. Many scholars are talking about Sun Shi for himself in restaurants and tea shops.
I'm going to abolish the law of sticking to each other privately!"
"Everywhere?"
Ye An looked at Qin Mumu strangely: "Even if Sun Xi was involved in private work this time, he wouldn't be slandered like this, right? If it was everywhere..."
"Someone is deliberately slandering Sun Shi's character and making people think that he abolished the shooting law for his own selfish reasons!"
Qin Mumu suddenly spoke, with surprise in his voice, but Ye An was not surprised, but nodded slightly and said: "That should be the case, then who is slandering him behind his back?"
"This is the simplest. Whoever benefits the most is the one who slanders him behind his back! Oh, you also need to have such ability, otherwise you can't use so many people to criticize him verbally, right?"
What is it like to have a smart wife? Ye An looked at Qin Mumu and smiled: "Does your family know that you are so smart? It would be a pity not to join politics."
"Hmph, there are many women who stand at the pinnacle of power. I won't talk about it in future generations. Isn't there one right now? You men will only appreciate a woman's beauty, but not her wisdom! This year's Lan Kwai Fong
The income is already No. 1 among Puhui stores! I’m guaranteed the year-end bonus in Lan Kwai Fong!”
Qin Mumu looked at Ye An proudly. Puhui Store had a rule. At the end of the year, whichever store made more money would get the year-end grand prize. The amount of red envelopes was scary.
"Lan Kwai Fong is the oldest and longest-running business in Puhui. It is also a women's business. You can earn a lot of tickets from performances alone, plus all kinds of food and tea.
And those beauty salons, Zizizi... If I don’t get first place, I’m afraid it won’t be justified!”
Qin Mumu raised her head: "Anyway, I am the first in Lan Kwai Fong this time, no one can beat me! Don't mock me, this comparison is a little unfair, the worst is to use new rules for evaluation in the future!"
Qin Mumu showed her coquettishness in the little wayward way, which made Ye An's eyes go straight and his mouth went dry. Finally, he smiled bitterly and said: "Isn't it a bit too much to use a beauty trap on your man?"
Qin Mumu stared at her almond-shaped eyes and stretched out her fingers to lift Ye An's chin and said, "Why, how dare you fail in this girl's beauty trap?!"
"My wife is mighty!"
Xuan'er saw Ye An flirting with Qin Mumu from the side, and felt uneasy in her heart. The look in her eyes made Qin Mumu blush, and then she whispered: "Xuan'er, what are your plans? After all, in her heart
Only you, I have introduced many young talents in Tokyo to her, but she will not like them after all... tell me why?"
Seeing Ye An's embarrassed smile, Qin Mumu snorted and said: "Don't laugh, you saved her when she was most desperate and prevented her from killing Yingniang. It was equivalent to a redemption. That kind of gratitude has already
It turned into a kind of admiration..."
Ye An raised his hands helplessly: "I was wrong, I shouldn't have saved her in the first place..."
"Young Master, you sound like a victim. Anyway, you are responsible for her own affairs. You must have an explanation for where to go in the future. You can't let this young lady wait for you all your life, right?!"
Ye An smiled helplessly and was about to speak when the Wang gang knocked on the door of Nuan Pavilion and said: "Master Marquis, someone from the Wang family invites you to come over."
"Wang family? Which Wang family?!"
"The Wang family by the Sifang Bridge."
Ye An looked up at Qin Mumu in surprise, and then said to Wang Bang: "Wang Qinruo?! What happened?"
Gang Wang shook his head and said: "The person who came did not say anything. He just asked the Marquis to go quickly. He looked very anxious. He was waiting in the wing and even a carriage was sent."
This surprised Ye An, and he immediately stood up and said, "Well, let's go."
"Why are Wang Qinruo looking for you?" Qin Mumu put away the tea set on the table and handed it to Xuan'er, asking while arranging Ye An's clothes.
Ye An said helplessly: "I also want to know, since you are so anxious, things may not be simple,"