After hearing Hou Fangyu's words, the master on the side showed a trace of hesitation in his eyes.
He subconsciously felt that what the prefect in front of him said was wrong.
But with his authority, there was no way he could persuade Hou Fangyu in front of him.
"Yes! Master!"
The master in front of him could only say to Hou Fangyu in front of him.
Soon, Hou Fangyu's policy was laid out.
Of course, ordinary people will be very happy if these policies of recuperating and recuperating with the people and reducing agricultural taxes continue.
However, the news that commercial taxes will increase by 30% will certainly not be felt by ordinary people.
But in the small towns in Hejian Prefecture that were in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, the vendors were miserable, and many of the original tofu shops were there.
Originally, it was based on small profits but quick turnover, and the original profit was even less than 20%.
The current 30% commercial tax has instantly squeezed out their already thin profits.
Many small and medium-sized merchants have experienced price increases or bankruptcies. Some very powerful merchants have taken the opportunity to start annexing other small shops.
And taking advantage of this sudden increase in commercial taxes, we announced that the prices of all products will increase by 30%!
To offset business tax!
All of this happened quickly within half a month. Hou Fangyu was a little surprised by the sudden increase in all commodities.
At first, he thought that raising the tax rate would only make these shops make less money, and then ordinary people would have no impact, while the government would have more money to subsidize people's livelihood.
But I didn't expect that all these shops would start to skyrocket in price, causing many people to complain.
Hou Fangyu was a little panicked.
Especially in Nanpi County, the price of rice was originally about 150 Wen per bucket, but now it has skyrocketed to 300 Wen per bucket!
The common people can hardly afford rice!
After hearing the officers' reports, Hou Fangyu suddenly panicked.
He immediately ordered the officers to go to the rice shop owners and told them not to raise prices. Anyone who disobeyed the order would be executed!
Because of Hou Fangyu's order, many rice shops soon closed down and the price of rice skyrocketed again. Originally, it could still be maintained at 300 cents per dou.
Right now, it has skyrocketed to 600 yuan per dou!
The scene is completely out of control!
Hou Fangyu was completely panicked at this time. He issued an order that all rice shops must reduce their prices to the previous level!
He even threw a man in the city who specialized in rice shop business into prison.
In an instant, countless businesses began to flee!
The consequences are very tragic!
The governance of Hejian Mansion quickly got out of control!
"how so……"
Hou Fangyu sat slumped in his yamen and murmured, with an unbelievable look in his eyes.
As a gentleman of Donglin and a representative figure of Qingliu, he has always recognized that farmers are the most important, so he must emphasize agriculture and suppress business. His governing ideas are also developed in this direction.
But the current situation made Hou Fangyu a little unbelievable.
In the current city, all businesses are withered, and many people and businesses have fled from the city.
People continue to escape from Nanpi County.
Regarding the situation in Hejian Mansion, someone had already spread the news to Zhu Cixiang's ears.
"idiot!"
Zhu Cixiang frowned and said coldly.
"Are all the people in the Donglin Party such idiots?"
Zhu Cixiang frowned and looked at Wu Zong aside.
Wu Yan looked at Zhu Cixiang in front of him with a wry smile in his eyes and said, "Your Highness, please calm down!"
As he said that, Wu Yan had a hesitant look in his eyes, and then paused.
“Many Donglin Party members are idealistic, and many of the things they see are too noble, such as the so-called idea that the people are the most valuable.
I feel that farmers are the most valuable, and these so-called merchants are all in low-class jobs, and they basically come from rich families and have not had much contact with real things.
If you ask them to deal with some realistic things, they will always ignore it, and they will take it too much for granted!"
Wu Yan looked at Zhu Cihong in front of him with a sigh in his eyes and said.
"After this matter is done like this, recovery will be a bit troublesome!",
Zhu Cixiang frowned.
"Mr. Wu Ge, would you please come and go, okay? You have to go in person for this matter!"
"good!"
Wu Di nodded.
"By the way, Your Highness! How is the war in Sichuan?"
Wu Yan looked at Zhu Cixiang in front of him with a thoughtful look in his eyes and asked curiously.
"Huang Degong and the others have already withdrawn to the vicinity of Wanxian County, and are still holding on to one province in Sichuan, but now it seems that we have actually lost the entire Sichuan!"
Zhu Cixiang looked at Wu Yan in front of him with a sigh in his eyes.
"Fortunately, after all, there is still a place that can contain Zhang Xianzhong's power!"
Wu Di nodded.
"Then Your Highness! I'll leave first!"
"Well, you go ahead!"
With that said, Wu Di turned around and left the study.
Looking at Wu Zong's back, Zhu Cixiang's eyes flashed with a hint of disappointment.
In fact, Hou Fangyu is somewhat famous in history. After all, he was one of the four young masters in the late Ming Dynasty.
And the reason why he was defeated in the first place was because he criticized the current situation.
Zhu Cixiang originally thought that this guy should have some ability and revenge!
After all, I dared to criticize the current malpractice during the imperial examination.
At least he's not a fool who sticks to his own interests.
Moreover, Zhu Cihong had read the article Hou Fangyu wrote in the imperial examination, but he didn't expect that when it came time to actually govern, he would be so reckless.
Zhu Cixiang was very disappointed by doing things so recklessly!
At the beginning, Hou Fangyu proposed the method of people forming a stronghold to protect themselves, which made Zhu Cixiang's eyes light up. This method is really good, at least it is very realistic, and it is also very easy to use!
This method gave Zhu Cixiang a lot of expectations for Hou Fangyu!
But I didn’t expect that…………
The Donglin Party is still the Donglin Party!
All of them are talking nonsense!
There’s a lot more talking than doing
Such people are simply a scourge in the court!
Thinking of this, a hint of sneer flashed in Zhu Cixiang's eyes.
There are also those civil servants who say that local officials are not allowed to join the cabinet!
This matter simply made Zhu Cixiang furious, because in his opinion, if he cannot accumulate rich local work experience, how will he know how to govern after joining the cabinet?
However, Zhu Cixiang has not yet become the emperor, but Zhu Cixiang has already determined that this must be reformed!
You must have at least ten years of local work experience to be eligible to join the cabinet!
And with these ten years of work experience, you must have enough work logs and reports!
These things can prove that you are really working where you are!