The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 182 Commercial Reform
The end of July of the second year of Shenwu arrived as scheduled.

It has been nearly eight months since the new policy was conceived and implemented. Under the strict supervision of the cabinet, at the end of July, more than 100 prefectures and counties in Nanzhili finally reported the data of acres of land to the Ministry of Households again, and reported the mines and forest lands of each prefecture and county. , orchards, and barren hills are also reported to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

After the Ministry of Households collected the data, compared with the data of the first time, the data of the second time obviously had some changes.

The mulberry field has become nearly 2 million mu, which is a full 000 million mu more than the first time, the paddy field is nearly 500 million mu, and the dry field is only 4 million mu. The overall amount is also nearly more than the first time. Tens of millions of mu, reaching a full 000 million mu.

Both Ma Shiying and Zhang Yan were stunned by such data, but Zhu Cihong still frowned.

7 million mu is scary to say, but in the previous life, Jiangsu province alone probably had more than 000 million mu of fertile land, plus Anhui, there would be more than 7 million mu.

What's more, Southern Zhili is densely populated, not as dense as Huguang and Liangguang. Like Henan, the plains are basically developed, which is the closest to the previous life.

In the previous life, the rice in northern Jiangsu was as famous as the rice in the northeast, so it is impossible to just plant the fields like this.

Thinking of the northern Jiangsu rice, Zhu Cihong slapped his forehead and suddenly realized that he finally knew where the problem was.

It has been hundreds of years since the Yellow River took the Huaihe River into the sea in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Today's northern Jiangsu is full of swamps and lakes, and the Yellow River is slightly swollen, which is the country of Qianlize. Where is the fertile land?
"Ma Aiqing, I am very satisfied with this data, and I also believe in its authenticity, but I still have to check it one by one, but I will check it county by county slowly, and each county can report it at any time before it has been verified. update data."

Although the cabinet has checked it once, Zhu Cihong still needs to check it again.

After all, after the data of the acres of land in each county is reported, it will no longer be possible to falsify it in the future. It is worth the trouble once and for all.

The purpose of the inspection is not to ransack homes and kill people, but to let officials everywhere understand that there are no loopholes to exploit in front of the New Deal.

That's why he checked county by county and gave them the opportunity and time to make corrections.

"Your Majesty is wise, and the veteran also thinks it's best to check again."

Ma Shiying hurriedly said that he knew that the emperor could not completely trust the six ministries of the cabinet and officials from all over the place.

"The next step is the reform of commercial and government affairs. Nanjing will add a Ministry of Agriculture and a Ministry of Commerce. I plan to open sea bans and collect customs duties. I will build wharves in major coastal ports and set up a city shipping department directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Commerce. For the time being, only in South China Implemented in Zhili and Zhejiang.

In addition to collecting customs duties, shops and restaurants in various cities and towns also need to collect sales tax every year. Within one month, all prefectures and counties in Nanzhili must clearly classify and classify the statistics of restaurants and shops in the territory, and then report them to the Ministry of Commerce for record. In preparation for the subsequent collection of business tax, this is the specific standard for how to rate..."

Zhu Cihong said, and handed him a booklet.

Commercial tax, in addition to tariffs, for the time being, he only plans to collect business tax.

Because the commercial tax is not as complicated as the land tax, whether it is setting up a card to collect tolls or collecting the tax of the workshop owner, it is not a simple matter.

It is too difficult to formulate a complete tax collection system, and it is even more difficult to let officials from all over the country collect taxes honestly according to the tax collection system.

As for supervision, it is even more difficult, and the conditions are not enough. Zhu Cihong would rather not accept it than force it, otherwise it would definitely be a devastating blow to Daming's business.

That's why he decided to only charge business tax. After all, shops and restaurants are standing there, which can be seen and touched. Although it is also troublesome, it is still possible to formulate a set of reasonable and perfect standards.

All shops will be divided according to the size of the city, the size of the scale, and the type.

Nanjing, Suzhou, Yangzhou and other big cities are grade A, some prefectures and prefectures are grade B, and county towns are grade C.

Similarly, the size of shops, restaurants and brothels is also divided into one to six grades.

Then there are types, such as shops, restaurants, teahouses, brothels, bathhouses and so on.

As long as there are fixed shops, they must pay taxes, and some small vendors who walk around the streets are no longer taxed.

Brothels and painting workshops will be heavily taxed, and casinos will be severely cracked down. If one is found, it will be closed down. Although it is impossible to completely ban it, it must not be let go. After all, ten bets and nine cheats.

Generally speaking, taxes are paid according to the size of the city, the size of the shops, and the type of business premises.

Ma Shiying was a little surprised when he took the booklet handed over by the female soldier.

What surprised him was not that His Majesty wanted to open sea bans, collect customs duties, and commercial taxes, but that His Majesty only collected these two.

Tariffs are fine, but how much can the so-called business tax of shops and restaurants in the city be collected every year?
He didn't need to read the brochure to know how much he couldn't collect every year.

In his opinion, to collect business tax, it is natural to collect tax on carriages and horses at the gate of the city, set up cards on official roads and rivers, collect tax on vehicles and boats traveling to and from caravans, and collect taxes from large weaving and spinning workshops. Taxes, these are the big ones.

So he thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, the old minister thinks that the business tax should include small and large workshops from all over the country. Cards should also be set up on the official river roads to collect vehicle and boat taxes for caravans."

Zhang Yan on the side also nodded in agreement.

"I understand what Ma Aiqing means, and I have also thought about setting up a card to collect taxes, but there are too many loopholes in the actual implementation, so it is better not to collect taxes.

As for the workshops in various places, they are not business premises and cannot collect business tax. They have to collect industrial tax. This is my own decision, and there is no need for the Ministry of Commerce to be responsible. "

Zhu Cilang waved his hand.

And both of them were listening in a cloud, obviously unable to understand the difference between business tax and industrial tax.

But if you don't understand, just don't say it.

immediately.Zhu Cihong asked him to recommend two ministers and four candidates for ministers. After finalizing, he finally said: "Ma Aiqing, the eight departments of the cabinet must hurry up. Before October, they will start collecting this year's agricultural tax and commercial tax. I will notify you later on how to collect it.”

"Old minister obeys!"

Seeing that His Majesty looked confident, Ma Shiying didn't mention the fact that local officials would collect taxes indiscriminately, and took the booklet and left.

The next day, Zhu Cihong issued three edicts again.

The first edict is to establish the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Commerce to coordinate matters related to commerce and agriculture in the world.

The second edict was to ban the opening of the sea, set up a city ship department, collect customs duties, and collect business taxes.

The third imperial edict promotes commerce and establishes the Royal Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Ming Dynasty.

All businesses in the world can apply to join the Royal Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Once approved, they can become a member of the Royal Chamber of Commerce and Industry by paying an annual dues.

(End of this chapter)