Daming: I was exposed by Zhu Di's Sims life!

Chapter 262 I am greedy for money with my ability, why do you make me pay taxes!
Hangzhou Mansion, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, was one of the richest mansions in the Ming Dynasty.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, this place was known as "the granary of the world". Although the title of big land tax household was soon banned by Huguang, the people of Hangzhou relied on handicraft industries such as silk weaving, cotton weaving, printing, papermaking, shipbuilding, wine making, and tea making. It promoted the prosperity of Hangzhou's commerce, the prosperity of commerce fed back the prosperity of the handicraft industry, and the handicraft industry continued to feed back... Under the virtuous circle, the prosperity of Hangzhou Prefecture has become a bright pearl in the Ming Dynasty.

Benefits and power are not separated. Behind the prosperity, Mr. Sun Yuchun, the magistrate of Hangzhou Prefecture, also earns a lot of money. He recently built two new cellars, but these cellars were soon filled with gold and silver. As a last resort, Sun Yuchun Futai could only be forced to build two more cellars.

Sun Futai is less than 40 years old this year, and the future is bright. However, after Sun Futai has tasted the sweetness of Hangzhou, he is unwilling to go any further.

When he first came to Hangzhou to be the magistrate, he thought that he would earn a lot, but what he didn't expect was that he would earn so much.Now Sun Futai is unwilling to leave, and he is not willing to change the prefect of the Hangzhou government if he is replaced by the minister.

At this time, Sun Futai was lying in the cellar, lying on the bed made of silver bricks, and the surrounding walls were all made of silver bricks, enjoying the beauty brought by gold and silver.

He still has more than a dozen of such huge silver cellars, and the total sum...

Sun Futai can't remember clearly.

Eighteen generations of grandparents and grandchildren would not be able to spend all the money he earned in the Hangzhou Mansion, and Sun Futai didn't know what the use of the money he earned was, but he just liked the taste of money, and he didn't get bored no matter how he earned it.

Sun Futai is not a fan of the government. He has no desire to climb up when he reaches the position of magistrate. He just wants to continue to make money in Hangzhou. After sitting for ten years, others watched eagerly, but they couldn't wait for Sun's promotion.

"Jingle jingle..."

The crisp sound of silver colliding reverberated in the cellar, which was very clear. Sun Futai thought that the people below were transporting silver to the cellar again, and said lazily: "I told you, there is no more silver in this cellar. , send the brought silver to the new cellar, do you have calluses in your ears?"

However, no one answered him.

Sun Futai shuddered and quickly jumped up from the silver brick bed, only to realize that a group of black-robed sergeants armed with knives were gesticulating against his silver brick wall, as if they were counting.

"Who are you and how did you get in here!"

At this moment, Sun Futai's mind went blank.

Someone who looked like an official yelled: "I've counted them all. It's not a joke to count one piece less and add ten to the crime. You guys will lose their heads!"

The official walked to the side of the Sun Futai, holding a small book in his hand and a charcoal pen in the other hand to record, and waved to Sun Futai: "Master Futai, please go to another place to sleep, we are busy here, don't delay We work."

Sun Futai was a little confused about the way of these people in front of him. He said that these people were Jin Yiwei... If it was Jin Yiwei, Sun Futai's head should be hanging on the city of Hangzhou Mansion by now.But if these people are ordinary officials, how can these people look like ordinary officials.

"May I ask your Excellency?" Sun Futai asked tentatively.

The official counted the silver bricks seriously, and replied casually: "The tax supervisor is from the fourth-rank inspector, Li Wenyu. Don't worry, my lord, we are not here to trouble you for corruption. We are here to collect taxes. As long as you don't Delay our tax collection and we won't do anything to you."

"Collect... tax?"

Sun Futai was dumbfounded, "I am a Jinshi, the magistrate of Hangzhou, you are looking for me to collect taxes, you are looking for the wrong person!"

"Your Majesty Futai was stunned by the money, right? The law has been changed!"

The inspector of the Tax Supervision Department kindly reminded, "The new law of the Ming Dynasty clearly stipulates that everyone has to pay taxes. Fan, I did the calculations for Master Futai, if your income is just salary, you can collect [-]% tax, but in view of the large amount of black tax you bear, this tax rate has been raised to [-]%."

"Bastard, what the hell are you talking about, a [-]% tax rate, do people say it?"

When Sun Futai heard the tax rate of [-]%, it was too late to care about the nonsense that everyone has to pay taxes.

What could be more nonsense than a [-]% tax rate!

I earn 100 taels by co-authoring, but I have to hand over 99 taels to the court, so I can drop a tael of silver by myself?
He felt that these people in front of him were all lunatics!

I am greedy for money with my ability, why do you make me pay taxes!
The inspector of the Tax Supervision Department stopped what he was doing, touched his chin and said, "To be precise, ninety-nine percent of the tax rate is an extra tax. With the amount of corruption you have, you still have to pay the court every month." [-]% of the fixed tax, it’s okay, not much, it’s only [-]%, I’ll do a rough calculation...I ransacked sixteen of your cellars before, and the total black tax found, plus the fixed tax, is a total of ..."

"Well... I figured it out, my lord Futai, I am now officially announcing to you that in addition to confiscating all your personal property and paying taxes, you still owe about 17 taels of tax. May I ask what is your personal property situation?" How do you plan to pay this tax in the future?"

"If you can't afford it, it's not a big problem. We allow you to use your salary as a mortgage. You are a fourth-rank official, and your monthly salary is equivalent to 140 four taels. Hey, congratulations to Mr. Futai, you just need to work for the court In 98, you will be able to pay off your debts to the imperial court!"

Sun Futai felt that he couldn't breathe, and fainted on the spot.

Crazy, all crazy!

What kind of shit tax inspector is this!

What are they talking about?
After using all my assets to pay taxes to the court, I still owe the court 17 taels of tax, and I need to work for 98 years without compensation to pay it off?
……

On the carriage sent to Shuntian Mansion, Yao Guangxiao flipped through the memorials sent by various provinces, and sighed: "The commotion this time is much bigger than the previous redistribution of the suzerain and vassal fiefdoms. You are too impatient. Now the officials of the southern provinces, They're all against your question of reforming the tax code."

"Let's see if it works."

Zhu Gaoxuan took out a document and handed it to Yao Guangxiao, "This is the half-month southern tax payment summary form submitted by Lu Chaoyang. The tax collected in this half-month is almost equal to the ten-year revenue of the Ming Dynasty treasury. What kind of concept is this? "

The fact that the Ming Dynasty is not short of money now does not mean that it will not be short of money in the future.

The income of the treasury, one is land tax, and the other is commercial tax.The land tax cannot be collected, and various tax avoidance and tax evasion are being evaded. The business tax cannot be collected, and only the tax of some small businessmen is collected. There are many ways for big businessmen to evade taxes.

This also led to a problem. Except for Nanzhili in the Ming Dynasty, taxes in other southern provinces could not be collected at all.It is clear that the south is more prosperous, but the tax revenue in the north is several times that of the south!
Taxes in the north are higher than those in the south. What kind of concept is this?
The south is rich and the north is poor. This is the principle since ancient times. The development direction of the north is mainly concentrated on the military. Even if the military system can barely make the military town self-sufficient, it can't feed back much. The millions of soldiers on the nine sides have no time to develop. Business.With the nine sides of the north as a barrier, the south can freely develop its economy, but the annual tax revenue in the south is surprisingly low.

This is not because the south is poor, but because the intertwined interests are deeply rooted. No one who is really rich pays taxes, and those who pay taxes are some poor people.

Excessive taxes are as fierce as tigers. The poorer the country is, the harder it is to collect taxes. The rich still do not pay taxes, but the poor are getting poorer and poorer.

Yao Guangxiao said quietly: "The empire is like a temple built on the top of a mountain. How high the temple can be depends on the height of the mountain. What is this mountain? How can the temple survive?"

Zhu Gaoxuan asked in no hurry: "Do you think that I am short-sighted and can't see the long-term fortune of the country, but only see the immediate benefits?"

Yao Guangxiao sighed: "The reform of the tax law has touched the foundation of the country and touched the interests of the local area. It can indeed bring huge benefits to the country in the short term, but have you ever thought that the literati's imperial examination is because the gentry are exempted from taxes, but now you To make everyone pay taxes, wouldn’t it cut off the foundation of the dynasty’s lifeline?”

This old monk is not a short-sighted person, if he was short-sighted, he would not be able to get to where he is today.

He was not blinded by the benefits brought to Daming by the tax reform. On the contrary, he was worried about gains and losses and considered future plans.This is not looking forward and backward, but thinking long-term.

"I transferred the northern frontier army to the south as the tax inspectorate to prevent the tax inspectorate and the tax inspectors of the southern provinces from being drawn in by local forces, but this is not enough. The tax inspector has had too much impact , rebuked for change."

Zhu Gaoxuan tapped the document with his fingers, and said lightly, "So, I asked Lu Chaoyang to come to the Governor's Taxation Court because he was in charge of Jinyiwei's Beizhen Fusi and Nanzhen Fusi. The Fusi is in charge of internal cleanup, and Lu Chaoyang knows how to deal with the corruption of the Tax Supervisory Court itself. Establish a tax internal department, investigate the officials of the Central Tax Supervisory Court in Beijing, and go down to the tax supervisors of the provincial tax supervisors. Waiting can't deter people's greed, and in the face of huge interests, people's greed will be infinitely magnified, and only by constantly threatening with a sword can they keep their sense."

"This is an internal strategy. What you are talking about is the external influence, so let me tell you about the external policy."

Zhu Gaoxuan asked, "In the tax rate of the new policy, there are black tax officials. The tax rate varies. There are [-]% tax rate, [-]% tax rate, and even [-]% tax rate. Is this tax rate high? High , because the tax collected by the state has exceeded their personal wealth.

"But have you ever wondered why the tax rate is so high? Because the more black taxes, the higher the tax rate. The salaries of ordinary officials and the tax collected by the court will not exceed [-]%. Is [-]% tax still a lot? "

"I still have a way to deal with the problem you just mentioned."

Yao Guangxiao asked, "What method?"

Zhu Gaoxuan said casually: "Yang Lian Yin."

(End of this chapter)