I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 313
This news, in Yang Shiqi's tone, expressed some of his views on business taxation.

In a short section, the official's hands and feet were sweating and his scalp was numb.

"Businessmen value profits, and in order to make profits, they do not hesitate to take advantage of the difficult times of the country and drive up prices regardless of the life and death of the people. These practices of disrupting people's livelihood must be severely punished...but the punishment is not enough to deter Xiaoxiao.

Profit drives the cycle... Only by levying commercial tax and strictly controlling prices can this situation be effectively curbed.The wealth of the world gathers in the capital, and business taxes should be levied from the capital..."

In just a few hundred comments, the amount of information exposed is astonishing.

Although this short review uses a discussion tone, it is not a decision of the court.

But who is Yang Shiqi? He is the chief minister of the dynasty and the pinnacle of civil servants in the world. How can his words be treated as a trifle?

Although this official's official position is not very high, and the power in his hands is not very great, but his family runs a lot of businesses in the capital.

If Yang Shiqi said that business tax would be levied in the capital, for his family, the income would be a few thousand taels a year at least, or even tens of thousands of taels.

This is not the most important thing. The important thing is that once the commercial tax is collected, the household department will definitely send people to check the accounts of each merchant.

In this way, those gray industries with the largest income in their family will definitely be exposed.

Once people find out, not only their family will suffer a great loss, but his official position may also be lost.

Seeing this, how could he remain calm.

He didn't even have time to say hello to other familiar officials, so he went home directly.

Several other people were still a little strange, picked up the newspaper he dropped and continued to read.

The remaining few reports are mostly about the various new systems that the imperial court has implemented in the recent period. These officials are also familiar with these contents, and they don't feel anything new.

After opening the sub-board, what comes into view is a mechanical structure head drawn with fine brushwork.

The name of the title is, "What's the difference between Zhiyuanli and Quyuanli!"

The report here explains the advantages and disadvantages of Zhiyuanli and Quyuanli in a very detailed manner.

And it directly pointed out why the Quyuan plow is more labor-saving and why the plow is deeper than the Zhiyuan plow.

In the end, it called on the people all over the world to use Quyuan plow for farming.

It even attached the specific production method and craft of Quyuanli beside the report.

The official who read this report is an official of the Ministry of Industry, and he is in charge of things related to the cultivation of mulberry.

After reading this report, the official was excited to shoot the case.

"It's actually this principle. If what's said above is true, then Qu Yuanli is an important weapon that benefits the country and the people!"

In fact, Quyuanli has been born for hundreds of years, but it has not been popularized on a large scale. There are many reasons for this.

The production process is relatively complicated, and it is one of the main reasons that it is never passed on as a secret by those who really know how to make it.

In Li Tian's return to the Beijing News this time, he exposed Qu Yuanli's production methods and technological process. Although some craftsmen will lose their jobs, it will allow more people to learn how to make this thing.

Overall, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

After reading the entire report, the official of the Ministry of Industry felt like he had been beaten with chicken blood.

"It's such a good thing, but no one has discovered its value until now. It's a waste of money. No, I must suggest to Master Tangbu that this kind of Quyuanli be popularized in the entire Ming Dynasty..."

This official also went straight to the office of the Ministry of Industry with trembling legs after reading it, which shows how excited he was.

This small piece of Beijing News caused more than just this shock.

The news that the imperial court was about to levy commercial taxes in the capital city spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital city at an extremely fast speed, as if it had grown wings.

After hearing the customers in the store talking about this matter, a merchant ran to the street, found a newspaper boy, threw a tael of silver, and snatched the Beijing News from him, and couldn't wait to read it.

"It's actually true. The imperial court really wants to levy a commercial tax. I don't know the exact tax rate. No, I need to discuss it with the shopkeeper immediately!"

Situations like this abound in the capital. The merchants in the capital and the real masters behind them are all like ants on a hot pot.

He ran around and asked various people in the court who knew the specific news about the authenticity of this matter.

Those officials were questioned at first with perplexed faces, but after reading the Beijing News they handed over, they understood what was going on one by one.

In a hurry, they went straight to their respective yamen and asked their chief officials about the facts.

The Beijing News was published on the first day, and because they did not know what the sales volume would be, the Beijing News Department only printed more than 5000 copies after discussing with Li Tian.

But I didn't expect that within less than an hour of the sale, it would be swept away.

The Beijing News Department had no choice but to call back the manpower immediately, and reprinted a large batch.

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In Jintaifang Hanwang Mansion, the manager who went out to do the shopping one morning, ran back with a Beijing newspaper before he even bought anything.

Zhu Gaoxu, king of the Han Dynasty, just got up, and before he had time to wash up, he heard the steward yelling outside,

"Your Highness is not well, something serious has happened!"

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu basically has no rights in his head except for the title of commander of the Jinyiwei, and the authority of the Jinyiwei has been reduced by Li Tian one after another, almost becoming an empty shell office.

Zhu Gaoxu basically had nothing to do for a day, so he began to give up on himself, and went to Jinyiwei's yamen every three to five days.

During this period of time, he was also in a very bad mood. When he heard the steward yelling outside, he said angrily,
"What are you yelling about, talk about something!"

The steward rushed in scrambling, shouting that something was wrong, while handing the Beijing News to Zhu Gaoxu.

"Your Highness, it's too bad, someone is actually on this thing, saying that you eat delicacies from mountains and seas every day, eating and drinking, this is simply lawless!"

Zhu Gaoxu quickly took over the Beijing News, and without closing anything else, he directly focused on the report about himself.

After seeing the above saying that he only ate chicken breasts, and only drank old daughter's red wine, his face began to twitch involuntarily.

"Bastard, it's that bastard spreading rumors, and he's slandering me so much. Don't let me know who this bastard is, or I'll kill him alive."

(End of this chapter)