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Chapter 418 Tax Payment Voucher

Hearing the emperor's question, Zheng Zhilong immediately agreed: "Report to Your Majesty, Caomin has brought the book, and it was dictated by Caomin. Master Lin found a book office for Caomin to write it..." Zheng Zhilong respectfully presented the book dictated by him , about the Yi people.

Wang Chengen took the book and passed it to the emperor.

Yang Reform opened the book, and the handwriting inside was neat. After reading it for a while, with the skills he had practiced for many days, most of the traditional Chinese characters were no longer difficult for Yang Reform, and it was not difficult to turn the book.

Yang Reform quickly browsed, and found what he needed in many places.

The emperor sat there flipping the book, but Zheng Zhilong was in a panic. The emperor didn't let him get up, so he kept kneeling like this, watching the emperor turn the book. After thinking about it for a long time, I finally didn't dare to miss anything. I recorded everything I knew about the barbarians one by one. There are many things in it, which are very exciting. If it is normal, the emperor must not see it. .

"That's right, it's very informative, and it's about the same as what I know..." Yang Reform glanced at the book, closed the book, and said while looking at Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong quickly lowered his head and said, "Caomin dare not hide it."

"Well, yes, what I want is the truth, what I want is the truth, follow me, what I don't like the most is cheating, an official! Tell me, what's the matter with barbarians collecting taxes?" Yang Reform asked suddenly road.

Although Zheng Zhilong is a man of the southeast coast, but when he came to the emperor, the overwhelming pressure made Zheng Zhilong overwhelmed. All the discussions and countermeasures before coming, the emperor can see through himself Facing the eyes of the past and the future, Zheng Zhilong was frightened. He did not dare to resort to the various means and countermeasures he had prepared before. Obviously, the emperor was quite familiar with the affairs of the sea and the affairs of the barbarians. There are many barbarians, and there are many ministers who are proficient in barbarian people. For example, Xu Guangqi, one of the right-hand men, is a person who knows barbarian people quite well. If he talks nonsense with the emperor, he is afraid that the emperor will "hit him with a hammer".

"Return to Your Majesty, the barbarians do collect taxes..." Zheng Zhilong has been an interpreter for the barbarians and is proficient in many languages. He is naturally clear about what the barbarians have done. Seeing the emperor looking at him calmly, Zheng Zhilong didn't think about it for long , just told the truth.

"...More details." Yang Reform said lightly.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the barbarians occupy Dayuan and Macau. In addition to taxing the passing merchant ships, they also collect fish taxes from local fishermen.... Merchant ships are based on the value of the goods, or several hundred per ship, ranging from one thousand to two thousand gold ..." Zheng Zhilong began to tell the emperor everything he knew.

"...Wait..." Yang Reform suddenly asked.

"..." Zheng Zhilong stopped talking and looked at the emperor.

"Get up first..." Yang Reform said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Long En." After Zheng Zhilong thanked him, he got up from the ground.

"...By the way, I just heard from you that the Yi people still collect taxes on fishing boats? What's going on? I can understand taxing merchant ships. After all, a ship is worth a lot of money, but they also collect taxes on fishing boats. What kind of collection method is this?" Yang Reform suddenly became interested in this fish tax and asked.

Zheng Zhilong looked up at the emperor, wondering why the emperor was interested in this fish tax. If the emperor was interested in collecting taxes on merchant ships, it would be easy to understand, because this is real money, how much can the fish tax be worth?How many fish?
"Returning to Your Majesty, the fish tax means that in the waters under their control, the Yi people have to pay the fish tax to the Yi people who fish. Every day, one or a few big fish are used as fish tax, or a few pennies, The Yi people will send someone to collect this tax from each fishing boat. After the tax is collected, they will give a voucher for the day, or a note, or something else. Also, sometimes in the The wharf waits for the fishing boats to return to the port, and then collects fish tax..." Zheng Zhilong began to introduce in detail.

"Hehe, interesting, the sea area under their control? All fishing boats have to pay taxes? Hehe, interesting, it seems that no matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are also meat." Yang Reform nodded and said with a smile.

Zheng Zhilong looked at the emperor again, and found that the emperor was smiling calmly, seemingly untouched, and settled down again.

Yang Reform asked some more questions about the barbarians.The scene gradually calmed down.

"An official! Let me ask you, what do you think after you have seen Shanhaiguan Pass and the side walls of Jiayuguan Pass?"

Zheng Zhilong chatted with the emperor a lot, but he was a little familiar, and said boldly: "Returning to your majesty, the grass people can only describe the side wall here as 'majestic, strange, majestic, and steep', your majesty, it is built like this The majestic and majestic side wall, apart from me, Daming, no one else in the world has this ability..." Zheng Zhilong said.

"Hehe, the side walls are certainly beautifully built, but an official can tell how much money I have to spend on these side walls and frontier troops every year? The city walls are good, they can resist the enemy, but they also shut themselves in. I can’t get out!” Yang Reform said with emotion.

"..." Zheng Zhilong didn't know what to say?The money spent on frontier troops every year?Could it be that the emperor is hinting to himself that the emperor wants to use tariffs to support the frontier army?

Zheng Zhilong entered the palace this time, except for a chat with the emperor, there was no progress. The emperor still asked him to follow Lin Qian to visit around every day, and did not say how to recruit him, nor did he say to any official, nor did he say anything. Let him go back when.

After chatting with Zheng Zhilong, Yang Reform smiled. If there is something to gain, Wang Chengen has already done the work. When he returned to the emperor, he saw that the emperor was at leisure, and said: "Your Majesty, the letter is all written, please have a look at it." Wang Chengen handed over some letters. The paper used for these letters was the paper used to make banknotes. The paper was quite different, completely different from the paper used to write letters in the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Reform flipped through it, felt that it was all right, nodded and said, "That's right, that's what it means, send it out as soon as possible..."

"Your servant obeys, and I will send it out..." Wang Chengen agreed.

"Wait..." Yang Reform remembered something again.

"I just talked with Zheng Zhilong about the taxation of the barbarians. I heard from Zheng Zhilong that the barbarians also collect fish taxes. All the sea areas under their control will also collect fish taxes. In this way, you ask Qin Yaozu, the admiral of the fishery administration, to find a way to send some I will send out a fishing boat made of silver, go to the barbarians to catch some fish, and then bring back some tax payment vouchers, I will use it..." Yang Reform recalled something and ordered.

"Your servant obeys..." Wang Chengen agreed.

After the order was finished, Yang Reform analyzed the matter. The officials and foreigners in Macau even collected fish tax... Think about where these places are, especially Macau. When Yang Reform thought of this, he wanted to kick some These people are kicked up, and it is no problem to pay taxes to foreigners, but they have to hide the affairs of the sea from the emperor, so that the emperor does not know about the affairs of the sea, let alone taxation... Thinking of this, Yang Reform's teeth itch..., this In fact, it is a good thing. I spend huge sums of money to build fishing boats for the victims and fishermen, then go fishing, and then pay taxes to the barbarians. What kind of selflessness is this; what kind of dedication is this; What kind of great concept is this; this is more selfless, more glorious, and more great than communist fighters... I have obtained the tax payment certificate for foreigners, and I will show it to those ministers when the time comes, but I want to see it Look, what those ministers will say, about the matter at sea, I have to see for myself, how long they can keep it a secret, I want to see for myself, whether they can still cover it up, I will use the mansion to report it when the time comes After making a lot of hype, I want to see if this nation will open their eyes to see the world.

……

In the capital, a certain tea house.

A certain minister who was frowning in front of the emperor before, then smiled wryly, and then couldn't laugh or cry, walked slowly into the teahouse.

"My lord, you are here..."

"My lord, can that be done?"

Several people in the private room immediately greeted warmly.

"Uh..., it's done..." The minister changed into casual clothes, not much different from ordinary merchants. Hearing everyone talking, he answered with a smile mixed with a wry smile.

After a salute, give up your seat, and then sit down.

Everyone also knows how to read their faces. Seeing that this grown-up who is always full of smiles has a wry smile on his face, you can tell that there is something inside.

"My lord, what's the trouble?" asked an old man on the right of the minister.

"Uh... Trouble? No, everything went too smoothly..." The minister still had a wry smile on his face, which made everyone who was used to seeing his smile uncomfortable.

"Then, what's the problem?" asked the younger one on the right.

"Uh..., there is no difficulty, just... alas..." The minister was very depressed. The emperor not only accepted the move, but also made a cruel move, and made some invoices. Now, it depends on how he accepts the move up.

"My lord, just tell me what's going on, is this a good thing or a bad thing?" the old man on the left immediately asked.

"Oh, a good thing, a great good thing..." The minister sighed, put away his wry smile, and said sternly.

Seeing this rare serious person, everyone knew that he was going to talk about something serious, so they quickly sat upright.

"My lord, please speak clearly!" the old man on the left still asked.

"His Majesty agreed to pay for the construction of ships for the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, and the price is quite high, up to [-]%. For any newly built ships, His Majesty will give you as much as you want, and you can't hold down one..." The minister said sternly road.

"Ouch……!"

"what!"

"No way!"

The room was full of unbelievable voices. If the money was paid according to this ratio, the emperor would be incredibly generous, which is simply incomprehensible.

The minister began to put on a smiling face, and said with a hint of a smile: "This is absolutely true. Your Majesty said it in front of so many ministers. How can it be false? If you don't believe it, wait a few days, and the mansion will report it." You can see the news."

After everyone heard this, they immediately "buzzed" to discuss this matter, paying [-]% ​​of the money, how much money will this save?

"My lord, it's not that I don't believe it, it's that this matter is too..." The old man doesn't believe that there is such a good thing in the world. For no reason, the emperor gave [-]% of the money for shipbuilding. The emperor really knows how to touch stones Is it gold?

"Yes! My lord, how do I get this silver? It can't be empty talk, right?" the slightly younger one on the right asked the core.

"Hey..." The smile on the official's face gradually became stronger. He didn't believe this at first, but now it's his turn to convince others.

"Your Majesty is talented and intelligent. You can think about things. Your Majesty said that when a merchant builds a ship at the shipyard, the shipyard will issue an invoice. Then, you can go to the shipyard where your majesty is based. The tax inspector in the south of the Yangtze River went to collect money, not a penny, as many ships as there are, of course, after you get the money, you have to transport the victims for your Majesty, and it will be a long-term..." The official explained with a smile.

Everyone exclaimed again!The emperor is really too generous.

At the beginning, everyone didn't realize how tricky it was, and they were still happy that it was done, when a person on the other side of the table suddenly said: "My lord, there seems to be something strange about it, how does your majesty know about the relationship between the shipyard and the merchant?" ? If you intend to deceive His Majesty's money, I'm afraid it's not impossible! My lord, in my opinion, Your Majesty is not so naive..." A person asked with a point.

The minister regained his smile and said: "Hey, I know that you have such a question. You can't guess what your majesty is thinking. Your majesty has ordered you to issue invoices at the shipyard and use the invoices to collect money. The invoice has to be registered with the tax supervisor, and only those who have paid the tax are not counted. In this world, only one family can issue an invoice. Do you think that just writing a few words by yourself is an invoice? Hehe, Your Majesty is not stupid, this is to let you go to the tax supervisor to pay taxes, hehe, Your Majesty's method, Your Majesty's strategy is really deep!" The minister said quite admiringly.

"what!"

"what?"

"No way?"

Everyone exclaimed again, go to the tax supervisor to pay tax registration?They have thought about getting money from the tax supervisor, but they have never thought about going to the tax supervisor to pay tax registration.

"My lord, you are right, it is the tax inspector?" The younger man on the right couldn't help asking, what is the tax inspector?It is the object of everyone's ridicule, it is the object of everyone's good show, and now you have to beg the tax supervisor to pay taxes for yourself, what is all this?
"That's right, it's the tax supervisor! Hey, in the future, if you want to start a shipyard business, if you don't pay taxes, that's a no-go. Who would not want something cheap? So, Your Majesty has a long-term view and deep thinking! Once paying taxes becomes a habit and a rule, your Majesty's tax supervisor will be established..." The minister said with an admiring expression.

Everyone looked like they couldn't believe it. The emperor's thoughts and methods were generous enough and sophisticated enough. Apart from being generous, you couldn't find any loopholes. You could only follow the rules set by the emperor. A little loss, but in the long run, the emperor is a steady profit.

The old man on the left suddenly said: "Your Majesty has means and is good at planning, this is a good thing!"

Everyone looked at the old man.

"Everyone, don't even think about it. We rely on His Majesty and stand on His Majesty's side. If Your Majesty has no means and no strategy, how can we win against those old foxes? Aren't we going to be unlucky? Looking at this matter now, Your Majesty There are enough means to deal with those old foxes, so this is a good thing, no, it is not only a good thing, it is a double happiness. Your Majesty is a trustworthy person, and the promised [-]% of the silver must be obtained. It’s done, what is it if it’s not Double Happiness?” The old man’s analysis caused the people present to nod their heads, they are representatives of some Jiangnan maritime merchants, and now the sea trade has become more and more difficult to do, and it can no longer be done.Either pirates or barbarians, in addition to money, but also lives, I wanted to rely on the officers and soldiers, but the officers and soldiers are so virtuous that they can't even go out to the sea, how can they fight pirates?How to fight with barbarians?Last year, he was killed by pirates and landed on the shore, and broke the city. Douter lost face once, so don't even think about it; They need money, and there are a lot of rules, which can't be communicated at all; pirates, they were counting on a Zheng Zhilong before, hoping to help him up and become an official army to fight against pirates and barbarians, but this time they entered Beijing, As soon as they entered the palace, it became unreliable immediately. The news came out that the emperor knew more about sea affairs than they imagined. So, after thinking about it, they decided to test it out to see if they could turn to the emperor. Fewer and fewer, narrower and narrower.

"Huh..., what else do those old foxes do besides putting money in their pockets? They don't care about our lives at all. Why don't you let His Majesty know too much, why don't you let Your Majesty collect taxes? It has to be restricted... Humph, I know that I am happy when I look at them, but what about us? Worrying is nothing, there is no hope..., His Majesty's warships have been built, and Zheng Zhilong has also been taken by His Majesty. Isn’t this a dead end? They want to die, we don’t care about our life or death, we don’t need to die with them.” The younger man on the right said angrily.

These words were unanimously agreed by all present.

"Then we can be regarded as half an imperial party, and we will do as His Majesty wishes..."

Everyone nodded in unison.

……

Zhenjiang Fort.

The bright moonlight shines on the whole earth.

The east bank of the Yalu River.

After Ma Teng fought in the daytime, he felt a little dignified in his heart.Although they won the battle against the Tartars during the day, their own losses were also great. Two or three hundred people were killed or injured, which was a serious injury. If it weren't for the sudden rush of two warships from the upper reaches to help, there might be another battle. In the bloody battle, it is still unknown how many people died in the end. The joy and joy of winning did not belong to Ma Teng. Under the cover of night, he frowned and thought hard.

The soldiers were quite satisfied with winning this battle. After all, they had won the battle in front of so many Tartars. Laughing language.

Ma Teng frowned. After this battle, there were two or three hundred casualties. This kind of battle made him terrified. Not every time he has such good luck. It's better again, although the loss is quite large, but, undoubtedly, the morale of this man and horse is higher, and the combat power is stronger; thinking that he has harvested two or three hundred Tartar heads, the sadness and distress just now have nothing to do with it. up.

A few figures approached from afar.

"Uncle, uncle, I am a stone!" In the not-so-bright darkness, came the voice of the stone.

By the moonlight, Ma Teng had already seen that it was his nephew, he fixed his frown, and said with a smile, "Stone, what's the matter?"

"Uncle, the Tartars are now crossing the river at night, looking at the torches. There are quite a few people. The brothers from the upper reaches also reported that there are Tartars crossing the river upstream. This time, the Tartars are probably determined to cross the river." Shitou Report the news you get.

"Well, the Tartars must have big plans, otherwise they wouldn't be so anxious to cross the river, and they can't stay here any longer! Staff Officer Shen?" Ma Teng said.

"My subordinate is here." Staff Officer Shen replied from the side.

"Are all the injured brothers on board?" Ma Teng asked.

"We're all on board, and we're going back to Phi Island to recuperate." Staff Officer Shen said.

"That's good, what about the remains of the brothers?" Ma Teng asked again.

"Don't worry, my lord, everything has been dealt with properly..." Staff Officer Shen replied again.

"That's good..." Ma Teng said sadly.

"Brothers!... We should go..." Ma Teng first shouted loudly, and then ordered.

(End of this chapter)