East Factory Governor

Chapter 710 Going out again

In June, the first business tax payment after the New Deal came up.

Salt tax, tax, mining tax, tea tax, silver tax (tax on bank transactions) and "deed tax" of various industries add up to 270 million taels.

Because the new tax department basically only covered the area north of the Yangtze River at the end of April, it can be regarded as a tax paid in May for the area north of the Yangtze River.

270 million taels, which is almost the same as the national tax for half a year in previous years.

But this time, it only took a month, and it was only adducted in less than half of the country.

In addition, Li Fu, the Prime Minister of Customs, also sent a report, saying that in May, a total of 80 taels of customs duties were received!

I have to say that letting Li Fu go to the Prime Minister's Customs was the right choice.

This guy has been engaged in smuggling before, so he knows the customs business well.

After he took office, relying on his own experience, he first blocked all smuggling routes along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and then opened up eleven customs wharves, stipulating that domestic and foreign goods must disembark from these wharves, otherwise, if caught, not only the goods will be confiscated, but the parties involved will also be confiscated. Strictly handle everything - no matter what country you are from.

This rule made domestic and foreign merchants who used to engage in smuggling not only have no complaints, but were also ecstatic.

why?
Because this means that Ming Dynasty has officially opened up to trade!

But who wants to be a serious businessman, who wants to do business secretly and at the risk of cutting off his head?In the past, they smuggled because of the national sea ban of the Ming Dynasty, and they had to risk their lives to do this.

Now, as long as you pay a tax worth [-] and [-], you can do business with Daming openly and aboveboard. It couldn't be better!

In other words, is the tax worth a hundred and thirty high?
Low, it's so low!
The tea and porcelain from Ming Dynasty were shipped to the West, and the price was at least [-] to [-] times higher. What is the tax of [-] times worth a hundred?
And to put it bluntly, how many joints they had to open up for smuggling in the past, and the cost they paid was much higher than this!
So as soon as Li Fu's customs opened, countless import and export merchants came to the customs office to report.Li Fuming knew that these merchants basically started from smuggling, but none of them were held accountable, and all of them were given "licenses".

So in just three or four months, when the customs along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang started to operate, the phenomenon of smuggling in Jiangsu and Zhejiang basically disappeared.Coincidentally, Li Fu was already an expert in the smuggling army, so these smugglers wanted to smuggle under his nose, it was their own death.

Because the customs has not yet been formally established in southern Fujian, the 80 taels are only from the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.It is conceivable that when the news of Ming's opening of foreign ports spreads all over the world, and the number of customs increases, the revenue from future tariffs will inevitably continue to soar.

Regarding the above, although Chongzhen had some psychological preparations, he was still greatly shocked.

If things go on like this, Daming Guofu's annual income will exceed [-] million taels, there is basically no suspense!
One hundred million taels, this is the small goal Qin Shuhuai mentioned!
Originally, Chongzhen discounted this "small goal" in his heart, thinking that reaching 5000 million taels would be earth-shattering enough.

However, he is now extremely convinced that [-] million taels is achievable!

The most important thing is that Chongzhen went out of the palace to have a look, and was surprised to find that the prices on the market basically did not rise much.Needless to say, salt, iron, and cloth are three things related to people's livelihood, because Qin Shuhuai set the "imperial court guide price", and the price did not increase even by a penny.

What surprised him even more was that even rice, noodles, oil, steamed buns, meat, vegetables and other daily necessities of the common people basically did not increase.

Even, some also showed a trend of price reduction.

This made him really puzzled.

The imperial court collected more taxes, but the private prices dropped instead?

In a bun shop, after Chongzhen bought a few buns, he couldn't help asking the boss why the price of the buns was a penny lower than at the beginning of the year.

The owner of the steamed stuffed bun shop said with a smile, "Master, now the grain merchants are desperately selling old rice and old noodles, and the price keeps falling. What are our buns made of? Isn't it just rice noodles? The price of rice noodles has dropped. Now, we can’t follow the price cuts? You have to have a conscience, don’t you?”

Chongzhen asked again, "Then you don't need to pay Fu?"

"Hehe, pay, why don't you pay? But we sell buns, we only pay tax worth [-]% of the tax, so what's the point if we pay it? How much is more or less? I still have Susukita in my hometown. Twenty acres, now you don’t have to pay a penny of land tax, so what do I pay a mere one month? Tell me, if we don’t pay the tax, who will support the army of the imperial court? Who will give us a happy life? Have you passed?"

Chongzhen understood.

Because the number of farmers planting land has increased significantly this year, smart grain merchants have realized that the national grain production will increase significantly this year, so in order to prevent old rice and old noodles from being sold at that time, they will take the initiative to cut prices and sell them in advance.

At the same time, compared with the reduced price of rice and noodles, the tax of [-]% of the value of the bun shop is insignificant.

In this way, won't the price of buns drop?

Brother Qin, brother Qin, you are really good at calculating!
As long as the prices of salt, iron, cloth, and grain, which are closely related to the common people, do not increase in price, what if the prices of other things increase a little?
At this time, a shopper next to him interrupted, "That's a good point. I really hope that this tax exemption will last forever. As long as the exemption lasts for ten years, it will really be another prosperous world."

"Hehe, let's have fun in three years, and ten years? Why don't you eat when you are emperor?" another customer said.

Everyone was immediately happy.

Chongzhen also laughed, the kind that came from the bottom of his heart.

He couldn't help but said, "If the time is right, the emperor may really announce that he will be exempted from taxes forever, just wait and see."

When you're done, turn around and leave.

The steps are extremely easy.

Prosperity!The prosperity I want is slowly approaching!
After half a year of the New Deal, the happiest and most grateful people are naturally farmers, especially those who had no land before.Since the New Deal, a large number of refugees have returned to their hometowns to farm with peace of mind, and a large number of tenant farmers have transformed into free farmers.And many farmers who originally had only a few poor fields in Susukida bought a lot of good land in the form of installment payment, and they were so happy that they could wake up at night with laughter.

Without agricultural payment, the enthusiasm of farmers to grow grain is overwhelming!

At the same time, their gratitude to the imperial court was also overwhelming.

The second happy thing is the soldiers who got a raise.Soldiers' salaries are now twice what they used to be, and there is no arrears!

In addition, most of the new low-level officials are also very happy, because the imperial court gave them three times their previous salaries, allowing them to live a decent life-if their desire for power is not so strong, this is enough Make them happy again.

As for merchants, it depends on which one.

Most of the small merchants and hawkers, because the tax rate charged by the imperial court is very low, depending on the industry, it is only worth between two and five per hundred, so there is nothing to object to - just like the bun shop owner, most of them Small merchants and hawkers still grow land at home. Compared with the previous land tax, the little tax they pay is nothing at all. It’s too late to be happy, so what’s there to object to?
And those merchants who sell tea and silk are a little unhappy.Because all these things are subject to "heavy taxes" worth a hundred and fifteen, which will damage their profits to some extent.

Of course, those who are most dissatisfied with the New Deal belong to the big landlord class.

These super big landlords include Fu Wang, Qin Wang, Jin Wang and other local vassals, as well as big bureaucrats who were not affected by the downfall of the Donglin Party.

These people are not many, about [-] households, but they account for at least half of Daming's arable land.

So far, only three or four vassals, including the King of Shu and the King of Zhou, announced their acceptance of the New Deal and sold the excess land to farmers. The remaining [-] or so vassals and most of the big bureaucrats still chose to wait and see.

Even King Fu said that his land was bestowed by the late emperor, and anyone who dares to take advantage of his land would be disrespectful to the late emperor, and he would sue the clan mansion.

Fu Wang's arrogance and greed are well-known in history.

Seeing that King Fu was so stubborn, the other vassal kings, led by him, huddled together and opposed the New Deal with a non-cooperative attitude.

There was no other way, Qin Shuhuai had no choice but to go to Luoyang to meet King Fu in person.

Capture the thief first and capture the king first.He believed that as long as King Fu was willing to give in, the other feudal kings would follow suit, and those big bureaucrats would naturally not resist any more.

Also, there is one more important thing.

It is already June, and the promise to the Demon Cult to send troops to the West within half a year has come to the fulfillment period.

Expedition to Yarkand is imperative!

So, after staying at home for half a year, he is going out again!

(End of this chapter)