I'm really not doing business

Chapter 153
Luo Bingliang came to Huafang to see the excitement. He got accurate information that someone planned to continue conspiring to resist the tax. As a tax collector, Luo Bingliang must ensure the effectiveness of the tax.

Where tax resistance exists, inspections exist.

Tax collection is due to the phenomenon of tax evasion and tax evasion, and this is a common and long-term phenomenon, so tax collectors and tax bureaus will surely exist generally and for a long time.

This is the third experience that Luo Bingliang has summed up in the long-term tax collection process. The first is that the tax collectors do not pay taxes to small people because of cost issues; The interrelationship between taxation and tax resistance.

It will be Luo Bingliang's long-term creed to keep in mind the three experiences of taxation. This experience will gradually expand into written articles as taxation unfolds, and finally make taxation universal and normalized.

Therefore, Luo Bingliang came to Songjiang Mansion and asked Sun Keyi, a well-known merchant in Ming Dynasty who had contributed to the imperial court, to help the imperial court continue to collect taxes.

"Luo Qianhu, we meet again." Sun Keyi brought a bunch of congratulatory gifts, but his congratulatory gifts were not brought in, because Luo Bingliang refused to accept them, and it was not because Luo Bingliang had high ambitions, but there were too many people staring at him. If secrets are kept secret, one's body will be lost;

If you want people not to know, do nothing but yourself.

"Mr. Sun Shang is being polite, please sit down. There is a case here that needs Mr. Sun Shang's help, and it is related to Xu Jie." Luo Bingliang cut to the chase without being too polite, explaining his reason for coming.

The Xu family owed some taxes, less than 300 taels of silver, mainly because of Xu's servants.

You must know that one of the compilations is to combine taxes and labor services and allocate them to the fields for taxation. The 300 mu of land tax in Xu Jie's family is exempt from taxation, but it does not mean that other members of Xu Jie's family except Xu Jie are exempt from labor. There is also a charge for poor silver, which is only about [-] taels of silver.

This amount of money is not too much, and if they go to pursue the debt, the court will be suspected of going to war, so let Sun's come forward to 'persuade' one or two, as for how to make things difficult, that is the rivalry among the powerful.

In addition to tax arrears, it is a matter of painting boats.

When Sun Keyi heard that he was embarrassing Xu Jie, his face beamed with joy.

"Xu Jie is so bold? He got away with He Xinyin's case, why did he get involved in Zeng Guang's case? Don't you want to live?" Sun Keyi had to admire Xu Jie's courage. thing.

What Zeng Guang and He Xinyin did is not unusual.It has appeared since the mid-Tang Dynasty and reached its peak during the Yuan Renzong period. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was called the Pure Land Sect. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, it was changed from the Kunshan monk Mao Ziyuan to the Bailian Sect, or the White Lotus Sect.

Since the beginning of Ming Dynasty, this sect has changed its name several times, including Jinchan, Wuwei, Longhua, Wukong, Huanyuan, Yuandun, Hongyang, Maitreya, Jingkong, Dacheng, Sanyang, Hunyuan, Wenxiang, Luodao, etc. , Zeng Guang and He Xinyin pretended to be students of the Taizhou School, gathering students to give lectures, but in fact they were just preaching.

Lectures and enlightenment are generally not so important to money. Preaching requires money to get started, and after you get started, you will be bankrupt.

"Well, Xu Jie actually just wanted to overthrow Yuanfu." Luo Bingliang's face was complicated, and he didn't want to understand why Xu Jie just refused to be convinced?Is it difficult to admit that Zhang Juzheng is very powerful?
Who in the imperial court would not admit that Zhang Juzheng is really powerful?
Sun Keyi thought for a while and nodded and said: "It's true, logically speaking, Xu Jie should hate Gao Gong even more. After all, Gao Gong drove him down and scolded him so harshly. Further pursuit is just a demon."

Disciples don't have to be inferior to teachers, and teachers don't have to be better than disciples.

This sounded good, but Xu Jie just refused to be convinced. If he talked about rehabilitating, Xu Jie didn't have that idea. If it is overthrown, it proves that his idea of ​​running the country is correct.

Sun Keyi has no burden, he just wants Xu Jie to be unlucky, and wants to make money for his family.

"Does Mr. Sun Shang have any opinion on our court's tax collection?" Luo Bingliang, a thousand tax collectors, asked Sun Keyi, the general manager of the tax collector.

Officials and people, managers and managed, Luo Bingliang is like a hypocritical Confucian dressed in silk and satin, surrounded by beautiful women, asking Sun Keyi if you are lucky.

But Sun Keyi is by no means a poor family of five with only two pairs of trousers, but rich clothes and good food, the largest merchant in Songjiang, the general manager of the maritime merchants in Songjiang Prefecture, from Jiuqing to the common people, with great influence Quan Hao, the vanguard of Daming Kaihai.

Sun Keyi thought for a while and said: "The imperial court reformed the tax system. In fact, if our Ming Dynasty can achieve these twelve characters, this tax can also be collected safely."

"I stand from the standpoint of a wealthy family, a nobleman, and a family of merchants, with a simplified tax system, a wide tax base, low tax rates, and strict collection and management."

"I also want to say something for the powerful. The reason why the powerful and the wealthy can occupy tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land is that there are certain conditions. Parents and officials have arrived in the local area, which one is not a coincidence to set up a name to extort money, and the small people take shelter of the powerful, isn't that a matter of course? Now this whip method, good!"

"The four taxes and the land tax are compiled into one item. The title of the tax is determined. The amount of the land is the same. If these parents and officials set up a name, I am afraid that they will have to ask the people if they agree."

Sun Keyi is not talking nonsense. Armed tax resistance is common in Ming Dynasty. There are two taxes every year in summer and autumn. In the eyes of the people everywhere, the local yamen is no better than the bandits in the mountains. Universal resistance, this is the social soil for the annexation of the powerful.

So Sun Keyi really admires Zhang Juzheng. His administration has never been a slap in the face.

Sun Keyi continued: "The second article is the broad tax base. Since Emperor Xiaozong, the world has 400 million hectares of land, 26 million hectares of land, who are fooling ghosts? In the 800th year of Hongwu, there were [-] million hectares of land. My family is honest, and my family's land is registered. Ertian, his family is so bold, there are thousands of hectares of fertile land, not even one mu is on the register, oh, my family pays the emperor’s grain every day in summer and autumn, and his family eats delicious food and drinks spicy food every day.”

"You said that if things go on like this, I'm willing to accept Fu? Or not? Everyone is like this. If you don't worry about unevenness, you can pay it or not. It's okay, but I will pay it. If you don't pay it, then it won't work. Naturally, I will find ways to do it. Willing to pay taxes."

Luo Bingliang wondered for a while. Sun Keyi was analyzing the government's government orders from the standpoint of a powerful man. If Luo Bingliang was a good citizen who paid taxes, and he looked at a powerful man who didn't pay taxes and wantonly encroached on him, then Luo Bingliang would always find a way.

Sun Keyi thought for a while and said: "This low tax rate is easy to understand. I think the current tax rate is quite good. The value of the hundred is [-]%, the merchants do not pay taxes, and the tax per mu is [-]%, which can also promote the return of the land."

Luo Bingliang smiled, and Sun Keyi also had reservations. He earned a lot of money from serving the court, but who thinks he makes a lot of money?

Therefore, in fact, Sun Keyi still has an opinion on the tax rate, not on the [-]% of the [-] value, but on the heavy tax in the Susong area. A heavy tax of [-]% land tax was established.

In fact, at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Xining, Yuanfeng Gengfa, Chongning, Daguan troublesome, Jingkang's shame, and Jianyan military incidents began frequently, and Su Song's taxes continued to increase.

Su Song's heavy taxation exists, and Luo Bingliang heard the ballad more than once that there are no seven dou for an acre of land, and six dou will be sent to Huangzhou first, and only one dou will be kept for marriage, so that those who are worried will grow old.

Luo Bingliang, a thousand tax collectors, has specially studied the taxation of Su Song's farmland in the 26th year of Hongwu. In the 26th year of Hongwu, the total farmland of Susong Second Mansion was 14982961 mu, and the total farmland of the country was 850762368 mu. , Su Song’s actual collection of rice and wheat is 1.76 shi, and the country’s total is 26 shi.

That is to say, the Su-Song Second Mansion took 1.76% of the country's farmland and borne 13.69% of the country's taxes and grains. This also led to the prevalence of tax resistance in the Su-Song area and a broad public opinion base.

As a person with vested interests, Sun Keyi couldn't speak ill of the court, but when Luo Bingliang smiled, Sun Keyi knew it, and Luo Bingliang understood.

that's enough.

Sun Keyi continued: "In the end, it is the strict collection and management. In the past, the imperial court didn't collect taxes at all. What kind of gentleman is ashamed of talking about profit? Isn't it just a matter of God's will to charge more or less? Just rely on a decree to let the world's powerful Gentleman, hand over the white money to the imperial court, isn't that what idiots say about dreams?"

"Thousands of Luo Qianhu tax collectors, from the Gu family in Kunshan last year to the Ge family in Suzhou last year, and the Yang family in Luling this year, how many families have been copied, but the tax collection still has to continue."

"As long as there is a slight slack, the powerful will immediately evade taxes, that is inevitable."

"There is no knife to force you. You expect powerful and powerful families to pay taxes and taxes, and you expect our conscience to find out? Conscience is such a thing, how can rich people have such a thing?"

"I don't talk about others, I just talk about myself. My brother won't let me do this flesh and blood business, that is, the boat painting business. He thinks it's against the peace. He is a scholar. He is a scholar. He has morality, but I don't. , I just make money if I have money, and the court doesn't prohibit it, so if I don't make money if I have money, am I not a bastard?"

"But this business is really against the peace, and I really don't have any morals and conscience."

"Conscience? Who has that thing."

Sun Keyi's twelve words fully explain the contradictions of ground taxes in the south of the Yangtze River.

These twelve words are what Sun Keyi said in his heart. To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the three thousand southern soldiers in Songjiang Town, Sun Keyi would not pay taxes. , Earning a little is a little, and maximizing profits is the way businessmen think about problems.

Luo Bingliang sorted out Sun Keyi's remarks carefully, and then said with a smile: "I have to board the boat, and what Xu Jie did, we must guard against it."

"I'll go and persuade him. My enemy will force him to pay the debt at most. I can't do the rest." Sun Keyi agreed, and also agreed to persuade Xu Jie, don't bother, fight again You can't beat Zhang Juzheng, the current Zhang Juzheng is version 3.0, you, Xu Jie, who is version 0.5, can't beat him.

Zhao Wuliu is a servant on the boat.

He was originally from Mudu Town, Wu County, Suzhou Prefecture. His family lived at the foot of Shoutao Mountain next to the Mudu Inspection Department. When his parents gave birth to him, their combined age was 56, so he was called Zhao Wuliu. He was easy to support, lost his mother when he was three years old, and lost his father when he was five years old. His father was beaten to death by a servant of the Gu family in Kunshan.

Zhao Wuliu didn't even think about taking revenge. The Gu family had more than 200 servants. He, Zhao Wuliu, single-handedly, what would he use to take revenge?Moreover, Mrs. Gu also gave five taels of silver to settle the case.

Relying on these five taels of silver, Zhao Wuliu's elder brother, Zhao Siqi, brought Zhao Wuliu to life.

When Gu's house was ransacked the year before last, after the news of Gu Zhangzhi's beheading came back to the Suzhou Mansion, Zhao Wuliu bought a jar of wine, knelt on his father's and his brother's graves, and cried till he burst into tears.

The imperial court suddenly changed its temper and started killing Quanhao. According to the rumors in the Jianghu, the life-threatening talisman is much more terrifying than the book of life and death of Lord Yan. No one has seen the book of life and death. rare.

The Tiqimen were collecting taxes everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, and the big households were wailing all over the place. Zhao Wuliu was also happy to listen to these things at the tea stand.

Zhao Wuliu is not afraid that these powerful people will criticize Xiaomin, because Xiaomin has been stripped long ago, and there is no hair left. If he is stripped again, he can only give his head to the powerful. A rich place is afraid that there will be big troubles.

When Zhao Wuliu heard that Yu Long had come to Songjiang Mansion to open a court, he planned to join him. Yes, in Zhao Wuliu's knowledge, Yu Long came to Songjiang Mansion to open a court, but he wanted to be a soldier of the South. His wish came to nothing, his physical fitness was not up to the requirements for enlisting in the army, the source of soldiers, Yu Shuai's place, not everyone wants it.

Zhao Wuliu went to Songjiang Shipyard to apply for another job, but he was not selected. He was a little thin, and the shipyard refused to take him to carry timber as a tracker.

Later, the imperial court set up official farmland in Nanya and recruited common people to farm. Zhao Wuliu was able to make a living in this business, and he worked for two years. He asked his friends to find a boatman to make a living, and he made a lot of money on board.

Zhao Wuliu was not very afraid of going on a boat, he was a coolie on the boat, he was already 22, he was no longer a tender and delicious age, and those high-flyers would not take their ideas on him, those A twelve or thirteen-year-old servant is the target of the high rollers.

Some high-rollers are as good as Longyang, and instead of playing with thin horses and Gao Liji, they insist on playing as servants.

Some high-flyers like to beat people when they are drunk. Zhao Wuliu is the one who gets beaten. He is used to being beaten when he is young. The melons and jujubes were used as soup and medicine fees for him. When the beating was fierce, he shouted that someone would pull him away. After all, the ship owner Sun Keyi would not only lose face, but also use the money to settle the matter.

Zhao Wuliu weighed the silver bag in his hand. If the sea trip went smoothly this time, he could get one or two taels of silver when he returned to Songjiang Mansion. Counting the accumulated silver, he could almost beg for a wife. Smile boarded the ship, and he was in charge of moving the cargo hold on board.

"I haven't seen it before. This is the only boat in the whole of Ming Dynasty!" Zhao Wuliu laughed when he saw Luo Bingliang's stunned look, and said something. The thug servant.

There are ten servants on board, and these ten servants are responsible for the security of the ship. Although the Japanese invasion has gradually subsided, the Japanese pirates in Ryukyu are still entrenched, and occasionally invade the sea. There are long and short soldiers on board, as well as bows and crossbows, which are enough to deal with Japanese pirates used.

Some high-ranking guests are drunk, and these servants have to hold them down to prevent any troubles. Every thin horse and Gao Liji are not cheap. If they are broken or killed, the guests will lose money .

"I haven't seen it before." Luo Bingliang looked at the majestic mast and said.

The main reason is that those skinny horses and Gao Liji are dressed very coolly, wearing gauze clothes, standing in the bow of the boat and blowing the sea breeze, their graceful figures are faintly visible, making people daydream, and several Gao Liji don't even wear shoes.

Different from the game on the Qinhuai River, what the Qinhuai River plays is artistic conception, piano, chess, and flower paintings, and the love is naturally strong in the depths, but this painting boat is more open, the main thing is indulgence, and you don’t talk about things on the boat when you get off the boat. How to be happy.

"It's okay to sail for two days, and they don't even wear clothes. That's an eye-opener." Zhao Wuliu said with a familiar look: "Is the accent from the north?"

Zhao Wuliu has his own ideas. Luo Bingliang, who is big and round, looks like a good player. If there is a big guy who drinks too much, he insists on beating Zhao Wuliu, or throwing him into the sea to feed the fish. If Luo Bingliang, who is familiar with him, can help him, that is the manifestation of the Bodhisattva, and the Buddha blesses him.

The villain also has a way of survival. If he doesn't have some eyesight on the boat, he will be thrown into the sea to feed the fish sooner or later.

The boat is an extremely closed space, the captain is God, people on the boat died in the third watch, and the dead bodies were eaten up by the fish in the fifth watch.

Luo Bingliang nodded and said: "Yes, I was working under Yu Long. Isn't that old and can't handle it? So I arranged an errand for me. This is my first time on a ship. Help me introduce this ship?"

Zhao Wuliu pointed to the stern of the boat and said: "You can fish over there, and sea fishing is very labor-intensive. That is where the sea breeze blows on the deck, and it is also the place with the most people. The place at the tail on the first floor is the captain's cabin. Don't mess around Chuang, the captain has firearms."

"The middle of the first floor is above the waterline, which is the guest's room. The second floor is the room of the sailors and boat masters on the ship. The bottom is where we servants live."

Zhao Wuliu looked around, and said mysteriously: "Those skinny horses have maidservants, if you can't bear it, you can find them, the price is cheaper."

"Oh?" Luo Bingliang looked at Zhao Wuliu with raised brows, showing a smile that a man could understand.

Luo Bingliang took three Tiqi with him, they lived in the captain's cabin, and the captain found a room for himself to sleep in.

Generally speaking, the captain of the ship is the biggest, who dares to squeeze the captain away?But Luo Bingliang is obviously not an ordinary person, and there are three coastal defense inspections, who are accompanying the sea survey in a hydrofoil sailing boat.

The captain didn't dare to ask questions at all. Before leaving, Sun Keyi, the owner of the ship, specifically confessed that these three guests with short jackets and short trousers were unusual, and they must be served well. Fish, don't come back.

In Sun Keyi's eyes, Luo Bingliang is the Lord of Heaven!

Moreover, this heavenly master is still holding on to the debts to pay the bills, and there is no need to resort to tricks to kill these powerful people. If it weren't for Sun Keyi's severe seasickness, he would have to go to the boat to serve him personally.

Soon, Luo Bingliang saw the source of the booming business of the painting boat. Within half a day after sailing, he could see that some Gao Li girls were already naked. Once wrapped with two yarns, they were considered clothes. Walking around looking for food, there are birds singing and swallows dancing everywhere, and the deck is full of long white legs, making people dizzy.

On deck, it quickly becomes a place of indulgence.

Luo Bingliang was always looking for Zeng Guang. When he boarded the ship, Luo Bingliang didn't see this guy on board. When the atmosphere was in full swing, an eye-catching figure finally appeared beside Xu Jie's second son, Xu Kun.

Zeng Guang appeared, looking quite like a master, wearing a double-breasted cardigan, extremely clean, with a gentle complexion, always showing a faint smile on his face, his eyes sparkling with wisdom and profoundness, and his gestures reflected his life experience and conduct in the world.

The appearance of a liar is very good. Luo Bingliang could see Zeng Guang's panic from his actions. He was always looking around, as if he was afraid that someone on the boat would catch him, so he didn't show up until after the boat sailed away. Just started the activity.

Luo Bingliang wanted to arrest Zeng Guang, who was a prisoner of the imperial court and wanted to be beheaded by the capital for public display.

The appearance of Zeng Guang can reduce His Majesty's passiveness in dealing with He Xinyin. As long as Zeng Guang is brought to the capital, He Xinyin will be killed or cut according to His Majesty's will.

Xu Kun kept clapping his hands, and said cheerfully: "Everyone, the person next to me is Master Qiyun, a Taoist of Taigan and Taiji. It is a great honor to invite him from Huguang to give lectures in Songjiang Prefecture. Everyone knows that. Recently, the imperial court has become more and more strict, even lecturing is not allowed, and all 64 Chongzheng academies in the country have been confiscated."

"That's why we have to come to this boat, I won't say more, master, please!"

Zeng Guang sat in front of the stage, looked around without saying a word, and then said: "I have seen desire from you. Fences, there must be desires."

"Confucius seldom talked about benevolence. What is benevolence? In my opinion, the natural heart in which the principles of heaven and human desires complement each other is benevolence. Only with desires can there be benevolence. Confucian Neo-Confucianism has always criticized the destruction of human beings for the preservation of natural principles, which is ridiculous. To the extreme, if there are no people, there will be no laughter in the world, how can there be no reason for no one?"

Xu Kun's face was flushed, and he said loudly: "Okay, that's a great speech!"

The more than a dozen high-ranking guests from the wealthy family who were present were also talking about it. This statement was too true for them!How could they be on the boat if they had no desire?Desires are hard to fill, people's desires are the root of everything!
Where did no one come from?Heaven and earth are defined by humans, if human desires are destroyed, how can there be any principles of heaven?So don't destroy human desires, but cultivate human desires, and human desires are everything.

Zeng Guang watched everyone's reactions, and waited until they calmed down before saying: "My disciples are most concerned with cultivating desires, nurturing desires, and letting desires take root in their hearts. color, human nature, and nature.”

"What is the difference between humans and beasts? Humans have desires, but beasts have no desires. They have no desires and desires to become beasts. Humans have desires, so they have appearance, speech, seeing, hearing, and thinking, so they have respect, obedience, discernment, and wisdom. , Wisdom, will have all kinds of benevolence, righteousness and morality such as seriousness, strictness, strategy, sharpness, and sage."

"Everyone has desires, and all of you are sages."

After Gu Xiancheng heard this, he clenched his fists and said loudly, "Okay, good! Master's words, like enlightenment, suddenly enlightened! Sure enough, sure enough!"

Everyone in the world is a sage. As soon as these words came out, Zeng Guang immediately gained complete approval. Luo Bingliang looked at those red-faced Quan Hao, and the smile on his face was particularly playful. Quan Hao violated and needed to find a theoretical basis , and Zeng Guang's remarks can be said to have just touched their hearts!
Zeng Guang waited until it was quiet, then continued: "Humans are the origin of all things in the world; therefore, they are the original people, and the mind is the master of all things in the world, so they are the masters of the mind. If there is no heart, all the laws of heaven come from the heart, and the heart is conscience.”

"Man is the fundamental principle of heaven and earth, so man is the principle, then we must obey our inner desires, because that is the law of heaven, that is conscience."

"And all of you gathered here, didn't you understand the truth of the world, and clearly recognized your own conscience and the principles of heaven?"

Zeng Guang was still lecturing, but Luo Bingliang looked at Zhao Wuliu who was carrying wine beside him, and asked in a low voice, "What do you think of what he said?"

Zhao Wuliu looked around, and said in a low voice: "It's all reasonable nonsense, who doesn't have desire? If there is no desire, wouldn't it be a stone? The emperor also has desire in his heart, why don't you bother? Master To put it nicely, I still want to marry a daughter-in-law, will the master give me money to pay a bride price to set up a family business? If you don’t, it’s bullshit.”

"There are always these masters on the boat giving lectures. It's annoying. The time on the boat is only five days, 500 taels of silver. Why don't you hurry up and find a beauty to keep it warm? Isn't the money wasted for nothing? Listening to him nagging here is a waste of time. I just don't have money, if I had money, I wouldn't listen to the master's nagging, and if I had time, I would quickly find a beauty to have sex with."

Luo Bingliang said in a daze when he heard this, "My brother's words are justified."

"His words are old lady's foot wraps, which are smelly and long. He said it nicely. What is governed by the emperor and teacher is more than a friend. We can still hope that the emperor will be wise and mighty, and take us to live a good life for a few days. Illegal, according to what the master said, do not follow the law of the king, but only the law of relatives and friends. We small people, now we are small people, our sons are small people, and we will be small people forever? We are born to be bullied by them, right? "Zhao Wuliu put down the wine before continuing.

His father was beaten to death by the Gu family, and the yamen didn't even dare to deal with the Gu family's slaves. In the end, five taels of silver were used to settle the matter, and the people would not sue the officials. Liu's father's revenge cannot be avenged in this life.

In the eyes of Quan Hao, Luo Bingliang is the seductress who takes his life, and in the eyes of ordinary people, Luo Bingliang is a hero who kills the rich and helps the poor.

Eagle dog, that's the Ti Qi in Quan Hao's eyes. Zhao Wuliu, a humble man, wished that Quan Hao would be lined up and chopped off one by one, so that he could relieve his anger.

Zeng Guang stood up and said conclusively: "Being wise and sacrificing one's life to achieve the way of benevolence is the great cause of the world. If the great cause is not accomplished, we still need your help to achieve the great cause of benevolence!"

Zhao Wuliu showed a simple and honest smile and said: "Look, you see, he doesn't give money, but asks for money. Even if it's an egg, I'd be happy to hear it."

　What Zhao Wuliu meant was that these masters, after talking about it, talked about it, but they asked for money?Ask for a monthly ticket, woo! ! ! ! ! !

　　
　
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