Five years of garrison on the border, shocked Zhu Yuanzhang who went south to inspect

Chapter 336 Happy businessman, what is this concept?
"But what do ordinary people do? Without land, they lose their backbone, and they will become the backers of these local tycoons, squeezed to pieces by them, and oppressed by them until they can't breathe. They are fighting for their pitiful salary every day. And run around, living a life that would be worse than death!"

"Su and Hang have nothing to do with them!"

"All the people in the world sacrificed for the Ming Dynasty. In the end, they got nothing. Has such a thing ever happened?!"

Yao Guangxiao suddenly realized, his heart suddenly became enlightened, and he suddenly became enlightened.

He was silent for a while, raised his head, and asked loudly, "Why?"

Zhu Tuo took a breath, and a picture emerged in his mind, which was a picture that would often appear on TV in the future. Those rich people would wear gold and silver every day, sit in gorgeous sedans, and go everywhere. Have fun and enjoy delicious food.

The civilians were hungry, and they carried the carriages for them. Sometimes when the rich got excited, they would throw the leftover food on the ground, causing the civilians to scramble to snatch it.

When the common people get it, they have to kowtow to the rich to express their gratitude before they can get it.

Eat all that food.

And if they slightly offended some of the rich and powerful, they would tie these civilians to a big tree, take off their underwear, and whip them severely with a whip in front of everyone, as a warning to others.

In their eyes, poor people are like livestock, without any dignity at all and can be bullied at will.
Zhu Tuo was very solemn at this moment and said solemnly: "I want to support businessmen, but also restrain businessmen! We must turn businessmen into a tool, a tool for the benefit of the country and the people, rather than being used to squeeze the people. of!"

"If Suzhou and Hangzhou are familiar with each other, the world will be full. This is the first grain storehouse of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also an important place for collecting taxes in the Ming Dynasty. I am not here to look for flowers and willows, but I just want to use this as a guide to carry out innovation. Rectify the atmosphere among nobles and merchants!"

Yao Guangxiao bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Yao Guangxiao also had a miserable life when he was a child, somewhat similar to Zhu Yuanzhang back then. As the saying goes, when people reach middle age, they still have to erase the wounds left by childhood after all.

Zhu Yuanzhang has always been oppressed by officials and local rich people. Therefore, after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, his attitude towards officials and local rich people was extremely bad, and he even slaughtered nine people.

Since his parents passed away, Yao Guangxiao has been living a wandering life. No matter where he goes, he cannot get attention from others. This is why he is eager to express himself and show that he is not inferior to others.

But as soon as he heard Zhu Tuo's words today, he knew that there was another mountain higher than the other. King Su, who he had followed all his life, actually had such ambitions. He was indeed a bird of a feather. Well, he was like-minded!

"I don't know what your Majesty's plan is? I will do my best to help you!"

Zhu Tuo scratched his head and said: "I don't know how to formulate policies. After all, this is my first time dealing with such a matter. It can be said that I spent my time in fumbling.

Lu Xiaofeng said: "Ah?"

Zhu Tuo frowned and said: "But, I have already thought of a way. For example, we are going to establish commercial taxation. From now on, we are going to change fiscal taxation from agricultural taxation to commercial taxation."

"Moreover, everything is dominated by the government. For example, the price of grain, the sales of ironware and salt are all decided by the court. In addition, in order to prevent businessmen from going their own way, we have also formulated a set of anti-monopoly laws. "

Yao Guangxiao was silent, constantly thinking about the feasibility of this plan in his mind, and at the same time sketching out a plan in his mind that was most suitable for him.

"Your Majesty, is there anything else?"

Zhu Tuo nodded: "Of course, the most important thing is to separate business from land. Anyone who is a businessman is recorded as a businessman. Relatives of the three clans cannot own land, let alone do business."

Yao Guangxiao was startled and frowned, "Nowadays businessmen have a lot of fertile land. If Your Majesty prohibits them from purchasing fertile land, I am afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among the people.

"I understand, not only do I have to do this, I also want to abolish the population tax, incorporate the population tax into the land equally, change it to a population tax on the land, and distribute the population on the land equally to each piece of land!"

"What? No one has done this since the Great Zhou Dynasty!" "Haha, so I am the first? How will I be recorded in history?"

Zhu Tuo said cheerfully: "The land tax has too many disadvantages. Those dignitaries rely on their rights to hide the population, and most of the tax goes to the poor people. It is really unfair to the people."

"Oh, it turns out that His Majesty came to Suzhou City just to do this, right?"

Lu Xiaofeng said: "It's not just this time."

"Huh?" Annelotte was stunned for a moment.

Zhu Tuo counted: "Also, I want to use a method to solve the tax problem.

People pay taxes, some pay silk, some pay tea sets, some pay treasures.

Taxes on things like antiques are complicated and confusing, and I'm going to create a new policy. "

Yao Guangxiao asked doubtfully: "What is that set?"

Afterwards, Zhu Tuo told what happened.

Yao Guangxiao lost his voice.

"Any more?" Langdon asked again.

"By the way, when local officials collect taxes, they will use losses as an excuse to collect more. For example, if the court stipulates ten taels, then among the people, there are only 20 taels...

Zhu Tuo danced and talked, which made Yao Guangxiao sigh.

He asked again: "Your Majesty, do you have more? Is there anything else to do?"

"In addition, we will build hundreds more ships in the Taihu Lake area, open up a new sea route, and strengthen trade with European and American countries. Then, we will sell our Ming Dynasty's goods and earn a lot of gold and silver from these barbarians! "

Yao Guangxiao couldn't remember how many times he gasped. Hearing Prince Su's ambition, his whole body was shaken to the point of numbness. If he and Zhu Tuo hadn't been together for a long time, Yao Guangxiao would have I think Zhu Tuo is talking nonsense.

"Your Majesty, is there anything else?"

"Oh, by the way, to be honest, I also want to change the channel of the Yangtze River to solve the flooding problem in the middle and lower reaches..."

Yao Guangxiao raised his head in disbelief and looked at Zhu Tuo blankly. Could it be Prince Su?
Doesn't your Majesty understand how troublesome it is to change the route?Especially in places like the Yangtze River, if they were allowed to build canals, the people in Suzhou and Hangzhou would have rebelled long ago!
"Your Majesty, what can you do?"

Zhu Tuo shook his head, stared at Yao Guangxiao with burning eyes, and asked, "Daoyan, I have told you so much, but I just want you to help me find a solution, right?"

Lu Xiaofeng said: "Ah?"

"What are you talking about? Aren't you usually quite thoughtful? Now I'm asking for help from you, but you're pretending to be confused here? It's a waste of Wang's usual confidence in you. You can't even handle such a small thing? "

Hearing this, Yao Guangxiao nodded solemnly, thought for a while, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, everything must be considered long-term, starting with the businessman. Your Majesty has a good relationship with the businessman on the surface, and then plots behind the scenes..."

(End of this chapter)