What are the Six Ministry of Nanjing?

In the costume dramas that Bai Minghe has watched, he always believed that the Sixth Department of Nanjing is a decoration and a place for retirement.

But such a big thing, at least in the eyes of the white-famous crane, is definitely not a small thing. But in the eyes of Gaogu, this is a very ordinary little thing in the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, and it should not even be officially reported to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the six elderly care places like Nanjing can even write a national article.

So, what potential does the Six Nanjing Ministry have to tap?

Seeing Bai Minghe thinking deeply, Gao Gu whispered: "Even during Yongle, the Nanjing Treasure Shipyard was also under the supervision of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, and it is still the same. Some people in the Nanjing Ministry of Industry built treasure ships back then."

The white-famous crane's eyes rolled and his plan came to his heart.

"Thank you, Mr. Gao!" Bai Minghe bowed his hand and was about to leave, but Gao Gu grabbed his wrist: "Bai Minghe has a wire in it, and if you pass the red line, you will die. I am so unlucky because of this kind of thing. Please pay attention to everything. Don't be anxious about it. Long live your letter every month."

"Thank you Mr. Gao!" Bai Minghe thanked again.

The people of the Ming Dynasty were really moral. Even if they had different political views with Bai Minghe, Gao Gu would not use inferior third-rate methods to harm him, but instead helped him.

The white-known crane called him on the carriage and rushed to the Sixth Ministry of Nanjing.

The six ministries in Nanjing are not together, but they are not far away. The first place Bai Minghe wants to go is the most leisurely place in the world of Ming Dynasty, the Nanjing Ministry of Rites. Because the Ming Emperor almost never came to Nanjing. Therefore, the Ministry of Rites has nothing to do except the three-year provincial examination.

"Sir, there is still a street intersection from the Ministry of Rites..." The guard in charge of the carriage turned around and said. As he was speaking, he pulled the horse hard, and the front hooves of the horse had already stood up. Several guards next to him rushed up quickly. Bai Minghe was even more scared because the curtain was lowered and he didn't know what had happened.

When he got out of the carriage, he saw that several guards were in a dilemma.

Not to mention the guards were embarrassed, even the white-famous crane was sweating coldly.

A man in his fifties, wearing a second-rank official uniform, shouted that he would be killed in a carriage to prove his reputation.

"Nanjing Minister of Revenue." An escort whispered beside the white famous crane.

"I offended him?" Bai Minghe asked back.

Zeng Tao caught up from behind. After seeing the situation, he approached Bai Minghe: "The student knows the reason. The Nanjing Ministry of Revenue is in charge of tax revenue in the four provinces of Jiangnan and is in charge of salt in the world. This time, the one who killed the most because of salt is the two salt departments, is the people from the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue. The Minister of Revenue has also been strictly investigated. Originally, the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue was a normal responsibilities. Now the tax payments and taxes in the four provinces of Jiangnan are taken over by the Beijing Ministry of Revenue, and the salt affairs are taken over by the Ministry of War."

"It's really a big grudge!" Bai Minghe sighed.

"Bai Minghe, you hairless child!" The Minister of Revenue pointed at Bai Minghe and cursed.

"If you are surnamed Xiao, you think I am a white-name He and I are easy to bully. You are all dedicated to the public. Why do you scold me? Should I make you lose a penny of salary or a small amount of black money? Or is it because you took the opportunity to embezzle and cut off your financial path? You have to live to the death, there must be a reason."

Xiao Qiong was very stubborn and cautious. In the first year of Jingtai, the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qiyu, wanted to change the prince. He tried to persuade him, but Zhu Qiyu ignored him. He wanted to resign. Later, he was jointly persuaded by several officials. Zhu Qiyu not only did not let him resign, but also added him to the Wenyuan Pavilion and was preparing to be the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

But when I saw him, I felt very annoyed, so I sent him to Nanjing.

As the Minister of Revenue in Nanjing, he is busy every day and his life is very happy, but Bai Minghe ruined his life.

I was thinking in my heart whether Bai Minghe was trying to please the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, because Bai Minghe was the main force in changing the prince and was also a confidant of Long Live the present, so I came to do it.

I think about it every day, and the more I think about it, the more I think it is just such a thing.

So, when I saw that the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue was idle and there was no taste of drinking tea, I came to the street and happened to see Bai Minghe's carriage. Without any hesitation, I bumped into it. I wanted to fight with Bai Minghe to the death, even if I die, I would still pull Bai Minghe into the water.

Seeing Bai Minghe dared to yell at him, Xiao Yui was also anxious.

"I was an official all my life. A few days ago, for the Ministry of Revenue to do better, let the Ministry of Revenue learn from the new accounting method. You may be holding a grudge against me and privately learning your new accounting method without permission, so I let my Ministry of Revenue sit in the government office every day."

New accounting method.

After hearing these five words, Bai Minghe said like a string of beads: "A borrowed 100 dan of yarn in the warehouse, and then lent B 30 dan. B once built a new warehouse for the warehouse, but did not collect 80 taels of accounts, and one dan was given ten taels of silver. When A returned the yarn, he only paid 70 taels of money. B paid the rest, how to solve the problem?"

"The inventory account is calculated and the balance is reduced by 100 yuan, and then the balance is recorded. Then, the accounts receivable are borrowed 100 dan, and the silver is discounted by 1,000 taels, and the balance is 1,000. After repaying the loan, the loan is 70 taels and the balance is reached. The balance is 30 yuan, and the balance is paid out at the same time..." Xiao Yu had almost no thoughts and quickly solved the problem of Baiminghe.

It is easy to know this thing, and it is the most basic accounting knowledge.

Then I found a very complicated account, including four corner debt plus depreciation and monthly sharing of expenses. Xiao Weihuang was also troubled, but after taking out a small book and pencil to write and draw, he still calculated it for Bai Minghe.

"Mr. Xiao, please get on the car, let's talk about something!" Bai Minghe held Xiao Yi with one arm and helped the old man to get on the carriage.

This attitude is a 180-degree turn. Not to mention that those who are watching the fun don’t understand, even Xiao Xiao himself is a little dizzy. However, he has calmed down now and it is impossible to fight against Bai Minghe anymore. It was completely hot just now.

On the way to the Ministry of Rites, Bai Minghe spoke directly: "The accounts on the dock have been a little mess recently, and some minor troubles happened a few days ago. You always know that the people in the East Factory are a bit rude, and some tax items are calculated on the dock are somewhat different from those of the cargo owners, no matter who is right or wrong. The government has charged more cargo owners, which is a deception of the people. The cargo owners pay less tax evasion. If they fight for such a thing, it will always be bad."

"What do you mean?"

"Nanjing Ministry of Revenue has managed all relevant taxes, so that the people from the East Factory can just check what contraband are there. Those rough people have poor checking their accounts. The speed of counting goods is very fast, but you always have to know. Only when the accounts are clear can you collect taxes, and it is enough to be confused about taxes once or twice. The amount of collection is not good."

From south to north, Daming currently has only two wharfs without merchants. One is the Qinzhou Wharf in Guangdong and the other is the North Wharf in Tianjin. In addition to these two pure military-controlled wharf, it is the original treasure ship wharf in Nanjing. The cargo warehouses built around it are more than ten miles away.

Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangnan provinces, the north, and Liaodong. This counts more than a dozen large and small wharfs. Among them, there are six major wharfs in Nanjing, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Fuzhou, Guangzhou and Tianjin. Each wharf has a daily cargo throughput of more than 200,000 stones. With such a huge cargo volume, even a person like Nanjing’s Ministry of Revenue cannot even keep an eye on a wharf.

"We have not many staff at the moment."

"It's easy to handle, isn't it going to take the exam?" Bai Minghe smiled happily: "This is a big job."

"I'm going to think about it!" Xiao Wei knew in his heart that the status of the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue was guaranteed, and it was probably more glorious than when he was in charge of the four Jiangnan savings and grains.

The work of the White-Minghe to Nanjing’s Ministry of Revenue is, in modern terms, the Ming Dynasty’s foreign trade customs tax management.

This tariff is naturally composed of export tax, and there are two types of import tax. Export tax is pre-declared, and each type of goods has its name and tax rate. There are also import taxes. But the difference is huge.

The import tax of rice is 5,000, which is actually equivalent to paying a 5,000-per-thousand dock management fee.

The second highest tax is gems, called luxury goods tariffs. The maximum tax is 100% because the profit is large, so some people can accept this 100% tax. Not to mention 100% tax, even if you collect twice the tax, gems and other goods will also have huge profits.

The highest tax is the handicrafts in Da Nang and Koryo.

For example, Koryo cotton cloth is directly charged 50% of the tax. Bai Minghe's move is to protect the weaver in the Ming Dynasty and porcelain. Koryo porcelain is charged 70% of the tariff. Of course, special categories are only charged 5% of the tax. For example, in the list, those low-value porcelain bottles ordered are this type.

Several major ports have never received 50% and 70% of the tariffs.

The linens of the Ming Dynasty were already excellent. They were cheaper and better than those of Goryeo. Only those who were crazy or stupid would buy back the linens of Goryeo and face huge tariffs.

Even if you can't sell it without tax increases, no one will buy it back.

Let alone porcelain, how could the high-quality porcelain from the Ming Dynasty be comparable to that of the Koreans? The same is true. It is expensive and poor to buy it, and there are huge tariffs stuck there.

For a long time, many people thought that this huge tariff was just a joke. However, the people in the Xingshouyuan once again increased a large number of high-tax goods. For example, imported wood has low tariffs, but wood products have high tariffs.

Then, the export of raw silk and dyes and other primary products have a very high tariff.

Someone has calculated that a slaughter of raw silk would be paid enough tax, and after being pulled to Da Nang, it would be 30% more expensive than the woven silk. When the merchants were at the dock, they gave up this stupid behavior and turned around and put the goods back on the ship. No one would do anything to do without making money.

Gradually, businessmen began to analyze the style of Baiminghe's work, and many people understood it over time.

At this time, the intention of the Baiming He was understood by the world.

A street intersection is not long, and you will be at the Ministry of Rites. The dispute between Xiao Yui and Bai Minghe also spread to the Ministry of Rites. Many officials from the Ministry of Rites except the Minister of Rites were greeted at the Second Gate, and the Minister of Rites was waiting in front of the main hall.

Such a welcome specification is so high that it is indescribable for a sixth-rank official in Baiminghe. (To be continued)

ps: two consecutive updates.
Chapter completed!