After bidding farewell to the richest man Zheng Zhilong and his senior brother Zheng Sen, the gentle breeze and drizzle in Nanjing almost stopped. Zhu Cixiang and the little beauty Zheng Chagu rode horses, and under layers of guards, walked on the horse path of Yifengmen Wengcheng.

We walked past the city wall of the inner city of Nanjing, and then walked along the city wall towards Taipingmen.

The reason why we have to walk through the city wall is because the western part of Nanjing is too prosperous and lively in this era. The actual population living there has long exceeded one million, and industries are booming, industry and commerce are developed, and the streets and alleys are full of flowers on both sides.

He was engaged in all kinds of business, so it was very difficult to be vigilant. Zhu Cihong also did a lot of things to offend the Jiangnan gentry. He was afraid that someone would harm him and did not want to go through the busy streets, so he simply walked through the Nanjing City Wall.

Fortunately, the city wall of Nanjing is wide enough, so there is no problem for horse racing on it.

When riding a horse on the city wall, because there were the prince's guards holding the horse for him, he did not need to look at the road. Instead, he was condescendingly observing this big city that belonged to him. It was already afternoon, and the golden sunshine was shining from the sky.

Sprinkling, covering the bustling city with a layer of golden gauze, giving people a feeling of gold everywhere.

In fact, this feeling is not wrong at all. Nanjing is indeed full of gold!

Under Zhu Cixiang's eyes, this city was naturally the most capable of controlling it. Shortly after the Spring Palace Competition, under the auspices of the first assistant Wei Zaode and the newly appointed Yin Song Quan of Yingtian Prefecture (formerly the Minister of Justice), it became the first

A city that imposes strict business taxes!

The city's commercial taxes are divided into four categories: over-tax, residence tax, liquor tax, and boat tax. Among them, over-tax is to set up tax cards at the land and water gates of Nanjing City to collect taxes on vendors who sell goods. Resident tax is to levy taxes on shops in Nanjing City.

and workshops. The wine tax is a monopoly tax. Following the method of the Song Dynasty, the right to sell wine was granted to thirty-eight wine shops, called thirty-eight wine shops. The boat tax is a tax on painted passenger boats in Nanjing.

, most of these painted passenger boats belong to the Qinhuai Fireworks House. One trip on the boat can earn the income of an ordinary person in Shengdou for a year, and a little tax is fine.

Add one yuan for the four major categories of business taxes, and the monthly income is 70,000 to 80,000 taels of silver! Half is given to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the other half is spent by Yingtian Mansion itself.

So now Yingtian Mansion has nearly 40,000 taels of silver a month to spend on business taxes, and life is very comfortable. The petty officials who were not in the mainstream are now busy with a salary of several taels of silver a month.

Of course, the "commercial tax" of 70,000 to 80,000 taels of silver a month is not a burden to the merchants who make a living in Nanjing, and they are very happy to pay it.

Because in the era of "no taxation", the corrupt officials in Nanjing Hecheng had to spend money to honor their nobles, and the money they spent was more than the commercial tax!

Although he had paid commercial taxes, Zhu Cihong kept a close eye on him. He appointed Ji Kun, a notorious Yangzhou ruthless official, to serve as the supervisory censor of Yingtian Mansion. He also asked Huang Zongxi, the newly appointed official of the Ministry of Civil Service, to take charge of arresting the officials of Yingtian Mansion.

eliminated

In short, in today's Yingtian Mansion, the one who hates Zhu Cixiang the most, oh, the one who hates the treacherous Prime Minister Wei Zaode the most is a bunch of low-level officials who are "unable to make a living". The bad guy who presides over the "Chongzhen New Deal" is Wei Zaode, and he has now

He is recognized as a traitor, and memorials to impeach him are sent to Nanjing every day from Shandong, Huguang, Guangdong and Guangxi, and Fujian, places that Zhu Cixiang cannot yet fully control!

However, the traitor prime minister is not afraid of impeachment. As long as Zhu Cihong, who supports him, doesn't get hurt by Xiaoxiao, his position will be as stable as Mount Tai.

When Zhu Cixiang, who was living an increasingly cautious life, came down from the Taipingmen horse trail, the Taipingmen area was under complete martial law. This gate is located in the north of the imperial city. Ordinary people are not allowed to come here, and there is no business. After entering the city gate, turn around.

Just around the corner is Bei'anmen Street. The two sides of Bei'anmen Street used to be very cold, with no buildings, and desolate. But now it is a bit lively. There are many construction sites, one after another, all the way from Taipingmen.

Outside Bei'an Gate, everyone was conferring titles by senior officers of the New Army.

When Zhu Cihong rode his horse to the vicinity of Bei'anmen, he suddenly heard a faint crackling sound. He frowned: "Is this the new army outside the city doing target practice?"

"Master Chitose, this is the sound of firecrackers." Zheng Chagu heard it clearly, "It came from Bei'anmen."

"Inside Bei'anmen" Zhu Cixiang thought for a moment, "Who from the guard camp is holding a happy event?"

Inside Bei'anmen is the barracks of the left and right Yulin guards. The left and right Yulin guards have long been gone, so the barracks have been classified as guard camps.

The officers and soldiers of Zhu Cihong's guard camp were rotated, and they were all old troops drawn from the new army that overcame difficulties. Naturally, they all divided fields around Nanjing, and also divided housing plots and built houses in the east of Nanjing's outer outline.

After you have a house and land, of course you have to marry a wife and have children.

Therefore, during this period of time, people often set off firecrackers and distributed fruits in the barracks area of ​​the Guard Camp, and Zhu Cixiang always gave people red envelopes worth eighteen taels of silver to win people's hearts.

But he didn't remember giving out red envelopes today. Did he forget?

Qin Mingtao, the newly appointed head guard, immediately stepped forward and replied: "Master Qiansui, there is no happy event in the guard camp today."

"Then these firecrackers." When Zhu Cixiang said this, he saw Huang Xiaobao running all the way out of Bei'anmen.

"Master Qiansui, I wish you a happy marriage." Huang Xiaobao said "happy" in his mouth, but there was no trace of joy on his face. Instead, he looked sad.

Zhu Cixiang was stunned by your expression, "What happy event?"

"You have an extra brother"

"I have an extra brother." Zhu Cixiang also frowned. It was indeed a happy event! He had an extra brother, and Emperor Chongzhen had an extra son. What a joy! There was a successor to the Ming Dynasty!

"Who gave birth?" Zhu Cixiang asked again.

"It's the waiter Wei Xuan!"

Wei Qinghui was not the only one with a big belly in Emperor Chongzhen's harem, there was also Wu Wanrong who was about to give birth, and several big girls from Shandong were also pregnant.

Soon, Zhu Cihong will have a bunch of younger brothers and sisters, who will all need his help to start a family and start a business, and each of them will have to give them a share of glory and wealth! And the dowry of the sisters will also have to be paid by him as the older brother!

Emperor Chongzhen was responsible for the birth. No, he was not the one who gave birth to the child. He was responsible for planting the seed! Zhu Cixiang was completely irresponsible to spend money in the future!

"Hahaha, Brother Chun, you are here just in time. Come, come, look at your brother. You are Brother Da Chun, and he is Brother Xiao Chun. Look at how handsome he is. He is much prettier than you were when you were a child."

Ever since his son seized power, Emperor Chongzhen has never been so happy as he is today, not because he has a son, but because he defeated Zhu Cixi once in giving birth to a son! No, not just once, he can also

Keep winning. Because he has more wives than Zhu Cixiang and more pregnant women, so the probability of having a son is also high!

He is the emperor, and all the sons he gives birth to are princes. Even if he does not grant a title to the outside world, he will still have to be given a royal palace, a salary, and lands in Nanjing. So every time a son is born, a traitor will have to make a fortune.

Wealth. If the unfaithful son cannot give birth to a son, then one of his younger brothers may inherit the throne in the future. It makes me happy to think about it!

Chongzhen was happy, and Zhu Cixiang was of course even more "happy". He took his brother from Chongzhen's hand with a smile and held him in his arms. The little guy had his eyes closed and was sleeping. Zhu Cixiang took a closer look and found that he looked a little taller.

He doesn’t look good, the color is wrong, he’s red, and he’s very fat. I don’t know if he will be as fat as King Fu in the future? By the way, King Fu has no son, why not adopt this child to King Fu? In the future, someone can give him to Fat King Fu.

Retirement and death. Okay, that’s it!

Chongzhen looked at Zhu Cixiang's stiff smile and said with a smile: "Brother Chun, you have to hurry up and stop staring at Wu Sanmei. Ning Xiangyu, Fei Zhen'e, and Zheng Chagu are all rare beauties.
Chapter completed!