Book Fan Group 2 "Southeast Commercial Port, Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Jinling of Jiangnan Road, are still under the iron hoof of the Liao people. Huainan Road and Yangzhou have been through wars and are now in the hands of our dynasty, such as Guangzhou on Guangnan Road, Jiangling on Jinghu North Road, and Mingzhou on Liangzhe Road, two commercial taxes have been borrowed from Jingkang for 24 years_& In addition, the Jiangling Navy has oversupply salt, and the salt prices on the market have plummeted," Chen Mingche hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Mr. Chen, should you consider the tax package proposal proposed by Jiangling salt merchants?"

"Taxes are covered again?" Chen Dong frowned, "Has they made an appointment?"

Last month, more than a dozen merchants in Mingzhou were too heavy to pay for the heavy taxes, and jointly proposed a tax-packing proposal, asking the court to set a total of the taxes paid in Mingzhou over the years, and the Chamber of Commerce paid it to the court in exchange. The imperial clerks were not allowed to force merchants to pay taxes when entering Mingzhou market, nor could they increase the commercial tax outside of this.

Mingzhou is one of the most important commercial ports in the Song Dynasty. Compared with other prefectures and counties, Mingzhou has a special feature. It is isolated on Liangzhe Road. Most of the surrounding prefectures and counties were occupied by the Liao army. After Ezhou was promoted to "respect the emperor but not the orders of chaos", the people of Mingzhou organized a Yi army, respected "Zhao Ke" as the emperor, and expelled Cai Jing's disciples. The students of the stipends Lu Rongzhun of Qingliu as the prefect. The provincial students agreed to intercept a part of the taxes that should have been paid to raise soldiers. After resisting the plunder of the surrounding riots, the Liao army's momentum in the southeast declined. The three departments of Ezhou sent officials to Mingzhou to collect taxes, but were strongly resisted by Mingzhou gentry and merchants.

Because the magistrate Lu Rongzhun and Zhouxue were speaking on the side of the merchants, Tian Shumei, the transferee of the Salt and Iron Department of the imperial court, had to discuss with the merchants in Mingzhou and proposed this tax-bearing system. On the surface, the court did not suffer any losses, and the tax-bearing system also reduced the trouble of the transport-bearing system. But in fact, in the past six months, many large merchants on Liangzhe Road have moved here, and many merchant ships have also transferred from Hangzhou and Jinling to Mingzhou by ports by ports. Compared with the surrounding ports of prefectures and counties that have been plundered by Liao soldiers, Mingzhou has not only not declined, but the market has shown a war-time prosperity. If taxes are levied according to the tax ratings in previous years, the overall burden of Mingzhou merchants will be greatly reduced.

"It's obvious that it's a good collusion," Wu Zilong shook his head, took out a copy of the memorials from the stack of memorials, and handed them to Chen Dongdao, "After the political party, the play of "Respecting Confucius and Restoring the Ceremony", he immediately wrote a letter to trial the tax-packing system on Jingdong Road, resting with the people, and then he would promote some state schools in the world. The county school priests are now very keen on this matter and heard about Guangzhou Prefecture School, and the memorials of Fuzhou Prefecture School are also on the way."

"Hou Huanyin has also been involved, really disregarding the overall situation." Cao Liangshi hummed and said coldly, "There is no danger to defend on Jingdong Road. The Liao army was frustrated in the northern expedition. Next, he will definitely do his best to manage the north. He does not want to prepare for the troops and protect the country and the people. He only cares about winning the hearts of the people. He will make trouble with these merchants in the future. He will regret it in the future."

As the tax burden is getting heavier and the people are living in vain, the rebound of wealthy businessmen is becoming more and more intense. This tax-packing system seems simple, but in fact it turns the targets of the imperial court's tax collection from isolated merchants and people into a whole prefecture and county place. Therefore, the three departments of the Ministry of Revenue, who knows that the powerful Ministry of Revenue, do not agree with this proposal, but this undercurrent has been brewing for a long time. Now at the critical moment of the northern expedition, the imperial court is in need of a large amount of money and grain, but it is really hard to resist. Such a particularly rebellious place as Mingzhou openly declares that it has been borrowed for ten years since the tax collection system. If the imperial court does not allow the tax collection system, then Mingzhou will no longer pay taxes such as bank, residential, commercial tax, and general money for more than ten years.

"It's ridiculous," Chen Mingche shook his head, "When Cai and Li treason were in power, Mingzhou had borrowed taxes for 20 years. We had only borrowed taxes for three years. They actually calculated the first ten years to our heads." He rubbed his hands, looked at the blue sky outside, and frowned, "The summer is over, and autumn and winter are approaching that hundreds of musket camps are practiced. 500,000 musket guns are needed, and corresponding clothes, armor, food and grass are needed. This can be delayed, but more than 500,000 sets are prepared.

The autumn clothes and winter jackets are imminent. The warehouse of the Ministry of Revenue Department has always been empty in the past few months. There is no trace of autumn clothes and winter jackets that have been retained in the northern army. At the latest this month, it will be impossible to delay this matter. Otherwise, will the soldiers wear single clothes to fight against the Liao thieves in the snow and ice?" He clenched his fists and said to Chen Dong, "I must borrow taxes for another year. Even if the troops are mobilized to urge payment, I have to collect the money and cloth first."

"Although it was borrowed by Cai Li's treacherous party, it was also the name of the court," Wu Zilong glanced at Chen Mingche and said coldly, "This relationship is not ridiculous at all." He said with a slight contempt.

Chen Mingche advocated "both equal importance of righteousness and profit". Wu Zilong was quite disgusted with Wu Zilong's advocate of "a gentleman shame to speak of profit". He thought that "both equal importance of righteousness and profit" seemed to be the best of both worlds, but in fact it was the way of Yang Zhu and Modi of the world, which was the best of corrupting people's hearts. After that, everyone used this as a guise to abandon morality and pursue fame and fortune, which eventually made the world worse and worse, and it was difficult to save the two of them. They had written dozens of letters and refuted each other. The articles were widely copied by their disciples. At the beginning, it was a prosperous era in Shilin. If it were not for the pure stream of the society, Chen Mingche was most skilled in the matter of money and valley separating branches, and he needed to go out to overcome difficulties together. Wu Zilong was definitely disdainful of the grudges between the two people who were an official in the same day. Chen Dong, Cao Liangshi, Zhao Xingde and other colleagues in the Neo-Confucian Society knew very well.

"The commercial tax cannot be borrowed anymore. If the land tax is borrowed again, it will force the people to rebel. But where does the money and grain of the Northern Expedition army come from? Brother Wu, you only know how to ask for money and grain from the Ministry of Revenue. You know that it is difficult to cook without rice," Chen Mingche said angrily, "If this continues, I will ask myself to be a military supervisor, and let it be with Brother Zhao Yuanzhi."

After he spread the matter, he raised his hands and asked himself to supervise the military with a helpless look on his face. Everyone laughed at him. Although Zhao Xingde took the initiative to ask the court to send people to supervise the military, Zhao Xingde was not an ordinary military man. His reputation was too high, and the military supervisor could not be called "using military men to control the military." If the two of them started a lawsuit, they would probably suffer a loss. Many ministers in the military supervisor were unwilling to do a thankless position. Later, Chen Dong went with the flow and used the

The people agreed to establish a system of guards and envoys for no reason, but did not temporarily conquer the country. Although some people criticized Zhao Xingde's proposal to build a house, which aggravated the dynasty's redundant officials and soldiers, but no one really obstructed the establishment of guards and envoys in the army at all levels. The official position was doubled out of thin air, and everyone was happy. This was a smooth solution, but the burden of money and food of the Ministry of Revenue was heavy.

"Hou Huanyin is accustomed to acting and buying people's hearts. Be careful," Cao Liangshi said with a gloomy face, "The urge to pay taxes, and the military camps in the prefectures and counties may not be obedient. If forced to force them, it may arouse civil rebellion. If the villains such as Hou Huanyin seize the handle. If the prefectures and county students criticize the wine, and even impeach the prime minister, it will be more than worth the loss."

Cao Liangshi expressed his attitude and opposed the use of troops to force taxes and taxes. Wu Zilong nodded slightly. Chen Mingche glanced at Cao Liangshi, sighed, and said nothing. If he used troops to force them to cause public resentment and even caused civil unrest, all the disputes and criticisms would be concentrated on the Ministry of War and Cao Liangshi. Since he was unwilling to take the blame, he naturally could not force others to do so.

"The Northern Expedition has reached a critical moment. I have sent an envoy to urge the two generals of Yue and Han to send troops, and join Zhao Yuanzhi and Cao Di to attack the Liao army and restore the Central Plains." Chen Dong took a deep breath, "You will think of a solution again. In any case, you must also ensure the clothing and food of the Northern Expedition."

Whether it is to use force to collect taxes or to cover taxes in prefectures and counties, there are great disadvantages for the court. When several ministers considered the pros and cons. The room fell into silence. After a long time, Chen Mingche sighed and said, "This is not OK, that is not OK, so I'd better agree to Jiangling to cover taxes." He paused and said, "Just do it, and now the ban is banned. Instead of letting Jiangling Navy over-spent salt, it is better to make a high fixed amount of salt, wine, tea, and ironware that the court specializes in, and then sell it to Jiangling Chamber of Commerce. The silver and money collected can be equivalent to at least two years of commercial tax."

"Will the Jiangling Navy agree?" Cao Liangshi asked, after the chaos in the world, the Jiangling Navy and the imperial court were close and separated. The Liao soldiers attacked Ezhou but did not send troops to aid. However, they issued a large number of salt induced quotations in the name of the court, which caused the well salt in Shu in Xia Kingdom to be continuously transported to the southeast, causing the salt prices on the market to plummet, causing the market to drop sharply.

"Do you let them fight?" Chen Mingche whispered, "The Jiangling Chamber of Commerce has a very small relationship with the Xia Kingdom, and it is not a fuel-efficient lamp. The Jiangling Navy's military men do not know the way of breeding at all. It is a waste of resources by allowing them to do salt and tea wine by letting them do it freely." He glanced at Wu Zilong and laughed, "The fire is burning, and now, we agree to the tax proposal of these commercial ports to pay taxes. We will first borrow a tax for another year to let merchants bid for the right to sell salt and iron. We are also willing to do so. In this way, it can not only alleviate the cost of the court, but also block the criticism of Hou Huanyin and the students of the prefecture and county schools. The situation in the northern expedition is stable. Let Yue, Han, and Zhao recruit refugees on the spot to farm and other large fields that are not cultivated, and it can also be bought by local wealthy families. It is very fair, and the court's expenses can be greatly alleviated."

"The Ministry of Revenue's proposal is not appropriate," Wu Zilong pondered.

"Or Brother Wu came up with a solution?" Chen Mingche spread his hands and frowned and looked at him. He remained silent. The Ministry of Rites was in charge of prefectures and county schools. The pressure on public discussions of wine priests and students in various schools was all under Wu Zilong's tax affairs. The tax matter is the easiest to arouse criticism. Wu Zilong really didn't want to trek into this muddy water.

Seeing that Wu Zilong was a little embarrassed, Chen Dong coughed lightly and said with a serious expression, "Since that's the case, the Ministry of Revenue will draft a memorial, and it is necessary to ensure that the food and salary of the troops in the northern expedition will be endless."

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