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Chapter 316 [His treacherous minister, my capable minister]

Nanjing, Daqiao South City.

Two officials came to post the notice, and hundreds of thousands of people crowded to watch.

"How did you say it? How did you say it?"

"What kind of regulations are the quick thoughts that you can see in front of you?"

"Is there any tax cut!"

"..."

After the official posted the notice, one of them turned around and shouted: "Silence, silence, I'll read it... From the beginning of August, all shops in and out of the city should go to the industrial and commercial office of the county government to apply for a business license. Before the first day of October, No tax is levied on shops or businesses in the whole city. Since the beginning of October, taxes have been reduced for all businesses, and those who do not have a business license will be fined heavily!"

"Long live Zhao Zongzhen!" The merchants shouted in unison.

The key word they heard was "tax reduction". Nanjing's industrial and commercial tax is extremely heavy, and it has only increased since the founding of the country.

Even if the new emperor came to the throne and ordered a temporary tax cut for the whole country, he would add an additional sentence: "North and South capitals are not in this case."

The official officer shouted again: "From now on, we will cancel the mission office, recruitment, and corvée. The government's city surveys will be randomly inspected from time to time, and the interval between city surveys should be at least one month!"

As soon as this remark came out, all the merchants were stunned, and then they all knelt down towards the notice.

There were people who shouted everything, some asked the Bodhisattva to bless Zhao Han with a long life, some simply called Zhao Han a living Bodhisattva, and some cried and kowtowed wildly at the notice.

Errands, recruitment, corvee... these contents are equivalent to the government's robbing in the open, which can drive merchants to bankruptcy.

Market survey, once every three days.

The original intention is good, survey prices, survey commercial tools such as scales, rulers, buckets, etc., to prevent merchants from cheating and driving up prices.But the implementation is pure nonsense, which is equivalent to every three days, the industrial and commercial law enforcement officers will come to extort money.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The sales volume of firecrackers in Nanjing City is extremely good today, the firecrackers are sold out immediately, and all the merchants are cheering and celebrating.

The merchants knew very well that in the whole world, except for Zhao Han, no one could give such preferential treatment.

In Zhao Han's eyes, it is only natural not to exploit merchants indiscriminately.But in the eyes of the merchants, this is unprecedented good governance, and Zhao Han is his own person who speaks for the merchants.

Merchants flocked to the county government to apply for business licenses, anyway, they had to register before.

The industry, population, and business status must be written clearly. According to the industry, location, store size, and revenue, it is compiled into nine categories of three grades, and different taxes are levied for each grade.

Many merchants in ancient cities were integrated with industry and commerce.

That is, the front shop and the back square.The front is the store, responsible for sales; the backyard is the workshop, responsible for manufacturing.

The world's wealth comes from Jiangnan, and Jinling is its meeting place. Nanjing is the commercial center of the entire Jiangnan area.

By the time of Chongzhen, there were tens of thousands of people in the inner city alone.There are more than 10 households of outer city residents registered with the government, and these are permanent residents with registered permanent residence.In addition, there are many people living outside the city attached to the city.

The total population of Nanjing in the late Ming Dynasty must have exceeded one million!

There are more than 100 types of merchants.There are dozens of merchants of each kind, and hundreds of merchants at most.

There are more than 500 pawnshops alone, and Anhui merchants are the most powerful pawnshops, followed by Fujian merchants.

There are also large and small restaurants, with six to seven hundred seats; and large and small tea houses, with more than one thousand places.

Nanjing is dominated by the service industry, followed by freight.

Hou Fangyu walked through the streets, listening to the cheers of merchants everywhere, sighed and walked towards the teahouse he frequented.

On the way, another official came to post a notice, and after a while, there were even more terrifying cheers.

This time it's the whole town cheering!

Reform the Fangxiang system, abolish the Fangchang and Xiangchang.

Cancel the fire armor system.

No matter where the household registration is, except for staying in hotels, the rest must apply for household registration or temporary household registration.

Hou Fangyu stared at the notice for a while, then sighed, "Nanjing is settled!"

The two notices were posted, and merchants and private households have since become Zhao Han's diehard loyalists.Even if the imperial army counterattacked and Zhao Han was temporarily short of soldiers, all the people in the city would spontaneously help defend the city.

The Fangxiang system, ignoring the differences, can be regarded as the Lijia system of the city.

There are squares in the city and chambers outside the city, and the chiefs of the squares and chambers have to collect taxes.By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the head of the square and the head of the chamber had all become local snakes, not only exploiting the people, but also raising domestic slaves and thugs.

What is even more abnormal is that, inside and outside Nanjing, the local population is very small, and the foreign population is several times more.

There are few local people and they have to pay taxes.

Many foreigners do not pay taxes.

The locals are at a disadvantage and often cause civil riots.

At the same time, both parties have to compile it into the character Puhuojia, which is to serve as errands for the government for free.Fighting fires, dredging gutters, cleaning streets, and sometimes catching thieves all have to help.These things should have been done by Wucheng soldiers and horses, but Wucheng soldiers and horses are doing things for dignitaries and officials for free.

Now Zhao Han treats everyone equally, and sets up police stations in each Fangxiang. The people only need to pay the security money every month, and they don't have to worry about other things.

Nanjing's public security money must be higher than that of Ji'an, because the prices here are also higher.

It seems that outsiders have to pay an extra security fee, but they don't have to deal with messy guards, and their lives are actually easier than before.

Everyone can benefit.

These benefits were all taken away by dignitaries, officials, officials, and local snakes in the past.

"Good catch!"

"Behead, catch and behead!"

At the end of the street, there were people cheering again, Hou Fangyu turned around and looked, but it was a workshop chief and his gangsters were arrested.

The deformed urban grassroots governs the ecology, leading to the fact that the head of the workshop must be a local snake.A workshop leader is a gang leader, and the bigger the city, the more serious this situation will be.

Zhao Han personally ordered that the head of the square and the head of the chamber be arrested, without interrogation, beheaded and ransacked the house.

As for those gangsters, after the trial, they will be punished according to the law.

A large number of people followed, and they wanted to see for themselves what happened to the head of the workshop.After passing through several streets in a row, and finally arrived at the place of execution, the officials took out a rope and hanged the head of the workshop.

Beheading is too dirty, and it has to be disinfected with lime. It is more convenient to strangle with a rope.

The gangsters who used to roam around seemed to suddenly disappear.Some of them were caught, and the rest were all hidden, or they simply fled Nanjing.

By September, Nanjing household registration and industrial and commercial registration were basically completed.

The public security fee paid by the residents alone is 3000 taels of silver a month.

The Fangxiang silver collected by the Ming Dynasty is only more than 500 taels a year.

Zhao Han collected 3000 taels of tax in January, and Daming collected 500 taels of tax a year.But all the people felt that Zhao Han was implementing a benevolent government.Daming's tax collection was extremely low, which often led to civil riots.

Isn't it weird?

Where did the 72 times price difference in the middle go?

restaurant.

Ma Shiying watched all this with cold eyes, suddenly drank the wine in his glass, and muttered: "This man is really the reincarnation of Taizu, I dare not be an official under him."

Ruan Dacheng sighed: "I don't dare to be an official anymore, let my children and grandchildren become officials. I have to teach them well not to fill their own pockets, otherwise the family will be destroyed."

"But I'm not reconciled," Ma Shiying said, "The world of the Great Revolution is once in hundreds of years. You and I just happen to be on the grand occasion, so why don't you just stand by and don't participate in what to do?"

Ruan Dacheng asked: "Is it too late to be an upright official now?"

Ma Shiying smiled and said, "How old are you?"

"53." Ruan Dacheng replied.

"I'm only 48 years old," Ma Shiying said, "whatever I did in the old court, the new court doesn't care. Tomorrow I will go to see Zhao Han and ask to be a small official in the town."

Ruan Dacheng was startled and said: "My dear brother, to be a small official in the town? This is a humiliation!"

Ma Shiying said with a smile: "If you want an official directly, will Zhao Han give it? Then simply start from the bottom and make a good impression on Zhao Han. As long as you work hard, you will be promoted quickly. I understand it, what are eunuchs and Donglin?" In Zhao Han's eyes, the party and the restoration of the society are all the same thing. He doesn't look at his background, he only looks at whether he can do things well. I will do whatever he wants. If I want a clean official, I will be a clean official; I will be an official! If he wants to be a minister, I will be Wei Zheng!"

"Your brother is really a great talent," Ruan Dacheng sincerely admired, and then shook his head, "Let me start from a small official, I can't hold back my face, let me be a county magistrate."

Ma Shiying smiled and said nothing, he had already figured it out thoroughly.

Serving different monarchs requires different ways of being an official.

He is old and late in joining the group. Before he died, he could at most be a magistrate, and if he lived longer, he might be able to reach the level of participating in politics (province and department).This is enough, paving the way for the children and grandchildren, the Ma family can continue to prosper.

The more Ma Shiying thought about it, the more feasible he felt. He pointed to the excited crowd on the street: "Nanjing is already named Zhao, and the people in Nanjing are also named Zhao. At most three to five years, Zhao Zongzhen will sweep the world. Haha, see you again, brother. Be an honest official."

"Goodbye!" Ruan Dacheng stood up and cupped his hands.

Ma Shiyingdun felt relaxed. He had lived in Nanjing for the past two years, and he was in a constant state of anxiety about being rehabilitated.

Instead of dawdling all day, it is better to fight hard.

He admits that he is a villain, but as long as the emperor is happy, he can become a gentleman at any time, because he was a gentleman before.He can also become a minister at any time, because he was a minister before.

How simple, it's just going back to the old business.

The next day, Ma Shiying asked to see him, but Zhao Han did not refuse to summon him.

"You want to be a small official, and a small official in the town?" Zhao Han smiled strangely.

Ma Shiying said awe-inspiringly: "Many of the good governance of the general town in Nanjing, I see it in my eyes. In this era of great revolution, and I meet a wise master, although I have little talent and learning, I am eager to join in it. I am concerned about Jiangxi's politics. I don’t know much about it, so I want to start as a township official, please give me permission from the head of the town!”

"It's rare for you to have such a heart," Zhao Han praised, "Go to Chunhua Town to help divide the land."

"Thank you, Chief Town, I will definitely work hard to divide the land in Chunhua Town properly." Ma Shiying bowed out.

Chunhua Town is located in Jiangning County, not far from Nanjing, where there are many noble lands.

It's not difficult, Xungui is finished, it's just a springboard for promotion.

Since Ma Shiying is sensible, Zhao Han doesn't mind giving it a chance, and he can even set it up as a model: the treacherous minister of the Chongzhen Dynasty is actually a capable minister under me!

Chapter 317 [Concept of Raising Horses]

Zhang Guowei, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, finally agreed to surrender.

His hometown is in Dongyang, Zhejiang, and he would give him a sentence: Either surrender and do things, or investigate Zhang's severely!

The answer is obvious.

The official position given by Zhao Han was very interesting, and Zhang Guowei was appointed as "Jiangnan Water Conservancy Envoy".There is no grade, and the salary is equivalent to that of a magistrate, and all counties in the south of the Yangtze River must fully cooperate with their work.

This person once served as the governor of the ten prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty, dredging rivers, building bridges and paving roads, building cities and digging ponds, and digging canals.

He also wrote a "Wuzhong Water Conservancy Complete Book", which is very familiar with the water conservancy situation in the south of the Yangtze River.

This kind of person is used to fight and defend the city?

What a waste!

It's not easy for Zhao Han to do it directly for high officials, so let him be a non-ranked water conservancy envoy. After a few years, he can be promoted, and he will be in charge of water conservancy in various places in the future.

In addition, there is Wu Yingji, who successfully recruited and surrendered the Taihu water bandits.

Moreover, Wu Yingji has a very deep understanding of the industry, agriculture and commerce in the south of the Yangtze River.The No. [-] figure in the Fushe was appointed as a senator of the Chief Secretary of Jiangnan. He also has no rank.

Jiangnan Province was formally established. If it is divided according to the administrative regions of later generations, its jurisdiction is temporarily: Anhui and Jiangsu provinces south of the Yangtze River, plus Shanghai, a municipality directly under the Central Government.

The provincial capital is Nanjing!

Jiangnan Province, like Hunan Province, has a temporary jurisdiction and will change the division again after reaching the north of the Yangtze River.

Zhejiang Province: Li Rixuan, the chief minister of the left, and Fei Yuanjian, the chief minister of the right.

Jiangnan Province: Liu Anfeng, the chief minister of the left, and Chen Wenkui, the chief minister of the right.

Li Rixuan is Li Banghua's nephew. He fled back to Jiangxi three years ago and worked his way up step by step.In another time and space, he should have served as Minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty.

Chen Wenkui was the one who punished Fei Chun's parents, and his methods were extremely tough.Zhao Han transferred him to Jiangnan Province to suppress big landlords and big merchants.

Fei Yuanjian was similar, with the same tough tactics, and was transferred to Zhejiang to suppress the big clan.

"General Town, a letter from Nanjing." Li Yu came in holding a stack of letters.

Zhao Han opened the family letters first, there were three in total.

One was written by Fei Rulan, saying that everything was fine at home, and told Zhao Han not to worry.He also said that Zhao Zhenlan had been in Ji'an for a long time, bought a house in the city, and often came to the General Military Mansion to chat.

The second was written by Zhao Zhenfang, saying that she was very happy to finally see her eldest sister, and she also talked about many things about the girls' school.