Has the world changed?

Or am I dreaming?

The small merchant of the wine shop, who had just received his business registration for no reason, stood in front of the store, looked at his full small wine shop, and then looked at the restaurant next door with the door closed, only to feel that everything that happened today was so unreal.

The entire bazaar has survived all small shops, and all the big shops that used to call for wind and rain here have been seized.

It just so happened that this incident caused everyone's discussion again, and his small wine shop was already crowded.

He's lived so long that he'd never seen anything like it.

He had the same idea, but there were many people, not only merchants, but also farmers, and somehow a person came and told them, you can't be so wronged by yourself, so many fields, just use this small ditch to irrigate, how is this enough?

Look at your hoes that are so rusty that you can't find them when you go down with them.

How can this work?

We're going to help you widen the ditches and replace them with new farming tools.

This Guo Dan is not a businessman, he is really a bodhisattva.

He's here to save us!

It's just a matter of helping us bear the taxes, and taking care of everything.

That's ......!

The people have forgotten to be moved, as if they were living in a dream.

When the big landlords, gentry, and wealthy businessmen of Kaifeng Mansion heard the news, they were all about to go crazy, and the roar shook the sky, cursing Guo Dan's ancestors back and forth for eighteen generations, and did not listen for a moment.

At this time, the entire Kaifeng area is really a double heaven of ice and fire.

If the previous tax bill only gave those gentry and big landlords a disadvantage, then this time the "heavy agriculture and suppression of business" is really a heavy punch in their faces.

Because it directly affects their income and causes them serious harm.

This is no different from a declaration of war.

And it is still an undeclared war.

This made Gao Shang feel uneasy, and even Zhang Juzheng didn't dare to play like this!

"I said Guo Dan, you are really murderous this time, peel off the skin and tear down the bones, this store is not allowed to open, you even demolished the waterwheel, now it is the season of irrigation, this... This... They don't give up easily, just wait, they'll find you right away. ”

"Then what can I do?"

Guo Dan said quietly: "It was the imperial court that asked me to focus on agriculture and suppress business, if I don't do this, I will be a dead end, I can still fight if I do this, if I am a father-in-law, what does the guild choose to do?" ”

Gao Shang hurriedly said: "Don't involve me in this, are you valuing agriculture and suppressing business?" ”

He was skeptical.

Guo Dan looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, "I have already reduced my business registration and increased my agricultural registration, which is not heavy on agriculture and suppressing business!" ”

"Forget it, forget it, I can't talk about you." Noble smiled and waved his hand.

Guo Dan specially sealed the doors of the shops of those big gentry, and as for the small traders, he also took the initiative to give the merchant status.

This is all too obvious.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a shouting voice from outside, "Guo Dan, Guo Dan, you come out for this official." ”

Gao Shang smiled: "Look, this is not just here, you go and tell them yourself, I can't help you with this." ”

It was too big for him to dare to close the side.

I saw Huang Daxiao and Jiang Yinglan coming over with a group of gentry.

"Guo Dan, the official asked you, the seal of the bazaar was all pasted by you."

Huang Daxiao asked.

He is now learning to be obedient, Guo Dan is unkind, and he doesn't recognize his relatives when he is ruthless, he must ask clearly in advance, otherwise, God knows who this guy will blame for.

Guo Dan replied frankly: "When I returned to the adult's words, I made people post them." ”

"How unreasonable, you... Why do you let someone else get a store? ”

Huang Daxiao roared with his eyes puffed out.

That's it, you just came to collect taxes, but I never thought that Guo Dan would close the store, which is even more excessive than what he did in Weihui Mansion.

Guo said lightly: "It was the adults who asked me to do this!" ”

Liang Yan and the other gentry immediately looked at Huang Daxiao, it turns out that you are a traitor?

Huang Daxiao was so angry that he almost didn't spray Guo Dan's face, "You don't want to spew blood here, when will this official let you do this?" If you can't tell you why, this official will never let you go. ”

"Heavy agriculture and suppress business!"

Guo smiled lightly: "Have you forgotten that when you signed the contract, your lord kept telling me that I must emphasize agriculture and suppress business, and must not emphasize business and suppress agriculture, and that contract is the evidence." ”

"You're clearly quibbling." Huang Daxiao was furious and said: "What kind of heavy agriculture and suppressing business are you, who have you ever seen who is heavy on agriculture and suppressing business, and went to seal the people's shops indiscriminately?" ”

"It's not just a random seal."

Guo Dan said seriously: "I have the credentials to seal it." ”

Jiang Yinglan asked, "What credentials do you have?" ”

Guo Dan said: "My lord Mingjian, why did I contract here, the main reason is because there was a large number of population loss in Kaifeng Mansion not long ago, which caused this tax to not be paid, I don't know if I am wrong?" ”

Jiang Yinglan said: "So what? ”

Guo smiled lightly: "That's right, I found that the business of Kaifeng Mansion is developed, resulting in many people abandoning agriculture and business, the proportion of agriculture and commerce is unbalanced, in order to develop agriculture, I must restrict merchants, so as to transfer the commercial population to the agricultural population, this agriculture is the foundation, business is the end, how can the cart be turned upside down." ”

Huang Daxiao was slightly stunned, only to feel that this was very familiar.

This is exactly what he said in the court, asking Guo Dan to limit the scale of business, but he did not give a detailed explanation of how big this scale is.

Jiang Yinglan is a traditionalist, he listens to it and thinks there is some truth, population loss leads to no tax revenue, and the commercial population is led to agriculture, which is really heavy agriculture and suppresses business!

"Nonsense!"

Liang Yang was really angry when he heard him reversing black and white here, this has always been their power, and he couldn't help jumping out, pointing at Guo Dan and saying: "You little boy is born in front of adults, you dare to speak strongly, you are obviously because we previously sued Zhou Wangfu for colluding with Weihui Mansion, so you took revenge on us, otherwise, how would you have closed our store." ”

"It's really wrong."

Guo Dan said angrily and said: "How do I know which store is you, I don't know you, I just specially picked the door to seal, and I even sealed many doors in King Zhou's Mansion." The reason why I do this is because although business is the end, but it is also essential, so I specially sealed some big stores, leaving some small shops, the purpose of which is to control business in a very small range, enough on the line, I don't want to see Kaifeng and big rich businessmen, you can check this, I am the same, with a clear conscience. ”

What a loss of conscience!

In the entire Ming Dynasty now, which businessman is bigger than you Guo Dan.

Liang Yang almost didn't vomit blood, and said, "Aren't you a big businessman yourself?" ”

"It's because I'm a big businessman that I'm forced to do this!"

Guo Dan sighed and said: "This elder doesn't know, as a businessman, how can I hope to focus on agriculture and suppress business, but the imperial court requires me to focus on the national system and the overall situation, I am now afraid that others will say that I am advocating business here, so I must do a great job, so that people have nothing to say." ”

"You don't talk about us, we let you focus on agriculture and suppress business, is that what you mean?" Jiang Yinglan said with a calm face: "Don't say whether you are reasonable or not, no matter what, you can't just seal someone's shop." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "If the adults allow me to postpone the payment of taxes, I can also slowly convince people with virtue and reason." Now I can't use commercial means to collect taxes, this agricultural harvest is slow, and if I delay for a while, I may lose a year's tax, so I can only increase my efforts to promote agriculture and let more people farm, otherwise, this tax will definitely not be paid. ”

Jiang Yinglan said: "But people have spent a lot of money to open stores, many of them have business licenses, they open stores in accordance with the system, you don't say a word and close people's stores, what about the loss?" ”

Guo Dan said: "If they are willing, I am willing to buy it at a reasonable price." ”

Liang Yan said cautiously: "So you want our store?" ”

"So many stores in King Zhou's Mansion are closed, what do I want your store for?"

Guo smiled lightly: "If you don't want to sell, of course I won't force you to sell." The reason why I made this suggestion is because I also know that I may cause losses to you if I do so, but you also have to understand me, the court asked me to come, that is, let me revitalize agriculture, and I must focus on agriculture and suppress business. ”

Zhao Qinghe, who had been hiding behind and observing, suddenly stood up and said: "You keep saying that you are valuing agriculture and suppressing business, but why are you going to dismantle our waterwheel, is this also heavy agriculture and suppressing business?" ”

"Absolutely."

Guo Dan turned around and ordered, "Bring the water map." ”

"Yes."

I saw two attendants walking forward with a large map.

Guo Dan pointed to the map and said: "This is the water conservancy map of the eastern suburbs, there is still this official seal here, there will be no mistake, even if there is, it is not my fault." ”

Huang Daxiao said: "Don't talk about him here, what does this picture have to do with you dismantling other people's waterwheels?" ”

"It has a lot to do with it."

Guo Dan said: "Everyone, please look at this map, the cultivated land in the upstream is only less than half of the downstream, but the ditches are very open, intercepting a large amount of water flow, resulting in a very small flow of water downstream."

As a businessman, I understand that the more water is available to the landlords upstream, but for me, if I want to receive enough taxes, I have to make sure that every piece of land is irrigated so that I can receive taxes. Besides, this river does not belong to the individual, but to the state, and I have the right to rectify it. ”

In order to ensure that their fields are adequately irrigated, they have opened more ditches and cut off all the water flow, making it difficult to use even water wheels downstream, and some of them have to jump into the water to irrigate.

Naturally, there are some ordinary people downstream.

Jiang Yinglan frowned, and then turned his head to look at Zhao Qinghe and the others.

It's embarrassing.

Your own butt is so dirty, and you still came to sue Guo Dan, isn't this sending your face to the door for people to beat?

Huang Daxiao wanted to fight with the officials, but he was not too embarrassed to speak when he saw Jiang Yinglan's expression.

Indeed, they do not take care of it.

Guo Dan turned his head to look at Zhao Qinghe and the others again, and said: "Elders, I don't know if it's your field, if it is, you must rectify it within the time limit, otherwise, I will directly ask someone to fill it all in." ”

Speaking of this, he seemed to remember something, and said: "Also, I believe that you have all received my tax bills, please pay your taxes on time, if there are special reasons, you can apply with me, I will consider it at my discretion, otherwise, I will calculate your interest." ”

Huang Daxiao was shocked: "Why do you calculate interest?" ”

We officials don't have this power!

Guo smiled lightly: "My lord, I am not an official, I am a contractor, if they delay for a day, I will lose a lot of money, if I deliberately default, of course, this has to be calculated as interest, and the old man will not lose anything if he does not pay enough taxes." ”

Huang Daxiao snorted: "This matter is still controversial, and there is also the matter of your closure of the store, we will never give up, I will go to Your Majesty to refer to your copy." ”

"This is your power, my lord, I have no right to interfere, but my power is to collect taxes." Guo Dan said: "If they are in arrears for a month without reason, I will convert the interest and taxes into land, and then confiscate their land." ”

"You dare!"

When Liang Yang heard that the land had been confiscated, his face turned blue with fright.

Guo smiled lightly: "Tomorrow I will post a notice to standardize the tax collection system and punish tax evasion." ”

"Okay, okay, you wait for this officer!"

Huang Da Zhi trembled and pointed at Guo Dan.

Guo Dan said: "I'm sorry, I won't wait, my wife is pregnant now, and she is waiting for me to go back to take care of her." ”