In the blink of an eye, it is the tenth day of the sixth month.

Zheng Xunrui was very cautious in adjusting taxes, and he took time to list all aspects of the relationship and make a comprehensive summary.

Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, Liu Zeqing, Hong Xintao, Hong Xingui, Hong Xinyu, Wang Yuncheng, Su Congjun, Su Manzi, Wang Xiaoer and Hong Mingcheng are his absolute confidants, and the loyalty of these people does not need to be doubted, among which the 30,000 Zheng soldiers led by Yang He and Wang Yuncheng are stationed in Penglai City and Fuzhou, the 5,000 Zheng soldiers led by Hong Xintao are stationed in Xi'an, Shaanxi, and the 15,000 soldiers led by Zheng Jinhong are stationed in Huai'an, and the total number of Zheng soldiers has reached 50,000.

Zheng Jiajun is Zheng Xunrui's absolute reliance, and it is also the capital of his life, whether the adjustment of taxes can be successful in the end, to a large extent, depends on Zheng Jiajun's deterrent.

Of course, there are two other forces, one of which is the Penglai Water Division, which has been expanded to 5,000 people, by the Zheng Jiajun Deputy Chief Soldier Wang Yuncheng concurrently serves as the Chief Soldier of the Water Division, and the former Chief Soldier of the Water Division Ding Baokun serves as the Deputy Chief Soldier, to this extent, the Water Division has basically become a part of the Zheng Family Army, and the second is Hongmen, don't underestimate Hongmen, its core strength is all composed of soldiers drawn from the Zheng Family Army, and absolutely obeys the command of Zheng Xunrui.

Yang Tingshu, the head of the household department of Nanjing, Shi Kefa, Li Cao, Ma Shiying, Ma Shiying, Ma Shiying, Su Jiancheng, Ma Zhukui, the governor of Huai'an, Luo Changluo, the governor of Yangzhou, Li Changshun, the governor of Luzhou, Huang Huixu, the governor of Fengyang, Ma Daikun, the governor of Xuzhou, Gu Menglin, the governor of Fuzhou, Cao Chi, the governor of Jinzhou, and Li Panlong, the magistrate of Shanyin County, are officials who support Zheng Xunrui, these people are loyal to the monarch, once Zheng Xunrui and the emperor have a conflict, these people are afraid that there will be hesitation, but Zheng Xunrui believes, These people will eventually be biased in his favor.

Zheng Kaitao, Wen Kun, Liang Xingli and Zhao Danyu are Zheng Xunrui's family members and will support him unconditionally.

In addition, there are several people with special identities, Ma Xianglin, a general of the Zheng family's army. The last time Zheng Jiajun was adjusted, Zheng Xunrui thought about it again and again, and did not adjust Ma Xianglin's position for the time being, which was not because he was stingy. And because Ma Xianglin's identity is too special, you must know that Ma Xianglin will eventually lead the white pole soldiers, if his status in the Zheng family army is too high and it has attracted the attention of the imperial court, it will definitely be criticized. At least some people will wonder if Zheng Xunrui is thinking about annexing the white pole soldiers.

There are also Xu Jikuang, Song Li, Ding Baokun and Ma Kuifeng and others, Xu Jikuang is the leader of the original Shanyin Gang, Ding Baokun is the former chief soldier of the Penglai Water Division, Ma Kuifeng is the magistrate of Shangyuan County, Song Li is the original thousand households of the Han soldiers who surrendered in the Battle of Fuzhou, among these people, Xu Jikuang and Ding Baokun slowly began to integrate into the circle, Song Li aside, Ma Kuifeng may also completely surrender to Zheng Xunrui in the near future.

Zhang Fengyi, Yang Yipeng and the eunuch Gao Qiqian in the imperial court. and Zheng Xunrui have a relationship of mutual use, not to mention any particularly friendly feelings, after all, the status of these people is even higher than Zheng Xunrui.

After listing all the relationships, Zheng Xunrui is more confident in his heart, after so many years of struggle, the achievements he has made are huge, which can also ensure that he can do things freely.

At the end of May, Zheng Xunrui and Shi Kefa and others made a confession, and at the beginning of June, Zheng Xunrui confessed to the prefects of the four prefectures and three prefectures of Huaibei and some of the prefects of the counties. Zheng Xunrui then wrote letters to Yang He, Hong Xintao, and Wang Yuncheng, who were stationed in Xi'an, Fuzhou, and Penglai, informing them of the impending turmoil in Huaibei.

It can be said that Zheng Xunrui has made all the preparations.

The day of marrying Xu Fo's family is approaching, but at this time, Zheng Xunrui is even busier. The adjustment of taxes is under his personal control, and Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong, Hong Mingcheng, Xu Jikuang and others have made all preparations and are waiting for Zheng Xunrui's order.

There are tens of thousands of large and small businessmen in Huaibei, and their business conditions. Among the more than 10,000 merchants, there are more than 30 merchants who operate on a huge scale every year and earn more than 1 million taels of silver, more than 400 between 500,000 taels and 1 million taels, more than 900 between 100,000 taels and 500,000 taels, more than 2,000 between 12,000 and 100,000 taels, and nearly 7,000 merchants.

There is also a special group among the merchants, the profit is not very easy to assess, that is, the Qinglou, to say that the profit of the Qinglou, may exceed some of the big businessmen, but unfortunately people go to the Qinglou, how much silver is given, they will not say, although this also belongs to the category of transactions, but the price is different, and often floats.

Zheng Xunrui's proposal of 1 out of 10 commercial tax is extracted from the process of its operation, that is to say, the tax covers the entire process of the transaction, and the way to calculate the tax is calculated according to the total amount of costs and profits, which is indeed a huge burden for businessmen who have never undertaken taxes.

There were no ceremonies, no explanations, and from the tenth day of the sixth month, Hongmen suddenly began to move.

All businessmen must have a kind of business license issued by Hongmen, with this business license, they can operate in all parts of Huaibei, even including all the places involved in Caoyun, if the businessmen refuse to receive the business license issued by Hongmen, they will lose the qualification to do business in Huaibei.

The meaning behind the business certificate is that Hongmen wants to extract one-tenth of the operating expenses of the merchants, and every month Hongmen will send special personnel to find the merchants to collect one-tenth of the fees, as for the name of the fee, Hongmen's explanation is the protection fee.

Merchants must accept the business license issued by Hongmen, and once they accept the business license, it means paying one-tenth of all business expenses to Hongmen as a protection fee.

It is said that this will cause an uproar, but it is just a Hongmen organization, why should it issue business licenses to all merchants in Huaibei, and why should it extract one-tenth of the protection fee?

You must know that those big businessmen are often supported by the scholar family, and even directly run the business by the scholar family, will they be willing to bear Hongmen's approach.

Shi Kefa, Ma Shiying and others were very worried, afraid that this sudden operation would cause huge shocks in Huaibei, so that the local situation would be unstable, but Zheng Xunrui, Xu Wanghua and others were not particularly worried.

From the 10th to the 12th day of June, in just three days, Hongmen issued more than 9,000 business licenses, collected more than 900,000 taels of silver in protection fees for May, and left less than 1,000 merchants who did not receive business licenses.

More than 300 green buildings of all sizes in Huaibei have received business licenses, more than 300 green buildings, and the monthly protection fees have reached more than 300,000 taels of silver, and on average, the protection fees paid by each family have reached 1,000 taels of silver, which makes Zheng Xunrui extremely surprised.

As everyone knows, after Xu Fo's family knew, he unceremoniously said that the Qinglou took out more than 10,000 taels of silver every year, which was nothing at all, just a drop in the bucket, which made Zheng Xunrui have to explain that the Qinglou in Huaibei cannot be compared with the Qinhuai River, and it is impossible for people not to do business.

The businessmen who have not obtained the business license are basically big businessmen.

This is in Zheng Xunrui's expectation, he has already made preparations in this regard, although Hongmen said that if he did not get a business license, he should not think about doing business in Huaibei, and he should not think about doing business in the city where Caoyun passed, Zheng Xunrui thought differently, none of these big businessmen should think about leaving, they are big profits and taxes, how can they leave.

Although there are more than 10,000 businessmen in Huaibei, but most of them are businessmen who do not have much power, these businessmen are timid by nature, looking forward to being able to make money in harmony, for the decision made by Hongmen, although they are unwilling, but they dare not disobey, they know very well who the background of Hongmen is, that is not something they can offend, and they are reluctant to quickly prosper business opportunities, so they still obediently do it, so that everyone is safe, and since Hongmen began to meddle in the affairs of businessmen, The order of doing business has been greatly improved, and the local scoundrels, ruffians, and gangsters have been severely cracked down, and dozens of people have been killed by the government, and no one dares to trouble the merchants as before.

Zheng Xunrui grasped the psychology of businessmen, the big businessmen throughout the ages are a minority, and there are not many businessmen who can influence the Donglin Party, these people rely on special backgrounds, strong financial resources, and establish a sphere of influence, and there are no ruffians who dare to cause trouble, so they must not care about the so-called business license of Hongmen.

Zheng Xunrui even hopes that such a situation will occur, so that he can kill the chicken and show the monkey, and the implementation of any policy will involve the interests of some people, and it is impossible to completely implement it without bloodshed.

The businessmen who have already begun to pay the protection fee also look at those big businessmen to see if Hongmen can rectify them, if Hongmen can't let these big businessmen be honest in the shortest possible time, the situation behind will definitely not be good, and other businessmen will also start to default on the protection fee.

The collection of taxes is mandatory, but it cannot be caught up in the middle of fighting.

Hongmen is still continuing to issue business licenses, as for the time to do it, it is definitely not now, because Zheng Xunrui needs to do a happy event on June 15, and Xu Wanghua and others don't want to do it on Zheng Xunrui's big day, which is unlucky.

Unexpectedly, Zheng Xunrui didn't care, and asked Hongmen to speed up the issuance of business licenses, and all businessmen who were unwilling to cooperate should write down their names in detail. (To be continued.) )