Qin Mufeng led two thousand cavalry all the way into Beijing City, and began a crazy seizure, as long as it was the industry of the Jin merchants, none of them were spared, and in the entire Beijing City, the industries of the Jin merchants were as high as nearly 100 places, none of them were spared, and all of them were seized cleanly.

The principals of the Jin merchants in the capital were all confused, and they didn't know what was going on, and some of them had good eyesight, so they hurriedly contacted the backing ministers of the court, but the contact was also in vain.

Qin Mufeng had just brought the army into Beijing City, and the bigwigs in the court had all gotten the news, two days ago, they had already known about the Jin Shang, and knew that this time the emperor was definitely going to be ruthless, so quickly draw a clear line, and then move forward, it would be a dead end.

It's just that they didn't expect the emperor to do it so quickly, it's only been two days, doesn't it mean that they have to continue to investigate, and after investigating the eight Jin merchants, they are doing it? However, now it is obvious that the emperor is crazy, don't provoke, Mingzhe's self-preservation is the most important thing, how much silver to give, this time I won't go forward, how much money is not as important as my life!

As soon as the bigwigs heard that it was the people of the Jin merchants, the doors were closed one by one, and they couldn't even get in!

In just one day, all the Jin merchant shops were sealed, waiting for the follow-up disposal, as for the shopkeepers, men and even miscellaneous ones in the shops, they were all arrested cleanly, and in one day, nearly a thousand people were stuffed into the prison of Shuntian Mansion!

The wind was loud, and the whole capital fell into a panic, for fear that he would be unlucky and be implicated.

"Your Majesty, the Jin merchant industries in the capital have been sealed, with a total of eight grain stores, sixteen pawnshops, twenty money villages, five brothels, twelve restaurants, eleven silk villages, and six granges, and all the personnel have been imprisoned, and there is no one who has escaped the net, but the money is still being counted."

Zhu Jie said in a deep voice.

Chongzhen slapped the table fiercely, not to mention anything else, just these industries of the Jin merchants, it can be said that they are the best in the world, and no province has the wealth in the capital that can be compared to the Jin merchants, and the Ming Dynasty has cultivated so many groups of moths......

"Okay, now we are waiting for the news of Cao Huachun and Lan Tianzheng, I will definitely not spare this group of beasts!"

Chongzhen shouted.

Zhu Jie said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this is an opportunity, the eight Jin merchants are doing nonsense, accumulating such a large amount of ill-gotten wealth, the heavens are angry and resentful, and it is really a negative favor to the country, and the minister thinks that he can take this opportunity to raise the commercial tax, changing the thirty taxes to one to ten taxes!" And cancel the exemption, Da Mingyu, no matter who is running a business, must pay taxes! ”

"Change to ten taxes and one?"

Chongzhen frowned and asked.

Zhu Jie nodded and replied: "Yes, the emperor, this is a must, the court can't put all the pressure of taxes on the peasants, the peasants rely on the sky to eat, such as today's disasters, and they have to bear such heavy taxes every year, the people are not happy, the minister heard Inspector Sun say that in Shaanxi, the tragedy of Yizi and eating has happened, it is because of poverty and natural disasters, not to mention food, even the turf can't be eaten, why do these businessmen make the farmers suffer every day? You must know that the people who helped Emperor Taizu fight the world back then were not businessmen! Levying taxes and raising taxes is necessary, but we need to shift the target to the merchants, and at the same time reduce taxes for the peasants, reduce taxes in an all-round way, cancel the liao salary, the training salary and the expulsion of wages, and leave a way for the peasants to live! ”

Chongzhen's face was a little solemn, and he hesitated: "Give the peasants a reduction in salaries and an increase in the salaries of the merchants, I'm afraid that the ministers will not agree, not to mention that canceling their favors and exemptions will only intensify their resistance even more......"

Zhu Jie said with a smile: "Resistance is certain, but in addition to giving them a stick, we also need to prepare some benefits for them. ”

"What's the benefit?"

Zhu Jie bowed and said: "The minister asks the emperor to open up private mines, set up factories, and allow the people to smelt iron and dig copper by themselves, these courtiers have long coveted these mines, coal, copper, steel, these are all profiteering industries, as long as they pay taxes according to the rules, they can mine them, our iron and copper are not too much, but too little......

Chongzhen smiled bitterly and replied: "Zhu Aiqing, these are only managed by the royal family, you let me open it to the ministers, then let me, the emperor, drink the northwest wind?" ”

Chongzhen is right, the source of Chongzhen's inner son is mainly the mining tax and the harvest of the Huangzhuang, if the mining rights are distributed to the courtiers, how to maintain the inner child according to their own only relying on the harvest of the Huangzhuang? The annual consumption of this palace is quite a lot, in addition to raising eunuchs and palace maids, it is also necessary to reward the vassal kings or nobles, and there are no hundreds of thousands of taels per year, which cannot be maintained at all.

Ha ha......

Zhu Jie laughed and said: "Your Majesty, there are ministers, are you still afraid that you will have no money to spend?" You just have to release the mining rights, and in the future, how much money you are lacking, the minister will make up how much money you have! Didn't the minister say that he would give you two percent of the dry shares of the Qian Zhuang in the future, not only the two percent of the dry shares of the Qian Village, if the emperor likes it, the minister will even dedicate the immortal residence to the emperor! Are you afraid that you won't have money to spend? ”

Liuxian Residence?

Chongzhen's eyes lit up suddenly, this Liuxian Residence, Chongzhen has also heard of it, it is simply a cornucopia, the profit per month is definitely not less than 30,000 taels of silver, even if it declines in the future, it will not be a problem to earn two or three hundred thousand taels in a year!

"Okay, since Aiqing insists on letting me open up the power of mining, then I promise you to implement it according to your plan!"

Chongzhen gritted his teeth and said.

Zhu Jie said with a smile: "On behalf of these colleagues, the minister will thank the emperor Longen, however, to increase the tax on businessmen, there must be a limit, the annual income is less than five hundred taels, it is still thirty taxes one, these small merchants, the profits are meager, once the tax is raised, it is easy to go bankrupt, and then it will be the first farmer, as for the mining tax, the minister thinks that because it is a huge profit, the tax amount can be increased to five taxes and one!" ”

"Five taxes and one!"

Chongzhen exclaimed, "Aiqing, you, you're too dark, aren't you?" ”

Zhu Jie shrugged his shoulders and replied: "Your Majesty, if you hand over all the mining rights to the minister, then the minister is willing to pay taxes according to the three taxes and one tax, you must know that all mines are huge profits, there is no ten percent of the profits, there are eight or nine percent, we let them pay two percent of the tax, and they can also make a net profit of sixty percent!" These people are still making steady profits, and all they earn are guns, think about it, if you want to fill the treasury, this road must be taken, and, the emperor, you must lead by example in the future, the royal mines are also paid to the treasury according to five taxes and one tax, these courtiers, who dares to fart? ”