The second item is the sea tax, they think that the "forbidden sea" should be restored, and the sea tax during the Wanli period is a full four million taels of silver. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info If the sea is forbidden, I won't get a silver tael in my inner library. ”

"Tea tax of 200,000 yuan, sea tax of 4 million, mining tax of 3 million, cloth tax of 3 million, ceramics tax of 3 million, etc., if a total of 15 million commercial taxes are not collected, the agricultural tax will rise from 2 million to nearly 20 million!"

Bang!

This time, Chang Wei slapped the table angrily, and scolded again and again: "Ridiculous! Ignorant! Shameless!"

"Good scolding!"

The emperor waved his sleeves and said, "What can I do?" Fortunately, thanks to the talent of Lao Wei, he asked the Donglin Party to pay taxes. Donglin is naturally unwilling, they say that Lao Wei is a eunuch, and his henchmen are eunuchs, but my teachers Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli are also sympathetic to Donglin, but they are not opposed to the collection of commercial taxes, to Lao Wei's many Jinshi, Hanlin, and Six Department officials, your eldest brother Changkuan They are all scholars, and they are not opposed to collecting commercial taxes!"

"If he can enrich the treasury, deal with disasters, and pay the Liaodong army, what does it have to do with whether he is a eunuch or not? Is Zheng He a eunuch? Why does he get a good reputation? Because he does not take money from the pockets of officials, everyone praises him; Lao Wei is also a contributor to the country, so why should he be infamy?"

Chang Weixin said: Not only did he pay for the silver, but also because the old fat man was too cruel!

The emperor seemed to think that he had found a good audience, and constantly vented his resentment, "They control the public opinion of the government and the opposition to release policies that are beneficial to them, but instead point the finger of immorality at me." You have also seen that it is still the easiest argument in the court today, at the earliest, they could quarrel with me for three years over a trivial matter, and even the emperor's grandfather did not dare to go to court for twenty-eight years when he was scolded by them. ”

Chang Wei couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, "Wanli is lazy, don't push everything on the head of the civil official, okay?"

The emperor sighed, "I'm tired of arguing for three years, so I asked Lao Wei to clean them up, and at first I just played boards and court sticks, but those didn't work, the Donglin Party people were the ones who owed the most taxes, and they put on a posture of asking for no silver, but a life." In the past few years, more than 300 Donglin Party members have been dismissed and implicated, but in fact only more than 30 people have been killed. ”

Hold the grass, more than 30 people, you are still too little? They are all ministers of the imperial court, and there are some ordinary people who are not very famous, and some ordinary people in the local area who scold the old fat man have been killed, and there are 800 people who have not killed 1,000 in these years. In the eyes of the emperor, is human life really just a number?

Hearing this, Chang Wei threw out the rhetoric that had already been brewed, "Your Majesty, the Donglin Party not only represents the big landlords, the big tycoons, and the big bureaucrats but also controls the world's popularity; ”

The emperor said coldly: "What else should I do? Donglin's approach is to make me the king of the fallen country, and they don't care about the Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji at all!"

Chang Wei took advantage of the situation and said: "Since the emperor has made his words clear, the minister will say it boldly." Donglin's gang are the industrialists and gentry of the Jiangnan industry, and as long as they can keep their wealth and wealth, they don't care who becomes the emperor......! They must be the first to surrender! Anyway, that kind of great family that has been around for hundreds of years is a force that must be relied on in that dynasty and that generation, and even if the dynasty changes, they will still be rich and noble!"

The Emperor snorted, "You can see it clearly, but what can I do?"

Chang Wei replied without thinking: "The commercial tax is not a problem at all, the key is that the power of the Qing Council is too great, although Your Majesty can execute officials and crack down on the Donglin partymen, but Your Majesty's will cannot be implemented to the bottom; ”

Chang Wei said resolutely: "As the minister said in the Imperial Palace, a formal tax system must be formed to solve the dilemma that the country has no money to use!"

The emperor suddenly said: "Let me ask you a question: You grew up in the south of the Yangtze River, you are a rich maritime businessman, and your background is no different from that of the people of Donglin, why do you dare to expose your shortcomings in the Imperial Palace?

Chang Wei smiled and said: "The emperor must not compare his ministers with those 'gentlemen'! Ministers are not gentlemen, ministers love money and take it in a good way, and the silver earned by ministers depends entirely on technological innovation. The kerosene lamp costs 3 taels and costs 3 taels; a large piece of glass mirror sells for 500 taels and costs only 1 tael, and according to the minister's proposal, a tax of 10 percent, or 50 taels, will be charged, and the minister will make at least 400 taels!"

"The other technologies of coal mining, oil extraction, textiles, ceramics, gunpowder, and guns are all state-of-the-art, even more advanced than those of the Europeans. The efficiency of the 'Flying Shuttle' loom conceived by Chen is eighteen times higher than that of ordinary looms, and a loom with an eighty times the speed is being designed in the laboratory in Zhenjiang. ”

"Pedaling and horse-drawn carriages are not yet mature, and when the ocean-going fleet returns rubber from the Americas this year, pedal cars and horse-drawn carriages with new wheels will surely become popular all over the world. ”

Chang Wei said with a smile: "The minister estimates that the silver earned by these new technologies will not be counted in ten lifetimes! The way of making money is not to exploit workers, not to evade taxes, but to make technological inventions, is to create a trend, and the minister is instilling this kind of thinking to his subordinates and partners all the time, so everyone's interest has shifted from making money to exploring the world and inventing and creating." ”

"In my opinion, the brains of those people in Donglin can no longer keep up with the times, their ability to make money is too backward, and if they don't wake up, they are not qualified to enjoy those wealth. Therefore, the minister thinks that the 10% tax is very reasonable, if they are too much, then come and buy my machine, which is much better than arguing with the emperor, and it is much more cost-effective than hiring more workers!"

"It's really yours!" the emperor praised and suddenly said, "Can your laboratory be moved to the capital?"

Chang Wei's eyes lit up, "There is no need to move over, there are specific manufacturing methods in the more than a dozen cars of books brought by the minister, if the emperor is interested, he will simply open an industrial bureau." ”

"The minister transferred some machines over, and then looked for some people who knew technology to open a laboratory, and opened a large factory in Tongzhou, with the manpower and material resources of the capital, it will definitely be more prosperous than Zhenjiang. It is not a big problem to earn a million taels a year, and it can also fill the inner treasury of the palace, and at that time, the two canal nodes in Nanzhen, Jiangbei, and Tongzhou will specialize in machines, and you want to buy machines? Yes, you must first pay commercial tax at the new tax rate, otherwise you will be blacklisted! Ignore it!"

The emperor said happily: "Good idea, use technology to strangle the throat of the Donglin Party, they can only watch others make money with machines if they don't pay taxes!"

Immediately, he said with annoyance: "Jinyi Weibei Zhenfu makes it difficult for this official position to give full play to your talents, it's all your fault, and Baiyun Guan didn't finish speaking." ”

You should blame the old fat man Wei Zhongxian, okay? He urged you to leave!

"Time is limited on Chinese New Year's Eve. ”

The emperor waved his hand and said, "Forget it, you are in the palace tonight, and I will talk to you all night." ”

Chang Wei immediately shouted: "Don't, if the minister dares to spend the night in the palace, he will definitely be written into the courtier's record to enjoy an unswerving infamy, not only Donglin, all the imperial history will not let go of the minister, tomorrow the minister will immediately become the public enemy of the court, the teacher and the eldest brother will chase me and scold, and the emperor will also drown in the saliva of countless people in the court and the opposition." ”

The emperor also knew that he had lost his words, so he turned his head and said: "Lao Wang, the draft edict: a new machine bureau will be established, and the Jinyi Weibei town will be the governor of Chang Wei, and the cabinet and the six ministries will cooperate with each other, and there will be no slack!" (To be continued.) )