Interests Behind Chapter 2300

   "Can you find out the reason?"

"It's really an accident. I didn't expect my luck to be so bad. However, I was lucky to have this calamity. Although I was injured, there are many good medicines in the pharmacy, and my life is safe. Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. "

   "Sit down, don't be so polite, it's been hard work this time." Emperor Xuanming said kindly.

   Chatted with him about Jiangnan again.

  Emperor Xuanming discovered that life in Jiangnan was better than other places, and there were more rich and noble families. However, there were not many truly rich people, and some previously unknown people followed.

   "Have you found out the details of these families?" Emperor Xuanming asked, pointing out several new landlords.

  Zhang Zhi originally wanted Emperor Xuanming to realize this, so he told the details of these families without hesitation.

   "The Lin family is the younger brother of the third wife of Zhizhou Prefecture, the Deng family is the elder brother of the county magistrate's family, and the Wang family is related to the state shepherd by marriage..." Every time Zhang Zhi counted out a family, Emperor Xuanming frowned.

  Although he had expected that those who could get the news of Kaihai must be close to the local officials, but it didn't mean that he was satisfied that only these people could eat such a big piece of fat.

   "Can you verify their tax status?"

Maritime merchants collect a lot of taxes when they come back, far more than merchants who do business in Dachu. Not only that, but also the gold, silver and jade articles brought back have to pay a nominal tax. Therefore, although the sea merchants earn a lot of money, but But not too much.

   "I have checked." Zhang Zhi nodded: "Everyone is very cooperative. Some small details were omitted, and the tax was not paid. After the minister passed, after the tax inspection, each of them made up the tax."

  Emperor Xuanming was quite satisfied after hearing this: "Really, you are so obedient."

"Your Majesty, the law stipulates detailed tax collection standards. Naturally, these businessmen know what to do and dare not resist. The additional tax paid this time is 23,045 taels." Zhang Zhi said honestly. report the data.

   "Is this the supplementary tax paid by the entire Jiangnan region?" Emperor Xuanming had already read the scriptures, so he naturally knew the truth, and now he deliberately asked this question, which obviously had his deep meaning.

  Zhang Zhi hesitated to speak, but he didn’t say much, he just said: “Yes, this is the combined tax paid by the maritime merchants in the three state capitals.”

   "Speaking of which, in the second half of this year, these maritime merchants paid about 130,000 yuan in taxes, which only accounted for one-twentieth of the grain tax revenue in the Jiangnan area."

  When Zhang Zhi heard this, he knew that his chance had come.

"Your Majesty, I also think it's too little." Zhang Zhi said neither humble nor overbearing, frowning, with a thoughtful expression on his face: "Your Majesty, according to my investigation of several state capitals in the south of the Yangtze River, the income of many businessmen this year All have increased, even the common people have a small increase. The common people who used to work at the docks could only get twenty cents a day, but now it has risen to twenty-five cents. Not only that, but the price has also risen a little, but However, the increase in tax revenue will not be able to reach such a high level, and if it is allowed to continue like this, it will be detrimental to the court." Zhang Zhi looked like a money bag, calculated an account, and told Emperor Xuanming the data so that he could understand what was going on. tricky.

   No matter how well those people cover up, the changes in the market, the changes in the lives of the people in the south of the Yangtze River.

   These are things they cannot hide.

  Emperor Xuanming's face was a little dark, and after hearing what Zhang Zhi said, he sneered: "It seems that I still underestimated them."

  (end of this chapter)