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Chapter 1123 The Real Gift

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help smiling and asked, "Why not?"

"Your Majesty, salt and iron have been sold by officials since ancient times. Only in this way can they be controlled by the government." Wen Tiren explained quickly in a hurry, "If it is out of the control of the government, the salt tax money will Could it be that the imperial court doesn’t want it? As His Majesty said, if you want to give the people a big gift, wouldn’t it mean that you don’t want the salt tax?”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was a little speechless. This Wen Tiren seemed to be concerned but confused, and he hadn't finished his words yet!No matter how generous I am, it is impossible not to collect taxes!

Thinking of this, he immediately stretched out his hand and shook Wen Tiren and said: "Wen Qing, please be safe and don't be impatient, wait until I finish talking!"

After hearing this, Wen Tiren realized that he seemed to be in a hurry, and the imperial court was rude.So, he hastily pleaded guilty.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally didn't take it seriously, and after swaying his hand, he said to the business: "This new salt policy of mine is called the on-the-spot taxation system. The general content is that from now on, let the people of Ming Dynasty break their promises, and the government will not Make any restrictions, so that this broken promise will not become an exclusive monopoly. Under full competition, not only the price will be reduced, but the quality of the broken promise will also be improved, and the people of our Ming Dynasty will all benefit from it. taxation of origin."

In the original history, this method was proposed by Xiyi Dingen when he served as the salt affairs consultant of the Beiyang government and was responsible for governing the salt administration.In the period of the Republic of China, in May [-], the national government promulgated the "New Salt Law", which adopted this on-the-spot taxation system.This is a major event in the ideological history of China's salt administration reform, and it is also an important symbol of the implementation of the on-the-spot taxation system.

At this time, in the Wenhua Palace, Wen Tiren was seriously thinking about what the emperor said just now about the taxation system on the spot.At first, he didn't think so, but the more he thought about it, the more benefits he suddenly realized.As far as the policy of benefiting the people mentioned by the emperor is concerned, it is obvious that once it is implemented in this way, the people of Ming Dynasty will never buy salt at [-] Wen per catty, even less than the [-] Wen per catty in the previous Song Dynasty.And salt is a must for the common people.The expenditure on salt occupies a large part of ordinary people's households.This cost can be reduced, it is really a great gift to the people of Ming Dynasty!

Thinking a little deeper, in this way, Daming said that the salt produced will be taxed, and the management is simple. The higher the output, the more salt tax, and the cheaper the salt price, both the court and the common people will benefit from it. Great benefit.

Thinking of this, Wen Tiren suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and finally understood why Emperor Chongzhen was so cautious. The reform of the salt administration would be delayed until today.

Because most of the emperor's new salt policy has benefited, but the old salt merchants and those who have benefited from it, local officials, private salt dealers, etc., will greatly damage their interests, and even privately Salt will be impacted to extinction.These people are definitely not happy that the current taxation system can be implemented, and they will definitely find ways to hinder it.

In this way, the prerequisite for implementing the on-the-spot taxation system is that the imperial court must be strong and have sufficient control.Only in this way can we resolutely implement this on-the-spot taxation system.The obstruction of those salt merchants and private salt dealers is like a mantis holding back a car!
If it was in the past, the imperial court's establishment of captives had exhausted energy, manpower and material resources, so how could it be possible to have the ability to enforce it.But now, or from next year onwards, it will be different.

The elite of the Ming army has already been proved by the demise of the Jianlu.And this army is absolutely loyal to the emperor and the imperial court; the abundance of the Ming treasury does not care whether the salt tax will be lost due to the disturbance of vested interests at the beginning; deterrent.

In addition, there are other aspects, such as the establishment of subordinate yamen in various places by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, all the officials were transferred to officials, and the senior officials in the yamen of the official department were all demoted to the bitter cold places, etc. Strengthened the court's control over Daming.

Thinking of this, Wen Tiren couldn't help admiring it. Obviously, the emperor had thought about it a long time ago and was implementing it step by step.Most of the things they do are done in a natural way, and they don't have the recklessness of young people, who do things regardless of their care!

So, he bowed to Emperor Chongzhen and played sincerely: "My minister agrees with this taxation law on the spot!"

In the original history, the control of the government of the Republic of China was not enough. Therefore, although the "New Salt Law" was promulgated, it was strongly opposed by the old salt merchants. It also affected free transportation and sales, which caused the taxation system to be suppressed, and eventually became obsolete, and the previous monopoly system was revived.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was not surprised to hear Wen Tiren's approval.After all, Wen Tiren was on his side, it would be strange if he would not agree to something that would benefit both the court and the common people.As for those old salt merchants, they used to eat so fat, if they dared to come out to stop them, I wouldn't mind slaughtering them as fat sheep.

In everything, there must be rules, and things must be done according to the rules!
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen picked up a memorial from the imperial case and asked his servant to pass it to the chief assistant, and at the same time said: "This is the basic idea of ​​​​implementing the on-the-spot taxation system after I consider it. Wen Qing is familiar with local affairs. Based on my thoughts, I will come up with specific statements. I will also send Liu Qing, the commander of Jinyiwei, and Wang Banban, the admiral of Dongchang, to cooperate. I will try to come up with a general outline and issue it to the world before the Chinese New Year. After all, I promised to give How about a New Year gift for my people?"

Wen Tiren didn't reply right away, but read the memorial seriously, and found that it was actually written in great detail, including the original saltworks, salt ding, and the disposal of the salt department.After reading it, he knew what was in his mind, so he bowed to receive the decree and said: "My minister obeys the decree!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded when he saw it.Regarding local matters, neither the souls from later generations nor the original Chongzhen Emperor knew much about it.Wen Tiren is a veteran in the political arena. He has come to the position of chief assistant step by step from the bottom. He is naturally familiar with the officialdom. He will supplement and complete it. I believe that the specific plan will be more complete.

Wen Tiren did live up to Emperor Chongzhen's entrustment. After returning home, other things were handed over to others, and he himself specially met with several cabinet ministers, the eunuch Bingbi who was in charge of ceremonies, and two factories. The head of the guard, retreat and discuss, improve the law of on-the-spot taxation.

Two days later, on the 29th day of the Lunar New Year, a complete memorial to the new tax law was finally presented to the imperial court.

Emperor Chongzhen read it carefully and felt very satisfied. Shoufu did add a lot of details. He closed the memorial, looked at Wen Tiren, who looked tired but excited, nodded and said: "Shan, let's announce it to the world according to this." After the New Year, Qing will focus on this matter!"

"My minister obeys the order!" Wen Tiren felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart, and quickly agreed.

In the future history books, it is estimated that it is impossible to avoid his own name in the salt administration!

And in Jingshi Street, many people gathered in the casino, looking at the long list of gifts, many people couldn't hold their breath.

"It's the 29th of the Chinese New Year. Tomorrow will be the Chinese New Year. Why is there no new news? Could it be that what happened before is the big gift the emperor said?"

"No way, that's a great gift? How much benefit do ordinary people have?"

"You guys are all childish. In the eyes of the imperial court, we are nothing! The so-called common people, the so-called subjects, are actually those scholars and officials, do you understand?"

"..."

In other words, the expectation of the big gift mentioned by Emperor Chongzhen was too high. When the people in the capital learned that the so-called big gift was actually the most likely thing about adding bonuses to officials and changing officials from officials to officials, disappointment was inevitable. .After all, many ordinary people are very short-sighted, and they cannot see the indirect benefits brought to them by these things, how big it will be!

However, correspondingly, those who have already benefited, such as officials whose family background is not very good, and those officials, are all grateful to the emperor, and they all admit that this is a great gift.

"Your majesty is a famous emperor through the ages. He knows that it is not easy for us, so we have this change. The emperor's grace is mighty!"

"Hehe, some people are dissatisfied. If the emperor really wants to consider all the people, including cats and dogs, it is impossible for the emperor to have such a great ability to give a big gift!"

"That's right, those fools really think that the emperor is the God of Wealth, with countless money, and give everyone a New Year's gift!"

"..."

On the day of Lunar New Year's Eve, these two views are basically circulating on the streets.Tomorrow is the New Year's Eve, and the casinos will also be closed. Many casinos even think that it is impossible to have any new news, and they all start to close.

Those people who were short of money were particularly disappointed with the so-called big gift, and most of them gave up thinking about it and went to work on tomorrow's Chinese New Year.Dali's discussion finally faded away slowly.

However, in the afternoon, after Emperor Chongzhen's decision was made, at least the people in the capital could know it immediately.The new salt law has become an imperial decree. In the most formal form, the cabinet, ceremonial supervisor, and six departments all have the decree to be published to the public, and corresponding notices have also begun to be posted on the streets and alleys.

Those yamen servants who were in charge of posting the notices were all very excited. They rushed out of the yamen with the notices. Before the notices were posted on the wall, they were already publicizing loudly: "Good news, good news, a great gift from the emperor! Come out, the emperor has sent a New Year gift to all our people!"

There are quite a few people who are not willing to be reconciled to the big gifts, and they are idle at the gate of the yamen. When they hear the shouts of the yamen servants and see the joy of the yamen servants, they all feel like they have been beaten with chicken blood. They originally hid because of the severe cold weather. Those who were in the shelter immediately jumped up, stepped on the snow and rushed over, and shouted loudly at the same time: "What kind of gift, the emperor must have a big gift?"

"I knew it, I knew that the emperor would not talk nonsense, if he said to give a big gift to all the people, there must be a big gift!"

"Haha, my mother-in-law insists on arguing with me, tell me what a great gift it is, go back and tell her carefully, and see how she still argues with me!"

"..."

Seeing the crowd rushing past, the yamen servant was also very happy, clapped the notice in his hand, and announced loudly with a smile: "The emperor has ordered that anyone can buy and sell salt in the future. We ordinary people can do it, as long as they have the capital. If you make money, everyone will be able to make money, and you can be sure that in the future we will eat ground salt, and the price will be greatly reduced. Every household, every commoner, can benefit from it..."

Before he could finish his words, he was surrounded by the swarming people, and the voices of surprise all interrupted the yamen servant's speech immediately.

"What? Anyone can buy and sell salt? Are you a liar?"

"That's right, table salt has been sold by officials since ancient times! How can this table salt be used by ordinary people?"

"If it's really possible to buy and sell like this, I'll go buy a dozen or so and don't sell it. I'll eat it at home. I believe it's cheap enough, right?"

"..."

Faced with many doubts, the yamen servant was not unhappy at all. On the contrary, he straightened his chest, clapped the notice in his hand, and announced loudly again: "How can this matter be false? It is a great sin to falsely preach the imperial decree. Can I stand it? It’s written in black and white on red paper!”

Hearing this, the people who were still in doubt couldn't help but stare at the notices in the hands of the yamen servants.One of the commoners even stretched out his hand to snatch it, but said in his mouth: "My lord, it is snowing heavily, and it is too much for you to post this notice. The villain will help you, and the villain will help you to post it!" "

With him taking the lead, the other people, regardless of whether they could read or not, followed suit one after another, wanting to see the content of the notice at the first time, and all stretched out their hands to grab the notice.

The yamen servant didn't expect this place, and if he didn't pay attention, the notice was snatched away.The onlookers rushed over immediately, but pushed the yamen servants outside.

"Quick, quick, give me one, give me one!"

"I want it too, little brother, I want it too!"

"Don't move, don't grab, be careful to tear up the notice!"

"..."

The yamen servants on the outside looked speechless, and people who didn't know saw it and thought it was money grabbing!After working as a job post for so many years, have you ever seen such a popular notice?

There was a young man who moved nimbly, grabbed a notice, got out of the crowd first, and opened it immediately after gaining space to read it. However, he knew the big characters, but the big characters didn't recognize him.Immediately, he became anxious again, and shouted loudly: "What is written on it? Who can read it?"

Those who didn’t grab the notice were delighted to see his situation, laughed and said, “Look, you’re so active with your eyes open, go to some literacy training class some other day, and at least know some words, right? Now those There are a lot of people in the training class, and the fee is very cheap. If you listen carefully, you can still read!"

"Yes, the fee is also low. It is necessary to spend some money, or is it a good feeling to be blind?"

"..."

Hearing their teasing, the young man suddenly jumped up and ran away with the notice.

The New Year's gift given by the emperor spread like this, and the speed of spread was unprecedented!

　Updating 8000 words a day is not easy for me as a part-timer with a family and a family. Fortunately, today is Friday, and the [-] words can still be maintained. There is still a chapter to be written after get off work, which will be later renew.In this chapter, I didn’t ask my wife to check for typos, so I posted it after coding. I saw everyone’s comments in the previous chapter.

　　
　
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