The eldest son of the red mansion

After hearing this, Li Deshan agreed hastily, and at the same time he was full of confidence in this matter. Although there were many people who participated in the imperial examination, only 200 of them won the Jinshi, and most of them were not young. There were more than a dozen or twenty of them, and these people were just easy for the dark guards.

After Jia Ke finished handling the matter, someone from below came to spread the word that Wang Xifeng had come to the palace to visit the emperor.

After Jia Ke heard this, she felt a little helpless. After she couldn't control herself that time, this Wang Xifeng came to see her every now and then.

"Let Wang Shizi wait in the side hall."

After Jia Ke finished packing, the eunuch hurriedly read the rest of the memorial, and then said to Li Deshan next to him: "You should pay attention to the next memorial. If there is something important, report it to me quickly. If it is not important, just wait." Let's deal with it together tomorrow."

After Jia Ke finished speaking, she hurriedly took the maids and eunuchs to the side hall.

As soon as he entered the side hall, there was a gust of fragrant wind blowing towards his face, and then Wang Xifeng threw himself into Jia Ke's arms.

As soon as Jia Ke stretched out her hand, she hugged Wang Xifeng in her arms, and then carried her into the inner room. After a while, there was a storm inside.

After the clouds cleared and the fog cleared, Wang Xifeng lay in Jia Ke's arms, touched his chest and said, "Jia Lian knows about our affairs."

Jia Ke was taken aback for a moment, and then said nonchalantly, "So what can he do if he knows? At worst, I'll just let him inherit the Jing throne smoothly in the future."

Wang Xifeng nodded after hearing this, and then asked again: "I haven't had my menstrual event this month, and I suspect it has. What will happen to this child in the future?"

Jia Ke immediately became happy when she heard that, hugged Wang Xifeng and kissed her, and said, "What's the matter? Just let him inherit the Jing throne in the future."

Wang Xifeng was a little worried, "Second Sister You is also pregnant, if she has a boy, Jia Lian will be willing in the future."

"You don't have to worry about this, it's up to him whether he wants to or not."

Only then did Wang Xifeng nod her head, and once again lay in Jia Ke's arms without saying a word.

In the days that followed, everything was peaceful, the little prince hadn't contacted Sun Yan, and now Jia Ke was more patient than anyone else, because as time went by, the little prince's hope of restoration became less and less.

Next, Jia Ke focused all his efforts on the reform of commercial tax and salt tax.

To say that the business tax of this dynasty has inherited the system of the previous dynasty, it is about [-] yuan, but due to the strong collusion between officials and businessmen in the local area, this regulation has already existed in name only, and some counties even pay only [-] taels a year. Commercial tax on silver.

Therefore, the annual business tax in the entire Central Plains is several million, which is simply unbelievable in Jia Ke's view.

Because the three major merchant gangs alone pay 900 million taels of silver to Jia Ke every year, which is even more than twice the commercial tax paid to the imperial court. It can be seen where the profits of these merchants have gone.

In order for Jia Ke to normalize the commercial taxation of the imperial court, and also for the benefit of the future, the commercial taxation must carry out a big move.

After Jia Ke made up her mind, she immediately summoned several of her confidants to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to discuss the matter.

They are Sun Yan, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Minister of Military Affairs, Fan Kang, Minister of Rites, Jia Yucun, Minister of the Ministry of Households, and Admiral of the Nine Gates, and Secretary of the Ministry of War, Peng Bi.

After all these people arrived, I might as well tell them what was on my mind. After listening to these people, they were silently thinking about Jia Ke's intentions.

Seeing that they were silent, Jia Ke said, "The commercial tax is in a mess now. I heard that some magistrates and counties are proud of collecting less commercial tax. If this goes on like this, what will the court do for it?"

After listening to Jia Ke's words, Sun Yan agreed with his opinion, but he was a little embarrassed. The three major business gangs gave him a lot of tribute every year. If he directly collected business taxes, how could he be worthy of 10,000+ taels of silver every year.

So Sun Yan came out of the class to play and said: "Your Majesty, the way of governing the country has always been to emphasize agriculture and despise business. If the merchant tax is increased, I am afraid that the merchants will complain, which is not conducive to the circulation of goods."

After listening, Jia Ke looked at it like other people: "What do you mean? Do you agree with Sun Shoufu's opinion?"

The others looked at each other and couldn't open their mouths, because they had also received money. If they disagreed with Sun Yan at this time, those businessmen would have something to say.

Only Jia Yucun, who was standing in the middle, rolled his eyes a few times, and immediately came out of the shift and said to Jia Ke: "Long live, I do not agree with Mr. Sun's opinion."

Jia Ke listened and nodded, this Jia Yucun really deserves to be a hardcore man controlled by him, others still consider interests, he first considers his loyalty to himself.

"Play as soon as you have something to say."

"Long live, emphasizing agriculture and minor injuries is to pay attention to agricultural production, not to say that farmers should be taxed heavily, but ignoring business is to let the court not focus on business, the money will not be brought with life, death will not be taken, hunger will not eat, but not drink when thirsty."

Jia Ke nodded after listening, and then said to the people below: "What Jia Yucun said is exactly what I want. Now the burden on the peasants is very heavy, that is, they have to pay the imperial court's spring and autumn taxes, and they have to pay rent to the landlord. If the weather is good and the weather is good, you can barely make a living, but if there is a disaster, you may have to sell your sons and daughters."

All the people below knelt down together after listening: "Your Majesty's kindness is the blessing of the people of the world."

After listening, Jia Ke looked at them and did not ask them to stand up, but walked down the imperial steps and came among them.

"You people have rich clothes and good food, and you don't know the hard work of the farmers. I was in Xiacaozhuang and Wangjiatun back then, but I saw with my own eyes how farmers planed food in the soil. These two villages were both from the Jia family back then. National tax, otherwise it will be even harder."

After Jia Ke finished speaking, she sighed, then gave them a disappointed look, finally gritted her teeth and went back to Yujie Street, and said to them, "This time, I will make my own decisions. , At the same time, various prefectures and provinces will build gates to check whether passing merchants collect and pay taxes."

As soon as Jia Ke finished saying this sentence, although the people below were dissatisfied, they could only bite the bullet and agree.

Jia Ke thought for a while, this time, the merchants sleeping under so many injuries might not be satisfied, so she then ordered: "From this year on, Shanxi merchants and Huizhou merchants don't have to pay filial money, as long as they pay enough taxes, I will protect them."

Chapter 690 Business Tax (2)

The following days will be the imperial examination. As the first scientific examination of the new dynasty, Jia Ke attaches great importance to it.

He arrived at the Wenhua Hall early, and at this time the Wenhua Hall was ready, Jia Ke sat on the throne, and began to invite this time's Gongsheng into the hall to salute Jia Ke.

After the etiquette, hundreds of tables were placed in the Wenhua Hall, and these Gongsheng students began to sit upright.

After that, Jia Ke took out a sealed bag from the desk and handed it to the chief examiner, Sun Yan, the chief minister of the Military Aircraft Department.

Sun Yan opened the bag and took out the test questions, and then posted them on the mat, after which the tribute students began to answer the questions.

And Jia Ke was not idle either, his eyes were on these Gongsheng, and he was thinking that one of these people was the little prince.

In terms of age, there are probably more than a dozen people, plus Qin Keqing's beauty, I think Qin Keqing's younger brother is also a young and handsome scholar.

So Jia Ke looked around in the main hall, and finally asked him to lock in a few people, who were all young talents from the local area.

After Jia Ke finished reading, she said a few words to Li Deshan next to him, and Li Deshan's eyes rolled around these people, and then quietly retreated.

After a while Li Deshan came in with a plate of papers.

Jia Ke took the information from Li Deshan and looked at it one by one, and then compared these Gongsheng students, but found that these people were very innocent, and there was no flaw at all, which made Jia Ke a little troubled.

"These people should be monitored closely, and they should not be taken lightly."

Jia Ke can only order so now, he can't just arrest everyone for no reason.

The ranking came after the palace examination, these few times Jia Ke did not interfere, and the rankings sent by Sun Yan and Li Wenbin were completely approved.

After the imperial examination was over this time, Jia Ke announced his decision to reorganize the court's taxation at the top of the court, and announced to the civil and military officials, and immediately these people were in an uproar.

The income of the imperial courts in the past dynasties mainly came from the taxation of farmers, but now that Jia Ke has changed his mind, he has actually set his mind on these businessmen.

This caused a loss to the civil and military interests of the Manchu Dynasty, because none of these officials had a few caravans under their command, and none of them had received the tribute from those merchants.

So a large area fell on their knees above the main hall of the Qianqingmen, admonishing Jia Ke not to be too eager for quick success.

But Jia Ke came from modern times, so he naturally knew the disadvantages of ancient times. Although he had great power in the past, there was still someone above him. Now that he has managed to secure his position, he naturally wants to reform.