A Timely Wife

Because Wang Yong brought a few concubines to the south, his life must be nourished, and he was proud to show off his foresight to others, but he forgot that his letter has not been answered until now, so he can go to win over Those local officials who fawned over him didn't pay any attention to him. He was like a clown singing a one-man show, jumping up and down all the time. He seemed to be in the right and left. , which general of the army will catch up with him tomorrow, and he will say that he does not know how capable he is. It is also the big bosses of the Zhong'an Party who don't pay attention to themselves. They always think that this person is a usable and reliable person, and there is no doubt at all After passing Wang Yong, he not only wrote letters again and again to praise Wang Yong for his dedication to the court, but even offered him a lot of gold and silver for his activities.

Where the gold and silver went in the end is self-evident. Anyway, since these four women have been with Wang Yong, they wear gold and silver to eat and drink. Those who came to enjoy the blessings, but have tasks waiting for themselves to complete. Their respective masters are still eagerly waiting for the news from them. It is a pity that Wang Yong has always been talkative. I really believed the words that Wang Yong ran with his mouth, and told their respective masters in detail, as detailed as they could be. The masters also believed their words. After all, Li Ruosong was not the only one who had hidden clues buried in several prefectures. He said that if he invited someone to drink and eat, he must have gone to drink and eat. However, what was discussed during the drink and dinner, and the talk failed. Of course, he was exaggerating, but outsiders did not know what they talked about in detail. What, anyway, I saw Wang Yong go drinking, drinking tea, doing this and that with officials in the prefectures or the generals in the army. I really thought that what Wang Yong said was the same as what he did. Wang Yong gave things under various names.

For more than a month, Wang Yong has been living in a dream every day, accompanied by beautiful women, and other people are holding each other like stars, all kinds of fawning, all kinds of flattery, whoever calls him will give him a little face , This kind of feeling made Wang Yong think that he was the Emperor of the Earth. Although he knew it was impossible, he still couldn't help being flustered. Something happened when he was fluttering. A group of rogues touched the city of Ningyuan Prefecture where Wang Yong was. Outside, when the common people entered the city, they disguised themselves and set fires everywhere after entering the city, burning, killing and looting. The main thing is that some invisible letters in Wang Yong's house were also dug out by this group of rogues, and they were thrown on the street, so they were picked up, opened, and read Come out, this guy has made a big mess. There are many things in the letter from the Zhongan Party to Wang Yong that people should not know. This can be used as a reason to lower the commercial tax, lightly taxing the tax and benefiting the people’s livelihood. Since the tax revenue of the three southern prefectures has increased, considering that the people’s taxes are heavier, the court should reduce other taxes appropriately. The commercial tax can be lowered, and they will be safe. The merchants and gentry represented by the party will be able to save more money, build more Qingsong Academy, go to more places to promote their ideas of governing the world, and more students will listen to their preaching. At that time, Nanchu will still be theirs. Whatever you say is what you say, the little emperor with no hair on his back is nothing more than their puppet in the end.

People in the Zhong'an Party wrote a lot of similar things like this, probably because they were forced to do so by the increasingly stringent business tax. In the past few years, Nanchu has vigorously promoted the tax system of high commercial tax and low agricultural tax, and several pilot cities are in Following the operation model of the resident, all the pillar industries are under the jurisdiction of Nanchu. Except for remuneration and other necessary expenses, all other income will be collected into the national treasury. The effect is not bad. After all, the remuneration given is very high. If you have a crooked mind, not only will you lose your job, but it will also affect future generations. From the trial to the finalization, it took only half a year for these pilot cities, and they have been implemented well until now. Nanchu is going to summarize After learning from experience and lessons, this model is implemented in all cities in Southern Chu. Naturally, this model is the best for ordinary people. Those who know how to farm will become farmers. The better the planting, the more money you get, and even bonuses. If the planting is not good, you will be given as much as you have, and you will not have to pay taxes. If you lose your land, you will be compensated a sum of money, which is enough for several generations of you.

If you don’t know how to farm, you can go to a factory. Most people want to go to an arsenal, because the treatment is the best, or it’s a production factory that produces vehicles and machines, and the pay is also very good, or it’s a textile factory and a clothing factory. The income is no better than the previous two. The advantage is that the job is stable, you don’t have to worry too much, and it’s much safer. If you don’t want to do it, you can choose to serve in the army or find a job elsewhere. There are still many people who drive. Not to mention those who open mines, build roads and build bridges. If the people of Nanchu are willing to work in the engineering team, their income is very considerable, ten times better than those of captives. In this place of Nanchu, as long as you are willing to work hard Work, never worry about not having food to eat.

Under this model, there are not many farmers who own land and need to pay taxes. Most of the farmers are either not farmers anymore, or they don’t need to pay taxes. But businessmen are different. Nanchu only catches the big ones. The head is still in the hands of small traders. As the people become more and more affluent, doing business has become a way to make a fortune. In addition, Southern Chu has much fewer restrictions on doing business, and future generations will not be unable to do business because of their business status. Participating in the official selection examination, many people started to do business one after another. Many gentry and businessmen in the Zhong'an Party took a fancy to the increasingly open business environment in Southern Chu, and invested all their money in it.

Not surprisingly, every tael these people invested earned them at least ten taels of silver. After tasting the sweetness, the Zhongan Party members began to try their best to make more money. The more the better, after all, it is good to open an academy. Regardless of the relationship, even a certain errand requires a lot of money to open the way. With money in hand, you won't always be tied up when doing things.

Since the Zhongan Party members have been obsessed with making money, they have done everything they can. As long as they can make money, they will do anything. In terms of tax revenue, the commercial tax set by Nanchu is too high. In Dachu, the commercial tax was 30 taels, and you only need to pay a tax of [-] tael for earning [-] taels of silver. Two taels of silver have to pay a tax of three taels of silver. If it is something brought back from overseas, the tax even reaches six out of ten, which is very unacceptable to the members of the Zhongan Party. They don't know how many times the profits they get can be multiplied. No matter how they think about it, they feel that the taxes they pay are too much now, and they can't make much money by themselves.

Wang Yong has indeed done a lot of work, lobbying everywhere, offering a lot of conditions, such as sharing money, and the price is not low, but Wang Yong is used to making money, and all the conditions he offered were scrapped by him On the first level, it is obvious that the Zhongan Party told him that those who are willing to do it will give the other party a large amount of money and keep a small amount for themselves. For example, if you get ten taels of silver, give the other party seven taels and keep three taels for yourself. Wang Yong answered well. , Looking back, he took all the money and pulled it into his arms. When he was serious with him, he threw a few in the past. Anyway, it didn’t meet the standard. This made many people in the three southern cities want to join the king. The brave people lost their minds, they are not stupid, on the contrary, none of these people who can stand out among the sixteen countries in the south are easy to deal with, and they are all people who can be provoked or not.

It was too late when Wang Yong found out that someone was suing him behind his back and gave him small shoes. The officials above had already discovered the tricks Wang Yong used. Say good things, but pretend to be eager to draw a clear line with you, especially after Wang Yong was sentenced to prison for what he saw as malfeasance, those former colleagues were afraid to avoid it, and the consequences of the exposure of the letter were very serious. In my eyes, this group of rogues ran away after the toss, and no one was caught at all. Only Wang Yong was dismissed and investigated.

The results of the investigation are naturally extremely unfavorable to Wang Yong. Not only Wang Yong, but also the Zhongan Party was taken over by Wang Yong in this incident. In their own faces, the deceived common people took kitchen knives and hoes to destroy the Qingsong Academy built by the Zhongan Party members. They were stopped by the soldiers who came after hearing the news. Such a good place, Qingsong Academy opened If it doesn't go on, it can completely become a public school or a junior college run by the Southern Chu court, which is better than turning into a ruin.

The attitude of the common people immediately changed when they saw the soldiers of the army. Even though the Zhongan Party said a lot that Wang Yong had already opened up the relationship with the military, just waiting for Wang Yong to give an order, the troops in the south would be able to overthrow the corruption. The southern Chu court rescued the common people from fire and water, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that with Wang Yong's wine bag and rice bag, let alone opening up the military relationship, it is his ability not to tremble when he sees these generals. Everyone else responded, which was ridiculous.