Every Red Mansion dungeon must play the ending of Long Aotian

When Mrs. Jia Shexing and his wife went south to help the spirit, Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan went with their families to send them off. Both of them gave an extra 3000 taels of silver notes, so that it was convenient for Mrs. Jia Shexing and others to settle down in the south and keep their filial piety.

After hearing the news of Jia Mu's death, both Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan wore plain clothes for a hundred days.When Cheng knew about it, he just sighed and didn't say anything.

What she is most worried about right now is the marriage between Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan.

It's not that Cheng's eyes are shallow, but that Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan are both 16 years old.A few years ago, which of the more decent families in Beijing had a girl who didn't look like she was eleven or twelve years old?I started seeing each other at the early age of eight or nine, and settled down at the age of eleven or twelve.Like Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan, it was too late when the family only started seeing each other when they were 16 years old.

But who made these two years turbulent, and the situation in the court changed, Lin Ruhai personally said that he wanted to keep Lin Daiyu for two years.But now, seeing that the Jia family's affairs were settled, and the outside gradually calmed down, the Cheng family began to worry.

Cheng believes that with Lin Daiyu's good looks and family background, not to mention staying at home for one more year and then discussing marriage next year, even staying for two years, and then discussing marriage in the year after next, most people will marry.

But the problem is that when they are picking and picking, others are also picking and picking, and they are afraid that all the good men of the right age will be picked away.

Lin Ruhai said that she would keep her daughter for two more years, but Cheng didn't dare to talk too much, so she could only keep it in her heart, and then shifted her energy to buying dowry for the children.

After all, Mrs. Cheng is the mistress of the Lin family, and she is very worried. This breath will inevitably spread to the back garden, and Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan will naturally notice it.

When Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan heard about it, they just smiled and said nothing.Lin Daiyu was sure that neither her father nor her stepmother would treat her badly.More importantly, she knows very well that no matter where she is, she can still live a good life by herself.

So she wasn't worried at all.

If Lin Daiyu's life is piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine and tea, then Xing Xiuyan's life is oil, rice, firewood, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.

Lin Daiyu can enjoy a rich and leisurely life while taking care of mundane affairs easily, while Xing Xiuyan is obsessed with making money.For this matter, Lin Daiyu often made fun of her.However, teasing is all teasing, and when it's time to think about it, Lin Daiyu will not hesitate to help.

After all, the Xing family owes millions of dollars.Although it is not owed to the court, so you don't have to worry about being ransacked and questioned, but you have to pay it back.

Xing Xiuyan didn't know about the other villages in the Xing family, but the accounts of the seafood village that she built were delivered to her.Do a good job in the Longmen account, put the annual income and liabilities together, and compare it, Xing Xiuyan himself took a deep breath.

Without him, the profits are too lucrative.

It's just a sea merchant who has been running for a year, and his net profit exceeds [-]!

In other words, the amount of silver that can be used to repay debts this year is as high as 10 taels of silver.This is also because of the low cost at the beginning.According to estimates, maritime trade will bring at least 30 yuan to Zhuangzi in the next year!

After being shocked, Xing Xiuyan went to flip through the documents sent up immediately:

"What about the tax clearance papers?"

Jin'er, who was waiting for the pen and ink, was stunned at the time: "What do you want, Miss?"

"Help me find out where the tax payment documents are."

This thing is indispensable.

Nanny Cui said, "Girl, officials and officials are exempt from tax."

Xing Xiuyan said: "That's the land tax and the population tax. What is ours? It's a commercial tax! Naturally it's different."

Nanny Cui could not help but disapproved: "Girl, we are officials, not traders."

This is related to identity, and Mother Cui will never back down.With someone like her, it is her honor to educate a lady from an official family like Xing Xiuyan who is enfeoffed as a county lord, but if Xing Xiuyan recognizes herself as a merchant, she can only ask for it.

Only then did Xing Xiuyan realize that something was wrong with Nanny Cui.

After thinking for a while, she put down her pen and ink, picked up the tea bowl, and after thinking for a while, she said, "Nurse, in your heart, what is tax to the country and even Long Live?"

Taxes to the country, even long live?

If the tax is for the common people, Nanny Cui can still say it, but when it comes to the country, Nanny Cui is stuck.

income?

Nanny Cui didn't think this was the answer Xing Xiuyan wanted.

The maids serving in the room all looked at each other in blank dismay.

tax?

What does this have to do with them?They are girls of Xing Xiuyan, they have no land under their name, and they are servants themselves, so neither land tax nor per capita tax has anything to do with them.Since it doesn't matter, why worry about it?

As girls, they would never think about these issues.

Seeing the appearance of Nanny Cui and the girls, Xing Xiuyan couldn't help sighing.

There is a long way to go.

"It's the same reason why Mammy objected. Taxes, in a sense, are the positioning of Long Live's subjects and the country. How Long Live views his subjects, how Long Live intends to govern the country, all of these will be included in the taxation reflect."

Taxes are a concrete manifestation of the relationship between the ruler and all levels of the country.

"My mother opposes taxation, thinking that our family does not need to pay tax. This is the concrete manifestation of this idea. More simply, the country believes that businessmen should pay more taxes. This is China's idea of ​​suppressing business since ancient times. "

Nanny Cui and the others nodded secretly.

"Merchants do not engage in productive labor, but only rely on buying low and selling high to make a lot of money. Therefore, they should be heavily taxed. This is the origin of the idea of ​​suppressing business. There are policies and countermeasures. The court despises business and suppresses business. As a result It is the tax evasion that followed. The business profits are huge. After tax evasion, the profits are even more substantial. More people start to follow suit, stealing business while evading taxes. .”

Xing Xiuyan's words were like sharp knives: "Take overseas trade as an example. The trade between the two Song Dynasties was prosperous, and the surrounding vassal states frantically pursued all kinds of things from the Central Plains, from silk, tea, porcelain and even copper coins made in the Song Dynasty, so that the whole country , officials from the imperial court, country gentry and powerful people are all committed to smuggling. Note that I am talking about smuggling. Because they do not pay taxes! What are the consequences of such behavior? That is, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and the coastal areas and even the The state capitals along the river became very rich, but the inland areas became poorer and poorer.

"What will happen to the state capitals along the coast and the river when they are so rich? Naturally, the purchasing power of these state capitals has greatly increased, and the most direct result is that the price of food will continue to rise. Rations that can be bought for one penny originally cost two pennies. Only three pennies or even more money can be bought. The widening gap between the rich and the poor will eventually lead to a sharp increase in the living pressure of the people, that is to say, their hard work in a year can make them half a year Dry and half thin can basically eat [-]% full throughout the year, but the widening gap between the rich and the poor will directly cause them to be hungry all year round. How terrible are the hungry people, can I say it again?!"

Nanny Cui and all the maids were terrified.

Of course they know how terrible the hungry people are.

Many of them have seen it with their own eyes.

Xing Xiuyan said: "Even without maritime merchants, land annexation will become more and more serious, and the gap between rich and poor will gradually widen. The country has this obligation to stabilize prices and repay the people, but this requires a lot of money and food to support it. How about money and food? Come? Taxes? Of course not. Of course, if Wanzai can complete the tax reform of the government-gentry tax payment during his reign, and the treasury revenue will increase greatly, then it goes without saying. However, Wanzai has been busy cleaning up Shuoshu in the past two years and has no time God, seeing that the imperial court has no other income, as a subject, you should share the country's worries. Since the national law has already reduced or exempted the land tax and person tax, as a subject, you should be more content. Do you understand?"

"Yes."

Although she faintly felt that something was wrong, but being suppressed by Xing Xiuyan's aura, Nanny Cui could no longer say anything else.

After careful inspection, there was still no tax payment document. Xing Xiuyan wrote to Chen Li, asking him to pay the tax and hand over the tax payment document.

Gao Baobao couldn't resist writing to her to ask her, so Xing Xiuyan naturally wrote back to explain.Of course, although the wording is different, the purpose remains the same—it is her duty to pay taxes according to law.

Gao Baobao also knew this, and after simply seeking the emperor's opinion, he carried out a reform on the municipal shipping department under his jurisdiction. All tax payment documents were made in quadruplicate. Also taxpayers.

Lin Ruhai is also an extremely astute person. As a high-ranking official, he cannot do business by himself, but this does not prevent him from using his wife's housemaid to participate in this lucrative maritime trade.Like the Xing family, he also paid every penny of the taxes that should be paid for overseas trade.

Of course, Lin Ruhai and Xing Zhong vented their anger in private, and then Xing Zhong personally visited Gao Baobao, and reported the part of the trade of purchasing grain from Jiangnan to relieve the victims with the Shibo Department, and Gao Baobao reported to the court to reduce this part of the tax.

The Lin family and the Xing family were like this, and the Fang family who followed these two went to the Shibo Department to pay taxes for overseas trade immediately.

Then came the Wei family and the Wu family.Because they are businessmen, even if they help to purchase food from Jiangnan to help the people, they still cannot enjoy the national tax relief policy.However, the two patriarchs acted grandly, and as soon as they gritted their teeth, they paid all the taxes for the trade that passed through the Bosi in Laizhou City, Shandong Province.

The Wu family and the Wei family are the Eight Great Giants of Shanxi and Shaanxi. Their financial resources can support such behavior, but there are still many people who have not done so, including the Fan family who is also the Eight Great Giants of Shanxi and Shaanxi.

No way, the Fan family started their business by relying on maritime merchants. If they want to make up for the taxes of overseas trade, the amount is not ordinary!And the Fan family has other scruples.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Xing Xiuyan.