"Your son thinks, what is tax?”
"This is nothing more than a tool used by the country to regulate the economy!”
"If the taxes of the imperial court are too heavy and the commoners can't survive, they will naturally rebel like the Qian Yuan!”
"But if the imperial court's tax collection is low, then it'll be like our Great Ming Dynasty. It'll be even more difficult to do anything with our hands tied."
"But has Imperial Father ever thought of something? There seemed to be a group of people who had been living well since the change of dynasties.
"Although his status is low, he really has a lot of money!”
"This group is the merchants!"
"Indeed, every dynasty has suppressed the status of merchants, but they haven't done much about the taxes of merchants!”
"The commoners and merchants have the same tax, and the business tax is even lower than the commoners 'tax. This is robbing the poor to help the rich!”
"If that's the case, the poor will only get poorer and the rich will get richer!”
"Now that the Hongwu Dynasty has just been established, it is recuperating. The emperor is sympathetic to the people, and the tax revenue is extremely low compared to the previous dynasty!”
"This should have been right, but the imperial court's tax collection is mainly focused on agricultural taxes, causing the imperial court's own financial distress!“
"On the other hand, those merchants were living extremely comfortably!”
"Putting aside smuggling and other businesses, even if they were doing proper business and transporting goods from one place to another, the profits they obtain might not even be what a commoner could get in ten years!”
"But why doesn't the Imperial Court levy heavy taxes on them?”
"The financial difficulties caused by the tax cuts of the imperial court can be made up for by these people!”
Zhu Rong was forced into a corner by Old Zhu and Zhu Biao. He could only briefly explain his thoughts,
However, his thoughts made Old Zhu and Zhu Biao's eyes light up.
The imperial court was really poor. If not for that, Old Zhu wouldn't have been so happy to get a glasswork workshop.
However, Zhu Rong seemed to have opened up a new path for them.
The merchants had been suppressed throughout the dynasties.
However, the more they suppressed it, the higher the income of this group.
Just like Old Zhu, merchants were often exploited by the emperor and officials.
However, no matter how much they were exploited, they were still living well.
It was not that no emperor had tried the tax method that Zhu Rong mentioned before.
However, the results were minimal.
Zhu Biao asked.
"There are small merchants and big merchants!”
"If taxes are treated equally, it will naturally hit industry and commerce!”
"However, if the imperial court were to adopt a tiered tax system, it would be fine as long as the small merchants were exempted from paying heavy taxes!”
" Of course, merchants value profit over righteousness. If the emperor hits them hard enough, they won't do business anymore."
"Royal Father should understand the principle of killing the goose that laid the golden eggs!“
Zhu Rong told him what he knew and understood.
Zhu Biao and the Emperor were deep in thought. Although Zhu Xiong's words were a little messy, this did not prevent the Ming Dynasty's Son of Heaven and the future Son of Heaven from extending his words.
At this point, there was actually no need for Zhu Rong to say anything more.
As the manager of Big Ming, if he couldn't even grasp some details,
That wouldn't make sense.
"I thought you were sympathizing with Shen Wansan, but I didn't expect you to stab the world's wealthy businessmen."
"Hahaha, Fifth Brother, regarding that Shen Wansan, Zhen agrees!”
"Tell me your second condition!"
"The second condition is that I can help Imperial Father look after the position of the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, but Imperial Father will send someone else to manage the specific matters!”
"I'll just take care of a house for you. What do you think?”
Old Zhu really wanted to slap Zhu Rong's shameless face.
Who would take the initiative to ask the emperor to make him a figurehead without hurting anyone?
Old Zhu was so angry that he laughed.
There was nothing he could do about this bastard.
"Alright, I will consider it!"
"Get lost first. I'm annoyed when I see you!”
"Tomorrow, I'll draw up a decree and assign you a mission!”
Zhu Rong couldn't wait to leave the Hall of Martial Valor.
Zhu Biao sighed as he looked at Zhu Xiong's back.
"Imperial Father, little brother should have been a saint. Your son has always believed that he should not be buried in the Embroidered Uniform Guards!”
"The essence of taxation should be to rob the rich to help the poor. This son admires Fifth Brother a lot.”
"But is it worth it for father to throw such a fifth brother into the dye vat?“
Old Zhu himself fell into a state of hesitation.
The wisdom that Zhu Rong unintentionally showed was different from what he had shown before.
If it was farming, cement, glasswork, and penicillin, although No. 5 had made great contributions,
However, in the end, it was all to show his talent in skills.
Skills were just small tricks, and what Old Fifth had just displayed was the vision of a country's talent.
However, when he thought of Empress Ma's speculation about her lone subject, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly felt enlightened.
He sneered,
"Boss, if you think that Fifth Brother is in a dye vat, then you can personally get him out after you become the emperor!”
"He's a child of the Zhu family. He should share his father's troubles!”
"But…didn't you want him to become a Saint?”
Zhu Biao was stunned. What was his father talking about?
Zhu Yuanzhang took out a secret scroll from his desk.
Zhu Biao opened it and found that it was information about Zhu Xiong.
Among them, there was a sales figure of 30,000 copies for the Record of Strange Insects.
This shocked Zhu Biao.
The Strange Insect Record had sold 30,000 copies in such a short period of time?
Almost every scholar in the world had one.
"When the conditions are ripe, zhen wants to see!”
"Can the things written in his book really change the fate of the people of my Ming Dynasty?”
"Father, are you going to forbid the people of the world from drinking raw water?”
"That's right!"
The Insect Record revealed the existence of parasites, microorganisms, bacteria, and viruses to all living beings in the world.
It also made the world understand the hidden dangers of drinking raw water.
In fact, the things mentioned above were not just that.
There were also many shocking practices in the Great Ming Dynasty.
For example, how to fight the plague.
The most eye-catching one was drinking water.
The King of Wu, Zhu Xi, once said that as long as the people of the world could get rid of the habit of drinking raw water,
The people can live for many years,
This also caused a lot of discussion among the scholars.
Some people objected to Zhu Rong, thinking that he was playing to the gallery.
There were also people who had seen microscopes and parasites in the water, and they became loyal fans of the Record of Strange Insects.
As for the apricot forest,
Most people had long treated Zhu Rong as a Holy Doctor.
Especially in the past half a month, Old Zhu had asked Zhu Xi to rush ten microscopes.
Except for Yingtian Prefecture,
Fengyang of the Central Capital and a few other wealthy cities had all been bestowed with the eyes of a saint by the emperor.
There were even fewer people in the world who rejected the record of mutated insects.
"Old Fifth is also a genius. After offending all the officials, he actually managed to turn the situation around when the reputation of the scholarly community was notorious!”
"This is all thanks to sister-in-law!"
"The record of mutated insects and the microscope. He probably won't be able to escape the title of Holy Doctor!”
"Father wants to push away the water token. It can indeed be considered as pushing Fifth Brother. Father is wise!”
"Humph!"
"I've let you be a good person!"
Old Zhu was very pleased with Zhu Biao's smacking, but he didn't want to admit it.
He asked the eunuch to bring the imperial edict. After writing it, he sent it to the Ministry of Central Affairs.
The Ministry of Central Affairs
Hu Weiyong and Li Shan Chang, who had just been spanked by the Emperor and did not dare to sit down, saw this imperial edict and their expressions changed drastically.
Water Token!
His Majesty actually issued an imperial edict for the Strange Insect Record.
"Wu Wang, the emperor is favored!"
"It looks like His Highness has a chance of becoming a Saint Ruler! "Hu Weiyong couldn't help but sigh.
"Wrong!"
"At least in the eyes of the people in the apricot forest, he is already a saint!”
At this moment,
On the other side,
Zhu Rong had already left the Martial Meritocrats Hall. Xu Miaoyun saw his dejected look and said,
They were all stunned.
Her husband had always been lawless. What method did the Emperor use to actually make Zhu Rong like this?
"Your Highness, what are you doing?"
"The Emperor punished you?"
"Don't say anymore. I've been unlucky for eight lifetimes recently!”
"I used to hide so well. Why have things been happening recently?”
"I'm tired. Let's destroy it!"
Zhu Rong couldn't be bothered with the little eunuch and walked forward.
Xu Miaoyun's heart ached when she saw Zhu Rong's state.
Although he knew rationally that the Emperor would not punish Zhu Rong too severely,
But Xu Miaoyun couldn't help but worry for Zhu Rong.
"If Your Highness has any troubles, you can share them with me!”
"Although this lowly official is not capable enough, it would be good if I could help Your Highness!”
Zhu Rong turned his head to look at the young eunuch and said,"
"Then can you help me be the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards?”
"What?"
Xu Miaoyun almost couldn't breathe. After all this, this was the reason why you were sighing?
A chance for promotion that others could not even dream of,
Her husband was like his parents had died. How afraid was he of being noticed and put in an important position?
"Your Highness, shouldn't you be happy?”
Xu Miaoyun asked Zhu Rong tentatively. Zhu Rong looked at the young eunuch as if he was looking at an idiot.
Happy my ass.
After mixing around with the Jinyiwei, the image that he had maintained for many years, that he was harmless to humans and animals, or at least absolutely harmless to the future emperor, was completely destroyed.
Damn it, the emperor was a dead end!
If it were any other position, it would be fine.
However, the Jinyiwei was an important department that controlled national affairs.
As long as he had a resume, he would be able to cut off his vassal in the future?
Would Zhu Yunwen let him go?
Zhu Rong didn't show it in the Hall of Martial Valor just now, but the more he thought about it, the more frustrated he became.
If it wasn't for his big brother, Zhu Rong would have rebelled against his fourth brother earlier.
However, when she thought of her big brother and how his flesh and blood were killing each other…
He couldn't bear it either.
"Sigh, I still lack the power to change history!”
"Continue to endure!"
Zhu Rong couldn't be bothered with the little eunuch and continued walking toward his residence.
He was still thinking about how to get out of this predicament.
"If Your Highness is troubled, why don't you talk to the Princess Consort?”
"This servant can't help Your Highness, but Wang Fei should be able to, right?”
"Xu Miaoyun?"
After being reminded by the eunuch, Zhu Rong realized that he hadn't seen Xu Miaoyun for almost a month.
Speaking of which, should he look for her?
This guy refused to see me after I kissed him last time?
Could it be that they were going to find him?
"I believe that if Your Highness has something on your mind, the princess consort will definitely be able to enlighten you.”
The young eunuch was very certain.
"Alright, let's go talk to my wife!"
Zhu Rong patted the young eunuch's shoulder and turned to leave the palace.
The next moment, Xu Miaoyun quickly changed her clothes and left from the other side.
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