"How much tax has been collected in Tianjin last year?"

Zhu Youxiao asked Tianjin Governor Hua Yuncheng at this time.

Hua Yuncheng replied truthfully: "Your Majesty, I received more than 3.72 million silver coins in taxes last year."

"So much is far beyond the salt tax, and even more than the cash registers in Taicang, the imperial court before the Tianqi Dynasty, was even more common in a year! When was Tianjin so rich?"

After hearing this, Xiong Tingbi was shocked and began to think in his heart, what would it be if he had taken this way in Jiangnan?

Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly: "I did not disappoint me if I implemented the new tax policy in Tianjin!"

When Zhu Youxiao was indeed making Bi Ziyan, Hua Yuncheng was equal to building a new city in Tianjin and moved a large amount of manufacturing to Tianjin New City to increase employment, Bi Ziyan, Hua Yuncheng and others were allowed to pilot new tax policies in Tianjin City.

The new tax policy is mainly to impose new commercial taxes.

According to the new tax policy, the transactions that occur in Tianjin City are not subject to the old 30 tax policy, but are taxed according to the general 30 tax and the small and micro 20 tax.

Therefore, the commercial tax in Tianjin City is higher than in other places.

But because the advanced technologies of the Ming Dynasty are now in the hands of the emperor, and the emperor only places these manufacturing industries with advanced technologies in Tianjin. In addition, the ones that purchase Tianjin industrial products are basically the official industries and various government offices.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao implemented new tax administration in Tianjin City, and his manufacturing workshops in Tianjin and local government-run enterprises and government offices could only comply.

In fact, it was just equivalent to the emperor Zhu Youxiao, who divided part of the industrial profits in Tianjin to the court through taxes and used them for public utilities.

Therefore, the new tax administration piloted in Tianjin is easy to implement and there is no resistance.

But what did not disappoint Zhu Youxiao was that the trial of the new tax policy in Tianjin area did indeed bring considerable tax revenue to the court.

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"Test you to death! Damn, I'll tell you to escape!"

At this time, Zhu Youxiao, who had just left Tianjin City accompanied by Hua Yuncheng and others, saw a group of people beating several people. Among them, a gentry wearing a copper coin-patterned brocade robe was holding a crutch and shouting loudly at the beaten people.

In addition to a few young and strong people, these beaten people also have elderly and children, which obviously look like a family.

The group of people who were beating them were dressed in all kinds of soapy short-skinned dresses. It was obvious that the slaves raised by the gentry all greeted these people with sticks.

Among the beaten people, some people have already pleaded: "Give up your life! Give up your life! Master!"

This gentry did not spare the lives of these people because of this, but continued to scold: "Forgive you! If you spare you, how can I establish my authority! Today I will definitely beat you to death, so that other tenants who want to escape to Tianjin City will have a better memory. If you dare to escape from my master's farm, you will have to die!"

This gentry was named Feng Shengshi, and was a juren in the area of ​​Tianjin City. His father Feng Jinglun once served as the Minister of War in Nanjing. He was considered to be a more famous family of officials and gentry in Tianjin Weili.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was common for local officials and gentry to kill their own slaves and tenants without authorization, because they were equivalent to grassroots local emperors, and they had no awareness of the court's laws at all. They also seized tenants and slaves in their clans, and even formulated their own laws and regulations.

At this time, Feng Shengshi wanted to kill these tenants because they wanted to escape from his farm.

Zhu Youxiao had already seen a commoner who was beaten to death by the Feng family's strong slave. For a moment, he ordered with a cold face: "Wei Zhongxian, please let someone stop them and arrest them all!"

"I obey the order!"

Wei Zhongxian replied.

"This phenomenon of a powerful race taking human life is very common in this area?"

Then, Zhu Youxiao asked Hua Yuncheng again.

Hua Yuncheng hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, this is true. In Tianjin City, even the work income of newly-organized refugees is much higher than that of nearby tenants and some powerful clans' lower-class slaves, so many tenants and slaves will voluntarily flee to Tianjin City and become new households in Tianjin City. These powerful clans naturally refuse. If there are tenants, the slaves will be crippled and beaten to death by these powerful clans! Some powerful clans have also set up a "flight law" village contract. Some people who flee without authorization and are unwilling to be slaves or rent powerful clans' fields will either be soaked in pig cages like adultery, or burned to death or directly beaten to death!"

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao looked at Feng Shengshi, a prison student with a serious look.

In Zhu Youxiao's memory, in history, after the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, it promulgated the "Fugitive Law".

Because the Manchu nobles occupied a large amount of land in the Central Plains and then forced a large number of Han people to become Baoyi and farm for them. However, these Han people who became Manchu nobles were exploited and exploited in particular. Therefore, many Han people took the initiative to flee elsewhere. In order to prevent the Han people from escaping, the Qing court promulgated the "Fugitive Law" and implemented a harsh system of joint seats. Whoever escaped would be killed, and even the families that were hiding the fugitive would be killed.

Now, Zhu Youxiao discovered that because the new production model in Tianjin City attracted more labor, local officials and gentry in this area actually launched the "flight law" like the Qing Dynasty, forcibly restricting the freedom of tenants and slaves, making them their own slaves forever.

"Can the squire establish his own laws? Whose world is my Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Youxiao asked coldly.

At this time, the Jinyiwei had already come over to Feng Shengshi, who was beating these people.

"stop!"

Gu Lou of Jinyiwei stopped shouting.

The rich slaves under Feng Shengshi stopped and all looked at Feng Shengshi.

Feng Shengshi also noticed Zhu Youxiao and his group before this, but he did not expect that Zhu Youxiao and his group would actually care about this little business.

Because Zhu Youxiao and the Jinyiwei were wearing casual clothes, Feng Shengshi was not afraid, but shouted loudly: "Continue to beat me! Who told you to stop!"

As he said that, Feng Shengshi looked at Gu Lou and others: "What are you doing? I want to kill my own tenant households to death, what are you doing!"

"Catch it!"

Gu Lou was too lazy to talk to Feng Shengshi, so he waved his hand and shouted.

Then, the Jinyiwei beside Gu Lou immediately ran over, drew his sword directly, and then captured Feng Shengshi and others.

Feng Shengshi was quite frightened because of this and couldn't help but shout: "Who are you, what are you going to do? I will kill my own tenant, what's the matter with you!"

At this time, Feng Shengshi had been taken to Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao said coldly, "Who gives you the courage to beat and kill people at will? Daming Luli did not say that employers could beat and kill tenants at will!"

"You young man is funny, but have good fame? My father has been the Minister of War in Nanjing. I am a filial and ungrateful person. What's wrong with killing the tenant? Why do you need to meddle in other people's business!"

Feng Shengshi asked with a sneer.

Zhu Youxiao said to Hua Yuncheng, "Hua Aiqing, you are the governor here. You should leave this matter to you as a typical example. In addition, he told the world that all clans in the world immediately stopped establishing their own village covenants and laws. If anyone who is found out who is making a private village covenant and fleeing the law will be punished for treason!"

"I obey the order!"

Hua Yuncheng replied.
Chapter completed!