Chapter 156: Comprehensiveness is the last word(1/3)
Therefore, looking at the entire Chinese history, Emperor Hongwu is the first emperor who hates merchants so much!
Is it great to have money?
I won’t let you spend money!
You are not allowed to wear good clothes if you have money!
If you have money, you are not allowed to live in a good house!
You are not allowed to sit in a sedan chair if you have money!
Even if you see an old farmer who is farting along the way with the scalper, you have to give me a polite point and let the old farmer go first!
Zhu Yuanzhang implemented these regulations to the end! Resolutely implement them!
There is a merchant in Jinling who is rich and has drunk too much and is wearing sable boots on the road, but was seen by the Censor of the City!
Good guy, just be fine if your house was just raided!
These merchants even had their feet chopped off by Emperor Hongwu at the order of the Emperor!
Let you wear boots!
Let you be proud!
I will make you unable to even walk the road!
Not only that, in the 14th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the prefectures and counties across the country to start compiling yellow household registration books. The yellow household registration system is more detailed than the household registration system, and the village official, name, age, Dingkou, land and house, and assets of each household were registered in detail. The household registration was divided into three major books: civilian, military, and craftsmanship according to their occupations.
In addition to the civilian households, there are also households such as Confucianism, medicine, Yin and Yang. In addition to the military households, there are also college lieutenants, strong men, bows, and shops. They are also registered handicraft households. There are also households with stoves and salt making.
The Huang Book was the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty and was also a method of tax service, so it was also called the tax service Huang Book. The implementation of the Huang Book adopts a bottom-up approach. First, the government formulates a "list supply list" and distributes it to each household, fills in truthfully, and then handed over to the head of A.
Then, each of them sent the books to the county, and then each of the county's basic books compiled the yellow books of the county and sent them to the prefecture. The prefecture and the governor made the books one by one, and finally reported them to the Ministry of Revenue.
A total of four yellow books were made, one was sent to the Ministry of Revenue for the rest of the Ministry of Revenue, one was deposited by the government, the government, and the county. This is also called the "Tax and Service Yellow Book". Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that the contents of the yellow book must be filled in truth by himself or an agent, otherwise he would be severely punished and not loaned.
The Yellow Books of the Ming Dynasty were tighter than the household registration statistics of previous dynasties, and the control of population was unprecedented.
In order to firmly control the population and prevent the emergence of refugees, Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that household registration should not be changed at will. "He ordered the four civil affairs to be in charge of their own business. Doctors and fortune-telling indigenous people should not travel far away."
"If anyone is not engaged in farming and specializing in the author and is regarded as a homeless person, he will be arrested."
Through this policy, Zhu Yuanzhang tried to tie farmers to the land and serve as farmers for generations. This policy is conducive to the restoration and development of agriculture, but is not conducive to the development of industry and commerce.
The hierarchy system of the Ming Dynasty can be seen from the Yellow Book system.
Zhu Yuanzhang once said: "A family of food and wealth is equal to that of common people. Those who follow the affairs of the people to serve the superiors are the affairs of common people. If a wise man and a gentleman value his body and remand his family, then the gentleman and savage man will have no distinction, and it is not the way to persuade the scholars to treat the wise."
That is to say, scholars must be distinguished from "savages" to encourage scholars to enter the career of officialdom. The Ming Dynasty divided the national household registration into three levels. Among them, royal families, officials and gentry and literati were the highest levels. They not only enjoyed many privileges in politics, but also enjoyed certain tax-free and exempted services economically.
The second level is common people, who are also the broadest group in society and the basic group that is taxed, including half of the civilians and common people.
The third-level untouchables, slaves, tenants, etc. are not included in the yellow book and have no political power, but have strict affiliation with the master.
In short, that is, what your father does, you will continue to do!
Therefore, your father is a lowly businessman, so you have to continue to be a lowly businessman!
The imperial examination has nothing to do with you!
During the entire Hongwu period, merchants were the lowest in status, so those merchants missed the Mongolian Yuan in their dreams!
It doesn’t matter whether the people live well or not, we live a very comfortable life anyway!
"Okay, the second question is, how about the Ming Dynasty taxes compared with the Mongolian Yuan?"
Fang Shiyu asked immediately.
The court received economic income, and commercial tax accounted for the majority!
After the Northern Song Dynasty was beaten to the Southern Song Dynasty by the Jurchens, its territory also shrank sharply, leaving only a few territories in Huguang, Bashu and Jiangnan!
The entire southwest is basically occupied by the Duan clan of Dali!
They were all beaten like this, and it is logical that the Southern Song Dynasty has been exhausted!
But with the extreme rush to answer the trade and tax revenue, the Southern Song Dynasty actually survived until the Mongol Yuan destroyed the Jurchens and headed south!
It's not a miracle!
Therefore, Fang Shiyu also wanted to know about the Ming Dynasty income tax, which was actually commercial tax.
"That.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n"
"The villain is very particular. His Majesty is still very tolerant of merchants in terms of taxation."
"We businessmen are taxed, and they are thirty taxes."
When Shen Wansan saw Fang Shiyu ask this question, he was rarely surprised and his old face turned red.
In fact, in terms of trade policies, compared with the Mongolian Yuan, the Ming Dynasty did the opposite!
During the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties, the merchants stepped on whom they saw, and during the Ming dynasties, the merchants stepped on whom they saw!
But when it comes to commercial tax, the commercial tax in the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties was so high that it was endless!
You are tax-inclusive, and I am also tax-inclusive. In the world, the whole family must be harmonious and get promoted and make money together!
Do you want to play with the silly?
You are afraid you want to die!
My business can be paid without or less tax, but other people's business can be charged more or less. As long as I can't die, I will collect it to death!
The Ming Dynasty was thirty taxes, and how much was the Mongolian Yuan?
Basically, there are five taxes and one taxes and even three taxes and one tax!
If you meet someone who is so sad, you will have half of it!
It can be seen that the Ming Dynasty is really kind-hearted!
But even so, many people still got used to tax evasion during the Mongolian Yuan period. By the Ming Dynasty, they were still full of ways and evasion in various taxes!
"Thirty taxes per one? Is this too low?"
Fang Shiyu was also shocked when she heard this!
Not to mention the previous dynasty, just compare the latter dynasty. Can these two things like 10,000 taxes and 10,000 taxes be called people?
No matter whether it was in front of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongol Yuan or the Qing dog in the previous dynasty, they looked like a kind and simple child no matter how they looked!
During the feudal period, the income of the imperial court, besides the specialized salt and iron, was only the land tax, the Ding tax and the commercial tax!
Why did the Ming Dynasty die in the end?
The most fundamental reason for the lack of money in the imperial court!
The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, the Donglin Party members, and the imperial officials were all rich and fat like pigs!
The court and the people were all poor, and they could hardly even afford to wear shorts!
Chongzhen was fooled by the Donglin Party and killed Wei Zhongxian, the only one who could get money for the court!
The result is even worse!
Should Wei Zhongxian die?
It’s really damn! It’s not an exaggeration to cut into pieces!
But we shouldn't have died at that time!
As soon as Wei Zhongxian died, the Donglin Party even covered the sky with one hand. Is there any other use besides writing something worthless to Chongzhen and praising him as the emperor of the ages?
That's why Fang Shiyu was so shocked!
You should know that the Ming Dynasty was not long before it was established. After such a long war, the population has not recovered yet!
Even in the late Ming Dynasty, there were hundreds of millions of people (because the Qing dogs tampered with history, it is still unclear whether it was 400 million or 200 million! Anyway, the Qing dogs killed at least 100 million Han people!), look at Kang Mazi again, a population of 100 million was blown into a prosperous era!
Not only that, in order to encourage the seeds of study, Emperor Hongwu did not have to pay taxes as long as you took the imperial examination and passed the exam.
During the Hongwu period, the biggest source of income for the imperial court was the only place where the local garrisons handed over!
Therefore, it is easy to imagine how low the imperial court's income is!
Otherwise, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have been so frowning!
As for why the thirteen countries that do not seek expropriation are listed, most of the reason is that the court is poor!
Could it be that Lao Zhu is so kind and does good deeds to the Gentiles everywhere?
Just a little money and a little income, so you naturally have to spend the money on the blade!
If you beat a Tartar, you are almost tightening your belt. How can you have spare money to fight other barbarians?
For those small countries, as long as we don’t ride on our Ming Dynasty’s face, we just turn a blind eye and just live by it!
"The villain doesn't know either, maybe it's...\n.\n.\n.\n.\n.\n Maybe it's because His Majesty is kind-hearted!"
Poor Shen Wansan, his old face was so red!
All these words were forced to say them, which shows that they were really useless!
To be continued...