Zhu Pingan is an official. Can officials do business in the Ming Dynasty?
The answer is yes.
"The Ming Code" clearly stipulates that officials above the fourth rank are prohibited from doing business, but Zhu Pingan is now from the fifth rank, which is not prohibited by the Ming Code. Therefore, if Zhu Pingan is doing business now, there is no disciplinary problem at all, and there is no need to worry at all.
Being reported.
Moreover, this kind of legal and discipline constraints are increasingly ineffective. In the Ming Dynasty, there are many officials of fourth rank and above doing business, but they are just doing business through backdoors, with subordinates coming forward to run the business.
Especially when Emperor Jiajing's predecessor, his cousin Zhu Houzhao, became emperor, this restriction prohibiting officials from doing business was even more ineffective.
Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, had three well-known hobbies. The first hobby was fighting. He liked to designate himself as various princes, mighty generals, governors, etc., and often went on military expeditions. The second hobby was teasing women.
Zhu Houzhao often liked to visit privately incognito, and molested women from good families on the street. Once, he was even sent to the government by a righteous man for teasing women from good families. You can imagine how shocked and distraught his parents were when they saw that the prisoner in the hall was the emperor.
The third hobby is doing business. When Zhu Houzhao got interested, he would set up various shops in the palace, making the palace look like a market, selling meat, juggling, candied haws, clothes, and even
There are also brothels and restaurants where the maids and eunuchs act as merchants and customers in the market.
Therefore, after Zhu Houzhao's troubles, the ban on officials above the fourth grade from doing business was greatly reduced and was in vain.
Another advantage of doing business in the Ming Dynasty was the low commercial taxes.
Commercial taxes in the Ming Dynasty were pitifully low. At the beginning of Hongwu's reign, it was stipulated that "all commercial taxes should be one in thirty, and those who exceed the tax will be considered as violating the order." From then on, it was only reduced but not increased.
Of course, Zhu Pingan is also facing many problems now.
The first thing to bear the brunt is the store problem. To enter the fast food industry, the first problem that must be solved is the store. There is no store to talk about catering. In ancient times, there was no Meituan. Are you hungry? You can cook and deliver food at home.
Zhu Ping'an walked around and found no sign of cashing out the money in that store.
Zhu Ping'an also asked several stores, some of which had tepid business, while others had bleak business, but none of the store owners had any intention of taking action.
Forget it, asking like this is not an option.
Zhu Ping'an walked out under the strange glare of the owner of the house, turned around and walked out, preparing to find a real estate agent.
If you want to rent a house, find an agent. This sentence was also effective in the Ming Dynasty.
The real estate agency in the Ming Dynasty was called "Fangya", which evolved from the word "yashang". The reason why it was called "yashang" was because the original tooth merchants were engaged in livestock market intermediaries, bringing together livestock sellers and livestock buyers to make deals.
, these tooth dealers are experts at identifying the age and health of animals. Just by looking at the teeth of the animals, they can tell how old the animals are and whether they are healthy or not. Over time, people have dubbed them "tooth dealers".
Renting a house in the Ming Dynasty is different from modern times. In modern times, you can rent a house without going through an intermediary. The landlord and tenant can directly sign a contract or make a verbal agreement, but this is not possible in the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, if you want to rent a house, you must
You can only go through an intermediary, that is, Fang Ya.
The Ming Dynasty had very strict management of real estate transactions, and private sales and leases were not allowed. House buyers and sellers had to sign the house sale and lease contract with an official version of the contract, which was signed by Fang Ya as a guarantee. The buyer and seller paid the deed tax, and after registration and filing at the Yamen, the transaction was completed.
It will only take effect. Anyone who fails to go through this procedure is illegal and may be fined in the lighter case or imprisoned in the worst case.
Therefore, finding an agent to rent a house was not only an advertisement in the Ming Dynasty, but also a system. It is precisely for this reason that Fang Ya has the most accurate and complete housing information in the Ming Dynasty.
Like modern intermediaries, Fang Ya also has to charge intermediary fees. They are also different from modern intermediaries in that they need to supervise and supervise both parties to the transaction to go to the Yamen to pay taxes according to regulations. If there is tax evasion in a transaction, then the responsible person will be responsible.
Fang Ya will have to bear the responsibility and will be shackles and convicted.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were official fangs and private fangs. Official fangs, as the name suggests, were official real estate agents.
It was this kind of official teeth that Zhu Pingan was looking for.
It's a bit similar to the Housing Authority.
The official office responsible for the Qihua Gate area was nearby, and Zhu Ping'an arrived in less than ten minutes' walk.
This is a busy city in a busy city. The office feels a bit like a government office, but it is not as strict.
On the contrary, it was very lively.
Many people come to Guanya to seek services.
From the official institutions, we can see that capitalism in the Ming Dynasty sprouted, and business in the Ming Dynasty was quite prosperous.
There were five Guan Ya working in the office. When Zhu Pingan arrived, there were already about ten people in the room surrounding Guan Ya.
The five officials in the room were all busy and had nowhere to go. No one could spare their hands to entertain Zhu Ping'an.
There are still five or six people waiting in the room, chatting in twos and threes. Some of them are here to register for renting or selling real estate, and some are waiting to rent or buy real estate. If both parties can reach an agreement, they can go directly to Guan Ya to go through the procedures.
That's ok, the efficiency will increase much faster.
Fortunately, Guan Ya was still very efficient. After Zhu Ping'an waited for a while, one of Guan Ya became available.
While Guan Ya understood Zhu Pingan's needs, he took out a registration book and asked Zhu Pingan to register.
"Wait a minute, you are Lord Zhu Ping'an and Zhu?! Please take a seat."
After Guan Ya saw Zhu Ping'an's registered name, he looked like he was eating a lot, as if he had met an idol. His surprise attracted other Guan Ya nearby.
What made Zhu Pingan even more upset was that after hearing this, the other officials actually put down their hands on the client, stood up and gathered around to greet Zhu Pingan.
Uh, am I that famous?
Zhu Ping'an was stunned for a moment and couldn't react.
"Come here, pour some tea for Mr. Zhu."
“Pour the tea”
The enthusiasm of these five officials was outrageous, which made Zhu Ping'an completely confused.
How is this going?
After a while, Zhu Ping'an realized that it was because of his own treasury inspection that the Taicang bank case broke out, which led to a large number of officials having their properties confiscated or sold off.
This has injected a lot of vitality into Beijing, which is facing tight housing supply.
This has also benefited Fang Ya from Xinghuamen a lot. Originally, they didn’t have many houses, but now they are good. The Xinghuamen area they are responsible for suddenly has more than a hundred houses, and everyone has a share.
And there are 10 or 20 houses.
Make bricks without straw.
Fang Ya is a clever woman, and the house is a piece of cake. The house means income to Fang Ya.
That's why they were so excited when they heard Zhu Pingan's name, and they felt a strong sense of gratitude to Zhu Pingan.