Song Zhong looked at Dashang who kept entering in front of him, his eyes almost narrowed with laughter.
Unlike later generations, in the world of Ming Dynasty, rich people really hid their wealth and kept a low profile.
Coupled with the Ming Dynasty's clothing system restrictions, it is impossible to see anyone wearing gold, silver, or luxurious clothes.
Just like the shopkeepers who just entered, they are just stewards of a certain restaurant on weekdays. On weekdays, they wear hemp clothes and smile at everyone they see. Even ordinary people can sometimes drink alcohol.
A few sentences.
I didn't see any unusual reaction from him, and he was always greeted with a smile.
It is very difficult for Jin Yiwei to investigate these things. We cannot really investigate everyone in the capital. Not to mention the workload, it is of little significance.
Now, it's much easier.
Song Zhong also knows that most of these shopkeepers are on the surface, and there must be people behind the scenes who haven't come out, but it doesn't matter, if you follow the clues, at least the clues will be found.
"His Royal Highness, this move is really quick. To make some money in the capital, what you need is fame. Now that Zhengyang Avenue has been renovated, the houses on both sides are astronomically expensive, which is equivalent to the cards."
"If there are no shops on both sides of this avenue, who can say that he is famous?"
Song Zhong's self-conscious emotion.
When it comes to making money, who can compare with His Highness Taisun? After touching the new clothes on his body, Song Zhong felt extremely comfortable.
Seeing that it was almost the first day of the new year, Jin Yiwei all received an extra month's salary as a reward for the New Year, and other benefits remained unchanged.
This makes everyone very motivated, thinking about solving some cases and repaying His Majesty the Grand Sun.
"Boss, my subordinates heard that after last year, they intended to arrange a batch of special funds, but there is such a thing."
Seeing that Song Zhenfu was in a happy mood, a member of the Qianhu family had the courage to ask.
As soon as the news about this incident came out in Jinyiwei Yamen, it spread quickly, and the brothers were very excited when they heard it.
In fact, Jinyiwei also had funds before, but this amount was relatively tight.
Now that His Highness Taisun is taking action, can the feeling be the same?
"During the period of funding, brothers, please rest assured. Since His Highness Taisun has spoken this, he will never be ambiguous. We Jin Yiwei are the loyal confidants of His Highness Taisun and will not treat our brothers badly."
Song Zhong said comprehensively.
The reason why he dared to say this was that arrangements from Taisun's side had already been put in place, and a full two million yuan of special funds would be allocated for expenses next year.
The biggest subsidies here are information and pensions.
In the past, there was almost no money for information, but now, it will be reclassified into several levels. High-level information is said to be worth thousands of coins.
Thinking about it this way, Song Zhong's smile became even stronger.
"With the words of Governor Song, we brothers can feel at ease. If the brothers below ask about this matter, it would be nice to have an explanation, so as not to be in a trance all day and think about this matter every day."
"The boss doesn't know that the brothers below are feeling a little unbalanced now that their treatment is almost catching up with ours."
Qianhu said next to him.
Originally, the treatment of the Jinyi Guards was the highest among the entire Ming Dynasty Guards. The only one who could compete with them was the Xiaoling Guards.
Now, because of His Highness Taisun, the salary at the Capital Guards Station has skyrocketed.
The Xuanjia Guards are no different. They are the personal guards directly under His Highness Taisun. Even the naming was done by His Highness Taisun himself.
But in other health centers, the treatment is getting better and better.
Not to mention three meals a day, but also a big meal of fish and meat. It was like going out to restaurants every day. It was really a magical day.
It's nothing if it's hard and tiring. Who can take it easy?
Moreover, Jin Yiwei himself does things that offend others, and he has to suffer injustice from time to time, and he does a lot of dirty work.
"Go back and make it clear to the brothers that this time everyone will receive the benefits before the New Year. This is His Highness's consideration. He also understands that everyone has worked hard for a year, but after the New Year, the entire Jinyiwei will undergo an assessment.
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"The content of the assessment is unknown, but if you don't pass the assessment, even if you don't ask for a royal guard, you will be directly at the bottom, and you will not be able to enjoy many benefits."
Having said this, Song Zhong paused slightly, and then said in a deep voice: "Even you, you should not take it with you when you go back."
"Including this officer, they also need to pass the assessment."
After hearing this, several thousand and hundreds of households became a little nervous.
But when I turned around and thought about it, I realized that Taisun was still very reliable.
It is conceivable that some Jinyiwei brothers will definitely be dismissed in this assessment, but His Highness Taisun Renyi, this assessment was not implemented before the year before, but waited until after the year.
Let the brothers of Jinyiwei, no matter what the results of the assessment are, at least this year's benefits will be in their hands.
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"Dasun, your method is really good. In this way, the details of these big businessmen can be found out quickly."
Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Ying with a smile.
This does not mean that these businessmen must be executed, but if they are under the supervision of the Ming Dynasty officials, many things will be easier to handle.
Zhu Yuanzhang had never looked down upon businessmen. It was precisely because of his fear of businessmen and his lack of knowledge about business that he intensified his efforts to suppress businessmen.
Now following Da Sun's path, Zhu Yuanzhang increasingly felt the benefits of being proficient in business. A large amount of money and materials began to gather towards the capital under Da Sun's step-by-step arrangements.
The Ministry of Household Affairs, internal funds, and money have been collecting more and more money.
Because the Qunying Chamber of Commerce pays all taxes on time, the Ministry of Household Affairs alone sees an increase of at least hundreds of thousands of dollars in commercial taxes every month from the Capital Qunying Chamber of Commerce.
The capital alone can currently provide two million guan of treasure banknotes to the Ministry of Revenue every year.
How many problems must be solved?
The most important thing is that the construction of the houses on Zhengyang Avenue has not yet started, and several of Dasun's factories are still under preparation due to the winter.
It is conceivable that after the factory was opened, the tax revenue here increased.
When it came to paying taxes, Zhu Ying never let his status as his great-grandson lead to any deficiencies in taxes. On the contrary, he strictly inspected the taxes and had to pay them in full, even if he was missing a single coin.
It is also because of the actions of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce that other chambers of commerce have complained endlessly.
In this way, many routines that have been used can no longer be used. No matter what, you will still have to pay more than before.
Every time they pay taxes, those businessmen feel like their hearts are bleeding.
Even if there is one more copper plate, this is something that could have been easily avoided before.
The government has also begun to attach great importance to business taxes, making it much more difficult for ordinary businessmen to avoid taxes.
There is no legal tax avoidance.
No matter what your reasons are, you have to pay a certain amount of tax to pass the test.
After all, generally speaking, tax officials don't care about so much and don't bother to reason.
If you don't pay, it won't work.
"Grandpa, there are no problems in the business sector at present. The most important thing is that these literati are secretly running the school."
Zhu Ying said in a deep voice.
He has received news that things about the school have been spread everywhere, and there is a lot of resistance.
Zhu Yuanzhang said disdainfully: "As for those idiots in the Hanlin Academy, what can they do? Their actions have been recorded in the files by the Jin Yiwei. We have also read them, and we can't cause any trouble."
Zhu Ying shook his head and said: "Nothing has happened yet in the capital, but we have just received news that someone has thoroughly analyzed the matter about the school and passed it around through the merchant gang channels."
“After the New Year and Lantern Festival, I’m afraid local resistance has already formed and it will be difficult to promote development.”
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said: "But I found out who spread the news. Jin Yiwei and other wastes are useless at all. They don't even know about this kind of news."
Zhu Ying shook his head and said: "The Jin Yiwei monitors hundreds of officials and has relatively little contact with merchants. The news this time initially spread within the merchant gangs."
"However, there are no pure businessmen these days. It is probably controlled by the literati behind them. Many of the talented people in the family may not be in official positions now, and it is difficult to find them."
"There are many smart people. But my grandson has never thought that he could get in by hiding it."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded. Anyone who has a little perspective on the overall situation can see the fishiness in this. Even if things in the court are suppressed, it is difficult to prevent them from being spread to the outside world.
It's just that the courtiers may have more than one mind.
"Da Sun has thought of a countermeasure." Zhu Yuanzhang asked later.
Zhu Ying smiled bitterly and said: "There is no good way to break this situation. The only way is to suppress it with dignity and justice, and then proceed slowly."
It is impossible to completely change the way of recruiting scholars in the Ming Dynasty at once.
This requirement will definitely change after it reaches its destination.
Even Zhu Ying himself could not guarantee whether members of the chamber of commerce would be infiltrated. Moreover, the leaders of many branches of local chambers of commerce have begun to make small moves secretly.
In this regard, we can only focus on self-examination.
Fortunately, although the Chamber of Commerce is affiliated with Zhu Ying, and is technically considered the Royal Chamber of Commerce, one day it has not given him a clear name, and the other day it is the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, but the backend is very large.
The concepts and many rules are different.
If the name is correct, the Qunying Chamber of Commerce will be equivalent to the concept of a state-owned enterprise, and its members will also have a staff, which is no different from officials. Now it is unbelievable that the shopkeepers are still businessmen, at least they cannot interfere with the government.
Even though he is not as despised as other businessmen because of his relationship with the Chamber of Commerce, at least on the surface, he is relatively respected.
This is also a limit, a limit that Zhu Ying feels.
He does not want the status of merchants to be too low, but he will never let the status of merchants be too high, even higher than the local government itself. Among internal punishments, those who abuse power for personal gain are often severely punished according to law.
The whistleblower will receive half of the confiscated property, excluding the proceeds from corruption.
Such a system makes it inevitable for those at the upper levels, such as those in charge of local branches, to be more careful when doing things.
But in this regard, false accusation is the same crime.
New Year's Eve.
When the sky was slightly bright, the capital, which was originally hot, seemed to be ignited with blazing flames in this severe cold winter.
On the street, people were coming and going, bustling and walking side by side.
Even the poorest people wore clothes that looked clean and tidy.
The Spring Festival is an important festival for all the Central Plains ethnic groups.
Not only the Han people, but also all the Central Plains dynasties were like this.
The Ming Dynasty was the first multi-ethnic united dynasty.
Mongols, Jurchens, Khitans, Hans, Turks, Semu people and other ethnic groups are very common in the capital.
Even Persians, Arabs, and even people from further afield are not unusual.
This is the Ming Dynasty, this is the capital of the Central Plains dynasty.
When her potential was tapped and effectively controlled, people were surprised to find out.
It turns out that our capital is so prosperous.
The houses on both sides from Zhengyangmen to Waiwulong Square have long been notified by the government to be demolished.
But that was after the year.
The shops here belong to the land deeds and have received full compensation. In today's world, this is really extremely unfair.
Every one of them praises the kindness of the court.
As for such things as nail-biting households and raising prices on the ground, they do not exist and cannot exist.
It doesn’t matter whether you are seventy-year-old, eighty-year-old, or a three-year-old child. If you want to sit on the ground and raise prices, if you block it, you will just break your legs and throw them out, and you will not even get sympathy from others.
Nowadays, there are painters painting in front of the shops on both sides. In the era without cameras, the only way to preserve memories was to paint.
Thanks to Zhu Yuanzhang's generosity when he entered the city, many of these shops in prime locations were in the hands of Nanjing locals and were not forcibly expropriated.
Because Zhu Yuanzhang had already designated this place as the capital at that time, and did not want to cause public dissatisfaction. After the war, he mainly focused on appeasement. Moreover, when Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country, he had already thought of recognizing the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty as the orthodoxy of the Central Plains dynasty.
Naturally, he would not condone his subordinates' plundering.
These Nanjing people have special feelings for shops.
After the first shop hired a painter to paint, shopkeepers from other shops began to hire painters everywhere, which made the painter industry suddenly become more popular.
"Why do you, a Western Yi painter, have to pay a hundred cents more than our Ming painters?"
"Did you know that an ordinary painter's painting only costs a few dozen cents. Today is a good day. If everyone completes the painting, it will be a hundred cents. You want me to ask for two hundred cents. You really think that this shopkeeper is easy to bully."
There was a dispute in front of a shop.
It turned out to be a Xiyi man, carrying what looked like painting tools on his back, and he introduced himself, saying that he could also paint, but the price he charged was a hundred cents higher than others.
The Xiyi man saw that there were more and more people watching. Instead of being afraid, he was actually a little pleased. He replied in fluent Mandarin with a slight accent: "Master shopkeeper, you can take a look at the paintings I made first.
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"If you're not satisfied, I won't take any money from you. If you're satisfied, just pay according to my price, okay?"
Seeing the crowd, the shopkeeper wished that the door of his shop would be more lively. Is this thing worth a hundred cents alone? He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do as you say."
When the Xiyi painter heard this, he bowed to the surrounding melon-eating crowd in a somewhat nondescript manner: "I would also like to invite you fellow villagers to be witnesses."
There were cheers from the crowd immediately.
Everyone wanted to see how the paintings of this Western Yi painter were different from the paintings of the Ming Dynasty painter. It was so mysterious.
The Xiyi painter set up his easel confidently, not much different from the Ming painter.
The paper is Ming Dynasty's paper, but the pen is not Ming Dynasty's pen.
"It's really strange for this Xiyi person to use a piece of charcoal to paint."
"Will this charcoal painting burn on its own after a while and perform a trick for us?"
"Let's see, let's see."
Under the gaze of the surrounding crowd, the Western painter took charcoal and quickly began to draw on the paper.