The wealthy people in the capital are actually severely polarized.
Most wealthy people belong to the parasitic class who use their privileges to create monopolies.
These people are of no use to Yuzhu...
Therefore, they were not allowed to lose a penny of the thirty thousand taels of silver to buy their lives.
Among the two hundred top tycoons, any owner related to people's livelihood would be flattered by Yuzhu as long as he came to complain to him.
He first collected thirty thousand taels, and after handing them over, Yuzhu returned twenty-five thousand taels to them.
The reason for going around in a circle is mainly to keep the bowl of water level on the surface, so as not to make the rich and powerful who have lost their money feel uncomfortable.
However, Yuzhu showed no mercy at all to parasitic wealthy merchants such as silk merchants, bank merchants, bank merchants, salt merchants, iron merchants, etc., and he would take whatever fines he deserved.
To put it bluntly, instead of letting them squander the money, it would be better to give it to Yuzhu as the principal of the invoicing account.
The larger the principal of the ticket number, the more profitable it is.
Sun Chengyun originally thought that many people would not be able to pay the fine of 30,000 taels per person.
Who would have thought that after these people were released, in just one afternoon, more than fifty wealthy businessmen would send people to deliver fines in carriages.
"Brother, why is this?" Sun Chengyun was confused and asked Yuzhu curiously.
Yuzhu picked up the tea cup, took a few sips, and said with a smile: "Wealth is not in vain. They collected too much money and couldn't spend it all. What should they do? They dug a cellar and hid it. However, they hid too much money.
If there are too many, the money on the market will not be enough."
"Oh, that's it." Sun Chengyun suddenly realized, touched his chin, and sneered, "This time, Lao Jiu has angered the emperor, and it's time for vampires like them to bleed profusely."
Yes, Yuzhu was ordered to pay a fine, but what the wealthy businessmen paid was actually money to buy their lives.
If anyone dares not to hand it over, his house will be ransacked and his head will be lost, right?
According to Yuzhu's original plan, each of the two hundred people received five thousand taels, which was exactly one million taels of silver.
Among them, 600,000 taels belong to Kangxi's private money and must be handed over to the Department of Guangchu of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The remaining 400,000 taels of silver were given to Yuzhu to control prices in the capital.
The weight and lightness of taxes are actually relative terms.
For example, vendors who carry two vegetable loads into the city have to pay a city gate tax of 200 cash at the city gate before they start making money. This is a heavy tax.
Precisely because of the existence of the city gate tax, it has greatly inhibited the enthusiasm of vegetable farmers to enter the city, resulting in the price of vegetables in the capital being ridiculously high.
In the small families in the capital, pickled radish strips are eaten with meals all year round because the food is too expensive and they cannot afford it.
In addition, the high prices of vegetables are closely related to the presence of ruffians and street bullies in every neighborhood.
Vegetable seller, put two vegetable baskets on the street. Good guy, I have to pay another two hundred coins.
In response to this situation, Yuzhu planned to set up a government-owned and private vegetable store specializing in agricultural products such as vegetables, melons and fruits.
At the same time, Yuzhu also plans to open a chain of affordable rice stores, which will only sell second-rate rice, not good rice, and sell it to the common people at low prices.
Ordinary people can buy cloth once every ten years, but they have to eat and drink every day.
The reason why Yuzhu wanted to open two business houses run by the government and the private sector was mainly to guard against the powerful people who might counterattack him.
For example, rice merchants teamed up to raise prices, forcing people to have no money to eat, and then spread rumors that Yuzhu was responsible.
Hehe, once the momentum is built up, Yuzhu will basically be blamed.
By that time, even if the emperor likes Yuzhu no matter how much he likes it, he will be forced to replace the tax supervisor because of the boiling public resentment.
Who is Yuzhu?
How could he leave such a big loophole for the powerful and profiteers to take advantage of?
With the rice and radish under control, the obedient people are not forced to panic. Who dares to explode the thorns?
As long as they have food to eat and cheap big white radish to go with it, the obedient people will be satisfied.
Those who dare to explode and stab are definitely not good people, and they will be captured or killed. The security troops in Longkodo's hands are definitely not vegetarian.
How could Yuzhu be polite to the unruly people?
All the wealthy businessmen who came to pay the fines received verbal notices from the pen-posters that the business tax would be increased to 1 in 10 taxes, which would be implemented tomorrow.
Although I felt very uncomfortable, business taxes could be passed on, so everyone held their noses and accepted it.
Sun Chengyun was a little confused again, so he came to ask Yuzhu: "The business tax has doubled. Why don't these wealthy businessmen strongly oppose it?"
Yuzhu wanted to light a cigarette, and while blowing smoke rings, he told Sun Chengyun that wool comes from sheep!
In a large market of more than one million people, the number of people with spending power is around 300,000.
For example, there are nearly 300,000 bannermen in the inner city, and they still receive hard-core crops every month.
Banner people, no matter how poor they are, can at most not eat meat every day. They are considered middle class with an extremely stable income.
These people are actually the most preferred high-quality credit card users of later generations of bank card departments, and their bad debt ratios are extremely low.
In the outer city, there are also elites from all over the country, at least 100,000 rich people, right?
These rich people not only have to consume for themselves, but also the servants and concubines around them have a monthly salary that is much higher than that of ordinary people. They are all middle class.
With the huge consumer market in mind, it is no exaggeration to say that one million taels of tax money a year can be pocketed in minutes.
Seeing that a lot of silver had been cashed in, Yuzhu smiled and said to Sun Chengyun, "Brothers, you have worked hard too. Each of you will be rewarded with five taels of silver."
Sun Chengyun said with some worry: "Isn't it appropriate to hand out money just after receiving it?"
Yuzhu smiled and said: "The emperor promised me that he would hand over 600,000 taels of silver to the palace every year, and I can do whatever I want with the rest. It's not all divided up, so what are you afraid of?"
Hearing what Yuzhu said, Sun Chengyun felt relieved.
As a result, after the news spread, the entire supervisory office was filled with joy and everyone was smiling.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It was not until Yuzhu had finished handling all the official matters on hand that Wende noticed the gap and then came over to report: "Back to the master, Mrs. Zhen from Changlong,
I’m still waiting for you in the study.”
Yuzhu smiled dumbly. He was so busy that he actually forgot about Zhen.
The biggest business of Changlong Hao is not salt, iron and grain, but banknotes.
If Yuzhu wanted to issue a ticket number, it would definitely not be in the name of Li Si'er. It would be too conspicuous. If something happened in the future, there would be no room for maneuver.
As for Longkodo and Yuzhu, both of whom were imperial officials, it was really inconvenient for them to come forward to apply for a ticket number.
This requires suitable white gloves!
By chance, the name Changlong of the Zhen family fell into Yuzhu's hands.
I ate tepid tofu in a hurry. Now, it is Zhen who is red-eyed, not Yuzhu.
Yuzhu thought for a while and then ordered Wendena: "Go and tell her that in three days, go to my hot spring villa in Tangshan to have a detailed discussion. In addition, make it clear to her that you will not wait until late."
After saying these words, Yuzhu left the Supervisory Yamen in a sedan chair and went to Tang Bing's place.
After hearing the full version of the story, Tang Bing stroked his beard and smiled, saying: "You have earned ten years' worth of money in one year. Hehe, your good impression of being good at financial management has completely established yourself in the emperor's eyes."
Yuzhu also smiled and said: "The emperor has always wanted to personally conquer Junggar again. Unfortunately, the three treasuries of Hubu have no money. He can only think about it but cannot do it. It is really a pity."
Tang Bing nodded and said: "If the ninth elder brother goes to guard the mausoleum, the eighth master will probably have to be quiet for a while. Well, I'm afraid there will be some action from the prince's place, right?"
Yuzhu nodded secretly. Tang Bing's character was indeed not very good, but his eyesight was extremely accurate and he was a rare understanding person.
"I am only seventeen years old, and I am already an official of the third and fourth grades. No matter how great my merits are, I will not be promoted for the time being. I can only be promoted." Tang Bing deeply agreed with Yuzhu's view.
He smiled and said: "I heard that Nian Gengyao complained in private, saying that you are a young minister."
Yuzhu smiled slightly, this person is just not satisfied.
Not compared with Yuzhu, in the eyes of others, Nian Gengyao was actually the lucky minister of the young upstart.
Let’s not talk about others, let’s just talk about Tang Bing. How many years has it been since he was a subordinate?
Nian Gengyao was established before he could reach the throne, and he was already a fourth-ranking minister. How many people aroused envy, jealousy, and hatred?
Tang Bing sighed and said: "Nian Lianggong is too arrogant, and he is far inferior to being as low-key as you. I have observed carefully that something big will happen to this boy sooner or later."
Yuzhu smiled and said nothing, but secretly admired Tang Bing's sharp eyesight and his ability to hit the mark.
People nowadays often like to put moral labels on them and divide people into gentlemen and villains.
In fact, Yuzhu has never seen a true gentleman in his two lifetimes.
Cao Mengde was able to dominate the Central Plains mainly because he relied on his talents and did not pursue illusory morality.
After Cao Pi ascended the throne, he implemented the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System, which seemed to be an extremely correct and moral-based move. In fact, it laid the political foundation for the Sima clan to usurp the Wei Dynasty.
Yuzhu is not an ordinary person, he is an old bureaucrat with rich experience in grassroots government affairs.
His employment principle is actually one: clear rewards and punishments, and control the use.
Loyalty is actually inseparable from strength.
When Chai Rong was alive, he tried his best to guard against Zhang Yongde and others. However, not long after Chai Rong died, Zhao Kuangyin, whom he trusted most, staged a good show of wearing a yellow robe.
Around Yuzhu, there are reliable confidants like Sun Chengyun, typical villains like Zhao Donghe, and flawed old bureaucrats like Tang Bing.
The sea accepts all rivers, and it is great to have tolerance!
At noon on the second day, after Yuzhu had lunch, he went into the palace to play chess with the emperor.
Originally, Yuzhu thought that the old emperor was in a bad mood and might not play chess with him for a while.
Who would have thought that Kangxi seemed to have guessed Yu Zhu's thoughts and actually sent a young eunuch out of the palace. The young eunuch told Yu Zhu that the activities of entering the palace to play chess at noon were as usual.
When Yuzhu was checking his waist badge and body search in front of the Qianqing Gate, he saw the imperial guards with swords around him. Their attitudes were all very kind, which was completely different from the cold and harsh attitude of the past.
It is difficult for them to talk or talk to each other, but when both parties look at each other and smile, everything is said in silence!
As soon as Yuzhu walked to the door of Jingxinzhai, he heard the emperor's question, "Why hasn't Yuzhu come yet? Go and have a look."
(PS: The story of the hot spring villa in Tangshan will be continued. Everyone will be satisfied if the monthly ticket rewards you more.)