After Feng Boyi became an official, he openly ignored the affairs of the court and seemed to be concentrating on recuperating. In fact, he secretly watched every move of the court and the Prince's Palace.
Whether Qi Lie can successfully ascend the throne is closely related to his Feng family.
Although he knew in his heart that the crown prince position was now secure, his life experience was still a hidden danger.
Therefore, after Yan Shiqing's ship entered the Hongwu Kingdom, the people on his side would send a letter back every three days.
When he knew that Feng Jun was snooping for information, he knew that Qi Lie couldn't sit still.
In fact, it wasn't just about Qi Lie, but he himself felt a little uneasy in his heart.
After all, during these days, Emperor Dexuan had vague intentions against Qi Lie when he was in court.
He wondered whether Emperor Dexuan had doubts about Qi Lie's bloodline.
After all, Qi Yan was just imprisoned, not dead.
It would be a bad thing if Emperor Dexuan had doubts about his bloodline and verified it again and the result was different from the previous one.
At the beginning, Liang Fei would die and Qi Yan was not of the royal bloodline. These were just designs by them.
Now that such a long time has passed, Emperor Dexuan's mind has calmed down, and it is not impossible to investigate this matter secretly.
Thinking of this, Feng Boyi could no longer sit still, so he dressed up in disguise, left the General's Mansion, and headed towards Jishi Hall.
By the time he arrived at Jishi Hall, Qi Lie and the counselors had also arrived and were discussing matters in the secret room.
Nowadays, the Jishi Hall in the capital of Hongwu Kingdom has a very prosperous business, with people coming and going every day, and it has become one of the top medical clinics.
Because there were so many people, we gave them the best cover, which was much more convenient than going to the Prince's Mansion with everyone.
Qi Lie was sitting at the top, listening to the counselors at the bottom advising him not to take any action at all, and to wait until King Mo and his wife came over to discuss everything, and he fell into deep thought.
If he could, of course he wouldn't want to take any action, but now he couldn't. He vaguely felt that something was wrong with the situation.
He didn't know if it was his misunderstanding, but he always felt that his father seemed to be targeting him intentionally or unintentionally.
Just before when he left the Prince's Mansion, he received an oral instruction from his father, telling him to find a way to double the tax at the canal checkpoint.
This is impossible. The canals have only been built for a few years, and other places are still being dug. As for the existing ones, if they want to double them, they will inevitably find excuses to increase various taxes. This is undoubtedly a problem.
Make things difficult for him.
If he really does that, he will be scolded by everyone in the world before he ascends the throne.
After his father had been in power for so many years, business taxes were getting higher and higher. Those small businessmen had no money to make and could only make ends meet.
Even big merchants such as Lian Fu had so many shops throughout the Hongwu Kingdom, and they were doing almost all kinds of business.
But at the end of the year, after deducting taxes, personnel and household expenses, it is considered good to be able to save thirty thousand taels.
Of course, this is based on the presence of ice cubes.
His father has already raised the commercial tax rate by more than half, and if this continues, it will not be conducive to these developments at all.
Nowadays, people in several places mainly relying on rivers and canals, mainly Ningshou Mansion, are gradually getting better, and businessmen can make more or less money.
If taxes are raised, it will put them into trouble again.
Since river transport can’t make money, who will do it?
What's more, there are ships from Dachu coming in. They are all so high, and they are not stupid. They won't transport things here and sell them if they don't make money.
In fact, he somewhat understood that his father wanted to make up for the lack of money collected at Nuanxiang Pavilion in other places.
The original Nuanxiang Pavilion of Shiqing was a dividend for Emperor Dexuan. After Huo Huo and Luo Hongfei fled from Hongwu Kingdom to Dachu overnight, this cooperation was broken.
Last year, when Yan Shiqing visited Hongwu Kingdom again, she took Grandma Huo and her family there before starting the business again.
It's just that this time her identity is public, and she opens a shop as Princess Mo of Chu, so the dividends to Emperor Dexuan are gone.
Except for her special status, she paid the commercial tax of Dachu, and would not pay out a penny more. Therefore, in Nuanxiang Pavilion, not only the tax revenue of the national treasury was reduced, but also Emperor Dexuan's private treasury did not increase.
Seeing that the business of Nuanxiang Pavilion is getting more and more popular, the business of the small farmhouse, the manor in Qishan and several other workshops, as well as the shop specializing in hot sauce, is doing very well. How can Emperor Dexuan, a miser?
Will you be jealous?
Since he can't make money from Yan Shiqing, he can only make up for it from other places.
Everything was fine originally, but thinking about the river and canal, he also collected a lot of taxes, so he could comfort himself.
But since August has entered, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, the business of Yan Shiqing's shop is booming day by day, and he can only watch with envy.
No, after watching it for so many days, I couldn't bear it anymore, so I gave Qi Lie an order to find a way to double the tax.
Every day, he keeps people looking at the properties under Jiang Mansion's name, and then calculates the cost and profit based on what is sold every day.
If given to him, how much would it be?
It's just that no matter how many calculations he makes, it's useless. They have nothing to do with him.
And even the commercial tax is not paid based on his Hongwu Kingdom's, but Da Chu's.
God knows how low Da Chu's commercial tax is, it can even be said that it is not even half of that of their Hongwu country.
He vomited blood just thinking about it, always feeling like Yan Shiqing took money from his pocket and gave it to herself.
Qi Lie himself wanted to ask people to discuss matters, mainly because he did not want his father to draw attention to him and then doubt his life experience.
But who would have thought that before leaving the house, I heard this oral instruction, so now I am mainly discussing these matters with the counselors.
The counselor asked him not to act rashly, but when his father wanted to ask, he had no way to answer.
Just as he was wondering what to do, his grandfather came in.
"Grandpa, my father asked Gu Gu to find a way to double the existing canal tax. Do you have any good ideas?"
Feng Boyi paused when he heard this. He didn't expect Qi Lie to ask this. He thought he was calling for discussion because he couldn't sit still anymore.
Qi Lie spent the most time with Feng Boyi since he was a child. Apart from Feng Jun, Qi Lie spent almost the most time with Feng Boyi, and he knew him very well.
When I saw the confusion in his eyes, I also knew the doubts in his heart, so he said: "When Cai Gu was about to leave the prince's residence, my father came to give instructions and asked Gu Gu to think of ways to increase this."
Feng Boyi sat down next to the other empty seat where Qi Lie was sitting. He lowered his head and muttered: "Let's find a way to deal with this first. Now the taxes of our Hongwu country are already too high. Finally, those businessmen have some hope and can't increase it."
.When King Mo and his wife arrive, see if they can persuade the emperor to move to the throne. If they can, this area will not be moved in the future. If not, let them come forward to talk to the emperor. After all, I, Hongwu, are not the only ones involved in this ship.
The country also involves Da Chu. It is also their duty to fight for the interests of their own people."
Feng Boyi was a general who didn't know much about business, but he still knew something about taxes.
There were people who took care of the shops and manor under the name of the General's Mansion, but the income was very small. In addition, Emperor Dexuan, the iron rooster emperor, gave very few things during festivals and festivals, and he rarely accepted the filial piety of his subordinates, so for so many years
Come down, his general's mansion isn't that good either.
This is also the reason why Prince Qi Lie was so poor in the first place.
Among the counselors here at this time, the one most qualified to say these things is Liancheng.
He had been an imperial merchant for so many years, but every time he encountered a problem and couldn't even come up with hundreds of thousands of taels, he knew how difficult it was.
As far as he knew, although the people of Da Chu were poor and had little material resources, it was relatively easy for big businessmen or well-established families to come up with one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand.
Maybe after saving for a few years, you can have it. It's just that relatively speaking, the national treasury is a little empty.
As for their country, Hongwu, the people seemed to have no shortage of anything, but they were actually relatively poor.
The national treasury is full, and the emperor's private treasury is even more abundant, but when trouble occurs, it is not allocated to the government and the people are not made easy, which is a bit excessive.
If an emperor only sees money, then sooner or later something will happen to the country.
It's just that now his family supports the prince. As long as the prince can ascend to the throne and is determined to make a difference, then the lives of businessmen and even ordinary people will be much easier. yyls
So after he listened to Feng Boyi's words, he stood up and said: "Prince Qi, Liancheng feels that what the general said is true. Many businessmen from Hongwu Kingdom gave up business and turned to farming because of high taxes. And this is the case.
As a result, people in many places wanted to buy things but were unable to sell them. Things were not circulated and information was not well-informed. However, after the canals were dug, people in many places had hope to transport things from our Hongwu Kingdom to Da Da.
Chu traders, in addition to paying the canal tax carried in the goods, do not have to pay as high as the shops in the past. This gave them hope, and they are thinking of ways to increase it to the same level as before, and no one will do this.
Therefore, after the canal is opened, even if the two countries are connected to each other, no one will make any profit from doing business. By then, everything written in the century-old friendship treaty will become empty words."
After Qi Lie heard this, he thought it made sense.
If he really does that, although it can divert his father's attention, it is not necessary to bear the infamy.
What's more, Shiqing has already reached the territory of Hongwu Kingdom. As the uncle is in trouble, she, the niece, should help him.
Besides, helping him is actually equivalent to helping Dachu.
After he ascended the throne, Emperor Heshun An had to sit down and discuss in detail the next development of the two countries.
The current emperor of the Great Ancient Kingdom has also been replaced by another person. He doesn't care what happens now.
But the Southern Xinjiang that had harmed him and Emperor Shun'an in the past was no longer a problem. He had promised before that he would leave it to Emperor Shun'an, so he would leave it to him.
But all of this requires him to ascend the throne.
After all, Southern Xinjiang is still the territory of the Hongwu Kingdom. His father is in charge now, so he has no right to do anything.
"So, let's put this time aside for now. Now that King Mo and his wife have arrived in our territory, Hongwu Kingdom, who of you will greet them and tell them about this incident?"