"The Xiaoling Mausoleum was built by hundreds of thousands of people for more than 20 years and cost tens of millions of taels. Why do I need to build another one for myself?"

Zhu Yunwen took this kind of thing very lightly. When people died, they were buried for posterity to see. He couldn't feel it himself. It didn't hurt even after he was cremated. He still picked the ground.

Building an emperor's mausoleum would cost at least one to two years of the Jianwen Dynasty's annual income. How much could be done with this money?

"Emperor Taizu created the world and was the great savior of our Han people. Let's just say that it took twenty years to build it. Even two hundred years and tens of thousands of taels are what my descendants should do. How can I be worthy of spending so much money?

What about the strength of the country and the labor of the people?"

Zhu Yunwen waved his hand, "I have made up my mind, let's not discuss this matter any more. If I don't repair the mausoleum, I can save at least two million taels every year. This money will make up for the deficit of the Ministry of Accounts and be distributed to all ministers in the world.

I don't feel bad about supporting my family in the hands of workers. I just hope that when you receive your salary, you can think of the people of the world."

There was a sudden burst of crying in Fengtian Hall.

The officials didn't know whether they were just pretending or really feeling it. Some even broke their heads and said, "I beg your Majesty to take back your order. My salary is enough to support my family, so there is no need to increase my salary."

"Everyone, get up and stop knocking."

Zhu Yunwen scolded, "I'm so eloquent that there's no reason to take back what I say. It's a settled matter and there's no need to persuade me. However, my own strength is not enough to make up for the shortfall, so I also plan to levy an additional commercial tax."

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After Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, he opened the four cities of salt, iron, grain, and cloth to the private sector. Businesses traveling to and from the four cities were required to pay commercial tax. However, independent business activities in other private businesses were not subject to commercial tax.

Because there are no merchants in Ming Dynasty!

Taizu had designated military, agricultural, and craftsman registrations, but no business registration. There was even a decree that said, "Anyone who is not involved in production can be hunted and killed."

Therefore, merchants in the Ming Dynasty all had official registration, that is, they bought land and hoarded land and registered as farmers, or those who had many children colluded with local military households, registered as military, and gave birth to one son to join the army.

After an interrogation, he was quite confident, "This is all my side business, and my main business is farming."

Therefore, merchants in the early Ming Dynasty all wore a legal appearance. As long as they paid sufficient grain taxes based on the number of acres of land every year, they did not need to pay additional taxes in daily transactions.

"Traders are also our subjects of the Ming Dynasty. How can they kill without guilt? From today on, we, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, no longer need to be affiliated with farmers, soldiers, or craftsmen. It is legal to check the household registration and issue documents.

The people should engage in normal business, and the imperial court will encourage it. Each prefecture and county should set up a business department to manage and audit income, and establish taxation."

Collect merchant taxes!

The emperor is indeed still the same emperor, not doing his job properly and full of evil thoughts.

But at this time, no one can persuade me anymore.

In order to increase the salaries of these officials and make up for the shortfall in the treasury and household department, the emperor even gave up his own mausoleum. With such a mind, who has the nerve to accuse the emperor of doing this for his own selfish gain?

"I intend to formulate a tiered system for commercial taxation, with a tax of 1 for 20 taels below a hundred taels, a tax of 15 for below a thousand taels, a tax of 10 for less than 10,000 taels, a tax of 1 from 100,000 taels to a million taels, a tax of 8 taels for more than a million taels, and a tax of five taels for more than a million taels.

Tax one!”

The tiered tax law will break up all the powerful households in the world!

Zhu Yunwen is forcing those big families with many heirs and hundreds of thousands of taels of business a year to separate their families!

"I will personally collect the taxes from the imperial merchants!"

Zhu Yunwen leaned forward slightly with his upper body, condescending, and his tone was full of coldness.

"I hope that there will be no tax evasion and avoidance when setting up local commerce departments. As a reward, 30% of the commercial taxes levied by the provinces, prefectures and counties will be retained and 70% will be paid. However, if there is collusion to evade tax laws

Please don't let me find out, otherwise if a county avoids taxes, all its officials will be beheaded; if a government avoids taxes, all its officials will be beheaded!

The central government has established a new Commercial Tax Inspection Office, and the Ministry of Household Affairs has sent an experienced person to take charge. Pinyi has been temporarily designated as the third rank, responsible for inspecting the commercial taxes of each province. What do you think, sir?"

You don’t even want your own mausoleum, who dares to refute your face?

Collect it, anyway, our salary is now high enough to take concubines and have children. At most, we will never do business in our lives, and this tax will not be collected on our heads.

Seeing the officials congratulating Shengming, Zhu Yunwen finally smiled.
Chapter completed!