The city of Nanjing was prosperous and prosperous.
For Xu De, Nanjing was no stranger to this place. He had been here a few times.
However, Xu De did not like Nanjing. The prosperity of Jiangnan was in Jinling, and the decadent sounds were the most boring.
Sitting in a spacious room in a small building, Xu De opened the window and looked at the scenery outside without any expression.
Qiu Niang stood respectfully beside Xu De without any expression on her face.
Qiu Niang was definitely not the only one in the inner factory who had such an attitude in front of Xu De.
In fact, until now, Xu De did not know to what extent he could mobilize the inner factory.
Ever since he became the manager of the inner factory, Xu De did not know the depth of the inner factory.
The people in the inner factory were capable and obedient. They would do whatever they were told and would never make a mistake. However, Xu De did not know if these people were really his people. Xu De did not dare to investigate further.
"Qiu Niang, Nanjing hasn't worn down your ambition, has it?"
Xu De turned to look at Qiu Niang and said with a smile.
"Manager, Li Qiu Niang is only a life-saving person in the inner factory. What ambition is there to talk about?"
Qiu Niang said faintly, "But I am very pleased to see that you are still as good as before."
Xu De smiled and pointed at Qiu Niang, "Our Qiu Niang is the best at talking!"
"Alright, let's get down to business!"
Then, Xu De sat back in his chair and said with a smile, "Let's not care about Li Dan's matter. It has nothing to do with the inner factory."
"Just send someone to keep an eye on him. You have done a good job."
Qiu Niang quickly said, "Yes, I will follow your instructions."
"Let's talk about other things in Nanjing!"
Xu De looked at Qiu Niang and said, "This time, the Imperial Majesty asked us to come to Nanjing for the commercial tax."
"Ever since the commercial tax was introduced, there hasn't been much commotion in the court, but there are indeed people brewing something in the capital."
"But since my family has left the capital, these things have nothing to do with my family. But the things in the capital are related to Nanjing.
The Imperial Majesty once said that the importance of Daming lies in commercial taxes, and the importance of commercial taxes lies in Nanjing. "
"This is also the reason why we came to Nanjing. Qiu Niang, this is a test for us and the internal factory!"
Li Qiuniang looked solemnly at Xu De. Hearing his words, she immediately replied, "Gonggong, this subordinate understands."
Xu De nodded. "Then tell me where we should start."
"Replying to Chang Gong, Nanjing is the fertile land of Jiangnan. Although it is said so, the flourishing commerce of Jiangnan is also traceable.
There are only a few things to rely on. The main thing is to find this thread, and everything will be solved. "
"Jiangnan's commerce is flourishing. First, salt, and second, cloth."
"The salt policy has been changed a few years ago. Besides, the salt merchants have to buy salt permits every year, so they won't choose to jump out.
That leaves the cloth merchants. So in Jiangnan, guarding against the cloth merchants causing trouble is the most important thing. "
"Although the other commerce in Jiangnan is flourishing, in the end, they are scattered and can't cause trouble."
"Only the salt and cloth industries have a large number of people involved. The dyeing houses in Jiangnan have tens of thousands of people.
The weavers have thousands of people. If something happens and they cause trouble, it will be fatal. "
"Jiangnan textiles are in Suzhou. I believe that as long as we keep an eye on Suzhou, there won't be any trouble in Jiangnan."
Xu De looked at Qiu Niang with admiration and nodded with satisfaction. "Well said!"
In reality, this was also what Xu De was thinking. It had to be known that the imperial court was not afraid of opposition, nor was it afraid of disobedience. If one was disobedient, it would be useless. If one did not pay taxes, the Embroidered Uniform Guards of the Tax Department would have plenty of ways to make them pay.
If it didn't work, they could just confiscate the Mo family's assets.
The court's only worry was that someone would take the opportunity to blow things up and cause a mass incident, or even start a rebellion.
Once something like that happened, the court would be under great pressure.
If someone incited the officials to oppose, then the pressure on Zhu Yijun would be even greater, and he might even have to retreat.
Once Zhu Yijun chose to retreat, then the business tax would completely collapse. And once the business tax collapsed, all the arrangements that Zhu Yijun had made before would definitely collapse one after another. This was like dominoes. Once the first one fell, a large number of others would fall.
If Zhu Yijun pushed away the business tax, then he would be able to fly freely in the sky and swim freely in the sea.
Jiangnan was flourishing in commerce, and it was the headquarters of the government and merchants, especially in the Huguang, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang regions. The Huguang region was an important center for silk weaving.
The land had been changed from rice to mulberry, and all of it was used to weave cloth.
The silk weaved was then sold to the Portuguese and Spanish, and all of it was exchanged for silver.
Daming, there was no food, and this had a lot to do with what they were doing.
Of course, this wasn't what Zhu Yijun was worried about. He was worried about the large amount of manpower in their hands, including mulberry farmers, weavers, and so on. It was said that in Suzhou alone, there were hundreds of thousands of weavers.
Once these people were incited to cause trouble, then the whole of Jiangnan would be in chaos.
In his previous life, the tax supervisor that the Wanli Emperor had sent to Suzhou, the eunuch Sun Long, to recruit merchants in Suzhou, caused a large number of Suzhou's machinists to lose their jobs. More than two thousand weavers and dyers rose up and killed many tax officials.
This was only a historical record, and Zhu Yijun didn't know the truth.
Originally, Zhu Yijun didn't take this matter to heart. After all, his commerce tax was different from the tax supervisor of the Wanli Emperor in history. He was the standard tax collector, and it was the tax department that collected the tax.
It wasn't that the eunuchs randomly collected the tax, this was different. Moreover, he took it from the people and used it for the people.
Then, Zhu Yijun was splashed with a bucket of cold water. This bucket of cold water was Li Maocai's' Please Stop the Commerce Tax Proposal '. What was written inside was so simple, "The Emperor wants gold and silver to be higher than the Big Dipper, and does not let the common people have chaff.
The Emperor wants to plan for his descendants for tens of thousands of years, and does not let the common people have a single day. "
These words were said with great vigor, but it made Zhu Yijun's vigilance soar.
At that moment, Zhu Yijun understood one thing, he had become arrogant.
The crux of the matter wasn't your starting point or the way you did things, but rather how other people thought you did things.
These people clearly didn't want to pay taxes, but the fault couldn't be them, nor could it be the Emperor. Then whose fault was it?
It had to be the tax department's fault. At that time, a large hat would be put on them.
Throwing dirty water on the tax department, these people would do anything. They dared to say anything to throw dirty water on the Emperor, let alone the tax department.
This kind of thing couldn't happen. This was the reason why Zhu Yijun sent Xu De to Jiangnan.
This time, Zhu Yijun had made up his mind to eliminate the voices that opposed the business tax and solve the Daming tax problem once and for all.
"When will the business tax in Jiangnan start?" Xu De looked at Qiu Niang and asked slowly.
"Sir, it won't be long!"
Qiu Niang said slowly, "It should be within this month that the tax department in Southern Zhili starts collecting taxes. All the places will start at the same time, mainly collecting transaction tax and industrial and commercial tax."
Xu De nodded and said, "Who is in charge of the tax department in Southern Zhili?"
"Sir, it's Nan Huairen!" Qiu Niang hurriedly said.
Xu De was taken aback and said in a low voice, "Our inner factory was originally from Southern Zhili?
Nan Huairen, I remember now. This name was given by His Majesty himself, isn't it? "
"Sir, yes, Nan Huairen is doing a good job in the tax department." Qiu Niang hurriedly said.
Xu De nodded and stroked his fake beard. "So it's him, from the inner factory. Looks like there's going to be a good show this time. I wonder how far he can go."
"Have someone keep an eye on him. If nothing happens, we won't interfere."
"Yes, Eunuch!" Qiu Niang answered respectfully and left.
Ever since the news that the court was going to collect business tax reached Jiangnan, it hadn't been peaceful.
Most of the people here relied on business to earn money, especially the rich families.
The title "official merchant" was not just for show. In the entire Jiangnan, almost every official's family was involved in business.
It was very difficult to collect taxes in a place like this.
Everyone was watching and waiting to see what the tax department would do. They wanted to see whose family would be the first to be taxed.
At the tax department office.
Nan Huairen sat in a chair, drinking tea expressionlessly. As someone who was given his name by the emperor, Nan Huairen's status in the inner factory was very high.
After entering the tax department, Nan Huairen did even better.
He was like a fish in water. In less than two years, he was promoted to the supervisor of the tax department in Southern Zhili.
Nan Huairen glanced at his subordinates and asked directly, "Is everything ready?"
"Sir, everything is ready!" The subordinates all replied loudly.
Nodding his head, Nan Huairen said with a smile, "Tell your subordinates to ring the gong as loud as possible. Put up notices everywhere. In one sentence, let everyone know that this matter needs to be done properly. Understand?"
"Yes, sir!" The subordinates hurriedly bowed and replied.
Nan Huairen nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Do you have any more questions?"
"Sir, we don't have enough manpower!" One of the subordinates slowly said.
Nan Huairen waved his hand and laughed, "Don't worry about manpower. I've already contacted the Imperial Bodyguard and the Duke of Wei. The Imperial Bodyguard will help, and the Duke of Wei will send a qianhu over.
If it's not enough, I'll go to the Duke of Wei. You just have to do a good job. "
Nan Huairen was very confident now. News had come from the capital. The Duke of Wei and the Imperial Bodyguard could be used, and there was no need to be polite.
If there was a mistake, it couldn't be blamed on him.
Although he didn't know why the capital had such a document, Nan Huairen knew that the capital definitely had their intentions. He might as well do it himself.
"Yes, sir. We will definitely not let you down!"