Two officials came to post the notice, and hundreds of thousands of people crowded to watch.
"How did you say it? How did you say it?"
"What kind of regulations are the quick thoughts that you can see in front of you?"
"Is there any tax cut!"
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After the official posted the notice, one of them turned around and shouted: "Silence, silence, I'll read it From the beginning of August, all shops in and out of the city should go to the industrial and commercial office of the county government to apply for a business license. Before the first day of October, No tax is levied on shops or businesses in the whole city. Since the beginning of October, taxes have been reduced for all businesses, and those who do not have a business license will be fined heavily!"
"Long live Zhao Zongzhen!" The merchants shouted in unison.
The key word they heard was "tax reduction". Nanjing's industrial and commercial tax is extremely heavy, and it has only increased since the founding of the country.
Even if the new emperor came to the throne and ordered a temporary tax cut for the whole country, he would add an additional sentence: "North and South Beijing are not the case."
The official errand shouted again: "From now on, the errand office, recruitment, and corv¨¦e will be cancelled. The government's city surveys will be inspected randomly from time to time, and the interval between city surveys should be at least one month!"
As soon as this remark came out, all the merchants were stunned, and then they all knelt down towards the notice.
There were people who shouted everything, some asked the Bodhisattva to bless Zhao Han with a long life, some simply called Zhao Han a living Bodhisattva, and some cried and kowtowed to the notice.
Errands, recruiting, corvee These contents are equivalent to the government's robbing in the open, which can drive merchants to bankruptcy.
? Market survey, once every three days.
The original intention is good, survey prices, survey commercial tools such as scales, rulers, buckets, etc., to prevent merchants from cheating and driving up prices. But the implementation is pure nonsense, which is equivalent to every three days, the industrial and commercial law enforcement officers will come to extort money.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
Today, the sales of firecrackers in Nanjing City are extremely good, and the firecrackers are sold out immediately, and all the merchants are cheering and celebrating.
Merchants are very clear that no one in the whole world can give such preferential treatment except Zhao Han.
In Zhao Han's eyes, it is only natural not to exploit merchants indiscriminately. But in the eyes of the merchants, this is unprecedented good governance, and Zhao Han is his own person who speaks for the merchants.
Merchants flocked to the county government to apply for business licenses, anyway, they had to register before.
The industry, population, and business status must be written clearly. According to the industry, location, store size, and revenue, it is compiled into nine categories of three grades, and different taxes are levied for each grade.
Many of the ancient city merchants were integrated with industry and commerce.
That is, the front shop and the back square. The front is the store, responsible for sales; the backyard is the workshop, responsible for manufacturing.
The world's wealth comes from Jiangnan, and Jinling is its meeting place. Nanjing is the commercial center of the entire Jiangnan area.
Until the reign of Chongzhen, there were hundreds of thousands of people in the inner city alone. There are more than 9,000 households of outer city residents registered with the government, and these are permanent residents with registered permanent residence. In addition, there are many people living outside the city attached to the city.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the total population of Nanjing must have exceeded one million!
There are more than one hundred types of merchants. There are dozens of merchants of each kind, and hundreds of merchants at most.
There are more than 500 pawnshops alone, and Anhui merchants are the most powerful pawnshops, followed by Fujian merchants.
There are also large and small restaurants, with six to seven hundred seats; and large and small tea houses, with more than one thousand places.
? Nanjing is dominated by the service industry, followed by freight.
Hou Fangyu walked through the streets, listening to the cheers of merchants everywhere, sighed and walked towards the teahouse he frequented.
On the way, another official came to post a notice, and after a while, there were even more terrifying cheers.
This time, the whole city cheers!
Reform the Fangxiang system and cancel the Fangchang and Xiangchang.
Cancel the fire armor system.
No matter where the household registration is, except for staying in hotels, the rest must apply for household registration or temporary household registration.
Hou Fangyu stared at the notice for a while, then sighed, "Nanjing is settled!"
After the two notices were posted, merchants and private households have since become Zhao Han's diehard loyalists. Even if the imperial army counterattacked and Zhao Han was temporarily short of soldiers, all the people in the city would spontaneously help defend the city.
The Fangxiang system, ignoring the differences, can be regarded as the Lijia system of the city.
There are squares in the city and chambers outside the city, and the chiefs of the squares and chambers have to collect taxes. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the head of the square and the head of the chamber had all become local snakes, not only exploiting the people, but also raising domestic slaves and thugs.
What is even more abnormal is that, inside and outside Nanjing, the local population is very small, and the foreign population is several times more.
There are few local people, so you have to pay taxes.
There are many people from other places, and they do not pay taxes.
&?In Nanjing, I was terrified by Fushe all day long.
Rather than dawdling around all day, it is better to work hard.
He admits that he is a villain, but as long as the emperor is happy, he can become a gentleman at any time, because he used to be a gentleman. He can also become a minister at any time, because he was a minister before.
It's so simple, it's just going back to the old business.
The next day, Ma Shiying asked to see him, but Zhao Han did not refuse to summon him.
"You want to be a small official, and a small official in the town?" Zhao Han smiled strangely.
Ma Shiying said awe-inspiringly: "Many of the good governance of the general town in Nanjing, I can see it in my eyes. In this era of great revolution, and I meet a wise master, although I have little talent and learning, I am eager to join in it. I am concerned about Jiangxi's politics. I don¡¯t know much about it, so I want to start as a township official, please give me permission from the head of the town!¡±
"It's rare for you to have such a heart," Zhao Han praised, "Go to Chunhua Town to help divide the land."
"Thank you, Chief Township, I will definitely work hard to divide the land in Chunhua Town properly." Ma Shiying bowed out.
Chunhua Town is located in Jiangning County, not far from Nanjing, where there are many noble lands.
It's not difficult, all the nobles are finished, it's just a springboard for promotion.
Since Ma Shiying is sensible, Zhao Han doesn't mind giving it a chance, and he can even set it up as a model: the treacherous minister of the Chongzhen Dynasty is actually a capable minister under me!
(Thanks to Big Brother Penguin, the Silver League of Shangxian Qitian, and thanks to the Beatles, I am the black brother of the Republic, and the leader of Ziyi Zi for the reward.)
(I have agreed on the fourth update, and I will not break my promise. The update may be very late, so don't wait.)