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Nanjing, Daqiaonan City.

Two officials came to post the notice, and hundreds or thousands of people crowded in to watch.

"How? How?"

"What kind of charter is the Kuai Nian you can see in front of me?"

“Is there any tax reduction!”

"..."

After the official posted the notice, one of them turned around and shouted: "Be quiet, be quiet, I'll read it... From the beginning of August, all shops and businesses in and outside 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, All shops and businesses in the city are not taxed. Since the beginning of October, taxes have been reduced for all businesses. Those who do not have a business license will be severely fined!"

"Long live Mr. Zhao!" the merchants shouted in unison.

The key word they heard was "tax reduction". Nanjing's industrial and commercial taxes are extremely heavy and have only increased since the founding of the country.

Even if the new emperor ascends the throne and orders a temporary tax reduction across the country, he will add an additional sentence: "The northern and southern capitals are not exempt from this."

The official shouted again: "From now on, we will cancel the errands, requisitions, and corvee labor. The government will carry out random inspections during city surveys, and the interval between city surveys will be at least one month!"

As soon as these words came out, all the merchants were stunned, and then they all knelt down towards the notice.

Some people shouted anything, some asked Bodhisattva to bless Zhao Han with a long life, some simply called Zhao Han a living Bodhisattva, and some cried and kowtowed crazily to the notice.

The contents of errands, recruitment, corvee... These contents are equivalent to open robbery by the government, which can trick merchants into bankruptcy.

Market survey, once every three days.

The original intention is good, to survey prices, survey scales, rulers, buckets and other commercial tools to prevent merchants from cheating and driving up prices. But the implementation is pure nonsense, which is equivalent to industrial and commercial law enforcement officers coming to extort money every three days.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The sales of firecrackers in Nanjing City were extremely good today. Firecrackers were sold out and all the merchants were cheering and celebrating.

The merchants knew very well that no one in the world, except Zhao Han, could give such preferential treatment.

In Zhao Han's eyes, it is natural not to exploit merchants indiscriminately. But in the eyes of the merchants, this is unprecedented good governance, and Zhao Han is one of his own who helps the merchants speak for themselves.

Merchants flocked to the county government office to apply for industrial and commercial licenses. They had to register before anyway.

The industry, population, and operating conditions must be clearly stated. Based on the industry, location, store size, and revenue, it is compiled into three levels and nine levels, and each level levies different taxes.

Many ancient urban merchants were integrated with industry and commerce.

That is, the front shop and the back shop. The front is the shop, which is responsible for sales; the backyard is the workshop, which is responsible for manufacturing.

The wealth of the world comes from Jiangnan, and Jinling is its headquarters. Nanjing is the commercial center of the entire Jiangnan region.

By the Chongzhen period, there were hundreds of thousands of people in the inner city alone. There are more than 9,000 households in outer cities registered with the government. These are all local residents with household registration. In addition, there are many people living outside the city attached to the city.

The total population of Nanjing at the end of the Ming Dynasty must have exceeded one million!

There are more than one hundred types of merchants. Each type of merchant can range from dozens to hundreds.

There are more than 500 pawnshops alone. Huizhou merchants are the most powerful in opening pawnshops, followed by Fujian merchants.

There are also 600 or 700 large and small restaurants; more than 1,000 large and small teahouses.

Nanjing is dominated by the service industry, followed by freight.

Hou Fangyu walked through the streets, listening to the cheers of merchants everywhere, and sighed as he walked towards the teahouse he often patronized.

Halfway through, another official came to post a notice, and soon there was even more terrifying cheers.

This time the whole city cheered!

Reform the stall system and eliminate the stall chief and stall chief.

Cancel the fire armor system.

No matter where your household registration is, except for staying in an inn, you must apply for household registration or temporary household registration.

Hou Fangyu stared at the notice for a while and sighed with emotion: "Nanjing is settled!"

After two notices were posted, merchants and households became Zhao Han's diehard fans. Even if the imperial army counterattacks and Zhao Han is temporarily short of troops, the people in the city will spontaneously help defend the city.

The Fangxiang system, ignoring the differences, can be regarded as the Lijia system in the city.

There are squares inside the city and compartments outside the city. The chiefs of the squares and the chiefs of the compartments have to collect taxes. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, all the village chiefs and chamber chiefs had become local snakes. They not only exploited the people, but also supported domestic slaves and thugs.

What is even more abnormal is that the local population inside and outside Nanjing is very small, and the foreign population is several times larger.

There are few locals and they have to pay taxes.

There are many people from out of town who don’t pay taxes.

The locals suffered a lot and often engaged in citizen riots.

At the same time, both sides have to compile Weizi Pahuojia, which is to work as an errand for the government for free. You have to help put out fires, clear gutters, clean streets, and sometimes catch thieves. These things should be done by the Wucheng Military and Horse Division, but the Wucheng Military and Horse Division is doing things for free for the powerful and officials.

Now Zhao Han treats everyone equally and sets up police stations in each village. People can just pay money for security every month and don't need to worry about other things.

The money charged for public security in Nanjing is definitely higher than that in Ji'an, because prices here are also higher.

Foreigners seem to have to pay an extra security fee, but they don't have to deal with the messy police officers, and their lives are actually easier than before.

Everyone can benefit.

These benefits were all taken away by the powerful, officials, clerks, and local gangsters in the past.

"Good catch!"

"Behead him, capture him and behead him!"

People cheered and shouted again at the end of the street. Hou Fangyu turned around and looked, but it was a village chief and his thugs who had been arrested.

The deformed urban grassroots governance ecology makes the mayor a local snake. A gang leader is a gang leader. The bigger the city, the more serious this situation becomes.

Zhao Han personally ordered that the head of the square and the head of the chamber be arrested, without interrogation, beheaded and ransacked the house.

As for those gangsters, after the trial, they will be punished according to the law.

A large number of people followed, and they wanted to see for themselves what happened to the head of the workshop. After passing through several streets in a row, and finally arrived at the place of execution, the officials took out a rope and hanged the head of the workshop.

Beheading is too dirty, and it has to be disinfected with lime. It is more convenient to strangle with a rope.

The gangsters who used to roam around seemed to suddenly disappear. Some of them were caught, and the rest were all hidden, or they simply fled Nanjing.

By September, Nanjing household registration and industrial and commercial registration were basically completed.

The public security fee paid by the residents alone is three thousand taels of silver a month.

And the Fangxiang silver collected by the Ming Dynasty is only more than five hundred taels a year.

Zhao Han collected 3,000 taels of tax in January, and Daming collected 500 taels of tax a year. But all the people felt that Zhao Han was implementing a benevolent government. Daming's tax collection was extremely low, which often led to civil riots.

Isn't it weird?

Where did the seventy-two times the price difference go?

Restaurant.

Ma Shiying watched all this with cold eyes, suddenly drank the wine in his glass, and muttered: "This man is really the reincarnation of Taizu, I dare not be an official under him."

Ruan Dacheng sighed: "I don't dare to be an official anymore, let my children and grandchildren become officials. I have to teach them well not to fill their own pockets, otherwise the family will be destroyed."

"But I'm not reconciled," Ma Shiying said, "The world of the Great Revolution is once in hundreds of years. You and I just happen to be on the grand occasion, so why don't you just stand by and don't participate in what to do?"

Ruan Dacheng asked: "Is it too late to be an upright official now?"

Ma Shiying smiled and said, "How old are you?"

"Fifty-three." Ruan Dacheng replied.

"I'm only forty-eight years old," Ma Shiying said, "whatever I did in the old court, the new court doesn't care about it. Tomorrow I will go to see Zhao Han and ask to be a small official in the town."

Ruan Dacheng was startled and said: "My dear brother, to be a small official in the town? This is a humiliation!"

Ma Shiying said with a smile: "If you want an official directly, will Zhao Han give it? Then simply start from the bottom and make a good impression on Zhao Han. As long as you work hard, you will be promoted quickly. I understand it, what are eunuchs and Donglin?" In Zhao Han's eyes, the party and the restoration of the society are all the same thing. He doesn't look at his background, he only looks at whether he can do things well. I will do whatever he wants. If he wants a clean official, I will be a clean official; I will be an official! If he wants to be a minister, I will be Wei Zheng!"

"Your brother is really a great talent," Ruan Dacheng sincerely admired, and then shook his head, "Let me start from a small official, I can't hold back my face, let me be a county magistrate."

Ma Shiying smiled and said nothing, he had already figured it out thoroughly.

Serving different monarchs requires different ways of being an official.

He is old and late in joining the group. Before he died, he could at most be a magistrate, and if he lived longer, he might be able to reach the level of participating in politics (province and department). This is enough, paving the way for the children and grandchildren, the Ma family can continue to prosper.

The more Ma Shiying thought about it, the more feasible he felt. He pointed to the excited crowd on the street: "Nanjing is already named Zhao, and the people in Nanjing are also named Zhao. At most three to five years, Zhao Zongzhen will sweep the world. Haha, see you again, brother. Be an honest official."

"Goodbye!" Ruan Dacheng stood up and cupped his hands.

Ma Shiyingdun felt relaxed. He had lived in Nanjing for the past two years, and he was in a constant state of anxiety about being rehabilitated.

Instead of dawdling all day, it is better to fight 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 was a gentleman before. He can also become a minister at any time, because he was a minister before.

How 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 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 Town, 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, Xungui is 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 the leader of the Beetle, I am the black brother of the Republic, and Ziyi Zi.)

(I have agreed on the fourth update, and I will not break my promise. The update may be very late, so don't wait.)