Without money, what is the point of being a traitor?

Chapter 137 I'm OK

The reason why the imperial court could not collect commercial taxes was not because there were no commercial taxes, but because the commercial taxes were neither transparent nor quantitative, and were reasonably divided up by the "scholars".

The court got little, so naturally it wanted to increase its share.

But the people below understood what was going on.

I’ve been collecting commercial taxes all the way back to the Qianlong period, and you’re still increasing the tax. How can the people live as this dog emperor?
angry!

Some people may wonder, since commercial taxes are not reduced, why are those big businessmen still so rich?

Because, those big businessmen are not "merchants" in essence, but "scholars".

They don't pay taxes.

For example, my family has 100,000 acres of mulberry fields, producing a certain amount of silk every year, but I read "Spring and Autumn Annals", I am a scholar!
I am not a merchant, why should I be taxed for business purposes?

Not to mention the tax collection during the Qianlong period, I had never paid taxes before the Hongwu period.

what happened?
I asked what happened?

The word most closely related to "business" is "industry".

The "workers" here refer to all craftsmen, including weavers, ironworkers, miners and so on.

The "workers" of the Ming Dynasty were restricted by their household registration system and could not realize the mobility and conversion of their household registration status, so they naturally had no means of production and could only be restricted by business.

As big businessmen used the privileges of the "scholars" to gradually monopolize the market, the benefits of artisans began to emerge.

If you like it, do it. If you don’t want to, get out.

Therefore, under extreme exploitation, the "working" class struggling to make ends meet has formed a close vassalage to the owners of the means of production.

In other words, the absence of the Ming Dynasty court caused the "working" class to be completely out of control.

This class has nothing, but is highly organized and extremely powerful in combat.

Later, when the national hero Qi Jiguang fought against the Japanese invaders, he selected soldiers from the miners.

It turned out that he was so damn good at fighting. When he started to kill the Japanese pirates, he just slaughtered them.

There is no effect starting with the "businessmen", the "working class" cannot be offended, and the policies are made by the "scholars".

What should I do?

The farmers can only suffer more with tears.

Then again?

——The peasants rebelled.

The current situation in the Ming Dynasty is that peasants are rebelling everywhere, foreign races are eyeing it covetously, the imperial court cannot collect taxes, and the peasants continue to suffer.

So why would Pei Yuan touch this mess that even the imperial court dared not touch?

Why would Pei Yuan want to offend the craftsmen whom even the imperial court didn't dare to offend?

Pei Yuan knocked on the table and said, "It's definitely not going to work if we force it. Please help me think of some other way to get the money out."

Everyone was silent after hearing this.

Pei Yuan didn't expect these guys to give any useful advice.

If these guys were so useful, Captain Han wouldn't have to bother keeping such loyal subordinates.

Pei Yuan's eyes wandered as he looked at everyone, silently exerting pressure.

When everyone was afraid to look him in the eye, Pei Yuan said, "Since none of you can come up with an idea, then just do as I say. If anyone dares to say anything more, don't blame me for being ruthless."

At this point, everyone could only say, "We will obey your orders."

Pei Yuan then slowed down his tone and analyzed to everyone, "It is indeed troublesome, but it is not without a solution."

"Most of the artisans and common people were instigated. In other words, those people with ulterior motives must have used some kind of rhetoric to mislead the artisans."

"This means that although those craftsmen stood up for them, the fundamental demands of both parties are actually different." Pei Yuan glanced at the people below and saw that they all looked confused.

Captain Pei didn't care whether they understood or not, and said to himself, "So, as long as we make the people who incite the artisans deviate from the demands of the artisans themselves, we can disintegrate their camp!"

As Pei Yuan spoke, his eyes still wandered over the faces of his confused subordinates.

"Let me think about it, what are everyone's essential demands?"

"For the artisans, they were worried that after the court gained an advantage, it would increase corvée labor or take the opportunity to increase commercial taxes, causing them to lose their jobs."

"For those behind the scenes, their appeal is to let the court see their determination to resist taxation and vent the anger of the craftsmen."

"Our demand is to take the silver and not care about the flood in Suzhou."

Pei Yuan finished speaking slowly, and after they thought about it for a while, he spoke to everyone again.

"But there is one characteristic that everyone has in common. That is, everyone is selfish."

"Those huge, tens of thousands of artisans are tens of thousands of selfish individuals. The forces behind the scenes that are obstructing us are also many selfish individuals."

“Every selfish individual tends to achieve the most results at the lowest cost to himself.”

"So... have you thought about it?"

Pei Yuan's gaze continued to scan the faces of his men.

Tan Tai Fang Tu was no longer rebellious, Si Kong Sui was no longer smooth, Chen Toutie and Cheng Leixiang breathed softly, and Song Chun Niang held her chin with her hand, distracted, and no one knew what she was thinking about.

Pei Yuanjian managed to make his men behave themselves and finally relieved the pressure from Han Qianhu.

There was no need for Pei Yuan to let his subordinates know the plan clearly.

After the CPU was finished, I quietly perfected the follow-up tasks.

Just as Pei Yuan said just now, the person behind the scenes mobilized tens of thousands of craftsmen to obstruct, and looked so powerful that it was suffocating.

However, because their essential demands are different, as long as the means are sharp enough, they can be disassembled inch by inch like a butcher cutting up an ox.

When it is broken down into individual components, the weakest link will be exposed!
First of all, as long as the agitators stopped, the demands of the artisans would tend to be against corvee and taxation.

These two demands are directly aimed at the Suzhou and Hangzhou Weaving Factory!
Pei Yuan, on the other hand, didn't mind firing flash bombs at his allies and dragging the governor of the Suzhou and Hangzhou Weaving Factory out to die.

Secondly, the most critical link in stopping the instigators is the direct executor, Zhai De'an, the fourth-rank prefect of Suzhou.

The weaknesses of the Suzhou prefect had already been repeated to Pei Qianhu by many people.

——This is a weak person.

Pei Yuan had ways to threaten him personally, and also ways to make him prioritize self-protection, forcing him to choose "selfishness" at the critical moment and throw away the burden of intercepting tax silver.

Whether the tax silver can come out of Suzhou is a crucial link for Pei Yuan.

But for Zhai De'an, it is not.

Therefore, after Pei Yuan split it up piece by piece, this impossible task became simple and clear.

First of all, we must give Zhai De'an enough threats to force him to stop incitement at the critical moment.

Then the Suzhou and Hangzhou Weaving Factory was brought in to absorb the anger of tens of thousands of craftsmen.

As for Pei Yuan, this mad dog.

He didn't care about the flood in Suzhou.

The plan goes through!
Pei Yuan sorted out his thoughts, nodded with satisfaction, and glanced at everyone, "I'm fine. Let's adjourn the meeting."

Tan Tai Fang Tu, Si Kong Sui, Cheng Lei Xiang, Chen Toutie, and Song Chun Niang.

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