The next morning, Lan Yu went from the Governor's Office to the Wucheng Bingmasi.

The current Ming Dynasty Security Headquarters has been established in terms of system, but no new government office has been built. Now the Wucheng Bingmasi have been merged into the Ming Dynasty Security Headquarters, which means that the Zhongcheng Bingmasi has been made the government office of the Ming Dynasty Security Headquarters.

From the Central Army Commander's Mansion to the Central City Military Commander, Lan Yu looked at the seemingly ordinary gate in front of him and felt mixed emotions.

Compared with the Governor's Office, the Five Cities Military Affairs Office is naturally extremely low-end.

Especially the Wucheng Bingmasi, which has been dealing with the people for a long time, so the environment in the yamen is naturally worse on weekdays.

Lan Yu, who had just arrived here, was stopped by the noise inside.

This government office is very busy.

As he walked over slowly, he was so busy that even the bailiffs didn't notice Lan Yu.

Lan Yu listened to these voices.

Either this family lost a chicken, or that family lost a duck, or there was a conflict between neighbors.

In Lan Yu's view, these were mostly trivial matters.

But this is the duty of the Five Cities Military Department.

Suddenly, Lan Yu felt like he was being cheated.

Was it the right thing to do when I promised His Royal Highness Changsun that he would be in charge of the Ming Dynasty's General Security Office?

"I am Zhang Yi, the commander of the Central City Military Division. I am here to pay my respects to the Duke of Liang. I hope the Duke of Liang will forgive me for not coming to greet you."

Zhang Yi, the commander of the Central City Army, knelt on one knee and said.

Cold sweat has already appeared on my forehead.

Zhang Yike has been feeling uncomfortable these days. He has been worried ever since he was scolded by His Royal Highness Changsun last time.

No matter what I do, I have to be careful, for fear of being remembered by His Royal Highness Changsun.

In the end, he had no other choice but to go and get twenty strokes of the cane himself. He had his buttocks beaten until they were bruised, and only then did he feel a little relieved.

A few days after he recovered from his injury, he heard that the Bingmasi was separated from the Ministry of War and merged directly into the General Security Department under the direct jurisdiction of His Highness Changsun.

This time, Zhang Yi was so scared that he didn't sleep well for the whole day.

The day before yesterday, a document came down saying that the new governor of the Ming Dynasty's General Security Administration is His Royal Highness Changsun's relative, Duke of Liang.

My goodness, Zhang Yi almost died on the spot.

He was originally waiting for the notification from Duke Liang, but he did not expect that when he received a report from his subordinates just now, Duke Liang had already appeared in the yamen.

What are you waiting for? Come over here and meet me.

Lan Yu just turned his head slightly to look at Zhang Yi, without saying anything, and walked straight into the lobby.

Zhang Yi suddenly panicked and didn't dare to speak. He could only follow the Duke of Liang silently.

In the lobby, Zhang Yi didn't dare to sit down and could only stand with his head bowed.

"Pass on my order to expel all the people in the yamen. This place has been requisitioned by the Ming Dynasty Public Security Bureau. If they have any business, they can go somewhere else to handle it."

Lan Yu spoke without hesitation.

"this……"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yi was at a loss for words.

You have to know that these people are not ordinary people. Those who can live in the capital are almost all wealthy families.

And the relationships behind it are also very complicated.

Zhang Yi is only a sixth-rank official. In the eyes of the entire capital, he is nothing.

Once these people appeal to the government office of Yingtian Prefecture, they will be in big trouble.

"Why, are you deaf and don't understand what Gong just said?"

Lan Yu frowned and scolded directly.

Feeling the unfriendly tone of the Duke of Liang, Zhang Yi dared not offend him and quickly said, "I will go right away."

"Don't be impatient. I still have a few things to tell you." Lan Yu continued, which made Zhang Yi stop.

Looking at Zhang Yi who was listening attentively, Lan Yu continued, "According to the order of His Royal Highness Chang Sun, the Wucheng Bingma Division will be merged into the Public Security Division. In addition to the existing five major government offices, a Public Security Bureau will be established."

"The regular staff of the Public Security Bureau is 20 people, and one is set up in every street in the capital. They are responsible for all matters in their respective areas and perform their duties according to the previous responsibilities."

"Then you go and notify all the commanders and deputy commanders to come to the parliament tomorrow morning. I will personally announce the regulations for the Public Security Department established by His Royal Highness the Grandson."

After hearing this, Zhang Yi did not dare to neglect it and said hurriedly: "I obey your order."

Lan Yu nodded and finally said, "Have someone clean up the room where I work. I will come back tomorrow."

Zhang Yi breathed a sigh of relief, bowed and said, "Goodbye, Duke Liang."

Watching the Duke of Liang leaving, Zhang Yi felt as if a storm was about to come.

It's not because of myself, but it involves the entire capital.

…

Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. For some things, drastic reforms will instead cause bad effects.

Zhu Ying was very clear about these things. Not all systems of later generations could be immediately moved to the Ming Dynasty. Most of them would not be able to adapt to the local environment.

The source of all this is, first of all, the control over the grassroots people.

And be loyal to your own talent training system.

In the present Ming Dynasty, everything seems to be extremely stable under Zhu Yuanzhang's personal prestige.

But if someone disobeys, there will be no banquet and the whole family will be buried.

In the entire court, there is only and can only be one voice, Zhu Yuanzhang. No matter right or wrong, those who resist will die.

In the words of Zhu Yuanzhang, if it is not easy to kill you today, I will definitely kill you tomorrow.

Why keep someone who doesn't listen?

Zhu Yuanzhang has been in a very good mood recently because his eldest grandson has returned, but that doesn't mean he will be lenient towards corrupt officials.

Kill them one by one.

In this regard, Zhu Ying naturally wouldn't say much.

As for the corrupt officials, just kill them, it will make room for them.

In the Qianqing Palace,

It was noon, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just returned from the Huagai Palace, was only interested in watering the seedlings.

In the front yard of the Qianqing Palace, many flowers and plants were moved away to create three open spaces.

These three plots of land are planted with corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes respectively.

And Zhu Yuanzhang himself did all of this to cultivate the land, loosen the soil, and sow seeds.

Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to crops that could feed the vast majority of Ming Dynasty people, so he planted a batch of them in the front yard for observation.

Not long after, Zhu Ying came over.

The Kunning Palace has left and right sides, and the front yard is connected to the Qianqing Palace.

You can bypass the Qianqing Palace and enter through the side door, but Zhu Ying rarely does this and always goes through the Qianqing Palace on purpose.

"Grandson, I heard that the business of the entire capital has been booming several times recently. You have made a lot of money here. Let's talk about your next plan."

"Let's learn from you about business experience."

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw his eldest grandson coming, he asked him to sit in the pavilion next to him, and then asked with a smile.

Zhu Ying replied: "Grandpa, please don't say that. I only know a little bit. Now the business in the capital is gradually developing. In my opinion, we can also strengthen the collection of commercial taxes."

"The commercial tax in the capital is too low now. My grandson earned hundreds of thousands of coins, but till now, he hasn't paid a single copper coin in commercial tax. With such a prosperous business, our Ming Dynasty treasury can't get any benefit at all."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think much about it and said with a smile: "This world belongs to us two. It doesn't matter whether we hand it over or not. It's just like taking out of the left bag and putting into the right bag."

After hearing this, Zhu Ying smiled bitterly.

He knew that the old man thought he had used some tricks to evade taxes.

However, this is not the case.

So he explained: "Grandpa, you misunderstood. I didn't order you not to pay taxes. But after calculation, it turns out that you really don't have to pay taxes."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's smile suddenly stopped, and he asked in confusion: "Grandson, what do you mean by this?"

Zhu Ying replied: "According to the current tax collection method of the Ming Dynasty law, especially the commercial tax, as long as there are a certain number of scholars and juren, it will be easy to exempt the tax."

"It's said that the tax rate is 1 in 30, but no one checks the accounts. In addition, the amount that can be exempted, even if hundreds of thousands of coins are deposited into the account, there is no need to pay taxes."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's face began to become serious.

He knew there must be something fishy going on, but he didn't expect it to be so outrageous. It was simply horrifying.

Not paying taxes on profits of hundreds of thousands is actually in compliance with Ming laws. This can only mean that there is a big loophole in Ming laws.

However, after thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little at a loss as to where to start.

I could only ask, "In your opinion, how should this law be restricted?"

Zhu Ying pondered for a moment and said, "In terms of commercial taxation, we should cancel the privilege of tax exemption and set up a separate commercial department to strengthen the jurisdiction of taxation by all parties."

"As for the tax, my grandson thinks it should be abolished."

In fact, the commercial tax system of the Ming Dynasty was extremely sound. Even if it was one in thirty, it should still be a considerable amount.

Even if it is not as high as the agricultural tax, it is not necessarily much lower, so there is still some possibility that they can compete with each other.

The problem now is that, compared with the proportion of the Ministry of Revenue's total annual revenue, the commercial tax is really pitifully small.

But does commercial tax collection amount to less?

In fact, it is still a lot, but this money has not been included in the annual revenue of the national treasury.

At present, the Ming Dynasty has residence tax, transit tax, government store tax, and market stall currency.

This means that anyone who opens a shop, passes through, keeps goods, or stays in a hotel will need to pay taxes.

In the city, there are people who set up fences and set up stalls to sell groceries in the vacant land in front of shops on the street. They close the land in the evening and set up stalls in the morning. The officials think that they are making profits from trade and should pay government money, which is called "door stall tax".

It can be said that as long as you go out to do business, you have to pay taxes.

However, these major taxes have been exempted, and instead taxes are collected from ordinary people.

The method of exemption is actually very simple, it is nothing more than just putting your name on the list.

For example, Zhu Ying's Ping'an Teahouse has always been named after Prince of Yan Zhu Di. From its opening to now, it has made a lot of money from banknotes and has not paid a penny in taxes.

The capital had a Xuanke Division, and the prefectures, states, and counties had Tongke Divisions.

The Xuankesi had an ambassador in charge of its taxation, who was called the Xuankesi Ambassador, and was of the ninth rank.

Could it be that a ninth-rank tax collector, who collected taxes from His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan, was hit on the head in the middle of the night?

The capital is in such a state, let alone the tax offices in prefectures, states and counties.

Especially in the county, taxes like these are basically not reported to the court, and the money collected is basically used locally, which is similar to the form of land tax.

The reason why Zhu Ying proposed to cancel the tax was because it was too heavy for businessmen.

Paying taxes is not just a matter of paying them at a certain place.

Instead, you have to pay it every time you go to a place.

For example, goods from Suzhou are transported to the capital without any background connections.

He had to pay taxes at every checkpoint his goods passed through. When the goods were parked, he also had to pay residence tax. Finally, when he started selling them in the capital, he also had to pay door stall tax.

This directly killed off the small and medium-sized merchants, and those who were able to do business were all big merchants with strong backgrounds.

On a trade route, taxes could basically be waived by just giving a heads up. Of course, they also gave bribes to all the officials on this trade route.

But compared with commercial taxes, it is not worth mentioning.

In this situation, small businessmen are simply incomparable to big businessmen and cannot form competitiveness, resulting in increasingly serious monopoly phenomena and the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few people, which can be described as huge profits.

"I originally thought that if we wanted to increase the commercial tax in the Ming Dynasty's treasury, we should increase the collection. Now it seems that we should reduce the categories of tax collection in order to increase the annual revenue of the treasury."

"Regarding the commercial tax, let's leave it to you, grandson, to reform it. Anyway, the commercial tax in the Ming Dynasty is not that high. If it is too low, you can make up for it from your own pocket."

"Also, recently, due to the allocation of the Ministry of Revenue's finances, most of the expenses for the Gunpowder Department, the Black Armor Guard, and the various colleges have been paid from our treasury."

"I checked the accounts yesterday. Our treasury is now somewhat clean. You have burned so much of the treasure banknotes. Please help us replenish the treasury."

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed at first, then said to his eldest grandson with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ying was speechless.

The banknotes he burned were all torn or damaged.

Zhu Ying did this because the Ming Dynasty's Baochao Tizhusi did not have the function of recycling.

It seems that the old man misunderstood me.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Ying said straightforwardly: "Grandpa, this is a bit troublesome. Why don't I just put the Qunying Chamber of Commerce into the inner treasury."

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little surprised to hear this, and couldn't help asking: "Can my grandson bear this?"

Zhu Ying smiled and said, "Why should we be reluctant to give it up? Just like what grandpa said, the Ming Dynasty belongs to us two. What's the difference between grandson's and grandpa's?"

"Besides, the current palace expenses are not small. It would save Grandpa from having to argue with the Ministry of Revenue. The expenses of our palace can be earned by our own Chamber of Commerce."

"If the merchants make money from this, they might do evil and hoard goods at high prices. If our treasury makes money, we can help those places in need."

"So my grandson thinks that it would be better for our Zhu family to become the largest chamber of commerce in Ming Dynasty."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care about reputation, he just didn't understand how businessmen made money.

From a beggar to an emperor, he never did business.

What he is doing now is exactly what he wants.

Besides, in the Ming Dynasty, which other chamber of commerce dares to be compared with the Royal Chamber of Commerce?