mtl008 Chapter 1041
Chapter 1041
He is a narrow-minded person, how could he tolerate this?
Looking at Zhou Li's departing back, Zhou Feng's eyes flashed coldly, and he whispered:
"Damn you, you bastard! You've got nothing left, yet you dare to humiliate me? Humph, we'll see what happens to you!"
On the other hand, Zhou Li had nowhere to go after leaving Zhou's house, so he simply went straight back to Suzhou City.
Although his business was gone, he had made a lot of money over the years, so he didn't end up living on the streets.
After finding an inn in the city, he locked himself in the room and thought about his future.
At the same time, at the Suzhou City Posthouse, Wei Wu was sitting in the yard, thinking about what to do next.
The implementation of the land-based tax system is imperative, and the preliminary preparatory work is already underway.
After the publicity work is completed, it is time to officially take action against the wealthy businessmen and gentry in Jiangnan.
In fact, it is not difficult to implement the land-based tax system. It just requires preliminary publicity to let the people know what the court’s policy is.
Then measure the land and check the population, sort out everything that needs to be sorted out and hand it over to the court, and then pay taxes according to regulations.
What really makes this difficult are these wealthy businessmen and gentry, who will try every possible way to evade taxes and avoid paying the taxes they should.
This results in a very good policy failing to achieve the desired effect, and even a good thing turning into a bad thing.
What Wei Wu had to do was to settle the situation and make it a set matter of who had how much land and how much tax they should pay.
These parasites will have no loopholes to exploit, and when the time comes, they will pay taxes obediently and fulfill their responsibilities.
In fact, according to Wei Wu's idea, it would be best to be like in Shandong, where all the wealthy families were eliminated and all the land was confiscated.
The court would then rent the land to the people at a low price, which would not only ensure the people's livelihood but also prevent the land from being annexed.
Just like in later generations, there are always people complaining about the problem that land cannot be privately owned, but these people ignore the most critical issue.
The land will be owned by the public, and the people will still have farmland to farm, and at least they will have enough to eat. After all, the country only needs to collect taxes for development.
If land can be privatized, ordinary people at the bottom of society will never be able to own a piece of land in their entire lives. This is the cruel reality.
The same was true in the Ming Dynasty. At least the imperial court would not exploit tenants like the landlords and gentry, and it could also ensure that the treasury was full.
"Alas, it's a pity that Shandong is a beautiful accident. It would be great if Jiangnan could be like Shandong. What a pity!"
When Wei Wu thought of the situation in Shandong, he couldn't help but sigh and mutter to himself.
To be honest, if it weren't for the unrest that such chaos would cause, Wei Wu really wanted to kill all these parasites in Jiangnan.
It’s a pity that such things can only be thought about in the mind. Wei Wu sighed again with regret.
However, just as Wei Wu sighed, a servant from the post station suddenly walked in from outside.
"Sir, there is someone outside who wants to see you."
"Someone wants to see me? Do you know who it is? Did you tell me your name?"
Wei Wu looked at the officer with some doubt, and then heard him say:
"He didn't give his name, but he said if you see this, you'll agree to see him."
Just when Wei Wu was puzzled, the officer took out a piece of paper with a strange pattern on it and handed it to him.
Wei Wu took the paper from the officer and narrowed his eyes after just one glance.
Not to mention ordinary people, even court officials could not understand the meaning of the pattern on this paper.
Because this was the secret code used by the Embroidered Uniform Guards to communicate with each other, the reason why Wei Wu could understand it was mainly because he was special.
He was familiar with the Jinyiwei, not to mention that Shen Lin and others around him were once Jinyiwei.
However, he was a little surprised that a Jinyiwei suddenly came to see him at this time.