Chapter 2413 Gui Zi Juan carefully calculated, fell down and eaten?
Feng Ziying was also quite surprised at the visit to Jiayu Village.
Didn’t this guy come here just yesterday? Why is he here again today?
Let’s talk about getting close, but it’s not like he’s so attentive.
But I have to say that when sisters Li Min and Li Qi moved into their back house, Jia Yucun suddenly felt a little proud, and his attitude towards himself also changed somewhat.
It seems that because of this factor, he thinks that he has become one of his own family members.
Feng Ziying also took a look at the logic behind this. It seems to be correct. Even women's affairs can be arranged for you, doesn't it count?
Although this is not entirely due to his exerting force in the middle, if he can do this kind of thing, he is still a dignified fourth-rank official of the Jinling Prefecture. It has wiped out the face of the scholar. Isn't he worthy of his own respect? ?
Perhaps this is what this guy thinks.
Seeing Jia Yucun's half-smiling expression with a bit of unspeakable taste, Feng Ziying was also curious, "Brother Yucun, what's wrong? Why is he looking like this? If you have anything to say, please tell me quickly. I have to go to the Nanjing Ministry of War." By the way, Brother Zhisheng is still waiting for me there."
“Hey, what do you mean this is?” Jia Yucun put his hand on his forehead, “Zhen Yingjia came to see me...”
"Oh? Isn't it normal for him to come to see you? Not to mention he has come to see you a few times. He is desperate and seems to come to you to communicate and inquire. It is reasonable." Feng Ziying didn't take it seriously.
"But Ziying, can you imagine what he did?" Jia Yucun's expression became more intriguing, "I recommended myself to the pillow, haha, I can't believe my ears."
"Recommend yourself as a pillow mat?" Feng Ziying felt a chill, "He recommended himself as a pillow mat? What does that mean?"
"It's not him, it's him who asked his daughter and niece to recommend themselves as pillow mats. It's incredible. Maybe it's really the effect of Li's twins?" Jia Yucun's eyes wandered, "Anyone in Jinling City knows that you have adopted Li's twins. There are a lot of people who are puzzled, watching indifferently, gloating about others' misfortunes, and eager to file a complaint, but I didn't expect that Zhen Yingjia would actually come here to do this. Is this just trying to imitate others, or is she planning to catch up from behind?"
"Zhen Yingjia's daughter? Isn't his daughter married to Shui Rong?" Feng Ziying's heart moved slightly. Shui Zhen, um, Zhen Baoqi, had a one-night stand with him, and she still has endless aftertaste. It's a pity that she left Shaanxi and never saw each other again. time, but maybe there will be a chance to meet again after we go back this time, but...
"You are talking about his second daughter. His eldest daughter was born to his first wife. But after the first wife died, the second daughter was born to Zhen Baoyu. She has the same name as Jia Baoyu of the Jia family, and even looks different. It’s almost the same. I don’t know if Ziying, you have seen that Zhen Baoyu. He really looks very similar to the one from the Jia family. They even have similar temperaments. They are both uneducated and unskilled..."
Jia Yucun was so excited when he spoke that his beard even stood up, "The three beauties of the Zhen family are known as the three beauties of the Zhen family. They are very famous in Jinling City. The eldest is married to the eldest son of the Ding family, the second is married to Shui Rong, and the princess is Well, the third girl is the daughter of Zhen Yingyu. She originally wanted to be betrothed to Prince Yi Zhong, the fourth son of Emperor Wan Tong, but for some unknown reason it didn't work out. She also wanted to betrothed to Tang Binyin's son, but it didn't work out either. So that's all. I came down, but I didn’t expect to find you on my head now, and I want to recommend myself to your house. It seems that Xiao Feng Xiuzhuan is famous far and wide for his romantic and unparalleled reputation..."
Feng Ziying waved her hand helplessly, "Brother Yucun, aren't you a little bored talking about this now? Zhen Yingjia thinks that this way can extend the life of the Zhen family? Isn't it too naive?"
"Of course it's not just that. I'm also willing to give you three hundred thousand taels of silver. How about Ziying?" Jia Yucun said with a smile: "Even I can't help but feel excited."
If he hadn't known Feng Ziying's intentions this time, 50,000 and 300,000, Jia Yucun would have really wanted to swallow the bait. At worst, he would have withdrawn the hook. Who could prove that he had swallowed the bait?
Three hundred thousand? This time even Feng Ziying couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
Being able to give yourself three hundred thousand yuan means that the Zhen family will definitely have to pay at least several times more to protect the family.
Where is Sun Chengzong? Where is Gu Bingqian? It may also involve other aspects of management. How many assets does the Zhen family have? Two million, three million, or five million?
It seems that I have really underestimated the background of the Zhen family, the head of the new four families.
But after thinking about it, it seems to be similar.
The Jia family has been in decline for so many years, but when they built the Grand View Garden, the three to five million taels of silver were just spent.
It seems reasonable that the Jia family had assets of three to five million when it was at its peak. Since the new four families headed by the Zhen family have replaced the original four families in Jinling, at least the wealth background should be similar, or even better. That's right.
It seems reasonable to spend 300,000 yuan as a bribe to support yourself.
Feng Ziying is looking for the Zhen family's belongings, and also needs to consider the tasks assigned to her by the court.
Although the cabinet did not specify specific requirements before leaving, Huang Ruliang took a moment to talk to himself.
The famine caused by the imperial court is a bit serious, and before leaving, he picked up another two million. So if this trip to Jiangnan does not go well, it will be fine, but if it is successfully won, then at least there must be an explanation.
This military operation is worth 2 million. Of course, not all of the 2 million will be spent on military operations. Denglai Town, Ji Town and Liaodong Town also need to allocate some funds, and they are all included in the military operations. On the head.
So recovering this investment in this trip is only the most basic, or can only be regarded as incidental, and you have to get back what the court wants for the court.
What the court wanted was the Jiangnan taxes that had been spent by Nanjing in the past three years.
Feng Ziying is not very clear about the annual tax revenue of Dazhou, especially after the royalties from the later opening of the sea and the customs revenue of the Municipal Shipping Company began to rise, it is even more difficult to calculate.
But what he knew in the early stage was that in the forty-second year of Yuanxi, which was the first year of Yonglong, the annual tax revenue of the Great Zhou Dynasty was about 22 million shi. In the twelve years since Emperor Yonglong's reign, the first five years had not changed much. In the next seven years, due to the slight increase in industrial and commercial development, Feng Ziying did not ask too much about the situation at the Ministry of Household Affairs, and estimated that the increase should be about 300 to 5 million shi.
This number is calculated in terms of rice and wheat, which is not very scientific, because grain prices fluctuate greatly, and it will also be affected by fluctuations in the value of silver itself. However, this is how the Ministry of Household Affairs calculated it, and Feng Ziying had no idea.
Of course, this also involves the more complicated issue of labor. At the local level, many places have quietly adopted the method of exchanging silver rice for labor. This is another unsolvable account.
This revenue actually serves as a black hole for central and local expenditures, but it is also a lubricant between the central and local governments. After all, there is a larger leeway in the middle to allow the game between the central and local governments to continue.
As for the central government and local governments, there must be some exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes that are not humane to outsiders. Otherwise, how can local officials make a living? But this is no longer mainstream.
It is pitiful to say that the annual fiscal revenue of the great Zhou Dynasty is only about 30 million shi of grain. If the millet, wheat, and rice are each divided into two: four: four, and according to the normal year's Tongzhou, Zhangjiawan, Based on a weighted balance calculation based on the grain prices in Huguang, the main grain-producing area, and Nanjing, the Nandu Water Transport Terminal, approximately 30 million shi of grain can be discounted to about 32 million taels of silver.
But Rongguo Mansion could spend three to five hundred thousand taels to build a Grand View Garden, which seemed to account for one percent of the fiscal revenue of the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It is unbelievable to think about it. Of course, after all, this is all There are many other aspects of the empire's apparent income that are not appreciated by outsiders, such as local levies on fire and transportation costs, etc., which are simply impossible to calculate.
The four provinces of Jiangnan, that is, Nanzhi, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangxi account for about 40% of the tax, while the so-called core eight Jiangnan provinces account for about 25%.
Among them, taxes occupies a dominant position, that is, land tax income, while taxes, namely commercial taxes, customs duties, and miscellaneous taxes, account for a small proportion.
This is also the reason why Da Zhou itself was a purely agricultural country.
However, with the opening of sea trade and the strong encouragement and promotion of industry and commerce brought by Feng Ziying, the industry and commerce in the north and south have experienced an unprecedented development momentum, which has led to a sharp increase in commercial taxes and tariffs.
However, at least until now, industrial and commercial taxes are still not comparable to land taxes.
If calculated in this way, the tax in Jiangnan for three years would be at least 40 million taels of silver. This is obviously an impossible task, and the court probably never thought of it this way.
Although Huang Ruliang did not mention a specific amount requirement, Feng Ziying could roughly figure out Huang Ruliang's thoughts.
Three to five million taels is definitely not enough. I estimate that it will be at least eight million taels of silver. If I can get ten million taels, I will be more satisfied. After all, this is the south of the Yangtze River, and it is not as hard as the officials in the north.
Feng Ziying, the head of the new four families like the Zhen family, originally thought that one and a half million taels might be a more fair number, but now it seems that she still underestimated the opponent's strength.
This number will at least double, which means that the assets of the Zhen family may be equivalent to one-tenth of the fiscal revenue of the entire Zhou Dynasty. This is a bit shocking, but think about He Shen of the Qing Dynasty. After falling down, Jiaqing was full, and the Heshen family's assets worth hundreds of millions were equivalent to the fiscal revenue of the Qing Dynasty for ten years. Feng Ziying felt that the Zhen family was simply a poor man again.
(End of this chapter)