Chapter 899： tax

The pirates on the southeast coast were shocked. Daqi attacked the pirates twice in a row, and both won. Although the second time only injured the ship and killed some pirates, compared with none of them, one ship was not injured. A loss is a victory.

The pirates who were originally scheduled to go ashore to grab something immediately canceled the action and watched, and the entire coast of Guangdong calmed down.

Qi Haoran was discussing with Fan Zijin how to maximize the interests of those captives, "Since you want to set up a caravan to go out to sea, a chart is a must. Those foreigners can come all the way to us to become pirates. You must be very familiar, you have people interrogated separately, and you have to draw a good chart anyway."

Fan Zijin nodded, his anger subsided at this time, and he no longer wanted to kill all those people, he said: "Why don't you stay in Guangdong for a while and help me clean up the pirates at sea, lest they always come to disturb the people, I have already gone to the paper before to reopen the coast and sea ban, it should be before the case of the eldest cousin."

"We were all worried that you were gone, why do we care about the sea ban?" Qi Haoran said: "The navy under your command is useless, and you may be able to pull it out for a fight in the first half of the practice, and you can win half of it by relying on it. The cannon caught them off guard, and we attacked again, and if we fought face-to-face, they would definitely not be able to beat the pirates."

Fan Zijin sneered, "It's not entirely the fault of the navy and Zhou Zhou. They didn't have enough to eat, and they couldn't train at all. Yu Cheng asked people to deduct the rations, thinking that the account book would be smoothed out, and if I didn't ask the navy, I would be able to get away with it. He doesn't even think about what I'm doing, the master can even support the treasury, and he still wants to hide the two books from me?"

"Because he is a local snake, I want to take it slowly, but this time he will give me the handle, I don't need to use it for nothing, check him on the charge of blocking the news," Fan Zijin said, "Since you don't want to use water Master, then go to the garrison, and let them be vigilant recently, and don't let Guangdong be in chaos."

Fan Zijin is planning to have a complete reckoning this time, to thoroughly investigate the entire officialdom in Guangdong, as a way to change his team.

There has never been a prefect with such good luck as him. Although he has suffered before, the rewards are also rich.

Fan Zijin ordered the garrison not to move, but they would listen to Qi Haoran.

The two talked about the whole Guangdong officialdom, and Qi Haoran taught Fan Zijin, "Since the sea ban is going to be lifted, you can post a notice to recruit pirates. All the common people of Qi who have been pirates because of their hardships in life will have their own body. Those who have no life in the lawsuit can surrender themselves, and if there are people in the lawsuit, if they are willing to surrender, the punishment will be reduced according to the circumstances.

Fan Zijin sighed, "If only you could stay, Zhou Zhou's qualifications are very low, I'm afraid he won't be able to train very well."

Qi Haoran moved and said in a low voice, "Actually, I also want to stay..."

No other reason, but Arling said that if they do not pay attention to the sea, they will not only face threats from the land, but also from the sea in the future.

And the coastline of Daqi is very long. When the time comes for the enemy to land, they are afraid that they will not be able to guard against it. Now, aren't their sailors a little tired of dealing with pirates?

He may not be able to do other things, but he is confident in training and fighting. Even if he does not know how to fight at sea now, he can still learn. The Guangdong navy 20 years ago was pretty good. People, if it doesn't work, there are still uncles, go to them and ask for a few people who are good at naval warfare or ask them for advice.

The two cousins ​​looked at each other, and both planned to go back in the evening to write a letter to the emperor and ask for it. Maybe they could ask for it?

At this time, a guard was running to the imperial study with the secret letter he had just taken from the pigeon. This was a carrier pigeon from Guangdong, and most of it was about Duke Anguo.

An Guogong has been missing for half a month. The emperor's mood has been getting worse and worse these days. He loses his temper in the court almost every day. When he returns to the imperial study, he always has a blue face. He has always been frugal and loves public property. This is the first time the emperor has smashed things since he ascended the throne, so whether it is the eunuchs or the guards, they all serve with a heart.

I don't know if this time is good news or bad news, but the guard sent a letter to the emperor with a nervous heart.

Qi Xiuyuan took the letter and saw that it was Qi Haoran's handwriting. It was written in the first line, Zijin was safe, and the heart that Qi Xiuyuan had been holding has finally fallen, and only then did I have time to look at the cause and effect of what my brother wrote.

Knowing that it was all due to sea trade, Qi Xiuyuan's expression remained unchanged, but he was very dissatisfied with the foreigners in his heart. He even raised the price at will in Daqi without restraint, forcing Zijin to test the ship himself (obviously he wanted to go), it's really abominable.

And those pirates who besieged Zijin turned out to be the same foreigners as them (in fact, they were not the same, they belonged to the two countries), which is simply unforgivable.

Qi Xiuyuan caressed his heart, knocked on the table and said with a serious face: "Come here, go and invite the left and right ministers and the minister of the household."

Eunuch Wan saw Qi Xiuyuan's brows dissipated, he knew it was good news, he answered with a loud voice, and bowed down.

Qi Xiuyuan said to the two prime ministers and the Minister of the Household: "I intend to reopen the coast and sea bans, and the customs tax for maritime merchants can be reduced as appropriate, but it is impossible for the ships entering the port to be the only merchant ships of my size. No tax is charged for entering the ship, but it is harsh on the people and the tax is too heavy. This is really inappropriate, so I plan to charge foreign businessmen with tariffs, what do the three love ministers think?"

Rong Xuan was as thick-skinned as Qi Xiuyuan, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it. He readily agreed, and proposed that such tariffs should be appropriately higher than those of domestic maritime merchants.

This is to generate income for the national treasury, and the Minister of the Ministry of Housing will naturally not object. His eyes are shining, and he is already thinking about how much money the Ministry of Household can make by reopening the coast.

Only Yan Du, with the face of a scholar-officer, hesitated: "Will it make me seem a little stingy in the big country?"

Rongxuan said solemnly: "What the Minister of the Right said is wrong. The atmosphere has nothing to do with taxes. If tax exemption is the atmosphere, wouldn't I want to exempt all the people from taxes?"

"Left Chancellor, I'm talking about the outside world."

"I don't think there is a difference between inside and outside when it comes to taxation."

Qi Xiuyuan raised his hand to interrupt the dispute between the two and said, "I am generous enough to those foreigners, but they don't want to repay their kindness. Instead, they blindly raise prices to disrupt the market order in Daqi, and even loot merchants and fishermen along the coast. The crimes are extremely heinous, and if they are not restrained, they will only make further progress."

Yan Du suddenly stopped talking. He felt that the sea trade was a trivial plan, and it was not worth paying too much attention to. Since the emperor wanted to levy taxes on foreign vassals, he should levy it.

Qi Xiu saw that Yan Du would no longer object, so he planned to raise it in the court the next day.

How much tax is levied, and who will levy it, this will have to be resolved by the courtier's opinion. Moreover, he also has to set the price fluctuation rate of imported goods. We can no longer ask foreigners to raise the price if they want to. Is it really easy for them to bully it?