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Chapter 1646 Huge Profits

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    When it comes to Qi Zhiyuan, many small shopkeepers are eager to try it.

    The shop owner of Xishan Jianye Nanjing branch said: "The Qi family is located in Nanzhili and owns a large amount of land. His ancestors have been officials for many generations. Because of this, many people come to donate land. Naturally, the Qi family's land  There are more and more It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the highest sect in South Zhili."

    Donate land

    This word is not new at all. There are not many such things in other places.

    But in Jiangnan, it is a common thing.

    "After all, Jiangnan produces talented people, and many of them have fame. Because of their fame, they can not only become officials, but also get tax exemptions.

    Although the excess land area is supposed to be taxed, the problem is that families who can be officials and have a good reputation often have a great reputation in the local area. To put it bluntly, they are a prominent family, and even their parents are not officials.  Rely on them.

    People like this Isn¡¯t it easy for them to conceal their land and get the privilege of being exempt from food tax?

    Sothe largest source of grain tax for the imperial court, the entire Jiangnan, this heavy tax was not imposed on the prominent families like the Qi family, but on the small people who did not have much land in the first place.

    "The land of the common people is not only inferior, but the rich ones only have dozens of acres of land. The poor ones are even worse, with only three to five acres, and they can't even eat. How can they still afford such heavy taxes?

    Sosomeone set a precedent. Starting from Emperor Wen, some people began to simply give their land deeds to high-ranking families like the Qi family. This land simply didn't want it, and kept the land anyway.  He is also hungry, and if the land is in the name of the Qi family, he will be exempted from paying taxes. In this way, it is equivalent to giving the land to the Qi family, and he will farm it for the Qi family and become a tenant. Of course the Qi family will often  Give some favors to those who donate land, such as reducing or exempting some favors.

    They easily obtained the land for no reason, just relying on their fame.

    Without spending any money, the land became more and more, and the family's power naturally increased, so more people came to contribute, and the Qi family gradually became the leading wealthy family, almost on an equal footing with the six ministers of Nanjing. They  All the people they made friends with were high-ranking officials of third rank or above. The in-laws of the children in the mansion were either ministers or ministers. As for how much land they had hidden in their hands, and how many tenant farmers they had made their homes, only God knew.

    Such things have long been common in Jiangnan.

    As a result, there are fewer and fewer people who own land, but those who hold land have countless lands in their names.  On the contrary, the taxes that the court could receive did not increase. Almost all the favors from the Ming court, after more than a hundred years, were attributed to scholarly families like the Qi family who had heirs to poetry and calligraphy.

    The national favor they received was unprecedented in all dynasties, so much so that when it came to precious lands, the local powerful had to resort to force and plunder to obtain them.  But in the hands of people like the Qi family, there is no need to even plunder. Relying on the Ming Dynasty's extreme kindness to the scholar-bureaucrats, they almost lie down and wait for the common people to deliver the ancestral land to them with blood and tears.  In front of me, not only do I not hate you, but I also feel grateful to you. It seems that it was because you were extra gracious and took away his land that his family was able to survive.

    The shopkeepers of Semicolon enthusiastically reported the situation of the Qi family.

    Wang Jinyuan just lowered his head and listened quietly, and then nodded: "If the Qi family can sell off first, thenthe land price will undoubtedly collapse. They have too much land in their hands."

    "But a person like this will never be short of money, so how can he be willing to sell off his ancestral property easily?" Wang Jinyuan said lightly: "Unlesshe has to sell it."

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    A few days later, news came again that the emperor had issued an order to urgently mobilize Zhang Mao to lead his army southward to Nanjing.

    As soon as the news reached Nanjing, people became even more uneasy.

    The Duke of Wei's Mansion began to become more and more suspicious.

    The gate of the palace was closed tightly, and the commanders of the guards no longer dared to pay a visit.

    And the Sixth Department of Nanjing began to become extremely nervous.

    A flurry of impeachment was sent to the cabinet.

    "As for the cabinetthe ministers couldn't help but smile bitterly when they saw this memorial.

    His Majesty has not shown his face for more than a month.

    Eventhe three cabinet ministers all suspected that His Majesty was seriously ill, otherwise why didn't any news come out from the palace.

    Logically speaking, Your Majesty is in such a tight situation.Yuan Yuan thought to himself that this was in line with Fang Jifan's temperament.

    He then smiled and said: "In that case, why doesn't Mr. Wang take over the land in Yahang? What are you doing here?"

    Wang Jinyuan spit out two words: "cooperation."

    Qi Zhiyuan: ""

    This guyis he crazy?

    Wang Jinyuan stopped smiling and became a little more serious, saying, "The current land prices are constantly falling, does Brother Qi know?"

    Qi Zhiyuan remained silent. He suffered a lot from this incident.

    Wang Jinyuan added: "It's just that there are still too few drops. This little profit is not enough to fill the gap between teeth. It would be better if it dropped some more."

    Qi Zhiyuan stared at Wang Jinyuan and couldn't stop laughing. He said with a sullen face: "This may not be as you wish. After all, the land price will fall if you want to, and rise if you want to rise?"

    "There is a way, it will be useful to keep." Wang Jinyuan looked at him meaningfully and said: "That's why I came to find Brother Qi. As long as the matter is successful, you and I will definitely make huge profits from it. I just don't know if Brother Qi is interested?" (Remember?  Website address: www.hlnovel.com
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