It’s the eighteenth day of the first lunar month in the eighteenth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty. It’s a good day, double eighteenth!
For the Ming Dynasty talents gathered in Nanjing, today is a good day for them to participate in the Enke Competition.
If you pass the exam, you will be a farmhouse minister in the morning, a prince in the evening, and you can become an official immediately! It makes me happy just thinking about it!
Among the more than 10,000 Juren who gathered in Nanjing, there were some particularly happy Juren. For example, Songjiang talented scholar Luo Dagong - he is probably the first, second and second place student in this subject. If he does better in the exam, he may also be the top scholar in high school! Either the top pick or the second pick! Guangzong Yaozu! The poetry and etiquette of the old Luo family have been passed down for many generations, and no one has been awarded a Jinshi. This time, not only will a Jinshi be awarded, but he will also be ranked second in the top 100. He will definitely become a Luo Ge lao in the future...
So during this period, Grand Duke Luo was really proud of himself! Although he has not yet been successful in the examinations, he has already gained something in love. Li Yulin, one of Qinhuai's eight beauties who has been pursuing Suzhou girls' school secretary for a long time, has already agreed to marry - just waiting for Luo Dacai to become the number one or second in the rankings. Just enter his room!
This little lady Li is both talented and beautiful, and she is even more beautiful than Qin Huai!
Name on the golden list, flowers and candles in the bridal chamber, double happiness...
"We need a large number of soldiers to fight against the invaders and protect the religion. However, the soldiers and generals are all dependent on pay, and commercial taxes are the basis of wealth. How can we ensure that commercial taxes are sufficient and the military is sufficient? What is going on?"
"This is a policy argument!"
"How do you test policy theory in the first test? Isn't it only the third test?"
"Did you put the wrong title?"
"Who is the chief examiner of this subject? Why is there such a question? Is this a test on the ability to gather and search..."
Just when Grand Duke Luo was feeling extremely proud, there was already a lot of discussion in the examination booth of Jiangnan Gongyuan. It turns out that the questions for the first exam have been released on Mingyuan Tower - Mingyuan Tower is the tallest building in Jiangnan Gongyuan. According to convention, before each exam, the examiner will write the questions for the on-site examination on a wooden sign, go to Mingyuan Tower, hold it high, weigh the sign and place the questions for the candidates to copy.
The content of the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty was finalized by Zhu Yuanzhang in the 17th year of Hongwu, and it was never changed in the Ming Dynasty.
According to Zhu Yuanzhang's regulations, there were three imperial examinations.
In the first session, there are three tests on the meaning of four books, each with more than 200 words. There are four meanings in the Five Classics, each with more than 300 words.
The second session is an essay of more than 300 words. Five sentences. The imperial edict is the same as that of internal medicine.
The third session is to test the Five Ways of Classics, History and Current Affairs.
The issue of how to collect commercial taxes is a current policy issue and should be re-examined in the third session. But it is only the first session now, so why is it brought up?
Also, this question is wrong... How can I directly ask how to collect business tax? How to do this question? There are no answers in the "Document Comprehensive Examination" and "Da Ming Hall" - this policy is originally to test the candidate's ability to understand the past and the present, and requires the candidate to read thoroughly the history books and the political documents of the current dynasty. However, people who are ignorant of what is happening outside the window and have little practical work experience often cannot make good policy decisions. So later on, candidates only read the "General Examination of Documents" and "Da Ming Huidian", two works, one ancient and one modern, to cope with the examination.
In addition, although there were three imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty. But what is really decisive is the first scene, which is the "Four Books" and the "Five Classics".
If you have read through the Four Books and Five Classics (you don’t have to be familiar with all the Five Classics, you can choose one as the focus of study) and prepared the eight-part essay, you will have a good chance of getting into high school. As for the subsequent judgments, edicts, imperial edicts, and expressions, they are just some official documents, no big deal. As for policy theory, the worst is just coping, and the better is bragging.
Under normal circumstances, policy theory is not taken seriously in provincial examinations, and it just needs to be passable. Only during the palace examination, the quality of the policy will become the key to determining the ranking of the Jinshi - Emperor Chongzhen liked this kind of boastful articles the most, and would read every article carefully. If you find someone who is good at blowing it, treat it as if someone has promoted you to someone important...
But no matter how much attention is paid to it, policy theory cannot be placed in front of the Four Books and Five Classics, let alone a policy theory on how to make money!
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How to collect business tax?
Should I do this question well?
In the examination room, the right hand of the Songjiang talent Duke Luo, who was holding the brush, started to shake!
This is because of excitement and fear!
The reason why he was excited was that he thought that Huang Zongxi would probably not be able to do this question well - Huang Zongxi, that was a loyal minister who resolutely fought against the eunuchs! Will he agree to impose strict business taxes and compete with the people for profits? This is impossible... Since Huang Zongxi can't take the exam well, then he will be the number one scholar in this subject!
As for the fear... the article about the No. 1 Scholar will definitely be widely circulated! If I wrote an article on how to impose strict business taxes, would I become a public enemy of Southeast Shilin?
One side is the number one scholar, and the other side is Southeast Shilin... What to do!
Grand Duke Luo was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. He was so anxious that he became wise.
When it comes to tax collection, the most feared thing is injustice. The powerful will not pay, while the powerless will have their bones and marrow sucked out. If things go on like this, the powerless businessmen will be wiped out, leaving only the powerful and powerful ones who don't pay taxes!
Therefore, if the imperial court wants to strictly levy commercial taxes, it must start with the powerful, close ministers, and officials, and they must all pay taxes together - of course this is impossible! Since it cannot be done, then it is only natural that the southeastern gentry evade and evade taxes...
How smart! Grand Duke Luo breathed out and was already admiring himself - according to this idea, if the number one scholar can be deceived, Jiangnan Shilin can also explain it!
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"Collect business tax, haha..."
At the same time, Huang Zongxi, the No. 1 scholar chosen by Enke this time, was sneering in his own examination room.
The question is difficult, but it can’t beat Huang Zongxi! It is impossible for Mr. Huang to give up the No. 1 prize... When he worshiped his ancestors on the first day of the new year, he had already announced the good news in front of the tablet of his father Huang Zunsu. How could such a filial son like him say anything in front of his deceased father's spiritual throne? The deceased father will be sad if he is under the Nine Springs. Confucianism is the most important thing about filial piety. If the father who is under the Nine Springs is allowed to negotiate, can he still be regarded as a human being?
And what a great brain he has!
We have already thought of a way to get the best of both worlds! It advocates "both industry and commerce" and "combination of taxation and financing". The former is to attach importance to industry and commerce, develop industry and commerce, and obtain a larger tax base through development.
The latter combines local taxes and imperial examination quotas - places with more taxes should have more quotas for civil servants and imperial examinations. In places where taxes are low, the number of candidates for candidates should be reduced.
In addition, Huang Zongxi also advocated the rectification of official administration through the three methods of "lenient entry", "strict management" and "nourishing integrity". In this way, the officials of the Ming Dynasty can be effective and the government affairs can be efficient. Whether it is tax collection or promotion of industry and commerce, it will have twice the result with half the effort.
