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How can those brothel owners who regard wealth as life accept this?

But now, the government order has been issued to them.

People like them would definitely not dare to raise objections openly.

But secretly, these people have already started to have crooked ideas in their minds.

And what about the clients who frequent brothels and brothels?

When I learned about this imperial decree and tax law, I was very angry.

But there was nothing they could do about it.

In the end, I could only admit it silently.

Because these prostitutes also know that all the brothel owners are really shrewd.

Under such heavy tax pressure, if they want to survive, they will definitely take the opportunity to raise the prices of girls.

When the time comes, aren't they the prostitutes who will pay the bill?

But the prostitutes were helpless about this.

I can only think of ways in my heart secretly.

Due to the tax imposed on brothels, tax collectors can go to collect taxes once a day.

Therefore, since the decree was promulgated, Zhao Ji himself has been particularly concerned about the tax collection situation every day.

But within a few days, when Zhao Ji was checking the accounts, his expression didn't look right.

At the beginning, the taxes collected from brothels and prostitutes in Kaifeng Mansion amounted to tens of thousands of taels of silver every day.

But in recent days, the taxes collected by Kaifeng Mansion have been getting less and less.

Now, I only have one or two thousand silver every day.

This couldn't help but make Zhao Ji so angry that his every orifice was full of smoke and he secretly resented it.

While he was thinking about it, he called the Kaifeng governor over with an order.

After questioning, I learned that the Kaifeng governor and his tax collectors were indeed acting in accordance with his decrees.

Every day, the tax collectors below would go to brothels and brothels on time to collect taxes.

But in recent days, the madams from those brothels and brothels have been complaining to the tax collectors under him.

It is said that there are fewer and fewer guests received every day, so the tax money paid is not much.

In this way, the accounts that appear on Zhao Ji's desk every day are so ugly.

Zhao Ji's response to this was also extremely simple.

At this moment, he is no longer as verbose as the Kaifeng governor.

A direct decree was promulgated.

The governor of Kaifeng was ordered to mobilize more than a thousand city-defending officers and soldiers from now on, stationed beside dozens of brothels and brothels in the capital.

Whenever there is a prostitute, he goes to the brothel or brothel to have fun.

He was personally escorted in by an officer and soldier.

As long as the transaction is completed by then, he will personally take back the silver in the name of tax.

If during this process, the brothel madam or the owner behind any brothel dares to maliciously obstruct tax collection.

Then assemble heavy troops and kill that brothel or brothel!

At that time, there is no need for anything else, just send heavy troops to surround the place and not let anyone in.

Ten days in a row can make the masterminds behind the scenes surrender.

Zhao Ji also knew the reason why those brothel madams and the bosses behind the scenes blatantly made false accounts.

It's nothing more than that I don't want to pay more tax.

What if, when the time comes, he sends heavy troops to drive away all the prostitutes who come to have fun?

It directly cut off the business lifeline of the brothel. Are you still afraid that the owners behind the brothel will not obey?

Zhao Ji's method is really cruel and tight.

When the governor of Kaifeng, according to Zhao Ji, reassigned his tax collection officials to go to the brothels to collect taxes.

No matter which brothel or brothel, they are all kept in good condition.

When paying taxes, I felt really happy.

After all, the owners behind the brothels knew it very well. Compared with having no business at all, paying more tax money seemed to make their hearts less painful.

At that time, if you want to earn more.

The worst case scenario is to significantly increase the price of the women in brothels.

Anyway, when the time comes, the prostitutes will have to pay for it.

On the other hand, those brothel clients used to go to the brothel to have fun all night long, but they only needed five taels of silver.

But now, it costs them 20 taels!

After listening to the complaints of the brothel madam, the prostitutes felt their teeth itching with hatred, but they did not dare to scold the current officials in public.

So, he could only swallow this breath into his stomach, but there was nothing he could do.

As for some Huacong prostitutes who didn't have much money to spend, after seeing the money rising and rising again, they simply gave up the habit completely and went home to farm with peace of mind.

In this way, it also greatly promoted the agricultural development of the Song Dynasty from the side.

Of course, these are things that Zhao Ji's class doesn't even know exist.

Perhaps, even if Zhao Ji knew this, he wouldn't be able to care.

And what is he most concerned about now?

The most concerning thing is the amount of tax money that the national treasury can collect every day.

For the dozens of brothels and brothels in the capital, their revenue in a hundred days is really huge.

Just the Fanlou where Master Li lived could contribute 4 to [-] taels of silver to the treasury of the Song Dynasty every day.

What if we add other brothels and brothels?

Then every day, at least at the same time, the national treasury can harvest nearly 10 taels of tax money.

Sometimes, it can even reach 20 taels of silver.

Seeing the amount of silver in the treasury accumulating more and more, Zhao Ji was naturally very happy.

At the same time, he felt very relieved.

Because he knew that even if he increased the amount of tax money collected from those prostitutes, it would be nothing.

Because anything that can be used as prostitution money by those prostitutes is naturally just the remaining money of those prostitutes.

No matter how much and how harshly they are collected, it is completely impossible for those prostitutes to be deprived of food.

As for those who went to rebel because of this small amount of prostitution, they joined the rebel organization.

That's even more impossible.

In order to get some whoring money and a few pleasures, he risked losing his head and joined the rebel army of Fang La, Wang Qing, Tian Hu and others.

I am afraid that except for those who are short-sighted, it is impossible for a normal person to come up with such an idea.

So now, every time Zhao Ji wants to use the tax money collected from the national treasury, he feels extremely at ease.

It's very enjoyable to use.

Because he knew that if he used it too harshly, all the tax money in the treasury would be used up.

At worst, it's just a matter of plundering a handful of wool from the prostitutes and brothels.

Anyway, no matter how hard he goes, under the background of this social environment and under the intimidation of his power, those little people can only complain at most.

As for the so-called rebellion, it is even more a fantasy.

So at this moment, Zhao Ji felt really stable.