Rise From the Humble

Zhu Ping'an is an official. Can officials do business in the Ming Dynasty?

The answer is yes.

The "Law of the Ming Dynasty" clearly stipulates that officials above the fourth rank are prohibited from doing business, but Zhu Ping'an is now from the fifth rank, which is not the category prohibited by the Daming Law. Therefore, if Zhu Ping'an is doing business now, there is no problem of violating discipline at all, so there is no need to worry was reported.

Moreover, this kind of legal restraint is becoming less and less effective. In the current Daming, there are many officials of the fourth rank and above who are engaged in business, but they are doing business through a backdoor, and the people below come forward to manage it.

Especially when Emperor Jiajing's predecessor, his cousin Zhu Houzhao, was the emperor, this kind of restraint prohibiting officials from doing business was even more useless.

Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao has three well-known hobbies. The first hobby is fighting. He likes to call himself various towns, mighty generals, and great governors. Zhu Houzhao often likes to make private visits in micro-services, molesting women from good families on the street, and was even sent to the government by a righteous man for molesting women from a good family. You can imagine how shocked and distraught the parents and officials were when they saw that the prisoner was the emperor. The third hobby is doing business. Zhu Houzhao will set up various shops in the palace when he is interested. There are also brothels and restaurants where court ladies and eunuchs act as merchants and customers in the market.

Therefore, after such a toss by Zhu Houzhao, the ban on officials above the fourth rank from doing business is greatly reduced, and it is useless.

Another advantage of doing business in the Ming Dynasty was the low business tax.

The commercial tax in the Ming Dynasty was pitifully low. In the early days of Hongwu, it was stipulated that "for all commercial taxes, one in thirty, and those who exceed it will be deemed as violating the order." In the future, it will only be reduced and not increased.

Of course, Zhu Pingan is also facing many problems now.

Bear the brunt of the storefront problem. To enter the fast food industry, the first problem to be solved is the storefront. There is no storefront to talk about catering. In ancient times, there was no such thing as Meituan or Ele.me. You can cook and deliver food at home.

Zhu Pingan walked around, but found no sign that the store was going to cash out.

Zhu Ping'an also asked a few of them. Some of them had lukewarm business, while others had poor business. However, none of the shop owners had any intention of selling.

Forget it, there is no way to ask this question.

Zhu Pingan walked out under the strange white eyes of a boss, turned and walked out, preparing to find a real estate agency.

If you want to rent a house and find an intermediary, this sentence was also effective in the Ming Dynasty.

The real estate agency in the Ming Dynasty was called "Fang Ya", which evolved from the word "Ya Shang". The reason why it was called "Ya Shang" was that the original "Ya Shang" was engaged in the intermediary of the livestock market, bringing together the sellers and buyers of livestock to reach a deal. This kind of dentists are experts in identifying the age and health of livestock. Just by looking at the teeth of an animal, one can tell how old the animal is and whether it is healthy or not. Over time, people call them "dentists".

Renting a house in the Ming Dynasty was different from modern times. In modern times, you can rent a house without going through an intermediary. The landlord and the tenant can directly sign a contract or make an oral agreement, but it was not possible in the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, if you want to rent a house, you must go through an intermediary, that is, Fang Ya.

The Ming Dynasty had very strict management of real estate transactions, and private sales and leases were not allowed. The buyer and the seller of the house must sign the house sale and lease contract with the official version of the contract, signed by Fang Ya, and the buyer and the seller pay the deed tax. to take effect. Those who do not go through this procedure are illegal, and those who are less serious will be fined, and those who are more serious will be imprisoned.

Therefore, finding an intermediary for renting a house was not only an advertisement in the Ming Dynasty, but also a system. That's why Fang Ya has Daming's most accurate and complete housing information.

Like modern intermediaries, Fangya also charges intermediary fees. They are different from modern intermediaries, that is, they need to supervise and supervise both parties to the transaction to pay taxes in the government office according to regulations. If there is any tax evasion in the transaction, then the responsible Fang Ya will be held accountable and will be criminalized by shackles.

In the Ming Dynasty, Fang Ya was divided into official Ya and private Ya. As the name suggests, Fang Ya was an official real estate agent.

Zhu Ping'an was looking for this kind of official teeth.

It's a bit like the Housing Authority.

The Guanya office in charge of the Qihuamen area is nearby, and Zhu Ping'an arrived there in less than ten minutes.

This is a busy city within a busy city. The office is a bit like a yamen, but it is not that strict.

On the contrary, it is very lively.

Many people come to Guanya to seek services.

From the official institutions, it can be seen that the capitalism of the Ming Dynasty sprouted, and the business of the Ming Dynasty was quite prosperous.

There are five Guan Yas working here, and when Zhu Pingan arrived, there were already a dozen people in the room surrounding Guan Ya.

The five officials in the room were all busy, and they had nowhere to go, and none of the officials could spare their hands to entertain Zhu Pingan.

There are still five or six people in the room waiting and chatting in twos and threes. Some of them come here to register for renting or selling properties, and some are waiting for leasing or buying properties. That's it, the efficiency is improved much faster.

Fortunately, the efficiency of Guan Ya is still very high. After Zhu Pingan waited for a cup of tea, one of Guan Ya was free.

While understanding Zhu Ping's needs, Guan Ya took out a register and asked Zhu Ping to register.

"Wait, you are Master Zhu Ping'an?! Please take your seat."

When Guan Ya saw Zhu Ping'an's registered name, he looked overwhelmed, as if he had met an idol, and his surprise attracted other nearby Guan Ya.

What made Zhu Ping'an's menstrual period even more was that after the other officials heard about it, they actually put down the parties in their hands, got up together and surrounded them, and greeted Zhu Ping'an.

Uh, am I that famous?

Zhu Pingan was stunned for a moment, unable to react.

"Come here, pour tea for Master Zhu."

“Pouring good tea”

The outrageous enthusiasm of these five officials made Zhu Ping'an completely confused.

How is this going?

After a while, Zhu Pingan realized that the Taicang bank case broke out because of his own treasury investigation, which led to a large number of officials being ransacked and their properties confiscated or sold off.

This has injected a lot of living water into the capital city where the housing supply is tight.

This has also benefited Fang Ya of Xinghuamen a lot. Originally, they didn't have many houses, but now they are well. The Xinghuamen area they are in charge of suddenly has more than a hundred houses, and everyone has a share. And ten or twenty suites.

Make bricks without straw.

Fang Ya is a clever woman, and the housing stock is the rice for cooking, and the housing stock means income for Fang Ya.

That's why they were so excited after hearing Zhu Ping'an's name, and they felt a strong sense of gratitude to Zhu Ping'an.