Chapter 806 Fang Ya
Zhu Pingan is an official. Can officials do business in the Ming Dynasty?
The answer is yes.
"The Ming Code" clearly stipulates that officials above the fourth rank are prohibited from doing business, but Zhu Pingan is now from the fifth rank, which is not the category prohibited by the Ming Code. Therefore, if Zhu Pingan is doing business now, there is no violation of discipline at all. problems without worrying about being reported.
Moreover, this kind of legal restraint is no longer effective. In today's Ming Dynasty, there are many officials of fourth rank and above who are doing business, but they are just doing business through a backdoor, with the people below coming forward to run the business.
Especially when Emperor Jiajing's predecessor, his cousin Zhu Houzhao, became emperor, this restriction prohibiting officials from doing business was even more ineffective.
Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, had three well-known hobbies. The first hobby was war. He liked to designate himself as various princes, mighty generals, governors, etc., and often led the troops to conquer in person; the second hobby was war. Zhu Houzhao's hobby is teasing women. He often likes to visit privately incognito and go to the street to tease women from good families. Once, he was even kidnapped by a righteous man for teasing women from good families. When Zhu Houzhao got into the government, you can imagine how shocked and fucked his parents were when they saw that the prisoner in the hall was the emperor. His third hobby was doing business. When Zhu Houzhao got interested, he would set up various shops in the palace to make the palace more beautiful. Just like a market, there are meat sellers, jugglers, candied haws-lud sellers, clothes sellers, and even brothels and restaurants where palace maids and eunuchs act as merchants and customers in the market.
So, after Zhu Houzhao's troubles, this ban on officials above the fourth grade from doing business has been greatly reduced and is in name only.
Another advantage of doing business in the Ming Dynasty was the low commercial taxes.
Commercial taxes in the Ming Dynasty were pitifully low. At the beginning of Hongwu's reign, it was stipulated that "for all commercial taxes, one in thirty will be taken, and those who exceed the tax will be considered as violating the order." From then on, it was only reduced but not increased.
Of course, Zhu Pingan is also facing many problems now.
The first thing to bear the brunt is the store problem. To enter the fast food industry, the first problem that must be solved is the store. There is no store for catering. In ancient times, there were no Meituan or Ele.me. You can cook and deliver food at home.
Zhu Pingan walked around and found no signs of cashing out in that store.
Zhu Ping'an also asked several stores, some of which had tepid business, while others had bleak business, but none of the store owners had any intention of taking action.
Forget it, asking like this is not an option.
Zhu Ping'an walked out under the strange glare of the owner of the house, turned around and walked out, preparing to find a real estate agent.
If you want to rent a house, find an agent. This sentence was also effective in the Ming Dynasty.
The real estate agency in the Ming Dynasty was called "Fangya", which evolved from the word tooth merchant. The reason why it was called tooth merchant was because the original tooth merchant was engaged in the livestock market intermediary, bringing together people who sold livestock. People who buy livestock make deals. These tooth dealers are experts at identifying the age and health of animals. Just by looking at the teeth of an animal, you can tell how old and healthy the animal is. Over time, people call them "tooth dealers". name.
Renting a house in the Ming Dynasty is different from modern times. In modern times, you can rent a house without going through an intermediary. The landlord and tenant can directly sign a contract or make a verbal agreement, but this was not possible in the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, if you wanted to rent a house, you had to go through an intermediary, that is, Fang Ya.
The Ming Dynasty had very strict management of real estate transactions and did not allow private sales and leases. The buyer and seller of a house must sign a house sale and lease contract with an official version of the contract. Fan Ya will guarantee the signature and the buyer and seller will pay the deed tax. The transaction will not take effect until it is registered with the Yamen. Anyone who fails to follow this procedure is illegal and may be fined in the lighter case or imprisoned in the worst case.
Therefore, finding an agent to rent a house was not only an advertisement in the Ming Dynasty, but also a system. It is precisely because of this that Fang Ya has the most accurate and complete housing information in Ming Dynasty.
Fangya, like modern intermediaries, also charges intermediary fees. They are also different from modern intermediaries in that they need to urge and supervise both parties to the transaction to go to the Yamen to pay taxes in accordance with regulations. If there is tax evasion in a transaction, then Fang Ya, who is responsible, will be held responsible and will be jailed and convicted.
Fangya in the Ming Dynasty can be divided into official teeth and private teeth. As the name suggests, official teeth are official real estate agents.
It is this kind of official teeth that Zhu Pingan is looking for.
It's a bit similar to the Housing Authority.
The official office in charge of the Qihua Gate area was nearby, and Zhu Ping'an arrived in less than ten minutes' walk.
This is a busy city in a busy city. The office feels a bit like a government office, but it is not as strict.
On the contrary, it is very lively.
Many people come to Guanya to seek services.
From the official institutions, we can see that capitalism in the Ming Dynasty sprouted, and business in the Ming Dynasty was quite prosperous.
There were five Guan Ya working in Guan Ya. When Zhu Pingan arrived, there were already about ten people in the room surrounding Guan Ya.
The five officials in the room were all busy and had nowhere to go. No one could spare their hands to entertain Zhu Ping'an.
There are still five or six people waiting in the room, chatting in twos and threes. Some of them are here to register for renting or selling real estate, and some are waiting to rent or buy real estate. If both parties can reach an agreement, they can directly Just go to Guan Ya and go through the procedures, and the efficiency will increase much faster.
Fortunately, Guan Ya is still very efficient. After Zhu Ping'an waited for a while, one of Guan Ya was free.
While Guan Ya understood Zhu Pingan's needs, he took out a registration book and asked Zhu Pingan to register.
"Wait, you are Mr. Zhu Ping'an and Mr. Zhu?! Please take a seat."
After Guan Ya saw Zhu Ping'an's registered name, he looked like he had eaten a pound, as if he had met his idol. The surprised sound attracted other nearby Guan Ya.
What made Zhu Pingan even more menstruating was that after the other officials heard this, they actually put down the person they were holding, stood up and gathered around to greet Zhu Pingan.
Uh, am I that famous?
Zhu Pingan was stunned for a moment, unable to react.
"Come here, pour some tea for Mr. Zhu."
"Pour some good tea"
The enthusiasm of these five officials was outrageous, which made Zhu Ping'an completely confused.
What's going on?
After a while, Zhu Ping'an realized that it was because of his own treasury inspection that the Taicang bank case broke out, which then led to a large number of officials having their properties confiscated or sold off.
This has injected a lot of vitality into Beijing, which is facing tight housing supply.
This has also benefited Fangya of Xinghuamen a lot. Originally, they did not have many houses, but now they are better. The Xinghuamen area they are responsible for suddenly has more than a hundred houses. I have one or twenty apartments in my hands.
A clever woman cannot make a meal without rice.
Fang Ya is a clever woman, and the house is a stepping stone. The house means income to Fang Ya.
That’s why they were so excited when they heard Zhu Pingan’s name. They felt a strong sense of gratitude to Zhu Pingan. (End of chapter)