Datang: Angry at Li Er, he still begged me to come out of the mountain

Chapter 219 Business Taxes

Agricultural tax exemption?
Isn't this kid crazy?
How can it be?

Gao Shilian felt that Jiang Yunqing was trying to get rid of him on purpose?

What about playing here?

What are you kidding?crazy?

How can the agricultural tax be abolished?
In fact, the matter of taxation in the Tang Dynasty is not complicated. In the Sui and Tang dynasties, the only tax that was not collected was miscellaneous taxes such as industrial and commercial taxes.Don't buy those salt and iron monopoly.

And in order to recuperate, even His Majesty Li Er has amnesty the world many times, lightened corvee and reduced taxes, and the salt and iron monopoly launched by the later dynasties, firstly to control the flow of weapons, and secondly to make money for the treasury.

The salt and iron of the Tang Dynasty was in the hands of Li Er. Li Er was also very confident, so he put it in the hands of his uncle Changsun Wuji. Therefore, Changsun Wuji is now the largest salt and iron merchant in the entire Tang Dynasty.

But if you want to exempt the agricultural tax, it must be based on the strong financial resources and large-scale industrial environment of the entire country.

However, as far as Datang's current grain output is concerned, it is not yet very high.

Although it is said that there is no support from large industries, but according to the current law of Datang, it is completely possible to levy commercial taxes. If there is a three-year or five-year development plan, the elimination of agricultural taxes is just around the corner. .

However, some people would say that the foundations of these ancient societies were merchants and aristocratic families, and the foundations of Datang were the five surnames, seven clans and aristocratic families.

But you can't treat Li Er as a fool, Li Er also has a big knife in his hand, at least he can wrestle with the family, and His Majesty Li Er is definitely the one who has the upper hand.

Later, when Sister Wu became the emperor, she was still sharpening her knives, and all the five surnames and seven sects paid taxes honestly.

After the monofilament tax is over, should the big knife in Sister Wu's hand be chopped or chopped, and she will stop when she is almost done. After all, the knife is worn out. If you don't cut it, isn't it a waste?

Therefore, most of the time, whether a policy can be implemented well depends on whether the methods of those in power are ruthless enough, and whether the sword in their hands is sharp enough.

"I asked you one thing, and I'll ask you this time. If you think about it clearly, give me a good answer." Jiang Yu said with a very serious face.

"As long as you ask, you can tell everything without knowing it."

"If you really want to attack the five surnames and seven sects, where are you from?" Jiang Yunqing asked, and then felt that it was not appropriate, and asked again: "If you are asked to be the prime minister, to be a good prime minister, use Your policy can make the people exempt from agricultural tax in the future, will you do it or not? But there is also a condition, that is, it must affect the interests of the aristocratic families."

"This..." Gao Shilian thought for a while and said, "If His Majesty supports it, I will definitely be able to get things done."

Gee!
Jiang Yunqing did not doubt Gao Shilian's words, but said with some emotion: "At that time, I really should have slapped you more."

"It's okay. If you feel you want to fight now, you can do it. Come anytime, I'll wait for you. I'm in good health and my hands and feet are very nimble. I can withstand the beating!"

"shameless!"

Then, Jiang Yunqing began to talk seriously, "I am not only an official in the court, but also a businessman. My daily income may be the income of some farmers for ten years, or even a lifetime. However, the taxes I need to pay It is calculated according to the population, two stones of grain per person, and sixty feet of silk cloth. These things are completely worthless in my family.

But why do you look down on merchants? Because they are not engaged in labor production, they can eat and drink well, while farmers, facing the loess and back to the sky, work hard, but they can only get enough food and clothing. Therefore, if you want to fundamentally solve the lack of money in the national treasury, it is to collect commercial taxes. "

Of course, Gao Shilian also understood that most of the money in the Tang Dynasty was in the hands of these merchants. Every emperor in the past dynasties knew that they were the richest, but no one collected their taxes.

For nothing else, the country is not unwilling to ask for money from merchants, but it is just for fear of some chain reaction, which will cause big trouble.

"But the problem now is that even if the tax is collected, the merchants will not be affected. At most, they will have more money than usual. But what should the common people do? All their production labor for a year has been sold to the merchants. .”

"Xu Guogong, you look so worried about the country and the people. I kind of believe what you said before, so now I really regret not slapping you."

"After talking about these things first, you can fight if you want."

"I think your Ministry of Civil Affairs can come up with a three-year development plan, or a five-year development plan. Open a salt and iron government office and manage the salt and iron state-owned, so that you can also control the market, and those private salt dealers will catch one and kill them." One, the state can let you make salt, but you need a certificate, and it must be within a certain range and within a certain period of time.”

"Iron is easy to handle, it's just salt..." Gao Shilian was dumbfounded now, because many people use salt cloth nowadays.

"Salt making, I have already selected people who can make fine salt. You will wait to see the finished product later. I will also control the price at 12 yuan a catty, so that all the people can eat it." It starts from now, and it can still be sold, and you can make it cheaply if you want, but it’s just big grains of coarse salt, not fine salt.”

"This, can this really work? Can it really work?" Gao Shilian was very excited, "Luck, you must not make fun of the old man, if you can really control Yantie, then Business and taxation is half the battle.”

"Commercial tax is only a key to protecting the market and establishing balance. The most important thing is to encourage private companies to set up factories, build some breweries and so on. Food is regularly harvested. If it has been stored for a long time, will it become rotten?

Let me give you an analogy, you see, if folk wine is to be brewed, do those wineries need space and hire workers, and after the grain is sold, they can still work in the winery, and the income of the farmers will be more. .

If farmers consume more, will they buy more things? Will this speed up the circulation of money?Moreover, the money is still the same money and the same amount, but only when the money circulates quickly in the hands of the people can the revenue in the treasury increase.

It is a difficult road for the officials and gentry to work together, pay food together, and enter the household, but you also know that there is a huge benefit in it. "

Then Jiang Yunqing paused, looked at Gao Shilian, and said: "Your Gao family is also an aristocratic family, you know, many of your Gao family's children are exempt from tax, so your Gao family has annexed a lot of farmers' land, yes Bar?"

"Can we use another analogy? Compared with the five surnames and seven sects, our Gao family is very kind, and the old man also advises you to be kind." Gao Shilian looked at Jiang Yunqing with some dumbfounding and said, what the hell is this called?

(End of this chapter)