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Chapter 111 Taxation
He Ci followed the inner prison and walked all the way through the long corridor. The spring blossoms, and the green trees in the palace gradually spit out new buds.
Occasionally, flowering branches crossed the red palace wall, bringing a lively atmosphere to the solemn palace.
The first time he visited the palace, He Ci's heart was full of tension.
Passing through the magnificent Jinluang Hall and Yeezheng Hall, this is the center of authority in the world. Countless scholars are studying and practicing martial arts. All they seek is to be able to stand in this place during their lifetime.
At this moment, I am walking on the road here.
Crossing the exquisite and unique flying bridge, crossing the shimmering Yudai River, and crossing a palace gate, it is the Beginning-of-Creation Palace where the emperor lives.
Standing on the small square in the front hall, He Ci was respectful and respectful. Although the wind was still cool, he couldn't hold back the heat in his heart.
The waiting time was shorter than he thought. After a while, the emperor called him in.
Yi Bu Yi Shi followed behind the inner prison, He Ci arrived in the hall and knelt down on the floor of Guang Ke Jian Ren, the corner of his eye glimpsed the shadow of the opposite, the emperor should be right behind the table.
"Be flat, don't be formal." A gentle voice came.
He Ci got up, he didn't dare to look around, only staring at the space in front of him.
Qin Nuo smiled and said: "He Qing don't need to be nervous, speaking of it, I have already seen you once,"
He Ci plucked up his courage and looked up at the emperor. Sure enough, it was the young man saw that night, still handsome and elegant, wearing a moon-white gown with sapphire blue fish scales embroidered on his face like a crown.
"It was the fortune of the three lives of the minister to witness Long Yan that day." He Ci bowed.
Qin Nuo nodded with a smile, and asked, "I have something to ask about when I am calling Qing here."
Perhaps inspired by the emperor's gentle attitude, He Ci gradually relaxed.
"I have long heard that He Qing used to do business with Beishuo people on the northern border. I don't know what I have learned?"
Experience? The scope of this question is too broad. It can be explained as what type of business in Beishuo is best to do the most profitable, and it can also be explained as what Beishuo people need to pay attention to when doing business...
He Ci thought in his mind and quickly organized the answer.
"The emperor asked, but the minister did not dare to hide it. The minister remembered the first time he went to Beishuo to do business before..."
Qin Nuo was a little surprised. He Ci didn't talk about this vague question in general. He chose an example to start with, starting from a business experience, it was lively and interesting, and unremarkable.
He Ci's voice was clear and clear, and he was a little nervous at first, but quickly relaxed, with interesting sentences and precise description. Qin Nuo couldn't help listening intently.
After the other party finished speaking, he smiled and said, "According to what He Qing said, people in Beishuo value the integrity of doing business especially, but the price is not as good as ours."
"It's also because the subjects traded by the ministers are mostly tribal powers."
The political situation of Beishuo is different from that of the Great Zhou. Beishuo is a coalition government of many tribes, so the authority of the central court is not like that of the Great Zhou. They are more accustomed to speaking with strength. Since Mu's proclaimed the emperor and found the country, he has been following the example of the Great Zhou Dynasty, constantly strengthening the authority of the central government and weakening the localities, but for the time being, he has not completely changed the habit passed on for thousands of years.
In recent years, Beishuo's national strength is strong, and its foreign wars have increased day by day. Not only does it often harass the old opponent of Great Zhou, but it also targets the countries of the Western Regions, as well as small countries such as Dongli.
These countries are already weak, and no enemy can beat Beishuo's army assault. Today, dozens of countries in the Western Regions have been half destroyed by Beishuo, and the rest are trembling, paying tribute day and night in exchange for vitality.
Therefore, most nobles in Beishuo are very rich. In each battle, the Mu family came forward to recruit the nobles and soldiers of various tribes. Victory in war is more likely to be defeated, and war money is the easiest way to get rich. Every time they set off, each tribe will bring back huge amounts of wealth and population.
The gold beads that were snatched were soft and refreshing. But for the fairness and justice of the transaction, and to prevent the spies from sneaking in, Beishuo is very strict with the merchants in Great Zhou, and likes to interact with old merchants who know each other innocently.
Qin Nuo asked about some details of business dealings.
After pondering for a moment, he suddenly asked, "If Qing acts as a comforter, he thinks how should the tax system be collected in this market place?"
The show finally came, He Ci held his mind and began to talk about his ideas.
Qin Nuo listened carefully, and in all fairness, the taxation system He Ci mentioned is what Great Zhou is implementing now, and it has been improved and more refined.
It seems that he thinks a lot about this. Or, Pei Ling mentioned it before.
"Qing thought, how much tax can be collected in a year?"
"According to a rough calculation by the minister, it should be above one million taels. If the exchange lasts for more than three years and there is no war between the two countries, it can rise to two million taels." People are hesitant, and Changlong Guan is no better than other markets. If a war breaks out, your life will be at risk at any time, your wealth is not guaranteed, and you may be enlisted in the army. Therefore, although the mutual market is highly profitable, not all businessmen are willing to take risks.
Qin Nuo nodded, and now the tax income of the big Monday is about 40-50 million, and a small area can have a profit of one million taels, which is definitely considered rich.
However, his goal is more than that.
"Does the tax burden paid by ordinary businessmen and Xungui be general?"
"This..." He Ci hesitated. Great Zhou did not levy a lot of taxes on merchants, but they were all small merchants, and most of the commerce under the family of Xungui were not taxed.
The emperor continued to ask: "Well, how about my Nei Treasury business? Do you pay the same?"
He Ci felt a cold sweat, who could ask the emperor for tax? Besides, the money collected from taxes was originally spent on the emperor!
Dazhou’s finances are divided into internal treasury and external treasury. The external treasury is the national treasury, while the inner treasury is the private property of the royal family. Including the vast hunting grounds of the farmland, there are also many real estates and other things. The emperor rewarded his concubines and sealed the clan, all of which came from the inner library. Da Zhou's finances are still functioning normally. Neiku is particularly rich, and I am also grateful to Qin Jian. A massacre has greatly reduced Neiku's expenditure.
After Qin Nuo became the throne, Neiku has even more financial resources and inexhaustible resources. Because Qin Nuo became the emperor, his original high-end liquor, toilet water, soap and other businesses have all returned to Neiku. When Qin Nuo became King Chun, these businesses were already profitable. After becoming the emperor, there were no obstacles and they sold well. heard that even the Western Regions and the distant Southeast Asia have come to purchase. And Qin Nuo positions its own products as luxury goods. The price is expensive, the cost is low, and the cost of transportation is also low. Which of the crossing barriers dares to collect the emperor's silver?
Therefore, Qin Nuo's internal library is unprecedentedly rich. He simply calculated that last year, these new businesses alone had a profit of no less than five or six million taels of silver. In addition to the original assets of the internal library, it was almost close to 10 million. There are two to thirty percent of the world's taxes. This number was taken out, and it was enough to make the officials of the Ministry of Households dumbfounded. They knew how many Neiku had, but Qin Nuo's new business was not clear.
With such a huge amount of fortune, Qin Nuo only rewarded the clan (with few people at all) and the harem (no one at all), and only invested in the research of the Gewu Division.
In all fairness, Ge Wu Si consumes a lot of silver. But the research of Ge Wusi will also bring more abundant returns.
For example, the recent transparent glass was produced by the Gewu Division, and adopted some of Qin Nuo's suggestions, but the complicated experiments and boiler renovation were all the credit of the researchers in the division.
As soon as this kind of thing came out, Qin Nuo knew that his fortune would add another big piece of cake.
Therefore, Qin Nuo is now getting richer and richer. Not surprisingly, he is very likely to become the richest among the emperors of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The nobles have heard about Qin Nuo's business, and He Ci also heard that the emperor has designated a trusted steward to Changlong Guan as a trade official.
As for the question about whether the emperor should tax, He Ci hesitated. He wanted to answer, not taxing at all. But it was originally not enlisted! If there is no other idea, why should the emperor ask repeatedly?
Recalling that the emperor asked Changlong Guan’s income for a year...
In the end, he gritted his teeth and knelt down and said: "The ministers are terrified. If the tax rate is treated equally, Changlong Guan can go further."
This is a tactful answer. Although he avoided the most important choice, he finally released an attitude.
Qin Nuo laughed. Although it was not the answer he most wanted to hear, he was still barely qualified. He continued to ask: "So, He Qing thinks, how can I levy taxes on me without discrimination?"
He Ci is in a cold sweat again, the emperor’s questions are more difficult to resist than one! This Changlong Guan soothing envoy is really hard to do! But he is also a confident and passionate young man who has been exceptionally talented since childhood. The more difficult the challenge, the more excited him. In his own answer just now, the emperor is affirmative, so it shows...
He Ci quickly thought about it, and then replied: "The location of the mutual market is located in the city. Checkpoints can be set up on both sides of the city. The entrance to the city is evaluated by the tax collector and then determined. Cards for food, cloth, livestock, ceramics, etc. can be divided into red chips. Red chips are not allowed to enter the city, and offenders are punished as spies..."
Moderately well-formed and relatively sophisticated, it's pretty good based on the concept of this era. Qin Nuo waited for him to finish, closing his eyes and thinking.
He Ci was nervous, he didn't know whether his policy was in line with his wishes.
The silence did not last long, and the emperor suddenly said: "Have Qing heard of the bank?"
"Bank?" He Ci was stunned.
"Yes, the bank, or the banking supervisor, just have a name." Qin Nuo laughed, and he explained his thoughts in a deep voice.
Set up an institution that specializes in all transactions. All transactions in the mutual market are handled by the bank as an intermediary, and the bill issued by the bank must be settled, and then withdrawn when you leave!
He Ci woke up instantly and acting in this way could indeed completely eliminate loopholes in taxation.
It sounds like a variant of the money house nowadays, which is a step further than the money house.
"But if we act like this, what if the two parties agree in private to deliberately lower the amount and fill it up with gold and silver in private?" He Ci quickly thought of the loophole.
When he looked up, he saw the young emperor smiling at him, and He Ci's heart stunned. Is this something the emperor should consider? As long as the emperor provides an idea, how to improve and deal with the rest is part of his comforter.
He Ci hurriedly knelt down and said, "After the minister returns, he must plan carefully."
"Well, don't worry, the exchange will take some time to open, and within seven days, I will submit the detailed report to me." Qin Nuo paused, and then said, "If you have any doubts, you can ask Minister Pei. Did he mention you before?"
He Ci felt cold sweat for the third time and was afraid to answer. Fortunately, the emperor did not ask any more questions, and said with a smile: "I still have a lot of ideas in Changlong Guan, not only on taxation. There are also goods sold in Beishuo. I hope that there will be more fine porcelain, glass cups, and toilet water Things."
"Uh, these are all luxury items and they are expensive. Non-nobles in Beishuo can't care about them."
"It's okay, you can lower the price slightly, or you can classify the products into high-end, mid-end, and low-end..." Qin Nuo said simply, anyway, he tried every means to make Beishuo extravagant prevail.
The conversation lasted more than an hour before it ended.
To make He Ci retreat, Qin Nuo also rewarded the young man Duan Yan.
After leaving the palace gate, holding the inkstone rewarded by the emperor, sitting in the car, excitedly passing by, He Ci couldn't help wondering why the emperor took Changlong Guan's taxes so much?
After all, this place is just a small place on the sidelines, and the exchange with Beishuo is not known to last for several years. Even if the entire business is included in the scope of taxation, it will only cost a few million taels every year.
But the emperor sits on the national treasury, and business in the inner library is booming. As a businessman, He Ci knew very well how popular and profitable some exquisite products under the emperor's name were. The emperor shouldn't be short of money, right? It's not worth it.
He originally prepared a long talk about the operation of Changlong Guan, how to buy Beishuo merchants, how to contact his nobles, and then manage spies and insert spies. He didn't expect the emperor to mention this at all.
Could it be... After thinking for a long time, He Ci suddenly thought of a possibility, and was shocked and speechless.
Excited, he immediately raised the curtain of the car and ordered: "Don't go home first, visit General Pei's house."
The coachman immediately turned the direction of the carriage and turned into an alley.
He Ci stabilized his figure in the car, and suddenly raised the curtain again: "Wait, I'd better go home first, and then go another day."
The coachman was puzzled, but according to the owner's instructions, he turned around again.
He Ci took a long breath and calmed down.
It was too presumptuous to go to General Pei’s house in this way, and as soon as left the palace, couldn’t wait to rush to Pei’s house and let those interested see what it looked like?
I can only suppress my mood and return home.