As soon as he said that he wanted to increase the salaries of officials, the ministers who had just had some grudges began to despise his little idea.
There are some officials like Li Sancai who are very wealthy, but most of their families are actually not very well off.
Even Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Zhao Nanxing, Gong Nai, Huang Zunsu, etc. from the Donglin Party are all at a moderately prosperous level. .
Everyone knelt down together again and shouted in unison: "No one is wiser than the emperor."
Some officials in the capital who were poor because of their integrity were so excited that their eyes were slightly wet.
Zhu Youxiao continued: "As for the details of the collection method of commercial tax, Xu Shangshu will be in charge.
The Ministry of Personnel, Rites, Punishment, and Industry will also send people to participate.
We will discuss it together before submitting it.
As for the increase in salary, it will be decided by The Chief Assistant will take the lead, and the six ministries will send people to assist.
We have to figure out a way, so please report to me. " Xu Guangqi and Fang Congzhe came out to lead the order.
After retreating from the court, the ministers filed out, and along the way they began to discuss today's two issues, which was quite lively.
Soon, Xu Guangqi wrote a memorial on the tax collection method.
Zhu Youxiao took a closer look and found that the initially set tax rate was half a percent.
Businessmen would collect it twice a year, and businessmen would pay it once for each shipment.
After paying the tax, they should all Tax stamps are issued, and the tax stamps of merchants are circulated throughout the country.
Duplicate taxation is not allowed for a single product.
The Ministry of Household Affairs has a tax office in each county, a tax department in each prefecture, a tax bureau in each government, a tax department in each province, and a General Taxation Administration in the Ministry of Household Affairs.
The director recommended by Xu Guangqi is Bi Zi strict.
Zhu Youxiao decreed that Bi Ziyan, the censor of Qiandu and governor of Tianjin, was promoted to the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the director of the General Administration of Taxation.
The tax system was under direct management and had no affiliation with the local government.
Local troops could also be mobilized to deal with it.
Merchants who maliciously resist taxes.
In this issue of the Ming Dynasty Weekly, there was an article signed by Mr.
Xiao Qi in the political affairs section about why commercial taxes should be collected.
This article was all written in vernacular.
Let’s start with the responsibilities of the country.
It is believed that the country should ensure that everyone The rights of a subject, how to guarantee it?
We need the army, government offices, schools, almshouses, Huimin Pharmacy, Luze Garden and other institutions, and the normal operation of these institutions requires money to support them.
Where does the money come from?
Of course it can only come from taxation.
Come on, this is the so-called "take from the people and use it for the people."
At this stage, the court's tax revenue is mainly agricultural tax.
In order to deal with the slaves, the court increased the Liao rate.
Most ordinary peasant families are poor, and many families are already overwhelmed.
Commercial taxes are almost not collected, and many big businessmen have become extremely wealthy as a result.
For example, the former governor of river transportation, Li, whose family assets exceeded the annual income of the imperial court.
This is the situation.
The result of not collecting commercial taxes is that the country's money, which is everyone's money, ends up being concentrated in the hands of a few people for them to spend their days and nights, while the country and ordinary people have no money at all.
Then he proposed that taxation should comply with the laws of heaven and make up for the shortfalls by making up for the losses.
Therefore, commercial taxes should be collected, and heavy taxes should be collected, and tax evaders should be severely punished.
I also hope that the emperor can conduct a thorough investigation of the officials’ property.
I believe that it is impossible for people with large property to have all their money clean.
If someone is found to have violated national laws, his head should be beheaded, his home confiscated, and his clan exterminated.
In the end, he believed that the fact that merchants could do business in a safe environment without bandits and thieves in the process of doing business was the result of good management by the court.
The lack of money in the court eventually led to poor management and the rise of thieves.
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Gangsters are running rampant, and it is the businessmen who suffer in the end.
Businessmen should understand this.
Paying taxes is actually to protect themselves and for their own interests.
At the end, he put forward a slogan: It is honorable to pay taxes, shameful to evade taxes, and punishable by death if you resist taxes.
Of course, there is an editor's note below: This article represents only the author's own views.
The emperor's grace is so great that he has not levied heavy taxes on business.
He will decree that the tax rate will be 50%.
However, he also hopes that all businessmen will pay attention to the urgent needs of the court, understand the holy will, and contribute to the financial health of the Ming Dynasty.
The court will not Forget the support of all the philanthropists.
This murderous article and the comforting editor's note below attracted a large number of letters from readers.
Wang Chengen reported that most of them supported Mr.
Xiao Qi's views.
Some people said that the Han people in Liaodong were enslaved and their families were ruined.
How much money they had was of no use in the end.
If the imperial court had enough money to recruit troops, it would have wiped out Liaodong long ago; others said Some people think that we should call on everyone not to do business with people who evade taxes and actively report tax evaders; some people also proposed to prevent corruption in the tax collection process and asked the court to strengthen supervision.
Zhu Youxiao nodded repeatedly after hearing this.
The readers of the weekly newspaper are basically wealthy.
Since most of them support the imperial court's collection of commercial taxes, it certainly means that most businessmen are not opposed to commercial taxes because they understand the meaning of paying taxes.
They understand that they can do business safely because the imperial court is their backer.
The problem is that some businessmen with backends have actually paid taxes, even higher than the court's tax rate, but they have handed it over to dignitaries at all levels.
Now that the court wants to collect commercial taxes, of course they are not willing.
But regardless of whether they are willing or not, Zhu Youxiao is prepared to use strong methods to implement this commercial tax.
Even if the situation in the Tombstone of Five People occurs, I must collect the commercial tax.
He ordered Wang Chengen to polish the better ones and publish them in the readers' letters column.
He also added an editor's note saying that the emperor was very grateful for the support of his subjects and would definitely let the Ministry of Household Affairs formulate appropriate tax collection systems and supervision measures.
How to prevent tax corruption is indeed a big problem.
Zhu Youxiao first found Wei Zhongxian and told him that Dongchang would station personnel in the taxation departments at all levels to be responsible for supervision.
Wei Zhongxian naturally obeyed the emperor in everything.
He patted his chest and assured Zhu Youxiao: "As long as any tax collecting official dares to commit corruption, I will definitely make him regret coming to this world."
Zhu Youxiao nodded repeatedly and praised: "I can rest assured that you are doing the job."
Wei Zhongxian was moved to tears, kowtowed repeatedly and then withdrew with high spirits.
Zhu Youxiao was still immersed in this famous saying.
After Wei Zhongxian left, he suddenly remembered that the "you" in this sentence in history did not make "me" feel at ease in the end.
If the Dongchang and the tax department were colluding, , what should we do?
You can't leave everything to Wei Zhongxian, otherwise things may not be done well in the end and it may even harm him.
I still want to build another supervision agency.
I remembered what I heard in the restaurant last time, so I summoned Zhang Cheng
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