Chapter 262: Reform of Industry, Agriculture and Business
Ying Zheng waved his hand and said: "Besides, I plan to promote business."
"Your Majesty," a minister said immediately, "This is absolutely unacceptable."
"Why not?" Ying Zheng asked in a deep voice.
"The imperial court's promotion of commerce will inevitably cause the common people to follow suit. If everyone goes to do business, who will grow the food? Will scholars still be willing to study? Will craftsmen still be willing to do craftsmanship?" the minister asked rhetorically.
Another minister stood up and said, "Your Majesty, please think twice."
"Your Majesty, please think twice." All the officials stood up one after another.
None of them wanted Ying Zheng to promote business. 33
Ying Zheng sneered: "Scholars don't want to study? Craftsmen don't want to work? People don't want to study? Farmers don't want to farm. Are you sure?"
"How can we not be sure about huge commercial profits?" an official said.
"Okay." Ying Zheng said, "Let me ask you, the emperor has invented a loom that is fifty times faster than now. Which of you wants it?"
A nobleman stood up immediately and said, "Wei Chen wants it."
"Purchase one hundred thousand shi of grain," Ying Zheng said.
"What?" Your Majesty asked in confusion, "Shouldn't Your Majesty give it to us for free?"
"When did I say it was free?" Ying Zheng said with a smile, "I just asked everyone if they wanted it."
"Can……"
"But what?" Ying Zheng's face darkened, "Don't you want to use the loom that the emperor worked so hard to invent for free?"
"I don't dare." The official immediately gave in. "But one hundred thousand shi of food is too much."
Ying Zheng sneered and said: "If you think it's too much, you don't have to buy it. I have absolutely handed over this matter to the right minister.
The weaving workshop built by the right minister uses the loom invented by the emperor. If you want to use it, then just buy the loom honestly.
After you buy it, you can build as many looms as you want? You can sell it, but every time you sell one, you only have to pay the emperor
half the teacher's fee.
The person who bought it was not allowed to make it himself. If he violated it, the court would naturally ask him to fine him.
The emperor said that this is called protecting intellectual property rights and should be protected by law. In this way, craftsmen who can get huge profits are more willing to invent these things that benefit the country and the people.
Farmers, you think farmers are just people who grow food. They can't do anything except have stupid strength. That could not be more wrong.
The emperor said that farmers include growing grain, vegetables, fruits, poultry, fish, etc.
However, neither I nor anyone else in the world knows this.
After promoting commerce, I will promote agriculture and industry.
Let farmers and craftsmen have their own way out. What Aiqing said is right. Everyone will go to business and no one will do anything else.
However, not everyone is suitable for this business. People with money can do it because they are not afraid of losing, but people without money cannot do it because they cannot afford to lose.
Moreover, people who do business need to be bold and careful, and they also need to be able to control market trends and resources.
The night market is a model of business. I have made my decision and there is no need for you to say more.
Fu Zikang, as the governor of Li Neishi, in charge of the national finance and promotion of commerce, I leave it to you. "
"I will never let you down," Fu Zikang said.
Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Young Master."
"Wei Chen is here." An official came out.
"The Shaofu Supervisor is in charge of the world's taxes. After promoting commerce, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble to farmers and craftsmen.
I decided to reduce the grain tax, business tax and labor service.
Labor services are no longer recruited from various places, but directly recruited by local governments according to needs.
Whenever labor is called for, the local government must provide them with three meals a day and sufficient information.
If there is news that the local government deprived the laborers of three meals a day and made the laborers die from exhaustion, I will definitely punish them severely. "
"No." Bai Guan responded.
Ying Zheng continued: "For commercial taxes, I have decided to tax two out of ten, three out of ten, four out of ten, and five out of ten."
"I don't understand," the Shaofu Ling said, "Your Majesty, please make it clear."
“It’s very simple, businessmen are taxed at a minimum of 10% and 20% and a maximum of 10% and 50%, depending on the profits they make.
For example, the weaving workshop made a hundred thousand taels of silver this month. After excluding expenses and workers' wages, the net profit was fifty thousand taels, which was collected at a tax rate of 10 taels. Then it is necessary to pay the tax of 10,000 taels to the people. According to the tax of 10% and 50%, it is 25,000 taels of silver. "Ying Zheng explained briefly.
"Your Majesty is wise. I understand," the Shaofu said calmly, "but how can I tell how much tax a merchant should pay?"
"Divide according to their profits." Ying Zheng said, "The Shaofu Supervisory Office should have the tax records of the merchants.
Then take the records to the merchants for investigation, and decide the tax according to the income distribution of upper, middle, upper, middle, and lower.
After you investigate this matter, you will submit it to the cabinet, which will analyze it and finally submit it to me.
Next comes the agricultural tax. Farmers who do not own their own fields are exempt from the grain tax. For example, if a person owns land at home, the land within ten acres will be taxed 1 per ten acres, the land within 50 acres will be taxed 2 per cent, the land within 100 acres will be taxed 3 per cent, the land within 1,000 acres will be taxed 4 per cent, and the land within 10,000 acres will be taxed 5 per cent.
In addition, those who own land are not allowed to waste it and turn it into wasteland. If any land is found, the court can confiscate it.
When people rent land from others, the rent is determined based on how much land is rented. Landlords are only allowed to charge an additional 10% of the rent stipulated by the court. In addition, landlords rent land to farmers..."
After talking about farmers, Ying Zheng then talked about workers' taxes. There are more than one million workers in Xianyang City alone, and their taxes are also quite considerable.
Even if each person has one qian, that is more than one million yuan. One thousand qian is equivalent to one tael of silver, which is also one thousand taels of silver.
One thousand taels may seem like a small amount, but his purchasing power is quite terrifying.
In the Qin Dynasty, one stone of grain was sold for only 50 dan, and at the lowest it was only 30 dan. One tael of silver could buy at least 20 dan of grain. The salary of a first-grade official in the imperial court was only 2,000 dan, which was only one hundred taels of silver.
Just think about it, this one thousand taels is a lot, and it is impossible for everyone to withdraw only one penny.
Moreover, Ying Zheng issued a minimum wage requirement.
In this way, taxes will only increase, not decrease. More importantly, workers' income will be higher, and the income of a few pennies will not matter.
Only businessmen are suffering, but real businessmen don't care about a little money at all.
The survival of the fittest is also reflected at this time.
The market will slowly mature as a result, and with the continuous emergence of more convenient things in Qin An, Da Qin's industrial revolution is about to break out.
Ying Zheng did not realize at all that his series of actions would usher in the prosperous age of the Great Qin, and the death of the Second Emperor of the Great Qin would not happen.
"My subordinates, the Yushi Yamen, you will supervise together. If there is anyone who does not cooperate, I will personally investigate." Ying Zheng said in a deep voice.
"promise."
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