Chapter 274: Ying Zheng’s Strategy to Promote Business
Feng Quji then said: "Your Majesty, according to Sir, 80% of the tax is caused by agricultural tax, which is actually due to backward productivity.
Before the invention of new farm tools, it took half a day and three people to plow one acre of land. Now one person can plow two acres or even more in half a day. In this way, there are two more people.
These two people can do other things, or even work as long-term workers, to add another income to the family.
As long as productivity increases and labor is released, people will have extra income and money to spend. "
Ying Zheng nodded slowly and said, "What Meng Yi and Feng Quji said makes sense. Productivity is very important. Why didn't I think of it before? It's such a waste of good time."
"Your Majesty, it's not too late. What you said is based on knowledge from two thousand years later. If the Qin Dynasty lasts for two thousand years, it will definitely be better than it is now," Li Si said.
Ying Zheng waved his hand and said: "No need to deceive yourself. Although I have accomplished the feat of unifying the six kingdoms, I have also done many wrong things, especially listening to evil words, being obsessed with immortality, and spending the entire country refining the golden elixir. In the end, my body ended up with a disease. , I don’t know how long I can live now.”
"Your Majesty?" Li Si and others looked at Ying Zheng worriedly.
Ying Zheng waved his hand again and said: "Let's get down to business. Everyone is right. The reason why 80% of the court's taxes are agricultural taxes is due to low productivity.
Since Mr. can make many tools and improve productivity, we must make use of this labor force.
And what we have to do now is this. As long as there is enough labor to support new workshops, commercial taxes will increase and agricultural taxes will be reduced accordingly. "
"What your Majesty said is true." Li Si said, "Take the loom as an example. Even if your water conservancy loom cannot increase the speed fifty times, it is still very optimistic to increase it twenty times.
With the same people, a workshop can increase its output twenty times, and the workshop requires twenty times more silk and other fabrics, so everyone makes money.
After the cloth is woven, it can be sold to the people or to the clothing workshop opened by the husband.
Finished clothes are made in garment workshops and then sold to the people. This is what Mr. Wang calls the industrial chain.
If Daqin had more industrial chains, it would be beneficial to Daqin but not harmful at all.
The most important thing is that the court's tax revenue will increase tenfold or a hundredfold. Therefore, the court can reduce the agricultural tax on the people, or even stop collecting agricultural tax directly. "m.
Ying Zheng nodded and said: "This is a way to increase business taxes and reduce people's food taxes. Good, very good.
In addition, the night market cannot be given up. I seem to have seen that the night market has brought endless taxes to Daqin. "
"Your Majesty is wise." Li Si said, "But Wei Chen is worried that the night market will affect the security of Xianyang City, so it is better to place the night market outside the city.
There is a large open space outside the city that allows people to do business freely. I believe that the night market outside the city can definitely increase Daqin's tax revenue by 30% without affecting the safety of Xianyang City. "
Feng Quji said: "To hold a night market outside the city, wouldn't it mean that all the shops in Xianyang City would be moved outside the city? Not to mention wasting manpower and material resources, I'm afraid there would be no merchants in Xianyang City."
Li Si replied: "How could it be possible? Just let them go back to the city during the day."
“It’s inappropriate,” Meng Yi said, “To move the shops in the city outside the city, and then move the shops outside the city inside, too much manpower and material resources are wasted in the middle.
Your Majesty, do you not recommend this? "
Li Si frowned slightly and said, "Mr. Meng, if you are wrong, do you have a better idea?"
Meng Yi shook his head and said: "I don't know much about the night market, and I don't even think that the night market can bring much tax revenue, but I have to say that the night market in the village is really good.
I saw the peace and prosperity of the country and the happy smiles of the people. "
Ying Zheng nodded and said: "Yes, I have also seen it. As long as everyone in Da Qin has such a smile on their face, then my country and my Da Qin will never fall.
So I decided, whatever the village has, Daqin must have it? "
"No." Li Si and the others responded.
"Feng Quji." Ying Zheng said.
Feng Quji immediately responded: "I'm here."
"I will leave the weaving workshop to you, and I will also leave the clothing workshop to you. Whether you do it yourself or find someone to cooperate with, half of the profits will be given to sir.
Can you do it? "
"Thank you, Your Majesty, I can do it." Feng Quji said.
He was overjoyed, this was making a lot of money, and it was no worse than Liuli's business.
Ying Zheng spoke again: "Don't force it."
"I don't force myself. Not at all."
"Okay." Ying Zheng said, "I don't want those nobles to come out and disrupt the situation, you know."
Feng Quji was shocked. He had forgotten that he was still the leader of the nobles. If the nobles were not allowed to participate, then it would be difficult for him to be the leader.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. These nobles are also the nobles of Great Qin. They also hope that Great Qin will become stronger and stronger, so that they can be the nobles of Great Qin forever."
"Well, if they really think so, that's fine. I will give them the treatment they deserve, as long as they don't hold me back.
In addition, there are a lot of good things in the village. I can share them with them, but half of their profits must be given to my husband. "
Ying Zheng has understood that this group of nobles are the only rich ones in the world, and it is impossible for him to open a workshop.
Although it is possible to let businessmen open workshops, there is no way to improve the status of businessmen, and those nobles will never agree.
Moreover, the group of nobles and nobles were the biggest obstacle to the Qin Dynasty's trade, because it would damage their interests.
As long as they also get benefits, not only will they not become an obstacle, but they will also become a help in promoting the trade of Great Qin.
At the beginning, Ying Zheng never thought about benefiting the nobles. He did not expect that Qin An would invent more and more things and make more and more good suggestions. If they were not distributed, it would be a waste.
"Meng Yi." Ying Zheng said.
"I'm here," Meng Yi responded.
"Da Qin needs to promote business, and you are a businessman, so I give you a task."
"Your Majesty, despite your orders, I will do my best," Meng Yi said,
Ying Zheng nodded and said: "Although there are many official positions in Da Qin, they are still different from those of later generations. In order to better manage Da Qin, especially Da Qin, which wants to promote business.
I want you to find out how merchants will be managed in the future and what yamen have been established by the imperial court. "
"promise."
Then Ying Zheng arranged for Li Si to speed up the improvement of the laws, and at the same time added Shang Law to separate Shang Law and Qin Law.
Li Si heard this and readily accepted it. This was his old profession. He was a member of the Legalist family, and he was also the leader of the Legalist family.
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