Chapter 697: Tariffs are very important
"Because this business has affected the interests of many people, and the biggest interest among them is a group of officials.
Moreover, the imperial power does not go to the countryside. In the countryside, village chiefs, land security guards and other officials are the real emperors.
If this group of people has a certain power, even if you give an order, they may not execute it. "
"They dare." Ying Zheng immediately exuded the aura of a superior person.
Everyone around stood up and bowed: "I don't dare."
"Humph." Ying Zheng snorted and ignored them.
Qin An quickly said, "Don't be nervous, everyone. My father-in-law is not talking about you. Everyone, please sit down."
Li Si and others did not move because Ying Zheng did not speak.
Ying Zheng glanced at everyone and said, "Okay. Qin An asked you to sit down, so just sit down."
"No." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief before slowly sitting down.
After Qin An saw everyone sitting down, he asked, "Father-in-law, don't be nervous. If it's like this, I think it's still possible to share the same family."
"Why?" Ying Zheng asked curiously.
Li Si and others became curious. Just now they said no, but now they say yes. Isn't this contradictory?
Qin An smiled and immediately explained: "The reason is because the villagers from all over the country are very simple...
There is no such interest in the outside world, and I found that everything in the village is no different from the Qin Dynasty, and everyone respects my father-in-law very much. This is enough.
In addition, if you are worried that there will be resistance to the land allocation, then set up a local supervision department, or directly establish a land supervision bureau.
Anyone who dares to stop the tenants from entering the acres can go to the Land Supervision Bureau. If the local area fails, then they will come to you.
The father-in-law can handle the matter directly and give the people justice. "
Li Si said: "If the local government does not do well, it will directly punish those officials who do not ask for orders from the people."
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "You can arrange this matter. Our land will be divided into acres immediately."
"No." Li Si responded.
This matter was originally a matter of the Ministry of Hubu. As the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu, he should be responsible for this matter.
"Also, matters related to business taxation can also be formulated. Qin An, does your "History of the Song Dynasty" have complete content on business?" Ying Zheng asked.
"Even if it's incomplete, it's still half-assed." Qin An said, "But what I thought was that after half a year, I'll be out, and even if my father-in-law implements property sharing and business tax, it will be useless.
Sooner or later, this place will be under the control of the state, and the commercial tax system outside is more complete than that of the Song Dynasty. I don't know much about the commercial tax in the outside world.
But one thing I know is that in order to protect domestic industries, taxes on foreign goods are extremely high.
For example, for a piece of clothing, our production cost is one tael of silver and we sell it for 2 taels of silver, but the cost abroad is only 30 taels of silver or one tael of silver.
For this reason, the country will impose a very high tariff, with a tariff of two taels of silver per piece of clothing. "
"Hiss~~"
Everyone gasped, it was really shocking that such a high tariff was charged.
Qin An said helplessly: "We can't do it without charging such a high price. Think about it, if the country doesn't charge such a high price, then the workshops that make clothes in our country will have to close down.
The vast majority of people will only buy cheap, good-quality clothes instead of expensive clothes.
Once foreign goods set the price of clothes at one tael of silver, I am afraid that villagers from all over the country will not buy clothes worth 2 taels of silver.
Over time, who else is willing to open a clothing workshop in our country. "
"That can be considered beneficial to the people, why should we stop it?" Li Si asked.
"It seems so." Ying Zheng said, "Since foreign clothes are so cheap, isn't this very beneficial to the people? We should be happy to see it succeed, right?
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Qin An smiled bitterly and said: "You only see that people can buy things cheaper, but don't you find that a lot of money has been made by outsiders?
Originally, there were ten million taels of silver in eight villages and ten miles apart. Because the clothes from foreign merchants were cheap, they all came to him to buy clothes.
Was this money made by foreign businessmen? If there are one million people from ten miles and eight towns, and each person has one piece of clothing, then one million taels are gone, and the silver from ten miles and eight towns becomes nine million taels?
This is one, and the other is that all the garment workshops in ten miles and eight towns have closed down, so many people will lose their jobs. Will the pressure from the government be fulfilled if so many people are unemployed?
You know, people all need to eat, and eating requires money, and money is what they earn from work.
Nowadays, if there is no job, there is no income, and if there is no income, there is no food.
In the end, they only have two endings, one is to become a beggar, the other is to embark on the road of breaking the law. It's almost impossible to get someone who is starving to death to obey the law. literature
And you can easily handle one or two people, but if there are more people, it will be a huge trouble. Do you think the pressure on the government will be great? "
When everyone heard this, their hearts trembled. Is this really the case? Is it possible to make a group of people who don't have enough to eat obey the law?
That is absolutely impossible, but what is even more worrying is that a group of people will gather to make trouble, which is rebellion.
This is something no emperor wants to see.
"Old Li, do you understand?" Ying Zheng asked.
"I understand," Li Si said, "Qin An, do you have a solution?"
"That is to learn advanced technology. If it is already the most advanced technology in the world, then continue researching it, but this research may take a long time and cost a lot of money.
Even the final result is a busy schedule. Qin An said.
Li Si nodded and said, "I understand."
"Actually, everyone doesn't need to worry. Zhaojiacun is the most advanced in technology now. In half a year, when you come into contact with people from the outside world, you can master the latest technology.
And as long as you have money, you can’t buy any technology. So don’t worry, and with the support of the country, nothing will happen. "
Li Si could only laugh at Qin An's answer, (it felt like saying it was in vain.
"Okay, I understand." Li Si nodded, "However, I read the book "Das Kapital" and found it very novel.
Can you tell us about this book? "
Qin An looked at Li Si in shock and said, "My father-in-law, have you actually read this book?"
"What? Is there a problem?" Li Si asked suspiciously, "Aren't you just reading the books on your bookshelf?"
Xiang Liang on the side said: "This skill is poisonous. After reading it, Lao Li, you will find that everything in the world can be solved with money, and capitalists will slowly appear and form capitalism.
The gentleman said that this is progress across the ages, turning feudal society into a capitalist society. "
