Chapter 852 Demonstration
"Impossible." Yan Ju immediately retorted, "How is it possible to cancel the agricultural tax? If the agricultural tax is cancelled, wouldn't the imperial government's granary be empty? If the agricultural tax is cancelled, how will the imperial court's salary be distributed?
What's more, it's ridiculous to provide subsidies. Imperial Master, even if you want to help the court, you have to say something reliable. "
The middle-aged farmer had a different expression. He looked at Qin An in disbelief and said, "Is this possible? Will the agricultural tax really be canceled in the future? Will the court really provide subsidies?"
The other people in the city looked at each other. Some of them believed it, some did not believe it, and some were dubious.
"Is this true?" Gan Luo said.
Zhang Liang replied: "It's probably true. As long as we follow the emperor's ideas, I'm afraid it won't take thirty years for Great Qin to cancel the agricultural tax."
"Why?" Gan Luo looked at Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang explained: "Because of commerce, commerce not only brought wealth to merchants, but also brought tax revenue to the court.
You are the left prime minister, you should know the current business tax rate? Especially in recent years, with the emperor's division developing business, Xianyang City has collected so much tax revenue. "
Only then did Gan Luo remember that the imperial court's tax revenue in recent years had been increasing year by year, not just in food, but also in copper, gold and silver coins. .Ь.
Especially gold, silver and copper coins have increased tenfold.
Now that the national treasury is full, Li Si, the Minister of Household Affairs, is living a very prosperous life.
This is the tax revenue of several major commercial cities such as Xianyang City. Once business is promoted nationwide, the tax revenue will only increase.
No wonder Zhang Liang believed Qin An's words.
Qin An looked at everyone's expressions and continued: "I know everyone has doubts. Then I will explain to everyone now, Yan Ju, you just said you don't believe it, then you can find a few people to come up and I will tell you why. "
"How many people does the Imperial Master need?" Yan Ju asked.
Qin An thought for a while and said: "Ten people. Oh, by the way, I also need some copper coins, gold and silver coins and grain. Not too much, ten kilograms of grain, but ten kilograms of grain are divided into ten bags, each bag is one kilogram."
One hundred copper coins, ten gold coins and ten silver coins. "
Yan Ju said, "I'll prepare."
He wanted to see what Qin An was up to, so he quickly prepared what Qin An needed.
Then ten more people were invited to go up the city wall.
These ten people are Yan Ju's confidants. As long as Qin An wants to harm him, they will immediately capture Qin An to blackmail the court.
After Qin An saw them coming up, he put everything away.
"As you can see, the ten people who have come up so far have been given a code name by me: Farmer No. 1, Businessman No. 1, Businessman No. 2, Businessman No. 3, Worker No. 1, Worker No. 2, Worker No. 3, and so on. Number six, so everyone can easily identify it.
In today's society, not only Handan City, but also the entire Great Qin Dynasty, there are many farmers, few workers, and even fewer businessmen. .Ь.
Because if you don’t cultivate the land, you won’t have food to eat, so there is no other way.
However, in the future there will be fewer farmers, more workers, and also many businessmen. Let me tell you now. You may not understand it, but if I use these ten people to demonstrate it to you now, you will know why. In the future, not only will farmers not have to pay taxes, but the state will also provide farmers with subsidies.
First, let’s talk about the situation of farmers farming. In the past, you used oxen to farm, but now you farm with plowing vehicles.
In the future, there will not only be vehicles for plowing, but also for sowing and harvesting. As long as a hundred people and a hundred harvesting vehicles are needed, all the food can be harvested in a few days. I believe everyone knows that I invented plow truck.
As for harvesting trucks, they have also been invented, as well as portable seeding trucks and so on.
Therefore, in the future, there will be no need for too many people to farm. Many people like me and even younger people will leave the village and go to the city to work, that is, work.
Why, because the money you earn from working is higher than farming. If you are not afraid of hardship,
, then your monthly salary may be higher than your income from farming for a year or even several years. "
"Master Imperial, let's start quickly." Yan Ju urged.
Hearing this, Qin An smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will show you now. Yan Ju, you are the number one farmer. These ten kilograms of grain belong to you. In the future, you will not have to pay grain tax, so you can grow as much as you want." how many."
Yan Ju heard this and put ten kilograms of grain next to him.
The people under the city, especially the farmers, were very excited.
Qin An continued: "Businessmen No. 1 to No. 3, each of you will take three gold coins, three silver coins and thirty copper coins."
The three people playing businessmen got all the money Qin An said.
Qin An put all the remaining money at his feet and said: "Now that I am the country, just think of me as the treasury. All the remaining money is in the treasury.
As for the six workers, two workers each stand behind a merchant. "
Six workers stood behind a businessman very consciously.
Qin An took the microphone and said: "The situation has emerged where businessmen come to run workshops and workers work for the businessmen.
So I assigned two workers to each merchant. Of course, this is just an assumption. A real workshop may have hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of people.
Now businessmen are making money. A silver coin represents one hundred thousand taels, a gold coin represents one million taels, and a copper coin represents ten thousand taels.
Everyone has worked hard for a year. The businessmen have earned tens of millions of taels of silver, and the workers have also earned one hundred thousand taels of silver. Please give each worker ten taels of silver. "
So each of the six workers had ten copper coins in their hands.
Qin An continued: "When you make money, you have to pay taxes. This is a matter of course. If a worker earns one hundred thousand taels, he needs to pay one-tenth of the tax, which is ten thousand taels.
Businessmen need to pay 40% of the maximum tax, so that the national treasury will have money.
A farmer's ten kilograms of grain is equivalent to ten thousand kilograms of grain. After selling it, he can make twenty thousand taels.
But farmers don’t have to pay taxes, so they earn it by themselves, but 20,000 taels is much less than workers. Because the court has money, it gives farmers basic needs, 10,000 taels a year.
There is money in the treasury. After paying officials, soldiers and weapons, the remaining money will be used to build roads, bridges, etc.
At that time, the road construction will be handed over to Businessman No. 1, and then one million taels will be given to Businessman No. 1. The money for building the bridge will be given to Businessman No. 2, and Businessman No. 2 will be responsible for building the bridge.
As for Businessman No. 3, the state can give him the official uniforms of state officials and court officials.
The three businessmen took the wages given by the state, and then gathered their own workers to start building roads, bridges, making clothes, etc.
We all make money again, and once we make money we have to pay taxes.
The country is rich again, and if this continues, businessmen are making more and more money, their business is getting bigger and bigger, workers are slowly saving, and farmers are getting better. "
