Should business tax be collected?
This question is not easy to answer!
Emperor Chongzhen's ears immediately stood up. Okay, the fox's tail is finally exposed, and it's going to be violent!
"It should be collected!" Prince Heng nodded heavily, "It must be collected! Now that the imperial court has exempted land taxes, if it does not collect commercial taxes and customs duties properly, how can it build a new army, conquer the Central Plains, and protect the famous religion? If the imperial court really does not collect this money, I’m afraid that all the scholars in the world won’t agree!”
Yes, yes, this Prince Heng’s consciousness has improved very quickly!
Fatty King Fu also said: "It should be collected! When we thought about it before, we have discovered that the failure to collect business taxes and land taxes is one of the roots of this dynasty's corruption! If there are mistakes, they can only be corrected, so they must be collected!"
King Fu is also making rapid progress!
"What Prince Fu said is that it must be collected! Without collecting commercial taxes, how can the Ming Dynasty be maintained? If the Ming Dynasty disappears, we princes will die without a burial place!"
This is King Jin expressing his position with tears in his eyes!
"That's right! We have lost so many people and lost all our family property. Isn't it because everyone evaded taxes and evaded taxes, leaving the court with no money to recruit soldiers for war? This bad government must be changed!"
The King of Qin also said it with certainty. Now he is very sad about his family's tax evasion behavior back then!
"If we don't change, we will all die..."
King Zhou said while wiping his tears. His grandfather was very powerful and claimed to "spend millions on city defense", so the Kaifeng Mansion beat Li Zicheng three times and even beat Li Zicheng into a one-eyed dragon.
Then the princes who expressed their views after King Zhou also firmly supported tax collection!
It’s obvious that all thirty-three kings have made progress!
Because they are all paupers now... Although Zhu Cihong rewarded ten princes with 10,000 acres of land each, and twenty-three county princes with 5,000 acres of land each. But what is this little field enough for? The palace has the pomp and splendor of a palace!
Moreover, more than half of the royal palaces brought with them a group of princes, grandsons and eldest sons who were in trouble and had to be rescued! They all have to find ways to arrange it... If the court doesn't search more, when will their hard days end?
Zhu Cixiang smiled and nodded. The attitude of the princes was what he expected. Because he had already asked Fat Prince Fu and Prince Heng to say hello - collecting business taxes would be of great benefit to Lao Zhu's clan! Because the tax customs in various places will use some Zongzi.
Then the princes, represented by Zhang Shize, expressed their stance.
Needless to say, these nobles are also in favor of tax collection. Most of their business is in the north - communication conditions are limited in these days. It is impossible for the northern nobles to place a large amount of land and business in the southeast. Otherwise, the domestic servants below will have to hack a lot, and they will definitely not make any profit. So now they are basically "proletarian nobles", and of course they have to collect taxes!
Moreover, it is their children who collect the taxes! There is no need to embezzle much. When Zhu Cihong asks his subordinates to make money, he will give commissions. He will even give 10% for anti-corruption and property confiscation. Military guards will charge 10% to 20% of the "management fee" for rent, and they will definitely get commissions for collecting business taxes.
It would be better to charge him 100 million!
"Mr. Wei, Chief Assistant, what do you think?" Zhu Cihong asked the question to Wei Zaode again.
"Thousand-year-old Master, I also think it should be accepted..." Wei Zaode thought thoughtfully, "At the time of Emperor Taizu Gao, scholars, candidates, and even officials did not have the right to be exempted from taxes and taxes! This is a bad government. ! Since it is a bad government, it must be changed!"
ah! Do you want to take away the tax exemption and tax exemption rights of scholar-bureaucrats?
Qian Qianyi and Hou Xun suddenly became nervous. They were not only the leaders of Donglin, but also big landowners. Their families also ran businesses... Without the privilege of tax exemption and tax exemption, the losses would be huge. Big!
Zhu Cixiang smiled and asked, "Mr. Qian, Mr. Hou, what do you think?"
"Master Chitose, this matter has too much to do, you need to think twice!"
"Yes, the imperial court has just moved south, and everything is unstable..."
Neither Qian Qianyi nor Hou Xun agreed.
"Oh?" Zhu Cixiang smiled, "How do you think Southeast Asia will be uneasy if strict commercial taxes and tariffs are announced?"
"There may be people who will resist taxes..."
"They will also smash the tax customs!"
Zhu Cixiang smiled: "That's all?"
These...are not serious?
Qian Qianyi said: "In fact, the imperial court can't collect much. It's just the officials below who are corrupt and perverting the law. I don't know how much more taxes will be imposed?"
"Well," Zhu Cixiang nodded, "Mr. Qian is right... we must nip it in the bud. We can set up a general taxation department to be responsible for collecting commercial taxes."
General Taxation Department? Qian Qianyi said in his heart: This is a well-hated yamen! I don’t know who can take care of it, and who dares to take care of it? I'm a good student and I won't let those princes and nobles take care of me, right? This is not easy to handle. If the people below make trouble and kill a eunuch, it’s okay. But if you kill a prince... that’s rebellion! Then you can ransack your home again!
Zhu Cixiang looked at Hou Xun at this time: "Mr. Hou, you are the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Please tell me."
"Master Qiansui," Hou Xun said with cold sweat on his forehead, "My minister of household affairs is about to step down, and now he is thinking about military affairs."
"Yes," Zhu Cixiang nodded, "You will no longer be the Minister of Household Affairs... Then I have an idea. Can you help me go into details?"
"Master Chitose, please tell me."
Zhu Cihong said: "I want to use how to collect commercial taxes and customs duties as a test question for this year's science and technology competition. What do you think, Mr. Hou?"
What? Do you want to treat the collection of commercial taxes and customs duties as a test question? Hou Xun thought: Is it possible that those who write articles against it will lose their reputation?
Hou Xun smiled bitterly: "You wouldn't let someone who wrote articles supporting the levy of commercial taxes and tariffs become the tax collector of the General Taxation Department, would you?"
"Hahaha," Zhu Cixiang laughed, "Mr. Hou is really talented! This is a good idea, I will consider it!"
Hou Xun really didn't know whether to laugh or cry. His son will also participate in the competition this year, and he must be in high school. I wonder if he will be sent to collect taxes?
"Master Qiansui," Chen Rui, Minister of the Ministry of War, frowned, "The tax resistance was very fierce during the Wanli period. What if it breaks out again? When the time comes, the Tartars will attack outside and the gentry will be in chaos inside. Zuo Liangyu said Maybe there will be some action..."
Emperor Chongzhen nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and said in his heart: Listen, this is a prudent statement!
"There won't be any chaos..." Zhu Cixiang smiled, "And I'm not afraid of chaos either!"
What's the meaning? Want to let the new army to overcome difficulties go on a killing spree?
Chen Rui, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, secretly glanced at Wu Xiang, Cao Youyi, Huang Binqing, Zhu Chunjie and Wu Guoyong (now the commander of the military garrison). They all looked ferocious!
Zhu Cixiang saw that Chen Rui had nothing to say, so he smiled and said: "Since most of you agree with the strict collection of commercial taxes and customs duties, then this matter will be settled for now." He looked back at Emperor Chongzhen, "Father, It seems that today’s meeting to reflect on mistakes was quite effective. There should be more such meetings in the future...Only by thinking about mistakes carefully can we make better corrections!"
