He thought it was some good advice, but he didn't expect it to be the same.
It seems that this person is really only suitable for diplomacy, not domestic affairs.
Over the past few days, there have been many memorials on Xiao Yi's desk.
Ever since Dai Guang proposed the financial and food budget, Xiao Yi received relevant memorials.
Among them are suggestions for increasing business taxes.
However, increasing business taxes is not something that can be done now, but rather when necessary.
Therefore, Xiao Yi naturally shook his head and said: "Someone has actually mentioned the method of increasing business tax, but for now, this method will do no harm at all."
Geng Nanzhong hurriedly explained: "Your Highness, the commercial tax I mentioned is not the commercial tax, but after I just received the envoys from Korea and Japan, I got to know the maritime merchants, met and talked with them. I just came up with the method after going through it.”
Xiao Yi planned to listen to the thoughts of the Honglu Temple Minister again, and said, "What should I say?"
Geng Nanzhong said quickly. "Your Highness, I want Your Highness to know that the Qin family's business name and documents have played a very important role in these few trips to sea. Because they have the name of imperial merchants, the journey has been smooth. When they arrived at the East China Sea Pier, some merchants were interested and willing to use a The price of 20,000 guan per year is to buy a flag of His Highness!"
When Xiao Yi heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.
Why didn't I think of that?
This suggestion is really a good way to develop financial resources.
Xiao Yi is really smart, because he thought that in his previous life, the country actually used this method to increase business taxes. Not only was it not resisted and dissatisfied by the businessmen, it was also called a good tax and was very popular. kind of.
"Stamp duty!"
Xiao Yi suddenly thought of it.
So that’s it, that’s how it works!
He was overjoyed immediately, stood up directly, helped Geng Nanzhong up, and said: "Geng Qing, your suggestion today is really a great contribution!"
Geng Nanzhong was very excited when he heard this.
He also did not expect that a method that he suddenly thought of, a method that seemed unlikely to be adopted, would actually be approved by His Highness.
Xiao Yi immediately summoned Dai Guang, the minister of household affairs, the left and right minister of household affairs, and others to discuss the stamp tax.
Not only maritime merchants can use it, but actually all export merchants can use it.
Daqian has now established the Anxi Silk Road and Maritime Silk Road, and its exports have increased a lot.
In addition, we still maintain mutual business relations with Meng Yuan and Beiyan.
There are still many policies that can be implemented to benefit the country and the people, and there is a lot of room for development.
After all, after Dai Guang settled an account, someone suggested that we should rob the rich and give to the poor. This meant liquidating the properties of aristocratic families, country gentry, wealthy businessmen, etc., and finding out whether they had committed tax evasion and other violations of laws and disciplines. sin.
But how to check this?
Jin Yiwei came directly to the door, and then began to liquidate their property. He pointed at their gate and asked, how much did you spend to build this gate?
Or maybe the official just said, you spent thousands of dollars building a gate?
What does Jin Yiwei say?
Isn't this just like the Jin Yiwei later in the Ming Dynasty, who disregarded human life and dominated the government and the public?
How dare Xiao Yi agree so easily.
Relatively speaking, Geng Nanzhong's words awakened Xiao Yi.
In other words, it directly evoked the deep memories of the past life in Xiao Yi's mind, and finally remembered a lot of content.
Xiao Yi also started from scratch in his previous life and finally became a diamond king. He naturally knows what stamp duty is.
He immediately returned to the study and wrote down the detailed strategies he had racked his brains to come up with.
After waiting for Dai Guang and others to arrive, he directly let them take a look.
"How to say?"
After Dai Guang read it, Xiao Yi couldn't wait to ask.
He was originally an official in the Ministry of Revenue. After Cai Jin was thrown to Longyou Road, he was promoted to Shangshu. Under the influence of Xiao Yi, his conscientiousness also gave him a better understanding of the country's economy, finance, commerce, etc. More knowledge.
"The ingenuity of stamp duty is really amazing..."
The specific meaning of stamp duty is actually very simple.
It is similar to real estate tax, car purchase tax, etc. In other words, when people participate in the purchase and sale, both parties must sign a contract. In order to make this contract effective, a third party will be asked to provide a guarantee and witness. Now, the government will specifically There is a department as a witness, which means that this kind of contract will be guaranteed by the official. However, both parties signing the contract must pay a stamp duty to the official.
At least it's consistent. If it's more, it will be charged according to the share of the value of the goods, one thousandth, and both parties will pay together.
The beauty of this tax is that it is not a mandatory tax, but a voluntary tax, and it cleverly avoids the poorest people at the bottom.
This is the true act of robbing the rich and giving to the poor.
After all, how can the poor people buy and sell bulk goods if they don't even have money?
When merchants buy and sell, there will naturally be forced buying and selling, and there will also be situations where they refuse to admit their accounts afterwards.
Of course, most businesses are backed by powerful people, so buyers who refuse to admit their mistakes may end up not so well.
But what if the seller refuses to accept the payment?
If there is official testimony and guarantee, once the merchant refuses to admit his account, he can sue the official.
There is a difference in the sense of security between a three-party contract and a two-party contract with or without the official seal.
With the current prestige and prestige of the Daqian government, I believe they should be very happy and rush to pay this tax.
It’s indeed an ingenious idea, and it definitely works!
Stamp tax is the great news in early October after the two bad news in early September reached the capital.
I feel a lot lighter from top to bottom.
Looking at it this way, it is not that difficult to make money that benefits the country and the people.
The next day, the Di newspaper began to promote the stamp tax, occupying the space originally used to discuss the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
This is a policy that truly benefits the country and the people, and is also a relatively profitable method.
Geng Nanzhong also received awards for this.
As for the policy of renting flags that he proposed, it naturally cannot be implemented. It is better to have a shortage than to have too many flags. Once there are too many flags, the meaning and prestige represented by the flag will be much weaker.
A flag costs 20,000 yuan a year, and imperial merchants like the Qin family can earn even more money with this flag.
Jinyang.
Qin Jiushao was speechless for a long time after reading the newspaper.
He was very aware of the impact of stamp tax, and admired the prince for being able to come up with such an ingenious method.
Over the past year or so, he has truly experienced how Daqian has gone from being in ruins to the current situation. He has also watched the court announce benevolent policies one by one, and watched the smiling faces of the people grow more and more.
If he were to say something bad about the prince of the country on the street, he might be drowned in the spit of the people or beaten to death.
The prestige of Prince Xiao Yi is unparalleled.
