In most cases, when the poor do not pay taxes they owe, it is really impossible to get rid of the problem.
The reasons why rich people don't pay taxes are different.
There may be some who are unable to get around, but most of them are audacious and ignore the law.
The most fundamental reason why these people dare to ignore court laws and regulations is that the cost of crime is too low.
Tax arrears are just a slap in the face. Such punishment and benefits must really be just a drop in the bucket.
In addition, those who dare to blatantly owe taxes are mostly protected by officials.
The so-called punishments are now mostly for show.
In this way, those who owe taxes will be even more confident.
It is almost impossible to completely cut off tax deferral.
Even in the information era of later generations, such things cannot be completely cut off, let alone the current era where communication is basically relying on shouting and going out is basically walking.
The only way to reduce the occurrence of this situation is to increase the cost of crime as much as possible, and do it ruthlessly. Only by dealing with each crime one by one can the majority of people be deterred.
So that most people don't dare to take a step beyond the limit.
But today's Ming Dynasty is not merciful to the law. Is it more than just a difficult word?
The Ming Dynasty had a fertile land of thousands of miles and a population of tens of millions. From top to bottom, it required countless officials to manage it.
In addition, a large number of gentry and landowners are needed to assist in governance.
Flowing county magistrates, iron-clad aristocratic families. Over the past 200 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, these aristocratic families have already formed a close network of relationships with each other.
These networks are usually of no use, but at critical moments, the power they can show is something that even Zhu Youjian has to pay attention to.
This is also an important reason why Zhu Youjian still dared not carry out major changes after taking control of the country's military.
The reason why you must stand on the moral high ground when arresting people and doing things.
Even if it causes discomfort to those wealthy landlords, they can only grit their teeth and swallow it.
As long as the foreign enemies are not eliminated, Zhu Youjian does not want civil strife to rekindle. Although he will definitely win in the end, it is the people of the world who will suffer in the end.
It will also cause damage to Ming's strength and seriously affect Zhu Youjian's next global plan.
Iron ore in Australia, oil in the Middle East. Thousands of miles of fertile soil in America are waiting for the Ming Dynasty to take over.
No, it's the Australian aborigines, American Indians and people from other places who are waiting for the Ming Dynasty's army to rescue them from the hands of the red barbarians.
Those natives are still in dire straits and are still being oppressed by the red barbarians.
How could Ming Dynasty be ignored?
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There is no shortage of smart people in the world, but there are always people who choose to be smart.
Unlike the other twelve prefectures that are busy paying taxes, there are indeed very few people in Suzhou Prefecture and Yangzhou Prefecture who take the initiative to pay back their tax arrears.
Suzhou has Qian Qianyi, the core figure of the Donglin Party, taking the lead, so the remaining landlords, Lao Cai, are naturally not afraid.
The Yangzhou salt merchants were the richest in the world, and they did a lot of tax evasion. These are not in the court's accounts, and unless a thorough investigation is carried out, they will not be discovered at all.
The factory guards from outside may not know about these activities, but how could the landlords and wealthy people in Yangzhou not know about it?
If they don't move, others will naturally not be afraid either.
The anomalies in Suzhou and Yangzhou naturally came into the eyes of the secret guards. Under the investigation of secret guards,
Some remote villages in Suzhou Prefecture and Yangzhou Prefecture seemed a bit abnormal.
Compared with other villages, the people in these villages seem a little sad.
When strangers approach the village, they will be expelled.
This abnormal phenomenon quickly attracted the attention of the secret guards.
Zhang Mazi was the child of a farmer in Suzhou City.
A few years ago, my grandfather fell ill. In order to treat his illness, the family sold iron and steel to raise money, but it still failed to save the old man's life.
In order to organize the funeral for my grandfather, the family had no choice but to borrow some money from the landlord.
After a year of hard work, the harvest was not bad, but the price was severely reduced.
Under the coercion of landlord Zhang, he was forced to sell his family's land to Zhang Yuanwai.
As a last resort, Zhang Mazi's family had no choice but to go to Suzhou City to make a living.
Only when I arrived in Suzhou City did I realize that my family had been cheated.
The Qiming Chamber of Commerce's grain purchase price is at least 30% higher than that of Zhang Yuanwai's family.
Zhang Mazi's father was so angry that he went directly to the Suzhou government office to sue the other party.
The result was jail time.
After several twists and turns, Zhang Mazi joined the Secret Guard.
Because of his childhood experiences, Zhang Mazi didn't have a good impression of the court officials and the wealthy households at all.
After knowing that the Secret Guard was established by His Majesty to clear away corrupt officials so that the landlords and wealthy people would not dare to bully the people at will, Zhang Mazi's training was particularly serious.
In the end, he ranked first in Suzhou and successfully graduated from the Suzhou training camp and became a secret guard.
In order to obtain as much information as possible, let His Majesty know the true situation of the people at the bottom.
Zhang Mazi chose the hardest job - a merchant selling groceries.
After several years of business work, some small villages near Suzhou knew Zhang Mazi.
The anomalies in Suzhou originally attracted the attention of the person in charge of the Secret Guard Suzhou. After discovering the anomalies in the remote villages, Zhang Mazi was sent out.
Relying on his familiarity with the terrain, Zhang Mazi bypassed the guard at the entrance of the village. Sneaked into Wangjiacun.
Wangjiacun is a small village in Tianping Mountain, Suzhou.
Most of the villagers in the village are arrogant tenants.
After a year of hard work, I could only make ends meet.
But recently, people in the village have had a trace of worry on their faces.
"Zhang Mazi, didn't you just come to our Wangjia Village at the beginning of the month? Why are you here again now?"
Seeing Zhang Mazi coming over, a young woman who was washing clothes at the entrance of the village asked.
Wangjiacun is located in a remote area with few people.
Most merchants are not willing to come here. In the past few years, only Zhang Mazi comes here at the beginning of every month to sell some things and collect some mountain goods.
Because the purchase price is fair, and the items sold are not expensive, he will also tell everyone about what Zhang Mazi has seen and heard from time to time.
Therefore, the villagers in Wangjia Village had a good impression of Zhang Mazi.
"Why don't we go to Liujia Village next door? As it turns out, the mule went somewhere. After looking for it, he ended up here."
"Mule, I didn't see him. He probably didn't go this way."
"It's possible that he ran back by himself." Zhang Mazi said with an awkward smile.
"By the way, what's going on with you guys? Why do you look so unhappy?"
'Forget it, those bastards in the court raised taxes again. '
"That's not right, I...
That's it, I remembered that I tied the mule... Let's not talk about it for now, I will go back to find the mule first. "Zhang Mazi wanted to explain to the court, but suddenly he seemed to realize something and hurriedly changed his words.
The imperial court has not increased taxes at all recently, and the people of Wangjiacun have no need to lie to themselves. So there is only one truth.
Someone forcibly increased taxes on the people of Wangjiacun.
The villagers of Wangjia Village are already living a hard life, but now someone is raising taxes in the name of the imperial court.
"Civil uprising, these beasts want to provoke a civil uprising." Zhang Mazi was itching his teeth with hatred.
In order to prevent the other party from succeeding, Zhang Mazi quickly told his superiors the news and his guess.
