All the wealthy people were stunned for a moment. This... seemed very reasonable, and what His Highness said was very reasonable. Maritime transportation is different from the army that fights ordinary wars. It takes a long time to train to become a qualified sailor, and ordinary soldiers cannot serve all the time according to the corvee system.
The point is, if what His Highness said is true, then it means that they can be protected by the Tang fleet everywhere in the ocean! This time is the key! Things that can be transported to Persia and other places for trade are all valuable items. If these things are stolen by pirates, some small families may completely collapse.
The most important thing is that once you are robbed by pirates, you may not only rob the goods, but also the most important thing, the ship!
If all the ships were robbed, it would be equivalent to taking away their rice bowls and a complete set of furniture for cooking, not just their meals. This is something that shakes the foundation.
"In addition, you may not know that your business tax is actually cultivating your own future." Li Ke said with a smile again.
"What did your Highness say?" Feng Yu asked curiously. Feng Yu is Feng Ang's younger brother. Because Feng Ang is now responsible for building the Luzon Island port, Feng Yu came to attend this meeting on his behalf. His mission It's very simple, just make a suitable compliment.
"Because of the physical strength and environmental issues of naval operations, the recruitment age of the Datang Navy starts from 16 years old, and then the retirement age is 40 years old, that is, people will retire at the age of 40."
"But you should be very clear that no matter in the farmland, a forty-year-old man is still in the stage of strong labor. So, are these outstanding navy sailors after retirement good for those of you who are doing business? Where are the sailors? They are excellent sailors who have been trained by the Tang Navy for at least ten or twenty years! Needless to say, how experienced they are?"
"As long as you give them a higher salary, there are more than a dozen sailors on a ship, and then you will lead other sailors collected from the private sector. Do I need to say more about the rest?" Li Ke said lightly.
Now all the businessmen's eyes lit up!
In the Tang Dynasty, although forty years old can be called an old man, it does not mean that he is really old. In the Tang Dynasty, forty years old is also considered a strong labor force. The military system of the Tang Dynasty must be understood even if he is close to sixty years old. I want to join the army!
Therefore, although he retired at the age of forty, in fact, such talents are the most precious wealth. There are not many people who can do business. As Li Ke said, if you let such people be sailors, you can manage a ship. A dozen people on the ship are enough, and the rest are recruited from the private sector, which are all experienced sailors.
"Look, the business tax you pay actually cultivates talents for yourselves, so is it reasonable to pay the business tax? Very reasonable." Li Ke saw their eyes changed and spread his hands.
"Your Highness, I don't know how to collect this business tax?" A person asked immediately.
"I have formulated a complete set of commercial tax collection systems. Don't worry, it won't be too much." Li Ke said with a smile. There are complete books on taxation in his warehouse, and whether it is modern taxation or The tax system existed in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Generally speaking, Li Ke’s current tax system is divided into two types, one is business tax and the other is corporate income tax. Business tax is based on turnover, about 2%. The corporate income tax is temporarily set at 10%.
Income tax also has corresponding exemptions for deductions. For example, expenditures on research and development expenses are allowed to be deducted, as well as improvements to employee benefits and employee monthly wages, which are also allowed to be deducted, and donations are also allowed to be included in the annual total. Deductions are allowed within 15% of profits.
In addition, there are small and micro enterprises. When the commerce of the Tang Dynasty flourished in the later period, traders and hawkers did not charge commercial taxes, that is, small merchants and hawkers did not charge commercial taxes, but they would charge certain health management fees and stall management fees, but they would charge The amount is very small.
In future generations, many people may be disgusted by this thing and think it is arbitrary charging. In fact, it is not. Without these small expenses, future health, management and other expenses alone will directly collapse the finances.
Don't expect that all the vendors in these stalls are highly moral people. It is still humans who cause these arbitrary charges to occur. There is no perfect system in the world, but some things exist reasonably.
After putting aside the temporary peddlers and lackeys, there are some small shops and fixed stalls, such as small noodle restaurants in Chang'an City and other small businessmen. They follow the example of small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households in later generations, and adopt a fixed tax amount, which is based on a certain amount every month. To formulate standards, such as a few articles, dozens of articles and so on.
The general system is basically like this. There are not many such commercial taxes. Of course, for this era, the problem of starting from scratch must be solved first, but in fact, even so, it will greatly increase Datang's fiscal revenue. .
Of course, the increase in commercial taxes will inevitably increase the number of tax-related personnel. This is something that cannot be avoided. However, Li Ke has already thought about it. He can do anything anyway, but you can't evade taxes!
Tax evasion must be strictly investigated! Crack down hard! At worst, a special army will be set up for the tax bureau, which will also be dedicated to the royal family and other aspects.
Anyway, there is no personal income tax in this era, and it cannot be levied on ordinary people. When the time comes, let them check the tax.
Another reason for restricting the collection of commercial taxes is the lack of currency. Take the Song Dynasty as an example. The currency of the Song Dynasty was enough, and the commerce of the Song Dynasty was developed enough. But even so, because the Song Dynasty was too developed, it caused There was still not enough currency in the Song Dynasty, and there was insufficient cash to pay taxes, so they could only pay goods to offset the taxes, which made it easier for corruption to breed.
For example, when local officials levy taxes, silk worth 100 yuan will be collected as silk worth 10 yuan. When the time comes, they will collect it and replace it directly, and everything will belong to themselves.
So sufficient and sufficient cash is the key, and the printing of banknotes is the key among the keys.
Li Ke has already determined the denominations of banknotes, which are 1 string, 2 strings, 5 strings, 10 strings, 20 strings, 50 strings, 100 strings, and 1,000 strings.
Among them, the number of used coins is definitely the largest. Li Ke is not worried about whether the currency paper in his hand is enough. It is definitely enough.
According to his and Li Shimin's calculations, the total copper coins of the Tang Dynasty were assumed to be 100 million yuan. Even if all were printed as 1 yuan, that would be 100 million pieces. A one-yuan note is about 1g, and 100 million pieces is only 100 tons of paper. That’s all.
