Ying Zheng looked at Chen Ke with disgust: "Did you think of this when you issued the ID cards?"
Chen Ke shook his head slightly. Under Ying Zheng's slightly surprised look, he said calmly: "Actually, it's not just this. There are many other functions of identity proof."
"It can be said that in the past few years, all the systems and new inventions I have proposed are not as effective as this one."
"The identity proof system can only be used within a certain range now, but as it develops in the future, identity proof, or simple identity proof, will be a must for everyone."
"You might be able to survive in the Great Qin of the past without road guides, but you will definitely not be able to survive in the Great Qin of today without an ID card."
Ying Zheng didn't think what Chen Ke said was alarmist. After all, he could feel the role of identification more and more.
Therefore, he also said with emotion: "So, we need to update the identity certificate from generation to generation?"
Chen Ke nodded: "Not bad."
Li Si also intervened at this time and said: "In fact, the identity certificate has a certain time limit and has another function. It can play the role of census of the population. It is no longer necessary to conduct a census of the population at certain specific times as in previous years."
“After the introduction of the system where people can apply for land using their household registration as proof, I was very worried that someone would die, but because of the land, I didn’t report it or pay a funeral.”
"But today's identity card system, which is renewed every three years, can ensure that even if those people can occupy the fields, they will not be able to occupy them for too long."
"It's only three years at most."
"The court can still wait for these three years."
Speaking of this, Li Si's voice also contained a little pity: "Losing a labor force is not a good thing for the leaders of Guizhou."
"So this maximum of three years can be regarded as a buffer period for them."
"It's a potential rule."
Chen Ke also smiled and said: "And the three-year buffer period actually has another function, that is, for the land, the Guizhou leaders will find another person to replace the land."
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"Such as having children."
Chen Ke smiled, but his voice was full of playfulness and bad taste: "The population of Daqin is still too small today."
"Whether it is Tianshan Prefecture or Beihai Prefecture, or the Baiyue Land that will be conquered in the future, or the regions that will be conquered in the future, they all need a large number of people."
"What to do if there is no population? We can only encourage people to have children,"
“What’s the best way to encourage people to have children?”
"It's not about forcing them with exorbitant taxes or endless pressure, but it's about putting yourself in their shoes and thinking about solutions to the problem."
“For example, this three-year buffer period plus the new field system.”
“Having a child gives you the right to use a piece of land, which in itself encourages people to have children because there are real benefits hanging in front of them.”
"The three-year buffer period forces them to have children with little pressure. After all, people may not work hard for what they don't get, but they will definitely work hard because they don't want to lose what they get."
Fusu sat aside and watched Chen Ke talk with a helpless look on his face.
He didn't expect that it was just a land system and an identification system, and his teacher could think so far ahead and even connect these things together.
And the final goal turned out to be such an important thing, but it seems to have nothing to do with these two systems...
Even Ying Zheng and Li Si felt a little emotional after hearing Chen Ke's words.
Although they also thought of this, they still felt that Chen Ke's thinking was too scary, and it was like taking one step to see a hundred steps.
Li Si even said with emotion: "Let me tell you, Chen Ke, you put so much thought into it, aren't you afraid of premature birth of hair?"
Chen Ke subconsciously touched his hair and said with a smile: "Huafa is born early? That's not a problem."
“I don’t bother, I just do it when it comes to my mind.”
He looked at Ying Zheng and Li Si and said rather innocently: "Actually, when I was doing certain things, I didn't connect them, but when I saw them later, I suddenly felt that they could be connected."
"It was all unintentional."
"You believe me."
Chen Ke's eyes were sincere and sincere, but Ying Zheng and Li Si both had disbelief on their faces, as if they were not telling lies.
Seeing this sober state, Chen Ke helplessly turned his head and looked at Fusu who was standing aside.
Fusu also relaxed his shoulders, expressing his helplessness.
Chen Ke curled his lips and said, "Your Majesty, let's continue talking about the new currency policy."
"I think there shouldn't be many people exchanging gold, because gold is a precious metal. Even if we don't allow this thing to circulate, as long as the exchange points exist, gold will still circulate privately."
"Unless we open up the circulation of gold coins now."
"But the circulation of gold coins will invisibly cause gold to flow out of the hands of the imperial court. Such precious metals and things that are not easily deformed, I feel that they should still be controlled by the imperial court."
Li Si narrowed his eyes slightly, and then said thoughtfully: "So, the final ownership of the coin plan should be something that has no value in itself, needs to be given value by the court, guaranteed by the court's own prestige, and must be reviewed at all times?"
At this point, Li Si, Ying Zheng, and Fu Su looked at each other and said at the same time: "Paper!"
Chen Ke looked at the three of them with a bit of surprise in his expression.
Perhaps paper money will be familiar to people in the future, and it is not impossible even for people in the Tang and Song Dynasties. But today is the Great Qin, which is nearly a thousand years away from the Tang and Song Dynasties...
Chen Ke felt a little emotional in his heart, and he really couldn't underestimate the ancients.
In fact, the ancients just lacked a little aura. With this aura, I would definitely not be able to defeat these ancients.
He nodded immediately and said, "Not bad."
"The paper currency is guaranteed by the prestige and credibility of the imperial court, and it must be able to guarantee one thing, that is, the paper currency can be exchanged for silver in large quantities, and there cannot be a situation where the paper currency can be exchanged for silver, but cannot be exchanged."
"It's early days."
Chen Ke sneered: "In the early days, there must be wealthy businessmen hoarding some banknotes, hoping to devalue the banknotes, and then purchase a large amount of banknotes, and then exchange them again, and then form a vicious cycle, making Da Qin's banknotes bankrupt."
"So we need to hoard a large amount of silver at this stage and acquire a large amount of gold from them."
"In this way, even if they have a small amount of silver or gold, it won't be a big concern."
Chen Ke said softly: "After the early stage, just find a few mistakes and kill the fattened pigs."
"Since ancient times, isn't the fastest way to make a fortune, is to confiscate your home and destroy your family?"
Saying this, Ying Zheng felt helpless: "I mean, Chen Ke, what are you thinking about?"
He was a little curious: "Why do I feel that you are a little hostile to wealthy businessmen?"
Chen Ke shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are wronging me by saying that. How could I be hostile to wealthy businessmen?"
"I simply feel that these people live to contribute to the Qin Dynasty, don't they?"
He chuckled: "They gather people's money into their own hands, but they don't want to contribute to the development of the imperial court and Great Qin."
"That can only be done by the imperial court."
Ying Zheng said with emotion; "We cannot deal with wealthy businessmen so simply and crudely. This will affect their desire to make money, so we will not always have a stable source of money."
He seemed to say casually: "Do you two still remember the original Ba Widow Qing?"
When Fusu heard the name, he immediately sat upright, with some curiosity in his heart.
Ba Widow Qing was a wealthy businessman whom Ying Zheng personally praised and even built Huaiqing Tower for him.
So far, some people are still speculating whether the First Emperor had Oedipal feelings. Otherwise, why would he admire a widow so much?
Even Fusu, the son, was curious.
However, the expressions of Chen Ke and Li Si did not change at all. Both of them knew the inside story.
Only ordinary Guizhou officials and some stupid people would realize that Ying Zheng built Huaiqing Tower in memory of Ba Widow Qing.
In other words, Ying Zheng really misses Ba Widow Qing, but what he misses is the huge wealth that was so easy to obtain...
Ba Widow Qing was a famous businessman and powerful man in Bashu. After her husband died, she took control of the family and then occupied the land of Bashu. She started amassing money crazily and finally became a well-known wealthy businessman.
After Ying Zheng praised Ba Widow Qing, he asked someone to take Ba Widow Qing to Xianyang City.
Not just Ba Zhuqing, but all the people of Ba Zhuqing.
This is a gift.
But the question is, is Ba Widow Halal, who has been operating in Bashu for so many years and has huge wealth in the local area, really a resource?
Widow Qing Ba was so healthy, why did she die within a few years of living in Xianyang City?
After she died, where did the huge wealth go...
And Li Si knew more details, after all, he was the one who had actually experienced that period of time.
Ying Zheng, who was the King of Qin at that time, admired Ba Widow Qing so much, not only because he wanted to swallow Ba Widow Qing's huge wealth, but also because Ba Widow Qing had raised a group of private troops in Bashu, which was equivalent to a warlord separatist force.
The last point is Ying Zheng's own selfishness.
He did it to satirize his mother.
When Ying Zheng saw the looks in Chen Ke and Li Si's eyes, he knew that these two people knew exactly what he was planning to do, but when he saw the look in Fu Su's eyes, he was furious.
"Back then, Ba Widow Qing hoarded a large amount of money in Bashu, and used this wealth to build an army that was comparable to the country."
"I spent a lot of effort to seize her wealth and completely disperse her army."
Ying Zheng looked at Fusu like a father teaching his son: "You can't just be tough when dealing with businessmen, because you never know what they use their huge wealth for."
"If you are not careful, you may threaten the court and the country itself."
"So when dealing with merchants, you should take things slowly and slowly, wait until you seize the opportunity, and then kill them with a single blow. This is the way to be an emperor."
Fusu just sat there, listening respectfully, with a little understanding in his expression.
Ying Zheng continued to talk to Chen Ke and Li Si in front of him: "What Mr. Chen said is indeed a good idea."
"In fact, not only merchants, but also some treacherous ministers and corrupt officials in the court can be temporarily tolerated."
"These people may not be useful any time soon."
"We need to use the tactics that businessmen are used to dealing with them, such as taxation."
The old god Ying Zheng said: "Although a large amount of money can be obtained in a short period of time by confiscating the house and exterminating the family, the problem is that it is not sustainable. A family can only obtain it once."
"But taxes are different."
"On the one hand, merchants are used to high taxes, and they will not stop selling products because of taxes."
"On the other hand, the merchants will feel relieved because they see that the imperial court has plundered a large amount of money from them, which will let them know that the imperial court intends to keep things going smoothly instead of looking for an opportunity to drive them all away."
"So they work harder to make money."
"So as long as the tax revenue is under control, the court will be able to collect money permanently."
Ying Zheng narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "So, taxation is the top priority."
"After the new currency policy comes out, we can formulate new tax policies for merchants to tell all merchants that Great Qin has once again become an empire that encourages the development of merchants."
Listening to Ying Zheng's analysis, Chen Ke silently gave Ying Zheng a thumbs up in his heart.
"Your Majesty, how should the tax policy be formulated for merchants?"
Ying Zheng smiled and said: "Shang Jun wrote a letter and asked the merchants to collect the mountain and lake tax, and the tax will be three-tenths."
"This tax, coupled with the previous tax policy on merchants, is actually onerous, and it is too hard for some small businessmen and hawkers."
"So I am going to change it to a staged one."
Ying Zheng dipped his finger in the tea cup and described on the table: "Based on the monthly income, if it exceeds a hundred gold, it will be two-tenths, if it exceeds a thousand gold, it will be three-tenths, and if it exceeds ten thousand gold, it will be half. "
The First Emperor's calculations were very accurate, because there were almost no people earning ten thousand yuan a month, so in fact half of the tax was just a policy.
Chen Ke looked at Ying Zheng and added slightly: "Actually, the monthly income calculation is still a little inaccurate."
"How about adding another annual accounting?"
"For those with a thousand gold or less, two-tenths are applicable; for those with more than a thousand gold, it is three-tenths; for those with more than five thousand gold, it is four-tenths; and for those with more than ten thousand gold, it is one-half."
"Those exceeding fifty thousand gold are counted as three-fifths, and those exceeding one hundred thousand gold are counted as seven-tenths."
Seeing the frightened expressions on the other people's faces, Chen Ke touched his nose.
"Your Majesty, what I am talking about is not seven-tenths of one hundred thousand gold, but seven-tenths of the portion from fifty thousand to one hundred thousand."
"For example, if a wealthy businessman earns 100,000 gold a year, the tax he pays is not 70,000 gold."
"But three-tenths of four thousand, four-tenths of five thousand, one-forty-two thousand, and three-fifths of fifty thousand, which is forty-eight thousand two hundred gold."
"It's about 48% of the total revenue."
