Set up a charity, deposit the land, and then you don't have to pay taxes.
This sounds like a scam! If it’s so simple, why do you still need it?
Chen Maoqian and Ma Tianhao both looked at Zhang Fei blankly.
It’s like saying, do we look like pigs to you?
Zhang Fei patiently explained: "Once this land is donated, it will not belong to you two."
Yeah! This is not fraud, this is robbery!
Chen and Ma's expressions remained unchanged, and they still looked at Zhang Fei blankly.
Do we look like pigs to you?
Zhang Fei felt a little guilty when they looked at him, so he pretended to be calm and said: "But this is not a one-time deal, and it is all done in one go. It is a steady flow of money. Every year, we have to donate some money. In order to manage these lands, we have to ask for help."
People will take care of it, and they will be paid. You two can arrange for your sons and grandsons to manage it."
"I still thought it was some clever trick."
Ma Tianhao hummed: "Isn't this just changing the left hand to the right hand? Can the court allow us to do this?"
Zhang Fei said: "Why does the imperial court oppose your charity?"
Ma Tianhao said: "What kind of charity is this?"
"This is true charity."
Zhang Fei said: "First of all, as I just said, once this land is donated, it does not belong to you, and no one can move the money in it at will;
Secondly, we will publish all our accounts to the public, including how much land we own, how much money we donate each year, and who we donate to. If this is not charity, then what is it?"
Chen Maoqian frowned and asked, "You mean, we can't just touch the money inside?"
Zhang Fei shook his head: "Of course not."
Chen Maoqian shook his head: "Then we would rather pay taxes."
They thought it was a fake donation, but listen, it was a real donation.
Ma Tianhao was also very dissatisfied and muttered: "We spend hundreds of dollars every year to get this kind of idea, it's really not cost-effective!"
Is a few hundred dollars a lot? Damn! Zhang Fei chuckled: "Everything has its pros and cons. It's impossible for you to take advantage of all the benefits. Those officials are not idlers."
Chen Maoqian said: "But your idea is of no benefit to us."
Zhang Fei said: "There are three benefits. First, it can avoid the existing tax collection system. The so-called transfer, loss, and distortion are all ineffective. In this way, I can better use judicial means to protect
These properties of yours.”
The two of them frowned and looked hesitant.
Although everyone does not want to pay taxes, this is human nature.
But based on the law, most people take risks and do not pay this tax because the imperial court is not a thing. Various algorithms are nominally one fight, but in fact there must be more than one fight. The key is that there is no
a fixed number.
Should I pay twice as much, or several times more?
No one knows this.
The unknown is the scariest thing.
Anyway, there is only one rule: the court cannot suffer any loss.
Let's talk about the item of tax transfer. Let the people pay taxes and grains to a place hundreds of miles away. They may have to pay taxes across a bridge in the middle. Who can bear this?
It's fine when the weather is good, but once the court goes to war or encounters something else, the miscellaneous taxes will rise.
Not to mention the common people, even the landlords are afraid.
Therefore, collecting taxes now is a battle of wits and courage between the two sides.
In this case, there is very little room for judicial intervention because both sides are violating the law.
The previous lawsuit can illustrate this problem. The two parties shirk responsibility from each other. If the other party had not falsified the accounts, they would not have lost so miserably. At most, they would have helped to make up for the tax on the white deeded land, and fines were unlikely.
To obtain judicial protection, first of all, it must be legal, but the problem is that there is a problem with the court's system. This problem will be impossible to solve for a while, and the only way is to avoid this system first.
Zhang Fei continued: "Although the money donated every year is no less than the taxes paid, it may even be more. Otherwise, the court would have no reason to agree, but everyone knows what they are doing and will not act recklessly.
Second, the initiative is in your hands. Whether it is building water conservancy projects, donating to the poor, or donating to colleges, these are all feasible. Some good deeds can indirectly benefit your business.
The third one is the issue of interests. As I said before, you can arrange for your descendants to work in it and receive remuneration. At the same time, in order to maintain charity, the money can be used for business and you can continue to make money."
Chen Maoqian asked: "Continuously making money?"
Zhang Fei said: "The money donated every year is considerable, what to do with the remaining money? It can be used for business."
Ma Tianhao asked: "Can it be used for lending?"
Zhang Fei blinked and said: "Of course it is possible under legal circumstances, but loan sharking is definitely not allowed because the accounts must be made public."
After hearing this, Ma Tianhao suddenly lost interest.
Chen Maoqian asked: "Can it be used to buy and sell houses?"
Zhang Fei said: "Of course."
Chen Maoqian said: "The profits from buying and selling houses."
Zhang Fei said: "It will all go to charity."
"...?"
The two were speechless for a while.
After working on it for a long time, this money has nothing to do with us!
Zhang Fei said: "You two, the more you earn, the more the remuneration will be. Of course, it can't be too outrageous, and the more money you donate, the more money you will donate. But there is also an advantage, that is, your descendants will benefit from it in the future.
Future generations, even if they want to lose, it will be difficult to defeat them completely."
Ma Tianhao nodded: "This is indeed a benefit."
Chen Maoqian couldn't help but glance at Ma Tianhao, and the tiger-headed look of Ma Xiaoyi flashed in his mind, expressing his understanding.
Zhang Fei added: "In addition, there is another advantage, that is, the land of several wealthy businessmen can be gathered together, and the wealth will be quite a lot. Both of you are businessmen. You should know that the more wealth you have, the more wealth you can have."
The more money you make. I happen to have a good deal here."
"What deal?"
Chen and Ma said in unison.
Zhang Fei said: "Printing."
"...!"
The two of them suddenly lost interest.
One of them lends money and the other sells houses.
You tell them about printing.
Damn you if you're interested.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhang Fei clicked his tongue: "Don't be like this, in the short term, it will definitely not be as profitable as your business, but in the long term, it will definitely be more profitable than your business.
.”
"Yeah?"
Ma Tianhao looked disdainful, "How many books do you have to sell to catch up with my interest income?"
Zhang Fei hummed: "My books can be sold to Jiangnan, but can you also sell the houses in the capital to Jiangzhou? Besides, I'm not asking you to sell books."
Chen Maoqian asked: "Then what do you want us to do?"
Zhang Fei said: "Sell printing plates."
"Printing plate?"
"right."
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "You all know that printing plates and printing are now integrated, but I plan to separate the two, and the printer will buy the printing plates for printing."
"What's the point?" Ma Tianhao asked with a puzzled look.
Zhang Fei said: "Have you ever heard of movable type printing?"
Both of them nodded.
Zhang Fei said: "Movable type printing is movable type one by one. Now that we have mature technology, I plan to open a workshop to specialize in producing this kind of movable type and sell them one by one."
He originally planned to use printing to break the monopoly of public opinion by scholar-bureaucrats, but now the situation has changed, because the emperor is preparing to end the war personally, so there are more ways to play.
But the expenditure there was terrible. He couldn't afford it alone, and it was not easy to fight the lawsuit. So he thought of throwing away the movable type production and just printing, which was much easier.
Ma Tianhao shook his head and said: "Whether it's movable type or engraving, how much money can you make from this?"
Zhang Fei really wanted to beat this guy to death. Having said that, it is really difficult to have a business in this world that can compare to lending. He said: "Of course you can't make much money by photoprinting books and articles, but if you print tabloids, you don't have to worry about selling the movable type.
A tabloid is just a day's work, but the engraving can't be done."
"Tabloid?"
Ma Tianhao said: "This is within the control of the imperial court."
Zhang Fei said: "I have my own way. It won't be long before tabloids will become popular. All the money I make now will be thrown into it. If I don't make money, what would I do with it?"
Chen Maoqian said: "If we make money, we can cooperate with you now, and there is no need to engage in charity."
"certainly."
Zhang Fei nodded: "What I mean is, if you happen to want to set up this charity, you might as well use a charity to cooperate with me, so that we can cooperate with each other. If you don't want to, you can also cooperate with me directly.
"
Chen Maoqian and Ma Tianhao still seemed hesitant.
Although the risk of the court was avoided, the price was not small.
People nowadays cherish the earth as much as their lives!
Donate this...
At this moment, Li Si suddenly walked in, "Third brother, Grand Bachelor Sima is here."
After hearing this, Chen Maoqian and Ma Tianhao immediately stood up and left.
They still have to think carefully about this charity.
Of course Zhang Fei would not force them.
"Xiaomin has seen Grand Bachelor Sima."
As soon as they arrived at the front yard, they saw Sima Guang approaching. Chen and Ma quickly bowed.
"Um."
Sima Guang nodded.
Zhang Fei said: "Please come from Sima University."
Entering the hall, the old man Sima Guang was quite embarrassed, "I didn't disturb you."
The ancients really took the liberty of visiting.
Scholar-officials always post their posts first.
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "No! They just came to me to consult me on some matters."
Sima Guang stroked his beard and said, "Is it about tax evasion?"
Zhang Fei said sarcastically: "It's about the back payment of taxes."
Sima Guang laughed, "Then what ideas did you give them?"
That's right! I was planning to come to my door to trick him, but now he has come to my door automatically, so why not just accept it? Zhang Fei had an idea and said, "Hidden wealth among the people."
“Hiding wealth among the people?”
Sima Guang was stunned for a moment, "Did you tell these two businessmen that wealth should be hidden among the people?"
Zhang Fei nodded.
Sima Guang was very curious, "Can you tell me something to open my eyes?"
"Grandmaster Sima is joking."
Zhang Fei chuckled and said: "Actually, it's not that they don't want to pay the tax, but Grand Scholar Sima also knows that there is no fixed amount of tax. Sometimes it is high, and sometimes... it is very high."
Sima Guang said nothing.
Zhang Fei said: "This is what they are mainly worried about. After all, they, wealthy businessmen, have no relatives in the court and lack a sense of security. I suggested that they donate all their land to charity to avoid this."
Sima Guang was confused when he heard this, "Do you do charity to avoid it?"
This sounds like giving up the basics for the sake of the bottom!
Zhang Fei nodded, and then explained the charity.
Sima Guang's eyes flashed sharply when he heard this, "Your charity is somewhat similar to that of Xiangguo Temple, except that you are more standardized and have to publish accounts and indicate the amount of donations each year. But if you do this, what will happen to the court's income?
"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I thought that if I didn't do this, the court wouldn't be able to receive the money."
Sima Guang said: "Your lawsuit has frightened them. Who would dare to evade taxes?"
"It would be great if I had this ability." Zhang Fei chuckled, and then said: "I may not dare to do it this year, but I won't necessarily do it next year. After all, there is not one reason that promotes this situation, but many factors.
"
Sima Guang nodded slightly: "You are much smarter than Wang Jiefu, but he always can't figure out this problem."
Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "How could University Scholar Wang not understand? He just understands it too well, so he wants to do his best to change it. If there is a problem, we can't just let it go."
Sima Guang said: "Since you so firmly believe that he can change, why are you doing this charity? As long as Wang Jiefu can let everyone pay taxes legally and the court can collect taxes legally, then their worries will not be a concern.
"
Zhang Fei giggled.
There are so many tax-exempt households, so many privileged classes, and the system is here. Zhang Fei doesn't think Wang Anshi can do it. As long as there is a loophole that is not blocked, the loophole will gradually get bigger.
He always suggested that the emperor start with commercial taxation and leave it alone for now.
Sima Guang said again: "Actually, your idea is good. As long as they are really willing to donate money, mainly to assist the court, they can help the court very well. When I was an official in the local area, I encountered floods.
It’s relief, the court’s relief and the gentry’s relief, the difference in cost is more than ten times.”
As far as the system of the Song Dynasty was concerned, if a decree was fully implemented, the losses would not be too high.
Sima Guang insisted on hiding wealth among the people. He did not just talk about it on paper. He also judged based on his own experience. After a sum of money allocated by the court, how much would be left in the local area? If the local gentry provided the same money, it would be able to achieve ten times the effect.
Treating them preferentially in exchange for their support is a good deal.
But problems also exist. Moral squires can indeed help a lot, but immoral squires can make things very bad, and even be the source of trouble. This case also reflects this problem.
Of course Sima Guang knew this.
Zhang Fei's charity seems to be able to solve this problem. In the past, there was no legal restriction on hiding wealth for the people and it was all based on consciousness. However, this charity is legally binding.
"Have they agreed?" Sima Guang asked again.
Zhang Fei said: "They said they still need to think about it."
Sima Guang asked again: "Then do you think they will agree?"
Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "I don't know that."
Sima Guang didn't quite think they would agree, so he said, "If they agree, you can talk to me again."
If you don't tell me, I will go find you. I have to ask Wang Anshi about this matter. He will kill me, and then you will have to fight Wang Anshi. Zhang Fei nodded casually: "Okay." He asked again.
: "Why did Grand Scholar Sima come to my humble residence?"
He couldn't show it, he had already planned it.
Sima Guang said: "As for the tenant lease, Your Majesty has handed over the matter to the Criminal Court. I would like to ask you what you think about this?"
Zhang Fei said: "It's very simple. Just pay the land tax anywhere."
Sima Guang said: "I also know this, but I am very worried that there will be problems in implementation."
He can tolerate the three-thirds of an acre of land in Bianliang, but what about leaving Bianliang?
He was very worried that the landlords would take the opportunity to fire their tenant farmers and cause trouble to the government, so he did not plan to do so. He only stipulated that the land tax should be paid at any time, and also stipulated that the landlords could not take the opportunity to fire their tenant farmers.
How to legislate this is very debatable.
The Song Dynasty attached great importance to legislation. You have to explain clearly what the basis for this law is, and under what circumstances it is applicable and under what circumstances it is not applicable.
This is something to consider carefully.
Sima Guang was famous for working slowly and meticulously. If the emperor hadn't forced him to implement everything within half a year, he probably wouldn't have rushed to discuss it with Zhang Fei.
"this is not me......!"
Zhang Fei wanted to say that this is not what I am good at, but suddenly he had a thought in his mind and said: "Currently, the judicial reform is still in preparation. What Grand Bachelor Sima can control is limited. If you want to ensure that there are no problems in implementation,
, there is only one trick.”
Sima Guang asked hurriedly: "What move?"
"publicity."
Zhang Fei said: "As long as the publicity is in place, the shortcomings in officialdom can be made up for."