The increase in commercial taxes has caused an uproar in Qingzhou. At this moment, merchants from all over the country have the idea of ​​​​leaving Qingzhou, but they are not in a hurry to react. They are waiting and watching.

They don't believe that the people in power in Qingzhou really dare to do this? Aren't they afraid of Qingzhou's economic decline? Once Qingzhou's commercial development is affected, what will it mean to him?

In recent days, Shen Wansan and others have only promulgated a decree to increase commercial taxes, but are not rushing to implement it. They are considering the consequences of raising commercial taxes and how to solve them.

In the Yamen of the Prefecture of Qi County.

The governors from all over the country gathered together again.

Shen Wansan said: "Everyone, after the law was made public in the past few days, the feedback from local merchants has been extremely bad. Raising commercial taxes is the primary plan of His Highness King Qi in Qingzhou, and there must be no room for failure.

His Highness the King of Qi once said that he would leave this matter entirely to us and he would not care about the consequences. In fact, it is not difficult to see from this sentence that this is a test question that the eldest prince gave to us.

Whether we can answer this question and whether we answer it well or not will be enough to determine whether I can be reused in front of His Highness King Qi in the future."

The prefect of Qi County frowned and said: "But I have thought about it for a long time and still haven't found a good way to make the merchants in this city accept the decree to increase business taxes with peace of mind!"

The same goes for the Beihai County Governor, "I have been thinking for a few days and can't find a good solution at all. If this law is really implemented, it is very likely that merchants from all over the country will evacuate Qingzhou.

At present, all industries in Qingzhou are waiting for development. If they are allowed to leave Qingzhou, I am afraid that Qingzhou’s business will plummet, and even hundreds of thousands of people will be left without food or clothing!"

After the governor of Beihai County finished speaking, the governors from all over the country started making noises. At first, they did not understand the consequences of the promulgation of this decree.

Now that I know about it, I feel very scared.

If His Highness the King of Qi's plan is messed up, the current situation is affected, and His Highness the King of Qi is not satisfied, then the trouble will be huge!

Do you want to ask His Highness the King of Qi for advice?

no!

If Zai Tian shamelessly goes back to ask His Highness King Qi for advice, it will definitely create a phenomenon in his heart that he cannot be reused.

Now His Highness the King of Qi's status in the Wei Kingdom is at its peak. If he ascends to the throne in the future, and we accomplish this today, might there be a chance to be promoted to the central power?

We must find a way to facilitate this.

We cannot let the eldest prince down!

But what should we do?!

At this time, Shen Wansan smiled slightly, took a sip of tea, and began to speak, "You have been officials and have been in politics for many years, so you probably don't understand businessmen. The so-called businessmen are all here for profit.

If we can give enough benefits to those merchants, they will be able to accept it even if we increase the commercial tax, and to a great extent, we can also reduce the private tax."

"Give profit?"

The prefects frowned again, silently reciting this word in their hearts, but how to give away benefits?

Shen Wansan spoke again, "We can uniformly and reasonably distribute the land in each county. Of course, we cannot take any of the land used by the people.

In addition, we still have a large amount of land that has not been allocated, and we have given it all to these merchants and let them purchase it at the lowest price.

Not only that, we also need to relax our business policies, such as being able to trade and buy and sell with other countries. You don’t have to worry about this at all. At present, Qingzhou is all under the control of His Highness the King of Qi. He has the power to arrange everything in Qingzhou.

If this is done, the so-called business tax will not matter to merchants like them. After all, everything is negotiable before huge benefits."

As soon as Shen Wansan finished speaking, someone objected: "No, land is the foundation of the country. Even if it is a local merchant, how can we just give it up? And buy it at the lowest price? This is absolutely impossible!"

Shen Wansan explained: "Our profit transfer does not mean that if they buy the land, the land becomes theirs. We have the right to retain the power to acquire the land, and the land sold to them is not for life, but has a tenure. A deadline is in.

During this period, we will not care how they use the land, and we will ensure to the greatest extent the core interests of these merchants in acquiring the land.

In this way, not only the commercial tax can be increased, but even the private tax can be reduced. At that time, depending on the changes in businessmen in various places, some new policies will be introduced appropriately. What do you think of this method?"

They began to discuss it, and finally felt that this method was very feasible.

"Then we are promulgating a policy? Let them know that we have this discount?" someone said.

Shen Wansan shook his head and said: "Don't go to such trouble. Repeated promulgation of new policies will only make them guess our intentions.

In two days, we will gather all the merchants and aristocratic families in Qingzhou, have a dinner together, and set up a chamber of commerce to work together on issues. This way, it will be easier for them to accept the decree to increase business taxes."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but nod their heads in praise.

In this way, the earliest merchants' alliance could be regarded as a sprout.

Zhao Changqing has been staying in the palace for the past two days waiting for the results. It has been a day or two since the new law was promulgated. Although it has not been implemented yet, you have to listen to the news, right?

So he asked Zhao Yun to go with him to the market in disguise to find out the news.

Many people felt that raising business taxes would have no impact on them, and they didn't understand it, so they didn't discuss it.

The two of them came to an inn together.

Here, Zhao Changqing heard the news he wanted.

The promulgation of the new policy received very bad reviews.

Several business people complained loudly in this inn about the unfairness of the new law, saying that it made their lives more difficult, and so on.

Zhao Changqing was very happy when he heard their complaints.

He still thought that the civil and commercial taxes were raised at the same time.

As long as the reputation is not good and people everywhere complain, you can gain a wave of mediocrity.

This itself is a very simple thing.

Those governors shouldn't mess this up, right?

Zhao Yun secretly asked him from the side: "Your Highness, if we increase taxes, will it cause a mutiny?"

Does Zhao Changqing care about these things?

This is his answer, "Mutiny? Okay!"

Just these four words confused Zhao Yun.

To be honest, Zhao Changqing is afraid that this matter will not cause a big fuss. He is in urgent need of stupidity points now. When he relies on the system to accumulate enough strength, he wants to fight back to Chang'an, fight to Xindu, fight from north to south, and fight in Wei State Walk around the map and create a new dynasty.

Two days ago, he was unhappy because of the heavy armored cavalry matter.

I have figured it out in the past two days. If there are more of these battle-experienced troops and my own strength becomes stronger, I will be invincible to the Wei State by then, and the fatuousness value will be temporarily unnecessary. I will fight back to the new capital and ascend to the throne. The emperor is right.
Chapter completed!