Whether this policy has appeared in the history of my hometown, no one has done detailed research. But thanks to a certain game developer Anei, the most well-known policy issuer is Oda Nobunaga.
The first person to issue this policy during the Warring States Period was actually the Imagawa family, the old rival of the Oda family. Of course, the content is slightly different. And after careful study of these two families who love and kill each other, many of the policies of the Oda family are
I learned it from the Imagawa family and then added magical modifications. It can be regarded as an example of a skill that is better than the skill of the master.
The word '乐' stands for liberalization, 'shi' is the market, and 'zuo' is the franchise or exclusive right. In a simpler and more intuitive explanation, the city is the market, a designated place where people can set up stalls and sell goods, and 'zuo' is the
Merchants' guilds can also be viewed more narrowly as shops.
Regarding the business of Lost Land, as well as the history of China and foreign countries on Earth, commercial taxes before modern times mainly came from three aspects. The first is the collection of tolls at various checkpoints. There is a fee for people to pass through. If there are goods to pass through, additional fees will be charged depending on the content of the goods.
cost.
The second is the permission to join a merchant guild or open a shop. To obtain this permission, of course, you must pay a sum of money to the guild or noble lord. Sometimes you also have to pay it every year.
The third is the license fee for entering a designated market location and setting up a stall. This fee will be much less than the second item, and some places will charge on a per-time basis. In modern times on earth, there are also so-called management fees, cleaning fees, etc.
, it may be collected by the market management committee, or it may be the local gangsters trying to get some money out of the vendors.
As for paying taxes on profits after trading, even in modern times on earth, there are accountants who can do all kinds of tricks and let the government pay less than half a cent. In the ancient times or in the mysterious land of my hometown, this kind of accounting system
If a place that is underdeveloped and has an imperfect regulatory system wants to collect this kind of tax, there are only three words that can be said: 'impossible'.
Leshi Lezao is a policy that does not charge the above fees, allows businessmen to develop wildly, and promotes the prosperity of a place.
The biggest beneficiaries of this policy are not the merchants who have the ability to pay the fees. Rather, they are farmers, women, and landless refugees who can use their extra work in their spare time or rely on their own craftsmanship.
income.
For the former, the benefit of this policy is just progress from one hundred to one hundred and ten, and possibly to two hundred. But regardless of whether there is progress or not, they always have a foundation of one hundred.
But for the latter, the policy benefits of Leshi Lezao can actually increase their profits from zero to one. From nothing to something!
After all, if you want to do business before, there is a threshold such as market fee or seat fee. People without capital cannot cross that threshold, and of course they cannot do business.
But after the opening up, there are no barriers and anyone can sell things. Of course, it will stimulate many people without substantial capital to do business. Or some people who have a main business can make some extra money in their spare time.
And when these people have money in their pockets, most of them will spend it again. Then the money will start to flow, and the economy will start to cycle.
Simply put, this is a method to enlarge the business pie and expand the overall economic aggregate.
But don’t think that the lord who promulgated this policy is just a fool who has a lot of money. No one is a real fool. In addition to the above three fixed “commercial taxes”, there is also a temporary tax.
Take Oda Nobunaga as an example as well. One of the most famous historical cases is that in order to welcome the general Ashikaga Yoshiaki to the capital, he ordered Sakai to donate 20,000 guan. The merchants of Sakai Port refused to comply and opposed the Oda family. On a certain level
The next Honganji temple was promoted.
Examples like this are endless in places where the tax system is unclear, whether it is the Lost Land or the ancient Earth. As long as the lord is ready for war, they will collect a wave of special taxes from the merchants in the territory; if the lord wants to implement
For policies that require money, and there is no money on hand, they may also conduct special collections.
In other words, the greatest significance of the policy of "Le Shi Le Zuo" to the lords is to expand their sheepfold and wait for a good time to gather a wave or several waves of wool.
However, the disadvantage of this policy is that it is difficult to predict the amount of taxes that can be collected through special levies. If a fixed amount is required and too much is set, the merchants may turn against them; if the lord is weak, he may not receive much tax.
There is no set rule for how often the levy can be collected. It all depends on whether the profits of the merchants can withstand the lord's extortion. If the expropriation is too severe, the merchants will have no profit to make and may run away. The lord's reputation will also be affected.
If it smells bad, it will be impossible to attract other businessmen in the future.
Therefore, the lords were not strong enough, and implementing this policy was almost like cutting people's flesh. In the history of Japan and the Warring States Period, only two people dared to do this. For most lords, it was easier to collect business taxes using traditional methods.
But if the balance is right, the 'Leshi Lezao' is indeed a good policy that can gain a good reputation and fill the pockets of the lords from time to time. After all, it eliminates the threshold and gives the poor people at the bottom an additional way to earn income.
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Regardless of whether they can turn around through this, it is inevitable to praise the person who issued this policy. As a lord, you gain face and honor.
Back to the situation in the Kingdom of Huelva. The opening of the first bank in the southwest peninsula may attract a wave of popularity to the kingdom. However, people go to higher places and water flows to lower places. The current situation in the southwest peninsula is a dynamic balance of the general environment.
state.
Suddenly there is a bank, which is like an extra rock in the current. Although it will temporarily change the path of the water flow, it cannot change the direction of the water flow. If the Kingdom of Huelva cannot use the bank to expand its influence, the situation in the southwest peninsula will eventually remain the same.
It will be restored to its original appearance.
To put it more clearly, the bank may temporarily attract some large chambers of commerce to the kingdom, and it may also attract a group of relatively money-grubbing magicians. But after the construction of the bank spreads throughout the land, these organizations and people will shift their focus back to their
The most familiar places, such as the cities where the four major regional chapters are headquartered, instead of continuing to focus on the Kingdom of Velva.
King Hahn IV had to find a way to make these people willing to stay while they were attracted by the bank. Of course, if more people could be attracted to the Kingdom of Velva and settle down, that would be an even better thing.
The policy of Leshi Lezao can attract a group of people to join the Kingdom of Velva. Or at least, they will be willing to come to the Kingdom's Libreville Market for transactions on a regular basis.
Once these individual merchants who were hidden or dispersed in the past gather together, they will easily attract chambers of commerce to incorporate them, or these people will form chambers of commerce themselves. No matter what form it is, other chambers of commerce will naturally produce a clustering effect in order to exchange what they have.
If you add the influence of the bank at this time, some of the people attracted will like or get used to the atmosphere of the Kingdom of Velva, and then choose to stay. Such a number of people does not need to be large, even if it is only 10%, these are the extra
The population is a leap in strength for the kingdom.
After sorting out his thoughts, Lin spoke to the king who was not ashamed to ask questions. Surprisingly, no one interrupted. Finally, Lin came to his conclusion:
"By doing this, there will be more capable people in the kingdom, and money will follow. Under the magnetic attraction effect, the Kingdom of Velva will usher in a good opportunity for a virtuous development cycle. But can it maintain this situation?
Advantages, so that the kingdom continues to be strong, this must rely on your Majesty's efforts. My idea is at most a beginning, and subsequent adjustments and maintenance still depend on the ability of the administrator, that is, your Majesty the King's skills.
It's impossible for me to stay and help, after all, I have other things to do elsewhere."
When someone speaks, he should hold his tongue first to avoid being inexplicably given the title of Music Minister and having to stay and work hard.
However, someone with a dry mouth picked up the wine glass on the table and drank several glasses of low-alcohol wine without waiting for any reaction from others. He looked at the stunned people and had no choice but to say: "What I just said
Do you have any questions? If you have any questions, just ask them directly and let everyone discuss them. But if you want me to think of other ideas, it’s great if I can think of one in just a moment. If I want to think of the second one, it’s terrible.
It’s very difficult.”
With a slight cough, she broke the awkward silence. Queen Catherine raised her wine glass as a toast and said, "Don't be surprised, Your Excellency. I think they were surprised by your idea, and that's why they were speechless."
Lin responded with a drink. After drinking this sip of wine, the atmosphere of everyone seemed to come to life, instead of the frozen appearance before. Juan even moved around with his hands and feet, touching and pinching someone's head.
, said: "How come your head is so long that you can come up with such an idea? Why didn't I realize that you had this ability before?"
"Come here." Waving away Juan's extended hand, Lin added a few more glasses of wine to himself. I hadn't noticed before that although the wine in the Kingdom of Huelva was not high in alcohol content, it tasted very good. It seemed that when he left, he had to
Take a few more with you and treat them as consulting fees.
Seeing that the king was still thinking about something, he didn't say a word. In this kind of private occasion, which was similar to a family banquet, Queen Catherine did not need to be afraid of being known as a political meddler, so she asked directly: "Your Excellency, what did you just say?
The description mentioned that a monarch who is not strong enough is not suitable for such a political strategy. Do you think the kingdom can implement such a policy and obtain sufficient benefits from it?"
As soon as she got to the point, Lin couldn't help but admire Juan's mother. Her vision was really accurate. What she said before was just a drawn cake at best. The question the queen asked was how to make the cake change.
Come true and you can eat it.
This question not only made someone look at the queen, but the king, the crown prince, Juan and others also looked at a certain magician, expecting some special answer from his mouth.