Consequences of the twenty-eighth beat of the head
Before the issuance of government decrees in the Tang Dynasty, there was a very strict procedure, one decree! If you want to have a child, you must go through the three provinces, Zhongshu, Menxia, and Shangshu, three passes.
The Zhongshu Province drafted the decree, and after the emperor approved it, it was reviewed by the Menxia Province, and then it had to be reviewed by the Yushitai. If the boss of the Yushitai was dissatisfied with the emperor's decree, he would go back and draft it again until he was satisfied.
It will be sent to the Shangshu Province for execution. There used to be the position of Shangshu Ling, but because the chief official of this position was Li Er during the prince's period, the position of Shangshu Ling disappeared after Li Er ascended the throne. This is the six central provinces.
As the most powerful department in the government, Li Er consciously or unconsciously held this power in his own hands.
Things are different now. Since Li Er defeated the powerful enemy on the grassland, his authority has become stronger. Many decrees have been issued to the Zhongshu Province without consultation. Fang Xuanling will usually advise once or twice, but when he sees that the emperor intends to have his own way, he will draft it.
Good government orders were sent to Menxia Province. Ever since Changsun Wuji objected to being named the governor of Zhaozhou last time, he was slapped by Li Er behind closed doors. Anyway, since then, Menxia Province has always been strict with the emperor's orders.
In the past two years, Wei Zheng has been driven around like a dog by the emperor. Whoever dares to stroke the emperor's dragon beard among the remaining weaklings in Yushitai will naturally be unanimously approved, and then the emperor will personally control it.
department execution.
No matter how smart a person is, there are always things he misses. Even Zhuge Liang after the myth lost his street pavilion, so how can Li Er be an exception? Qian Mian has been making mistakes one after another, and now he is planning to slap his head on his head and make a decision, and he has not accepted the lesson at all.
conscious.
Is it a lot to raise the luxury goods tax three times on the existing basis? This is not food, cloth, these necessary things. If you raise the tax three times, the people will not be able to live. This is a luxury product!
In the Tang Dynasty, if profits don’t turn over hundreds and hundreds of times, how dare you call them luxuries? Top-notch grape wine, top-grade carriages produced by the Yun family, top-grade swords produced by the Changsun family, BMWs brought from the grasslands that sweat blood, and products produced in the South China Sea.
High-end jewelry, the invincible polo team, the golden Shu brocade produced in Shuzhong, the rice grown on the stone slabs of Xiangyan Prefecture, the Yun family's perfume, leather bags, and the top-grade seafood produced in Dengzhou are all not prohibitively expensive.
Clicking your tongue?
What do you think about the tax rate on such luxury goods when you flipped over the tax rate on food? Oh my God, the tax rate currently implemented in Yuezhou is one tax per ten, or is it based on the original tax on physical goods, the tax on the Yun family’s bags?
In fact, the tax on crocodile skin is the same as the tax on wheat flour.
You won’t be taxed when you grind wheat into flour, and you won’t be taxed when you steam the flour into steamed buns. The tax on restaurants is also a tax on raw materials. The Yunjia Restaurant earns tens of millions of dollars a day, but the business tax for a month is only ten dollars.
It's just silver coins. As for how many layers you split the crocodile skin into, no one cares about you. The government will just tax your half-inch-thick crocodile skin once, and then everyone will be happy.
Lao Zhou himself was as anxious as a donkey milling around. He clapped his hands with his hands and said anxiously to Yun Ye: "Master Hou, this can't be done. We are not at ease in making money like this. The tax rate has gone up three times. How can this be the same as not increasing the tax rate?"
What's the difference? I think it's enough to levy ten taxes and one tax on the final physical goods. You have to go and talk to His Majesty. If this continues, we won't dare to sell our bags. Everyone will be jealous. By then, the world will be full of people.
Enemy, the gains outweigh the losses."
Xin Yue stood behind Yun Ye and helped him rub his temples. Yun Ye had just heard the news from the work report and started to have a headache. The farming society was quickly integrated into the commercial society. Many people were not used to it and Li Er himself was not prepared.
, he thought that the triple tax rate was already a bad taste, but who knew that it would embarrass everyone instead. Once it becomes a law, it will be over. If the law is not revised for ten years, it is a dead rule. If the Yun family is so lawless,
After ten years of earning money, this is not bad!
In fact, everyone is waiting for the birth of the luxury tax. The moral character of the people of the Tang Dynasty is far beyond that of those tax evaders in later generations. They are accustomed to living within the framework set by the court, as long as this framework can allow them to have food.
If you have clothes, no one will rebel. Only when they can no longer survive will they rise up and rebel. Then they will create a new emperor to formulate new frameworks.
In recent years, new industries have emerged one after another. The iron tools of the Changsun family have been transformed into the Thousand Refining Swords. Yun Ye knows that the Changsun family is talking nonsense. The Thousand Refining Swords are a joke. The charcoal in the steel has been forged long ago. The steel industry
It has long been worn out by forging, and it may break into two pieces if shaken. Things like this are sold for a sky-high price. With two stones inlaid with three flat and four out of round stones, it can be said to be comparable to the general Mo Xie.
If the Changsun family continues to do this, rebellion is inevitable, and not rebelling will be a fluke. The money is too hot and the Yun family dare not take it. The Changsun family doesn't care. I heard that their branch has opened in Yongzhou.
There must be a certain level of demand from society, and if it exceeds this level, it will bring disaster. When a family becomes richer than the country, Yun Ye believes that there is no other solution except war and killing.
With a long sigh, he stood up from the chair and asked Xin Yue to wait on him and put on his official uniform. Today, he must have a good talk with the emperor. The days of deciding government affairs by patting his head are gone forever. The emperor must respect the opinions of his ministers and every government order.
!It must be verified again and again before it can be released. For example, this tax rate is inappropriate whether it is too high or too light.
I sat in a carriage and went to see Fang Xuanling first. Fang Xuanling was staring at a piece of paper in a daze. Seeing that Yun Ye was meticulously dressed in official robes, he quickly apologized and went back to the back hall to put on his official uniform before coming out to meet him.
According to official etiquette, Yun Ye saluted Fang Xuanling, and Fang Xuanling returned the salute before the two of them took their seats.
"Marquis Yun came here this time for the purpose of luxury tax? Your Majesty has already issued an order, and it is difficult to change it." Fang Xuanling immediately guessed the purpose of Yun Ye's trip, and he also thought that the emperor had made the decision with a slap on his head.
The government affairs are unreasonable and are just waiting for investigation. Once the investigation is completed, this decree will be written. However, the emperor seems to be unable to wait any longer. He has sent two groups of servants to ask for information. He is worried that those luxurious things will sell more.
The country is suffering, and we want to put a halter on the fierce horse of luxury goods as soon as possible.
Yun Ye didn't say anything. He put the bag in his hand on Fang Xuanling's desk, took out fifteen more coins and threw them aside. He pointed at two things sadly and sat back down.
Fang Xuanling immediately understood these two things when he saw them, and asked Yun Ye in surprise: "Is it possible that Marquis Yun is saying that His Majesty's tax rate is inappropriate, not too much, but too little?"
Yun Ye's voice was like that of a puppeteer: "The market price of this leather bag is ten silver coins, and according to your majesty's tax rate, it costs fifteen riches. What does the prime minister think? The Qian Yun family doesn't dare to earn it, so let's
Those captive sharks were caught for skinning and eating meat, and the tanners were driven back to Chang'an and asked to cook the sheepskins. Your Majesty has realized the dangers of luxury goods. Why did you introduce such a thing? I don't even dare to think that Your Majesty knows his decision.
How will you react if you make a mistake?"
Fang Xuanling closed her eyes and remained silent for a while before speaking with difficulty to Yun Ye: "It's not too late now. Let's go see His Majesty. This matter is related to His Majesty's face and must not be spread outside."
"It's too late, who do you expect not to know things that all my guys know? Your Majesty, in my small temple outside the city, issued the decree in public in order to show the majesty of the royal family. The Changsun family and the wealthy families in Shu probably now all
My assholes are laughing so hard. The Yun family should also be happy, at least they can make huge profits for ten years without any heart, but I just can't be happy."
Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly and said: "A huge profit? I'm afraid it's not that easy to make. You don't know what His Majesty is like? If you close the crocodile pond, it's to show Your Majesty's face. If you don't close the crocodile pond, hey... you'd better go into the palace with me."
Go ahead. After suffering this loss, Your Majesty should wake up. After all, he is only one person and cannot control the hearts of the whole world. "
The two of them arrived at the palace again in a carriage. Yun Ye and Fang Xuanling could obviously go in directly with their waist cards, but they didn't. Under the confused eyes of the guards, they took out their official documents and formally invited them to see them.
Li Er was also very confused when he saw the official ultimatum from the two of them. Shouldn't Yun Ye rush into the palace crying and hugging the queen's legs, begging to give his shop a way to survive? Why should he have such a formal audience?
The eldest grandson's eyes were moving up and down, and he was also thinking about the reason why Yun Ye did this. If it was Yun Ye alone, it could also be said that Yun Ye was forced to wear official uniforms to remind His Majesty of the mission he had established.
Thanks to those contributions, the tax rate should be lowered a bit. But he is not alone, there is also Fang Xuanling, and both of them have a formal duel pattern. There must be something wrong here.
"Your Majesty, these two people are here today with bad intentions. Are you ready? An old fox and a little fox are coming hand in hand. You'd better be prepared in advance. If I'm not wrong, they are here to attack you today.
The will comes."
Li Er patted his already fat belly and laughed and said: "If you want to break through from me, you can't even speak like a lotus. Everyone is making money and their heart is dark. I will not lower the tax rate three times. Dare you
If you say a word of mercy, I will double the tax rate. I will tell them this when they meet. I don't believe that I can't stop them.
Fang Xuanling is eloquent, Yun Ye is sophistical, and he is very good at talking. Although I am not afraid, I must be on guard. Maybe these two are the lobbyists hired by those black-hearted nobles, and there is a person behind him.
Huge interest groups, this kind of confrontation has not happened for several years, Guanyin, I am now very interested in seeing how they persuade me to change the tax rate. Even if these luxury goods are destroyed, it will not cause much damage to the country. I just don’t want to
I agree and see what they can do to me.
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Changsun frowned and said: "Why do I have a very bad feeling? I always feel that their work will not be so simple. Remonstrate with death? Remonstrate with blood? Yun Ye will never do this kind of thing. What do they want?"
do what?"
"Hahaha, damn advice? Wei Zheng, Liu Mi, they can do it, Fang Xuanling, Yun Ye? I don't believe it, especially a kid like Yun Ye who can scream when he hits a brick, I don't believe it even more."