If this money comes from the local area, the court has no way to supervise it. If it comes from the court, it is distributed layer by layer, and when it reaches the bottom, the result will be obvious.
"In this case, we will not pay the money and instead make it tax-free. For qualified families, agricultural taxes will be exempted during the period when their children are in school, so as to reduce the burden on the family. At the same time, we will avoid being exploited at all levels by multiple departments." Xunzi thought for a moment.
said.
"The tax holiday for the Loop is still for four years, and this method cannot really allow the benefits to fall on those in need." Wei Wuji shook his head.
"Actually, except for a few who are extremely poor, most family conditions are similar. The purpose of our scholarship is to encourage students with good grades. In this case, there is no need to refer to whether their families are particularly poor. Just focus on their grades. Good grades.
It’s tax-free, and bad grades are inevitable. It’s fair and just, and it can inspire everyone’s desire to learn.”
"Many people don't send their children to school. To put it bluntly, it's because they can't see a return in the short term, and they can't wait for such a long time. So we just need to give them a return that they can see in the short term.
, such as scholarships, such as tax exemption.”
"Because there are still four years of tax holiday for the Loop, I suggest that the scholarships be granted within four years and become tax-free after four years. We should trust the officials of Zhao State. There may be corrupt people among them, but most of them are trustworthy.
Yes, the rapid development of our country Zhao cannot be separated from their hard work." Kong Bin said.
Seeing this scene, Liu Ping couldn't help but feel a little ridiculous.
Since ancient times, the imperial court has been afraid that the people will know too much and know too much. It pursues "the punishment is unpredictable, and the power is unpredictable." It pursues "fooling the people, tiring the people, and humiliating the people."
Has any country ever tried every means, even rewarding people with coins and tax exemptions, to get people to read and learn?
If someone had told Liu Ping ten years ago that something like this would happen, Liu Ping would have thought the other person was crazy.
Wei Wuji's eyes lit up, "What Nei Shi said is true. Since students with good grades are encouraged, there is no need to consider their family circumstances. As long as their grades are good, they should get help. On the contrary, pursuing family circumstances will become more troublesome."
Zhao Kuo also nodded. If we pursue absolute fairness and justice, we should indeed take family circumstances into consideration. However, with Zhao Guo's administrative capabilities, it is difficult to obtain accurate statistics and distribute money to those who really need it. Instead of doing this, we should
It is better to pursue universal fairness and justice.
"Send the results to Li Fu. In addition, tell Li Fu that since I have made him the governor of the Hetao, I will trust him absolutely. If anything happens, you can deal with it first and kill it first and report it later." Zhao Kuo said to Liu Ping, "Go there in person.
Hetao, assist Lifu in the investigation."
"No." Liu Ping cupped his hands and said.
"Xiang Guo will give me statistics on this year's expenses and income, as well as next year's budget." Zhao Kuo said to Wei Wuji.
"No." Wei Wuji said.
"Actually... I have always wanted to ask how much money our Zhao country has." Xunzi said.
Hearing this, the others immediately looked at Zhao Kuo with bright eyes.
When it comes to population, national strength, grain production, etc., Zhao may not be ranked first among the seven countries, but when it comes to spending speed, Zhao is definitely ranked first.
Xunzi took the time to do some calculations. This year, the money spent by Zhao State was equal to the sum of the other six countries combined, and it was only a lot more.
The problem is that the State of Zhao cannot have so much money. If the State of Zhao had so much money, it would have hung up the State of Qin and hammered it long ago. Why did it endure for three years and finally defeated the State of Qin with the help of other countries?
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"That's as much as what you saw, sir," Zhao Kuo said with a smile.
"Your Majesty...what do you mean?" Xunzi asked puzzledly.
"For example, let's take the Cuju field outside the city. How much does it cost to build it?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"At least...it should cost five million." Xunzi thought for a moment and said. The Cuju farm has not been built yet, but Xunzi saw the planned area, and five million would be just a lot more.
"In fact, I didn't spend a penny and made three million yuan." Wei Wuji said with a wry smile.
"How is this possible?" Xunzi said in disbelief.
"The king summoned the major businessmen in Handan and told them that whoever builds the Cuju venue will be able to hang advertisements in the Cuju venue for three years after it is completed, and it will be exclusive. Then Zhuo will bid for one million yuan.
Come down." Wei Wuji said.
"What about the other two million?"
"Advance payment for cement and other materials sold by the government." Wei Wuji said with a smile.
"Others can't be like this, right?" Xunzi still couldn't believe it.
Since ancient times, large-scale construction projects have been a waste of people and money. How could it be possible to make money instead of spending money?
"No, but it's almost the same. It seems like a lot of money was spent. In fact, the money was not spent all at once, but was spent in several batches. When the third or fourth batch is spent, the first batch will be spent.
The money has begun to make a profit, and then we can continue to lay out the industry." Zhao Kuo said.
Of course, there is another point he did not mention, which is the role of banknotes.
Originally, paper currency was just to solve the problem of excessive copper coins shortage in Zhao State and to make it easier to carry.
Therefore, Zhao Kuo did not issue many banknotes at the beginning. Most of them were five coins, ten coins, and twenty coins. They were mainly used for work-for-relief, and then Zhao Kuo recycled them through the Chamber of Commerce, thus forming a closed loop.
A small number of them are large amounts, such as 10,000, 50,000, or 100,000, for transactions between chambers of commerce.
It only circulates between the Zhao State Chamber of Commerce and some major merchants. Zhao State buys grain from them, and then they go to coal mines and salt fields to get coal and salt with the "vouchers" given to them by Zhao State.
But Zhao Guo began to underestimate the profit-seeking nature of businessmen. Since these "certificates" can be traded with Zhao Guo, why can't they be traded with other people? Anyway, Zhao Guo only looks at vouchers, not people.
Soon, everyone discovered the advantages of paper money. Compared with heavy copper coins, paper money was much easier to carry.
So in just a few months, banknotes began to circulate in the Central Plains. Not only did the governments of various countries not stop it, they even rushed to exchange the banknotes.
At this time, Zhao Kuo realized that what he issued was no longer a 'certificate', but banknotes, which could be used to purchase any goods.
In addition, later even Qin, Donghu, and Yue began to use paper money for transactions, and the whole world was taking the blame for him.
Zhao Kuo also became bolder. He no longer relied solely on Zhao to issue banknotes, but instead issued banknotes based on the needs and output of the entire world.
The advantage is that Zhao State can quickly harvest the wealth of the world, and one country can be as powerful as the six countries.
The disadvantage is that once two countries jointly run the bank, Zhao's credit system may collapse.
However, Zhao Kuo believed that no one would find out about this.