Six hundred and fortieth chapters temple calculation (3)
After thinking about it, Liu Che felt that the vehicle and shipping tax and mining tax really must be collected.
If we don't develop this source of revenue, in the future, if there is a war, the national treasury will immediately run out of money, so why bother?
But how to collect it specifically depends on strategy.
To fight a war, the instructor must be famous, to kill someone must be punished according to the law, and to collect taxes, of course, there must be a basis.
Just like fighting a war, as long as the ruler wants to impose taxes, he can always find an excuse.
Liu Che just thought about it for a moment and immediately came up with a perfect excuse: "My ancestor, Emperor Gao, ordered the people of Jia not to wear clothes or travel in carriages, and to humiliate them with heavy rents and taxes."
This excuse is really noble!
Although nowadays among the people, there is almost no such order as human bird.
Even in the city of Chang'an, there are many merchants whose pomp is comparable to that of other princes. In broad daylight and in front of official officials, merchants wear high-quality Shu brocade and ride in luxurious carriages decorated with gold and jade, entering and exiting the market in a grand manner.
The situation in Kanto is even more exaggerated.
When merchants were traveling, they drove forward to clear the way, roaring with hundreds of servants, making people almost think that some princes and kings were inspecting the country...
However, Liu Bang's order is the ancestral system, and it is always right to adhere to the ancestral system.
Therefore, it is feasible to use this excuse to impose vehicle and vessel taxes and mineral taxes.
It was also easy to pass at court meetings.
But the problem is that Liu Che is worried that the people below will act arbitrarily, increase taxes and apportion arbitrarily.
Although it is said that Han law stipulates: Those who are good at collecting taxes and collecting taxes will be fined four taels, and they will be responsible for repaying the taxes to the owner!
But in the 1990s, the Chinese government continued to issue repeated orders not to increase the burden on farmers!
Before the advent of the information age, and before the people and the state could not rely on the fast and convenient Internet to supervise bureaucrats, people could do whatever they wanted to do with tax collection.
Even if a few unlucky ones occasionally fall into the hands of the patrollers above, they will only be fined four taels, a light drizzle.
What's more, those who do this kind of thing are always cats and dogs, and the real instigators are all well-dressed moral gentlemen sitting in elegant rooms, looking like they don't eat the fireworks of the world.
Therefore, we must prevent this policy from eventually becoming a policy that harms the people.
Liu Chesi thought about it and felt that it was necessary to set a starting point.
Just like the personal income tax in later generations, tax is exempted under a certain level.
For example, merchants with only five carriages or ox-carts or less than two merchant ships do not need to pay taxes.
As for the specific operation, it is better to conduct an investigation and determine the starting point.
But you can't go wrong doing this.
Restricting big businessmen and large landowners, and supporting small and medium-sized businessmen and small and medium-sized landowners has always been Liu Che's unchanging strategy.
Through such a similar starting point, small and medium-sized businessmen will be excluded, and the target of the attack will be directed at large businessmen. This will also be conducive to social stability, river crab.
Liu Che was convinced that if the scumbags below had the courage to do so, they would never dare to extort money from the big merchants.
In fact, if someone is really brave and dares to attack those big businessmen who eat people without spitting out their bones, then there is no need for Liu Che to take action. Those big businessmen will naturally teach those greedy guys how to behave.
"I have to thank Xiaozhu..." Liu Che looked towards the direction where his tenth brother lived and smiled.
Speaking of which, Liu Che's idea is based on Xiaozhu's failed experience and lessons in history.
Historically, Xiaozhu really lost all his moral integrity in order to raise military expenses.
In history, Xiaozhu once issued an edict to levy additional vehicle and boat taxes and commercial taxes (that is, 獍 coins). Cars and horses were counted as one, merchants were counted as two. Boats over five feet were counted as one; property of more than 2,000 qian was counted as one 獍.
For one calculation, the income from renting and lending is calculated as four thousand yuan.
This is the tax collection part of the famous Gao Wei Ling policy.
But the scope of this tax increase is really too large.
Except for the three elders, officials, nobles and knights of the border army, everyone else is required to pay taxes according to this policy.
As a result, everyone saw it.
Although big merchants and big landowners suffered heavy casualties, the small and medium-sized landowners and small and medium-sized businessmen who were the main components of the economy were also affected.
Historical records record that when Bu Shi served as the Prime Minister of Qi in the State of Qi, he saw with his own eyes that the once bustling Linzi market became depressed almost overnight. In Linzi city, the middle class almost disappeared, and there were displaced and idle refugees everywhere.
Liu Che didn't want this to happen.
But who should be sent to do this?
Liu Che was in trouble again.
Obviously, among the current courtiers, there are very few people who are capable of handling this matter well, and there are almost zero people who are willing to abandon their moral integrity and do this matter regardless of their reputation.
The scholar-official class who cherishes feathers and the aloof noble class are absolutely unwilling to do this.
"Only new people can be used..." A name suddenly appeared in Liu Che's mind.
"Gongsun Hong..."
There is no one more suitable to do this than Gongsun Hong!
This person's ability and skills are unparalleled by few even in today's Han political arena.
If Liu Che were to save himself, he would be like Zhang Tang, and if Yan Yi and Ji An were tied together, they would probably be 50-50 equal to Gongsun Hong.
Take a look at the things this guy has done in history and his duplicitous behavior, and you will know what a real villain is.
A true villain is naturally better than a hypocrite.
Moreover, Gongsun Hong was also the most famous honest official in the Xiaozhu Dynasty.
Although he is known for his unscrupulousness and duplicity, his integrity and ability are obvious to all. Even his enemies (Ji An, Bu Shi) cannot accuse him in this regard.
Gongsun Hong served as prime minister for six years, lived in simple food and clothing, and had no money. He did not even use the power in his hands to seek any benefits for his relatives, friends, teachers and friends.
In Liu Che's opinion, Gongsun Hong is almost the same as Yan Song of the Ming Dynasty.
But he is more powerful than Yan Song.
You can attack his private ethics, but Gongsun Hong’s public ethics are intact!
Of course, these are not the point.
For rulers, personal morality is nothing.
Especially the old Liu family.
Four generations back in the Liu family, the founding emperor Liu Bang was still a gangster leader in Peixian County.
Liu Che would never veto someone based on morality or anything else.
Competence is the key.
Gongsun Hong's ability was firmly among the top ten among the civil servants of the Han Dynasty.
In fact, originally, Liu Che's best choice should have been Sang Hongyang.
In history, Sang Hongyang once ordered his subordinates to go to the market to sell in public...
It's just that Sang Hongyang hasn't been born yet, so Gongsun Hong has to reluctantly step in.
Liu Che felt that Gongsun Hong would definitely not refuse the appointment, and he would definitely be able to do a good job.
The dignified Marquis of Pingjin established the Han Dynasty as the first non-Lee marquis to serve as prime minister in commoner form, and he died at a healthy age, resisting and defeating all kinds of open and covert attacks against him. How can he be a person who has lived in vain?
Thinking of this, Liu Che turned to Wang Dao beside him and ordered: "Go and check for me. Last year, where is Gongsun Hong, the scholar who passed the examination last year? If you are ordered to be an internal historian, you can order him to come to the palace to see me!"
"No!" Wang Dao nodded and left. After a while, he came back: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister and the guards are waiting for me to see you outside the palace!"
"You came so quickly?!" Liu Che was also quite surprised: "Invite the three beloved ladies into the palace immediately!" (~^~)
