The carriage continued to move forward for only a quarter of an hour, when Ogawazi, who had gone to inquire about the news, came back at full speed.
"Reporting to Your Highness, those common people are discussing matters about the national debt."
Ogawazi reported respectfully and in detail: "This morning, several large merchants in the capital, headed by the Liu family, have spread the news, saying that they want to book quotas for people to buy national debt in advance, and are willing to add 30% of the interest.
But most people don’t know what the national debt is, so the big merchants sent people out to explain it to everyone.”
"My servant also inquired that not only the one we just saw, but similar information desks have been set up in more than a dozen places in various parts of the capital, mainly to explain to the people what national debt is, and what is this thing and their merchants
They will all buy it.”
Xiaochuanzi's reply made Li Chen very satisfied.
He was satisfied with Nangong Shouzhong's execution efficiency.
Sure enough, everything was going according to plan, and it was going better than he imagined.
"good."
Li Chen nodded and asked, "How did the people react?"
Ogawazi answered honestly: "I haven't been observing for long. From a general understanding, the people are still curious and wait-and-see about the new thing national debt. However, because of the credibility of the court as a guarantee, and those big
The merchants also came out to buy with real money, and many people were tempted."
"I know, please step aside for now."
After Ogawako left, the team got back on the road.
As long as the national debt plan can be implemented smoothly, the funding problem that hinders the development of the imperial court can be completely solved.
Although the court was later burdened with huge debts due to national debt, Li Chen already had a plan to repay the debt.
To put it bluntly, it is a very simple method, improve the treatment of merchants and increase the proportion of business tax.
Any kind of state system, the real source of national finance, must not seize the wool of farmers, and farmers simply cannot stand it.
However, under the feudal system that lasted for thousands of years, farmers’ agricultural taxes were so heavy that people living in modern times simply cannot imagine it.
At least 40% of the harvest from one acre of land will be confiscated by the court and local officials, and the remaining 60% will have to be lost to landlords, grain merchants, and various natural disasters. Farmers may only receive only 60% of the actual harvest.
Less than 20% of.
Even so, few imperial courts in the feudal era were truly wealthy.
This is a bloody example and lesson.
If the court wants to be rich, it must make life easier for merchants. Businessmen make all the money in the world, but the court only makes money from merchants.
Merchants make profits from the people, the court collects commercial taxes from the merchants, and then uses these commercial taxes to the people. Such a simple triangular relationship cycle is the fundamental foundation and core logic of the modern tax system.
Li Chen's current plan is to take out a complete set of commercial taxation plans and encouraging business policies for later generations and apply them to the Qin Empire.
However, it is an indisputable fact that businessmen have a low status.
It is almost impossible to improve the treatment of businessmen. What they have to face will be the full opposition of the first three of the four classes of gentry, farmers, industry and commerce in the world.
The struggle between classes is much more bloody than dealing with treacherous ministers and vassal kings. If one fails, the country will be overthrown and the country will be in turmoil.
