Chapter five hundred and sixty seventh true reform
Yongzhou City, Pine Smoke Spring, Mid-Autumn Night, the black market is open.
Wuxu finished reading silently. The date of the Mid-Autumn Festival on Xuanyin Star was basically the same as that of the previous life, but it was still a few days away. But now, Fairy Yu and other three representatives of the Demon Realm, as well as the heads of the so-called five major families in Yongzhou City,
They were all "united" in coming to see him.
Wuxu returned to meditation and meditated on the Blood Spirit Sword, hoping to further find out a specific response to the current situation. But Wuxu had just obtained the Blood Spirit Sword, and knew very little about it. Wuxu tried it several times, but found nothing.
What to do? When the soldiers come, they will be blocked by water and earth!
Wuxu emerged from sedation, walked out of the secret room, and informed Xu Chuanshan that Fairy Yu and others had come to see him.
When Fairy Yu arrived, Wuxu sat cross-legged again, seeming to be still but not still.
After a while, it was Fairy Yu who spoke again, "Master Wuxu, we have already discussed it."
Wuxu opened his eyes and looked at Fairy Yu intently, "Fairy, please speak."
Fairy Yu suddenly received a message from her spiritual consciousness, "To be honest, we have already discussed it with the five great aristocratic families, but it's just something that can't be brought to the table. I came here this time to ask for permission from the master. Border trade.
How will Master deal with the matter?"
How to deal with border trade issues? How else can we deal with it? If we follow the time and space of the previous life, naturally as he said before, we need to simplify the procedures and reduce tariffs.
Wuxu did not answer directly, only said, "After the reform, there are many variables in border trade. The young monk just wants to collect some tariffs so that Yongzhou City and the monastery outside the city can operate normally." He
These words were not just spoken to Fairy Yu, but were spoken to everyone present.
People in Buddhism pay attention to directing their practice towards their true heart; this is actually the case when discussing things. Wuxu didn't have a good response for a while, so he simply threw out his core demands and saw how they would deal with them.
To put it bluntly, it is a naked request for spiritual resources.
For a while, it was very quiet.
Even Fairy Yu seemed to be choked. After a long while, she looked around and smiled at Wuxu and said, "Lord City Lord, you are considerate. We feel the same, so we will naturally do our best."
Wuxu smiled and said, "Okay! Okay! Okay! The city lord has made some rough calculations. If you can pay the customs duty of one million medium-sized spiritual stones every year, the expenses of Yongzhou City and even the monastery that benefits the monks will be covered."
As soon as Wuxu said these words, the hall suddenly became eerily silent!
One million medium spiritual stones, according to the current exchange ratio, is equivalent to 10 million basic spiritual stones. Currently, the three major strongholds of the Demon Realm in Yongzhou City enshrine no more than five thousand basic spiritual stones every year, overtly or covertly; and those five major
The family, based on its many shops, pavilions and clubs in the city, only offers less than 30,000 basic spiritual stones every year!
Wuxu, sitting there cross-legged, said softly, one million medium spiritual stones, which is equal to ten million basic spiritual stones!
Fairy Yu immediately looked at Wuxu with her wonderful eyes. The right counselor, Xu Chuanshan, turned to stone. The rest of the group had different expressions and even glared angrily, as if they had encountered a madman who was messing around and didn't understand anything.
They came here with the intention of "giving up profits".
The Great Zhou Dynasty changed its dynasties and reformed its system and laws. The six major sects of Xuanyin Star moved almost simultaneously, which shows the general trend. The Lingzi Order, Tongyi Ling and other laws were implemented one after another, and the spiritual resources were concentrated in the central government.
In line with the trend of the great monks. This general trend, this trend, is the great unification. On Xuanyin Star, the border trade between the Great Zhou Dynasty and the six major sects may not last long; by then, the border trade will become domestic trade, and there will be no tariffs.
One word?
Therefore, they want to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune. Not only them, but also some people from the Zhou Dynasty and the six major sects also think so.
In fact, Wuxu thought so too...
But it was impossible for anyone present to express this.
"Lord City Lord, this is really a big deal!" Fairy Yu said with a smile at the end, "Don't mention it, we paid customs duties as usual in previous years. But now we are undergoing reforms and customs clearance. In terms of spiritual stones,
The total amount is probably no more than 10,000 basic spiritual stones." Her words, at the same time, were communicated to Wuxu through divine consciousness, which meant that they were true.
More than 10,000 basic spiritual stones?!
"Is it possible that the border trade between the Demon Realm and the Great Zhou only has more than ten thousand spirit stones?!" Wuxu asked everyone in a deep voice, and at the same time asked Fairy Yu with his spiritual consciousness.
There are many consistent answers to this question.
In a certain month of a certain year, a certain ordinary person sold some animal skins;
In a certain month of a certain year, a certain demon cultivator wore more than ten storage bags around his waist and carried tens of thousands of ordinary jade ornaments from the Zhou Dynasty;
...
"These are just commonplace things! Do you want to fool the young monk with this!?" Wuxu asked angrily!
Everyone looked at each other for a while, and then Fairy Yu came forward to explain, "To inform the city lord, this is indeed the case with border trade. Taxation based on the value of goods has always been a common practice. What's more, with such reforms and spiritual resource transactions, ordinary people
Monks are also banned."
"That's right. Nowadays, Yongzhou's spiritual capital border trade is carried out by our Chamber of Commerce and the Great Zhou Dynasty Department of Commerce. Does Yongzhou City want to tax this?" Fairy Yu looked at Wuxu with a look of astonishment, "Previously, I
What I proposed to the city lord and then discussed with you is actually just a transaction of mundane items."
Others were also a little stunned.
In their minds, there has never been a transaction of spiritual resources between monks that was taxed!
Wuxu's face was livid. He was going around and around, but he didn't expect that he had made such a big mistake!
At this time, Xu Chuanshan walked out silently. He took small steps, still looking cautious. He walked up to Wuxu, but suddenly turned around, raised his hand and waved his official robe, "What the city lord means is to borrow
We need to reform the system and tax the transactions of spiritual resources!”
What?! One stone stirs up a thousand waves!
Everyone present, except Zhu Yuanzhang, all looked towards Xu Chuanshan, and then towards Wuxu. The monk was naturally not like a market lady, but his eyes moved and his energy flowed naturally, giving him a unique demeanor.
Even Wuxu was a little dazed. He took a deep look at Xu Chuanshan. He did have this idea, and had vaguely communicated with Xu Chuanshan several times, but that was when he did not understand the situation at all; and Xu Chuanshan never
Explain to yourself
However, even the toothpaste-like explanation last time seemed misleading today. He changed his usual demeanor and became a reformer who was determined to change like the disappeared Sima Zhi. What was the reason?
Could it be that he was ordered by someone?!
"Counsellor Xu, please don't speak nonsense." Li Shizhi, the head of the Li family in Yongzhou, said in a deep voice.
But immediately afterwards, Wuxu hit him
After he finished his last words, he said in a deep voice, "Counsellor Xu is not lying. This city lord does have this intention."
The white-haired Li Shizhi glanced at Wuxu indifferently and said nothing. The others also withdrew their eyes and auras, and they all looked like clay Buddhas.
A moment later, it was Fairy Yu who said with a smile, "Spiritual resource transactions are also subject to tax, and the tax is levied by the Yongzhou City Lord's Mansion. The Lord of the City can be said to be the first person to reform the system in Xuanyin Star."
Wuxu waved his hand, "Fairy, please don't make any sarcastic remarks. Regarding the taxation of spiritual resources transactions, this city lord also wants to build a monastery for the sake of the monks. What's more, Xuanyin Star is a world of monks. If it is just a tax on ordinary people,
, how can it be maintained for a long time?”
"The power of taxation actually belongs to the imperial court. This move by the city lord is quite arrogant." Luo Huan, the head of the Luo family, said softly.
The imperial court?! He was right. But Wu Xu gave him a cold look and thought, "In later generations, there will be national and local taxes."
"The power of taxation actually belongs to the imperial court, but local governments can also formulate corresponding taxation policies on their own." Xu Chuanshan replied in a solemn voice.
He said nothing more than half a sentence, and no one said anything more.
Wuxu thought for a while, then gave up. He looked around and said, "Since it is a reform of the system, there must be a new atmosphere. If there is no tax on spiritual capital transactions, how can we ensure that the spiritual capital is owned by the state? One monk, one banker
Can the physical ring be transferred at will? "
This statement of Wuxu is actually quite flawed.
But the monks present did not refute this. What they saw was Wuxu's attitude.
Wuxu made it clear this time that he wanted to tax spiritual resource transactions.
But is it possible to carefully search the monk's storage bags and storage rings one by one? Even the previous collection of spiritual resources was impossible.
Previously, Yongzhou City implemented the spiritual resources order, and the monks were very cooperative. Hello, I am good, everyone. But if you want to tax the spiritual resources transaction, there are two things to say.
The heads of the five major aristocratic families in Yongzhou, as well as Fairy Yu, etc., resigned one after another.
In such a large hall, only Wuxu, Xu Chuanshan and Zhu Yuanzhang were left.
"This is unreasonable! Senior brother, these people are really hateful, why not destroy them all!" Zhu Yuanzhang said harshly.
Wuxu looked at Xu Chuanshan and said, "Counsellor Xu, for standing up and talking so eloquently today, it really puts this young monk to shame."
Xu Chuanshan also looked at Wuxu, "The Lord of the City is a Buddhist monk. The so-called equality of all living beings means we can only tax ordinary people, but not monks?"
All living beings are equal!
Wuxu replied, "The so-called equality of all living beings means that all living beings have Buddha nature. And the six paths of reincarnation go around. In this life you are a cat or a dog, in the next life you are a flower, and in the next life you are a crazy man and a resentful woman. It's just going around in circles. There is nothing.
High or low."
"Three lives and three lives are just Buddhist teachings. But I, a Confucian monk, only look at this life. Although there are distinctions between high and low in this life, I, a Confucian monk, try my best to make all living beings live a good life.
It was better than before, even better than the last life! No matter the so-called cause and effect, the so-called reincarnation."
When Xu Chuanshan said these words, his whole body was filled with spiritual energy and radiant light.
Wuxu looked at Xu Chuanshan and replied sadly, "All sentient beings are better than before, even better than the previous life. Can Confucianism really do it? Even Buddhist monks can't do it. Counselor Xu, you might as well take a closer look later
, How many people carry their karma with them, even though they have lived three lives."