Zhang Cang's words surprised many people.

Even the baby who used to rely on business background felt a little incredible, is the tax so heavy?

If it is divided according to three levels from raw materials, to processing, to sales, then the real tax is not five taxes and one?

"Isn't this tax rate too high?" Xiao He thought for a while and said.

His Majesty said that it was fifteen taxes and one tax, which was lower than the tax rate during the Qin Shi Huang period.

The tax rate during the Qin Shi Huang period has always been maintained at the level of twelve taxes and one, that is, after Qin II ascended the throne, he made nonsense, so the tax rate continued to increase.

Of course, this refers to the tax rate for the whole world.

The Han Dynasty now distinguishes these tax rates into agricultural taxes and commercial taxes, although they are all fifteen taxes and one tax, but they are indeed calculated separately.

"It's not high! The tax rate during the period of the first emperor was already lenient, but if it was calculated according to this algorithm, his tax rate was probably less than thirty and a half percent of the tax, but because industry and commerce were not the focus, there were not too many people who paid attention to it, and even the imperial court rarely paid attention to some details in this regard. Zhang Cang explained directly.

In the past few years as the head of the household department, he has not only been a housekeeper of money and grain, but he also fully understands the tax rates of various countries in the pre-Qin and Warring States periods, and summarizes the effects of various tax rates.

In order to prevent everyone's thinking from going astray, Zhang Cang went on to explain: "Although the goods are in the hands of the people as a whole, but in the process of production and manufacturing, they are divided into several stages and parts. Receiving raw material suppliers? Or is it a collector? Or take a peddler? ”

"If businessmen want to avoid taxes, it is actually very simple, a commodity from raw materials to processing to sales, all by himself to solve, so that you can save the tax of the two procedures, but ordinary people obviously do not have this strength, and if ordinary people want to do this, the cost can be reduced, but the efficiency will be greatly reduced."

"Let's put it this way, if he can earn a thousand dollars a month by taking care of everything, then through the three-level model, he can earn at least two or three thousand yuan a month, although he pays more taxes, but he also earns more."

"Well, that's the truth!" For Zhang Cang's words, Tian Dan expressed his approval, looked at Wang Ling and said: "This Wang Shangshu should be the most experienced, in the early years, when the Ministry of Industry had not yet adopted flowing water manufacturing, how many new plows could be made in a day?" Now that the production of flowing water is adopted, how many new plows can the same person make in a day? ”

Wang Ling also slowly woke up.

That's true.

"With the same number of people, the efficiency is almost three times higher than before!" Wang Ling said.

The assembly line certainly has the disadvantages of the assembly line, but his advantages are also obvious.

Originally, it took three or five years to train an apprentice to become a teacher at the earliest.

And now?

Some simple parts will be done in ten days and half a month, and after a month of hands-on training, you will directly become a veteran.

The biggest advantage of the assembly line is that I don't need you to understand everything, I just need you to do local specialization in the fastest time.

After a long time, another phenomenon will be formed, and the people at each station can make parts that meet the standards with little effort.

Practice makes perfect at its best, not only in the carpenter's workshop, but also in the armory.

Wang Ling originally thought that this was a method that the emperor came up with, but after serving as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and consulting a large number of materials and records left by the pre-Qin, he found that this method had existed as early as the pre-Qin period.

It's just that they didn't have such a large-scale application as the Han Dynasty, and the pre-Qin Dynasty only applied this technology to the military.

Although everyone has long known that Qin was able to unify the six kingdoms, it was not just due to luck, but it is only now that the Han Dynasty has a large number of various materials in the pre-Qin period, and it is only then that it truly realizes the strength of the pre-Qin.

I realized even more that Qin's unification of the six countries did not have any chances, but the general trend of the world, and it was still inviolable.

The ancestors in front of him paved the way for Qin Shi Huang so much, leaving behind such valuable wealth and a series of resources and other advantages.

In other words, even if it is not Qin Shi Huang who is on the throne, any person who is replaced, as long as it is not the type of Qin II, can dominate the world.

Wang Ling's original intention was to use this technology for military purposes, but the emperor directly rejected him, telling him lightly that all industries could be used.

The direct impact of this decision was that the industrial productivity of the Han Dynasty increased several times in just a few years.

Basically, it can be said that if it were not for the shortage of raw materials, the industrial capacity of the Han Dynasty would still be on a higher level.

seems to be aware of the worries of the bigwigs, after all, no one has pointed out this before, and now that they all know what the tax rate is all about, it is inevitable that there will be some mustard in their hearts.

Tian Dan thought for a while, and said: "In fact, the current situation, we don't do it, there will be people to do it, rather than let the outside people do it, it is better for the court to do it first, at least in this way, the court is also rich, and the court has money, you can start a bigger bureau, lay more industry, business people know a sentence, scarce is expensive, now this is the situation, there are too few workshops that can manufacture and produce in batches, if it is not for the tight suppression of the court, plus this is done by me beforehand, and the money is not in hand with the money bank, Believe it or not, someone will definitely find a way to stock up on a batch of goods and then sell them at a higher price? ”

"What the imperial court should do now is not to dwell on the issue of the tax rate, and although this tax rate sounds scary, if it is really compared, it is still lower than that of the pre-Qin."

"Therefore, first of all, we must look at the market, find out what the people need most, and then integrate resources and manufacture in batches.

"To take the simplest example, in times of war, agricultural production has been hit hard, so food prices remain high, and in peacetime, people can produce with peace of mind, so what about the current food prices? In fact, this industry and commerce are the same as farming. ”

Xiao He shook his head and said, "The truth is that truth, but it's too difficult to do it, Dahan doesn't have so many idle people!" ”

Listening to Xiao He's words, Tian Dan suddenly smiled.

"Not now, but fifteen years later, has it been, has Xiao Shizhong forgotten the population policy implemented by His Majesty?"

'Smack......'

Xiao He slapped his head fiercely, why did he forget this stubble?

In the past, he just thought that he could reclaim more places by developing the population, but Xiao He was also cautious about the development of the population.

His idea is to stabilize and rise, just don't engage in any big outbreaks or anything like that, which will suddenly increase the burden on the family and the court.

No matter what happens, steady progress is the most appropriate, do not panic, and slowly lay out.

Although it seems to be grinding and chirping, history proves that only this way is the most reliable.

"Why didn't the old man think of this......" Xiao He now understands why Wang Bu is not hungry and encourages all efforts to give birth to a population.

What about the last mechanism here?

Fifteen years later, more than a million people have reached the age of fifteen, and although they are not yet adults, they can still be used as adults.

According to the current level of cultivation, even if more than a million people do not farm, it will be enough to feed them, so this group of people can devote themselves to the development of industry and commerce.

And in the future, a large number of people will be born every year, and the population of Dahan will only increase in the future, and then come to a demographic dividend period?

Chen Ping smiled and comforted: "Your Majesty is far-sighted, and there are many questions to think about, Xiao Shizhong can't think of it, and it's not a shameful thing, besides, Xiao Shizhong is not the only one who didn't expect it, didn't we all think of it at the beginning?" ”

Xiao He nodded, but he was a little puzzled, why did he always feel that Chen Ping was scolding himself?

But I can't do that.

In today's meeting, Xiao He and Chen Ping are actually only participants, and at most, they will summarize it according to their descriptions.

If it is feasible, it will be finally sorted out and submitted to the emperor, and then whoever should carry it out will carry it out.

Although the matter was handed over to the Ministry of Commerce, the decree still had to be issued by the Ministry of Commerce, and to put it bluntly, the Ministry of Commerce was to save the platform, and the Ministry of Commerce to implement it, which was a formal process, which meant that it was a national policy and a matter approved by the emperor.

Next, the protagonist of this meeting is Tian Dan.

In fact, Tian Dan was not completely unprepared, and after a large number of previous summaries, he basically had a forced number.

The energy of the imperial court is limited, and it is impossible to do everything in one go, and now is only a period of exploration, even if Wang Buxing personally goes out, he does not dare to directly spread the stall too big.

Therefore, at present, it is mainly from the aspects of clothing, food, housing and transportation.

The first thing to consider is, of course, Luoyang, the national capital.

But considering that the Ministry of Industry has two super workshops in Luoyang, the labor used is too much.

Therefore, Tian Dan's idea is to rely on these two super workshops to continue to develop, its main task falls on the carpenter's workshop, and then it is necessary to introduce more kinds of farm tools to improve the reform of farm tools, if other industries are engaged in it, manpower will not be able to keep up, which will affect the normal agricultural economy.

The second is to vigorously develop the salt industry in Shu and Yingchuan, and vigorously develop the wood industry around Jiujiang County, and at the same time set up several large workshops to make vehicles, and some wood that has completed the initial processing is transported to various places.

Finally, in Donghae County and other places, vigorously develop the textile industry.

Other places will not be arranged for the time being, there is not so much energy, and there is not so much money to burn.

In the end, Tian Dan set his eyes on Cao Shen again, and said bluntly: "Cao Shangshu, if conditions permit, please also evaluate some officials, and transfer officials who are more suitable for these development plans to serve in various places." ”