"Mediation of the development of the country's economy and industry?"

When Emperor Hongzhi and the ministers heard this, they were also slightly stunned, but they quickly got used to it.

Every time I talk to Liu Jin, I can always hear some fresh words from Liu Jin, although they are fresh, but the meaning is also very easy to understand and relatively straightforward.

"Yes, through taxation we can encourage and restrict the development of certain industries."

"For example, now that a large number of textile factories in the north need cotton, we can reduce the tax on cotton planting and encourage everyone to grow cotton."

"For example, if the imperial court wants to develop the northeast and encourage the northeast to reclaim land, then in the northeast, the tax revenue of the imperial court can be reduced a lot, and even the tax exemption policy will be implemented in a few years."

"In addition, if the development of certain industries is overheated and has affected the stability and security of the court and the country, we can raise taxes in this area to limit its development."

Liu Jin nodded and explained.

These are all common sense in taxation, but in this era, few people think about the role of taxation.

Everyone's first reaction to taxation is bitterness, because the people who collect taxes are very bitter, and because of taxes, businessmen are also bitter.

But he didn't think about the role of taxation, but he just felt that the tax levied by the imperial court was eventually used by the emperor and the hundred officials of the imperial court, and was not used by the common people.

"I see~"

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi also nodded slightly, and the other ministers also fell into deep thought.

The several roles that Liu Jin said were things that they had never thought about before.

For Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Li Dongyang and others, the Four Books and Five Classics they read, the belief that the Son of Heaven and scholars rule the world together, and pursue the prosperity advocated by Confucianism.

For ideas and doctrines other than Confucianism, their instinctive rejection, and no one to study in depth, even if someone does, they are often said to be KitKat, sideways, and think that it is useless.

Taxation has always had a bad meaning in Confucianism.

For example, the change of dynasty is often blamed on excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, excessive levies, and poor livelihood of the people, and after a new dynasty recovers and develops, it is often thought that this is the emperor's thrift and thrift.

To put it simply, taxation will make the people's livelihood miserable, it will lead to social turmoil, and even change the dynasty, and it is better for the court or the emperor not to levy taxes, so that the life of the common people will be better.

Although it is true that taxes have some impact, it is very wrong to only see the negative impact of taxes and not see the positive effects of taxes.

Without money, the imperial court will not be able to operate, and without money, the imperial court will not be able to feed the elite troops, and it will be invaded and bullied by foreign tribes, and without money, the imperial court will have no way to provide disaster relief, build rivers, repair city walls, and so on.

This is only the most superficial role of taxation, and the several roles that Liu Jin said are the most important things of taxation.

In the final analysis, taxation is still taken from the people and used by the people.

"He is worthy of being a son of a master~"

Liu Jian couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Just the matter of taxation, Liu Jin can have such an in-depth view, which is refreshing.

"Hmm~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded solemnly, then thought about it and asked, "If you were to be in charge of the tax work, what would you do?" ”

Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, Liu Jin immediately knew.

Emperor Hongzhi thinks that the treasury can starve rats to death, and this is to get himself to the household to do things.

After pondering carefully, Liu Jin thought about it and said.

"If it is the minister who presides over the tax collection work, the minister thinks that the tax should be levied differently."

"First of all, the type of tax, and the object of taxation."

"The land tax and the per capita tax will remain unchanged under the existing system and will be collected by the local government."

"The commercial tax and the municipal department (customs) are unified by the imperial court and the household department to set up a special tax department directly under the central government to collect."

"That is to say, the use of the imperial court and the local two sets of tax collection system, the local tax is mainly responsible for the local government, mainly responsible for increasing the land tax and the person tax, the imperial court tax mainly collects commercial tax and city customs duties."

"At the same time, the commercial tax is distinguished, such as the shop tax, the factory tax, the workshop tax, the customs duty, the export tax, the import tax, the mineral tax and so on."

"According to different types of taxes, and then the proportion of taxation is formulated, and there is a special tax yamen to collect."

The taxation method mentioned by Liu Jin is similar to that of later generations, that is, the national tax and local tax that later generations usually called.

The land tax and the per capita tax are still collected by the local government, which has no problem at all, and can ensure that the imperial court can collect enough grain, because most of the taxes are still paid in kind.

Commercial tax and customs need to set up a special tax department to collect, and collect it directly from the household department of the imperial court.

This thing is the real big head, and basically it is mainly directly taxed silver, and there are few taxes in kind.

In the Ming Dynasty in history, the land tax and the per capita tax were accompanied by land annexation, and eventually transferred to the burden of the common people to become heavier and heavier, while the commercial tax became less and less, tax evasion and tax evasion were extremely serious, and local officials did not have any motivation for taxation. Die Literature Network

This is also an important reason for the financial collapse in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

What should be taxed is not taxed, but what should not be taxed is collected more and more, coupled with the continuous natural disasters and man-made disasters during the Xiaoice River period, the fall of the Ming Dynasty is also a reasonable thing.

For the field tax and the per capita tax, Liu Jin doesn't look down on it at all, how much tax can ordinary people collect?

If you want to collect taxes, you still have to collect business taxes and taxes on the rich to receive more, and it will not exacerbate social conflicts.

The common people only have 2 copper plates, and if you receive 1 copper plate, he may not be able to live, and it is strange if he does not rebel and make trouble.

Business taxes and rich people, they have 100 copper plates, even if you collect 50 copper plates, he still has 50 copper plates left, and he can still live a chic life.

It's as simple as that.

"Isn't the establishment of a special tax department an added insult to the problem, and now the household department is not specialized in collecting and collecting taxes?"

At this time, Xie Qian thought about it and said.

"If it is a special tax collection and collection of taxes, why is it that taxes are always not collected, so that the treasury is empty?"

Liu Jin said with a smile.

"The tax doesn't need much, the court can just use it, and if you levy more taxes, it will still fall on the people's heads in the end, resulting in the people's misery."

"Moreover, the establishment of a special tax department will inevitably require a large number of officials, which will increase the expenses of the imperial court."

Xie Tian replied lightly.

He is resolutely opposed to taxation, and listening to Liu Jin's meaning, if he really follows Liu Jin's set, it will be difficult to evade taxes in the future, because he is not dealing with the local yamen, but with the direct household tax yamen.

What's more, if Liu Jin is asked to do this, who knows if he will have other ghost ideas.

"It is definitely necessary to increase the number of officials, but if the court does not have silver, nothing can be done, and besides, tax evasion by merchants has always been extremely serious."

"As far as I know, last year, in the richest Jiangnan region, a county did not even collect 300 taels of silver in taxes, and no one believed it."

Liu Jin also directly pointed out the tax evasion and tax evasion of merchants, and pointed out that the local government did not have any enthusiasm in tax collection, which led to financial difficulties for the imperial court.

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Xie Qian suddenly had nothing to say.

This tax evasion is almost always a matter that has been put on the surface.

Except that the emperor has been fooled by them to pay off his meager endowments, who doesn't know how serious this tax evasion is.

The imperial court paid 30 taxes, which was already a very light tax, but the merchants were not willing to pay even this tax, and the officials of the local yamen had no incentive to collect taxes, and they were afraid of offending the local landlords, so the commercial tax was naturally collected less and less.

By the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the imperial court could not collect any commercial taxes at all.

"What do you think?"

Emperor Hongzhi was silent, and after thinking for a long time, he looked at Tobe Shangshu Tong Zhong.

"The ministers ~ the ministers think that the court should pay light taxes and pay less taxes."

He Zhong thought about it, but he still insisted on his own opinion.

He is the head of the household, and he thinks that it is good for the court to collect less taxes, but it is conceivable that the following officials have no enthusiasm for taxation.

The small tax collection can also win a good reputation, and it can please the local snakes and merchants, which is an attitude of the Ming Dynasty towards taxation.

For those of them who are officials, they don't rely on the money given by the imperial court to live anyway, and they have a lot of industries and fields behind them, which is enough for them to live a good life.

If they really live on money, if the court has no money and food to pay money, they will know the importance of taxes.

"Yes~"

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Tong Zhong lightly, and then looked at the other ministers.

He thought of the fact that he was used by these civil officials to use money to scare him before, and he said that he had no money to do something, and the court had no money, and they were unwilling to collect it, in the final analysis, there was also the purpose of restricting the imperial power.

The court has no money, the emperor doesn't have much money, and the emperor can't toss it if he wants toss, the reason is so simple.

"You don't want to collect taxes, so I just want Liu Jin to collect taxes."

Emperor Hongzhi thought so in his heart.

So he said: "Passing the decree, appointing Liu Jin as the left servant of the household department, responsible for the tax collection of the imperial court, and all tax-related matters can be reported directly to me." ”

When Liu Jin heard this, he was slightly dumbfounded, and the power given by Emperor Hongzhi was too great.

In the end, the Tobe Shirou is not the Tobe Shangshu, but the second-in-command of the Tobu, which allows him to directly pass the Tobe Shangshu Tong Zhong to report the relevant work to Emperor Hongzhi, and his future life will not be easy.

And this taxing work is really not a good job.