The countless treasures piled up in the Daqing Hall were not the things that made Zhao Zhen the most excited, these were just a wedge for him, and being able to bring so much money showed that the Abbasid dynasty had earned more, and the first trade of the ocean-going fleet was successful, it was enough to know this.

The rest of the things need to be passed on to the ministers of the central government, and the fermentation of private capital is needed.

Ding Wei quickly estimated the wealth in front of him, and excluding the money spent during procurement, Cai Ji's ocean-going fleet earned nearly three million yuan at a time! Who can not be tempted by this amazing wealth?

Cai Boyu stared at the treasure Xiaoshan in front of him tightly and smiled from ear to ear, three million! Three million times!

This is more than Cai Kee's income in a year, and he, as Cai Kee's chief treasurer, knows better than anyone that this is more than wealth.

Ding Wei trembled slightly, he had read the procurement list before the fleet set off this time, and the cost was estimated to be more than 100,000 yuan, but who knew that he went to the sea for a walk and brought back dozens of times the amount of property, and he was afraid that no one would believe it, and even the hundred officials in the main hall were shocked by this amazing amount.

As the third envoy, he handles no less than a thousand treasures every year, but he is still shocked when he looks at the mountain as if he has treasures.

"Ding Xianggong, you are the prime minister of the imperial court, what is the net profit after calculating the commercial tax duties payable on these goods?"

Zhao Zhen's words interrupted Ding Wei's reverie, and he quickly went out of the class and said without thinking: "Qijuan official, these financial ministers have estimated, excluding the commercial tax duties and the cost of going to sea, as well as the capital, the net profit is always three million guan, and the tax revenue of my Great Song Dynasty is only two thousand five million yuan a year, which is still a huge amount of money compared to this, and the fleet is mainly based on envoys and opening trade routes this time, and the trafficking of goods is not very much, if it is a full ship of property, the money should be much more!" ”

Ding Wei is telling the truth, everyone knows that he is the first master of the Great Song Dynasty's financial schemes, and the court suddenly exploded, and the eyes looking at the Taliban changed from the original contempt to greed, as if looking at a cash cow.

Who can not be crazy about the fact that the wealth obtained by the ocean this time is comparable to one-eighth of the national treasury and is a net profit?

Zhao Zhen smiled: "You always say that my Great Song Dynasty is the real kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, and the land of Fanbang is a poor and remote land, look at these belongings, can this be something that can be obtained in a poor and remote land?" ”

The hundred officials in the court instantly quieted down, yes! This shows that there are one or many rich countries on the other side of the sea.

Zhao Zhen cleared his throat and said: "I plan to reduce the summer and autumn taxes, don't discount money, just collect grain, and the commercial tax and tariff should be increased as appropriate. The agricultural tax is one out of ten, and the tax is only two out of a hundred, and the residential tax is only three out of a hundred, even so, the commercial tax still accounts for more than half of the year's income, and you can see the disadvantages in this?

Compared with the peasants, the merchants made more profits, lived a better life, and paid very little taxes. From today onwards, the summer and autumn taxes will be reduced to 5 out of 100, and the tax will be cancelled and the commercial tax will be changed to 10 out of 100! ”

Zhao Zhen's words made many people change their faces, and ten out of a hundred was five times more than the original two out of ten!

Seeing the courtiers buzzing and discussing, Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said, "What are you anxious about before I finish speaking?" Although the commercial tax is a bit high, it is not a generalization, the commercial tax of small merchants and hawkers is still collected according to the original, and the officials of the three divisions are also left after the dispersal of the Ding Xianggong Dynasty. ”

Before anyone else said anything, Ding Wei was the first to come out and said: "Your Majesty Shengming, the tax burden of my Great Song Dynasty has long been impractical for today's Great Song Dynasty, every summer and autumn when the two taxes are paid, there are commotions everywhere, so that there will be no bloody subsidence, and those traitors who are under the banner of excessive agricultural taxes have nothing to say, the reduction and exemption of agricultural taxes can not only appease the people, but also reduce the expenses of my Great Song Dynasty because of the rebellion, which is a matter of killing two birds with one stone!" ”

Ding Wei's words made many people who were going to come out to refute have nothing to say, but his next words were even more surprising: "Qiguan family, the old minister has another suggestion. ”

Zhao Zhen asked strangely, "Do you have any suggestions?" ”

"The old minister suggested that the official family cancel the personal tax, miscellaneous taxes and forced labor!"

Wow......

The courtiers exploded, the reason why the Great Song Dynasty's taxes are so much every year is not only because of the two taxes and commercial taxes, but also because some of them come from miscellaneous taxes, monthly pile money, royalty money, head money, tooth deed money, economic money and general money, and now these taxes are broken, which has a lot of impact on the Great Song Dynasty!

Zhao Zhen frowned slightly and said, "How much of this money accounts for the total tax revenue?" ”

Ding Wei sneered and replied, "Less than one in a thousand!" ”

This shocked the courtiers again, how could this be, the number of miscellaneous taxes was heavy, how could it be less than one thousandth?

Ding Wei continued to explain: "These miscellaneous taxes have been set for a long time, inheriting the disadvantages of the five generations, and the special collection, and now the people are willing to trade privately rather than pay them, so these miscellaneous taxes have become useless, and the biggest role is to become a tool for local officials to make profits, so it is better to exempt the miscellaneous taxes, firstly, the loss to the imperial court is not large, and the loss of vehicles and ships on the road can be reduced, and secondly, to reduce the oppression of the people by local officials, which is a matter of killing two birds with one stone!" ”

Zhao Zhen nodded: "In this way, it will be included in the discussion in the stay, ladies and gentlemen, now the tax revenue of the Great Song Dynasty still inherits the system of Taizu's founding of the country, but the current situation is different from that of the Taizu Dynasty. The change of the tax law is urgent and does not need to be discussed again! ”

Wang Zeng shook his head helplessly under Ding Wei's burning gaze, this good show was probably discussed by Ding Wei and the official family a long time ago, and he Wang Zeng didn't have the ability to refute it, so he had to say: "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”

Even Wang Zeng, a subordinate of the Zhongshu Sect, agreed, and of course the officials of Zhongshu Province had no objections, and the hundreds of officials in the court bowed down one after another: "The official family is Shengming!" ”

The happiest among the hundred officials is Jiangmen, their factories are the most, although the commercial tax has increased, but if the goods can be sold overseas, no matter how high the commercial tax is!

No matter how high the commercial tax is, how important is it to have a trade route?

Cao Wei looked at the appearance of Ding Wei and the official family and sighed, the official family's methods are becoming more and more powerful, and few people in the court can see that this is a play that the official family and Ding Wei have already arranged, and look at Cai Boyu's excited appearance, it seems that this prodigy is also kept in the dark.

A great court meeting lasted for two whole hours, for Zhao Zhen, this time the great court meeting is more meaningful than in the past, taxation is the foundation of a country, and a good and healthy tax system can make a country progress.

After the dispersal of the court meeting, Ding Wei and a group of officials from the three divisions looked at the official family with burning eyes, and they knew that the current official family was going to do something related to the country.

Taxation, the foundation of the country, is unparalleled!