"Your Majesty, it's indeed a commercial tax!"

Zhao Heng nodded and said: "Today's Great Qin, the commercial economy is developing rapidly, I believe that there will be more and more merchants, as long as the commercial tax is fully collected, the tax revenue will be comparable to the field tax, and even far surpass it in the end." ”

Although Daqin also has a market rent similar to a commercial tax, and it is ten times the cost, it is basically limited to goods such as salt, iron, wine, and meat.

And now, the arrival of Zhao Heng has made a variety of new commodities appear in Daqin, such as glass products, porcelain, paper and so on.

In just half a year, Daqin's commercial economy has increased more than tenfold.

Take Zhao Heng himself, he has only been in Xianyang for half a year, but after cooperating with Ba Qing, his wealth has skyrocketed like a snowball, and now he can be called the richest man in Daqin.

He didn't know exactly how much money he had now, but if he started collecting business taxes across the board, even if it was just a tithe tax, it would be estimated that it would never be less than 10 million a year.

In a few years, the commercial economy of Daqin will definitely be able to rise to a few more levels, and at that time, the total commercial tax will definitely far exceed the field tax.

"Zhao Xiang, if it is really as you said, there will be more and more merchants in Daqin in the future, won't it make the farmers fewer and fewer, and in the end, no one will even be willing to farm anymore."

Li Si's brows furrowed slightly, and he said to Zhao Heng.

"In the end of the development of the commercial economy, this situation will indeed occur, and there will be fewer and fewer pure farmers, and even ordinary individual farmers may disappear completely, but a new type of farmers who take agriculture as a business will also appear."

Zhao Heng groaned slightly and said, "At that time, it will be completely possible for one person to rule and ten thousand people to eat, so Li Xiang doesn't need to worry too much." ”

"One person governs it, and ten thousand people eat it?"

At this moment, Li Si and the others were completely stunned by Zhao Heng's words.

How is this possible?

No matter how good a person is at farming, it is impossible to have enough mu to eat ten thousand people!

Unless it is an immortal, or uses a divine seed field, it is impossible to do it at all.

"Science and technology are the primary productive forces, and when science and technology reach a certain level, manpower is no longer the main productive force."

Zhao Heng smiled and continued: "For example, the scientific research institute has been working on the development of a harvesting machine called automatic harvester, which only needs one person to operate, and can harvest 100 acres of fertile land per day, and then will develop automatic seeders, threshers and other agricultural machinery, the efficiency will far exceed manpower." ”

Science and technology are the primary productive forces, and this sentence has been widely recognized after it was put forward in later generations.

Facts have also proved that technology can indeed greatly improve the level of productivity, thereby reducing the consumption of manpower and material resources.

"Science and technology are the primary productive forces?"

After Ying Zheng heard Zhao Heng's words, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

In the past six months, although he has not been out of the palace many times, he will go to the training office of the scientific research institute almost every time to listen to lectures, and he naturally knows very well what Zhao Heng means by science and technology.

He thought of the cart and the plough, and he also thought of the Agency's engineering team, and he thought of the Shenwei cannon and the rifle...... And so on all the new things that Zhao Heng brought.

He suddenly realized that if Great Qin wants to prosper for all generations, it is indispensable to vigorously develop science and technology!

"Zhao Xiang, there is still a problem with this appearance."

After a brief silence, Liss spoke again.

"Li Xiang, please speak."

Zhao Heng said with a smile.

Although Li Si competed with him, the questions raised were not vexatious, and could even help him explain.

"Who will be responsible for the collection of commercial taxes in the future?"

Li Si's gaze stared at Zhao Heng and asked.

As soon as his words fell, everyone's eyes were suddenly focused on Zhao Heng, waiting for his answer.

If the commercial tax is really as Zhao Xiang said, it will far surpass the field tax in the future, then the benefits in it can be imagined, it must be amazing.

"Inland Revenue Department!"

Zhao Heng slowly spit out three words from his mouth.

Inland Revenue Department?

Li Si and the others were a little confused, Daqin has this mansion?

"Your Majesty, the minister proposes to change the various ministries of the court."

At this time, everyone heard Zhao Heng say this again, so they were even more confused.

Does this young prime minister not only want to change the law, but also change the court?

"Sir, could it be that you have perfected the details of dividing the various departments?"

Ying Zheng's eyes lit up at this time and asked.

Zhao Heng mentioned before that it is necessary to change the court department, and it will be implemented after the details are perfected.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Zhao Heng nodded: "The minister intends to divide the various parts of the court into three provinces and six departments. ”

"What are the three provinces and six departments?"

Li Si hurriedly asked.

What he is most concerned about is whether such a change in the various ministries of the court will affect his power.

Feng Quji, Zhao Gao and others are naturally worried about this at this moment.

"The so-called three provinces are Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and Shangshu Province."

Zhao Heng explained: "Zhongshu Province, in charge of secrets, the general consul of hundreds of officials, assisting Your Majesty, any decree must be drafted by Zhongshu Province before it can be issued and implemented, with one first assistant, appointed by the main assistant, and two second assistants, respectively appointed by Feng Xiang and Li Yuan. ”

"The province of Menxia is directly responsible to His Majesty, and is in charge of the royal internal affairs, including carriages and horses, travel, consumption, etc., without participating in the court affairs, so that the royal internal affairs and the court affairs can be completely separated, and there are positions such as waiters, permanent attendants, and subordinate servants."

"Shangshu Province, subordinate to Zhongshu Province, has six ministries and official departments, which are in charge of the appointment and dismissal, assessment, promotion, transfer and other affairs of officials across the country; The Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of household registration management and tax and finance affairs throughout the country; The Ministry of Rites is in charge of the affairs of the opening of the department, the reception of scholars, the ceremony and other affairs; The military department is in charge of military registration, ordnance, logistics and material deployment; The Criminal Department is in charge of criminal law, case investigation and other affairs; The Ministry of Industry is in charge of various projects, fields, water conservancy and other affairs, and the six departments are set up with positions such as Shangshu and left and right waiters. ”

After a pause, Zhao Heng continued: "Your Majesty, the tax department that the minister just mentioned is subordinate to the household department, and in addition, the minister plans to divide an independent military department in addition to the three provinces and six departments, which is in charge of all the soldiers and horses of Daqin, and consists of the Secretariat, the Staff Office, the Garrison Office, the Military Intelligence Office, the United Front Work Office, and the Supervision Office. ”

"In order to better implement the system of three provinces and six ministries, the minister has also formulated a set of detailed regulations for the selection and assessment of officials, and has formulated grades for officials at all levels, which are nine grades and eighteen grades, a total of one to nine grades, which are subdivided into positive and secondary levels, so that it can be convenient for management and deployment."

The cabinet system is integrated into the three provinces and six ministries system, plus nine products and eighteen levels, which is the result of Zhao Heng's careful consideration.

It not only clarifies the functions of the ministries, but also ensures the centralization of power.

Of course, he himself knows that he must continue to revise and improve in the future to avoid all kinds of new problems.

Next, it took him a whole hour to clearly explain this brand-new system to Ying Zheng, Li Si and others.

After listening, whether it was Yingzheng or Li Si and other ministers, they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.

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