As the saying goes, the army has not moved, and the grain and grass go first.

The drastic addition of the Ministry of Education naturally requires financial allocation, and there is still a lot of it.

Because it costs a lot of money to open a school in each township, and the cost of teaching materials is also a lot of money!

You know, when the famine broke out before, the treasury was actually an empty shell.

If the treasury can't come up with the money, then it's no deal.

Thinking of this, Li Yang said worriedly: "Your Majesty, the funding of this Education Department ......"

"Ji Kai, does the treasury still have money?" Ying Zheng also realized the current difficulties, and couldn't help but ask worriedly.

Ji Kai immediately came out and said, "Your Majesty, the treasury has been collecting a lot of money recently, and the expenses related to the implementation of compulsory education should not be a problem. ”

Li Yang was stunned.

Recently, the treasury has been abundant?

Why？

At this time, not only Li Yang was surprised, but even Ying Zheng was stunned and puzzled.

"Recently, my Daqin famine has been severe, where does the treasury get the income?"

Ji Kai said: "Back to Your Majesty, it's a merchant tax." In the past half month, the merchant tax collected has been higher than that collected in the past three years, as high as 30,000 gold! ”

"What? Three...... 30,000 gold! ”

At this moment, everyone present was stunned.

How can you receive so much merchant tax in half a month?

And only Li Yang looked confused.

Merchant Tax ...... What the hell?

Li Yang asked curiously, "What is the merchant tax?" ”

Ji Kai said: "Back to the prime minister, 120,000 merchants in Xianyang, the monthly income of these merchants from doing business must be registered by the Taxation Department of the Zhili Administration, and pay 20% of the merchant tax to the treasury of our Great Qin. ”

When Li Yang heard this, he fainted directly.

Isn't this the fucking personal income tax of the next generation?

Li Yang really didn't expect that personal income tax had already begun in Qin.

Knowing what the merchant tax was all about, Li Yang immediately knew why he could receive a merchant tax of 30,000 gold in the past half a month.

Because of the bidding for the project, more than 100 businessmen in Xianyang won the bid, and they hired one million victims to carry out the construction.

The more than 100 businessmen who won the bid are equivalent to each household having to take out a small amount of gold and invest in the project in advance.

For example, where did the chestnut rice come from, which was previously paid in advance by the disaster victims?

Naturally, it was purchased from a rice merchant, and in the end, the rice merchant made money from it, so he had to pay 20% of the merchant's tax.

In addition to the rice merchants, such as the merchants of the stone business, the merchants of the timber business, and the merchants of the salt and iron business......

In short, the project bidding, all of a sudden a large amount of money poured into the market, in the words of later generations, this is to stimulate the economy and expand domestic demand.

This money has been circulated through commerce, and although most of the money that has poured into the market is the cost of commodities, the profits made by merchants in it are certainly not small, so it is not surprising that the state treasury collects 30,000 gold in taxes from merchants in this half month.

How much is the purchasing power of 30,000 gold in exchange for the Hereafter?

According to the Qin State's one gold, which is about equal to the purchasing power of 3,840 yuan in later generations, 30,000 gold is more than 100 million yuan in purchasing power in later generations.

Thinking of this, Li Yang finally understood why later generations liked to engage in infrastructure projects so much.

Although it seems that the state is engaged in infrastructure projects, and the state has to allocate funds for bidding, which has increased fiscal expenditure, it is very worthwhile from the overall perspective of the country.

The reason is that no matter how the money flows, as long as it does not flow abroad, the meat is always in a pot, and the overall money has not decreased, and in the process of flowing, it has also mobilized everyone's enthusiasm for labor, solved the problem of labor employment, solved the problem of food and clothing, and carried out production and creation in the flow of money, and can also increase taxes, which is too cost-effective for the country from the overall perspective of governing the world.

For example, isn't that what this project bidding is all about?

Although the infrastructure construction of later generations used the money deposited by the people in the bank, Li Yang used the businessman's own savings this time, which is actually no different from the money from the bank, which is other people's money. Then we can build national projects, and also solve the employment of millions of disaster victims, so that they do not riot, and the families of the victims are old and weak, and solve the problem of food and clothing, and finally collect 20% of the tax from the merchants, just ask? What better business could be than that?

When the two-month project expires, the laborers will temporarily return to the autumn harvest, the people will pay the land taxes again, and the state treasury will have money again, so they can settle the project payment.

And those businessmen, with this project money, continue to hire people to work......

The money earned by the people from their work was used to buy necessities from the merchants to improve their lives, and the merchants earned the people's money and paid 20% of the merchants' taxes to Daqin.

Daqin continued to collect all kinds of taxes, all kinds of "geese and plucked feathers", so that the cycle was ......

You will be surprised to find that this kind of large-scale infrastructure project not only does not lose money for the country, but also plays a great role in social stability, the national economy, or people's livelihood and employment.

It seems that in the future, engineering infrastructure will still have to be done in Daqin.

Li Yang has thought about it, and when the time is ripe in the future, he will build all the straight roads of the Qin State into asphalt roads, as well as develop canals, etc., these are all big projects.

And just when Li Yang wanted to get into the wrong, Ji Kai really said: "The reason why so many merchant taxes can be levied this time is all because of the new policy of project bidding of the Prime Minister of China." ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately thought of the hot money that flowed into the commercial market.

Ji Kai continued: "Not long ago, His Royal Highness Fusu also put the money from selling paper into the treasury, and there are also 10,000 gold, so that the treasury now has a total of 40,000 gold. ”

When Ying Zheng heard that Fusu actually earned 10,000 gold in half a year by selling paper, he couldn't help but praise: "Su'er has made a lot of meritorious service this time!" Hahaha......"

Everyone nodded.

And how would Yingzheng know that Fusu was lying on the bed at this time, dressing his buttocks?

"Ji Kai, first allocate 20,000 gold to the prime minister, and when the autumn harvest is two months later and the treasury is abundant, then allocate follow-up funds, and must not affect the implementation of compulsory education." Ying Zheng said.

"Whoa!" Ji Kai received the order.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Yang is also very happy that the state treasury can allocate 20,000 gold in the early stage, which is completely enough for the preparatory work in the early stage.

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On the same day, after the end of the early dynasty, the news of Daqin's opening of the Education Department spread throughout the government and the opposition, and everyone knew that Daqin was going to start implementing ideological education for the whole people again.

However, what the officials of the DPRK and China do not know is that ideological education is only one aspect of compulsory education, and that cultivating talents and the imperial examination system are what Li Yang really wants to do.

Out of the Qilin Palace.

Li Si stopped Li Yang and said worriedly: "Yanghou, you ...... Is it really possible to implement compulsory education in five months? It's only been five months! ”

Li Si was really worried and anxious, and stretched out a palm and waved it in front of Li Yang's eyes.

Li Yang couldn't help but smile when he saw his worried look.

Li Si wanted to curse.

"Yanghou, you can still laugh, to implement compulsory education, you first have to spend countless time and effort to compile textbooks, and then you have to copy countless copies of the compiled textbooks, which is ...... How can this be done in five months! ”

Li Yang smiled: "Li Xiangdon't worry, since the prime minister dares to agree to this matter in front of His Majesty, he is naturally sure to do it." ”

Li Si rolled his eyes and glared: "I'll ask you, the textbooks for one homework need at least two million copies, and the textbooks for three homework courses together are six million copies." Six million copies, oh my God...... How do you do this in five months that you can't do it in two or three years? ”

Thinking of this astronomical figure, Li Si didn't dare to think about it, he had a guess, Li Yang definitely didn't expect that every child would have a textbook in his hand, and he would come up with such an astonishing astronomical figure.

Hmph, it's cool to pretend to be forced for a while, but today this force has been overdone!

Now I'll see what happens to you? What's wrong?

Who knows, after Li Yang heard this number, his face still did not change, and he said lightly: "Six million copies, well, it is indeed a lot, but ...... Five months should be too late. ”

Lis: "............"

Li Si didn't speak, just looked up at the sky, and saw that the dark clouds covered the top, so he quickly took two steps back, so as not to be implicated by the thunderstorm later......

Li Yang: "............"

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