Of course, in Li Xiangqian's view, such a thing as a reward for reporting tax evasion is a sharp double-edged sword, which is a very serious technical issue.

The biggest problem in the United States in later generations may be that the vast majority of federal taxes come from individual taxes, and the rich can properly evade taxes, while the poor have the money to hire those cunning and rogue accountants to help make false accounts?

Wang Jian's heart suddenly moved.

One of the reasons for the demise of the late Ming Dynasty was that the Confucian Donglin Party group with vested interests colluded with those big clans to help them evade their tax burdens.

On the one hand, the Donglin Party is against the people of the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, the modern Donglin Party is against the people, and they are the same.

Could it be that the United States in later generations, after the departure of itself and others, will also embark on this path without physiology?

After eating and drinking, the time was already late, and after reluctantly saying goodbye to Lin Xianling, there was nothing else to do.

The residence arranged by Lin Zhiji for these people is naturally excellent, in fact, there was a terrifying news this afternoon, all along, the biggest uncertain factor in Jiangbei, Mrs. Xing suddenly mobilized troops in Jiangbei, and a group of people were overwhelming, and the Yangzhou Mansion with flowers did not rob it, but it appeared in the north of Jiangyin.

Lin Zhiji quietly sent his wife and son out of the city, but the sad thing is that he can't think of where to take refuge in this era, as a Fujianese he knows some of the situation, now Fujian, Zheng Zhilong, the power of the sea lord is getting bigger and bigger, due to the characteristics of the geographical location, Fujian has some geographical isolation from the surrounding areas, and the cheapest way of external transportation is actually a sea boat.

Even in the 21st century, the construction cost of the Fujian section of the high-speed railway is the highest.

He has only been in Jiangyin for two years, not to mention his confidants, now that Cao Juren has been imprisoned, there are not many people who can be trusted, in fact, at this time, there are not many people who have really heard the news of Mrs. Xing's dispatch, this is very cooperative with the actions of the imperial capital, and it almost confirms Mrs. Xing's behavior of defecting to the imperial capital.

Lin Zhiji vacated his house for Li Xiangqian to station, and when he came back, he was already about to rest, and only a few people who took turns standing guard invited Li Xiangqian in.

However, Ke Xiaonan and the others were still busy, the room was full of various gifts, and they had to settle accounts.

Of course, this money cannot be collected, but how to spend it is also a science.

Naturally, there was nothing to care about about those silks, but there was one thing that still caught Li Xiangqian's attention.

It was a silver ocean, the pattern was very unique, although the emblem on it was indecipherable, but it could be confirmed that it was definitely not from China, and the letters did not look like English.

"Spain?"

Although he didn't know where this was coinage, Li Xiangqian immediately thought of a possible existence.

In later generations, the American imperialists, who collected the world seigniorage, could print a hundred dollars of white paper with 10 cents, and then went overseas to exchange a large amount of money, of course, did not exist, but it was the legendary Mexico, that is, the Spaniards of this era, who really supplied the world currency.

Mexico had been colonized by the Spaniards for a hundred years at this time, and was basically in the development stage, and at the same time, in terms of race, the males among the South American Indians were killed, and a white man could almost possess dozens of South American aboriginal women, and the South American race was replaced in just a hundred years.

And the amount of silver mined is so much that no mint can consume it.

Later generations felt that it was a very glorious thing for China to become a silver black hole, but in fact it was not like this.

In this trade chain, China has played a very tragic role.

In order to meet the demand of foreigners for silk, China turned a large number of irrigated fields into mulberry trees, and at the same time, silkworm raising became an industry, and the hard work, resources consumed, and manpower used for this were amazing.

And what did the foreigners give?

Kill some natives, engage some black slaves, wield whips as overseers, and get millions of gold and silver.

On the one hand, there is a hard small profit but quick turnover, and on the other hand, it is a relaxed and freehand profiteering business, and it is self-evident who is stained in the end.

Fighting is better than hard work.

In this era, because the elders did not have much demand, the gold and silver mining in South Africa and Australia was limited to the maintenance of the regime, and it was much more restrained than the ambitious unlimited mining.

According to records, in the following 100 years, silver mining in Mexico reached its peak, and the Spanish silver ocean spread all over the world, becoming the most popular currency in the world.

There are many reasons for this, first of all, Mexico has too much silver, secondly, with the abundant supply of silver, the quality of the silver dollar is very good, there has been no currency adulteration, of course, the most important thing is that since the Armada hit the streets, Spain has rarely been in the forefront of international disputes, compared to the countries that have been in the battle for continental hegemony, Spain's position is just right.

If you don't participate, you won't be boycotted, and you're a typical example of making a fortune in a muffled voice.

However, unexpectedly, things have already flowed to China.

"How many silver dollars are there?"

"There's probably one box, and the approximate total is still being counted."

"Well, leave one and take it back to analyze the ingredients, it's ...... Competitors. ”

Seigniorage is a very cool tax, in the past days, the elders have earned enough, relying on advanced minting technology, it is equivalent to minting ten yuan of silver with nine dollars of silver, and the profit of one dollar almost does not have to do anything, it is directly spent, and the circulation speed is top-notch.

If you want to go out, you must at least lose the quality, cost, and circulation efficiency, in this era, the Spanish Viceroyalty silver coin just happened to exist like this, and his recognition was extremely amazing, even if it was a British or Dutch merchant, he would not refuse such a coin that could be used everywhere.

The recognition of money is a very serious topic, some money, and for a businessman, the most painful thing may be a bunch of cheap and high-profit goods, but he can only sigh because the money he holds cannot be recognized.

In the Ming Dynasty, the popularity of the Republic Tongbao is still good, after all, the imperial capital is to collect taxes with silver dollars as the target, there is no such thing as my Ming issued paper money but refused to use paper money to collect taxes, so he smashed his own signboard.

Looking at this coin, Li Xiangqian felt a little insomnia.

The next day, after everyone got up, they were in good spirits, Li Xiangqian stood in front of them, muttered for a while, looked at everyone's faces, and after a long time, said: "Today, we have completed the pre-departure goal, and we have eliminated the enemy who killed our colleagues at a fixed point. ”

"As the first batch of graduates of the military school, your footsteps have traveled all over the mountains and rivers of the motherland, from the deserts of Mongolia, the grasslands of Mobei, the black soil of Liaodong, the mountains of Taihang Mountain, and the smoke and rain of Jiangnan.

Li Xiangqian pointed out the door and said: "Unfortunately, we are in an era where the status of soldiers is the lowest, and in terms of the world, the so-called soldiers are more like a group of cannon fodder, or robbers, without any self-respect and dignity......"

"What is the reason? No one knows, and maybe some people can say that they are ugly, but our question now is, what are the consequences of the lack of honor in the military? Just like today, thirty of us are enough to come here with our chests held high, and we don't care about anyone's attitude, and the locals call those who serve as soldiers a contemptuous red guy, you see, it's not fun at all. ”

"Two thousand years ago, at that time, the soldiers at least had their own appearance, at that time, only the countrymen and the people could fight as a regular army, at that time, the soldiers spoke, they still had status, they would not be discriminated against, and not even anyone could be bullied."

The military households of the Ming Dynasty, because the Ming Dynasty belonged to the fire virtue and was still red, so the soldiers' clothes were all red, the Ming Dynasty used the guards, the soldiers were half soldiers and half farmers, and when the war was fought, a military household sent out a soldier, and was a farmer in peacetime, and it was a hereditary identity that could not be converted. As a result, the profession of being a soldier is stigmatized, perceived as having a very low social status and a generational lack of future.

As long as we calculate the input-output ratio a little, we can understand the problem here, except for the mercenary system of taking money according to the head after the abolition of the military household system at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the system in which military households have to raise their own salaries and have to fight with their lives is simply the most ridiculous thing.

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, any profession is not very happy, except for those big businessmen can rely on bribing the Donglin Party to evade taxes to obtain benefits, whether it is a scholar or a farmer is not very comfortable, in fact, in my Ming Dynasty, it is recognized only ...... Eunuch.

That's right! At least in the early stage, gritting his teeth, closing his eyes, and becoming a civil servant after eating a knife, Wang Zhen and Wei Zhongxian are all good examples for their predecessors!

But by the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was even no way to live, and there was no sincerity, because in the old imperial capital, there were at least 10,000 people, forming a group of beggars, who were all castrated by themselves, but could not enter the palace as internal servants. It is said that in the Ming Dynasty, if you want to enter the palace as a eunuch, you have to participate in recruitment. However, the positions are limited, and they are often easily filled. There was no way, this group of self-emasculated fake eunuchs had to gather near the capital and live by robbing the rich people who came and went. It is said that their method of robbery was to first surround lone or few travelers, and then attack the opponent's genitals, causing them to fall into a coma in pain. Finally, the robbery is carried out.

That is to say, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the job of being a eunuch with the most input-output ratio was more than ten times more than ten times more robbed by people!

As a result, in the entire empire, only those salt merchants and tea merchants in the south of the Yangtze River can make smiling faces, and the big clans enjoy almost no tax treatment, and the big clans, just like Europe in later generations, they can rely on various foundations and all kinds of digital magic to evade national taxes, and the rich pay less taxes than their own secretaries.

"Is this fair, not fair! The northerners fought with knives in front, and those salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, what kind of life did they live, when they passed through Yangzhou, you also saw it from afar, the property of those Eight Emperor merchants, you also participated in the raid, you understand, those merchants can help the outside Tartars invade China at any time! ”

"I hope that in the days to come, you can understand who you should fight for, those merchants, send some gifts, you know, what do I see, feed the dogs, they use some small favors, trying to buy us, in fact, it is less than a millionth of the tax they have escaped, and they feel at ease, ha, you know, what to do, I order!"

Everyone stood upright, waiting for the final order: "Now, divide all the belongings to the poor in Jiangyin County, be high-profile, be quick, last night's count, these belongings are worth more than 10,000 taels of silver, if they are bought into grain, enough for the people of the whole city to eat for a month!" Did the money come from the wind, and not from the people of the city? We want it, do we still have the face to go home? ”

Li Xiangqian assigned the task, and there were many kinds of things sent by the frightened rich people in the city, except for some food that could be eaten directly, the rest of the silk and silver could be spent directly.

It is a little difficult to realize 10,000 taels in Jiangyin, but if you send the money to a specific place according to some information, it is very easy.

"My department passed through Jiangyin, handled official business, got the gift of the local gentry, did not dare to accept, today the gift list is presented as follows, the silver is converted into several strokes, respectively, given to the widows and widows in the city, the poor people, give medical medicine, born all things to support people, there is no high and low, rich and poor, and there are few differences, nothing more than selfishness, virtuous and virtuous! A spoonful of food, a scoop of drink, in the alleys, people are unbearable, and they don't change their pleasures, and the virtuous are also returning, so sages are still extinct. ”

The penny is still fast.

Part of it was the money offered by the gentry, and when they knew that they had given the money and that it had been distributed to the poor, and that the poor ghosts had thanked them by name, their faces were not very good.

This kind of thing is very bad rules, and if you give money, you accept it, but you give it to the poor, and you tell the person who gave the money.

Rich people are accustomed to getting themselves a good person's name, in fact, people spend a dollar can earn back ten yuan of the master, far from it, there is a US president in later generations, who runs charities to avoid taxes, but the objects of donations, all are related households, the school where the daughter goes to school, and other places related to themselves, Chiguoguo is to get benefits.

For example, if you repair a 40-year-old Humvee and donate it to the donor country according to the value of the factory price, the donor country looks like a dog, who is not in a hurry?

The rich are not afraid that the poor will think that they are rich, but they are afraid that the poor will find out how they got rich.