"There is a great article!"

Facing Wu Cai's inquiry, Shi Yiwen said quite proudly.

"Banknote customs are set up in important land and water terminals, more than fifty or sixty percent of the world's goods, must be inspected by banknotes, how many do you say the world's goods circulate in a year?"

Shi Yiwen's rhetorical question made Wu Cai puzzled.

"How many?"

"The circulation of goods in this world, but all the people from life to death, clothing, food, shelter and transportation, need to come and go, the annual circulation of goods is probably not less than 100,000 taels, even according to the thirtieth of the tax, the annual income is not less than tens of millions of taels, considering that not all goods need long-distance trafficking, 10 million taels per year, it can still be guaranteed."

What the!

With his eyes wide open in surprise, Wu Cai muttered.

"Ten million taels!"

Not to mention Wu Cai, even Zhu Yijun was also taken aback when he heard this number, 10 million taels a year!

For the financially embarrassed Ming Dynasty, it was simply an astronomical amount, after all, the biggest achievement of Zhang Juzheng's reform was to increase the imperial court's tax silver to a mere few million taels. In front of these 10 million taels, it is not worth mentioning at all.

"Ten million taels is also said to be less, in fact, if the position of the banknote customs is readjusted, it is okay to earn thirty or forty million taels a year, after all, it is ......"

Shi Yiwen, who originally wanted to say another time and space Manchu Qing Dynasty's "Li Jin", still stopped when the words came to his mouth, Li Jin was the "life-saving medicine" of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, relying on the value of one hundred Li Jin, the Manchu Qing not only obtained the military expenses for the suppression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but also obtained funds for the implementation of the Westernization Movement, repayment of foreign debts and many other affairs, supported them to survive the financial crisis, and even helped them continue their lives for 60 years.

How much censal was levied per year in the Manchu Qing Dynasty?

In the middle of the 19th century, the figures reported by various localities reached as much as 10 million taels, and 50 years later, it even reached more than 40 million taels.

It is precisely because of this reference that Shi Yiwen will be full of confidence in the taxation of banknotes, since the actual collection of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, including the filling of private pockets, can reach hundreds of millions of taels, so if you change to your own side, what about passing the banknotes, you can also collect one or two million taels.

"After all, the more prosperous the business in the world, the higher the taxes collected by the banknotes, of course, the premise is to keep the banknotes clean enough, otherwise there will inevitably be officials who fill their pockets, just like now, in general, the taxes that should be levied on the banknotes are either escaped, or they are filled by officials and corrupt officials."

"Zhiyuan, since the banknote is so important, do you think it is possible for the imperial court to hand it over to the emperor?"

Wu Cai asked directly.

"Yes, because now, no one realizes the importance of the banknote ,......"

Just like in another time and space, no one in the Manchu Qing Dynasty realized the importance of customs, until the customs tariffs increased from the initial hundreds of thousands of taels to tens of millions of taels, they did not know how important the customs was, and the current customs ...... The same is true.

After a slight pause, Shi Yiwen said again.

"Almost no one realizes that the banknote is actually the only way to collect commercial tax, as for the store tax on the ground, the city tax, in fact, it is simply a decoration, not to mention that the store tax is not levied by the tax collectors, those store taxes, a restaurant only needs to pay two or three taels of silver a month, a grocery store is only a few hundred dollars, and if the business is bad, it can also be tax-free, in fact, the business is not bad, it all depends on the tax collectors......"

Shaking his head, Shi Yiwen even thought of another time and space, the clothing store opened by a friend, with a turnover of less than 5,000 is tax-free, so in the five years from the opening to the closure of his store, he has never paid taxes, not that he has not paid, but he has handed over the money to others, as for the invoice...... How many people in this world want invoices for buying things? Even large supermarkets in many places do not install tax controllers at the cash register according to regulations. If necessary, go to the service desk with the receipt to exchange the invoice. But the question is, how many people go to change invoices? If you don't change the invoice, you will naturally receive no 3% business tax and other corresponding surcharges.

It is precisely because of this that China in another time and space has never pointed to the existence of taxation in the consumption link, or even acquiesced in tax evasion, after all, the cost of store investigation and simple verification, even in the 21st century, is unrealistic, unless necessary. However, the country's tax revenue needs to be guaranteed, so the turnover tax is levied by levying VAT on the circulation of goods.

The so-called "centigold" refers to the commodity tax that is generally levied in the production, circulation and sales of ordinary commodities. In fact, although "centigold" is the biggest bad tax in modern China, in a certain sense, this is the real commercial tax, and it is also the only tax that the country can effectively control.

"This is where the circulation of goods, from one place to another, it must pass through the land and water wharf, after all, water transport is the cheapest mode of transport, as for land merchants, at most no more than 100 miles, which is why the promulgation of the relationship of the road, in fact, most of the time, small merchants and hawkers will not go to 100 miles away to do business, as for the long-distance business, are from the land to the waterway, and then to the Grand Canal, the Yangtze River and other places gathered, small boats to big ships, the circulation of goods in the Ming Dynasty is carried out through the rivers scattered throughout the Ming Dynasty, And this is also the reason for the establishment of banknotes at the land and water terminals, although there are only 11 customs now, but the population along the river basin accounts for more than 60% of the Ming Dynasty, and the proportion of goods circulation is also more than this. ”

What was the population in the Wanli years?

The official figures give a population of about 60 million, but due to the widespread underreporting of the population, later generations roughly estimated that the population was close to 200 million in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and how many people were there in the North-South Grand Canal and the river basin along the river?

The huge population base will inevitably bring prosperous commerce, and commerce will stimulate the circulation of goods, and this is the guarantee of future income of the banknote, for Shi Yiwen, this is also the reason why he dared to lobby Wanli to give up gold and silver, of course, not to give up completely, but to sacrifice part of the interests.

"But ......"

With frowning brows, Wu Cai said with some concern.

"Zhiyuan, this is just the best case, but what if you can't receive it? After all, there are some things that are not just about talking. When the time comes, the palace will lose hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, I'm afraid it will make him dissatisfied? ”

"Losing ......"

Smiling slightly, Shi Yiwen said proudly.

"When have I ever been in a loss-making business?"

His smile replied, which made Wu Cai puzzled.

"Is collecting taxes a business?"

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