The current tax rate in Xianguo is relatively high among other countries, and the tax items are also varied, even if there is a kitchen knife, a fishing rod, and a fishing net at home, there is even a "toilet fertilizer" tax. Even the pulled from the latrine also has to be taxed, because the manure can fertilize the field and increase the yield per mu, so there is also a motive to pay taxes.

The most powerful thing about the "Push Business Tax" implemented this time is the deposit and profit tax, in addition to which the "transfer tax" and "transshipment tax" have been added, which are similar to value-added tax and road maintenance fees.

All goods are sold from the place of origin to the place of destination, and there are several dealers in between, and as long as these dealers pass through their hands, and they make a profit, they have to be taxed layer by layer, and this is not counting, and the net profit from the final sale of the goods must be taxed on excess.

The transshipment tax is simple, how much land, water and land your goods are transported, they are subject to the transshipment tax, which is equivalent to the road maintenance fee.

In this way, the final profits of the merchants will be diluted by the increased tax items, plus the surplus tax, and the imperial court will be able to enrich the treasury by sucking the blood of the merchants. But all the increased costs will eventually be reflected in the price of the sales terminal, and the merchant will make less money, and it is completely possible to earn back from the people by raising the price, and cause inflation.

"Pushing Business Tax" will eventually push prices to the sky, and at the same time, Gongsun Yue has not introduced a price control mechanism, which is the biggest flaw of "Pushing Business Tax". Tax increases inevitably lead to price increases, which is a normal economic phenomenon and should be limited as long as businessmen are still profitable.

However, Gongsun Yue did not mention the price control policy in the "Push for Business Tax", which means that either the cabinet underestimated the consequences of the new law, or King Xian acquiesced to Gongsun Yue's compromise with the powerful in order to pass the law change. Princes and nobles are allowed to start stockpiling goods before this storm of price increases, and wait for prices to skyrocket.

Or, Gongsun Yue's purpose was to confiscate a large number of merchants, confiscate assets, wait for the price to rise, and then exchange them for a large amount of materials and precious metals needed by the state treasury.

From this point of view, the "Pushing Business Tax" is full of complex exchange of interests, but Bai Liyan still doesn't understand, why Gongsun Yue wants to promote the law so radically, and he doesn't know such obvious economic drawbacks? Dasi Nong Mo Anzheng didn't play?

When market inflation peaks and consumption power is far from adapting to market prices, consumption begins to shrink, and the economy enters a downward channel, with deflation and even depression.

Between the expansion and contraction, the state swept the money of the common people and the wealthy strata into its own pockets, and the result could only be that the ruling strata could eat all strata. Of course, nowadays it is a monarchy, a king, and it is not even a complete feudal system.

Drinking wine, Bailiyan took a bite of beef, stuffed two hanging beans into his mouth and said:

"Brother Gao, now that the wood is in the boat, you and I have no power to control the situation, according to the opinions below, this matter should not be entangled too much, otherwise it may attract criticism."

"Brother Wei Xian is worried about those sour people in the Yixian Pavilion? They also know the world's major events, but they are just a group of villains who are quick to speak and have no achievements. Gao Xun disagreed.

Under the current system, there is unprecedented freedom of speech, everyone can discuss politics, and hundreds of schools of thought are in the ascendant, and the tide of law change is unprecedentedly high.

"Yixian Hall" is a hall for talking about politics and discussing politics in the city of Lingling, the capital of Xianguo, and is located in a three-storey building in the downtown area in the east of the city. The second and third floors of the inn are guest rooms, which provide basic free food and lodging for the so-called literati and scholars, and the expenses are paid for by the hampook out of his own pocket.

In the center of the first floor is a huge inner hall, which can accommodate 500 people to kneel and sit around, and in the center of the inner hall is the popular political factions of various factions to talk about national affairs, and even debate from all sides, and other people sitting around can also freely comment on one or two points, and there is even no lack of wonderful heated debates of verbal wars.

Bailiyan has also been to the Yixian Pavilion a few times, and in his opinion, the vast majority of the sour and rotten literati are full of food and support, hiding in the Yixian Pavilion and waiting for death, not so much the Yixian Pavilion as the idle officials.

I think that Sun Yue, the prince of Xiangguo, was also the home of the debate in the Yixian Pavilion, and was later included in the prince's mansion by the current King Xian, and as soon as he came to power, he was entrusted with the important task of prime minister.

Bai Liyan was worried that Gao Xun, as a guest of Zhao Xun, often went to the Yixian Pavilion to discuss politics, and with his current thinking, he would inevitably be attacked by those who supported the new law.

"Senior brother, you can't say that, do you know the words 'people are terrible'?"

"Terrible words?"

Gao Xun was suddenly confused, Bai Liyan didn't know if he had made a mistake in expressing himself, or whether the connotation of this idiom did not exist now, so he saw Gao Xun frowning and thinking for a long time.

"Gao is not talented, and I ask my brother for advice."

"I dare not take the word advice seriously, and I know a little bit about it."

"Brother Xian, please speak." Gao Xun put down his chopsticks and listened carefully.

"Brother Gao, you can know who is the most supporter of "Pushing Business Tax"."

"Merchants and ordinary people are not profitable, they profit for the king and the powerful, and the supporters are the princes and nobles."

"Not really." Baili Yan said, took a sip of wine and continued: "It is natural for businessmen to accumulate wealth, and no one in the world wants to do loss-making business. And the people can only resign themselves to fate, no matter how high or low the price is, the people can only buy the merchant's goods, there is no choice.

The previous "Nongsang Order" pushed up the price of grain in one fell swoop, so that the people's resentment boiled, and unscrupulous traders took advantage of this to hoard and raise the price of grain, and collect ill-gotten gains, which made the people deeply hateful.

Now the people are angry, the family wealth is all hoarding and making a lot of money, and the people are hungry, if at this time to the rich businessmen to levy heavy taxes, the people will definitely rise up and attack them, but all the businessmen and rich people have money, the people dare to expose the private wealth and goods, in order to vent their personal anger.

If you and I talk about the disadvantages of "Pushing Business Tax", the words of the market will definitely think that you and I are waving the flag and shouting gongs for profiteers. At that time, everyone will discuss how you and I should respond. ”

"But the "Push Business Tax" is not beneficial to the people at all, why should the people support the new law." Gao Xun still seems puzzled.

"Brother Gao, nine out of ten people in the world are illiterate, and less than one out of ten are sensible, how can they be as far-sighted as Brother Gao."

"Brother Xian is saying that the reason why the people support the new policy is actually to vent their own selfish anger and get carried away."

"Exactly."

It's a human being, all have pink eye, when there are other people who have a lot of money to eat and drink, wear gold and silver, and have a group of wives and concubines, your family is surrounded by singles, and you have eaten the last meal without the next meal, are you psychologically balanced, it must be unbalanced, and no one is psychologically balanced.

Gongsun Yue's launch of "Pushing Business Tax" gave the psychologically unbalanced general public a chance to vent their anger. But there is no businessman who does not evade taxes and transfer property, and most of the people who are reported are empirical evidence.

After all, the wealthy class in the world is a minority, and "Pushing the Business Tax" is tantamount to pushing the rich class to the opposite side of the poor class, encouraging the poor to report and expose the rich class who secretly collect and transfer money. Even if you declare your assets truthfully, as long as you check, you will always be able to find out the false name.

When the people's anger was at a high point of excitement, and the price change did not cause real embarrassment, the common people naturally supported the new policy, and if Gao Xun openly criticized Gongsun Yue's "Pushing the Commercial Tax", the result could only be pointed out by thousands of people, spit on by thousands of people, and even the mob rushed into the home and beat him to death.

In particular, Gao Xun often goes to the Yixian Pavilion to discuss politics, and with his character, he doesn't say that "Pushing Business Tax" is useless.

In this way, it is tantamount to the sour and rotten poor literati who support the New Deal, and most of the literati are poor but can read a few words. Nowadays, there is not one literati who really understand the economy, and talking to them about the economy is like playing the harp to a cow.

When Bailiyan spoke, there was a sudden uproar in the wine shop, and I don't know when, a few poor scholars came, dressed in various coarse cloths, ordered a few pots of bitter wine, half a catty of white-cut pork, and sat in the center of the wine shop to talk, there were quite a lot of people, there were seven or eight people.

"Everyone, have you heard of it, Shen Shikai said that Gong Shouqian, the proud protégé of Lord Xiangguo, will preside over the politics and debate the "Push Business Tax".

"Yes, this time is really happy, those profiteers and unrighteous people, how cruel it is to oppress our people, it should be their turn to suffer a little."

"Yes, the previous profiteers were miserable for the people, and Fengyangjun rebelled against such unrighteous people for their own selfishness and harmed our Xianguo. If it weren't for such scum, how could the Xian State be called the country of the lower state to the Jin State. ”

"It is exactly like this, the law of profiteers is unclear, and judging from the bottom, it is the right time for Xiangguo to launch the new "Push Business Tax".

Most of the speakers are talking about "Pushing the Business Tax", and without exception they are all supporters of the New Deal, and the spearhead is also pointed at the wealthy class.

Just as Baili Yan was listening, Gao Xun drank a few glasses of wine, and heard that the prime minister's protégé Gong Shouqian was going to talk in the Yixian Pavilion, he burped up his courage:

"Brother Wei Xian, when you are going to discuss in the Yixian Pavilion, you and I will go and find out what is going on to see how he justifies himself."

"Brother Gao, Gong Shouqian is a very good person, Brother Gao rashly went to argue with him, if he fell into disadvantage, wouldn't he be laughed at."

"Eh, the big husband stands up to the sky, and he is defeated by the downwind. Let's go, you and I go quickly, it's too late to stand, let's go. ”

Gao Xun urged, not intending to take his reputation to heart at all. Although Bai Liyan was worried, she also planned to find out.

Gongsun Yue was able to let Gong Shouqian come forward to give a lecture, mostly to prepare public opinion for the upcoming implementation of the "Push Business Tax".

Half of the dominant power of public opinion in the world in feudal society is in the hands of the king and the state's decision-making organs, and the other half is in the mouths of the intellectuals of the world, and the common people are just good citizens under the coaxing of public opinion. In order for the new law to be justified, it is necessary for public opinion to clamor and guide.

And Gong Shouqian is Gongsun Yue's proud protégé, only 22 years old this year, and he is indeed clever and very good at sophistry.

Bai Liyan just arrived in Shanling three years ago, and had heard his longitudinal discussion on the implementation of the new calendar by Zhiguo in the Yixian Pavilion, and Gong Shouqian criticized the calendar implemented by Zhiguo as a fallacy that endangered the world, and openly accused Zhiguo of wolf ambition and wanted to replace the Liang Dynasty and order the princes.

The core argument is that since ancient times, the calendar has been formulated by the central dynasty, and there has never been any prince or king to formulate a calendar, and the Zhiguo has implemented a new calendar without authorization, intending to seek power and usurp the throne.