"I understand the mind of the proprietor of Jin," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Not only proprietor Mu, but also Lord Ben's own factory also has to pay taxes." ”

"Your adult's factory also has to pay taxes?" Jin Yixin didn't understand, what is the difference between this and covering people's eyes? Is it necessary to put the money in the left pocket and put it in the right pocket?

"The proprietor doesn't know that the factory makes money, which belongs to the private money of this adult, and the silver that pays taxes belongs to the money of Weili, not the private property of this adult." Li Zicheng patiently explained, but he knew in his heart that under the current situation, his private money was not fundamentally different from Weili's public money, and it was all at his disposal.

Jin Yixin nodded slightly, as if he understood, or even if he didn't understand, there was no need for him to be too entangled in this issue, "My lord, as far as the grass people know, the Ming Dynasty does not levy taxes on merchants...... Why did Xining tax merchants? ”

"Does the proprietor of Jin know that there are a large number of thieves in Shaanxi? Why do there are a large number of thieves in Shaanxi? Li Zicheng laughed, and he was not in a hurry, if he couldn't make Jin Yixin realize the benefits of paying taxes to himself, who knows if he would violate the law and evade taxes?

If the two major leaders of Xining's business community, Mu Qingshan and Jin Yixin, agree to pay taxes, plus their business friends, the number of people who pay taxes in the business community will be seventy-seven, eighty-eight, and the so-called factories, except for Li Zicheng's own, there are not many factories in Xining that can meet the tax standard.

For these industrial and commercial taxes, the current amount will not be too much, Li Zicheng does not expect to play much role, the key is to form a habit and prepare for the future.

"The grass people have indeed heard of thieves in Shaanxi, and it is said that it is because there is a great drought in Shaanxi, and the crops have not been harvested......"

"What the proprietor Jin said is just the appearance," Li Zicheng raised his hand and said: "There has been a major drought in Shaanxi, and the crops have not been harvested, but the local officials are forcing the people to pay taxes on the overnight grain and even seeds, and natural disasters and man-made disasters are the reasons for the rise of thieves in Shaanxi." ”

“……”

"This kind of thing could have been completely avoided, natural disasters, which dynasty didn't have it? Shaanxi drought, if the imperial court can be exempt from taxes and then provide disaster relief to the people, how will there be these inextinguishable thieves? ”

"This ...... Then why didn't the imperial court tax exemption and disaster relief? ”

"In a word, the imperial court doesn't have enough money and food," Li Zicheng's face instantly became gloomy, how could he not be a victim of silver? If the imperial court did not abolish the post station on a large scale, perhaps this would, he would still be a post officer of the Ningxia post station, "The imperial court gave up taxing the wealthy merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, but it was aimed at the people, even if it was the people of Shaanxi who had been in drought for two consecutive years...... Official coercion # civil rebellion, official forced # civil rebellion! ”

Jin Yixin suddenly felt that although Li Zicheng was in the same nature as the thieves in Shaanxi, they were both rebels in the imperial court, but there was a big difference between him and the thieves in Shaanxi, and he couldn't grasp the difference for a while, "My lord, ......"

"Xining and Shaanxi are very close, Jin Dongzhu, if you can't take precautions, once there is a major drought in Xining, you say, who will the target of the hungry people be?"

The target of the hungry people is naturally a big family, like him Jin Yixin and Mu Qingshan, who are the first to bear the brunt, and Xining and Shaanxi are just separated by the Yellow River, in case ...... Jin Yixin broke out in a cold sweat, "My lord, the grass people...... Grass Folk ......"

Sending Jin Yixin away, Li Zicheng's heart finally fell a stone, led by Jin Yixin and Mu Qingshan, Xining's industrial and commercial tax can finally be started, which will provide a steady stream of silver for Xining Wei and Xining Army, although the amount of silver will not be too large for the time being.

Once the excise tax is customized, there will be fewer merchants who will resist, let alone take risks.

He subdued Mu Qingshan with distilled liquor and glass, and conquered Jin Yixin with perfume, although his profits were temporarily less, he could win permanent benefits and systems.

At present, in Xining and Sanchuan Prefectures, if the merchants with an annual income of more than 30 taels of silver are basically concentrated in Xining City, Li Zicheng only added a tax official in Xining Prefecture, while the other prefectures and counties are collected by the chief civil affairs official.

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In mid-September, Sun Mengjie entered the waiting period, and Li Zicheng had already prepared two midwives and let them live in Li's house, Xiaomei, Xiaolan, and even Song Yulian were on standby at any time.

On the evening of September 18, with a baby's cry, Li Zicheng's first child was finally born, he had been waiting outside for half an hour, the joy of being a father for the first time, coupled with the worry of Sun Mengjie, made him desperate, rushed into the delivery room, and came to Sun Mengjie's bed, "Jie'er, how is it?" ”

Sun Mengjie leaned on a quilt, her body was extremely weak, her cheeks were pale, her eyes were slightly closed, and there were strands of damp hair hanging from her ears and temples...... Be...... Female ......"

Li Zicheng didn't know whether she gave birth to a boy or a girl, the midwife held the baby covered in blood, approached Sun Mengjie, and said, "Congratulations to the second lady, you gave birth to a son!" Just dangled in front of Sun Mengjie's eyes for a while, and then hugged it away to clean.

Sun Meng's white and frightening face suddenly recovered a little red, and even smiled, although the child is not a son-in-law, but Li Zicheng's eldest son, in Li Zicheng's heart, naturally has a certain weight, and more importantly, Li Zicheng's words when he entered the door, "Mr. just entered the door, only asked the students, why didn't you ask the children ...... men and women"

"Fool, men and women are the same," Li Zicheng came from later generations, and naturally couldn't understand Sun Mengjie's mind that "mothers are more expensive than children", at least his first reaction didn't expect men and women, children have crying, just be healthy, "But Jie'er has experienced the pain of childbirth, and Mr. is naturally concerned about my Jie'er." He gently kissed Sun Mengjie's still fair face.

"With Mr.'s words, it's worth it even if the student dies!" Sun Mengjie closed her eyes slightly and leaned on Li Zicheng's shoulder.

"What a stupid thing!" Li Zicheng held Sun Mengjie's head in his arms and rubbed it gently, "Since you are happy, you should live well, our child, but we need you to be a mother!" ”

"My lord, the blood in the delivery room is too heavy, let's wait for us to clean up and come in again!" The midwife urged, she was going to clean up Sun Mengjie's body.

"Yes, yes!" Li Zicheng smiled, let go of Sun Mengjie, put her back on the quilt, and kissed her on the forehead before leaving.

The grandchildren probably shouted in a hoarse voice: "Sir, give our children a resounding name!" ”

"Name?" Li Zicheng was really unprepared, he thought about it, the boy's name is to be a bright spot, so he will call ...... Li Feng, this kid will be the same as himself, with infinite scenery at the dangerous peak!

Li Feng's birth, not only the Li family, but also the entire Xining Wei great joy, the Li family has a queen, subordinates are also more rushed, Li Zicheng according to the collective opinion, at home for a full day of flowing water table, however, only the officers, civil officials and businessmen in Xining City have the opportunity to eat a glass of wine, and the rest of the officials in the prefecture and county are not allowed to leave their posts without permission, want to drink, can make up for it later.

After the banquet, Li Zicheng left Liang Wencheng alone, and the two preliminarily agreed on the specific details of the industrial and commercial tax.

The standard of 15 percent tax is not high, that is, less than 7 percent, which is far worse than the 17 percent in later generations, or even 33 percent of the enterprise income tax, but now Xining, the level of industry and commerce is extremely low, basically because of the initial stage, if the tax rate is high, it is tantamount to killing the chicken and taking the eggs.

In addition to the set that "industry and commerce with an annual income of less than 30 taels" do not need to pay taxes, the entire Xiningwei should also encourage the development of industry and commerce, although this encouragement will not play much role for the time being, at least the army will never be allowed to interfere in and destroy industry and commerce, and still less will soldiers be allowed to buy and sell by force.

The law that was finally drafted was not called "Industrial and Commercial Tax", but "Industrial and Commercial Law", which was actually a law that protected Xining's industry and commerce.

Li Zicheng hoped that in the future, no matter where the Xining army would fight, it would protect local industry and commerce, so the "Industrial and Commercial Law" that was being drafted would be widely publicized throughout Xiningwei, especially among the soldiers.

With regard to the collection of industrial and commercial tax, Li Zicheng intends to avoid the agricultural tax in the summer, and preliminarily set the levy to be levied in the spring and autumn of each year; this year is the first year of taxation, and when the industrial and commercial tax is about to be levied, it will be based on this year's turnover, and when the tax is levied in the spring of next year, it will be counted from the date after this year's levy, and the tax shall not be levied repeatedly.

The promulgation of the "Law on Industry and Commerce" indicates that Xiningwei's economic policy has a basic framework and a stable income, and with the bumper grain harvest, Li Zicheng's original food and salary problem has basically been solved.

On 25 September, Li Zicheng convened a meeting of the four hundred household officials stationed in Xining, Liu Yunshui, Li Guo, Zhou Bin, and Ma Youshui.

Li Zicheng set two themes for this military meeting: First, the issue of army expansion; The second is the next operational goal of the Xining Army.

"My lord, from the perspective of my subordinates, since Xiningwei is not short of money and food now, it is better to expand the army as soon as possible, and now the entire Xining army is only more than 3,000 soldiers, which is less than the previous establishment of a Xiningwei." Liu Yunshui hopes that every 100 households will be expanded to 1,000 soldiers, at least the four major 100 households in Xining at present, and the army will be expanded first.

Although he didn't expect to be promoted to a thousand-household official, it was a matter of time before Xining expanded its army, and it was better to expand it later than to expand it early, after all, it takes a certain amount of time for soldiers to be trained.

"What do you guys think?" Li Zicheng's gaze swept over the faces of the rest of the people one by one.

Li Guo, Zhou Bin, and Ma Youshui are all the chief officers of their respective armies, so they naturally hope that the more soldiers there are, the better.

But Liang Wencheng raised an opposing opinion, "My lord, the officials of the hundred households, on the surface, the Xining army does not seem to be short of money and food, but the industrial and commercial tax has not yet been levied, and it is impossible to predict the exact number, whether it will be difficult to collect it, and it is not known now, secondly, although this year's grain has been harvested, but our grain reserves are not much after all, if the wind and rain are not smooth next year, we will have little room to return, again, we can't expect too much money and grain from the imperial court, in case it ...... And while the imperial court is sending money and food, it has urged us to ask for war horses many times, although we have delayed again and again, but there is always an end to everything, and the current situation in Xining will not ......last long after all."