After the first lunar month, when dealing with some unimportant government affairs detained since the New Year, even in Yingtian, Hangzhou, and Suzhou at the feet of the Son of Heaven, some new and obvious problems were exposed. Because since the reform a few years ago, at least within the limits of the Southeastern Central Governorate, it is a very liberal thing to do business, whether it is anywhere where a self-employed trader walks the streets or sells goods at the threshold of a school or other merchant, he only needs to pay a tax of ten cents to last a whole day and occupy the first position.

The operating income of many merchants and the operating income of the canteen in the school have also been greatly affected. Because in addition to the employment cost and even the higher tax cost of decent storefront merchants in this era, the commercial tax revenue of the entire Central Governorate has also begun to be greatly affected for a while.

"Do you want to control the flow of self-employed people and increase some costs?" At this time, Zhou Dayong, who was temporarily in charge of internal affairs, also seemed to understand why most of the previous dynasties, although the standards of leniency and strictness in commercial activities varied, none of them indulged to the extent they do now.

Obviously, the local dialects are different, the scale of the society is huge, and the potential for commercial activities is also very large, especially within the central governorate, and the whole society actually has a huge space for internal commercial interests. In contrast, for the government's taxation and even supervision, the management costs and even tax difficulties of a small number of large and medium-sized businesses are much easier to solve than those of individual businesses. If the self-employed are not controlled and restricted by various means, it is obvious that the taxation of industry and commerce, which is just beginning to be developed, will be affected.

If it was more than ten years ago, Xiao Xuan would not have hesitated too much on these issues, and now he has obviously considered more problems, but after thinking about it for a long time, Xiao Xuan still made up his mind and replied solemnly: "Zhou Dayong, do you think that a few years ago, I carried out a series of reforms, allowing self-employed people to set up stalls without restrictions except for the middle of the road or some places that obviously affect traffic, and strictly control all kinds of illegal violence and even additional burdens and extra controls?" ”

"Yes ... It is to allow more people to participate in the operation and charge more management fees... ”

"Wrong," Xiao Xuan said solemnly: "If you only look at the fiscal revenue in the short and medium term, it is definitely not a good choice to charge fees by expanding the individual economy. On the one hand, it forces the entire business environment to cross too many intermediate joints to reduce costs. Increasing the actual purchasing power of the masses for the same amount of wages, and even the actual size of the economy, but more importantly, providing a relatively level playing field for business. The large size of the individual economy is the soil where those who are really good at this field can stand out. Only when we create a broad and fair business soil can those who are truly capable finally stand out and grow, and at the same time: always face all kinds of competition, without losing their vitality in the monopoly. Perhaps, some catering and retail, pharmaceuticals, and daily necessities do not seem to be very important industries, but if the entire commercial class and even the capitalist class are too old and conservative from the root and lose their vitality, it will be very detrimental to the promotion of some truly new economic systems in the future and even the development of more quality. Compared with short-term financial revenue, I think it is more important what kind of new business group emerges... ”

Hearing Xiao Xuan say this, Zhou Dayong seemed to understand something after all.

It's just that Xiao Xuan seemed to remember something, and continued to ask: "I've seen the things on the street badly." It seems a little unusual.,It's too lacking in some of the market.,I don't know if it's the people on the inside and outside lines who are ghosts.,Or the people in the administration and even the law hall made articles.。 Is it possible that some publications about men and women have been banned more strictly than before? ”

At this time, Zhou Dayong no longer seems to be the simple-looking character he used to be, and when he talks about this kind of problem, he does not shy away from saying: "The ban on too explicit peach-colored publications is actually the policy of all dynasties, and my management in this regard has been stricter since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, because this kind of thing was popular for a while a few years ago, so it has also caused backlash from all sides." I've also heard a fairly reliable reader mention the reasons for these things... ”

Hearing Zhou Dayong's answer, Xiao Xuan was not completely satisfied, but said bluntly: "There is no doubt that what you said is just an official reason. There have been many tragedies of bullying men and women in the world, but what is the influence of some young people who are influenced by this kind of reading? I think the fundamental reason is that this kind of team will shake the sense of authority of all kinds of authoritarian figures from the parents themselves to the feudal hierarchical order, and it will also enlighten the people's wisdom to too much extent. Obviously, a child who is well versed in this kind of thing, or who is very familiar with this kind of thing, will obviously understand that whether it is a high-ranking monarch or official, or a parent or grandfather, it is also a person who has the same desires and needs as himself. And if the people of the lower classes can obtain this satisfaction by very cheap means, it will also make those old men who are high up and claim to be the world's elders feel a little unhappy? I don't think that's necessary today. Tell those people that if they don't change their policies and even their ideological attitudes in this regard. I'll ask the Central Monthly Bulletin to dedicate a page to these things. We will also popularize these things to children across the country in Mongolian reading materials such as the Three Character Classics and Thousand Character Texts. If it doesn't work, I'll conduct a prize quiz within the scope of the school, and which child can introduce the root cause of his coming to this world in the most accurate and detailed way, then I will give a reward... ”

Xiao Xuan finally said: "The biggest enemy that restricts people's thinking and innovation is all kinds of false seriousness and dogmatic rules. In the past, the policy was that only the governors were allowed to set fires and the people were not allowed to light lamps. Now my rule is the opposite: those brothels that spread dirty diseases no matter how strictly managed should be suppressed with the harshest or even harsher standards of previous dynasties, and I also forbade the vast majority of people to have three wives and four concubines. But in these areas, we should give the green light, and in the real sense of emancipation from secular dogma, let's start with these aspects... ”

(End of chapter)