When this person heard the official's words, he was first startled, and then hurriedly said: "When I first came, I really didn't know that the prefect's yamen still had to collect taxes, and I really didn't know that I had to pay taxes twice." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

When the official heard this man's words, he stepped forward and kicked him to the ground, and asked jokingly, "Do you know this time?" ”

The man hurriedly got up again, nodded like pounding garlic, and said straightly: "I know, I know, I don't know how much tax the prefect's yamen will collect?" ”

Seeing such an attitude, the official raised his head and looked left and right, as if the next words were also for others: "As much tax as the Yamen of the Jingluo Mansion collects, I will collect as much as the Yamen of the Prefect's Mansion." ”

In the Song Dynasty, there were two commercial taxes, one was the circulation tax, that is, many places had to collect taxes in transit, about 50 taxes of 1 and 2 percent. The other is the transaction tax, which is 30 tax 1 when it enters the town market for sale, about 3 percent.

Combined, it seems to be only five percent, and the tax rate is extremely low. In fact, the circulation tax is a tax that has to be paid repeatedly, and as long as the transit state is intercepted to collect taxes, it is necessary to pay 50 taxes and 1. In this way, it is normal to pay tens of percent of taxes. This is also one of the reasons why the Great Song Dynasty was wealthy.

Twenty taxes and one is naturally the commercial tax collected by the Jingluo Mansion in accordance with the regulations of the imperial court, but it has to be collected twice, and it naturally becomes ten taxes and one.

Zheng Zhi listened to the words of the official, and naturally knew that this was the problem caused by the overlap of powers. This is also the reason why the general state capital does not set up the economic and military government, and the economic and military colleges and universities will only be established in the border areas where the war is raging. In the land of war, naturally many things will be extreme, and the Jingluo Mansion will also have great power.

Zheng Zhitou didn't think much about these things before, he just thought that when he came to Cangzhou, naturally everything was the same in Weizhou, but he didn't know that this Cangzhou had no economic strategy for hundreds of years, and now he just came to a strategic system, and many things will naturally go wrong.

The beaten little businessman, at this time surrounded by several officials, and was beaten again, there was no other way, reached into his arms and touched it for a while, took out a small money bag, poured out the broken silver inside, counted it a little, and with a bitter face, he begged: "Can you let me enter the city and sell the goods and then pay the tax?" There is not enough money in hand. ”

When the official heard this, he raised his eyebrows, his face was already angry, and he said, "Not enough money? If you can't pay taxes, how can you get out of this dock. ”

Zheng Zhi became more and more angry when he heard it, that is, the commercial tax that entered the city, where is the reason to pay it twice. This wharf was built by Jinglufu with one hand and one foot, and the goods coming and going from the wharf are mainly from Jinglufu. This prefect's yamen suddenly stretched out his hand to stop it, where did Zheng Zhi not get angry. In the final analysis, this matter is that the prefect yamen is making money from the pocket of the Jinglue Mansion, and it is also making money from Zheng Zhi's pocket.

"Can you use some of the goods as collateral, and then come back to pay taxes when I enter the city and sell the goods?" Those who can come out to do business naturally have active brains, and although they have been beaten, they also know how to solve things.

When the official heard this, his mind was also active, he looked left and right at a few of his subordinates, and suddenly smiled: "This method is very good, so I will take the goods to pay, so I will lend you the money first to pay the tax in the yamen, and the interest on the borrowed money will also be discussed." ”

This small businessman heard this, crying and mourning, but he didn't expect that this official means of collecting taxes is so powerful, where will this interest matter be discussed, and it is not up to him to decide, so he naturally has a lot of slander in his heart, all the way north, until Decangzhou has seen this kind of thing that has to pay taxes twice in one place.

The little businessman who stood up looked at the smiling face of the official, and naturally he didn't need to say much about the grievances in his heart, but he was also silently calculating his own costs and profits.

Where can Zheng Zhi still be able to see it, the prefect's yamen collects taxes, and he is already taking money in his own pocket, and this poor person has also put usury in disguise.

Even Master Li couldn't see it, and asked softly: "Official, how can Cangzhou still have to pay business taxes twice, and there is only one place to collect taxes at the gate of Bianjing City." ”

Zheng Zhi looked at Master Li, and always thought that most of Master Li were qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, but he didn't expect Master Li to understand these things, so he also smiled at Master Li. Turning back to Niu Dao: "Niu Da, you go and bring the merchant over, and say that I bought all his goods at this dock." ”

Since he encountered such a thing, Zheng Zhi naturally came to help. As for the matter of the prefect's yamen collecting taxes, it is not here that it is resolved. Originally, I thought that the Wu prefect knew about the advance and retreat, but now it seems that he still owes some beatings.

Niu Da didn't say much, turned his head and walked to the opposite side, approached a few people, and asked directly in a loud voice: "What goods are you transporting?" ”

When the merchant heard the question, he looked left and right, and naturally knew that he was asking himself, so he replied: "I took a big ship, transported some fire, nitrate and sulfur, and brought some brocade cloth from the south of the Yangtze River." ”

The messenger saw that Niu Daji was very angry, and he stepped forward to ask about the goods, but he was a little displeased, and said to Niu Dao: "If you want to buy goods, wait for this guy to pay the business tax." ”

Niu Da glanced at the poor man, and did not answer, but said directly to the merchant: "My official wants to buy your goods, and come with me." ”

When the merchant heard that someone wanted to buy his goods, he was overjoyed, and without thinking much about it, he walked forward.

But as soon as he took a step, he was stopped by the messenger, and he only heard the messenger say: "You are such a big dog, you don't pay taxes, you want to sell goods." ”

The merchant hurriedly begged: "The little one will not leave here, and after selling the goods, he will pay the tax immediately." ”

One of the ways that this poor man just thought of to make money was to make money by lending usury, but he couldn't do it in a blink of an eye, where could he let this businessman go. You jerked up his sleeves and said: "How can this be reasonable, the laws and regulations of the court are up to you to do whatever you want, if you don't pay this tax, you will take your goods to the yamen, in broad daylight, you still want to smuggle goods, but you don't know how powerful the yamen is." ”

This little businessman listened to the words, saw the situation, and dared to take a step with the cows, but just stood on the spot, looked left and right, and was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

Niu Tiantian understood the meaning, stretched out his hand to pull the poor man, stared at his eyes and asked, "How much should you have?" I gave it to him. ”

When the merchant heard this, it was as if he had seen light in the night, and he hurriedly thanked him.

But the businessman's words of thanks have not yet come out, but the poor man who was pulled by Niu Da Chop was angry first, and when he saw Niu Da's eyes, he scolded when he opened his mouth: "Where did you come from, you have to take care of Lao Tzu's affairs, I'm afraid you are tired of life." ”

As soon as the words came out, the sleeves of this poor man were also rolled to the top, nodding left and right to say hello, and five or six people on the left and right also took a few steps towards Niu Da, which was a threatening situation.

When Niu Da heard this scolding, he became angry and shouted: "If you scold your family like this, Lao Tzu will discipline you." ”

As soon as the words fell, his fists rose, where was the slightest hesitation, this Niu Da is not yet in the army, and he never coaxed to fight, not to mention that now when he is killing people.

With a punch, the leading official felt that his face was numb and spicy, and his body fell backwards to the ground. There was no time to scream.