Soon, those scribes also formulated corresponding tax policies, especially the formulation of this tariff list, according to the list of goods in different tax proportions. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 With the help of Shi Bufan, a man who is proficient in business and macroeconomics, he quickly worked out the corresponding tariff list, which was first distributed to the tax collectors at the gates of Chang'an, so that they could collect taxes accordingly. As a result, the respective city gates of Chang'an have been fried, and many people are talking about it, obviously starting to have mixed opinions about this classification of taxes.

"This time, the tax has been reduced, and if we deliver grain in the future, I will probably be able to reduce the tax revenue of the imperial court by ninety percent! At that time, the price of my food can also be reduced by 20%! "Yes! If we follow this method of taxation in the future, then our tax will be reduced to only one percent in the past, and if we reduce the risk, then the price of food can be reduced by at least two percent! "Well, so do we!" ……

Many businessmen of people's livelihood goods have also expressed their great happiness, and after the tax is reduced, they will inevitably be able to get more income. Even if the transaction risk is reduced, then the price space they can reduce is far more than just the tax space, and can even reduce the price more, because the risk reduction means that they do not have to worry about losing more money, and are more willing to adopt the strategy of small profits and quick turnover. The so-called small profits and quick turnover, that is, only those things that the people need more can be small profits and quick turnover, and luxury goods cannot be small profits and quick turnover. Otherwise, once the tax is too much, then they have to further increase the price, because the risk is greater, naturally in order to avoid the risk has to increase the price to obtain greater benefits.

Therefore, the benefits of reducing taxes in this way are far more than just tax benefits.

However, there are also people who are obviously scolding.

"Why do you collect taxes? We are sending things to the royal family, and we are asking for these things from the palace. In the past, there were no taxes, but this time you dare to collect taxes? What's more, the tax is so high that there is no less than seven points at a pass, and if we have to pass through more than a dozen passes from afar in the future, wouldn't it be that the price alone will rise by seven percent? How can you dare to collect taxes? We are sending things to the royal family, and it is unreasonable that you dare to collect taxes! "Someone was scolding for transporting gold.

But the tax collectors couldn't help it, saying, "This is what the higher authorities demanded, what can we do?" ”

"Above, who is it, let him come to me. really ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, and even dared to collect taxes on the emperor's things? ”

Shi Bufan came over and said, "I'm the doorman Shi Bufan, are you looking for me?" I ordered this new tax system, do you have any opinions? ”

When everyone saw that Shi Bufan was coming, those ordinary businessmen of people's biological resources stole their grateful eyes, and even many people who had a certain basic knowledge of business were also grateful, because the tariffs on people's biological resources were reduced, which was to reduce the burden on the people! Just the price of people's biological resources has been reduced by 10%, which will definitely reduce the burden on the people. The income and expenditure of ordinary people are planned according to percentage points, and the benefits brought by saving one percentage point are immeasurable. Therefore, Shi Bufan is to reduce the burden of the people, so that they are very grateful.

"Doorman Wailang, a six-grade sesame official, you actually dare to do this? You know that this is royal, and it is the gold that we are going to send to the emperor from afar. Do you know what it's used for? ”

Shi Bufan shook his head and said, "I don't know, and I'm not interested in knowing, I just want to know, you should pay taxes!" ”

"You-, okay, the doorman is extraordinary, let me tell you, this gold is used by the emperor to repair the Daming Palace for the emperor. This Daming Palace was built by the emperor to be filial to the emperor, and you dare to collect taxes? You are trying to put the emperor in unfilial piety, and you are letting the emperor be unfilial again, which is really unreasonable. You are so bold, you actually let the emperor be unfilial, you are doomed! ”

Shi Bufan replied coldly: "You buckle my hat?" The emperor wants to be filial, so don't ordinary people also want to be filial? The emperor built a palace and used gold for filial piety. But ordinary people may just take a porridge and a meal to be filial, which is actually filial piety. Filial piety is not based on how many things you take, but on your heart. Although the emperor built a palace to be filial, ordinary people may just be filial piety with such a porridge and a meal. Although the price of these things is different, their filial piety is the same. ”

"Good!" "Well said!" "It is filial piety for the emperor to take gold to be filial, so if we take ordinary things to be filial, isn't that filial piety?" "Yes! The Emperor Taishang didn't take the initiative to ask for filial piety with gold! "Yes! So what is filial piety is not filial piety, why is your gold filial piety, and ours is not? "That's right, that's how it should be!" ……

Many people also complained that this emperor took gold to be filial, which was filial piety. But ordinary people take relatively cheap materials, so it's not filial piety? People's filial piety also does not have to pay taxes because of filial piety as a reason, so why does the emperor's filial piety not have to pay taxes? Since they are all filial piety, then I have to pay taxes, why don't you have to pay taxes? In order to be filial to the goods purchased, it is also necessary to pay taxes.

"The emperor can also use ordinary porridge and rice to be filial, so can't it also reduce taxes? Why do we have to use gold for filial piety? Someone else went on to complain.

"How can the emperor's filial piety be compared to you? This is for the Emperor! The guy who bought the palace was obviously still angry.

Shi Bufan didn't pay so much attention to him, and said directly: "I'm just asking you, do you pay taxes?" You've been delayed here for no less than two moments, and if you hate to delay again, I'm afraid that time will be consumed more and more. Our Chang'an is the core of the world, people come and go every day, how troublesome do you have to delay so much? So if you're going to come in, pay your taxes as soon as you can and leave. And if you don't come in, leave as soon as possible, don't block the road for me! ”

The guy was playing tricks, apparently just waiting here, not paying his taxes or leaving.

"Will you get out of the way?" Shi Bufan asked.

"I just don't let it, you dare to let the emperor pay taxes, you are ignoring the emperor and not being filial, then I naturally can't let it! Also, if this batch of gold can't be sent in time, and the Taiji Palace can't be built, then you can't afford to put the emperor in unfilial piety! ”

Shi Bufan laughed and said, "Okay, since you said so, then I'm not welcome." Unloaded his goods for me, and then made statistics, and I went to deliver the tax bill to the emperor! ”

"Shi Yuan Wailang, this is for the emperor!" The scribes asked nervously.

"You're welcome, unload it for me! The sky is falling and I am on top of it, what are you afraid of? When the time comes, the court will ask for guilt, and that will also be looking for me, what are you anxious about? Shi Bufan said.

When they heard this, the tax collectors understood what to do. Anyway, when the time comes, he will be an executor, and it has nothing to do with them, and the real decision is Shi Bufan. This is like a judge who has made a mistake in judging a case, and the prison guards and armed police who are responsible for the execution will not be held responsible, but the judge should be held accountable. They're just in charge of execution, so isn't it up to them to see who comes when the time comes? So even if it's unlucky, it's time to be extraordinary, not them.

"You dare!" "Okay, Shi Bufan, you are looking for death!" "It's dead, this time the emperor must cut off your head!" ……

The man who delivered the goods to the royal family left quickly, but Shi Bufan didn't care, he wasn't afraid of this kind of thing at all. And Shi Bufan hurried to the tax bill and walked to the palace.

"Your Majesty, I'm one of the dozen or so who will send you a tax bill!" Shi Bufan said.

"What? Send me a tax bill? Li Shimin was really confused.

But Shi Bufan said: "Your Majesty, this tax bill was sent by someone in Chang'an today, claiming to be sent to you." I heard him say that it was to be used to build the Daming Palace for the Emperor Taishang. ”

"Yes! I heard a few days ago that I was going to get a batch of gold, and I did agree to it. Li Shimin said.

Shi Bufan replied: "Then there is nothing wrong, please pay the tax!" ”

"What? Let me pay the taxes? Li Shimin was even more shocked.

Shi Bufan explained, saying that he had recently formulated a new tariff system, where luxury goods would be heavily taxed, while ordinary civilian goods would be taxed a lot. And gold is an out-and-out luxury, so naturally it will have to pay more taxes. Therefore, gold is taxed at a rate of 71 percent, and it must be taxed.

Li Shimin finally couldn't help it and said, "I also have to pay taxes? What's more, this is something I gave to my father's Daming Palace, and you also have to collect taxes? ”

"Yes, I have also said that your filial piety is filial piety, but the filial piety of ordinary people is not filial piety? Ordinary people have to pay taxes when they buy things for their parents, so if you buy things for your parents to pay filial piety, then you don't have to pay taxes? Shi Bufan asked.

But Li Shimin said righteously: "How can I compare with ordinary people? ”

Li Shimin still thinks of an ancient emperor in this regard, and takes it for granted that he is nobler than ordinary people.

"Okay, Your Majesty, then I'll take a step back. Then the emperor, let me tell you why I formulated this tax strategy, my tax strategy is actually to balance the prices of the people and the prices of various places, so that the people will not suffer too much......"

Shi Bufan explained to Li Shimin a lot about the strategies of those taxes, especially the balance of people's biological resources in various places. If all materials are taxed in the same amount, it will inevitably lead to an imbalance in the industry. Those luxury goods are highly profitable, low in taxes, and low in transportation costs, so there are bound to be many people who are keen to do this kind of business. On the contrary, the unit price of those daily civilian necessities is relatively low, the profit margin is also low, and even the transportation cost is higher, so the relative profit is lower. When the time comes, if no one wants to work in such industries with low profits and high taxes, these industries are bound to collapse.

If the industries that transport grain to trade collapse, it will cut off the flow of commerce everywhere. Once commercial circulation is blocked, it will inevitably cause a serious imbalance in prices. There is a serious imbalance in prices, which will inevitably cause a large amount of grain to be unsold, waiting for mold, and the people will suffer heavy losses. On the other hand, food is extremely expensive, and the people also cannot afford it, and they also suffer heavy losses. Therefore, strengthening the flow of people's biological resources will help reduce the burden on the people. Prices will gradually balance themselves, because the invisible hand of the market will make profit-driven merchants do this kind of balancing of prices. Once the price of grain is high on either side, they will buy low and sell high as soon as possible, and pull up the price of grain with more grain and lower price, and they will also reduce the price of grain with high price through the influx of grain in large quantities, so as to maintain the interests of both sides, so that the grain will not hurt the peasants and the grain will not hurt the people.

"Your Majesty, this luxury does not help the livelihood of any people, but it is relatively profitable. Those who help the people's livelihood have to pay the same taxes, but the profits are much lower. Such a simple one-size-fits-all approach would encourage people to engage in the luxury industry, which would destroy the transportation of essential goods. ”

"What's more, if everyone is not willing to do those ordinary industries, they are all yearning for high-profit luxury. In the end, it will inevitably fuel the extravagance of my Tang Dynasty and corrupt my Tang bureaucrats and aristocrats. ”

Li Shimin said with a little weakness: "Then I take the lead in frugality, can't I?" ”

"Your Majesty, Rong Chen's words are not good. Once upon a time there was an emperor who professed to be the first to be frugal and to wear clothes with patches. But in the end, the cost of making a patch is higher than making a suit! Do you understand what that means? Shi Bufan said.

Li Shimin's face darkened, which means that it is useless to say that the emperor takes the lead in frugality. The emperor at the top demanded frugality, but the corruption below was serious. The cost of a patch is more expensive than clothes, and the courtiers may not listen to the emperor at all. Therefore, this kind of leading thrift is actually useless once it is used.

"So it's useless for you to take the lead, Your Majesty, only by imposing heavy taxes on those luxury goods, that is a good way to really curb extravagance. This not only allows the rich to pay more taxes indirectly, but also reduces the burden on the people! Moreover, the imperial court can also get more taxes from this luxury product, avoiding excessive exploitation of the people. ”

However, Li Shimin said: "I'm afraid, this is difficult to pass!" There are so many officials and scholars in the imperial court, will they agree? ”

Li Shimin obviously agreed, but he was obviously a. Zi erected the archway, obviously wanting to implement, but also hoping to avoid the rebound of the scholars. Li Shimin, the emperor, still understands the suffering of the people, of course he wants to collect more taxes from the scholars, and he does not want to loot the people. But he fell in love and killed each other in the relationship with the scholars, and he couldn't do without the support of the scholars, so this was the trouble. What made Li Shimin feel troublesome, he naturally didn't dare to come forward in person. (To be continued.) )