The news that Lu Chengqilong was in poor health spread far and wide, even at the critical juncture of raising commercial taxes, it still occupied the space of many newspapers. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

These "entertainment" tabloids are all speculating that Lu Chengqi was trying his best to persuade the ministers not to increase business taxes. When the spearhead is pointed at the "traitors" in the DPRK and China, the voice of resistance to tax increases is much quieter. The people do not fight with the officials, this is a lesson that has been passed down since ancient times, no one really dares to clash with the government head-on, at most it is to complain a few words at home or in the restaurant and tea shop, and it will pass.

Don't look at the 20 tax 1 is a lot, in fact, it is a 5% tax rate, even if it is 5 taxes and 1, it is only 20%. You must know that the comprehensive tax rate of the later heavens and dynasties is the top in the world, almost 35%, comparable to some developed countries in Europe and the United States. But I don't see where the tax is used, but I have fattened a lot of official apes.

In developed countries in Europe and the United States, high taxes are also high welfare, while the heavens and dynasties are high taxes and low welfare, which is really very strange.

But the Chinese can endure it, as long as they have a full bite to eat, there will be no turmoil. After all these years, do you still care how much tax you collect?

Let's go back to Dashun's commercial tax, only pay it once, and there will be no value-added tax and business tax.

If it weren't for the fact that the treasury was overwhelmed and there was a deficit year after year, Lu Chengqi would not have used this trick, it was really out of line!

Tax coupons (treasury bonds) are no longer issued, and the interest rate is almost the same as the interest rate on deposits in the Royal Bank, and there is no great significance in issuing them. The agricultural tax is a low tax of ten taxes and one (in fact, five taxes and one tax, and two revenues in summer and autumn), and if the tax is not increased, I am afraid that the imperial court will not be able to operate first.

"Dashun Minbao" patiently explained why the commercial tax was increased, but the people still complained the same, without him, the credibility of "Dashunmin Daily" in the past two years has been declining, and it is not easy to regain its reputation.

The storm of tax increases, in a flash, did not leave any special traces.

The businessmen with a lot of money in their pockets don't care if it's 30 taxes or 20 taxes, isn't it just to pay more money!

Compared with paying more money, businessmen are more afraid of changing the policy, and return to the Yuanshou period overnight to suppress businessmen. They would rather pay more taxes than have no business at all. Think of it as spending money to buy peace, doing business in a country always has to pay some money. You've earned the big head, and if you don't give the little head, it's unreasonable!

The anticipated unrest did not materialize, and the arrests everywhere were relieved.

Today, the arrest has been integrated into the military system, separated from the local state capital, and everything is treated like non-commissioned officers and officers. This also increased the enthusiasm of the work of catching fast, although it is not a ten-grade official, but it is not bad to be a soldier, and even died on business, and the court also has subsidies. Unlike the Ten Rank Officials, even if you are hung up in office, I am afraid that you will not get any pension, let alone military merits.

Arresting Kuai and Shipinguan have their own advantages, and what is even more commendable is that separating Chukuai from the local state capital and belonging to different systems also reduces the probability of unjust, false and wrongful convictions.

The current arrest (equivalent to the police and inspection) is equivalent to the previous box army, which has the responsibility of guarding the place. There is even a kind of fast catch, called Jinyi Catcher, holding a bow and crossbow, specializing in fighting local bandits and water bandits (equivalent to military and police). The gold-clothed capture is actually an enhanced version of the Xiang Army, which is different from the ordinary catch, but militarized training, and in wartime, you have to be a soldier and act as an army.

In this tax reform, in order to prevent accidents, the imperial court ordered all localities to be on guard against the fast arrest and the fast arrest of gold clothes. Everyone tensed their nerves, afraid that something would go wrong. But what they didn't expect was that everything was calm, as if nothing had happened.

Two days later, Lu Chengqi's health was no longer in serious trouble, but he still did not go to the Vertical Arch Palace, but studied the newspapers in the Kunning Palace, and the supervision departments in various places reported it.

"Mingjiao is actually indifferent? It's weird......"

Lu Chengqi originally thought that the Ming Church was waiting for an opportunity to move, and took advantage of the people's grievances to have a wave of riots. Unexpectedly, they died down and did not make any movement.

"They are afraid of the imperial court!"

Zhou Zhiruo slowly cut a peach and gently stuffed a piece into Lu Chengqi's mouth.

Eating delicious and juicy peaches, Lu Chengqi was still a little puzzled: "Why didn't they take the opportunity to cause trouble?" When the Yellow River broke before, they couldn't help but move, but this time they were so honest......"

It is no wonder that Lu Chengqi couldn't figure it out, after the Yellow River broke, the imperial court acted quickly, not only did the local people have a standing position, but also the grain and clothing from all over the country were quickly transported, and there was no chaos at all. Mingjiao did not believe in evil and secretly instigated the people to make trouble, but it was never successful, and it was repeatedly suppressed, and even the people understood that they were just bewitched, and they would never believe these rumors again in the future.

Mingjiao has almost lost the soil for survival, so it can only lurk and wait for the opportunity.

But now is the perfect time!

The energy of the businessman is much more powerful than that of ordinary farmers. If they are ruthless, scatter their wealth to buy knives and guns, and recruit soldiers, they will definitely be able to cause trouble.

This is also the reason why all dynasties were so jealous of businessmen. Once it is a disaster, it will be even more harmful.

However, due to choking and waste food, it has also created the roots of the Central Plains' emphasis on agriculture and light commerce for thousands of years, which has been slowly surpassed by Western countries and has lost its former glory. According to Lu Chengqi's understanding of history, the Song Dynasty was the most likely period to complete the transformation from an agricultural country to a commercial country, but it was destroyed at the hands of the Jin and Mongols, which is a pity.

Now Lu Chengqi is once again standing at the fork in the road of history, and he did not hesitate to choose a path that is not the same as the official history.

Sometimes, the change of history is just a small event. Not to mention that Lu Chengqi, a figure with great energy, can influence the course of history. Of course, there are also anti-thieves, that is, the peasant uprisings written in the textbooks of the later generations of heaven and dynasty.

Zhou Zhiruo knew what Lu Chengqi was worried about, and said softly: "Wouldn't it be better if they couldn't make trouble, maybe they already knew that it was powerful......"

Lu Chengqi said worriedly: "Zitong doesn't know, if there is still a small number of people in this Ming Sect, it can turn the world upside down." This time I wanted to lure the snakes out of the hole, lure them into trouble, so that they could gather and annihilate them, but they were not fooled, what a cunning! ”

What he didn't know was that Mingjiao was not fooled, but that he didn't realize the significance of increasing commercial taxes at all. It is no wonder that China has been a big agricultural country for thousands of years, and if you say that you will increase agricultural taxes, maybe Mingjiao is still interested in making trouble. Increasing commercial taxes is not a big deal in the eyes of these fanatical followers of Mingjiao, and it will not be a good opportunity. Based on this thinking, they naturally want to continue to lurk in order to preserve their strength and wait for the opportunity. (To be continued.) )