Boss Niu saw that his shopkeeper was actually a big mouse in his own industry, and immediately thanked Jingwen for his kindness. Over the years, I don't know how much wealth this shopkeeper has swallowed. And now, I finally caught this mouse, which can be regarded as recovering my losses. Moreover, those accounts are all complicit, and they are no longer useful. These treasurers and account offices were sent to the government, which disposed of them in accordance with the law.

"Niu Dong, in fact, we still have a service to help you get, do you want to get it?" Jingwen asked.

Boss Niu asked, "What service?" ”

"We also have a service, which is to help you avoid taxes." Jingwen said.

After hearing this, Boss Niu immediately exclaimed: "Tax avoidance? I'm a legal business, not a tax evader! According to the rules of Datang, tax evasion is subject to heavy penalties! ”

"We're not asking you to evade taxes, we're legally avoiding taxes. Take advantage of legal means to make you pay less taxes. If you think about it, isn't paying less tax a net profit? Jingwen said.

"Oh? Is there such a good thing? Boss Niu asked in surprise.

Since ancient times, merchants have wanted to pay less taxes so that they can increase their profits. But no matter which dynasty it is, tax evasion is illegal, and ordinary people don't want to break the law. So what to do? I'm afraid it's trying my best to avoid taxes legally. And this kind of person is taking advantage of the loopholes of the law. The commercial tax in the Tang Dynasty was actually very low, only one-thirtieth, which can be said to be very low. But as a businessman, he can still dodge taxes, so Boss Niu is still interested.

The reasonable tax avoidance mentioned by Jingwen is actually the tax avoidance method studied by many tax accountants in later generations. By studying the tax laws and then exploiting the loopholes in the law as much as possible, you can make yourself pay less tax. For example, in the future, the boss of some senior managers of large enterprises can give rewards in the form of benefits in kind, instead of directly paying wages in cash, so that the tax aspect is much less. Therefore, reasonable tax avoidance is an act that many enterprises have had in later generations, even some individuals with high incomes. Jingwen just wanted to use the methods of later generations to enable himself to promote this service.

"Liu Qing, you used to be an account office, you should be familiar with the tax system of my Datang commercial tax, you can talk about it." Jingwen said.

Liu Qing took the initiative to say: "The tax rate of my Datang is thirty taxes one, that is, one-thirtieth of the price of the goods. Every time I trade, I have to take one-thirtieth of the copper money as a tax, so that it is my Datang's business tax. It's a very simple rule, it's not complicated, and that's true of any business. ”

"And what if you don't trade with copper coins?" Jingwen asked.

Liu Qing was also a little surprised and asked: "If you don't use copper coins, what do you use?" ”

Jing Wen smiled, and he immediately discovered that there was an important problem with this commercial economic system of the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty was not like the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, where there was a lot of silver. During the Tang Dynasty, there was not much commercial exchange with foreign countries, and there was no large inflow of silver. Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, there was not a lot of silver, and it could not be used as a currency in circulation. Many people say that the ancient system was the silver standard, but in fact, China only had the silver standard in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the copper standard during the Tang Dynasty. The copper standard, that is, copper coins as currency, did not use silver. Silver is really just a commodity, not a currency.

"Liu Qing, I want to ask you, if we don't use copper coins as a transaction, how does the government collect taxes?" Jingwen asked.

Liu Qing thought for a while, and finally said helplessly: "Owner, I don't know either." Ever since we had civilization, haven't we all traded for copper coins? If you don't use copper coins to trade, then the government may be difficult to calculate taxes! ”

Jingwen immediately said to Boss Niu: "Niu Dong, as long as you are willing to spend money, we can help you design a process so that you can avoid paying too much tax." ”

"Good, good! As long as you can help me find a way to legally pay less taxes, then I can give you money. Even, I'll give as much as I want! Boss Niu said arrogantly.

Jingwen immediately discussed it with Liu Qing and immediately discussed a good solution.

In fact, the so-called legal tax avoidance is to take advantage of the loopholes in the tax system. Since the Tang Dynasty only used copper coins to pay taxes, it was the copper standard system of the economic system. Then Jingwen and they simply jumped out of this copper standard system and used other things to trade. When the time comes, part of the trade will be traded in spot barter, and the other part will be traded in copper coins. In this way, those tax collectors in the government also had a headache when they saw this situation. Because the tax is only collected by hand copper coins, and silk cloth is only two currencies. If you use something else, the court will not recognize it. This is to exploit the loopholes of the tax law, which can have the effect of reasonable tax avoidance.

Soon, Boss Niu got a reasonable tax avoidance plan, and sent Jingwen and Liu Qing away with satisfaction.

When he got outside, Liu Qing asked with some worry: "Dongjia, you said that if we are like this, will the emperor and the government be to blame?" ”

"Yes!" Jingwen immediately said affirmatively.

"Then why did you do that?" Liu Qing asked.

"Make money!" Jingwen replied.

"Owner, although we want to make money, we don't do such risky things! This is the emperor and the government! Liu Qing said.

But Jingwen said unhurriedly: "Liu Qing, you don't know the current emperor. Today's emperor is a person who wants to be a Ming monarch, strictly speaking, he is a gentleman, or a hypocrite. Whether he is a gentleman or a hypocrite, he must make the appearance of a gentleman, and he must not act like a villain. ”

"Have you ever heard of a saying that a gentleman can be bullied? Although the emperor is a hypocrite, if he wants everyone to think that he is a gentleman, he has to pretend for the rest of his life. He was in Xuanwumen before, and it was already a time to expose his true temperament. Therefore, it is very difficult for him to recover. He has to do things well in the rest of his life to be able to save face. Then this gives me a chance, since he is a gentleman, he can't be punished without teaching. He had to ask me about it, and if I wasn't sure I really should, he wouldn't put me in jail. Jingwen said.

"However, when the emperor asked you, how did you answer? This is a loophole in the law, if the emperor wants to punish him severely, I'm afraid ordinary people will really not intercede for you! Liu Qing still said.

"Don't worry, it's still the same sentence, a gentleman can be bullied. Since the emperor wants to be a so-called gentleman, he will be bullied by me, a villain. Jingwen said.

Liu Qing was speechless, Jing Wen actually dared to say something to bully the emperor so boldly, what a person can say this!