gasped, Wei Yunqi came back to his senses after a while, poured a large sip of hot tea, and scalded the goods for a long time before he asked me embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, you're not fooling me, are you?" ”

"How could this boy joke with you about such a thing." Seeing Wei Yunqi behaving like this, Ben Gongzi couldn't help but smile proudly. "It's true, of course."

"Obediently, if it goes down like this, won't the total tax revenue reach 20 million this year?" Wei Yunqi took a deep breath, and there was a shock in his eyes that could not be concealed.

"It's nature. In the past, most of the businessmen were controlled by the family of gate lords, and in the past, they were not allowed to collect taxes from these officials, but now, even I have to pay taxes according to the rules and regulations, who else in the world dares to jump out and talk crookedly? Ben Gongzi said proudly.

"That's why the tax is so high...... Wei Yunqi's face couldn't help but glow with emotion. The minister remembered that when the great cause was eight years old, the tax could reach more than 5.7 million yuan, which was the peak, but now after the establishment of the new policy under His Majesty, the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and there is no additional tax, but it is really ...... to be able to have such a high income."

"It's not just because of the blood and sweat of the country that they have been earned by those family lords and court nobles." I couldn't help but sigh too. "What's more, those wealthy businessmen in the past, when they got the money, they also had to bribe those powerful people, in case their wealth was lost for some reason."

"And now, I'm giving them the opportunity to make money fairly and pay taxes fairly. Even those Saga gates need to pay taxes, but so what? I raised my brow slightly.

"The four people in the world, Shinong and industrial, no agriculture is unstable, no work is not rich, no business is not living, and no man is not prosperous. It's all indispensable. ”

"When the people planted the land, they paid their taxes on the grain they had obtained, and then sold it to merchants in exchange for money to feed their families. If there are no merchants, then the grain in the hands of the people cannot be exchanged for money, silk, oil and salt. And if there are no workers, then where will the farm implements be found, where will the carriages be found, and who will build the houses? ……”

"Therefore, I treat the four people as equals, do not despise because of their business, do not respect them because of their scholars, and regard all the people in the world as sons and nephews, even if the four people cannot really be completely equal, but at least we must give the weak a hope, as a court, we must be fair, and the world can be peaceful for ten thousand years."

After listening to my words, Wei Yunqi took a deep breath: "Your Majesty's vision is far beyond the reach of the ministers. Yes, the gate valve is noble and belongs to the people of the country, so naturally they should also treat everyone equally and pay taxes according to the regulations. It's a pity that His Majesty wants to exempt the land taxes of Western Qin and Hexi, otherwise, this data must be even more. ”

"It doesn't hurt because the tax exemption can make more people who want to benefit gather in those two areas, so that the local economy and industry and commerce will naturally be activated, and when the time comes to collect taxes again, it will certainly be able to make the people willing, rather than complaining." I swing