In fact, the collection of taxes in an era is very arbitrary, there is no norm at all, but the tax is linked to the performance of local officials, and then, everyone relies on their own ability, if the collection is less this year, then the miscellaneous taxes will be apportioned, but if the collection is more, it will still be apportioned, report a part, and keep a part of it privately.

It can be said that tax collection is not only unprofessional, but also completely nonsense, all according to the will of the magistrates, on the other hand, the magistrates of large families do not dare to touch, these big families are deeply rooted in the local area, and if one moves, dozens and hundreds of people will jump out to create public opinion or greet relatives and friends at the top, even if they can't kill you, at least they can stink you.

Since the taxes of the large households were not levied, the poor ones were naturally the small households in the end, so the land annexation began, and the small households had to be so exploited by the government that they had to sell the only land they had, and finally became homeless or tenants.

It can be said that the chaotic tax system of the Ming Dynasty is the key to many problems in the Ming Dynasty at present, and the large households sit on a lot of land, but do not have to pay taxes, the family is big, and they do not know how much land is annexed every year, and since then they have more and more land, and there are more and more poor people.

In fact, the merchant is not much better, although the court usually says that it does not levy business tax, but the court does not levy it, but the local government has to levy it, the so-called goose plucking, even if the merchant brings the goods through here, if it is targeted, most of them have to scrape out a layer of skin.

On the surface, it seems that the merchants are the beneficiaries of the Ming tax system, but the fact is that because of this chaotic tax system and the chaotic system of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, they are in danger of being in danger, and if they are not careful, they may go bankrupt.

After the new policy of Zhejiang, the difficulty of doing business has indeed decreased a lot, and now, the unified tax system of the imperial court, as Xu Qian said, the use of a whip of commercial taxation law, in fact, may not be beneficial to everyone.

In addition, although Xu Qian's tax system has not yet been implemented, but before that, the local government has already begun to implement it, such as the cotton tax and the mulberry tax, which have been popular in Zhejiang, but the imperial court has poured this silver to the right hand, as for the mining tax, wood tax, etc., although the impact is not small, but it has not yet completely bankrupted everyone.

Xu Qian's words came out, and many gentry breathed a sigh of relief, many of them were large farmers of cotton mulberry and had to pay heavy taxes in the past, but now, although the imperial court has raised some cotton mulberry taxes, but at least, it has not reached the point where it is intolerable, what was done before, what is still what to do now, plus, they can also raise some prices and pass on a part of the tax burden to the upstream workshops, which means that they have almost no loss.

Xu Qian said: "The tax system is roughly determined, but you must know that the tax system is a tax system, the provisions are articles, and the law is the law, if it is difficult to implement, or if someone violates the law, in the end, although the tax system is established, no one will implement it, and any reform of the law, if it cannot be implemented, there is nothing to be done." Therefore, the official will ask the Son of Heaven to agree to the establishment of the tax bureau under the household department, establish a complete tax collection system, completely separate the tax bureau from the local government, and all tax collectors must undergo special training, must know how to count, be able to write and write, and have a certain amount ......of knowledge."

Xu Qian spoke endlessly, he was a thick-skinned person anyway, and he didn't think it had anything to do with everyone's eyes, and for a whole morning, he told all his plans and inventories, not only the formulation of tax rates, but also the collection of commercial taxes.

Everyone listened very carefully, meticulously, for fear of missing something, and some even lifted the pen and paper on the table and wrote down the key points of Xu Qian's words. These, after all, are closely related to them.

A morning passed, Xu Qian's throat was already smoking, but he finally said what he had to say without omission, and finally, he looked left and right, and couldn't help but say, "Why didn't anyone applaud?" ”

Then, the applause rang out like a tide and lasted for a long time.

Xu Qian couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said, he was too deep to forget, there is no applause in this era, after today, will applause also become a trend?

Xu Qian stepped down, the morning meeting ended, everyone went to the tea hall of Ruyi Fang to have lunch, there were not many meals, but they were full, but most people did not put their minds on eating, but they were trying to figure out the content of Lord Xu's speech, if it is really implemented according to this tax system, what will be the impact on the future, whether the market will rise or fall, this is a question that everyone needs to think about.

However, most people believe that if this new tax system can be implemented meticulously, the impact of commercial tax on current trading will be minimized, at least it will not be like when the imperial court decree came out.

In the afternoon, the meeting continued, and Xu Qian sat on the seat with his hands crossed, without saying a word or speaking, but Zhao Ming came to the stage, please come to the stage to speak if you have any questions! The first one to come up was Wang Chuan, Wang Chuan was in the shipbuilding business, he couldn't help but ask, "If this tax system is good, but the problem is that in the past, everyone's taxes were handed over to the local government, and the local government repaired bridges and paved roads, and at the same time supported the patrol department, but now the tax revenue of the local government has been transferred to the imperial court, what to do if the bridge is repaired and paved, who will support the patrol hall, and who will pay for the subsidies of various schools." ”

At the beginning, he spoke incoherently, after all, it was the first time he came to the stage to ask, and he was very nervous, but then he gradually became bolder, and his voice was a little higher, and finally said: "Let's talk about the expansion of the river, now in Zhejiang, the water network is roughly there, but in the past two years, the local government intends to continue to expand the tributaries, and now the local government has no silver, who will pay for the silver." If the court does not continue to expand the tributaries and build roads, the greater the flow of goods in the future, how can the existing waterways be afforded? ”

After Wang Chuan finished speaking, all the businessmen fell into deep thought, Wang Chuan's words are very reasonable, everyone is worried that the imperial court has taken all this silver, who will pay for this money, is it not in the future, do you want us to bear it? Isn't this equivalent to the fact that the imperial court and the government have collected two more taxes.

At this time, Xu Qian took the lead in applauding.

As soon as he applauded, everyone was stunned at first, but Lord Xu's encouraging attitude made everyone react, so everyone applauded.

After the applause gradually subsided, Xu Qian got up and said: "This matter, in the future, it is the responsibility of the household department, and the money and grain of the household department will be converted, such as the patrol department, from now on, let the household department raise it, and the annual consumption will be allocated by the household department." ”

After Xu Qian finished speaking, applause rose again.

Since the household department is willing to bear it, then it is easy to speak, this is the best thing, in fact, it is equivalent to the transfer of the government's taxes to the household department, and the responsibility is also transferred to the household department, which has nothing to do with Zhejiang, but the conversion of rights and responsibilities between the government and the yamen.

Wang Chuan was very excited, feeling that he had a long face, but he still stepped down in a huff.

The second one on the stage was Wu Yong, the teacher of the Hangzhou Academy, Wu Yong was invited by the scholars, and he mainly taught miscellaneous studies, although he did not enter the stream, the governor Yamen also gave three or four places.

When he came to the stage, he was not nervous, perhaps it had something to do with his profession, so he opened his throat and said, "Your Excellency just said that you want to recruit tax collectors, so dare to ask, how many tax collectors do you want to recruit?" ”

Xu Qian got up and said, "There are so many prefectures and counties in the whole world, and there must be someone stationed in Shuangyu Port, so this official has roughly estimated in the household department, and the number of people is afraid to be around 20,000." ”

Wu Yong nodded and said, "The student has finished asking, Master Xie." "I'm going to step down.

Everyone was gossiping for a while, and this meeting entered ** Xu Qian's low-key attitude, which also emboldened many people, and some people said: "What does this mean, how can you step down after asking?" "Ask how much tax you need and what to do・・・・・・ "Waste of time." "So many of us rushed to the stage, you are good when you arrive, you rushed up, but you asked this innocuous question, is this deliberately making fun of Lord Xu?"

Wu Yong didn't dare to step down at this moment, and said: "Everyone, everyone, listen to me, the reason why the students ask like this is because our Hangzhou School has already opened an arithmetic department, if the household needs more taxes, this is a good thing for the school's arithmetic department, everyone has one more entry, adults now need more than 20,000 people, plus various workshops." The number of accounting rooms required by the shop, it is conceivable that it will not be long before the arithmetic subject under the school will definitely be in demand, since it is in demand, it is natural to expand the scale at this time, recruit more teachers, and be prepared, right? ”

In a word, the remarks immediately subsided, and everyone applauded, shit, where does this teaching look like a teacher, it's just a fucking businessman, a leaf knows autumn, and only from a few words of Lord Xu, I can see the business opportunity.

In the midst of applause, Wu Yong nodded to everyone, and then stepped off the stage.

Immediately afterwards, more and more people came to power, and many questions have been completely detached from the problem of commercial taxation, this question: "Lord Xu, now that weddings and funerals are getting bigger and bigger, some people even directly congest the lanes, and the roads in the city are already narrow and blocked, what should many people do who go to work?" That said: "Liujiafang is very dirty and messy, exuding a strange smell, I don't know if the government cares about this?" "When will the adults return to Beijing, say hello when they return to Beijing, and the little ones will see them off......"

Chapter 2 is delivered.