"Your Majesty..."

A group of adults arrived at the imperial study and knelt down to salute.

Everyone felt the oppressive atmosphere.

They who can see the Son of Heaven every day understand that the Son of Heaven seems to be very angry at this moment.

Guo Tianyi said bluntly, "Ladies and gentlemen, the governor of Hedong Province, united with profiteers to occupy land, oppressed the people, and embezzled 200 million money, resulting in a great reduction in treasury revenue and a great reduction in national grain reserves, what do you think should be done?" ”

"What? How dare you do it? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister suggests that the relevant persons involved in the case should confiscate their family property and behead them for public display!"

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that it is not only necessary to thoroughly investigate and deal with it, but also to investigate the festival envoys and officials at all levels in these places..."

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal."

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal."

"Your Majesty...."

All the senior officials were unanimous and reached a consensus.

To execute the governors of the first place, the envoys of the festival and other feudal officials, evidence is needed.

Now the evidence for Hedong Road is conclusive.

The common people complained, but there was nowhere to redress their grievances.

You have to ask why you don't go to Beijing to sue the royal court?

That's only in movie novels.

The real situation in ancient times was that some people never left the county seat where they lived in their lives.

Due to the high mountains and long roads, there are many bandits on the roads, and ordinary people basically do not go far.

Those who can go far are either powerful officials or wealthy businessmen.

Not to mention ancient times, even in later generations, it was extremely difficult for people to petition.

Money and power will never be separated.

Now the collusion between officials and businessmen has just done what Guo Tianyi hates the most.

"Then do what you Aiqing wanted." Guo Tianyi said murderously, "The governor of Hedong Province and Tang Bo and other relevant people involved in the case are extremely evil, and they are three clans!" ”

The three tribes of Yi can be said to be an extremely terrifying punishment.

What's more serious is the Yi Nine Clan.

Immediately afterwards, Guo Tianyi spoke up again, "Ladies and gentlemen, since I ascended the throne, I have fought in the south and the north, and I have also included the Goguryeo Peninsula in my bag, opening up the trade routes of the Nanyi countries, in order to enrich the country and the people, but now that such a thing has happened, my heart hurts!" ”

"What does Your Majesty mean..."Prime Minister Yu Wenyuan shook out and said, "To issue a new policy?" ”

The rest of the ministers also heard the sound and looked sideways.

"I develop business."

"But it has bred such evil things as collusion between officials and businessmen."

"They oppressed the people, usurped the land in the hands of the people, and everything I did returned to the original point."

"That's why I decided to levy personal income tax."

As soon as Guo Tianyi's words fell, the expressions of the ministers were extremely exciting.

Personal income tax.

This thing sounds easy to understand.

It means that no matter what you do, you have to pay taxes if you earn money by your own ability?

"Your Majesty." Yuwen Yuanzhen was puzzled, "Is this person's income tax for businessmen or for all the people?" ”

"Naturally, it's for the whole people." Guo Tianyi said lightly, "For specific details, your cabinet and the Hanling Academy have decided to let businessmen pay 10% of their income for personal income tax, and those of the poor peasant class with an annual income of less than five taels of silver do not need to pay it, and those with an annual income of more than five taels of silver need to pay 5% of the personal income tax..."

Guo Tianyi knows that taxation is the foundation of the country.

In later generations, the Celestial Empire dealt a particularly serious blow to tax evasion.

There are also some industries that come in quickly and pay a higher tax rate.

For example, green buildings, restaurants and other entertainment venues.

Those with an annual income of less than 100 taels shall pay 14% of the individual income tax.

If it is higher than 100 taels, you need to pay 16%.

If the annual income exceeds 1,000 taels, 18% shall be paid.

Those with an annual income of more than 3,000 taels shall pay 20 percent.

Of course, ordinary taverns and restaurants don't need to worry at all.

On the contrary, it is a place like the Red Man Pavilion that spends a lot of money on fireworks, and the tax amount is often about 20%.

As for the merchants, it is a fixed ten percent.

No matter what you do.

Once the annual income is requirement, it is paid.

After Guo Tianyi put forward the concept of individual income tax, the ministers were still very uncomfortable.

But there is nothing to be done.

Now that something so big has happened, they will definitely support His Majesty's policy.

That night.

The governor of Hedong Province fell into bad luck.

A large number of soldiers surrounded the mansion, and the chief soldier of Hedong Province took matters into his own hands, and in order to clear up the suspicion, the chief soldier slapped all the sycophants of the Jinyi guard.

All the family members of the wealthy businessman Tang Bo were also arrested.

All the property seized by the two was confiscated, and the land was returned to the public, waiting for redistribution in the future.

After the people of Hedong Province learned that Tang Bo and others had been arrested, as well as many prefects, prefectures, and counties related to the case, they all had been arrested, and the people sang and danced to celebrate.

This effect is no less than the fall of a certain giant greed in later generations, and the people feel dark and refreshing after dinner.

Immediately after that, the Cabinet and the Hanling Academy revised the Daebongyu.

The new version of the tax law has added regulations on personal income tax.

When the law was promulgated and notices were plastered all over the state capitals, the rich people in the world panicked.

Except for some serious people who care about the country, most of the profiteers can't sit still.

Aren't they speculating, buying low and selling high, just to make a profit?

Why do you have to hand over your hard-earned money?

There are also some fireworks land owners who panicked.

The amount of money they pay to all kinds of officials every year is not a small amount, and now the imperial court is going to levy new taxes, how can they be happy?

Since ancient times, isn't it always the business of ordinary people to pay taxes?

This is also the biggest drawback of feudal society.

The rich do not pay taxes, but the toiling masses share all the taxes and food equally, and feed a country.

To put it bluntly, it was a group of slaves who served some of the slave owners.

This is also the essence of feudal society.

As soon as the news spread, there was a violent backlash.

Where can the rich sit still?

The wealthy people of Shuntianfu have found the officials of the court and cried.

Some of them are related to the senior officials of the DPRK and China, and this immediately had an effect.

When it comes to their own interests, these ministers are also discussing how to give advice to the court tomorrow.

Throne room.

Today's early dynasty is particularly intense.

"Your Majesty, the minister proposes to abolish the new tax law."

"Your Majesty, if this continues, the country will not be a country..."

"Your Majesty, if the businessmen stop doing business, our country's economy will be finished..."

"Please think twice, Your Majesty..."

"Your Majesty, the new tax law is already against the will of the people..."

"Nonsense!" Guo Tianyi was extremely angry, and he stood up, looking at the opposing ministers and saying loudly, "Since I ascended the throne, I have been prosperous, if it weren't for these moths encroaching on the land and oppressing the people, the annual income of the treasury would have increased more than tenfold!" What kind of heart do you have? ”

"Have you wiped your buttocks clean one by one?"

"I tell you, let's fight the country, guard the country, and guard the hearts of the people!"

"If the hearts of the people are not in my big service, then the calf will be finished!"

"Now, if you don't want to do it, take off your black gauze hat and let me go!"

Guo Tianyi kept these courtiers who spoke out against them in his heart, and said majestically.

This is the first time that his own decree has been blocked.

In an instant, the court was silent.

This is the case if we want to solve the fiscal crisis.