Chapter 176: Business is Important

When the three of Yingzheng heard this, they felt a while in their hearts, and they looked so reasonable.

Meng Yi asked tentatively: "Sir, do you mean to let the state extract the merchant's land tax?" ”

"It's not just the merchants' taxes, but the highlanders have to pay taxes on everything that earns a month." Qin An said.

"Outside, as long as it exceeds 5,000 yuan a month, it will be taxed. The tax is exempt from tax within 5,000 yuan, and now that the agricultural tax has been abolished, the peasants not only have their own grain planted every year, but they can dispose of it at will, and the government will also give subsidies to the peasants.

The goal is to enable farmers to live a good life.

Of course, ancient times and modern times cannot be compared, in ancient times farming required manpower, now only need to use machines.

The village has only 10 people and 10 harvesters, which can be completed in one day, and even directly complete the destraw removal and bagging. ”

Ying Zheng and several people were taken aback, ten people completed tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, what speed does this have to be.

Meng Yi immediately questioned: "Sir, don't be joking, there are tens of thousands of acres of fertile land here, and ten people are equivalent to one person to complete a thousand acres, even if you are fast, one acre per hour, twelve hours a day, you work day and night, then it will take at least two months." ”

Qin Antan sighed and said, "The power of science and technology is not what you can imagine. Forget it, don't talk about this, you will know that what I said is true when you go out in the future.

Let's continue with the topic just now, since ancient times, of course, not for modern times.

That is, from the beginning of the Xia Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, the tax collected by the treasury came from the hands of the people, and generally used grain to supplement the needs of the treasury. ”

Ying Zheng said: "There are so many people in the world, if you don't collect their taxes, how can the treasury be filled?" ”

Qin An smiled: "Of course it's a business tax." When agriculture is heavy, it is also necessary to focus on business and industry. Workers are an important class in the manufacture of tools.

If the artisans made something of great use to the people, the state should reward it, and at the same time protect the patent.

For example, this movable type printing was reused by the imperial court at that time, and if Bi Sheng could live a good life and have the money to study this movable type printing, maybe we could use better printing technology hundreds of years earlier.

To use another analogy, the man who invented the plough has been studying the plow, and then the zigzag plough, and even better plough, has appeared.

But no one in every dynasty or generation has paid attention to this.

Then talking about business, Shinong industry and commerce, every dynasty and every generation of people will rank Shang at the bottom, and their status is not as good as a peasant.

Even more excessively, the descendants of merchants were not allowed to participate in the imperial examinations, which cut off their future as officials.

Actually, this is very unreasonable. The merchant was very wealthy, and the vast majority of his descendants were well educated, so their talents were better than those of ordinary scholars, and even better than those of the imperial court.

However, the problem of identity led to them not having a bright future, and they were even looked down upon by the world as a businessman. ”

"Sir, you're complaining about the merchant." "As we all know, businessmen hurt people too.

If everyone goes into business, who will go farming? If there is no one to farm, won't the country have no food to eat? ”

"Lao Li, can anyone be a businessman?" Qin An said, "Ordinary people don't know a single big character, how can they do business?

Besides, there are profits and losses in business, do you think ordinary people can afford to lose?

Even if one of them does succeed in becoming a businessman and making money, there is no need to worry about no race.

There were many displaced people in all dynasties and generations, they had no place to live, no land to grow food, but for merchants, the court could ask that they were not allowed to own land, or only allowed to have enough land to support themselves, and the rest belonged to the state.

To tell you the truth, outside, the land has been nationalized, and the state will give each piece of land, and everyone will definitely not have a lot of land.

Like the feudal dynasty, it is impossible for one person to own hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land.

If you want to own so much land, you can only contract with the state, and the number of years of the contract is also time-limited.

It is impossible for you to have it for a lifetime, and at the same time, only those grain merchants will contract that land.

Do you know that a good merchant can help a city or even a country become rich?

Sir, I may not be clear enough, but if you want the village to be in immediate contact with the outside world, trade is the best choice. ”

Ying Zheng was silent for a moment and said, "Sir, if it is the Great Qin period, can the policy of trade be implemented?" ”

"Why not, as I said, the so-called business is actually the manifestation of productivity, and with sufficient productivity, what is produced is a commodity, and the commodity is sold to the needy through the shops, and commerce is formed.

However, if Daqin wants to trade, he must at least have a detailed business law.

The village doesn't have to think about the issue of commercial law, we just follow the country. ”

Lees asked, "Sir, what is the law of the land?" ”

"I don't know the specifics, but I've heard that the highest is 45 percent, the lowest is 3 percent, of course, if you don't meet the requirements, you don't have to pay taxes.

I took a look and found that no one in our village met the tax requirements, and as for the newly built workshop, because it had just started and made money, it did not have to pay taxes. Qin An replied.

"In fact, you can understand that those who make more money give more, and earn less and give less. But for Daqin.

I think that if I can collect the taxes of those nobles, I guess I will be able to fill the treasury. ”

Ying Zheng bowed his head and said: "Sir, you mean to let the imperial court extract the taxes of the nobles?" ”

Li Si and Meng Yi's faces changed, once the taxes of the nobles were withdrawn, it would make the entire nobles and the court deviate.

Qin An smiled and said, "Village Chief, this matter is not easy to say or do. I haven't experienced it either, and the most important thing is that it's been 2,000 years, so there's no need to say that. ”

"Sir." Ying Zheng said, "It's because it's been 2,000 years that we want to hear Mr.'s opinion." ”

"It's simple, it's still the same as before, divide them, win over a group, and fight a group. Just kill a few more people and scare them.

Just like Zhao Gao's murder, they didn't dare to oppose Zhao Gao in shock, even if they could admit such an absurd thing as referring to a deer as a horse. Qin An said very casually.

In fact, when Li Shimin was the emperor in the Tang Dynasty, it was because he killed his uncle's family that he shocked all the families, and from then on, the family no longer dared to criticize the emperor in the court.

Ying Zheng thought for a while, and then said, "Sir's method is indeed a good way. ”

Li Si and Meng Yi's faces were very ugly, if it weren't for Qin An at the scene, they would have opposed this matter a long time ago.

Some people died, but not completely......