Chapter 262: Reform of Industry, Agriculture, and Commerce

Ying Zheng waved his hand and said, "In addition, I plan to promote commerce. ”

"Your Majesty." One of the ministers immediately said, "This must not be done." ”

"Why not?" Ying Zheng asked in a deep voice.

"The promotion of commerce by the imperial court will inevitably cause the people to follow suit, if everyone goes to do business, then who will grow the grain, and the scholars will still be willing to study? Are the craftsmen still willing to do the artisan work? The minister asked rhetorically.

Another minister stood up and said, "Please think twice about Your Majesty." ”

"Your Majesty, please think twice." Hundreds of officials stood up one after another.

None of them wanted Yingzheng to promote business. 33

Ying Zheng sneered: "Scholars refuse to read? Craftsmen don't want to work? People refuse to read? Are you sure that the peasants refuse to farm? ”

"Commercial profiteering, how can you not be sure?" An official said.

"That's good." Ying Zheng said, "I ask you, the emperor has invented a loom that is fifty times faster than now, which of you wants it?" ”

A noble immediately stood up and said, "Weichen wants it." ”

"100,000 stone grain purchase." Ying Zheng said.

"What?" Xun Gui was puzzled and asked, "Isn't Your Majesty supposed to give it to us for free?" ”

"When did I say it was free?" Ying Zheng smiled, "I just asked everyone if they wanted it." ”

"......"

"But what?" Ying Zheng's face sank, "The loom that the emperor worked so hard to invent, don't you want to use it for free?" ”

"I don't dare." The official immediately admitted, "But 100,000 stone of grain is too much." ”

Ying Zheng sneered: "If you think it's too much, you can not buy it, I have definitely handed over this matter to the right prime minister."

The weaving workshop was built by the right phase, using the loom invented by the emperor, and if you want to use it, then you can honestly buy the loom.

After you buy them, you can build as many looms as you want? You can sell it, but for every unit you sell, you only have to pay the emperor

division half the cost.

The person who bought it was not allowed to make it himself, and if he violated it, the court would naturally ask him for a fine.

The emperor said that this is called the protection of intellectual property rights, and it should be protected by the law, so that craftsmen who can get great benefits are more willing to invent these things that benefit the country and the people.

Peasants, what you think of as peasants are just people who grow food, and they will not do anything but have a stupid force. That would be a big mistake.

The emperor said that farmers include growing grain, vegetables, melons and fruits, raising poultry, raising fish, and so on.

But this is unknown to me and to everyone in the world.

After promoting commerce, I had to promote agriculture and industry.

Let the farmers and craftsmen have their own way out, Aiqing is not wrong, everyone will go to business, and there will be no one else to do.

However, not everyone is suitable for this business, people with money can do it, because they are not afraid of losing, and those who have no money they can't do it, they can't afford to lose.

And people who do business need to be bold and careful, and they need to be able to control market trends and resources.

The night market is a model of business, and I have made up my mind, so I don't need to say more.

Fu Zikang, as the ruler of the internal history, is in charge of the country's finances and the promotion of commerce, and I will hand it over to you. ”

"The minister will definitely not disappoint Your Majesty." Fu Zikang said

Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Young Eunuch." ”

"Wechen is here." An official walked out.

"The Shaofu supervisor is in charge of the world's taxes. After the promotion of commerce, it will inevitably cause a lot of trouble to farmers and craftsmen.

I decided to divide the grain tax and the commercial tax and the servitude.

Labor is no longer levied from all over the country, but is directly levied by the local government according to needs.

However, if a person is called up for labor, the magistrate must give him three meals a day and sufficient information.

If it is reported that the local government has withheld three meals a day from hard labor and caused the labor to die of exhaustion, I will definitely punish it severely. ”

"No." Hundreds of officials responded.

Ying Zheng continued: "For commercial taxes, I decided on ten taxes two, ten taxes three, ten taxes four and ten taxes five. ”

"I don't understand." Shaofu Ling said, "Please also ask Your Majesty to make it clear." ”

"Quite simply, a merchant's tax is taxed at a minimum of ten taxes of two and a maximum of ten taxes of five, depending on the profits they make.

For example, the weaving workshop earned 100,000 taels of silver this month, and after deducting the expenses and the wages of the workers, it made a net profit of 50,000 taels, which was drawn at ten taxes and two taels. Then it is necessary to pay a tax of 10,000 taels of people, according to ten taxes and five, that is, 25,000 taels of silver. Ying Zheng explained simply.

"Your Majesty is wise. Wechen understood. Shaofu Ling said, "It's just that how can Weichen distinguish how much tax merchants should pay?" ”

"Divide according to their profits." Ying Zheng said, "The Shaofu Supervisor Yamen should have the tax records of the merchants.

Then take the records and go to the merchants to conduct a survey, and decide the tax according to the income sharing upper, middle, middle, and lower.

After you investigate this matter, you will hand it over to the cabinet, and the cabinet will analyze it and finally submit it to me.

Then there is the agricultural tax, which is exempt from grain tax for those who do not have their own land. For example, if a person has a field in his family within 10 acres, 10 taxes within 10 acres, 50 acres or less, 10 taxes 2, 100 acres within 100 acres and 3 taxes within 1000 acres, 1000 acres within 1000 acres, 10 taxes 4, and 10,000 acres within 10,000 acres and 5.

In addition, those who own land are not allowed to waste it into wasteland, and if they are found, the court can confiscate it.

When people rent land from others, the rent is determined according to how much land they rent. The landlord was only allowed to overcharge the rent set by the imperial court, and the landlord rented the land to the peasant households........."

After talking about the peasants, Ying Zheng said that the workers' taxes were more than one million workers in Xianyang City, and their taxes were also quite considerable.

Even if it is one dollar per person, it is more than one million dollars, and a thousand dollars is one tael of silver, which is also a thousand taels of silver.

A thousand taels may seem like a lot, but his purchasing power is quite terrifying.

In the Qin Dynasty, a stone of grain was only sold for 50 yuan, and at the lowest time it was only 30 yuan, and at least 20 stone of grain could be bought for a tael of silver, and a first-class official of the imperial court was only 2,000 stones, that is, 100 taels of silver.

Just think about it, this thousand taels is a lot of money, and it is impossible for everyone to take only one penny.

And Yingzheng issued a minimum wage.

In this way, the tax will only be more, not less, and more importantly, the income of the workers is higher, and the income of the few pennies is even less important.

It's only businessmen who suffer, but real businessmen don't care about a little money at all.

The survival of the fittest was also reflected at this time.

As a result, the market will slowly mature, and with the continuous emergence of more convenient things in Qin'an, the industrial revolution in Daqin is about to break out.

Ying Zheng didn't realize that his series of measures would usher in the prosperous era of Great Qin, and the death of Great Qin II would not appear.

"The province under the door, the imperial history yamen, you will supervise together, if there is any non-cooperation, I will personally intervene." Ying Zheng said in a deep voice.

"No."

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