The so-called consumption of envy is the abbreviation of "fire consumption" and "envy", to put it bluntly, it is two ways to accumulate wealth.

Fire consumption refers to the additional cost of crushed silver when it is smelted into whole pieces.

Because of the continuous improvement of the melting and casting process, there was basically not much loss when the imperial court was smelting. Officials just use this as an excuse to increase the amount of levy, and then extract the excess from it for their own daily expenses, and to have a relationship with the gifts given by their superiors.

"Envy" refers to the collection of grain, when it is stored, there will be sparrows stealing food, so it is necessary to collect more grain from the common people, and its principle of existence is basically the same as fire consumption.

"You're trying to turn envy into a regular measure, right? But let me tell you, if this is pushed down, the common people will suffer, and this piece of Wudi is fine.

But if you go to the north or south, it will be far away, and the loss will be more serious, so how much will the tax be evenly distributed to the people?

That's it, I'm afraid that someone will be greedy.

When you unify the world in the future, a little more than three or five thousand miles away, how much loss will there be, have you ever thought about it? Zhu Jun was amused by Lao Zhu's words.

"Do you have an idea?" Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Zhu Jun, in fact, Zhu Yu didn't agree with this method, it has never been a good thing to levy taxes, he came up from the bottom, but he knows too well what virtues those officials have.

Zhu Jun groaned, if you want to say that the agricultural tax of the great cause is actually not high.

If an acre of land is divided into ten parts, then only about 3% of the grain needs to be handed over per acre of land, so the grain tax of the people of the great cause is actually relatively low.

This is also the reason why natural disasters and man-made disasters continue to cause the great cause, and the people are living a good life.

This system is suitable for recuperation, but in the middle and late stages, there will inevitably be big problems.

Thinking of this, he said: "There is a solution, but it cannot be a strategy for decades or even a hundred years.

Just like the grain tax ratio customized by Dad, in all dynasties, such a low grain tax is not common.

Mr. Li said that his father is truly on the side of the people. ”

"Don't be a sycophant, just say the way!" Zhu Yuanzhang was slapped by Zhu Jun like this, and his mood couldn't help but improve.

"Dad, have you ever thought about paying taxes in many ways?" Zhu Jun said.

"What do you mean?"

"Collect merchant taxes!" In the early days of the Great Cause, the grain tax was mainly used, and the commercial tax was available, but the types were scarce, because the official of the Great Industry mainly engaged in monopoly business, such as the establishment of official stores, monopolized transportation, storage and other industries, and implemented low taxes.

"What do you mean? Not enough business taxes at the moment? Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.

"Is there a lot of business tax?" Zhu Jun said: "A big businessman earns tens of thousands of taels a year, or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, how much silver do you donate to the great cause?"

How many people are standing behind those businessmen, and how much tax do these businessmen who eat and drink a lot of oil contribute to the cadres in a year?

The Yingtian Chamber of Commerce has more than 2,000 members, and the annual membership fee alone exceeds 5,000 taels, which is nothing.

Do you know how much the total assets of the members of the Yingtian Chamber of Commerce are?

It adds up to more than 20 million taels.

The commercial trade in a year is more than five million taels, even if it is ten taxes and one, there is an income of 500,000 taels of silver a year.

The annual tax and silver revenue of the Daye treasury is less than 5 million taels, and with these 500,000 taels, can't it cover those losses?

It's okay to severely punish empty seals, and until the attrition problem is not solved, it's a big deal to let those auditors make a few more trips.

In the coming year, let the household department make a statistics on the loss of the whole country.

I think that there is attrition, there are all dynasties, not to make the accounts look good, to write off the accounts.

Rather, it is to sum up experience. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Jun paused, "If Beiping Mansion hands over 500,000 stone of grain this year, and the loss is 50,000, it will be the loss of 75,000 stone of grain."

So how to reduce losses is something that local officials should consider, rather than staring at the peasants' one-third of an acre.

Small farmers farm the land and rely on the sky for food, and the situation is good, and the people are still rich.

If the situation is not good, if he encounters a natural disaster or insect infestation, he will have to reduce the production of this grain.

If you're levying it, won't they live?

Farmers have the lowest ability to resist pressure, but they are the most tenacious, as long as they have a bite to eat, they will not make trouble.

But Dad, you're also from a small farmer, and that kind of tightening your belt doesn't feel good, right? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang stopped talking.

Zhu Yu said: "Sixth, you mean that the business tax will be increased, but will they agree?" ”

"Big brother, when the imperial court levied taxes on the people, did the people agree?" Zhu Jun said: "Businessmen are much more resilient to pressure than small farmers.

Moreover, the monopoly industry can only be maintained for a while, and if it continues for a long time, it will not be conducive to the development of all walks of life.

It will still be banned in the future.

Let's take an analogy.

Daye currently monopolizes transportation, storage, maritime trade, and other industries, and now makes a lot of profits.

But in ten or twenty years, it won't be necessarily.

Take sea trade as an example, can you afford to go to the sea privately?

I heard Shen Wanqian say that there are many pirates and dogs on the beach, but in fact, these people are all pretended to be fishermen of the great cause, and the purpose is to go to sea!

It is better to gamble than to comb, and this kind of private going to the sea is destructive and devastating to the great cause of sea trade.

And in the long run, it will surely become extremely rich.

This huge rich private soldier, who robs grain, is very strong, then he is not an ordinary rich businessman, that is the overlord of a place!

So, Dad, I think that the loss of the grain tax with the commercial tax is not only more than enough, but also rich.

For example, small and medium-sized businessmen have limited annual income, ranging from tens of taels to hundreds of taels a year.

If you smoke too hard, they won't make enough money, and the business will be boring.

So there has to be a criterion, for example, when the annual income reaches a certain level, how much the tax will increase.

But this tax increase is not certain and can be offset by other aspects.

For example, through the Wu Wangfu, or certain institutions to recruit workers, or to make charitable donations to offset part of the tax ......"

In this piece, Zhu Jun said in great detail, Zhu Yu nodded again and again after listening to it, "Yes, this method is very good!" ”

"If it is a big businessman, the tax is high, and if the annual income exceeds 10,000 taels, then this businessman can provide at least more than 1,000 taels of tax for the great business a year.

Of course, this kind of big businessman can be supported, provided that he is patriotic and keeps up with the footsteps of the great cause. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Jun smiled, "Then there is the phased opening of the monopoly industry and the auction of legal business rights."

Not only can you make a lot of money through auction qualifications, but you can also repeatedly collect their business taxes, and also stabilize the stability of the industry, why not? ”