According to the Great Rule, slaves and lowly people are not allowed to have private property in their names unless they are out of the country, including houses and land.

Some merchants will buy servants of good nationality and hang the fields in their names, of course, it cannot be a death contract, otherwise it will become a slave, so it must be a living contract.

There is more room for manipulation in the living deed.

The longest term of a living deed in government filing is 20 years.

Therefore, some merchants will deliberately buy the fallen people with good records as servants, and then ask them to sign a living deed for 20 years, and then hang dozens of acres of land in their names, so that they indirectly have control over these lands.

Of course, there are risks associated with doing so.

When you meet the master's family who is dizzy, you forget for a while which servant these fields are hung in, and you take the opportunity to redeem them, so these fields have nothing to do with the master's family at all.

In other cases, some masters signed a ten-year deed, but as the days went by, they forgot to change the deed, and after the expiration of the contract, the servant could still regain his freedom and have a field in his name to earn a living.

All in all, there are pros and cons, but most merchants do it.

But because this is not a glorious thing after all, and it is not illegal, but it is illegal, so most of the merchants will not have too much land under the name of the servant, and they will hang dozens of acres on the sky, and some may only have a dozen acres, or even a few acres of fields.

Because the family is a businessman, it is impossible to produce a scholar with a meritorious reputation, let alone an official master.

Therefore, this can be regarded as an indirect prevention of collusion between officials and businessmen.

The man's voice just now was sonorous and powerful, and several people in the room naturally heard it clearly.

"Shizi, it was Xie Chen of the Xie family in the outer city who spoke just now, that is, the cousin of Xie Lin, the master of this literary meeting."

Zhao Yue nodded, noncommittal about what he had just said.

Unexpectedly, soon, because of this incident, the scholars began to discuss the national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business.

Most of the students think that valuing agriculture and suppressing business is the right way, businessmen are heavy on profits, and the smell of copper is all over their bodies.

Of course, this is a bit exaggerated, how can the fall of the previous dynasty be just because the merchant has become bigger?

In the final analysis, it was the tyranny of the previous dynasty, the corruption and filth of the imperial court, which made it impossible for the common people to live.

The voices in the lobby came and went, most of them were supporting the faction of Lord Qin in the court, and they wanted to increase the collection of commercial taxes.

Zhao Yue listened for a long time, and his face became more and more solemn.

Xie Rongzhao took a sip of tea, and then suddenly sighed: "Are these people crazy?" Knowing that if there is too much agricultural tax, the farmers will not be able to survive, and if the commercial tax is too much, what will happen to those merchants who have no way to live? ”

Zhao Yue raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Xie Rongzhao shook his head: "I can't say it either, anyway, I don't think Daddy will agree with their statement." Daddy once said that if the imperial court wants to impose heavy taxes on merchants, it will not only not be beneficial to the people's livelihood, but may also accelerate the conflict between the imperial court and the people. I don't know what to do. ”

A six-year-old girl can say such a thing, which is already amazing.

Changfeng on the side looked at her and his eyes changed, and he always felt that this child was a demon!

Zhao Yue didn't hear the answer from her, but he was not disappointed, in his opinion, if he wanted to figure it out, he might as well ask Xie Xiuwen to talk a few more words.

I don't know who mentioned Xie Xiuwen, and then some people coaxed to hear the opinion of this young Xie Yuangong.

Xie Xiuwen was in the lobby on the first floor, originally sitting in a corner, drinking tea with Wang Jin and listening to the loud voices of the people next to him, who would have thought that this fire could burn on himself?

Xie Chen glanced over, and a scholar in Tsing Yi arched his hand and said, "Xie Jieyuan, I have heard that you are famous for a long time, and I will ask you for advice today." ”

This attitude really respects him very much.

Xie Xiuwen got up and saluted back, and said without hesitation: "I just heard a few brothers talking lively, but there is something unclear below, and I ask you brothers to solve their doubts." ”

"Why should Xie Xie Yuan be polite? It doesn't hurt to be outspoken. ”

Xie Xiuwen smiled: "What is the commercial tax now, do you know?" ”

These words stunned everyone present.

Most of them don't know how to do general affairs, even if they have some properties in the family, there is a special person in charge of taking care of it, and naturally it will not fall on them, most of them are people who only read the books of sages, and how do they know how to collect this commercial tax?

However, after a moment of silence, there were sounds one after another.

"Ten taxes and one for business."

"Looks like we're two out of ten, right?"

"No, no, the commercial tax mainly depends on the goods, and there are city taxes and mountain taxes."

……

Zhao Yue heard the responses of the people below and shook his head slightly mockingly.

In the end, it was Wang Jin who got up and told everyone: "According to the law of Dazhi, the commercial tax is taxed, and the tax is divided into tax and residence tax. Whoever sells goods shall be taxed twenty for every thousand dollars, which is called overtax; Whoever sells goods by a merchant shall be taxed thirty per thousand dollars. If someone sells their own goods, then they have to bear two taxes. ”

Xie Chen frowned, and the scholar in Tsing Yi who had shouted earlier said again: "So what? It is a double tax, and the tax on a thousand dollars is only fifty, so in this way, those merchants have not benefited a lot? No wonder the world often says that businessmen are treacherous, and it is so! ”

How do these people who don't know how to do business know about the hardships of doing business?

"What this brother said is wrong."

Everyone looked at it together, wanting to hear what else Xie Xiuwen had to say.

"This double tax does not sound heavy, and the tax on a thousand dollars adds up to only fifty, but ladies and gentlemen, the thousand dollars here are not just the profits of the merchants, but the total value of the goods."

After Xie Xiuwen finished speaking, he picked up the teapot on the table and said: "Just like this teapot, if it is priced at a thousand yuan, then it will be taxed at fifty, but in fact, this teapot may only be sold for one thousand or two hundred yuan." In other words, in this teapot, for example, the final profit of the merchant is one hundred and fifty dollars. ”

The scholar in Tsing Yi shouted again: "That's a lot, only 50 yuan, and the profit of 150 yuan is to increase the tax by one level, and the merchants can obviously afford it." ”

This has attracted the approval of many people.

Xie Xiuwen couldn't help but shake his head and laugh: "This brother Tai Xu is from a rich background, and he doesn't know the hardships of the people. Merchant families are not allowed to take the imperial examination, let alone be officials, then, they also have to bear the Ding tax and Yao service, some families because they want to go out to do business, this Yao service naturally has to be redeemed with silver money, do you know how much silver taels it costs for a family to redeem a Yao service? In addition, if there is a war, they also have to undertake military service, and once the conscription begins above, they will either send their sons and daughters to the battlefield, or they will redeem their military service with money. ”

The scholars were asked again!

It wasn't written in the book!

Who knows how much silver is needed to ransom Yao service?