The shopkeeper hurriedly greeted him, laughing, and while taking a piece of broken silver and stuffing it into the hand of the leader soap.

"Master, it's not that the small ones don't want to pay, but the tax of thirty taels of silver a month is inevitably too much, and the small shop has a small profit, so I can't afford to pay it!"

Zhu Yunxi looked sideways.

Although the business of this tea shed is good, only a penny is charged for a bowl of tea, and at the end of the day, the total income is only a thousand wen at most.

At this time, the price of one tael of silver is about 1,000 wen.

In other words, all the gross income should be used to pay taxes, so that it can be paid.

If you count the cost, the store has to post it upside down.

"If you can't pay it, don't open it!" Soap Li casually put the broken silver sent by the store into his arms, but he didn't let him go at all.

"It's only natural to open a store and collect taxes." Soap Li arched his hand and said: "His Royal Highness Taisun is merciful, open the tax certificate, and allow business, so that you can come here to open a tea shed, why, do you still want to pay taxes?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled bitterly and said, "It is natural to pay taxes, but thirty taels of silver ......."

"Less nonsense." Soap Li didn't wait for him to finish, and directly interrupted him.

"The tax is set from above, and our brothers can't do anything, you don't have to complain."

Soap Li said viciously: "Before sunset, you can't pay the tax of thirty taels of silver, and the brothers don't recognize people." ”

"This ...... This ...... "the store is so anxious that it is at a loss.

But Soap Li ignored him, turned around and left.

At this moment, the man in Tsing Yi stood up and shouted, "Wait." ”

Soap Li turned around and asked, "What's the matter with you?" ”

The man in Tsing Yi bowed his hand and said, "This is just a simple tea shed, and the tax of thirty taels of silver a month is too high." ”

"His Royal Highness the Taisun is open to business qualifications, and anyone who applies for a tax certificate can do business. In order to let the people of the world have a livelihood, not for the sake of tyranny. ”

"But I don't know who sets this tax? It is also necessary to state the case to the top, explain the reason, and subtract the overtax. ”

Soap Li sneered: "Who are you?" ”

The man in Tsing Yi said: "In Xia Yang Shiqi, a student from Yuanzhou, Jiangxi, came to Beijing to apply for the post of editor, and today I am here to see the prosperity of Jinling." ”

Yang Shiqi?

Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but glance at the man in Tsing Yi again, and saw that he was handsome, elegant and delicate.

Between gestures, he has a calm and calm bearing.

Is it really Yang Shiqi, the head of the three Yangs?

I didn't expect to meet him here.

Historically, Yang Shiqi has outstanding talents, served as the first assistant for more than 20 years, and is known for his cautious and steady actions.

But he spared no effort to suppress his political enemies, and in his later years, he abused the township, invaded and killed people, and the evaluation of him by later generations can be described as half of his reputation.

However, if you can go through many emperors without falling, and you have been in the first assistant for more than 20 years, your talent must be good.

At this time, Yang Shiqi had not yet entered the officialdom, he was just an ordinary student, and he was a little old-fashioned.

Zhu Yunxi thought quietly, and also had the heart to observe how he behaved, so he signaled Jiang Zhen not to interfere.

"What kind of big man is I, it turns out that he is just a student from other places, and he dares to take care of the wharf tax." Soap Li said coldly: "How much tax to collect, that is set by Lord Cao, who is in charge of this place." ”

"Lord Shui Cao and the store have no enmity in the past, and there is no resentment in recent days, and the taxes are all out of public interest, how can you say that you are leviing and expropriating?"

"You student, if you dare to talk nonsense, I will detain you to go to prison, stay for a few days, and reflect on it."

The shopkeeper muttered quietly on the side: "Since it is a public heart, why does the tea shed next door only charge a tax of 30 yuan a month?" ”

Although his voice was not loud, everyone in the tea shed was listening quietly at this time, and there was no more noise, so it was still clear to the ears.

Zhu Yunxi was moved.

Although the business of the tea stall next door is not as good as his, the area is about the same size and the scale of operation.

One family charges 30 taels of silver, and the other charges 30 taels of silver, a difference of 1,000 times, which is too unfair.

"It's a good mood for people to pay thirty wen, otherwise, even if you don't pay it, what can you do?" Soap Li said: "Do you know whose business the tea shed next door is?" ”

"I might as well tell you today that next door is a tea shed opened by the son of a slave from the Governor's Mansion."

"Zhou Ye, the housekeeper of the Horse Mansion, also specially explained it and asked the inspector to take care of it."

"Lord Shui Cao didn't set a tax for his family in the first place, but people were willing to take the initiative to pay thirty yuan."

"After all, the rule set by His Royal Highness Taisun is that all those who do business must apply for a tax certificate and pay taxes, and if they don't pay a penny, they don't look good on their face."

"What is your status, and you still want to pay the same taxes as others?"

"I can also tell you that there are hundreds of stores in this area, and there are only dozens of stores that really need to pay taxes."

"The rest are like your next door, symbolically receiving a little."

"Lord Shui Cao has no choice, so he will set a tax of thirty taels of silver for you."

"The above is the total tax amount, but it doesn't matter how many tax-exempt shops there are."

"If they don't have to pay, don't you have to pay more?"

"Otherwise, how will Lord Shui Cao complete the task of collecting taxes?"

"Who left you without a backer?"

"If you can also hang the tea shed in the name of a relative of the emperor, then you can pay thirty wen a month like them."

When the guests in the tea shed heard this, they all suddenly realized.

Many people whispered to each other.

"It turned out to be opened by a slave of the horse family, no wonder I can't pay such a little."

"That's how business is going to be these days."

"The tea in the store tastes better than other places, and the price is also affordable, but I am afraid that it will not be able to open in the future."

"I don't have power or power, I shouldn't have come to do business in the first place."

……

Zhu Yunxi also understood.

In the final analysis, the tax Cao set above is "tax package".

That is, an area, how much tax to be collected in total, and a total amount is set.

This is also the most common practice.

This is true not only for the collection of commercial taxes, but also for the collection of land taxes and land taxes at the local level.

The tax package system is implemented, and the amount of tax to be collected by a certain township and village is collected by the squires with high status and great power.

How to collect it, the government basically does not ask, only recognizes the total number.

As long as the task of collecting taxes can be completed, it is left to the squire.

Many squires took the opportunity to gain power and oppress the powerless people.

However, due to the concern of local reputation, it is not easy to bully too much, and most places still maintain a delicate balance.

Otherwise, the system would not have been able to function for thousands of years.

The change of dynasties and the change of hands have always remained the same.

In fact, the practice of the tax package system has been adopted until later generations of scientific and technological civilized societies.

Tax commissioners will assign tax tasks, such as 100 million taxes must be collected this year.

Complete the mission and all is well.

Of course, the management of a civilized society is much more standardized, and it is not necessary to arbitrarily levy taxes.

Although there are tasks, the main purpose is to supervise the work and prevent the tax commissioner from being lazy and inactive.

If you really can't complete it, that is, write a review, lose the qualification to evaluate the advanced, and so on.

If you break the law in order to complete the task, the punishment can be much more severe.

Therefore, even if it can't be done, they don't dare to mess around.

Only to the extent permitted by law, with a little flexibility.

But this era is different.

If the tax collector cannot complete the task of collecting taxes, he will have to suffer at the lightest.

It's no surprise that they do something out of the ordinary in order to complete their tasks.

Yang Shiqi was surprised: "The commercial tax set by the imperial court does not say that the slaves of the horse family can be exempted from tax and reduced taxes. ”

"There are no regulations, so according to the rules, whether it is the emperor's relatives, or the lords and high-ranking officials, and their family members who are engaged in business, they are all exempt from paying taxes."

"Why did they come to you, but they did not pay taxes, but asked the powerless people to pay them on their behalf?"

Soap Li scolded: "You nerd is so stupid, since ancient times, the emperor's relatives, lords and high-ranking officials, all do not pay taxes, ordinary people, only need to pay taxes, do you need me to say more?" ”

"Even those who have taken the meritorious examination can also enjoy the privilege of tax exemption, and the same is true for field tax and forced labor, and the same is true for commercial tax."

"Not long ago, there was a tax inspector, who was as stupid as you, and he actually stopped the carriage of the horse captain's house, and asked him to collect the same taxes as the civilians who were doing business, and he was beaten by the housekeeper Zhou Ye so that he couldn't get out of bed for a few days."

"People are serious inspections, and the court officials can still save their lives. As soon as you are clothed and a foreigner, you are killed and thrown into the Yangtze River, and you can't splash a few waves. ”

After Soap Li finished speaking, he glared at Yang Shiqi again, and said: "Today I am still busy going to other stores to collect taxes, and I am too lazy to do so, if not, I will definitely detain you in prison and close you for a few days, so that you can know how powerful Lao Tzu is." ”

He said it very arrogantly, as if this kind of arbitrary detention had never been done before.

After saying that, he turned around and left, leaving a word.

"Remember, when the sun set I couldn't get thirty taels of silver, I smashed the tea shed."

Soap Li left, Yang Shiqi sat down, and said indignantly: "How can this be reasonable, it's just a little Soap Li, it's really hateful to be so arrogant and domineering." ”

"Don't underestimate him." The shopkeeper came over and said, "Thank you for speaking out just now, although you haven't been able to reduce the tax of the small shop, you are sincere, and the little old man has thanked you." ”

Yang Shiqi sighed: "I said a lot of nonsense, but it doesn't help, what's the use?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled bitterly: "We ordinary people, that's it, we are bullied everywhere." ”

"I thought that His Royal Highness Taisun was open to business, and we could take the opportunity to live a good life for a few days, but I didn't expect it, but it still won't work."

"Not to mention doing big business, even opening a tea shed is not something that those of us who have no power or power can participate in."

"That's it, that's it, when everyone finishes drinking tea, Xiao Lao'er will close the stall and go home."

A customer next to him replied, "Shopkeeper, you don't have to be too angry and sad. Judging by your appearance, you should have been a farmer's family, and the tea shed couldn't go on, so you just went back to continue to run the fields, or went to a large family to work long hours to make a living. ”

"If you want me to say, the really miserable ones are still those small businesses."

Zhu Yunxi's heart moved, and he gave Jiang Zhen a look.

Jiang Zhen understood and immediately asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

The guest said: "His Royal Highness Taisun has opened up the qualifications for doing business, and now anyone can apply for a tax certificate to do business, but at the same time, a business tax will be levied. ”

"Most of the big merchants rely on the emperor's relatives and high-ranking officials, and although they apply for tax certificates, they only pay a little bit."

"The total amount of taxes in the imperial court has to be increased, and the top is pressed down, and the level is pressed down at the level, so what can be done below?"

"If you can't receive it from the powerful, you can only collect it from small merchants who have no power or power."

"They're miserable now, and a lot of them can't live happily."

"It's a person who has been in business for generations, and he doesn't know how to make a living. If you can't do business, I'm afraid you'll end up on the streets, begging for a living. Pathetic, lamentable. ”

Zhu Yunxi was dumbfounded when he heard this, and a sentence flashed in his mind.

"There are policies above, and there are countermeasures below!"

If he hadn't come to the dock for a private visit, he really didn't know that his good business policy had become like this in the implementation.

They will also think that their reforms have been effective and their merits are immeasurable.

Sure enough, without investigation, there is no right to speak.

"Hateful!" Yang Shiqi was upset and slapped heavily on the table.

"If one day, I can enter the court as an official, I will definitely refresh the rule of officials and change the accumulated shortcomings."

Zhu Yunxi was a little curious, smiled slightly, and glanced at Jiang Zhen again.

Jiang Zhen smiled and asked: "Could it be that Gongzi has a strategy for governing the country in his heart, why don't you tell me about it?" ”

Lying on the hospital bed, it's so painful!

(End of chapter)