Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 526 The only way to relieve worries is to get rich!
In the sixth year of Jian'an, before the arrival of Shou Sui, Xuchang City was full of excitement because of Xi Zhicai's wedding.

At the wedding this time, not only fireworks tubes appeared, but also fireworks were set off on the spot.

The whole wedding was not only lively, but even luxurious.

But after the wedding, the busiest people were not Xi Zhicai and Deng Wan, but Cao Hong and Mi Zhu, who were in charge of the lifeline of the economy.

Businessmen have always had the most sensitive sense of smell.

The firework tubes and the flowers that appeared in the winter made them smell the huge business opportunities again.

Lu Yan is not disgusted with businessmen making money, as long as it is obtained in a proper way and the money is made in a dignified manner, it should even be an encouraging attitude.

As the saying goes, "Without agriculture, there is no stability, without business, there is no life, and without work, there is no wealth."

For a country, whether it is agriculture, industry or commerce, they are very important to the development of the country, and it can even be said that they are indispensable.

However, in the Chinese feudal period of farming civilization, industry and commerce were in a state of being suppressed by the ruling class.

Leaving aside, let’s just say that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, craftsmen’s industrial technology was very backward. It can even be said that except for government-run craftsmen, there was almost no industry, let alone commerce that was inferior to industry.

Although there are wealthy merchants like the Mi family and the Zhen family now, they still have an inferior status in front of the real family.

Today, the three prefectures of Yan, Xu, and Yuzhou under the rule of Cao Cao have developed a relatively strong commercial foundation after several years of development.

Moreover, people's views on business have changed, and Lu Yan believes that it is time for a new round of reforms.

General Hussars, in the study.

Lu Yan is writing quickly. He already has a preliminary idea of ​​the business reform plan, and now he needs to record these ideas, and then organize and plan them systematically.

There are probably three main points in Lu Yan's thoughts.

One: reduce other exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes related to business, and only charge merchants' value-added tax and consumption tax, and the tax rate is temporarily set at one of the twelve taxes.As for the agricultural tax, Yanzhou, Xuzhou and other places have already been as low as [-] tax one.

Don't look at the Twelve Taxes, which seem to be quite big, but the previous Han court banned people from engaging in business. Whoever does business may be beheaded and exiled!Later, even though the control on business was relaxed, the imperial court still suppressed business.Even many places have privately created many tax items to seize the assets of businessmen; all kinds of exorbitant taxes add up, and some local business taxes may be as high as four taxes, one tax, three taxes one, or even two taxes one!

As for the big businessmen like the Zhen family and the Mi family, they were able to develop and grow, in fact, they were able to earn a lot of profits secretly by bribing officials, tax evasion and other means.But now the Mi family doesn't dare to do these things anymore.

Second: In the counties and counties under Cao Cao's rule, there are specially opened markets for trading.

The shops in these square cities are built by the local government and are specially used to lease to merchants for business; the shops are only rented but not sold, and can be transferred to other people at any time, and there are also restrictions on the shops that a merchant can rent, which avoids Monopolized by some big players.The government collects rent every month and sends special officials to manage it.

In fact, the fang market system only began to emerge in the Tang Dynasty, because people bought goods in the two squares of the east and the west, so the later purchase of goods was also called shopping.

Third: Each county will add a subordinate official "Shangcao" to manage and supervise the commerce of the county.

In the original system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were five subordinate officials under each prefect: Juncheng, Gongcao, Lord Lieutenant Post, and Duwei.

Among these subordinate officials, Jun Cheng is the deputy of the county guard, equivalent to the deputy mayor of later generations.

Gongcao is in charge of the personnel affairs of a county, which is equivalent to the director of the Municipal Personnel Bureau in later generations.

Lord Bo is in charge of the documents and books of the whole county; Duyou is in charge of inspecting counties and townships, promulgating government orders and judicature;

Looking at the five vassals, it can be seen that none of them were related to commerce.

Now there is one more Shang Cao, which has expanded to six subordinate officials.And the added business cao is used to supervise and manage business.

The above three reforms aim to completely spread the business model operated by the original chamber of commerce.

With the expansion of business, the chamber of commerce seems to have a tendency to form a monopoly.It didn't matter when it was small in the past, but now the chamber of commerce is huge, with tentacles all over every region of Dahan.

Therefore, the reform is not only to standardize commercial activities, but also to split the rights of chambers of commerce.

As long as there is a monopoly on anything, various problems will arise.

Absolute power will bring absolute corruption, so no matter whether you are an official or a businessman, balance, supervision, and innovation are always indispensable.

After so many years of encouraging business under Cao Cao's rule, people's general views on business and businessmen have changed.

Although people's views on business have not been completely subverted, it is not like before, when they see businessmen, they are spurned and insulted.Many people even participate in business activities during their slack, which allows them to actually change their views on business through personal experience and benefits.

As for other policies to improve transactions, promote business, and attract merchants, I will not list them one by one here.

Moreover, these reforms and systems to promote commerce were only carried out in the four prefectures of Yan, Xu, Yu, and Sili. The newly attached Jizhou and Bingzhou were still based on the restoration of agriculture for the time being.Moreover, commercial taxes in these places must also be collected. After all, agriculture and food are the foundation and national policy of the Han Dynasty, and the cart cannot be turned upside down after all.

Lu Yan once told Cao Cao about exempting the common people from agricultural taxes, but he was ruthlessly laughed at by Boss Cao.

Unexpectedly, it has only been a few years, and things that seemed impossible in the past are now showing signs of realization.

Lu Yan put down his pen, raised the corner of his mouth, and muttered to himself: "If we really want to realize that there is no tax for farmers, then Liu Xie and Boss Cao will take advantage of it!"

If farmers have no tax, if it is really realized in this era, then there must be a rich stroke of emperors and heroes in the history books.

"You have gained fame, and I have earned merit points. Everyone is happy!" But Lu Yan is not without benefits, at least he has earned a lot of merit points.

Before, Lu Yan had to spend 3000 merit points to sign in two months in advance because he had to travel around, march and fight.

But now Lu Yan still has more than 8000 points of merit. It can be seen that after the annexation of Jizhou, Bingzhou, and Hedong, the benevolent policies implemented in various places still brought Lu Yan a lot of merit points.

Lu Yan took this as a conclusion and knew that as long as the policies he implemented were beneficial to the people and won the support of the people, then he would get a corresponding amount of merit points.

This commercial reform is only the first step. When the farmers are truly tax-free, Lu Yan will definitely become rich overnight!
"How can you solve your worries, only get rich!"

"Ahahahaha!"

"Wow! Hahahahaha!"

Extremely arrogant laughter came from Lu Yan's study,

The argument of "the only way to relieve worries is to get rich" made Chen Dao and Huang Xu, who were cleaning in the yard, throw away their brooms and hide their faces and run away.
"It's true sir"

"What a shame!"

(End of this chapter)