On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 441 Reset Commercial Tax
Queen Mother Doulu said that she was in love with her, but Cui Che was not a child, and she knew in her heart that it was impossible for the other party to really fall in love with her.

But this does not prevent him from being the father-in-law of the little emperor during the day, and the father-in-law of the queen mother at night.

A wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as stealing. The strange pleasure of having an affair with Queen Dou Lu made Cui Che never tire of it.

It was in stark contrast to begging Yang Awu for mercy early last night.

Since Queen Dowager Doulu persuaded Yang Liang to stay in Jinyang at the beginning of the year, he has been resented by him and has never been intimate.

The two lingered all night until they were exhausted.

The next day, before dawn, four servants who had been waiting outside the door all night were called in. They carried the quilt away, and Cui Che was the only one left in the Xiangguo Mansion's wing.

It is true that the gentle township makes people sink, but Cui Che did not fall into it completely. When the sky was bright, Cui Che also washed up early, and after breakfast, he went to the meeting hall of Xiangguo Mansion.

Not long after, Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng rushed over after being summoned by Cui Che.

Power is a man's aphrodisiac. Cui Che regained his energetic appearance and asked:
"Now that the national treasury is empty, and I want to merge provinces and counties, Yaoshi and Xuancheng, what do you two think?"

After Fang Xuanling looked at Wei Zheng, he dissuaded him:

"Your Majesty, I think that merging provinces and prefectures and counties can certainly reduce the expenditure of the national treasury, but now that the world is not in peace, it is time to recruit talents, so officials should not be arbitrarily dismissed."

Wei Zheng agreed:
"I think what the room chief Shi said is reasonable, please think again, Your Majesty."

Seeing that both of them were opposed, Cui Che put aside the idea of ​​merging provinces and counties and streamlining the official team for the time being, and will discuss it later.

He asked again:

"It's just that the national treasury is empty now. Thanks to the Qingzhou salt profit, we can do our best to maintain it. After all, we must find some way to fill the shortfall. I wonder if you two have any strategies to make money?"

Fang Xuanling pondered for a long time, then replied:

"Your Majesty, please re-establish the commercial tax."

Cui Che was silent when he heard the words, and did not agree immediately.

The Sui Dynasty was the only dynasty in Chinese history that had no miscellaneous taxes for industry and commerce. Even for important materials such as salt, iron, tea, and wine, the Sui Dynasty neither monopolized nor levied taxes.

There was no government monopoly and no commercial tax exploitation, which also made the commercial economy of the Sui Dynasty unprecedentedly prosperous.

Re-opening the commercial tax will certainly be able to inject blood into the treasury and alleviate or even solve the financial crisis.

After all, Cui Che is a time traveler, and he knows the huge benefits that business taxes can bring.

It's just that there are advantages and disadvantages in everything. The gentry talk about scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and think that business is a cheap industry, but the real big merchants actually have the shadows of those powerful people behind them.

The collection of commercial taxes is undoubtedly to cut flesh from these gentry.

Wei Zheng saw the hesitation in Cui Che's heart, and he said:
"I think that Your Majesty doesn't need to worry about this.

"Your Majesty was able to easily sweep Hebei in the past, of course it was inseparable from the support of the gentry.

"But now the king has repeatedly defeated powerful enemies, the tiger occupies three rivers, the power shakes China, and the soldiers and horses under his command are so prosperous that no one dares to stroke the king's tiger's beard.

"The national treasury is empty today. Your Majesty just wants to collect a small amount of business tax. Who would dare to turn against your majesty for this?"

Cui Che nodded slightly. He also thought that what Wei Zheng said was reasonable, and a little commercial tax would not be able to touch the fundamental interests of these gentry.

Just like when Yang Jian forced the gentry to hand over the occupied fields and hidden population, they also chose to back down.

What these gentry valued most was their own political privileges.

Realizing this, Cui Che also put the imperial examination system in his mind behind him, at least he could not touch this taboo until the Western Sui Dynasty was destroyed.

The previous order to seek talents was just a temporary product, and the gentry could tolerate it.

However, if one wants to institutionalize the method of selecting scholars regardless of background or family status, it will inevitably arouse opposition from many people.

In the current situation of external enemies, there must be no major internal disturbances.

In a short period of time, the Western Sui Dynasty will still follow Yang Jian's method of selecting scholars, and ask the governors of each state to recommend three people every year to come to Jinyang for assessment.

In the main hall, Cui Che discussed with Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng for a long time, and finally made a decision.

Choi Cheol intends to impose tax and residence tax on businesses.

The so-called excessive tax is a tariff, and the tax rate is one hundred and two.

The residence tax is the transaction tax, and the tax rate is one hundred and three.

Add up to a tax rate of 5.00%, which is completely within the range that businessmen can afford.

In order to collect taxes, Cui Che will set up tax gates and place tax collectors on the water and land transportation arteries in the Sanhe area.

Once the tax has been paid, a voucher will be issued, which records the quantity and type of the goods. When you arrive at the next tax customs, you can go straight through after checking the goods, so as to avoid merchants having to pay repeatedly every time they go to a tax customs. .

Cui Che also knows that no matter how good the original intention is, if there is no supervision, it will also increase the burden on small traders.

Those tax collectors did not dare to ask for bribes from big merchants who were backed by noble families, but they would not show mercy to those small merchants.

For this reason, Cui Che specially summoned Zhao Mu and Zhao Wen, and divided the Observation Department into two.

Zhao Mu was in charge of the outer office, dispatching spies to the enemy's territory, spying on the news, and buying off the internal staff.

Zhao Wen was in charge of the internal office, not only monitoring civil servants and military generals, but also responsible for supervising tax collectors in various places.

Form a double supervision with the local government, one bright and one dark.

The income tax money will not flow into the local government treasury, but will be shipped directly to Jinyang, which also prevents the local government from being both athletes and referees.

It is easy to collect taxes, but if you do not have a tax payment certificate, you have to pay as long as you pass through.

However, the residence tax, that is, the transaction tax, must have a limited trading place.

Cui Chel plans to divide commodity trading into fixed places and mobile places.

A fixed location means that in every county in the Sanhe area, a market is set up, and when entering the market, one must pay a [-]% residence tax and obtain a certificate.

If the goods are not sold out, you can request a refund of the tax on the unsold goods based on the voucher.

The mobile place is Cui Che, considering the feudal society, it may be difficult for many people to go to the county town for a lifetime, so he arranges special personnel to organize trade in each township in turn.

It is the same as a fixed place. When entering the market, you pay the residence tax and get a certificate, and when you leave the market, you will refund the rest.

It is still the local government and the Observation Department that form a dual supervision of one overlord and one undercover, and tax money does not go into the local treasury.

After finalizing these matters with Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng, in the afternoon of the same day, Cui Che wrote a letter to the little emperor, requesting that the commercial tax be re-established, and the court meeting will start tomorrow.

When the news spread, all the officials were horrified. There is no doubt that this is a big event, and it can be said that it has changed the law of the ancestors.

Otherwise, Cui Che would not have taken it to the court to discuss with the ministers.

The next day, Cui Xiangguo left for the Daming Hall after spending the night with Empress Doulu who was carried by the servants.

(End of this chapter)