back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 892
The news that Lu Chengqi was ill spread like wildfire, even at the critical moment of raising commercial taxes, it still took up a lot of newspaper space.

These "entertainment" tabloids all speculated that Lu Chengqi was trying his best to persuade the ministers not to increase the business tax, so he got sick.When the spearhead is pointed at the "traitors" in the DPRK, the voice of resisting tax increases is much smaller.The people do not fight with the government, this is a lesson passed down since ancient times, no one really dares to confront the government head-on, the most is to complain at home or in restaurants and tea shops, and it will pass.

Regardless of the fact that the tax rate of 5% is a lot, it is actually a tax rate of 20%. Even if it is 35% of tax, it is only [-]%.We must know that the comprehensive tax rate of the heaven and dynasty in the future is the top in the world, almost reaching [-]%, comparable to some developed countries in Europe and the United States.But I don't see where the tax is used, but it has fattened a lot of government officials.

The developed countries in Europe and the United States have high taxes and high benefits at the same time, while China and China have high taxes and low benefits, which is really strange.

But the Chinese can bear it, as long as there is enough food to eat, there will be no turmoil.After so many years, do you still care how much tax you charge?

Let’s talk about Dashun’s business tax, which is only paid once, and there will be no value-added tax, business tax, and other levies and miscellaneous taxes.

If the national treasury hadn't been overwhelmed and had been in deficit for years, Lu Chengqi would not have resorted to this trick. There is nothing wrong with it!

Tax certificates (government bonds) are not dared to be issued anymore, and the interest rate is almost the same as the interest rate of the Royal Bank of deposits, so the issuance does not make much sense.The agricultural tax is also a low tax of one ten taxes (actually one five taxes, two in summer and autumn). If there is no tax increase, I am afraid that the court will not be able to continue to operate.

"Dashun Minbao" patiently explained why the commercial tax was increased, but the common people still complained. Without him, "Dashun Minbao"'s credibility has been declining in the past two years, and it is not easy to regain its reputation.

The tax increase storm passed by in a flash, leaving no special traces.

Rich merchants don't care whether it's [-] tax one or [-] tax one, they just pay more money!
Compared with paying more money, merchants are more afraid that the policy will be changed overnight, and they will return to the Yuanshou period overnight to suppress merchants.They would rather pay more taxes than no business.Think of it as spending money to buy peace. To do business in a country, you have to pay some money.You've earned the big ones, it's not justified if you don't give some to the small ones!
The expected unrest did not occur, and the police everywhere were relieved.

Today's police officers have been integrated into the military system, separated from the local state capital, and treated like soldiers and officers.This also increased the work enthusiasm of the police. Although he could not be regarded as a tenth-rank official, it was good to be a soldier. Even if he died while on business, the court also had subsidies.Unlike a tenth-rank officer, even if you die in your post, you probably won't get any compensation, let alone military merit.

Both the police and the top ten officials have their own advantages. What is even more commendable is that separating the police from the local state capitals and belonging to different systems also reduces the chance of unjust, false and wrongly decided cases.

The current arresters (equivalent to the police and the police) are equivalent to the previous Xiang army, and they all have the duty of guarding the place.There is even a kind of catcher, called the gold-clothed catcher, who holds a bow and crossbow and specializes in attacking local bandits and water bandits (equivalent to military and police).The gold-clothed catcher is actually an enhanced version of the Xiang army. It is different from ordinary catchers, but is trained militarily. In wartime, they have to be soldiers and serve as the army.

In this tax reform, in order to prevent accidents, the imperial court ordered the police and gold-clothed police in all localities to be on alert.Everyone tensed up, fearing that something might go wrong.But they didn't expect that everything was calm, as if nothing had happened.

Two days later, Lu Chengqi's health was fine, but he still didn't go to the Chuigong Hall, but instead studied the newspapers in the Kunning Hall, as well as reports from the supervisory departments in various places.

"Mingjiao is actually indifferent? It's really strange..."

Lu Chengqi originally thought that the Ming Church was waiting for an opportunity, taking advantage of public grievances to cause a wave of riots.Unexpectedly, they died down without any movement.

"They are afraid of the court!"

Zhou Zhiruo slowly cut open a peach, and gently stuffed a piece into Lu Chengqi's mouth.

Eating the delicious and juicy peaches, Lu Chengqi still couldn't figure it out: "Why didn't they take the opportunity to make trouble? Before the Yellow River burst, they couldn't help but move, but this time they are so honest..."

It's no wonder that Lu Chengqi couldn't figure it out. After the Yellow River burst, the imperial court acted quickly. Not only was there a Changping warehouse in the local area, but also food and clothing from all over the place were quickly transported, and there was no chaos at all.Mingjiao did not believe in evil, and secretly instigated the people to make trouble, but it never became popular, and was repeatedly suppressed. Even the people understood that they were just bewitched, and they would no longer believe these rumors in the future.

Mingjiao has almost lost the soil for survival, so it can only hide and wait for the opportunity.

But now is an excellent time!
The energy of merchants is much stronger than that of ordinary farmers.If they are ruthless and spend all their wealth to buy swords and guns and recruit soldiers, they will definitely bring disaster to one side.

This is why merchants have been so afraid of merchants in the past dynasties.Once it is a disaster, the harm will be even worse.

However, because of choking, it also created the root cause of the Central Plains' emphasizing agriculture over commerce for thousands of years. It was slowly overtaken by Western countries and lost its former glory.According to Lu Chengqi's understanding of history, the Song Dynasty was the period most likely to complete the transformation from an agricultural country to a commercial country, but it was destroyed by the Jin and Mongols, which is a pity.

Now that Lu Chengqi once again stood at a fork in history, he did not hesitate to choose a path that was completely different from the official history.

Sometimes, the change of history is just a small event.Not to mention that Lu Chengqi, a figure with tremendous energy, can influence the course of history.Of course, there are also rebels who control the course of history, uh, that is, the peasant uprising written in the textbooks of later generations.

Zhou Zhiruo knew what Lu Chengqi was worried about, so she comforted her softly: "It would be better not to make trouble, maybe they already know how serious it is..."

Lu Chengqi said worryingly: "Zitong doesn't know something. As long as a small group of people are still in this Mingjiao, it will turn the world upside down. Now I want to lure snakes out of their holes, lure them to make trouble, so that they can get together and annihilate them, but unexpectedly they are not fooled. How cunning!"

What he didn't know was that it wasn't that Mingjiao wasn't fooled, but that it didn't realize the significance of increasing business taxes.It's no wonder that China has been a large agricultural country for thousands of years. If you say to increase agricultural taxes, maybe Mingjiao is still interested in making trouble.Increasing business tax is not a big deal in the eyes of these Mingjiao fanatics, so it will not be a good opportunity.Based on this kind of thinking, they naturally want to continue to lurk in order to preserve their strength and wait for the opportunity.

(End of this chapter)