Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 138 Speech Quotient (4)

The new tax merchant tax is collected as follows:
When the caravan enters the city, first let the steward inspect the caravan and register the quantity of the goods. Horses and mules need to pay a penny for security tax.The public security tax collected was used by Xu Qing to hire a few old dung pickers to clean up the dung balls on the street. He really hated the sight of yellow and white things on the street.

After registering the goods, a small sign will be issued, and this sign cannot be lost. Without this sign, you are not allowed to leave the city.It can be reissued if it is lost, but it has to be submitted to the account book for verification.

Caravans can choose whether to register with their real names. If they register with their real names, they only need to hand in the goods account books when they enter the city in the future, and there is no need to check.And have a permanent exit token, giving priority to entering and exiting the city.In this way, a lot of time can be saved, the first opportunity is a business opportunity, and the transaction will not be delayed.It can also make the merchants who hold this token more face.

When buying and selling, there will be street patrols to maintain market order, which is equivalent to urban management.There would also be a team of clerks patrolling the streets, checking prices so they could collect taxes later when they were out of town.

Enter the city through the south gate, and leave the city through the east gate. The bills registered at the south gate will be sent to the east gate within half an hour.

When leaving the city, check the goods again, and if there is less, they will be sold.Then add up the prices calculated by the officers to calculate the tax amount that should be paid.

However, what if the merchants do not enter the city?If I don't go to the city and I complete the transaction outside, why do you charge me taxes?

There are policies at the top, countermeasures at the bottom, biased laws at the bottom, and evil ways at the top.There are many ways to deal with businessmen who try to avoid paying taxes by trading outside the city, let alone Xu Qing?
When leaving the city, Xu Qing issued another token. With this token, the territory of Cangzhou will be unimpeded, and no penny will be charged.If you don't have this token, you have to check it, and pay the tax again by the way...

For those who simply want to cross the road, at least they need to file a document in each county.

If there are still people who want to speculate, bypass the pass city and cross the mountains, Xu Qing also has a way.Generally speaking, caravans are relatively large and difficult to hide. It is even more difficult for two caravans to complete the transaction and hide them. As long as they are discovered by Xu Qing's street patrol outside the city, they will be arrested immediately by mob riots!
What if someone fiddled with the books?
Dare to deceive the government, it is a heinous crime!Go to jail, confiscate all property, and fine...

Xu Qing is so ambitious to establish a new business tax system, not only to generate income for himself, but also to use this small fulcrum to leverage the historical trend of the entire China.

Agriculture may make people peaceful, mellow and simple, but it is difficult to look up at the world.Only business can make people burst out with adventurous spirit and desire to explore.If there must be a cruel colonial movement in history, let the colonized land be all outside of China!
In addition, anyone who joins the Cangzhou Chamber of Commerce will be exempted from half of the tax.Half of the reduction will not go back to the merchant, but will be paid into the chamber of commerce.

This amount of money is regarded as a security fund. If any caravan encounters natural disasters and man-made disasters and suffers heavy losses, it can use this amount of money to help people live a decent life.Secondly, this sum of money can also provide merchants with some additional services, such as free horse grass and so on.

Anyway, this amount of money is also a tax that should be paid. Whoever pays it, and can get a lot of sweetness from it, why not do it?
In order to activate business, Xu Qing chooses to exempt the small farmers who sell their surplus production from tax.On the one hand, it can win the hearts of the people, and on the other hand, it can also reduce the price of "raw materials" produced by farmers.

Similarly, caravans joining the chamber of commerce also have obligations that they should follow. For example, the prices of all commodities can only be set according to the rules of the chamber of commerce.Xu Qing doesn't have to worry about these matters, Huang Shimei will take charge of them.

There is a plan for Xu Qing to recruit [-] officers and [-] people to patrol the streets because of posts.

For the distribution of officers, ten people will enter the city, ten people will go out of the city, ten people will be counted on the street, five people will be assigned to each of the three counties of Haixing, Huanghua and Nanpi, and five people will be replaced at any time.

Haixing Huanghua Nanpi three counties will not collect taxes according to the new tax system for the time being, and stationing five officers is only a preliminary distinction between commercial tax and other taxes.

Hundreds of people patrol the streets, ten people entering the city, ten people leaving the city, thirty inside the city, thirty outside the city, and twenty for emergency.

If it were in the past, the commercial tax collected would not be enough to feed these 50 or 50 people.Even now, according to Xu Qing's statistics, the ideal tax is only enough for [-] people.

Take a long-term view!
On the first day when the new tax system was implemented, Xu Qing stood on the city gate and watched it.When entering the city, there was a slight delay, but the merchants didn't say much, it was just a registration and inspection. When bandits were rampant in the past, inspections were also done.In the past, during inspections, people always had to take advantage of it.But this time is different, the merchants took the initiative to send things, but the inspector said:
"No, we are disciplined..."

Xu Qing at the city gate counted all morning, and when he was sure that there would be no more caravans, he stopped giggling.Excluding the "self-employed" who came to sell agricultural products in nearby villages, there were more than [-] caravans with mules and carts left!Xu Qing never imagined that his tax-free policy would bring so many businessmen to Cangzhou.

A small caravan is composed of five or six merchants. As the saying goes, if you don’t open for a year, you can wait for half a year after opening. The merchants of the Tang Dynasty also planned to do so.For a long trip, not counting people on the road eating horse chews, the net profit will always be five or six taels.That is to say, Xu Qing will earn about five or sixty taels to hundreds of taels of silver a day by collecting taxes.

If you tell Xu Qing this, Xu Qing will put on a straight face and retort: ​​"It's all from the public house. Why don't you get it or not..." But Xu Qing is very happy in his heart, 50 taels a day, one year a year Ten thousand eighty-two!If I steal a little, I will just take a fraction, 8000 taels, not too much, right?

After the tax is re-collected, the number of merchants will definitely decrease a lot, and the 8000 taels will be discounted in half.In addition, there is the off-season and Xu Qing's tax reduction system. If you charge 8000 taels, it must be a half discount and then a half discount. If you have 3000 taels, you will be lucky.

In Xu Qing's eyes, taxation is actually a small head, and the real big head is Xu Qing's caravan - Manid who lives somewhere far away.

"When I have earned enough money, I will go to Huang's family to propose a marriage, and formally assign Huang Shimei and Xiaoyue to her title..." When Xu Qing was counting the money with his fingers, a servant came to report:
"Over the east gate, the merchants are making a fuss!"

Xu Qing quickly took people to the scene of the incident.In order to handle such disputes more professionally and to test the adaptability of the Commercial and Taxation Department, this time Xu Qing did not bring his own soldiers and guards, but chose to lead the dozens of "urban management" under him.

Patrol the streets wearing armor, holding short clubs, a team of ten, and the captain only has a horizontal knife, which is one level lower than the militiamen.

Xu Qingchi went to the east gate, and looked at the banner of the caravan from a distance, there should be three or four teams.The gates of the city were ajar, and the gatekeepers and officers refused to let them go, and those who were blocked inside complained suddenly.As soon as Xu Qing stopped, Han Zibang and Xiaosi came, bowed to Xu Qing, and showed shame.Xu Qing bowed back and said, "Needless to say, things come first..." Han Zibang and Xiao Si glanced at each other, saluted again, dispersed the crowd, and went to find the two principals.The dozens of street patrols led by Xu Qing also said a word to Xu Qing and followed.

"Quiet, listen to me. I'm the deputy director of the Commercial and Taxation Department. If you have something to say, just tell me..." Xiaosi stood in front and shouted loudly. I haven't seen you for a few days, and Xiaosi has faintly gained official authority. .

"My lord, doesn't Cangzhou not collect taxes? Why did they suddenly start collecting taxes again..."

Xu Qingzao explained this matter to Xiaosi and the others, the reason is that taxation is the foundation of the country and cannot be abolished for a long time.In fact, Xu Qing also thought about announcing the new tax system before it was implemented, but thinking that the current information circulation is too weak, even if it is announced, not many people will read it, so it was implemented directly.

"Taxation is the foundation of the country, how can it be abolished for a long time? A few days ago, the price of food in Cangzhou skyrocketed, and the governor sympathized with the people of Cangzhou, so he exempted the commercial tax to promote foreign trade in food." Xiao Siben returned.

"Then you should tell us, how can you bear to re-collect the tax without saying a word!" A sharp voice sounded, and the tone was full of dissatisfaction.

Han Zibang was furious when he heard this, and drank:

"Presumptuous, who is Lord Inspector, who are you, Lord Inspector must ask you if he wants to collect taxes?"

The man was really honest, and said: "The villain dare not..."

Xiao Si went on to say: "Hmph, don't say that it's ten prices and you get half of it, so what?"

In the area of ​​Cangzhou, it is true that Xu Qing smokes as much as he says, and no one dares to say otherwise.Even if he smokes too much, there won't be any bad reviews, because Xu Qing always has an excuse - emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business.Of course, Xu Qing would not do that.

But those businessmen didn't know, they said fearfully: "The little man knows his mistake... this... just pay the tax..."

"However, we don't know how to collect this new tax..." An old caravan leader said, he had never heard of "one out of ten prices" in decades of experience in leading caravans.

Xiao Si cleared his throat:

"Okay, let me tell everyone..."

Both Xiao Si and Han Zibang are good at arithmetic, Han Zibang is slightly better, but Han Zibang is more mature, and Xiao Si is more capable.So Xiaosi brought the street patrol personnel to deal with emergency affairs.Han Zibang took charge of the affairs, and used delicate statistics to prevent people from playing tricks on the account books.

Xu Qing quietly listened to Xiaosi's explanation of "[-] prices, [-]" behind the crowd, and nodded slightly. Xiaosi's words were simple, clear and clear, even children could understand them.

Sure enough, all the people present suddenly realized, and slapped their thighs, saying that the new tax system is good.But another person asked:

"My lords, I understand the new tax system. It means that as long as you sell the goods and make a profit, you have to pay taxes, right?"

Xiaosi and Han Zibang said together:

"Of course..."

"Then we all buy from Cangzhou, and if we don't sell the goods, don't we have to hand them over?"

Xu Qing felt bad after hearing this, he never thought of this situation!

(End of this chapter)