Zhenguan Leisurely King

Chapter 386 Changes in Speech Three Years

As soon as he reached the door of the dean's room, he heard a voice coming from inside.

"Let's talk about it, is it feasible to increase the commercial tax and replace the agricultural tax?"

"This is Uncle Fang's voice." Wang Pingan knew it was Fang Xuanling's voice as soon as he heard it.

"No, if only the commercial tax is increased, the merchants will lose their profits and give up doing business. It will be the court and the people who will suffer."

"This is Uncle Du's voice."

"Everyone don't need to guess wildly. Ping'an will be here soon, won't it be clear if you ask him?" Changsun Wuji's voice came out.

Wang Pingan listened outside the door for a while, and he roughly understood the purpose of their visit, and whispered: "It seems that I have to use my 21st century academic talent again."

Knocking on the door, Wang Ping'an gently opened the door, saw everyone cupped their hands and said, "My nephew has met all the uncles."

"No need to be too polite, just sit down!" Du Ruhui said.

"That's right, we're already old acquaintances, so we don't need to be too polite, everyone seems to be very old-fashioned." Changsun Wuji said.

"Thank you, Uncle Changsun and Uncle Du, for your love. I wonder what the uncles and uncles are looking for?" Wang Ping'an asked straight to the point, straight to the point.

Seeing Wang Pingan sitting down, Fang Xuanling said: "Ping An, to tell you the truth, I came to you this time to ask how the commercial tax can replace the agricultural tax."

Everyone trembled in their hearts, looking at Wang Pingan hoping that Wang Pingan could give them an answer.

Wang Ping'an was secretly happy, and he had to feel proud when the big bosses of the imperial court came to ask him questions.

On the face, he said very modestly: "The uncles and uncles are modest. If you ask something, let's sit down and discuss it together."

"The old man and others have already explored it. The only way is to increase the commercial tax and reduce the agricultural tax. If the agricultural tax is abolished at one time, the pressure on the merchants will be very high, and there is a great possibility of bankruptcy. Who would want to do this? Be a merchant."

"That's right, for a businessman, everything is about profit, but if there is no profit, who in the world would wait to become a merchant and all go to farm, anyway, they won't die of hunger," Tang Chen said. "

Wang Pingan nodded involuntarily after hearing what they said, knowing that their thoughts were good.The direction is also half right and wrong, but it is not perfect, thinking about superficial things.

Changsun Wuji walked up to Wang Ping'an and said, "Ping'an, do you have anything to share with everyone?"

Wang Pingan stood up helplessly, and said to himself, "I only know a little about policy, so I have nothing to share."

Wang Pingan wanted to use his sharp tongue, so he took out two gold ingots and showed them in front of everyone, saying, "Uncles and uncles, let's put on a performance so that everyone can understand it."

"Hey! This is interesting. It's unheard of to explain this matter with a performance. It's interesting and very interesting." Changsun Wuji said with a smile.

Several other big shots also had expectations, but they also had doubts and disdain, but this was proposed by Wang Pingan, so it has a certain weight, and they have to act if they don't like it.

"First of all, we need to confirm the roles. One will be a local official under the imperial court. My nephew thinks Mr. Wei is more suitable. One of them will be a merchant, one will be a farmer, the other will be a craftsman, and the other will be an ordinary worker. It's the narrator.

"What my nephew wants to show is how an ordinary worker spends his money, and where does the money go in the end. You should pay attention to it, uncles."

Wang Pingan arranged the roles of five people, except for Wei Zheng who played the role of the court, the remaining roles were chosen by the other four people, and the four people competed for each other. In the end, even rock-paper-scissors was used.

Changsun Wuji chose a businessman, Du Ruhui chose a craftsman, Tang Jin chose a farmer, and finally Fang Xuanling chose an ordinary wage earner.

Seeing this, Wang Pingan said with a smile: "Now that everyone has chosen their roles, the performance is now beginning: Once upon a time, there was a part-time worker who made a lot of money and came to a city with gold ingots to buy. Things." Wang Ping'an had just finished speaking.

Fang Xuanling, who played the role of a worker, began to swagger to the place where the businessman played by Changsun Wuji.

"The worker took out a gold ingot, bought what he wanted, and then turned away. The day of tax collection came, and the court began to collect taxes."

Wei Zheng went to Changsun Wuji and Tang Jin to collect taxes.At this time, Changsun Wuji was puzzled: "Ping An, isn't this something ordinary people buy and the court collects taxes? I didn't find any difference."

Wang Pingan said with a smile: "Uncle Changsun, you have to wait a little while for the good show to come. You can just continue acting."

Although Changsun Wuji was very puzzled, since Wang Pingan said so, he could only obey Wang Pingan's order temporarily.

Wang Pingan said again: "In the second year, a skilled craftsman invented a harvesting machine that sows quickly, so that the work that used to take ten days can be done in two hours."

"Wait, is there really such a tool?" Wei Zheng asked, he was shocked by Wang Pingan's artifact.

Wang Pingan pretended to be contemplative and said: "There is no such tool at present, but there will definitely be one in the future. The boy's academy will definitely design such a tool in the future."

Seeing Wang Ping'an's confident face, Wei Zheng said, "Okay, I trust you. If you have any troubles in your academy in the future, you can come to me. I have no choice but to design such a tool that benefits the country and the people."

"Don't worry, there is nothing else in the boy's academy. There will be the most talents in the future. Master Wei, you must live until this thing is about to be created." Wang Pingan joked.

"Let's continue. After the tools are made, there won't be too many young and middle-aged people in the field, so they all go out one by one to find jobs, and go to the city to work for merchants. A few years have passed, and the farmers who have worked have earned a lot of money. , The imperial court began to collect taxes again, and now the question arises, why do the farmers earn a lot of money, but pay the same tax, and the imperial court collects the same amount of taxes." Wang Pingan asked.

Although Changsun Wuji and others play the roles of businessmen and workers, the most important thing is to rely on Wang Ping'an's words, not their acting.

If they really wanted them to act, the play couldn't go on without a script. Wang Pingan did this just to impress them.

Now Wang Ping'an's question came out, which made them think about it.

"Because the income of merchants and farmers is the same as usual, without any change." Fang Xuanling first figured out the key to the matter.

"That's right, the key here is that farmers have so much land, no matter whether there is a good harvest or a disaster, it will not change."

The same is true for the merchants, who only sell so many things, so there is no extra tax for the court. "

Everyone nodded one after another, that's really the case, but they didn't care much, is it really the case.

"In the third year, the farmers saved a lot of money, and they decided to spend part of it to make their lives better. The farmers' homes changed drastically, with bigger houses and more furniture. The merchants sold things , In the end, when the court was talking about tax collection, it was found that the business tax was twice as high as usual." After Wang Pingan finished speaking, he took a sip of water.

"This is a matter of course. If the merchants make money, they will pay more taxes." Tang Jin said

Several other people agreed with what Tang Jin said.

"This is something that everyone knows, so we won't study it. In fact, Ping An doesn't know anything about the law. I just asked you to play a few roles in Ping An's speech. I just want everyone to understand the whole process. If there are any omissions , please give me more pointers." Wang Pingan said, cupping his hands towards everyone.

Changsun Wuji smiled and said, "I'm afraid it's not just that, there should be a deeper meaning."

"This old man also thinks so. Wang Ping'an will not do such useless things. This is the most reasonable saying in the court."

Wang Pingan said: "Thanks to all the adults in the court, the first thing we do as officials is to seek happiness for the common people, and secondly to consider ourselves. Today's performance has another meaning. That is, we cannot turn money into dead money. Turn him into living money. If you have money, spend it and earn it again, so that merchants will make more money. Then expand your own production and make the industry bigger. It will definitely increase the property, such as: nephew."

"According to what you mean, as long as the people don't hide their money at home, the commercial tax will be able to replace the agricultural tax after spending all of it? It's simply nonsense." Wei Zheng shook his sleeves and sneered.

"Hey, Ping'an, you have disappointed me too much. How can this method work? The eldest grandson Wuji, who has always been optimistic about Wang Ping'an, is also very disappointed at this time.

Wang Ping'an couldn't help showing a wry smile when he heard the words, and said, "Uncles, don't you find anything important?"

Everyone shook their heads and said they didn't find anything.

Wang Pingan rolled his eyes involuntarily, but had no choice but to remind them: "Uncles and uncles, may I ask the performance just now, a total of three years have passed, is there any difference between these three years?"

"The first year is like our current life. In the second year, artisans invented tools that can sow and harvest, making farming easier, saving time and effort, and allowing more young people to go out to work and earn money to support their families, but the tax is the same. .

In the third year, the farmers got rich, so they bought a lot of things, which caused the merchants to sell a lot of things, and finally the tax revenue of the merchants doubled as usual. "Fang Xuanling said.

"That's right, Uncle Fang is right. Didn't you see something?" Wang Pingan asked again.

Fang Xuanling said: "The old man only sees that only merchants make money, so the court can collect more taxes."

Wang Ping'an lowered his head again, said with a slightly raised face, wry smile again and again, and said in his heart: "Well, talking about business matters with these political elites but business idiots is completely a matter of playing the piano against the cow."

(End of this chapter)