I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 366 Capital Commercial Tax
They were so choked up that they couldn't say a word.

Yang Shiqi and Ren Jin both blushed and did not dare to speak.

Only Yang Rong is fine. The blast furnace in the cement workshop is almost finished, and the cement will be put into mass production soon. By then, the speed of making money will definitely not be much worse than that of the household reform bureau.

Moreover, whether it is soap, matches, or the soon-to-be-started Liuli Workshop, they all have a great relationship with Tiangongyuan.

Although Tiangongyuan hasn't seen much cash back yet, we can look forward to a bright future.

So although he blushed a little bit, it was not bad.

No one spoke for half a day, and finally Huang Zhun whispered with some distress,

"Your Majesty, it's not impossible to send money, but you don't have to send so much!"

Seeing his stingy look, Li Tian couldn't help laughing and said,
"You have changed the bureau and earned so much money for the court. You deserve it. If you only make money but are not willing to spend it, then what's the fun in making money."

This sentence, in Li Tian's view, is not a problem.

But to the ears of Yang Shiqi and others, it felt unusually harsh.

Chinese people have had a tradition of frugality since ancient times. Whether it was ancient times or the era when they became the second largest economy in the world, this tradition has basically not changed much.

In the view of Yang Shiqi and others, saving money and saving money is a virtue of diligence and thrift in housekeeping, which should be strongly advocated.

But Li Tian knew that once the ancients got rich, they either found a jar to save the money. After three or five generations, the descendants would not remember that the ancestors had saved so much money underground.

Either buy land, buy as much as you have, never too much.

Li Tian is particularly unwilling to see this way of saving money.

In his opinion, if everyone is like this, then how much silver Daming has is not enough.

The more important point is that only when money is in circulation can it display its value, otherwise it is just a pile of useless metal underground.

The purpose of opening the Royal Bank and offering high interest is to improve the perception of ordinary people.

But to make the whole people agree with such an approach, it is not enough to rely on only one bank.

The imperial court must take the lead.

Giving high wages to the officials and staff below is just one of the methods.

Li Tian originally wanted to popularize financial knowledge for them, but after thinking about it, he felt that although these guys were considered enlightened enough, it probably took a day or two to understand this truth.

Simply, he kept silent about it.

"This matter is settled!" Then he continued to say to Huang Zhun,

"The transformation of households in the capital city is basically over, and the next step is to expand to the entire area of ​​Beizhili!

Zhongchang changed your household to bureau, but some are busy. "

Northern Zhili is a large area that includes most of Beijing and Tianjin in later generations of Hebei Province, and a small part of Henan Province and Shandong Province.

Although it is incomparable with Southern Zhili, it has a large population, and it can be said that it is a larger administrative unit in the north.

And because the area is too large, the population distribution is not dense enough, etc., if you want to file all the population of the entire North Zhili, the Household Reform Bureau will have to be busy in February and March next year.

But Huang Zhun didn't show any embarrassment about this, but a look of excitement.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the household reform bureau will go all out to complete it in the shortest possible time!"

Li Tian nodded with a smile, and it was not difficult for him to understand Huang Zhun's behavior.

Making money is always something that makes people happy, not to mention making a lot of money. If he didn't jump up excitedly, he was very restrained.

After talking about the matter in Beizhili, Li Tian suddenly smiled mysteriously, and said again,
"Now that the census registration in the capital has been completed, it seems time to raise the business tax collection!"

Yang Shiqi and the others were taken aback when they heard about the tax collection.

"Think twice, Your Majesty, if you rashly start collecting industrial and commercial taxes, I'm afraid the current good situation will soon rebound!"

Yang Shiqi's worries were not without reason.

The ultra-low industrial and commercial taxes in the Ming Dynasty, and the non-payment of taxes or large-scale tax reductions and exemptions for scholars, officials, officials, etc., were originally Zhu Yuanzhang's national policy of hiding wealth for the people.

Because of this policy, a large number of wealthy families have been born.

And the capital is one of the places where officials and nobles are most concentrated, and it is a place where the wealth of the world gathers.

To collect taxes hastily will offend many people at once.

But Li Tian is not afraid that someone will make a fuss at this time.

For one thing, the most powerful and influential lords, such as Zhu Gaoxu, King of Han, Zhu Gaosui, King of Zhao, and Zhu Jixi, King of Jin, had already been cleaned up by Li Tian, ​​who dared not make any refutation.

Second, after such a long period of publicity by the Beijing News, the tone has already been set, and even if it starts now, it will not cause much repercussions.

Thirdly, Li Tian has no plans for the time being, how much to increase the industrial and commercial tax, thirty one tax, no matter to anyone, it is not a big sum of money, gritted his teeth, drank two meals of flower wine, and saved it up.

Another point, and the most important point, is that through the census, the identity of everyone in the capital has been recorded in detail.

As a result, a large part of tax evaders who were previously hidden were identified.

Since officials and nobles are not allowed to do business on the surface, most of these people are officials or nobles who support the shareholding behind their backs, or they are their own businesses and find someone to represent them.

Li Tian's plan this time is to collect these people's industrial and commercial taxes.

Those officials and dignitaries whose interests have been harmed cannot find a suitable excuse even if they want not to pay taxes.

Unless they admit that they are doing business behind the scenes, in this case, Li Tian will have more excuses to deal with them.

"Shiqi, I know what you are worried about, but after such a long period of deployment, the time has come. If someone really dares to defy and evade taxes openly, I just have a few mouthfuls to deal with these guys."

Hearing what Li Tian said, Huang Zhun, who is very supportive of the reform, couldn't help worrying,
"But Your Majesty, the state of commercial taxation by the imperial court has lasted for decades. Wouldn't a rash change really cause shocks in the world!"

Li Tian said indifferently,

"This time we are only conducting a trial in the capital city. The entire capital city is under my control. Even if someone provokes something, I am sure to control it within an acceptable range. You don't have to worry about it."

At the end of the sentence, Li Tian's tone turned cold, as if a chilling storm was about to sweep across the entire capital, making Yang Shiqi and others shudder uncontrollably.

(End of this chapter)