The Evil Emperor Pursues His Wife: Sheng Chong Shifei

Chapter 219
Even if Chu Huaizhong looked down on the poor relatives in his family, he couldn't demote them to be couriers. This would be to bear the eternal infamy, or it would be infamous for thousands of years.

Chu Huaitian also frowned. In his idea, he wanted to find some profitable business for the clan.

If Shangguan Qing understood what the two of them were thinking, she would have laughed twice, and then said: "I am incompetent." Please ask them to hire another Gao Ming.

Now that she said it, Shangguan Qing automatically added the benefits of the clan's running the station in her mind, and after thinking about it, she knew how profitable the monopoly industry was.

At this time, Shangguan Wenhe said: "I think it is wrong. The imperial court costs 60 gold to maintain the post stations in various places every year. If there is a clan to manage the post stations, I am afraid that more money will be subsidized."

Wang Qiushan also nodded beside him. As a civil servant, he didn't want to spend money on the clan.

Shangguan Qing looked at both sides, and first appeased Shangguan Wenhe and Wang Qiushan and said: "If the station is handed over to the clan, the imperial court will not have to subsidize the maintenance costs, and only the first three years will not be charged. After three years, it will be charged according to the level of the station. tax, to subsidize the imperial court's finances."

"Impossible." Chu Huaizhong couldn't help shaking his head, but he knew the face of the clan, and knew that those people would cause trouble if they had no money, and he was too lazy to ask them to work.

Chu Huaitian also felt unreliable.

Shangguan Qing explained: "There are post stations all over the country on the 72nd Road and three hundred military states, and each post station is allocated land to support postmen. As long as the post stations are open to private businessmen, the income from catering and accommodation alone is enough to support the clan every year. Besides, the clan can also support the caravans. They don’t have to pay the domestic transit fee, and they can make more profits from doing business. Although the court will save a sum of taxes, the clan can save a lot of money, as long as the The money was transferred to the Ministry of Households, and it was also subsidized back.”

Shangguan Qing's method is to use barter to support the clan, instead of directly appropriating money from the inner treasury to the clan mansion, and the money from the inner treasury is directly allocated to the household department, thus supporting the clan. It can also be satisfied and grateful, which is a way to have the best of both worlds.

Wang Qiushan grasped the key point and asked: "If all the merchants in the world are united with the clan, and the caravans do not pay taxes, how will the local yamen operate? This is also a sum of money."

Shangguan Qing had already thought about this problem and said: "It is unreasonable to collect money from taxes. For example, food is not sold for a hundred miles, and it is not sold for a thousand miles, because there are too many taxes. , You don’t make any money from selling these things. If there is no tax payment, the grain from the south can be transported to the north by relying on private forces alone.”

Wang Qiushan interrupted and emphasized: "I'm asking, how to solve the local fiscal and taxation."

"Taxes can be collected, and a fixed tax can be collected according to the type of business and the size of the business area. The low-priced goods can be charged less, such as grain, and the high-priced goods can be charged more, such as cloth, gold and silver. By the way, I I think pawnshops should be taxed heavily, which is higher than high-priced shops.”

"What if local officials colluded with profiteers and priced high-priced goods as low-priced ones?"

"Local finances and taxes are for local use. There are officials who are willing to live a hard life, so why should Shangshu worry about it? Local officials who reach out to the court to ask for money will give a bad review once a year, and they will understand."

"How to classify high-priced goods and low-priced goods?"

"The imperial court draws up a charter, and publishes the items one by one to let the people of the world know. If there are officials secretly obstructing, the imperial court is not polite. Since they don't think about the imperial court, why should the imperial court treat them preferentially. The story of Mr. Dong Guo, I want to come to everyone I've heard of it all."

The two of you talked to each other and discussed the solution.

Chu Huaitian nodded frequently, thinking that this method is good and can minimize the blood sucking of the central government by the local government, but after thinking about it, he feels that it is not appropriate. Once the local government has an independent financial source, it is likely that it will not obey the dispatch of the central government. Structures will be broken and there will likely be rebellions in place.

Chu Huaitian coughed lightly to express the scruples in his heart.

Shangguan Qing said: "The implementation of this law must be carried out together with the clan's operation of the station. As long as the clan controls the world's stations, local news can be directly transmitted to the imperial court. Any abnormality in any place will be known to the imperial court immediately. The clan is for its own benefit. , and will not watch the local forces grow bigger."

"What if the clan has a different heart?" Chu Huaizhong's question was a bit outrageous, if he hadn't been promoted by the clan's family, Shangguan Qing would have suspected that he was provoking trouble.

Shangguan Qing said: "The local wealthy families will not allow the clan to infiltrate into the local area. It can be stipulated that the clan should not marry with the local wealthy clan, and that their wives must be married far away. In this way, the local wealthy clan will not form new interest groups with the clan for at least a hundred years. Not good for the court."

At this time, Shangguan Qing was completely brought into the state of Ling Ling, and the political experience accumulated by modern civilization for thousands of years was pouring out.

Shangguan Wenhe lamented in his heart, it would be great if it was his son.

But Chu Huaitian was thinking in his heart: "Thanks to not being a man, otherwise my world would be in danger."

"I've been taught." Chu Huaizhong bowed and saluted, and even gave Shangguan Qing a student salute, which showed his admiration for Shangguan Qing in his heart.

"Thank you." Shangguan Qing returned the salute.

Chu Huaizhong turned around and said to Chu Huaitian, "My minister seconded the proposal."

Wang Qiushan also stepped forward and said, "My minister seconded the proposal."

Shangguan Wenhe finally came out, and asked again: "Apart from running the post caravan, do you have any other income? You must know that the clan has a large population, and it is still increasing."

Chu Huaitian's face was depressed, why did he feel that the clan was treated like a pig.

"The method is thought up by people. Two million people united is also a huge force. I think His Majesty must have a way to make good use of it." Shangguan Qing kicked the decision-making power to Chu Huaitian. She said enough today. .

Shangguan Wenhe didn't continue to ask, but also said to Chu Huaitian: "The minister seconded the proposal."

Regarding the patriarchal law, it was finalized in the Dongnuan Pavilion. Chu Huaitian asked Wang Qiushan to write down the conversation between the monarch and his ministers today, delete some of the content that is not easy to accept, and then hand it over to the craftsman book printing company It was printed and distributed all over the world, and Chu Huaitian inscribed the title of the book "New Year's Questions on Political Affairs".

After returning home, Shangguan Qing edited it carefully, and ordered people to print six editions of "New Year's Inquiry on Political Affairs". Among them, the cheapest one is ten copper plates, and the most expensive hardcover edition is thirty silver coins.The difference between the editions is not only the paper and the exquisiteness of printing, but also the analysis transcripts of the "masters" in the appendix. The contents of each appendix are different.

The "masters" in the book all use pseudonyms, but they are actually written by Shangguan Qing. The content comes from the articles written by Ling Ling, a master of economics in the world. With a little modification, it becomes the appendix of the book.

(End of this chapter)