"I will see your Majesty..."

All the officials arrived at the Imperial Study Room and all knelt down to salute.

Everyone felt the oppressive atmosphere.

They could see the emperor every day and understood that the emperor seemed very angry at this moment.

Guo Tianyi said straightforwardly, "My dear friends, the governor of Hedong Road, together with profiteers, occupied the land, oppressed the people, and embezzled 200 million yuan, which resulted in a significant reduction in national treasury revenue and a significant reduction in national grain reserves. What do you think should be done?"

"What? There is such a bold person?"

"Your Majesty, I recommend that the property of those involved in the case be confiscated and beheaded in public display!"

"Your Majesty, I believe that not only must we thoroughly investigate and deal with them strictly, but we must also investigate the military governors and officials at all levels in these places..."

"Your Majesty, I second the proposal."

"Your Majesty, I second the proposal."

"His Majesty...."

All the officials spoke in unison and reached a consensus.

To execute a governor, Jiedushi and other frontier officials, evidence is needed.

Now the evidence of Hedong Road is conclusive.

The people are complaining, but there is nowhere to redress their grievances.

You want to ask why you didn't go to Beijing to complain?

Only in movies and novels can such scenes be found.

The real situation in ancient times is that some people never leave the county where they live in their entire lives.

Because the mountains are high and the roads are far away, there are many bandits on the roads, so ordinary people basically do not travel far.

Those who can travel far are either powerful officials or wealthy businessmen.

Not to mention ancient times, even people of later generations have great difficulty in petitioning.

Money and power never separate.

Now the collusion between government and businessmen has happened to do what Guo Tianyi hates the most.

"Then we will do as you wish," Guo Tianyi said with murderous intent, "The governor of Hedong Road, Tang Bo and other related persons involved in the case have committed extremely heinous crimes against the Yi tribe!"

The punishment for the three Yi tribes can be said to be extremely horrific.

What's more serious is the Yijiu tribe.

Immediately afterwards, Guo Tianyi spoke again, "Dear dear friends, since I came to the throne, I have fought in the north and south, and also included the Goguryeo Peninsula in my pocket, and opened up the trade routes of the southern Yi countries, in order to enrich the country and the people, but now what happened is like this.

I’m heartbroken about what happened!”

"Your Majesty means..." Prime Minister Yu Wenyuan said in shock, "You want to issue a new policy?"

The other ministers also heard the implication and looked sideways.

"I develop business."

“But evil things like collusion between officials and businessmen have arisen.”

"They oppressed the people and occupied the land that was originally in the hands of the people. Then everything I did has returned to the beginning."

"So I decided to impose personal income tax."

As soon as Guo Tianyi finished speaking, the expressions of the ministers were extremely exciting.

Personal income tax.

This thing sounds easy to understand.

Does this mean that no matter what you do, if you earn money based on your own skills, you will have to pay taxes?

"Your Majesty." Yuwen Yuanzhen asked in confusion, "Is this personal income tax for businessmen or for all people?"

"Of course it's for all the people." Guo Tianyi said calmly, "For the specific details, your cabinet and the Hanling Academy will compile it. I have decided to let business people pay 10% of their income as personal income tax. The poor peasants whose annual income is less than 5

Those with two taels of silver do not need to pay, and those with more than five taels of silver need to pay a 5% personal income tax..."

Guo Tianyi knows that taxation is the foundation of the country.

Later Chinese dynasties cracked down on tax evasion particularly severely.

There are also some industries that make money quickly and pay higher tax rates.

Such as brothels, restaurants and other entertainment venues.

Those whose annual income is less than 100 taels shall pay a personal income tax of 14%.

If it is more than one hundred taels, you need to pay 16%.

Those whose annual income exceeds one thousand taels are required to pay 18%.

Those with an annual income of more than 3,000 taels pay 20%.

Of course, ordinary taverns and restaurants don’t need to worry at all.

On the contrary, places like the Hall of Fame, where people spend a lot of money on fireworks, often pay about 20% in taxes.

As for businessmen, it is a fixed ten percent.

No matter what kind of business you are doing.

Once the annual income reaches the requirement, the payment will be made.

After Guo Tianyi proposed the concept of personal income tax, the ministers were still not comfortable with it.

But there is nothing you can do.

Now that such a big thing has happened, they must support His Majesty's policy.

That night.

The governor of Hedong Road was in bad luck.

A large number of soldiers surrounded the mansion, and the commander-in-chief of Hedong Road took action himself. In order to avoid suspicion, the commander-in-chief flattered Jin Yiwei.

All family members of wealthy businessman Tang Bo were also arrested.

All properties occupied by the two men were confiscated, and the land was also returned to the public, awaiting redistribution in the future.

When the people of Hedong Road learned that Tang Bo and others had been arrested, as well as many prefects, prefects, and county magistrates related to the case, they celebrated with songs and dances.

This effect is no less than that of a certain corrupt person in later generations who was defeated and the people felt secretly happy after dinner.

Immediately afterwards, the Cabinet and the Hanling Academy revised the Da Feng Code.

The new version of the tax law includes regulations on personal income tax.

When the law was announced and notices were posted all over the government offices in various states, the rich people in the world panicked.

Except for some serious people who care about the country, most profiteers cannot sit still.

They speculate, buy low and sell high, aren’t they just to make profits?

Why should I hand over my hard-earned money?

Some owners of fireworks places were also panicked.

The amount of money they pay to officials from all walks of life every year is not a small amount. Now that the court is levying new taxes, how can they be happy?

Since ancient times, hasn’t paying taxes been a matter for ordinary people?

This is also the biggest drawback of feudal society.

Rich people do not pay taxes, but the working people share all the taxes and food equally to feed the country.

To put it bluntly, it is a group of slaves serving some slave owners.

This is also the essence of feudal society.

As soon as the news spread, it received a violent backlash.

Where can rich people sit down?

The wealthy people in Shuntian Prefecture went to the high officials of the court to complain.

Some of them were related to high-ranking officials in the DPRK, and this had an immediate effect.

When it comes to their own interests, these ministers are also discussing how to give advice in the court tomorrow.

Jinluan Palace.

Today's morning session was particularly intense.

"Your Majesty, I propose to cancel the new tax law."

"Your Majesty, if this continues, the country will no longer be a country..."

"Your Majesty, if businessmen stop doing business, our country's economy will be ruined..."

"Your Majesty, please think twice..."
To be continued...