Chapter 442 Officials’ family members will increase taxes first!
Chapter 442 Officials’ family members will increase taxes first!
Author: fire pine cone
Chapter 442 Officials’ family members will increase taxes first!
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, increase taxes. This is bad government! Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please think again, Your Majesty!"
"Today, Mingdong has a lot of wastes waiting to be renovated. Your Majesty will impose commercial taxes. This is to compete with the people for profit... You must not do this!"
"Bidong had personally set a tax of 30 per cent before, but now he wants to increase the tax. This is tantamount to changing the imperial decree overnight...and the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty have not been abolished. That will lose the hearts of the people of Tiandong, Bidong!"
"Your Majesty, the lesson from the Yuan Dynasty is not far away. Issuing banknotes is not the way to save the country, and taxing taxes is actually the way to subjugate the country, Your Majesty!"
After a brief silence, the crowd of civil servants suddenly burst into tears. Countless officials came out to express their admonitions directly, or to grab the ground with their heads, as if the bright moon was imposing additional business taxes, and the bright moon was asking for help.
Therefore, it is as if the country has perished.
Someone took advantage of the chaos and secretly grabbed Li Shanchang's sleeve: "Korean Lord, why don't you give me advice? Your Majesty listens to the Lord most. If you don't stop your Majesty, what will the Lord do to you?"
Li Shanchang calmly took out his sleeves from the man's legs, and continued to work with his head lowered. Why don't you see that your eyes are getting more and more fierce?
"Enough!"
Li Shanchang expected it to be true. After a while, he heard the emperor's cold roar from above his head.
Lao Zhu looked at the frozen ministers and pointed at them with his leg: "Let me see how we are crying and making trouble?"
"Have we ever said that we seek to harm the people? Have we ever said that we seek to change our ways in the morning and evening?"
"We didn't say how we wanted to tax it, so we just cried and scrambled... Why, if we want to change it to a commercial tax, are we taking food from our mouths?"
As soon as these words came out, all the officials were speechless. They communicated secretly with their eyes, and no one dared to say another word: Those words were too serious. If the business tax was increased, wouldn't it be in their mouths?
Food? The emperor dared to say that, but they couldn’t admit it!
"We previously set a thirty-one tax on the East, but it is indeed too light. As the saying goes, 'the king's rule is to respect the basic and suppress the weak, and to focus on agriculture and grain.' Shang is the last way, and giving too much preferential treatment will eventually be harmful to the country."
Lao Zhu specifically shook his head and uttered a sentence, which made the civil servants in Didong look strange. Those words were exactly what they used to persuade Lao Zhu to stop focusing on business and concentrate on agriculture.
Rhetoric.
"Besides, merchants do not engage in production, but they can easily make money. This is unreasonable." Lao Zhu continued. "We are thinking of levying a business tax based on the merchant's income. The common people do some small businesses,
Naturally, it is not a tax of thirty to one."
"The higher the income, the higher the commercial tax. Is it reasonable to collect taxes according to the tiered levels? The specific details are determined by..."
"Let the outer cabinet draw up the regulations! Be sure to investigate carefully and draft them carefully. After we review them, they will be written into the Ming Law."
"No. I obey the order." Zhu Biao, who was temporarily in charge of the affairs of the foreign cabinet, replied in a smooth manner, leaving no room for other civil servants to comment.
Matters written into the Ming Dynasty Laws were originally discussed by the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Punishment, and even other ministries, but now they were handed over directly to the Foreign Cabinet!
Obviously, that man had colluded with each other!
"Your Majesty!" Even though Lao Zhu was so determined, Zhan Tong, the Minister of Civil Affairs, did not come forward to report: "Your Majesty, this matter is not in accordance with the system."
"Moreover, asking for an investigation into the income of merchants in Tiandong and formulating specific tax amounts based on income... This is tantamount to the imperial court directly monitoring all merchants in Tiandong. The number of human legs required is so huge!"
"I'll be honest, even if all the officials in the Ming Dynasty were to devote themselves to this matter, I might not be able to implement it."
"This policy is really difficult to implement. I very much ask Your Majesty to take back your order..."
As the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Zhan Tong immediately thought of the problem of human legs, so he made a seemingly pertinent counterargument, which was not without any insight... Seeing this, the civil servants became active again and came out.
There are many people who agree with the proposal.
"Well, that makes sense." Lao Zhu looked at Zhan Tong with interest, "Zhan Henqing, we remember that my Zhan family in Huangzhou has a huge family fortune... I made the mistake of raising the levy. Could it be because of
Is that why?"
"Your Majesty Dong!" Zhan Tong raised his eyes and misunderstood Lao Zhu. "I am purely out of public interest! Most of my family's property is owned by my clan. I am named Dong, and I have a few acres of thin farmland for farming and reading family heirlooms.
use."
"If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can send someone to investigate! My loyalty to Your Majesty can be demonstrated by the sky and the moon!"
The awe-inspiring righteousness fills your face.
"Oh. What a clan member, what a farming and reading heirloom." Lao Zhu was not moved, but his expression was incomprehensible. "Let me be the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Sure enough, you didn't make a mistake."
"Official Qi, he holds great power, and what he fears most is that he will use his power for personal gain and amass wealth." Lao Zhu stood up and said, "There was a saying in the Song Dynasty: Three years to clear the prefecture, and one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver!"
"Those of us high officials in the court, if they were in the Song Dynasty, would not be officials in the capital. In terms of power, their power is much higher than that of the prefect."
"How can we be cured if we don't use our power for personal gain?"
"Your Majesty!" Upon hearing this, all the officials sweated coldly and hurriedly bowed to the Emperor: "I don't dare. I am loyal to the Ming Dynasty. The sky and the moon can show it!"
"We believe that we are good or not." Lao Zhu said without emotion, but there was no trace of trust on his face. "No, even if we are honest, we can't help someone using our tiger skin as a banner.
Let them make profits for themselves!”
As he spoke, he glanced at Zhan Tong, who was looking at the minister who was performing a show of loyalty and admonishment just now. He was sweating profusely. "What if our family members and tribesmen used our names to amass a lot of money and make a fortune?"
…We ask, how should the court be governed?”
"I... I'm scared!" Zhan Tong did not dare to look at Lao Zhu again, and worshiped Dong trembling.
"We say that people with weak legs cannot control the merchants of Tiandong." Lao Zhu returned to the topic. "Then, let's start with those of us who are officials."
"Ignoring the people of Tiandong for the moment, as for the strategy of levying business taxes, we should start with our family members who are officials!"
"Outside of the current season, all those officials in Beijing who engage in business transactions with their families and earn income will be subject to additional commercial tax according to the new stepped commercial tax law!"
"Anyone who delays, resists, or deceives without retribution will be jailed for business, and those who are officials at home will be sent away!"
"That's it for settling the matter and retreating from the court!"
After saying that, while the officials looked at him in panic, Lao Zhu waved his sleeves and left Fengtian Hall directly.
A group of stunned officials were left behind. Although they wanted to defend themselves, they could no longer speak.
…
"Prime Minister Li, you have to come up with an idea! Can you tell me whether the plan to issue treasure banknotes is definitely final... How come in the blink of an eye, not only is there no news about the treasure banknotes, but they are also asking for an increase in business taxes on their officials.
..." In the study room of the South Korean government, many high-ranking officials took advantage of the secret meeting with Li Shanchang to express their bitterness.
"No, brother, I will tell you tomorrow morning that I know Bidong best...how come his promotion was so blown away in the blink of an eye?" Beside Li Shanchang, even his younger brother Li Cunyou had a look on his face at this time.
You resentment. The eldest brother kept his mouth shut and agreed to get a good job... He waited excitedly for several hours in the house, so that's where he was waiting?
Not only was there no food or water to eat, I was begging for blood...