Chapter 777 Taxes, Agricultural Taxes and Commercial Taxes
Although it was against the rules to let Jin Feng go through the Dingsheng Gate, Chen Ji was the biggest in the entire Dakang community. When he spoke, Yin Que was just stunned for a moment, then obediently sent someone to pass on the order.
Jin Feng originally hated the cumbersome rules of the palace. The old maid sent by Concubine Qing to teach him the rules was directly driven away by him, and she didn't know the rules of Dingshengmen at all.
In fact, even if he knew, he wouldn't care.
After receiving the eunuch's instructions, Da Lieli rode his bicycle and rushed into the Dingsheng Gate.
Walk three hundred meters along the stone road behind Dingsheng Gate, and you will see a square paved with stone slabs.
"Master Imperial Master, Your Majesty asked you to wait for him here!"
The eunuch who brought Jin Feng over screamed.
It was inconvenient to get on and off such a tall bicycle, so Jin Feng did not get off the bicycle and rode in circles around the square.
After walking around five or six times, Chen Ji hurried over with the Ninth Princess.
Jin Feng circled them twice more before jumping down, patting the car seat and asking: "Your Majesty, how are you doing?"
"The Imperial Master is indeed amazing!"
Chen Ji gave Jin Feng a thumbs up and then started spinning around the bicycle.
Seeing such a new gadget, Chen Ji couldn't help but feel itchy in his heart: "Master, please tell me how to ride it, I want to try it too!"
"Your Majesty, as long as you honor your bet, let alone give it a try, there is no problem in giving this car to you!"
Jin Feng said with a smile.
Chen Ji was just about to speak, but his sleeve was pulled by the Ninth Princess.
Turning around, he saw the Ninth Princess blinking at him.
"If you blink your eyes, just say what you have to say!"
Jin Feng reached out and brushed the ninth princess's head.
"That is, there are family and national affairs, what else should be hidden from the national master?"
Chen Ji's mind was all on the bicycle at this time, and he also echoed: "If you have anything to say, please tell me immediately."
The Ninth Princess glanced at Chen Ji, her face speechless.
Thanks to Chen Ji, he is her father. If he were her son, he would have been hung up and beaten long ago.
"National Master, I know that you want to build a large school for the sake of prosperity and the sake of the people, but the treasury really has no money!"
The Ninth Princess suppressed the urge to complain about Chen Ji and turned to look at Jin Feng: "Even if my father promised you today, he can't do it."
When Jin Feng heard that the Ninth Princess called him Imperial Master and also called herself "my palace" with a businesslike look on her face, he knew that she was taking this matter very seriously.
After thinking for a while, he replied: "For example, this year we will first popularize Jingxi Road, Huainan Road, and Xichuan Road, and next year we will popularize Qinfeng Road and Jiangnan Road. Your Highness, I am not asking Your Majesty to achieve the goal of universal education this year or next year. We can
step by step."
"National Master, you may not have seen the treasury brochure. Let alone the three roads this year, I'm afraid it won't even be popularized in three counties and cities!"
The Ninth Princess said helplessly.
In fact, the first time she heard Jin Feng's plan from Chen Ji, she was very excited.
But then I realized how difficult it was to realize this plan.
In the past few days, she had been wanting to talk to Jin Feng about this matter.
It's a pity that Jin Feng went into the laboratory after making a bet with Chen Ji and didn't come out until now. She didn't find a chance at all.
Now that Jin Feng is forcing Chen Ji to fulfill his promise, she has to stop him first.
If Chen Ji agreed but failed to do so in the end, the Ninth Princess would be worried that Jin Feng would be angry.
"Is the national treasury so poor?" Jin Feng frowned and asked, "How did you get so much money by ransacking your house some time ago?"
"I got a lot of money from the house confiscation, but have you forgotten, Imperial Master, how many projects we started at the same time?" The Ninth Princess asked back: "I arrange the projects based on the money I got from the house confiscation, and the money cannot be touched!"
"Yes, you must not move!"
Jin Feng nodded in agreement.
In the past few years, Dakang had suffered too many shortcomings, and many people were struggling on the verge of death.
In order to alleviate this situation and allow the people to solve the most basic survival problems as quickly as possible, the first thing Jin Feng and the Ninth Princess did after cleaning up the court was to lighten the corvee and reduce taxes.
The second thing is to start various infrastructure projects across the country and use the work-for-relief method to give the money and food obtained by the rich and powerful from confiscating their homes to the people.
If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. Dakang's transportation is too backward, which seriously hinders economic development.
Using work-for-relief can not only prevent people from becoming lazy, but also prepare for future development.
Moreover, this was also the first decree issued by the Ninth Princess after she implemented the New Deal, and countless people were delighted by it.
As long as this nationwide major infrastructure construction goes smoothly and the people really get their wages, no one can shake the position of Ninth Princess and Jin Feng in the hearts of the people in the well-off society.
No matter what you want to do in the future, no one can stop you.
Of course, if the money and food promised to the people are not fulfilled, the prestige accumulated by Ninth Princess and Jin Feng will disappear.
All the previous efforts of the two people will be in vain.
It may even be counterattacked by angry public dissatisfaction.
Therefore, Ninth Princess and Jin Feng have reached a consensus long ago that the money for work relief must not be touched.
"In fact, not only does the national treasury have no money this year, but it will also be very difficult in the next few years. I'm afraid it won't be able to support the national division's plan."
The Ninth Princess said helplessly: "Master, why don't you wait? When the people have calmed down and are living a better life and no longer starve to death, I will raise some taxes. Then it will not be too late for the Master to build a large-scale school...
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Before Princess Ninth finished speaking, she was interrupted by Jin Feng: "Your Highness, if possible, I think you'd better not raise the agricultural tax again."
The farming methods and agricultural tools of the people of Dakang are too backward, the seeds are not good, and the yield per mu has always been very low.
The taxes set by the imperial court were so high that many people only had one meal a day, or even two meals in three days, just to pay the taxes in full.
Although the Ninth Princess implemented the New Deal and only collected half of the previous taxes, the people could barely eat enough.
"National Master, I know that you care about the people, but if you don't increase taxes and the court wants to do things, where will the money come from?" asked the Ninth Princess.
"I just said don't raise agricultural taxes. I didn't say you won't be allowed to raise other taxes."
Jin Feng said: "For example, there is a lot of room for improvement in commercial taxes."
"Business tax?"
Ninth Princess and Chen Ji frowned at the same time.
The status of businessmen was low, and the powerful did not pay them any attention at all, nor did they pay enough attention to them.
"Yes, commercial tax!"
Jin Feng said: "If a country wants to develop healthily, it cannot do without agriculture and business. Your Majesty, you should not discriminate against businessmen. Instead, you should enhance the status of businessmen and encourage business development.
When business is revitalized and businessmen make money, they can pay more business taxes, and we don't have to go to farmers for money."
Dakang is too discriminatory against businessmen, Jin Feng must try his best to change this.
"It makes sense! Building a family fortune depends not only on cutting expenditures, but also on increasing revenue."
The Ninth Princess nodded: "If we can receive more commercial taxes, there is no need to collect so much agricultural taxes."