Chapter 111: tax

He Ci followed the internal supervisor, walking all the way through the long corridor, the spring flowers bloomed, and the green trees in the palace gradually spewed new buds.
Occasionally, a flowering branch crossed the crimson palace wall, bringing a lively atmosphere to the calm court.
The first time he visited the palace, He Ci was filled with nervousness.
After passing through the magnificent Golden Palace and the Palace of Government, this is the center of authority in the world, and countless scholars have studied and studied martial arts. However, they can only have a standing position in this place during their lifetime.
At this moment, I am on the road here.
Crossing the exquisite flying bridge, across the sparkling water of the Yudai River, across the gate of the temple, is the Qianyuan Hall where the emperor lived.
Standing on the small square in the front hall, He Ci respectfully respected, although the wind was still a bit cool, but he couldn't hold back the scorching heart.
The waiting time was shorter than he thought, and after a while, the emperor summoned him in.
He followed the imprisoner, and He Ci arrived in the hall, kneeling on the floor where the light could be seen, and Yu Guang in the corner of his eyes glanced at the opposite shadow. The emperor should be behind the desk case.
"Be flat, don't be polite." A gentle voice came.
He Ci got up, he didn't dare to look around, but stared at the place in front of him.
Qin Nuo laughed: "He Qing doesn't have to be nervous. Speaking of it, I have seen you once,"
He Ci gathered up courage and looked up at the emperor. Sure enough, it was the teenager I saw that night, still handsome and elegant, wearing a moon-white embroidered sapphire blue fish-scale gown, lined like a crown jade.
"It was a blessing for the three lives of the minister to see Long Yan that day." He Ci bowed.
Qin Nuo nodded with a smile, and asked, "I'm calling for something this time."
Perhaps inspired by the emperor's gentle attitude, He Ci gradually relaxed.
"Yi Jiuwen heard that He Qing was in Beijiang before and often did business with Beishuo people. I do n’t know what you have learned?"
Experience? The scope of this question is too broad. It can be explained as what type of business in Beishuo is best to make the most money, and it can also be explained as what matters to be aware of when people in Beishuo do business ...
He Ci thought in his head and quickly organized the answer.
"The emperor inquired, and the minister did not dare to hide it. The minister remembered the first time he went to Beishuo to do business ..."
Qin Nuo was a little surprised. He Ci didn't talk about this vague question in general. He chose a case to start with, and from a business experience, it would be lively and interesting, but not new.
He Ci's voice was clear, and he was still a little nervous at first, but he quickly relaxed, his sentences were interesting, and his description was accurate. Qin Nuo couldn't help listening.
After the other party finished speaking, he smiled: "According to He Qing, the people of Beishuo put particular emphasis on the integrity of doing business, but the price is not as good as ours."
"It is also because the targets of the ministerial trade are mostly clan elites."
Beishuo's political situation is different from that of Dazhou. Beishuo is a multi-ethnic coalition government, so the authority of the central court is not as banned as Dazhou. They are more accustomed to speaking by strength. Ever since Mousse claimed the emperor's founding of the country, he has followed the example of the Great Week, constantly strengthening the authority of the central government and weakening the locality, but for the time being he has not completely changed the habits inherited for thousands of years.
In recent years, Beishuo's national strength has been strong, and foreign wars have increased day by day. Not only does it often harass Da Zhou, its old opponent, it is more targeted at Western countries, but also small countries such as East Li.
These countries were originally weak, where the enemy could have been attacked by Beishu's army. Nowadays, dozens of countries in the Western Regions have been halved by Beishuo. The rest are trembling, tribute day and night in exchange for vitality.
Therefore, most of the nobles in Beishuo are very rich. In each battle, Mu's came forward to recruit nobles and soldiers from various clans. There are more wins than losses in battles, and war money is the easiest to get rich. With each expedition, each tribe will bring back huge wealth and population.
The seized gold beads were soft and refreshing. However, for the sake of fairness and fairness of transactions, and to prevent spies from sneaking in, Beishuo's cardholders for Da Zhou are very strict. He likes to deal with old businessmen who are familiar with each other.
Qin Nuo also asked some details of business transactions.
After a moment of groaning, he suddenly asked: "If Ruo Qing is acting as a soothing ambassador, how should the taxation system in this place of mutual exchange be collected?"
The main show finally arrived, He Ci calmed his mind and began to talk about his ideas.
Qin Nuo listened carefully. In all fairness, He Ci said that the tax system is exactly what Da Zhou implements today, and it has been improved and refined.
It seems that he thinks a lot about this. Or, it was mentioned by Pei Ye.
"Qing thinks how much tax can be levied in a year?"
"Roughly calculated by the minister, it should be more than two million. If the mutual market lasts for more than three years and there is no war between the two countries, it can rise to two million two." People are very sad, and Changlongguan is no better than other markets. In the event of a war, there is a danger of death at any time. If the goods are not guaranteed, they may be drafted into the army, so although the mutual benefits are high, not all businessmen are willing to take risks.
Qin Nuo nodded. Today's tax income from Monday to Monday is around 40 to 50 million, and every area can have a profit of two million, which is definitely rich.
But his goal is more than that.
"Is the general tax burden paid by ordinary merchants and Honourables a general overview?"
"This ..." He Ci hesitated. Da Zhou does not collect much tax on merchants, but collects only small merchants. Most of the commerce and trade of Xungui Home do not have to pay taxes.
The emperor continued to ask, "What about the fledgling Neku business? Do you pay the same?"
He Ci felt cold sweat coming out. Who can ask the emperor for taxes? Besides, the silver for tax collection was intended for the emperor!
Dazhou's finances are divided into internal and external treasuries, the external treasury is the national treasury, and the internal treasury is the private property of the royal family. Including the vast Grange hunting ground, there are many real estate and other things. The emperor rewarded the concubine, and the princely chamber, all produced silver from Neiku. Da Zhou's finances are still operating normally. Neiku is particularly rich. This is also grateful to Qin Jian. A massacre has achieved a substantial throttling for Neiku.
After Qin Nuo's ascension to the throne, Neiku became more wealthy and inexhaustible. Because Qin Nuo became emperor, his original high-alcohol, toilet water, soap and other businesses all belonged to Neiku. These businesses were already profitable when Qin Nuo became the king of Chun. After he became the emperor, there were no obstacles and they sold well. I heard that even the western region and the distant Nanyang have come to purchase. And Qin Nuo has positioned its products on luxury goods. The price is expensive, the cost is low, and the transportation cost is also low. Which one dares to collect the emperor's silver at the crossing?
Therefore, Qin Nuo's internal library is unprecedentedly rich. He simply calculated that last year, these new businesses alone had a profit of not less than five or six million renminbi, plus the original property of the internal library, it was almost ten million. There are 20% to 30% of the world's taxes. Taking this number outside is enough to make the officials of the Ministry of Housing startled. They knew how much the internal library originally had, but Qin Nuo's new business was unclear.
With such a huge amount of property, Qin Nuo only devoted himself to the research of the Gewu Division, in addition to rewarding the clan (with few people at all) and the harem (no one at all).
In all fairness, the Gewu Division consumes a lot of silver. But Gewu's research will also bring more abundant returns.
For example, the recent transparent glass was produced by Gewu Division and adopted some suggestions from Qin Nuo, but the complicated experiments and boiler renovation were the credit of the researchers in the division.
As soon as such things came out, Qin Nuo knew that his property would add a large piece of cake.
Therefore, Qin Nuo is getting richer now, and it is not surprising that it will most likely become the richest one among the emperors of Da Zhou Dynasty.
Nobles have heard of Qin Nuo's business, and He Ci has also heard that the emperor has designated a deputy supervisor to Changlongguan as a trade official.
As for the question of whether the emperor levied taxes, He Ci hesitated. He wanted to answer that he did not levy taxes at all. But it was originally not levied! If there is no other idea, why should the emperor ask it many times?
Think again about the year before the emperor asked Changlongguan ...
In the end, he gritted his teeth and knelt down and said, "The minister is terrified. If the tax rate can be treated equally, Changlongguan can go one step further."
This is a euphemistic answer. Although the most important choice was circumvented, an attitude was finally released.
Qin Nuo laughed, although it was not the answer he wanted to hear the most, but he was still barely qualified. He continued to ask, "So, how does He Qing think that he should treat taxation uncle the same?"
He Ci was sweating again. The emperor's question was more difficult than one! This Changlongguan appeasement is really hard to do! But he is also a confident and passionate young man with extraordinary talent since childhood. The more difficult the challenge, the more excited he became. My own answer just now, the emperor is affirmative, so it shows ...
He Ci quickly calculated, and then replied: "The location of the mutual market is located in the city, and checkpoints can be set on both sides. After entering the city, the tax collectors evaluate and determine. The classification cards such as grain cloth, livestock, ceramics, etc., are issued with red chips. Red-chips are not allowed to enter the city, and offenders are punished with spiteful crimes ... "
It's quite fine and fairly fine, which is pretty good in terms of the concept of this era. Qin Nuo waited for him to finish, and closed his eyes for thought.
He Ci was inwardly wondering, he didn't know if his policy was up to expectations.
The silence didn't last long, and the emperor suddenly said, "Have Qing heard of the bank?"
"Bank?" He Ci was stunned.
"Yes, the bank, or the bank supervisor, just give it a name." Qin Nuo laughed, and he explained his thoughts in a deep voice.
Establish a special agency to oversee all transactions. All the transactions in the inter-city are handled by the bank as the intermediary. It is also necessary to settle the bills issued by the bank and then withdraw when leaving!
He Ci was instantly awakened. By doing so, he could completely eliminate the loopholes in taxation.
It sounds like a variant of Qianzhuang, one step further than Qianzhuang.
"But if you act in this way, what if the two parties agree in private to deliberately reduce the amount, and then privately supplement it with gold and silver?" He Ci quickly thought of the loophole.
When he looked up, he saw the young emperor looked at himself with a smile. He Ci thought for a moment. Is this something the emperor should consider? As long as the emperor provided a way of thinking, how to perfect the rest and how to deal with it were all within his own comfort.
He Ci quickly knelt down and said, "After the minister returns, he must carefully plan."
"Well, don't worry, the mutual market will be opened for a period of time. Within seven days, the detailed rules will be presented to the uncle." Did he mention you? "
He Ci felt sweating for the third time, and was afraid to answer. Fortunately, the emperor did not ask any more, and laughed: "I still have a lot of ideas in Changlong Guan, not only in taxation. There are also goods sold in Beishuo. I hope to have more precious porcelain, glass, and toilet water. Things. "
"Uh, these are extravagant things and expensive, non-expensive people in Beishuo can't ask for them."
"Anyway, you can lower the price slightly, or you can classify the products into high-end, mid-range, and low-end ..." Qin Nuo said simply, anyway, to do everything possible to make Beishuo extravagant fashion prevail.
The conversation lasted for more than an hour before it ended.
He Ci stepped down, and Qin Nuo also rewarded the young man with a banter.
Out of the palace door, holding the ring that the emperor rewarded, sitting in the car, the excitement passed. He Ci couldn't help wondering, why did the emperor attach so much importance to the taxation of Changlongguan?
After all, this place is only a small place that is a little bit safe, and the mutual market with Beishuo has not been known to last for several years. Even if all business is included in the scope of taxation, it will only cost millions of dollars each year.
But the emperor sat on the treasury, and Neku's business was booming. As a businessman, He Ci knew how well some exquisite products in the emperor's name were selling and making money. The emperor should not be short of money, right? Where do you see this little silver.
He had also prepared a long story about Changlongguan's operation, how to buy the Beishu merchants, how to contact his nobles, and then run a spy report to insert spies. He didn't expect the emperor to mention it at all.
Could it be ... After thinking about it for a long time, He Ci suddenly thought of a possibility, and then he was shocked and speechless.
Excited, he immediately lifted the curtain and instructed: "Don't go home first and visit General Pei's house."
The driver immediately turned the carriage and turned into an alley.
He Ci stabilized his body in the car, and suddenly raised the curtain again: "Wait, or go home first, and choose another day."
The coachman was puzzled, but turned the direction again as instructed by the host.
He Cichang took a breath and calmed down.
It was too treacherous to go to General Pei's house in this way, and as soon as I left the palace, I couldn't wait to rush to Pei's house so that people who were interested would see it.
I can only suppress my mood and go home.