Chapter 385

Tax can be said to be related to the life and death fate of a country. If the tax system is formulated reasonably and implemented well, the country is not far away. On the contrary, it will be in a mess and collapse at any time.

The Ming Dynasty is the best example. The tax is the worst in all dynasties. It's not too much to say that they were poor to death.

Among them, the unreasonable tax, the gentry's failure to pay grain and business tax were the fundamental reasons for the death of the Ming Dynasty.

In terms of implementation, it has been exploited everywhere, especially since Zhang Juzheng implemented a whip method, huge loopholes have exacerbated the speed of Ming death.

It's not that Lao Zhang's whip method is unreasonable. In fact, one whip method is extremely advanced and reasonable. Lao Zhang's original intention is good.

The government does not accept grain but only silver, which will not only greatly reduce the burden of local Yamen and the loss of grain, but also avoid officials from harming the people when handing over grain.

However, one loophole was blocked, and another huge loophole was found by officials and businessmen, that is, people generally use copper money instead of silver.

Therefore, if you want to pay taxes, you must first sell grain to grain merchants or local gentry and landlords to obtain silver for tax payment.

So every time it was time to pay taxes, grain traders frantically pushed down the price of grain. Finally, the tax paid was virtually doubled, and the invisible extra did not belong to the imperial court.

But into the pockets of grain merchants and officials, the county magistrate turned a blind eye and didn't need to do anything. He just needed to reach out for filial piety.

When Lao Zhang didn't die, naturally no one dared to do it, but as soon as Lao Zhang died, signs slowly emerged. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, this situation could be said to have reached the point of unbridled.

Since most of the commodities in circulation in the Ming Dynasty were produced in the south of the Yangtze River, it is inevitable that silver will flow to the south of the Yangtze River.

These silver will be buried in the cellar by the rich businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River, resulting in less and less silver circulating in the market. If not for the fact that most people use copper money, and European countries are constantly transporting silver to the Ming Dynasty, the finance of the Ming Dynasty would have collapsed long ago.

The most barren northwest is naturally the first to bear the brunt, which is why the people in the Northwest can't live and rebel first.

If Zhang Juzheng changed silver to copper when he formulated a whip law, the Ming Dynasty might last for decades.

After Lao Zhang's death, Wanli turned over and overturned all Lao Zhang's reforms. Only one whip didn't move. It was said that Wanli didn't want to overturn, and ghosts wouldn't believe it.

The reason, I'm afraid, is mostly the ghost of those civil servants. From this alone, we can see how selfish civil servants were in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Qin Huan was very cautious about taxation. A reasonable tax system was well formulated. How to collect, how to implement it, and how to avoid being controlled by drilling was definitely a huge challenge.

Qin Huan first asked the Government Affairs Council to study and work out a charter, but two days later, Qian bin ran to the study with the booklet in his arms. Qin Huan only read half of it and knew it was absolutely impossible.

"Qian Aiqing, if you really collect taxes according to the articles of association in this book, Wang would rather not. Can't you see the loopholes?"

Qin Huan patted the booklet on the table and said faintly.

Qian Bin's heart was pounding, and his sweat almost didn't scare him out. The king was not easy to deal with and would be dissatisfied. He was prepared, but he said he would rather not collect taxes. It was really scary, indicating that the king was dissatisfied with the tax system and tax implementation plan.

"I'm afraid, I'm stupid. Please tell the king how to collect this tax? How to make it. " Qian bin flopped and knelt on the ground.

"You are not stupid, but you treat the king as a stupid person and the people all over the world as a stupid person. If you want the king to show you everything and teach you how to do it, what else does the king want you to do?

By the way, those ladies need me to teach them how to do it every time. Do you have the same knowledge as them? If so, what is the difference between you and them?

Take it back and redo it. The king will only give you one day. If I am not satisfied at that time, the tax department and the household department will be assigned to the name of the interior government. "

Qin Huan then threw the booklet on him, turned and left the study. He wanted to be unpredictable, but he couldn't help losing his temper.

He can give instructions on the thought of governing the country and some advanced system ideas. After all, his vision is there. The ancients can't think of it for a moment. But taxes have to be collected in all dynasties. It's not complicated. He has a lot of experience to learn from. If he has to operate the knife himself, it's really unacceptable.

This time, Qian bin was really frightened. The government affairs council had no Ministry of household and tax. It was a fart. I'm afraid it depends on the faces of those women in the future, so he immediately grabbed the booklet, took the official robe and rushed out of the palace.

All the civil servants in the Government Affairs Council were scared in a cold sweat and immediately began to make new plans. This time, no one dared to be perfunctory. Everyone no longer hid and expressed their opinions. Qin Huan then focused on the military and didn't care about it. At that time, he just wanted the results, continued to work if he was satisfied, and finished class if he was not satisfied, Anyway, at that time, thousands of ladies will be scattered. No matter how big or small things in the whole kingdom of Qin can escape his eyes. There is no way to fool him like Chongzhen.