As the imperial edict was issued, the merchants around the imperial capital felt incredible when they heard it. Is this true?

"We actually have to collect commercial taxes, but we also need to improve the status of merchants. As long as we pay taxes legally within three years, our disciples can be allowed to participate in the scientific examination. What is this? It's not a scam? Is it a dream that I have never had before?"

"What dreams are you doing? Look at the imperial edicts have been posted. This is the emperor's will and it is fake. But it is just around the area of ​​the imperial capital. There is no other place involved. You may have to try it first. If you can, you may be relaxed. As for what happened, it depends on three years later. However, the commercial tax will definitely be collected. Regardless of whether it is true or not, this is definitely the case."

After hearing the news, many merchants immediately confirmed that it was true. For this reason, the emperor opened a new commercial tax bureau, which specialized in managing commercial tax purposes. Although it was only in the imperial capital area, there were also many big merchants.

There are many people who dare to fight. As long as they are successful businessmen, they basically lack nothing. What they lack is political status and the regulations that future generations cannot participate in scientific research. This has always been very helpless. However, after the emperor issued this decree, he obviously understood his intention very well. He wanted to give it a try and see if they dare to do it and take a gamble.

When businessmen do things, they naturally put interests first. There is no need to doubt this, and they dare to fight. A little money can bring huge benefits to future generations. They will definitely dare to fight. Once they miss such an opportunity, they will have no chance in the future.

Soon, someone took the lead in entering the newly opened commercial tax bureau and began to pay their own taxes, which of course refers to all public businesses that cannot be stated in secret and are also stopped by imperial laws. As long as they are paid, there will be no taxes around the imperial capital. Even if the tax on entering the city is not required, it is deducted in the commercial tax. It is enough to pay once, which will save a lot of trouble.

With the first one, we will naturally be second again, and no one wants to fall behind. In this way, the Commercial Taxation Bureau is full of people.

After a month, after the Ministry of Revenue counted the data paid by the Trade and Taxation Bureau, each minister was stunned.

"This is this..." Ministers pointed at this data, and their faces changed, which was a little exaggerated.

That's right, that's far more than the agricultural tax, and it's completely incomparable. It's only a month. If it's been a year, the agricultural tax will probably be just a fraction of the commercial tax. Although this is because of the imperial capital, it's relatively rich, but it cannot be denied that the authenticity of this tax is absolutely shocking. It's actually so much money. If it comes to the whole country, it's simply unimaginable.

"Let's go and report to Your Majesty first. Unexpectedly, Your Majesty really found a new way of money, which is much more skillful than the agricultural tax."

"Yes, yes, the land is always only a little bit, and it's generally good. Once a natural disaster comes, it will be miserable."

As long as ministers with a little conscience know that the people are the foundation, especially food is always the foundation. The most important thing is that once there is insufficient food, no matter how much money it is, it is useless. Now, once there is more money available, it can increase the grain price, further ensure the stability of the grain price, and prevent the people's interests from being damaged, then it is to further improve consumption capacity. Of course, they don't know these. Even Ye Yuan only learned from Chen Hao, and it will take time to test it, and gradually confirm this news.

Ye Yuan naturally had obtained data from the Commercial Taxation Bureau for a long time, and he was incredible. There were so many things in his eyes. This was the first month and it had not been completely unfolded. I believe that it will increase in the future and of course it will gradually stabilize. After all, there will be no more at once. Then the second step can be taken, which is to reduce the proportion of agricultural tax so that farmers can get rid of the heavy burden.

After this battle for the throne, a lot of land was obtained, so that the people could benefit more.

A royal edict was soon issued to reduce the agricultural tax in the area around the imperial city to half of the original one, which made many ministers silent because they had seen the commercial tax and knew that there was not much agricultural tax. Even if they were all cancelled, it was just fur. However, food needs to be sold to the country first, which cannot be changed. After all, the country needs food to stabilize people's hearts.

In order to let more people know about this, Ye Yuan obeyed his orders and summoned a lot of people. Around the imperial city, he explained the matter from door to door to door, so that they could know His Majesty's new will. As for the excess food, the Empire would purchase it according to the market price, and the tax was only half of the original one, which could be said to have made them more money, so naturally they were extremely happy.

Chen Hao listened and couldn't help but nodded, "I did a good job. Of course, these are just your current affairs, and it doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It takes further effort to allow the empire to continue to exert its power, and you will do a good job."

"Young Master Chen, you taught all this, otherwise I wouldn't have thought of the business tax. I have never competed for profit with the people since ancient times."

"Hahaha, it's just self-deception. What is really not competing for profit with the people? What to say in this way is pure charity. It can guarantee more support without paying a little price for others. But who will do this?"

Ye Yuan couldn't help but feel silent as he heard this. He also knew that it was not so easy to do it.

"As for people, they always have selfishness, which is inevitable. I know this, and there is no need to avoid it. Besides, money is also a must for life. Some people may love money very much. This is due to their personality. You can't say it wrong, but you can't say it well. It depends on your personal plan. Do you think so?" Chen Hao said lightly, and he also understood this.

"What Mr. Chen said is that Ye Yuan knew and understood how to do it. It may not be easy for individuals. But as a country, the empire can do it well as long as it makes use of talents, I believe they will do a good job and have a lot of commercial taxes. A part of it can be extracted from it as funds for this charity, and then accumulated every year, first focus, and then allocate it step by step. As long as it reaches the minimum standard, it can be used."

"Your idea is good, and it's almost the same. But there is one premise, that is, stopping the so-called rich people from pretending to be poor, which is absolutely impossible. Otherwise, how can we give relative fairness? Although there is no absolute fairness in the world, we can artificially create relative fairness, so that this situation can be better developed, and it is also very important to check this matter."

"You are right, you are right. Mr. Chen is so smart that I feel very sad." Ye Yuan said in a sweat.

"Okay, don't be praising me like this. These are just trivial matters. I have been here for several years. You can judge it yourself. I feel very relieved. I feel relieved." Chen Hao said lightly, and then issued an order to expel the guest.

When Ye Yuan walked out, he was still a little confused, but he was soon filled with complicated things and temporarily let go.

Chen Hao looked at Xiaozhu who had lived for several years and felt a little reluctant, but he was going to leave in the end. This was nothing and had no meaning. After seeing many changes in the world, he became much more dull and wasted a lot. There was only a faint memory left in his heart, which he put in his memory so that he would not forget and understand the meaning of this matter.

"The world is impermanent and people's hearts are unpredictable, and it will always make people helpless, hey." Chen Hao waved his hand, put away the guqin, and went back to rest.

Ye Yuan quickly did it according to his wishes. Although many ministers didn't know why they did this, His Majesty's intention was good and he couldn't refute it again. He had to pass it. Then he began to discuss how to establish this institution so that it could better ensure operation and not be greedy to the limit. That would be a very bad thing, after all, it was an imperial wealth.

Everyone's wisdom is good. They quickly discussed the direction and composition and started to act immediately.

This move caught many people off guard and didn't understand what Mingtang was coming up, but soon they realized that it was just an institution that was helping these people through difficulties, without any fees, and was supported for free.

Such an institution surprised everyone. What kind of thing has never been heard of?

However, many people don’t pay attention to it because there are more important things to pay attention to, because the empire actually launched the imperial edict that the son of a merchant can participate in the imperial examination. It should be because this person is first-class in terms of business filing and tax payments. The highest standards for all merchants will naturally give the best treatment so that one of his sons can participate in the scientific examination next year.

All the merchants were infuriated and couldn't help but complain that they had not done well enough. Otherwise, wouldn't this benefit fall on themselves? In this way, they would know that the empire was not unaware, but that they had not paid much attention to it before. When they were transferred, they would know whether it was true. If they wanted to escape in secret, it was absolutely impossible and could not escape.

When this businessman received the imperial edict, he was stunned. Fortunately, someone hurriedly reminded him, excitedly received the imperial edict and sent away the person who announced the edict with trembling. Such an opportunity was like a fortune from heaven. Being able to participate in the scientific expedition was equivalent to having a legitimate political identity and having a more background than other businessmen. This is what a businessman wants and needs it too much.

Those businessmen can only envy them. If they can't achieve it, it's useless. There is no way. This is an imperial edict. When will they have one?
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