Many people have a misunderstanding, thinking that the fiscal revenue in the Song Dynasty was very high, the tax system was very strict, and commercial tax accounted for the majority of the finances. They thought that the businessmen in the Song Dynasty had a heavy burden, or in other words, all the taxes they should have been collected, but that was not the case at all!

Take the current Song Dynasty for example. For convenience, for the sake of 100 million yuan per year, the actual monetary tax revenue is less than 40 million yuan. This is the result of Wang Ning'an's long-term increase.

Of these 40 million guan, 18 million guan is salt tax, 7 million guan is tariff, and only 15 million guan is various commercial taxes. Among them, Kaifeng Heping County, the two places account for nearly 10 million guan, and the commercial taxes distributed to other places are very limited.

If you carefully break down the details, you will find that the so-called commercial tax in the Song Dynasty is not the same as the common value-added tax, stamp tax, business tax, etc. in later generations.

Among the tax revenues in the Song Dynasty, the most important one was monopoly income.

Salt is the big one. In addition, copper, tea, wine, iron, sugar, tin, horses, cattle, etc. The court handed over the franchise to some big merchants through pounce purchases. These merchants paid a sum of money to the court. The court was only responsible for maintaining market order, and the merchants were responsible for their own profits and losses.

There are two main types of commercial taxes in the Song Dynasty. One is "passing tax" and the other is "occupied tax". The so-called passing tax means passing through certain checkpoints along the way and you need to pay taxes. Not much, you pay 20 cents per thousand citation. Residence tax means taxes that you need to pay when you traffic in the market and enter a shop. It is somewhat similar to business tax, and you pay 30 cents per thousand citations.

Together, the two items are five percent, which doesn’t look high, but in fact they are very loopholes.

For example, if you pass the tax, it is impossible to just be a checkpoint along the way. Every time you pass, you have to pay it. As for the tax residence, the county government office collects it, the prefectural government office collects it, and the venue affairs must be collected. In fact, the merchants are very frustrated and helpless. Of course, at any time, there are some special cases such as scholars!

Starting from Emperor Shenzong, the Song Dynasty allowed some official households to reduce and exempt two taxes. Of course, the Song Dynasty court was still very cautious and set various restrictions. However, as long as many things were opened, they would be like a flood that broke the dam and surging.

The literati and officials did not do business in person, but they could let their relatives or servants go to do business and enjoy dividends. The relatives and servants would use their banner to avoid taxation... In short, the financial and taxation policies of the Song Dynasty were the best in all dynasties, but they were by no means perfect. On the contrary, there were a lot of loopholes, otherwise the core of the reform of Xianggong would not be placed on finance...

After saying so much, what did Wang Ning'an plan?

He advocated the use of the salt industry's monopoly, and by increasing supply, the salt price was reduced. The court controlled the salt farm. In the future, all merchants could go to the court's salt farm to purchase salt and transport it back to the local area for sale.

Because the salt price overwhelms extremely low, there is no room for private salt to exist. The court extracted reasonable taxes. Wang Ning'an estimated that the Song Dynasty had nearly 100 million people, each person spent 100 people to eat salt every year, of which 30 of which were handed over to the court, so the salt tax that the court could get was 3 million guan.

Compared with the current 18 million stalemates, only one-sixth of them.

It seems that the court has lost a lot, but don’t be busy!

With salt as the core, the court can impose taxes on commodity transactions.

"Your Majesty, take the southeast silk as an example. The annual transaction volume of tens of millions of pieces. If the court can impose a tax of 10% of the tax, there will be tens of millions of guan, as well as porcelain, cashmere, tea, etc. In addition, in recent years, our Song Dynasty, overseas trade has flourished. There are more than 10,000 large merchant ships on the sea surface. The goods brought overseas are countless every year, and many products are brought back from overseas. If these taxes can be increased, it will be as simple as increasing tens of millions of guan!"

Wen Yanbo listened to Wang Ning'an's words, and the more he heard it, the more he became more and more scared, and his whole body became trembling unconsciously.

He thought this kid was just a lunatic, but he was just a lunatic who was completely crazy!

The part that involves taxation has always been a major matter of digging the ancestral grave. Wang Ning'an actually dared to move, and he was so moved! Don't you know how to die?

...

"The old minister doesn't agree. Lord Wang is just a whim and he's just doing it!"

Zhao Zhen listened silently to Wang Ning'an's words. He felt that Wang Ning'an said something was reasonable. Not to mention anything else, just take the price of copper as an example. The imperial court used to make millions of chunks a year by relying on the monopoly of bronze ware, which seemed to be a lot, but almost all of this money was used to buy copper materials. The imperial court did not get much benefit, and the price of copper ware was deformed and the money shortage in society was caused.

Since the copper price has been lowered, the cost of minting coins has also been lowered. Fewer copper ware has been stored and fewer copper coins have been stored.

The most important thing is that the money shortage has eased, the economy has flourished exponentially, and the court's tax revenue has also increased accordingly.

Zhao Zhen admires Wang Ning'an's unity of knowledge and action. It is very useful to say it beautifully. The key is that it has practical effects. Lowering the copper price and allowing all parties to make profits. Will lowering the salt price also produce the same effect?

Zhao Zhen is looking forward to it very much.

"Mr. Wen Xianggong, the disadvantages of salt law have existed since ancient times. The people suffer from the high salt price. The court is disturbed by private salt and cannot be at peace. It can be said that the court suffers and the people suffer... The sage Lao Tzu said that it is not expensive and rare goods so that the people will not be robbed. According to what Wang Qing said, salt is an ordinary thing and should not be so expensive. To suppress the price of salt, isn't it just to promote profits and eliminate disadvantages and help the people benefit?"

As soon as Zhao Zhen’s principles were spoken, Wang Ning'an was dancing and burst into tears. He really wanted to shout three times, Long live my emperor!

In fact, many things are just a layer of window paper. Zhao Zhen has been in charge of the country for decades and can't understand anything. After playing Wang Ning'an's trick several times, the emperor also smelled the clues and was not astonished as he was at the beginning. On the contrary, Zhao Zhen could also find some loopholes in Wang Ning'an's method and pick up the gaps from it.

"In this way, Wang Qing's strategy was developed to deal with Xixia, and then extended to the salt administration. I don't say whether his ideas are right or wrong. At least I can try it on Yongxing Jun Road and Qinfeng Road. If it can really reduce the burden on the people and maintain a certain amount of tax revenue, I will support it."

After Zhao Zhen finished speaking, he looked at Wen Yanbo with a smile, "Mr. Wen, what do you mean?"

What else can Wen Yanbo say? He has been playing the role of loyal and loner all these days. If he objected at this time, wouldn’t his previous homework be done in vain?

Wen Yanbo was reluctant, but he could only say: "The old minister is willing to cooperate with him with all his strength."

"Okay, I hope you can be wholehearted and consider more for the court, and don't always think about your own selfishness. Wang Qing mentioned tariffs and merchant ships, and he advocated taxation. If I remember correctly, Wang Qing's fleet is the largest in the world!"

Zhao Zhen said, walked to Wang Ning'an, patted his shoulder, and said with relief: "Wang Qing provided cement to Wen Aiqing before. Wen Aiqing said that Mr. Wang is young, but he puts national affairs first and does not care about personal gain. I saw it today, Wang Qing, you have not disappointed me. I hope that every minister will not disappoint me, right? Wen Aiqing?"

Wen Yanbo shivered and said quickly: "Yes, yes, the old minister must do his best to share the worries of Your Majesty."

...

Wen Yanbo came out of the palace, not as kind as when he entered, and a layer of frost could be scraped off from the old guy's face!

"Mr. Wang, what are your plans? I know in my heart that you can deceive Your Majesty, but you can't deceive me!"

Wang Ning'an laughed, "Mr. Wen, you are too underestimating our Majesty. I have never kept my Majesty from you. If Your Majesty hadn't stood the actions of some people, would he agree with my proposal?"

"ah!"

Wen Yanbo shivered all over, and fleeting fear appeared in his eyes!

That's right, Zhao Zhen is different from before. He revived Youzhou and defeated the Liao Kingdom. He was wise and wise, and even more prestige among the people than Taizong.

With Zhao Zhen's wisdom, he would not be unable to understand Wang Ning'an's calculations, nor would he guess the consequences, but he still supported Wang Ning'an and even beat himself up...

Wen Yanbo suddenly took a breath when he thought of this.

The last time he faced the hope of the world, Xuanma was appointed as the prime minister, but he did not do anything. He was driven out of the capital because he was evil and ate the sand in the place for many years. The lesson was painful!

In the past, Zhao Zhen was just a guy with needles hidden in the cotton. Whoever was deceived by his gentle face would be in trouble!

This uncle is so sarcastic!

Could it be that this is another test question to test one's loyalty?

Wen Yanbo's old heart was bulging, and he closed his mouth desperately, for fear of jumping out all of a sudden.

After a long time, Wen Yanbo squeezed out a smile, "Mr. Wang, I wonder if I can come to the palace to talk?"

"I can't find it!"

Wang Ning'an agreed readily. In the evening, he came to Wen Mansion. Wen Yanbo and Wen Jifu personally welcomed him and invited him to the pavilion in the back garden. The four circles were filled with water. The servants were less than ten feet in. After the wine and food were arranged, the maid and servant were sent away, and Wen Jifu personally served him.

Wen Yanbo drank a glass of wine, then he was filled with sorrow, "I said, Lord Wang, you can't do anything wrong. The salt tax cannot be moved, and the commercial tax cannot be moved even more! If you do this, you will cause chaos in the world!"

Wang Ning'an responded with a cup. He looked at Wen Jifu and suddenly smiled and said, "Master Wen, you fought well in the bronze price battle. I was so miserable by you that I almost collapsed... When it comes to business, you are afraid that you are even better than Mr. Wen. What do I think? Tell me!"

Wen Jifu was very humble and said, "Mr. Wang has the ability of gods and ghosts, and is ashamed of it. I just want to remind Lord Wang that the officials and gentry in the northwest and the great families involved in private salt are not a few. Take Luoyang City as an example. Half of the people actually eat private salt. How much benefits are there and how many people involved in it? Lord Wang knows that our Wen family must not cooperate with Lord. "

"Okay, I'm so honest. I'm starting to admire Mr. Wen!"

Wang Ning'an smiled loudly, "Mr. Wen, what if I cooperate with you to open a bank?"
Chapter completed!