"Super shallow?"

Old Li's chrysanthemum tightened, why did this sentence come out again?

"Do you know pigs? When these gentry and family are strong, they are domineering wild boars, but their strength is not as good as the court, they are New Year pigs waiting to be slaughtered!"

Fang Shiyu didn't talk nonsense and explained slowly.

In fact, for the emperor, not only the gentry without strength are like the New Year pigs, but those corrupt officials who are full of money are also New Year pigs. When the court has no money, they can slaughter it directly to have a good New Year.

The most typical one is Heshen of the Qing Dynasty.

Qianlong was not a fool either, so he naturally knew that the biggest corrupt official in the court was Heshen, and he just chose to turn a blind eye.

After all, we and the adults are indeed good at dealing with each other, and they are so comfortable serving Qianlong.

But after Qianlong cumed, it was his son's turn to ascend the throne, and Heshen became an expiring passbook.

Of course, there are negative examples.

Look at the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen, whose younger brothers were all greedy, but Chongzhen was so poor that he sounded like a jingle!

The money that Chongzhen did not get was made all the money that Li Zicheng had.

In front of the Ming Dynasty, the chiefs of those Mongolian tribes (Taiji) were named as the head of the Wanhu, Daruwachi and others. They were super gentry families. Those who were even more awesome than super gentry families were the Golden Family.

Although these people are still there and have a lot of money in their hands, they have been driven to the north by Zhu Yuanzhang to drink sand long ago.

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to impose heavy taxes on them, he would have no choice but to do so!

Whether it was the Han Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, those super gentry and family members lived in the Central Plains. Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Wen of Sui and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang levied heavy taxes on these people. In addition to the large amount of silver in their hands, there was another point, that is, they also had a lot of people in their hands, and they were just hiding them and they didn't report them.

These senior emperors just asked them to spit out the fat meat they had eaten in their mouths and return it to the court.

However, without such super gentry clans in the Ming Dynasty, there would naturally be no hidden huge wealth and hidden huge population.

If you want to increase taxes, you can only increase taxes based on the original basis.

But at this time, the people in the Ming Dynasty were not only poor, but also very few!

Emperor Hongwu abolished the Ding Tax, on the one hand, it was to compassionate with the people's sentiments, and on the other hand, it was a last resort.

When heavy taxes are imposed, people like Shen Wansan who are not interested in money may just grit their teeth and turn their eyes open and close, but for those ordinary people, it is a burden that life cannot bear.

"What should I do? Should I add or not?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was also stunned at this time.

Damn, why do you still have so many tricks when collecting personal income tax?

It is normal for Zhu Yuanzhang not to understand. If he understood the principle of taxation, he would not have done such a stupid thing and printed the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes crazily.

"What should I do? Of course there is a solution. Old Zhu, you can't think of it, it doesn't mean that I can't think of it either."

Fang Shiyu looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with contempt and said slowly.

"Then why are you still sluggish? Tell me quickly!"

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately urged him.

This little bastard doesn't deserve a beating for a day, and he feels uncomfortable all over!

Fang Shiyu was not anxious or slow, took a sip of tea and coughed. Li Shanchang, who was becoming more and more skilled, quickly held the pen and handed it to Fang Shiyu.

"It's not difficult to say it's difficult, it's not easy to say it's simple, it's just about four moves!"

Fang Shiyu said while writing.

"This first step is to increase the commercial tax rate. Nowadays, thirty-tax ones are naturally not possible. It is best to directly increase it to ten-tax ones."

There is still room for this. Look at the minimum of five taxes and one taxes during the Mongol Yuan period, and even reached the level of two taxes and one taxes.

The thirty-one tax set by Zhu Yuanzhang is naturally a bit too low.

It has certain positive significance in promoting commercial development, but it has no benefit for the court.

After changing it to 10 taxes, it was not high, and the court could drink some soup.

"Young Master Fang, it's still a common issue. If you raise taxes, aren't you afraid that those merchants will impose such burdens on the people?"

Lao Li asked with a worried look on his face.

"The next step is the second step. The court will exercise the pricing power of the specific commodity prices. Of course, this is not to let the court directly make the price of the price and not change it, but to flexibly price according to the actual situation."

"For example, when it comes to commodities involving national economy and people's livelihood, the court can give a reference price, and the merchants' pricing should not be higher than this reference price."

"As long as you are below the reference price, the court can leave it alone, but if you are above the reference price, the court can forcefully insert it, so that they can see the means of the Jinyiwei."

Fang Shiyu explained slowly.

"That's great! These two moves are good! It's really good!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up!

As long as these two moves are done well, prices can be suppressed, and the court can also increase income. It is simply the best of both worlds!

And even if Fang Shiyu didn't say this, the Jinyiwei now goes to the market to investigate prices every day and report them to Zhu Yuanzhang.

But for Zhu Yuanzhang, these data only have reference meanings and no actual value.

Now Fang Shiyu has contributed these two moves, and it is just right to operate them.

"Mr. Fang, this way, the tax revenue will triple. What if the merchants directly sack the market?"

However, Old Liu frowned and couldn't help but ask with worry.

It is obvious that the pricing power of commodities is in the hands of the court, and the upper limit of this price is fixed. Taxes increase, prices do not rise but fall, and the benefits of merchants will naturally be greatly reduced.

As a businessman, naturally, I don’t want to see this situation.

If someone stops doing it, you can’t hold someone’s neck with a knife, so that those merchants must do it!

"Old Liu, you don't understand capital operation at all! Reducing returns is not without profit. As long as it is profitable, there are many people in the world who want to do it, Zhang San will not do it, and Zhao Si Wang Ermazi will do it!"

“No need to worry about this at all.”

Fang Shiyu didn't care and explained lightly.

Profit-seeking is the nature of a businessman!

Is Chen Wansan rich?

It's all about being uninterested in money. After Fang Shiyu was invented, he was still confused and went to sell sugar himself?

Lao Liu is completely worried about nothing!

"Not bad! Really good! Tell me how to move the following few moves?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked excited and couldn't help but urge him again.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, merchants are just a group of vampires. Now they can cut off merchants' leeks and will not cause any burden to the people. Why not do it?

Lao Liu, you just talk too much, don’t interrupt, let this kid speak out quickly.

"This third step is to set different tax rates for different social classes."

"For example, people's livelihood products such as grain and green salt, medicinal materials and fabrics can still adopt the previous 30-1 tax collection method."

"But goods that do not involve people's livelihood can be increased to the 10 tax and one tax collection law."

"As for those luxury goods that ordinary people use at all, they can be even higher, and it is not impossible to directly increase to five taxes and one!"

"Five taxes and one tax are a little low. The taxes for those luxury goods are best set at one tax and one!"

Fang Shiyu said lightly.

This has gone beyond the scope of the understanding of the ancients in the feudal period, and it is entirely based on the strategy of taxing luxury goods in the 21st century.

The tax on livelihood goods should be as low as possible so that the people can afford it.

But luxury goods, which are toys for rich people, naturally have to be subject to heavy taxes.

Because these luxury goods are not really valuable, they are completely used by those rich people.

The more expensive the ones you sell, the more rare the goods they are, the more they will appear to be rich.

These people no longer care about how much the money is. If you buy a bag and spend tens of millions of dollars, will they care about how much taxes are included?

Not to mention, in today's era, the top luxury goods are made in China (Ming Dynasty)!

Therefore, the rich people in the Ming Dynasty, who wanted to learn from the rich people in the 21st century, flew abroad to buy cheap luxury goods, and there was no possibility at all.

What's more, those who buy abroad to save some money are called rich people?

That is the buyer who makes a difference!

True rich people never look at the price when buying things. For them, if they buy something rare and expensive, they will buy whatever they want. What is the cost-effectiveness? There is no word cost-effectiveness in their dictionary.

So for luxury goods, taxes are set as high as possible!

"What else?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.

"The last step is to change flexibly and specify tax strategies according to national conditions. You cannot always collect them at a tax rate. It is best to change the tax rate every few years."
To be continued...