According to the law of conservation of gains and losses, since the middle class has become the biggest beneficiary of this conscription law, who is the biggest victim?

Don’t guess blindly!

It’s not those powerful people, but the wealthy businessmen in Tokyo Bianliang.

Such as Ma Tianhao, Fan Yong, Fan Yong, and even Zhang Fei himself.

In terms of income ratio, they are undoubtedly the most disadvantaged. First of all, they are definitely in the first tier, which means they have to pay 10% exemption tax every year.

Secondly, their annual income is tens of thousands, so no matter how much is deducted from them, they still have to pay a lot.

Finally, they were less willing to lie this time.

However, this tax rate is too targeted. The higher your income, the more you pay.

As a result, the Bian Jing Law Firm was in a state of mourning.

"Don't look at me like that."

...

...

Zhang Fei said: "I pay no less tax than you do."

Bang!

Immediately, a declaration form was slapped in front of them. "I have to pay at least 2,000 guan of exemption tax every year. I just bought a house. How much pressure does this have to put on me?"

Huang Can was surprised and said, "Sanlang, you have only been in Bianjing for a few years, and your income is more than 20,000 strings of cash."

Chen Maoqian said sourly: "You just found out."

Before the emergence of mortgages, his income was not that much. It was only after the emergence of mortgages that his income reached this amount. Because Ma Tianhao cooperated with him, he further monopolized the housing supply.

But this is incomparable to the tax calculation business of the firm, and this is still after Zhang Fei gave up a lot of profit to

Ma Tianhao said coldly: "He made several thousand guan from us."

"Isn't this a disguised way of reducing your tax revenue?" Zhang Fei coughed, "And if you pay more, it means you earn more, so this is not a bad thing."

"That's true."

Fan Yong said: "We originally supported it, but your tax is enough to pay for the labor and management for ten years."

If it doubles or triples the previous amount, they will accept it.

After all, this is relatively stable. Going to the government every year to lobby for favors and hiring servants means that someone has a handle on you. I never thought that the tax commissioner would multiply it by ten.

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "It sounds a bit high, but I am happy to pay this tax."

"Of course you are happy, this will help your career." Ma Tianhao snorted.

Zhang Fei snorted, “Xiao Ma seems to have been promoted recently.”

".!"

Ma Tianhao blinked and said nothing.

Chen Maoqian said: "But our son has no chance to go to the police station."

"You can't think like that. You have to change your perspective."

Zhang Fei said: "It's just like you pay me hundreds of strings of cash every year for a guarantee. And you should know where this tax is spent? The Royal Tax Police, the Royal Police, and the Royal Court Police, etc. In other words, you are their big money sponsors. If you have difficulties in the future and go to the police, you don't have to beg them with a smile, but ask them to handle these problems."

Chen Maoqian even laughed, "We dare not confront the Royal Police."

Zhang Fei said: "But this is the fact. If you make any mistakes, or even get bullied by some powerful people, they will definitely protect your legitimate rights and interests. If you are gone, they won't be able to pay you bonuses next year. It's that simple. Isn't this better than you holding silver and begging for help with a shameless smile? Ten percent after deducting all expenses, it's really not a loss."

Fan Yong asked: "Is it true?"

If it can get this reward, then it is certainly worth it.

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "You won't believe me if I tell you the truth, but the fact is that you have to pay this tax so that the Royal Police can get their salaries. Do you think they will protect you?"

The timber merchant Zhou Jian suddenly said, "But we can't afford to support all the Royal Police with this little money."

The expressions of the big guys changed slightly, and they looked at each other.

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "It's not just you who have to pay, almost everyone has to pay."

"But there are few people more honest than us." Zhou Jian said suddenly.

The other wealthy people also nodded.

You can pay it, but you have to be fair and follow the criminal law. I'm afraid that in the end, we won't be able to collect what we should collect, and then all the money will fall on us.

This is not pettiness, but historical experience.

He who is honest will suffer.

The more truthfully you surrender, the more the court will pester you for money.

Zhang Fei looked at Zhou Jian and said, "If you have any evidence, you can hand it over to the tax commissioner."

Zhou Jian quickly said, "I don't have any."

Zhang Fei glanced around and said, "I know everyone has concerns, I have too, but I think the judiciary is the only way to protect us businessmen, but the prerequisite is that we first believe in the judiciary and give it a chance."

In fact, this time it can also be regarded as a rectification of commercial taxes. Zhang Fei had previously suggested to Zhao Xu that we should forget about agricultural taxes and focus on commercial taxes.

According to this algorithm, rural households actually pay less because they have relatively less income. If they pay based on the proportion of their harvest, they don't need to pay much at all.

The only response to Zhang Fei was silence.

In this regard, they had absolutely no confidence in the court.

This heart is broken.

Because too many vendors and merchants were persecuted by the imperial court and their families were destroyed.

Zhang Fei also knew this, but it was hard to make people believe this kind of thing just by words, so he had to speak based on facts.

At least give them hope.

After a while, Ma Tianhao couldn't stand this atmosphere anymore, "Oh! We are just complaining, the tax has been calculated, we have to pay it even if we don't want to!"

Just at this moment, Fan Zheng suddenly walked in, "Sorry! Sorry! I'm late. Dad, uncles and aunts."

Zhang Fei said, "Master Fan, you came at the right time. You should host this meeting. I have already aroused public anger."

Fan Zheng knew what was going on without asking, but he still trusted Zhang Fei more in this matter and was willing to give it a try. Unlike the last time he did the transportation business, he had great reservations about that business.

Because the risk is too high and the profit is not that attractive, and if this thing succeeds, the benefits to businessmen will be huge. He thinks that businessmen must rely on the judiciary.

Of course, Fan Zheng would not openly stand on the side of Zhang Fei. He smiled awkwardly, "It's nothing, actually. Our charity foundation is planning to donate 3,000 strings of cash to the police station to make police uniforms."

"Donate? Oh, forget it. I've already paid so much tax, I don't care about this."

"Sanlang, don't you think that if we donate so much money to the police station, it can't offset some of the taxes?"

"Well."

Zhang Fei said: "If I remember correctly, those lands were not taxed. Otherwise, you should have paid more than this."

".!"

Zhao Mansion.

"The city is about to start paying taxes, and I believe Kaifeng and Xiangfu counties will soon be paying taxes as well. If we regret it now, it's not too late."

Li Daojing, the head of the Ministry of Rites, glanced around at his colleagues sitting in the room.

In fact, they have been very frightened these days because they concealed the facts and they feel guilty as thieves.

However, they now have remedial measures. Concealing the information does not count as tax evasion. Once the tax is paid, the nature of the situation will be different.

Now it’s time to start paying taxes.

Xie Yun said: "Of course you have to pay as much as you report. I heard that not many people in the court report truthfully."

Meng Gansheng also said: "Fortunately, we didn't report the truth at the beginning. With this tax calculation method, how much money would we have to pay! The land accumulated by our family for generations is not included in the salary."

Li Daojing said, "I saw that others lied, so I thought, why not let them try first? If we can't find them, we can make plans then. Once the land is transferred, it will no longer belong to us. This is not difficult. It depends on whether the tax department will investigate."

Zhao Wenzheng suddenly said, "We know that they didn't report the tax truthfully, and they also know that we didn't report the tax truthfully. If we suddenly make up for it and it gets out, I'm afraid they will think that we know something and therefore make up for it all. In that case, we will have to pay the tax for sure."

Li Daojing frowned.

Zhao Wenzheng added: "What Director Meng said just now is right. His calculation is aimed at us. We can't just surrender."

Li Daojing said: "That being said, I still feel a little uneasy. The money in the account alone cannot even make up for the police station's finances. There must be something fishy going on."

Zhao Wenzheng snorted, "We didn't report the truth, he can't arrest all the civil and military officials in the court."

Meng Gansheng nodded and said, "Zhao Zhishi's words make sense. I don't believe they dare to do this. Besides, you should know that other counties are watching us. If we give in, they will have no choice but to give in as well."

Pei Wen, who was sitting at the end, suddenly raised a newspaper and said, "Could the reason be here?"

Zhao Wenzheng asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Pei Wen said: "Today, the charity foundation announced a donation of 3,000 guan to the Royal Police to make police uniforms."

Li Daojing frowned and said, "But three thousand strings of cash is far from enough."

Pei Wen explained: "Maybe this is just the beginning. As far as I know, many officials have connections with this charity foundation. I wonder if their method is to coerce or bribe us to donate money to the charity foundation, and then donate from the charity foundation to the police station."

Li Daojing nodded slightly: "That's possible."

Zhao Wenzheng chuckled and said, "They are just daydreaming. I don't need to rely on this foundation to avoid taxes."

Meng Gansheng said, "Now that things have come to this, we don't need to think too much. This is just scaring ourselves. We still have to do what we agreed to do. The other party will definitely choose to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys. Whoever is sued should admit it. If not, don't be scared. I don't believe that the tax commissioner can check it out. As long as the tax commissioner can't check it out, the exemption tax will not be able to persist."

The police station did not give them much chance to hesitate and immediately began to collect taxes from households in the city.

Those middle-class people were very active. In fact, many of them hired bookstores and gave the money. But in order to create this atmosphere, they still came in person to declare and pay taxes.

They knew in their hearts that if this thing was to succeed, they would benefit greatly, and they had to give 200% support.

"Mr. Junshi, this is our family's tax receipt."

The old servant handed a tax receipt to Sima Guang.

"Thank you for your help." Sima Guang took it and looked at it, then sighed, "It seems that this guy is either trying to shock the tiger with a warning or to kill a chicken to scare the monkey!"

Wen Yanbo asked, "Are you sure he will find a way to collect all these taxes?"

Sima Guang nodded and said, "But I originally thought that he would take action after declaring and before paying taxes, so as to warn others and give everyone a way out. Now he has not taken any action, which is obviously to make an example of someone else."

Wen Yanbo said: "But most officials in the court did not report truthfully. I even heard that they expected the other side to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, but they will fight to the end."

Sima Guang sighed: "This will surely be a fierce battle!"

Li Bao sent another batch of furniture today. Of course, this was just a cover.

"It seems that they are determined to test the ability of our tax commissioner."

"Nothing has changed?"

"Not even one."

Li Bao shook his head and grinned.

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "Why are you so excited?"

Li Bao said: "We have been preparing for so long, how can we not be excited?"

Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "Don't be impatient. If we act too quickly, you will know that we have already made preparations. We should follow the process and collect the money first, then audit it, and then investigate it."

Li Bao said impatiently: "They already know that we have been prepared for a long time. They clearly want us to check to see if we have done enough. Just look at the application form, anyone can see that there is a problem. The cultivated land in Kaifeng County has been reduced by half."

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "That being said, we can't let those 'chickens' know that we have been keeping an eye on him. If we do that, they will be dissatisfied and think that we are targeting them. We should follow the procedures for everything. If they want to fight a protracted war, then we will fight them to the end. It is a good opportunity to train the Imperial Court and the Procuratorate."

(End of this chapter)