In his memorial, Xia Zhongshi put forward his innovative ideas on the salt law, which generally speaking was to change the "gang salt system" to the "piao salt system".
According to the "ticket salt system" in the middle of the Xia Dynasty, salt permits were abolished, breaking the hereditary monopoly of salt merchants and replacing them with banknotes.
To put it bluntly, whether you are a salt merchant or not, if you want to do salt business, you can go to the salt factory to buy salt, and after paying the salt tax, you can get a ticket to transport salt.
Zhu Youxiao lowered his eyes, thinking about the feasibility of implementing the "Salt Ticket System" and its imperfections.
In his opinion, the most satisfactory thing about the salt ticket system was that it abolished the monopoly of salt permits and salt permit merchants, thus basically eliminating the exploitation of officials at all levels.
At the same time, the implementation of the "Ticket Salt Law" can suppress salt prices and benefit the people, but it does not reduce the court's salt tax revenue. On the contrary, it can increase national tax revenue.
The procedures for selling and transporting salt were simplified, and the scope of salt merchants' business was broadened. "Salt merchants were required to collect salt tickets, pay taxes at the salt bureau, buy salt and receive tickets, and then transport it directly to the shore. This was simpler and more convenient than commercial transportation. Regardless of the amount of capital, everyone could operate according to their ability and go as they pleased.
After paying the salt tax, you can buy salt from the salt factory and sell it. There is no specific sales scope, and it doesn’t matter whether you have the qualifications to sell salt.
Good, very good. Zhu Youxiao figured out the key and couldn't help but applaud.
The salt merchants who monopolized salt permits and made huge profits were gone. Everyone could buy salt and trade it, so naturally there was no possibility for them to arbitrarily lower the purchase price and raise the selling price to make huge profits...
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Li Chengcheng ran in, sweating profusely, his face flushed with excitement, and announced the good news to Zhu Youxiao: "Xiaobai gave birth to six, six adorable kittens."
Oh, Zhu Youxiao was not annoyed by being interrupted, but was happy and excited about Xiaobai's safety and the birth of six little cats.
That’s amazing! Six cubs were born in one litter.
Zhu Youxiao stood up with a smile and walked out of the hall.
When Zhu Youxiao saw six cute little kittens writhing in their mother's arms with their eyes closed, he laughed happily and joyfully.
Zhu Youxiao was slightly surprised when he saw it out of the corner of his eye.
The "hateful" expression on his poker face had loosened, and his eyes were shining with envy and love as he stared at the kittens without blinking.
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