This has nothing to do with Mr. Wang being the relative of Zhang Yasi, the county magistrate! Mr. Wang is poor and you are rich! The pottery jar in your house is more valuable than the porcelain in Mr. Wang's house next door!
Oops, my hand slipped, but it doesn’t matter, your door is only worth three cents, I’ll compensate you!
When we went to take your cow away, it was already sick and dying. How could it be considered a living cow?
You have the final say, I have the final say? Don't you know that Emperor Zhao wants to march north? Are you a spy for the Jin people?
History has proven time and again that when auditing methods are entirely manual, this practice of fleecing the wealthy, which seems to target only the wealthy, often turns into cruel persecution of middle-class families.
On the contrary, the truly powerful and wealthy will avoid these things.
How could Zhao Jiu dare to agree so easily?
However, Zhao Jiu’s hesitation and indecision does not mean that he really rejected these suggestions. He was actually prepared to take these strong measures if necessary.
He also believed that in this state of war, after the court had experienced the purge of the Baima-Shaoxing Rebellion and the suppression of the powerful imperial army, both the truly wealthy and the middle-class families would endure it.
This official even had the sinister idea of carrying out large-scale cases and targeted robberies against some of the powerful and wealthy people in Tokyo, Nanyang and Yangzhou when necessary.
However, the problem is that those are all final solutions that will only be chosen as a last resort.
As a ruler, Zhao Jiu hopes to maintain some bottom lines and use more meticulous, clever and smooth means to gather funds for the Northern Expedition... This is the reason for the contents that appeared in the latest issue of the court report.
But back to the present, this time, with Xu Jing's words, Emperor Zhao really felt like he had activated the harmless golden finger.
Because he has realized that the things he just thought of are generally derived from some institutional innovations in the period before the Industrial Revolution and after the end of the Middle Ages... These things do not require the powerful productivity after the Industrial Revolution as a basis, but they are definitely beyond the scope of the Middle Ages, and most of them are institutional innovations.
Therefore, these ideas are just the right things that can help the Song Dynasty, which is in its heyday in the Middle Ages, to thrive.
However, as Zhao Jiu is just an ordinary engineering student, even if he knows something about similar matters, it is definitely not much.
the commodification of the Royal Credentials;
sea flag;
stamp duty;
Northern Expedition Lottery;
Sea trade company system;
Northern Expedition national debt;
Excess estate tax;
The royal property was auctioned off publicly.
It was still early summer in April. In the morning, in the somewhat stuffy stone pavilion in the harem, Prime Minister Zhao Ding, who had eaten so many mulberries at the urging of Emperor Zhao that the corners of his mouth were stained, put down the note in his hand, and sat there with a complicated expression, without saying a word for a long time.
It was not just him. The situations of the ministers beside him, such as Zhang Jun, the vice-chancellor of the capital province, Liu Ji, the vice-envoy of the Privy Council, Chen Gui, the chief censor, Li Guang, the minister of revenue, Lin Jingmo, and the minister of work, Hu Yin, were basically similar.
This is not to say that people like Zhao Xianggong don’t understand what these words mean - this is a national affair, and the Emperor Zhao on the opposite side is not here to show off. The latter has already written down the detailed explanations he has racked his brains to come up with.
However, it is precisely because of this that the people on the other side find it incredible.
"What do you mean?"
Maybe he was afraid that what he had come up with would be rejected due to some childish reasons, so Zhao Jiu lost his usual composure and couldn't help but urge him forward.
"Is the official a gifted talent?" Zhang Deyuan, who was sitting on a stone bench, was the first to respond with a smile. "The ingenuity of printing taxes is really amazing, and there is also lottery..."
Zhao Jiu rarely showed a hint of pride, but then he immediately became serious as usual.
The seal tax is actually the stamp tax, but the Song Dynasty has always had the tradition of signing in addition to stamping, so it was changed to this name that is more in line with the times.
The specific meaning of stamp duty is actually very simple... When private transactions reach the point where a contract is required, whether it is the sale of houses, land, bulk goods, or private lending, one can ask the court to stamp a seal and sign a pledge, but taxes must be paid.
The minimum charge is one yuan, and the amount above will be based on the value of the goods, one thousandth, and both parties pay together.
The beauty of this tax is that it is not a compulsory tax but a voluntary tax, and it cleverly avoids the poorest people at the bottom.
After all, the people who are truly qualified to make these contracts are not the lowest class of people. However, in order to ensure the legality of their property, these people, especially the purchasing party, often take the initiative to ask the seller to have the government stamp this seal and sign this pledge with them to ensure the legality of the transaction and avoid unnecessary disputes in the future.
Imagine that you spent 150 kan to buy a house in Tokyo to settle down and pass it on to your sons and grandchildren. You have spent 150 kan, but you are still reluctant to part with the remaining half kan...which is 370 wen according to the market price...would you ask for a contract with the official seal to further ensure your ownership of this house?
So what if I give you a small bribe?
Having an official seal and not having an official seal, a three-party contract and a two-party contract, the sense of security they give people is different.
Given the common people's superstition about the authority of the government these days, they should be happy to pay the tax.
It’s a clever idea indeed, and it definitely works!
On the other hand, when Zhang Deyuan was praising the seal tax, the Minister of Revenue Lin Jingmo also made a conclusion about the seal tax in his heart.
However, Minister Lin is different from others. He is recognized as a talented person. Not only did he make a final decision on the stamp tax, but he also noticed the nature of the paper given by Emperor Zhao today, and guessed the mood of many people present at the right time.
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