At this time, Bianjing was like a boiling boiler, which could explode at any time and was extremely dangerous.
And the fuse is in Zhang Fei's hands.
It depends on when he starts calculating and collecting taxes.
At the same time, everyone also knows that this day will not be too far away, because the police station recruits people first and then collects taxes. According to the provisions of the Recruitment Law, exemption from this conscription tax must be paid together with the summer and autumn taxes.
If the summer tax is missed, the finances of the police station will inevitably collapse and it will be impossible to sustain. You must know that the police station originally had more than 500 people, and now it has expanded twenty times, unless the emperor takes action personally.
Therefore, the police department will definitely set the exemption tax before the summer tax.
The police station doesn't have much time left.
Rich mansion.
On the court's rest day, Sima Guang and Wen Yanbo would come to Fu's house to assist him in revising the law. At the same time, Fu Bi would also give the students a day off. After all, Sima Guang and Wen Yanbo were both prime ministers, and there were some things that could not be said casually in front of the students.
But today they have no intention of thinking about it.
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"The situation is very dangerous now!"
Fu Bi couldn't help but frown and said.
Wen Yanbo nodded and said, "If we want to set the exemption tax before the summer tax, we don't have enough time because we have to recalculate the household ranks, which is a very tedious task. In the end, we either have to use the original household ranks or rely on those officials. Something is bound to happen in the process."
They were very familiar with this routine. Sima Guang reminded Wang Anshi more than once that he was too radical and that a good thing could turn into a bad thing.
Sima Guang said: "The only person who is still worth looking forward to is Zhang San. Based on my understanding of him, he will not act rashly if he is not sure."
"But Zhang San is just one person!" Fu Bi frowned and asked, "Who is in charge of the tax department at present?"
The cards in Zhang Fei's hand are basically visible. The only unclear one is the Commissioner of Taxation. Since its establishment, this office has been purely a technical department. No one knows how much power the Commissioner of Taxation has.
Wen Yanbo said: "It was an official named Li He."
Fu Bi thought about it and shook his head: "I have never heard of this person."
Sima Guang said: "It is said that Li He was previously an official in charge of the warehouse cashier in the Sanbu Gouyuan, and was later directly promoted to tax commissioner."
Fu Bi asked, "A member of the government family?"
Sima Guang nodded: "It should be."
Just then, a servant came over quickly and said, "Master, this is the news report that was just delivered."
Wen Yanbo asked, "The news from the genuine bookstore?"
"Yes."
Wen Yanbo and Sima Guang looked at each other tacitly.
Something is definitely going on.
Because during the previous period, Zhang Fei did not do any publicity at all, and public opinion had always been controlled by the other party, which made them all very confused.
Now Zhang Fei finally took action.
Fu Bi took it and looked at it. He was surprised at first and said, "This article was issued by the Taxation Commissioner."
He looked down carefully again, and after a long while, he exclaimed, "Voluntary declaration?"
Wen Yanbo and Sima Guang said in unison: "Voluntary declaration?"
No one seemed to understand what it meant.
Fu Bi looked up at him and said, "The tax bureau stipulates that the people must go to the designated place to declare their own wealth and income."
Wen Yanbo and Sima Guang were still confused.
Are you kidding me?
You have to know that in the past, officials and village heads would go to the homes of ordinary people to carefully check to see how much land and property their family had.
If they declare on their own initiative, who will tell the truth? In the end, every household will have to be investigated.
Fu Bi handed the newspaper to Wen Yanbo. Sima Guang could no longer wait, so he quickly stood up and walked behind Wen Yanbo and started reading with him.
Fu Bi stood aside, staring and thinking.
Wen Yanbo looked at it and said, "So the tax commissioner wants to use random inspections to prevent tax evasion?"
Sima Guang said, "I think the key is not here, but that the tax commissioner will use the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs to collect taxes. It is clearly stated that the tax commissioner will recover the taxes through prosecution by the procuratorate."
Fu Bi suddenly smiled and nodded, "I see."
Sima Guang asked, "Why did you say that, Mr. Fu?"
Fu Bi said: "Didn't I tell you before that Zhang San suggested that in terms of taxation, we should give the people more tolerance based on the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues. I understand this principle, but I have been thinking recently that if we want to give tolerance to the people, we must first go to the government, but the current taxation system generally does not go to the government.
And now this arrangement can incorporate this idea, because during the trial process, the royal court can give a lenient or severe sentence based on the specific object and the specific matter. "
Wen Yanbo said: "But if we ask the people to report it themselves and collect it by random inspection, will the people report it truthfully?"
"It's hard to say if it's about ordinary people. Some people may hide it." Fu Bi suddenly asked again: "But what about the rich?"
Fu Bi asked himself and answered: "The previous taxation system often failed to collect taxes from the rich, but in this way, the rich dare not to pay taxes. If they are caught, they will lose more than they gain."
Wen Yanbo nodded: "The article also mentioned that once a defendant is found guilty of tax evasion, he or she will have to bear all prosecution costs and pay a fine based on the amount of tax evasion. However, the specific amount of the fine has not yet been announced. This is indeed disadvantageous to the rich."
Sima Guang nodded: "The tax commissioner will certainly pay more attention to the rich. If he prosecutes the poor, the proceeds may not even cover the cost of the prosecution."
Wen Yanbo asked again: "But does the tax commissioner have such great ability?"
Sima Guang first exchanged a glance with Fu Bi, then said thoughtfully: "The tax commissioner only needs to verify, while prosecution is the power of the procuratorate. Once the prosecution is filed, the final judgment is in the hands of the imperial court. In other words, the tax commissioner does not need much power at all, they need the means to investigate taxes more."
Fu Bi nodded and said, "The procuratorate had nothing to do before, but this time they will be busy. It can even be said that once this is implemented, the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs will truly start to operate."
At this point, he paused for a moment, "But the best thing is that by doing this, he can avoid the previous official administration and make those methods useless."
Wen Yanbo nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "That's right! If they do this, they only need to send some accountants to keep records, and those officials won't be able to interfere at all. Everything will be controlled by the tax commissioner, and the people will no longer have to worry about their household registration being over-classified."
Sima Guang stroked his beard and laughed, "No wonder Zhang San ignored the propaganda this time. If this happens, all those newspapers and articles will become very ridiculous."
Wen Yanbo said: "But there are loopholes. The people may not be able to consider everything when they report it themselves. Many people can't read a single word and don't know arithmetic. If they report wrongly or miss reports, won't it give the tax commissioner an opportunity to exploit the people?"
Fu Bi hesitated for a moment and said, "The Royal Court does not have to rule in favor of the Procuratorate. This has to be tried, and the Royal Court must make a judgment based on the law. So the key lies in legislation. We can fill these loopholes through the Legislative Council."
Wen Yanbo chuckled and said, "After going around in circles for so long, the key is here. It seems we didn't come to the wrong place today!"
The biggest difference between this law and the previous system is that power is decentralized and checked and balanced. Before, the government had the final say, whether it was tax law or judicial affairs, but now the tax commissioner and judicial departments such as the procuratorate and the imperial court are not subordinate to each other.
The Tax Commissioner can only file a lawsuit, and ultimately the decision will be made by the judiciary. How the judiciary decides depends on the legislation.
Wen Yanbo is absolutely right. This is a huge loophole in voluntary reporting. Many people will not take this into account. If there is no legislation on this, many problems may arise.
Stop the two-government regulations.
"Zhang San's move is truly amazing!"
Lu Huiqing said excitedly: "If they declare it themselves, it will make the wealthy businessmen and landlords very uncomfortable, and their previous methods may not work. And it goes without saying that the tax commissioner will definitely keep an eye on them, and only by suing them will they be fined a huge amount.
In the past, what the people were most worried about was that the government would raise their household status. Now that they can declare on their own, they naturally don’t have to worry about this. When the time comes, they don’t have to pay much.
The most important thing is that this can avoid the entire civil service system. It turns out that this is how the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs use it.”
Their reform was to levy taxes on the very wealthy, but there was great resistance. Wang Anshi could only think of all kinds of weird tricks, such as the equalization of taxes. I will do it myself and not give you profiteers any chance.
However, Zhang Fei's self-declaration is more thoughtful. Poor people may dare to take a gamble, since they will have a miserable life anyway. But rich people must be very afraid. If they are found out, it will be fatal.
But when Lu Huiqing saw Wang Anshi sitting there, frowning and silent, he couldn't help asking, "Master, do you think this is inappropriate?"
"Of course not."
Wang Anshi said depressedly: "To achieve all this, we must have a perfect public security, procuratorial and judicial system. Otherwise, it will only become a mess. For now, we can only do this in Kaifeng Prefecture. I can't wait for Sima Junshi to implement judicial reform first. After all, I don't have 200 years to live."
Lu Huiqing nodded slightly: "That's right. The reason why Zhang San dared to do this is that Kaifeng Prefecture has the Taxation Commissioner, the Procuratorate, the Imperial Court and the Royal Police, none of which can be missing. In addition, the officials in charge of these offices are also very critical."
Wang Anshi was annoyed and said, "I originally planned to use the Royal Police to try to rectify the administration of officials to see if it was feasible. But I never thought that this guy would directly avoid the entire administration of officials instead of rectifying it, and rely heavily on the public security, procuratorial and judicial systems at night. Kaifeng Prefecture can avoid it, but how can other places avoid it? How can we learn from this?"
Lu Huiqing said: "But we have to admit that his approach is very suitable for our new policy. This can force those big landlords and even make officials pay taxes. I just don't know if it will work well in the local area."
After hearing this, Wang Anshi became even more angry: "It's all Sima Junshi's fault. He's so slow and I don't know what he's doing."
Imperial city.
"Zihua, I told you a long time ago that although this kid's actions are unorthodox, unexpected, and hateful, he will always solve the problem."
Lu Gong said to Han Jiang with a smile.
Han Jiang snorted, "What do you want to solve? He is throwing all the problems to the Sino-Agricultural Ministry. After all, they are only calculating the household status. The real tax is determined by our Sino-Agricultural Ministry. Not a penny less of this money can be paid."
Lu Gong said, "Han Zihua, you usually understand things immediately, but why can't you figure it out this time?"
Han Jiang asked, "I'd like to hear your opinion."
Lu Gong said: "If everyone reports truthfully, and you also pay taxes according to the law, how much money can we get after averaging it out?"
Han Jiang's eyes lit up and he said, "Yes! If everyone doesn't dare to evade taxes or lie about their wealth, then the burden on the people won't be increased."
Lu Gong said: "I am even thinking about collecting the summer and autumn taxes in the same way."
Han Jiang glanced at him and said, "That will offend a lot of people."
Lu Gong laughed and said, "That is the business of the tax commissioner. It has nothing to do with me."
Han Jiang asked again: "Will the officials from your three divisions agree?"
The smile on Lu Gong's face gradually faded, and he said, "But the summer and autumn taxes should also fall under the jurisdiction of the tax commissioner. Let's see how capable this tax commissioner is."
(End of this chapter)
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