Lay to win!Cannon fodder, he has become the chief assistant

According to the law of Dazhi, unless slaves and lowly people are exiled, they are not allowed to have private property under their names, including houses and land.

Some merchants will buy servants with good citizenship and put land under their names. Of course, it cannot be a dead contract, otherwise it will become a slave, so it must be a living contract.

There is more room for manipulation in the contract of living.

The longest term of a living deed in government records is 20 years.

Therefore, some merchants will deliberately buy refugees with good citizenship as servants, and then let them sign a 20-year contract of living, and then put dozens of acres of land under their name, so that they indirectly own the control of these lands.

Of course, doing so is risky.

When encountering a dizzy master's family, for a moment, he forgot which servant's name these properties belonged to, and he took the opportunity to redeem them, then these properties have nothing to do with the master's family at all.

There are also some masters who signed a ten-year contract, but as a result, they forgot to revise the contract after a long time. After the expiration, the servant can still regain his freedom, and there is still land under his name to make a living.

All in all, there are advantages and disadvantages, but most merchants will do this.

But because this is not a glorious thing after all, and it is not illegal, but it violates the system, so most of the merchants will not have too much land under the name of their servants, at most dozens of acres, and some may only be a dozen acres, or even several acres of fields.

Because the family is a merchant, it is impossible to produce a famous scholar, let alone an official.

Therefore, this can be regarded as indirectly preventing collusion between officials and businessmen.

Just now that person's voice was sonorous and powerful, and several people in the room naturally heard it clearly.

"My lord, the one who spoke just now was Xie Chen from the Xie family in the outer city, who is also the cousin of Xie Lin, the head of the Wenhui."

Zhao Yue nodded, noncommittal about what he just said.

Unexpectedly, soon, because of this incident, scholars began to discuss the national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce.

Most of the students believe that emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business is the right way, and businessmen value profits, and they smell like money. If the businessmen become bigger, wouldn't it be the disaster of the previous dynasty?
Of course, these words are a bit exaggerated. How could the fall of the previous dynasty be just because the merchants became bigger?
In the final analysis, it was still the tyranny of the previous dynasty, the court was corrupt and filthy, making it impossible for the common people to live, and that's why they complained, and today's great rule is achieved.

There were voices in the lobby one after another, most of them were supporting the faction of Lord Qin in the court, and wanted to increase the collection of business taxes.

Zhao Yue listened for a while, his face became more and more serious.

Xie Rongzhao took a sip of tea, and then sighed suddenly: "Are these people crazy? I know that if there is too much agricultural tax, the farmers will not be able to survive. If there is too much commercial tax, what should those merchants lose their way of life?" ?”

Zhao Yue returned to his senses and raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean, little boy?"

Xie Rongzhao shook his head: "I can't say, anyway, I think father will definitely not agree with what they said. Father once said that if the imperial court wants to impose heavy taxes on merchants, not only will it not be beneficial to people's livelihood, but it may even be harmful to the people. Accelerate the conflict between the court and the people. I don't know how to explain it specifically."

It's amazing for a six-year-old girl to say such a thing.

Chang Feng on the side looked at her with a different look, always thinking that this child is a monster!

Zhao Yue didn't get the answer from her, but he wasn't disappointed. In his opinion, if he wanted to make it clearer, he might as well talk to Xie Xiuwen for a few more words.

I don't know who mentioned Xie Xiuwen, and then some people booed and wanted to hear the young Xie Yuangong's opinion.

Xie Xiuwen was in the lobby on the first floor. He was originally sitting in a corner, drinking tea with Wang Jin and listening to the people talking loudly. Who would have thought that this fire could burn himself?
Xie Chen glanced over, and a scholar in Tsing Yi cupped his hands and said: "Xie Jieyuan, I heard that you are famous, and today I would like to ask you for a high-level theory."

This attitude really shows respect for him.

Xie Xiuwen got up and returned a salute, and said in a calm manner: "Just now I heard a few brothers talk very lively, but there is one thing I don't understand, I would like to ask you to clarify."

"Why should Xie Jieyuan be polite? It doesn't matter if you have something to say."

Xie Xiuwen smiled: "Do you know how much the business tax is now?"

This question stunned everyone present.

Most of them are not familiar with common affairs. Even if there are some properties in the family, there are special people to take care of them. Naturally, they will not fall on them. Most of them are people who only read sage books. How do they know how the business tax is? collection?
However, after a moment of silence, there were voices one after another.

"Business tax is ten and tax is one."

"It seems that we have ten taxes and two taxes?"

"No, no, business tax mainly depends on the goods. There are city tax and Shanze tax."

……

Hearing the responses from the people below, Zhao Yue shook his head mockingly.

In the end, it was Wang Jin who got up and told everyone: "According to the link of Dazhi legal business tax collection, it is divided into tax and residential tax. Every merchant sells goods, and every [-] yuan is taxed at [-], which is called tax; A thousand dollars is taxed at thirty. If someone sells goods by themselves, then they will have to bear double taxes."

Xie Chen frowned, and the scholar in Tsing Yi said again: "So what? It's double taxation, and the tax for a thousand dollars is only fifty. If you calculate it like this, don't those businessmen benefit a lot? No wonder the world Chang Dao merchants are treacherous, as expected!"

How do these people who don't understand common affairs know the hardships of doing business?

"What this brother said is wrong."

Everyone looked over together, wanting to hear what Xie Xiuwen had to say.

"This double taxation does not sound heavy. The tax on thousands of coins adds up to only fifty, but everyone, the thousand coins here are not just the profits of the merchants, but the total value of the goods."

After Xie Xiu finished speaking, he picked up the teapot on the table and held it up: "Just like this teapot, assuming it costs a thousand dollars, then it will be taxed fifty, but in fact this teapot may only be sold for one thousand two hundred. Money. That is to say, taking the teapot as an example, the merchant’s final profit is 150 yuan.”

The scholar in Tsing Yi shouted again: "That's not a lot. I only paid 150 qian, and the profit is [-] qian. That is to add another level of tax. The merchants can obviously afford it."

This remark attracted the approval of many people.

Xie Xiuwen couldn't help shaking his head and laughing: "This brother probably came from a wealthy family and doesn't know the hardships of the people. The merchant's family is not allowed to take the imperial examination, let alone be an official. Then, they have to bear the small tax and Yao labor. Some people have to go out to do business. Of course, this Yao service also needs to be redeemed with silver money. Do you know how much silver taels it costs for a family to redeem a Yao service? In addition, if there is a war, they will also undertake military service. Once the conscription starts, they will either be sent to the family When you go to the battlefield, you have to pay for your military service, but do you guys know how much money is needed to redeem your military service?"

All the scholars, they were questioned again!

It's not written in the book!

Who knows how much money is needed to redeem the Yao service and redeem the military service?