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Chapter 2312 Wan Zhen'er, the Eternal Wise Queen (27)

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    Zhu Jianshen's remarks undoubtedly once again touched the interests of all officials in the court. To be more precise, his proposal touched the interests of all social classes except low-income people.

    These officials are usually exempt from tax exemptions.

    Now I want to take money out of their pockets.

    It¡¯s not just cutting their flesh.

    It is also weakening their privileges.

    Why do they study for the imperial examination?

    The reason is nothing more than two things, for the tax exemption and the privilege of not having to kneel when seeing officials, and for the sake of being an official.

    ? And tax exemption is their core privilege.

    It was also one of the few important privileges they had to distinguish themselves from the common people before they became officials.

    Therefore, as soon as Zhu Jianshen finished speaking, all the officials on the scene were immediately in an uproar, and they were all preparing to speak to stop it. If they were most anxious before, they were as anxious as if someone had digged up their ancestral graves, then now they are as anxious as  The mentality is probably as if the ancestral grave has been dug up, and all eighteen generations of ancestors have been dragged out, their bones crushed and ashes scattered.

    The ashes have been scattered.

    However, before anyone could speak, a clear and high-pitched voice came from outside the palace:

    "The royal concubine is here!"

    Distracted by this voice, most of the officials immediately turned to look at the door and saw Qiao Mu walking in. There were several officials who wanted to speak just now, and now they didn't know whether to talk about personal income tax first or not.  Let me first say that Concubine Wan Gui should not come over and want to get involved in politics.

    It wasn¡¯t until Qiao Mu walked in, bowed slightly to Zhu Jianshen, and was immediately shouted out by him that an official reacted and first accused Qiao Mu.

    It means she is a noble concubine.

    There is no qualification to go to court at all.

    Even if you are a queen mother, you must be allowed to go to court under special circumstances.

    And you have to listen to politics behind the curtain.

    "Don't worry, I came up here to do something.

    Your Majesty, I heard that your Majesty will fully levy commercial tax and increase personal income tax, of which commercial tax will be levied at one-fifth, and personal income tax will be levied on a stepped basis. I am also engaged in business.

    This year¡¯s income is even better.

    ¡°So this time I went to court not to interfere in politics, but just to pay taxes.

    My total income from major shops and overseas business this year, after deducting costs, is about 40 million taels. According to the new business tax, I should pay a tax of 8 million taels. At the same time  , I still have 32 million taels of personal income left, which should have exceeded the highest personal income tax bracket, so I pay the highest one-half.

    The specific tax payment form has been prepared.

    ¡°Commercial tax and personal income tax combined, I should pay a total of 24 million taels.

    I have brought all the gold and silver tickets.

    "Please also ask His Majesty to order them to be carried in."

    It was handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs on the spot and entered into the national treasury.  "

    As Qiao Mu smiled, after what Yi Zheng said, Zhu Jianshen immediately cooperated and ordered the eunuch next to him to pass the order, and praised Qiao Mu very happily. At the same time, he took this opportunity to express his gratitude to Qiao Mu.  Her merits were considerable, and she was promoted to the Queen of the East Palace, and the current Queen Wang was canonized as the Queen of the West Palace.

    In fact, Zhu Jianshen originally wanted to abolish Queen Wang and directly establish Qiao Mu as queen. However, Qiao Mu thought that Queen Wang was still pitiful and well-behaved, so he finally refused and proposed to establish queens in the East and West Palaces to protect Queen Wang.

    Anyway, we can have two queen mothers.

    Why can¡¯t there be two queens?

    The original person just wants to be a wise queen through the ages, but it doesn¡¯t have to be the only one who can be a wise queen through the ages.

    That¡¯s why she got the name Queen of the East Palace.

    Although Zhu Jianshen's so-called decree to confer Qiao Mu as the Queen of the East Palace was quite outrageous, as a whole box of gold and silver coins was carried in by the female officials in Qiao Mu Palace, carried to the side of the Minister of Household Affairs, and displayed, all the officials present  His mind had long been attracted by the figure of more than 20 million taels of silver. For a moment, he did not think of refuting Zhu Jianshen, let alone reprimanding him for being unethical.

    And even if it doesn¡¯t happen.

    What everyone is more concerned about is the reform of tax laws.

    Therefore, the matter of Zhu Jianshen canonizing Qiao Mu as the Queen of the East Palace was temporarily ignored by the officials under the attack of increasing business taxes, collecting personal income tax, and Qiao Mu paying 24 million taels of tax silver.  .

      But after being shocked, they undoubtedly continued to quarrel.

    Even if Qiao Mu has taken the lead in paying taxes, and has suddenly paid far more tax money than the income from the treasury, there is no way to make those officials give up the money they have received, and even her behavior has made those officials more resistant to paying taxes to a certain extent.  .

    Because of her tax rate.

    Directly exceeded 50%.

    This makes many officials mistakenly believe that they will need to pay more than 50% of their income when paying taxes in the future. Of course, this is only part of the reason. Another more important reason is that the income of most officials is not transparent.

    And there is no way to be transparent.

    "If they pay taxes according to the rules, doesn't that 100% prove that they are corrupt and accepting bribes?"

    These reasons add up.

    This made their opposition quite fierce.

    Even though Zhu Jianshen later specifically stated that after the personal income tax is levied, their wages will be increased by about three to five times based on their original wages. After they retire and return to their hometowns, they can imitate the rules of the former Song Dynasty and give them  They proportion their pension appropriately.

    The amount will be based on half of the retired position salary.

    Those officials are not willing to let him collect so much more business taxes and personal income taxes.

    But no matter how they objected, Zhu Jianshen, who had become accustomed to issuing tough orders in recent years, still cooperated with Qiao Mu.

    He issues the edict.

    Qiao Mu used newspapers to spread the edict throughout the world.

    So as to formally implement this matter.

    But in this case, it was just as Qiao Mu expected. They encountered unprecedented resistance, and what they encountered was not unilateral resistance, but multi-faceted resistance.

    First, officials are derelict in their duties and are unwilling to collect taxes.

    Second, merchants are dissatisfied and do not pay taxes.

    Third, scholars, officials, nobles, and clans are resisting taxes and do not pay personal income tax.

    Once these three situations appear, it usually means that there is no way to proceed with the matter. However, how could Qiao Mu, who had been prepared for a long time, give up? After discovering these situations, Qiao Mu immediately mobilized her from two years ago.  Then he began to cultivate a team of eunuchs, gave them privileges, and gave them a lot of benefits and guarantees, allowing them to start collecting taxes across the country.

    Of course, even with the privileges of imperial power, these eunuchs with little military power would definitely not be able to collect taxes and money. Therefore, Qiaomu specially joined forces with Zhu Jianshen. Qiaomu sent logistics staff from various places to ensure that the eunuchs traveled to various places and  The security of shipping tax money.

    Zhu Jianshen sent the soldiers he had trained over the years, those soldiers who were completely obedient to his orders, as well as some Jinyiwei and Dongxi Factory personnel.

    Let them protect those eunuchs and collect taxes.

    If you encounter resistance, you will first be dealt with according to the law of tax resistance and resistance.

    Those who dare to go to war.

    ?Then it will be treated as treason and rebellion.

    You can kill them first and then kill them on the spot.

    So, the most terrifying thing in later generations, the tax department, which was originally composed entirely of eunuchs and some petty officials, was born under this situation.

    The Ming Dynasty also set off a revolution since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

    It is no less than the Battle of Jingnan, and even more chaotic than the Battle of Jingnan!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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