"Who pays the most taxes to my merchants in Qi?" Qi Xiaobai looked at Zhang Tianshang and asked.

Zhang Tianshang thought for a while and said: "The boss of Yingqiu Jinfu Commercial Street, Wang Zhi's cousin, Wang Wanshan!" ”

"How much does he pay each month?" Qi Xiaobai asked.

"Five hundred taels of gold!" Zhang Tianshang replied to Qi Xiaobai.

Qi Xiaobai took a deep breath: "The most in this merchant is five hundred taels of gold, and we just calculated that the income of Moon Shadow Building is at least one thousand taels of silver a day, and it is thirty thousand taels of silver and three thousand taels of gold a month, and he should pay taxes of three hundred taels of gold, but among the tax-paying merchants, I have never heard of him!" ”

Moon Shadow Mansion has a guaranteed income of 10,000 taels of silver overnight, plus those big nobles, it is not a problem for the big family to subsidize 1,000 taels of silver a night, counting wages or something, there must be an income of 900 taels of silver, no matter how you calculate it, this income must be indispensable, and the tax for Qi should also be very high.

But Qi Xiaobai has never heard of the Moon Shadow Building in the big taxpayers, after all, Qi Xiaobai often has to hold a small meeting to encourage some of the big taxpayers in the Qi country.

And Zhang Tianshang's face was constantly in a cold sweat, and he was afraid that Qi Xiaobai would blame him.

This is mainly because he focused on the maritime merchants, because a single trip of the maritime merchants may bring thousands of gold taxes to the Qi country.

And Xiang Wang Zhi, a big businessman like the richest man in Qi State, gave Qi a month of tax of ten thousand gold.

Of course, it is only once, but this is enough to prove that the rich merchants in Qi are all maritime merchants, and they are the real rich in their hands, and staring at them is the one who can bring unparalleled wealth to Qi State.

After all, Zhang Tianshang is a secretary, and he is indeed very busy, so he will pay less attention to this merchant, and he will give many people an opportunity to take advantage of it.

However, tax evasion in Qi is the first of all crimes, and it is also the most serious crime, because Qi Xiaobai's reform has transformed Qi into a country with a capital accumulation nature.

He relied on taxes to collect capital, and he also relied on capital to improve national strength, when taxes are gone, this national strength will naturally not increase, and the army will inevitably weaken.

Therefore, if you want to maintain the huge national strength of the Qi country, the Qi country must collect taxes and accumulate money.

He is different from the Qin State, which is a country like Qin, whose national policy is to store grain and engage in a military honor system, because they live in a remote area, there are not many rare metals such as gold and silver, and they value grain and grass, after all, for them, food is everything, and in addition to the expansion and wolf nature of the old Qin people, they regard war expansion as the first national policy. Of course, this is also because of the remoteness, the people are not rich, and the accumulation of capital is not as good as that of a maritime country like Qi in any case, so they can only develop this kind of farming strategy.

And the state of Chu was developed by the nobles themselves, and the central army collected tributes from the princes to accumulate their own strength.

The Three Jin Dynasty was a comprehensive state mixed with the farming and warfare system of the Qin State and the capital system of the Qi State.

Because they are not as rich as the Qi State, they completely use money to build an army, but they are not as poor as the Qin State, and they have to implement this system of growing food and fighting wars to maintain the country.

For Qi State, taxation is everything, and evading taxes is a strategic policy that endangers Qi State's national strength and affects Qi State, so the criminal law given to it is the heaviest.

Once violated, all assets will be confiscated and cut in half, but with a strong criminal law, the rewards are also great.

There is nothing for small traders, there is no need to risk their lives in exchange for this money, but it is different for big businessmen, 30% of the profit, as a tax, for the big businessmen, they are dripping blood and flesh.

This is also the strategy of the Qi State, this kind of tax policy, will not affect the small merchants, and there is also a suppression strategy for the big merchants, this is to prevent the occurrence of the kind of thing in the Song State, the merchants are too rich, and the nobles of the clan and the family are weak, resulting in the gradual division of power.

Although the criminal law is so heavy, in the face of interests, people are often willing to risk going to the gallows in exchange for this benefit.

"Your Majesty, how much tax does the Moon Shadow Tower escape, how much the minister is willing to donate, and of course I will also receive the tax revenue of the Moon Shadow Tower!" Zhang Tianshang looked at Qi Xiaobai and said.

Qi Xiaobai looked at Zhang Tianshang and said, "Okay, this matter, you deal with it for me as soon as possible, I will have the result the day after tomorrow!" ”

"Zhang Shangqing, don't let me down!" Qi Xiaobai walked up to Zhang Tianshang, patted him on the shoulder and said.

"Minister, you will not live up to the king's expectations!" Zhang Tianshang looked at Qi Xiaobai and said.

Qi Xiaobai nodded: "It's good that you can have this heart, if you don't complete this task, then don't blame me, don't miss you and me!" ”

"Of course I won't kill you, but I have to consider others for this position!" Qi Xiaobai looked at Zhang Tianshang and said.

"Although Uncle Bao has taken a back seat, he can't handle these things of yours!" Qi Xiaobai said lightly.

After hearing the name Bao Shuya, Zhang Tianshang trembled: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely complete the task!" ”

Although Uncle Bao has always planned to retreat to the second line, Qi Xiaobai cherished his talent and did not let him quit, but also let him be in the position of Zhongqing.

Bao Shuya is also a person who has served as a secretary, which also shows that Bao Shuya has the ability to be a secretary, if Zhang Tianshang can't handle this matter, there is no problem to dismiss Zhang Tianshang and let Uncle Bao replace him.

Although Uncle Bao has no desire to win the picture, Zhang Tianshang has always regarded Uncle Bao as his competitor.

Because in the entire Qi country, only Bao Shuya has the possibility of replacing him, although there are Tian Ji, Shusun Tong, and Wu Zixu among the secretaries of the Qi State.

But only Uncle Bao can replace him, because only Uncle Bao has a deep study of economics, Tian Ji is a gambler, good at intrigue and trickery, but he doesn't know anything about running the economy.

As for Wu Zixu, although Qi Xiaobai has the intention to promote him to Shangqing, he is a soldier, and Tian Dan, Sun Bin, and Kuang Zhang's military science is not weaker than him.

Wu Zixu can replace Tian Dan, but he can't replace him as the prime minister in the sky.

Therefore, in the entire Qi country, Zhang Tianshang is most afraid of Uncle Bao, fortunately, Uncle Bao has no desire to win the phase, otherwise the pressure on him Zhang Tianshang will definitely be not small.

"Okay, go get busy, I'll wait quietly for your good news in Qi Palace!" Qi Xiaobai waved his hand and asked Zhang Tianshang to leave and go to do something.

After Zhang Tianshang left, Qi Xiaobai looked at the little eunuch on the side and said, "Call Wei Dexian in!" ”

After a while, Wei Dexian walked in: "Your Majesty! ”