After the patriarchs of the big families left, Lu Wanda opened his mouth and said to Li Tai: "My lord, if I follow the promise made by my lord just now, then where will the taxes of my Yan Kingdom come from in the future?" ”

Li Tai promised the patriarchs of these large families that the factories and shops they had created would not be taxed for thirty years. It's not for fun.

Nowadays, the Tang Dynasty collects taxes according to the regulation of rent, the so-called: "If there is land, there is rent, if there is a household, there is a tune, and if there is a body, there is mediocrity." After each ding is granted the field, two quintals of millet are handed over every year, which is called "rent".

Ding Nan serves as a national servant, 20 days a year, if there are special reasons, can not serve, can be calculated on a daily basis, pay three feet of silk a day to replace, this is called "Yong".

With the local local products, each Ding annually handed over silk, silk each two zhang, cloth plus one-fifth, pay silk, silk, silk, add three taels of cotton, pay cloth plus three catties of hemp, this is called "tune".

Moreover, Li Tai was also exempted from these three taxes for farming farmers. Only 30% of their harvest was collected as a tax. And now those big families don't have to pay taxes for 30 years.

That means that in the next 30 years, the entire Yan Kingdom will need to use the farmers who farm the land to hand in the 30% of the harvest to maintain the national consumption.

These taxes, not to mention maintaining the operation of the entire Yan Kingdom, are even the funds consumed by the troops. It's definitely not just the 30% harvest that can be maintained normally.

"The king naturally understands the worries of the head of the Lu family, but these big families, after all, have handed over the land on which they depend. If we don't give them a corresponding reward, then what's the difference with banditry? ”

But the king promised not to collect taxes from their factories and shops. But that doesn't mean they won't be taxed. Li Tai said to Lu Wanda with a smile.

Hearing Li Tai's words, Lu Wanda's heart couldn't help but tremble. The expression on his face couldn't help but change, so he opened his mouth and said to Li Tai: "Could it be that the lord is not ready to add a new tax collection item?" ”

"It's not an increase, it's a reform. My Datang's tax is called Rent Yong. However, this king is not ready to implement this tax method in Yan Kingdom. ”

"There will only be three taxes in Yanguo, the first is personal income tax, the second is business tax, and the last is agricultural tax." Li Tai said to Lu Wanda with a smile.

"I don't know what the lord said, how to collect these three new taxes?" Lu Wanda asked Li Tai puzzled.

Then Li Tai explained the collection method of personal income tax and business tax to Lu Wanda in detail. As for the land tax, it has already been said.

"My lord, this can indeed be avoided in this way, when the people are hit by natural disasters, they will not be able to pay their taxes. However, I am afraid that this will greatly reduce our tax revenue. Lu Wanda said worriedly to Li Tai.

The so-called rent adjustment is, to put it bluntly, a tax on the basis of capitation, regardless of your harvest this year. Even if you don't collect anything, the state will collect taxes based on the number of people you have.

Although this ensures the country's tax revenue, it causes many people to be unable to pay taxes, because it is not that he does not want to teach. It's simply not able to pay taxes.

In the end, the only thing that awaited him was to sell himself into slavery, because once he sold himself into slavery, his master's family would pay taxes for him. Of course, his own personal freedom has also disappeared completely.

This is why some people hide the number of people in their homes. To put it bluntly, it is just a way of tax evasion.

"Whether a country is prosperous or not, taxes are only part of it. We want to set up a factory in the name of the country......" Li Tai told Lu Wanda in detail about the management model of the country in later generations.

Hearing Li Tai's ingenious way, Lu Wanda couldn't help but feel very excited. He didn't expect that Li Tai would come up with such a novel idea.

However, another word also appeared in Lu Wanda's mind, and that is to compete with the people for profit. Because Li Tai did this, he was indeed suspected of competing with the people for profit.

So Lu Wanda opened his mouth and said to Li Tai: "My lord, although this method is good, it seems to be competing with the people for profit. ”

"The head of the Lu family is wrong to say this, if we collect a large amount of taxes from the people. We are running state-owned enterprises, and that is what we call competing with the people for profit. ”

"And now we have reduced the taxes of the people on a large scale. How can we say that we are competing with the people for profit? Li Tai said with a smile.

Han Zhi, who had not spoken on the side, suddenly opened his mouth and said to Li Tai: "Lord, your way of collecting taxes. It is very consistent with Legalist thought. ”

"I think this is indeed a way to govern the country, as long as the lord can implement these three taxes in Yan Kingdom. Coupled with the state-owned enterprises mentioned by the lord, it will not take long for Yan to become a rich country. ”

"Lord Han is right, for example, my thirty-three heavens are the personal property of the lord. If according to the lord's words, then my thirty-three heavens will become the property of the Yan Kingdom. ”

"And my annual income of the thirty-three heavens is probably not comparable to the taxes of the original Youzhou." Zou Fengchi on the side said with a smile.

"In that case, then the matter will be left to the three. This king needs you to sort out a new set of tax laws for this king. Li Tai nodded and said to Lu Wanda, Han Zhi and Zou Fengchi.

"Please rest assured, we will definitely follow the lord's intentions. Sort out a set of tax laws in a short period of time. Han Zhiqi said to Li Tai.

Lu Wanda also nodded, and then said: "From now on, there are only three taxes in my Yan country, that is, craftsmen who do not cultivate the land pay personal income tax, businessmen who do business pay business tax, and farmers who farm land pay land tax. ”

"What the head of the Lu family said is right, in the future, this will be the tax of my Yan Kingdom. But according to the king's promise. Large families who surrender their land will not be taxed for 30 years. Li Tai nodded and said.

After getting Li Tai's explanation, Han Zhi, Lu Wanda and Zou Fengchi began to get busy nervously. A new set of tax laws will emerge from the pen of the three of them.

And Li Tai is only responsible for providing a rough structure, and he won't ask about the detailed content. So while the three of them were busy, Li Tai lived a leisurely life again.

However, Li Tai is very relaxed on the surface, but he is extremely cautious in his heart. Because now in the whole subject country of oneself, it is not really a peaceful and prosperous world. Even to describe it as an undercurrent is definitely not an exaggeration.

However, Li Tai did not rush and used drastic means to extinguish those undercurrents. Because Li Tai knows that killing people is not as good as punishing the heart.

Only when the people really see the benefits will they willingly follow them. Even if they let them go to their deaths, they will definitely not hesitate.

On the contrary, it is when the yang is against the yin, and when there is any change. Those who appear to be obedient to themselves may turn against them in an instant.