(0673) The crowd in the Wenhua Hall was suddenly hit hard. [No pop-up novel network]

What is this old demon Xu talking nonsense? What does it mean to not take it to heart at all? Is he going to destroy us all? God, this big devil does what he says. He's not really going to kill all the people present, right? Thinking of this, even Cui Chengxiu couldn't help but feel a little stiff.

"What are you capable of fighting me? You're all losers! Do you have an army in your hands? No! Do you have enough weapons in your hands? No! Are the people around you willing to give you their lives? Unwillingly! If there was one change in the above conditions, you would not be what you are today! ”

"I can say unceremoniously, in front of me Xu Xingxia, you are waste! The scum is not as good as the waste! Think about what you're capable of! What else can you do but bully a few poor people? The Mongols in the north, you can't solve it! Tatars to the west, you can't solve it! You can't solve the construction of the Northeast! You can't solve the Japanese in the east either! ”

"The Ming Dynasty is suffering from internal and external troubles, and there are many crises, but you can't solve any of them, what is the use of keeping you, except for wasting money and food in vain? If any of you feel unconvinced, you can stand up! You can tell me out loud, Xu Xingxia, it's not like this! I can deal with the Mongols, I can deal with the Tatars, I can deal with the Jianyu, I can deal with the Wakos! Have it? Is there such a person? If so, stand up now! ”

"It's a pity that no one has stepped up! What I saw was that everyone consciously lowered their heads and drooped their heads, hoping that my eyes would not fall on you. Well, I'll admit it, this country really can't put its hopes in you. Your time has passed. Now, it's a new era! It is a new era that you have never experienced and have never seen! This new era will eliminate you! ”

"However, I, Xu Xingxia, am still willing to give you a chance. As long as you hand over all the floating wealth as we demand, I will let you go. You can go anywhere. As long as it's within the control of the White Army, you can go. The premise is, don't make ghosts in private, and don't do things against me Xu Lao Mo. ”

"I don't want you to get something for nothing. I hope that through your own efforts, you will earn your wealth back. You used to control a lot of land, and you simply received income from it. It's not your job. It's something that a fool can do. You should do something meaningful and challenging to your surname. I hope that you will make good profits through legitimate, legitimate business activities. ”

"Have you ever heard of the word bourgeoisie? The main source of this class is industry and commerce, specifically, through the establishment of factories, the development of industry, participation in commercial trade, and the living of a good income. It is estimated that people from the southeast half of the wall will be familiar with it. In the area of Suzhou, Changzhou and Songjiang, there are many workshops that work day and night to produce a large amount of cloth. This is the one I want you to do. ”

"I will stay in the Wenhua Hall for three days to teach you a lesson and explain to you the future development path. During these three days, you have to come and listen to the lectures. If I find someone missing, I'm sorry, you're absolutely finished! After three days, if you feel that you don't understand something, you can always ask me! ”

"Now, we are enemies. You're going to hate me. However, in the future, maybe we will be friends. Maybe you'll be grateful to me by then. Now, the bayonets of the white-clothed army are aimed at you and suppress you. However, in the future, perhaps the bayonets of the white army will protect you and help you! ”

The lords and magnates below all looked at each other, not understanding what Xu Xingxia meant at all. This Old Devil Xu has been talking so much, what is the purpose? It doesn't seem like a bad thing. However, it is really a bit difficult to figure out what Xu Xingxia means. Listening to the tone of his last words, why did this Xu Xingxia actually start "training" for them? Which play is this going on?

However, the news of Xu Xingxia's personal lecture spread in Yanjing City, and many merchants were interested. They asked the white-clothed army how they could get the opportunity to attend the class. As a result, they heard the results and were exciting. As long as the identity is accurate, the origin is clear, and the person does not carry a weapon with a dangerous surname, you can come to the class. In this way, many shrewd businessmen immediately heard the wind and went to the Wenhua Hall to listen to the lectures.

The policy of the White Army is to focus on supporting the development of industry and commerce, except for a uniform tax of about 10%-15%, there is no need to pay any fees in other aspects. If you find that there are arbitrary charges, you can directly complain to Xu Xingxia. He has a special committee to deal with this kind of thing. The merchants in Shaanxi are very satisfied with this committee. With their support, their commercial trade can be said to be very nourishing for Xiao Yuzi.

In the original Ming Dynasty, the commercial tax was thirty taxes and one, and later, the commercial tax was simply exempted. This policy, which looks beautiful, actually only protects big businesses. Ordinary businessmen still need to pay a lot of fees. These expenses are all dark and private. Worse still, if you don't pay these special fees, you won't be able to survive and thrive at all. Therefore, even if there is no business tax, their usual expenses are quite large. For the average merchant, this part of the fee is definitely more than 15%.

Now, the White Coats have made this part of the business tax clear, but it has reduced their costs. A very obvious feature of the policy of the White Clothes Army is that all fees are transparent, and there is absolutely no phenomenon of arbitrary charges. Therefore, from the perspective of cost, it is much better to implement the commercial tax policy of the White Clothes Army than the original policy of the Ming Dynasty. The average merchant is much more comfortable to work on. Pay the bill clearly and pay taxes in a down-to-earth manner, it is estimated that this is what the vast majority of businesses are willing to do.

What's more, as long as it is within the control of the White Army, the goods can circulate freely, and there are no checkpoints in between. As long as the business tax is paid in one place, there is no need to pay taxes twice in any other place. This is true no matter how far your cargo goes. This is very important for commercial trade. Who doesn't want a stable, open, and transparent business environment? The original black-box work is indeed too heavy a burden for small and medium-sized businessmen.

For the entire commercial tax policy of the White Army, the Jin merchants in Shanxi are the most experienced. In the past, in order to operate and develop, Jin merchants needed to pay a large amount of bribes to the government, otherwise it would be easy to attract the suppression of opponents. Officials, businessmen, officials, and businessmen, and only when there are officials can there be business. To be honest, the cost of this bribe is very huge. For specific values, you can refer to the price of Sun Dakun's leopard skin. A leopard skin is fifty thousand taels of silver, not to mention anything else.

The Sun family's trading house, the silver used to bribe the government, on average, will definitely not be less than 100,000 taels of silver per year. The annual income of the Sun family firm is generally about 300,000 taels. In other words, more than 30% of the income is used to bribe the government. If you accidentally encounter a special year, this number will be even larger. After a year of hard work, in the end, it is simply to make wedding clothes for officials, and this kind of thing is not strange at all.

After the arrival of the white-clothed army, the original government in Shanxi was banned. In Shanxi, the White Clothes Army also implemented a unified commercial tax policy. There are no other fees to pay other than business tax. In this way, all the Jin merchants were greatly relieved. This unified business tax is definitely a great blessing for them. Whether it is a large chamber of commerce or a small chamber of commerce, you can save a lot of money.

For example, the annual income of the Sun family firm is about 300,000 taels of silver, and according to the 12% commercial tax policy, it only needs to pay 36,000 taels of taxes, which is much less than the previous 100,000 taels. These silver taels saved are pure profits. This is of course the best for merchants. Who thinks they have a lot of profits? Therefore, for Xu Xingxia's policy, all the merchants in the world love him to death.

The only ones who don't like Xu Xingxia are those merchants who have a strong backstage and don't need to pay any additional fees at all. In fact, these people cannot be called merchants, but should be called lords and magnates, or high-ranking officials of the court. To put it simply, these people who were forcibly imprisoned in the Wenhua Palace. These people, through their own power, have seriously interfered with the operation of the market order, which Xu Xingxia absolutely does not allow.

The most important factor of the market economy is to decouple economic activities from the power of the government as much as possible. The government can intervene in the market economy to a certain extent to avoid the blind operation of the market economy, so as not to cause huge losses and waste. However, the government must not use its power for its own personal gain. Otherwise, this so-called management will basically be abusing power for personal gain and jeopardizing the development of the market economy.

In early September, Xu Xingxia's training class officially opened in Wenhua Palace. In addition to the powerful ministers who were forced to attend the training course, there were also a large number of small and medium-sized businessmen who took the initiative to participate. At one point, the number exceeded 1,400. Among them, some small and medium-sized businessmen came purely with the mentality of eating mixed rice. Because, Xu Xingxia said, in the past three days, the white-clothed army will take care of the food. What he Xu Xingxia ate, the people who came to train also ate.

(To be continued)