webnovelvip Chapter 535
Chapter 535
Chapter 535
Seeing Lin Xuan's expression was abnormal, Ma Zhou asked, "Your Majesty of Jingyang County, do you think there is anything wrong with this method?"
Lin Xuan came back to his senses, thought it over and said: "This law seems to be able to effectively curb tax evasion and greatly increase the income of commercial taxation, but it will cause endless troubles."
"I would like to hear more about it." Ma Zhou got up and performed a student salute.
Li Shimin said there was a problem, but he couldn't give a specific reason.
But looking at Lin Xuan's appearance, it seems that he has known this method for a long time, and he also knows the shortcomings of this method.
"Does Ma Shangshu know how the Sui Dynasty fell?" Lin Xuan asked.
Ma Zhou: ...
How did the Sui Dynasty fall? You should ask the person above.
Besides, is it really appropriate to discuss how the previous dynasty perished in front of the current emperor?
Li Shimin waved his hands and said, "It's just a small talk today, but it's okay to say."
His taboo is the change of Xuanwu Gate, but he does not exclude others from talking about the Sui Dynasty.
Otherwise, "The Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" would not be so popular in Chang'an, and it would have been blocked long ago.
Everyone knew the desire for the demise of the Sui Dynasty, but Lin Xuan seemed to have a different opinion, and he wanted to hear it.
Although Li Shimin said it was all right, Ma Zhou did not dare to be unscrupulous. He carefully considered his words and said: "The former Sui Dynasty perished because Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was extravagant and wanted to abuse the power of the people and resorted to military force, which caused the people to live in poverty. Datang followed the will of God and followed the will of the people, and overthrew the tyranny of Emperor Sui Yang."
It is said that Ma Zhou has the style of Wei Zheng, but Ma Zhou was an official in the court, and he has always been deeply loved by Li Shimin.
As for Wei Zheng, he was dug up by Li Shimin after his death.
I have to say that this is the difference in emotional intelligence.
Among other things, look at what he said, how level it is, not only telling the truth, but also flattering Li Shimin.
It can be seen from Li Shimin's face that Ma Zhou's words made Li Shimin very useful.
Lin Xuan nodded and said: "These are just official factors, not subjective factors. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also resorted to military force, and the wealth accumulated by Wen Jing's rule was all exhausted by him. He reigned for 55 years, with an average of If there are too many, there will be a relatively large natural disaster, why didn't the Han Dynasty perish at that time?"
It is said that Li Shimin killed his brother and imprisoned his father, which aroused the wrath of the sky, so natural disasters often occurred during his reign.
However, the natural disasters during Li Shimin's period were nothing compared to those during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
According to statistics, during the 55-year reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, a total of 43 natural disasters occurred, including 10 droughts, 11 locust plagues, 6 floods, 3 earthquakes, 3 wind disasters, 4 frost, freezing, and snow disasters, and hail disasters. 2 times, famine 3 times, plague 1 time.
None of the disasters that can be recorded in history are small disasters. It can be seen that there were not only these 43 times during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Although Li Shimin and Ma Zhou were not familiar with history books, they still knew about these, and nodded thoughtfully.
Lin Xuan paused, then continued: "How can Emperor Sui Yang surpass Qin Shihuang regardless of the power of the people? Even so, the Qin Dynasty existed for 15 years before it perished. Emperor Sui Yang was emperor for only 14 years, why did the Sui Dynasty perish? gone?"
"This…"
At half past one on Monday, Ma could not find a reason to refute.
Indeed, as Lin Xuan said, when it comes to militarism, Yang Guang is no match for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and when it comes to abusing people's power, is the Grand Canal better than the Great Wall?
Not to mention the Efang Palace and Terracotta Warriors.
"Then what do the Marquis of Jingyang County think was the main factor for the demise of the former Sui Dynasty?" Ma Zhou asked.
"Throughout the history of the change of dynasties, although there are objective factors such as the emperor's stupidity and treacherous ministers in power, the subjective factors must be land annexation and excessive expropriation."
"The common people don't ask for much. What they ask for is food and clothing. As long as they have hope, how can they rebel?"
"Ma Shangshu should know that during Emperor Sui Yang's reign, taxes were increased many times. The court increased taxes, and the officials and servants under the government took the opportunity to collect money. The court increased by one point, and the people actually paid three points. The people were overwhelmed and could only choose to rebel. This is the fundamental reason for the demise of the Sui Dynasty." Lin Xuan said.
Of course, the demise of the Sui Dynasty had a lot to do with the aristocratic family, because the appearance of the imperial examination broke the monopoly of the aristocratic family on officialdom.
But as Lin Xuan said, those are guest official factors.
"But what does this have to do with business taxes?" Li Shimin asked.
He admitted that what Lin Xuan said was reasonable, but it didn't seem to have much to do with collecting business taxes.
"If tax collection by cards is a cruel exploitation and extortion of farmers, handicraftsmen and small and medium-sized businessmen, it will increase the economic burden of the people. It will also seriously hinder the circulation of commodities and inhibit the development of production. Coupled with the heavy exploitation of bureaucrats at all levels, This will undoubtedly increase the link of commodity circulation, limit the speed of commodity circulation, increase the cost and price of commodities, and in the end, I am afraid that the world will be in chaos." Lin Xuan said with a dignified expression.
"The Hou of Jingyang County's words are a bit alarmist, right? If you say that there will be people greedy for ink by setting up tax collection cards, will no one be greedy for ink now that taxes are collected like this? The system is dead, but people are alive. The best way is to Think of a good way to supervise, so that officials can't find loopholes, instead of fearing them like a tiger and abandoning them." Ma Zhou retorted.
Since ancient times, every system has loopholes, and he felt that what Lin Xuan said was a bit unfounded.
"I just said that card collection can effectively curb tax evasion, but I never said that this method is a good method." Lin Xuan said.
Ma Zhou said with some doubts: "Isn't it a good way to effectively curb tax evasion?"
"Ma Shangshu also said before that the system is dead, and people are alive. If you want to curb tax evasion, find a way to do a good job of supervision, so that businessmen have no chance to evade taxes. method?" Lin Xuan asked back.
"Kill the chicken to get the eggs? Why did Lord Hou say that?" Ma Zhou asked doubtfully.
He felt that setting up a card to collect taxes was a very good method, but Lin Xuan actually said that this method was to kill the chicken to get the eggs, which made him a little unacceptable.
"Ma Shangshu, merchants seek profit. They transport their goods to other places, and only after they sell can they earn profits. Setting up card charges will undoubtedly increase the cost of merchants and greatly affect the development and prosperity of commerce. Why did the court encourage the people to open up wasteland? Is the tax exempted every year? Because the fields in the world will increase, and the court can receive more taxes. The same is true for business. Don’t always think about collecting business taxes. Think more about how to make business more prosperous. Only in this way can you collect to more commercial taxes.”
Many people in later generations want to start a business, but after calculating the rent, purchase cost, etc., they give up.
Setting up cards to collect taxes is nothing to those aristocratic families.
But for those small businessmen, they were full of malice.
The status of merchants is inherently low. Some people finally made up their minds to start a business, but they didn’t expect to be charged multiple times during the transportation. Well, let’s just farm honestly.
If this is not killing the chicken and taking the eggs, what is it?
Ma Zhou was stunned, bowed respectfully to Lin Xuan, and said, "Master Hou is right, the old man is short-sighted and short-sighted."
(End of this chapter)