The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

This accounted for one-third of the tax revenue of the entire Ming Dynasty.

Jack Ma said impassionedly: "We are not unpatriotic, we are not trying to evade responsibility, but we have paid such a huge amount of taxes, but we don't have any corresponding power! We neither know the use of taxes nor get political benefits. Is this fair? ? Why do we merchants have to pay so much real money? Therefore, I request that the tax burden be redistributed!"

Emperor Jiajing originally expected that the convening of the three-level meeting would allow the merchants to contribute generously, pay more taxes, and restore the good old days, but it turned into a meeting of businessmen to complain and denounce. Taking money, not doing things, the situation of unequal rights and obligations.

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The peasants also complained angrily against the tax evasion of local tyrants and evil gentry like Dong Zhuo.

Jack Ma said excitedly: "Today, the emperor and the gentry escaped from the meeting, but the matter is not over. Our other classes should make full use of this three-level meeting to discuss a method of tax sharing, or the new tax law of Ming Dynasty, and then vote to pass it." , submit it to the imperial court, and let the imperial court promulgate and implement it!"

Ma Chao smiled wryly: "The emperor just abolished the personal hierarchy system, and he was so distressed that he would die and slip away. Will he adopt our new tax law?"

Jack Ma said firmly: "Nowadays, the financial economy is in the hands of us businessmen. If we don't end the strike, the emperor will have no money for a day! There will be no money for military salaries, official salaries, no money for building the Great Wall, palaces, and tombs, and no money for longevity. ! We are not afraid of his disobedience!"

Throughout the ages, Jack Ma is probably the first one who can openly declare in public that he is not afraid of the emperor's disobedience.

Under Yan Song's long-term cultivation, the power of the bourgeoisie finally broke through the ground after a long and insignificant development, and quickly demonstrated a powerful force enough to check and balance the imperial power.

The representatives of the third-level conference were very excited, and they gave speeches one by one...

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Chapter 2121 The new tax law enacted by merchants and farmers [2]

A group of businessmen and farmers gave speeches and cheered themselves up. After one round, the new tax law of Ming Dynasty was formulated.

In the self-proclaimed new tax law, the complicated and complicated tax system of Ming Dynasty has been simplified and regulated into two types of taxes, namely corporate income tax and personal income tax.

Capitalist industrial and commercial enterprises, after making profits, must pay corporate income tax according to the corresponding proportion.The tax rate is 20%.

(This tax rate, referring to the corporate income tax in the United States today, is considered very low.)

The personal income tax covers everyone, including the landlord class. Everyone's monthly income must be converted into silver according to the market price, and the personal income tax is paid according to different tax rates. The personal income tax is divided into 5 levels.The higher the income, the higher the tax rate.Minimum 15%, maximum 50%.At the same time, a tax-free quota is given. If the income is as low as "[-]" to a certain standard (such as the poor), there is no need to pay tax.

This new tax law also requires the abolition of all local exorbitant taxes and compulsory labor by the state.The local government has no right to collect even a penny of exorbitant taxes from the people, and the people do not need to pay any government or organization other than paying taxes to the country.

And the country and the emperor have no right to conquer labor for free.If the country needs labor, it adopts the method of paying by the market. It is no longer possible for ordinary people to work for the emperor for free!

(Jiajing was crying and fainted in the toilet... this meeting will be held, a mistake will cause eternal hatred)

Do you think it's over?

too naive.

The most ruthless and brutal knife for the civilian class is the next rule.

Landlords, learn about land tax!

The so-called land tax is a gentle knife specially formulated for the royal family and landlords who occupy a large amount of land.

The new tax law stipulates that anyone who occupies more than 100 mu of land per household per person needs to pay land tax.

For each mu of land, a 3% land tax must be paid every year according to the land value!

In this way, land, a scarce asset, requires holding costs if it wants to monopolize it.

In the past, why were these princes and landlords able to easily occupy ten thousand hectares of fertile land?Land and fields?

Because there are no holding costs, there is no need to pay taxes.

Who would not want to take advantage of the cheapness that has no cost and benefits?

This has also caused land, the most important asset in an agricultural society, to rise in price forever, and demand exceeds supply.

However, the introduction of the new tax law has completely changed this situation.

According to the market price of 3%, so much land tax needs to be paid to the country every year!

With the current price of land being extremely expensive, a land tax of 3 taels of silver should be paid every year for an acre of high-quality land.

For one hectare of land, you have to pay 300 taels of silver.

Ten thousand hectares of land cost three million taels of silver!

And which prince didn't occupy ten thousand hectares of land?

If you still remember Fu Wang, Fu Wang himself occupied 10 hectares of fertile land!

If he is still alive today, he will have to pay 3000 million silver land taxes to the imperial court a year!

This is definitely the most brutal blow against the big landlords who hoard and monopolize the land!

In this way, the land in the world will start to flow, and flow to those who really need it and have higher efficiency in resource allocation—the bourgeoisie.

It can be said that this new tax law is completely a new bourgeoisie + peasant class, a major economic counterattack against the royal family and nobles who had an absolute advantage in the past!

The new tax law was passed with an absolute overwhelming advantage of 65 votes in favor and 0 votes against in the absence of the royal family and noble families in the third-level meeting!

In short, for the common people, this was a united meeting, a successful meeting, and a fruitful meeting. After this three-level meeting, the common people turned over, and the serfs turned over and sang, and suddenly became the biggest winner.

The Edict of Equal Rights in the World was released, the low-level registration system disappeared, the personal attachment of farmers to landlords disappeared, and the new tax law was passed. The three-level meeting, the emperor’s royal family, lost money to grandma’s house, and he was about to vomit blood...

Behind all of this, there is a black hand everywhere...

That is Yan Song.

Yan Song entered the palace, put on a show, and comforted the emperor with a few words.

Jiajing was indignant and said angrily, "Those civilian representatives are still in the meeting?"