The great rule, slaves, and lowly people are not allowed to have private property under their name unless they are out of their jurisdiction, including houses and land.

Some merchants will buy good servants and then put fields under their names. Of course, it cannot be a dead contract, otherwise it will become a slave contract, so it must be a living contract.

There are more controllable spaces in the movable combo.

The longest period for living contracts in the official filing is twenty years.

Therefore, some merchants will deliberately buy good-named people and become servants, and then ask them to sign a 20-year-old contract, and then place dozens of acres of land under their name. In this way, they will indirectly own control of these lands.

Of course, it is risky to do so.

When you meet the dizzy master's family, you forgot which servant's name these fields are in, and you took the opportunity to redeem them. Then these fields have nothing to do with the master's family.

Some of the masters signed a contract for ten years, but after a long time, they forgot to change the contract again. After the expiration, the servant could still regain his freedom and have land under his name to make a living.

In short, there are pros and cons, but most merchants do this.

But because this is not a glorious thing after all, and it is not illegal, but it is illegal, so most merchants do not have too much land under the name of servants. They can hang dozens of acres of acres, some may only have a dozen acres, or even a few acres of land.

Because the family is a business owner, it is impossible to produce a scholar with fame, and it is even more impossible to produce an official.

Therefore, this can be regarded as indirectly preventing collusion between officials and businessmen.

The man's voice just now was so powerful that the few people in the house could hear it clearly.

"The prince, the one who just spoke was Xie Chen from the Xie family in the outer city, which is the cousin of Xie Lin, the head of the literary club."

Zhao Yue nodded and ignored what he said just now.

Unexpectedly, soon, the scholars began to discuss the national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce because of this incident.

Most students believe that it is the right way to emphasize agriculture and suppress commerce. Merchants value profit and have a smell of money. If the merchants become bigger, wouldn’t the disaster of the previous dynasty be caused again?

Of course, this is a bit exaggerated. How could the destruction of the previous dynasty be just because the merchants have grown bigger?

In the final analysis, it was the tyranny of the previous dynasty, the court was corrupt and filthy, which made the people unable to survive. Only then did the complaints come from today's great governance.

The sounds in the lobby were heard one after another, mostly supporting the Qin faction in the court, and to increase the collection of commercial taxes.

After hearing this for a while, Zhao Yue's face became more and more serious.

Xie Rongzhao took a sip of tea and suddenly sighed: "Are these people crazy? I know that if the agricultural tax is too much, the farmers will not be able to survive. If the commercial tax is too much, what if those merchants have no way to survive?"

Zhao Yue came back to his senses and raised his eyebrows: "What does Xiao Guaibao mean?"

Xie Rongzhao shook his head: "I can't say it either. Anyway, I think my father will definitely not agree with their statement. My father once said that if the court wants to impose heavy taxes on merchants, it will not only not benefit people's livelihood, but it may also accelerate the conflict between the court and the people. I don't understand what to do about it."

It is already amazing that a six-year-old girl can say such words.

Changfeng, who was standing beside him, had his eyes changed when he looked at her, and he always felt that this child was a monster!

Zhao Yue was not disappointed when he couldn't hear the answer from her. In his opinion, if he wanted to make it clearer, he might as well ask Xie Xiuwen to talk more.

I don’t know who mentioned Xie Xiuwen, but then someone started to urge him to hear the young Xie Yuangong’s opinion.

Xie Xiuwen was in the lobby on the first floor. He was sitting in a corner, drinking tea with Wang Jin and listening to the loud discussions of others. Who would have thought that this fire could burn him?

Xie Chen looked over, and a scholar in green bowed and said, "Xie Jieyuan, I heard that you are famous outside, so I would like to ask you about Gao Lu today."

This attitude really respects his meaning.

Xie Xiuwen stood up and bowed, and said, "I just heard the guys talk lively, but I don't know anything about it. I'd like to ask you guys to solve the problem."

"Why should Xie Jieyuan be polite? It's okay to say something bluntly."

Xie Xiuwen smiled: "Do you know the amount of commercial tax now?"

These words made everyone present confused.

Most of them are not familiar with common affairs. Even if there are some industries in their families, they are responsible for their management, so naturally they will not fall into them. Most of them are devoted to reading sages. How can they know how the commercial tax is collected?

However, after a moment of silence, there were sounds one after another.

"Ten commercial taxes and one tax."

"It seems like we have ten taxes and two, right?"

"No, no, commercial tax mainly depends on the goods, which can be divided into municipal tax and mountain tax."

...

Zhao Yue heard the responses from the people below and shook his head slightly mockingly.

Finally, Wang Jin stood up and told everyone: "According to the general rule of law, taxation and housing taxation are divided into taxes. Any businessman who sells goods, taxes are 20 per thousand coins, which is called taxes; any businessman who sells goods, taxes are 30 per thousand coins. If someone who sells goods by themselves, then they have to bear two taxes."

Xie Chen frowned, and the scholar in green who had called out before said, "So what? Even if it is a double tax, the tax of a thousand coins is only fifty. In this way, are those merchants profiting a lot? No wonder people often say that merchants are clever, and it turns out that way!"

How could these people who are not familiar with ordinary affairs know the hardships of doing business?

"What this brother said is wrong."

Everyone looked over, wanting to hear what Xie Xiuwen has any other ideas.

"This double tax does not sound heavy. The total tax of a thousand coins is only fifty. But you guys, the thousand coins here are not only profits obtained by merchants, but the total value of the goods."

After Xie Xiu finished classical Chinese, he picked up the teapot on the table and raised it: "It's like this teapot. If it's worth a thousand yuan, then it will be taxed for fifty, but in fact, this teapot may only be sold for 1,200 yuan. In other words, taking this teapot as an example, the merchant's ultimate profit is 150 yuan."

The scholar in Qingyi shouted again: "That's not a lot. He only paid fifty cents, and the profit of one hundred and fifty cents is increased by a higher level of tax, and merchants can obviously afford it."

This statement attracted many people's approval.

Xie Xiuwen couldn't help but shook his head and laughed: "This brother is probably born in a wealthy family and does not know the sufferings of the people. Merchants' families are not allowed to be imperial examinations, nor are they allowed to be officials. Then, they have to bear the Ding Tax and Yao service. Some families have to go out to business, so the Yao service naturally has to be redeemed with silver. Can you tell me how much silver it will cost for a family to redeem the Yao service once? In addition, if wars begin, they have to undertake military service. Once the recruitment of the superiors start, they will either send their children to the battlefield or use silver to redeem the military service. Can you tell me how much silver it costs to redeem the military service?"

The scholars were asked again!

It's not written in the book!
Chapter completed!