He wore a blue Taoist robe and wandered around Daqi. When observing the worldly love of Daqi, he seemed to be just an ordinary Taoist.

But what's more special is that no one can see exactly his age.

He looks like he is in his twenties, and in his forties or fifties. He mainly because he has experienced too much and the temperament he brings to him surrounds him, so that he looks younger, but he will not think that he is really young!

At this time, Yin Shengzhi followed a group of people and was about to cross a ferry.

"I heard that the government has been preparing to build a bridge nearby. At that time, we will not have to take a ferry, but will just cross the bridge!"

"Hey, you think beautifully. When did the government get rich? I heard that the government would ask those wealthy families to pay for the money to build bridges!"

"No matter who pays for it, just repair the bridge to facilitate our travel!" Someone said indifferently.

However, a young boy asked in confusion: "Dad, the book says, "Didn't the government govern the people? All the taxes of the people are paid to the government, why does the government have no money? Instead, they ask wealthy families to pay for the bridge to pave the road?"

Both of these father and son dressed as scholars, and the father was obviously not an ordinary scholar, with a lively and wise look.

At this moment, when I heard my son ask, I couldn't help but smile and said, "I'll ask you, how much can you earn in farming in a year?"

"My family has a hundred acres of fertile land, and the annual income is only tens of thousands of yuan." The young man replied without hesitation.

This world lacks silver, so it is still dominated by bronze banknotes.

"How much does it cost per year for your uncle's business?"

"I don't know, but there should be millions of dollars?"

"Then do you understand now?"

"It seems that I understand a little. Those wealthy families do business and do have money... but why doesn't the government collect taxes on merchants?" the young man asked strangely.

Before his father could speak, a person next to him had already laughed and said, "Young master doesn't know what, why doesn't the government want to collect taxes from merchants? Just how to collect laws?

The land of the people, barren or rich, how much taxes they should pay can be seen clearly at a glance.

Who can know how much business is going to last a year?

The government can only ask for tax collection. If the income is heavy, all industries will be in decline. If the income is light, the merchants will naturally become fat..."

After saying this, the young man said, "So that's it, thank you for your advice!"

I just spoke just now but just an ordinary person. At this time, I was called a gentleman. I dare not take it or not.

Yin Shengzhi heard this conversation aside and nodded slightly.

This man is just an ordinary peddler, but he really has some insight and is a stubborn disease in classical society.

That is, in terms of the administrative capabilities of the classical dynasty, there is no ability to accurately estimate merchant profits.

Moreover, commercial tax is too complicated!

Therefore, since ancient times, the governments and courts that have been lazy in politics often hate businessmen and suppress business.

Nail the big head of tax onto the land and land!

Of course, this is just one of the reasons, and there are more complicated reasons.

Now, after decades of adaptation and Yin Shengzhi's behind the scenes, the imperial court has gradually begun to have the ability to calculate and collect commercial taxes.

This is also the reason why the Great Ecclesiastes dynasty is now able to remain strong.

Of course, things like collusion between officials and businessmen and relatives in business are even more serious, and it is also an important reason why the government has no money.

Yin Shengzhi smiled and said, "In fact, the more important reason is the relationship between the court's tax laws. The court took away all the taxes, leaving only 30% of the local governments. How can it be enough for local governments to use?"

"Ah, why did the court take away so much money? Isn't it better to stay in the place, build bridges and pave roads, and support poverty?" His son was puzzled.

"But it is a move that is strong and weak. If the local government has too much financial power, it has the power to bargain with the central court. It even increases the local power and threatens the authority of the court.

If every place has the power to resist the center of such a big country, wouldn’t the whole world collapse?” Yin Shengzhi said with a faint smile.

The scholar shook his whole body when he heard this. Many people knew about this, but not many people dared to talk about it in broad daylight.

What is this Taoist? How dare you reveal these things here?

The young man felt embarrassed when he heard this and asked, "Ah, is there no solution to this matter? Can the local government have money to do things and the imperial center also ensure authority?"

This kind of thing cannot be solved by the classical era, even in the previous life in my dreams and the era of advanced technology, it cannot be solved by the era of advanced technology.

"There is no way to solve this before, so I may stay with you and get older in the future and resolve it!"

Yin Shengzhi smiled kindly and said to the little boy next to him.

But I didn't know that this casual encouragement immediately made the young man study hard in the future, pass the Jinshi exam, and then become an official in the court in the future, and vow to solve the problem...

Of course everything is a story later!

But at this moment, the ferry had already reached the middle of the river, and suddenly the river water became rushing and he took the ferry to the ferry.

It panicked the passengers on the entire ship, not knowing what had happened.

"Is it because of the monsters in the river?"

Now that the country is prosperous and densely populated, how many places can monsters live in?

Not to mention this ferry with a lot of pedestrians.

If there were really monsters, there would have been a practitioner who would have jumped out without saying a word to eliminate demons, even the government would not let them go, either mobilize troops or invite people who practice directly.

In short, there is no good ending for monsters!

So, few people really think about whether it is a monster.

The ships were fighting across the river. If this continues, the people in the boat would be afraid that they would feed the fish and turtles in the river.

However, at this time Yin Shengzhi finally took action, but he remained silent and stomped his feet gently.

There was a huge force shattering the vortex in the river and lifting the ferry out of the crisis.

However, at this moment, a purple-black light flew out from the distant river and headed towards the southwest through the sky.

Immediately afterwards, a clear sword light flashed and it actually chased after it.

The two chased and fled, like two meteors passing through the horizon, without seeing each other in a blink of an eye.

But just now, two practitioners were fighting in the river, which affected the ferry.

"So bold, I dared to almost hurt innocent people in broad daylight..."
Chapter completed!