Zhang Cang's words surprised many people.

Even Guan Ying, who had a background in business, found it a bit unbelievable. Is the tax so heavy?

If raw materials, processing, and sales are divided into three levels, wouldn’t the real taxes be five taxes and one tax?

"Is this tax rate too high?" Xiao He thought for a while and said.

What Your Majesty is talking about is a tax of one per fifteen, which is lower than the tax rate during the Qin Shihuang period.

The tax rate during the Qin Shihuang period has always been maintained at the level of one tax per twelve taxes. That is to say, Qin II made nonsense after he came to the throne, which resulted in the continuous increase in tax rates.

Of course, this refers to the tax rate for the whole world.

The Han Dynasty now distinguished these tax rates, dividing them into agricultural taxes and commercial taxes. Although they were both taxed at fifteen, they were indeed calculated separately.

"It's not high! The tax rate during the First Emperor's time was already considered loose, but if calculated according to this algorithm, his tax rate was probably less than 35% tax. Before, it was just because industry and commerce was not the focus, so people paid attention

Not too many, even the imperial court rarely pays attention to some details in this area." Zhang Cang explained directly.

In the past few years as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he has not only been a steward of money and food, but also fully understood the tax rates of various countries during the Pre-Qin and Warring States periods, and made a summary based on the effects of various tax rates.

In order to prevent everyone's thinking from going astray, Zhang Cang went on to explain: "Although the product is a whole when it is in the hands of the people, the production process is divided into several stages and parts. If the whole is only collected

It’s a tax of 1 per 15, so who should this tax be levied on? From raw material suppliers? Or from manufacturers? Or from sellers?”

"If a businessman wants to avoid taxes, it is actually very simple. From raw materials to processing to sales, a product can be handled all by himself, so that he can save taxes on both procedures. But ordinary people obviously do not have this ability.

If ordinary people want to do this, the cost can be reduced, but the efficiency will be greatly reduced."

"Let's put it this way, if he takes care of everything and can earn a thousand dollars a month, then through the third-level model, he can earn at least two to three thousand dollars a month. Although he pays more taxes, he still earns the same amount.

too much."

"Well, that's the truth!" Tian Dan agreed with Zhang Cang's words, looked at Wang Ling and said: "This Wang Shangshu should be the most experienced. In the early years, when the Ministry of Industry had not adopted flow manufacturing, it could be done in one day.

How many new plows can be made? Now that flow manufacturing is adopted, how many new plows can the same person make in a day?"

Wang Ling also slowly woke up.

indeed so.

"With the same number of people, the efficiency now is almost three times that of before!" Wang Ling said.

Although the assembly line has the disadvantages of the assembly line, its advantages are also obvious.

Originally, it would take three to five years at the earliest from training an apprentice to becoming a master.

And now?

Some simple parts can be mastered in ten days and a half. After a month of practice, you will become an expert immediately.

The biggest advantage of the assembly line is that I don’t need you to understand everything, I just need you to be local experts in the fastest time.

After a long time, another phenomenon will form. People at each work station can produce parts that meet the standards with almost no effort.

This is the best application of practice making perfect, not only in the carpentry workshop, but also in the weapon workshop.

Wang Ling originally thought this was a method thought up by the emperor, but after serving as Minister of Industry and reviewing a large number of records left over from the pre-Qin period, he discovered that this method had existed as early as the pre-Qin period.

It's just that they didn't apply it on a large scale like the Han Dynasty. The Pre-Qin Dynasty only applied this technology to the military.

Although everyone has long known that Qin's ability to unify the six kingdoms was not just a matter of luck, it is only now that the Han Dynasty has mastered a large amount of various materials from the Pre-Qin period, and has truly realized the power of the Pre-Qin.

I also realized that Qin's unification of the six kingdoms was not due to any chance, but was the general trend of the world and was irresistible.

The previous ancestors paved the way for Qin Shihuang and left behind such precious wealth and a series of resources and other advantages.

In other words, even if the person in power is not Qin Shihuang, just another person, as long as he is not the type of Qin II, can dominate the world.

Wang Ling's original intention was to use this technology in the military, but the emperor directly rejected him and told him lightly that it could be used in all industries.

The direct impact of this decision was that the industrial productivity of the Han Dynasty increased several times in just a few years.

Basically, it can be said that if it were not restricted by the shortage of raw materials, the industrial capabilities of the Han Dynasty could still reach a higher level.

It seems that they are aware of the worries of the big guys. After all, no one has pointed this out before. Now that they all know what the tax rate is, it is inevitable that they will have some grudges in their hearts.

Tian Dan thought for a while and then said: "Actually, in the current situation, if we don't do it, someone will do it. Rather than letting people from outside do it, it is better for the court to do it first. At least in this way, the court will also have the authority to do it.

If you have money, and if the imperial court has money, you can develop a bigger business and build more industries. Everyone in business knows that things are rare and valuable. This is the situation now. There are too many workshops that can produce in batches.

Less, if it weren’t for the tight suppression from the court, plus I was the one who handled this matter before, and I couldn’t get the money together with the bank, do you believe it or not, someone would definitely find a way to collect a batch of goods and sell them at a higher price?”

"What the court should do now is not to worry about the tax rate. Besides, although this tax rate sounds scary, if you really compare it, it is still lower than that of the pre-Qin Dynasty."

"So, we must first look at the market and find out what the people need most, and then integrate resources and produce them in batches. When more people make them, the market price will naturally come down."

"To give the simplest example, during times of war, agricultural production suffered a huge blow, so food prices remained high. But during times of peace, people can safely produce agricultural products, so what about the current food prices? In fact, industry and commerce are similar to farming.

The principle is the same.”

Xiao He shook his head and said: "The truth is that, but it is too difficult to do it. The big man doesn't have that many idle people!"

After listening to Xiao He's words, Tian Dan suddenly smiled.

"It doesn't exist now, but it will happen fifteen years later. Has Xiao Shizhong forgotten the population policy implemented by His Majesty?"

'Snapped……'

Xiao He slapped his forehead fiercely, how could he have forgotten this?

Previously, I just thought that more land could be reclaimed by developing the population, but Xiao He was also cautious about developing the population.

His idea is to achieve steady growth and not cause any major outbreaks, which would suddenly increase the burden on the family and the court.

No matter what happens, it is most appropriate to advance steadily, do not panic, and plan things out slowly.

Although it seems to be a grind, history has proven that only this method is the most reliable.

"Why didn't I think of this..." Xiao He now understood why Wang Buxu encouraged all efforts to have a population.

What about co-authoring the final mechanism?

Fifteen years later, more than one million people will reach the age of fifteen. Although they are not yet adults, they can still function as adults.

According to the current level of farming, even if these more than one million people do not farm, it will be enough to support them, so these people can invest in the development of industry and commerce.

Moreover, a large number of people will be born every year in the future. The population of the Han Dynasty will only increase in the future, and then we will enter a demographic dividend period?

Chen Ping smiled and comforted: "Your Majesty is far-sighted and has a lot of things on his mind. It's not a shame if Xiao Shizhong didn't think of it. Besides, Xiao Shizhong wasn't the only one who didn't think of it. We all didn't think of it either."

?”

Xiao He nodded, but he was a little confused. Why did he always feel that Chen Ping was scolding him?

But I can't control this anymore.

In today's meeting, Xiao He and Chen Ping were actually only participants. At most, they could summarize it based on their descriptions.

If it is feasible, it will be finally compiled and submitted to the emperor, and then whoever has the responsibility to implement it will implement it.

Although the matter is handed over to the Ministry of Commerce, the government orders still have to be issued by the Minister. To put it bluntly, the Minister does not have to stand up and the Ministry of Commerce will implement it. This is a set of formal procedures, which means it is a national policy and something approved by the emperor.

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Next, the protagonist of this meeting is Tian Dan.

In fact, Tian Dan was not completely unprepared. After a lot of previous summaries, he basically had the numbers.

The imperial court's energy is limited, and it is impossible to do everything at once. In addition, it is only a period of exploration. Even if Wang Buxu personally takes action, he will not dare to spread the stall too big.

Therefore, at the moment, we mainly focus on food, clothing, housing and transportation.

The first thing to consider is naturally Luoyang, the capital of the country.

But considering that the Ministry of Industry has two super workshops in Luoyang, the labor force used is too much.

Therefore, Tian Dan’s idea is to continue to develop based on these two super workshops. Its main task falls on the carpenter workshop. Next, more types of farm tools need to be introduced to complete the reform of farm tools. If other industries are engaged in it,

Manpower will not be able to keep up, which will affect the normal agricultural economy.

The second one is to vigorously develop the salt industry in Shu and Yingchuan, and vigorously develop the wood industry around Jiujiang County. At the same time, several large workshops are set up to make vehicles, and some initially processed wood is shipped to various places.

Finally, in Donghai County and other places, the textile industry was vigorously developed.

I won’t make arrangements for other places for the time being. I don’t have that much energy and money to burn.
Chapter completed!