There is a key point in fact that "living within one's means". It's very good to say it. I remember that the two tax laws in history adopted the use of income and income, which is completely contrary to the guiding ideology of financial management. "living within one's means" means considering one's own income to make expenditures. In this way, it not only caters to Uncle Li's frugal thoughts, but also leaves a good guidance and norm for financial management officials in later generations.

For a whole month, a month later, I finally stood in front of Uncle Li with the new "Treasury Law of the Tang Dynasty", holding my head up, like a victorious general returning to the court. This two-tax law, which is more than a hundred pages, is not only the essence of my wives and concubines, but also the precipitation after discussions and repeated arguments between my Fang father and son. It is also the outstanding young man who traveled through time and allowed the Tang Dynasty to get rid of agricultural civilization as soon as possible, move towards commercial civilization, develop industrial civilization, and look forward to the dream of scientific and technological civilization. I believe that in thousands of years, the world will be shocked and surprised by this, and respect me as the father of taxation? Well, it seems to have passed.

At least Uncle Li's eyes were a little deformed when he looked at me. "I said, "I'm a son-in-law, I've called you several times. Why are you holding that stupid and having fun?"

"My father-in-law, my son-in-law is so happy. Under your wise guidance, when I compiled the "Tax Law", I dared to come to you all the time and always stand by me and cheer me up, so that my son-in-law would write like a god, and thoughts would flow like a spring, and he was bleeding for a month. Finally, this thing was created, please let my father-in-law read it." I laughed dryly, stepped forward, and respectfully handed the "Tax Law" in my hand to Uncle Li.

The moment Uncle Li took it, he looked at me seriously: "It seems that the son-in-law's body is indeed extraordinary. It is rare to vomit blood for a month and still have such a rosy complexion."

Suddenly, I heard the fur-faced uncle Zhao Kun, who was squatting behind Uncle Li's butt, and the eunuchs and maids on the side also looked strange. I was so angry that my face was like a heavy date and my eyebrows were like a lying silkworm. Grandma, you old hooligan, are you too shameless? Isn't this guy bragging for a few words?

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While being embarrassed and annoyed, Uncle Li smiled: "Okay, okay, don't care, my son-in-law, I am teasing you, haha, I still know the hard work of my son-in-law for more than a month. Don't worry, even if this thing really doesn't work, I will not beat you. After all, I have no credit, and I will work hard. Come on, give me tea to my son-in-law."

I'll give you a sweet date. I've never seen such a shameless emperor before, so I can't swallow my anger. I can't imitate Uncle Cheng with his bare butt and pull Uncle Li to the door to fight alone, right?

"Tax Law of the Tang Dynasty? Well, this is a good name, but why does this tax system also mean the Dharma?" Uncle Li asked curiously. "The word "Son-in-law" is used in "Mozi" to interpret the meaning of "The law is not expensive, and the rope is not curved" in "Mozi", which means that everyone is equal in front of the law. Whether it is princes and nobles, or aristocrats, aristocrats, or aristocrats, they must also do according to the law. However, if my Tang Dynasty wants to truly do something that has the law, and if there is a law, it will be corrected. The world will be peaceful." I explained this meaningfully. Sure enough, Uncle Li's expression was very moved and nodded slightly: "The words of a son-in-law are quite in line with my heart. If there is a law, you must follow it, and if there is a law, you must correct it. Everyone is equal in front of the law. This will make the world stable and prosperous forever."

Uncle Li did not speak anymore, but opened the "Treasury Law of the Tang Dynasty" and started to study it carefully.

Before the catalog, I wrote a sentence that paying taxes is the obligation and responsibility of every citizen of the Tang Empire. What are the obligations? It is what you must do. If you don’t do it, the country will force you to do it. If you want to resist or escape, you will be punished.

Similarly, I also wrote the "living within my means" in the concept of financial management as the benchmark principle for tax payment. This is both clear and impressive. I not only listed the various tax catalogs and tax types of the Tang Dynasty, but even each tax is exquisite in the physical objects. Uncle Li kept twitching his tongue, his eyes shining, and from time to time I encountered something I didn't understand, so I asked me.

To give the simplest example, Uncle Li didn't understand what consumption tax was, I explained to him: "The so-called consumption tax must be taxed on specific products stipulated by the tax law. Some consumer goods are selected with a purpose and focus on levying consumption tax to appropriately limit the consumption demand of certain special consumer goods; such as mirrors, gold and silver products, antiques and other high-end luxury goods. These things are not necessary for the production and life of the people. I can tax products in Datang, but this tax is levied on consumers, and its purpose is..."

Uncle Li can't understand what I mean,

Come: "You guy is so bad. I'm afraid that those rich families in my Tang Dynasty vomit blood?"

"My father-in-law, the tax is not high. The items in our company can be distinguished from which are high-profit consumer goods and which are medium-profits. They are differentiated from them. However, the tax rate must also be suitable for each product, and at least the goods cannot be traded and circulated." At least I know that things that cannot be sold cannot be called commodities. Therefore, we must not only make the country profit from it, but also not make the conflict between merchants and consumers too sharp. This requires precise and detailed calculations and statistics.

In addition, regarding the consumption tax of these high-profit luxury goods, Datang should also adjust it according to the changes in product value.

The taxes of farmers must be collected twice a year, but farmers no longer need to bear any other expenses or labor. This article caused a dispute between Uncle Li and me. Uncle Li believed that the state allowed farmers to do labor for the benefit of the entire country, both for the country and for the people themselves.

But I don't think so. Officials violate the land of Yang and use labor for private use, or wantonly extend the labor period. In addition, the inaction of the supervision system will definitely lead to a series of terrible consequences. In addition, the prisoners of war labor used by the Tang Dynasty are substitutes for labor for the Tang Dynasty. Using them to build the Tang Dynasty does not need to worry about not being able to miss the farming season, nor does it need to pay them silk and food.

In addition, I explained to Uncle Li the benefits of replacing labor system with the employment system. Although the Tang Dynasty would consume a portion of the national tax revenue under the employment system, the use of the employment system can at least eliminate the adverse factors brought by labor to the long-term development and stability of the country.

In addition, the emergence of the employment system can also enable refugees in society who have lost their land and property to gain a new source of living. "In the Tang Dynasty, the number of households fleeing in the number of households hidden is only more than 10,000, and in fact it reaches at least 20,000. In addition, many people in Chang'an City alone are unwilling to work in workshops or work as handymen for shops..."

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Uncle Li gradually understood the advantages of the employment system, which not only reduced the number of people traversed, but also eliminated social instability factors, and also allowed the country to plant these people in another way without having the bad intentions of destroying security and stability.

At least, if a disaster occurs, the Tang Dynasty can also use this method to implement a employment system for the affected areas and build various disaster-stricken facilities. With the remuneration of the affected people, they can restorate production locally with peace of mind...

Finally, Uncle Li agreed. Yes, the old hooligan was the people of the world who did a good thing. Another thing, I suggest Uncle Li raises the commercial tax. The current industrial and commercial tax threshold in the Tang Dynasty is one-thirty, and some are one-thirty, which is very chaotic and complicated. Many prefectures take advantage of the differences to collect one-tenth, but only one-thirty is recruited by the court. Many taxes are intercepted to enrich their personal pockets.

Although the taxes are still both money and silk, I made my own suggestions to Uncle Li. Try to make gold and silver coins to relieve the pressure on the circulation of the Tang Dynasty currency and weaken the collection of the Tang Dynasty taxes. "In the past, after the prefectures and counties in the Tang Dynasty received taxes, some of them were sent to the imperial capital Chang'an, while some of them could only be sent to the governing areas of various provinces. Why? Because of the weight of copper coins, last year, my elder brother wrote to my son-in-law that the taxes in Quanzhou and Fuzhou were 370,000 guan and 370,000 guan. According to the minting system of the Tang Dynasty, one coin is calculated as one guan, and ten coins are worth one liang, and a thousand guan weighs six jin and four liang. So how much is this? This is 2.368,000 jin of copper. My father-in-law, think about it, how much manpower and material resources will be spent to transport it to Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty from the Jiangnan Daozhu?"
Chapter completed!