Bi He didn't feel much comforted, and he was still a little worried:

"I don't know much about finance, but I still know that Emperor Chongzhen is indeed very poor!

When I first entered Beijing to copy the treasury, what was rumored outside was that it was amazing, saying how many ingots of gold and silver were in the Chongzhen treasury.

As a result, when I went in, I found that it was almost all of them, or they were antiques and treasures that were difficult to sell.

The amount of pure gold and silver may not be as much as a rich businessman who just bought a little rich!

The treasury is even worse. All the silver and copper coins in it are combined to make up less than one million taels. The area is so small that it covers a pitiful area, and the empty ones can run around in it!

So, I just think that if Emperor Chongzhen was not poor, it wouldn’t be so easy for us to beat him down!

It’s better to save some money!”

When Jiang Hao saw Bi He using Emperor Chongzhen’s poverty as an example to persuade him to spend less money, he couldn’t help but feel a little laughing.

After holding it in for a while, then the corner of his mouth raised slightly and said with a smile:

“I know what you mean.

But you have to be more open-minded about this kind of thing!

Emperor Chongzhen had no money, but when you copied the capital, didn’t you collect nearly 70 million taels of silver?

It can be seen that the country is not short of money!

Just lacking channels for money!

In the past, Emperor Chongzhen did not dare to touch the scholar-official class. Even if he was short of money, he would only dare to ask merchants and the people for money.

But the facts have proved that the truly rich businessmen are basically colluded by officials and businessmen, and it is difficult to squeeze out much silver from them. In the end, the silver is all ordinary middle- and low-level businessmen.

But now, we just need to eliminate this phenomenon and prevent it from being difficult, but we must also try to avoid this situation from happening again.

Those who make more money pay more taxes, and those who make less money pay less taxes. Those who make less money pay just enough money to support themselves, so there is no need to pay taxes!

In this way, the people can basically support themselves, and the country's tax revenue will not be less, or even more!

Let me give you an example!

For example, personal income tax!

Ordinary people earn 300 citrus every month, while big businessmen earn 30,000 taels a month.

If it is all ten taxes.

Ordinary people can only collect 30 cents of tax, but big businessmen can collect 3,000 taels of tax. What is the big difference between the two?

A total of 100,000 times the gap.

If you charge an ordinary person thirty cents of tax, then an ordinary person can turn into a meal of meat twice a month.

However, even if you collect taxes from those big merchants, even if you collect taxes of 3,000 taels, it will definitely not affect their living standards. They can still maintain a life of delicacies every day.

At most, I feel more distressed when paying taxes.

The gap is very big.

During Chongzhen, only those poor people who were 10 or 8 liters were charged. The most money was that the rich spent was to make arrangements, not pay taxes. The amount of tax paid was very small, and some even passed on the taxes to the poor.

It's weird how much money you can charge!

Ninety percent of the world's gold and silver gathered in less than one-tenth of people. Chongzhen did not collect taxes from that one-tenth of people, but instead collected taxes from 90% of people who accounted for 10% of the gold and silver.

What's strange about the treasury like this?

I just want to do the other way around, levy more for those adults, less for those remaining, or even not for the remaining 90% of those!

In this way, the treasury is rich, and most ordinary people can survive, so they will not sell land and land to pay taxes, or even sell children and daughters.

When one day we can collect taxes from everyone, it will be a safe world and a well-off society in the whole country!”

"This...I can't tell you!

However, what you said does make sense.

A rich tax is worth 100,000 unpopular taxes!

No, are we copying the rich people now?”

Bi He felt it made sense, but suddenly he reacted again. He realized that most of the wealthy domestic businessmen have been copied by them, so where can they collect taxes?

“Didn’t some of them still be left?

Don’t the businessmen who have good reputations among the neighbors often save disaster victims.

I just collected their fields, but I didn’t search their house!

Although the number of such merchants is a little smaller, there are still a few in each place.

When this meeting is over, I will also encourage the development of industry and commerce, and then there will definitely be small businessmen to grow up.

So don’t worry about commercial tax matters. You may not be able to get it in one or two years. Just take it back in two years!”

After Jiang Hao paused for a moment, he looked at Bi He who was still worried and continued:

"Just relax.

I have many ways to make money here!

Do you still remember the glass and glass factory I set up earlier?

The two factories brought me an income of 8 million taels the year before yesterday. Last year, because the scope of the civil war was too large, I had no time to worry about overseas affairs, so the income was a little less, probably only about 3 million taels.

If I settle down again today, I will explore overseas business paths when I look back. The annual income of glass and glass factories alone will not be reduced by tens of millions of taels of silver.

There is also a wool thread factory, which brought me more than one million taels of income last year.

If it weren't for the insufficient amount of wool, the profit would definitely be more.

These three factories can bring so much profit every year.

You don’t even look at how many large factories are in the industrial park outside the capital.”

"Prime Minister, what's the use of these you said?

If you can make money, it will be your money. Could it be that you still have to take your money back to the country?"

Although Bi He was no longer worried, he still glanced at Jiang Hao and said helplessly.

How could he not know that those workshops can make money? He is not stupid!

But aren’t those workshops all the private property of the Holy Son?

What does it have to do with the treasury?

If the Holy Son was the emperor, then the treasury and the treasury would indeed be comparable.

But he is not!

He is the prime minister who serves once a year!

“Have I not told you?

Yes, I forgot, it seems that I haven't told you!

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, all of them were taken back to China. Now they can be regarded as state-owned factories.

Those factories are not under my control now, but the managers of their respective factories are in charge of themselves. At most, I can provide them with some technical support occasionally.

However, there is also a 1% dividend every year.

It's considered a technology shareholding.

Although the income of those factories is temporarily separate from the treasury, it is essentially no different. If the treasury turns back and causes any deficit, the income of those factories will definitely be filled in.

So, you can regard the income from those factories as another treasury and count it as a reserve treasury.

The open faces are separated, but the two sides can actually call each other!

However, if the treasury is not really short of money, I still don’t plan to move the funds from the factory for the time being.

Because there are many factories in the industrial park that are still in development, such as power plants and light bulb plants!

If you expand, financial support will definitely be indispensable.

In investment, the early returns are definitely not very visible, but the further you go, the greater the returns.

For example, a power plant.

If the power plant is opened throughout the country and all people have to pay electricity bills, how much will the annual income be?

Just thinking about it will tell that it must be an extremely huge number!

The profit will definitely be more then!"
Chapter completed!