Jing Wen knew that his business tax mortgage was actually the beginning of improving the status of a merchant. Although it seemed that merchants had to pay more taxes, which would make the profits of merchants less. However, the important political significance here was different because he represented the status of a businessman in a country.

In ancient times, the reason why agriculture was more important than commerce was not only that agriculture was an important source of food for the people, but there was actually another very important reason. In ancient times, agricultural taxes accounted for the absolute advantage of national income, and even forced commercial taxes to be almost ignored. In this case, state officials first should pay attention to agriculture, because agriculture is related to the country's income. As for commerce, the tax they paid was too low, and the proportion they occupied was simply negligible. In fact, if you pay taxes from the perspective of citizen countries, it represents the contribution to the country. The greater the contribution to the country, the more important the people of this class will theoretically be and the higher the status.

The taxes paid by merchants account for a small part of the country's income, and this will make the country look down on these merchants because in the eyes of officials, merchants are "dispensable". However, if one day, commercial tax accounts for the country's proportion, will officials still despise merchants and business? At that time, in order for the country to become richer, officials will definitely support business and change the past idea of ​​focusing on agriculture and neglecting commerce. In fact, this is the so-called reason for the contribution to the country.

Moreover, if the country is willing to support business, the higher the loyalty of the merchants to the country. The higher the loyalty, the greater the tax payment. Of course, this is the idea of ​​most merchants. A small number of merchants who deliberately avoid taxes are only a small number. This is also a question of belonging. The country attaches importance to you, and you will recognize the country. If the merchants are always discriminated against, the merchants will not have a high sense of belonging to the country, and then they will not take the initiative to help when the country is in crisis. In ancient times, there was no system for merchants to be heartbroken. Because the proportion of business taxes to the country's income is too low, officials do not pay attention to it. Not paying attention will make officials marginalize merchants, and then the merchants will be less loyal to the government. Merchants are not very loyal to the government, and the government will reject merchants, which eventually form a vicious cycle.

Therefore, to solve this problem, we must start with a reasonable business tax. If the business tax is still so unreasonable, the tax paid by the merchant still accounts for a very low part of the national finance. As for the next step, the country will not pay attention to merchants. There is no idea of ​​improving the status of merchants. This is actually a deformed system, which has caused the status of merchants to be low. As long as commercial tax accounts for the vast majority of the country's income, the government will never dare to discriminate against merchants at that time, and it is too late to pay attention to merchants at that time, and officials are regarded as the top priority.

"I have met the emperor!" Jing Wen said.

"Since you and Changle are engaged, you don't have to be so polite." Li Shimin said.

And Jing Wen immediately said: "Thank you, Father-in-law!"

Jing Wen took the initiative to say: "Emperor, today the county magistrate of Mengjin County of Luoyang sent a note, hoping that the emperor could review it."

Li Shimin looked at the Tiaochen from Mengjin County and asked, "Did you make this?"

"Yes. The county magistrate of Mengjin County is an old subordinate of our avenge army!" Jing Wen said.

Li Shimin saw that Mengjin County wanted to use commercial tax as a guarantee and then borrowed 200,000 jin of money to repair the river embankment. This is indeed a bit huge, because the river embankment of the Yangtze River is not something that a county-level administrative unit can repair by itself? The Yangtze River is one of the largest rivers in the world, and the river embankment of this kind of river water must be a huge amount. Therefore, this Yangtze River embankment must be a national-level financial matter, but now a county-level administrative unit wants to do this, isn’t this a person who is willing to do it himself?

"Courage is commendable, but it's just a bit unrealistic." Li Shimin said.

Li Shimin still appreciated Ma Zhou's courage, but he was crazy about Ma Zhou's desire to repair the river embankment. Even Li Shimin knew that not to mention building river embankments, even ordinary repairs were not something that a county-level administrative unit could do. Now, the river embankments of the two big rivers of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River have been built together for hundreds of years, and were not built alone in a certain dynasty. When Emperor Yang of Sui built a Grand Canal, it should have caused a good country to destroy the country. Therefore, this kind of project cost a huge amount of money, and it was not something that a dynasty could do! Ma Zhou actually wanted to repair it, and repair it with the ability of a county. Isn't this a big death?

"Your Majesty, there is nothing I can do. Your Majesty, don't pay attention to the construction of the river bank. You should first pay attention to the business tax guarantee loan. Do you think this matter can be achieved?" Jing Wen asked.

After looking at it, Li Shimin finally understood what it means to use commercial tax as collateral. In other words, commercial tax will be used for repayment in the future, and the government will not be able to earn commercial tax. Li Shimin also roughly knows how small the commercial tax in a county is, and the proportion of commercial tax in the entire country is very low. If he only uses such a small amount of commercial tax as collateral, maybe even Li Shimin is willing to do it. After all, commercial tax is just a tiny bit. If he can be mortgaged for a huge loan, then Li Shimin may be willing to do it.

"However, your bank will supervise the collection of commercial taxes and be able to participate in the formulation of commercial tax plans. This is too..." Li Shimin hesitated.

Because according to Jing Wen's statement, this is actually a way for the bank to set commercial tax revenue. That is to say, the bank can increase the government's commercial tax until the repayment is completed. Of course, Li Shimin is not very acceptable because this is to let merchants interfere in the government affairs, which is obviously not acceptable. If Jing Wen had not come to say it personally, Li Shimin would have kicked the guy who proposed the plan out. After all, letting merchants interfere in government decisions was simply a rebellious thing in ancient times.
Chapter completed!