772、Individualism
Because the officials in Mengjin County have a good attitude towards taxpayers, many merchants are willing to spend more money to trade and pay taxes in Mengjin County. In this way, Mengjin County is equivalent to robbing taxes from other county towns. And they will not think about where they are wrong and why merchants don’t go to them to trade. They also do not realize what their mistakes are. They just think that Ma Zhou, the county magistrate of Mengjin County, robbed their commercial taxes, so they will also put the blame on Ma Zhou and Jingwen who came up with the advice. If Jingwen was not in Mengjin County, they would probably have to go to Ma Zhou to raise an army to ask for punishment. However, Jingwen was standing in Mengjin County, and they did not dare to find the bad luck of Jingwen, a third-rank official. So, they called Luoyang’s young Yin Jinmouyan, to ask Jin Mouyan for their fair words.
After all, with their identities, there are still some gaps in the third-rank official Jing Wen, but Luoyang Shao Yin is different. He is on par with Jing Wen, so naturally there is no problem. Jin Mouyan also complained secretly that he was forced to play against Jing Wen this time. Jing Wen is the emperor's son-in-law, and everyone in the world knows it. Jin Mouyan, the young Yin of Chang'an Prefecture, may have a difficult future, because if he goes up, he will be the prime minister and the minister. However, no matter how he takes the turn, it is not his turn to be the prime minister. At this time, the same level is the competition for the relationship with the imperial chief and the emperor. However, Jin Mouyan cannot compare with Jing Wen. After all, Jing Wen has been in Chang'an for a long time and is not afraid of people!
"Jin Mouyan Shaoyin, you are also helping these guys with serious psi-doctoralism? Could it be that our Mengjin County is not your Luoyang county? Could it be that our Mengjin County is raised by our stepmother?" Jing Wen cursed directly.
"What is parochial thought?" asked a county magistrate.
Jing Wen immediately replied: "The so-called parochialism means that everything is thinking about one's own interests and not taking into account the overall situation. What I mean is that you guys are just staring at their commercial tax and are robbed by Mengjin County, but you didn't notice it at all. If we can raise the cost of repairing the river embankment, then you can also make profits? If the river embankment is good and all kinds of water conservancy is good, then will your grain increase production and income be increased? At that time, will you also find a way to make up for the agricultural tax? So, what are you doing to us?"
"Also, Jin Mouyan, you came to us for trouble for them. Do you think that our Mengjin County is raised by the stepmother?" Jing Wen asked.
But Jin Mouyan said: "You can't say that, then your business tax revenue is in full swing. The tax revenue is much higher than that of our renters. So, I think you can't be so much, it should be equal to us. After all, they are all counties in Luoyang, so you can't be so greedy, right?"
But Jing Wen immediately refuted: "We have too many commercial taxes, so you are envious. Let me ask again, there are many agricultural taxes in the Guanzhong area of Chang'an, and Jiangnan in the south have just been developed and the population is not large. So, should we also take the taxes in the Guanzhong area to Jiangnan for them? According to your theory, it is all our Tang Dynasty, why is it so uneven?"
"This..." Jin Mouyan had nothing to say.
Jingwen’s meaning is very obvious, that is, the average theory of Jin Mouyan is very absurd. There are different differences in the level of development of each place, the management ability of officials, the population, the fertility of land, and even the thoughts of the people. These differences have caused different tax revenues and economic development in different places, so it is inevitable that the income of government officials in different places will be different, further affecting the changes in the country’s policy. But if Jin Mouyan’s theory is based on the theory of Jin Mouyan, is it necessary to take out a portion of the money to "average" for those places with low incomes?
Of course, according to the national governance, we should indeed take out part of the money from wealthy places to subsidize those poor places and help the development and construction of poor places. For example, the current development of Jiangnan in the Tang Dynasty does not mean that we should completely use our own money to be equalized. Absolute egalitarianism is undesirable. If this happens, wouldn’t everyone go to eat big pot rice? As for the harm of big pot rice, many people must know. If all the prefectures and counties, regardless of various situations, the fiscal revenue will be averaged in all orders, and there is no order in any final order, the final result will be destined to be unable to develop.
As long as a normal politician is aware of the idea of wealth first and then wealth. First, concentrate on developing a certain region, and then letting that region drive the surrounding areas to be prosperous together, this is a truth that officials in ancient and modern times understand. But Jin Mouyan's reason just now was very absurd, saying that there are too many commercial taxes in Mengjin County, so it must be used to equalize it for everyone. What is the difference between this and the egalitarianism of big pot rice? If he says this, he doesn't know how many local officials in wealthy places will offend.
If this is evenly average, there is no focus on development, it will be the same as sprinkling pepper, and it will be useless. In the end, there will be no focus, and no one can develop it. Therefore, Jin Mouyan's theory is very absurd. Even Jing Wen, a second-rate politician, understood by him, was wrong. Jin Mouyan really wanted to slap himself in the mouth. What did he say just now? All these absurd words were said? It turned out that Jin Mouyan was just forced by his subordinates, but he could only come and speak for them.
But now he was criticized, which made Jin Mouyan blush. If he wanted to talk about what Jin Mouyan was thinking, he would not care whether these commercial taxes were in Mengjin County or other counties. Anyway, Mengjin County is also a subordinate county of Luoyang Fu, so there is no reason for cooked ducks to fly. Anyway, they are all in Luoyang, what can he, the manager of Luoyang Prefecture, have any ideas? But other counties are different. They think that Mengjin County has robbed their interests, so they think they have opinions.
This is what is called "butt" determines the head. Jin Mouyan is the manager of Luoyang. He is under his own hands anyway, so it doesn't matter. The county magistrates of other counties are different. They don't think about the overall situation at all. They just think that their county can obtain commercial taxes, and they don't want to care too much about other things. Anyway, they were jealous when they saw Mengjin County rob their taxes. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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