“There’s a lot of articles!”

Facing Wu Cai's inquiry, Shi Yiwen said proudly.

"Chaoguan is set up in important water and land wharfs. More than 50% of the goods in the world must be inspected by the cashier. How many goods in the world are in circulation in a year?"

Shi Yiwen's rhetorical question made Wu Cai confused.

“How many are there?”

"In this world, all goods are used for food, clothing, housing and transportation from life to death. The value of goods circulating every year is probably no less than tens of millions of taels. Even if the tax is collected at one-thirty, the annual income is no less than tens of millions of taels. Considering that not all goods need to be trafficked for a long distance, tens of millions of taels per year can still be guaranteed."

What!

Wu Cai murmured with wide eyes in surprise.

"Ten million taels!"

Not to mention Wu Cai, even Zhu Yijun was shocked when he heard this number, ten million taels a year!

For the Ming Dynasty, which was financially distressed, it was simply an astronomical figure. After all, Zhang Juzheng's biggest achievement in the reform was to increase the tax silver of the court to a mere few million taels. In the face of this ten million taels, it was not worth mentioning at all.

"Ten million taels are also what I said before. In fact, if the location of the money gate is readjusted, it is OK to earn 30 to 40 million taels a year, after all..."

Shi Yiwen, who originally wanted to say another time and space, stopped talking. Lijin was the "life-saving medicine" of the Qing Dynasty. Relying on one hundred yuan to draw, the Qing Dynasty not only received military funds to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but also received funds for the implementation of the Westernization Movement and repaying foreign debts and other affairs, supporting them through the financial crisis, and even helping them to extend their lives for 60 years.

How much liquor was collected every year in the Qing Dynasty?

In the mid-19th century, the number reported in various places reached tens of millions of taels, and by fifty years later, it even reached more than 40 million taels. In fact, the Lijin Bureaus in various places have gained their personal pockets by making clever names, extra charges, more and less charges, and the actual lijin collections collected every year are at least ten times more than this, and some people even estimate that it may be twenty times more than this.

It is precisely because of this reference that Shi Yiwen is full of confidence in the taxation of the banknotes. Since the actual collection of the Qing Dynasty, including the private pockets of the Qing Dynasty, could reach hundreds of millions of taels, then if you change it to yourself, you can also charge 10 or 20 million taels through the banknotes.

"After all, the more prosperous the business in this world, the higher the taxes collected by the banknotes will be. Of course, the premise is to keep the banknotes clean enough, otherwise officials will inevitably be fed. Just like now, the taxes that are levied on the banknotes will either be fled or be fed by officials."

"Zhiyuan, since the money is so important, do you think the court may hand it over to the emperor?"

Wu Cai asked directly.

"Yes, because now, no one realizes the importance of money,..."

Just like in another time and space, no one in the Qing Dynasty realized the importance of customs. It was not until the customs tariff increased from the initial tens of thousands of taels to tens of millions of taels that they knew how important customs were, and the current cash customs... the same is true.

After a slight pause, Shi Yiwen said again.

"Almost no one realizes that money is actually the only way to collect commercial taxes. As for the store tax on the spot, the city tax is actually a decoration. Not to mention that the store tax is not collected by tax collectors according to actual conditions. Those store taxes only cost two or three taels of silver in a restaurant a month, and a grocery store only costs a few hundred cents. And if the business is bad, it can be exempted from taxes. In fact, the business is different, it is all about the tax collector..."

Shaking his head, Shi Yiwen even thought of another time and space. The clothing store opened by his friend had a turnover of less than 5,000 and was tax-free. So his store had never paid taxes in the five years from its opening to its closing. It was not that it had never paid, but that it handed over the money to other people. As for invoices... How many people in this world need invoices? Even large supermarkets in many places do not install tax control machines at the cashier as required. If necessary, they all use small receipts to exchange invoices. But the question is, how many people exchange invoices? If they don’t exchange invoices, they will naturally receive a business tax of less than 3% and other corresponding surcharges.

Because of this, China in another time and space has never pointed to the situation of levying taxes in the consumption link or even accusing of tax evasion. After all, the cost of checking and checking the store is not realistic even in the 21st century, unless it is necessary. However, the country's taxes need to be guaranteed, so the circulation tax is levied by levied value-added tax on the commodity transfer link.

The so-called "lijin" is a commodity tax that is widely levied in many aspects of the production, circulation and sales of ordinary commodities. In fact, although "lijin" is the biggest bad tax in modern China, in a sense, this is the real commercial tax and the only tax that the country can effectively grasp.

"For any cargo circulation, from one place to another, it must pass through the water and land dock. After all, water transportation is the cheapest mode of transportation. As for land travel, it will not exceed 100 miles at most. This is why the road quotation is promulgated. In fact, most of the time, small merchants will not go to a hundred miles away to do business. As for long-distance business, they will transfer from land to water routes, and then gather to the Grand Canal, Yangtze River and other places. Small boats will turn into large ships. The circulation of goods in the Ming Dynasty is carried out through rivers scattered in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. This is also the reason why the banknotes are set up at the water and land docks. Although there are only eleven tax customs now, the population along the river and river basin accounts for more than 60% of the Ming Dynasty, and the proportion of cargo circulation is even more than this."

How many people were there during the Wanli period?

The population given by the official data is about 60 million, but due to the widespread concealment of population, later generations roughly estimate that the population was close to 200 million in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and how many people were there in the Grand Canal and the river basin?

A huge population base will inevitably bring prosperity to business, which will stimulate the circulation of goods, and this is the guarantee of future income of Chaoguan. For Shi Yiwen, this is exactly the reason why he dared to lobby Wanli for giving up gold and silver. Of course, it is not a complete resumption, but just sacrifices part of his interests.

"But……"

Wu Cai said with a frown with a little worried.

"Zhiyuan, this is just calculated according to the best situation, but what if I can't receive it? After all, some things are not as simple as saying. At that time, if the palace loses hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, I'm afraid it will make him dissatisfied?"

"deficit……"

With a slight smile, Shi Yiwen said proudly.

"When did I do a loss-making business?"

His smile made Wu Cai confused.

“Is tax collection a business?”
Chapter completed!