Chapter 256

"Oh?"

"A Yan, you don't look like you're just having a whim!"

Yuwen Hu supported his chin with his left hand, examined Chen Yan, and laughed: "Let's hear it, what do you want to do with the commercial tax?"

This expression, this demeanor, how did it look like he had been planning for a long time!

Yuwen Hu was also very curious about what surprise this kid could give him...

"Increase taxes!"

Chen Yan raised his head, his eyes burning, and slowly spat out two words.

He looked quite like the "Ten Thousand Tax Lord" who wields the tariff stick.

"How much do you want to increase?" Yuwen Hu turned the jade thumb ring and asked nonchalantly.

"Currently, the commercial tax implemented in our Great Zhou is three percent, which is too low..."

Chen Yan's gaze tightened, chose his words, and said loudly: "I want to raise the tax rate to forty to sixty percent!"

"Increase so much all at once?"

Even with Yuwen Hu's composure, he was shocked by these unexpected words.

Three percent is 3% commercial tax.

And forty to sixty percent is 40% to 60%...

It increased several hundred times!

If it weren't for this kid's serious expression, Yuwen Hu would have really thought he was joking with him...

"Exactly!"

Chen Yan nodded heavily and said decisively.

He paused, then added: "For some special industries, the tax can even be collected at eighty to ninety percent!"

"Use heavy taxes to increase national income!"

Collecting eighty to ninety percent tax is actually no longer simple tax collection...

It is nationalizing certain industries.

"A Yan, your idea is truly exceptionally bold!"

Yuwen Hu laughed and asked meaningfully: "Aren't you afraid these merchants will jump over the wall in a hurry?"

"Grand Chancellor, those who rebel have always been those who farm; I've never heard of merchants being able to turn the world upside down!"

Chen Yan bowed, the corners of his mouth curled into an arc, and he said with absolute certainty: "As long as they can make money, no matter how thin the profit is, they will swallow their anger!"

This theory of his didn't come from nowhere...

It was something personally tested and proven feasible by the Great Ancestor of America.

A man who taxed capitalists 90% in a capitalist country.

The Blue Moon of the West.

A typical socialist.

"That's true..."

Yuwen Hu nodded first, then shook his head, frowning slightly, "But an excessively high tax rate will fill the treasury, but will it inhibit the development of the Great Zhou's commerce?"

Obviously, the Grand Chancellor was moved...

From the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to the present, there has indeed never been a rebellion initiated and succeeded by merchants.

But Yuwen Hu still had concerns, worrying about draining the pond to catch the fish...

After all, his choice represented the national policy of the Great Zhou...

"Grand Chancellor, rest assured!"

Chen Yan smiled indifferently and explained: "We aren't just cutting it all with one knife..."

"This commercial tax increase needs to be divided into ranges..."

"Different groups of people, different degrees of tax increase!"

It's called elastic tax increase...

It's slow increase, slow increase, excellent increase, orderly increase, regular increase, adjustable increase, striving to transform from high-quantity tax increase to high-quality tax increase, and finally realizing common tax increase!

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"Hmm?"

"How to explain it?"

"Tell me in detail!"

This kid has probably been planning for a long time... Yuwen Hu was interested, tapped the table with his fingers, and asked.

Chen Yan blinked, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he said in an orderly manner: "For street vendors who do small business to make a living, the tax rate remains unchanged, or a supportive slight reduction is made according to the actual situation..."

"The commercial tax increase is mainly aimed at those big chambers of commerce and merchants with large families and businesses!"

How much money can ordinary people have?

No one knows this problem better than Chen Yan...

What he wants to do is give the poor a way to live and grab the money of the rich!

He could even appropriately reduce taxes to win the support of a large number of bottom-level groups such as small vendors!

After all, the poor are the vast majority, and the rich are the absolute minority...

In this way, it will indeed not affect people's livelihood, and it might really increase the treasury income... Yuwen Hu pondered Chen Yan's countermeasures, made a forward-looking judgment in his heart, raised his hand, and said: "Continue!"

"Merchants who can make big business are so shrewd; if something goes wrong, they will decisively transfer assets, flee to Qi and Liang, and even Rouran..." Chen Yan pursed his lips and smiled, calmly making a prediction.

Actually, this wasn't a prediction, but an inevitability.

In the past, he had seen too many merchants transfer assets and flee, and he had personally handled too many such groups...

He couldn't be more familiar with it!

"This is when the role of Mingjing Si comes into play..."

Yuwen Hu narrowed his tiger eyes, smiled meaningfully, and said: "Strictly monitor and supervise, absolutely cannot let the sheep run away!"

There is no existence more suitable for monitoring lambs waiting to be slaughtered than the evil wolf of Mingjing Si...

However, once it starts completely, with the current scale of Mingjing Si, the manpower will definitely be stretched, and it is time to put the expansion on the agenda.

"Grand Chancellor's words are extremely correct!"

Chen Yan was full of flattery and complimented.

He paused, then continued: "After being properly spread out, the chambers of commerce will become one of the pillars of treasury income, reducing the reliance on land tax..."

Actually, Chen Yan had a specific plan for land tax reform...

Taxing land based on the number of people.

Copying the homework of the Fourth Master of Unloading Armor.

It's just that now is not the time to take it out!

"You said something very right just now; looking through history books, those who rebel have always been those who farm..."

Yuwen Hu exhaled a turbid breath, clenched the tea bowl, and said in a deep voice: "With this large amount of commercial tax, we can gradually appropriately reduce land tax, alleviate the survival pressure of the people, and make their annual surplus increase!"

From another perspective, increasing commercial tax can stabilize the foundation of national rule...

After all, if they can eat their fill and live, who would do the beheading act of rebellion?

It can also collect the hearts of the bottom-level people on a large scale and weaken the financial power of political enemies; one arrow hits several eagles!

"Exactly!"

Chen Yan nodded and laughed: "The rampant smuggling of the chambers of commerce without regard for the law is just an excellent reason!"

"While rectifying with thunderous means, we can just complete the commercial tax reform!"

That unscrupulous smuggling is a reason delivered to the door.

Taking advantage of this excuse to attack, while in the name of punishment and prevention, logically raise the chambers of commerce...

Those chambers of commerce can be considered to have made their own contributions to the development of the Great Zhou!

"Good, I fully support it, go ahead and do it!"

Yuwen Hu clapped his hands suddenly and said loudly: "Take A Ze with you; such an opportunity is just right for him to temper himself..."

"Yes." Chen Yan nodded and bowed in response.

There is no doubt that this process will definitely have a lot of resistance; after all, cutting off someone's financial path is like killing their parents...

But not willing to reform? Not willing to increase commercial tax?

That's fine, then go talk to my Embroidered Attire Envoys!