As the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the Supervisor of the Tax Department, the two of them instantly understood.
The Emperor said that after the revision, it would most likely be the tax law. They wouldn't even be able to find the criminal law.
Zhu Yijun didn't waste any time and said directly, "It's the tax law!"
Hearing Zhu Yijun's words, the two of them weren't surprised and listened quietly.
"In this tax law, there are detailed divisions of taxes, from land tax to commercial tax to industrial tax, all of which are included.
According to different situations, there are different collection standards. "
"The imperial court divided land into three categories, namely agricultural land, commercial land, and industrial land."
Zhu Yijun briefly introduced the tax law. There were too many things in it, and it couldn't be explained clearly in a few words.
This time, the focus wasn't on land tax. The main point was to determine the collection of tax based on land.
Exempting the poll tax and other miscellaneous taxes, for the people who farmed, they only needed to pay the land tax based on the land.
The tax rate was 1 out of 10, which was already a very light tax in this era.
From this point, it could be seen how crazy the business tax of 1 out of 10 was. Even if it was 1 out of 10, many people still didn't want to pay the tax. These people were really crazy.
Abolishing exorbitant taxes and collecting the land tax in a unified manner could save the imperial court a lot of trouble.
The commercial tax was mainly divided into two types, one was the business tax, and the other was the transaction tax.
The business tax was very simple. It was targeted at the various shops in the major cities.
The method of collecting tax naturally couldn't be based on the turnover, which couldn't be done in this era. Instead, it was based on the area of the shop.
Of course, the tax law was different for different industries. For high-cost entertainment such as casinos and brothels, a tiered tax system was adopted.
For small businesses, the tax rate was 1 out of 10, and for large businesses, it could be as high as 4 out of 10.
Extorting money from these people, Zhu Yijun didn't feel any psychological pressure at all.
The transaction tax was targeted at large-scale goods transactions. This part of the tax was paid by the buying and selling units.
For example, when the imitation goods left the factory, they would be required to pay transaction tax.
The buyer had to bring the tax form to pick up the goods, otherwise they couldn't pick up the goods.
During the transportation of goods, the tax form was strictly checked. Items that didn't pay tax were all treated as smuggling.
According to the different smuggled goods, different punishments were adopted.
The taxes on production units were industrial taxes, which were basically all of these taxes.
Ceng Shengwu had been listening carefully, but the expression on his face was somewhat conflicted.
Such a method of collecting taxes would probably be called an exorbitant tax. However, looking at the Emperor's attitude, he didn't know how to persuade the Emperor.
Wang Yongji, on the other hand, didn't care. Instead, he looked eager to try.
Looking at the two of them, Zhu Yijun continued with a smile, "Of course, it's not that I don't care about the people. The court will abolish all Transit Dues for the convenience of the merchants in the world."
"At the same time, the imperial court will set up a new Imperial Censor Yamen to strictly investigate local hooligans and extortion by the government."
"Abolish all the messy profit-sharing. The people only need to pay taxes to the court. Other than me, the people of the Daming don't need to pay taxes to anyone. I will protect my subjects."
Ceng Shengwu heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing Zhu Yijun's words.
If that was the case, it would be better. In comparison, they might have paid more in the past than now.
"The land tax will be promulgated throughout the country. The transaction tax and industrial tax will also be promulgated throughout the country. As for the business tax, I want to promote it in Shun Tian Prefecture first. My lord, you have to work hard on this matter."
Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Yongji and said, "Don't let me down."
It wasn't that Zhu Yijun didn't want to promote it throughout the country, but he didn't have enough power. The Imperial Censor Yamen system couldn't be promoted. It was too difficult to promote the business tax rashly, and it was easy to cause trouble.
Extortion was rampant in the local areas. Before these accumulated problems were cleaned up, it would cause trouble if they directly introduced the business tax.
Among these taxes, the land tax was the least difficult. After the government and the gentry paid taxes together, the land tax reform would make countless people feel relieved.
They didn't need to pay any messy taxes. They only needed to pay the land tax.
Between the transaction tax and the industrial tax, the industrial tax wouldn't be too difficult. After all, your factory was there, and you couldn't run away from the temple. This tax wouldn't be easy to escape.
On the contrary, the transaction tax was a profitable business. The merchants who sold goods from the north and the south had to have a strong foundation, so it was not easy to collect money from them.
Of course, it wasn't that Zhu Yijun didn't give them benefits. He abolished the Transit Dues tax.
The Transit Dues tax was a large part of the revenue of the local finance in this era. For example, the city gate tax was a more typical one.
Of course, this money had nothing to do with Zhu Yijun, and no one gave it to him.
The local officials expropriated the land, and the city gate tax was a good place for them to start.
Many people would applaud the fact that the merchants had suffered so much.
As for those who were disobedient and didn't understand his good intentions, it was easy to deal with them. They could be dealt with directly.
With the cooperation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Zhu Yijun felt that the transaction tax was promising.
First of all, the Ministry of Internal Affairs had to pay taxes, and the merchants who wanted to cooperate with the Ministry of Internal Affairs also had to pay taxes.
With the current size of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, more than 50% of the business in Daming was led by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. There were very few merchants who didn't get involved with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, especially those who sold goods from the north and south.
After all, the inland shipping in Daming was now in the hands of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs wasn't the salt ships in the beginning. After a few years of development, the Ministry of Internal Affairs's reputation was unparalleled.
The shipping in Daming was basically in the hands of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It was the largest shipping company in Daming.
As for the famous Salt Gang and Water Gang in the future, they were still nowhere to be seen.
Back then, Zhang Shicheng was a salt smuggler. The successive emperors of Daming didn't like salt smugglers and cracked down hard on them.
With the salt permit system, the salt was in the hands of the rich and Honours. Rather than selling salt, it was more like smuggling salt.
In addition, Zhu Yijun ruthlessly slaughtered a bunch of them, so the Salt Gang basically disappeared without a trace.
Even if there were, they were small scale and couldn't be seen in public.
As for the Water Gang, it hadn't taken shape at all. The Water Gang officially took shape in the Qing Dynasty during the Yongzheng reign. There wasn't a Water Gang in Daming, and now it was absorbed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It was likely that there wouldn't be a Water Gang in the future.
Because the Ministry of Internal Affairs paid on time and gave high wages, the shipping industry had become the first choice for many commoners to find work.
With these foreshadowing, the difficulty of other taxes wasn't too great. Instead, the difficulty of collecting business taxes was probably not small.
Anyone who ran a shop was a rich person from all over the country.
Collecting taxes from these people wasn't easy. With the interference of the local authorities, the difficulty was even greater.
Zhu Yijun wasn't naive enough to think that the local authorities would cooperate. They watched coldly from the side, and Zhu Yijun had to thank them.
The tax department took away the land tax, and the local authorities suffered heavy losses.
With the abolition of the Transit Dues, the income was reduced by a large amount. If the tax money was also gone, the income of the officials would be cut almost completely.
It would be strange if the local authorities were happy. It was normal for them to cause trouble.
"Now, Shun Tian Prefecture will promote the business tax, then the whole of North Zhili, and by the end of the year, all seven provinces in the north."
Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Yongji, "Can you do it?"
"Your Majesty, rest assured, I will definitely do it!" Wang Yongji quickly said.
Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "Very good. Do it well and don't let me down!"
Ceng Shengwu and Wang Yongji left. Zhu Yijun glanced at Zhang Jing and asked, "Is Li Biao here?"
"Imperial Majesty, Lord Li is here!" Zhang Jing quickly said.
"Let him in!" Zhu Yijun said slowly.
Not long after, Li Biao walked in from outside and knelt on the ground, saying, "Your subject Li Biao greets Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty!"
Zhu Yijun waved his hand, "Get up!"
When Li Biao stood up, Zhu Yijun said, "I asked you to reorganize the Imperial Bodyguard. How is it going?
Is the Imperial Bodyguard useful now? "
Since last year, Zhu Yijun had asked Li Biao to reorganize the Imperial Bodyguard. Now, it was finally time for them to be put to use.
Although everyone had heard of the patrolling censors, they were only available in the capital. This time, they were being promoted to the local areas to coordinate with the tax collection. Naturally, the local areas wouldn't cooperate.
Therefore, they needed someone who was familiar with the local environment, didn't want to offend anyone, and was willing to work for the court.
These people were naturally the Imperial Bodyguard. Zhu Yijun had already thought about it. He would directly merge the Imperial Bodyguard into the Imperial Censor Yamen.
The various Imperial Bodyguard stewards would be transferred to the Imperial Censor Yamen.
The Imperial Censor would be sent from the Imperial Censor Yamen to the local areas as assistants, and the Imperial Bodyguard stewards would be the Imperial Censor Yamen.
The Imperial Bodyguard would be the leader, and the imperial censors sent by the court would be mainly responsible for supervision. This way, they could monitor each other and not be afraid of any trouble happening.
With the feud between the Imperial Bodyguard and the Imperial Censor, there was no need to worry about them joining forces.
Of course, this yamen couldn't be named the Imperial Censor Yamen. The power of the Imperial Censor Yamen was too great.
It might not be a big deal in the capital, but in the local areas, it was easy to steal the power of the local officials.
This was unacceptable.
The main purpose of this new yamen was to investigate smuggling. Zhu Yijun directly positioned him as the tax inspector.
Zhu Yijun had already thought of the name of the new yamen: Daming Tax Inspectorate.
After the establishment of the internal factories and Dongchang, the Imperial Bodyguard actually seemed a little useless. Now, changing it to Tax Inspectorate was very suitable.
They had sufficient understanding of the area and were not afraid of offending people. The Imperial Bodyguard was suitable for this job.
However, thinking about the famous Imperial Bodyguard disappearing in the long river of history, Zhu Yijun really felt a little strange.
However, Zhu Yijun also knew that this was something that could not be helped.
There was another benefit in this, and that was that abolishing the Imperial Bodyguard would help him build a wave of reputation.
He had caused a lot of trouble, and his reputation was a little low. Although many people called him the King of Resurgence, there were still a lot of bad rumors about him. He could use this opportunity to build a wave of reputation.
As for what the Emperor wanted him to do, Li Biao did not know. However, he knew that since the Emperor had asked him this question, he would definitely use the Imperial Bodyguard.
Li Biao hurriedly bowed and said, "I have completed the reorganization of the Imperial Bodyguard. It can be used now."
Zhu Yijun nodded and then said, "I am going to abolish the Imperial Bodyguard."
Hearing this, Li Biao's body swayed. He raised his head in disbelief and looked at Zhu Yijun.
He had spent a lot of effort to reorganize the Imperial Bodyguard and was just rubbing his palms together. Now, the Emperor actually wanted to abolish the Imperial Bodyguard. Li Biao did not dare to believe it. Your Majesty, did you say it wrong, or did I hear it wrong?
"You did not hear it wrong!" Zhu Yijun said calmly. "I am indeed going to abolish the Imperial Bodyguard."
"I am going to establish a Daming Tax Inspection Department. It will be placed in the Ministry of Revenue. I am going to use the Imperial Bodyguard as the head. The various Imperial Bodyguard officers will become the deputy. At the same time, the Imperial Censorate Imperial Censorate will be the deputy.
"You will enter the Ministry of Revenue and be the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue. You will be in charge of the Inspection Department."
When Li Biao heard this, he let out a sigh of relief. However, his heart still felt bad.
The Daming Tax Inspection Department sounded like it had a lot of power, but it was still far from the Imperial Bodyguard.
He had been transferred from the Inner Factory to the Imperial Bodyguard. He was originally prepared to do something big, but now he had been transferred to the Ministry of Revenue.
In reality, Zhu Yijun knew that Li Biao must have underestimated the Tax Inspection Department. Perhaps after it was announced, everyone would underestimate the Tax Inspection Department and think that exchanging a Tax Inspection Department for the Imperial Bodyguard was worth it.
This was also the misconception that Zhu Yijun wanted people to have. However, Zhu Yijun's position in the Tax Inspection Department was very high.
In the future, there were a few government departments in the United States that were very famous, such as the FBI and the CIA. However, there was an equally powerful department called the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Zhu Yijun's position in the Daming Tax Inspection Department was that of the United States Internal Revenue Service's intelligence department.
To have an efficient tax inspection team, the Imperial Bodyguard was the most suitable candidate.
They had enough people and experience. Moreover, most of them were in the intelligence field.
In addition to their own faction label, as well as their incompatibility with the civil officials, the Tax Inspection Department was able to maintain a lot of independence.
Although they didn't manage everything, they were more dedicated.
An organization like the Imperial Bodyguard Dongchang would definitely have its power reduced in the future.
There must be an intelligence department and a state-level law enforcement organization, but it definitely wouldn't exist in the form of the Imperial Bodyguard or Dongchang.
Although their existence was the embodiment of the Emperor's will, it was also a violation of the law.
Since he wanted to promote the law of Daming and the law, he had to get rid of some things that shouldn't be there.
As for the guarantee of imperial power, Dongchang and the Imperial Bodyguard couldn't guarantee it. The eunuch's party was happy for a while, but the damage was also very deep. The intelligence department and the more secretive internal affairs department were better choices.
Dongchang could become the Emperor's private law enforcement organization on the surface, and the Imperial Bodyguard would be responsible for tax inspection!
Although he was unwilling, Li Biao was born in the internal affairs department. Whatever the Emperor wanted him to do, he would do it. This was Li Biao's motto.
After listening to Zhu Yijun's arrangement, he quickly knelt and said, "This official accepts the decree and thanks the emperor!"
Zhu Yijun nodded his head in satisfaction and said, "I know your results in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. You are very good at mathematics. If you work hard, you might become the Minister of Revenue from the internal affairs department. Don't let me down."