Just as everyone was waiting for the Tax Department to start collecting taxes, the entire Tax Department in South Zhili started moving, and it was an earth-shattering one. The commotion was huge.
The Imperial Bodyguard followed, as did the army. The commotion was simply earth-shattering.
However, things like forcibly collecting taxes or arresting people did not happen at all. The Tax Department only did one thing, and that was to bang gongs and put up notices everywhere. To put it bluntly, it was publicity.
The publicity was also simple, which was to register a business name and apply for a production license.
In order to facilitate management, to prevent malicious destruction, and to facilitate tracing the source of goods, the Tax Department began to apply for a production license. It targeted all kinds of industries that were engaged in production.
For example, textile factories, dyeing factories, all industries that were engaged in these industries had to apply for a production license.
Without a production license, sorry, this is illegal business, and it will all be confiscated.
Within 15 days, all the large and small businesses in South Zhili, no matter what industry they were engaged in, as long as they were producing, they had to apply for a production license.
When this news came out, countless people who were accumulating strength felt their backs sprain.
At the Ministry of Internal Affairs's office.
Li Shenxing listened to the reports from his subordinates and listened to the sound of gongs coming from afar. His expression was somewhat interesting.
He knew about the business license, but the business license had always been promoted in the capital.
It was said that the entire North Zhili and the seven northern provinces were going to promote the business license, because there was going to be a business tax.
However, there was no such news in the south. This time, the taxes were mainly transaction and production taxes.
Li Shenxing was still thinking about where the Tax Department would start, but he did not expect them to start with the production license.
The full name of the business license was the business license, and this production license was a complete replica of the business license.
"Amazing!" Li Shenxing said with a sigh.
Once the production license was implemented, then you would be registered. The reason why the government and the gentry could collect taxes so smoothly was because of the Fish Scale Register. You could find your home without paying taxes.
The business license was the same. If you did not pay taxes, then you would be dealt with.
This production license was the same. If you did not apply for a license, then you were not allowed to do it.
"Go, tell the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to apply for a license. Let all the businesses that are related to the Ministry of Internal Affairs go as well. Let them all apply for a license and explain to the public."
"In the future, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not be allowed to purchase from merchants without production licenses."
When the official heard this, he instantly understood Li Shenxing's meaning. He quickly said, "Yes, Sir, this lowly official will do it!" After saying this, the official bowed and left.
Chang Shenglong, backyard.
Xu De listened to Qiu Niang's report and took a sip of tea. Then Xu De said with a smile, "Qiu Niang, now that the Tax Department has taken action, do you think anyone will jump out?"
"Of course not!" Qiu Niang said slowly.
"At least when it comes to the production license, no one will refuse."
Qiu Niang added, "Everyone in the world knows about the business license issued by the imperial court in the capital."
"Now that the Tax Sector has made such a huge ruckus, who would stroke the tiger's whiskers at this time?!"
Xu De nodded and praised, "There are many people who fight and kill in the inner yard, but people like Qiu Niang are rare. Well said!
When do you think someone will jump out? "
"After the production tax is collected." Qiu Niang thought for a while and said.
"How much trouble do you think it will cause?" Xu De asked again.
Last time, because the officials and gentry paid taxes together, Xu De also came to Nanjing. He was also prepared, but there was no trouble at all.
The officials and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River obediently paid the taxes, and there was no trouble at all. It was so smooth that Xu De was surprised.
In Xu De's heart, he hoped that this time it would be as smooth as the last time.
He would pay the taxes obediently, and then he would go back to the capital directly.
"It won't be a big deal!"
Qiu Niang thought for a while and said, "These people in the south of the Yangtze River look powerful, but in fact, they are only outwardly strong but inwardly weak. No one will stand up for them."
"The blood in Yangzhou is not dry yet. If His Majesty sends Eunuch Chang here, things will be much smoother."
Xu De took a look at Qiu Niang and felt a little helpless. Did she look down on her boss?
In fact, it was not. Xu De knew it himself. The reason why Zhang Jing was more useful than him was simple. It was because of what Zhang Jing had done in Yangzhou.
When Zhang Jing was in Yangzhou, people in the city of Yangzhou were beheaded every day.
In the south of the Yangtze River, Zhang Jing was notorious, especially to these businessmen. Zhang Jing's power could stop a baby from crying. But why didn't the Imperial Majesty send Zhang Jing here?
Xu De also knew it. The Imperial Majesty was waiting for someone to jump out.
The Imperial Majesty wanted to see who would come out to make trouble, and he would deal with them.
"Let's wait and see!"
Xu De sighed. Then he waved his hand to signal Qiu Niang to leave. He didn't want to talk to his subordinate anymore.
Li Qiu Niang didn't care. She bowed to Xu De and then left.
Things didn't go beyond Xu De and Li Qiu Niang's expectation. The Tax Department of Southern Zhili became busy. Everywhere was applying for the production license. All the big businessmen came to visit.
The businessmen who cooperated with the Ministry of Internal Affairs were the most active and the fastest.
Then there were the other businessmen. Because they didn't need to go to other places and the local tax was fine, they didn't have to wait in line.
Countless information began to be gathered. Things seemed to be in order.
The Tax Department of Nanjing.
The lobby was silent. Everyone was looking at the documents in their hands. Nan Huairen was quietly looking at the people working below. His expression was very indifferent, but his heart was very nervous.
"Your Excellency, I have finished the verification!"
Soon, a voice broke the situation. A 30-year-old civil official stood up and said with a document in his hand.
Nan Huairen nodded and put down the teacup in his hand. Then he said, "Tell me, where did you check?"
"Your Excellency, I checked Huai An Prefecture. According to the results of the Tax Department of Huai An Prefecture, there are a total of nine companies in Huai An Prefecture that need to apply for the production license. They have all been completed."
Nan Huairen nodded.
Everyone thought that the production license was a registration to collect the production tax. In fact, it wasn't that simple. The transaction tax and business tax also involved the production license.
Goods without the production license couldn't be traded because there would be a random inspection during the transportation.
But these were all for later. The main thing now was to apply for the production license, finalize the main producer, and then collect the tax from the main producer. These were all procedures.
"Good!" Nan Huairen nodded and reached out to draw a tick on the document in front of him.
The Tax Department was nervously checking. The people outside were also paying attention. Everyone was waiting for the day of tax collection. In fact, the people outside were even more worried now.
Many people thought that if the tax wasn't much, then forget it. They would just treat it as buying peace.
In fact, there were many people who thought this way. Businessmen valued harmony to make money. They wouldn't make a fuss. The production tax of 30% was not high at all. No one would make a fuss because of this.
The production tax could be said to be very low. This was also the support that Zhu Yijun gave to the industry.
It wasn't easy to do industry, especially in this era. The transportation conditions were poor, and there were many natural and man-made disasters. They needed more support in this area.
Different from the production tax of 30%, the transaction tax of 10% was the main part.
As the days passed, the registration of the production license was basically completed.
Although South Zhili wasn't an official administrative region, it had a wide area. The first was Yingtian Prefecture, then it included Fengyang Prefecture, Huai An Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, and so on.
South Zhili's economy was prosperous, and its taxes were the highest in the country. Once South Zhili's business tax was completed, the entire Daming Prefecture would be completed.
Any smart person could see this. Everyone was waiting for the day of tax collection.
This day soon arrived. After completing the production license for the entire South Zhili, the Nanjing Tax Department officially issued a notice. The first production tax would officially start to be collected on the first day of September.
The collection method was also very simple. It was 30% tax of 1%. It adopted the way that businessmen filed their own tax returns.
Each batch produced required the payment of a tax. According to the Tax Sector's regulations, merchants could choose to pay based on the goods, or they could choose to pay based on time.
According to the goods, they had to pay after producing a batch of goods.
It was suitable for goods that needed to be traded urgently because only goods that had paid the production tax could get a qualified production batch number.
Only goods that had a qualified production batch number could enter the next process, which was the transaction.
During the transaction, you needed to pay the transaction tax with a qualified production batch number.
Without a qualified production batch number, you couldn't pay the transaction tax.
If you couldn't pay the transaction tax, the transaction was invalid, and the court wouldn't accept it.
Once there was a dispute between the two parties, the court wouldn't care. In other words, your goods were likely to be seized, and you wouldn't even be able to get your money back.
It was also very difficult to transport goods that hadn't paid the transaction tax. Although the customs tax had been abolished in various places, there were tax inspectors set up in the customs.
They would check the goods in the customs every day. The purpose was also very simple, that was to find those goods that hadn't paid the tax, similar to the customs declaration in his previous life.
In this era, the customs was a hurdle that businessmen could never avoid. Perhaps you could bribe a few tax officers in the customs, but you couldn't bribe all the links.
There was also the business tax, and they would also investigate the goods that hadn't paid the tax when they were sold. The three aspects complemented each other.
Coupled with severe punishment measures, it was impossible to not pay the tax.
It was also very simple to pay the tax monthly. They would pay the amount produced this month.