Reborn in the Water Margin as emperor, built tanks to level the world

Chapter 135 Brothel Business Management Tax

At this moment, although Gao Qiu didn't want to just let the matter go, when he looked at Zhao Ji's helpless face, he didn't dare to speak out no matter how many thoughts he had in his heart.

At this moment, he followed closely and returned to the queue together with Su Yuanjing.

After Zhao Ji thought hard for a long time but failed, he wanted to use his eyes to signal Eunuch Sheng who was standing aside to leave the court first.

But at this moment, Zhao Ji seemed to suddenly think of something.

The look on his face was tense at first.

Then, a hint of laughter appeared on his face.

When he slowly turned his head and looked at the civil and military ministers standing in the Jinluan Hall.

His eyes were much brighter than before:

"My dear friends, it is true that it is just as Su Aiqing said just now."

"Everyone in the world is already living a very miserable life."

"If we impose another tax burden on them at this time..."

"Indeed, there will be many unknown consequences."

"After all, Su Aiqing said something right just now. If the people have no food to eat, they will definitely not be able to survive."

"But what if we don't increase taxes on the poor people, but instead direct the source of this tax money at those who are not short of money?"

"Can the negative effects of forced taxation be greatly reduced?"

What Zhao Ji said is indeed somewhat mysterious.

So much so that after listening to Zhao Ji's words, none of the officials came out to express their position for a long time.

At this moment, they all stood where they were, with thoughtful expressions on their faces.

Zhao Ji knew it when he saw how they were not eager to express their opinions.

This idea of ​​mine may work.

So after sorting out what he was thinking, he slowly said:

"A few days ago, I was on a patrol with the people around me incognito."

"While passing by a brothel in the capital, I saw such a scene."

"The number of people seeking pleasure who come and go in the brothel is really endless."

"As for these common people, they generally have two characteristics."

"The first thing is, the clothes are luxurious and the complexion is rosy."

"The second is that when you spend that silver, you are really generous."

"The banknotes I take out from my pocket every time range from a hundred taels to thousands."

"If that's the case, then why don't we enact a few tax laws."

"And the main group of people targeted by the tax law are those romantic travelers who hang out in the land of fireworks all year round."

"You know, those people are always surrounded by money."

"In the past, we often heard that the poor people did not have enough to eat, but they wanted to rebel."

"But I've never heard of those clients rebelling because they couldn't get prostitutes or pick up prostitutes, right?"

"In this case, when the imperial court sets up the tax collection system, it can completely target the tax collectors specifically on those romantic travelers who travel to and from the land of fireworks."

"Even if the tax collection is a little heavier then, it won't matter."

"I don't know, dear friends, what do you mean..."

As soon as Zhao Ji said this, everyone in the audience was shocked.

Because these ministers never expected that the officials sitting on the dragon throne would suddenly come up with the idea of ​​​​those brothels.

This approach is extremely feasible.

But if that reputation spreads, it won't sound good.

Just when Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, Tong Guan, Yang Jian and others were hesitating on this issue in their hearts.

Su Yuanjing, who had already spoken before, walked out of the queue again:

"Officials, although this method seems feasible, it is quite indecent in terms of reputation."

"I wonder if the officials can give up this idea first and think of other solutions?"

Zhao Ji glanced at Su Yuanjing angrily:

"Not just now, the method you proposed to replenish the national treasury is completely unfeasible!"

"If not, how could you force me to adopt such a method?"

"At this moment, you are saying that my method is inappropriate."

"That being the case, why don't you give me an effective way?"

"If you can't, then shut up and go back to your queue!"

Su Yuanjing's face was filled with helplessness. When he looked at Zhao Ji, he didn't know what to say.

After struggling for a while, he slowly retreated into the queue and stopped talking.

What about other officials?

The method Zhao Ji came up with is not only easy to implement, but it will also quickly fill the national treasury in a short period of time.

And it will not have much impact on the interests of these officials.

So at this moment, all the officials fell silent.

When Zhao Ji saw it, the civil and military officials no longer had any objections.

So, the decision was made.

Starting from the end of the dynasty today, all brothels and brothels in the capital will be targeted.

Double the business management tax.

The so-called double business management tax, its collection conditions are set as:

Every brothel woman gets twice the tax money for every business she does.

Suppose a brothel girl named Xiaohong spends one night with an ordinary patron.

The remuneration received in a brothel is five taels.

Then after this transaction, a corresponding business management tax of [-] taels will be paid to the court.

If this brothel girl named Xiaohong serves an ordinary patron, the brothel charges 100 taels.

Then correspondingly, a tax of 100 taels must be paid to the court tax official.

According to statistics like this, the more women in brothels do business every day.

Then the imperial tax collector will be able to collect more tax money.

And this is just a temporary regulation.

If implemented in the capital, there would be no problem.

This tax collection bill will then be extended to the entire country.

It is applied to every brothel, brothel and hookhouse across the country.

And in the end, more tax money was collected for the Song Dynasty court.

After the dispersal.

Zhao Ji personally wrote and drafted this tax collection item.

Before noon that day, the Kaifeng Prefectural Office promulgated this decree to all the brothels and brothels in the capital.

When the brothel and brothel madams, as well as the bosses behind the scenes, saw this tax collection item.

He was immediately so angry that he almost died on the spot.

After all, in the past, they only paid a small amount of taxes and money to the Song Dynasty court every month.

But if this tax provision today is implemented smoothly in the future.

Then more than half of the daily surplus earned in their brothels is used to pay taxes.