Chapter 1,288 Leshi Music Seat
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Whether this policy has ever appeared in the history of my hometown, someone has not done a detailed study. But thanks to a certain game developer Anei, the most well-known policy issuer is Oda Nobunaga.
The first person to issue this policy during the Warring States Period was actually the Imagawa family, the old rival of the Oda family. Of course, the content is slightly different. Moreover, a careful study of these two families who love and kill each other reveals that many of the policies of the Oda family were learned from the Imagawa family and then modified. It can be regarded as an example of being better than the old and better than the old.
The word '乐' stands for liberalization, '市' means market, and 'seat' means franchise or exclusive right. In a simpler and more intuitive explanation, a market is a market, a designated place where people can set up stalls and sell goods, while a seat is a merchant guild, which can also be regarded as a store in a narrower sense.
Regarding the business of Lost Land, as well as the history of China and foreign countries on Earth, commercial taxation before modern times mainly came from three aspects. The first is to collect tolls at various checkpoints. There is a fee for people to pass through. If there is goods to pass through, additional fees will be charged depending on the content of the goods.
The second is the permission to join the merchants' guild or open a shop. To obtain this permission, of course, a sum of money must be paid to the trade guild or noble lord. Sometimes you have to pay it every year.
The third is the license fee to enter a designated market location and set up a stall. This fee will be much less than the second item, and some places will charge on a per-time basis. In modern times on earth, there are also so-called management fees, cleaning fees, etc., which may be collected by the market management committee, or it may be local gangsters who want to dig out a sum of money from small vendors.
As for paying taxes on the profits after trading, even in modern times, there are accountants who can do all kinds of tricks to make the government pay less than half a cent. In my hometown in ancient times or in places like Midi where the accounting system was underdeveloped and the regulatory system was imperfect, if you wanted to collect this kind of tax, there were only three words to say, 'impossible'.
Leshi Lezao is a policy that does not charge the above fees, allows businessmen to develop wildly, and promotes the prosperity of a place.
The biggest beneficiaries of this policy are not the merchants who have the ability to pay the fees. Instead, some farmers, women, and landless refugees can use extra work in their spare time or rely on their own crafts to earn income.
For the former, the benefit of this policy is nothing more than progress from one hundred to one hundred and ten, and possibly to two hundred. But regardless of whether there is progress or not, they always have a foundation of one hundred.
But for the latter, the policy benefit of Leshi Lezao is that it can increase their profits from zero to one. From nothing to something!
After all, if you want to do business before, there is a threshold such as market fee or seat fee. People without capital cannot cross that threshold, and of course they cannot do business.
But after opening up, there are no barriers and anyone can come and sell things. Of course, it will stimulate many people without substantial capital to do business. Or some people who have their main business earn some extra money in their spare time.
And when these people have money in their pockets, most of them will spend it again. Then money starts to flow and the economy starts to circulate.
Simply put, this is a way to enlarge the business pie and expand the overall economic aggregate.
But don’t think that the lord who promulgated such a policy is just a fool who has a lot of money. No one is really stupid. In addition to the aforementioned three fixedly levied 'commercial taxes', there is also a temporarily levied tax.
Take Oda Nobunaga as an example as well. One of the most famous historical cases was that in order to welcome the general Ashikaga Yoshiaki to Beijing, he ordered Sakai to donate 20,000 kan. The merchants of Sakai Port refused to comply and opposed the Oda family, which to some extent promoted the subsequent Honganji Temple.
Examples like this are endless in places where the tax system is unclear, whether it is the Mysterious Land or the ancient Earth. As long as the lord is preparing for war, they will collect a wave of special taxes from the merchants in the territory; if the lord wants to implement any policy that requires money and has no money on hand, they may also impose special taxes.
In other words, the greatest significance of the policy of "Le Shi Le Zuo" to the lords is to expand their sheepfold and wait for a good time or auspicious day to gather a wave or several waves of wool.
The disadvantage of this policy, however, is that it is difficult to predict the amount of tax revenue that can be collected through special levies. If a fixed amount is required and too much is required, the merchants may fall out; if the lord is weak, he may not receive much tax.
There is no set rule for how often the tax can be collected. It all depends on whether the profits of the merchants can withstand such extortion by the lord. If the pinching is too severe, the merchants may run away because they have no profit to make. Even the lord's reputation was ruined, and he would be unable to attract other merchants.
Therefore, the lord is not strong enough, and implementing this policy is almost like cutting off people's flesh. In the history of Japan and the Warring States Period, only two people dared to play like this. For most lords, it was easier to collect business taxes using traditional methods.
But if the balance between it and the music is well measured, the "Leshi Music Seat" is indeed a good policy that can gain a good reputation and fill the lord's pocket from time to time. After all, the threshold has been removed, giving poor people at the bottom an additional way to earn income.
Regardless of whether they can turn around, it is inevitable to praise the people who issued this policy. As a lord, you gain face and honour.
Back to the situation in the Kingdom of Velva. The opening of the first bank in the southwestern peninsula has the potential to attract a wave of popularity to the kingdom. But when people go to higher places, water flows to lower places. The current situation in the Southwest Peninsula is a dynamic balance of the general environment.
Suddenly there is an extra bank, like an extra rock in the current. Although it will temporarily change the flow path, it cannot change the direction of the flow. If the Kingdom of Huelva is unable to use banks to expand its influence, the situation in the southwest peninsula will eventually return to its original state.
To put it more clearly, the bank may temporarily attract some large chambers of commerce to the kingdom, and it may also attract a group of magicians who are more greedy for money. But after the construction of banks spreads throughout the Lost Land, these organizations and people will shift their focus back to the places they are most familiar with, such as the cities where the four major regional branches are headquartered, instead of continuing to focus on the Kingdom of Velva.
Hahn IV had to find a way to get these people to stay while they were attracted to the bank. Of course, if more people can be attracted to the Kingdom of Velva and settle down, that would be an even better thing.
The policy of Leshi Lezao can attract a group of people to join the Kingdom of Velva. Or at least, they would be willing to come regularly to the Kingdom's Libreville Yard to trade and buy.
Once these individual merchants, who were hidden or dispersed in the past, gather together, it is easy for chambers of commerce to absorb them, or for these people to form chambers of commerce themselves. No matter what form it is, other chambers of commerce will naturally produce a clustering effect in order to exchange what they have.
If the influence of the bank is added at this time, some of the people attracted will probably like or get used to the atmosphere of the Kingdom of Velva and choose to stay. This number of people does not need to be large, even if it is only 10%, this extra population will be a leap in strength for the kingdom.
After sorting out his thoughts, Lin said to the king who was not ashamed to ask questions. Surprisingly, no one intervened during this. Finally, Lin came to the conclusion:
"By doing this, there will be more capable people in the kingdom, and money will follow. Under the magnetic attraction effect, the Kingdom of Velva will usher in a good opportunity for a virtuous development cycle. But can it maintain this situation? Advantages, so that the kingdom continues to be strong, this must rely on your Majesty's efforts. My idea is at most a beginning, and subsequent adjustments and maintenance still depend on the ability of the administrator, that is, your Majesty the King's skill. It’s impossible for me to stay and help, after all, I have other things to do elsewhere.”
When someone speaks, he should hold his tongue first to avoid being inexplicably given the title of Music Minister and having to stay and work hard.
However, when it comes to someone with a dry mouth, he picked up the wine glass on the table and drank several glasses of low-alcohol wine without waiting for any reaction from others. He looked at the stunned people and had no choice but to say: "Is there a problem with what I just said? If there is a problem, just ask it directly and let everyone discuss it. But if you want me to think of other ideas, I can do it in this moment. It’s great to think of one, but it would be difficult for me to think of the second one.”
He coughed lightly to break the awkward silence. Queen Catherine raised her wine glass as a toast and said: "Don't blame me, sir. I think they were surprised by your idea and were speechless."
Lin shot back a drink. After drinking this sip of wine, the atmosphere among everyone seemed to come to life, instead of being frozen like before. Juan even moved around with his hands and feet, touching and squeezing someone's head, and said: "How come your head is so long that you can come up with such an idea? Why didn't I realize that you had this ability before?" "
"Come on." He waved away Juan's extended hand and Lin added a few more glasses of wine to himself. I hadn't noticed it before, but the wine from the Kingdom of Huelva tastes very good even though its alcohol content is not high. It seems that when you leave, you should take a few more with you as consulting fees.
Seeing that the king was still thinking about something, he didn't say a word. In this private occasion, which was similar to a family dinner, Queen Catherine did not need to be afraid of being known as a political meddler, so she asked directly: "Your Excellency, your explanation just mentioned that a monarch who is not strong enough is not suitable for use. Such a political strategy. Do you think the kingdom can implement such a policy and obtain sufficient benefits from it?"
As soon as he got to the point, Lin couldn't help but admire Huan's mother for her accurate vision. What I said before is, at best, just a painted pie. The question the queen asked was how to make the cake real and eat it.
This question not only made someone look at the queen, but the king, the crown prince, Juan and others also looked at a certain magician, expecting some special answer from his mouth.