I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

"The taxes of our government are indeed low. It is commendable that His Majesty is kind-hearted and cares about the people. But in the long run, it is not a good thing to let them be pampered."

Yang Qi, director of the Bureau of Statistics, said.

These words put Wu Changqing into a dilemma.

As a person from the 21st century, in his opinion, people's lives today can only be described as passable, not necessarily great.

If we choose to raise taxes now, it seems to be exploitation and oppression.

However, he also knew that Yang Qi's words were correct.

In this current era, their living conditions are already very good.

The people in other European regions have not even solved the problem of food and clothing at this time, and everyone is as skinny as a stick.

Not to mention their common people, even their football players who came to the Central Plains to play a friendly match with Dahua are all very thin and are no match for Dahua in terms of physical confrontation.

It is easier to be satisfied when living conditions are good. Once people are satisfied, their enthusiasm for production will decrease.

Moreover, collecting more taxes will allow the country to have more money and focus on doing more major things.

"There is no need to increase taxes, but those subsidies can be appropriately reduced, and the prices of some commodities can also be appropriately increased."

Wu Changqing thought for a while and decided not to raise taxes, as that would have a bad impact.

People are always happy when taxes are reduced. Once taxes are raised, no matter how fancy the court says, the people don't want to listen.

Therefore, we have to use a more clever method.

For example, reduce subsidies and increase the prices of daily necessities, such as salt.

Another example is printing more money to depreciate the currency slightly.

Although these measures will increase the living burden of the people, they are necessary for the faster development of the country as a whole.

In any case, 4% of fiscal revenue is too low.

These policies were quietly promulgated and received varying responses from the public.

For the older generation who came from the Ming Dynasty, they have no dissatisfaction.

After all, they didn't have this kind of subsidy before during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the subsidy given by Dahua was more like a reward. If there is a subsidy, it is necessary to thank the emperor for his kindness. It is also reasonable if there is no subsidy.

However, for the younger generation, they don’t think so.

Although they were also born in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, they were still young at that time and did not remember anything at all.

Ever since they were sensible, the imperial court has had this kind of welfare subsidy, and they have taken it for granted.

Now that the court has suddenly canceled this subsidy, they are inevitably a little unhappy.

However, their lives today are not entirely dependent on that production subsidy.

Without these subsidies, the most likely would be to eat a few less meat meals a year, or to work a part-time job during slack periods, which would be enough to make up for it.

"Is the court short of money?"

In the box of the Central Gymnasium, two businessmen gathered together to watch the game and chat.

A series of actions by the imperial court gave Xu Wenjing such a doubt.

"How can the imperial court be short of money? His Majesty just wants to adjust the distribution of wealth and narrow the gap between the rich and the poor."

Tong Youwei smiled.

Among Dahua, in terms of understanding of Wu Changqing, Tong Youwei ranks in the top five.

He had long known that Wu Changqing was very ambitious.

Not only do we want to unify the world, we also want to achieve common prosperity, and we even pursue some equality between men and women and class equality.

From ancient times to the present, perhaps only an emperor like Wu Changqing had such strange thoughts and ambitions.

In the eyes of the previous emperors, the distinction between high and low, and the gap between rich and poor was a matter of course. I have never thought about it, I don’t have that kind of ambition, and I don’t have that kind of courage to change the world.

"Narrowing the gap between rich and poor, right? Didn't those previous policies target farmers and poor people in cities?"

Xu Wenjing said he didn't understand.

"Dahua's annual subsidy does not exceed 50 million yuan. Will the loss of part of the subsidy have a big impact on farmers? You are all staring at these subsidies, but you don't know that His Majesty quietly issued an additional 500 million yuan in banknotes.

Moreover, all these banknotes were used to build various large-scale projects. Did you know about the South-to-North Water Diversion Project? Ordinary workers in this project earn a monthly salary of forty. The same goes for other projects, which have significantly increased workers' wages. "

Tong Youwei's tone was full of admiration, because he thought Wu Changqing's move was really wonderful.

An additional 500 million yuan of wealth was quietly gained, and these 500 million yuan mainly flowed to ordinary people and the poor.

It not only increased the income of the poor, but also built a large number of projects.

Moreover, when the income in these places becomes higher, labor will naturally flow to these places.

Those businessmen want to retain workers, but they can only increase their wages.

The result of a set of measures is a slight depreciation of the currency, which will increase the overall income of the poor, offsetting the impact of currency depreciation.

Businessmen, on the other hand, will experience two blows: lower profits and currency depreciation. On the surface, their wealth may not have shrunk, but in fact their proportion of total social wealth will decrease.

This decline may not be large, but when multiplied by the total amount, it is very considerable.

This move achieved the effect of killing three birds with one stone. Unfortunately, not many people can see it or feel it.

"It was me who was injured."

After Xu Wenjing understood this logic, he felt like crying.

He thought Wu Changqing had transgendered

Now, they are starting to attack the poor class. After working on it for a long time, they were still picking up the wool of their rich people.

"Hahaha."

Tong Youwei laughed.

"You are still laughing. You have more money than me and have lost more. If His Majesty does this, your wealth will shrink by at least two percentage points."

Xu Wenjing complained.

"So what, money is just a number to me. More or less, my life will not change.

My greatest pleasure now is watching Dahua change day by day and watching our saints come up to change the world. I have to say that our Holy Lord’s methods are astonishing. I heard that some businessmen are still unconvinced and want to fight with His Majesty. "

Tong Youwei is not bragging, he has indeed reached this level.

"That's true. I also want to know what Dahua will be like in my lifetime. The changes are so great that I can't even imagine it.

I wasn't very afraid of death before, but now I am. I'm afraid that after I die, I won't be able to see what Dahua will look like in the future. "

Xu Wenjing said.

"Have you heard about Project 815?"

Tong Youwei asked.

"No, what's the plan?"

"There is a rocket science research team that is developing a launcher that can fly to the moon."

"What?"

Xu Wenjing thought he heard it wrong. What a joke.

"Take good care of your health and live a few more years, maybe you can see it."

Tong Youwei said.

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