My life skills in Daming Liver

Tax evasion is a problem that almost all governments cannot avoid.

From the perspective of profit-seeking businessmen, as long as there is an opportunity to evade taxes, they will never let it go.

Fang Wanghai, the Minister of Finance, is in charge of the Ministry of Accounts. He is also very aware of the impact of tax evasion on national revenue, so he is the most advocated for severely cracking down on tax evasion.

However, Annan is a conquered land and will be merged into the southeast in the future. Therefore, for this grand strategy, Fang Wanghai needs to discuss how to combat tax evasion in Annan at this meeting.

"Some Annan merchants smuggled cane sugar to Taiyuan Island, and then transported it to Fujian and Guangdong under the name of Taiyuan Island cane sugar. After this, the cane sugar from Annan's other provinces became Taiyuan's local cane sugar. Not only did the price go up, , and can also reduce tariffs a lot.”

Su Ze couldn't help but sigh. Sure enough, there was no lower limit for businessmen to pursue profits.

Su Ze remembered that famous saying and murmured: "As soon as there is an appropriate profit, capital will be very bold. As long as there is 10% profit, it will be used everywhere; if there is 20%, it will be active; If it is 50%, it will lead to active risk-taking; if it is 100%, it will make people disregard all laws; if it is 300%, it will make people not afraid of committing crimes or even the danger of hanging their heads.”

Everyone was stunned for a moment. Su Ze's famous saying was so appropriate for describing these capitals!

Fang Wanghai immediately said: "The Governor's description of businessmen is profound! It is the nature of capital to pursue profit, that's right!"

Su Ze said: "Now that it has been discovered, it will naturally be strictly investigated. The Municipal Shipping Department of Guangdong and Fujian will also send out censors to investigate. This kind of thing always requires internal and external collusion."

Fang Wanghai looked at Su Ze and said, "After finding out, how will we deal with these businessmen?"

Su Ze looked at He Xinyin calmly: "Minister He, according to the law, how should we handle this?"

He Xinyin immediately said: "Tax evaders will have to make up for the tax evasion in the past and pay the same fine as the tax evasion. The mastermind will be sentenced to three years in prison."

"If someone gives a bribe, he is guilty of the same crime as the bribe-taker and will be sentenced according to the amount."

Su Ze nodded and said: "Since there is a law, then it must be implemented in accordance with the law."

Fang Wanghai immediately said: "Then my subordinates will do it immediately!"

After Annan's tax evasion problem was solved, everyone's topic turned to North Korea.

Regarding North Korea's positioning, this is something that officials have been discussing, and there are also many discussions among the people.

Sending troops to annex Annan would be a troublesome matter for North Korea, which had had grievances with the Central Plains for thousands of years, to deal with it.

It was Xu Wei who said first:

"Many officials believe that North Korea should follow Annan's example and be established as a foreign province, and then merged into the southeast in five to ten years."

Su Ze squinted his eyes and Xu Wei continued:

"I personally support this approach."

Xu Wei began to quote scriptures and said:

"Ji Zi, the uncle of King Zhou of Shang Dynasty, established the country in Korea after the fall of the Shang Dynasty. There are clear records in the history books of our Central Plains that he was Ji Zi Korea."

"After Jizi Korea, Weiman Korea was established by Han Chinese Weiman in the Western Han Dynasty."

"During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he sent troops to conquer North Korea, established four counties in North Korea, and directly ruled North Korea. This is the same as Annan's old practice."

"Although Goguryeo became independent for a time after this, after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty sent troops to destroy Goguryeo and also established prefectures and counties in Korea."

"This history is consistent with Annan, so we should follow Annan's example and incorporate North Korea into the Central Plains."

Xu Wei's statement was recognized by most people, but Su Ze was a little hesitant.

He looked at Shen Shixing, who also came out to express his position and said:

"Prime Minister Xu is right, Commander-in-Chief, the relationship between North Korea and the Central Plains has always been like this. North Korea has always adopted Han clothes and Han system, so North Korea will not object to Annan's method of conquering North Korea."

Shen Shixing's words awakened Su Ze.

Previously, Su Ze believed that places such as Annan and North Korea had awakened their national consciousness. Direct rule would cause the problem of excessive governance costs.

But in fact, it was Su Ze who viewed this era from the perspective of later generations.

For Annan and North Korea, they themselves do not have much national consciousness, and they are not even loyal to their monarchs.

Su Ze looked at the present in terms of the national fanaticism of these countries in later generations, which is completely incorrect.

In the historical timeline of the previous life, in the late Qing Dynasty, the Japanese conquered and colonized North Korea for nearly a hundred years, and North Korea has always been obedient.

In today's Annan, many Annan businessmen believe that ten years as a foreign province is too long and should be merged into the Central Plains as soon as possible.

Obviously, including Yi Sun-shin, the annexation of North Korea to the Central Plains is not unacceptable.

In the minds of North Koreans, being ruled by the Central Plains dynasty is not bad. After all, the national policy of Lee's North Korea is "big things", which is to please the great powers of the Central Plains.

Moreover, Lee's Korea was rebellious, and the two-class system was a reversal of history. Many scholars in North Korea also asked for direct integration into the Central Plains, so that they could participate in the imperial examinations in the Central Plains.

Su Ze thought of Abe Nakamaro, the envoy sent by the Japanese state to the Tang Dynasty. After entering the Tang Dynasty, he refused to return to the Japanese state. In the Tang Dynasty, many Korean envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty did the same.

After figuring this out, Su Ze immediately said:

"Write a letter to Yi Sun-shin and give him both plans. It is up to North Korea to choose whether it is a foreign province or a tributary country."

I heard that North Korea should be allowed to make its own choice, and everyone knew what Su Ze meant.

Yi Sun-shin was originally a soldier from the southeast, and he always leaned toward the southeast.

If you choose to become a province like Annan, you will still have an independent status for these ten years. After ten years, you will decide whether to merge into the Central Plains.

During the ten-year period, other provinces can also enjoy more tax benefits than tributary countries, so normal people know what they would choose.

As for ten years from now, Annan can no longer wait ten years, let alone North Korea.

Fang Wanghai said with a smile: "Now Donghai Company's stock is going to rise sharply again."

Everyone present laughed.

The popularity of the Shanghai Stock Exchange is already known to the entire Southeast.

The rise and fall of stocks on the Huangpu River affected the hearts of people thousands of kilometers away, and even the city of Shanghai developed.

Among them, the fastest rising stock is naturally the stock of Donghai Trading Company.

Although the newly issued shares of Songjiang Railway Company have also risen sharply, they are still much inferior to those of Donghai Trading Company.

In Shanghai, professional managers who specialize in stock trading have emerged.

Even Nanjing officials are keen to talk about stocks.

Su Ze sighed. As expected, speculation is the most fascinating thing in the world. As long as stocks are born, they will naturally become speculative.

At the same time, Ren Fu's steel trading company in Shanghai was also established.