Chapter 482 Changes in Tax Packages
With the efforts of Purficott, the situation in the New World colonies finally did not collapse completely.
With the joint efforts of military control, the active cooperation of the Workers' Federation, and civilian officials transferred from the north, the situation in the New World colonies finally stabilized and order gradually began to be restored.
However, the serious impact of the governor's rebellion still caused heavy losses to the entire New World colony, both in terms of economy and people's livelihood.
Especially before this, the Imperial Army was still fighting the Revolutionary Army, which was also a devastation to the New World colonies themselves.
Now the entire New World has been divided into two parts by Purficot, and half of it has been given to the revolutionary army to establish an autonomous territory. Not to mention, the remaining half of the colony has many problems, except that the people are in dire straits.
In previous wars, in order to raise more troops, the former governor not only borrowed a large amount of money from bankers and businessmen in the colony, but also levied a heavy tax on the people.
And this money has now been spent and turned into the five infantry regiments that have been crushed by the steam knights.
There is nothing to say about the matter itself. As the colonial governor, he raised funds to form an army to suppress the riots. This is a normal procedure, so there will naturally be no problems in it.
But the former governor made a very stupid operation in Purficott's opinion. He used ten years of tax rights in the New World colonies to mortgage them to bankers, and only then did he get enough funds. support this war.
We all know about the power of tax farming. Simply put, it means that the government contracts the power to collect taxes to the tax farmers. The tax farmers are responsible for ensuring that the taxes collected are handed over to the government. But other than that, the tax farmers No one cares how much is collected.
So it often happens that the government collects a tax of ten yuan, but the tax collector charges fifty yuan, of which nine yuan is given to the government, saying that this year's harvest is not good, and the remaining four Eleven dollars fell into his own pocket.
Of course, such an exaggerated tax collection is quite exaggerated. Generally speaking, tax collectors will not really collect taxes like this, but there is no doubt that considering the cost and profit issues, tax collectors will definitely Imposing a higher tax than the original tax.
This undoubtedly increased the burden on ordinary people, and at the same time affected the people's hearts in the empire.
But these are not the most important. The most important thing is that it will breed a privileged class that controls the local economy.
At first they may only seek economic interests, but then they will start to make political demands, and later they will form their own armed forces to facilitate the collection of taxes and fees...
In the end, they are very The pit has become the existence that controls the country behind the scenes.
In the original world, they were generally called consortiums or oligarchs. The mythical Rothschild, Skull and Bones, and Seven Sisters that were once rumored were all the result of this type of people developing to the extreme. Although They may not have started off by relying on tax farming.
It is precisely because of the experience of the original world as a reference that Perficott has always been wary of the bourgeoisie and businessmen.
And this is also in line with the interests of the feudal aristocratic class she represents, isn't it? The bourgeoisie has always wanted to seize power from the aristocracy.
As for the tax package system, if there is no doomsday crisis as a premise, Perficott may only consider how to strictly supervise it.
After all, tax collection requires a large number of professional tax officers and financial personnel. If these people rely on the official training, it will undoubtedly be a huge burden.
After contracting to the tax collector, this part of the burden will undoubtedly be the responsibility of the tax collector himself. This can also reduce the empire's financial burden and government expenditure from the side, but the corresponding burden is placed on ordinary people.
But considering that in France, before the Great Revolution, tax collectors accounted for 40% of France’s fiscal revenue, it doesn’t matter if you say this thing is useless, it just changes with society. After all the drawbacks of the development tax farming system have been exposed, being eliminated by society is a historical necessity.
Of course, the tax farming system was also popular in this world, and it didn’t take long for it to be abolished.
The problem of being turned out at this time is not a big one, but having to clean up the loose ends makes Purficott feel very embarrassed, because on the one hand, she cannot let the bankers control the New World colonies for the next ten years. On the other hand, it is impossible for her to say that she does not recognize the loan.
The reason for not admitting this loan is ready for Purficott. As long as she insists that it is a loan from the former governor, and the former governor has been identified as a rebel, she can directly deny it. Acknowledge the loan.
She could even go one step further and classify all these bankers as rebels, pull them out and kill them together.
But doing so will undoubtedly not help restore order in the New World colonies. On the contrary, it will further deepen the fear of the local people and even lead to worse consequences.
This is like a spring that has been stretched very tight. If you continue to pull it, it is likely to break.
Although it is said that heavy codes should be used in troubled times, it also depends on the situation.
If at this time all the cities have fallen into chaos, and there are even riots, then there is nothing to say, just raise the butcher knife and kill.
But now that the city has restored basic order, more violent methods cannot be used.
Furthermore, Purficott also expected these businessmen to contribute their efforts in the subsequent construction of the shelter, which made it even more impossible to kill them all.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Purficott decided to admit the loan, but would not allow the bankers to obtain tax-packaging rights.
After all, in the doomsday winter of the future, if these bankers master the power of tax farming, it is difficult to say that they will not develop into independent local separatist forces, or even further evolve into what they do not want. See the situation.
In particular, what these bankers obtained was the taxation rights of the entire New World colony, rather than simply the taxation rights of a certain city.
Therefore, with Purficott's mediation or intervention, the colonial government's loan was changed from being pledged with ten-year tax rights to being pledged with the colonial government's tax revenue in the next ten years. repay.
The North will serve as the guarantor of this loan.
With Purfict's intervention, the bankers also knew how to give up when it was good. They quickly recognized the change in the loan, and then actively invested in the shelter and energy organized by Purfict. During the construction of the tower.
After all, this thing is related to their own lives, and no one will joke about it.
(End of this chapter)