Custom taxes are actually "flower donations", no matter how tactful it is. This is a kind of unpleasant tax, and it runs contrary to "public order and good morals" and is quite politically incorrect. Therefore, when Linggao, some veterans advocated "abolition of prostitution". It is only because the serious gender imbalance in the population of Linggao and even Qiongzhou Prefecture has given a sufficient reason to maintain this system.

However, when we arrived in Guangzhou, this matter became tricky - not to mention Guangdong, at least in Guangzhou, there was no serious gender imbalance problem. After this big reason to "ensure social stability" was lost, the abolished prostitutes in the Senate became active again.

There are not many elders who advocate abolishing prostitution and have various motives. Some are simply from the perspective of women's liberation and human rights equality, such as Du Wen and Ji Xin; some are also from the perspective of health, such as the sanitary disease of the sanitary disease, which is a headache for the sanitary disease of the sanitary disease; some are from the perspective of public security, brothels have always been filled with dirt and are an important place for criminals to hide and sell stolen goods.

Although there are different opinions on the issue of prostitution in the Senate, for Wudaokou, whether prostitution bans in Guangzhou is mainly an economic issue.

Although the "yellow tickets" in the controlled area of ​​the Senate are subject to heavy taxes, the total income of the "custom tax" is not high. First, there are limited women who are willing to go from prostitutes, and most of them are prostitutes from other places who are scattered to Hainan for various reasons to re-enter their old business; second, the current economic prosperity in the controlled area of ​​the Senate is, the proportion of men and women is seriously unbalanced, and the employment pressure for women is extremely small. The national police have severely cracked down on traditional sources of prostitutes such as personal debt repayment and population trafficking in the process of rectifying social order, and it is clear that the "voluntary" and "autonomy" principles of practitioners in engaging in customs have been followed, which further narrows the source of prostitutes. Therefore, overall, the customs industries in Linggao and Qiongzhou Prefecture have developed significantly compared to the day before, but the overall scale is not very large. It is just because the demand far exceeds the supply that the market seems very hot.

But Guangzhou is different. The industry and commerce of the Nantian city are very prosperous, which naturally led to the development of the "smoke-free industry". The prostitute industry is large in scale, with many employees, and the annual consumption is even more immeasurable. Because the yamen in the Ming Dynasty did not collect flowers and donations like the National Government. Therefore, the profits of this industry are extremely considerable. In fact, everyone knows that Ziminglou is essentially a "smoke-free industry" - in terms of the profit rate of this company, it is the highest among the state-owned enterprises under the Planning Institute.

Even the ancients knew this mystery very well. It is said that after Zeng Guofan conquered Tianjing, he went to Confucius Temple to build a flower boat to prosper the market.

A year before liberation of Guangzhou, Cheng Dong sent Jin Zhijiao from Cheka to Guangzhou on the grounds of "auditing accounts". In fact, her main job is to secretly investigate Guangzhou's "financial sources". In this secret report within the department, a special chapter mentions the prosperity of Guangdong's "flower industry", the cash flow in this industry, and the economic scale of surrounding industries. The report believes that the output value of Guangzhou's "flower industry" and its surrounding industries may account for more than a quarter of Guangzhou's tertiary industry. It is an important source of finance and taxation.

Not only Wudaokou has long noticed this important source of fiscal revenue, but also the veterans of the local system, including Liu Xiang, are eyeing it. Therefore, the proposal of "ban prostitution" was opposed by them.

Ai Zhixin knew that Liu Xiang would never support abolishing prostitution. The reason was nothing else, it was a ready-made source of wealth. For local governments who were struggling, there was no reason to destroy it themselves. However, the cruelty and vicious exploitation of the prostitute industry was also an important reason for the "aborting prostitutes" to attack - after all, the veterans still had to pay attention to political correctness.

Therefore, Ai Zhixin estimated that Liu Xiang's "organization case" was still the reformist system currently being implemented in Qiongzhou Prefecture and other places. It was roughly necessary to implement the three principles of "voluntary employment", "personal possession" and "freedom of movement" of the state police in customs management. It strictly prohibits any form of brothels, family members and pimps. It promotes "free employment" and "self-employed" and completely prohibits "slave-style ****".

Sure enough, this was the tone at the beginning of the meeting. After Liu Xiang said a few words, Ai Zhixin interrupted his speech:

"I'm very tight now. Can I talk about customs tax first?"

"I'm afraid it won't work," Liu Xiang was interrupted by his face and couldn't help but look unhappy. "The prostitution industry in Guangzhou is very complicated, and there are many types of business. If you don't explain it, you may not be able to formulate the exact tax."

Ai Zhixin also made sense when he heard this. After all, his understanding of Guangzhou’s customs and industry was still evident from Jin Zhijiao’s report.

Next, Lin Baiguang will introduce the specific situation. Guangzhou's prostitute industry is roughly divided into two systems: public and private. The public is the Lehu. The Lehu is a plaintiff and a serious "official body". Their household registration is registered under the name of the ritual houses at the prefecture and county levels. It is managed by special haiku.

Although musicians are not all engaged in prostitutes, the musical work, singing, acting and other work that are allowed to do is a "lower career" in this time and space, and are both advocated and praised, so the distinction is not strict. Because they have an "official body", they must accept all kinds of responsibilities of the government free of charge, from playing music at the ceremony to drinking banquets by officials and gentry and singing music with wine.

As a result, official brothels were derived. The scale of the courtyards in the north and south of Beijing were very large. There were also such courtyards in Guangzhou, which specialized in receiving officials, gentry and wealthy merchants. Guo Yi was in Guangzhou and could be said to be a must-visit several times a month - this is an important place for socializing with officials.

Although the music households belong to the "music library" and have a monthly monthly rate of five dou of rice, they have not been distributed for many years, and there is no such thing as "providing jobs". They basically make a living by themselves and engage in professions such as music workers, prostitutes, and actors allowed by the government.

Lin Baiguang said that the composition of the Lehu family is very complicated. Although they belong to the untouchables, are discriminated against by society, and are oppressed, they are not too bad at the economic level. Although there is no reward for the work of the house, they have quite a lot of rewards; some Lehu family members who open their own brothels, act as madams, and lead the family, and make a fortune.

Private are various brothels and private doors. Among them, practitioners are from family backgrounds and ordinary people.

In addition, there are a large number of water prostitutes and flower boats from the Han family in Baietan and other places. These prostitutes are huge in number, both in high, medium and low grades, so the situation is even more complicated.

"…The situation of practitioners is quite complicated, but most of the brothels, clerks, and turtle slaves in brothels are from family members. Most of them have been engaged in these industries for generations, but the sources of prostitutes are more extensive. If they do not have the family membership, they will be considered good people after redeeming themselves."

"This system is really cruel." Mu Min frowned, "I remember that the Senate issued a legal order to abolish the status of abolition of the untouchable, and the untouchable status of the Lehu should be abolished."

"This is not a problem." Liu Xiang said, "We must talk about purging this industry." He stretched his waist and nodded at Lin Baiguang. "There are many black materials in Lao Lin, and they are all dark old society. I suggest you don't need to read it. If you are interested, you can take a look. Let's talk about the specific purging plan now."

Liu Xiang said very carefully to avoid irritating Mu Min: Comrade Mu is of course a loyal and rational veteran comrade. He puts himself in his shoes as a woman, probably can't watch women being ravaged and exploited calmly. He must make full use of her professional abilities, but he cannot let her bear too much pressure.

The purge plan was formulated by Lin Baiguang and Mu Min. The first step is to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the customs and industries in the city. This work has been almost done now. By registering household registration and social investigation, the police station has grasped the basic situation of all brothels inside and outside the city, except for the sacred prostitutes boats, and has roughly figured out the situation of some prostitutes who have been anchored in Baietan all year round.

"...We are now implementing the customs license registration system, which limits the registration of licenses for one month. All brothels and related practitioners must register their licenses. After registration, they will be issued business licenses and 'yellow tickets'. Those who do not register will be treated as "illegal ****". "Mu Min said, "This step is to force practitioners to come out and register as much as possible. Brothels cannot escape, but a large number of private offices are small in scale, with few people, and activities are very secretive. It is difficult for us to master them all in a short period of time. Use this method to suppress them."

"At this point, you can actually collect taxes." Liu Xiang said to Ai Zhixin, "What do you think?"

Ai Zhixin asked: "I think the current registration system should be in a short time, and it is not that a specific policy has been set."

"It's necessary. Registration is just to get a more comprehensive grasp of the situation."

"Since it is not a long-term plan, we can adopt a simple approach." Ai Zhixin said, "Penal Tax and License Tax"

Ai Zhixin explained that this capitation tax is very simple and the tax rate can be set lower. Because the duration will not be too long and there is no need to consider the rationality of the burden, so there is no need to formulate too complicated tax rates and collection rules. Each prostitute is required to pay a certain amount of tax every month. As for the license tax, it is levied on the registered brothels. There is no need to divide the amount. Regardless of size, it is levied several yuan per month.

This is advantageous for being able to adapt to the current low-level collection, and do not prior rating and accounting, and there are not many loopholes to exploit during the collection process - as long as you can get as much as you send and collect. As long as you recognize words and do basic arithmetic, you can collect them.

"In this case, the tax burden will definitely be added to prostitutes, and they will be exploited even more deeply." Mu Min expressed concern. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!