Paul II's idea still worked. He brought over the bronze triple crown passed down from generation to generation, and then began to use the secret Vatican sacred art to bless the bronze triple crown. It took about two hours to finally consume the holy light in his body, and then he stopped.

After that, Fan Wubing began to treat him. Sure enough, his symptoms became much milder. Fan Wubing felt that only two treatments could help him recover. However, in order to show his hard work, he delayed for a few more days, and it was not until a week later that he ended the treatment.

Within this week, Paul II clearly felt that his physical condition had improved. After a week of treatment, the symptoms of Parkinson's disease completely disappeared. After a series of instrumental tests, it was proved that Paul II had escaped from Parkinson's disease, and his previous symptoms also had a significant improvement.

The two cardinals were also very surprised to see such magical medical skills, especially after the treatment, the holy light in Paul II began to slowly recover, which made them feel relieved. Otherwise, if Fan Wubing was really the spokesperson of some evil power, the dignified Pope would fall into the arms of the devil.

In that case, it will be a tragedy that will make the world laugh forever after it is spread.

Fan Wubing also gained some gains during this treatment, because he clearly discovered that the biggest difference between foreigners and Chinese people is that the thick lines of foreigners and the meridians are simple and thick, so it is easy to be captured by religious tools such as Catholicism and become believers with simple beliefs. The meridian system of Chinese people is relatively complex, so it is difficult to use religion to influence the Chinese people. It is often necessary to have a very complex system of charlatan theory to make the Chinese fall into it.

Moreover, Fan Wubing also conducted a more in-depth analysis of the so-called holy light and found that this thing is similar to the internal true qi, but the structure is relatively simple, so ordinary Catholic believers can also obtain holy light. Generally speaking, the simpler the thought, the easier it is to obtain more holy light. This principle is somewhat similar to the protagonists who are often stupid and lucky in martial arts novels.

After analysis, Fan Wubing also discovered that his internal true qi could actually imitate the holy light. Just by using vibrations at the same frequency as the holy light to stimulate it, he could transform his body's true qi into extremely abundant holy light.

Therefore, when Fan Wubing finished his treatment of Paul II, he deliberately showed the holy light in his body. As a result, the entire room was filled with milky white halo, which surprised Paul II and the two cardinals in red. It seems that the Popes in recent generations had never heard of it, let alone witness it with their own eyes.

Everyone immediately thought of a noun, Paladin.

Although there are so-called paladins in the Vatican today, everyone knows that this is just inherited from history. At most, they can only ride horses and fencing swords, and they cannot emit the so-called holy light at all, let alone show the power of faith in the enemy.

It is said that during the Crusades, the Paladins had this kind of inheritance of faith, but now, basically no one can tell what the power of faith is?

At this time, Fan Wubing suddenly showed his skills, which shocked everyone, but they felt that this was the power of the Lord, otherwise how could a Chinese suddenly have such a powerful power of faith?

But no matter what, Paul II and the other three felt that this trip to China was not in vain. Not only did they cure the disease, but they also discovered a Chinese with a powerful "power of faith" or the Lord's guidance.

Paul II and others did not stay in the capital for a long time. Before leaving, Paul II presented Fan Wubing with a Paladin medal to thank him for curing his illness and explained to Fan Wubing that this Paladin medal was also a cultural relic-level medal that had been passed down for hundreds of years.

Fan Wubing was very interested in collecting these cultural relics. He also expressed his good intentions to Paul II and invited them to their homes. After experiencing the rich and diverse cooking methods of Chinese cuisine, Paul II and others felt that it was very novel. Although the clergy wanted to forbid themselves, they still exclaimed when they saw that such simple ingredients could be made into various delicious dishes.

Fan Heng was not at home. He had left the capital and returned to Jiangnan Province. Otherwise, if he knew that the world's largest charlatan was visiting his home, he would probably be a little confused, especially since this charlatan still had a long-term position.

No matter what, Fan Wubing gained a lot this time and also demonstrated his strong strength in the social circle. Even the Vatican Pope can be arrested to serve as Fan Ting's wedding host. What else can't be done?

Paul II probably asked his subordinates what should we pay attention to when we interact with Chinese people. When we came to eat, we also brought gifts, which were not very expensive. They were olive oil produced in the Italian Peninsula. This thing is often used in religious rituals, so it seems very solemn to bring it to him.

After dinner, everyone sat down and started chatting. They didn't know what happened, so they talked about the issue of national welfare.

In recent years, in order to reduce the burden on the government, the Chinese government has introduced policies to stop distributing welfare housing, and is also promoting public medical care to socialize. In terms of taxation, the introduction of the tax sharing system has greatly increased the total tax revenue, which has caused a question: What does the reduction of national welfare mean?

Paul II also studied these issues seriously, so he said to Fan Wubing, "The debate about welfare state has been around for a long time. For ordinary people, having welfare is better than not, so they all agree with welfare state. But for financial experts, they have a layer of thought and raised many doubts. The most basic question is, where does the money used for welfare come from? Where is it used? Ordinary people always think that the government's money has its own source, and it is always a good thing to be able to use money on their own. In fact, the government does not create wealth, but instead wants to

Consumption of wealth. In the final analysis, the government's money is collected from taxpayers. Moreover, the larger the government's scale, the more things it manages, and the more money it will be spent. Overall, the government's taxes from taxpayers and then uses them for taxpayers is a bit too much. Moreover, letting the government impose more taxes and expand the government's power, in the case of some countries, may not be a good thing. Instead of levying taxes and returning, it is better to levy less taxes, which can save a lot of the cost of taxation and redistribution costs, and generally improve efficiency. This is the main reason for opposing welfare states."

"I am also a little confused about this issue." Fan Wubing was not very clear about this, so he scratched his head and said, "I think welfare countries also have their disadvantages. For example, the welfare policies of some Nordic countries are beneficial to the poor, but in a sense, they can also be said to be raising lazy people, which seems inappropriate."

Judging from the exact source of taxation and its exact direction, the welfare state is nothing more than a policy of income redistribution. Whether it is good depends on who levies the tax from and who is spent on it.

If it is collected from the wealthier class and used for poorer people, it corrects the excessive gap between the rich and the poor, and such benefits may be good. However, if the tax is collected from the general public and used for the general public, this welfare policy is unnecessary because it does not change the distribution of income, and the only thing left is the adverse side effects.

What's worse is that taxes from low-income people help high-income people, which worsens income distribution and reduces efficiency. This adverse side effect is to change the direction of people's efforts.

In the market economy, people work hard to make money, that is, create wealth. In the welfare system, people try to take advantage of loopholes, avoid when paying money, and snatch ahead when sharing welfare. It can be said that the direction of struggle of the entire society has been distorted, from wealth creation to wealth distribution, people's power is used to offset internal friction, and cannot increase social wealth.

There are similar problems with using taxpayers’ money to help poverty, but poverty alleviation is necessary and the side effects can be overcome. However, the welfare of ordinary people is not necessary, and it is even more harmful to the welfare of rich people.

"According to the view of most tax experts, the tax system of your country and some other countries is not conducive to the poor. In other words, the poor pay more taxes than the rich in income. For example, 25 of the poor pay taxes, while the rich pay only 1. This is because the tax income of your country is mainly related to the circulation of goods, that is, to the consumption of the people. The consumption of the rich accounts for a low proportion of total income, the proportion of savings accounts for a high proportion of the poor, and the proportion of consumption accounts for a high proportion of total income. Therefore, the tax paid by the rich accounts for a high proportion of income

It is lower than the poor." A cardinal next to Paul II was obviously responsible for the economic affairs of the Vatican for a long time. He talked about this matter very well. "The personal income adjustment tax is used to correct the gap between the rich and the poor, but the income adjustment tax in your country does not play such a role at all, because most of the rich evade taxes. In fact, this part of the tax is mainly obtained from the working class, and it plays an anti-regulation role. To correct the distortion caused by this tax, we must find a way from the tax system, which is another big problem."

Fan Wubing nodded. In fact, he also knew that what the cardinal said was indeed a matter, just like his company. Since he could enjoy various tax exemptions policies, or through financial experts, he could reasonably evade tax through legal means, the money that can be saved in this area every year is a very terrifying astronomical figure.

For most joint ventures or foreign-funded enterprises, the preferential policies and tax policies they enjoy are basically jealous, which has led to the tax policy of the poor to feed the rich.

Even if the tax policy is not distorted, there are still problems with expenditure, i.e. who does the government spend on welfare?

If it is spent to ordinary people, take money from everyone and use it for everyone, this is just like what I said earlier, and the money is leaked after going around everyone's hands. It not only has administrative costs of taxation and redistribution, but also the cost of corruption. For example, if you hand over 100 yuan, you may not even get ninety yuan if you get it back, so this kind of welfare is not as effective as tax cuts.

The cardinal continued to explain to Fan Wubing, "If welfare expenses are used for low-income people, such benefits are meaningful. But the target of welfare measures must be the lowest-income people, not the middle-income people. It is obvious that there is no reason to put the most difficult people indifferent. Of course, it is difficult to confirm who is the lowest-income people. But the problem is often not a difficulty in confirmation, but a fundamental directional error."

Fan Wubing was a little confused when he heard it, but after thinking about it for a while, he had some insights.

This is like the affordable housing system that was later introduced. Although it was intended to help people with difficulties in their lives solve housing problems, the fact was not to help the most difficult people. It can be said that affordable housing is to help people who have already paid hundreds of thousands of yuan, and they are obviously not the most difficult people. In contrast, migrant workers who go to the city to work are much more difficult than them. But they can't afford to buy a house, so the policy to solve their housing should be low-rent housing, or a better way is to subsidize housing and let them find the best money-spending combination by themselves.
Chapter completed!