The Young Master Is Fierce Chapter 1247: Agricultural tax
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Chang'an, Imperial Palace Study Room.
Fu Xiaoguan was chatting with Wu Tianci, Zhuo Yixing and other veterans.
"Is the cross-country road really so serious?" Zhuo Yixing asked in disbelief.
There has been great commotion in the court these days. The Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Punishment have sent many people to Yueshan Road. More importantly, Xu Xiaoxian has transferred 3,000 Marines there!
Since He Sandao died in the Peacock Kingdom, Fu Xiaoguan handed over the Marine Corps to Bai Yulian. Bai Yulian is the only general in Daxia today. He has great power to command the navy and army.
This time, General Bai Yulian personally led 3,000 fully armed people to the two mountain passes. It was obvious that the problem there was somewhat out of control.
Fu Xiaoguan stood up, took Yan Xiwen's urgent message from the Long Case and handed it to Zhuo Yixing, with a gloomy expression on his face, "It's more serious than we thought. I'm very worried about Yan Xiwen's safety now. After all, Yueshan North Road There are also 30,000 government soldiers. After all, Chongzhou also has 10,000 government soldiers!”
"Although these soldiers do not have guns in their hands, Yan Xiwen only has a dozen soldiers from the garrison around him. If someone jumps over the wall in a hurry... So I asked Bai Yulian to rush to where Yan Xiwen is as quickly as possible. "Xiashan Village"
"As for the government soldiers, I once thought that they would be used by local governments to maintain public security, fight disasters and provide disaster relief, or to exterminate bandits. Now it seems that this idea is wrong. The public security of states and counties It can be done by the Yamen’s policemen.”
"Nowadays, the transportation in Daxia is developed and smooth. If there is a danger somewhere, the Daxia Army can quickly transport it there."
"As for bandits...if ordinary people could live a good life, there would be no bandits."
"So this matter is entrusted to your cabinet for discussion. What I mean is to ban the government soldiers and let them return to their respective places of residence. Of course, the pros and cons of this need to be decided after your cabinet discussion. ”
"I obey!"
Zhuo Yixing finished reading the letter and handed it to Nangong Yiyu. He frowned slightly and thought for a moment: "Xiang Xiang mentioned that the Great Xia Army will be eliminated by 200,000 and established as an engineering corps... The veteran thought it was Suitable for today’s national conditions.”
"Throughout Daxia, the land environment is extremely complicated. In fact, it is impossible to lay tracks to carry trains in many places, and there are even many places where even official roads are not smooth."
"This is one of the root causes of poverty! Didn't His Majesty once say that if you want to get rich, build roads first? Why not take advantage of the rural revitalization plan and use ten years to completely connect the transportation in Daxia?" ”
Fu Xiaoguan nodded, "This is a good idea. The cabinet will take the lead on this matter and discuss with the Ministry of War first to reduce the eight armies of Daxia into six armies. I suggest that Pan Shuyang's Seventh Army and Zhao Jue's The Eighth Army was changed to the First Army and the Second Army of the Daxia Engineering Force!"
All the soldiers in these two armies are not martial arts warriors in the past. It does not mean that they are not good at fighting, but that Daxia really does not need to have so many combat troops now.
"This matter must be settled as soon as possible. The Ministry of Housing and Industry must also plan the roads to be built as soon as possible. I hope to complete the changes in the engineering force by the end of the year and go to various places where roads need to be built. ”
Nangong Yiyu returned Yan Xiwen's letter to Fu Xiaoguan and sighed: "To put it bluntly, this is the mess we left behind when we were in office, and it's thanks to the hard work of Prime Minister Yan and the others."
"Now allocating food from Jiangnan Road or other places to Yueshan Road can solve the famine problem of the local people, but it is too late for spring plowing and sowing."
"The veteran thinks that the sweet potatoes should be transported there as soon as possible so that the common people can grow sweet potatoes to make up for this year's harvest."
"In addition, in terms of taxes, officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs should be sent to every county. If they are exempted, they should be exempted explicitly, so that no more officials will take advantage of the loopholes and profit from it."
Fu Xiaoguan pondered for a moment and asked Liu Jin to invite Yun Xiyan, the Minister of Household Affairs.
"What is the tax composition of Daxia today? I mean what is the proportion of agricultural taxes in all taxes? What is the proportion of commercial taxes?"
Yun Xiyan opened his mouth and replied: "Agricultural taxes have been decreasing year by year in these years. I compared the taxes when Your Majesty took the throne during the Wu Dynasty. When Your Majesty took the throne, agricultural taxes accounted for sixty-six percent of the national taxes. The remaining 30% is commercial tax.”
"Since the first year of Daxia, the proportion of agricultural taxes has dropped sharply. Last year, agricultural taxes accounted for only 20%, and the remaining 80% were commercial taxes."
“According to this year’s business conditions, I believe that the agricultural tax will be further reduced, and it will roughly fall to 10% and remain at 10%.”
Fu Xiaoguan asked again: "If the national agricultural tax is cancelled, will it have a great impact on the fiscal revenue of Daxia's treasury?"
When these words came out, not only Yun Xiyan was shocked, but Zhuo Yixing and Nangong Yiyu were also shocked——
Since ancient times, farming and paying taxes has been a matter of course.
Even in the Wu Dynasty or the former Yu Dynasty governed by Emperor Wen, in addition to direct taxes on fields, there were also some messy taxes, such as head tax, livestock tax, etc.
At that time, in addition to paying these taxes, the common people also had an obligation to perform corvee!
If your family is rich and you don’t want to do corvee labor, you can just pay money to offset it.
But after Fu Xiaoguan came to the throne, he gradually abolished those taxes. Now that Daxia's new tax law has been implemented for three years, there are no such taxes as the head tax.
Even the concept of corvee service has long ceased to exist.
He wants to abolish agricultural taxes now... Then there will be no taxes on farmers' heads, which means that the output from the fields will be their own.
Yun Xiyan thought for a few seconds and nodded, "According to the current situation in Daxia, business is extremely prosperous and will continue to be prosperous. The taxes generated from business are actually enough to support the operation of Daxia. Eliminating agricultural taxes will give farmers more income. On the other hand, they will have extra money in their pockets, which in turn will promote consumption and generate commercial taxes. ”
"I think it's okay!"
"Then this matter will also be submitted to the cabinet for discussion. Once passed, we will immediately start amending the tax law and notify the whole country!"
"My lord, obey your orders!"
Yun Xiyan resigned, Fu Xiaoguan poured a cup of tea for Zhuo and his party and Nangong Yiyu, and suddenly felt that the haze that had been lingering in his heart these days was lifted.
He showed a smile: "Don't be so surprised. Look at these problems from a developmental perspective."
“Exempting agricultural taxes can increase people’s enthusiasm for farming and bring them a better life.”
"Only when the people's lives are prosperous can Daxia be truly prosperous."
"Besides, next year I will take the fleet out again. After establishing trade relations with all countries in the world, whether by force or negotiation, Daxia will be richer than you imagine!"