"Xiao Ma, don't embarrass your brother when you go out."
Cao Dongdong patted Ma Xiaoyi on the shoulder and warned him in an old-fashioned way.
Zhang Fei appointed Ma Xiaoyi to lead the Royal Police to station in other counties.
This task is actually very resolute. With what the Royal Police are currently doing, it doesn’t take much to figure out which county magistrate would like it.
Ma Xiaoyi said with confidence: "Brother, don't worry, I have never embarrassed you."
"Don't listen to him."
Zhang Fei glared at Cao Dongdong and said to Ma Xiaoyi: "Xiao Ma, you only need to complete one task here, which is to settle the Royal Police at various garrison points according to our plan. It's that simple, no matter whether they come or not.
It doesn’t matter whether you declare it or not. Just remember, don’t conflict with others.”
Cao Dongdong said: "What if they come to bully you?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Then go to the government or the imperial court to complain."
Ma Xiaoyi said depressedly: "Third brother, after hearing what you say, I don't want to go."
Zhang Fei comforted him: "Don't be anxious. If I let you go, I won't let you suffer from this cowardice. Just bear with it for a month. After one month, I will give you a chance to deal with them."
Ma Xiaoyi rolled his eyes, "Is half a month okay?"
Zhang Fei said: "If you fail this time, I will never assign tasks to you again in the future."
"Okay, okay!"
Ma Xiaoyi said: "I know, I just don't cause trouble."
Zhang Fei clicked his tongue: "Who told you not to cause trouble? I asked you to endure it. Even if they take action, they have to be handled by the imperial court or the government. Don't conflict with them."
Ma Xiaoyi said depressedly: "I know."
Cao Dongdong couldn't help but feel worried, Yu Ji said: "Fortunately, I was not asked to go."
Ma Xiaoyi scratched his head and said: "Third brother, brother, then I...I will set off first."
"Be careful on the road."
.......
After several days of hard work, the financial situation in Bianjing City was finally calculated.
At this point, the task of the city's tax department is basically completed.
In any case, this tax-setting power always belongs to administrative orders and has nothing to do with the Department of Taxation.
The Ordinance Department of the Second Government does not have this power, and the statistical data is sent directly to Sinong Temple.
When Han Jiang and Wang Anshi saw it, their hearts froze. There were so many poor people!
This was even more terrifying than they expected.
Comparing the previous data, the number of middle- and lower-class households has doubled.
In the past, all pots and pans were included in the calculation and then converted into money. During this conversion process, it was very normal to add an increase of 30 to 40%. Of course, there were more middle-class households and less for low-class households.
The upper-class households have not changed at all. No matter how you calculate them, they are still the upper-class households. Their houses, carriages, horses, and fields are all there.
But today's algorithm is based on pure income calculation, and only three major items of household wealth are recorded. Of course, middle and lower-class households must increase their number!
This caused Wang Anshi to encounter a bottleneck.
His advanced financial ideas are somewhat too much to cope with.
In fact, according to the Recruitment Law, the budget is first and then taxes are collected, so no matter how you calculate it, it will be divided evenly when the time comes.
However, if we calculate based on this statistical table, it is basically borne by the upper-class households, and the official households have become the main force. If you want to report this, it will really cost your life!
Wang Anshi didn't dare to do this either.
Taxing official households is already taking a big risk, but you still charge so much. How can you explain this!
There was no other choice but to find Zhang Fei, but Wang Anshi and the others did not dare to discuss the matter with Zhang Fei in the official office, fearing that the walls had ears, so they called Zhang Fei to his home.
"You decide! You decide!"
Seeing Zhang Fei, Han Jiang was so angry that she almost threw the statistic table in Zhang Fei's face, "You recruited this person, and you planned the money, so why don't you do it to the end and send it to Zhang Fei?"
Send the Buddha to the west and calculate the tax for me."
Zhang Fei hurriedly explained: "I am employed by Han Temple...!"
"Then shall I call Deputy Superintendent Cao here now?" Han Jiang said immediately.
"No, no, no!"
Zhang Fei looked aggrieved, "Call Deputy Superintendent Cao, he will scold me for cheating him of his money again."
Wang Anshi couldn't stand it. Why are you pretending? I don't understand you yet, so he said: "Okay! Tell me what you think."
"Let me consider."
Zhang Fei took a closer look and found that including female households, monks and Taoist priests, there were just over 100,000 households. This did not include military households, because military households had to endure a lot of corvee work, and now a large number of military households were building rivers.
Do you think the imperial court has so many forbidden soldiers just to have them sit in the school grounds drinking and getting spanked every day?
Even if they come in, it's definitely not appropriate.
If we count the after-tax finances, the lower-class households account for 70% of the total, the third-class households with an annual income of less than 100 guan account for 30%, the annual incomes from 100 to 300 guan, and the first and second-class households only account for 10%.
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After reading it, Zhang Fei glanced at Wang Anshi and Han Jiang and said: "If I remember correctly, according to the recruitment law, the employment fee is calculated first and then divided equally. Based on this law, it is actually very easy to calculate.
, it doesn’t matter how much it is, just spread it out evenly.”
Wang Anshi and Han Jiang both said nothing and stared at him.
You still need to teach me this?
As a result, everything is concentrated in the top accounts.
Go and collect it.
Zhang Fei could only smile, and continued: "You two are considerate of the people, so naturally you will not share it so roughly, but this is not necessarily the case for local states and counties, because according to this calculation, the labor fee is doubled.
It can be divided evenly, so why not add a little more?"
Wang Anshi was slightly unhappy.
Of course he knew this, but the person he served was the emperor, and his goal was the national finance. This algorithm could ensure that the conversion of servants to hired servants would not increase the financial burden at all, and would definitely be profitable.
Han Jiang also knew this, but he complained about it. He first glanced at Wang Anshi secretly, and then said angrily to Zhang Fei: "You know you also suggested that the police station recruit 10,000 royal policemen."
Why does he object to Zhang Fei doing this? Isn't it because of this algorithm? Whatever your police station spends will be borne by the people. The more you spend, the heavier the burden will be on the people.
But it was hard for him to explain clearly.
Zhang Fei said: "I suggest that the exemption tax be levied according to the food and clothing line I mentioned before, that is, the tax will be deducted, and then the tax will be levied according to different incomes. In this way, we can ensure that the people will not be affected by the exemption tax.
If it leads to insufficient food and clothing, then the people will not have any resentment."
Wang Anshi immediately said: "Okay! You can do whatever you want. You can first make up for me the finances of the 10,000 Royal Police."
Zhang Fei pretended to think for a while and said: "I suggest that after the tax is deducted, any money less than fifteen thousand dollars will be exempted from the tax exemption."
Wang Anshi nodded slightly, but then frowned again.
If it is reduced to fifteen guans, the difference between this algorithm and the previous calculation is actually not very big. Although it was calculated much before, the collection point was also relatively high, almost above 30 guans.
But then I thought about it. Previously, family wealth was also included in the calculation, but here only net income is calculated, so the gap is still a bit big.
He then heard Zhang Fei continue to say: "If the annual income is fifteen to thirty guan, it will be calculated as a levy of 1%."
Wang Anshi immediately picked up the statistical table on the table and read it, frowning slightly.
Zhang Fei continued: "From thirty to fifty guans, it is calculated as 2%."
Wang Anshi's brows almost turned into the character "Sichuan".
Zhang Fei said: "From 50 to 100 guan, it is calculated as 4%, from 100 to 300 guan, it is calculated as 6%, and above 300 guan, it is calculated as 10%
Calculate.
Female households, monks, and Taoist priests are all calculated at 3%. For official households, my suggestion is that the income within the salary is calculated at 3%. Here, only the salary is counted, but the income beyond the salary is calculated.
Income is calculated according to the calculation I just mentioned. If there is an excess of 15 to 30 guan, it will be calculated as one percent. If there is an excess of 30 to 50 guan, it will be calculated as 100 percent.
The second step is to calculate, and so on. But here we include all subsidies for officials."
Han Jiang nodded thoughtfully, "What a good boy! You really know how to calculate!"
This official's wealth in addition to his salary is very considerable.
Wang Anshi, who had been staring at the statistical table, suddenly raised his head and asked: "With your tax calculation method, do you know how much tax Bianjing City can collect in total?"
Zhang Fei asked: "How much?"
Wang Anshi said: "Even if you pay the full amount, it is only 50,000 yuan. If Bianjing City only charges this little, the entire Kaifeng Mansion will probably not even be able to meet the financial needs of the police station, not to mention you have to hire merchants to transport the goods.
, to keep the goods.”
When he heard about this tax rate, he felt something was very wrong. It was so low that it was like begging for food.
But he didn't think about it, this was an additional tax, not the main tax.
Moreover, Zhang Fei’s total household income is actually not low.
When Han Jiang heard this number, he thought it was as big as the first or two, which was not enough!
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "If it is this algorithm, it must be enough."
Wang Anshi said excitedly: "This is impossible."
Zhang Fei said: "It's not enough for me to cover."
"...?"
"You...are you here to cushion?"
Wang Anshi looked at Zhang Fei in disbelief.
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Since the police department hired me to help, I assume that I am responsible for the algorithm I gave. You two only need to see if this algorithm is feasible?"
Wang Anshi looked at the statistical report again and said, "Unless there is something wrong with this report."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I don't dare to talk nonsense without any evidence."
Wang Anshi and Han Jiang looked at each other.
Wang Anshi said: "You go back first, we have to discuss it again."
"yes."
Zhang Fei stood up and bowed his hands: "I'm sorry to leave."
After Zhang Fei left, Wang Anshi first asked Han Jiang: "What do you think?"
Han Jiang nodded and said: "If this tax law can support the finances of the police station and at the same time hire merchants to transport and store goods, I think it is okay. This is much better than I imagined."
This tax collection law is to ask those exempted households to collect taxes. Among them, the most sensitive ones are the official households. The tax collection of 3% of the income is not much, even Han Jiang feels.
As for how much tax is calculated on things other than salary, Han Jiang thinks this is also very wonderful. Many officials have extra income, but many officials are not very wealthy, and their extra income is not much. They can barely make it.
It is obviously unreasonable to levy a uniform 10% tax on income.
If you offend someone, you will definitely be offended more, but within this scope, it is acceptable.
Wang Anshi seemed a little hesitant.
Han Jiang said again: "Since that guy promised that he would be there, what else can we say?"