Before we knew it, it was the first month of the fourth year of the Tianqi period. All provinces in the Ming Dynasty were in a festive Spring Festival atmosphere. ※%※% point※% small※% said, … However, many ordinary people are not very happy during the Spring Festival these days. All the money is celebrated every day, and they have no money to live like the New Year. The problem of the gap between the rich and the poor still plagues those ordinary people who have no place to stand.&1t;/p>

In contrast, the people in the Northern Zhili and Liaodong regions have a happy New Year. Because the ordinary people in the Northern Zhili have sufficient security and the rapid economic development, the lives of ordinary people are getting better and better.&1t;/p>

As for the problem of no snow in the winter of the third year of the Tianqi period, farmers in Northern Zhili are not very worried. Because their land has basically been stable in drought and flood, basically every household has wells in the fields. If it is really dry, groundwater can be extracted from these small wellheads for irrigation.&1t;/p>

At this time, many farms under the Beizhili Agricultural Company have built water conservancy, roads and schools.&1t;/p>

After these public facilities are built, the farmers in these farms no longer need to perform corvee service. They can freely enter factories, workshops, and construction sites in nearby towns during the slack season.&1t;/p>

People in Liaodong are also full of hope because they have been assigned land or have a stable job.&1t;/p>

The conscript of conscripts ended before the Spring Festival. There were many young men in northern provinces who signed up for the recruitment, and soon the quota was full.&1t;/p>

After the recapture of Liaodong, because of the generous rewards, joining the army was regarded as an opportunity to make a name for itself. Especially the current conscript system only requires five years of service. Even if you did not make meritorious service after five years, you would be rewarded for retiring and transferred to the army but you would be helped by the court.&1t;/p>

This is definitely a good opportunity for young men who have never studied, from rural origin, and are in the 17 or 18 years old. In the army, they can not only learn some skills, but also learn basic culture, increase their knowledge, recognize comrades from all over the world, and see the outside world. This is definitely a good opportunity. If they can make military achievements, they may become officers or receive generous land rewards.&1t;/p>

In addition, many people in northern provinces were not very wealthy at this time. Some young men of this big time had the greatest appetite, and had not yet established a family business. So many of them were trying to join the army and could have enough food. Therefore, the registration of conscripts in various provinces was very popular, and they recruited places before the New Year.&1t;/p>

These recruits first entered the recruit battalion for three months of training. During the three months of training, they will master the queue, live ammunition shooting and other events, and will also conduct physical training in weight-bearing cross-country, running, etc.&1t;/p>

After three months, we will determine whether to be transferred to the Central Army or the local production corps. Among them, good training results will be transferred to the Central Army. If the training results are average, we will naturally be transferred to the Production corps.&1t;/p>

Fifteen production corps. Each production corps is 20,000 people. After the spring, it will be transferred to the Jilin Province area in later generations to carry out military farming. The first batch of production corps transferred to 14. Another production corps will be transferred to Hokkaido.&1t;/p>

However, Hokkaido will soon no longer be called Hokkaido, where the Ming Dynasty will build a province. The main task of sending the production corps in the past is to establish pastoral areas in the coastal plains of Hokkaido, and to capture the Hokkaido as slaves and increase the labor force in the area.&1t;/p>

Because of the investment in the production corps, the weather's four-year military budget has increased to 30,000 yuan, but the investment in the production corps will be rewarded in the future and is an investment-oriented military budget.&1t;/p>

After the annual salt tax in the third year of Tianqi, the salt tax revenue has exceeded 20,000 yuan. The salt production in the Jianghuai area has been completely stopped, and the cooking stoves that boiled salt have become history. However, these cooking stoves have also been effectively resettled and no trouble has occurred.&1t;/p>

The salt production along the coast of Daming has become salt drying, and the salt production of Changlu Salt Field has risen to the highest level in the country. However, because of the high salt production, the salt in Daming is still a bit oversupply. Many new salt fields have been opened up, but they have not yet been put into production.&1t;/p>

Among them, the sales of salt in Beizhili has increased significantly, mainly due to the increase in income of ordinary people, and the consumption of salt is not so cheap.&1t;/p>

Coinage is still the biggest source of income, and the revenue from coinage in the third year of the Apocalypse has increased to 30 million yuan. However, the income from coinage has become less and less, or the silver dollars that can be used to mint coins has begun to decrease.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao had to consider how to increase the fiscal revenue of the imperial court in the fourth year of the revelation. Among them, Royal Capital made a lot of money in the third year of the revelation, especially coal, steel, agriculture, military industry, glass, watches, and various daily necessities, and internal consumption and export of products in Beizhili, which made Royal Capital make huge profits.&1t;/p>

Once a war occurs, the court will not be short of money, and the court can borrow from banks. However, this money usually requires various investments, so the court's daily expenses still depend on taxes.&1t;/p>

In the third year of Tianqi, the commercial tax in Beizhili increased significantly, and tens of millions of yuan of commercial tax was collected throughout the year. For the Ming Dynasty, such commercial tax was unprecedented.&1t;/p>

In order to increase fiscal revenue in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the cabinet successively issued several personal income taxes in the first month.&1t;/p>

The first is personal income tax, which formally included workers in the tax collection group. In the past, workers in the Ming Dynasty actually did not need to pay taxes, they only needed to pay a tax on corvee. Basically, they did not need to go to corvee for money. Some workers did not need to pay taxes because they abandoned their wasteland from rural areas.&1t;/p>

The population of Northern Zhili has grown to nearly 40 million by the end of the third year of the Tianqi period. If personal income tax is imposed, at least tens of millions of personal income tax can be imposed.&1t;/p>

Nowadays, the income of workers in Beizhili has increased to three yuan per month, and basically four yuan can be reached on the construction site. If you are a technical worker, your income will be even higher. There are many technical worker earning hundreds of yuan per month.&1t;/p>

The personal income tax collection bill issued by the Cabinet is exempt from taxes for monthly income of less than 3 yuan, and a monthly income of 3 yuan will be paid 3% of income of 4 yuan, a monthly income of 5 yuan will be paid 5% of income of 5 yuan, a monthly income of 10 yuan will be paid 10%, and then it will rise step by step. If a monthly income of 20 yuan will be charged 30% of personal income tax.&1t;/p>

After the personal income tax bill was issued, the entire Beizhili was in an uproar. Ordinary people did not make a fuss. But the officials, powerful and wealthy businessmen all started to make a fuss.&1t;/p>

Especially in the capital, it seemed like it was in an uproar overnight. The censors rose again, and memorials against the collection of personal income tax floated to Zhu Youxiao's desk like snowflakes.&1t;/p>

Those royal relatives and nobles also wrote letters to Zhu Youxiao, opposing the imperial court's personal income tax collection.&1t;/p>

These groups are like cats stomped on their tails, making sharp whistles. Because personal income tax really harms the interests of these groups.&1t;/p>

Officials of the Donglin Party, who had already started to be a human being in the court, regarded these personal income tax collection as a great opportunity, and began to inspire the nobles and royal relatives everywhere to write letters in addition to personal letters.&1t;/p>

However, these people did not see the current situation clearly. At this time, Zhu Youxiao's wings were completely hard. He no longer had to rely on the nobles, royal relatives, officials, and landlords to maintain his dominance like the emperors in the past.&1t;/p>

At this time, Zhu Youxiao had formed a royal consortium, and all classes were absorbed into the royal consortium, and a new interest group had been formed.&1t;/p>

What happened this time was the old forces that did not get on this chariot.&1t;/p>

Personal income tax does not actually have much impact on the merchants of the Royal Consortium, because most of their daily money is spent on business, and the funds placed in the enterprise will not be subject to personal income tax. Only the money raised from the enterprise will be subject to personal income tax.&1t;/p>

Most importantly, the collection of personal income tax means an increase in the court's finances, thus making the market more dynamic. It also means that they can make more money.&1t;/p>

As the leader of the consortium, they naturally support the collection of personal income tax.&1t;/p>

At the same time, before the personal income tax was imposed, Zhu Youxiao had consulted the opinions of two chief officials who held military power.&1t;/p>

Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli also supportive attitudes towards this tax plan that can eliminate the gap between the rich and the poor to a certain extent.&1t;/p>

The reason why Zhu Youxiao was so anxious to start collecting personal income tax was that the court's finances had long relied on seigniorage tax, which was already a bit abnormal. Secondly, this thing should be done sooner rather than later. At this time, it was only implemented in the new systems of northern Zhili, Liaodong and Taiwan. If more provinces join this new system in the future, the resistance will be greater.&1t;/p>

At the same time, after the destruction of the Later Jin Dynasty, a large number of Central Army were drawn back to the capital, forming an extremely powerful guarding ability around the capital.&1t;/p>

With military power in hand, Zhu Youxiao is still afraid of being a little bitch, so he directly takes personal income tax.&1t;/p>

Faced with these royal relatives who jumped out to oppose the royal family, the nobles, and the officials of the Donglin Party, Zhu Youxiao quickly took action and dismissed dozens of Donglin Party officials and non-party officials who opposed the collection of personal income tax. All officials were demoted to the people, expelled from the court, and announced that they would never be hired.&1t;/p>

Since you cannot share the country's worries, what is the use of leaving your knowledge?&1t;/p>

As for those royal relatives who opposed the collection of personal income tax, Zhu Youxiao directly issued an imperial edict and was fined three years' salary.&1t;/p>

After some punishment measures continued, countless people were shocked.&1t;/p>

No one would have thought that the emperor would be so tough, even risking the world's bestiality to deal with so many nobles, royal relatives and officials at once.&1t;/p>

This is simply a rhythm of being free from the heart and virtue!&1t;/p>

This is the interest group that the court relies on for the rule of the world! Just such an imperial edict was completely reborn? Many people can't figure it out, and those who don't figure it out can continue to make trouble, but Zhu Youxiao doesn't mind continuing to repair them and let them continue to think until they figure it out.&1t;/p>

Soon some people figured it out, because when the announcement of the start of the collection of personal income tax, the Beijing newspaper industry began to enter a state of collective praise. The people of the Beijing people also supported the imperial court to collect personal income tax.&1t;/p>

Even in the business world, there were a group of businessmen who loudly supported this certificate order.&1t;/p>

What is most confusing is naturally the businessmen who support the personal income tax collection bill, who are themselves high-income classes, why do they still support this plan?&1t;/p>

Are they fools?&1t;/p>

Soon some people found out that they were fools.&1t;/p>

Those businessmen are simply red ding businessmen who do business with the emperor, and in this wave of public opinion, these businessmen showed terrifying influence.&1t;/p>

Factory, construction site, shop, market. It has become the place where these merchants promote the personal income tax collection bill. The enthusiasm of ordinary workers has been quickly mobilized.&1t;/p>

Although ordinary workers also have to pay personal income tax, they strongly support it. The reason is very simple, because this bill can "rob the rich and help the poor". This is a non-extreme robbery of the rich and help the poor. When the court has money, the money will naturally flow and then nourish it to the bottom of society, which is called the trickle-drop effect.&1t;/p>

Not all the people understand such a simple truth. But as long as you spread it casually, the people will naturally understand it.&1t;/p>

If there is no support from these Red Ding merchants this time and cooperate with the court to promote the personal income tax collection bill, then these people may still stand among the opponents.&1t;/p>

Ordinary people are also the easiest to be incited by others because of their lack of information access.&1t;/p>

Under Zhu Youxiao's iron-fisted means, the wave of opposition was quickly suppressed. Zhu Youxiao's success was mainly supported by the military and civilians, and those powerful officials were actually weak. They had no way to prevent Zhu Youxia from implementing the personal income tax collection bill except for coups and civilians.&1t;/p>

However, the army was firmly dominated by Zhu Youxiao, and the old military officer group was excluded from the new army. Even if the old military officer group launched an armed rebellion, the result was only easily suppressed.&1t;/p>

At the same time, after the recovery of Liaodong, the power of the Central Army had already begun. The military officer group did not dare to instigate rebellions outside the capital, and they did not have an army that could control in the capital.&1t;/p>

There is no need to think about the chaos in the people. Although the people in Northern Zhili cannot say that they are doing well today, they are full of hope.&1t;/p>

A hopeful life is often the happiest. After the people know that this bill is beneficial to them, they only have support, not opposition. The powerful and powerful bureaucrats who oppose personal income tax cannot incite civil unrest.&1t;/p>

In addition to personal income tax, Zhu Youxiao also prepared taxes such as inheritance tax, luxury goods tax, and huge profit tax.&1t;/p>

What he wants to do is not to search the house, but to cut off the interests of the interest groups of the powerful and wealthy bureaucrats, and then let them gradually lose their wealth over time. Of course, a group of powerful and wealthy bureaucrats will make wealth in a way that suits the national interests through transformation, but those groups that do not change will gradually decline.&1t;/p>

However, you have to eat one bite at a time, so these taxes cannot be thrown out at one time, so you have to give people a time to change their ideas and accept them.&1t;/p>

Of course, this luxury goods tax has been implemented a long time ago. After all luxury goods entering Beizhili were levied, the prices soared.&1t;/p>

After the Personal Income Tax Collection Act was introduced, the Taxation Bureau soon began to collect personal income tax in the Beizhili, Liaodong and Taiwan.&1t;/p>

Of course, this kind of personal income tax cannot be included in everyone. First, no one will collect this tax from farmers.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao’s personal income tax collection method is similar to that of later China. Those people at the bottom of society will basically not collect personal income tax unless they have stable jobs. For example, if a company employee signs a labor contract for a long time, it can be collected smoothly. Other groups without stable jobs or farmers find it difficult to collect personal income tax.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao mainly asks the tax bureau to keep an eye on those high-income groups, which are all fat fish. If you catch a tax evasion, you can be fined. The tax bureau focuses on finding tax evasion and tax evasion, and will not cause problems among the masses.&1t;/p>

If you keep a close eye on ordinary people and let high-income groups evade taxes, it is putting the cart before the horse, and the tax bureau can't check it even if it's too busy.&1t;/p>

"Your Majesty, after the personal income tax has begun to be collected recently, many businessmen have indeed gone to the Civil Affairs Bureau to handle the procedures for derelict, but all of them have been stuck." Shen Qing reported to Zhu Youxiao, who smiled and said, "If they want to leave, they can issue another tax evasion! If any rich man wants to derelict, he will first get rid of his skin."&1t;/p>

This is how the United States in later generations is. If a rich man wants to leave his American nationality, he will settle it first when he leaves. The rich man will be subject to heavy taxes when he leaves his citizenship.&1t;/p>

For the consortium, private businessmen are all "sheep" and are regarded as property by them. Escape is equivalent to the fact that their own sheep runs to someone else's house.&1t;/p>

The function of sheep is to rush them behind the butt on weekdays, so that these private businessmen feel a sense of crisis, and thus constantly take out money to invest. Because private businessmen who do not invest will inevitably become poor under inflation and various taxes.&1t;/p>

Therefore, the real wealthy people in later generations, who are idiots, will immigrate to the United States. Only those rich people who escape from China, lose their foundation and are not sure of being rich for three generations will immigrate to the United States.&1t;/p>

Where can the rich people in the Ming Dynasty escape these days?&1t;/p>

Go to those barbarian places?&1t;/p>

Nowadays, if these rich people want to escape from Beizhili to other provinces, even if they succeed, they will be able to hide for a while. In the end, these systems of Zhu Youxiao will be implemented across the country.&1t;/p>

The cabinet soon issued a "tax evasion". Those merchants who wanted to withdraw their household registration from Northern Zhili could finally get what they wanted, but the price was discouraged by many merchants. 50% tax evasion! This is a shame!&1t;/p>

While collecting personal income tax, the cabinet announced in the fourth year of the Tianqi that it would confiscate all gold, silver and copper mines that were privately mined by the people.&1t;/p>

Mainly copper ore.&1t;/p>

When the government order was just announced, Jinyiwei and Dongchang had already taken people to seal off the existing private copper mines.&1t;/p>

It is illegal for the private mining of copper ore by the people. According to the "Da Ming Law" formulated by Taizu, this is a crime of theft.&1t;/p>
To be continued...