Chapter one hundred and eighty sixth court discussion
Lan Sheng, Qingge, Fengji and others could only swallow their anger when they saw their Lord trusting Jiang Zhongda so much.
It seems that it is impossible for the time being to bring down this bullshit Mr. Jiang.
Qingzhu looked at Jiang Yao with a smile: "Prime Minister, you are the governor of all military affairs inside and outside the country. What we are discussing today is military affairs. You can just follow the arrangements. I am not allowed to do anything."
The faces of Lan Sheng and others became even more ugly.
Jiang Yao raised the wat board and said: "My lord is wise. I have a major military matter to report. I hope my lord will make a clear decision."
"Our Daqing main force now has 120,000 people, including 30,000 in the capital, and the rest are stationed in various places. But now is a troubled time, and the protection of the capital must be greatly strengthened."
"I believe that an additional 30,000 soldiers and horses should be mobilized to garrison the capital. With an army of 60,000 to defend the capital, even a quasi-sage can stop it."
"But as a result, there will be fewer troops in each county. What should we do? Recruit troops!"
"Right now, the imperial court has a billion dollars from confiscating houses, which can be used on the sword. The confiscated armor and horses are enough to arm 30,000 more cavalry!"
"Also, after the casual cultivators obtain resources, many people will break through. The average cultivation level of my Daqing people will exceed that of other martial clans."
"Then, the conditions for these new recruits should be improved. I thought that all these 30,000 cavalrymen should be recruited as martial monks!"
What?!
All 30,000 recruits are recruiting Wu Zun monks?
Even Lord Qing was stunned.
Nowadays, there are more than 7 million martial arts cultivators in the entire Qing clan. How many martial masters are there? Less than 300,000.
Most of them are "rich" people with no shortage of resources, or people with professions, and there are not many casual cultivators from poor families. Among them, there are unlikely to be 30,000 warriors from poor families who are willing to join the army.
However, after the resources are distributed, the warriors in the poor family will be perfect and will usher in a huge wave of breakthroughs. At least there will be an increase of 100,000 warriors in the early stage.
Then we can definitely recruit all the 30,000 Wu Zun recruits.
But new problems arose again.
In the army, the salary of a warrior is five to six times that of a samurai, because the resources consumed by a warrior are five to six times that of a samurai.
In other words, the cost of the new army of 30,000 Wu Zun is equal to the cost of raising the previous army of 160,000!
In addition to the existing 120,000 soldiers and horses, it is equivalent to raising an army of 280,000, which will soon catch up with the first-class powerful vassals!
Fengji immediately stepped out and said: "No, Tai Tu. Yes, there will be many people breaking through to Wu Zun this time, and there will be no problem with the soldiers. But how about the military salary expenditure?"
"I, Daqing, are just a newly promoted second-class military lord, with an unstable foundation. I dare to chase the first-class powerful vassals with military expenditures?"
"If the Imperial Master does this, the imperial court's annual tax revenue will not be enough to support the army!"
Jiang Yao smiled and said: "Shang Shu, doesn't the imperial court have one billion in the treasury? Why can't it afford it?"
Fengji snorted coldly: "We can afford it this year, but what about next year? Even if we can afford it next year, what about the year after that? Should we disband?"
"Or is it that Taifu can make money by confiscating homes every year? Who else will be confiscated then?"
Jiang Yaoxin said I'll copy you, and said with a smile on his face: "Since I can support you for two years, then do it! Regardless of the thirty thousand Wuzong recruits, I will recruit another thousand Wuzong troops! I'm not afraid of spending money!"
"As for what we will do if we run out of money in two years? We'll decide then. Otherwise, how can we resist other martial arts clans?"
"Master, what do you think?" Jiang Yao said directly to Master Qing without answering.
Master Qing nodded and said: "The Prime Minister is prepared for a rainy day and has extraordinary courage. I think this is what I should do. Now I, Da Qing, have attracted attention from the surrounding areas. Even if I go to war, I will expand my army and prepare for war!"
"This matter does not need to be discussed further. The Prime Minister is the commander-in-chief of all military affairs at home and abroad. As long as the Prime Minister thinks it is feasible, he can do it directly."
"I want to understand the great truth and don't care about these trivial matters of government. From now on, the Prime Minister's words are my words. Did you hear clearly?"
When Feng Ji, Lan Sheng and others heard this, they all felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
Therefore, an order to mobilize troops was immediately issued to increase the strength of Qinghuang City's troops.
Then, the order to recruit 30,000 Wu Zong soldiers and 1,000 Wu Zong soldiers was also sent out.
It’s really a militancy!
No second-class lord can specially equip tens of thousands of Wu Zunjun. Only Class A lords are willing to support tens of thousands of Wu Zunjun.
Brutal.
But the ginger medicine is not over yet.
"My lord, the third thing is that I would like to organize a regiment training. The imperial court will send a regiment to train envoys in various places, organize and train the militia, and hide troops among the people. In just a few years, I, Da Qing, can raise hundreds of thousands of troops at any time.
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Jiang Yao explained the regulations of the local brave militia, and Lan Sheng and others' faces turned green.
This ginger medicine is really crazy.
If you have so many soldiers, why do you need to organize militia training?
According to this charter, the militiamen also need to train military formations regularly, and they also need to receive some military pay. How many resources will it cost to train with hundreds of thousands of regiments?
"Precisely!" Master Qing agreed without hesitation, and even asked: "Prime Minister, if you have any other good ideas, please come up with them one by one. After today, I will go into seclusion again."
How could Ginger Yao be polite?
"I want to establish an elixir bureau, a true weapon bureau, a formation bureau, and a talisman bureau, and recruit three hundred people each of level two alchemy masters, weapon refiners, formation masters, and talisman masters in Daqing!"
When everyone heard this, they all took a deep breath.
What a big spirit!
Fengji's heart twitched. One thousand, two hundred Taoist masters of the second level or above would require caves and salaries, as well as a large amount of spiritual jade expenditure!
"Yes!" Qingzhu Zhanjinzhitie nodded.
Jiang Yao dropped the last bombshell: "I would like to establish a Ministry of Commerce to take charge of Daqing's government-owned industries, increase private business taxes, and set the private business tax at 20%, and abolish all miscellaneous taxes."
"Everyone must pay commercial taxes. To set an example, the monarch's property must also pay commercial taxes. Government-owned properties not only have to pay taxes, but all profits belong to the court. Of course, everything in the court belongs to the lord.
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"As a result, our Daqing commercial tax revenue will increase by at least 200 million in the second year of Xuantong. Government-owned industries will increase revenue by at least 300 million every year! This is part of the New Deal."
Lord Qing was very happy and said: "So, the annual revenue of the imperial court will be one billion next year?"
Jiang Yao shook his head and said: "That's not true. Because I want to reduce two taxes! Two taxes and one reduction, the original tax has been greatly reduced. After coming and going, next year there will be about more than 600 million, which has also increased significantly."
In the past, aristocratic families and big business owners, because they were powerful, were actually exempt from tax. Only small and medium-sized merchants with no power paid commercial tax.
Jiang Yao's approach is actually to "rob the rich and give to the poor". By taking back the government-run industries of aristocratic families and collecting commercial taxes indiscriminately, it greatly increases the revenue of the national treasury.
At the same time, it is necessary to reduce and reduce the two taxes that burden the poor families of casual cultivators to reduce their burden.
What? Two tax exemptions?
The faces of Fengji and others suddenly became very ugly.
The two taxes are the main source of income for the martial arts clan!
Judging from Jiang Yao's words, he actually wants to reduce the two taxes of more than 200 million yuan, which is a reduction of 60 to 70%!
Jiang Yao continued: "My lord, for a lower-level casual cultivator, a family of ten people has an average annual income of three thousand. However, the two taxes that ten people have to pay add up to one thousand two hundred! They account for 40% of the total income!
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"The casual cultivators from a poor family are already poor. They have to pay 40% of the tax, eat high-priced spiritual rice, and build a cave made of high-priced real stones...how can they not be trapped?"
"There are not many casual cultivators who can maintain normal cultivation. Most casual cultivators have lost the conditions for cultivation and can only maintain their status as martial arts cultivators."
"So, I believe that the two taxes must be reduced, by 70%."
When Jiang Yao said this, he took out a charter that he had prepared a long time ago: "This is the "Two Tax Reduction and Reduction Law" that I formulated before. Please take a look at it, my lord."
All the courtiers who came from poor families in the dynasty were deeply moved when they saw the Prime Minister talking eloquently and advocating for the reduction and exemption of the two taxes.
This is the Prime Minister.
Feng Ji, Lan Sheng and others all had sneers on their faces.
The two taxes are of great importance. They are the traditional financial resources of the martial clan. They have not changed for so many years. They are collected the same throughout the Divine Continent.
Now Jiangyao has reduced the two taxes to 30%!
crazy.
But they found that the lord actually agreed.
"Accurate!"
Soon, several orders were issued.
The "Two Tax Reduction and Exemption Order" is another order that makes the majority of casual practitioners cheer for the order to allocate resources.
For general martial arts training, only 30% of the original payment is required. Those under the age of fifteen are exempt from the tax...those who participate in group training are exempt from the tax, and those who belong to the military are exempt from the tax!
Prime Minister Jiang's name immediately caused a stir.
Countless people are excited about this unprecedented virtue.
The next day, the ginger medicine’s willingness value skyrocketed again!