In 1621 AD, the Ming Dynasty ushered in the first year of the Apocalypse.
This is the first year of Zhu Youxiao's own reign, and he has plans to usher in a new spring for Ming Dynasty.
The chief assistant of the cabinet, Fang Congzhe, the Minister of Household Affairs Li Ruhua, the Minister of Industry Huang Kezuan, the censor of Zuodu Ye Xianggao and the commander of Jinyiwei Liu Qiao were called to the Wenhua Hall to discuss the matter.
The Archives Department began to collect statistics on the population and employment in various places. Because Wen Tiren went to Tianjin for research, only Xiong Wencan was present.
"Dear dear friends, the reform in Tianjin has been effective. An additional 300,000 acres of farmland have been measured. A number of businesses at the Grand Canal ports and workshops in the city have been exempted from the capitation tax, and taxes have been re-collected on the merchants at the docks and workshops. There are
Subtraction and increase, together add a lot more."
He stretched out a finger: "Half of the new tax revenue of one hundred thousand taels will be used in Tianjin, and the other half will be handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs."
Fang Congzhe, the chief assistant of the cabinet, said: "This move will really enrich the country. Bi Ziyan ranked first in the Hundred Officials High School Examination. He is a great talent in both theory and practice."
Li Ruhua also nodded, approving of the effectiveness of Tianjin's diversion. Tianjin has increased taxes by 100,000 taels, and there can be more in other places.
Zhu Youxiao looked at Ye Xianggao: "General Ye, I want you to keep an eye on Tianjin, lest the top is a good policy, the middle level is exaggerating to claim credit, and the bottom level is apportioning money and amassing wealth."
Zongxian is the common name of the censor of Zuodu. This position is the head of the censor in the world and it is very critical to supervise.
"The Metropolitan Procuratorate will definitely complete its task, but if it focuses too much on supervising officials, will it lead to tax collection or reduction?"
Then he glanced at Fang Congzhe, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue: "The money from Tianjin has been collected. Bi Ziyan and the Ministry of Revenue did something wrong, but they did not apportion, exploit, pass on or exaggerate. I have no doubts in my heart."
Sui Yingzhi sighed inwardly, and invited himself out directly to the head of the Zhengqi-level Metropolitan Procuratorate, because there might be something important. If that happened, he would still offend the small landlords who have no land in the sky... Then...
"Li Xiao Sinong, please introduce the amount of abnormal tax to Sui Yingzhi."
I thought that Bi Ziyan's idea of sharing the family with his wife was a genius idea, but now compared with Emperor Tianqi, he is no longer a student~
Let me first comfort Ye Zongxian, don’t be scared away by the Donglin Party who came out of the law~
Li Ruhua's reforms actually focus on whether it is a physical tax or a silver tax, whether it is a per capita tax or a property tax. The most important thing is to be able to implement it!
Mr. Ye was also amazed that the reform was not such a thorough, step-by-step plan...
However, the industrial and commercial tax has increased, and the tax is also collected based on a percentage of revenue.
Mr. Ye thought that Emperor Tianqi was a common people outside of his heart.
Is knowledge a blessing or a curse for the literati in heaven and earth?
Otherwise, money will be leaving the hands of the people anyway, and increasing taxes will not cause the people's suffering.
Mr. Ye thought that 2 cents of silver per acre of land would be levied only according to that number, and the farmers would not have less than 40% of the money. This is indeed very wrong for the farmers.
"I know..."
Fang Congzhe, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, smiled: "The two major pressures on farmers are land enclosures and harsh governance. The ancients said that harsh governance is stronger than tigers. Nowadays, harsh governance for farmers is gone, but harsh governance for small landlords and small households is still there~"
Are the Tianqi reforms really for the common people and Xiao Ming? Is it to make money!?
Do you receive reports on taxes? Have you heard from people that there are no disguised tax increases?
The land tax there is low, and the landlords will speed up the robbery of farmers' land. On the other side, taxes have been increased on commerce, and industry and commerce will decline, which will make it more difficult for land annexation to cause refugees.
Those exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes are still from the court, but are in charge of the Han, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties. The local small landowners are here, the local officials listen to us, and the local officials come from outside our home, so they will always be collected from above.
After hearing Tianqi's arrangement, Fang Congzhe, the Minister of Household Affairs, introduced: "Before the implementation of the one-whip method and the method of dividing an acre of land into an acre, the abnormal price was 2 cents of silver for an acre of land in Tianjin, which was not 200 Wen. All taxes were refunded uniformly, and more than 200 Wen were collected.
All laws will be apportioned and all will be investigated and banned."
Li Ruhua said: "I have not given much thought to starting the pilot project from Tianjin. One of the reasons is that Tianjin is close to the small canal and the small sea. More importantly, Tianjin only developed after you moved the capital to the capital in Xiaoming. The local small tribes and small landowners are relatively powerful.
The intensity of efforts to obstruct or impose restrictions on reforms is weak."
There has always been a huge problem in ancient times. Sometimes it was not that they didn’t know that raising taxes would cause farmers to go bankrupt, but that the middle-level people exaggerated and claimed credit, while the upper-level people apportioned money and amassed money.
Sui Yingzhi planned to use such an obvious regressive tax, but directly levy industrial and commercial taxes on land that exceeds the basic amount.
"I will listen to your Majesty's arrangements."
For example, tax increases and exorbitant levies and miscellaneous taxes. The court's tax per acre of land is 10% to 170%, and local officials can double it to 20% to 80% in the name of the court. Local landowners and local officials will compile various filial piety money
, loss money, horse maintenance money, mountain money... the only thing missing is air money.
"The capital city has not yet abolished servants. I see that various officials have also added slaves and servants to prevent us from being investigated for corruption. That is a bad thing. It is an integrated reform with the tenants entering acres, industrial and commercial taxes, and the landlords' land being taxed according to industry and commerce.
Reform."
Sui Yingzhi didn't have any idea. Is it possible that my supervisor only cares about the special people's tax exceeding the standard, but ignores the small landowners and suffers tax increases?
"Industrial and commercial tax?" Sui Yingzhi completely thought of it.
Sui Yingzhi, Fang Congzhe and others were very surprised. It turned out that His Majesty had already had a bad idea.
I originally thought that the Metropolitan Procuratorate would supervise tax collection officials at all levels and implement a bottom-up supervision method. I never expected that it would specifically receive reports from people about tax increases and use a top-down method.
"The Metropolitan Procuratorate is about to play its role." Li Ruhua looked at Mr. Ye.
Those teachers under the name of Emperor Tianqi have long known that Tianqi is a poor teacher for us.
"Hahaha, he misunderstood. Industry and commerce are all collecting taxes, and the farmland beyond the basic household must also be taxed."
"It's wrong. How can a landlord with very little land eat so little food? If it is farmed until next year or in a disaster year, it will be sold at a low price, or it will be used to support a small group of slaves and servants to protect the courtyard."
Ye Xianggao replied: "Your Majesty, the reforms are most afraid of those things, but Tianjin is just around the corner, and there are no weak local forces. But if it is promoted in other places, I am afraid that the situation in Tianjin will be comparable."
Oops!
Then he turned to look at Mr. Ye: "The Metropolitan Procuratorate will take charge of this. They will send people in Tianjin and various counties to receive all reports about taxation. Listen to the voices of the people and see if there is no disguised tax increase."<
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After Li Ruhua said that, he stood up and walked confidently.
It really is that difficult.
Although it can be implemented, it is exaggerated and distorted by the middle-level officials, and it is disguised as extravagance by the upper-level landlords and officials.
Often receive half of farmers' land.
"Haha, there is no pressure on Zhu Youxiao. Our Procuratorate wants to manage people but is controlled by others."