The tax reform issue has continued to ferment for several days. Wu Bo, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, together with more than a dozen officials, put forward a proposal at today's morning meeting.
The issue of tax reform involves many things and is of great importance. It is better to slow down rather than rush. They suggested that the court should proceed step by step. It might as well streamline the cumbersome tax system first, and then talk about tax reform.
Chen State is a country with dozens or hundreds of state capitals. Any decree promulgated by the court cannot be achieved overnight. It will take at least five or six years to streamline the tax system and spread it to all state capitals.
By then, I don’t even know whether Emperor Chen is still in office. Who still remembers this decree?
The right minister of the Ministry of Revenue had just taken over the position of Han Mingkong not long ago. He was born in Gyeonggi Province, and his family was also a famous wealthy family in Gyeonggi Province. Naturally, he did not want the imperial court to take advantage of these wealthy families.
After this proposal was put forward, many officials from the DPRK and China agreed.
There are really too few poor people who can stand out from the imperial examination and be ranked in the court. Officials in the court are either from a powerful family or from a poor family, but even from a poor family, there is the word "men", which must be
He is a large local landowner, owns numerous fields, and has interests in this proposal.
This is actually an important reason why it is impossible for the imperial court to cancel the poll tax. According to the land tax, all the decisions of the imperial court serve the ruling class, and the officials who make up the imperial court are themselves rulers.
How could they be willing to cut their own flesh and blood to subsidize the common people?
There were so many officials who seconded this proposal that even Emperor Chen could not insist on his own way. After going to court, he summoned the important officials in the court to discuss it and formally approved Wu Bo's proposal to streamline the tax system.
Half a month ago, the country gentry and dignitaries who were opposed to streamlining the tax system seemed to be very cooperative this time, and there was no discordant voice before and after.
After all, the court has already given in. If they still don't know what to do and make His Majesty repent, it will be of no benefit to anyone.
Many people sighed after hearing the news. They thought that the court would completely stand on their side this time, but they did not expect that they would eventually succumb to the power.
However, despite being disappointed, they were still relatively satisfied with the final result.
Even if the poll tax cannot be abolished, there are still a lot of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. For some people, it is more than half as easy as before.
The squire and powerful man finally breathed a sigh of relief. After calming down, he gradually realized that something was not right.
The imperial court had wanted to implement a streamlined tax system six months ago, but it met with joint opposition from them. Since then, it has been mentioned again several times, but nothing has been done.
But who would have thought that in the past six months, after going around in circles, this matter would finally come to fruition.
In a dignitary's mansion somewhere, a person looked astonished and murmured: "Isn't this the original purpose of the imperial court?"
"What a plan..." Another person in a wealthy family somewhere said with a sullen face: "What a Wu Bo, do you think we are fools?"
After the dust settled, everyone who calmed down gradually realized that if the original purpose of the court was never to reform the tax system, but to streamline the tax system, then all of them had fallen into the scheme of the court and His Majesty.
First put forward a condition that is impossible for them to accept, and then greatly lower the requirements. Comparing the two conditions, normal people will choose the second option.
But in fact, even the second request was something they were unwilling to accept. It was only because of the comparison that it gave them the illusion of taking advantage.
In fact, they still suffered a loss.
Thinking about it this way, Wu Bo, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was not thinking about them at all. This was originally the court's plan. He dug a hole and asked them to jump in. They actually wanted to be grateful to him...
"What a treacherous person!"
"My surname is Wu, I remember this account!"
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In the Wu family, after the tax reform matter was settled, the outside world suddenly changed. After hearing the report from the servants in the house, Wu Bo's face was as dark as water, and he said angrily: "Qian, you old fox, are you still a human being!"
Only now did he understand why the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance did not propose it himself, but gave this "good opportunity" to him.
He must have known at that time that this was a scapegoat. Qian Shuo was unwilling to take the blame, so he asked Wu Bo to take the blame...
When Wu Bo scolded Qian Shuo at home, Qian Shuo sat firmly in the office of the minister, sipping tea leisurely and comfortably, secretly making up his mind to stay away from the two cunning foxes Tang Ning and King Huai in the future.
a little.
In the Imperial Study Room, Emperor Chen was smiling and was obviously in a good mood.
What was originally opposed by the powerful and wealthy families, after some planning, turned out to be that they begged the court to implement it. Once this decree is implemented, it will reduce the burden on the people and is conducive to the long-term stability of the country. Secondly, it will unify and simplify the tax items.
, it can save a lot of manpower and material resources, and thirdly, it can also increase the income of the national treasury. It can be said that it kills three birds with one stone.
More importantly, for these three gains, the imperial court did not pay any price, and it was the smoothest implementation of the law in the past few years.
King Huai had been implementing this decree for half a year without making any progress. When Tang Ning took over, he was also at a loss. However, with their combined swords, they managed to do things so beautifully in such a short period of time, which greatly impressed him.
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Thinking of some possibility, he casually opened the envelope and his face darkened when he saw what was written on it.
"The secret agent who went to Guizhou to investigate disappeared..."
Although Qiandi does not belong to the Chen State, its special location makes it easy to threaten Jiangnan. Only when everything in Guizhou is within his sight can he feel at ease.
He clenched his fists, looked at Wei Jian, and said, "Send more manpower to go to Guizhou to investigate..."
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Tang Ning was sitting in the yard, and Fang Xinyue sat opposite him boredly, flipping through a flower rope in his hand, then throwing it away and asking: "Brother Tang Ning, when will the young lady come back?"
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Tangning shook her head and said, "I don't know either."
The old beggar often takes Xiaoxiao out for travel, but usually it only lasts for one or two months, and the longest is only three months. This time, he has been away for more than half a year and has not come back.
With the old beggar here, Tang Ning wasn't worried about his little safety, but they hadn't sent a letter back in the past few days, which made him feel a little unsure.
She was as innocent as a white flower, but if he taught her to become a female devil - Tangning couldn't imagine this scene.
After all, when the old beggar was young, he had the experience of traveling and fighting all over the world.
I didn't receive the little letter, but yesterday I received another letter from Su Mei.
Things in Guizhou are more troublesome than she expected. Judging from the current situation, she will have to stay there for a long time.
Fang Xinyue held her chin, sighed softly, and said, "Where is she..."
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A certain state of Chu State.
From a certain well-known sect, several figures limped out of the mountain gate. The leader bowed and said: "Senior, walk slowly."
A slovenly old man waved his hand and left with a tall girl.
Watching the two of them walk away, the sect owner breathed a sigh of relief.
On the mountain road, the girl looked up at the old man and said, "Master, I want to go home..."
"It's only been more than half a year since we came out..." The old man looked at her, thought about it, and said, "We'll hit ten more houses and we'll go back..."
