Officials only provide framework and guiding opinions on tax reform. The actual formation of an edict on the tax system still needs to be completed by the cabinet in conjunction with relevant yamen.
Zhao Xi now pays less and less attention to specific affairs. The influence of his governing philosophy, balanced cabinet and political discussions, give Zhao Xi the conditions to be a relaxed king.
This can be regarded as a time crunch and a heavy task. Fu Bi took the lead in the tax system and the retention plan. At the first time, he convened the relevant yamen and merged the two to formulate it. Let professional people do professional things. Fu Bi was in
The understanding of this aspect is quite clear.
This is a complex accounting process, but it has a certain universality and can be simplified.
How should I put it? According to the complicated method, we should first make statistics on the officials of the prefectures, counties and counties of the country and the three-class government officials and other exiled officials, and then compare the tax income situation in various places, and then combine the two to calculate
Specific standards and proportions for retention should be specified to ensure the standard of salary for foreign officials.
The so-called universality means that generally speaking, prefectures, counties and counties with good economic conditions and good industrial development will employ more foreign officials. In those bitter and cold places, where the government affairs are relatively small, the number of foreign officials will naturally be higher.
Just less.
Therefore, when the cabinet and the government were discussing the specifics, they directly adopted a simple method. According to the tax income of local prefectures and counties, a certain proportion was approved and retained. In addition, the expatriate officials of counties and counties were implemented at the state level.
Filing system.
Considering that the accounting standard is calculated based on the previous tax system, the cabinet and the government also adopted an interim approach when deliberation, and will adjust the retention plan based on the situation after the implementation of the new tax system.
When Zhao Xi saw the minutes of the cabinet and political affairs, he was really relieved and signed them directly without any changes.
Regardless of whether it is really applicable or not, in one year, even if the court suffers a loss, Zhao Xi can afford it. The key is that his policy philosophy has completely taken root in the minds of the courtiers.
The imperial edicts have always been implemented immediately. This time, Zhao Xi asked the imperial edicts to specify the specific execution time. This is to make it easier to calculate tax revenue and expenditures on a quarterly basis.
At the same time, when the imperial edict was promulgated and implemented, the supervisory offices in all local prefectures, counties, and counties were required to supervise the entire process of eliminating all kinds of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes.
This time, from the reform of the tax system to the implementation of local taxation, all classes in the Manchu Dynasty should have a sense of gain. Of course, merchants are excepted. However, for merchants, they are used to overtaxing, and the track makes overtaxing useless.
The current circulation tax is basically accepted.
Zhao Xi has been worried about the possibility of reduced tax revenue and increased expenditure for the imperial court...
During this period, Xue Xiang also focused on the Royal Bank, almost implementing a ten-day reporting system so that officials could keep track of the status of the tax reform.
"It's not a surprise."
It’s already summer, and the new tax system has been implemented for three or four months. From the initial operation, Zhao Xi is still very satisfied.
"In terms of tax reform, the imperial court should have significantly increased tax revenue. Coupled with the increasing income from the imperial industry, this is a large amount of money. However, it is because of the local government's retention and support of officials that the current revenue situation is flat.
.In fact, the imperial court suffered a loss."
The cabinet is paying attention to tax reform, and what Han Qi said is indeed true.
"What Mr. Han Ge said is wrong. The imperial court supported the peace, and the income of the officials did not increase. This part of the imperial court's losses was actually transformed into the income of the people... No longer pay various miscellaneous fees
Taxes are actually a reflection of increased income.”
Han Qi was too lazy to argue with Wang Anshi. Mainly because he felt that what he said was not unreasonable.
Such arguments were harmless and neither Zhao Xi nor Fu Bi stopped them. Today's discussion was not originally about the effectiveness of the tax reform and the issues raised. Xue Xiang of the state-run temple has detailed reports every month for the cabinet.
Reviewed by the minister.
All cabinet ministers are aware of the operation of the new tax system and basically agree with it. As for whether they admit that it was initiated by Wang Anshi, that is another matter.
Today's cabinet discussion was convened by Zhao Xi in response to several consecutive heavy rains since the beginning of summer.
The Yellow River has always been a major concern for the country. After several heavy rains in the summer, the water level of the Yellow River rose almost at a speed visible to the naked eye. Flood control is currently the most important government issue for the country.
In June of the eighth year of the Qingli Dynasty, the Yellow River changed its course, broke through the Shang Huxun in Chanzhou, went straight north to Daming, passed through the west of Liaocheng and joined the Wei River, and then entered the sea. This was the "North Current". Twelve years later, in the fifth year of Jiayou
, the Yellow River breaks through the lower reaches of Shanghuxun, and flows through Jinchaocheng, Guantao, Leling, and Wudi into the sea. This is the "east flow".
In the five years since Jiayou, although the Yellow River has not changed its course and caused major flooding, flood control has been implemented every year, and disasters have occurred every year.
Judging from the continuous heavy rains this year, the flood control situation is quite serious. This section of the Yellow River in Bianliang is completely suspended, and the height of the Yellow River embankment has been far higher than Bianliang City.
"Officials, since cement was produced, the imperial court has been repairing the dam every dry season. It not only heightens the dam, but also directly rebuilds the weak links. With the solidity of cement, the Bianliang dam is foolproof."
"Last year, local and state governments dredged the river beaches east of Huazhou on the north stream and east of Dongming on the east stream. Although the rain this year has been severe, I think there will be no danger as the cement is strong."
Cement? Not to mention the unmarked cement of this era, even in later generations, dams made of real reinforced concrete would sometimes break. The ministers and workers believed in cement, but Zhao Xi did not dare to trust cement.
"What did Si Tianjian say? How is the precipitation in Linfu and Hedong?"
The following weather conditions and the amount of precipitation in the upper reaches are the main factors that determine whether the Yellow River is in danger downstream. Zhao Xi must understand this.
"Si Tianjian believes that the rain situation is unlikely to be alleviated in the short term. Reports from Hedong Road and Linfu Prefecture indicate that Hedong Road and Linfu also suffered heavy rains!"
This is not good news. The atmosphere is a bit heavy. Although the current weather forecast of Si Tianjian is worse than that of later generations, in fact the flood control situation is already quite serious.
"Officials, the edict notifying the downstream state governments was issued the day before yesterday. I believe that the downstream local state governments will respond accordingly. The local state governments have certain experience in this regard for flood prevention every year."
Having said this, Fu Bi was also very uneasy, and it should be said that the cabinet ministers were also a little uneasy.
It is impossible to know the situation further upstream. Judging from the situation in Hedong and Linfu, it is almost a heavy rain in the entire Yellow River basin.
Next, it is not just a problem downstream, but Bianliang is also in danger.
Besides, the first dam to be repaired with cement was more than ten years ago, and no one knows how long the cement will last.