It must be known that the land system, tax system, and corvee system are inseparable.
Xiao Yi changed the land system and the tax system, so naturally the corvee system also had to be changed.
In fact, the corvee system has been changed a long time ago.
Two years ago, after Xiao Yi got rid of the traitor Li Linfu, he began to slowly change the corvee system.
Work-for-relief is a point of reform of the corvee system.
The tax system is naturally a two-tax system, which is paid in summer and autumn. Summer does not last until August, and autumn does not last until February of the following year. Basically, summer harvests wheat and autumn harvests rice.
In this way, people will not have to exchange grain for money and be cheated by grain merchants with a large bag of grain.
The imperial court's granary can also be maintained, so that the soldiers at the border will not starve to guard the border.
In terms of tax rates, there are also new regulations in Daqian: the tax per mu is five liters and three liters for official land, three liters and three liters for civilian land, eight liters and five liters per mu for rented land, and one dou and two liters for unofficial land.
Of course, the actual operation still depends on the development stage and development status of each place.
For example, it is naturally impossible for the Anxi Protectorate to implement this tax rate well, so it will naturally have to be replaced by other regulations.
As for corvee labor, it is divided into two types: Lijia and miscellaneous labor.
This naturally requires reform.
The existence of corvee labor is not of great benefit to the development of Daqian. The class of workers has been formed after working for relief.
In particular, many farmers affected by land annexation have now become migrant workers.
The Lijia among the corvees were actually equivalent to the temporary workers of the errands. The original intention of their existence was to help the government manage the local area, but the form of their existence was embarrassing.
This is like the question of whether temporary workers have the power to enforce laws in later generations.
So.
Local governance is directly implemented on bad people.
The bad guys will also be composed of retired soldiers in the future, that is, soldiers who tend to be in the Forbidden Army. A small number of them will be recruited.
"My lords, if you were an ordinary farmer, what problems would you not be willing to face in paying taxes to the court every year?"
"Of course it's a corvee, and the taxes are not high anymore."
Xiao Yi arrived at the largest dock in the southeast and looked at the development of maritime trade. Here, he did not forget to continue to open his own small class.
"In addition to corvee labor, there is also the grain paid as tax. There are too many ways to do it. Big buckets go in and small buckets go out, and big scales go in and small scales go out. These are the most basic."
"If the water is clear, there will be no fish. The imperial court cannot require every official to be upright, to have a breeze on their sleeves, to be conscientious in their work, and to love the people like a son."
"However, the imperial court can prevent officials from becoming more and more greedy and greedy. All local officials are corrupt and bribery people."
"As the saying goes, if the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, officials above the court must have a principle, 'worry about the urgent needs of the people and think about what the people think.' If we can adhere to the principle and lead by example, naturally This will prevent the people below from messing around."
“Corvee labor, grain, oxen and seeds.”
"What the common people want is nothing more than food and clothing, what businessmen want is nothing but fame and fortune, and what the nobles want is nothing more than fame and fortune."
"Then we will find a way to give them a correct channel to gain fame and fortune."
"Just like this Southeast Political Conference, as long as they are willing to do something in line with the principles of the imperial court, every year they send thousands of roast ducks to the Daqian Forbidden Army, tens of thousands of sets of jerseys to the Daqian Forbidden Army, and Or take the initiative to contribute money to build bridges, roads, or canals, and you will be treated with sincerity."
This is Xiao Yi's attitude.
Many officials were actually shocked by Xiao Yi's big move and generosity. In other words, many of them still had the same mindset of governing the country before. Some even thought that they should do nothing. rule.
But is it really possible to govern a huge country by doing nothing?
"Your Highness, Holy Ming!"
What Xiao Yi said is naturally a benevolent government for the people of Li.
For these ministers who followed, this was an opportunity to get close to His Highness the Crown Prince.
Listen to the hadith.
For a self-cultivated farmer, it is certainly one thing that he is not paid to bring his own food and do corvee work, which delays the farming work.
But it is more important to be enslaved and extorted during the corvee period, and even be compensated or even bankrupted by officials who judged that the corvee service was unqualified... and even the wife and daughter at home were bullied because they were unable to take care of the family. This is also more important. on the one hand.
Corvee labor, ten times the burden of taxes!
But even so, why did feudal dynasties have a national policy of corvee since ancient times?
Naturally it's because of money issues.
This is like spending very little money to manage a place.
If corvee is abolished.
Then the government will not have enough manpower. If there are not enough manpower, it will be difficult to govern the place, and it may not even be able to collect taxes.
The essence of corvee is that the maintenance of social public services requires group work. Considering the cost, the most reasonable choice for local governments is to recruit farmers without compensation.
Therefore, the essence of corvee is actually an economic account.
But is Daqian short of money now?
During this southern tour, at least hundreds of wealthy landowners, squires, wealthy businessmen, and noble families were confiscated.
There are also many temples, Taoist temples, etc.
They have once again vigorously suppressed bandits. Those water bandits and mountain bandits who are not engaged in production but only rely on violent means to rob have a lot of wealth.
The imperial court naturally received a large sum of money.
With money.
Do we still need to calculate any economic accounts?
Besides, that’s not how economic accounts are calculated at all.
Corvee labor was used to fill the problem of insufficient government manpower, but the problem of redundant officials was not seen.
Totally self-deception.
Corvee service will only increase the burden on the people at the bottom and will only affect food production.
The yield of food is related to the issue of productivity.
There is not enough food.
It can't feed that many people.
It is impossible to promote development, and how can people engage in production if they cannot even guarantee food and clothing.
Even if you give birth, you can't even guarantee food and clothing, and you still have a little money in your hands that can be used for daily expenses. Everyone works from sunrise to sunrise, and they are guaranteed not to starve to death, but they are absolutely If there is no spare money, what kind of economic balance can we talk about in such a large farming society?
Xiao Yi wanted to use the money from this southern tour to solve the problem of redundant officials and corvee labor.
To establish a comprehensive local law enforcement agency, at the very least, the county government agency must be able to do a lot of things and represent a large amount of authority.
But at the same time, they must also accept supervision and supervise the censor, royal guards, and officials. The supervision of these three parties must also be in place.
Only in this way can local development and production be stable, and so can large-scale cadres.
Only then can we talk about ZTE’s great work.
