Choosing a tax system must be consistent with the actual situation of Nanzhong.
"Why are the four counties in Nanzhong not as taxed as the one in Shu County? Why?"
Liu Chan looked at Princess Zhu Rong, who thought for a while and said, "Maybe the system is backward."
"The overall reason is that the system is backward, but why is this system backward? It's just that the local tax revenue is not paid, the tax revenue is not paid, and there is almost no conscription for corvee military service."
Liu Chan stood up slowly. Behind him was a map of the four counties in Nanzhong.
"The four counties of Nanzhong cover an area of hundreds of miles. If I ask you, how much land is there? How many mountains and forests are there? Can you tell me a number?"
Princess Zhu Rong shook her head.
“Since we don’t even know the specific number of acres, how can we collect land tax?”
"Let me ask you again, how many registered residents are there in the four counties of Nanzhong?"
Princess Zhu Rong shook her head again.
These...
She really didn't know, not only did he not know, but everyone in the four counties of Nanzhong probably didn't know either.
Because in this barbarian land in the south, apart from Yuexun County, which had a population calculation, the population and household registration of other counties is a mystery.
Even the population calculated by Yuexun County was decades ago. Even now, no one knows what the population is.
“I don’t know how many people there are, how do I collect the poll tax?”
"As for corvee military service, these people could have been used to repair cities, repair roads, dredge waterways, and cultivate fields, but the four counties of Nanzhong do not have this!"
What is corvee?
One month every year, and guarding the border for three days. If you don't go to guard the border for three days, you will have to pay a new tax (300 yuan) to serve on your behalf.
Military service requires every male to serve in the military for two years. If a single male does not go, he will also have to pay additional taxes.
Isn't this two years of military service just a chance to become a civilian husband and a country hero?
How much revenue can free labor generate for the government?
However, the four counties of Nanzhong have not used it at all.
"Field rent: thirty taxes per one. The head tax is divided into calculation tax: 120 qian for 15-56 years old; oral tax: 20 qian for 7-14 years old. If we can organize households and people, measure the land, in one year, from the south The tax money and food collected by the four counties is an astronomical figure! In my opinion, it can support at least one hundred thousand troops!"
One hundred thousand military expenses?
Princess Zhu Rong was so shocked that she couldn't close her legs.
The total of 100,000 soldiers is 10,000 fire. Calculated based on 1 fire and eight packs, the number of livestock alone is 80,000 horses and mules, and this only bears the logistics of 120,000 shi, and needs to bear 120,000 shi. If the baggage is all ox-carts, 12,000 more will be needed; if horses and mules are used to transport it, 80,000 more will be needed.
A young and strong man eats 2 liters of rice every day. Livestock such as war horses, cattle, horses and mules also need to consume food and grass.
After all, if you don't have a million stones of food and grass, you really can't supply an army of 100,000 in wartime!
Even though Princess Zhu Rong is smart enough, such a huge number still spins the CPU in her brain.
On the other hand, Guan Yinping looked as usual.
Because she didn't listen at all, it went in the left ear and came out the right ear. The main thing was to learn easily.
"It's just...how to measure the land? Create households and people?"
After learning that there were problems with Nanzhong's tax system, Princess Zhu Rong, a practical person, immediately wanted to find a solution.
“It is naturally difficult to organize households and people and measure the land.”
Nanzhong existed in the form of tribes and villages, with backward systems. Many laborers still existed as slaves, and the fields, slaves, and forests under the tribal leaders were naturally their wealth.
Now you say you want to collect taxes from them?
If your vital interests are harmed, these vested interests will not laugh and joke with you. It is definitely unavoidable to do it with real swords and guns.
"That's why I don't plan to implement it in the entire Nanzhong, but in Dali Royal City, or Yunnan County."
Yunnan County has been at peace for a long time, and the people under its rule are not as unruly as the barbarian people in Yizhou County and Yuexun County.
Another point is that the number of barbarians in Yunnan County is relatively small, and because they are directly under the royal family, the management of the tribes is relatively clear.
For example, in Yizhou County and Yuexun County, you really don't know who is under the jurisdiction of this tribe in the mountains.
The six royal nobles killed by Liu Chan in today's public trial basically occupied most of the village Dingkou in Yunnan County.
Now that the leader of the thieves is dead, most of the villages and villages are the property of the government. I will kill myself. Is that okay?
certainly...
There will definitely be obstacles, such as those tribal leaders and city owners. If their interests are harmed, they will definitely resist.
However, compared with Yizhou County, Yuexun County, and Zangqi County, Yunnan County's obstacles will be much smaller.
Yunnan County was a pilot project for Liu Chan to govern the four counties of Nanzhong, and the four counties of Nanzhong were a pilot project for Liu Chan to govern Yizhou.
In this governance process, we will cultivate a group of reform teams, accumulate experience, and accumulate strength for the future reform of the four counties of Nanzhong.
Rice should always be eaten one bite at a time.
"In the process of registering households, integrating people, and measuring land, there will inevitably be bloody conflicts, but I hope the princess can understand my painstaking efforts. If the pilot project in Yunnan County is successful, the four counties in Nanzhong will be able to register households, integrate people, and measure land. By then, the tax revenue will increase tenfold, the government will have money and food, and the people will be able to use it to cultivate land and dredge waterways. By then, the lives of the people in Nanzhong will be better and better. This move will definitely be beneficial to the people of Nanzhong. This is an unprecedented good thing!”
"What Mr. Lang said is absolutely true!"
After listening to Liu Chan's words today, she had a new understanding of household registration and land measurement. If she could really deepen her control over the land and people, then she, a barbarian princess, would be a real princess!
There will be no more Meng Huo siege in the future.
"Since it is something that will benefit the barbarian people without any harm, how can I stop it?"
Liu Chan took a deep look at Princess Zhu Rong and said, "Although this move is beneficial to the people, it is harmful to the barbarian nobles and tribal leaders without any benefit. Do you know what this means?"
Princess Zhu Rong smiled softly, with a charming look on her face, and said softly: "With your husband here, what kind of trouble can they make?"
"If you can help me, I will abide by my previous promise. The barbarian royal family in the four counties of Nanzhong will not be eliminated. You can inherit the throne and live with the country!"
Pulling a batch and beating a batch is the right way.
The Princess Zhu Rong in front of her was obviously the one Liu Chan wanted to win over.
"What about you and me?"
Princess Zhu Rong said emotionally: "If Mr. Lang can make the barbarian people live a good life, what will happen if the royal family is gone?"
She was a barbarian princess first, and then a royal princess!
After the public trial, Princess Zhu Rong also had a thorough understanding of the faces of the so-called royal nobles.
Rather than letting such a royal family oppress the people, it is better to get rid of this royal family!
In her heart, she now pretends to be the barbarian people, she pretends to be King Zhu Rong on the sickbed, and she also pretends to be the high-spirited and handsome man in front of her!
"The princess understands the righteousness deeply and deeply admires Zen. The reform in Nanzhong is originally a strategy to strengthen and enrich the people. After the people are organized into households and the land is measured, the results will be known to the princess at a glance!"
