"It's better to collect taxes based on the amount of land. The big households in the province are hiding their population." Li Shuheng said with a smile, and then asked, "What should we do with those who have a good reputation? Do we need to collect a land tax?"
Although I only asked people with meritorious status, the hidden meaning was also asking how the people who have made great contributions within the Tiger Character Banner should be treated.
Now nearly half of the Tumut grassland has fallen into the hands of their Tiger Flag, and soon the entire Tumut Grassland will also fall into the hands of the Tiger Flag.
The Great Khan of the Tumote Tribe had the title of King Shunli, which was awarded by the Ming Dynasty, and the Great Khan of the Tumute Tribe himself also had the identity of a Jinong of all Mongolia. Jinong was equal to the prince or deputy khan, and his status was extremely respected.
In the future, the Tiger Character Banner will take over the Tumote tribe. Although Liu Heng is the owner of the Tiger Character Banner in name, he can be regarded as a de facto king.
If Liu Heng becomes king, many people within the Tiger Flag will be likely to be knighted.
These people who are likely to be knighted will definitely get a lot of land. Therefore, Li Shuheng is concerned about whether taxes should be collected on the fields of these people and those of those with fame.
Although Li Shuheng didn't say it clearly, Liu Heng understood what he meant and said in a very definite tone: "Everyone has to pay taxes. As long as you have land, you have to pay taxes. Not only that, we will also collect commercial taxes in the future. We must not be like tomorrow." Like that in the country, people with titles and fame are given preferential treatment, and business taxes do not matter whether they are paid or not. Here in our Tiger Character Banner, we must prevent these things from happening from the beginning, and no penny of the tax should be less. "
He attaches great importance to taxation. Even Yong Laosi in later generations can pay taxes as an official and a gentry without any preferential treatment. It is even less likely that their Tiger Character Banner will do anything special in this regard.
If possible, he would like to learn the taxation of a big country in later generations and strictly enforce taxation issues, especially business taxation, which is far more generous than land taxation.
"If you really want to do this, I'm afraid Mr. Zhao will have some objections." Li Shuheng said with a smile.
The Mr. Zhao he refers to is Zhao Yutu, who is considered a scholar and is more tolerant to scholars. If the Tiger-Character Flag does not give preferential treatment to scholars, it will inevitably make most scholars resist the Tiger-Character Flag.
Liu Heng smiled and shook his head and said: "Mr. Zhao has long been dissatisfied with the Ming Dynasty for treating scholars too favorably, so he doesn't have any objections. If he has any objections, I'm afraid it's just because our Tiger Character Banner did this and cut off the relationship." Most scholars have a favorable opinion of our Tiger Flag."
"Scholars are still useful. After we occupy the Tumut Grassland, the territory has become larger and we need scholars to help manage it." Li Shuheng said.
Liu Heng said with a smile: "Students are different from scholars. The scholars trained by our martial arts hall know more about practicality than those who talk nonsense. We must use only those practical scholars."
Huziqi already has its own internal talent training process.
The martial arts hall is also divided into two schools, civil and military. Each has different emphasis, but one thing is the same. Whether it is a literary hall or a martial arts hall, they must study and learn literature. At the same time, the literary hall must also be exposed to some military equipment, rather than simply Cultivate the seeds of reading that do not distinguish between the four limbs and the five grains.
"In the past few years, the Jiangwu Hall has cultivated a lot of reserve forces for us. Once the Tumut Grassland is captured, the people in the Jiangwu Hall and Wentang will probably be exhausted." Li Shuheng said with a smile.
Although the martial arts hall of the Tiger Character Banner continues to cultivate the talents needed for the Tiger Character Banner, it is only established for a short time. In addition, the Tiger Character Banner is limited to Datong and nearby state capitals, so the talents trained are limited.
Liu Heng said in a calm tone: "In the future, a martial arts hall will be opened on the grassland to cultivate reserve forces for our Tiger Flag. Without the accumulation of previous years, our military expansion this time would not be so smooth."
"After these few battles, the junior officers who came out of the Martial Arts Hall have gained experience. Almost all the new recruits have become veterans. Now the strength of the several combat divisions has at least doubled." Li Shuheng said with a smile.
Although the Tiger Banner army that came to the grassland numbered tens of thousands, many of the grassroots officers, combat soldiers, or heavy troops came to the grassland after only simple training.
A river-crossing battle and two siege battles gave many recruits experience on the battlefield. These experiences cannot be gained through training alone.
"Sir, I just received news that there is something strange happening in the Mongolian army." Zhao Wu ran in from outside.
He did not need to personally handle the affairs of Ombuhong and Jamuhe. He could just leave it to others to do. Therefore, as soon as he received the battle report from the detective sentry, he hurriedly came to the office to report.
Liu Heng turned to Li Shuheng and said, "It seems that Su Nang can't wait any longer. Before Zhamuhe returned, he started to send out his army to attack us. This is to force us to kill Ombuhong."
"It's a pity that Su Nang never expected that not only would we not kill Ombuhong, but we would also push him to the throne in the future." Li Shuheng said in a relaxed tone.
Liu Heng said with a smile: "Let's go up to the city wall and see if there is any difference between the Mongolian army commanded by Su Nang and the Mongolian army commanded by Bu Shitu this time, and whether they can hold on longer."
As he spoke, he stood up from his seat, picked up the cotton armor on the wooden stand nearby and put it on his body. At the same time, he picked up the felt hat and put it on his head.
Li Shuheng's armor is not here, but he arranged for the people below to go back and get it for him and deliver it directly to the city.
The two men mounted their horses and led a group of guards to the city.
The incoming Mongolian army had little impact on the ordinary people in Qingcheng.
At first, the Tiger-Character Banner army easily captured Qingcheng, causing confusion among the Mongols and Han people in the city. However, the Tiger-Character Banner did not do anything to the ordinary Mongolians or Han people in the city. This made the people living in Qingcheng confused. Both Mongolians and Han people breathed a sigh of relief, and life returned to normal.
Even the funeral of Bushi Tu allowed the Mongolians in the city to go out of the city to attend, which also made many Mongolians living in the city less resistant to the Tiger Flag.
On the top of the city, cannons were set up one after another.
Although the Mongolian army may not directly attack Qingcheng, there should be a lot of preparations.
"Sir, you see, there are not many Mongolian armored cavalry coming, only one or two thousand." Wang Yuncheng on the top of the city handed the monocular telescope in his hand to Liu Heng.
Liu Heng took the monocular and looked at the invading Mongolian army in the distance. He frowned and said: "Last time, tens of thousands of people were not able to capture our camp outside the city, but this time they only sent With such a small number of people, it doesn’t look like they are here to attack the city.”
The two camps outside Qingcheng are equipped with a large number of artillery and various firearms. It is difficult for tens of thousands of Mongolian troops to break through such camps. A group of Mongolian soldiers and horses with only one or two thousand armored cavalry wants to take down the camps outside the city. Camping is simply impossible.
