After everyone discussed, the government army system was decided. Ning Fan then looked at Di Renjie: "Huaiying, when the county governor mobilizes subordinate government soldiers other than the county level, he needs to report to the Supervisory Council first!"
"After evaluation, you can decide on your own to mobilize your troops."
"As you command!"
Di Renjie also had a look of admiration on his face. He didn't expect his master to master the art of checks and balances so clearly at such a young age.
"I want to change the tax system in Huainan. What do you think?"
"tax system……"
Everyone's expressions changed slightly, and there was also a solemn look on their faces. Taxation has always been a national issue and involves the interests of all aspects. No matter how it is changed, it will definitely offend a group of people.
I just don’t know what your highness is...
"How do you plan to change it, Your Highness?"
"Light on agricultural tax, focus on commercial tax, change the tax system, abolish the per capita tax, and replace it with a per-acre tax."
"Secondly, changes in deed taxes and tariffs..."
Ning Fan briefly talked about it, Guo Jia, Di Renjie and others all looked condensed. This is not about reforming the tax system. It is clearly about introducing new ones and almost completely abolishing the existing tax system!
"Lord, you must not do this!"
Chen Gong waited until Ning Fan finished speaking and then hurriedly said: "The basis of my taxation is agricultural tax. Even if it is reduced by 10%, my finances will not be able to make ends meet!"
"Besides, this move has far-reaching consequences. Although His Majesty has granted you the power to govern yourself, if this move reaches the imperial court, it will inevitably lead to the impeachment of all officials."
"My lord, what Gongtai said is not unreasonable!"
Even Guo Jia tried to dissuade him, but Di Renjie frowned, looking thoughtful.
"My lord, as Mr. Gongtai said, reducing agricultural taxes will inevitably affect the income of various places."
"What should it be?"
Ning Fan smiled and said calmly: "There is no other reason. Since we can't reduce expenditures, we naturally want to increase revenue."
"I believe you all also know the terrifying revenue of Daqin Trading Company?"
"Nowadays, the business of the salt store, wine store, grain store, and merchant house alone is, without exaggeration, even more terrifying than the tax revenue of the three counties!"
"Besides, with the revitalization of commerce, under the trade circulation in Huainan, commercial tax can sufficiently replace agricultural tax."
"When the tax policy is stabilized, Daqin Commercial Bank will be directly converted from private to public, and its sales rights of salt, iron, and grain will be unified into official sales."
As soon as Ning Fan finished speaking, all the ministers fell into silence. Guo Jia pondered for a moment and said: "It is indeed feasible to spread the land into acres. As for reducing agricultural taxes, how to reduce them is open to discussion."
"Um!"
Di Renjie's brows on the side never relaxed, he looked at Ning Fan and asked: "My lord, what is the meaning of sharing the land with a young man?"
"Everyone is divided into an acre. As the name suggests, whether you are a landlord or ordinary people, you no longer collect taxes based on head count, but on the basis of land. Regardless of the number of people in the family, how many children are added, it is based on the number of acres of land!"
“In this way, tax evasion and evasion can be avoided to a great extent, and the tax system can also be simplified!”
Halfway through Ning Fan's words, a look of surprise appeared on Di Renjie's face!
"My lord, this change will benefit all people."
"Over the years, due to the poll tax, people did not dare to have children and even hid the population."
"Especially some landowners from aristocratic families hide their tenant farmers in order to evade taxes. The landowners have a lot of land, even thousands of acres, but the family members only have dozens to hundreds of people."
"Nowadays, the taxes levied on the landowners' families are several times higher than the amount they share!"
Seeing everyone's understanding, Ning Fan smiled and nodded, and then said with a serious look on his face: "However, as Feng Xiao said just now, the tax changes involve fundamentals."
"Besides, this big change is bound to cause a backlash from some aristocratic families."
"We need to figure it out slowly!"
There was a ruthless look in Ning Fan's eyes, and he said solemnly: "The reform of the army soldiers must be put on the agenda immediately. All the army soldiers should be spared!"
"Uncle Bao, we must not slack off in the training of soldiers from all over the country. I don't want to spend money to raise a bunch of embroidered pillows, which are just for good but useless!"
"promise!"
After finishing speaking, Ning Fan continued: "In addition to reforming the tax system, I also want to build a new organization called the Taxation Bureau."
"Taxation branches are set up in each county, taxation bureaus are set up in the prefecture department, and taxation bureaus are set up in the three counties. Under Lingzhou City, a taxation department is set up to separate taxation from the local government and manage it in a single line."
As soon as Ning Fan said this, Chen Gong frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "My lord, will this move cause a waste of resources?"
"It's a big expense to open a special front line for taxation!"
"No!"
Guo Jia on the side realized the crux of the matter and said excitedly: "Separating taxation can greatly reduce tax corruption. With the tax reform, the tax bureau's business is cumbersome, and now it can be managed more effectively."
"good!"
Ning Fan smiled and said softly: "With the supervision of the Supervisory Yuan and the checks and balances of the government, the tax bureau can reduce corruption."
"This matter also requires some regulations!"
"promise!"
Guo Jia nodded with a grimace, but Di Renjie on the side frowned slightly: "My lord, tax collection will inevitably involve the transportation of official silver and grain transportation, which has certain human rights. What should we do?"
"I have also thought about this issue."
"The Taxation Bureau is also staffed by the Military and Political Department. Normally, the permanent staff are recruited from the local area. When there are critical tax collection, transportation, guarding, etc., they will be reported to the Military and Political Department and soldiers and horses will be sent there!"
"So good!"
After discussing the general events, Ning Fan spoke again: "Next, there is another big event!"
"I want to build three vertical roads in the three counties of Huainan, North and South."
"Um?"
Seeing that Guo Jia wanted to ask a question, Ning Fan said without waiting for him to speak: "It's not an ordinary official road. Nowadays, the official roads in all places of my Dayu, even outside the city of King Yu, are rammed earth roads."
"I want to build three stone roads."
"hiss!"
Everyone was stunned by Ning Fan's generosity. The land of Huainan spans hundreds of miles from north to south. How terrifying is the manpower and material resources required to build three stone roads?
"After the official road is built, it can be reached from Xiajun to Zhoujun in one day!"
"Not only can it promote commercial circulation, but if the southwest invades the territory, my troops and horses of Dayu can cross Huainan in one day and rush to rescue!"
“If Huainan wants to be prosperous and strong, transportation is the first step in change.”
"In one year, I want to see three longitudinal passages. After next year, I want to open a canal from the Li River!"
"In three years, we in Huainan will build four official roads, three vertical and one horizontal!"
The entire hall was silent, but no one raised any objection. Ning Fan was now in charge of the engineering bureau, so naturally he had made up his mind.
Guo Jia and others were attracted by the blueprint drawn by Ning Fan, and everyone ignited their ambitions.
"What will happen to Huainan in three years?"
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