Since the founding of Daqian, that is, after Wang Ke ascended the throne as emperor, it has settled down. Hundreds of years of war during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period left the land of Zhuxia with a small population.
When Wang Luo ruled the world, the population was only over 20 million. Then Wang Luo conquered the Xiongnu in the north and Baiyue in the south, building the Great Wall and running roads. The people's power in the world has always been in a state of tension.
After his death, the nobles of the Six Kingdoms began to rebel. Fortunately, Wang Ke responded calmly and calmly, calmed down the war in the shortest time, and then began to recuperate. This is why Daqian is prosperous today.
It was also because of his hard work for twenty years that Daqian finally had some prosperous scenes. The people's lives have improved a lot, and the enfeoffment of southern Fujian, Dian and Yan has also paid off.
With the support of the Central Plains, southern Fujian, Dian and Yan all established a firm foothold, and then the Central Plains also began trade with these vassal states.
In the eyes of many Gan people in the Central Plains, these places are barren or bitterly cold places. They are infested with poisonous insects and poisonous insects and are not suitable for survival. But in fact, these places are also rich in products.
Dian is rich in copper and silver mines, Liaodong is rich in furs, precious medicinal materials, and gold, and Southern Fujian is also rich in various minerals and tea.
As long as these things are transported back to the Central Plains, they will be best-sellers. Coupled with twenty years of development, the road has been smoothed and the transactions have been fruitful.
Many of the copper coins minted by the imperial court in recent years were transported by water from the Dian Kingdom.
In addition to these, gold and medicinal materials from Liaodong are also very popular in the Central Plains, and lacquerware, silk, salt and iron produced in the Central Plains are also very popular.
After defeating the Xiongnu, Wang Ke opened trade in the north, exchanging salt, iron pots, tea, sugar, lacquerware, and silk for cattle, sheep, and horses, which also resulted in huge profits.
Over the years, the imperial court has supported the vassal states and enfeoffed the feudal clans, but has not had much savings. Now Daqian's treasury has finally begun to grow.
As the magistrate of the Taifu, Xiao He could finally breathe a sigh of relief. He no longer had to watch the money and food he had worked so hard to accumulate become empty in the blink of an eye.
In Qianyuan Hall.
Wang Ke looked at the new year's taxes with a look of relief on his face. The ministers sat on both sides and congratulated him.
Xiao He, the magistrate of the Taifu, was summarizing the taxes for the 23rd year of Daqian Tianyou.
"Your Majesty, in accordance with your order, Daqian has been reducing taxes over the years. During the late emperor's time, the tax was four out of ten taxes. Now it has been reduced to one out of ten taxes. The people all praise your benevolence. With the blessing of King Haotianwen, under your wise Under the leadership, the planting model has been promoted in Guanzhong, Jinling, Suzhou, Bashu and other places after many years of practice. There were no major disasters in the world last year, so there were bumper harvests everywhere."
"Also because of the implementation of the continuous planting method, although the official tax has been reduced, the national tax has increased by 20%."
The taxation of Daqian still adopts the Huaiguo's combined tax law, which integrates miscellaneous taxes and local taxes into one tax. As long as the regular tax is paid, there will be no other miscellaneous taxes. This is to reduce the hands of local officials. Chance.
Because the more types of taxes there are, the easier it is for local governments to get into trouble. On the contrary, if only one type of tax is collected, it will be difficult for local officials to do so.
The inspection censor can easily find evidence of local corruption by simply asking people in various places how many times they have collected taxes and how much grain they have collected.
Most of the taxes collected in Daqian were grain and cloth, and the copper coins collected were only a small part, making it more difficult for officials to be corrupt.
"Your Majesty is kind and cannot bear the low price of grain to harm farmers. Therefore, the price of grain collected by the imperial court from the people has been increased. People from all over the country enthusiastically sell grain, and the purchased grain is filled with warehouses. Therefore, the Taifu built hundreds of granaries in Luokou. To collect this year’s taxes and grain.”
"Your Majesty, now that there is abundant food, I propose to implement the equalization method and establish granaries in each county and county to collect grain from the people at a fair price to prepare for famines." Xiao He said respectfully.
"Accurate!" Wang Ke said directly.
In fact, Wang Ke has long wanted to implement the Changpingcang plan, but the time was not ripe before. Now the world's grain output has increased due to the continuous planting method, and there have been no natural disasters. Grain harvests have been bumper year after year, so it is just in time to establish the Changpingcang purchase. .
Looking at the figures on the report, Wang Ke couldn't help laughing: "Since ancient times, the price of food has been as low as this dynasty? There is abundant food and the people are full. I hope there will be no hungry people in the world!"
"Your Majesty is so kind that no one in the world is hungry!" The surrounding ministers congratulated one after another.
"I use low taxes to feed the people, and the world is prosperous. The more villages there are, the more acres there are. Although I collect low taxes, the taxes in the world do not decrease but increase. During the Zhou Dynasty, the princes of the world imposed exorbitant taxes and plundered the people. Every time I read When he arrived, he sighed, "How can the country be strong by treating the people so harshly?"
"Even in the past, when all the Xia kingdoms joined forces, the tax revenue was much less than today. Moreover, the people were poor and unwilling to fight for it. The leaders of Guizhou in the world complained about it, and the late king was able to sweep Liuhe and unify the world! This is what everyone expected and destiny. Get back to work!"
"Your Majesty is a wise man, your benevolence and virtue are widespread, and you will work for thousands of years!"
"Your Majesty is a wise man, your benevolence and virtue are widespread, and you will work for thousands of years!"
Above the main hall, the three princes, nine ministers and hundreds of officials shouted respectfully.
"Prince, when you become emperor and empress in the future, you must remember what I said today!"
Wang Jing had been sitting down to observe the government for several years. He already had his own opinions on the government. He was also surprised by last year's taxes. Hearing this, he quickly said: "Report to the emperor, I will remember it!"
"In addition to regular taxes, Your Majesty, the world's commercial taxes also increased by 20% last year. People have money in their hands and are willing to buy all kinds of goods. Therefore, business exchanges between various places are prosperous."
Compared with regular taxes, commercial taxes are much less. In order to encourage business, Daqian set a commercial tax of one out of twenty. This was also because the vassal states had stabilized and various business routes were unblocked, so commercial taxes continued to increase.
However, compared with the tax revenue received by the imperial court, the benefits of powerful and distinguished officials in various places were even greater.
After all, in this era, there are very few businessmen who do not follow suit, and only the powerful, nobles, and officials from all over the country have the ability to form caravans to do business, and thus obtain huge profits.
Wang Ke thought it would be good to let powerful people, nobles, and officials from all over the country make some money. They could promote business development, but in Wang Jing's view, these people made too much.
How much is twenty taxes per one? The money earned by those merchants was several times or even ten times more than that of the imperial court. There are even some nobles and powerful people who evade taxes.
Rather than letting these people make a lot of money, it is better to take back the country and then use the money to do some big things, such as sending troops to conquer the Huns and completely solving border troubles, such as sending troops to conquer the Western Regions and incorporating the Western Regions into the Daqian territory.
(End of chapter)
