To Wang Anshi, Zhang Fei was truly half god and half devil.
Sometimes, when you have low expectations for him, he can often give you a huge surprise and make you look at him with admiration.
But when you have high expectations for him, he can often give you a huge shock and make you disappointed.
If Wang Anshi had known this outcome early on, he would never have agreed and let Zhang Fei go as far as he wanted.
You can operate this method of execution yourself, but how can you change the decree I made?
Wang Anshi enacted these laws based on political ideas and political needs. They can be adjusted by addition and subtraction, but it cannot be said that he directly changed all the laws.
If it weren't for Zhang Fei's guarantee, if I couldn't collect so much money and I would pay for it myself, Wang Anshi would really not have agreed to Zhang Fei's request.
Even so, he was hesitant.
Therefore, after Han Jiang left, Wang Anshi immediately found Lu Huiqing.
When Lu Huiqing heard this, he said: "Teacher, based on my understanding of Zhang San, he will not target without aim. He must have a way. However, this method is not suitable for us, nor is it suitable for other state capitals."
Wang Anshi nodded: "You think the same as me, but now I have been forced to do this. If I go back on my word, it will only make people laugh, and it will also be extremely detrimental to the New Deal."
Lu Huiqing thought for a while and said: "Don't worry, mentor. This is not a bad thing for us. Zhang Fei's tax calculation method must target official households and wealthy households. Once he succeeds, local states and counties will The wealthy gentry in the imperial court must be deeply frightened, and if they think about it again, they will support the method of their mentor."
"Zhang San also mentioned this to me." Wang Anshi nodded slightly.
Lu Huiqing said: "Teacher will not express his position for the time being and let Han Si talk to the officials. It happens that some of us are dissatisfied with this. I will explain to them and use their words to tell those people that my teacher does not agree with this very much. In this way, even if Zhang San succeeds in Kaifeng Mansion, it will be more conducive to the promotion of our New Deal."
Wang Anshi thought for a long time and felt that even if Zhang Fei achieved considerable success, it would still be very difficult to apply it locally. At most, he could only learn from it rather than copy it. He said: "Okay, I'll do as you say."
Wang Anshi went to find Han Jiang. We must be prepared to leave ourselves a way out.
Han Jiang was more suspicious of Zhang Fei than Wang Anshi. After all, he had never had much contact with Zhang Fei, so he agreed and let him tell the emperor.
Chui Gong Hall.
"Huh? This seems different from what you said before?"
Wen Yanbo saw the latest exemption law issued by Sinong Temple and was deeply surprised.
Zhao Xu had known this for a long time, but he still looked at Han Jiang pretending to be confused.
Sima Guang breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Zhang Fei would come to confront him head-on. This tax law was much better than he imagined.
Han Jiang said: "After collecting the data, we calculated that this method will not increase the burden on the people, even the poorest people.
As for the salaries of official households, according to our calculations, they basically reach the third and fourth levels. If calculated by ordinary upper-class households, a tax of 6% would be calculated. Now we only calculate a tax of 3%, and Only the money for materials is counted, and the grain, cloth, and coal provided by the court every month are not included in the calculation.
Calculated in this way, official households do not need to pay too much service tax.
As for the profits earned privately by officials, they are taxed on the basis of ordinary people, which is also reasonable. And this is not just aid money, the Royal Police also provides a better environment and protection for official households. "
Another huge advantage of Zhang Fei's tax calculation method is that it can silence conservatives.
They always say that it will increase the burden on the people. You can see for yourself. I will calculate it clearly for you. It is clear that if the people pay this tax exemption, they will definitely not have problems with food and clothing.
As for official households, a large number of benefits are not included in the calculation, only the money for materials is counted. We must know that the welfare of the Northern Song Dynasty accounts for the majority, will it have an impact on official households?
Definitely not.
They themselves are officials, how could they not be clear about this?
In fact, the core content is that officials' additional income will be taxed at 10% as long as it reaches the standard.
Zhao Bian, who was originally opposed, was speechless when he saw the algorithm.
Wen Yanbo found it unbelievable. They had probably calculated it. How could it be so easy? The key was to calculate the employment fee first and then share it equally. Now it is no longer evenly divided, so he asked: "Can this tax money support it?" Are there any fees for hiring a servant?"
Han Jiang said firmly: "It must be enough."
In fact, he wasn't sure, but Zhang Fei said that if it wasn't enough for him, then it would definitely be enough!
Wen Yanbo glanced at Han Jiang in surprise, and then briefly glanced at Wang Anshi. Wang Anshi remained silent from beginning to end. Although he was suspicious, he really had nothing to say.
There wasn't much debate.
Zhao Xu had no objection even more.
Later, Sinong Temple first used the method of dibao to announce the tax rate in the imperial city.
Let’s see everyone’s opinions.
What is unexpected is that after the announcement of this tax rate, it did not trigger a lot of opposition, but was mostly silent.
Logically speaking, after all, 3% was levied from official households.
Everyone should be unhappy.
actually not.
Because this tax rate is very friendly even to most middle and low-level officials. They don't need to pay much because their material fees are relatively low. Even those civil servants only pay three or four thousand dollars at most every year. , and the official salary is even lower.
Although three or four dollars are money, they believe that those rich officials have to pay more. They are also jealous of those official families, and they are all insiders and know how much land those officials have secretly hidden. How much wealth.
Officials also suffer from inequality.
At the same time, official, you are ten times richer than me, why are you?
If they don't speak out, it's hard for those officials who are really wealthy to speak out. Whoever wants to speak out will have to prove that they have huge extra income, and in that statistical table, there are not many officials who report The real numbers are mainly hidden fields, and those lands are hidden anyway.
The officials did not have much objection, and Sinong Temple officially promulgated the tax exemption for the city.
Compared with the silence in the officialdom, the public is more lively.
Many people think that they don’t have to pay the tax exemption, but they still have to pay the tax exemption every year. Of course they feel very unhappy. For these ordinary people, they have to cry for a whole day if they lose ten cents. This time they have to pay the tax every year. One or two hundred pennies.
But when I went home and did the calculations, I suddenly found that when they declared, some fragmentary income was not included. For example, if they raised a few chickens at home, or if their wife helped others sew and mend, then as long as they worked a little harder, they could make it. It only takes a few days to make the money back.
Then forget it.
The happiest people are the middle class. Under the Civil Service Law, they were struggling between life and death. But now they can avoid military service as long as they pay 56% of their annual income. It is like returning to heaven from hell in an instant.
It feels so good.
They really want to hand over all their money for the next ten years now, lest you change your mind again.
After the announcement, the statistical data of Kaifeng and Xiangfu counties were also submitted.
When Han Jiang saw it, everyone was happy.
It feels like the territories of Kaifeng and Xiangfu have shrunk by half. Our territory of the Song Dynasty is already small enough, and you still want to shrink it.
hateful!
The point is, you are too blatant. You really don’t take the Taxation Department seriously. Let alone the Taxation Department, I can find out everything.
So I immediately transferred last autumn's tax account books from the two counties and compared them.
Suddenly, I found that the upper-class households reported truthfully, and the autumn taxes they paid were consistent. Although there were fluctuations, they were all within a very reasonable range. On the contrary, the fields of the lower-class households dropped sharply.
Only then did Han Jiang realize that the upper-class households still gave the tax department a little less favor, but the lower-class households did not hide it, but there was already a problem with the Qiu Tax accounts.
Many homesteaders had to divide all the official land and the disappeared fields equally, because the court collected taxes based on how many fields a county had. If the fields disappeared, they could only be divided equally among everyone, and the county magistrate could not fill it himself.
This was decided by the government, and they had nothing to do.
Now he is declaring it by himself. Even if they want to help the government lie, they can't do it. He only knows how many acres of land he has. How does he know how much land he has to divide equally.
Although Han Jiang saw something fishy, she didn't tell Zhang Fei that who asked you to choose to declare independently? She just showed Zhang Fei the declaration form and continued your performance.
After Zhang Fei read it, he didn't say anything. He pretended to think about it and gave his tax rate.
Taking fifteen acres of land as the benchmark, there is no tax exemption for less than fifteen acres of land.
From fifteen to thirty acres, a one percent tax is levied.
From thirty to fifty acres, a two percent tax is levied.
From fifty acres to one hundred acres, a four percent tax is levied.
From 100 acres to 300 acres, a tax of 6% is levied.
A 10% tax is levied on land above 300 acres.
It’s not much different from a Chengguo household.
After Han Jiang heard this, she didn't say anything. Zhang Fei wanted to know the truth anyway, so he just looked at the statistics table and thought, how much tax can you collect?
Compared with the city, the wealth and poverty in the countryside are even more exaggerated. Poverty-stricken rural households account for more than 70% of households with less than 30 acres of land, more than 20% of households with 30 acres to 100 acres of land, and only 20% of households with more than 100 acres of land. A lot of 10%.
It is conceivable why Wang Anshi levied an exemption tax on lower-class households. Because there are many people, sand can accumulate into a tower, and the official households are more sophisticated than him, so they cannot squeeze out too much.
According to the statistics, even if the upper-class households pay the money truthfully, it is far from enough.
Han Jiang didn't care so much and reported it to the officials first. Everyone saw that the tax rate was indeed low enough. No matter which class you were in, paying the tax exemption would not affect the food and clothing problem.
After the announcement in the imperial city, the decree was directly promulgated.
At the same time, it was stipulated that the upper-class households and urban households should pay the exemption tax in the summer, while the lower-class households should pay the exemption tax in the autumn.
And Kaifeng and Xiangfu began to collect taxes. According to their own declarations, they calculated the taxes, and then went to the place of declaration to pay the taxes.
The middle class in this rural area also made a lot of money. They were directly transformed from the main force to the partial army. This happiness came so violently.
early morning.
Zhang family.
Today's breakfast time is reading the newspaper.
Except for Zhang Fei, everyone had a newspaper in hand, reading and eating at the same time.
"Sister-in-law!"
Xu Lingxiao said: "Are you the one who decides this tax?"
Zhang Fei said very seriously: "It was my suggestion, and they accepted it."
Xu Lingxiao asked again: "With such a low tax, how much can you collect?"
He basically doesn't care, but even so, he knows that with such a low tax rate, it is impossible to fill the financial gap of the police department.
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I don't know exactly how much, but it should be enough."
Xu Zundao: "I heard that judging from the current number of declarations, there is still a long way to go!"
"The declared number cannot be taken seriously."
Zhang Fei chuckled: "Actually, my tax rate is not determined based on this declaration form."
Xu Zun asked: "On what basis is that determined?"
"Tax evasion schedule."
"tax evasion?"
"Um."
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "I just look at which class has more tax evasion, so I set a higher value. As long as these hidden wealth are dug out, it will be enough to support the police department's finances."
Xu Zhiqian said: "Wouldn't there be a lot of lawsuits then?"
Zhang Fei nodded.
Xu Zhiqian said again: "Then why don't you go to the procuratorate and help daddy."
Xu Lingxiao also nodded.
He had been back in the capital for many days and had heard Zhang Fei's deeds countless times.
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "That won't work. If I enter the procuratorate, I won't be able to work in the firm. I can't go to court with Zhengwen and the others, and no one will believe the results!"
"Not only that, with our relationship as son-in-law, if we work in a government office, I'm afraid others won't agree."
Xu Zun said, then chuckled: "Besides, our Procuratorate has recently had another strong player join us."
Zhang Fei asked: "Who?"
"Su Che, Su Ziyou." Xu Zun stroked his beard and smiled.
It turned out that Su Che could no longer stay in the Ordinance Department of the Second Government, so he applied for transfer. When this happened, Sima Guang simply transferred Su Che to the Procuratorate.
Su Che was also very willing. Even if his brother was defeated by the prosecutor's office, he still wanted to prove it for his brother.
"he?"
"What? Don't underestimate Su Ziyou. I think he is more suitable to be the prosecutor than his brother."
"Yeah?"
Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "I'll see you if you have the chance."
Xu Zhiqian heard that this was wrong and immediately said: "Who are you helping?"
Zhang Fei said angrily: "Who am I helping? Our husband and wife are on the same side, okay? Our firm must be the opponent of the Procuratorate. Besides, I also want to have a few fights with my father-in-law. Don't you want to?"
Fighting with dad? Xu Zhiqian's eyes lit up, and a hint of rebellion arose in her heart, but she said, "How could I be an enemy of daddy?"
"Really?" Zhang Fei curled his lips to show his contempt.
Xu Zun chuckled and said: "Last time in Dengzhou, I was the prefect and I must be fair. You took a great advantage. If there is a chance, I would like to fight with you."
He also likes to show off his legal attainments, and Zhang Fei is a rising star in this area. He really wants to compete with Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "There must be a chance."
(End of chapter)
