Great Ming: I, Zhu Di, Declare My Intentions to Seize the Throne from the Start!

Mr. must be aware of our current tax farming system in Ming Dynasty. ♧♦

Every time it is time to collect land taxes, the squires with a lot of land and great influence in the local area are called to the county government office, and everyone sits together to drink tea and chat.

After allocating each squire's taxation scope, the squire first uses family grain to pay the court's land tax in one lump sum.

Jiang Jinzhong looked at Zhu Di thoughtfully and continued: We officials save time and effort, and the most important thing is that we will never delay the land tax payment deadline set by the court.

For officials, the tasks of the court are very important!

Completing court tasks on time or ahead of schedule not only represents career security, but also represents political achievements.

Zhu Di nodded.

The squire has enough grain, and dozens of families can work together to pay the land tax in just a few days.

The government does not need to argue with the people.

You know, it's not going to be smooth sailing every year.

With the government’s direct collection model, in bad years, it will be very troublesome to negotiate for payment.

Under the tax package system, there would be no such troubles.

The tax farming system was equivalent to the squire purchasing the creditor's rights in packages from the government.

The official completed the tax collection task.

He also packaged and sold the troublesome debts.

Master Jiang, in the past years, did the gentry advance the grain for the people to pay the land tax? Is there any old grain? Zhu Di asked.

Jiang Jinzhong looked a little embarrassed and sneered, Yes, there is. There are old grains from three or four years ago, and there are also grains from one or two years ago. Of course, there will also be new grains.

Mixed together.

Of course, even if it is old grain, all old grain must be edible during my two-year term in Jiangning County!

Sure enough! Zhu Di shook his head.

When the squire used old grain to buy the 'debt' in the hands of the government, he was already getting the credit at a low price.

You know, the price difference between old grain and new grain three or four years ago is not small in the market!

The squire bought the debt at a low price, then turned around and asked the people to pay for the new grain. Through such a transfer, the old grain that had been accumulated in the family for many years was turned into the new grain of the year.

In the process of collecting the debt, Squire also paid a premium!

The imperial court set a fixed price of five dou per mu, but the minimum payment imposed by the squire was six dou per mu, or even higher!

Even the food that is not full enough will not be left for the people, but will be taken away!

What a chore this is. ൠ♦

It is clearly the most profitable business!

The government’s land tax debt is also the highest quality debt!

This kind of debt has never been available to anyone throughout the ages!

After gathering his thoughts, Zhu Di turned around and said, Master Jiang, many people like to do the business of collecting land tax.

No, no, no! Jiang Jinzhong shook his head quickly, Mr. Zhu guessed wrong this time. Every year, the squires are very reluctant. The government has to invite the government to the county government, drink tea, eat, and have a good meal to appease them before they can settle it down. !”

Pooh!

If there is a squire in front of him, Zhu Di will directly spit on the other person's face.

Master Jiang was deceived! Fatty Jiang was obviously deceived by the squire's lack of enthusiasm.

Would these people be reluctant to such high-quality debt and such a profitable transaction?

Jiang Jinzhong looked at Zhu Di suspiciously.

Zhu Di asked: Has this year's tax package been allocated?

Jiang Jinzhong shook his head, Not yet. I don't want to use a pilot to determine how much fire damage will be caused by eating horse chews during the tax collection process, and then set a maximum amount for the squire, so the tax package task has not been assigned yet.

Hearing this, Zhu Di looked at Jiang Jinzhong. This fat man was actually a good official.

We might as well try a different approach this year. He said with a smile: Inform all landowners in Jiangning that anyone who owns 150 acres of land can participate in the tax-packaged auction.

Bidding? Jiang Jinzhong looked at Zhu Di in confusion.

The auction is to compete for bids, select the best one, and split all the large debts that used to be covered by more than a dozen villages into small debts based on the village.

“This way, small landowners can afford to bid.”

The small landowners are the ants, and the gentry landowners are the elephants. A group of ants are introduced to deal with the elephants.

At the same time, small landowners can make a profit, and it is better for the wealth to flow to small landowners than to flow all to the gentry and large landowners.

A small landowner with 150 acres of land cannot afford to bid for more than a dozen villages, but it is not a problem to bid for one village.

“As for who can successfully bid, it all depends on their commitment.”

The government will hand over the land tax debt to the one who has collected the lowest amount from the people.

Land tax debt is clearly an attractive and high-quality debt.

In the past, ordinary small landowners had no connections, no strong capital, could not benefit officials, and could not participate at all.

Just break the big debt into small debt on a village basis.

There are definitely a lot of people grabbing it!

The statutory land tax of the imperial court was five pou.

After buying the debt, they can make a lot of money for five and a half dou!

Don’t underestimate it, the people only get half a bucket of food per mu.

In the event of a severe drought in spring, a family can survive for an extra month with a bucket of grain, plus wild vegetables, bark, and leaves!

Take him and Miaoyun as an example. They have the least amount of land in the village.

There is half a bushel per mu, and ten acres of land is five bushels!

The extra five buckets of food can guarantee five months of survival!

Every bucket of grain represents a bloody life!

Snapped!

Fatty Jiang thought about it for a while, then suddenly slapped his thigh, and then stretched out two greasy hands to grab Zhu Di, Mr. Zhu, can't you really be my staff master?

This is a good idea!

This is the best way until direct collection becomes impossible!

Your Majesty knows, you have to praise me!

New 🅇.🄲🄾🄼

Fatty Jiang looked at Zhu Di with his two small eyes.

Zhu Di couldn't help but twitched his hand, but unfortunately he didn't pull it out. He said with a helpless smile: Master Jiang, if you have something to do, just ask for advice. If I know how to do it, I will definitely tell you everything. But let's forget about being in officialdom.

After saying that, he twitched his hand again.

Jiang Jinzhong's face was filled with regret and he held on tightly.

It’s okay to ask for advice.

But if you don't get it into your own bowl, and there is no master-slave relationship of employment, this relationship is not reliable!

Master Jiang... Zhu Di reminded and twitched his hand at the same time.

Only then did Jiang Jinzhong let go of his hand.

Regretfully said: Mr. Zhu doesn't want to be bound by officialdom. Let's forget about the staff matters, but I beg you, sir, to help me find a way to directly accept him.

Although it is good to include tax in the auction, it is not as good as collecting it directly. Whoever can solve this problem will be remembered in history!

Zhu Di smiled and nodded in agreement.

Mr. Zhu, what do you think of Wang Anshi's land tax law in the Song Dynasty? Jiang Jinzhong changed the subject and asked: I looked through the history books and found that in all dynasties, the only policy that can be called direct taxation is the policy in Wang Anshi's reform.

Wang Anshi thought about the emperor, not the people! Zhu Di sneered.

Wang Anshi's reputation in history books is not bad.

In fact, as far as the people are concerned, his opponent Sima Guang may be more supportive.

The essential purpose of Wang Anshi's reforms was to plunder wealth from the common people on behalf of the Song Dynasty.

Similarly, there is Zhang Juzheng in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Juzheng was even more ruthless and directly asked the people to pay land taxes with money.

This way there is no need for the squire to pay taxes.

The government only needs to send people to the countryside to urge the people to pay money, and the fire consumption will be less.

But how could the common people have hard currency like silver?

Every year during the grain harvest season, grain prices fall.

At this time, people have to sell grain at a low price in exchange for money to pay land tax.

The losses suffered by the people were greater than those caused by the tax farming system.

In addition to the losses for the people, both the government and the gentry benefited.

The government received silver, a strong hard currency.

The squire took advantage of the people's eagerness to exchange money and aggressively lowered the price of food to obtain more food.

…

Jiang Jinzhong was stunned as he watched Zhu Di quote from the classics.

At a certain moment, when Zhu Di stopped, he saw Jiang Jinzhong dumbfounded and couldn't help but smile.

More than half a year.

In addition to farming, teaching children.

Run the family.

When he and Miaoyun had time, they would read together at the small table in front of the window.

Miaoyun's other dowry is nothing.

But there are many books!

I brought several boxes of books with me.

While he was doing corvee service, Miaoyun asked Huizu to bring a lot more.

In the past half year or so, the two of them have read many books together.

'thigh! This is a thick thigh! Be sure to hold on tight! Once Zhu Silang encounters a storm, he will definitely soar into the sky and become a figure like Zhuge Kongming! ’

Jiang Jinzhong's little eyes gleamed, and he screamed with excitement. He made up his mind to hug Zhu Di's thick thigh tightly!

Zhu Di looked at the 'wretched' smile on Jiang Jinzhong's lips and said angrily: Master Jiang, what good things do you want to do?

ah?

Jiang Jinzhong came back to his senses, hurriedly restrained his overly explicit expression, and asked with a sneer: Mr. Zhu, have you never thought about getting a meritorious title?

Reluctance to be an official does not conflict with taking the exam for merit.

If you have the status of a civil servant, you don't have to pay taxes.

You can also protect the people of Tuqiao Village and let the villagers pretend to put the land in your name, so that you can avoid paying taxes.

Zhu Di was a little moved.

Now that he is a farmer, he must consider the issue from his own perspective.

Helping Fatty Jiang to directly collect taxes and pay taxes through bidding is also because it is beneficial to him as a farmer.

However, he quickly shook his head: I have no plans for this at the moment.

J.

He participates in the imperial examination, which will irritate many people's nerves.

Let's go to the village to see the on-site tax collection. The children in the village's school have heard that Lord Chiang has implemented direct taxation. These children are so simple that they don't doubt Lord Chiang like the adults.

The adults are suspicious that these children are still arguing with the adults at home and speaking for Mr. Jiang.

My wife and I have been invited to invite Mr. Jiang to the school. These children especially want to meet Mr. Jiang.

I'm just passing on a message. I wonder if Mr. Jiang has time and would like to take the time to meet these children.

real!

Jiang Jinzhong's little eyes were shining with excitement and suspicion as he stared at Zhu Di.

Obviously, the experience of being cheated before was too tragic.

Very worried that I was cheated again.

Zhu Di suppressed a smile and said: Master Jiang, you can't be bitten by a snake and be afraid of the well rope for ten years.

The school is full of simple children.

What bad thoughts can a child have?

Yes, yes, the children are so innocent, they must really admire me!

Mr. Zhu, let's go, let's enter the village quickly! Jiang Jinzhong urged impatiently. Before he finished speaking, people were already rushing to the village.

The chubby figure swayed left and right when walking quickly.

Zhu Di couldn't help laughing...

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