Chapter 1064 Taxation

Sakhalin is a large island with many resources.

But the shortcomings are also obvious, the location is too remote.

I'm afraid we can only wait until the industrial age for development.

Today's Sakhalin's greatest resources are many salmon and wild animals, while oil and gold are only buried deep underground.

When it comes to resources, how can they come from Nanyang in abundance or with ease?

Zhu Yixi has divided the vassal states.

Only by occupying a good place and keeping it can you make plans for the future.

Sakhalin is so big, and the Heilongjiang Governor's Palace has not developed even one-tenth of the inland, so how can it take care of a bitterly cold place like Sakhalin.

It would be cost-effective to use half of Sakhalin as compensation to Vietnam and let it assist in development, preferably through large-scale immigration.

The King of Yue was very happy, and my father still cared about me.

Zhu Yixi asked about the Yue Kingdom again.

The King of Yue talked about his transactions with Japan, especially when it came to war horses, and he was even more careful.

The emperor didn't care about this at all: "The Japanese shogunate ruled the area and was called the king, but it was actually the leader of the country. The most important thing in setting up the cavalry was to suppress the vassal state and cause chaos, so there was no need to worry about the threat."

Just like in the future, the great powers sold weapons to the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, and they were not afraid of the Manchu Qing Dynasty rising up to fight back.

Japan has a population of 20 to 30 million people, which seems huge, but it is subdivided into 300 to 400 small vassal states, which can be described as very loose and powerful.

The carriage of the Tokugawa Shogunate, starting from the fourth shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, has been plagued by financial shortages.

Because the shogunate's finances basically relied on the Tokugawa family's 4 million Shi Tianling and the support of mines.

However, the outflow of gold and silver and the depletion of mines led to a continuous reduction in fiscal revenue, while the number of samurai classes continued to grow, resulting in increasing expenses.

The strange thing is that fires broke out in Edo almost every few years, and the repair of Edo Castle was the most important expenditure of the Tokugawa Shogunate in the middle and late period.

Just like the Ming Dynasty, it was hampered by financial problems and became a lame giant.

It can be said that as long as the current isolation order of the Tokugawa Shogunate is maintained, Vietnam will be fine within one or two hundred years.

"You are in the country of Yue, with Heilongjiang on the top, North Korea on the left, and Japan on the south. It is naturally possible to have both sides, but you must know that agriculture is the foundation."

Zhu Yixi said earnestly: "If there is not enough arable land, then build pastures and raise cattle and sheep. Without food, it will be unstable!"

"My son knows." The King of Yue nodded.

"I heard that it is bitterly cold in your country. How long can the fury of cutting down trees last?"

Zhu Yixi said casually: "Look for more coal mines. The heating problem has been solved. Are you still afraid that there will be no immigrants?"

"Besides, your second brother can find gold and copper mines, but you can't find them? When the time comes, you will be self-sufficient. Why are you so afraid?"

"My son, I understand." The King of Yue's eyes lit up.

He had always been stuck in the coastal plains and was afraid of the mountains, so he never thought of prospecting.

With a gold mine, how much money can you make from doing business? It’s still scary.

Soon the King of Yue talked about the lack of people.

This was a repeat of an old tune. Zhu Yixi said angrily: "Which vassal country is not short of people? Your second brother is almost getting angry. You have to take your time in this matter."

"Have I ever banned you from relocating the people? As long as you are willing to divide the land, there will be plenty of poor people in the world. It depends on whether you have the courage to eat them."

The King of Yue bowed his head and said nothing.

An immigrant family needs to be supported by the court for food, food and clothing in the past year, which costs an average of ten silver coins per year.

Relocating 10,000 households costs 100,000 yuan.

The remaining housing costs and land reclamation costs are even greater.

If wasteland is allocated, it will take one more year to grow.

Even then, there is no guarantee that anyone would be willing to come. After all, it is worth tens of thousands of dollars to break up one’s family, and it is difficult for people to accept leaving one’s hometown.

Only the poor who have suffered from famine and have nothing are willing to do so.

Difficult!

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Harvest in autumn and store in winter. During the harvest season, not only the people are busy, but the local government offices are also busy.

Winter wheat in the north is planted in September and harvested at the end of May the following year, which lasts for eight months. It is the main crop north of the Yellow River and south of the Great Wall.

Henan, Weihui Prefecture, Qi County, where the ancient Chaoge is located.

In the last years of Chongzhen in Henan, the three prefectures north of the Yellow River had the most preserved vitality: Weihui, Huaiqing, and Zhangde.

Likewise, as soon as the year of Shaowu came, the three prefectures quickly resumed production and then gradually moved to the hinterland of Henan.

The same is true, coupled with the immigrants from Hubei, the nine prefectures of Henan (which have been transformed from prefectures to prefectures) quickly recovered their vitality.

In the early years of Shaowu's reign, the province had only three million, but now it has reached nine million, which is extremely exaggerated.

Ranking fourth among all provinces in the Ming Dynasty, Shandong ranked first with 12 million people, Jiangsu with 11 million people, and Jiangxi with 10 million people.

When the Ding tax was not levied, the people stopped hiding it and reported the real figures one after another. This was also the case with the population increase in the Qing Dynasty.

If the court no longer collects land taxes, it can be expected that the number of acres of land will at least double.

"Master, are you still going to the countryside today?"

The woman was wearing a skirt and a silver hairpin. She was bending over and counting in the shoe cabinet. Her buttocks outlined an arc, which was very tempting.

Zhang Zhu was not interested. He slowly put on his soap clothes and said casually: "That's right."

"Isn't the wheat harvested once in June?"

The woman put down her walking boots and found a pair of pigskin boots with wooden soles, which were very resistant to dirt.

"Corn, or sorghum."

Zhang Zhu knew that his wife was a woman in the house, so he said casually: "Winter wheat is sown in September and harvested in May. The farmer has to plant another crop of corn, which has a higher yield."

"No time to spare!"

Sighing, he was dressed in red and black soap clothes, which made him look very majestic.

Unlike other yamen servants, he had a large word "tax" written on the white patch on his chest.

He is the tax collector of Qi County.

After walking out of Sanjin's house, he got on the carriage, arrived at the Tongpan Yamen, and walked in with a knife in his hand.

On the road, many petty officials in the same uniform saluted respectfully, just because they did not have the word "tax" on their chests, and they were just one of the hundreds of white servants in Qi County.

The Tongfan Yamen is slightly smaller than the County Yamen. It is also a front office and a back hall. It covers an area of ​​about 30 acres and has 50 houses.

The huge Yamen is not exclusive to Tongsuan, but is actually divided into four parts.

The largest one is the trial hall, which as the name suggests is where cases are tried, including the judge's bedroom.

Next is the Tuiguan, known as the second master, who is responsible for judging the case. As long as it is not a murder case, he will judge it.

The third, of course, is the prison, which covers an area of ​​more than ten acres.

Among them, there is a three-level prison system with a clear hierarchy, such as the "prison" where serious criminals are detained, the "prison shop" where minor criminals are detained, and the "station" where debtors are detained for redemption and hostages and witnesses.

Finally, there is the Commercial Taxation Bureau.

The Commercial Taxation Bureau was renamed from the former County Government Taxation Bureau, and is responsible for collecting taxes from merchants, slaughterhouses, miscellaneous markets, land and house sales tax deeds, and now agricultural taxes.

In other words, they took away the power of the county government office and took charge of all taxes in the county.

The Commercial and Taxation Bureau is managed by the general magistrate.

The responsibilities of trial cases, custody, tax collection, and passing judgment are not small.

By the time Zhang Zhu arrived at the Yamen, nearly sixty people had gathered in the compound of the Commercial and Taxation Bureau.

There are only five serious officials like him, and Bai Yi is nine times as many. In the county government, he is second only to the three-class police officers.

Officials have a staff and receive money and food from the court, while white servants eat from the county government. Once the county government runs out of money in a certain year, it will be in arrears and may be abolished at any time.

The biggest difference between tax collectors and ordinary government servants is that they can carry swords and even have horses and mules in the government offices, which is a huge deterrent and mobility.

Sometimes when encountering unruly people, the county government had to send tax collectors.

The clerk of the Commercial and Taxation Bureau was wearing an eighth-grade green robe and a black gauze hat on his head. He had a big belly and came to give him a favor.

He didn't hesitate, sat down on the chair on the steps, squinted his eyes and said:

"It's time for us to be busy. You all know the rules. It's better to collect more than to collect less. If you collect too much, you will lose your money. If you don't collect, you will use your family resources to make up for it, and the whole family will be exiled-"

A group of tax collectors below lowered their heads and said nothing, with calm expressions.

After the unification of agricultural taxes and commercial taxes, tax collection was no longer under local control. Although the Commercial Tax Bureau was supervised by the general magistrate, it was actually under the direct leadership of the Ministry of Finance.

Although the Ministry of Finance cannot select every official, it can remove important officials.
To be continued...