If someone else had said this, I'm afraid someone would have pointed their nose at me and scolded me.
But these words came from the mouth of King Qin of the Tang Dynasty, regardless of his status, his past style of doing things, or his ability to turn stone into gold.
Therefore, after the officials were surprised by the increase in grain tax, they began to think more deeply.
The surname of Liu, the governor of Hua, is also one of the common surnames in Guanzhong. He is most famous for two things, one is his name, and the other is his handwriting.
Of course, his name is more famous than his handwriting. Li Yuanxing memorized it the first time he saw it. The name of Liu Changshi was Liu Chongchong!
His ancestor Shang Liu was a famous official in the Sui Dynasty. After the chaos in the late Sui Dynasty, he retired and returned home.
The Liu family in Huaxian County is definitely a scholarly family. Not to mention how many officials there are in the family, it is just that even a five-year-old child in the family can compare with many adults. Even Yu Shinan is very fond of Huaxian County.
Liu has praised her many times for her calligraphy education and even came to communicate with her.
It's a pity that there has never been a great calligrapher in my family.
This Liu Chong rushed to the hall: "His Highness said that the grain tax will be increased by 10%, let alone 10%. If His Highness dares to ask for 50%, Huazhou will not hesitate at all, and will agree immediately."
"Slippery!" Li Yuanxing cursed with a smile,
"Even if I bow my head, I dare to ask His Highness how much the people's income will increase after this increase in grain tax." Liu Chongchong suppressed the smile on his face and asked very seriously.
Li Yuanxing asked: "How many do Liu Changshi think there will be?"
Chief Shi Liu Chongchong did not answer immediately, but bowed to all the officials around him, and then continued: "I am fortunate enough to read a book, which was given to Cui Shangshu by His Highness during a chat one day."
Li Yuanxing thought to himself that he had given Cui Junsu too many books, so he did not speak and waited for Liu Chongchong to continue talking.
"This volume is not complete according to what Cui Shangshu said. But it puts forward a brand-new theory. The Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Rites have made some simple evaluations based on this theory. Our Huazhou is also within the scope of the evaluation. Your Majesty
After getting some data, bring it out and discuss it with His Highness and all your colleagues!"
Liu Chongchong said this and bowed slightly in front of Li Yuanxing.
This is waiting for Li Yuanxing's consent, because the discussion will affect Li Yuanxing's request for a grain tax increase.
"Forget it, let's discuss it. I have brought some tea and some mutton. Why don't I take charge today? Let's chat with everyone in Huazhou and discuss government affairs tomorrow!"
Li Yuanxing said to himself that it would be a good thing to communicate first. There is no point in rushing some things.
At that moment, everyone moved from the main hall of the government office to the flower hall in the backyard. Li Yuanxing naturally sat in the hall, and many officials with lower rankings sat outside. After setting up the desks, several county magistrates who were relatively close to here came with their
The adjutant also arrived, and Pei Yuanlang specially gave these people extra seats.
After sitting down, Liu Chongchong, who was second to Li Yuanxing's right, sat upright.
"Everyone, His Highness the King of Qin has put forward many very meaningful ways of doing politics. I cannot learn them all one by one. What I mentioned today is the "Junshu Lun" written by His Highness to Cui Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs. This "Junshui Lun" means that one village
, one district, one county, and one state are used as accounting to calculate the annual income of each household."
When Li Yuanxing heard this, he naturally understood.
However, Li Yuanxing remembered that he once mentioned the per capita income to Cui Junsu, but in the Tang Dynasty, it was mostly calculated by households, so there was no per capita income, but per household income.
No matter which calculation method is used, it is always a reasonable measurement standard.
Liu Chongchong took out a piece of paper: "When I participated in the verification, I knew a few figures. Chang'an County, Jingzhao, originally had 4,800 households, which was only 200 households away from the upper county. Because it is in Jingzhao, it is also
It is designated as Shang County. The annual income of these 4,800 households in the ninth year of Wude is 861 yuan per household! 700 catties of grain!"
Each household has about 12 guan, which means the income of each family is more than 6,000 yuan.
In the Tang Dynasty, there was a qualitative difference between the concept of a household and a family. A large family could have hundreds of people, but after they got married, they would have separate households. Sometimes a family would have dozens of households. So a household had an average population of five people.
, there will definitely be one or two who are underage.
Therefore, this value does not count as poverty.
Of course, this is an average value, not the lowest value.
"His Royal Highness was granted the title of King of Qin. Jingzhao, Chang'an County and Yaozhou are the fiefdoms of His Highness. His servants in Yaozhou don't know, but after the summer harvest in Chang'an, the Ministry of Revenue came up with a data."
A smile appeared on Li Yuanxing's face because the farmers in Chang'an County were doing well.
"In the first half of the first year of Zhenguan, the poorest household in Chang'an, Jingzhao, had an income of twenty-six thousand yuan, three hundred and seventeen yuan, and five thousand catties of grain!"
"Five thousand catties! Did Liu Changshi see it wrong?" A county magistrate exclaimed at that moment.
As mentioned earlier, there were not so many first-rank officials in the Tang Dynasty who had such rules as parents, and they got along very peacefully. Many fourth- and fifth-rank officials in the court would dare to ask such questions in court.
Speaking to Li Er, let alone a county magistrate here in Huazhou asking questions to Governor Shi.
So no one here felt it was strange.
Even more powerful was Liu Changshi, who pointed at Li Yuanxing and said, "His Royal Highness King Qin is here, why not ask His Highness to answer!"
How did Li Yuanxing answer? He didn't read the detailed data. He only looked at the average value. But since he asked, Li Yuanxing had to answer: "How many are there at most and how many are at least? I didn't check it carefully, but I know it.
The eldest brother of my royal guard, Bai Erwa, is already living alone. The couple and their youngest son have collected thirty-one dollars in cash and twenty thousand kilograms of grain this summer!"
After speaking, Li Yuanxing looked sideways at Yuan Chun, wondering if Yuan Chun had seen these details.
Yuan Chun saw Li Yuanxing looking at him and took half a step forward: "Your Highness, the money allocated to Bai's family is actually twenty-four guans and four hundred qian. The other six guans were earned from helping him in the workshop, and the food was four thousand kilograms of pumpkins.
, 10,000 jins of sweet potatoes, 4,000 jins of corn, and only 1,100 jins of wheat. Later, the sweet potatoes were exchanged for 7,100 jins of refined grains. Because the granary at home was full, the excess grains were exchanged for about five guan of money."
"continue!"
Li Yuanxing saw that the officials in Huazhou were listening attentively. Since Yuanchun knew, he would continue to talk.
"The household with the lowest income is a family with the surname Wang in No. 183 Village of Dongqin Wangzhuang, Chang'an County. There are four people in the household. The couple has a child aged seven and four. They moved in in early March of the first year of Zhenguan.
Because we didn’t catch up with the busy farming season, we only had 70% of other people’s income during the summer harvest.”
"Is it consistent with Liu Changshi's data?"
Yuanchun nodded: "According to the records of Qin Wangzhuang, the grain allocated to his family is always 4,875 kilograms, so the difference is very small, almost the same!"
There is no difference between 4,875 jins and 5,000 jins. It can be said that the data from the Ministry of Revenue is extremely accurate.
Liu Changshi stood up. He didn't know what to call Yuanchun, so he said directly: "The average household income in Chang'an County has increased tenfold. I wonder if this data is correct?"
"That's twelve times and twenty-three times forty-seven!"
The Tang Dynasty did not use the decimal point, so this 23/47 is an extremely accurate data.
Li Yuanxing waved his hand when he heard this: "This data is not accurate!"
"Your Highness, please make it clear!"
"Because the grains are different, in the past, the yield of three shi per mu was regarded as land. I already have a grain yield of 70 shi per mu, so this data is not accurate. What's more, there are now many workshops in Chang'an County, and the output of these workshops alone is
It is far higher than ordinary states and counties, so everything is subject to that."
After hearing what Li Yuanxing said, Liu Chongchong didn't know what to say at that moment.
Li Yuanxing smiled and waved his hand, gesturing for everyone to sit down: "I think it is feasible to increase the per capita income of Huazhou County by three times. And this is even if there is no fairy food. If there is fairy food, it should be five times.
Not difficult. But why is the king increasing the grain tax? If the yield per mu is 300 catties, should the grain tax paid be the same as if the yield per mu is 800 catties?"
"no the same!"
This time, officials in Huazhou are supporting paying more grain taxes.
Because paying more taxes means higher income.
"Okay, let me talk about the second topic, where will the money for transforming Huazhou come from."
"Huazhou is willing to gather the strength of the whole state." Pei Yuanlang stood up and expressed an attitude. At that time, all Huazhou officials also stood up and expressed an attitude.
Li Yuanxing nodded. It seemed that the advantage of being close to Chang'an was that they already knew about the reform.
"Let's do this. If there is not enough money, the Ministry of Revenue can borrow it first. Huazhou must become the most outstanding state. After the summer harvest, eight hundred thousand acres of potatoes and sweet potatoes will be planted first. I will dispatch 80,000 guards to renovate the river and build new ones.
We will work hard on the canals this year, and next year Huazhou will become a big granary in Chang'an!"
The official stood up and saluted: "I respect the order from the King of Qin!"
Pei Yuanlang added: "Your Highness, I am going to send a document to this state to increase the grain tax by 10%, and ask His Highness the King of Qin to go to Huazhou in person to transform Huazhou into the second Jingzhao Chang'an County."
Li Yuanxing was stunned for a moment, but immediately understood what Pei Yuanlang was thinking.
What do the people say? If we first talk about Li Yuanxing's transformation of Huazhou and then ask for a tax increase, then the people may have opinions.
But to put it another way, at the cost of 10% of the grain tax, Huazhou can achieve the income of Jingzhao Chang'an County.
The distance between Chang'an County and Huazhou is only more than a hundred miles. There are merchants coming and going here. It is no secret how the people of Chang'an County live. Let alone Huazhou, it doesn't matter how far away they are.
It seems that sometimes being a good official requires some skills.
"Today we are just chatting, and tomorrow we will talk about government affairs. Huazhou needs a plan, and this plan must be demonstrated in detail. What I mean is that when we talk about politics tomorrow, I will explain my intentions. You can study it first. According to each county
Come up with detailed opinions on the situation, and the most important thing is to do a good job for the people."
"Yes!" All the officials saluted again.
Li Yuanxing picked up the teacup: "I would like to first wish that the income of the people of Huazhou will double next year and that all the people will be happy!" (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)