Liu Muzhi nodded: "You finally understand this. I have never been able to tell you more about this matter because it conflicts with your ideal. In your mind, everyone should be as noble as you.
, with strong ambitions, joining the army only to serve the country or to regain lost territory. When called upon, he can fight when he comes. After fighting, he can ignore personal gains and losses. He can go home when he is asked to go home, and stay in the army when he is asked to stay.
"
Liu Yu sighed softly: "Actually, it's not that I didn't understand this before, but I think that having high military pay and tax exemptions for several years when joining the army is much better than farming at home.
, Such conditions are enough to make everyone in Jingkou willing to join the army, why don’t people in other places think so."
Liu Muzhi sighed: "Because Jingkou people have been practicing martial arts since they were young, they are always prepared for battle. Their fathers, ancestors, and even themselves were refugees from the south, and they had a deep grudge against the barbarians, so fighting in the army gave them the opportunity to take revenge. Naturally, everyone
I'm happy to, otherwise, if you have no military experience for decades, you will be forcibly moved out of Jingkou, and you will have to bear the same taxes as people in other places in the future. That is not what everyone is willing to do. Think about it when you joined the army, it was not a very important one.
The reason is that I lost my official position and I have to start paying taxes from now on."
Liu Yu nodded: "So, if we use large-scale tax reductions, such as extending the tax reduction period from the length of military service to about three years, can the whole family be exempt from tax? Can this problem be solved?"
Liu Muzhi curled up his lips and said: "That would be too long. Just like this time, with the people who were recruited to join the army, plus the civilian men who transported grain and grass, there were more than 200,000 people in front and behind, plus their families, how could there be
More than one million, the current registered taxpayer population in Dajin is only five to six million, leaving 20% to 30% of the people without having to pay taxes for three years. In addition, the children of aristocratic families and their tenant farmers can also take advantage of this loophole.
Our income will collapse soon."
Liu Yu opened his eyes wide: "Are there so many people?"
Liu Muzhi sighed: "Yes, the current taxable Ding population in the Jin Dynasty is only about two million. After all, Ding becomes a Ding at the age of sixteen and retires at the age of sixty, which is equivalent to about one-third of the population.
Male. Moreover, a large number of people are still hiding under various names in the manor of the aristocratic family. After we eliminate the demon thieves later, we will have to solve this problem, but now, we cannot directly fall out with them. After all, the liquidation of the population
, Engaging in Tujuan means a head-on conflict with aristocratic families, or even a wealthy family in Wu, so we should try to avoid it before we are fully sure."
Liu Yu raised his eyebrows slightly: "Then let's first solve the problem on the land that normally pays taxes to the imperial court. As you put it, these people are basically responsible for the main force of the imperial court's taxes and cannot be easily paid again.
They have a tax-free policy, so what other ways are there to stimulate them to join the army?"
Liu Muzhi said: "The kind of rewards that mainly rely on titles and official positions benefit too few people. At first, once or twice, I used the high reward after Jingkou Jianyi to attract some people, but Jingkou Jianyi
, after all, only one or two thousand people participated, and in the end, only more than 600 people were awarded the title. This time in this battle to destroy Yan, with an army of 100,000, no more than a thousand, and about one third, could be awarded the title.
There is very little left for the children of the aristocratic families and for ordinary soldiers. Therefore, after this time, it will not be easy to assemble a large-scale army next time."
Liu Yu sighed: "Is this the reason why Uncle Shen and the others openly carried out plundering? Do we have to go this way to meet the requirements of the soldiers for plundering?"
Liu Muzhi said calmly: "Sending troops to plunder is certainly not in line with your ideals, and this hole cannot be opened. However, we can use another method, such as taking out Nan Yan's treasury reserves and dividing them."
Liu Yu softly said "Oh": "Nan Yan's treasury reserves? Isn't there no food and grass left?"
Liu Muzhi smiled slightly: "There is no food and grass, but there are a lot of cloths and treasures. There are also the family properties left behind after the Murong clan was killed. They have launched foreign wars and plundered folk treasures for many years. Although
You cannot eat or drink these things, but they are also real gold and silver and can be distributed equally among all the soldiers. In this way, everyone will benefit and will naturally be satisfied."
Liu Yu frowned: "How should we distribute this equally, or should we turn it into big money and then distribute it according to the money?"
Liu Muzhi nodded: "There is no need to distribute according to merit in this matter, because it is not an official position, but as long as everyone joins the army, everyone should have a share, and those who died in battle will get a double share. This will stimulate everyone to come back next time. If
If you really can't divide it equally, you can also take out all the gold and silver wealth, cloth and silk, show it to all the soldiers, and then give an estimate based on the price of the Jin Dynasty. The treasury will pay for it, take back these gold and silver treasures, and put them back.
The money is distributed to each soldier."
Liu Yu laughed: "You still have a way. So, the principle of this set is to equally divide the treasure obtained after the war in the name of the entire army, right?"
Liu Muzhi said sternly: "Yes, if the soldiers are allowed to plunder privately, whoever robs them belongs to whom. This is not conducive to unity and has a bad look. Therefore, the loot should be handed over uniformly and then divided equally. This model should
It is best to allow ordinary sergeants to benefit from the war. The tax exemption given to them can be extended for another three months after returning home, instead of being extended to three years. Moreover, only you can get tax exemption, and your family members still have to continue to pay tax.
Tax."
The corner of Liu Yu's mouth curled up: "But I still have to take them back to fight against demons and thieves, instead of just disbanding and going home, so how will the time be calculated?"
Liu Muzhi smiled slightly: "So, the gold and silver treasures that can be distributed after this battle are announced. After calculating the money distributed to each person, the money will not be distributed directly to the soldiers, but to their families.
, In this way, it not only confirmed the place where they lived and confirmed their identity, especially for those newly attached to Qingzhou, it was a good investigation, and it also gave them hope. This time the money
The money will be distributed to their homes by the state, and the next time they destroy the demon thieves, they will be able to make a fortune again. The money will be distributed to their homes by the state, which also solves their worries, and even eliminates the possibility of being robbed by bandits on the road."
Liu Yu laughed: "Do any bandits still dare to rob the warriors who just destroyed the country? I think they don't want to live anymore."
Liu Muzhi said with a smile: "In the army, when everyone is together, no one dares to touch them. But for those returning soldiers who live in remote areas and travel with one or two people, it is hard to say. Sometimes, there are even some who originally
My fellow stragglers will rob on the road, slave slaves, never underestimate the bottom line of human nature."