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About the finances of the two Sichuan provinces.
During the Tianbao period, order was stable and economic production reached its peak since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
At that time, there were more than 1 million households in Sanchuan. Each household had 20 acres of Yongye field, planted 50 mulberry plants per acre, and produced 0.5 pieces of silk. In theory, the average household produced 10 pieces of silk.
The actual annual output of silk is 7-8 million pieces, which may be due to land annexation or other factors. I calculate it as 8 pieces per household.
Now there are still 500,000+ households. In the late Tang Dynasty, production efficiency was not as high as in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Land annexation, occupation, and abandonment were also factors. I calculated that one household produced 5 pieces of silk, and the total output of the two Sichuan provinces was 2.5 million+.
Let’s talk about tax collection.
In the Tang Dynasty, the fiscal policy was to live within one's means. In fact, there was no fixed tax rate. But generally speaking, in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the average household could not receive 2.5 pieces of silk or 250 Wen. If the silk was not enough, it could be offset in kind.
The so-called fold color.
During the Tianbao period, there were 860,000 households in Sichuan and Sichuan, which could collect household taxes of 2.15 million pieces of silk and 269,000 pieces of money.
At this time, 500,000 households in two Sichuan provinces can collect 1.25 million pieces of silk and 156,000 pieces of cash according to Tianbao standards...
In order to facilitate the calculation, I calculated based on the standard silk 300-400 yuan, which was converted into money, which is about 750,000 yuan. This is the household tax and does not include local tax.
Of course, during the war years, it was impossible to collect according to the standards of the prosperous times. In fact, the two tax laws were introduced just to make money. Reader Lao Ye Gang in the book review area did some calculations. According to the standards of the Yuanhe reign of Emperor Xianzong, the two Sichuan could actually collect 4.5 million taels.
Tax. Two taxes = household tax + local tax, that is, money, silk, grain, etc. are uniformly and virtually converted into money.
Of these 4.5 million mils, the money for transportation to other countries is about 1.8 million mils. In fact, the local government still needs money, so it is impossible to take away all of it. So how much should be taken away? Calculating half of it, that is 900,000 mils.
And how much does a sergeant earn per year?
Shuofang's army used 24 grains + 10 coins + 10 bolts of standard silk. This is theoretically true. In fact, due to insufficient money and silk, various physical items were offset. For example, Marshal Shao used cattle, sheep, and grain as offsets, so I unified the virtual conversion.
into money.
1 hu of grain = 200-400 qian, 1 standard silk = 400 qian, so a sergeant’s annual income is 9 (grain, milk, cattle and sheep) + 5 (silk) + 10 (money) = 24 qian.
In fact, prices fluctuate, but they should be between 21 and 24, unless there is a famine that causes food prices to skyrocket.
With 900,000 yuan in goods and cargo from both Sichuan and Sichuan, and 24,000 yuan in military expenses per person, 37,500 people can be supported. If the food is spent by Lingxia, 60,000 people can be supported.
Some people may also say that there is business tax, which is probably several hundred thousand yuan, less than 1 million.
But don’t forget that there are still costs for shipping out of Sichuan. This is not low. It is difficult to say whether the commercial tax can cover this cost.
In addition, someone gave the example of Marshal Shao raising an army of 100,000 when he had more than 1 million people. By the way, do you think the finances were balanced at that time? The book said more than once that he could not afford it. He went to Guanzhong several times to solve the problem of rewards and robbed everywhere.
forget?
At that time, it was a militancy and relied on looting and apportionment to maintain expenses. The book makes it very clear.
Finally, let’s talk about the method of awarding rewards.
If troops are sent to Sichuan, the rewards will be given to their families in other places rather than at the garrison, because the sergeants do not have to bear the huge cost of transporting goods out of Sichuan.
If you bring your family to Sichuan and settle there, the cost can be greatly reduced, and local taxes can also be used to support an army of 100,000 people.