Chapter 259 Huang Laocai is going to be a contractor!
Huang Laocai took his family's manpower and drove the ox cart to the newly established town office near the village to pay taxes. In previous years, taxes had to be paid in the county, but this year a town was set up, making it much more convenient to pay taxes.
Under the new tax system, both grain and money can be used to pay taxes. Of course, in order to encourage farmers to use grain to pay taxes, the court introduced corresponding measures, such as relaxing the types of grain payments, slightly raising the price of grain tax credits, and increasing the amount of grain paid.
If the amount exceeds a certain amount, some additional small items will be given as a gift.
Food security is still a big problem. The grain production here in Beizhili is not a big problem to meet the daily needs of ordinary people, but supplying it to the super city of Beijing is a big problem. Even if the army is not counted in Beijing, there are more than two million unemployed people.
Population. In an era when the supply of commercial grains is tight and the market is immature, it is not easy to ensure the food supply for such a large urban population. The core of the so-called south-to-north grain transportation is to solve the food supply problem in the capital, not to use south-to-north grain transportation.
Food was used to supply people in other places. In the feudal era, how could ordinary people eat food from the imperial court?
The imperial court is not that short of money now, but food always makes people worried, so Zhu Youjian and Zhou Yanrucai discussed and introduced some policies to encourage food payment, and tried to find ways to collect more food from the people, so that their ability to deal with risks will be improved.
Stronger. When other things are lacking, there are more ways to think of them, but when food is scarce, it is difficult to think of ways to do it.
Huang Laocai calculated at home for a long time, and finally decided that it would be more cost-effective to pull out the grain to pay the tax. If you pay fifty shi of grain, you can get a glass kerosene lamp from the town hall. The Huang Laocai family will pay more than this for grain this year.
Number. Originally, the tax-deductible price is higher, and the price of a glass oil lamp is also upwards of two or three taels. This is like saving several acres of land in tax.
Watching the people from the town office bringing the grain they brought into the warehouse, Huang Laocai felt that his heart was bleeding. It was the first time in his life to pay so much tax. There was no other way, who made the situation so compelling? In the capital city
My eldest son, who is in school, wrote letters urging him to pay taxes, but there was nothing he could do.
"Mr. Huang, you are a big taxpayer in our town. This time you paid more than 70 kilograms of grain, which is rare in the whole town." Mayor Wu Jiye came over personally to talk to Huang Laocai to show his respect for this active tax payer.
"Hey, in order to support the imperial court and pay taxes, I have been actively cooperating." Huang Laocai gritted his teeth and said something against his will.
"Have you received any letters from Brother Huang recently? Is his study at Normal University going well?" Wu Jiye met Huang Chao under the introduction of Chen Dayou, which is also the reason why he has a good attitude towards Huang Laocai.
"The letters come quite frequently. He said that the university had recently separated subjects and he was assigned to the arithmetic department."
"Arithmetic? It's quite good. Recently, the imperial court's supervision department and many departments of the Ministry of Household Affairs have recruited a large number of employees, and they have also specifically marked those with good arithmetic and geometry as priority. The Ministry of Industry is also competing in this area.
"What's the use of a good policy? My own child is not up to par. Even if I add twenty points, I still can't go to a serious official school. I just go to a normal school and work in a county school or a government school to earn the royal salary."
"Huang Laomo is pessimistic about your son's future. People who graduated from the normal school can also become officials. Now the court is opening up career paths. In a few years, your son will be able to work in the government and be a mayor like me.
It shouldn’t be difficult to become an official.”
"If my son had the achievement of a mayor, I would be satisfied." Huang Laocai said this not purely politely. He now feels that it would be good for his son to be a minor official like a mayor. Looking at the grade
He is not high, but he is also a real official of the court. He can lead more than ten officials in the whole town, which is quite majestic.
"It shouldn't be a problem! Mr. Huang, I have other things to discuss with you today. Before I get down to business, I want to ask the truth. Mr. Huang, did you pay the actual amount of tax this time?"
"Of course I have to pay in full. My son will work in the government in the future, so how dare he hide the taxes?" Huang Laocai wanted to hide the taxes, but several of his sons disagreed. The eldest son, Huang Chao, was afraid because he went to a normal university to study.
After being expelled from school, the second and third children wanted to have the same future as their eldest brother and firmly supported paying taxes in full.
"That's fine. The county has planned a 20-mile canal for our town this year. Let me recommend someone to guide and build the canal. I think Mr. Huang, you are a big businessman in the town and want to give this job to
You, the court will allocate all the money for building the canal, and you don’t need to advance money. Of course, the quality is completely in line with the court’s standards. The county means that the people participating in the project must be large taxpayers and cannot evade taxes. This project
, I did some calculations, and based on the amount of money allocated by the imperial court, after twenty miles of repair, I can still earn a hundred taels of silver. I wonder if Mr. Huang is interested?"
"Can the imperial court's money really come out on time?"
"It's natural, the money has already arrived at the county government, nothing will go wrong." Tendering has been around in ancient times, and in the Ming Dynasty, there was a bidding process specifically for businessmen. The policy is generally similar to that of later generations, but in actual operation,
This thing has become a means for the government to exploit businessmen, and they have to be prepared to lose all their money when they are asked to buy. It has become a bad policy that makes businessmen fear like tigers and wolves.
So it is not difficult to come up with good policies and good ideas. What is rare is to find a set of methods and means that can be implemented smoothly and not let it change. Working for the government does not make any money, but it also makes people bankrupt. Such a pitfall
It would be difficult for the Ming Dynasty to be brought down by the government. To be honest, it is a miracle that the Ming Dynasty can survive until now.
Huang Laocai only agreed to take over the contracting of the water canal after getting the mayor's assurance that the project funds would be received on time. As long as the money could be received on time, there would still be a job to be done. Well done, it will be paid this year.
Most of the grain tax can be earned back. Think about it, in fact, the loss suffered by supporting the New Deal is not as big as expected. It also gave my son a future, plus he can participate in some county projects.
Once, he even got some glory. He said that after his boss Huang Chao graduated from the normal school, he could earn nearly 20 taels of salary in a month, which would be more than 20 taels in a year. He would be promoted in the future, and due to joining the officialdom
The invisible gains it brings are not counted in the trading expenses.
The projects carried out by the imperial court involved local powerful people. Of course, Zhu Youjian knew that there were many problems, but if he did not do so, it would be more difficult to carry out. From a practical point of view, carrying out these projects would inevitably lead to conflicts with local forces. From ancient times
So far, from the center to the outside, which government projects have completely avoided the exchange and transfer of benefits? If you don’t find powerful people to cooperate, there will be no suitable collaborators. Can an honest poor man be a foreman? Can he sustain it?
Do you want to set up a big stall? If you leave it to them, it will be more difficult to ensure quality.
Chapter 259 Huang Laocai is going to be the foreman!