The cleaning work is basically completed, and the heads of those who dare to rebel and cause chaos have been beaten. It is time to proceed to the next step.
Since the industrial and commercial matters are already familiar, they have already been handled while the cleaning was in progress. The cooperation in all aspects is pretty good. Gao is pragmatic and does not need to worry too much. At least, he does not have to go and check every little thing personally.
But the situation is different in agriculture. This is basically a new topic for Gao Pragmatism in this life, but it is also a very important topic - no less important than industry and commerce!
Therefore, he had to ask questions personally, and sometimes even consulted with others.
It's a pity that there are not many people who can discuss it, because what he wants to do is a bit weird. Even Ruan Bingqian, who is definitely knowledgeable in Annan, was not only hesitant after hearing this, but also thought carefully for a long time before deciding.
He said: "Forgive me for being stupid... Is Gao Longwen's move to 'build an imperial estate' for Jinghua Group in Annan?"
Gao Pragmatic was startled for a moment: Why is it Jianhuangzhuang? My agricultural system is derived from the joint production contract responsibility system that I am most familiar with!
Seeing Gao Pragmatic, Ruan Binglian frowned and said nothing, thinking that he did not speak clearly enough, so he continued: "Gao Longwen, you see, as far as the old man knows, the imperial village of the Ming Dynasty has one field and two taxes. It needs to pay both national taxes and taxes."
It is necessary to pay tribute from the royal family, so in the first year of Jiajing, Wang Lin, the censor, and Wang Huai, the magistrate of Anlu Prefecture, once reported: "The land tax of the village is eight cents per mu, and three times the land of the people." And the eunuchs and others who were in charge of the village,
It's even worse..."
"Mr. Ruan, wait a minute." Gao Pragmatic interrupted: "Mr. Ruan, you are worried that the fields confiscated by Jinghua will cause the farmers to bear excessive taxes after the implementation of our joint production contract system.
As for being desolate and helpless?”
"Isn't it possible?" Ruan Bingqian said worriedly: "Gao Longwen, your system is first based on responsibility and production quotas. In other words: no matter how well they farm, the taxes must be paid on time and in amount.
Pay the tax collected by Jinghua Group - oh, it's called commission here, and it must be paid on time and according to the amount. Isn't this just paying double taxes?"
Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "But no one here imposes taxes on 'empty fields', 'fake fields' and fields that are clearly occupied by certain powerful people that should not be borne by them."
He tapped the manuscript on the table with his finger and said with a smile: "Jinghua Group has a financial department, an audit department, and a supervisory department. Every acre of land is used and how much profit is made. There are accounts.
At the same time, every year, where more fields are opened and where fields are abandoned, these changes must also be recorded.
In addition, regarding the issue of "managing the village" you mentioned, I can also reply: Jinghua Group only collects taxes, but does not send people to manage the village. For each "village" you call, they will elect a person with good character to serve.
The village elder is responsible for all the daily affairs of the village.
Each term of the village elder is tentatively set for three years. After the three-year term, the villagers will conduct a secret ballot to elect the new village elder under the supervision of the "election supervision team" sent by Jinghua; and the previous village elder will also be evaluated.
Vote for an 'out-of-office assessment' to determine whether the previous Mr. Zhuang worked conscientiously and acted fairly during his three-year term. If there is failure to do his best or is unfair, Jinghua will investigate and then deal with it as appropriate and in accordance with the law.
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Although he mentioned the law, this law has not yet been introduced. Regarding this specific matter, he knows that he cannot make a decision on his head. He has to wait for the system to be implemented for a period of time and various problems are exposed, and then follow the feedback below.
More people were called to discuss, and he planned to make a final decision only.
Ruan Bingqian was stunned for a moment, hesitated, and asked: "It sounds like this is not very different from the actual situation among the people in the Ming Dynasty. There are just three more differences: First, Mr. Zhuang has a term of office; second, Mr. Zhuang must first take office.
To win the trust of Zhuang people, and to report his duties to Zhuang people when he leaves office; thirdly, Jinghua participates in supervising the assessment of Mr. Zhuang...is this what you mean?"
It seemed that Ruan Bingqian regarded Mr. Zhuang as a squire from the Ming Dynasty, but fortunately, he still discovered the difference between Mr. Zhuang and the squire.
The reason why a country squire is a country squire depends on his family background, status, and wealth, but this is not the case for a villager. If you want to become a villager, family background, status, and wealth will not work. Only by convincing the villagers can you succeed.
In fact, this is the grassroots electoral system. However, being pragmatic will only allow this electoral system to exist at the grassroots level, because people in this era have few sources of information, and the people they can usually deal with are actually only a small range of people. Choose a village.
Maybe they can tell who is good and who is bad, after all, they meet every day.
But if they were asked to choose a county magistrate, they might not even know all the candidates, so what's the point of choosing? It's not just a matter of choosing a fellow villager, good or bad, according to the Chinese habit - after all, everyone knows, even if
Those who are officials are always much better to their own hometown than to outsiders.
In this case, the election will become a competition for the population of the hometown, which is meaningless. Therefore, the grassroots elections organized by Gao Pragmatic will only stay at the grassroots level - that is, at the village level.
"These three items are enough." Gao pragmatically said: "Actually, as long as there are no powerful people intercepting the taxes in the middle, it is not much to pay two taxes... Now the Annan Dutongsi also collects land taxes according to the Ming Dynasty.
However, the land tax in the Ming Dynasty was extremely low, ranging from two to four bushels per acre during the reign of Emperor Taizu, and now it has dropped to just over one bushel, which is almost as low as nothing."
Dou is a unit of volume. Different rice varieties will have different weights, but they should generally be around 12-15 kilograms in later generations. A tax of 15 kilograms per acre of land is the lowest agricultural tax in Chinese history.
No one should speak too highly.
Ruan Bingqian thought for a while and asked: "So, how much will Jinghua charge?"
Gao pragmatically said calmly: "Jinghua collects ten dou from one acre of land."
Ruan Bingqian was immediately shocked: "How can it be so high?"
There was a touch of disdain in Gao's pragmatic smile: "In the paddy fields in Suzhou, the rice yield per mu is about 650 kilograms, but Annan has abundant water power, fertile land, and more sunshine than Suzhou, so the yield per mu will not be lower than this amount -
If it is lower, it means that the fields are not cared for well. Jinghua collects ten bushels, and Dutongsi collects one bushel, which is only eleven bushels, and at most it is only 165 jins. The tenants can keep nearly 500 jins...
Isn’t it enough?”
This data that Gao pragmatically came up with was derived from the paper he saw published by Mr. Min Zongdian of the China Agricultural Heritage Research Office when he was studying a class on Mr. Yuan's achievements at the Party School, "A Discussion on the Yield of Rice per Mu in the Taihu Lake Area during the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties."
The average yield per mu in the Taihu Lake Basin in the four dynasties of Tang, Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties: the yield per mu in the Tang Dynasty was 138 kilograms; the yield per mu in the Song Dynasty was 225 kilograms; the yield per mu in the Ming Dynasty was 333 kilograms; and the yield per mu in the Qing Dynasty was 278 kilograms.
Compared with the plains of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Annan Red River Plain does not lag behind in terms of rice cultivation, and the rice species is also Champa rice (China introduced Champa rice at that time). There is no reason for the yield per mu to be lower than that in the Ming Dynasty, so
This collection ratio is actually not high.
Ruan Bingqian coughed dryly and forced a smile: "This...collects taxes on his own, and there are few people with such high taxes..."
Gao Pragmatic waved his hand slightly and said calmly: "That's because the powerful class has always been able to profit from it. Jinghua is different. Jinghua does not send people to manage the farms, but the people sent to collect them have their own income.
It has nothing to do with the commission. In this way, the tenants of the farm will not have any other burden except paying eleven bushels of rice for this acre of land - Or, Mr. Ruan thinks that someone dares to take advantage of my Jinghua Farm?"
Ruan Bingqian's expression immediately changed, and he waved his hands repeatedly: "It's absolutely unreasonable, it's absolutely unreasonable!"
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