"Of course," Duan Ye said with a wry smile, "I must also admit that I am exempted from labor service. Of course, some of them are compassion. These people are our people, and it is really unfair to collect labor service."
“Unfair?”
"Yes!" Duan Ye said firmly, "I always believe that as long as people work, they must be rewarded. How much labor they pay, how much effort they work, how much contribution they make, how much contribution they make, but they should be rewarded.
Since they work and join the army, of course they must be rewarded. Just like you serve me, in addition to value you and trusting you, I will also give you wealth. Even if you don't care, I will give you, otherwise,
How to attract wise men from all over the world?”
Liu Muzhi seemed to understand a little
Duan Ye smiled and said, "Don't worry, corvee seems to be able to mobilize many people now and save a lot of money, but now it is all forced. I believe you also know that many people who build city walls and plant woods are
The quality of their work is actually very low, and there is actually not much money saved in this way. Sometimes if you need to rework or the quality is not up to standard, you actually spend more money.”
Liu Muzhi nodded convincedly. He had to admire Duan Ye, because Duan Ye was indeed farther than he could see.
"As for taxes, you don't have to worry. Since I told them that there is no tax increase, I really won't increase tax. Moreover, I have to make a decision, that is, abolish the capitol tax!" Duan Ye was confident.
Said
Liu Muzhi already felt that his heart was a little numb. This adult was too radical. After a while, he would have to reform so many things. Can he reform? Oh my God, you even want to abolish the cap tax.
What do you want to do?
The so-called counting tax refers to a tax that the state imposes on personal income before the Qin Dynasty. After the Qin Dynasty, all counting taxes with the nature of counting taxes are collected. In the self-sufficiency natural economy, the government obtains fiscal revenue from farmers.
There are two main channels: one is tax calculated based on the land acre, that is, land tax; the other is tax calculated based on the capita, that is, count tax.
The efficiency of the capitation tax is high, but the most unfair because it is simple to collect taxes and the cost is very low. Any country with good household registration management makes the basis for counting the capitation tax simpler than any other tax type, and the tax collection cost can be
Very low
Therefore, the cap tax has always been a lot of money. Even today, according to Liu Muzhi's account book, this cap tax has at least one-quarter of Liangzhou's expenditure, which is such a large amount of money.
Can you still say that it is abolished, then it is abolished?
Duan Ye said: "Daohe, why I want to abolish this captive tax, it is actually very simple, because this tax is really unfair!"
Liu Muzhi was silent and didn't say anything Duan Ye said, it was still fair. It seems that Master Duan cares a lot about fairness.
It’s just that Duan Ye knows that fairness and efficiency are definitely not opposites. If you want to oppose it, you are truly efficient, so that the people will be willing to fight and pursue speed and quality, the premise is fairness.
Duan Ye continued: "What is tax? It is the money collected by the government from the people free of charge, used to protect them, maintain the expenses of the army and the government, and to provide them with benefits, right? In this case, of course, who has more money?
The more tax you pay, less money, and less tax you pay. Only in this way can we ensure that the gap between the rich and the poor will not grow bigger and bigger. Otherwise, the gap between the rich and the poor will become bigger and bigger, and something will happen, you know, since ancient times
Since then, the people have not been worried about the lack of money, but the unevenness. This capitation tax, with thousands of hectares of fertile land in the family, is the same tax paid by people who can't survive. Daohe, do you think this is reasonable?"
Liu Muzhi shook his head slightly. Indeed, although he had never heard of Duan Ye's statement, he thought about it carefully and found that it was indeed the case that Liu Muzhi himself had paid the capita tax. He didn't think much about it in the past, since the government said it
Pay taxes
But now he realized that there was such an unfairness in it
Liu Muzhi is also a person with ideals. Isn’t he the reason why he traveled thousands of miles to Liangzhou to serve Duan Ye to help Duan Ye and create a peaceful and prosperous era together?
So Liu Muzhi shouted: "Sir, since that's the case, I will definitely support you with all my strength!"
"Okay!" Duan Ye was very satisfied. Now Liu Muzhi is his core aide and is in charge of internal affairs. As long as Liu Muzhi agrees, it will be easy to deal with this matter.
"It's just adults, that's so much money..."
"Hahaha" Duan Ye smiled, "Don't worry, of course, you should take care of those poor people, and you should take care of them. As for those rich people, hehe, they are unlucky when they meet me."
Liu Muzhi couldn't help but smile
...
"Your Majesty" Wei Bin bowed gently to Fu Hong. With his identity and status in Fu Jian, Fu Hong and his son, he certainly did not need to give a big gift.
But Fu Hong was actually not very adapted to this identity, so he said uncomfortable: "Sir, you...you don't have to be too polite."
Wei Bin was not humble, nodded
"Sir, have you found anything new this time?"
"Something" Wei Bin said, "Duan Ye in Liangzhou has made another big move."
"Oh?" Fu Hong was a little interested, "What are he going to do?"
"According to people from the humble position, he is collecting treasures and antiques everywhere. It seems that he is going to send them to Chang'an to pay tribute to His Majesty."
"This is a good thing!" Fu Hong smiled, "No matter what his intentions are, this time I... I have to accept it this time, haha, I'm worried that I can't put the rice in the pot."
"He comes to give gifts and he must have some intentions."
"That's natural," Fu Hong said, "Sir, what do he want?"
"Edict of the title" Wei Bin said lightly
Fu Hong's expression was shocked when he heard this
Of course Fu Hong knew the meaning of the imperial seal. Now Fu Hong has been deliberately avoiding this issue, because once the imperial seal is enthroned, it is equivalent to acknowledging Duan Ye's legal possession of Liangzhou and his reputation.
With Duan Ye's current strength, in fact, if you want to retake Liangzhou, it is basically an impossible task for Fu Hong, who is now under the enemy from both sides. However, as long as there is no imperial seal or formal recognition, the matter will be left with a tail. One day,
If you have the opportunity, you can fight rightly
But the real problem is that Fu Hong is really short of money
In the past two years, there was basically no war, and Fu Hong finally recovered slightly. Moreover, Guanzhong's grain harvest was considered a bumper harvest, and the problem of eating was solved.
But the problem is that Chang'an has supported so many people, including many standing troops who are not engaged in production. These people spend money like flowing water. Now many controlled areas have fallen, resulting in a decrease in fiscal revenue. Moreover, business travelers would rather go around.
Road, don't want to cross
The merchants will not have taxes when they are out of the country, and of course they will be short of money.
Fu Hong pursed his lips with difficulty and said, "Sir, look at this matter..."
Wei Bin glanced at Fu Hong and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance, but I dare not say anything, but I have a saying, please remember it."
"Please say"
"No matter what decision your Majesty makes, it makes sense. But your Majesty must be self-righteous, not the court's discussion, because this matter cannot be discussed or discussed with high profile. Once your Majesty has a firm opinion, he must go immediately
manage!"
Wei Bin's meaning is also very obvious. Duan Ye is now taking advantage of Fu Hong's lack of money to use the temptation that Fu Hong is unlikely to refuse in exchange for his own title. This is a business.
Of course, there are profits and losses in this business. You can't say anything nonsense. The problem is that if you use the title of Liangzhou to exchange it, the bet is a bit big.
Moreover, once the court discusses, if the relocation date is delayed, there is still a question: Whose responsibility is to deal with it if it is broken?
Wei Bin means that this kind of big thing is, you have to take responsibility and take it on yourself! This is Wei Bin’s advice and suggestions to Fu Hong. After all, Wei Bin has served Fu Jian and his son for many years and has a lot of feelings.
Although he was an eunuch, he was not from the kind of eunuch, but for another reason. So whether it was Fu Jian or Fu Hong, he respected Wei Bin very much. To some extent, Fu Hong almost regarded Wei Bin as a matter of fact.
You can give advice and criticize your elders
"I understand, I understand." Fu Hong nodded silently and he also made up his mind secretly.
...
"Princess" Qiu'er saw Fu Bao staring at the mirror with a strong smile, laughed, and then shouted seriously
"Ah?" Fu Bao slapped his chest nervously, turned around and saw that it was Qiu'er, and couldn't help but say angrily: "You damn girl, I don't know how scary people are! What's wrong?"
Qiu'er became serious at this time and said, "Princess, there has been an abnormal movement in Jiangling recently!"
"Oh?" Fu Bao became serious when he heard that it was a serious matter, "What are they going to do?"
"What are you doing, I haven't done it?" Qiu'er hesitated for a moment, "but recently, no one has been there for a long time in our Mianyue Tower."
The Mianyue Tower Qiu'er mentioned was a brothel opened by Fu Bao in Jiangling. The girls inside were popular all over Jingzhou, but in fact, Fu Bao's purpose was of course to collect information.
Mianyue Tower has helped Fu Bao a lot, because the young people of the Huan family always like to go there. Sometimes the words that they say unconsciously can be of great use
"Huan Chong will not die for a long time, they are probably still filial piety." Fu Bao hesitated and said.
"But, Huan Shiqian has been there before. If he was filial, why didn't he stay at that time?"
"It makes sense" Fu Bao became serious, "Tell me what happened to them?"
Qiu'er shook her head, "I don't know, but the Huan family's children have not appeared for so long and have not been in Jiangling for fun. I'm afraid they want to do something big, but I think something is wrong, so I come to tell the lady."
"That's it." Fu Bao touched his chin, "Hey! Do you think they will come to Chengdu to find us?"