Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 698 The First Results of the New Deal

In July, there is fire, and the big star falls to the ground.

This indicates that the weather has begun to gradually cool down.

In the Zhaoren Hall of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youjian and the cabinet ministers are listening to the summary report of the Ministry of Households on the summer harvest in various places this year, and then discussing related matters in the second half of the year.

"My lord, according to the reports from various places, thanks to the full implementation and implementation of the new policies of suzerains, vassals and gentry, this summer's taxation has shown a very gratifying scene, among which the taxation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces has the fastest growth.

Jiangsu this year's summer grain tax has been exempted, and the total grain received is 820 shi, which is converted into 710 taels of silver at the market price.

In Zhejiang Province this year, the summer grain tax has been exempted, and the total grain received is 6405 taels, which is 310 taels in silver at the market price.

The total tax paid by the two provinces is [-] taels! "

Zhou Zhiqian, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, held a volume of documents in his hand, and loudly reported the tax amounts of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces that everyone was most concerned about. Everyone, including Zhu Youjian, had brilliant faces. Although they did not lose their composure, everyone Still amazed.

The heyday of taxation in the Ming Dynasty was during the Zhengtong period. At the peak, a total of 500 million taels of silver was collected in a year. This era is already the peak of taxation recognized by courtiers.

But unexpectedly, these two records will soon be dead.

400 million taels of silver, this is only the tax of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and it is only the amount of summer grain.

If one year comes down, the land tax plus the commercial tax will be a terrible figure in Jiangsu and Zhejiang alone. Don't forget that there are other provinces, and don't forget that the exemption and reduction of taxes are being implemented in the North.

As time goes by, after various regions start to calculate and collect taxes one after another, once the newly added fields are paid taxes one after another, the income of internal money and Taicang will be an unimaginable figure, unless the emperor does something else to benefit the people Policy, otherwise, this astronomical amount of taxation will always be maintained, and there will be a small increase every year.

Because the plan of opening up wasteland and land is still going on, the benefit brought by the stable growth of agriculture is the prosperity and development of industry and commerce, which means that the taxation of industry and commerce will also be increased accordingly.

Thinking back a few years ago, the normal taxes plus the salaries and salaries were just over [-] million taels per year, which is equivalent to the total annual normal taxes in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces today.

"Qizou Shengshang, this is only the harvest of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces this summer, and there is also a large amount of income, which comes from the suzerain vassal.

In addition to the Chu royal lineage that has been removed from the vassal, there are 21 princes in the Ming Dynasty who have paid a total of 5803 shi in taxes this summer, which is 720 taels in silver at the market price! "

After Zhou Zhiqian reported this number, there was a slight commotion in the hall, and the neighboring cabinet ministers couldn't help discussing in low voices.

The suzerains and vassals have always been the heaviest burden on Ming's finances. These princes occupy the most fertile land in the world. Not only do they not pay taxes to the court, on the contrary, the emperor has to spend a lot of money and food every year to support these moths.

But their good days finally came to an end today.

These suzerain vassals who bully the weak and fear the hard, and lie on Daming's body to suck blood, have enjoyed the service of Daming for more than two hundred years, but they have given nothing to Daming, making people want to slaughter them.

Unexpectedly, the world has been turned upside down. From this year onwards, these moths will have to pay taxes to the imperial court, and once they pay, they will pay a huge amount of taxes.

170 million taels, not to mention an astonishing amount, this move means that Daming finally got rid of these vampires completely, and a prosperous and brand new Ming is rapidly rising.

"In addition, in Hubei, Hunan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong and Guangxi regions, the total amount of taxes collected this summer is 430 five shi, which is 730 taels of silver.

According to the order of the Holy One, except for the two provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, [-]% of the taxes paid by the other chief ministers and envoys will be kept in the official warehouse of the province for emergency use.

The Cleaning Departments of the Ministry of Household Affairs have dispatched several teams to the above-mentioned provinces to take charge of the collection and use of taxes in the provinces in the future, so as to prevent any abuses by local officials from happening! "

This reform of the Ministry of Household Affairs was also initiated under Zhu Youjian's wishes. The purpose of saving money and food in Sichuan and other provinces is also to better implement the overall strategy of taking from the people and using them in the land.

In the future, the Thirteen Cleaning Departments will be stationed in each province according to their respective administrative regions, and will be directly under the jurisdiction of the cabinet and the household department, and will not be managed by the local governor and chief envoy. This can effectively prevent local officials from taking advantage of it.

Both Jinyiwei and Yushi also sent people to the official clean-up divisions, the form and function of which are the same as the discipline inspection secretaries stationed in later generations. This approach will greatly deter some officials who try to use their powers to make profits.

The number of officials in the various yamen of the Ming Dynasty is far less than that of the departments of the same nature in later generations. As long as there are two supervisory departments stationed at the same time, the officials who are actually on business do not dare to make a move.

The imperial court has clearly ordered that all local governments, especially the household departments that control money and food, and the clean-up departments, no matter officials or officials, everyone has the right and obligation to report others' corruption of ink. [-]% will be used to reward whistleblowers, and the supervisory department will hide all the information of whistleblowers to avoid retaliation after reporting.

This kind of method has never been used in all dynasties. Anyone with a little brain will realize in an instant that this is a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds and make a fortune, and it is also a new mechanism for personal self-defense.

If someone wants to steal 300 shi of grain, once someone reports it, the whistleblower will be rewarded with [-] shi, which is equivalent to [-] taels of silver.

For those officials who are actually doing business, this 300 taels is not a small amount. Even if I participate in the operation of corrupting ink with ten thousand shi, it would be good if I can get ten taels and 20 taels in the end. You can get a huge sum of 300 taels.

As long as you want to understand this point, I believe that no one dares to eat from the tiger's mouth unless the brain is flooded.

In addition, Zhu Youjian came up with another method: select high-level accountants from Sihai Commercial Bank, and conduct irregular random inspections of the accounts of local officials, so as to block the last chance of someone making fake accounts and corrupting ink. a channel.

The Four Seas Trading Company has never dealt with the officials of the Clean and Officials Department. In the vast crowd, the chance of getting acquainted with each other is almost non-existent. Besides, the person who was transferred was not alone. Even if one of the accountants knew a certain official, it was impossible It is impossible to cover up for the opponent with one's own strength.

　Thanks to Chu Lyrics for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)