Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 20 Tax Reform Plan
The news spread quickly in the rivers and lakes.

A disciple of the Yunshan School assassinated Su Yuan, the eldest son of Su Tufeng, the former King of Zhenbei.

As soon as the news came out, everyone in the world was discussing this matter.

"I heard that Su Yuan is the self-appointed King of Zhenbei. Isn't this treason?"

"Regardless of whether he is self-appointed or not, Su Yuan also has tens of thousands of horses in his hands. What is the Yunshan faction doing?"

"Then Su Yuan has already said that he wants the Yunshan faction to pay the price. I don't know what other sects will think of it."

"The Yunshan faction goes to assassinate first...it's morally untenable. I'm afraid other sects won't help."

"Then Su Yuan really dares to persecute him too hard? Liu Yunfeng, the head of the Yunshan School, is an innate seventh-level master. What masters does the Zhenbei Palace have?"

"I've never heard of any master of the rivers and lakes in the Zhenbei Palace... In the past, the Zhenbei King was famous in the Zhou Dynasty, and he relied on his ability to lead troops to fight."

There are endless discussions in the rivers and lakes, and many warriors and knights are paying attention to the development of this matter.

Some sects were also very concerned about this matter, and sent letters to the Yunshan sect asking for detailed reasons.

In Beifeng City, although the news of Su Yuan's rebellion spread more and more violently, the people gradually calmed down from the nervousness and worry at the beginning.

No matter what, always live.

For the common people, the most important thing is whether they live a good life. If they are worried, the common people are also worried about whether Su Yuan will continue the tax policy of his father Su Tufeng.

"A tyrannical government is fiercer than a tiger... This tax is also part of a tyrannical government."

In Zhenbei Wangfu, Su Yuan was sitting in the study with a tax form in his hand.

The tax burden of the Great Zhou Dynasty was very heavy. Just taxing the land tax means planting two acres of ten acres of land as a tax, that is, planting five taxes and one.

In addition to the regular tax, there are many miscellaneous taxes, such as the population tax, consumption increase, and stamp duty...Special industries also include wine tax, tea tax, tobacco tax, etc.

In addition to taxes, there are various "donations".The so-called donations are mostly taxes imposed by local state governments under clever names.

There are many ways to donate. There are "donations on the ground" for birth, "donations for coffins" after death, "donations for rowing" for fishermen, and "donations for hitting rocks" for stonemasons...even when you are a turtle or a prostitute, there are "donations for the coffin". donation" and "prostitute donation".

These various taxes made the people of Dazhou miserable, and they could only barely eat and clothe through hard work every year, and there was basically no surplus.

If the local state officials are clean, the people can live a little better.If the local officials are greedy, the people will naturally live in dire straits.

In the past, when Su Tufeng was here, the reason why the people of Beifeng City supported him was because he didn't engage in any messy taxes.

This is also because Beifeng City is special, it is a military city, it is independent from the state capital, and is managed by Zhenbei King alone, and the state shepherd has no right to intervene.

Now that Su Tufeng died in battle, and his son Su Yuan became the actual controller of Beifeng City, and he seemed to want to rebel, the common people were unavoidably suspicious, wondering how he would treat the people in the city.

"Speaking of... I have conspired against you, so what do you care about the court's 'regular tax'?"

Su Yuan looked at the tax book for a while, and suddenly came back to his senses.

The harsh taxation and land tax of the Great Zhou Dynasty was an important reason for the poverty of the people. Now that Su Yuan was planning to rebel, he naturally didn't have to pay any taxes to the Great Zhou Dynasty.

He picked up the brush and drew an "X" directly on the tax booklet.

"I have to make a new tax method." Su Yuan thought to himself.

If the old is negated, there must always be the new.

Complete tax exemption is definitely not feasible, as the establishment and maintenance of public facilities also requires money, and this money comes from taxes.

But Su Yuan is not a professional. He was an ordinary office worker before crossing over, and he was not a member of a national think tank. If he were to conjure up a reasonable tax policy out of thin air, he would not be able to do it.

So, he asked Chu Changning to find some professionals to discuss.

The so-called professionals are naturally accountants, merchants, old farmers... People from all walks of life have invited a few people to sit down and talk together.

When these people came to Zhenbei Palace for the first time, they were all terrified. Even if the soldiers who invited them told them not to be afraid, they still couldn't control their panic, for fear that they would not be able to get out after entering.

Fortunately, Su Yuan quickly dispelled their doubts.

After the meeting, Su Yuan immediately raised the issue of taxation, expressing that he had the idea of ​​tax reform, and asked these representatives of all walks of life to give their opinions.

At first, everyone still couldn't let it go, but when they realized that Su Yuan didn't have any airs of being a prince, they slowly expressed some thoughts in their hearts.

The representative of the businessman said that the door tax and the sitting tax for the businessman are too high. Regardless of whether the goods can be sold or not, if the two taxes are paid, it is natural that they will lose a lot first. They hope that this part of the tax can be reduced or exempted.

Several old farmers felt that the land tax was too harsh, even if it was a bumper harvest year, there was not much grain left after the land tax was paid.If there is a time of famine, it is even more necessary to borrow usury, or even go bankrupt and sell children and daughters.

Su Yuan understood this clearly, and had a discussion with the cashiers.

He proposed a "threshold point" system, which was naturally moved from modern times. It stipulates that income tax will be collected only after the income exceeds the threshold.Put it here, that is, Tian Fu.For those who have passed the threshold, multiple quotas are also set... All in all, the more money they make, the heavier the tax.

The accountant was surprised when he heard it at first, thinking that this would never work.

Because it has never been done like this since ancient times. Those who make a lot of money are all rich and powerful local powerful families. If you fight against them, you, the ruler, can still sit firmly in your seat?

But Mr. Accountant overlooked one point.

That is Su Yuan's confidence is different from other rulers.

Su Yuan also understands that other rulers may also have the kind of "good emperor" who is determined to let the people live a good life.But helplessly, the powerful and powerful clans in those places are powerful and constrained everywhere, and the officials under him have all kinds of obedience and inconsistency, secretly making obstacles, and a good emperor will give up after a long time.

But Su Yuan is different.

He is not afraid of any strong and powerful place, let alone any subordinates who are obedient to others... because the ones he sends to implement the policy will be his summoned soldiers.

The summoned soldiers are absolutely loyal to him and will not be bribed, which means that they can fully carry out Su Yuan's will.

In this way, no place can be powerful in front of Su Yuan, and those who dare to directly suppress the army will be done.

And he doesn't have to worry that his subordinates will be corrupted or corrupted... How do you corrupt a group of summoned soldiers similar to intelligent robots?

money?Beauty?that power?It doesn't work.

It can be said that if people know that Su Yuan summoned soldiers, they can only pray that he is a good man.

Because he is a good man, the people will live well.

And if he is a bad person, it also means that with the help of summoned soldiers, the dark society he established is darker and stronger than that established by any tyrannical emperor in the past.

Fortunately, although Su Yuan can't be called a good person, he never thought of doing evil.

At his request, several accountants preliminarily calculated a relatively reasonable threshold.

Based on the current situation of the people in Beifeng City, under this threshold, about [-]% of them do not need to pay tax, and only [-]% have to pay.

Of the [-]%, about [-]% to [-]% are not much to be handed over, and the real bulk is only [-]%, which is borne by some wealthy landlords.

Of course, this is only temporary, because Su Yuan has already decided that if the entire Beifeng City is to be changed, the wealthy landlords headed by the five major families will definitely not be able to escape.

After the accountants left, Chu Changning, who had been staying beside Su Yuan as a guard, said, "My lord, you really need some internal affairs talents."

"That's not true." Su Yuan took it seriously.

Don't look at him now as if he is very energetic and energetic, and he does everything by himself. This is purely because he is only in charge of the North Wind City.

If he captures more and more cities in the future, he will be too busy to divide them into eight parts by himself, and he will definitely need some people to help manage them.

It would be great if only internal affairs talents could be summoned in the summoning soldiers...

Su Yuan couldn't help but look forward to it, for example, if he called Zhuge Liang with a click, it would be safe... It can't be said that it is impossible, after all, Mr. Kong Ming was once a member of the army.

(End of this chapter)