Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 112
In history, poll tax has been running through from the pre-Qin period to modern times.

Kang Mazi once said that "breeding people will never increase taxes", and the poll tax for regenerated population was cancelled.

When Yongzheng was in power, the poll tax was officially abolished.

However, the poll tax has not been completely abolished!

"Your Majesty, what Zhi Su Nei Shi said is great!"

Dazai Ji Zha said with deep hatred: "How can the oral tax of my Wu State be increased? Life is not easy for Li and common people. Now Wu State divides scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and taxes according to population. It is bound to make the rich richer and the poor poorer!" "

"There is a huge gap between the rich and the poor in the country, which is not good for the country. In this way, fearing that the poor will suffer from heavy incomes and stop having too many children, wouldn't it be detrimental to the country and the people?"

This was what Qingji was most worried about.

Because once the poll tax is levied, the gap between the rich and the poor will inevitably increase among the people of Wu, and the serious consequences of polarization will be unimaginable!

Among them, the population is directly affected!
Qingji was also thinking about encouraging the people to have more children and to recuperate. If the head tax was imposed at this time, how would the people of Wu dare to have more children?
This is contrary to the idea of ​​celebrating Ji and the national policy of hiding wealth among the people!
Fan Li also knew this, so he said again: "Your Majesty, the oral tax must be levied. However, the State of Wu can, on the basis of the original basis, collect a tax of [-] yuan per year according to the discretion of each household. Fu!"

Qing Ji nodded slightly, but he had to frown again, and continued to ask, "Is the one-thirty tax too heavy?"

"Reporting to the king, the tax of thirty one is still light."

"If a couple usually have three or five children, or as many as ten or so, it depends on their family circumstances. There should be more children from wealthy families and fewer children from ordinary families. There should be nothing wrong with balancing the family's income!"

Ji Ran, who was on the side, couldn't help shaking his head when he heard this, and said, "Zhi Su Nei Shi's words are wrong."

"The oral tax of thirty one tax seems not to be heavy. But as you said just now, if there are ten people in a family, according to the standard of thirty tax one per head, isn't it thirty tax ten?"

"Even if it increases year by year, the tax borne by Li Shu is too heavy. I am afraid that every household will suffer from the heavy tax, and dare not have too many children."

With twists and turns, the problem seems to be back to the original point!

However, Fan Li said unhurriedly: "What Prime Minister You said is true. But Fan Li has considered it!"

Fan Li looked at Qing Ji on the majesty's platform, lowered his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I think that a new reform should be introduced by oral taxation. That is to say that every household with two or more adult males must Become a household, marry a wife and have children!"

"Offenders will be punished!"

"I have visited various parts of Wu State for many days. Wu State is like Jin, Lu, Chu, Qi and other countries in the world, and there is a big problem."

"That is to say, men who have passed the weak crown, or even [-] years old, have not yet separated from their parents. Whenever the father passes away, the brothers will be divided into fields, houses, farm tools, cattle, cloth, etc. Wait for the legacy!"

"In this way, the number of households in my country of Wu is not many. Even if the males who live in their parents' homes have married wives and have children, they have not been able to start a family and start a business, and they also lack the enthusiasm for production."

"If such hidden dangers are not eliminated, how can Li Shu's productivity be improved?"

Upon hearing this, Qingji couldn't help nodding his head slightly, expressing his agreement.

Qing Ji knew about the situation among the Wu people.

It is one of the customs in Wu that father, son and brothers live in the same room, and it has existed since ancient times. Once the poll tax is imposed on celebrations, they will be the ones who suffer the most!

If the small family policy can be implemented in this way, the impact on them will be greatly reduced.

Thirty-one head tax, if a family has three people, it must pay one-tenth of the income every year.

If there are ten people in a family, one-third of the income must be handed over every year.

Looking at it this way, Qingji is still not satisfied!

"Uncle Shao, I think that even if Li and Shu are separated and transferred, it is still inappropriate."

Qing Ji shook his head and said, "I want to encourage Li Shu to have more children and increase the population."

"Separate households just now, the pressure on Li Shu is not great, but after years, a couple will have children in one or two years, I am afraid that the family will be overwhelmed before they grow up!"

"That's why, according to my widow's opinion, the collection standard of the oral tax still needs to be rectified."

"For a family of three, the tax is [-] yuan, for a family of six, it is [-] yuan, and for a family of ten or more, the same standard should not be changed!"

"Furthermore, it is the oral tax, which can be changed to be collected from people who are over seven years old and under the age of sixty, and the rest are not required to pay the oral tax."

"Your Majesty Yingming!"

Ji Zha, Sun Ping, Ji Ran and other ministers could not help but praise loudly.

Fan Li also had to admire and said: "Your Majesty is wise. It's my minister who lost his mind!"

Since Qingji wants to encourage the birth of the population, it is impossible to increase the head tax by a large amount, and it is also impossible to blindly follow the standard of [-]% of the tax, or that people of each age group need to pay the mouth tax, so as to discourage the common people from having children. positivity.

In this era, with the development of private ownership of land, the vassal states successively carried out taxation system reforms.

For example, in the fifteenth year of Duke Xuan of Lu (594 BC), the "early tax mu" implemented by the State of Lu was the most famous reform of the taxation system.

The initial tax per mu is the beginning of taxation per mu.

During this period, regardless of public or private land, taxes were levied on the basis of mu.The tax rate is 1/10 of the harvest, which is the so-called "tithe tax"!
After the reform of the taxation system in the State of Lu, all the vassal states successively carried out the taxation reform.

In 548 BC, the state of Chu "written the soil field", which was included in the Xiu Fu;

At this time, Qingji had an idea, and suddenly said: "Second and third sons, just what Zhi Su Neishi Shicai said about the separation of adult men's households and transfer of ownership, I think so."

"My widow's intention is to get rid of the remaining barbarian customs in Wu, prohibit fathers and sons and brothers from living in the same room, and implement a small household policy. It is stipulated that if there are two or more sons in a household who have reached the age of household registration and do not live apart, the household registration tax will be doubled! "

"The household registration tax is also one for thirty. If you don't live apart, it will be one for fifteen!"

"At the same time, the household registration is compiled, five families are a team, and ten families are why. It is stipulated that Li Shu must register each person's household registration, and start collecting taxes by household and population."

"This is the so-called household Qimin!"

Hearing this, the faces of the ministers present couldn't help showing surprise or bewilderment.

The concept of "Jianhu Qimin" originated in the Western Han Dynasty. In the current Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, it is only "Jianhu" and does not have the consciousness of "Qimin"!

Qingji knew this, so he explained: "What do you mean by household registration? That is, households are used as a unit to govern Li Shu, which is called household registration."

"In the local area, the old squires of the abolition clan, all the people are the subjects of the widow, it is 'Qi Min'!"

The emergence of Qimin, a registered household, means that the era of "my subjects' subjects are not my subjects, and the monarch has no absolute power" in Wu State will never return!

Undoubtedly, it will greatly attack the power of Wu's nobles and lords, and then strengthen Wu's kingship.

(End of this chapter)