Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 287 Taxes (Refresh after 10 minutes)

Gao Cheng, who returned to Luoyang, immediately gave official names to the various departments of the Gyeonggi Army.

Gao Ao Cao was often the vanguard, and his 5000-strong Han army was called the first attack battalion, including [-] cavalry and [-] infantry.

Liu Feng, the general of the Xiongnu, followed him from Lingzhou to the Eastern Wei Dynasty with five thousand troops under his command. Gao Cheng bestowed the name of Guiyiying, that is, he belonged to justice.

Hou Yuan's [-] Hu troops were the Left Guard camp, and Murong Shaozong's [-] Han troops were the Right Guard camp.

All three are equipped with one thousand cavalry and four thousand infantry.

The 6000 people under Gao Cheng's command were divided into two battalions, one was the Tuqi Battalion, which consisted of [-] Wuchuan Xianbei cavalry soldiers, and the other was the Shesheng Battalion, which consisted of [-] archers.

King Xiao Gao never forgot his original intention. The dream of a noble and famous family with all arrows fired, the number of archers from various departments of the Gyeonggi Army has already exceeded the number of tens of thousands.

The remaining [-] cavalry out of the [-] cavalry of the Gyeonggi Army fell into the long-named Huluguang Luodiao Camp.

Even though he knew that this was a clear definition of the ownership of the army, the generals would not be able to take the army away in the future when they sent out the governor, but it did not arouse resistance from people such as Hou Yuan and Liu Feng.

Firstly, Gao Cheng won the hearts of the soldiers, and secondly, these people had no objection.

If Xiao Gaowang attacked Hou Jing's tribe, he might defect to Nanliang that day.

For Hou Jing, he has no friendship with Gao Cheng, and even has old grievances in the past, and his followers are the foundation for him to survive in troubled times.

But Hou Yuan, Liu Feng and others, who are close to Gao Cheng, do not need the army to maintain the so-called sense of security, let alone 5000 people, what role can they play.

Today, there are only 5000 Gyeonggi Army in Gao Cheng's lineage troops alone, and [-] soldiers under Duan Shao in Liangzhou, Yaoxiong in Yuzhou, and Gao Jishi in Shanzhou each, or [-] people, plus Zhang Liang's salt soldiers. [-], a total of [-] troops.

This has even surpassed Yuwentai's main force, but Zhang Liang's [-] salt soldiers have not yet tested their combat effectiveness, so there is still a question mark.

But the remaining 5 people are full-time soldiers who have been in the army for many years, and they are not comparable to the tens of thousands, 10,000, or [-]+ state and county soldiers.

During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Xiaowen received 20 soldiers and horses from the five prefectures of Ji, Ding, Ying, Xiang, and Ji.

Now these five prefectures are all under the command of Gao Cheng, and they have recuperated for many years. If they really want violent troops, with Sanhe's family background, it is not impossible to gather 70 million troops for the Western Expedition, but the key is that in today's world, no one can command such a large scale. regiment combat.

Not to mention Gao Huan, he was already in a hurry with 20 people, and Yu Wentai led a large army for the only time in his life, but he almost lost his family in Mangshan.

Gao Cheng didn't dare to try it lightly, and Yang Guang was the only one who took the war of overthrowing the country as a trifle since ancient times.

Only after he has truly commanded the army can he understand Han Xin's pride when he said "the more the better".

However, during this period of time, Gao Cheng's focus was not on the army, but on taxes.

Gao Cheng followed the suggestion of Wang Xi, the second in the classics department, to set up a new department in the Ministry of Accounting, and Cui Jishu, Minister of the Ministry of Accounting, was personally in charge of the department to grasp the supply and demand situation in various places.

This year's autumn tax is the first time to try to shift the rich to the cheap. After the autumn harvest, the harvest situation in various places will be counted. If the harvest is poor and the grain is expensive and the money is cheap, coins will be levied.

If the land has a good harvest and the grain is cheap and the money is expensive, the grain will be expropriated.

The implementation of this policy received immediate response from the public, after all, it was really for their sake.

After the local government collects the tax, it does not immediately send it to the central government. Instead, it is assigned by the household department. After meeting the grain requirements of Luoyang, the rest of the grain will be sent to places where the grain is expensive and the money is cheap, according to the principle of proximity, to stabilize grain prices.

The coins are sent to places where the grain is cheap and the money is expensive, and the government purchases more grain and rice, and transports them to Changping warehouses for storage.

In addition to storing grain, it can also bring grain to a reasonable price, so that the grain price will not hurt farmers.

The whole transfer of money and food is in charge of the transshipment departments stationed in various places, but the state and county chiefs are responsible for preventing the state and county government from taking and taking deductions. After all, such a large amount of money and food has been handed over, who can resist being indifferent.

Of course, with regard to the supervision of the Transshipment Department, Gao Cheng did not fall behind. The local government was in the open, and the Department of Listening and Watching in various places was in the dark, supervising the whole process.

The policy has been implemented, and all localities are also collecting taxes according to Gao Cheng's wishes, and processing the remainder. Gao Cheng still doesn't know the result, and whether there will be major omissions in the trial process, this is what he is worried about.

However, Cui Jishu has indeed lost weight visibly to the naked eye. When it comes to collecting taxes, the household department is always the busiest time. Now Gao Cheng is adding more workload for them. It is no wonder that Cui Jishu has moved into the household department office during this period of time. , board and lodging are included.

Seeing Xiao Cui's positive work attitude, Gao Cheng made up his mind that as long as there were no major mistakes, he would always find a reason to reward Cui Jishu.

In late October, the inspectors from all over the country reported the situation in each place one by one, with both worries and joys.

Even so, there are still many corruption phenomena, mostly in the name of loss during transportation.

Since Gao Cheng strictly controlled the tax quota and prohibited overcharging, when the local officials collected money and taxes, they did not dare to collect more money from taxpayers in the name of loss, so they could only find ways to transfer money and grain.

Even if the amount was not large, Gao Cheng did not hold on to it. After all, for most people, being an official for thousands of miles is only for money.

But for those who dared to compete with Gao Cheng for food, Song Youdao had been idle for a long time since Cui Shuren passed on to other places, and he had time to charge forward.

What really troubled Gao Cheng was that the aristocratic family took advantage of poor news to earn the price difference in the market during the transportation of money and food.

For example, in a certain place, the rice is cheap and the money is expensive. Originally, the money was transferred to the local government to purchase rice and grain to raise the price of grain.

But before the coins arrived, the aristocratic families had already started buying cheap rice in the market. As for selling it, how could their contacts not know the government's psychological price for grain prices.

Gao Cheng has power and soldiers, but he has no reason to prohibit the operation of the aristocratic family.

After all, their behavior did not violate the law, nor did they hoard.

Besides, in these years, the aristocratic family lost their land, lost a large number of slaves, and lost the shortcut to become an official because of the abolition of the nine-rank Zhongzheng system.

Now they are only making profits in the market, and Gao Cheng wants to suppress them, fearing that it will arouse public anger.

These gentry do not have much strength now, but if they really want to add chaos behind the scenes during the Western Expedition, it is enough to make people uncomfortable.

Gao Cheng decided to forget about this matter and think of a way to deal with it in the future.

The good news is that this method is effective, at least it has indeed stabilized the price of food in various places, and it neither makes the people sigh with hope for food, nor makes the farmers feel sad.

Whether someone steals a little on the grounds of loss, or the aristocratic family takes advantage of it for profit, compared to its benefits, it can be ignored for the time being and continue to be promoted.

　At 11:59, there were still more than 100 words left to finish writing, so I quickly copied and updated it first, otherwise the full attendance would not be guaranteed, and it would be corrected immediately after the update.

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