Zhenwu Tianxia: Summon Yuwen Chengdu at the beginning

Chapter 247 Chapter 240 The deal is concluded, and the summer tax is astonishing

The first year of Shenghua, the third day of July.

Outside the capital city, Qin Wei personally sent Wang Yixian away from the city.

Since the awakening spirit fruit matured, Wang Yixian sent people back to Jianxin Island to fetch a large amount of pills and resources, and the two of them completed the transaction yesterday.

This time Qin Wei gave fifty awakening spirit fruit trees, and got six hundred mortal top-level pills, as well as some Dali's scarce resources and three spirit stones.

Three spirit stones, one awakening spirit fruit for one, the price is really not ordinary expensive.

As for Dali's scarce resources, there are ordinary herbs, precious metals, and some inheritance of skills that Dali does not have.

Generally speaking, Dali should have lost money in this transaction, but Qin Wei felt that the transaction was worth it.

In fact, what was traded is not important, what is important is that this time Qin Wei has a clearer understanding of Qiongtian Sea Territory, especially the western part of Qiongtian Sea Territory, Wang Yixian and Song Yuanhao have revealed a lot of information to him.

Looking at the carriage going away, Qin Wei's eyes flashed with a little bit of brilliance.

There are thousands of thoughts in my mind.

After this incident, his thoughts on entering Qiongtian Sea Territory became clearer.

"Let's go back!"

Seeing Wang Yixian's carriage disappear at the end of the road, Qin Wei turned around and got on the carriage.

After half an hour, Qin Wei returned to the imperial city.

Sitting in the imperial study room, he took out the three spirit stones in his hand.

Lingshi should be the most important and most commonly used training resource in Qiongtian sea area.

It contains pure spiritual power inside, and practitioners can directly absorb the spiritual power in the spirit stone to improve their own cultivation.

And Lingshi can also be used for refining tools, alchemy, arranging magic circles, providing energy for magic circles, and so on.

It can be said that Lingshi is the most consumed and most practical resource in Qiongtian sea area.

The Lingshi Mine, which can mine Lingshi, is the resource that the major forces compete for most fiercely.

According to Wang Yixian, most of the Lingshi mines in the western Qiongtian sea area are controlled by the three dynasties, and only a small part is controlled by some powerful forces.

Even if forces like Jianxin Island and Yuehai Island found the Lingshi Mine, they would not be able to keep the Lingshi Mine.

Playing with three finger-sized spirit stones in his hands, Qin Wei wished he could go to the Qiongtian sea area to mine right now.

This spirit stone is really easy to use.

The Wanfa Oven can directly absorb the spiritual power in the spirit stones. If there are enough spirit stones, he can completely produce innate warriors in batches.

It's a pity that Lingshi is also a precious resource for Jianxin Island, and Wang Yixian is not willing to give it to him at all.If it wasn't for his hard work, Wang Yixian would not have given him these three spirit stones.

Just when Qin Wei was thinking about the benefits of Lingshi, Xiao Shunzi walked up to him and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Di and Lord Sun are asking to see you!"

"Please come in!"

Qin Wei said.

Master Di is Di Renjie, and Master Sun is Sun Wenjian, Minister of Taxation.

When the two came together, Qin Wei already guessed what was going on.

After a while, the two came to the study.

After seeing the ceremony, Sun Wenjian stepped forward and handed a document to Qin Wei, saying, "Your Majesty, this is the tax account book for this summer!"

Qin Wei's eyes lit up, and he flipped through the document.

Naturally, it is impossible to remember all the taxes clearly in a small booklet, which only states the taxes of each state and each government.

Qin Wei flipped through the document, his eyes became brighter and brighter.

In the end, he was even more shocked.

"[-] million taels of silver!"

Qin Wei couldn't help but exclaimed.

"so much!"

Seeing how shocked he was, Sun Wenjian smiled like a Maitreya Buddha and said, "Your Majesty, the tax reform has increased the tax revenue by six times compared to last year! This is the blessing of the court!"

Hearing this, Qin Wei narrowed his eyes slightly, and his expression became weird.

This is interesting!

This is a six-fold increase over last year.

What does this mean?
This does not mean that the taxation of the court is harsh on the people, because the tax rate set by the court is not high, it only shows that there were too many tax evaders in Dali in the past.

Dividends are divided into acres, and the poll tax becomes a land tax.

Officials and gentry pay taxes together, shifting taxpayers from ordinary people to wealthy families.

Thinking about Dali's current land and population, Qin Wei felt that it was very normal to have so much tax revenue.

On the contrary, it was not normal for the previous tax revenue to be only tens of millions.

This proves from the side that the problem of land annexation inside Dali is very serious. After all, Dali is a dynasty of more than 300 years, and the folk class is seriously solidified.

However, Qin Wei is still very happy now that the taxation reform has achieved initial results.

"Not bad!" Qin Wei nodded approvingly to Sun Wenjian.

Sun Wenjian, the newly appointed minister of the tax department, is still very good. Although the tax department has only been established for more than two months, Sun Wenjian has already pulled up the framework of the tax department and completed the collection of the summer tax.

Of course, the collection of the summer tax this time mainly depends on the local governments and county governments, and the tax department is only responsible for summarizing.

"However, the establishment of the Ministry of Taxation needs to be accelerated!" Qin Wei said.

After the end of the summer tax, there will be an autumn tax. The autumn tax is mainly for silk from Jiangzhou and Yuezhou. Besides these, there are city taxes, commercial taxes, etc. There are many types of taxes in Dali. The tax department is responsible.

The framework of the tax department has only just been set up, and it is still far from being able to control all of Dali's taxes in his hands.

"I obey!" Sun Wenjian said.

Qin Wei looked at Di Renjie again, and said, "Is there anything else?"

Di Renjie took out a memorial and handed it to Qin Wei, saying: "Your Majesty, the cabinet has already reorganized the official position system. This is the charter!"

Qin Wei took the memorial and glanced at it.

The reorganization of the official position system can also be said to be a reform.

In line with the subsequent imperial examination system and official selection system, it can be regarded as preparation for the reform of the official selection system in advance.

In the past, Dali's official position system was nine ranks and eighteen ranks, and officials and yamen servants were not officials.

The clerks and servants of those county and government offices are no longer in the official system, but they control the county government. There is a saying that the county magistrate of running water is the county government of iron.

This is enough to illustrate the control over the county government by the civil servants and government servants.

After the county magistrate takes office, he still has to rely on these civil servants and yamen servants to do things. Sometimes the civil servants and yamen servants do not cooperate, and even the county magistrates cannot do things.

There is another saying that the imperial power does not go to the countryside, how can this work?
For Qin Wei, it is nonsense that the imperial power does not go to the countryside.

There are too many drawbacks in the Lijia system, Qin Wei naturally cannot ignore it.

The lower the officials, the greater the influence on ordinary people.

If Qin Wei wanted to change the entire Dali, the underlying Lijia system must also be changed.

He wants all ordinary people to have the opportunity to rise, so the grassroots management system is very important.

Therefore, a few days ago, he mentioned the reform of the official position system to several cabinet ministers.

Looking at the memorial, Qin Wei nodded slightly.

In fact, the resistance to the reform of the official system is relatively small. After all, it is beneficial to all officials in the world.

The regulations submitted by the cabinet were to change the original nine ranks and eighteen ranks to twelve ranks and twenty four ranks, and to include all officials, yamen servants, village chiefs, and armor chiefs into the official ranks.

In addition, each county will also divide townships and set up township yamen.

As for the village, Qin Wei intends to keep it as it is, but the township yamen will be responsible for managing the village.

"Not bad, let's try it in Shuntian Mansion for now, if there is no problem, then spread it!" Qin Wei said.

But Di Renjie said: "Your Majesty, in this way, the number of officials in our dynasty will increase sevenfold, and the annual salary of officials will increase fourfold."

He wanted to remind Qin Wei that reforming the official system would be a waste of money, after all, the imperial court would be responsible for the salaries of civil servants and yamen servants in the future.

Qin Wei smiled and said, "Isn't the tax raised six times?"

Di Renjie paused.

Although the tax has increased, it can't be so wasteful!
Once the official system is reformed, the court will spend tens of millions of taels of silver every year. Such a large amount of money can support hundreds of thousands of troops.

Qin Wei naturally knew that Di Renjie thought it was too much money, but it was actually normal.

Today, there are only more than 3 official officials in Dali, a capital and thirteen prefectures. If all those civil servants and government servants are included in the official system, the number may reach 30 to [-].

The salary of low-level officials will be lower, but the amount is large.

Coupled with the establishment of township yamen, spending tens of millions of taels of silver a year is really not much.

"Not only do we need to reform the official system, but we also want to increase the salaries of officials in the imperial court. Not only do we need to increase salaries, but we also need to establish a pension system. Anyone who works for the imperial court should receive preferential treatment from the imperial court."

"However, I will also increase the supervision system for officials and increase the punishment for crimes committed by officials."

"If you have meritorious service, you will be rewarded, and if you are guilty, you will be punished."

"I will not treat anyone who has contributed to the dynasty badly, but I will not forgive anyone who is guilty."

"This is the standard of the court in the future."

Qin Wei said.

The administration of officials is always the top priority of the imperial court. No matter how good the system is, as long as the officials are corrupt, everything will be in vain.

Preferential treatment of officials corresponds to severe punishment of corrupt officials.

Qin Wei doesn't believe that there are any upright officials in this world.

In fact, the corruption of officials in Dali is very serious. Before the Zhenwu Division was established, there were many cases of collusion between officials and Jianghu forces.

After the establishment of the Zhenwu Division, those Jianghu sects no longer need to collude with officials, so this aspect has improved a lot, but there are still many problems such as collusion between officials and businessmen, corruption and bribery.

The only good thing is that Dali's officialdom is not rotten to the root, and many problems have not formed unspoken rules, so Qin Wei has been tolerant, but he will not always tolerate it. When the reforms are on the right track, he will still clean up the officialdom.

"I understand~!" Di Renjie said.

He also knew what Qin Wei was thinking, but he just felt that it would cost too much money, but Qin Wei had made up his mind, and he didn't need to persuade him anymore.

"Go and do your work!" Qin Wei nodded slightly.

"Wei Chen retire!"

After the two left, Qin Wei counted the items obtained from the exchange with Wang Yixian again, and then distributed them directly.

Except for the three spirit stones, Qin Wei handed over all the pills and items to Li Xun and Yan Zhen.

Yanwu Pavilion has been promoted to all states, prefectures and counties, and the change of Qing Fushan will also begin.

In the future, the innate warriors on Qingfu Mountain can no longer be so leisurely, Qin Wei has already formulated a set of rules for them.

That is, every congenital warrior on Qingfu Mountain recruits two disciples every year, and their achievements are based on the cultivation of disciples.

Every time a ninth-rank martial artist is cultivated, he will be rewarded. The rewards are mainly pills, money, weapons, inheritance of skills, etc.

If the innate warriors are cultivated, the rewards will be even more.

In short, the more outstanding disciples are trained, the more rewards are given.

All the pills and items obtained in this transaction will stay in Qing Fushan as rewards in the future.

After the matter was dealt with, the sky darkened.

Qin Wei sat in the study, his mind immersed in the Yitian chessboard.

Yesterday's momentum reached 15, and he can once again transform a strong person in the stillness.

(End of this chapter)