Shuhan

Chapter 69 Pilot Yunnan County

Choosing a taxation system must be in line with the reality of Nanzhong.

"Why are the four counties in Nanzhong less taxed than the one in Shu County? Why?"

Liu Chan looked at Princess Zhu Rong, who thought for a while and said, "Maybe the system is backward."

"The system is always backward, but why is this system backward? It is nothing more than that the land tax is not paid, the small tax is not paid, and there is almost no conscription for military service."

Liu Chan got up slowly, and behind him was a map of the four counties in Nanzhong.

"The four counties of Nanzhong are hundreds of miles wide. If I ask you, how much land is there? How many mountains and forests? Can you tell me a number?"

Princess Zhu Rong shook her head.

"Since we don't even know the specific number of acres, how do we collect land tax?"

"Let me ask you again, how many registered residents are there in the four counties of Nanzhong?"

Princess Zhu Rong shook her head again.

These ones
She really didn't know, not only he didn't know, but everyone in the four counties in Nanzhong probably didn't know.

Because in this barbarian land in the middle of the South, except Yuejuan County, which once had a counted population, the population and household registration of other counties and counties is a mystery.

Even if the population of Yuejuan County was calculated, it was decades ago. Up to now, no one knows what the population is.

"I don't know how many people there are, how to collect poll tax?"

"As for the corvee military service, these people could have been used to repair cities, repair roads, dredge waterways, and reclaim land, but the four counties in Nanzhong did not have this!"

What is corvee?

One month a year, and guard the border for three days, if you don't go to the border for three days, you will be paid a replacement tax (300 qian) as a substitute.

Military service means that every male must serve in the military for two years, and if he does not go alone, he will also have to pay a new tax.

This two years of military service, isn't it just a transfer of civilian husband, Xiangyong?

How much income can free labor generate for the government?

However, the four counties of Nanzhong have never used it at all.

"Field rent: 15 tax one, head tax is divided into counting tax: 56 yuan for 120-7 years old; oral tax: 14 yuan for 20-[-] years old, if you can register households and measure the land, within a year, from the south The taxes, money and food collected by the four counties in Zhongsi are astronomical figures! From my point of view, they can support at least one hundred thousand troops!"

One hundred thousand military expenses?

Princess Zhu Rong was so shocked that she couldn't close her legs.

10 soldiers totaled 1 fire. Calculated on the basis of 1 fire and eight packs, the number of horses and mules alone could reach 8 horses and mules. However, this only took on the logistics of 12 shi, and another 12 shi had to be paid.If all the supplies are ox carts, another 1.2 vehicles are needed; if horses and mules are used to transport them, another 8 horses are needed.

A young and strong man eats 2 liters of rice every day, and livestock such as war horses, cows, horses and mules also need to consume food and grass.

After all the calculations, without a million stones of food and grass, it really can't supply an army of [-] fighting in wartime!

Even though Princess Zhu Rong was smart enough, such a huge number still made the CPU of her brain dizzy.

On the contrary, Guan Yinping looked as usual.

Because she didn't listen at all, the left ear went in, the right ear went out, and the main thing was to learn easily.

"It's just... how to measure the land? Register the households and the people?"

After learning that there was a problem with Nanzhong's taxation system, Princess Zhu Rong, a practical person, immediately wanted a solution in her heart.

"It is naturally difficult to organize households and measure land."

Nanzhong exists in the form of tribes and villages. The system is backward, and many laborers still exist as slaves. The fields, slaves, and forests under the hands of tribal leaders are naturally their wealth.

Now you say you want to collect taxes from them?

If your vital interests are harmed, these vested interests will not laugh and laugh with you. It is inevitable to do it with real swords and guns.

"That's why I don't plan to implement it in the whole of Nanzhong, but in Dali Royal City, or Yunnan County."

Yunnan County has been in peace for a long time, and the people under its rule are not as rebellious as the barbarian people in Yizhou County and Yuejuan County.

Another point is that the number of barbarians in Yunnan County is relatively small, and because the royal family is directly under the control of the tribe, the management of the tribe is relatively clear.

For example, in Yizhou County and Yuejuan County, you really don't know who is in charge of this tribe in the mountains.

In Liu Chan's public trial meeting today, the six nobles of the royal family who were beheaded basically occupied more than half of the village Dingkou in Yunnan County.

Now that the leader of the bandit is dead, most of the villages in Dingkou are the property of the government. I will take my own life, right?

of course
There will definitely be obstacles. For example, those tribal leaders and city walled lords will definitely resist if their interests are damaged.

However, compared with Yizhou County, Yuejuan County, and Zangcang County, the obstacles in Yunnan County will be much smaller.

Yunnan County is a pilot site for Liu Chan to govern the four counties of Nanzhong, and the four counties of Nanzhong are the pilot sites for Liu Chan to govern Yizhou.

In this process of governance, we will train a group of reform teams, accumulate experience, and accumulate strength for future reforms in the four counties of Nanzhong.

Meals are always eaten bite by bite.

"In the process of registering households and measuring land, there will inevitably be bloody conflicts, but I hope the princess can understand my painstaking efforts. If the pilot project in Yunnan County is successful, the four counties in Nanzhong can register households and measure land. At that time, the tax revenue will increase tenfold, the government will have money and food, and the corvee people will be able to reclaim the land and dredge the waterways. At that time, the life of the people in Nanzhong will be better and better. For the people of Nanzhong, this move is absolutely It is an unprecedented good thing!"

"Your Majesty's words are absolutely true!"

After listening to Liu Chan's words today, she has a new understanding of the establishment of households and the measurement of land. If she can really deepen her control over the land and the people, then she, a barbarian princess, can be regarded as a real princess!

In the future, Meng Huo's siege will not happen again.

"Since it is a matter of great benefit to the barbarian people, how can the concubine stop it?"

Liu Chan took a deep look at Princess Zhu Rong and said, "Although this move is beneficial to the common people, it is harmful to the barbarian nobles and tribal leaders. Do you know what this means?"

Princess Zhu Rong smiled softly, with a charming look on her face, and said softly: "With Mr. Lang here, what kind of trouble can they cause?"

"If you can help me, I will abide by my previous promise. If the barbarian royal families in the four counties of Nanzhong are not eliminated, you can inherit hereditary replacements and retire with the country!"

Pulling a batch and hitting a batch is the right way.

And the princess Zhu Rong in front of her is obviously the object Liu Chan wants to win over.

"What about you and me?"

Lord Zhu Rong said enthusiastically: "If Lord Lang can make the barbarian people live a better life, what if there is no royal family?"

She was a barbarian princess first, and then a royal princess!

After the public trial meeting, Princess Zhu Rong also had a thorough understanding of the faces of the so-called nobles of the royal family.

Instead of allowing such a royal family to oppress the people, it is better not to have this royal family!
Now she is pretending to be the barbarian people, King Zhu Rong on the sick bed, and this handsome and handsome gentleman in front of her!

"The princess understands righteousness deeply, and Zen deeply admires it. Reforming Nanzhong is a strategy to strengthen the people and enrich the people. After organizing the households to equalize the people and measuring the land, the princess will know the results at a glance!"

(End of this chapter)