Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 78
Xiao Zien added another sentence of explanation;

"Ma'am, didn't you just say that, if it is implemented properly, and those big households, small landlords, merchants, etc. have not paid over the years, they can all be recovered. Furthermore, a little integration will double the tax revenue and open up business routes. Big head, one year must not be a problem."

"You, sure you have that much money."

The voice came from the door!

Xiao Ziyuan, Mrs. Wang, Yue'er and Shu'er were all taken aback. They looked back quickly and saw Master Hou Zhang Jinyu walking towards the house standing at the door. Xiao Ziyuan didn't know who it was, so he hurriedly got up to meet him;

"See Lord Hou, Xiao Ziyuan, a grassroots man, pays his respects to the lord."

Hearing these words, Zhang Jinyu also understood in her heart that this is her mother's subordinate, so let's see what talents he has, and if he can, he will stay and use them for me;
"Get up, please sit down, sir, and explain to me how to collect taxes?"

"Thank you, Lord."

Mrs. Wang didn't intervene but just gave the two daughters a look, and the two also shook their heads innocently, sticking out their tongues.

"Lord Hou, Pingyun City is located far to the west, and there are few taxes, but there are definitely a lot of business taxes, but there is a lack of people. Pingyang County has a lot of things, and people who collect less taxes, Pingyao is also, as long as the taxation is thoroughly investigated and the business road is restored. There is still 500 million taels a year for a piece of these three cities. In fact, there is another way.”

After listening to Xiao Ziyuan's words, Zhang Jinyu was very well-behaved, and there was nothing special about it, just imitating the internal taxation of Dawu Pass,
"Go ahead sir."

"Hou Ye also directly reduced all taxes except land tax and commercial tax to an extremely low level, but they cannot be exempted, and re-regulated the ratio of land tax and commercial tax, so that the Northeast will be at least 1000 million taels a year."

"Sir, tell me in detail, Shu'er, pour tea for your husband,"

"Yes, Lord Hou."

Lan Shu'er poured a cup of tea for Xiao Ziyuan, Xiao Ziyuan was also unambiguous, and continued with a sigh of relief;

"Lord Hou, the land outside the pass is extremely fertile and produces a lot, twice as much as inside the pass. Of course it is not as good as Jiangnan, but no one can match it in the north. Our same Zhuangzi can earn 6 taels a year. The output of silver can be up to 4 taels in the pass, which is all about Xiaozhuangzi. So I suggest that we collect 4% of the tax, and the landlord should not collect more than 5% of the rent under the regulations."

"Is this too much? 4% is so high, and the landlord rents 5% even higher."

"Your Majesty, the customs stipulates that the land tax is 4%, but which one below is not 1%, and the land tax evasion of honorable families is common. We stipulate that [-]% is collected from official land, [-]% is collected from other landowners, and [-]% is left to them. Profit is to prevent the wealthy family from becoming bigger. And no matter who they are, they have to pay taxes, and Lord Hou must set an example."

Only after hearing Zhang Jinyu did he understand the purpose of heavy taxes, thinking that the Blue Star Dynasty's deadlocked land annexation is still the kind that does not pay taxes.

"I understand that, how about business tax?"

"This is the key point, Lord Hou, the huge trade transfer station inside and outside the customs is the Luoyun Plain. I plan to unify the taxation, collect 5% of the commercial tax in Pingyao uniformly, and guide the way, so that you can travel in the northeast without hindrance. If you pay taxes again and again, all the leads you don’t have will be confiscated, and 8% of the fine will be paid before being exchanged. The problem of double tax payment will be cancelled.”

Zhang Jinyu was immediately shocked. Isn't this the first economic and trade zone of Blue Star?

Great talent!As for Pingliao City, it is his own small treasury, no one can touch it, and all the cavalry money is there.

"Sir, you are a genius, so why not just abolish other taxes?"

Xiao Ziyuan laughed and explained;
"Good question, Lord Hou. Now Master Hou holds the military and political power in Luoyun Plain, but it still belongs to Dawu. This can change the tax rate. After all, we are doing it, but we must have a good eye. The court also needs face. Besides, the reduction and exemption is A gift from the Marquis."

"Thank you, sir, for your clarification. This is as simple as I thought."

Zhang Jinyu really didn't expect the imperial court. After all, everyone in Blue Star was equal and didn't take the emperor so seriously.

"Lord Hou, from now on, we should give more face to the imperial court, especially the royal family. After all, Dawu's frontier army, Beijing camp, imperial army, and four kings' forces, and now there are only two kings left. These are the elite of Dawu. Of course, now Counting Lord Hou, as long as you can live on the bright side, the court will turn a blind eye."

Only then did Zhang Jinyu realize that what he had done a few days ago was too much. Fortunately, the Secretary of the Imperial City was his own, so he was sweating a lot.

Zhang Jinyu looked at the man dressed in Confucianism in front of him, and asked in surprise;
"Do you still study, sir?"

Xiao Ziyuan stroked his beard.

"Learning and learning, you can only ask after you have learned it. Where you can learn it, it is just teaching a few incompetent disciples."

"Why did sir teach me?"

"Master Hou, I can't talk about teaching. Let's encourage each other and send a word to Master Hou. Learn more, think more, read more, there will always be gains."

This is a great Confucianism, reading books is always right, someone found by my mother.

"There is one more thing, Mr. Wang to clarify."

"Master Hou, please tell me."

"How to deploy the troops in the three cities?"

Xiao Zi'en didn't answer, just stared at Lord Hou's eyes and asked;

"Master Hou, what conditions have you reached with Jurchen?"

Everyone else in the room was shocked. How did he know? Zhang Jinyu was also surprised that no one except Ningbian knew about it.

"How would you know, sir?"

"Hou Ye's self-confidence is different from that of the Jurchens."

Zhang Jinyu was thinking about whether he should say it or not, but Xiao Ziyuan was not in a hurry, so he took a sip of tea and waited there.

"Mr. is wise, Huang Jitai and I have reached an alliance, we will secretly form an alliance with each other, the city of Pingliao will belong to me, and one tribe will belong to me."

Hearing Master Hou's words, Xiao Ziyuan's eyes flashed brightly, it's amazing, everyone has been deceived, and after seeing the saint's understanding expression, he was even more impressed, the mother and son are one of a kind.

“侯爷厉害，那就更好办了，平云城3万步军1万骑军守城。平遥2万步军2万骑兵守城。平辽4万步军守城，平阳6万步军7万骑军。总计15万步军10万骑兵。”

Zhang Jinyu was puzzled by this arrangement, why Pingyang needs so many cavalry, and cavalry is so expensive and needs to support 10 people.

"Sir, I only have 5 cavalry in my hand, and cavalry is so expensive, what is the purpose of such an arrangement?"

"Master Hou framed me. The most expensive cavalry is horses, and raising horses is more expensive. Solving these two is to solve the big head. Lord Hou may have solved the problem of horses. The tribe that raises horses is not Lord Hou's successor."

"I can't hide from my master's discerning eyes. Tell me clearly that I have no less than 20 war horses in my hand."

Everyone in the room was shocked, this is the best in the world in Dawu, there are some in the imperial court, but most of them are bad horses, Xiao Zien also swallowed his saliva,
"Master Hou is a natural genius, let me add another word, Master Hou will try to find a way to give or sell the 5 war horses of the imperial court to the Imperial Guard."

"Why?"

"There are also 5 cavalry in the Beijing camp of the imperial court, and the frontier army also has cavalry in the headquarters. Only the imperial army has no cavalry. Although the imperial army can't use it outside the capital, the royal family has always wanted it, but the nobles who control it try to stop it in various ways. It is a firm defense. Now, do you want me to teach you later?"

"Divide, win over, and make friends with the royal family."

"clever."

After listening to the conversation between the two, Mrs. Wang also clarified her thinking after entering Beijing. The same reason, she is indeed an outstanding military advisor in the teaching.

"Then why did you send troops like this? Pingyao City needs so many defenders, but Pingyun City has so few?"

"Then let me talk about Pingyun City first. This city is far to the west, and communication is not easy. It mainly faces Donghu. There are [-] elite defenders. Even if he is exhausted, he will not be able to defeat it. The remaining [-] cavalry are for scouting and asking for help. .”

"Then why doesn't Pingliao have cavalry?"

"Simple, the Jurchens are different from the Donghu, Yueshi and Xianbei people. They are similar to our Dawu people. They are also a mixture of farming and nomadism. There are a large number of elite infantry. As long as Ping and Liao are attacked, it will be a tragic siege battle, so 4 elites defend the first The first wave is not a big problem, and the rest is a decisive battle for help, and there will be no war for at least 5 years after this battle."

Zhang Jinyu felt a little sad when he thought of the tragic offensive and defensive battle in Pingyang County.

"As for Pingyao, the 2 defenders are not many, and the defense against the changes in the customs cut off our retreat. As for the [-] cavalry, they are very useful, and they are used to recover tax evading caravans. Such a large profit will definitely be taken by someone. Only the cavalry can absolutely suppress it. They, kill chickens and monkeys."

Hearing this, Zhang Jinyu doesn't know that this is the talent he needs. The military camp is full of guys who are full of wars, and they are useless to government affairs.

It seemed time to make arrangements.

(End of this chapter)