Datang first village

Food tax plus [-]%!

If someone else said this, I'm afraid they would have been pointed at their noses and scolded.

But these words came from the mouth of King Qin of the Tang Dynasty, whether it was the status of King Qin, his previous style of doing things, or the ability of this King Qin to turn stones into gold.

Therefore, after the officials were surprised about the increase in food tax, they thought more about it.

The surname of Liu, governor of Huazhou, is also one of the common surnames in Guanzhong. He is most famous for two things, one is his name, and the other is his writing.

Of course, his name is more famous than his character, so Li Yuanxing remembered it the first time he saw it.The name of this Liu Changshi is Liu Chongchong!

The ancestor of his family, Shangliu, or a famous official of the Sui Dynasty, retired and returned home after the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

The Liu family in Hua County is definitely a scholarly family. Not to mention how many officials there are in the family, it is only said that even a five-year-old child in the family can compare with many adults.Even Yu Shinan has praised the Liu family of Hua County for calligraphy education many times, and even came to communicate.

It's just a pity that there has never been a master calligrapher in the family.

This Liu Chong rushed into the hall: "Your Highness said to charge [-]% of the food tax, let alone [-]%. If Your Highness dares to ask for [-]%, I Huazhou will not hesitate at all, and I will agree immediately."

"Slippery!" Li Yuanxing cursed with a smile,

"Even if the subject slipped his head, he dared to ask His Highness how much the common people would earn after the tax was added." Liu Chongchong asked very seriously, holding back the smile on his face.

Li Yuanxing asked back, "How many did Liu Changshi think there would be?"

Chief Shi Liu Chongchong did not answer immediately, but bowed his hands to all the officials around him, and then continued: "I am honored to read a book, which was given to Cui Shangshu by His Royal Highness during a chat."

Li Yuanxing thought that he had too many books for Cui Junsu, so he didn't open his mouth and waited for Liu Chongchong to continue talking.

"This book is not complete according to what Cui Shangshu said. But it puts forward a brand new theory. The Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Rites have made some simple evaluations based on this theory. Huazhou is also within the scope of evaluation. Your servant Get some data, take it out and discuss it with His Highness and fellow workers!"

After Liu Chongchong finished speaking, he bowed slightly in front of Li Yuanxing.

This is waiting for Li Yuanxing's consent, because the discussion will affect Li Yuanxing's request for a grain tax increase.

"Forget it, let's discuss it. The king brought some tea and some mutton, so it's better to let the king be the host today. Chat with everyone in Huazhou, and discuss government affairs tomorrow!"

Li Yuanxing said in his heart that it is a good thing to communicate first, and it is useless to rush some things.

At that moment, everyone moved from the main hall of the government office to the flower hall in the backyard. Li Yuanxing naturally sat in the hall, and many officials with low rank sat outside. The adjutant also arrived, and Pei Yuanlang specially added positions for these people.

After sitting down, Liu Chong, who was next to Li Yuanxing's right, sat up straight.

"Everyone, His Royal Highness the King of Qin has proposed many very meaningful ways of doing politics. I cannot learn them one by one. What I mentioned today is the general acceptance theory written by His Highness to Cui Shangshu of the Ministry of Households. A village, a district, a county, and a state are used for accounting, and the annual income of each household is calculated."

When Li Yuanxing heard this, he naturally understood.

However, Li Yuanxing remembered that he once mentioned the item of per capita income to Cui Junsu, but Datang is mostly calculated by household, so there is no per capita income, but per household income.

Regardless of the calculation method, it is always a reasonable measure.

Liu Chongchong took out a piece of paper: "When I participated in the verification, I knew a few figures. Jingzhao Chang'an County originally had 860 households, which is only [-] households away from Shang County. Because it is in Jingzhao, it is also Designated as Shang County. The annual income of these [-] households in the ninth year of Wude was [-] yuan per household! Seven hundred catties of grain!"

There are about twelve guan in each household, that is to say, more than 6000 yuan for each family's income after discounting future generations.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a qualitative difference between the concept of a household and a family. A large family could have hundreds of members, but after a family was formed, it was only a single household, and sometimes a family consisted of dozens of households.So one household has an average population of five people, and there must be one or two of them who are not adults.

Therefore, this value is not considered poor.

Of course, this is an average value, not a minimum value.

"His Royal Highness was named the King of Qin. Jingzhao Chang'an County and Yaozhou are His Royal Highness's fiefdoms. The officials of Yaozhou don't know, but after Chang'an's summer harvest, the Ministry of Households came up with a piece of data."

A smile appeared on Li Yuanxing's face, because the farmers in Chang'an County were doing well.

"Jingzhao Chang'an farmer, the poorest household in the first half of the first year of Zhenguan, with an income of 26, 310, and [-] catties of grain!"

"Five thousand catties! Is Liu Changshi wrong?" A county magistrate exclaimed immediately.

As mentioned above, there are not so many officials in the Tang Dynasty who are like their parents, and they get along very peacefully. Many officials of the fourth and fifth ranks above the court dare to ask questions like this in court. Talk to Li Er, not to mention a county magistrate here in Huazhou asked the governor Shi.

So those present didn't feel how strange it was.

It was Liu Changshi who was even more powerful, pointing at Li Yuanxing: "His Royal Highness is here, why not ask His Highness to answer!"

How did Li Yuanxing answer? He didn't read the detailed data, he only looked at the average value.But since the question was asked, Li Yuanxing had no choice but to answer: "How many are the most and how many are the least? The king did not check carefully, but the king knows that the eldest brother of the king's personal guard Bai Erwa is already a single householder. The husband and wife added Youngest son, this summer, I received 31 guan of cash and [-] catties of food!"

After speaking, Li Yuanxing looked sideways at Yuan Chun, wondering if Yuan Chun had seen these details.

Seeing Li Yuanxing staring at him, Yuan Chun took a half step forward: "Your Highness, the money distributed by the Bai family is actually 24 yuan and [-] yuan, and the other six yuan money is what he got from helping in the workshop. The food is four thousand catties of pumpkins, and sweet potatoes. [-] catties, [-] catties of corn, and only [-] catties of wheat. Later, I exchanged sweet potatoes for [-] catties of fine grains, because the granary at home was full, and the surplus grain was exchanged for about five guan ren."

"continue!"

Li Yuanxing saw that the officials in Huazhou were listening seriously, and since Yuanchun knew about it, he continued to talk.

"The household with the lowest income is a household surnamed Wang in 180 Sancun, Dongqinwangzhuang, Chang'an County. There are four members in one household. The husband and wife have a seven-year-old and a four-year-old child. They moved in at the beginning of March in the first year of Zhenguan, because they did not catch up. Farming is busy, so the summer harvest is only [-]% of the income of other families.”

"Is it consistent with Liu Changshi's data?"

Yuan Chun nodded: "According to Qin Wangzhuang's records, his family's food distribution is always 870 and [-] catties, so the difference is very small, almost the same!"

Four thousand eight hundred and seventy five catties, and five thousand catties, this is not a difference. It can be said that the data of the Ministry of Households is extremely accurate.

Liu Changshi stood up. He didn't know what Yuanchun should be called, so he said directly: "Chang'an County's average household income has increased tenfold. I don't know if this data is correct?"

"Twelve times and 47/23 times!"

Datang has not yet used a decimal point. This 47/23 times is an extremely accurate data.

Li Yuanxing waved his hands when he heard this: "This data is not accurate!"

"Please make it clear, Your Highness!"

"Because the grain is different, in the past, three shi per mu was considered Shangtian. The king's grain yield is [-] shi per mu, so this data is not accurate. What's more, there are many workshops in Chang'an County, and the output of these workshops alone Much higher than the average state, so it all counts."

Hearing what Li Yuanxing said, Liu Chongchong didn't know what to say.

Li Yuanxing waved his hand with a smile, and signaled everyone to sit down: "This king thinks that it is feasible to increase the per capita income of Huazhou County by three times. And this is still in the absence of fairy food. If there is fairy food, five times should It’s not difficult. But why is the king increasing the grain tax? If the grain yield is [-] catties per mu, should the grain tax be the same as if the grain yield is [-] catties per mu?”

"Different!"

This time, officials in Washington state are supporting the payment of more food taxes.

Because paying more taxes means higher income.

"Okay, then the king said the second topic, where will the money for the transformation of Huazhou come from?"

"Huazhou is willing to gather the strength of the whole state." Pei Yuanlang stood up and expressed his attitude, and all the officials of Huazhou also stood up and expressed his attitude.

Li Yuanxing nodded, it seems that the advantage of being close to Chang'an is that they already know about the reform.

"Well, if there is not enough money, the Ministry of Households can borrow it first. Huazhou must become the most outstanding state. After the summer harvest, 80 mu of potatoes and sweet potatoes will be planted first. The king will send [-] guards to repair the river and build new canals. , Work hard this year, next year Huazhou will become a big granary in Chang'an!"

Stand up from the officials and salute: "Respect the order of King Qin!"

Pei Yuanlang said again: "Your Highness, I am going to issue a letter. I will submit a letter to the state to increase the grain tax by [-]%, so that His Highness King Qin will go to Huazhou in person, and I want to transform Huazhou into the second Jingzhao Chang'an County."

Li Yuanxing was stunned for a moment, but he immediately understood what Pei Yuanlang was thinking.

What do the people say? If Li Yuanxing reforms Huazhou first, and then asks for a tax increase, then the people may have opinions.

But in other words, at the cost of [-]% of the grain tax, Huazhou can reach the income of Jingzhao Chang'an County.

The distance between Chang'an County and Huazhou is only more than 100 miles. There are businessmen here. It is no secret what the people of Chang'an County are living.

It seems that sometimes being a good official requires skill.

"Today I'm just chatting, and tomorrow I'll talk about government affairs. Huazhou needs a plan. This plan must be demonstrated in detail. What I mean is that when I talk about politics tomorrow, I will explain my intentions. You should study it first. According to various The situation in the county comes up with detailed opinions, and the most important thing is to do the work of the people well.”

"Yes!" All the officials saluted again.

Li Yuanxing picked up the teacup: "This king first wishes the income of the people in Huazhou to double next year, and all the people are happy!" (To be continued.)