Kai Fu Han

Chapter 549 Tax Exemption
Counting the bean sprouts planted in summer and harvested in autumn, the crop yield from one acre of land is enough to keep a strong laborer full for a year.

According to statistics, the amount of cultivated land before Zhao moved south had exceeded [-] million acres. Taking into account the rice fields in the south that can be harvested three times a year, the output is conservatively estimated to support [-] million people.

The total population of Zhao State is only [-] million.

No one should be hungry.

"Reward, big reward!" Liu Xinqi said happily.

"Thank you, Alliance Leader!" Zhang You bowed and saluted.

"Thank you, leader!" Other researchers and officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries around also thanked him.

"You all deserve it." Liu Xinqi helped Zhang You up.

……

April 24, Chen hour.

After going to work, Liu Xinqi came to the office of the Minister of Taxation.

“Is there a tax exemption plan for this year’s disaster?”

"There is a preliminary plan, please take a look." Jiang Xue pulled out a tax-free plan bound by three pieces of paper from his desk.

This year's locust plague, except for Jingdong East Road, which was slightly affected by the locust plague in Xinghan League, the other three roads were relatively serious. Hebei East Road and Damingfu Road can be said to have suffered no damage.

In these places, if the disaster relief efforts are not enough, people may die, so there is no need to think about tax collection.

If we collect taxes, we will have to force the people to go to hell.

Liu Xinqi picked up the plan and flipped through it in twos and twos.

The tax exemptions in the plan are very simple. Summer grain taxes on Hebei East Road and Damingfu Road will be fully exempted. Several severely affected prefectures on Jingxi East Road will be fully exempted from tax, and those with moderate disaster levels will be exempted from half of the tax.

Jingdong East Road was less severely affected. Several state capitals close to the West Road had exemptions and exemptions. Other states had no exemptions and paid taxes as usual.

As for the confirmation of the extent of the damage, the Ministry of Taxation is cooperating with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to conduct an investigation and confirmation.

"According to this plan, how much summer tax can be collected this year?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"It is estimated to be about 400 million tons." Jiang Xue replied.

Too few. You must know that the total population of people under the rule of the Xinghan League now exceeds 500 million, and the number of people fully supported by the government has reached more than 50.

Counting the family members supported by these more than 50 people, there must be at least 150 million people who rely on taxes and grain.

Adding in the number of people affected by the disaster who need relief, 400 million Dan is a drop in the bucket.

"Too little." Liu Xinqi said.

Jiang Xue was a little embarrassed after hearing Liu Xinqi's evaluation.

It stands to reason that as a subject, I want to solve the lord's worries and problems. If Liu Xinqi feels that there is less, then I have to find a way to collect more food.

but!First it was a man-made disaster, then a natural disaster. After a lot of trouble, not only did the people in the newly occupied two states have no food to eat, but the landlords probably also had no food left. "Then..., increase taxes?" Jiang Xue asked tentatively.

"What are you thinking about? There is no food. Wouldn't adding more taxes destroy people's families?" Liu Xinqi rolled his eyes slightly and scolded.

Although he was reprimanded, Jiang Xue felt relieved and said quickly: "That's right."

"Since we can no longer collect grain taxes, we should find a way to buy more grain from the people's homes on Jingdong East Road. Then I am thinking of ways to buy some back from Jiangnan, which should be able to last until the autumn harvest." Liu Xinqi said.

"The grain reserves are still enough, so people won't go hungry." Jiang Xue should have talked with Wu Liang from the Grain Reserve Department.

Under the confidentiality regulations, Jiang Xue will definitely not know the total reserves, but it is still easy to know whether it is enough or not.

"If you don't worry about the long term, you will have immediate worries. You must plan ahead." Liu Xinqi retorted.

We still don’t know how many refugees will eventually wander over to the west, and we don’t know what the year will be like in the second half of the year. We can’t use up all the food reserves at once.

Seeing that the two replies did not return to the point, Jiang Xue simply brought the topic back to the tax exemption.

"What about this tax-free plan? Can it be implemented?"

"It's too simple." Liu Xinqi commented: "If the management model is like that of Zhao and Jin, the number of officials is small and cannot be refined. This tax-free plan is okay, but for our Xinghan League, it lacks some refinement. .”

"Then what suggestions do you have?" Jiang Xue asked cautiously.

"Yesterday I went to the research farm of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to guide the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to come up with a more reasonable yield for the affected acres. You can communicate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and get this number back," Liu Xinqi said.

"Yes! What's next?"

"Based on the normal wheat yield per acre, it will be more realistic to determine the tax exemption plan." After Liu Xinqi finished speaking, he saw that Jiang Xue's doubts had not dissipated, and he still did not understand.

"Let me give you an example. Assuming that this year is a disaster, the yield per mu of dry land is [-] catties, and the yield of paddy land is [-] catties."

"This yield is about the same. If there is no locust plague, the cultivated land on both sides of Jingdong should be able to reach it." Jiang Xue continued.

"The grain tax in our Xinghan League is 180%, and the public land tenancy is 360%. It can be stipulated that this year's actual grain production of cultivated land, if the dry land is less than [-] kilograms, and the paddy field is less than [-] kilograms, will be tax-free; if the production is higher than this, the guaranteed minimum per mu production will be excluded After that, if there is excess, summer tax will be levied." Liu Xinqi explained.

"In other words, if X's paddy field produces 370 kilograms of grain this year, he only needs to pay ten kilograms of tax. If X's paddy field produces 410 kilograms of grain, he will need to pay 41 kilograms of summer tax?" Jiang Xue asked.

"Yes, that's how it is calculated. By analogy, public land with a yield of less than 140 jins in dry fields and less than 280 jins in paddy fields should be exempted from rent." Liu Xinqi added.

Jiang Xue nodded, thoughtfully, and then seemed to suddenly think of a question: "But, it is impossible to confirm the grain output of each household, right? Moreover, such a grain collection seems to be of great benefit to the people who work intensively and diligently. Isn’t it a little unfair?”

Liu Xinqi put his hand on his forehead. Jiang Xue was led into a corner by himself.

"In previous summer and autumn tax collections, taxes were also collected based on proportions. Could it be that the tax department measured the yield per mu of each household?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"Well, in previous years when collecting grain taxes, we would first identify some intensively cultivated fields, then measure the yield per mu of these fields, and use the average yield per mu of these fields to determine the amount of grain tax collected in a large area." Jiang Xuehui Dao: "And in order to encourage people to cultivate intensively, the cultivated land used as measurement points is exempt from grain tax."

Just like factories in later generations, wages were calculated on a piece-by-piece basis. If the output was too high, the factory owner would lower the salary for each workpiece, and the workers would end up working hard but not getting enough.Therefore, workers will also have their own way of resistance, which is to determine a salary range that they can accept, and then complete a fixed workload, no more, no less, so that the factory owner cannot reduce the piece rate salary and they are not very tired.

The purpose of exempting the cultivated land from the grain tax at survey points is to encourage the people not to have the same confrontational mentality.

(End of this chapter)