Da Qin: Rebuked the dissatisfied ministers, held the sword towards the emperor at the beginning

Chapter 143: Working for the country, but poor for your own life!
Ying Zheng planned to reward Yin Lie as usual, but the specific reward gave him a headache.

If the reward is too great...

So what would Dian Ke Dun Rui and Shang Qing Yao Jia think?
The internal and external dynasty system proposed by Yin Lie came at the expense of Jiuqing Dianke.

Ying Zheng had to consider the emotional endurance of his former ministers.

If there is no reward at all...

Not at all.

Sometimes this reward is more of a political orientation.

Since Ying Zheng supported Yin Lie's proposal for official reform, he had to express his opinion accordingly.

However, Ying Zheng needs to grasp the degree of reward carefully.

After thinking about it for a while.

Ying Zheng said slowly: "Just reward Qin Qing with an increase in title and food."

Yin Lie bowed his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Yin Lie was the only one who was not directly born in foreign wars, but obtained titles and towns based solely on his advice and restructuring.

This matter originally made the Junwu Xungui faction aggrieved.

Now they are watching Yin Lie's title and estate increase...

"His Majesty!"

Veteran general Hegong said angrily: "I think the reward to Qin Yucheng is somewhat inappropriate. Even though the reform and restructuring were successful, Qin Yucheng did not give a very specific and detailed feasible method on the financial budget matters."

"It just gives a general direction of fiscal unity."

"In the future, we will definitely need people below to study the details of the empire's fiscal revenue and expenditure budget, etc."

"In this case, I believe that Qin Yucheng can at most be promoted to one of the titles and fiefdoms."

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The veteran general Hegong raised objections.

Previously, Yin Lie was a ninth-level fifth-level doctor, belonging to the rank of doctor...

Don't look at it now. It's just been promoted to the tenth level: Zuo Shuchang has directly become a Qingjue!

And he also received the emperor's special gift of upgrading his food town.

These two things may not be very generous rewards in themselves for Yin Lie.

But they are all things that break the old rules.

The group that will be most affected is naturally the Junwu Xungui faction...

After all, Yin Lie was promoted without military merit, which would undoubtedly shake the military merit title system.

therefore.

It was rare for the veteran general Hegong to stand up and embarrass Yin Lie by using verbal quarrels.

That is to say, Yin Lie always only points out the general direction and formulates the strategic level for reforms.

But they deliberately ignored the implementation details.

This time Duke Heng said...he had to dig into the corner to see what Yin Lie would do!
"What Mr. He said is wrong."

Ying Zheng frowned slightly and said: "Since ancient times, strategic talents who are good at grasping large and small ones must be much more important than tactical talents."

"Although Qin Qing did not give too many detailed reform rules and regulations in this official reform."

"However, the clarification of the powers and responsibilities of the three ministers and nine ministers in the internal and external dynasty system, as well as the unification of finances, etc., have all touched upon some of the shortcomings of our Great Qin official system!"

"Qin Qing's contribution, I believe, cannot be questioned, and the original rewards will remain unchanged."

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Ying Zheng took a very tough stance.

First, he must stand up for Yin Lie.

Second.

There is indeed nothing wrong with what Ying Zheng said.

For example, Wuchenghou Wang Jian is a strategic talent, while veteran general Hegong is a tactical execution talent. Which of the two is more important can be distinguished at a glance.

"Ha ha."

Yin Lie smiled and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, the old general's doubts are nothing more than a few more words to me."

Yin Lie didn't want to make things too difficult for Ying Zheng.

then.

Yin Lie took advantage of the situation and began to describe the detailed implementation of the unified finance of the empire.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, all the princes... Once those behaviors that confuse internal and external finances in the name of doing things for the palace are restricted, the empire's finances can be very clearly divided into two parts..."

Yin Lie tilted his head with interest and asked, "Old General Hegong, do you know which two big pieces they are?"

Yin Lie said that since someone insisted on making things difficult for him.

Then of course he is not rude when he comes back!
He also had to make Mr. He make a fool of himself in public.

then.

Yin Lie deliberately provoked the general and said: "At the age of the old general Hegong, it can be said that he eats more salt than I eat rice. Isn't it possible that he can't even answer this little question?"

"Uh……"

Duke Heng was so slapped by Yin Lie that he felt a little helpless.

He is a military general who knows nothing about financial affairs.

At most he can explain some common sense about army food and fodder...

But Yin Lie emphasized the age of Duke He.

Notice.

Mr. He often said in private that Yin Lie acted recklessly at a young age and didn't know what to say.

Now Yin Lie can be regarded as using the other person's way to repay the other person's body.

At the moment when Mr. Heng's old face quickly turned the color of pig liver.

Right Prime Minister Wang Wan came to the rescue at the right time and said: "As we all know, the old general Hegong has always only been involved in border defense military affairs and has never exceeded the rules. Qin Yucheng's question should be answered by the prime minister... When the imperial finance is completely clarified internally and externally, it will be realized At the time of unification, the imperial finances will be divided into budgetary revenue and extrabudgetary revenue.”

The answer is very simple.

Just as Right Prime Minister Wang Wan said.

There are two major parts of finance: budget and extra-budget.

The veteran general Hegong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then became a little angry. Didn't Yin Lie just make it clear and then use him against him?

And that's true.

This kind of question belongs to common sense about finance, but people who don’t understand it will definitely not be able to answer it.

Yin Lie just wanted to embarrass Mr. He in a small way.

Followed by.

"What the right minister said is true. There are two major parts of the empire's finances: budgetary revenue and extrabudgetary revenue."

Yin Lie organized his speech and continued: "We can calculate the financial and taxation aspects of Zhi Su Nei Shi. According to the detailed household registration system of Da Qin, land rent, oral taxes, farmland payment, merchant taxation, etc., these can all be done Calculate a clearer rough estimate."

"Of course, the premise is that financial unification must be truly implemented, especially the local army's farmland payment, and every detail must be checked!"

"I think Daqin can be open and transparent in household registration statistics of merchants, farmers, military households, etc."

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The basis of all taxation must be based on an accurate household registration system.

otherwise.

Any tax reform will only be a castle in the air and of no use.

"In addition, Qin Zhidao, the tolls collected at various city passes, which are part of the commercial tax, are considered state-owned asset income."

Yin Lie said seriously: "Because the Qin Zhidao and the city passes were built under the leadership of the imperial court. Including the five tombs that the Central Plains officials are about to move into, they can also collect property taxes and the like in the future, and they are also state-owned assets. ."

All the infrastructure facilities built under the leadership of the imperial court.

It's definitely not in vain.

Year-round and stable tax collection will be needed in the future.

This part is all budgetable revenue from state-owned assets.

"In addition, I would like to mention that the imperial court may set up a salt and iron monopoly, that is, the salt and iron must be controlled and sold by the imperial court... This can also be included in the income of state-owned assets, and it will be a Very huge income!”

Yin Lie specifically raised the issue of salt and iron monopoly.

In fact, this kind of thing that people just need is equivalent to the property market in later generations.

The rise in salt and iron prices is equivalent to the skyrocketing property prices in later generations.

In essence, they are siphoning property from the private sector to support the country's continued development.

This was also the period when Qi's economy took off after Guan Zhong, the prime minister of Qi, created the salt and iron franchise...

certainly.There are also those who do not use money for the development of the empire. For example, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used various means to make money, but in the end it was used to fight the Huns.

This is where Yin Lie is more helpless.

When Da Qin has money, it will develop a natural tendency to expand externally.

The inertia of militarism is really not that easy to completely resolve.

“The last thing is earmarked revenue.”

Yin Lie concluded: "The first thing we mentioned just now is the grain tax revenue, which is divided into: land rent, oral tax, farmland payment, annual routine taxes for merchants across the country, etc."

"The second is the income from state-owned assets, which is divided into: Qinzhidao and city passes for infrastructure, as well as real estate taxes from future mausoleums. As well as the salt and iron franchise..."

"Special revenue belongs to the third category. For example, His Majesty ordered that silk cloth, salt and bronze utensils be used to exchange war horses and money with the border barbarian Hu Shang Wushiluo. This is a typical special foreign revenue."

"As for extra-budgetary income, it is very simple. For example, Guowei Tu Ju's plot to investigate the Dongjun meteorite case is regarded as conspiracy and is an unforgivable crime. The Yi clan also has their property confiscated... This kind of thing is an emergency. It is difficult to accurately estimate in advance how many assets can be copied in the end, so this part belongs to extra-budgetary income.”

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in this way.

Yin Lie also gave a very specific classification of the details of budgeted income and extra-budgeted income.

The revenue within the imperial fiscal budget covers national tax revenue, state-owned asset revenue, and special revenue...for the time being, there are three major categories in total.

If there are other parts later, just fill in the blanks accordingly.

Thinking about the ministers below, such a simple thing is still done well.

Also.

The specific taxation records of Da Qin are somewhat confusing.

It is said that it was based on the practice of the Zhou Dynasty, and the implementation was: tithe tax.

In other words, a family of five only needs to pay tax on one-tenth of the grain harvest to complete the task of the court.

however.

It is also said that the Qin Dynasty collected more than half of the tax, which meant that it had to spend more than half of a year's grain harvest in order to pay the land rent and oral tax stipulated by the Qin Dynasty...

Land rent and land tax are levied according to the amount of land!
The household tax is levied based on the number of people in a household.

At the same time, Da Qin also had a family system...

When a strong man reaches adulthood or a household reaches the regulatory limit, it will be divided into two households, so that the court can receive more taxes.

But if it is implemented so strictly.

It is destined that the country will be rich and the people poor.

It will circle back to Shang Jun's Five Techniques of Tiring the People, which is not in line with Yin Lie's original intention of reform.

Especially before the two-crop rice and wheat planting technology matures.

According to the yield of one corn harvest per year...

After the common people paid their oral taxes and land rent, it was impossible for a family of five to have much surplus food. At most, they could only make ends meet.

If you are unlucky.

Encountered some severe natural and man-made disasters.

The people's little surplus food immediately became unbearable.

have to say.

The common people in ancient times really did not have any ability to resist risks.

At the same time, Daqin is also at a critical juncture in its development, and taxes cannot be reduced at will.

Let Ying Zheng do nothing at the end of his life...

Obviously it is unrealistic.

The First Emperor was destined to be a very tormented emperor through the ages.

This requires Yin Lie to open source. Only by thoroughly researching the two-crop rice and wheat planting technology can all problems be solved.

Back to this moment.

Yin Lie looked around and said, "How's it going? Is there anything else you want to add?"

Yin Lie still didn't go into too many details.

What he has done is still to build a unified financial framework.

The subsequent trivial matters can be handled by the subordinates.

Otherwise, if the imperial court distributes so much salary every year, it will be in vain to support these people?
Yin Lie didn't want to be like Zhuge Wuhou in later generations, who did everything personally, which would take all his hard work.

At this time.

"Qin Yucheng is indeed a great talent. Even on matters as complicated as the empire's finances, he can clarify the framework within a very short period of time."

Li Si, the left prime minister, took the lead and said: "With Qin Yucheng's instructions, all subsequent financial details can be classified one by one."

Li Si's attitude changed quickly.

Since the arms can't hold the thighs.

Then simply be more knowledgeable.

of course.

more importantly……

Li Si really admired Yin Lie's ability. He was very simple and could easily clarify any complicated matters in front of Yin Lie.

This ability is no longer as simple as outstanding talent.

You must know it from birth and have the talent to reach heaven!

on the throne.

Ying Zheng quickly took over the conversation and left all the follow-up matters of the empire's finances to Li Si.

Right Prime Minister Wang Wan was very helpless and rushed to nothing, and did not get anything good.

Notice.

Who can regulate and complete the imperial finances?

Then we will definitely have a lot of financial say in the future, and even the right to interpret rules.

Li Si has now found a job, which means that the Legalist faction and the foreigner noble faction, under the leadership of Comrade Lao Li, have both lost and gained in this change in the official system.

There are even more gains than losses.

On the other hand, the Guanzhong civil and military faction represented by Right Prime Minister Wang Wan, the Jiuqing Shaofu was split up, and the power of the imperial servant Yang Duanhe was also reduced.

There are only disadvantages and no advantages at all.

At last.

Even more unlucky were Jiuqing Dianke Dunruo and Shangqing Yaojia... They became the biggest victims of this change in the official system.

And Yin Lie successfully received the reward of increasing his title and food.

He breaks the limit again...

From a noble lady to a noble lady.

Speaking of which, Lord Shang had also obtained the title of Zuo Shuchang.

It is indeed very difficult to go one step further.

For example, the position of concubine chief of the carriages is usually held by the most respected members of the clan. During the Xiaogong period, the title was even directly inherited by the queen mother...

It can be seen that as you go up to the rank of Qingjue, the influencing factors such as ability and so on are not very big.

What's more important is bloodline and current situation!

that's it.

Today's court meeting is completely over.

In front of the main entrance of Zhangtai Hall.

Yin Lie and Wei Liaozi stood side by side.

Yin Lie took the lead in transmitting the message: "National Master! How are you? As long as I am here...can Da Qin save you?"

Wei Liaozi nodded noncommittally, and then responded via voice transmission: "There is some hope."

Yin Lie raised his eyebrows: "Is there just a little hope?"

Yin Lie was obviously not satisfied with Wei Liaozi's reaction.

He felt that his reform of Da Qin was coming to an end.

And Ying Zheng supported him very much...

Even if something happens to him in the future, the reforms will continue to be implemented, and the hope of the continuation of Zuo, the country of Qin, is still very high!
"Qin Yucheng."

Wei Liaozi sighed softly: "You are really good at seeking the country, but poor at seeking your own life! If you can survive the upcoming attack by Shang Qing Yao Jia and Dian Ke... let's talk about whether Da Qin can be saved or not. Bar!"

Yin Lie: "..."

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(End of this chapter)