Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1958 Director of the Finance and Taxation Bureau

This period of stumbling mechanical computer research and development has gone on for almost ten months, and the difficulties in it are really hard for Feng Nuo to describe.However, the person accompanying him to Guangzhou now is the "Zu Chongzhi" who has been formally finalized. Zu Chongzhi is an ancient mathematics scientist who has a deep knowledge of mechanics, and his name has the word "Zu" in it. , used to name this type of mechanical computer can be said to complement each other.

"Zuchong No. [-]" has been further improved on the basis of the prototype. Thanks to the technical upgrade and material progress of the machinery factory, the relay workshop can produce better relays than Fengnuo's original handmade relays, and some mechanical mechanisms have also been optimized.Therefore, the first batch of machines is not only much smaller than the prototype machine, but also has greatly improved functions and computing speed.It is no longer the clumsy appearance of the prototype.

A total of six sets of machines were manufactured in the first batch. Except for two sets that were handed over to the Labor Reform Bureau of the Ministry of Justice and the Archives Office of the Political Security Bureau for experimental use, all were handed over to the newly established "South China Data Center" in Guangzhou.

In addition to the two assigned desktop servers, this data center relies entirely on these four sets of mechanical computers.

Don't look at this equipment as stupid and thick, and it works slowly. For Ai Zhixin, the financial and tax commissioner of the Guangdong Region and the director of the Guangzhou Municipal Finance and Taxation Bureau, it has solved his urgent needs.

What he manages is finance and taxation, and the formulation of fiscal and taxation policies is inseparable from detailed statistics on various aspects such as economic aggregates and currency circulation. The problem is that until now, these are still a mystery to him.The data surveyed by various departments have not been aggregated, classified and counted, and are no different from waste paper.And the archives accumulated by the various levels of the Ming Dynasty lacked enough professionals to sort them out: not to mention the present, even in the old time and space, it was not easy to clean up the massive files that had been preserved for hundreds of years.Therefore, except for the "rules and old rules" known to some veteran officials of the book office, there is basically no reference value.

So when Feng Nuo and Xu Laowu arrived, he was the happiest and most enthusiastic.From being picked up at the pier to being sent to the internal guest house in the big world to help them settle down, they asked their relatives along the way, which made the two of them very embarrassed.I have no choice but to say that I will "do my best" to do a good job in the South China Data Center.

Although the civil work of the South China data center has come to an end, the next interior decoration, equipment installation and commissioning, personnel training... It is impossible to put it into actual use within three or four months.However, Xu Lao Wu has already guaranteed that he, Feng Nuo, and the naturalized operator brought along will first build a set of equipment in the big world and put it into actual operation.

"You guys have a good rest first, tomorrow I will take you to the data center construction site on Henan Island."

Ai Zhixin arranged for them, and went out by himself in a sedan chair—Liu Xiang's "Dig All over the Ground" was delayed for several months due to the plague, and now it started again, and the official carriage continued to be useless, so he could only continue to use the uncomfortable sedan chair.

The Great East Gate of Guangzhou City is only 2 kilometers away from the Great World. It takes more than 40 minutes to get there by sedan chair, and only a few minutes by small train.
Because of the witchcraft case, Liu Xiang and Wu Mu jointly issued a memorandum, asking the elders in Guangzhou not to walk or take public transportation on the streets of the city unless there are enough guards.Ai Zhixin originally wanted to be a small train from Dashijie to Dadongmen, because he was informed that he could only continue to take a sedan chair.However, sitting in a sedan chair is also beneficial. It somewhat shields the various stench and mosquitoes on the streets of Guangzhou. Although the sedan chair is not bulletproof, it can be hidden in it, and the safety line can be guaranteed to some extent.

A group of people walked quickly along the small train tracks outside Dadongmen, and came to Dadongmen.The squad leader of the National Army who was in charge of guarding the Great East Gate was a Japanese mercenary-born corporal named Naruto Hinata. He leaned over and asked, "Please provide your traffic documents or identification for registration."

The accompanying guard took out the relevant documents, Naruto Hinata read the documents and asked again: "Who is in the sedan chair?"

"It's the director of the Municipal Finance and Taxation Bureau," the guard said.

"Ask him to show his face." Hyuga Naruto said, "This is the rule."

Since it is a regulation, there is no need to say much, the guards are about to lift the curtain, and someone suddenly said in the curtain:
"Hyuga Naruto ですか? Shishi を 中実な!" (Hyuga Naruto? Are you loyal to your work!)

When Hyuga Naruto heard such a sentence in Japanese, he immediately knew that it was an elder.The Japanese spoken by the elders is very different from the Japanese.There is a peculiar Edo dialect, and the words and sentences are also different.

He immediately stood at attention and replied: "Senate の恩义のために." (In order to repay the kindness of the Senate.) Then he handed back his certificate, saluted and let him go. The soldiers of the National Army on both sides saluted together.

Ai Zhixin looked at these soldiers from the sedan window of the gauze, with mixed feelings in his heart.

That is to say, there is the complacency and satisfaction of a man who has achieved success and fame, but he is also full of worries about the future.

With great power comes great responsibility.The burden of fiscal and taxation in Guangzhou is really not easy to pick.Thinking that these soldiers are actually supported by taxes, Ai Zhixin felt more and more stressed.

Back at the office of the Finance and Taxation Bureau in the Salt Division, he took off his coat and handed it to Ai Yixin.This coat is an unmarked Fubo Army Northern Winter Short Windbreaker, which was bought from the joint logistics quiltment warehouse. It keeps warm and moisture-proof-very useful in Guangzhou during the Little Ice Age.

What he wore inside were his work clothes: they were ordered from Hong Huangnan's No. 82 special supply shop, and there were several sets of uniforms for officers of the Fubo Army without military ranks and logos.

When Ai Zhixin first entered Guangzhou, he wore the suit he often wore when he was working in the Ministry of Finance in Lingao. The old officials who stayed still thought he was dressed in strange clothes, and secretly said that he was wearing the barbarian clothes of Xiangshanao, and that the Australians wanted to use barbarians to change summer.Ai Zhixin felt that these aborigines didn't know what a gold-collar fan was, or what a suit and leather shoes were, and they were all bumpkins.

Since bumpkins don’t know how to appreciate it, they also want to cherish their clothes from the old world and wear them on appropriate occasions—as a tall man of 193, Ai Zhixin’s clothes must be carefully maintained, otherwise he will have to wear open pants or worn-out clothes. His suit—he just switched to a military uniform.But what he didn't expect was that the custom-made military uniform not only fit and comfortable to wear, but also gave him more deterrence and weight when speaking at the tax bureau.In addition, what he didn't know was that because he was wearing a military uniform, he even had an increased safety factor when going out.

Ai Yixin put the visitor registration book in front of him, and it recorded who came to him when he left, and for what reasons.He looked at it, and most of the subordinates came to ask for instructions on various issues.No senator came to him.On the contrary, Liu Gang, an old partner of the Senate, came here and sent a note.

Since Liu Gang started selling private salt for the Senate, his business has grown bigger and bigger over the years, and his connection with the Senate has become closer.After the recovery of Guangzhou, Ai Zhixin planned to "recruit" the private salt distribution network he controlled to become the sales network of the Monopoly Bureau.

The post was placed in the official document basket of "Incoming Documents". It was not yet nine o'clock in the morning, and there were already more than a dozen documents sent in from last night to this morning.

He has been in Guangzhou for several months, and he has a general understanding of the industry, commerce and taxation situation in Guangzhou. Although he lacks specific data support, he has already grasped a lot of the general situation.In the past few months, due to the prevalence of witchcraft cases and the plague, the taxation work was at a standstill, so he had to focus on basic work: establishing the basic structure of the fiscal and taxation system, training taxation cadres... now it is barely taking shape.

Although he proposed the model of "self-declaration and actual payment, light tax and heavy punishment" before coming to Guangzhou, the actual collection is not ideal due to the lack of qualified inspectors and the chaotic accounts of various merchants.Some of the more complicated taxes were not dared to start easily - in case there was a mistake in the collection, there would be a big rebound if there was a change in the future.

What he is facing is the core problem that all tax officials must face: how to collect more taxes and control the cost of tax collection.

It is actually not difficult to collect more taxes. Taxes have been able to reflect the government's achievements in imagination and creativity since ancient times.The key is collection.

In theory, it can be done as long as there are sufficient personnel, a sound organization is established, and a strict accounting system is implemented.However, these inputs all consume tax costs. The more taxes there are, the wider the tax base is, and the collection costs will rise geometrically.At the least, it will consume the income from taxation, and at the worst, it will bring serious damage to the tax base.

Moreover, his current situation does not meet these conditions at all.Therefore, his idea of ​​tax collection lies first in "low cost" and "easy collection".

Under this premise, not long ago, he formulated a Guangdong collection plan centered on three major types of taxes: property tax, circulation tax and stamp duty.

He has already made relevant plans for the specific collection of these three major taxes.A further refinement is now made.

The property tax is levied annually on the amount of the total amount of property subject to taxation not exceeding [-]%.

Because of the lack of account books, the plan is to rely on the tax staff to estimate the total property of the other party on a household basis, and re-evaluate it every five years. The estimate can be higher. If the taxed party can provide complete evidence to prove that their property has been overestimated, Part of the overcharged tax can be refunded, and the next round of taxation after the tax refund will be levied according to the actual property of the other party.

Encouraging this kind of administrative reconsideration system for the purpose of tax refund is to encourage each taxpayer to find out their own accounting information and help promote the modern accounting system.While taxpayers have a thorough understanding of their property, the Senate can also clearly grasp the status of social wealth, which is convenient for controlling a few wealthy people.At the same time, the popularity of good accounting information in the society can better facilitate social management and enterprise management.

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Next update: Volume 63 - Guangdong and Guangxi Raiders Chapter [-]

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