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Chapter 43 Repeal of the Agricultural Tax

Xu Mu rushed back to Wanmin City overnight.

Because Yangcheng was victorious in defending the city, the enemy did not dare to attack the city in a short period of time, and Lao Zhang was guarding the city, so Xu Mu could rest assured.

But Fang Xuanling asked for a lot of things in the letter, and repeatedly requested that he must come back in person to hammer out the plan before it could be implemented within the entire city.

When Xu Mu saw Fang Xuanling again in the Lord's Mansion, he was looking at him with resentment.

"My lord, there are no petty officials..." Lao Fang's first words when meeting him were extremely aggrieved.

Xu Mu could only smile awkwardly when he heard this, and painted a big cake for Fang Xuanling: "Old Fang, what we are doing is rebellion. Starting a business from scratch must be extremely difficult at the beginning, but the future is bright, you Run around first, after a while I will go to Luoyang and tie up a group of scholars for you."

Since Fang Xuanling took office, all government orders have been made by him... on two legs.

He also once searched for literate people throughout the city, but he couldn't find any.

Fang Xuanling was dumbfounded at the time.

In the end, for the implementation of the decree, every time he designated a decree, he would personally rush to various places in Wanmin City to communicate and implement it, and ensure its implementation.

I have to say that Lao Fang's sense of responsibility is really strong. After Xu Mu came back, he found that the farmland outside Wanmin City had basically been reclaimed.

The old house also registered the land, and Qing Tian measured it.

The sum of all the terraced fields is about [-] mu.

In order to accomplish this, Lao Fang has been sleeping late these days, and has been punished by his wife to sleep on the floor many times because he came home too late...

"My lord, let's put aside the little official. There is a very important thing right now. Do you really want to implement what the lord has said?" Fang Xuanling sighed, rubbed her sore legs, and looked up at Xu Xu. animal husbandry.

Xu Mu naturally knew what he was talking about.

He came back this time just for the smooth implementation of this matter.

Because he is going to do a feat through the ages.

So in Fang Xuanling's view, it was too unbelievable.

"Of course it is true. This is the root of the rise of our Wanmin City." Xu Mu nodded solemnly.

"But...agriculture is the foundation of the country. Looking at the past and present, most of the tax revenue comes from this. If the agricultural tax is abolished, I might... fear the finances..." Fang Xuanling's heart sank, and a rare tough look appeared on his face.

Over the past few days, he has gradually gained a sense of belonging to Wanmin City.

Seeing that the construction of Wanmin City was in full swing, Fang Xuanling felt that his life had suddenly gained momentum.

Especially when Xu Mu valued him so much, he was moved to die for his confidant.

But what Xu Mu said in the letter is really a fantasy, it has never happened in the past and present!

It was inevitable that he would speak up today to persuade the lord to give up this dangerous idea.

Inside the Lord's Mansion Building.

Xu Mu looked at Fang Xuanling, who had always been calm and peaceful. At this moment, his face was full of stubbornness.

Xu Mu shook his head helplessly. What he wanted to do was to abolish the agricultural tax.

This matter will not be truly achieved until the later generations of the 21st century.

But in this era, rituals and music are broken, and the world tends to be chaotic. He built a city in the deep mountains, and everything in the city was decided by him.

So he wants to implement this move directly!

The previous construction of Manmin Square was also the result of his foresight.

All for the repeal of the agricultural tax!

"Old Fang, tell me the reason for your objection first." Xu Mu looked at the stubborn Fang Xuanling, and motioned him to sit down first.

But Fang Xuanling refused to sit down, and cupped his hands and said: "My lord, from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the present, agriculture is the foundation of the country, and the people rely on it for survival. Apart from scholars, farmers, businessmen, and scholars, agriculture is the first. If the agricultural tax is abolished, Where does the income of Wanmin City come from?"

In this regard, Xu Mu smiled slightly, took out a copy of the accounts of the salt shop in recent days, and handed it to Fang Xuanling.

After Fang Xuanling finished reading it, he said with a smile: "This is the account of the salt shop opened by Fan Zhu for the past few days. Do you know the tax revenue?"

Fang Xuanling's expression moved slightly, he was keenly aware of Xu Mu's intentions, and he couldn't help asking: "My lord is going to collect business taxes?"

In China, commercial tax has a long history. In fact, in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, there was already commercial tax, which was divided into city tax and customs duty.

Fang Xuanling read all the ancient books, so he naturally knew that this happened in ancient times.

He couldn't help frowning and said: "But Wanmin City has no tax, and the city tax is [-]%. How can it compare to the agricultural tax?"

Xu Mu couldn't help showing a strange look: "Who said I would charge 15.00%? I would charge [-]%!"

Regarding this tax rate issue, Xu Mu specially investigated it, and he was deeply moved by the tax collection standards in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

So fucking merciful.

Those businessmen control the wealth of the world, and they earn more than the peasants.

Actually only need to bear [-]% of the tax.

On the other hand, farmers have to collect such heavy taxes.

Fang Xuanling did not understand economics, and did not speak on the issue of taxation on merchants.

For him, fifteen and four were about the same.

but……

"Even if it is 15.00%, the income is still very different from the agricultural tax income..." Fang Xuanling wanted to persuade.

Facing the old house at this time, Xu Mu finally felt the traditional thinking under the small peasant economy.

So deep-rooted that it doesn't make sense at all.

Xu Mu thought for a while, and decided to use another method to fool Fang Xuanling: "Old Fang, the farmland in Wanmin City is only [-] mu. Even if taxes are collected, how many times a year can they be collected? These people who fled to the mountains , how much money can I have?"

There are many ways of agricultural taxation in ancient times, some are spread into money, and some are directly paid by grain.

Xu Mu was ready to intercept Hu Li Mi and set up the idea of ​​Luokou Cang, so they naturally didn't need them to grow food.

As for the money...

It's not that Xu Mu looks down on them. Among these people, they are all the kind whose families have been ruined, and they don't have much money at all.

"That being said, but..." Fang Xuanling was taken aback by Xu Mu's words, but still wanted to refute.

But Xu Mu continued to interrupt: "But the business tax is different. The next step in Wanmin City is to encourage business. Unlike the agricultural tax, the business tax can be collected every day, and it can promote circulation, so that the common people can communicate with each other. If the agricultural tax is not collected, the people of Wanmin City will definitely become richer and richer!"

Listening to Xu Mu's words, Fang Xuanling gradually became pensive, and couldn't help asking: "Could it be that my lord wants to turn Wanmin City into a Jiangdu?"

Jiangdu, also known as Yangzhou in later generations.

It is the most famous economic center city that emerged in just over ten years after Yang Guang built the Grand Canal, which connected the north, south, east and west, and accelerated commercial exchanges.

Xu Mu couldn't help but rolled his eyes, and snorted coldly, "Do you still want the people to farm in the deep mountains, and rely on harvesting these grains to conquer the world?"

These words made Fang Xuanling blush, and could only smile embarrassingly.

"So the agricultural tax in Wanmin City must be abolished." In the end, Xu Mu made a final decision and established this system in the Lord's Mansion.

Fang Xuanling pondered for a long time, then cupped his hands towards Xu Mu and said, "My lord is far-sighted, and my subordinates can't do it."

After Xu Mu's explanation, he finally understood Xu Mu's purpose.

Combined with the Manmin Square that Xu Mu built before, I gradually understood the future development direction of Manmin.

In the deep mountains, there is no need to farm, and there is no way to grow a lot of food.

Therefore, it is actually feasible to abolish the agricultural tax in Wanmin City.

After all, it is not the whole world.

Fang Xuanling naively thought that Xu Mu abolished the agricultural tax in consideration of the actual situation in Wanmin City.

Xu Mu did not explain this either.

When he conquers the world in the future, the agricultural tax will also be abolished.

When Fang Xuanling sees the magic of business, he may become a solid supporter of himself.

On the same day, Fang Xuanling drafted a decree, and after Xu Mu signed it...

Lao Fang took the decree and ran out of the city.

So far, in the lord's mansion, only Xu Mu, Fang Xuanling, Yang Guang, and Lai Huer are on duty...

In the residential area outside the city, Fang Xuanling mentioned that the Lord's Mansion is about to be registered and compiled, the household registration is re-made, and the land is divided...all the people are boiling.

Later, Fang Xuanling talked about the decree personally deployed by Xu Mu to abolish the agricultural tax...

These people were fried at that time.

They didn't understand what it meant to abolish the agricultural tax. Many people asked Fang Xuanling and refused to let him go.

"It means that you don't need to pay taxes for farming in the future, and the Lord's Mansion will never charge you a cent of taxes!"

Fang Xuanling explained, but found that the surrounding people were still in a daze, so he simply said more bluntly: "That is to say, all the grain you grow is your own, and the Lord's Mansion will not ask you for a grain of grain!"

After he explained it like this, these people came to understand.

Then he repeatedly called out that the lord, Dade, is the reincarnation of the heavenly saint, who went down to save the people.

It has to be said that Xu Mu's actions once again won the hearts of all the people in Wanmin City.

If the original allocation of land gave these people hope for the future in troubled times, then the abolition of the agricultural tax will add fuel to the fire of hope!

They are looking forward to the next policy of the Lord's Mansion.

Fang Xuanling, who announced the decree, was even dragged to his home by this group of simple people, where he was served with tea and food and warmly entertained.

This made Fang Xuanling a little flattered.

The mood can't help but become complicated.

After announcing the decree, Fang Xuanling prepared to return to the city.

Along the way, he looked at the farmland reclaimed by Qu Yuanli, and his thoughts were racing.

In Wanmin City in the deep mountains, he felt a completely different atmosphere in the troubled times.

These people have rekindled hope.

And all of this was brought by the lord.

The refugees from the outside world have been tortured by the war and corvee taxes, and they are like walking dead.

Lifeless, lifeless.

As a scholar, facing the troubled times, Fang Xuanling felt a natural sense of responsibility when he saw the people displaced and precarious.

The ultimate ambition of a scholar is to Jun Yao and Shun.

Seeing Xu Mu's proposal to abolish the agricultural tax today, Fang Xuanling had a strong intuition in his heart that the young protagonist in front of him might be able to satisfy his ideals and highest aspirations in life.

After a busy day, Fang Xuanling returned to the three-story small western-style building. While eating, he said to Mrs. Fang and Fang Yiai: "Throughout the ages, there have been countless capable people, but none of them dared to do this. , if we can seize the world in the future, it will be the result of this strategy."

Fang Xuanling sees it very far-reaching, although the thought in his bones tells him that agriculture is the foundation of the country.

But he knows that the country is rich by merchants, and the richest people in the world are undoubtedly those merchants.

Wanmin City rebelled, one lacked food, and the other lacked money.

The lord said that the food problem has been solved, and what is lacking right now is money.

(End of this chapter)