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Chapter 1037 Abolish Monopoly
In the second year of Yuzhu's accession to the throne, the iron monopoly system was abolished.

Today, because the fiscal and taxation system in the western region has been sorted out and many county offices have been streamlined, there is already enough foundation to abolish the salt monopoly system.

The salt monopoly system has been implemented since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty until now, and it is time to come to an end.

Yuzhu's overall idea of ​​governing the country is that all counties in the western region with a population of less than one million will be merged into prefectures.

That's all, the land tax system and tax system in the west have also undergone earth-shaking changes.

Specifically, that is, the rent of tenants in the entire western region shall not exceed 15%.

Yuzhu adopted a one-size-fits-all policy, and any landlord who dared not implement it would still be fined [-] times.

Because Yuzhu saw clearly that the source of trouble in the west was that the output of the land was gradually decreasing, but the land rent was increasing day by day.

Of course, any reform of fiscal and taxation measures requires supporting policy assistance.

The imperial court's land tax for the entire western region was also reduced to thirty one.

Yuzhu is an old bureaucrat, and he knows better than anyone else that if the imperial court takes one stone of grain, the corrupt officials in the west will receive at least five stones of grain.

The consequence of the high tax rate is that the wealth of the people is wasted in vain, and the corrupt officials are cheap.

As far as the world is concerned, there has always been a rule, that is: the higher the tax rate, the more people who try to evade taxes.

After Yuzhu came to power, first the gentry worked as errands to pay the grain, and then the peasants were assigned to the land, and the poll tax was cancelled.

At the same time, after the merger of counties, the number of county governments in the west is more than five times less than before?
It is common sense that the fewer government offices there are, the lighter the burden will be on the people.

In the former Qing Dynasty, if the county government wanted to collect taxes in full, it had to support a large number of servants and use violent means to suck blood from the people.

Different from the former Qing Dynasty, all taxes collected in this dynasty were declared and paid on their own initiative.

Deliberately concealing or underreporting income, once found out, if you don't kill people, you will be fined [-] times.

Yuzhu sees it better than anyone else, and instead of supporting countless tax collectors, picking cows, dragging pigs, and door-to-door violent tax collection, it is better to keep an eye on the big families in each county.

As long as the big families in each county are afraid of being punished, and honestly declare and pay taxes, even if the small people's newly opened fields leak a little land tax, it is a trivial matter.

To be honest, except for the tax bureau in the lighthouse country, which frightens the Americans, tax evasion is simply commonplace.

Everything has its advantages and disadvantages.

Yuzhu's strategy is to catch the big and let go of the small, and stare at the big families in the counties.As for small self-cultivating farmers, most of them have no guts to leak their registered land taxes.

This is the case in the west.

In Jiangnan and Huguang, where taxes are important, all three taxes are one.

For this reason, small-scale uprisings broke out in the Jiangnan and Huguang areas.

However, what year is this eve?
Under the rapid suppression of the imperial army armed to the teeth and with convenient water transportation, the uprising was quickly extinguished.

On Yuzhu's desk, there are landlords in Jiangnan and Huguang who have been implicated in the list of peasant uprisings.

"Hengchen, it's a pity that they lost a lot because of a little vested interest." Yuzhu raised his hand and gently tapped the memorial on the table.

Zhang Tingyu also felt that those landlords who participated in the uprising were really stupid.These idiots thought that it was an era when two kitchen knives could be used to rise up, and they were so stupid that they had nothing to say.

In fact, as far as Zhang Tingyu knows, the rifles of the court officers and soldiers have changed for two generations, from front-loading smoothbore guns to front-loading rifles.

The evolution of the rifle is mainly due to the contribution of the retired French captain Bessain.

Fixed-load ammunition, lead bullets with cylindrical shells, significant improvements in steel-making technology, and Bessaian's inspiration, a standard rifled gun that can be mass-produced was born.

The rate of fire of rifled guns is slower than that of smoothbore guns, at best three rounds per minute.

However, the longer the effective range, the better the lethality, it is impossible for Yuzhu not to understand.

Therefore, at Yuzhu's insistence, the front-loading rifled gun first gained popularity in the first town.

After large-scale inspections by grassroots troops, the effective range of front-loading rifles has been extended to about 300 meters.

You know, the effective range of the previous smoothbore gun is only 80 meters.

Within a few years, the Luanzhou Gun Factory was operating at full capacity to produce muzzle-loading rifled guns, allowing the entire Imperial Army to be re-equipped.

"Hengchen, since they are so stupid, why don't they all be killed?" Yuzhu deliberately ran on Zhang Tingyu.

The geographical location of the Zhang family in Tongcheng, Anhui determines that Zhang Tingyu's background is actually one of the spokespersons of the great Confucianists in the south of the Yangtze River.

It's just that Zhang Tingyu is different from Jiang Sheng. He doesn't have a deep relationship with Jiangnan Confucianists, and only cooperates occasionally.

"Heaven has the virtue of loving life. The emperor is a sage who has never seen in a thousand years. He must understand the ignorance of the stupid people." Zhang Tingyu tried his best to save the stupid landlords.

Yuzhu said coldly: "If you don't kill people who secretly plot rebellion, what is the majesty of the court?"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Tingyu quickly said: "Your Majesty, I think it is better to exile them to Ninggu Pagoda and never allow them to return." He has tried his best.

Yuzhu turned his head and asked Xiaoxuanyu again: "What do you think?"

Xiao Xuanyu had thought it through a long time ago, and expressed her attitude, saying: "Back to the emperor's father, I think it's okay to only investigate the culprit. After all, they were suppressed as soon as they discussed the incident, and no serious damage was caused. Consequences. However, they must not be spared lightly, why not send them all to Nanyang as coolies?"

Yuzhu nodded, then asked Little Tiehammer, "What about you?"

Little Iron Hammer said very seriously: "Back to the emperor's father, the minister thought that the times have changed, how could a little loach make waves? Why not just ransack your home and exile to the Western Regions to grow cotton. After all, the Western Regions, very There is a shortage of people to grow cotton."

Yuzhu looked at the little hammer very relieved, this child has really grown up.

The princes of this dynasty all have the experience of juvenile military academy and recruits.

After meritorious service and promotion to lieutenant, he got a small office and learned to handle government affairs with Yuzhu.

After a whole set of training, none of Yu Zhu's sons looked like a prodigal son.

In his later years, the old emperor was so troubled by Jiulong's seizure of his heir that he couldn't sleep peacefully.

Yuzhu's sons not only opened the mansion without a letter from the king, but also studied government and military affairs step by step.

So far, the princes have no way to cultivate their own power in private.

It is impossible for Yuzhu to let his sons have a lot of free time to stay at home and form a party for personal gain.

As long as this person is free, he will definitely become a monster.

Of course, the main reason is that there is no crown prince in Yuzhu, and the princes have no clear target for struggle, even if they pretend to be filial.

(End of this chapter)