celestial system of the solar system

Chapter 95 Subjective initiative

After a heated discussion, most people showed a clear expression.

At this time, Luo Yi said: "The real estate shield tax is linked to the real estate value tax, and the amount is [-] times that of the latter."

Then everyone exclaimed.

Because they vaguely feel that these two taxes add up to seem very high.

In fact, the sum of these two taxes is not very high, but ridiculously high.

Assuming a real estate owner earns 10% annual income from his real estate, the value tax is roughly equivalent to 3.33% of the gross value, and the shield tax is 5%.Then, the real estate owner needs to take out 83.33% of the annual income to pay taxes.

After World War II in country E, the government of the Labor Party levied an inheritance tax rate of 100% on those whose property was over £80 million.Excluding special taxes such as punitive tariffs, this is the highest tax rate that Luo Yi knows - when Luo Yi learned that the inheritance tax rate was so high, he was deeply moved, but he did not expect that the tax rate he himself formulated is actually even higher .

However, Luo Yi's original intention was not to starve the freedmen to death.

The real property value tax is not a light tax, but if there is no landowner as a middleman to exploit, then this tax is not particularly heavy.

In ancient times, a [-]-[-] split between tenant farmers and landlords was common, and it was not uncommon for tenant farmers to pay [-] to [-] percent of their income to landlords.

If the annual income of real estate is simply and roughly fixed at 10%, then the tax rate of real estate value tax is about 33.3%.Compared with the rent that landlords collect from tenant farmers, it is actually not much.During the Meiji Restoration period, the land tax of the foot basin country was also at this rate.

As for the real estate shield tax...

Luo Yi calmly announced: "However, the shield tax can be replaced by military service."

"An adult male only needs to serve the lord for forty days a year in military service, so as long as the land under his name does not exceed one hectare, he is exempt from paying the real estate shield tax."

"Now, I will give each household one hectare of land as your private property. Will you choose to serve in the military or pay the shield tax?"

The free folk shouted passionately and incoherently.

"Military service!"

"Military service!"

"Military service!"

Luo Yi nodded.He doesn't care about the shield tax, he is not short of money.

This is actually a clever management technique: Luo Yi gives two choices. After the former slaves who have just become freedmen choose one of them, they will think that it is their own choice, so they will be very satisfied.

But in fact, Luo Yi's real idea is to hope that they will serve in the military seriously.

In order to encourage the freedmen to be more devoted to military service, Luo Yi added: "All the men above can apply for military service, but not all of them are eligible for military service."

"Among all the applicants, [-]% of the worst performers are evaluated as C-level. In the second year of C-level, they can only pay the shield tax instead of the obligation of military service. And the [-]% of the best performers People are rated as A-level. A-level can get additional rewards, and this reward is paid out of the shield tax. The rest of the people are rated as B-level, with neither reward nor punishment."

The free folk were in an uproar.They are obviously worried that they will need to pay the shield tax in the second year after being rated as C-level.

Although the former slaves were almost all illiterate, so they couldn't directly see through the numbers how terrible the shield tax was, but their intuition told them that the value tax plus the shield tax would be a very heavy burden.

Luo Yi comforted them.

"Don't worry about unfair evaluation. People with low evaluation can challenge anyone with higher evaluation than themselves within three days after the evaluation is announced. The competition venue is in this square."

"The challenged can choose the competition method. Archery, bare-handed combat, arm wrestling, fighting with wooden swords and shields, fighting with wooden spears... choose one of the five competition methods."

The spirits of the free folk were appeased.

Human desires are endless.If the needs of survival are met, they will feel full and warm, and when they are able to eat enough, they will ask for the taste of the food.

However, the ex-slaves who had just gained personal freedom did not make too many demands all at once.At present, they feel that as long as the evaluation can guarantee fairness, it is enough.Even if it is true that the skills are inferior to others, so they need to pay the shield tax in the second year, the former slaves will not have the idea of ​​making trouble for no reason.

At this time, "Your Majesty" came from behind Luo Yi.

Luo Yi was very surprised.

It is not surprising that some people call him His Majesty.But it would be strange to call him His Majesty in Mandarin.

Luo Yi turned around and found that it was Guan Yajun.

Guan Yajun was a little embarrassed, not only because he didn't know what Luo Yi's name was, but also because he felt ashamed to call a modern person His Majesty.

However, in order to be able to return to modern society and reunite with his wife and daughter, Guan Yajun can overcome no matter how embarrassing it is.

"Your Majesty," Guan Yajun firmly reiterated the title of His Majesty. "I feel that some of the regulations on the real estate shield tax seem to be inappropriate..."

Luo Yi is naturally happy that Guan Yajun can actively participate in it.Whether employees exert their subjective initiative or follow orders, the difference in work efficiency is too great.

So Luo Yi said with great interest: "You say."

Guan Yajun cleared his throat.

"It is reasonable for the owner of real estate to have to perform military service. "Pride and Prejudice" recorded what was considered common sense in country E at that time, that is, some ancient lands that belonged to fiefdoms were tied to feudal obligations, so they could only Inherited by males."

"So, the land owner must either perform military service or pay a punitive shield tax, which is actually less restrictive than the legal restrictions on land in country E—even if a high shield tax is required, daughters at least have the right to inherit the land. "

"To take a step back, no matter whether it is a woman who inherits the land or a man who is not suitable for military service, when they feel that the burden of value tax plus shield tax is too heavy, they can also choose to pay less value tax and shield tax. The result is nothing more than It’s the land being forcibly bought by other people at a cheap price.”

"So that women and unfit men can dispose of bad assets. Buyers can buy land at low prices. Sovereigns can get enough soldiers. Win-win-win."

Luo Yi nodded approvingly.

Regardless of whether Guan Yajun is willing to give up the throne and return to modern society in the future, at least for now, he has the potential to become the king of a city-state kingdom—after all, the city-state in this world is not as large as a county, and its population may not exceed a town, so it is not that great kingdom.

"However," Guan Yajun felt relieved when he saw Luo Yi's approving expression. "It seems inappropriate for the superiors to judge whether the land owner is suitable for military service."

Luo Yi was puzzled.

"I have stipulated that people with low evaluations can challenge them. Wouldn't that make up for the loopholes in the evaluation power of the superiors?"

Guan Yajun waved his arms and retorted unceremoniously.

"Instead of plugging holes after the fact, why not create better systems in the first place?"

(End of this chapter)