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Besides, when did the imperial court care about merchants?

As for the industry, the share of production tax, compensation for farming, local tax increases, and industrial development achievements are superimposed by multiple factors, which need to be considered by local officials.

And the reason why Zhao Xi gave the local prefectures, counties and counties the autonomy of money and food, Zhao Xi wanted the local government to support officials and government servants...~

"Why did the government once again let the local government have the autonomy of money and food?"

Han Qi was puzzled.Since the establishment of the Royal Bank and spread all over the prefectures and counties of the state, coupled with the implementation of a whip law, the imperial court has basically controlled the money and food of the state.

Even the cost of daily government affairs is determined by the three envoys and handed over to the Royal Bank for execution.

This is a further strengthening of Zhao Xianggong's policy of controlling local financial power formulated by the imperial court when the Song Dynasty opened.

But now, the government actually wants to delegate power to local finance?

Fu Bi was also puzzled.

"Fu Xiang, what if the local officials' salaries are handed over to the local self-sufficiency?"

Han Qi never thought that the government would allow the local government to support the military. On the point of the military, the local government will never be allowed to intervene. This is the consensus of the country and the government.

"No! Absolutely no!"

Fu Bi was in a hurry, maybe the officials really had such considerations.

Fu Bi didn't even say hello to Han Qi, he just turned around and went back to Qinzheng Hall.

Once officials are supported by the local government, even if the imperial court has the right to appoint and remove officials, the official's recognition of the imperial court will gradually weaken.

It will be disaster!Whoever has milk is a mother, whoever supports and recognizes, this is the most reasonable!Once the officials are really supported by the local government, the officials will gradually weaken their sense of belonging to the imperial court.

Although there is the restraint of the Royal Bank, when the magistrate knows that his salary has little to do with the imperial court, it is the time when the magistrate and the imperial court are at odds.

It is bound to cause the formation of cronies on the basis of the township party, which will eventually disrupt the court.

"Officials, does the local government intend to allow the local government to support the courtiers?"

Fu Bi was in a hurry, without any prefix, he went directly to the topic.

"Fu Xiang thinks it's wrong?"

"Inappropriate! The decline of the previous dynasty started with local independence! The official family, in the early days of the national dynasty, Taizong and Zhao Laoxianggong learned the lessons of the previous dynasty, and only then did the official system of the national dynasty overlap. The reform of the official system of the official family did not start from In essence, it is the basis for the imperial court to support courtiers."

"And once the local government raises tax revenue and supports the courtiers, it will inevitably lead to the result of only knowing the tax revenue and not hearing about the court. Veteran officials implore the officials to think twice. In the early years, the transfer of money and food cost countless, but the court has never made adjustments, which is impossible. Now With the Royal Bank connecting the world, the officials must not let the local dominance go like this."

"Fu Xiang, I allow the local government to stay, and I really have the idea of ​​letting the local government support the officials. It is not to support the courtiers, but to support foreign officials."

"Fu Xiang, in today's country, even the smallest county, if you want a county government to operate normally, there must be at least a hundred people. From the officials to the three classes of government servants, no one receives the imperial salary. And the county magistrate's salary has another How many?"

"In order to support many officials, counties and counties have to set up clever names and increase all kinds of exorbitant taxes. Although the people will not be destitute, the fact is that the people are miserable."

"Master Fu, I have repeatedly mentioned that the so-called king and the so-called ministers do not exist without the people. Now that the country is rich, the ministers have enjoyed the dividends of the country's prosperity, but what about the people? Retaining tax revenue and bringing exiled officials from counties and counties into the scope of imperial support is an effective means of reducing people's taxes."

"Besides, allowing the local government to set up another name to support officials is the real way to only know the county and not to hear about the court. The imperial court's support of foreign officials can improve the sense of belonging of foreign officials to a certain extent."

"When the imperial court promulgates the tax system reform plan, it should also announce the cancellation of non-imperial court-established taxes in all parts of the country. Since the rich minister has understood this matter, the specific edicts should be drafted by the cabinet."

This is a common problem raised by his son after taking control of Yizhou. Zhao Xi originally considered dealing with it separately, but he didn't expect that the land occupation and tax increase law would eventually evolve into such a situation, so he could take the opportunity.

Fu Bi is more familiar with the situation in local counties than officials.He has also been in charge of the local government, so how can he not understand the real governance of the local government.

"Officials, I suggest that the local tax collection and retention should be coordinated at the state level, and the household department should control the state capital retention, all in the name of the imperial court. That is to say, the local retention is only operated within the imperial court and is arranged by the imperial court. "

For a series of measures by the government, Fu Bi really felt the progress of the imperial court's centralization of power, and also had some insights into the so-called centralization of power.Xu Yili, it is not necessary to grant authority.

Zhao Xi couldn't deny this suggestion.It is more beneficial to the king to concentrate the conflicts among the courtiers, but the court takes the lead, and he will naturally not object.

Fu Bi organized the cabinet, as well as relevant yamen such as the Three Envoys and the Ministry of Households, including the ministers and workers who were proficient in numerology in the workshop city and the martial arts hall, and began to draw up plans for the retention and use of local and imperial tax revenues.

Such a plan was passed very smoothly in the cabinet and in the deliberations.In a sense, this is aggravating the power of the cabinet and deliberation.

Regardless of whether it is the cabinet in charge of the region, or the actual governance of the local government, there is no financial power. When the imperial court formulated and weighed the local tax revenue, it naturally produced the power of the local political chief official in terms of financial certification... Coordination of withdrawal and retention will be implemented at the Youlu level in conjunction with the state level.

To be an official, one is fame, one is power, and the other is money. In the final analysis, it is a matter of influence.For the imperial court, it is a matter of control.The participation of many yamen in charge of the cabinet, the chief officials of the road, the chief officials of the state government, the Ministry of household affairs, and the three envoys can more and more reflect the general leadership function of the imperial court.

Everyone has their own income, but it is just sacrificing the rights that the original county chief officials did not have, but in fact it solves the burden of the county-level chief officials.Kind of like everyone's happy.

Correspondingly, because of the implementation of the tax revenue retention plan, it has contributed to the smooth passage of Zhao Xi's tax reform.It is also because of the tax revenue retention plan that it is likely that there will not be many objections when participating in politics.

I don't know if this is another unsophisticated approach by the officials.

Chapter 640

Officials only have framework and guiding opinions on tax reform. The actual formation of tax system edicts still needs to be completed by the cabinet in conjunction with relevant yamen.

Zhao Xi is now less and less concerned about specific affairs.The influence of the ruling philosophy, the balanced cabinet and the deliberation of state affairs, gave Zhao Xi the conditions to be a relaxed king.

This can be regarded as time-consuming and heavy-duty. Fu Bi took the lead in the affairs of the tax system and retention plan. In the first place, he convened the relevant yamen to combine the two.Letting professional people do professional things, Fu Bi has a good understanding of this aspect.

This is a complicated accounting process, but it has certain universality, so it can be simplified.

How should I put it, according to a complicated method, it should be necessary to first make statistics on the officials of the prefectures, counties and counties of the state dynasty and the three classes of government servants and other foreign officials, and then compare the tax revenue of each place, and then combine the two to calculate The specific retention standards and ratios are to ensure the salary standards of exile officials.

The so-called universality, generally speaking, the prefectures and counties with good economic conditions and good industrial development employ more foreign officials, while those places with bitter cold have relatively fewer government affairs, and the number of foreign officials is also natural. just less.

Therefore, the cabinet and the deliberative government directly adopted a simple method when discussing specific issues. According to the tax revenue of the local prefectures and counties, a certain percentage can be approved and retained.In addition, the state-level filing system has been implemented for exiled officials in counties and counties.

Considering that the accounting standard is calculated based on the previous tax system, the cabinet and the council also adopted a provisional method when negotiating, and the retention plan will be adjusted according to the situation after the implementation of the new tax system.

When Zhao Xi saw the minutes of the cabinet and the deliberations, he was really relieved, and it was issued without any changes.

Regardless of whether it is really applicable or not, Zhao Xi can afford even if the court loses money in one year.The point is that his set of governance philosophy has completely taken root in the minds of the courtiers.

Imperial edicts have always been issued and executed immediately. This time, Zhao Xi asked the imperial edict to clarify the specific execution time.This is for the convenience of quarterly statistics of tax revenue and expenditure.

At the same time, when the imperial decree was promulgated and implemented, the supervisory offices of all local prefectures and counties were required to supervise the process of canceling various exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes throughout the process.

This time, from the reform of the tax system to the promotion of local retention, all classes in the Manchu Dynasty should have a sense of gain.Of course, merchants are excluded.However, for merchants, they are used to paying taxes, and the track makes paying taxes in vain, and now the circulation tax is basically acceptable.

Zhao Xi has always been worried about the possibility of a decrease in the court's tax revenue and an increase in expenditure...

Xue Xiang also focused on the Royal Bank during this period, and almost implemented a ten-day reporting system so that officials can keep abreast of the operation of the tax reform.

"It's not a surprise."

It's already summer, and the new tax system has been implemented for three or four months. From the initial operation, Zhao Xi is still very satisfied.

"In terms of tax reform, it should be that the imperial court has greatly increased tax revenue. Coupled with the increasing income of the country's industry, this is a large amount of money and food. However, it is because of the local government's retention and support of officials that it has led to the current balance of income. .In fact, the court still lost money.”