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Chapter 169 Ridiculous taxation, Emperor Longyan is furious (first update, please subscribe)

"Where is Yan Lu?"

"My minister is here, please give orders from Your Majesty."

Yan Lu stepped out of the queue and bowed in salute.

Shangguan Lin looked at Yan Lu, and said slowly: "The rewards for the officers and men of the three armies will be distributed by the Ministry of Households. The amount of gold and silver involved this time is huge, so Ai Qing must not make mistakes."

"Yes, Wei Chen obeys the order."

On the dragon chair, Shangguanlin looked around at the ministers, and said loudly: "Today is a banquet, and the three armies will be rewarded outside the city."

"In addition to meritorious ministers, if you love each other, you can also go together."

"The annihilation of Qi this time is a rare happy event in Tianqi's century, and the whole world should congratulate it."

"Your Majesty Shengming, long live my emperor, long live!"

Seeing a large group of officials kneeling down, Shangguan Lin was satisfied.

After more than a year of reform, the Apocalypse Court has been completely renewed.

"Okay, let's stop here today, retreat..."

Just as Shangguan Lin was about to talk about retiring from the court, he suddenly remembered an important matter.

"Where is Lu Buwei?"

"My minister is here, please give orders from Your Majesty."

Lu Buwei took a step forward and bowed to obey.

Shangguan Lin looked at Lu Buwei and asked, "I ordered you to recruit soldiers, what's the current situation?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the 70 troops have been recruited."

Lu Buwei bowed slightly, and respectfully said: "Your Majesty's battle to destroy Qi sent back to Tianqi, and the enthusiasm of the people of Tianqi to join the army is unprecedentedly high."

"Within one month, more than 300 million people came to the barracks to join the army."

"Wei Chen selects the best of them, leaving 70 people."

"At this moment, 70 troops are camping outside Jinling City, waiting for His Majesty's will at any time."

"very good!"

Shangguan Lin nodded and said: "Decree, transfer Meng Tian back to Beijing to change defenses, and be responsible for training the 70 new troops."

"promise!"

Now that Apocalypse has destroyed Northern Qi, the two wings of Northern Yan are full of Apocalypse's army.

Even if Shangguanlin transferred Mengtian back to the capital, Beiyan would not dare to act rashly on the Golden Luan Hall. Shangguanlin looked around at the ministers and said loudly: "The people have me in their hearts, and I should have people in their hearts." People, tax exemption for three years, and tax cut in half for the next ten years." "Your Majesty is wise, long live my emperor!"

Shangguanlin is now rich and powerful, and he can afford to reduce or exempt the taxes of a few soldiers.

The most important thing is that most of the people who are willing to join the army are poor people, and they don't get much tax from them.

What Shangguan Lin always wanted to collect was the taxes of the rich and powerful.

Before Han Fei was asked to measure the land in the world, it was to prepare for this matter.

Now that the matter of destroying Qi is over, it is time for Shangguanlin to start reforming the tax system.

However, to do this, a reason is needed.

And this excuse should already be lying on the table in the royal study of the palace. "Let's retreat."

Shangguan Lin gave a soft cry, got up and walked into the apse.

All civil and military officials knelt down at the same time, and said in unison: "I respectfully send you off to Your Majesty."

After retiring from the court, Shangguanlin returned to the imperial study.

Sure enough, as he expected, the imperial study room was already full of memorials.

Not only on the table, but also on the ground.

Of course, these memorials have already been reviewed.

During Shangguan Lin's personal expedition, Lu Buwei, Tong Zhili, Zhang Liang and others jointly dealt with important affairs in the court, and they also reviewed the memorials.

But reviewing is one thing, how to deal with it is another.

They can handle some small matters, but they have no right to deal with major military, political and people's livelihood matters.

The memorials placed on the ground all record small things.

The batch placed on the table was selected by Lu Buwei and others, and the records above were all important matters.

Shangguanlin went to the dragon chair and sat down, and picked up a memorial on the table.

This is a tax memorial for last year.

Last year's tax had already been collected when Shangguan Lin Yujia personally collected it.

Seeing the bank tax and grain tax reported, Shangguan Lin had a sneer on his face.

3600 million silver, 300 million shi for grain and tax.

This is the silver tax and food tax of the apocalypse last year.

Compared with previous years, this number is not only not less, but also about one-sixth more.

If Shangguan Lin didn't understand, he might be complacent, thinking that his decree was good, which increased Tianqi's tax revenue.

But the reality is just the opposite.

Apocalypse's tax system is completely unreasonable. If it is reasonable, the tax collected will be far more than that. "Ding, the host triggers the task of tax reform."

"Please ask the host to abolish Tianqi's unreasonable tax system and re-establish the tax system." "Task reward: three thousand, the world's money bank." The electronic voice of the system suddenly sounded, and a new task appeared.

Tax reform is simple and easy to say, but it is also difficult to say.

To change a tax system, Shangguanlin only needs to issue an imperial decree.

The difficulty is that the officials below did not implement it, and violated him.

After all, the new tax system will inevitably touch the interests of many powerful officials, and they are naturally unwilling to implement it. "It seems that I'm going to kill someone again this time." Shangguan Lin's eyes were calm, but his expression was dark and difficult to understand.

Thinking about it carefully, it has been a long time since he bloodbathed the court and implicated the courtiers.

He hasn't killed anyone for so long, I'm afraid many people have forgotten that he holds a butcher knife.

The rewards for this mission are also very generous.

In addition to the bank, there is also the merchant Wansanqian.

His ability to make money is legendary.

Although Lu Buwei is also a successful businessman, he is the chief assistant of the court and cannot go to business to collect money for Shangguanlin. . . .Ask for flowers. .But Wansanqian can.

As an emperor, there are four things in his hands that cannot be missing.

Military, political, financial and espionage.

Shangguan Lin holds the military power of Tianqi in his hand, and he also controls the government. He has snares and quicksand under his command, and spies are spread all over the world.

The only thing missing is money.

In the past, Shangguan Lin's means of raising money was killing people.

Kill corrupt officials, kill vassals, and then ransack their homes.

Although such a method is simple, crude, and direct and effective, it lacks a bit of self-cultivation after all.

It is the long-term way to continuously obtain money if there are thousands of people doing business for him. "Come here, Xuanlu Buwei, Han Fei, Tong Zhili and Yan Lu come to see me."

Shangguanlin put down the memorial and yelled softly. "promise!"

After the eunuch Wang Wen got the order, he hurried down to deliver the order.

About half an hour later, four officials, including Lu Buwei and Han Fei, came to the imperial study at the same time.

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"My minister bows to His Majesty, long live my emperor!" "Get up." "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Shangguanlin raised his head from the table and threw a memorial into Lu Buwei's hands. "The four of you take a look first, and then tell me, what do you see?" Lu Buwei opened the memorial, and Han Fei and the other three also looked sideways.

Lu Buwei and Tong Zhili had already seen this memorial, and it still had their official seals on it.

The several people looked at each other, and for a moment they didn't understand Shangguan Linxuan's true meaning of their meeting.

Only Han Fei had a faint light in his eyes after reading the memorial.

Shangguan Lin smiled, looked at Han Fei, and asked, "Han Fei, you were responsible for measuring the land and counting the population last year." "Tell me, how much arable land does Tianqi have in total? How many people?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, Tianqi has a total of one billion mu of arable land and a population of about 6000 million."

(Popular comparison standard: In the 26th year of Hongwu, when Zhu Yuanzhang was alive, the cultivated land area of ​​the Ming Dynasty was 8.5 million mu.)

Han Fei remembered clearly what he had done, and gave the exact answer without any hesitation.

Shangguan Lin laughed again, but this time it was a sneer.

"Yes, Tianqi has one billion acres of arable land and a population of 6000 million."

"But the tax is only 600 million taels of silver, and the grain tax is only 300 million shi." "Don't you think such a tax is a bit ridiculous?" My ears exploded.

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Chapter 170 Tax reform, the rich and powerful are about to bleed (second update, please subscribe)

Shangguan Lin's words were thunderous, and they immediately rang in the ears of Lu Buwei and the others.

They didn't think about it carefully in the past. They felt that this year's tax revenue was higher than in previous years, and they felt that last year was a bumper year.

People's lives have become better.

But when compared with the data reported by Han Fei, the gap appeared.

Tianqi has a population of 6000 million, roughly counting his family of three, there are also 2000 million households.

Even if there are 2000 million households, each household has an average of [-] mu of fertile land, but only a mere [-] million mu of farmland is allocated.

The 20 million mu of land produces five shi of grain per mu, and two crops a year, a total of [-] billion shi of grain.

The grain tax of 20 billion shi will be divided into two out of ten according to the grain tax, that is, the grain tax of [-] million shi.

From the people alone, [-] million stone grain taxes can be collected.

Even if the harvest in some areas is not good, coupled with some other reasons, the grain production will be greatly reduced.

If one-tenth of the 4000 million shi grain is taken, there is also [-] million shi grain tax.

This is only the grain tax for [-] million mu of land, but Tianqi has a total of one billion mu of fertile land.

One billion acres of fertile land taxed [-] "zero and seven" ten thousand shi?

The four of Lu Buwei thought about everything, and felt that this was a big joke. "Have you figured it all out?"

Shangguan Lin looked at the four ministers and smiled coldly. "Return to Your Majesty, I am ashamed."

Lu Buwei bowed deeply, and so did the other three.

I don't know, I was taken aback.

It turns out that Tianqi's taxation actually has such a big problem.

"But Your Majesty, the people of Tianqi work very hard. They work hard all year round. After paying taxes, the food harvested is only enough for the family to survive." "If there are natural and man-made disasters again, the people will flee and beg to survive." "If Your Majesty wants to increase taxes, the people may..."

Lu Buwei didn't finish his speech, but everyone in the room understood what he meant.

The lives of the people in Tianqi are already very hard. If the emperor raises taxes, it will inevitably deepen the resentment of the people.

At that time, not to mention losing the support of the people, I am afraid it will arouse public anger. "Who said I'm going to raise taxes?"