It's just that when the ministers heard about Ning Yu's popularity, they were a little dumbfounded, and they even looked at Ning Yu with a little incredulity, once this person got into the eyes of money, he would really try all kinds of ways to make money.......

"But Your Majesty, what if someone still chooses to trade privately?" Some ministers continued to ask.

Ning Yu chuckled and said, "If it is a private transaction, if there is a lawsuit in the future, the imperial court will not recognize the private contract." If you want to get the protection of the imperial court, you must go through the stamp duty, and through the stamp duty, you can check the transaction amount, so that the deed tax can be collected in turn. ”

At this time, everyone has nothing to say, and it is even difficult to say the drawbacks, because this kind of tax is simply too perfect, compared with other taxes, its scope of collection is more extensive, so the tax rate can be set relatively low, but it can achieve a wide range of funds, accumulate a lot of financial effects, and will not cause the people to resent it.

More importantly, once the land property rights registered through the stamp duty will enter the management of the imperial court, no matter what is done at that time, the imperial court will at least be able to know in its heart, rather than as now, there is always a fog in private transactions.

Ning Zhongjing, the first assistant of the cabinet, was quite cheerful, "Stamp duty is a wonderful policy, and the ministers will draw up a detailed rule, which will be implemented next month, and it is expected that this year's tax will rise a little." ”

When the court has money, the happiest ones naturally belong to the cabinet and the ministers of the Privy Council, which shows that both the construction funds and the military expenses have become more abundant, and there is no need to carefully deduct the expenses that need to be cut, which can be described as the best of both worlds.

"If these policies are in place, I believe that the trend of private land annexation should be weakened....... At that time, the landlords and gentry will also reduce the purchase of land because of the deed tax and stamp duty. ”

Xiao Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, had a little smile on his face, he was a courtier promoted by the Emperor Taishang in the past, he has always been very loyal, and he also knows a lot about agriculture, so he has been serving as the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, and his achievements are quite remarkable.

Ning Yu smiled, his three-plate axe hadn't been completely used up yet, how could he stop here?

"Xiao Qing's family, relying on the first two policies is not enough, I think that if we want to crack down on the wind of annexation, we need to start with the big landlords, and the land transfer deed tax and the relevant field tax every year will be taxed using the ladder system of land area, and the past upper, middle and lower field taxation system will be completely abolished."

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, when taxing land, the fields would be divided into upper, middle and lower fields, and different taxes would be levied respectively, but this policy had a lot of room for maneuver and was often used by the landlords and gentry in the countryside.

After all, the right to interpret the hierarchical division of fields is in their hands, and the operation of dividing their own fields into lower fields and ordinary people's fields into upper fields is really very common.

Ning Yu knew in his heart that if he continued to operate through this complex land evaluation system, it would be difficult to get rid of the maladministration no matter what he did, and the best way was to completely fix the land tax, not according to the degree of fertility and barrenness, but only to see how much land area there was, more is more, less was less, and there would be much less room for intermediate operations.

Xiao Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, and he hesitated: "Back to Your Majesty, the fields have been divided according to fertility and barrenness for a long time, and it naturally makes sense...... If the land tax is fixed, I am afraid that some of the fields that are too barren will be completely abandoned...... I am afraid that the land that the imperial court can control will be a large part less. ”

Xiao Li's words are not unreasonable, after all, when the barren Xia Tian and the fertile Shang Tian both pay the same tax, then naturally no one will want to cultivate the Xia Tian, and will directly choose to abandon the wasteland, after all, Ning Chu's Ding Yin has been turned into the field tax, and if there is no land, there is naturally no need to pay a penny of tax.

At present, Ningchu's field tax follows the rules of the previous dynasty, and has always been calculated with silver taels, but due to the later currency reform, so far, such as sand-alkali land, depressions, hillsides and cemeteries, six to eight copper yuan per mu, while cultivated land is ten copper yuan per mu of upper field, eight copper yuan per mu of middle field, and six copper yuan per mu of lower field.

On the surface, Ning Chu's current field tax is a little higher than the Qing court's field tax, but because Ning Chu completely abolished the malpractice of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, it has made the burden of the people a lot easier, and the real field tax paid is only about half of that of the Qing court.

Of course, Ning Yu thought about this problem, and said softly: "Like some too barren fields are abandoned, although this part of the land tax will be less, but because its own output is not much, so there will not be much loss, and the extra manpower can be transferred to the industrial and commercial industry, after all, since the implementation of the industry.0 plan, the upstream and downstream labor required by the national industrial and commercial industry will be millions." ”

In the Cabinet's Industry .0 plan, a budget of tens of millions of yuan can create millions of industrial and commercial jobs, which can be used to divert a part of the landless peasants, and everyone knows this very well.

"How should the tiered taxation system for land area be divided?"

Shoufu Ning Zhongjing asked again, he could probably guess that all the policies in front of the emperor were paving the way for this policy, and the land area ladder system was probably the real focus.

For example, the prohibition of posting and the crackdown on illegal sales of private contracts are nothing more than to be able to better control the land registered in the name of each household, and the purpose of the tiered taxation system of land area is about to come out.

"After all, this policy was aimed at controlling land annexation, so it only imposed heavy taxes on large landowners. I believe that every household with less than 50 acres of land shall be taxed 6 copper dollars per mu at the usual tax, and 8 copper dollars per mu shall be levied on all households with more than 500 acres but less than 100 acres. For those exceeding 100 mu but not exceeding 300 mu, 12 copper dollars per mu shall be levied, and those exceeding 300 mu but not exceeding 1,000 mu shall be levied 30 copper dollars per mu. ”

From two copper dollars, to three copper dollars, to five copper dollars, and finally even to thirty copper dollars, which made everyone listen to more or less frightened, like this calculation, if there are exactly 1,000 acres of land at home, then the annual field tax alone is enough to pay 30,000 copper dollars, a total of 300 silver dollars!

If on the side of the Qing court, even if the landlords of 1,000 mu are all on the field, they will pay more than 80 taels of silver, in fact, for these big landlords, they usually do not pay much land tax at all, and they really have to pay 30 or 40 taels to the sky, and there can be a tenfold gap between the inside and outside.

On the other hand, it is a great good thing for families under 100 acres, because they basically calculate the tax rate of all the fields, and the tax they need to pay is lower than now, which essentially reduces the burden of life.

"Your Majesty, how should those with more than 1,000 acres be calculated?"

Ning Yu sneered, "Anyone who is more than 1,000 mu will no longer take the land tax system, and the tax rate will be calculated according to the industrial and commercial tax rate." ”

There was an uproar in the hall, what is the concept of calculating according to the industrial and commercial tax rate? You must know that no matter what category is calculated, the industrial and commercial tax is much higher than the existing field tax, which is why the ministers of the imperial court have to pinch their noses to agree with him even if they look at the industry and commerce unpleasantly.

Inside and outside the government and the opposition, vigorously developing industry and commerce and imposing heavy taxes on industry and commerce have never been a contradictory thing. Of course, there are also businessmen who faintly reveal that the tax rate is too high, but the industrial and commercial regulations passed back then have always been there, and it is clear that how much return you want depends on how much tax you pay!

Therefore, the merchants also love and hate this industrial and commercial tax, because through it can ensure the status of the merchants, so that they will not become a fat sheep to be exploited forever, and hate because of its extremely high tax rate, which makes the merchants always have some pain.

But now, Ning Yu told everyone very bluntly, since you like land so much, then calculate it according to the industrial and commercial tax rate, and see who can afford it more than you or the imperial court.

At this stage, Ning Yu was also completely exhausted, and threw the stepped taxation system of land area as a spear that pierced the heart of the gentry and landlords.

The expressions of the ministers have become varied, except for the indifferent expressions of important ministers such as Ning Zhongjing and Cui Wancai, like some other ministers are worried, but there are also some young Zhuang factions who seem to be high-spirited, because in their opinion, this will be the best prescription to completely solve the land annexation problem.

As for the ministers who advised, there was no one, because no one knew how to persuade them, if the past exhortations were all for the sake of the country and the people, but now Ning Yu has told everyone thoroughly, want to rely on Shilin's voice to oppose the new deal? Then go to war!

If it is said that Ningyu, who has just started the country, has to give the gentry some face, but now Ningyu, with the support of the people at the bottom, the support of the merchant class, and more importantly, the leader of hundreds of thousands of troops, no longer worry about the gentry lifting the table!

Everyone changed color for a while, it can be said that this is another challenge to the gentry launched by Ning Yu since the imperial court promulgated the system of integrated payment of grain for the gentry, or an ultimatum!

Those who go along prosper, and those who go against it die!

If you want to surrender, just go, if you have the ability, you can rebel and show me, and see if my sword is sharp enough to restore the Han army!

Come on! Let's fight!

............

In the office of the "Qingliu Daily" newspaper, Wang Jingqi was sitting upright in the editor-in-chief's office, with a bit of fear, joy and even excitement on his expression, and on the table in front of him, there was a piece of paper that exuded a faint scent of ink, which was the news that the Press and Publication Department had just passed on the relevant policies that had just been formally adopted by the cabinet.

The imperial examination continues to be restructured and the old subjects are added!

Prohibition of posting, no longer under official protection!

The stamp duty system has been introduced, and the signing of the contract needs to be officially certified!

.........

And most importantly, the most worrying and frightening - the ladder taxation system for the area of the fields!

Wang Jingqi took a deep breath of cold air, of course he knew what kind of uproar would be caused after these policies were announced, it can be said that those gentry groups were afraid that they would either collude with the Manchus to rebel against Ning Chu, or they would immediately sell their land....... There is no other option.

Of course, these are not what he Wang Jingqi needs to consider, the only thing he can do is to distribute this issue of the blockbuster newspaper....... This is a request from the Cabinet of Ministers, and even from His Majesty the Emperor himself!

Moreover, in today's environment of newspapers and periodicals, with such a blockbuster newspaper, "Qingliu Bao" will become the uncrowned king of the newspaper industry! And he, Wang Jingqi, will also use this opportunity to completely become the mouthpiece of the imperial court in Shilin!

A golden avenue has been paved in front of Wang Jingqi, just waiting for him to walk up.

Thinking of this, Wang Jingqi didn't hesitate anymore, he quickly got up and stood up, and then gathered all his colleagues, looking at these people with a serious and excited expression.

"Everyone, everyone!"

"Stop everything you're busy with right now, whether it's gossip or the news of those officials! Stop me! ”

The editors of Qingliu Daily, who were struggling to write books, and the reporters who were going out to cover the news, looked at Wang Jingqi in surprise at this time, who was elegant and elegant in the past, and roared there like a madman at this time.

Wang Jingqi forced himself to calm down and said in a low voice: "From now on, no one is allowed to leave this building until ...... You can't go out until this issue is published, until it's sold in every city! ”

A lowest-level reporter who has not been in the company for a long time raised his hand tremblingly, "Editor-in-chief, if you are not allowed to go out, where will the news come from?" ”

"The news is in my hands!"

Wang Jingqi held up the thin piece of paper he was holding, and said with a low smile: "The cabinet has passed several pieces of heavy news, and after announcing them to the Executive Yuan, and granting the "Qingliu Daily" as the exclusive distributor, our task is to completely complete all the contents of this issue in one day, and through two days of printing time, print out 30,000 copies and distribute them to different cities.........

Hearing the news, everyone didn't even dare to amplify the sound of breathing, they looked at the crazy Wang Jingqi blankly, but they couldn't help but think of one thing in their hearts, that is, after this time, I am afraid that the shock of "Qingliu Daily" has been completely developed!

Bang - bang - bang -

With the sound of a few chairs being touched, everyone entered the best working state, written by Wang Jingqi, plus the other five capable editors, began the crazy editing process, at the same time, all the people in charge of printing also began to prepare for the work, they will start the intense printing work as soon as the sample report comes out.

For three whole days, everyone was working like crazy, they were sleepy and they were lying on the floor for a while, and when they woke up, they continued to be busy, everything seemed so tense and intense.

By three days later, more than 30,000 copies of the ink-scented newspaper had been printed and were to be sold in major cities as soon as possible, and the resulting storm had just begun.