The interests of the powerful landlords seem to exist in the eyes of the emperor today.

While he spends money lavishly, he is also making money lavishly.

Through various means, he collected taxes and did business, filled the treasury of the Wei Empire, and prepared to leave enough money for Guo Jin to act and promote his policies.

To this extent of the expansion of the Wei Empire, the treasury was still able to maintain balance and storage.

It is conceivable that the corrupt bureaucracy and high degree of land centralization in the middle and late stages of the empire will eat up how much of the tax revenue the empire should have received.

If these taxes are maintained, the northern frontier of the empire will be maintained no matter what, and it will definitely not be to the point where the treasury cannot be sustained.

A country with a population of tens of millions is definitely more than just unable to support hundreds of thousands of troops.

It can only be said that this money is exploited layer by layer, and everyone takes some benefits, and in the end, it may be very little, or even insufficient, when it is used on the ground.

The end result was that the emperor was poor, the people were miserable, and the bureaucrats and landlords were so rich that they could not pull out a dime.

That is, the people are noble, the monarch is light, and Li Shu is directly cold.

The stable triangular structure becomes a diamond shape, the imperial governance system completely fails and collapses, and the fall of the empire is reasonable, and then enters the next cycle.

Guo, who is well versed in the way of reincarnation, knows very well that what he has to do in the rest of his life is to stabilize the existing achievements of the Wei Empire, continue to promote policies, and then, it is to continue to fight corruption, corruption, corruption, and constantly promote the rule of officials.

Take it clear, discard its turbidity, and constantly replace the water in this tank to ensure that the water in this tank will not hide dirt and dirt, which seems to be clear, but in fact it is full of insect eggs and rotten.

They want to reincarnate the Wei Empire, so Guo has to let them reincarnate first to see who can reincarnate whom.

So at the end of the imperial meeting, Guo Peng made a summary.

"Since ancient times, there has been no precedent for a strong country to be wiped out by foreign enemies, and a strong country has lost to itself, to corrupt officials, to annexed land, and to taxes that cannot be collected, I know it clearly!"

Speaking of this, Guo Peng stood up and scanned the elite geniuses at the core decision-making level of the empire with a sharp gaze.

And the elite geniuses finally came to their senses from the idea of the imperial blueprint and realized that Guo Peng had once again entered the state of power maniacs.

No way?

They began to worry.

And the Emperor's reaction did not waste their worries at all.

"Since I accepted the founding of the Han Emperor Chan, the number of people in the world has continued to grow, and the population losses caused by the 20 years of war have continued to recover, so in the previous census, the population of Wei has exceeded 60 million.

This is one thing that I am very happy about, but at the same time that this happened, I learned another thing, which is that many officials have found that some people have complained about the officials who are checking the population.

They said that although the imperial court encouraged the birth of children, but they did not dare to have children, I felt very puzzled, so I went to the root of the problem, and finally traced the root of the problem, what is the root?

It is a tax levied on every family and every Ding Zhuang that has been in operation since the pre-Qin period, and it is a tax that everyone who lives in this world and does nothing has to pay every year.

When Wei formulated the tax policy, it was stipulated that men over the age of fifteen and under the age of fifty-six were required to pay eighty yuan to the imperial court every year, which was called the reckoning, which was the poll tax for adult men.

Minors between the ages of seven and fourteen also had to pay twenty dollars a year, called an oral tax, which was a poll tax for underage males, twice as much as the merchants' families, and then it became clear to me why people did not dare to have children. ”

Guo Peng stood up, put his hands behind his back, and walked around this group of high-ranking officials and dignitaries.

"Every time you have an extra child, you have to pay an extra tax, which is a big burden for a farmer with a meager income, and the annual income is only so much food, and you have to pay agricultural taxes, and you have to pay the oral tax, and you have to serve, how heavy is it?

The more children you have, the more taxes you pay, and who can afford it? Therefore, people do not dare to give birth, this is the first thing, and the second is that the calculation and oral endowment are aimed at every man, who does nothing, has no property, and has to pay taxes.

The land annexation of the former Han Dynasty was serious, the rich had no land, and the poor had no place to stand, but the tax that they needed to pay was the same, and they had to pay taxes if they had no property! Who can afford it? You? Or me? Or are you guys? ”

Guo Peng pointed to Wang Cang, the secretary of the Ministry of Finance, then pointed at himself, and then pointed at everyone.

The officials bowed their heads one after another, not daring to speak.

This kind of system originated from the Qin Dynasty in order to reverse the inferior national situation, under the Shang Dynasty reform, the Qin tax was extremely heavy, almost two-thirds, before the tax was collected by household, and then changed to tax by person.

This can certainly increase tax revenues, but it is based on the fact that people do not dare to have more children, the population growth is slow, the bottleneck is difficult to break through, and there are land annexations, which can always create a large number of displaced people. ”

Guo Peng took a deep breath: "My Wei country is huge and needs a large population, so I have been encouraging people to have more children for many years, but now, it has fallen into a bottleneck, and people are reluctant to have more children."

Is 60 million people enough for such a vast territory? I have worked hard for the migration of the population of the four counties of Hexi, as well as the migration of the Western Regions, the migration of Mozhou, the migration of Yunzhou, and the migration of Jingnan and Yangzhou.

If you want people, you want people, how many people, how can 60 million be enough? Double is not enough! But the people of Li do not dare to live, the problem is not in them, but in us!

Therefore, this situation must be changed, and I am determined to abolish the reckoning and oral taxes, and no longer to levy taxes according to the population, but to collect taxes according to the land, and not to collect more than the amount of land, and not to collect too much. ”

Guo Peng walked back to his seat, sat down slowly, and faced the ministers.

The ministers were stunned, exchanged glances with each other in shock, and found that the expressions on everyone's faces were very consistent, so they collectively looked at Guo Peng.

Wang Cang, the secretary of the Ministry of Finance, didn't hold back, and stood up first to speak.

"Your Majesty, this tax is a lot of revenue in my Wei tax system, and now this income is also used in all aspects, and it is suddenly abolished, and I am afraid that the country will not use it......"

"The country is not in good supply?"

Guo Peng sneered and looked at Wang Cang: "If the state is not good, then start with your head, if you abolish a tax can make the country poor, I will copy your family's property to make up for the shortfall, I want to see how you, the secretary of the Ministry of Finance, are in charge of me." ”

Wang Cang was shocked, and hurriedly knelt on the ground trembling.

"The minister is guilty! Your Majesty is angry! Your Majesty is angry! ”

"Get up! Go back and sit! I don't want you to confess your guilt, I want you to balance the financial expenditures, otherwise, you don't want to be an official, I will give you a lot of money to make you an official, so that you can solve the problem, not let you find a problem for me! Otherwise, what use do I want from you! ”

Guo Peng looked at Wang Cang viciously, Wang Cang's face turned pale, and he wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead.

After Wang Cang sat back, everyone had relatives in their hearts, and no one dared to speak rashly.

Suddenly, Shang Shu Zao, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, realized a very important problem.

"Your Majesty, in the past, taxes were collected by household and ding, but now if you want to collect taxes by land, not to mention that there will be great changes, many policies of the imperial court will have to be revised, and moreover, the land will be ......."

Jujube only woke up the dreamer with a word.

Many high-ranking officials instantly showed different colors.

"Yes, collect and pay agricultural taxes according to the land, of course, you must clear the land."

Guo Peng showed a cold smile: "After clearing the land, everyone must pay taxes according to the land, no matter who it is, I mean, no matter who it is." ”