Liu Mingyuan did enough etiquette and said loudly: "Gentlemen, senior brothers, the treasury is virtual and real, and the root cause is both revenue and expenditure. Let me first say that the agricultural tax is the foundation of my Dahua tax revenue. Two hundred years ago, when Dahua was founded, the country's farmland area was 8.5 million hectares, but the agricultural tax was declining year by year. To date, agricultural taxes are less than a quarter of those of the founding of the country. There are two reasons, one is that in recent years, the weather has changed badly, and natural disasters in Dahua have continued, and every year it is either floods, droughts, and insect plagues. As a result, there are always some places in the country that have failed to harvest, or even failed to harvest. Second, land annexation is becoming more and more serious! The royal clan, the gentry and the eunuchs, were exempt from taxation and preferential treatment, and their wealth increased day by day, constantly encroaching on the land of the peasants. Homesteaders who own land also attach their land to these people and pay less than taxes, thus escaping paying taxes. As a result, Dahua's land tax revenue fell sharply, and the treasury revenue was insufficient. It is foolish to think that if the country wants to be rich and solid, it is first necessary to re-measure the land and calculate it strictly according to 8.5 million hectares. Fixed royal clan, gentry and eunuch tax exemption amount, how much land the family has, deduct the tax-free part, the rest of the farmland, not only to pay taxes, but also to design the upper limit, beyond the upper limit of the number of farmland, must be doubled, or even triple the tax! In this way, agricultural taxes can be collected. It also puts an end to land annexation and the attachment of self-cultivated farmers! Even if the arrears of natural disasters are deducted, the agricultural tax is at least three times higher than today! ”

Qin Feng listened with great interest, and Liu Mingyuan was reasonable. And people are really public, a sentence of the royal family, the gentry and the eunuchs, all the ruling classes of Dahua, even their own families, are included! However, this is too ideal, and it is simply impossible to let the world's powerful people spit out their vested interests!

Qin Feng pursed his mouth slightly.

Several gentlemen on the stage were silent. Lu Ming looked left and right, and saw that no one commented, so he said: "What Liu Mingyuan said about the disadvantages of agricultural taxes is true. It proposes a solution, and it works. Only the implementation is difficult, unless the royal clans, gentry and eunuchs in the world can think about it wholeheartedly. Otherwise, there is no way to implement it. Come, you can talk about it. Lu Ming raised his hand and pointed.

Liu Mingyuan returned to his seat, and the new one on the stage was also Tuan Tuan, and then stood on the right side of the main table, and said loudly: "Student Murong Bai, gentlemen, senior brothers. Senior Brother Liu just talked about receiving, and I will talk about it. Taking last year's Dahua tax collection as an example, the household department was thin, and last year Dahua actually collected 22 million taels of silver. The clan spent 12 million taels, accounting for more than 50 percent. The national expenditure was 3.2 million taels, accounting for about one-half of the total. Military spending was 7.3 million taels, accounting for about 30 percent. 100,000 taels for disaster relief, less than half of it! Compared with the past, all expenditures are increasing. But the clan spending has increased the fastest! Two hundred years ago, the expenditure of the clan was only 1.2 million taels, accounting for 20% of the expenditure of that year. Because the clan expenditure is too large, the proportion of the rest of the expenditure increases is smaller. A hundred years ago, it accounted for two and a half percent. Military spending, a hundred years ago, accounted for fifty percent. ”

The platform is silent, Qin Feng bared his teeth, and some people on the Internet in his previous life said that the Ming Dynasty died because of the excessive consumption of the clan, and it seems that Dahua is not too reckless.

Liu Mingyuan sneered: "If it continues to develop at this rate, even if the income increases, it will not be able to fill the bottomless pit of the sect's expenditure." The hole in the treasury spending will only get bigger and bigger! So the emptiness of the Dahua treasury must not only be open source! More to throttle! ”

Qin Feng secretly praised, yes, the Chinese literati still dare to speak out, the first to target the world's magnates, this one directly to the royal clan!

Several judges at the main table still look at the nose and the nose and the heart. He only smiled slightly, and occasionally bowed slightly.

Lu Ming said again: "Murong Bai used the data as evidence, and his words were conclusive. There are elements of strategy, and data is particularly important. The language is plain, but the reason is strong. You should quote more in your daily work, so that you can not only remember the data, but also practice makes perfect. ”

Murong Bai Shili stepped back, and Lu Ming ordered one more person.

"Student Ren Daoyuan, gentlemen, senior brothers. I was also inspired by what the two brothers said. The royal clan, why did it cost two years of silver to increase dramatically. Just because, the founding ancestor treated the children of the clan well. Many of the benefits are enshrined. The royal clan was not allowed to participate in politics or engage in business. They can only enjoy the life of worship in the fiefdom, and this state leads the children of the clan to find ways to annex land and accumulate wealth. At the same time, they also focused on the reproduction of their descendants, and the current population of the clan has exceeded 300,000! And in the early days of the founding of the country, the population of the clan was less than 100 people! Comparing the increase in population and expenditure, the proportion of increase in clan expenditure is not as good as the proportion of population increase. Moreover, this kind of population reproduction, the larger the base, the greater the number of later reproduction! Therefore, the ancestors have become a law, and they cannot remain unchanged, otherwise the population of the clan will be overwhelmed by millions, millions, and the entire Dahua! One must build on a firm foundation? Today's revision of the treatment of the clan is for the sake of the royal family and Dahua! It is for the long-term survival of the clan in the future. Therefore, in recent years, the Cabinet has been proposing to reduce the treatment of the clan because of the increasing expenditure of the clan. The emperor has not allowed it, foolishly thinking that, first, the treatment of the clan is regarded by the royal family as the ancestral family law. The emperor is unwilling to disobey easily. Second, the clan and the emperor are in the same vein after all, and the emperor is benevolent and unwilling to see the children of the clan suffer. Third, the clan has been pampered for many years, and basically lacks the ability to be self-sufficient. Once the treatment is reduced, some of the children of the clan are burdened by money, and the royal family is not dignified. Fourth, this is particularly important. Most of the clan expenditures are the emperor's internal expenditures. The imperial court's ability to supervise is insufficient, and it is contrary to the court's demand. If you want to change, you must first transfer the emperor's internal funds to the treasury management! The emperor has no money in his hand, so he has the wish to reform! ”

The faces of several judges at the main table changed. Qin Feng also secretly admired in his heart, in this Dahua era, he really treats scholars well! The idea of beating the emperor's private money in a grand manner is awesome!

The atmosphere of the students gradually became lively, and Lu Ming nodded: "The most important thing in strategy is that if you ask a problem, you have to propose a corresponding solution." Only ask questions, but can't deal with them, and the results of policy discussion are halved. Ren Daoyuan is good, the front is full of problems, and the last sentence is the solution, the finishing touch. Tang Palace, you come! ”

Before Lu Ming could comment a few words, another student raised the folding fan in his hand. Lu Ming also took the opportunity to end his comment and pointed out his defense as a strategy.

Ren Daoyuan retreated to his seat with a smile on his face, and the student who had just raised his fan walked out again.

"Student Tang Gong, gentlemen, senior brothers. When it comes to internal money, it is foolish to think that the emperor will not let go easily. It is not easy to enter the management of the treasury. In the early days of the Dahua Dynasty, in order to ensure the source of life of the clan, it also avoided excessive expenditure in the harem. At that time, commerce was not obvious, and the commercial tax was very low, so the commercial tax income was listed as the internal money, and the imperial village was used as the emperor's private property, and used for expenses such as the clan and the harem. With the development of commerce, the agricultural tax has decreased, and the commercial tax has now exceeded the agricultural tax revenue, that is, the emperor's internal treasury income, which exceeds the national treasury revenue. A lot of state expenditures are also required to be dealt with by the emperor's internal funds. In addition, the commercial tax income belongs to the emperor's internal income, so it is all in the palace, and eunuchs are sent to various places to guard and take on the responsibility of collecting taxes. The eunuchs were guarded everywhere, and with the responsibility of taxation, they controlled part of the local power, and even interfered with the local government. Because of his meritorious tax collection, the emperor did not punish him. Therefore, it is impossible to directly transfer the internal funds into the state treasury and manage them by the household department. The only way to stop the business tax is to stop it first! Withdraw the eunuchs everywhere, and the cabinet, the imperial court, and reformulate the commercial tax law! It can only be realized by the local government. ”

When Qin Feng heard this, he suddenly realized!