Chapter XXVI Research Taxation Expand enrollment

Hearing that Gonggong Li was here again, Ouyang He smiled and said, "Hehe! It seems that the emperor is coming to thank Mr. Zhang for sending the miracle medicine. Besides, if we expand our army on a large scale, shouldn't the emperor also ask? ”

"I'll see him in the office!" Zhang Zhimu said, "Try not to let him enter the command center again." Neither the sand table nor the map can be seen by him here. ”

Following Zhang Zhimu back to the office, Gonggong Li took out a secret letter from the emperor to Zhang Zhimu from his arms, "Zhang Dongjia, this is a letter from the emperor to you." The emperor also asked me to thank you very much, the miracle medicine you sent saved Princess Changping's life. ”

"Oh! Princess Changping's illness cured? Zhang Zhimu asked when he took the letter.

"Hey! Princess Changping coughed badly, and her body was very hot. The imperial doctor had no choice, and the princess had not been in a drop of water for a few days. I delivered the medicine, and immediately it was watered, and I poured it on the princess, and again in the night. The next morning, the princess was not so hot. By the second night, you can pour a little gruel into the princess. On the third day, the princess was already feverish, and she could eat something. This is really a miracle drug. The emperor has always praised it! ”

Although Zhang Zhimu doesn't know much about medicine, he can also tell that the princess has severe pneumonia. Since I had never used antibiotics before, the effect of using the medicine was particularly good.

Zhang Zhimu said: "This is also because this medicine is symptomatic of the princess's illness." Otherwise, it won't work. ”

"Huh! Now the emperor is embarrassed, those ministers in the court, and many royal relatives, all want to ask the emperor for a few magic pills. Until now, the emperor has collected this medicine himself, and no one has given it. Gonggong Li said with a smile.

After sending off Gonggong Li, Zhang Zhimu immediately called Li Zhi and asked him to come over and translate Emperor Chongzhen's letter.

Emperor Chongzhen's letter mentioned several issues, one was to thank Zhang Zhimu for the medicine he sent, which saved Princess Anping; Second, now that the bandits have not been eliminated, I hope that Zhang Zhimu can contribute to the court and send troops to suppress the thieves as soon as possible; The third is that the three-year period is about to expire, and Shanxi should pay taxes in accordance with the Daming Law.

After reading Emperor Chongzhen's letter, Zhang Zhimu was happy. This Emperor Chongzhen is still thinking about collecting taxes from Shanxi. He didn't want to think about it, he couldn't collect two million taels of silver from Shanxi's annual taxes.

Zhang Zhimu thought about it for a while, and still sent a letter back to Emperor Chongzhen, but he didn't answer about collecting taxes. I didn't say anything about the delivery of medicine. But about the thief, Zhang Zhimu said a little. Because of the expansion of the Yaogang people, the emperor must have known about it a long time ago. You can also use Emperor Chongzhen to paralyze Li Zicheng.

Zhang Zhimu said in the letter that he did not dare to relax for a moment about the matter of suppressing thieves, and now he has gathered some people and is training. As soon as the army's training was completed and the food and grass were sufficient, troops were immediately dispatched to suppress the thieves. It was initially decided to pacify Shaanxi first, overturn the thieves' lair, and restore the peace of Sanqin. However, this matter must not be divulged in the slightest. The emperor can appropriately reveal it, saying that we are preparing to march into Henan to recover the Central Plains in the future to paralyze the thieves. When we are ready, we will make a sudden move and recover Shaanxi in one fell swoop when the thieves are unprepared.

After Li Zhi finished translating Zhang Zhimu's letter, he called Gonggong Li again and asked him to find a way to send it to the emperor.

When Gonggong Li saw that it was a sealed letter, he knew that he couldn't see anything when he opened it, it must be a secret letter. Now only for the sake of the messenger.

However, Emperor Chongzhen's letter reminded Zhang Zhimu that he would face the problem of tax collection next year. Now it's time to look at the issue of taxation, which is a big issue.

For this reason, the leaders of the kiln gang gathered together and held a meeting to study the issue of taxation.

Zhang Zhimu knows that it is still an agricultural civilized society, and the agricultural tax is still a large proportion of taxes, and it is impossible not to collect agricultural taxes, because the entire Ming Dynasty, that is, Yaogang, can ignore the agricultural tax.

Zhang Zhimu's suggestion was that the peasants' fields could be divided into upper, middle and lower grades, and the agricultural tax should be based on each mu of high-grade fields, with half a bucket of grain per year; Medium fields, one-third of the annual grain buckets; Inferior fields, per mu per year, one-fifth of the bucket of grain.

Lu Chengxiang said: "Now the imperial court stipulates that no matter what kind of field, it will be harvested according to one bucket per mu." ”

"Why do we have to be cheaper than the imperial court!" Zhang Zhimu said with a smile, "My idea is that industry and commerce should also be taxed according to half of the imperial court." Moreover, all local taxes are paid to the counties, and they do not need to be handed over within a year, except for management costs, all of which are used for people's livelihood, for road construction, school construction, and so on. After a year, three points will be opened, three points will be handed in, seven points will be left to the place, and two years later, five or five points will be divided. ”

Li Yan said: "It is also necessary to stipulate that we adopt the method of light taxation and strict taxation. Heavy penalties for those who do not pay taxes without reason and do not state their reasons. Those who resist taxes by force without reason will be exiled. In this way, it can pave the way for solving those people who are in the water. ”

Everyone agrees with Li Yan's opinion. Zhang Zhimu said: "We still need to pay one tax, and that is the resource tax. Whoever extracts resources from the land, mines, and rivers has to pay taxes, because these resources belong to everyone. ”

Qiu Laodong said: "The only tax we have collected in recent years is the salt tax. This one should also be counted. ”

"The matter of tax collection is a major matter related to whether we can stabilize our power, and I have another suggestion, we will set up a tax administration. Taxation is directly responsible to Mr. Lu, and I suggest that the director of the State Administration of Taxation should be the responsibility of Mr. Qiu. What do you think? Zhang Zhimu suggested.

This suggestion was applauded by everyone.

Old East Qiu stood up, folded his hands and gestured to everyone, and said, "I didn't expect that Mr. Zhang would hand over such an important matter to me today." I thank Mr. Zhang, and thank you for trusting me. I'm going to be old, and I'm going to be embarrassed. ”

After Qiu Laodong arrived at Yaogang, he has not had a stable position, and he is also anxious, he didn't expect such a glorious task to fall on him, and he is so happy today.

Zhang Zhimu said: "We still have some time until next year, and we still need to further improve many things. Let's also think about it, this matter is not only our Shanxi business, but also involves our entire Ming Dynasty in the future. ”

Li Yan said: "Mr. Zhang, although our fixed tax amount is less, if we collect all the land taxes, it will be higher than the Ming Dynasty's collection." Because many of them who own large amounts of land have privileges and do not pay taxes at all. And those big businesses, we need to work out a more detailed way to collect all the taxes they should pay. If this is the case, the tax of the entire Ming Dynasty can more than double. ”

Ouyang He said: "There is another big problem! Since our current officials went down, they have not been involved in the matter of silver, so their reputation is very good, but after they have silver, it is a problem. ”

"I've been thinking about this a lot. In my opinion, we will adopt the method of exercising power under the sun, and the income and expenditure of each locality must be completely disclosed to the people. and subject to supervision and inspection by people's representatives. Major expenditures must be approved by the people's congress. Zhang Zhimu said, "Only in this way can we eliminate corruption as much as possible." ”

"It's a viable option." Everyone said, "But it's not easy to be an official like this." ”

Li Yan said: "Those who have high incomes also have to be taxed more. The gap between rich and poor cannot be allowed to be too wide. ”

"That's called personal income tax." Zhang Zhimu said, "We can levy individual income tax according to the monthly income of 10 taels, 100 taels, 1,000 taels, and 10,000 taels." ”

"It's not a good tax, they buy and sell. It is impossible to tell you how much money they received. Lu Chengxiang said.

"Don't worry," Zhang Zhimu said, "after we gain power in the future, the State Administration of Taxation can go down to check the accounts." If there is one less penalty of 100, they will consciously pay taxes. These big tigers should be big taxpayers. We can't make people who are poor and can't eat pay taxes, but people who are rich don't pay taxes. In the future, the battle between tax collection and tax payment will continue. In the future, we will use the law to regulate these things. ”

"Old boss Qiu, I think you still need to cooperate with Uncle Yan next year, when you collect taxes, you don't have your own team, you can only be helped by the police." Zhang Zhimu said, "We can't raise too many people yet. ”

Yan Boju said: "This is no problem, now our law and order in Shanxi is very good, and the police are not too troublesome." That's what they're supposed to do. ”

Old Qiu threw his hand at Yan Boju and said, "I will rely on it in the future." ”

Everyone knows that this place is really their own only when they start collecting taxes, so they are excited to study the matter of collecting taxes for half a day.

The preparations for the war were in full swing among the people of Yaogang, but the major thing that outsiders in Yaogang saw was that a bridge should be built over the Fen River and a reservoir would be built on the other side of the Hutuo River. The bridge is about to be built, and a new road to the Hutuo River is being built.

In July, Ouyang He finished the training class for the regiment leaders. Li Yan summoned the political commissar of the regiment again.

After this period of work, the political commissars have basically adapted to their respective positions. Of course, there were also many problems, and Li Yan first organized everyone to discuss the problems they encountered in groups.

Each problem is listed separately and the response is summarized according to the situation. Some even list several methods. The commissars were very appreciative of this approach, and with such a booklet, many problems could be clearly understood. This is also what Li Yan summed up and borrowed from the methods used by the kiln officials during the training. The political commissars also said that this method could be used to train their own junior political officials.

After the discussion, Li Yan asked the army art troupe to give them a performance, telling them that this was the army's own art troupe. As a result, the political commissars who watched the show all hoped that the art troupe would perform in their own troops.

Li Yan did not agree to their request, but asked the actors of the art troupe to teach them to sing. Li Yan stipulated that all the songs he arranged for him to teach and sing must be learned, and this was for them to return to the army to teach officers and men to sing. You can't finish in this class. Li Yan told them that this military song can also raise morale and combat effectiveness.

As a result, these political commissars had no choice but to hold their song books one by one and learn to sing seriously.

It was from this point on that the army in Yaogang developed a good habit of singing, and the singing was also sung in the barracks.

July is also the busiest time for the kiln gang people, who have just finished competing for graduates and started recruiting students again. This time, Yaogang College, Yaogang School of Commerce and Law, Military College, Language College, as well as technical schools and junior military academies were enrolled at the same time. Except for the two schools, the college recruits half of the four-year and two-year colleges at the same time, and next year it will still recruit students according to this method, and then it will completely recruit four-year students in the future.

This enrollment is divided into two places at the same time, mainly in the kiln gang, and an examination room is also set up in Yangzhou. This incident was publicized by the kiln gang people in newspapers and radio very early, and the semicolons in various places were also responsible for publicizing and explaining this matter. Therefore, whether it is Yaogang or Yangzhou, many people have signed up for the exam. They all know that as long as they are admitted, everything such as food and drink is free, and there are bursaries. After graduation, you will be able to get a good job in the kiln. This exam is like jumping through the gate.

This time, the students majoring in military affairs at the Yaogang Academy will directly transfer to the military academy to study when the school reopens, so that the military academy will have second-year cadets as soon as it opens.

This time, through the efforts of Yaogang College, the faculty has been strengthened, two more dormitory buildings have been built, and one teaching building has also been expanded. Therefore, although the military major is no longer recruited, it is still ready to expand the enrollment to 2,500 people, of which 1,000 are two-year and 1,500 are four-year.

The military academy enrolled 1,000 cadets at once, including 500 for the four-year program and 500 for the two-year program.

The Yaogang School of Commerce and Law enrolls 1,500 people, 1,000 students are four-year programs, and 500 students are two-year programs.

The enrollment of 400 students in Yaogang Language College is completely four-year.

The enrollment of 1,000 students in the Yaogang Technical School is completely two-year.

The junior military academy enrolls 1,000 people, all of which are five-year programs. Now Li Mao has sent nearly 500 15-year-old boys to the south, all of them are children who have no way out and want to join the army, and they are all picked out by Li Mao for good health and flexible response. This time, it is enough to recruit another 500 junior cadets in Yaogang. These students are treated as military personnel as soon as they enter the school.

In order to cooperate with Li Mao's enrollment in Yangzhou, Yaogang sent many cadres and teachers from the college. Since it is a student of several colleges, the entrance exam questions of each college are the same, and candidates who apply for the examination can fill in the four preferences in order at the same time.

With the arrival of the candidates, the kiln gang is simply very lively, and it is really full of people. There are many candidates who come to Yaogang a long time in advance, but there is one thing, as long as they register for the exam, they can eat and live for free. This made many candidates very moved, many of them were children of poor families, and finally raised enough money to rush to Yaogang. When they get here, they don't have to worry about eating and drinking anymore, which they didn't expect. There are also many who accompany candidates to the exam. But they soon found that it was easy to find a job in the kiln, and the money they earned was also considerable. Therefore, the candidates have not started the exam, and many parents of the candidates have already started to work to earn money.

But now the kiln people have dealt with such things freely, and there is no confusion. In the past, most of the people who came to the kiln to take the examination were poor, but now there are many children of rich families and high-ranking officials. However, these usually arrogant children quickly converged when they arrived at the kiln, and they couldn't be proud at all here. Only dazzled to look at this novel world. Looking at such a glorious hall of learning, only the determination to pass the exam remains.

Now Yaogang is definitely the center of science and technology, culture and finance in the Ming Dynasty.

This time to expand the recruitment of so many people, Lu Chengxiang did not feel sorry for the silver. Although Lu Chengxiang is calculating, he is now a very open-minded person, which is also related to their profound Chinese cultural heritage. Calculation is the duty of a businessman, if it were not for Lu Chengxiang's calculation, Yaogang would not have developed so fast and so well. He knows what money should be spent and what should not be spent. He also knew that cultivating talents now was to prepare for the future management of the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhang Zhimu confirmed the enrollment number and the enrollment number of each major with everyone, he no longer cared about these specific things that gave him a headache when he thought about it.

Li Yunhe, who came back from Hequ, brought back the news that made Zhang Zhimu very happy. Two tugboats have been launched over there, and now they are rushing to build barges, with which they can transport goods through the meanders to Dongshengzhou and Baotou, and they can also transport goods back there. This time, Li Yunhe went over and brought two diesel-powered speedboats.

When it came to the speedboat, Li Yunhe couldn't stop talking excitedly, "Mr. Zhang, when our speedboat arrives at the Yellow River, it will show his advantages even more." Needless to say, we can drive directly down the river to the mouth of the moraine. What makes the boatmen on the Yellow River stunned is that when we go upstream, no matter what section of the rapids, we can go directly to the top without a slender man. ”

"You can also go up that section of the Tiansheng Bridge?" Zhang Zhimu knew that the narrowest part of the Yellow River was only a few dozen feet wide, and the water was naturally deep and rapid.

"It's up, no problem!" Li Yunhe said, "Even our small boat can only seat five people, which is too small." ”

"I do have a suggestion, you can make a fully enclosed hatch with tempered glass in some dinghys, so that no matter how big the wind and waves are, no water will enter. It is also possible to weld a heavy machine gun mount on the dinghy, and a heavy machine gun on such a dinghy frame is definitely a big threat to the opponent on the shore. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Yes, we can also set up a water-cooled 12-o'clock 7mm heavy machine gun, so that it will be more powerful." Li Yunhe also came to the spirit.

"Also, you can consider a dinghy like this." Zhang Zhimu said, "You can build a flat-bottomed dinghy, without a propeller behind the dinghy, but install a big fan at the back of the boat." Such a dinghy is powered by a fan blowing wind in the back. ”

"What are you doing with such a strange ship?" Li Yunhe was puzzled.

"In the future, we will go to the shallow swampy areas of the south, where ordinary boats cannot enter, and such boats will be useful." Zhang Zhimu said.

"That's right! In this way, there is no fear of aquatic plants entangled in the propeller. Li Yunhe understood.

"You don't care about such ships for now, and strive to build four more tugboats before the spring of next year, so that they can use them when they go upriver to attack Shaanxi in the future."

"It should be fine." Li Yunhe said, "It took a lot of novices to build the first two tugboats. It will be much faster to build ships later. ”

"Great," Zhang Zhimu said, "In this case, it will be much easier to provide logistics for Ningde when they march." ”

"Hey! Mr. Zhang, our 12.27 caliber sniper rifle is ready, do you want to take a look? ”

"I'll talk about it when I have time!" Zhang Zhimu said, "However, Li Jing and the others organized sharpshooters from various divisions to conduct sniper training. The experts in charge of the robbery should also come and give lectures to them. ”

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