Qian Qian Qian, after returning to the yamen late at night, Tongzhi Qian Bangxin, Fan Wenguang, and Zhao Sixuan found Yang Lin, and the most talked about was money.

Money is needed to compensate the victims, to compensate the seriously injured, and to reward meritorious service........

The Ming Dynasty stipulated that 5 liters of rice per mu of paddy field and 3 liters of rice per mu of dry land, and after the additional three salaries, 7 liters and 5 liters per mu of paddy field and 5 liters of dry land, but the actual levy was more.

Due to the income from business and other aspects, coupled with the large increase in the collection of household registration books and identity cards, the actual increase in the income of the field endowment is far from reaching the amount of tax collected by the government.

1 bucket of millet (6 liters of rice) is levied per mu of paddy field, and 5 liters of wheat is levied on dry land, which is even lower than before the three salaries were added.

Shunqing Prefecture (including today's Nanchong and Guang'an) has 5 million mu of cultivated land, including 1.5 million mu of paddy fields and 3.5 million mu of dry land (now Nanchong has 15 million mu of cultivated land), even if you add Dazhou paddy fields, it is only 2 million mu, and dry land is only 4.5 million mu.

According to the adjusted field levy standard, 200,000 quintals of millet (or 120,000 quintals of white rice) and 260,000 quintals of wheat can be collected, and if the income from official fields is added, 150,000 quintals of rice and 300,000 quintals of wheat can be levied every year.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Shunqing Prefecture had a population of 1 million (including today's Nanchong and Guang'an), 250,000 men, and could receive 24,000 taels of Ding (deducting various reductions and exemptions)

In addition to these two traditional tax sources, it also includes 60,000 yuan for business, 10,000 yuan for guan, and other taxes, and theoretically 100,000 taels of silver can be received.

According to the principle of sharing, 20% was reserved for the prefecture and county, and 80% was handed over, and only 140,000 taels of silver could be used by the prefect and yamen, and these included the payment of military salaries, the manufacture of weapons, the compensation for the dead and wounded, and general administrative expenses.

In this way, 80,000 taels of silver, 120,000 quintals of rice, and 240,000 quintals of wheat were available.

(During the Wanli period, the price of a load of rice was from seven dollars to one tael of silver, and in the last year of Chongzhen, due to the failure of the grain harvest, a load of grain exceeded one or two silver (to the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, it was depreciated to 2-3 taels of silver, and to the Republic of China, it was depreciated to 4 oceans.) ））

You must know that when the cannon goes off, there are 10,000 taels of gold, and money can be fought in a war, and if there is no major war, financial balance can still be achieved.

But this time Zhang Xianzhong invaded, and he was overstretched at once, and now everyone got together and sighed.

There was no money on the books, Qian Bangxin and Fan Wenguang shouted loudly, raided the corrupt official Shi Jinchen, and the profiteer Gou Wei confiscated a total of 150,000 taels of silver.

The rectification of the officials of the Ming Dynasty Guards in Guang'an Qianhu not only increased the area of Tianfu income, but also made 50,000 taels of silver.

Now that Tian Fu and Ding Fu have not been completely collected, and now they are using money everywhere, why not take out the 200,000 taels of silver and use it?

Yang Lin shook his head and said with a dry smile: "Alas, we boast of being talented in governing the world, but compared to those corrupt officials, profiteers and so on, it is really trivial.

Gou Weiyi has made 100,000 taels of silver in a few years, and Shi Jinchen has been an official for more than ten years, and he has also made 50,000 taels of silver. ”

Qian Bangqi smiled and sighed: "My lord, Shi Jinchen is the prefect, and so are you."

Shi Jinchen specializes in corruption, and the adults innovate taxes, although they are scolded for seeing money, but to be fair, what the adults do is really beneficial to the country and the people. ”

Zhao Sixuan shook his head, touched his beard and said: "The sky does not fall, the earth does not grow, this silver that Shi Jinchen obtained, this Gou Weiyi made a fortune, it was originally a clever robbery, it should have been an ordinary person." ”

Everyone looked at each other, and Yang Lin stood up and looked at everyone: "Zhao Tongzhi is right, this money originally belonged to the people.

Gou Weiyi made a fortune, mainly selling salt, and did not pay salt taxes. In the past, the imperial court issued salt citations, but now the Great Western Army is entrenched in Sichuan, and the imperial court whip is beyond the reach.

In this case, why don't we distribute salt in Shunqing Prefecture, there are 1 million people in Shunqing Prefecture, plus the two counties of Dazhou and Wusheng County, so there are 1.2 million people.

At least 5 catties of salt per person per year ( In 2007, China's edible salt sales volume was 8.29 million tons (all salt sales were 62 million tons, including industrial salt), with a population of 1.27 billion, and the per capita annual consumption of edible salt was 13 catties.

Considering that the price of salt was high in ancient times, everyone ate sparingly, even according to a person's minimum annual salt sales should not be less than 8 catties), there are 68 million catties, 200 catties and 1 small lead, and there are 40,000 small leads per year.

Although Shunqing Province does not produce salt, it can levy taxes on salt that enters the jurisdiction, even if it collects a tax of 2 taels of silver for each small lead, so there is also a salt tax of 80,000 taels. ”

Everyone stood up from the front of the desk, held their breath one by one, and shook their heads again and again, why is there so much salt for a year?

In the past, the imperial court allocated only 10,000 small quotes to Shunqing Mansion.

Then everyone suddenly realized that now every household has a household registration book, and men have ID cards, although there is no complete guarantee that the population number is accurate, but at least this is in line with objective reality.

8 catties of salt a year for one person, only a lot more, if this number is missing, everyone will feel weak and tired of work.

Everyone sighed with emotion, since ancient times, why the country has paid attention to the salt policy, in fact, this salt policy is related to the country's finances, take the volunteers as an example, if they distribute salt by themselves, there will be 80,000 taels of silver every year.

After calming down, Qian Bangxin shook his head again and again and said: "My lord, this, this salt introduction is issued by the imperial court, and anyone who sells illicit salt is a felony, you, you will put your hand on the salt quotation, and I am afraid that someone will impeach you at that time." ”

Yang Lin shook his head and said: "I'm not corrupt, I don't care if I want to impeach myself."

Now that the imperial court is beyond the reach of the whip, and we don't collect it, can we let the imperial court pay taxes in vain?

I have made up my mind, regardless of whether there is salt or not, the salt that enters the jurisdiction will be levied 2 taels of silver for each small lead.

If the salt merchant does not pay the salt tax, he shall not sell it in the jurisdiction, otherwise it will be punished as smuggling salt.

All retailers selling salt in the jurisdiction are required to register with the government and pay a deposit of 10 taels of silver, and the government is allowed to operate. ”

In ancient times, the salt business was a big business, and Song Hongbing once thought in "Currency Wars" that the salt business back then, like the contemporary finance, was a paradise for the rich or adventurers.

The imperial court strictly controlled salt, and salt smuggling was a serious crime, which was a serious crime.

Of course, the people at the scene knew that there were huge profits from salt, and Qian Bangqi and others were just worried about violating the rule of law of the imperial court, or afraid of taking responsibility.

Although I feel that it is inappropriate now, I will not say anything else when I see that the other party will not listen to the two sentences, so as not to openly clash between the two sides.

Seeing that everyone agreed in principle, Yang Lin seemed quite happy, and looked at everyone with a smile: "Everyone should use their brains, we are different from Ma Gan, and we are different from Zeng Ying, they have no food and no money to rob the villagers.

I just strictly implement the imperial court's salt payment policy, rectify the market order, don't let the businessmen cheat and cheat, and don't let the state tax drain.

Ladies and gentlemen, think about it, why has the world been disturbed for more than ten years, and the civil uprising in northern Shaanxi has not only not been quelled, but has intensified, and finally swept the whole country, and now it is occupying most of our Sichuan Province?

It is because the state has many places to spend money, and those pedantic officials only stare at the people's one-third of an acre of land, first apportioning Liao salary in the field, then practicing salary, and then cutting salary, while the normal state tax is swallowed up by corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and allowed by businessmen, so the people are desperate and forced to go to Liangshan. ”

Everyone was shocked, many people looked at each other, one by one dumbfounded, although the Ming Dynasty was free and open to speech, but it was a bit unbelievable to openly judge the merits and demerits of the previous emperor and the imperial court, and judge the bureaucracy.

Yin Chengqi coughed again and again, and Qian Bangqi turned his face to the side and pretended not to see it, and the atmosphere was a little embarrassing.

Yang Lin was also secretly frightened, he had always been cautious, why did he say such a rebellious remark today, could he really get carried away?

Since ancient times, the most successful reforms in China have been the Shang Dynasty Reform and the Deng Gong Reform and Opening-up, but there are differences between the two.

Shang Ying's change of law is high-profile and domineering.

After pointing out the direction and determining the major policies, Deng Gong strategized behind to ensure the results of reform and opening up.

There is no doubt that Deng Gong's reform and opening up was the most successful, and if possible, of course, he could hide behind the scenes like Deng Gong.

But now a lot of things are not broken, and the following ideas are not active, and there is no willingness to do it.

In this case, of course, you have to determine the direction first, and then after forming a trend, you will hide behind the scenes and grasp the whole process.

Of course, there are radicals, moderates, and conservatives in any activity, and they have to play the radical at first, and they will be the moderates in the end.

After thinking about this, Yang Lin smiled and looked at everyone: "Everyone, everyone is a righteous man and a gentleman, everyone is loyal to the monarch and patriotic, and state affairs are like this, just like since Meng Yuan entered the Central Plains, now the barbarian Qing Dynasty occupies the two capitals, and there is a great tendency to sweep the world."

Ladies and gentlemen, now that the world is in the autumn of survival, we can no longer rest on our laurels, we should get rid of maladministration, and we should all the more enlist the support of Li Minqian, otherwise, we will become sinners of Chinese civilization. ”

Qian Bang pursed his lips and said: "My lord, there has been a fixed number since ancient times, since we are the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, we should respect the court and the people."

Even if we are a barbarian army, as long as we are loyal and sacrifice our lives for righteousness, we will not be in vain as a seven-foot man, and we will do our duty. ”

Next to him, Yin Chengqi, Fan Wenguang, Zhao Sixuan and others were very unconvinced, and they all bluntly said that they should benefit the people for one term as an official, especially in today's troubled times, the people are displaced, and the eldest husband should be the court of the Son of Heaven, and the people of Anli will be the people.

Yang Lin's facial expression improved slightly, and he said with a smile: "Qian Jian Jun was born as a jinshi, and he is the imperial history of the imperial court, so he naturally has the style of a scholar.

We are all scholars, of course, we think about serving the court, and we are the people. You can't just hurt the people of Li for the sake of the court, if that's the case, the real victim in the end is still the monarch's father and the court.

The common people said it well, although the common people have no knowledge, but what they say is quite reasonable.

Not to mention anything else, ordinary people often pay lip service, and it is very good to have money to contribute, and to make a strong contribution.

When Yue Wumu replied to Song Gaozong, he thought that civil officials did not love money, and military generals did not hesitate to die, and the world was peaceful.

I think that although Yue Wu Muli's argument is good, it is a bit of water without a source and a wood without roots, and it would be great if I added these two sentences. ”

Fan Wenguang read it softly twice, and arched his hand: "My lord, I see that the lower officials have been dealing with money and grain, and this is true.

Du Gong said that there are frozen bones on the stinky road of Zhumen's wine and meat, so it seems that there is really a problem with the national tax policy in the past, the powerful do not pay less taxes, and the ordinary people who are obedient bear the taxes of the world, so the people have no way to live, of course, the world is disturbed.

If you really have the money to contribute and make a strong contribution, if you really do not love money and military generals will not hesitate to die, then the world is really peaceful. ”

Yang Lin nodded and said, "Of course, Yue Wumu is a hero of Huaxia who can spare his life, but how many people have been like Yue Wumu since ancient times?"

Now the world is disturbed, in the past, many loyal people bravely took justice, but their families were not well cared for, so chilling the hearts of the world.

If we really have the money to contribute and make a strong contribution, we have the money and food to defeat the Tartar bandits, and we have the heartfelt support of the people, so that even if the civilian officials want to be greedy for money, they can't, and the military generals want to spare their lives but can't. ”

Everyone reacted and praised loudly.

Yang Lin said with a smile: "Everyone, it is not unreasonable for Han Gaozu to evaluate the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty that day, and Xiao He is the first.

Now that the world is in turmoil, we must also take more precautions, the common people live a hard life, we can no longer let them be left alone, and the money and food of the yamen can no longer fight the ideas of the common people.

We must make sure that we have money to contribute, we must make a strong contribution, we must do that civil officials do not love money, and military generals do not hesitate to die, only in this way can we quell the rebellion of the Liukou, expel the Tatars and restore China.

Otherwise, we will all become sinners of the nation, sinners of the nation. ”

Seeing this, everyone moved their minds one by one, if everyone thought that Yang Lin's attitude was wavering at first, now they are undoubtedly determined.

Yang Lin secretly observed the reactions of the people, although everyone had different reactions, but at least publicly pointed out the biggest drawback of the national tax policy in the late Ming Dynasty.