On the basis of criticizing the tax system of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Lin began to carry out drastic tax innovation.

It can be said that since the crossing, since he became the city manager (market manager, chief of security), Yang Lin has innovated the tax system of the Ming Dynasty.

Since becoming the local protector (city peng), after the special acting magistrate of the county, the township office was established in the local area to take back the right to expropriate the local commercial endowments contracted by the gentry in the past, which not only strengthened local governance, but more importantly, each township could increase its income by hundreds of taels of silver.

After becoming the prefect of the prefecture, the local customs tax was rectified (in the past, goods from one county to another need to pay the customs tax).

These are ordinary things to modern people, but they are earth-shattering to the ancients.

Now seeing that Yang Lin can't bear the loneliness, and is ready to levy taxes such as salt tax, mining tax, and income tax, Qian Bangqi, who was born in the imperial history, couldn't sit still and said: "My lord, the old man thinks that Sang Hongyang is not as good as you, since you have been in power, although you are no longer apportioned, although the field tax is paid according to the land after the Qingzhang, but other aspects are really breathtaking."

In the past, I implemented the co-governance of the officials and gentry, and the business tax was collected by the local gentry, and after you became a local official, you established a township office, took back the business contract, and collected it yourself.

My lord, although your various actions are of great benefit to the country and the people, they have damaged the interests of the local gentry after all. Now some people in the local area are arranging ridicule, saying that after you become a parent official, although the people's taxes are low, the local area is more fierce. ”

Yang Lin said with a smile: "Qian Yushi is serious, the local business endowment was controlled by the local gentry scoundrels in the past, and the common people not only have to look at the eyes of these local gentry scoundrels, but also pay a lot less money and grain than in the past."

Qian Yushi, those local gentry and ruffians are ignorant of the facts, and make up contempt, do you really think so? ”

Qian Bangqi blushed, shook his head and said, "My lord, of course I don't think so, I'm just worried that everyone won't be able to adapt to it for a while."

To tell the truth, before this, the old man had quite an opinion on the establishment of a township office and the withdrawal of local business endowments, thinking that it would be against my great and benevolent government.

But now it seems that there are so many bureaucratic ruffians in the middle, of course, we must do everything to get rid of it.

My lord, I'm just worried that you're young and vigorous, and I'm worried that you won't be able to reach it quickly.

Look at it, are you too urgent to levy salt, mine, and income taxes now? ”

Fan Wenguang, the same acquaintance who was in charge of money and food next to him, had an idea and admonished: "Qian Yushi, everyone knows that he would rather be a peaceful dog than a troubled world. In the troubled times, not only were the killings very heavy, but more importantly, the local government was very urgent in collecting money and grain.

Since the Liaodong Incident, the imperial court has levied three salaries, and everyone is not unaware of the harm, it can be said that drinking water quenches thirst, but they are forced to implement it in desperation, why?

Money is needed to fight wars, and money is needed to pacify displaced people.

In the past, the imperial court apportioned all the taxes to the head of Li Minqian, but the approach of the adults was different, the adults were to reduce the burden of the people, and open up the source and reduce the expenditure, and levy taxes on the wealthy families.

The establishment of the township office, as a branch of the yamen, directly collects taxes, that is, the money and grain that were greedy for ink by the local gentry and ruffians in the past.

The collection of salt, mine, and income is to collect money and grain from wealthy families. ”

Qian Bangqi thought for a while and sighed: "Having said that, my Ming Dynasty has always advocated benevolent government, and the local government implements co-governance of the gentry, and the old man is worried that it will arouse the opposition of the local gentry." ”

Yang Lin laughed and said, "Oppose, how can you object?" Everyone is not corrupt, what are you afraid of?

Now that the imperial court has increased the three salaries, and the localities have apportioned them layer by layer, I think that if Taizu is alive, he will arrest the officials who preside over them one by one and peel the daylilies.

Besides, we adopt the method of sharing, 20 percent of the tax is returned to each state and county, of which 10 percent is used for local construction, which is taken from the people and used for the people, and 10 percent is used for government expenditure.

In addition, most of them are also returned to ordinary people through military salaries and orphans, which is also taken from the people and used by the people.

Now that the war is in chaos, other places are persecuting those poor people, and we are taking back those taxes that should belong to the court and the government from the corrupt officials and profiteers, and return them to the common people. ”

Qian Bangqi sighed and said: "My lord, you, you always have a reason, that's it, it's enough, if you really take it from the people and use it for the people, if you really do it, then what am I against?"

When the time comes, the chaos will be pacified, the court will blame, and we will accompany the adults to kill the head. As long as we have a clear conscience, what sin are we guilty of? ”

Yang Lin immediately proposed that families or individuals with an annual income of more than 200 taels of silver should be taxed at 1 percent, that is, income tax.

For mines with an annual output value of more than 200 taels of silver (including salt mines, coal mines, and iron mines), an additional 10% of the mineral tax will be levied on the excess part. (The quotient is only 5%, or 5%).) ）

Yang Lin simply estimated that the collection of salt, income tax, and mine levy could increase an additional 120,000 taels of silver every year (80,000 taels of salt, 30,000 yuan of mine tax, and 10,000 yuan of income tax), which could greatly alleviate the financial pressure.

Although Qian Bangqi, Zhao Sixuan and others have quite a few slight remarks, they obviously got 300,000 taels of silver from corrupt officials and from the rectification and health center, but now they are actually engaging in these new taxes, cleverly grabbing and grabbing the people's fat and ointment.

Fan Wenguang and the others were dumbfounded, everyone racked their brains one by one, and some of them were even white-headed, and they couldn't imagine such an easy solution.

It is imperative for the volunteers to reorganize and expand, and there will be a lot of places to use money at that time.

With money, although it is in the future, it is on paper, Yang Lin seems to be high-spirited and begins to spend money lavishly.

No, five days later, at the martyr's burial ceremony, looking at the newly built graves in the mountains, Yang Lin announced that all the war dead, whether they were volunteers and soldiers, local militia groups, or local people, could receive a pension of 20 taels of silver (in the past, the pension was only 5 taels of silver).

All those who died in the war can be exempted from the family when their parents are alive and when their children reach adulthood.

The difference is that the higher the official position, the more meritorious service on the battlefield, and the greater the amount of pension, such as the captain of the brigade who died in battle has a silver pension of 60 taels.

According to Fan Wen's CD-ROM calculations, the bereavement of the dead soldiers in the war alone is more than 5,000 taels, and if 200 coffins are added, a total of 5,600 taels of silver will be spent.

Looking at the squires and parliamentarians below who were silently mourning, Yang Lin talked eloquently, and loudly advocated that if there is money to contribute, in addition to making a strong contribution, it is that taxes are taken from the people and used by the people.

In the past, why did everyone dare to fight privately and be afraid of public fighting? It is because he died fighting for the court and the government, and most of the time it is a rotten mat wrapped, which is called a horse leather shroud.

As a landlord's thug, a domestic slave, and a dog's leg, the landlord not only gave generous pensions, but also took care of his parents, wives and children.

With such a strong and weak contrast, fools are not willing to contribute to the court and the government.

Now is the time for change, as long as those who contribute to the court and the government, the government pays a lot of money for the war dead, and the government finds a way to make a living for those who are seriously injured.

And when the government does this, of course, the money comes from the people, which is taken from the people and used for the people.

Now that natural and man-made disasters are continuous, and the common people are living a hard life, they should have the money to contribute and make a strong contribution, and they should collect the money and property that originally belonged to the imperial court and the government, and distribute it uniformly by the government.

After that, Yang Lin praised the best families who set up porridge sheds at the time of the invasion of the Liukou, and then pointed out the loopholes in the collection of salt and the collection of mines, and the families and individuals with an annual income of two hundred taels of silver should bear greater responsibility.

Everyone woke up like a dream, and many people secretly applauded, this is a good opportunity to make a fortune, and some secretly stomped their feet and sighed.

The big salt merchant in the city, Huang Shopkeeper, arched his hand again and again: "My lord, this, this can't be helped, our salt introduction is issued by the emperor, in order to get this salt introduction, we spend it, and the adult can't say that it will be invalid." ”

Yang Lin shook his head and sighed: "Shopkeeper Huang, squires, what is Yanyin like, I haven't seen it in the past.

Besides, even if some officials knew what the salt was like in the past, but now that we are isolated from the imperial court, I don't know if it is true in your hands.

The war is about money, and we can't let the annual salt tax of tens of thousands of taels be lost in vain, and besides, we don't use the lost money indiscriminately.

As you know, in other places, the field endowment is levied 3 yuan, and the Ding endowment is 5 yuan, while in our jurisdiction, one mu of paddy field is only 6 buckets of rice (1 liter of millet), and one acre of dry land is 5 liters of wheat, and Ding Fu is only 1 money and 2 cents of silver.

You salt lead, wait until the future is calmed down, and you will be confirmed by the imperial court again. ”

The shopkeeper Huang's face was pale, and he only got it by bribing the cabinet scholars in order to get the salt, not only did he go through the back door but also spent a lot, and he didn't expect that it would be scrapped today.

Although he was unwilling, he didn't dare to resist at all, just like Song Hongbing's "Currency War" described, in ancient times, this salt trade was like modern stocks and dollars, which was hard currency.

In the salt market, the lowest selling price of salt is only more than 60 copper coins a catty, and the higher one is 200 or 300 copper coins, and the cost of this salt is very low.

In the early years of Hongwu, in order to solve the problem of grain shortage in important towns on the northern border, the imperial court linked salt introduction with grain trafficking, and the imperial court implemented the "open middle method", and one stone of grain on the nine sides could be exchanged for one salt (that is, one stone of grain could be exchanged for one small introduction of salt).

Merchants first exchange a stone of grain for a small introduction of salt on the nine sides, and then go to the top of the site to exchange a load of grain for a small introduction of salt, and finally send it to the destination for sale, so as to obtain high profits.

Even if the grain in the north is more expensive than the grain in the south, the cost of a merchant to obtain a small introduction of salt is not more than 1.4 taels of silver (7 copper coins per catty), but the salt sold out is less than 60 copper coins, and more than 300 copper coins, which can be said to be a violent business.

This time, the government levied 2 taels of silver for each small amount of salt imported into the jurisdiction, but it was not unacceptable.

Just like in the Song Dynasty, the salt and iron monopoly system was implemented, and 6 copper coins were paid for each salt introduced.

In the Ming Dynasty, the salt tax was three taels of silver, and the minister (transportation) was three taels of silver, although the salt tax in Shunqing Mansion alone had two taels of silver, but it was not unacceptable.

2 Although the tax on silver salt is quite high, it is only 10 copper coins per catty, which is not high compared to the retail price of salt (150-200 copper coins).

Those who have no salt in their hands seem to be overjoyed when they see hope, and those who have salt in their hands see that the government insists on doing so, so they ponder how to please the government in order to continue to do this big business of salt sales and transportation.

As for the reform of the mining endowment, some people seem to be quite worried, when Emperor Wanli, let the eunuchs open the mines, but how do these eunuchs know that there are mines there, there are not, often see the rich inside, claiming that there are mines here, need to be mined, take advantage of this to extort.

And Yang Lin is good, he doesn't care about small mines, he is in charge of big mines, no matter how you mine, the yamen levies the mineral tax

There were one or two big mine owners present, and they secretly wondered that in the past, they had to deal with this official and that official when they opened a mine, and they probably did more than 1 into 5 every year.

Now listening to Yang Lin mention it, they all seem polite, and they all ask whether there are other additional expenses after paying this mining tax.

Of course, there are also people who want to take the opportunity to ridicule that this prefect's yamen is very honest on the surface, but the exploitation is very serious.

A few Xiucai are preparing to make up jokes in the teahouse, and some are preparing to make up ballads, which is a common method of controlling public opinion in the past, and before they can be made up, everyone feels that the situation has changed greatly.

First of all, in various important places, there were propaganda slogans, written in lime on the cliffs.

Taxes are taken from the people and used by the people. (Tax Purposes)

For example, the imperial court salt leads two taels, the corrupt officials sell six taels, and the profiteers buy fifteen taels empty-handed (satirizing the imperial court salt introduction system)

Salt leads 2 taels, stove households 1 tael, although long-distance transportation, how many taels can the purchase price of public salt be? (Tell everyone about the public salt value chain, after the reform, the price per catty of salt will be greatly reduced)

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In the government school, on the street, when children play, they sing nursery rhymes one by one.

Some ridiculed some profiteers for being rich and unkind, telling everyone that the yamen levied taxes only to crack down on those profiteers who were unkind to the rich, and returned the money defrauded from the common people to everyone.

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Some people were quite annoyed, and some even secretly conspired to complain to Ma Gan, the governor of Sichuan, Fan Yixing, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and Wang Yingxiong, the governor of the four provinces, about Yang Lin's tyrannical conquest.

Wang Yingxiong, the governor of the four provinces, was a person from Ba County (Chongqing Yiguo, today's Qingcheng District), and Fan Yixing, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, was a person from Xuzhou Prefecture.