readx; Zhao Yan has been in the empire for two years, and what he wants is to completely digest the empire and eliminate all the phenomena he doesn't want to see, including slave storage, foot binding, private possession of guns, knives, and so on. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Firearms and knives are very common in Shandong, and in Shandong, Liaodong, Korea, Mobei, Monan, Moxi, and Tibetan provinces, the young and strong people in the countryside basically carry guns, and women and children over the seventh floor can play with muskets.

However, these places are digested areas, Zhao Yan can do the order and prohibit, there are very few incidents of murder with guns, there are two or three cases in a year, and Zhao Yan's control over the countryside can definitely be said to be tight.

If a gun murder occurs, it is generally encountered when justice cannot be obtained through the law, and when the law can get justice for people, few people will commit crimes, and the violated person can also seek justice through the law.

As for the gangsters and the underworld, there is no such thing in Shandong, and there are no bad teenagers, and those teenagers are either sent to school or conscripted into the army, and if they do not perform well in school, they will be sent to schools under militarized management.

Gun ownership was a common phenomenon in the territories annexed in the early days of the Empire, and although the Empire was strict in its management, it was very lenient for rural areas and veterans, with guns only prohibited in the cities.

In the second year of the empire, Zhao Yan sent a large number of golden troops at the beginning of the year, and the empire is committed to popularizing free education.

At present, the seigniorage is mainly based on the mining of precious metal minerals, and the empire has not yet issued paper money, so it cannot collect money by issuing banknotes.

Zhao Yan felt that it was too early to issue banknotes, after all, the empire was still in the process of adjustment, and everything should not be too concentrated, which was conducive to stability.

Precious metals are therefore an important source of revenue for the Empire, which now occupies Central America, the land of silver.

At the same time, it also controlled the gold-producing places - South Africa and Australia, where there were many diamonds.

Last year, a lot of gold and silver minerals were explored, especially in the Australian mainland, and exploration teams and expeditions have found a lot of doghead gold, as well as diamonds.

At the same time, some gold deposits have also been discovered in Siberia, but it is too vast and a cold place, and the exploration team is not fast in exploration.

In two years, it is expected that there will be more than 300 gold mines, and more than 800 silver mines, but the gold mines in South Africa have not yet been discovered, but Zhao Yan still sent the gold troops to South Africa, and the order given to them is to dig everywhere and dig deeper if they don't find it.

Of course, in terms of taxes, Zhao Yan also began to consider increasing various taxes.

Personal income tax, excess profit tax, and value-added tax on goods are all levied.

…… Inside the temporary Capitol building.

The 500 members of the National Assembly were already sitting around in a circle, and Zhao Yan walked into the legislative hall of the National Assembly from the back hall, and all the members had already read the legislative proposal for 'personal income tax' that Zhao Yan had submitted to the National Assembly.

"Before voting, I would like to reiterate the relationship of obligations between the Empire and the citizens of the Empire in the Constitution, the obligation of the citizens is to pay taxes to the Empire, and the obligation of the Empire is to use the taxes paid by the citizens to develop the military, education, infrastructure, and economy. If the empire had no money, it would not have been able to implement free education, let alone free medical care. That's all I want to say, and anyone who has objections can raise them. Zhao Yan said loudly.

The key process of legislating in Congress is debate, and many groups can submit legislative proposals to Congress, and Congress will debate these proposals, and the pros and cons will explain their views and then start voting.

However, Zhao Yan came out, where did anyone dare to stand up and refute.

Voting began in the midst of a chorus of approval, and the results of the vote were quickly counted, with 430 MPs agreeing.

Not everyone is in favor of the introduction of personal income tax, but they dare not oppose it openly, so they can only vote against it in the voting, and the voting in the National Assembly is not real-name, and it is impossible to find out who voted against.

After the personal income tax, the bills on goods value-added tax and excess profit tax were also successfully passed.

Personal income tax is set as a tax exemption for monthly income of less than 10 silver dollars, and 10% of the personal income tax is charged for monthly income of more than 10 silver dollars.

If the monthly income exceeds 100 yuan, 20% of the personal income tax will be charged.

If the monthly income exceeds 300 yuan, 25% of the personal income tax will be charged.

If the monthly income exceeds 500 yuan, 30% of the personal income tax will be charged.

As for the excess profit tax, after the profit of factories and merchants exceeds 50%, 5% profit tax will be charged, 10% profit tax will be charged for more than 70%, 15% profit tax will be charged for more than 90%, 20% profit tax will be charged for more than 110%, 25% profit tax will be charged for more than 150%, 30% profit tax will be charged for more than 170%, 35% will be charged for more than 190%, and 40% will be charged for more than 210%.

The excess profit tax is mainly set for luxury goods, and luxury goods themselves are not enjoyed by ordinary people, if there is no excess profit tax, it will simply be monopolized or banned by the empire.

As for the value-added tax on goods, it is a tax that takes money out of everyone's pocket, and in later generations of China, there was a value-added tax on goods for every commodity.

For example, the cost of a certain commodity is 5 yuan, and the merchant wants to sell it for 6 yuan, and the value-added tax is charged 1 yuan, and the merchant sells it for 7 yuan.

Some angry youths are often asked, how much tax do you pay to the state?

In fact, every time you buy something, you are paying taxes, and there are more than ten kinds of incognito taxes.

If the personal income tax of the empire is aimed at the high-income group, then the VAT on goods is indiscriminately taxed, and the level of VAT on goods depends on the type of goods.

Daily necessities such as food cannot be subject to value-added tax on goods, and the specific amount received still needs to be formulated by the Congress slowly, category by category. The principle is that the closer to the necessities of life, the lower the income, and the higher the luxury goods.

The empire's value-added tax on goods is also largely levied on the money of the high-income group, because the necessities of life are not collected much. The value-added tax on goods plus the excess profit tax forms the collection of money from factories and merchants, as well as the money of consumers.

For the time being, the empire will also levy these three taxes, and these three taxes alone can increase the empire's financial revenue a lot.

…… Since the beginning of the year, the railway has been under construction everywhere, and the railway system in the Jiangnan area is in full swing.

The empire began to issue government bonds at an interest rate of 8%. The national debt will be used for infrastructure, roads, railways, steel mills, etc.

With the completion of the construction of railways in North and Central China, the empire's economy was strong, and the commodity economy was greatly developed.

In particular, the railway lines in the Northeast, Shanxi, and Monan regions have been completed one after another, and the output of raw materials in these areas has soared, and they have been quickly transported to factories in Shandong by rail.

The most prosperous manufacturing region was still in Shandong, but with the unification of the empire, factories began to spring up in the Jiangnan region, because there were no more 'export' restrictions on steam engines.

When the Ming Dynasty still existed, the steam engine was called an export when it came out of Shandong, but now it is not, and there is no restriction on the purchase of steam engines in the provinces of the empire.

The large-scale application of the steam engine has made productivity soar, and overseas trade has developed rapidly. Cheap raw materials from overseas were constantly imported to the empire, and the empire exported goods overseas.

In the Nanyang region, the empire established huge sugar cane plantations and rice plantations, which were extensively cultivated with Japanese slaves and Nanyang monkeys, and although the yield was not high, the cost was also frighteningly low.

The California colony cultivated large quantities of cotton, which was also produced in slavery at a very low cost.

The reserves of the South Seas are located in the Guinea archipelago region, as well as on many small islands in the Indonesian archipelago, and the main islands of the regions such as Luzon, Java, and Sanzifo are not reserved areas of the empire, but areas to be developed.

In Australia, reserves account for 80% of the area, and reserved areas are not large-scale access, but areas suitable for agricultural development still need to be developed. The Empire has sent special personnel to Australia to investigate, and after the inspection, grazing areas will be demarcated.

With the development of animal husbandry in Australia, the price of wool fabrics will be greatly reduced. Animal husbandry is a weak project, and Australia has unique environmental advantages, so it is natural to develop it.

At this time, the empire was moving the cultivation areas of cash crops such as cotton and sugar cane overseas, because cotton and sugar were easy to transport.

The native land was used for the development of aquaculture and the extensive cultivation of grain, largely because meat was difficult to transport.

Food is very important for the quality of life, and allowing everyone to enjoy higher quality food is an important principle of the Empire's planning of agriculture. Those cash crops that are suitable for transportation can be transferred to the colony and transferred to the colony.

…… In the first half of the second year of the empire, the empire has been engaged in state adjustment, and in half a year, the imperial parliament has determined a complete set of laws such as the Constitution, the Criminal Code, the Civil Procedure Law, the Marriage Law, the Commercial Law, the Agricultural Law, the Financial Law, and the Environmental Law.

After the establishment of the empire, the literati of the former dynasty also received large-scale reorganization training, and there were many who wanted to become officials, but in fact, not all of them could appreciate, and they were all grassroots civil servants at the beginning.

This large-scale co-optation has led to a problem, that is, corruption is frequent, these people are basically placed in Shandong, and the people of Shandong have long understood the administrative routines of the empire, and as a result, frequent reports are made, and those who are beheaded every day are scared to mess around.

Not everyone became officials, and many were absorbed into schools.

For example, those high-ranking officials of the former dynasties, some of them were very accomplished in poetry, calligraphy and painting, and some were very good at studying Chinese studies such as the mean and the Book of Changes, so they were hired as professors by universities.

In terms of local administration, the empire largely eliminated slavery and footbinding, thanks to the supervision of the Ombudsman and the media.

The media has exerted tremendous power in supervision, and the newspapers have been extremely active in reporting on corruption[***], like sharks that smell fish.

Because of the support of Zhao Yan behind these media, Zhao Yan once privately summoned the bosses of various newspapers and magazines and had a detailed discussion with them.

The "Minquan Daily", which was aimed at Zhao Yan at the media question conference, has developed greatly in the past six months, because they dared to ask things that other media did not dare to ask, so they were supported by Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan's requirements for those media are that they must achieve the "spirit of reading", "unbiased and non-party", and "serving the society". Zhao Yan promised to let the empire set up an award of 1 million yuan a year to reward outstanding media outlets.

It's very attractive to the media, if you can get the jackpot, then you will be famous, and with this sign, the newspaper will definitely sell a lot better.

Due to the continuous emergence of newspapers and magazines in the empire, the aspect also developed rapidly, and short stories and novels continued to appear in newspapers and magazines.

These newspapers and magazines mainly imitate the model of the "Imperial Newspaper", the Imperial Newspaper is the earliest newspaper of the Empire, at the beginning, Zhao Yan wrote novels on it, and wrote out the content of those good-looking in later generations that are in line with the current ideas he propagandized, like the Manchu and Han family propagandized by Jin Yong, it is completely shit, Zha Liangyong and his ancestors were Manchu officials, so he is especially good at filming Manchu sycophants.

Under the imitation of various newspapers, a large number of works that Zhao Yan was very unfamiliar with emerged, which made him soberly realize that the trend of history has been completely different.

After half a year of adjustment and publicity, the rule of the empire gradually took root in the hearts of the people, under the rule of the empire, there is good law and order, a good legal system, not to mention indiscriminate collection of taxes, and also takes care of ordinary people, such a court has never been seen.

The folk generally believe that Zhao Yan was born as a saint, and there are spontaneously built ancestral halls (ancestral halls built for the living) everywhere, and the incense at the temple fair is very prosperous.

The administrative efficiency of the empire has become extremely high after half a year of adjustment, and the most notable point is that the central government of the empire can remotely control the local administration through the telegraph lines erected, and the information transmission of the empire has become extremely fast.

Under the instigation of Zhao Quan, the Ministry of Commerce of the Empire also participated in some speculative business operations through the rapid transmission of information and the comprehensive collection of intelligence by the Ministry of Intelligence, and profited a lot.

There is a big difference in the understanding of whether the top leaders of the empire treat commerce as a political axe monopoly or a private operation, and most of the top leaders believe that the empire should monopolize some commerce.

Otherwise, where will there be money for education and construction?

It's just that Zhao Yan doesn't think so, there is a big difference between private and the state, that is, the state does not have the flexibility of private individuals in operation, first of all, the vitality is not strong, and secondly, there will never be progress without competition, and it is also insufficient to enter.

However, Zhao Yan does not fully agree with the relaxation of business restrictions, the United States in later generations is actually a country controlled by businessmen, while Britain is different, Britain has nationalized many enterprises, and its vitality is not as strong as that of the United States, but the society is not as chaotic as the United States...... Although law and order in the United States is very good, there is a very chaotic feeling, assassinations and bribery of congressmen often occur, and most of the members of the United States parliament are bribed to serve major consortia and families.

Zhao Yan would never allow businessmen to get involved in imperial politics, but he wanted to have that kind of vitality. Therefore, it is okay for empires to get involved in commerce, but there must also be competition.

The various industries involved in the empire can adopt a private business model, that is, give greater authority to the managers below, and at the same time vigorously supervise them. If you do a good job, you will be rewarded, and if you don't manage well, you will be replaced.

Imperial enterprises operate separately from the imperial administration, and adopt the mode of reading accounting, paying taxes and policies in the same way as private companies. The only advantage is that Imperial can provide the most advanced technology, the latest intelligence, and the most comprehensive market research.

With these advantages, there is no competition with private companies, that is really problematic, and there is no point in existing.

At this time, the principles of each field have been determined, and after the adjustment of the empire, the national strength is constantly increasing.

(To be continued)