"In that case, we can only raise taxes." I don't know who mentioned it.

Taxes? Yang Reform was very afraid of this thing, for fear that more people would rebel after raising taxes.

"There is a great drought in the north, how to increase taxes? Isn't it forcing people to rebel? ”

"Then tax in the South."

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Yang Reform really wants to pick up this disaster relief matter on one shoulder, but this is not something that can be settled with hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, it is likely to be a bottomless pit of millions of taels of silver every year, even if Yang Reform goes all out for disaster relief, he may not be able to take the hole, not gritting his teeth, being ruthless, and passing it with a straight up.

Then you can only increase taxes, remember that this late Ming Dynasty did increase taxes several times, it is said that it is still the main reason for the demise of the late Ming Dynasty. However, Yang Reform, who has read many novels, remembers very clearly that the peasant uprisings at the end of the Ming Dynasty were mainly concentrated in places with serious disasters in the north.

"What about my court's taxes? Will the taxes be heavy? Can the common people bear it? Yang Gai asked these questions, and there are many people who can answer this question, but there are not many people who answer it correctly.

"Your Majesty, my dynasty taxes are not heavy, Taizu set the policy of hiding the wealth from the people, now that the catastrophe is coming, a little more taxes to save the emergency, it is not too much, as long as Your Majesty does not raise taxes in the affected north, it should not be a big problem."

"Taxes are not heavy? That secretary explained to me the tax situation of my dynasty and how to increase the tax? Note the exclusion of the northern provinces. "Regarding the tax issue of the Ming Dynasty, the reform of the otaku Yang is confused. I had to ask on the spot.

"Your Majesty, my Chaotian tax is only a few liters per mu, it is calculated in ten catties, if Your Majesty increases the tax by one cent, or a few cents, about eleven catties per mu, think about it, the problem is not big, of course, I Damingtian is divided into grades, the grain production in the north and south is different, and the tax rate is different, so the tax is different. I have nearly a billion acres of land up and down in the Ming Dynasty, and the tax per mu ranges from a few cents to a few cents, and the annual field tax can be about one million taels more. As a disaster relief, it is already possible to think about it. ”

This minister is estimated to be from the Ministry of Households, and he gave a brief introduction to the situation of Tian Fu in the Ming Dynasty.

If you add one cent of land tax in the south, there will be four or five million taels of silver, which seems to be okay! Yang Reform was moved, and he kept warning himself not to raise taxes, loosened it, if I remember correctly, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the south has been relatively stable, presumably, charging a little more silver, it is not excessive, this north, especially Shaanxi, Henan several places, not only can not collect taxes, but also tax exemption, plus disaster relief.

"As the Qing family said, it seems feasible to raise taxes in the south? Is there anything else you want to say? "If you can get four or five million taels of silver, and it won't cause a peasant uprising, this, it seems, is feasible! The temptation of four or five million taels of silver, Yang Reform could not withstand it.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there is only one point on the surface of the tax increase, and in fact, there are various apportionments and levies that accompany it, and the actual amount of levy may be several times that of Your Majesty's one.

An alarm bell rang above the head of Yang Reform, Yang Reform is deafening! Only then did I think that this official will drift away, this official will eat and take cards, and this local lord will fight in and out. The ideal is good, the wealth on paper is good, but the actual work is not so beautiful.

Yang Gengai secretly blamed himself and got carried away. This account really needs to be carefully calculated.

"That Aiqing can come up with a good idea for me? No tax increases, but also silver for disaster relief? Yang Reform had no choice but to see if there were any capable people.

"Your Majesty is asked to send internal funds to save the world."

"Poof~~" Yang Reform took a sip of tea and sprayed far away, and now there are still people staring at their own internal money, letting themselves send internal money to save the world, I don't know what this person thinks, is the silver of this internal money dug by himself? This natural disaster is such a big hole, you let me bear it alone, you sincerely want to kill me!

"This Aiqing, disaster relief, I will allocate internal funds to relief, but my internal funds are not gold and silver mountains, this drought for more than ten years, how long do you think my internal funds can be paid? I guess you have counted the amount of money that this household has received from my inner money. "Yang Gengai really wants to pinch this guy to death. If you tell me to fill the bottomless pit, then I can't do anything, train the new army, navy, shipbuilding, support the frontier, make up the military salary, all this all need money, the silver in my own inner money, only make a turn in the inner money, and go out again, how much money do you think I have? The money in my inner money has reached the point where I want to get out and put the money in print, and the poor can't be pitiful anymore, and you won't let me go.

"Master Sun, in your opinion, what should I do? What's a good idea? Yang Gengai had to ask his master Sun Chengzong again.

Sun Chengzong has been contemplating for a long time, and when he saw the emperor asking, he said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is feasible to increase the field tax, even if there is a small yin and a field tax, and then send more yin levy, even if the levy per mu reaches twenty catties, the south can still support, the southern field, the grain yield is higher, the lower field can collect one or two stones, and the upper field can collect two or three stones, even if the small yin is added, it is only a field tax, and it can be barely done, Your Majesty can send someone to increase the punishment, presumably, it will not hurt the people too much." ”

Uh~~, Sun Chengzong also supports tax increases, this, Yang Reform is a bit unexpected.

"Master Sun, isn't the field tax in my dynasty very heavy? There's also a small yin, this won't be a problem, right? "Yang Reform is a little uncertain, in my impression, in the textbooks, it is said that the Ming Dynasty was a rampant expropriation, leading to the destruction of the country? But now even Sun Chengzong is in favor of the Kada tax?

"Your Majesty, my Chaotian tax is not heavy, thirty taxes are one, and the levy on private land is only three or five liters per mu, so how can it be heavy? The official field is higher, between eight liters and one bucket and two liters, it is unified to collect one bucket per mu, and the southern field generally has about two stones, how to calculate it is heavy? Sun Chengzong explained to Chongzhen again.

Yang Reform is confused, Mintian, Guantian, the tax rate doesn't seem to be the same! How many private fields are there, and how many official fields are there? Is it heavy to levy a bucket of tax on the property of two stones? It seems that I don't remember how much was levied in the 21st century, and I don't know how much was levied at other times. Two stones of grain levied a bucket of grain, it seems to be 5%, if you add a few cents or a cent on the basis of a bucket, it will be a bucket and a liter, it seems that it is really not much, if you count two or three times the "yin harvest" and "apportionment", it is estimated that it can reach the actual harvest of four or five liters of a bucket, that is, accounting for 7.5% of the grain production. Seemingly, it's really okay. This is still charged according to the tax rate of official land, and if it is a private land, it is lower.

Now, it's Yang's turn to reform and struggle. Is this going to be taxed or not? Yang Reform was moved, and the annual income of four or five million taels of silver, it was impossible to say that he was not tempted.

"And that Qing family has something to say?" Yang Gengai asked again, and he had been entangled in his heart whether to add this land tax.

There was silence for a while.

Xu Guangqi came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is feasible to increase the land tax in the south, as long as the amount is limited, thinking about it, it is not a big problem, didn't the god in Your Majesty's dream tell me that it was just a drought and famine in the north for several years?" In that case, doesn't it mean that the south is more peaceful? In that case, in fact, as long as the grain from the south to the north is transferred? ”

This one? South-to-North Grain Transfer? It seems that I have only heard of the South-to-North Water Diversion......

Yang Reform was still hesitating, and someone came out to play: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is extremely difficult to transport grain, transport a stone of grain, eat most of it on the way, and need large-scale disaster relief, and be powerful to catch it!" ”

Here comes an objection.

Xu Guangqi argued: "Your Majesty, how did the Jingshi transfer millions of stones of grain from the south every year? ”

Not to be outdone, that person said: "Your Majesty, although the Jingshi transfers millions of stones of grain every year, it depends on the benefits of the canal, but the capacity of the canal has been exhausted, and it often dries up, and it is ...... to increase the transportation volume of millions of stones."

Xu Guanqi quickly replied: "Since river transportation is not good, why doesn't Your Majesty ship ship it?" Sea ships are larger, carry more, freight is cheaper, and consume less. ”

The person who was arguing with Xu Guangqi just now hesitated for a moment, thought for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, the sea is stormy and rough, and it is easy to capsize......

Grain by sea? Yang reform's heart lit up, and it was indeed feasible. Shipping is much cheaper than river transportation, and the transportation volume is huge, as for the shipping will capsize, that, Yang Reform thinks, the train will sometimes overturn, the plane will sometimes fall down, if it is 100% safe, then simply don't do anything.

"Well, Master Xu is right, this sea of grain seems to be economically feasible. You have to think about this. "Once the sea transport is carried out, it is necessary to build sea ships, and with sea ships, there will be a navy, which is a good thing to win in one fell swoop.

"Your Majesty, you can't change transportation to sea transportation! I think that on the side of the canal, there are millions of people who rely on this transportation to live, once Your Majesty changes to shipping, how can these people who rely on transportation to survive survive? "A minister came out and said that he couldn't engage in shipping, and if he engaged in shipping, these millions of people would be laid off, and when the time came, there would be even more rebels. In fact, there are too many interests involved in this Cao Yun, and many people rely on Cao Yun to rub some oil, if Cao Yun is broken, how many people's financial routes will be cut off! Cutting off people's financial routes, such as killing parents, how can the change from transportation to sea transportation continue?

Yang Gai heard this, he had a headache, this Cao Yun has hijacked the country's grain lifeline, you can change it, what do you do if you want to survive? I can only watch step by step to get worse until it collapses completely.

Xu Guangqi came out to share Yang Reform's worries, and said: "Your Majesty, if you want to change the transportation to shipping, but the north will be drought, not Shaanxi, the transfer of grain from the south to the north has become a foregone conclusion, the demand for grain in the north will definitely expand, and the transportation capacity has reached the limit, so the minister thinks that part of the grain, disaster relief grain can be transported by sea, the original grain, still by river, and millions of workers? ”

Uh~~~ Yang Gai felt that Xu Guangqi really had a few brushes, and immediately brushed this matter well.

However, it was obvious that Yang Reform was a little too happy, and the minister stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the drought has occurred in Shaanxi, and the relief grain has been transported to Beijing, so what?" Will it be a thousand miles away? Shipped to Shaanxi? ”

Uh~~ This seems to be another problem! Yang's reform has made another difficulty. Look at Xu Guangqi again.

Xu Guangqi said again: "Your Majesty, the minister just said that part of the disaster relief grain will be transported by sea, thinking that the north will suffer from the disaster, and the demand for grain in the north will definitely increase. Shaanxi disaster relief, can go through the canal, against the Yellow River, through Kaifeng, to Xi'an, although Kaifeng above, the boat is gradually difficult, but there is still a period of time every year to be able to ship, as long as the time to transport grain, want to one or two million stones, it is no problem, others, you can consider land transportation. Xu Guangqi seems to be very skilled in these. It was easy to get rid of Yang Reform's headache.

"Good plan!" Yang Reform is very happy, this is to deal with the famine at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and finally has a little eyebrows.

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However, there are not a few people who come out to pick thorns.

"Your Majesty, this transshipment of disaster relief grain, even if it is by sea and the Yellow River waterway, it will cost a lot of money to operate! Your Majesty, this ......" conundrum has come. Although it can be transported through the Yellow River waterway, the transportation fee is also very expensive. The consumption of materials is even more terrifying. Of course, it's much better than land transport. If it is completely by land, then the transfer of grain is even more terrifying, and transporting a stone of grain will be consumed manually on the road. It is impossible to give relief to millions of people.

"This money, I came out." Yang Reform was very generous and generous, thinking that he could help thousands of people, Yang Reform felt that he would take some silver out, it would be okay, the silver was gone, and he could earn it again. Thinking of the displacement of millions of people and the cannibalism of Yi Zi, Yang Gai felt that he should do something for them when he crossed over.

"The saint is wise, the saint is merciful......" The minister who slipped away saw that the emperor paid silver to subsidize the freight, and immediately praised the emperor's goodness.

[Writing about the field tax problem, dizzy. 】

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